CO129-507-3 China- anti-piracy precautions 31-10-1927 - 25-10-1928 — Page 83

atlona for spoofil messont part of th

ohipping compan100.

They, however, sourteously gave me

all facilities for forming my own opinion on the subject

and, in addition to proudoing the plins of their shipo

they called in for consultation and interrogation their

murine superintendent, engineer superintendent and

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one of the COSMOtloombin

tho pirauion of sou going mips on tho South Chin

香料 the with which the

st in rent yourse

pirates, at a given signal, could o verpower all the

officers on the ship, seize the bridge and from there

diroot the couro the Toadel towards thoir in

bias Bay. The officers are supplied with me, but they

find it inconvenient to keep a revolver strapped to the

person continually on the off chance that their partio

ship may be pirated, so they leave their on their

toor of the matuh tions not carry a

revolver, I understand, because it is likely to affect the

In those to much a tho

grillonnod vean provided, the gate were not in poaition

a

wder the eye or the wuton orrior

art ope

writionl moment, owing to th

negligence of the Indian Ouard.

Thm ronilt in that tho

offloors were always daunt warned and

uld offer ne

f the manoouvre in the

frit cow asos showed the piratos that there

little risk involved if their plan was well organized,

and they were thereby en 30

frequent intervals.

fond to repeat

If by taking the proper produutions

it could be shown that a seizure could not be

without