In connexion with the above, Mr, Chung Shih-chao, the Minister of Justice said, in an interview with the "North-China Star" that, while he was opposed to its existence in Principle, practical considerations excluded' the possibility of an im: mediate abolition, What he hated in the Chinese journalists was their avidity in attacking the private character of men in public life, while showing: no attempt to criticize their Policies or the methods to carry out Mr. Chang went on to say that the xundard of the Chinese press was much below chat of the foreign press, though its privileges in. the ter of publication were much renter than here accorded to the Tat Such being the cage, he Found no strong reason to urge the abolition of the press Taw, howe munich opposed he might be to it in In one of the recent Cabinet meetings he suggested that the prose law he abolished and in its stead a new law on the basis of the law of libel of England be euneted, This stiguestion wax not accepted, which showed that the authorities felt more strongly than the i for tacks of the presi, He would advocate storm punishment whenever Jong: paper wax caught in making ate tacks on the private character of foficinls ar other persons, Mr. Chang further said that he of seen the second petition itted by: the Journallsts for the volition of the prose Taw hut. that there wax Tittle chance of its being acted upon by the authorities,
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