whom were pirates, were drowned, the loss of
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impocent life being due to a panic breaking out
among the Chinese passengers which it was impossible
to control. During the rescue operations fire
was aguin opened from the "Irene" upon the
submarine.
Seven of the pirates, of whom six are
known to have taken part in previous pirasies,
were convicted of piraoy by the Supreme Court
of Hong Kong and sentenced to death.
8. such are the circumstances in which
Your Excellency contends that His Lajesty's
vernment are liable to make compensation to
the extent of several million dollare for action
described by Mr. fu as "a flagrant instance of
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"the disregard of international law and the
"dictates of humanity". I do not propose to
spend time in discussing the language which
your predecessor saw fit to employ, but will
proceed at once to discuss the legal grounds on
which this claim appears to be based. It appearS
from Lr. Wu's Note of December 22nd, 1927, and
Your Excellenoy's of January 23rd, 1929 that
the se
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