There is not yet any reassuring news of peace in
China ; rather the reports from the South point to more fighting. The judicial inquiry into the shooting at Shanghai in May . was opened on Wednesday. The International Commission consists of the Chief Justice of Hong-Kong, an American judge from the Supreme Court of the Philip- pines, and the Japanese Chief Justice of the Court of Appeal at Hiroshima. They have invited evidence upon the facts and circumstances, upon any reasons for anti- cipating disorders, upon the precautions that might have been taken and the measures adopted. The Chinese still refuse to have any part in the inquiry either by nominating a Commissioner or helping to provide evidence. We can only hope that the Commission will succeed in impressing upon the public its impartial desire to find out the truth and so receive more sympathy and respect than the obstinacy of the Chinese Government accords to it.
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