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25 C. Rencon
شد سكتة
PIRACY IN WATERS ADJACENT TO HONG KONG.
Braft Notes of a meeting held at the Colonial Office on the 13th January, 1926.
Present.
Sir G. Grindle, K.C.M.G., C.B.
Sir R.E. Stubbs, K.C.M.G.
Mr.F.T.A. Ashton-Gwatkin
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Mr.G.S. Moss, 0.B.E.
Captain A.M. Peck, D.S.O.
Mr.P.E.Marrack, 0.B.E.
Major R.B. Pargiter
Foreign Office.
Admiralty.
War Office.
Mr.H. Leak
Board of Trade.
Captain F.W. Bate
Mr.J. Paskin
Colonial Office.
Mr.Marrack explained that while the
Navy accepts the duty of protecting British ships on the high seas, he did not think that the British taxpayer could properly be called
special
upon to pay for the provision of/naval forces to operate in the inland waters of another
prevent binary
country.
it was scarcely possi Sir E. Stubbs said that one cann
to draw the same distinction between the high
seas and river waters in China as is drawn in
Europe. The broad Chinese rivers are to a
very great extent "no man's ground."
He felt,
therefore