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THE LOOTING OF NANKING. Ach with his prescut suscita sud "will dilay in his new post rather moro pa wilo stateemathip thap be bas yot The record the past three days oven:od. His doings will be followed says the NC. Daily News" of Seps with interest by all, but iuss by his tamber 6, in Nariking, as related by our fellow commendars Gen. Frag Kuo- ching, it is now stated, has been 'order' qpecial correspondent with Gen. Chung to return to the north, probably s Hyun's army, go far, it must be a wise decision in the circumstances. Busta mitted, to justify a moro pessimistic it cannot be denied that Gen. Chang Bramble

Hsur's appointment to the Tutuhship Britomart attitude dan was adopted in those edky serious levelopment of the altta Caduce jlumns a couple of days age. Even then in grated by the looting of Nar Cherub

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it was pointed out that from a somewhat king. different point of view a less hopeful con lasion might be reached by perfectiz valid argument. But at that tlase it op pourod that the Overnment policy, it respect a rebel soldiery us los blan

The appeal Cours at Penang on Augus 15 delivered a judgement of great im al lanocent non-combatants, was to cer cillate rather than to nihilate, aportance and interest to the Chinese, up that the inportance of this attitude had holding, on grounds of public policy, the Moorhen been sufficiently impressed upon the decision, of tho strief Judge that Chi-Nuwenstle loyalist commlers, That such has been so contracts to marry are not enforce Nightingare the fixed plan in the. President's mind ibu at low and thuselamuges for breach Otter sufficiently shown by evidenes frem mapy of such contracts are not meorurable.

The action was originally brought in Rosario centres. Severe repression of plotters and

determined search for skulking roba the Supreme Court, the claims being for lenders are perfectly compatible with a $500 dages for breach of s ocutract generous attitude towards a mob of armed to procury ti marriage of the defendant's Sandpiper coolica, pressed into service and boaten daughter with the plaintiff's son. The Snipo in air fight. It may be that the first action was referred to the District Court Paleu part of the programme may have been for trial and eanie befoco Mr. A.V. Brown Tantar- curried out in some cases with fatal de Jure 20. Un Jure 27 e District Tent lay, in chers with mera zeal than dis Jidge dismissed the netinu with costs. Thist's

Unk cretion. At Wuhu, apparently, the mesh plaintiff theron appealed to the

wanted by the Government Lavo got Court of Appeat.

Mr. Samuel for the appellant contend-Virago clean away. The trial of the arrested Member of Parlament now at Tientsin,el that a contract was proved between Wolland the Supreme Court, will be awaited with their respective children should interWidgeon interest. Meanwhile, the real instigators marry, that the respondent, bruks this Woodrock of revolt, without exception, have seentreet without assigning any reason and Woodlark feeded up to the present in evading that such bench gave rise to a claim for

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Counsel contended that the C.38 The treatment of genuine non-com- District. Judge was wrong in holding that † 0.37- batants comes in a different category. such contract is in the nature of a mir.98 .035 Obvious danger is attached to the plan ringa brokan, contract and in deciding of turning loose upon the country whole that svet: action was ogulust public policy. arming of disbanded rebels An even He contended that the court would be 156 greater danger, it is be foared, may reluctant to extend to any further classes.037 in the long run be the result of Gen of contract the principle governing the .058 Chang sur's policy in regard to Naz-question of public policy and submitted king I his men hare slaughtered com that, under the Charter of 1855, she law paratively few of the citizens, that is emizistered was the law of England | lease his reputation carried more savo in so far as its enforcement might| weight than his proraises and the citizens work saruhly or be intolerable to the had fled. Dub" thousands of them are

Chinese community, having regard to now cast out to wander, horseless and their customs. poverty-stricken, robbers against their For the respondent, Mr. Thorne con tended that such a contract was unknown will, rebels in 'spirit. It is impossible avoid the conclusion that a great cpport to English law, that the parents could unity has been missed, the greatest, Daly be considered to have contracted perhaps, dered to a Goverment domas agents for their children and that. mander in the course of the present re therefore, the respondent was not liable volt. The maintenance of strict endor, for the reason that his daughter was 63

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prompt issue of a proclamation inviting Even if under the Charter the customs the population to return would have been the Chinese had to be repsidered, the ton Enest possible advertisement alike of customs ware Dot properly proved as the strength and of the benefieches of export and beep culled, Counsel' refer the Goremment. That course, however, red to the Penang bigamy case of 1858 Kleber would have Hecessitaitel personal leader and the Maineen bigamy case of 100 Decide ship of the troops by a ablo Insler, and contended that the respondent's

Argus D. Chang istim's men are veterans. daughter, haring beeri burn in the Colony, They retain their quours, and their no- was a British subject and it would be in Vigilante...

Paha tions are those of old Chins, three days' tolerable for a Court of the Colony to op loating" Their commander, us is known, force Chinese customs on British sub- is also a man of the old school. Partly,jects: perhaps, through inclination, but for more, it would appear, through inability

Sir W. Hyndman Jones, Chief Justice, prevent it, he has permitted the whole- sale looting of the city. To delegato au. after reviewing the facts, decided that if Lynx thority to subordinate officers, mere cap. the Court allowed actions of this kind Proteo * Bbys tads and lioutenanta was practically to to be brought, the effces might be for a shander the attempt to, cxercise any real parent to coeren bis child into a mar authority at all. From no single aspect rings which was distasteful, and thereby Fronds does the miserable story of plunder and paralyse the girl's will in the matter of Thervile outrage, of distorsions with the troops her marriage which was the most im Pistolet of Generals Feng anal Lei and of selective portant event in her life.Regard must and fruitless oxocutions enhines D. be had to the fact that the girl was a Mousquet Chang Hun's reputations in respect of British subject and that it was, against Manche these military qualities of which, securd. public policy for the courts to allow ing to the Sherpao," he sees in him actions such as these to be maintained.

Mr. Justice Thornton agreed and point.

Kmdan self the personification.

General Chang, however, has now been ed out the hardship to the appellant in appointed Tutub of Kiangsu. In view of being, unable to recover anything for the Gassess his neglect to carry out the understood long stained by reason of the bronchitis wishes of the President, it may fairly bo of contrast Bab the acceptance by the Jaguar inferred that his appointment was, dia court of such an action would have the Leipzig tated less by destro than by 'rocesity result of children being wibjected to Luchs

court must Nürburg From the outset it has been widely be proper pressure. and the

Qtter. lieved that Gen. Peng Kuo-clang was accept the lessor oril of the two..

Mr. Justice Sproule concurred and dif-

Scharnhorst the Government's teal choice, and that Chang Haun's importunity was only referentiated this case from previous cRUCE,

Ho questioned 8:00 warded because any other course would

Tigar have been too dangerous. Now that he whether the Charter.covered such sation Taku has let his men up themselves for the present. their exertions, ho is probably better ablä

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Elenco his new dignity. The position of

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·A· thing worth having, and fired at them, sono unknown lay explain how it was taking no, notice of any dag. Given that young Brown's, baby. But its first proper discipline, this could not have tooth the day Queen Victoria was hirim? 26 bappened. But the result is that the Young Brown, who grafers to accentuate A7 Governments andously expecting to the third syllable, soga it was only a coin- Albany

hear more on the subject from the cidence. But was it?" Japazes Lugation, which is being urged Ep,to,ators action by the fores of public opinion in Tokio. However moderate may be the tous of the Japanese Gov. emment e derrands, insistenco upan substantial indemnification is the loost.

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