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of the Canton Merchant Volunteers, there was hardly a breathing space during which any extensive campaign against the pirates could be even considered. As fust as one crisis was past and attention

turned to anti-piracy another orisis arose in Canton.

(3) In spite of all this interruption a great deal has been done

to deal with the piracy evil. General Li Fook Lum, the appointed Chinese official to deal with the pirates, has been enormously handicapped by want of men and money and especially gunboats or armed launaños. An even greater handicap is the tremendous jealousy between all the various provincial troops and their commanders. All districts are parfelled out between these military

They commanders who extort what is possible out of their areas. are much too busy doing this to have time or inclination to bother about pirates who do not dumage their own pockets und in many cases no doubt contribute to their fortunes as the price of being left alone. Consequently if any other General shows signs of

moving or taking action in their personal area they at once suspect

him of designs on their posts and put every possible obstuale in

his way, going as far as fighting him if they feel strong enough.

There is no doubt whatever that much of the pirati gal trouble is

due to their soldiers who pirate one day and resume soldiering

the next. Even if they do not take an active part in piracy they

do not take any active steps against it and no doubt are

compensated accordingly.

However, during the last three monthe further sation has been

taken in several areas by General Li Fook Lum and a fair mmber

of pirates and their leaders have been rounded up and, in many

C88, shot. Like all chinese operations they do not appeal to

our ideas of effiolency but in the present state of the country

they are as much as can be expected sad personally I um surprised

at the amount of energy and seal shown, Provided the situation ir

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