SUBDUING PIRATES.
WATERS NOW PATROLLED. PEKING CO-OPERATING. (Received April 26, 5.45 p.m.) British Wireless. RUGBY, April 25. Questioned about acts of piracy in Chinese waters, the Foreign Secretary, Sir Austen Chamberlain, stated in the House of Commons that he was aware piracy was being continued, the activities of the pirates had been considerably reduced in the past six months, in which there had been only three occasions when their operations had met with any measure of success. In none of these instances wore British ships involved. An attempt to secure concerted action by tho Powers had met with no success. Only Japan was prepared to co-operate with Britain. The waters in which piracy had occurred were now regularly patrolled by Japanese or Chinese warships. The policy against the pirates was discussed by the British Minister in Peking with General Li Chun during the former's visit to Peking. Li Chun was emphatic in his protest against piracy, and expressed the hope that he would clear up the Bias Bay area within three months.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19931, 27 April 1928, Page 11
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