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a detailed reply requested in time to present to this meeting
which stands adjourned till Sunday 17th February 1924 at the
same time and place for the purpose of receiving such reply.
4. We have held two meetings - At our first meeting
held on the 17th of June 1924, there were also present, besides
the members of the Committee, Sir J.Jamieson(His Majesty's
Consul-General, Canton) and representatives of the Treasury,
the War Office and the India Office. At our second meeting,
held on the 10th of July, 1924, we had the advantage of a
personal discussion with Mr.T.W.Moore,C.B.H., F.R.G.S.(Secretary
The Imperial Merchant Service Guild) Mr.D.Bramah, C.B.E.,
(General Secretary, The Marine Engineers Association) and Mr.J.
Watson(Secretary, The Marine Engineers Guild of China). Repre-
sentatives of the Mercantile Marine Department Board of Trade
were also present at this meeting.
5. After considering reports on the cases of piracy which
had occurred and on the general conditions existing in South
China it was agreed that the present state of affairs was
directly due to the civil war in the Kwong "ung Province
which had completely disrupted the policing by the Chinese
Authorities of the Canton Delta and neighbouring waters.
In
the circumstances the only measure which could be effective
would be the destruction of the pirate lairs, the whereabouts
of the more important of which were apparently well known.
regard to this we were informed that the landing on Chinese
territory of British military and naval forces for such a
purpose is out of the question but that arrangements had been
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