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HONG KONG.
BIAS BAY PIRACIES.
No. 1927
Endeavours to obtain co-operation of Canton Government
in its suppression.
A. CASE OF THE S.S. TAI ON.
Pirated on 27th April, 1914.
I.-Telegram of 28th April, 1914, from The Governor of Hong Kong,
to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
"Steamer Tai On pirated and burnt off Ki O. Several hundred persons reported missing. Please inform Chinese Authorities".
MAY.
II.-Note of 28th April, 1914, from The Tu Tu of Kuangtung, Lung
Chi-kuang, to H. M. Consul-General, Canton.
The Tu Tu has the honour to acknowledge the receipt of H. M. Consul-General's letter requesting him to order a thorough search for those concerned in the piracy and burning of the S.S. "T'ai On" off Ki Au. He has already issued strict instructions for the arrest of the pirates and for an enquiry and report; and in the general interests of merchants and travellers he will not permit of any delay in this matter. He would be obliged if H. M. Consul-General would inform the Hong Kong Government in this sense.
III.-Telegram of 28th April, 1914, from H. M. Consul-General, Canton,
to Governor, Hong Kong.
"Re your telegram of this afternoon on the subject of the Tai On, two gunboats are being sent with troops, by Tu Tu, to vicinity of the piracy".
IV. Note of May 1st, 1914, from H. M.. Consul-General, Canton,
to The Tu Tu of Kuangtung.
In the matter of piracy which has of late been so frequent and daring.
On the 9th of April, according to information furnished by a Canton detective Wu Ting-an to the Hong Kong Government and to his superiors, five pirate junks with one hundred armed men on board left Macao for P'ing Hai and it is supposed that ten
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