PIRATES IN CHINA SEA
BRITISH REPRESENTATIONS. INSTRUCTIONS TO AMBASSADOR. British Wireless. Rugby, Dec. 16. Mr. Arthur Henderson, Foreign Secretary, was asked in the House of Commons whether he had made any representations to the Chinese Government regarding the increase of piracy along the Chinese coast. He replied that representations had been repeatedly madi in recent years and the British Minister had instructions to keep the matter before the Chinese Government with a view to its taking effective suppressive measures. ' So far as his information went there had been no deterioration in the situation during recent months. Trie problem of securing the safety of British commerce was one that was constantly kept in view. It should have been noticed that in the recent case of piracy upon the steamer Hacking two British warships li?' 1 been instrumental in saving the vessel.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19291219.2.117
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 19 December 1929, Page 18
Word Count
140PIRATES IN CHINA SEA Taranaki Daily News, 19 December 1929, Page 18
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in