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Paraphrase Telegram from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Secretary of State for the Colonies.
Dated 9th December, 1929.
(Received Colonial Office 1.15 p.m. 9th December, 1929.)
Addressed to Secretary of State for the Colonies
repeated to Peking, 9th December Pirate attack made 8th December by Bias Bay gang on British steamship Haiching was repulsed by ships fficers with great gallantry and ship much damaged by fire, was brought to safety under escort of British destroyer(s) to Hong Kong
Reuter's
telegraph description is substantially correct. When
details are available I shall telegraph recommendations as to decorations for ships officers and I hope that they
may be included in New Years Honours List.
Effective measures for prevention of piracy from Bias
Bay can, I am convinced, only be taken ashore. In the
present case warning was received from Bias Bay village
elders on 16th November that two gangs were out and
contemplated a piracy before the Chinese new year
(30th January), when Chinese pecuniary necessities are
most pressing. Warning was issued to shipping the same day and sent to His Majesty's Consul General Canton. I
feel sure that if Canton authorities at Bias Bay had been
alert and in touch with the village elders who are now
out of sympathy with pirates owing to British reprisals
on the former occasions this outrage might have been
prevented. It is the Canton authorities' obvious duty to
see that all necessary action ashore for the prevention of
piracy is taken in Bias Bay. During the periods of civil
war, however, unless very strong pressure is brought to
bear
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