CO129-515-1 Piracy- legal proceedings arising from sinking of S.S. 'IRENE' 18-1-1929 - 6-9-1929 — Page 81

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otherwise he will run the risk of being acoused,

te quote onde more the language of kr. u.

u, of

"a flagrant instance of the disregard of inter-

"national law and the dictates of humanity." I

do not propose to spend time in discussing such a

contention, but I may point out first, that if

it be admitted, the prospect of suppressing piracy

off the coast of him becomes mote, and

secondly, that it is entirely inconsistent with

r. Chen's invitation so the british authorities

to station a vessel at the onvrug¤G to Bias

Say in order to iube:oeut pizuboŭ Vessels

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siace such an invitation would have no

Deuning if the vessel were forbidden to employ

sily means of making her presouce there effective.

16. in conclusion there le one coueidera-

tion which in itself is sufflelout to diepose

of the elule now put forward by Your zoellenoy,

but which his Lajesty'a dove went did not wish

to mention until they had dealt with the claim

on ita karits. It is an elementary principle

of

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