CO129-484 - Governor Sir Stubbs - 1924 [1-7] — Page 385

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THE CHINA COAST OFFICERS' GUILD.

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THE MARINE ENGINEERS' GUILD OF

CHINA.

Hongkong, 12th September, 1923.

The Honourable the Colonial Secretary,

HONGKONG.

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We have to thank you for your letter of the 3rd inst., enclosing copies of draft Piracy Regulations, and now have the honour to report for the information of His Excellency the Govemor, that we have taken every opportunity by calling a meeting and by personal interview, to elicit the views of our members on the subject.

Generally, the Regulations as a whole are viewed

by our members with great disapprobation, as being unjust, impracticable and, therefore, useless for the purpose for

which they are devised.

We would first point out that we have reason to believe (which is strongly supported by the wording of the document) that no active member of the Mercantile Marine has been consulted in the framing of the Regulations, which do not as a whole, or in any material point, coincide with the tenor of the suggestions put forward at an earlier date.

Section 1.

This section discloses a very grave misconception

of the conditions under which piracy occurs on the Canton River delta and the China Coast generally.

In postulating that it is the duty of the master and other certificated officers to resist to the utmost any piratical attack it assumes that they have a crew of their own nationals under their command and that the pirates attack the vessel from the outside.

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