GOVERNMENT 275 



As stated, the citizens or subjects of the 

 nations having treaty relations with China 

 and who reside in the empire, or who may 

 offend while sojourning therein, are only 

 amenable to the laws of their respective 

 nations, and must be proceeded against 

 before their own representatives in China 

 in strict accordance with the laws of their 

 own countries. And because of this fact 

 the foreigner in China should be more 

 considerate of the laws and customs of the 

 Empire. 



