Our friends the Japanese have been suddenly struck with a highly moral fit Highly commendable of course, but like some other essentially commendable characteristics, permanent or transient, open to criticism. 'The first evidence of the growing desire to pose before the civilised world as the champions of outraged womanhood, and the watch-dogs of unprincipled and heartless men—foreign men, be it understood—was afforded a week' or two since in the prosecution of the man Nevills, Marshal or Deputy-Marshal of the United States Consulate at Nagasaki, upon a charge of conniving at or assisting in the systematic abduction of young women for illicit ends in open ports in China. The man was acquitted, in the absence of adequate evidence. Chapter two opens at Yokohama, and unfortunately enough for our American cousins the man proceeded against is an American citizen this time also, Mr. William Copeland, the individual en anything but enviable publicity, is an old resident of Yokohama, and was many years ago, proprietor of the (then) prineigal Brevry there. "Of later years he in court before Consul-General W. D. has seen ups and downs and now he figures Tillotson, assisted by Assessors 'T. L. Brower and A. M. Forbes, upon a charge of keeping ta disorderly house" at No, 192 Bluff. The accused, who pleaded not guilty, conducted his own defence. The case came on for hearing yesterday, Public Procurator Hokubu of the Yokohama Local Court (Kr Saibausho) watching the proceedings on behalf of the Japanese, at whose instigation legal steps were instituted, Abundantproof was cited to establish the fact that the accused, through his present wife, a Japanese," is personally identified with
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