CO129-487 - Others & Individuals - 1924 — Page 316

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Henning

the

this of the

who were people of no particular

particular Cravery

whe descnclined to attack unters with

odds heavily in their fourres

This was well known to the pirsten

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Fletcher had a very poor opinion of the ñorale of the pirate class genorally and thought they would quickly "ge out of business" if "easy prey" of this type were

If the Guilds would magjeet any means of

→) dealing:

eve my theme

thiwovil, the indusement to piratical

attacks would very largely be removed.

In support of his remarks as to the noor

quality of some of the ships officere, he read extracts from a statement made by the Naval Intelligence Officer

before the Corener in connection with the Tai Las

Arnoy. Could the Guilds do wything to improve the quality er status of these officers”

atson said that the Guilds were wars

that there were cases of this sort, but it was

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extraordinarily difficult to get evidence, .re only practical suggestion he could make war that the on Goverment should make a regulation requiring all ships

officers te belong to the Guilds, which could then tau

disciplinary astion when cases of dingraceful sonduct

were reported to them.

kr. fistolwr however carmidared that the

Hong Kong Government would not do this, as it would be

ma sanjustifiable interference with the liberties of the

people, Under the Piracy imgulations the Goverment could already refuse to allow the employment of any particular peram, but as ir, iatson had observed this

was a very difficult thing to apply in individual case",

Mir, Neore sugested that perhaps the difficulty

might be met by the hơng Kong Goverment fixin; a Fort

rite

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