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JUNKMAN AND FAMILY IN PIRATES' HANDS.

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At the Central Magistracy yes- terday afternoon, a Chinese charged, before Major C. Willson, O.B.E., with having been concerned in a piracy on the high seas In February, 1926.

was a local The pirates' craft cargo junk, the master of which gave evidence for the prosecution. The junk was purchased In Jan- uary, 1926, and the piracy occurred a month later, on February 8. The Junk was 'thon on a voyage from Macao

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ransom money, he worked for the relative who had advanced the money for two years without wages. Then, when he had discharged his debt, he went back to Cheungchau, where he had lived for nine years prior to the piracy..

He arrived at Cheungchau: on June 30 last, and as the result of Information he received there, he communicated with the local police, who arrested the accused on board a junk. The witness stated, in reply to the Magistrate, that he was positive the accused was one of the pirates.

The defendant was asked if he had any question to put to the witness and, in reply, made a statement to the effect that witness had given strong evidence against

He proceeded to explain that it was not on his own initiative that he committed the piracy or detained the witness, and VALA about to explain that he was him- self a captive of the pirates, when his Worship Indicated that he did not wish

hear defendant's statement at that stage.

The hearing will be continued this afternoen,

him. to Cheungchau, and was aeized by the pirates at a point off Faalau, near Tai-0. On board the Junk at the time of the piracy were the junk master, his wife and 12- {year-old daughter and a foki. There were four pirates, all armed with rifles. On boarding the junk, the pirates threw the fokl overboard, and then salied the junk to Samtso, an island to the West of Macao.

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Kuelfu, Yesterday. Bandits' activities have again been reported at mileage 116, a well-known landmark on the Upper Yangtazo,

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the The prisoner in the dock, witness said, was the pirate who looked after the junk's tiller. The captives were taken to a hut on Samtso Island, where they saw a number of other pirates; also armed with rifles. The witness, his wife and daughter were kept prisoners in the hut until May, 1926, Menn- time, the pirates sold the daughter, "It is commonplace," says the whom witnese had not seen since. editorial, to say that the great Witness' wife was released in April In order to find ransom money, but she was unsuccessful and returned some ten days later.

economic battleground of the future will be on the Pacific, on whose shores cluster more than half of the human race. The last During all the time the witness; few years have witnessed develop- was in the hands of the pirates hements in this part of the world was made to work hard all day for that have been little short of amaz the meagre food he received, and Ing. We have seen the maritime was chained up all night. Towards, commerce of this port and of the the end of April his wife again left port of Vancouver grow from an Samtso to raise money and this insignificant voluma to proportions time returned with $260, for which which have changed the whole ap- sum the pirates agreed to release pearance of the two waterfronts. the couple.

But this can be considered little more than a beginning. Canada Is reaching, out for Oriental trade. She has much to sell which the Orient needs, and as that business expands, so will ships using these. ports increase in number."--Rou

Debt. Discharged, They left Samteo. In a passenger junk and went to Macao. From Macao the witness went to Kwong- hol where, in order to repay the

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