ELE. Sun Chis-pen, Commissioner to compile and revise the civil and criminal laws of the Empire, has asked the Throne for permission to engage European advisers on law administration.
A JAPANESE DEMAND, With regard to the attack on the Huangpa upon the steam launches of the Tatung Company (Japanese) the Japanese Consul-General here recently wrote to his Honour Taotai M. T.
Liang demanding the payment of compensation. He alleged that the attack had been brought about by the delinquency of the authorities in whose risdiction the piracy had taken place. As the matter is an important one, Honour has asked HE. Viceroy Tuan Pang for instructions.
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