Petition {o Nanking Suggesting Navigation Rules Members of. the Chinese Pilots Association have submitted a petition to the Legislative Yuan and the National Government suggesting the framing of a series of regulations governing navigation on the Yangtze River.
According to this petition, the currents of the Yangtze are strong! and the depth of the river differs in various places so the regul should include article that all vessels should sound their irons once or twice when they are within half a mile of other vessels approaching from diteetion signals of the course to be taken.
A fulther suggestion is that pro-should be made that, when passing through narrow channels, no vessel should be permitted to overtake another.
In conclusion, members of the Association say that, when these regulations are framed, they should' be applicable to foreign merchantmen and gunboats as well as Chi nese vessels.
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