Although we are not at liberty to publish the source of the information given elsewhere to-day relative to an influx of Chinese criminals into Shanghai, the fact appears to be undoubted. It is easily understood that the mild laws of the Mixed Court would appeal to this class, and, with the possibility of still further securing themselves by pleading revolutionary principles, they would naturally look upon Shanghai as haven of refuge. Once again, therefore, we would urge upon the Diplomatic Body, with whom the matter really rests, the indispensability of restoring the "cat" to the Mixed Court. It has been recommended by Chinese officials to the President, it has been used quite recently in Canton as a proper instrument of the law. Such it assuredly is, when used under the supervision that would be employed in the Mixed Let that first be tried and there will be no ne to talk about handing over criminals to the Chinese authorities. For those criminals would give Shang-bai a wide berth.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.