Shipping interests are considering the possibility of organizing Marine Volunteers Corps to cope with the present prevalence of piracy along' the larger rivers in Kuangtung. There is talk of equipping and manning special patrol boats, Mr. Chan Lim-pan in a public statement the other day said that the Chinese should not depend on. their Government alone to bring' them peace and order, but should labour for their own salvation.
If the Government is unable to restore peace and order soon, the citizens will have in the Volunteer Corps a fitting instrument through which to take the responsibility into their own hands.—Reuter's Pacific
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