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H-CASE OF THE S.S. "KWANG LEE".
Pirated on 13th July, 1926.
I- CASE OF THE S.S. "SANDVIKEN".* Pirated on 21st August, 1926.
J.CASE OF THE S.S. "HSIN FUNG".
Pirated on 1st October, 1926.
NOTE. The two ships marked with an asterisk were owned by other nationalities. No
special correspondence occurred but verbal representations were made.
Extract from Despatch of H. M. Consul General, 11th October, 1926.
"I have already urged in vain that the Canton Government should seek British co- operation in dealing with this menace, but the threat of independent action may have some effect".
K CASE OF THE S.S. "SUNNING.”
Pirated on 15th November, 1926.
I.-Despatch of 20th November, 1926, from The Governor of Hong Kong,
to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
Sir,
I have the honour to enclose for your information copy of a report, dated the 20th November, by the Captain Superintendent of Police on the piracy of the China Navigation Company's S.S. "Sunning", which took place off Chilang Point, south of Swatow, on the afternoon of the 15th November.
2. From this report you will observe that Mr. H. Lapsley, a British subject, in the employ of the Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Company, Limited, is missing and may have been abducted by the pirates. I shall be glad if you will request the proper Chinese Authorities to make prompt and careful inquiry as to his whereabouts with a view to obtaining his speedy return to Hong Kong.
3. I have the honour also to request you to be good enough to draw the at- tention of the Canton Government to this further outrage by the Bias Bay pirates and to request that immediate steps may be taken for the extermination of these pirates whose immunity for so long a period is a standing disgrace to the Canton Govern- ment. The Hong Kong Government will gladly co-operate in such measures as the Canton Government may take for the suppression of the Bias Bay pirates.
I have, etc.
(Sd.)
C. CLEMENTI.
Governor, &c.
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