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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
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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
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