CO129-490 - Public Offices - 1925 — Page 56

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

54

4

១៤

50 กรม:

ן

ReJquirojni sist (le to malar MI

LIIVO „AASJE GUS dilw fæ

JL

$4.00

na bw Lesb at Loyalito ssani

Bay w

Comuni be.

+

sarive

noi.ve t

I

£5.

.BIZ

0.45

a. disco

AKCIJ DE J

0.

1:

iམན

La d

.

J.

A

To

lead us wanti

$4

50+

zob in S.

Jul 17 3 mim Sisak i at ater

a ine naj keds Le Pet

Debut DUBA

Guzman

A

pesaing and to -Phan kacida MBA

'

WaLiga Tinnt o

Canton remains quiet these operations will continue and should

have a great effect on the whole question, but there is always the

danger that other Generals will become even more jealous of L1 Fook |

inn und neutralise his efforte.

(4) The British gunboats have been very actively employed whenever the political situation has been sufficiently quiet, in patrolling.

searching for, and attue: ing pirates and their craft. A good deal

of success has been obtained but they gun never deal with the gangs that work entirely from theshore, attuoking small craft and then

retiring into the hills or their lairs up small cree: 8. Their

value must consist chiefly in preventative work and backing up

General Li Fook Lum's forces from the water side when he attacks

an area. It is their presence which undoubtedly puts the necessary atiffening into his soldiers on these occasions. Also by tracking down and dealing with all suspicious steam launches met a great

deal of potential piragy is provented and fear instilled in the

pirates' minde. The whole essence of success in this work is

uncertainty of movement, it is no use having a regular schedule whi oh the pirates can observe and make their plane accordingly,

(5)

The Hongkong Government fitted out 4 armed launches for convoy work which are manned by Naval ratinge under the comand of a Naval officer.

These o. aft are by no means ideal for the work, they draw too much water und out of them are too slow, They have however been very useful indeed, not oly for convoying but for patrol work

in between and were particularly welcome during the periods when the gunboats have had to be concentrated at Canton,

wik tour bedaar

J

rib

109 LA IS1Svet så m

(1)

42 81

i

+

(a)

Janaie hie Do #I

0. APO TE NOUN BA GEN

li Rotherfie muở ban

Baren

LANGE UT

vyxana to Javoms ads

Prevention of Firzoy - Present Systea.

At present shipping is protected against piracy by the following metho da.

British gunboats.

These are distributed about the rivers and the Delta agcording to signs and information received. They are a mobile force which can be awitoned to any area required.

Piracy suppression is by no means the only duty they have to

.31

13.

perform.

Comments

Approved members can add comments, bookmarks, and private notes.

No comments yet.

Private Research Note

Private notes are available after approval.