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Show CHINA IS GOING IN FORREFORMS Several Investigating Commissions Commis-sions Sent to United States and Europe. JUDICIAL SYSTEMS Judges and Courts, Prisons and Reformatories to Be Studied in America. New York, Nov. 4. The Chinese government is going In seriously for reform In Its various department, according to Lo Tonx. Nu Chen-Shin, and Far Sung, the commission which has Just arrived here. Svr-rsl commissions com-missions of Investigation have been sent to this country and Europe by heads of different depanments. Upon their reports will depend what sort of legislation the Chinese parliament will adopt in these mattom. Mcssr-Lo, Mcssr-Lo, Hu and and Far will make an inquiry Into the judicial i :-tem of the United States with especial reference ref-erence to the judges and the courts, prisons and reformatories. Mr Hu is senior clerk of the ministry of justice and Is a grad-iato of Tlen-Tsin Tlen-Tsin university. Mr Lo la chief clerk of tho criminal department of the ministry of justice He Is a graduate of the Imperial Japanese university. Mr. Far represents the department of finance on the commission com-mission "Everything Ir quit and orderly in Peking," said Mr Hu. in answer to a question Tho government is making steady progress. Business Is improving and thifl is true not only of Pekln but all through the country. Trade is beginning to flow between the interior and the sea coast. Criminal Executions. "Our parliament soon will take up the question of executions. The old method was by cuttinc off th li iad Of late there has been a great deal of sentiment against such barbarous and cruel methods of putting a criminal crim-inal to death and since the revolution revolu-tion most executions have been !. shooting. We have been very much Interested in the matter of electric execution and there has been consul erable debate as to whkh was the more humane method. This commission is particularly interested in prisons and wo shall learn all we can about the workings of your reformatories." |