 | Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1907 - 910 pages
...guardians, there can, unfortunately, be no question ; but to what extent, comparatively with the laws of other countries, must at present be very much a matter...rank or station, ultimately escape with impunity." ' Sir George Staunton is well qualified to speak on this point, and his opinion has been corroborated... | |
 | V. K. Wellington Koo - Aliens - 1912 - 372 pages
...guardians, there can, unfortunately, be no question; but to what extent, comparatively with the laws of other countries, must at present be very much a matter...something in favor of the Chinese system, that there are very substantial grounds for believing, that neither flagrant, nor repeated acts of injustice, do,... | |
 | James Dyer Ball - China - 1926 - 784 pages
...independent of caprice and uninfluenced by corruption. ... It may be observed, as something in favour of the Chinese system, that there are substantial...rank or station, ultimately escape with impunity.' ' Besides these laws and their numerous clauses, every high provincial officer has the right to issue... | |
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other countries, must at present be very much a matter of conjecture. At the same time it may be observed, as something in favor of the Chinese system, that there are substantial grounds for believing that neither flagrant nor repeated acts of injustice... 
