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THE CHINA COAST OFFICERS' GUILDTM
22 OCT 13
4B, PEKING ROAD,
SHANGHAI
30th September, 1913.
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Sir: -
re the "Tai On" Piracy case in China
I am directed by the Committee of the China Coast
Officers' Guild, an organisation representing nearly
all the Captains and Officers of vessels truding on
this coast, to express through you to the British
Government their profound indignation at the treatment
accorded to one of their members by the Harbour
Authorities in Hongkong in the matter of the "Tai On"
piracy case, and their earnest desire that your
Government will make strong representations to the
Chinese Government for full compensation for the loss
of the officer's property and money which was the direct
result of the non maintenance of law and order, and to
further request that proper protection for British
subjects in these waters shall be provided in future
against
The Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs.