89
saton for thair Lo
No particular scale of
compensation for death or injury at the hands of pirates
hiri joen Laid do on, but the company were prepared to do-cl
generously in such cases, and they pointed to what they
had already done in the case of Captain Mackintosh of
captain lor sw regently
** ung chow*
ranoaned after being solved by pirates on the Yangtzo*
14. Having dealt with the question of internal
defence, I would like to repeat the opinion expresand
io pravlous doapat homepa
exams that the m
obvious and urgent monaura of oxternal precution
against the piracy of so going ship is the conotunt
patrol of Bias day. l the wanting yeatherto
at *acked have been taken there and the pirates captured
so far have boan actives of that region
Knowing
that a varship was stationed in the day would paralyse
I do not thing there is
wutivities of the
much wai ht in the unant that they would simply
It would not
i the to bulld up now organisation in one other
part of the country, where they would be looked upon
stungslply anonles
15. I imagine that, as in the case of the ship ing
compinless the main objection to thly sonour t
Thora iro number of destroyers au other
toosals in Rongkong attable for the pure
guard ship would have to keep up ateam and be ready for
action at any time, especially at night, and that adds
The shipowners, however, expressed
the opinion very strongly to na that if they were
expected to spend a great deal of money an int senal
defence, His Majesty's Goverment should not grudge
the