CO129-498-1 Indepartmental conference on Piracy- report 12-1-1926 - 20-4-1926 — Page 12

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

unofficial members of the Committee appointed by Sir R.. Stubbe in December, 1924, that the fary should saDVISO sectionly mtir responsibility for the protection

of consorce in those waters. They have pointed out that

eron on to gore are llite to Mio protection

1

that they afford to trade or that traders could

reasonably demand from the lary. They observe that

Moromant chips no exacted to protnot soulron to

Lingo extent from moriatio attach

to accept

inconveniences, some of which (s.g.palling under convoy}

are such to long come tradera have complained of.

It apara to the deiralty to be in antenablo propsaison

that traiara ahoaid oxynot to cury on toir basino導

without inconvenience or d ngar in a forelɛn country

outtoring free Civil r, and should taro provided for wha

without coat to thorsel roe. shitover increase of protaco

tim in noceanary to affaet Win.

4.

The contral by te, on the other bands in

from

time plete agremont with the view, which has from time bom

expressed in Sir R.č.Stabbe' damp sbobet, and was endorsed

in the Rajort of the intoroportontal conterone

referred to above, that in the conditions obtaining in

Me vstars or too Cantons Delta, Karo the drigor lion in

an attack from within by a mall body of detonained min

a ship must be prepared to defend itealf.

Too foot raninth of as trilostod

in the terms of reforaice to to local connttoo appoin

ted by Sir A.X.Stubbs,certain amunimenta in the Pirany

Regulations are desirable, ne mygestin that I as able to

regard as practicable has yet bom put forward for a

m

affnotiva

Comments

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

No comments yet.

Private Research Note

Private notes are available after approval.