Enclos e No. 5 in Canton despatch No. 369 of Bateber 31st, 1928.
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No. 363/28
From Commissioner for Foreign Affairs,
Canton.
October 13th, 1928.
sir,
I have received a despatch from General Head-
quarters on the subject of the piracy of the 3.5.
"Anking" to the effect that it had been reported that
Messrs. Butterfield & Swire's steamer "Anking" had been
pirated early on September 26th near the Taichow inlet and
the Naval Commander-in-Chief, Chan Chak, now stated that
he had at once ordered the gunboat "Hai Fu" to proceed to
the spot and carefully search the neighbourhood. The
two gunboats "Kwang Kong" and "P'ing Nan" had also been
ordered to proceed thither from Bias Bay and cooperate in the
Further particulars would be reported in due course.
search.
(Sa) Chu Chao-hsin.