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courae to the civil gourts in the obae of any slac 'nego on
the part of their guards.
e no less than the British authorities in the Far
ao
fast have done our beat to find an alternative to the
present system of military suarda and we can ply ausgest
the follow ng plan as an alternative, which we sub-it in
the hope that it may be favourably considered.
A a ecial police force should be furmad cumposed of
Forthern Chinese, Zalaya or Indians of the good fighting
reges with a heavy enough establishment of white R.C.ca to
permit of an B.C.. being available for evory anis requiring
a guard, since it is essential for natives to be led by a
if they are to be of any use. The headquarters
white msn,
but,
of this force should in our opinion be in hong Zone;
although we call them polies and they are based on hong Kong,
it is essential that their recruiting, training and
diacinline should be under control of either the navel or
the military authorities and not under that of the Bong Yung
police superintendent. ŝe already have ex`erience of anti-
piracy guards supplied by the Bằng Kong police and they have
been undisciplined and quite inefficient. Although
number of these guards have been killed or wounded ja
aueomaatui piracy attacks, we cannot recall a single
instance, where it can be shown that they have frustrated
an attempted piracy. The British shipowners could thin
indent on the headquarters of this force for auch guards, as
they might require from time to time, and pay an adoro riate
fee for their use while thus detailed for this duty.
If our effort to arrive at a solution is savourably
considerou, ** we can caly hope it will be in view oð tbn
urrency