CO129-547-3 China Piracy- anti piracy guards 25-1-1934 - 3-12-1934 — Page 31

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police guards, is an adequate protection a sinet "internal piracy" and that the use of naval or military tards, which an only be provided at the expense of much inconvenienos to naval or military arrangements, is not therefore called for, exoept ponsibly as a purely temporary measure to meet an ergonoy, emergency. The provision of an armed police force, which ly Lords

understand has worked satisfactorily in ships trading in south China waters, ie also very much more economical.

5. In these circumstances, anquiries have been initiated

locally as to the possibility of the establishment of a force

at Shanghai under the control of the Shanghai Kunicipal folios on the lines of the force at Bong kong, and assuming, a thers

is no reason to suppose is not the case, that there is no

inherent difficulty in making these or similar arrangements, Ky Larvis consider this, with the provisionsf grilles, as necessary,

to be the proper solution of the question,

6. I am further to remind you that the view of H.. Government has been that it is the responsibility of the shipping companies themselves to take the necessary precautione against "internal pirway", 1.e., disturbances arising on board their ships, though as in the past, H.. hipe will always be ready to render such assistance as may be in their power, consistently with their other duties, in quelling such disturbances, The cost of any such precautions must therefore full upon the companies.

7. By Lords understand that, as a temporary mousure, an offer has been mule to supply mards from the garrison at Shanghai for British ship from hanghai to Tientsin. office, however, can only agree to this arrangement for a strictly limited time until other arrangements can be made by the comanies and on the condition that the full cost of the

guard is recovered from them.

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inally, on the subject of rilles, i am to observe

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