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sir,
John wire and Sons Limited,
9, Billiter Square,
140
LONDON, E.C.3.
February 10th, 1930.
Piracy in China.
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se thank you for your letter of January 30th in
answer to our's of November 2lat. se appreciate that your
time is and may be for an indefinite period ao fully
cccupied with the "aval Conference, that it will be almost
impossible for you to find time yet awhile to receivo a
deputation from us, although we hope that it may still be
possible in due course. ause of our vessels are however
even aon being forced to sail without military guards to
their no small danger and the time is getting on towards
April, when we are told no more zuards will be available.
Jhils we realize that it may be impossible to maintain a
large enough military or naval force in the Far East until
the re-establishment of laa and order ia China pute as and
to piracy, we submit that we are after all Britian subjects
and are entitled to protection from British forees, and
experience conclusively proves that military guarda ore
the only real protection against piracy. In the opinion
of bot shipowners and ship masters, who have had experience
or this quection of piracy, a body of guards in the employ
and under the control only of the shipping companies is
useless, because the essence of efficiency in this matter
is military discipline and the shipping companies only have
The Sight monourable J. RamasyacDonald, NC., 5.*...,
14. Downing street,
3.4.1.
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