was generally recognized that trade marks were a very complicated and dificult matter with which only those who had a long study of the subject were competent to deal. No confidence could therefore be placed at present in the Bureau of Trade Marks under purely Chinese administration since the Chinese had not the necessary experience. Similarly, tribunals to try and judge trade marks cases both criminal and civil, which art also composed purely of Chinese, ould be open to serious criticism. Moreover, it is important to remember that under Article 15 of the Treaty of Tientsin, all questions in regard to the rights, when ther of property or person, arising between British subjects shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the British authorities, a provision as needful as ever in' view of China's Uneasy Thoughts Peking, May 22.
[present chaotic condition. Property in trade marks, is mot the least valuable form of foreign property in, Chin Then again, according to Press reports to hand from China there was a danger that local Chinese lawyers would be given a mono-Pols of the right to act as resis:
_agents, in which case Britsh firma might Jostitebly cone clude that they would be molered n excessive charges by those persons in possession of a monopoly. This view has unfortunately already been supported by reports that Chinese lawyers are offering large Payments in return for monopolies. This and other reports give grounds for the fear that the administration of the law may possibly be exposed to the gravest evils and corruption.
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