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against the law of China in

Lashar Ordinance No. 2 of 1800 to such

crimes or

or offences "as are

punishable by the laws

of

all nations and are not

peculiar to the law of China; and, if this be so,

there is thus practically

given to the word "Criminal"

in the XXI article of the

Treaty of Tientsin a

similarly restricted meaning, which is not at all likely to have been within the contemplation

of the Chinese in consenting to that Treaty.

4.

Such a limitation

would naturally appear to

be

a serious one

from the

Chinese point of view, as excluding from consideration offences which they have a right to regard

as of a very

grave character, as for instance, that in question in this case.

Under a system

5.

which prescribes examination

as the test of fitness for

all

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7 against the law of China in Lashar Ordinance No. 2 of 1800 to such crimes or or offences "as are punishable by the laws of all nations and are not peculiar to the law of China; and, if this be so, there is thus practically given to the word "Criminal" in the XXI article of the Treaty of Tientsin a similarly restricted meaning, which is not at all likely to have been within the contemplation of the Chinese in consenting to that Treaty. 4. Such a limitation would naturally appear to be a serious one from the Chinese point of view, as excluding from consideration offences which they have a right to regard as of a very grave character, as for instance, that in question in this case. Under a system 5. which prescribes examination as the test of fitness for all
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ѝ

against the law of China in

Лашар Ordinance N: 2 of 1800 to such

#

crimes or

or offences " as are

punishable by the laws

of

all nations and are not

#

-

peculiar to the law of. China; and, if this be so,

there is thus

practically

given to the word "Criminale

in the XXI article

Treaty of Tientsin a

of

sin

the

similarly

restricted meaning, which is not at all likely to have been within the contemplation

of

628

consenting

of the Chinese in e to that Treaty.

4.

Such a limitation

would naturally appear to

be

a serious one

from the

Chinese point of view, as excluding from consideration offences which they have a right to regard

as of a very

grave character, as for instance, that in question in this case.

Under a system

5.

which prescribes examination

the test of fitness for

as the

all

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