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Pacific reprisals should also, according to the tendency of modern opinion and practice, be so applied as not to interfere with the interests of third Powers and their subjects.
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Thomas Erskine Holland
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Holland advocates for the application of pacific reprisals to avoid harming third-party interests.
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