of the case and these were complicated by claim put forward on behalf of Dr. Sun that ho is a British subject, born in Hongkong. By international law an embassy or legation is regarded as part of the territory of the country which that embassy or legation represents. In this instance it was therefore urged that the arrest and imprisonment of Chinaman—for Sun's claim to British citizenship was denied by his captors—on what is practically Chinese soil was a matter over which the British Law Courts had no jurisdiction; and it is stated that a Judge to whom an application was made in Chambers upheld this view and declared that he had no power in the matter. The point is an exceedingly interesting one, If this wide -view of the privileges of a Legation were upheld a Chinaman might be tortured or beheaded in Portland Place without this country having, in interoational law, any right to interfere. But experts in international law do not uphold this extreme view. It is said that the recent incident at Zanzibar was pointed to by the Chinese*Legation in support of their claim to.administer law in their own way within the Legation; but the two cases are, of course, essentially different. It is true that the German Consul at Zanzibar retained the usurping Sultan and then smuggled him away in spite of the protests of British officials; but in the first place the usurper was a refugee and not a prisoner, and in the swand place the British Goverament were very glad to get rid of the fellow, and at heart felt very much obliged to the German Consul for his action, whatever they may have thought of his motives. However, this evening Dr. Sun Yat-sen was set at liberty in compliance with a peremptory demand from the Marquis of Salisbury, and there the matter ends for the present. As the legal grounds on which the Prime Minister's demands were based are not stated, the vexed question of international law remains unsettled.
TRAFALGAR DAY, Every year greater success attends the attempt of the Navy League to make the celebration of Trafalgar Day into a great national demonstration. On Wednesday the "finest site in Europe" was thronged from morning till night with patriotic sigiitseers, while during the preceding days a good many hundreds of people collected. in the square to watch the steeple-jack climb bing to the summit of the column, fixing his ladders, and helping to surround the monument with heavy garlands of evergreens. Around the base of the column were ranged on Wednesday wreaths and trophies of flowers from branches of the Navy League in all parts of the world, as. well as from vessels of the Navy and from private admirers' of the famous sailor. Among the most imposing of the wreaths was one from the Hongkong branch of the League. On the whole the French have regarded the celebration from a sensible polar of view, recognising that in paying honour to the memory of our greatest naval hero we are not in the least degree influenced by any unfriendly feeling towards the nations over whom Nelson's victories were gained. At the same time it is not denied of course that the celebration is intended to demonstrate our pride in our naval supremacy and our determination to maintain it.
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