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Senior Naval Officer informed Mr. Kung that if no pilots were forthcoming at a resonable rate by
23rd he would close the river on the 24th.
On 23rd Mr. Kung vigorously protested
against the letter of 22nd and Senior Naval
Officer replied xx that he had nothing to add,
and informed the Commissioner of Customs and
Standard Oil Company's representative of pro-
posed action.
On 23rd Senior Naval Officer was instructed
by Commodore to offer $50 per day and Pilots were
promised by noon the following day.
At noon 24th no pilots had arrived but the
Secretary of Seamen's Union came on board to make
a contract, and was very offensive. Nothing
happened up to late in the evening and Senior Naval Officer wrote to Mr. Kung and said he was closing port and would re-open on receipt of pilots
At 7.30 p.m. port was closed, at 11.00
p.m. the pilots came on board.
at Swatow. (c) August 25th, 1926, Armed pickets removed
from the hold of the s.s. "Yuet Wah" 72 cases of
cigarettes shipped to the British American Tobacco
Company, Swatow, for transport to Amoy, on permit issued by Customs.
Commissioner requested return of the 72
cases by noon on August 28th, in case of non- compliance he intended asking Inspector General
for permission to close port with the object
of
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