London, June 14.
The Peking correspondent of "The Times," commenting on the situation of which the Lincheng outrage is symptomatic, urges' the necessity of inspiring the Tuchuns to fear retribution. The correspondent says that it needs only to show firmness to restore foreign prestige, An essential need is a small increase of the foreign forces, supplemented by the warning that further attacks on foreigners will be followed by occupation of the railways. If the present opportunity is neglected a full blown military expedition would be necessary, followed by consequences which cannot be foretold. Those who imagine that foreign intervention in China is an outside probability, the correspondent affirms, are merely closing their eyes to -facts.—Réuter.
In the U.S. Court for China on Tuesday morning three new Amer-leam lawyers were - admitted to practice—Messrs. James Fayetto Jones, a graduate of the Law School of the University of Michigan, who has been practising law in Florida; Mr. Wei Yuen-char, a graduate of St: Louis College, Honolulu, and of the Law School of Drake University, Nebrasks.; and Dr. George Sellett, who has received the highest honours which could be conferred upon a graduate of the Law School of the University of Michigan Deraits of the shooting tragedy at Hongkong (already announced by telegram) have now been received. It may be remembered that while giving revolver instruction Lance-Sergeant Cole was accidentally shot through the head and killed by Sergeant Askew. From the accounts now given it appears that Sgt. Cole was assisting Sergt. Carpenter at the range in the instruction of a number of European police sergeants who were. undergoing a course in revolver shooting. Cole, who was quite an experienced man with the revolver, was at the moment instructing Sgt. Askew personally. He took his revolver from him, opened the cylinder and shook out into his hand what he must have apparently thought to be six live rounds of ammunition, whereas he" shook out only five. He closed the cylinder and handed it back to Askew. He then stood directly in front of Askew, who held the revolver up, pointed directly at Cole's head, Cole in the meantime giving his pupil instruction as to the correct method in the pulling of the trigger. Askew pulled the trigger a number of times and then the live round went off and entered Sergt. Cole's right eye. He collapsed. unconscious at once, and death oceurred soon afterwards.
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