The Diplomatic Body had hoped that following this incident, the Chinese Government would inaugurate vigorous action against the brigands who infest the country. However, the measures indicated in "your Excellency's note of September 24 last, remain ineffective as it is not enough to give an order to pursue the brigands but above all it is necessary that the brigands be actually pursued. The local authorities do not manifest at this time any zeal in the repression of brigandage which is. still rife in most of the provinces of China, while at the same time their best military forces con-tine to bs employed in those civil wars which bring so much suffering asd misery to the Chinese people.
Under these conditions, the Diplomatic Body, mindful -of the necessity of assuring respect. for the life, liberty, rights and property of foreigners in China and desirous of contributing to the restoration of the rule of law and order in this great country, find themselves compelled to maintain in their entirety the considerations and conclusions of their collective note of August 10 last-"They, therefore, call upon the Chinese Government to execute the measures indicated in their above mentioned note.—Reuter-
Tur Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce, state the "Peking and Tientsin Times," have an-ounced that the branch office of the Trade Mark Registration Bureau' has been opened in Tientsin.
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