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this is a rez rkable circumstance which
amply demonstrates the eare with which the
Commander of the submarine employed the very
moderate amount of force which was necessary to
bring the vessel to.
15. In fact if Your Excellency's contention
on this point mesus anything it must mean that
warship which encounters a vessel in the hands of
pirates is not entitled to use force a all in
the creat of the vessel deelining to stop.
eoause if this is done there must always be
risk that either the ship or someone on board
may be inju. ed either by the shots themselves or
byfaction, such as setting the ship on fire,
taken by the pirates on realizing that they are
about to be deprived of their ill-gotten gaine.
Is would follow that in such circumstances the
Commander of the warship must allow the pirates
to remove the Tessel to their base without lot
or hindrance and there loot her at their leisure;
otherwise
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