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RESOLUTION No. 4.
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Mr. Moore drew attention to the fact that although
the Commission appointed to enquire into the Piracy of the
Aul-An did not recommend that any form of wireless apparatus
should be made obligatory, the only Naval officer on the
Commission dissented. The Guilds attached great importance
to the carrying of wireless apparatus.
22.
The official representatives agreed that the fitting
of wireless apparatus and the carrying of efficient operators
would greatly enhance the chances of dealing with a piratical
attack. In this connection there was some discussion of the
possibility of some system of dividing the Danger Zone into
sectors. A ship would send out a signal on passing out of
one sector into another. The regular emission of such signals
would indicate that all was well and conversely,
As however the immediate question was whether
wireless should or should not be made obligatory, the dis-
cussion of such schemes as this was not proceeded with.
23. It was agreed that apart from the greater chance of
dealing with a particular attack, the mere knowledge that
ships were fitted with wireless and could summon help would
act as a very great deterrent to pirates.
24.
It was understood that the Sui-An Commission had
decided not to recommend the obligatory fitting of wireless
on river steamers, solely on the ground of the expense
involved. Mr. Fletcher expressed the view that this question
of expense was not in itself a sufficient ground for reject-
ing such a valuable deterrent.
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involved.
Captain Tomkinson gave some account of what would be
In the first place many of the river steamers (and
in fact one of the gunboats the Robin) were so cramped that
there was not room for wireless apparatus, though this
difficulty