The Archive · 1935

Price of Admiralty

The Hai Ho, whose mishap now turns out to be due to her having struck an uncharted rock, is, Chinese Preventive Cruiser. 'The adventure illustrates the perils of her calling. Search for craft engaged {in the carriage of goods for the pur-ose of evading revenue dues, necessarily leads its exponents into' waters which cannot be. described as high! roads of the sea. Consequently those jeruises penetrate secrets of the deep hitherto' withheld from the chart-makers' who naturally give closer fatiention to the more frequented 'Tripartite 'Talks Open tu Paris waters. The Hai Ho has thus paid Air" Estimates Introduced the price of admiralty and incident-Snétan State' Views Made' Public ally enabled the chart-makers 1 oun News Barer Front mr Four Wine Increase their knowledge of the [China Seas. 'The message which sug-"Road to Shanghai gested that the Hai Ho was "off her the Road. to. Tengyuch, Jcourse" was in essence correct. She Sixty' Years Ago [has to imagine where the ingenious London Cross-Word Pussies smuggler is likely to take his vessel Panes toms 515] in the hope of bringing his cargo to Book Pace 316 some deserted point whence its. dis-Wonas's Pace 519) }position without inconvenient atten-Seinen News 20] tion from Customs officials can best rvs, Mamtacrs axe' Destine 520 be arranged.

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