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Show CHINA TAKES STEP FORWARD. Code Governing Legal Procedure Has Been Revised. Washington. Marked ovidenco of tho reform which Is sweoplng over China can bo scon Is a recommendation recommenda-tion of commissioners named by the government to rovlso tho codo governing gov-erning Chinese legal procedure, which wa recently submitted to tho empress em-press dowager and emperor for theli consideration. Two rovolutlonnry changes In th legnl proceduro of China aro smr-posted. smr-posted. Theso aro tho right of trial by Jury nnd tho omploymont of attorneys at-torneys for tho defense of criminals N'evor In the history of China has tho practice of law boon recognized ns n reputablo profoMdon. Tho study of law hna boon frowned upon from tlmo immemorial and only recently have Utorneys been permll'ed to nrgue :nses In courts nnd this permission hns been limited to courts In const titles whero foreigners reside. Heretofore Here-tofore a class of scribes vorsod In le-ral le-ral phraseology has been nuthorlzcd 5s draw up petitions nnd other legal Jocuments, but theso men hnve not boon iawyers in tho broador sense. |