We referred in our previous article on the May issue of this "Journal" to President's Roosevelt's recommendation to Congress to establish in Shanghai a District Court of the United States for China and Corea, There is one paragraph in Mr. Assistant Secretary Peirce's report, which ought to be sufficient to influence Congress to remedy what Mr. Peirce does not hesitate to designate as "a crying evil." He says: "Bat, in any event, the duties of the Consul in relation to the interests of our Government in China and all those other duties which devolve upon him demand too large a share of his time and attention to permit him to exercise that careful consideration of the cases which come before him judicially in such a manner as the proper administration of justice requires. While, on the whole, in many cases our Consuls have administered a certain rough and ready justice in a spirit of excellent com-
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