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It appears that what you
are really interested in is the
question of Chen Chiung-ming's
connection with the piracies in 1924.
We are quite willing to believe that
he connived at them (although there
is no proof of that), but there is
no evidence except Faure's suspicion
that he was directly responsible for
them; and even Faure does not suggest
that he has organised the more recent
piracies. In these circumstances, is
it really any use starting an
investigation into Chen Chiung-ming's
quite hypothetical connection with a
series of piracies which are now a
matter of history? Will it help us
t solve our present problems? The
crux of the whole matter so far as
Bias Bay is concerned is simply that
there is no proper authority there.
What we want is an authority in Canton
sufficiently