URGENT.
Court Office
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Tientsin (Article 21) are some, the general Remilly "criminals subjects of China to crime sullied but, was much as must have been committed in China, and the criminal must be a fugitive from China, and taking "Refuge" in territory in order to evade Extradition" affliction it follows the, under the Existing, as well as under the former, Treaty crime against "Crime" must be punishable under Chinese Law. When therefore a Chinese is accused at Shanghai of crimes, which in Europe would be described as "political offences", the question regards the nature of the accusation.
That appears to us properly to turn on the particular offence in its circumstances (if proved) under Law infraction of the Municipal Law of China? And this, of course it may be; although ranging under the head of political offence.
Expressing this conclusion we must observe that, in the extradition portions of the Chinese Treaties, a course has been pursued, entirely opposite to that which has been followed in the framing of Treaties of Extradition entered into between Great Britain and various European Powers.