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No.190.
Mr. Brenan to Sir Miles Lampson.
(and 1 copy)
Copies to:- F.O. No.134.
Hongkong No.455.
C.-in-C.
Sir,
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H.B.M. Consulate General,
Canton.
November 14th, 1927.
With reference to my despatch No.183 of the
27th October, I have the honour to enclose a trans-
lation of a letter from the Commissioner for Foreign
Affairs presenting a claim for $572,452 for damage
done to the villages of Taipinghu and Fulai as a
result of the punitive expedition undertaken by the
Navy after the piracy of the s.s. "Kochow". Fulai
is the village referred to as Shekki in the naval
reports enclosed with my despatch No.154 of the
6th September.
The only comment I have to make on this
letter is that if the Canton authorities have sufficient
control over these villages to conduct a detailed
examination into the losses which they have suffered,
they should be in a position to prevent them
from being used as a base for the numerous piratical
attacks which have been made from them in recent
months.
I have already sent a lengthy reply to
previous protests on this subject (please see
enclosure (c) in my despatch No.183) and I do
His Majesty's Minister,
Peking.
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