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No apology is due to our Government, nor have the owners of the Kowshing, or the relatives of any of her European officers who may have been lost, any claim for compensation.
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Thomas Erskine Holland
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Holland argues that no apology or compensation is owed to the owners of the Kowshing or their relatives.
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