The alleged piracy of s, Shang vand murder of the Russian captain, the Russian first mate and fis wife and seven members of the [Chinese crew on board of the afore ioned vessel "will probably be quite a question to the judges in charge of the ease, writes a legal correspondent. "As it would appear From the newspaper reports on hand, the piracy and murder were commit: ted Off the northern coast of Shan tong, but on board of a Chinese vessel flying the flag of the Chinese Republic.
'According to Article 3 of the Chinese Criminal Code, Paragraph this code" also' supplies to Stences "commited "on "board the' Repablle beyond the territorial Tinits. of the Republi Consular Court in Shanghai in case of the arrested Swiss However, inasmuch as the pirates have been arrested in Japan~ jose controlled territory and. there no treaty between Japan and thine as to the extradition of cri-went by the courts of their own country irrespective of his national. ity or of the nationality, if any, of the vessel in which he may be found, Pirates are sometime described "hostes human genesis." Sir Li. Jenkins describes pirates as "being reputed out of the protection of all laws and privileges and justifiable in what parts soever they are found."
Basing on these general principles it would appear that the Japanese authorities could take jurisdiction id_men unless they sonally practised in to put them on a steamer for China where arrest by the chinese authorities could be made,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.