Dec. 6, Ir seems something like flogging a dead horse to comment the findings of the Extraterritoriality Commission, But the arrival of a full copy of the report itself from Japan excites certain thoughts which need expression. At the outset one is impressed by the fairmindedness shown by the Commissioners. there is anything to they do not fail to remark upon it and on page 64 we yead, "The Commission cannot but note with appreciation the efforts that have boon made in recent years to evolve a judicial system and to draft laws intended to carry on! the ambition of China as expressed in the treaties of 1902 and 1903, These efforts have resulted in the formation of a system of modern courts with their procedure (civil and' criminal) and of a body of substantive law, With the general principles of these the Commission is satisfied."
On the other hand, the general' disruption of the country hai spoilt the best efforts of the re
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