The National Government of April 20, 1929, promulgated a decreeaiming at the protection of the Rights of Man. The decree reads; “In all countries in the world the Rights of Man receive the protection of law. The tutelage period having now commenced, a solid foundation should be laid for government law. No persons, individual or corporate body residing within the domain of the National Government of China, shall, by an illegal act, be permitted to violate another man’s person, liberty and property. Any violation of this kind shall be severely punished according to law. Let all governmental organs, executive and judicial, publish this order for general observance.”