Communication Following the piracy of the Tseangtah of the China Import Export Lumber Ca. at the small ti [port of Hsin Hsin Kong on Tuesd British shipping firms in Shan concerned at the prevalence of acts on the Yangtze River, will active measures to protect vessels, Jardine Matheson & Ca. vessels ply along the Yangtze Ri daily, have decided to carry Russian guards on board the sailing to the river ports, and Bulo ter field and Swire, it is reported have requested the British Gov ment to provide military guards their vessels engaged in thi d The request, it is understood, been refused.
As a further safeguard these acts of piracy Butterfield Swire have installed radio app on their river vessels, and coastal steamers will still conti to carry armed guards.
The Royal Navy, at present, one gunboat stationed in the? ize Delta, and a system of im wireless communication naval vessels and merchant ships hai been agreed upon with a view i lessening the risk of Another safeguard against tracks is the improvement of piracy alarm signals carried on. river steamers, by which it is to summon naval assistance im short space of time.
A curious feature of the piracy the Tseangtah was the fact that pirates were believed to have b fishermen and riverside peð reduced to penury through present hostilities; having had resort to plunder, in order to Most of the cargo looted, from vessel consisted of foodstuffs, p visions, cigarettes and general m chandise.
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