CO129-507-3 China- anti-piracy precautions 31-10-1927 - 25-10-1928 — Page 270

it necessary to declare that, failin early and effective

action with or without foreign cooperation, they will be

obliged, in view of the alarming proportions which piracy

na the risk which cunstitutem to foreign

has assumed

shipe and mctionals, to hold the proper Chinse authorities

responsible for any loss or damage resulting from the

ketivities of Chiusse pirates, and, in ad◊ition themselves

to take appropriate measures for their own protection.

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