3 enclosures
No. 5
Mr. Brenan to Sir Miles Lampson.
H. B.M. Consulate General,
Canton.
January 19th, 1928.
(and 1 copy)
Copies to:- F.O. No.2
Hongkong No.22
C.-in-C.
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S.N.O's report
"S.C.M.F." January 19th.
To C. F. A. January 18th.
Sir,
With reference to my telegrams Nos. 5 and
6 of yesterday and to-day, I have the honour to
enclose a copy of a report by Commander M. L.
Clarke, D.S.C., Senior Naval Officer on the West
River on the attempted piracy of the Chinese
steamer "San Nam Hoi", which took place near
Kongmoon on January 17th. A copy of the "South
China Morning Post" of January 19th, giving
further particulars and accounts of interviews
with the ship's officers is also enclosed.
2.
The attack is believed to have been made
by former members of the ships crew who had gone
on strike and been dismissed and that the Seamen's
union at Kongmoon, which is a separate organization
from the one in Canton was implicated in the affair.
The pirates embarked as passengers at Pakkai
(Kongmoon). The British officers defended them-
selves and their ship in a most gallant manner
and finally drove the pirates overboard after a
fight lasting about half an hour. Unfortunately
the Chief Officer, a British subject named Hugh
Conway, was killed as well as two Indian guards
whose/
His Majesty's Minister,
Peking.
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