Another Mixed Court Application The case of the Canton funds held in trust for the Southern Government by Dr. Wu Ting-fang, as an official of that Government, again came before the Mixed Court, on Saturday, when Dr. Wu Ting-fang applied to Mr. Blackburn, British Assessor, and Magistrate Lee for the removal of the injunction placed upon the funds at the time when Chang Shih-chao, as_representative of the Southern Military Government, applied for the return of the money, which amounts to $2,600,000. The applicant was represented by Mr. M. Reader Harris and Mr. 8. Fessenden, Chang Shih-chao was not represented and did not file an answer to the application, Dr. Fischer held a watching brief for the Peking Government.
When the carlier application was made, it was held that it was difficult for the Court to make a ruling, in view of the political interests involved and the absence of a precedent. Tt "us pointed out that the Court was still faced with these difficulties and that the only reason the case should be heard there was that the money Was deposited in foreign banks in the International Settlement, so that no purely Chinese Court could make any effective order regarding the money.
The Court heard the application, which requested that the action be dismissed and the injunction dissolved upon the following, among other grounds:
1. That. as appears from the petition herein, the plaintiff purported
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