CO129-294 - Governor Sir Blake - 1899 [10-12] — Page 589

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the country to the South of Canton and on the net-work of water-ways of which Canton may be considered the centre.

What are styled "piracies", but which may be more properly described as gang-robberies, brigandage and blackmailing, are of almost daily occurrence on the rivers and creeks, while clan fights and armed defiance of the authorities, not amounting to actual rebellion, are rife in almost every direction.

The authorities from various causes do not deal effectually with this outrageous state of affairs.

One, and in my opinion one of the chief reasons why they fail to put down all this lawlessness, is the fact that the persons concerned are to all intents and purposes as well armed and much more numerous than any force the Provincial Government, without costly, strenuous and long continued efforts, can bring to bear against them.

There is no question whatever that the foreign arms of precision, rifles, revolvers and pistols with which the criminal portion of the population is armed, and the ammunition with which it is supplied, come, if not directly, at any rate in the first instance from the Colony of Hongkong. No doubt much of the munitions of WELI

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586the country to the South of Canton and on the net-workof water-ways of which Canton may be considered the centre.What are styled "piracies", but which may be more properlydescribed as gang-robberies, brigandage and blackmailing,are of almost daily occurrence on the rivers and creeks,while clan fights and armed defiance of the authorities,not amounting to actual rebellion, are rife in almostevery direction.The authorities from various causes do notdeal effectually with this outrageous state of affairs.One, and in my opinion one of the chief reasons why theyfail to put down all this lawlessness, is the fact thatthe persons concerned are to all intents and purposes aswell armed and much more numerous than any force theProvincial Government, without costly, strenuous and longcontinued efforts, can bring to bear against them.There is no question whatever that theforeign arms of precision, rifles, revolvers and pistolswith which the criminal portion of the population is armed,and the ammunition with which it is supplied, come, ifnot directly, at any rate in the first instance from theColony of Hongkong. No doubt much of the munitions ofWELI

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586the country to the South of Canton and on the net-workof water-ways of which Canton may be considered the centre.What are styled "piracies", but which may be more properlydescribed as gang-robberies, brigandage and blackmailing,are of almost daily occurrence on the rivers and creeks,while clan fights and armed defiance of the authorities,not amounting to actual rebellion, are rife in almostevery direction.The authorities from various causes do notBdeal effectually with this outragjous state of affairs,One, and in my opinion one of the chief reasons why theyfail to put down all this lawlessness, is the fact thatthe persons concerned are to all intents and purposes aswell armed and much more mumerous than any force theProvincial Government, without costly, strenuous and longcontinued efforts,can bring to bear against them.There is no question whatever that theforeign arms of precision, rifles, revolvers and piatolswith which the criminal portion of the population is armed,and the ammunition with which it is supplied, come, ifnot directly, at anyrate in the first instance from theColony of Hongkong. No doubt much of the munitions ofWELI

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the country to the South of Canton and on the net-work

of water-ways of which Canton may be considered the centre.

What are styled "piracies", but which may be more properly

described as gang-robberies, brigandage and blackmailing,

are of almost daily occurrence on the rivers and creeks,

while clan fights and armed defiance of the authorities,

not amounting to actual rebellion, are rife in almost

every direction.

The authorities from various causes do not

deal effectually with this outragjous state of affairs,

One, and in my opinion one of the chief reasons why they

fail to put down all this lawlessness, is the fact that

the persons concerned are to all intents and purposes as

well armed and much more mumerous than any force the

Provincial Government, without costly, strenuous and long

continued efforts,can bring to bear against them.

There is no question whatever that the

foreign arms of precision, rifles, revolvers and piatols

with which the criminal portion of the population is armed,

and the ammunition with which it is supplied, come, if

not directly, at anyrate in the first instance from the

Colony of Hongkong. No doubt much of the munitions of

WELI

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