"Britain then decided to negotiate with Japan for joint action.—An understanding was reached between the naval commander in Hongkong and the captain of the Japanese patrol ship Uji in Canton to watch over Bias Bay, effective (ror January, 1908."
The spokesman recalls that the Canton authorities unsuccessfully sent expeditions against the pirates in 1923 and 1924.
Great Britain, in April, 1927, the spokesman continues, sent four warships and the aircraft-carrier Hermes to Bias Bay and destroyed 110 houses and 50 junks, while in September, 1928, she landed 500 marines against the pirates.
"These facts," he adds, "should serve to make clear the circumstances surrounding the action taker. by the Japanese Navy against the pirates during the past weeks."—Reuter.
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