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Show CHINA TAKES STEP FORWARD. Code Governing Legal Procedure Haa Deen Revised, Washington Marked evidence ot Iho reform which Is aweoplng over Thlnn can lie seen la n reenmmenda lion ot commissioner named by the government In retle the code gov srn'iig Chinese lettal procediiro, which w&Ajccently iiibmllleil to tho em Pjjfti rtowagtr and emperor for thlt "frtWderatlon. , . Two rcvnlitllonary change In tin legal procedure of China are stir; resin Theae are the right of trial (y Jury nrul the employment of at tnrneyg for the defense nf criminate Never In the history of China ha tha (practice nf law been recognised aa n repulnblo profclon The study of law baa lieon frowned upon from time Immemorial and only recently hav ittorneys been permitted to nranie Moa In emirta nnd this permlsslnr as been limited In rnurta In const title where foreigner rvlile Here-jnforo Here-jnforo n class of aerlboa veraml tn le-rnl le-rnl phrqswilogv has been nuthorlred So draw up petitions nnd other legl jociimcnt bill these men hnve not boon lawyer In tho broader eonso |