But while there was progress in many directions there wore still great blots upon the Admioistration, There was still constant evasion of Treaty obligations, Currency confusion and greatly hampering i land trade, were a8, the capricious imposition of likin,
great as ever. The maladministration of justice and the deplorable condition of the prisons throughout the Empire, the employment of eunuchs, the sanction of domestic slavery, and the almost universal prevalence of foot-binding were facts which stood in the way of China's recognition as a reformed State, Prison methods 8 degraded s they were in Europe in the Dark Agee. Bat Chine bad now in her service an expert in penal administration from Japan, ander whose advice certain reforms, especially in Peking, hed been introduced. The trouble was that the law required that aman should confess his guilt before sion was by the compalsion being punished, and anwilliog confess
of torture, In am attempt to humanize the criminal law new penal code had been drafted by Wa Ting-fang, a Chinese graduate of Lincoln's Inn, who had been For come years a distinguished represenlative of bia country in Washington, was the only country 1 Powers claiming recognition as civilized Powers: which sanctioned s slave traffic in its own subjects. Foot-binding was amore widely-spread carse than opiam, A society founded by a philanthropic lady, Mrs, Archibald Little, was making well-sustained effort to check the awful suffering that was caused by this creel custom. The great hope for the melioration of all these conditions lay.|in the growth of public opinion and ite unfettered expression in the daily Press (Hear, hear.)
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