Everyone gets angry with the Chinese coolie at some time or another, and nota few have been guilty of striking him. Yet nothing but approval can be felt for the action of the Commissioner of the U. 8. Court for China in fining a defendant Gold $20, imprisoning him for 10 days and ordering him to pay $10 compensation to the coolie he had assaulted. The unfortunate Chinese bore signs of having received a particularly bad beating. which undoubtedly weighed with the Court in assessing the punishment. The time has gone when a foreigner could assault a Chinese with, impunity. There ought never to have been such a time and its existence reflects no great credit on those who have indulged in the practice. As a means of emphasizing the warning that Mr. F. G. Schuhl gave in his Court some time ago. the sentence in question should serve its purpose and go a long way towards protecting the coolie, whose ignorance and stupidity as' aggravating factors cannot be denied, from_ that. ty; of foreigner who on the slightest vents his spi Practically defenceless, Chipgigemmmm
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