This is a general problem rather than a merchant seaman problem.
It is very important that we get the qualifications of merchant seaman agreed.
That would not cover the case of the merchant seaman prisoner.
But the merchant seaman would have some place in the country where he could be registered.
One would imagine from what he says that no case affecting a merchant seaman ever came before a court of law.
We had to go round with the hat and beg for money on behalf of the merchant seaman.
That is a poor look-out for the merchant seaman.
The important point about the merchant seaman is that he is one of the best kind of workmen it is possible to get.
