without considerable riak to the pirates, the latter
would desiat, for they are mely ni serable creatures
with no mere physical courage thủn the rest of their
countrymen.
Again, it
3 #3ɔential to the sucess of their
venture for the pirates to be able to t ke the ship to
their base at Bias Hay. If they were forced to land t
anghai and
ther place on the coast b
Hongkong, the probability is that they would be re bed or
riti
even surdered by the local inhabitants, if not seised and
handed over to the sui
But they cannot direct
the ship to their base unless they possess the cridge.
ven if they controlled every other part of the vessel
including the engine reom they could net navigate, or
Cluers to ủo 20, without the bridge and the
force the
instruments thereon. They siht in their rag A
disappointment auss.ore the orge, bura the ship and
escape before help arrived, but they would wet no booty,
and if that were all they could hope to achieve, the
game would not be worth the candle, Moreover, I doubt
whether they could indulge in » gmoral mus#söze and
They would in every dase be far outnumbered by
the remaining office.s, passengers and orew 2
and drew, so the
latter even though unarmed, would put up a fight if they
saw that they were to be killed anyhow.
If the bridge could be held by the officer of
the watch, the probability is that the pirates mould
threäten him with the death of a
officers or passengers
The watch
Mia number of the
ider their control if he did not
ffionz would then have «
ffioult
decision to make and, as stated in the majority report,
the result would depend on his individu-l detemination
and