Was it while you were at that school vou a Is it still' in existed Tt stopped long ago. send Kang Vii vei's letter?—Rang Ya-wei'
Was the cause of your leaving it because etter was published long ago, but I was at the paper stopped?—I left the newspaper the school when I first saw it.
What is this letter; what is the natare office to take up my position in the Shin mere are tivo letters; one is addressed Chen school.
What translation work was it you were to his followers or students and the other doing: from Chinese into Japanese, or what? the Chinese resident in the provinces which wrote editorial articles. have now passed outside the Empire.
The Assesror—But were those articles 'Did roa' read both these letters at this time what? translated from Chinese into Japanese or "And what was their purport?
What did Prisoner—T translated Japanese articles they advocate?—According to Kang Vu-we and also wrote Chinese articles. the Government should be by a_constitutio Have vou cone in for any of the eximinanda Petliament the same as in England; tions for official rank Chin: don't it could not be by an independent govern-hold the M.A. decree, ment or republic.
Hare vou obtained the 2-1 have not Well, was it in rep! ly to the sentiments in pesoed thet examination with that letter, you vere this document?—Yes.
Have vou passed any exrminatian?—No. fal and wicked intention to excite treason Did you ever and sedition throughout the country. i ment or spread it throuch the countr or publish that win sti hat Xf the Court wil fake ints td of cue it to be priate: ay it was ons] eae counts, when, they a-private letter there was no occasion come to deal with the prisoners, they will consider them with the greatest leniency. It will therefore be the duty of myself, and that of Mr. Jones, to satisfy the Court simply on those two points, namely that the nceused, Chang Pin-ling and Tsou Yung. when they wrote these documents, wrote them simply for their own private use; that they were not written with the intention of printing and publishing them; that they were not written with the intention of dis. seminating any influence with the idea of exciting sedition or treason; that their only object was to advocate in their, so to spec private rooms the principle of liberty speech. And lastly it will devolve on us to nitisfy the Court that whatever view thr Court, takes of the intention to publish with the object of exciting sedition and treason. the words used cannot and do not bear the construction the prosecution puts on them. On these lines I prepare to direct the evi ence which I shall now call in support of the case which I have made on behalf of the accused. print it.
The Assessor—T derstand him to say wasa letter written to Kang Yi-wei, in his letters.
Examination continued Did you exer see it in print, yourself?
see it in print, but, I can't ste how printed.
ye you ever authorised anybody to prin it for 2—No.
Now it is urged against you us an offence that in this letter you used the po sonal names of two Emperors; what, about rt? as of foreign cording to the ries, rulers are generally called by thei personal names. and in China the three former Manchu Fmperors were known by their T shoul pee names. T did not sce id depart from that custom, In roza to the use of the characters " Tsci for the sent Emperor, there was no chang' form yin the Emneror's name wher he heeam2 Emp-ror. and I thought there nee?
_no change now.
How about the words that have bees translated—and hare gained in the trans Bedell earned Pr tae "chen the second mong of thin where were yew living at that time?—At vor articles to the reveppers at 2—Nt thet time jad alvesdy left the newspaper office and did not contribute.
Did you dictate the reply to this letter of Kang Ya-wei or did you write it yourself?
The letter was it was my own letter and T wrote it, myself, It was a letter of considerable length T
Did you make a fair copy of it?—There was certainly a fair copy: no there was fair copy. (The interpreter and prisoner were both puzzled by the word fair copy.)
Did you make " rough draft before you patti letter? sent fair copy to, Kang, wei.
What did you do with the rough draft?—That was thrown into the waste paper basket.
You threw it into the waste paper basket yourself?—Yes.
You did not burn it, or tear it up, or destroy it, but simply" threw it into the waste paper basket?—Why T threw it into the wastepaper basket was that it should be amined by Mr. Jones:—Chang Pin-ling, called, cautioned, and ex-What your name?—Chang Pinding. 77am INF laughed in answer te th] Titinn—" petty thet ani} Where was Kang Yuewei at this time?—How ant you address the letter, to him? Where do you come from: what is tour "Mr.
Tonee—Aerarding te i simply addressed it to him at Singapore, province?—Hangchow in Chekiang province. two characters would mean through the Post Oltice.
What is your business?—Formerly I war (431 Was it registered?—No. at home studying Chinese, and afterwards 1 Examination continued Did you get any acknowledgment or re-was engaged in certain newspaper offices.
nae in cora en chinged in news Did you. when you wrote that letter. capt from Rang Ya-wei?—I pot_no receipt pene worke Abcat even yeara, Rather disappointing, wasn't it?—1 con; Were you in Shanchai all that tim content, ite ib in onder to excite tresson and tradicted Kang Yiewei's statements and 0 and crests disturbances in th" me letter was simply address 1] therefore I did not get recei utes have also been in Taiwan and Japan, to Keng Ya-wei, in reply to his letter.
Had you ever written to Kang Yit-wei jes Shanghai.
When were you in Japan?—In 1899 anc Did you write it with the intention before?—No.
Inst year. di eid Sve Emperor or the Tmperit Hil ona come back to Shanghai direct from Government into hatred and contempt? Ne] ear ge have it made by a elerk?—I made Gover and conte R,. Did you made the fair copy of that letter Or ever since? was not my intention at thet What did you do when you came hack f Japan?—When T came back on the forget oreasion in 1899 T was encored on the st of the "Ya-tung Shih-pao." ("Fast Asiz Times.")
What were you doing from that time uj to the present time?—In the year after that (1900) T joined the Shen Chen School as bring the Chinese Emperor into contempt you ever vend this letter to Kang Ya it was sent. the fair copy myself.
Can you produce any evidence to show [thet the letter was posted?—A certain man.
took it to Hongkong and it was posted there. hie conaluted the extinction ix chief [Why was nit posted in itt Chang Pin-ling, cross-examined by not conveni-ut.
What do you mean by "not convenient?" White-Cooper How it was posted I'don't know: I only You appear to have been a teacher it Know it was convenient to post it from teacher. In the autumn of that year I returned to Hangchow. After that I came back, in 1901, to Shanghai and was engaged several schools?—Yes.
And also on the staff of several news: papers?—Yes.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.