Chinese Note to Diplomatic Body: Suggested Temporary Measures Peking, Aug. 18.
The Chinese Government sent a. Note to the Diplomatic Body on 'August 9, in which, after commenting on the Diplomatic Body's Note of June 5, on the subject of the rendition of the Mixed Court,' the Government submitted a "draft formula of' six articles, the most Important points of which were as follow:—
(1) The Court shall be called the Special Court of Shanghai, the Judges to be appointed by mandate, Chinese law shall be applied to civil and criminal eases in which only se or subjects of non-extraterritorial Powers are concerned, but in mixed eases in which citizens of extraterritorial Powers are concerned foreign assessors may be appointed. Where Chinese violate the Municipal regulations an assessor may sit with the judge, (2) Sentences of 10 years and wards must be approved by the
fences may be passed and, if appro\ Mini sent ed, shall be carried out by the Special Court, Where preliminary investigations in mixed cases are attorneys approved by the Court and foreign assessors may appear.
(8) Gaols and lock-ups of the Special Court shall be under Municipal police administration, (4) Appeals. in mixed cases: may be lodged either with the Consul concerned, or the Foreign Commis~ sioner at Shanghai, and a new judge and a new assessor must be appointed to hear the re-trials, Point (5) deals with the Court's financial affairs and provides for a chief clerk of foreign nationality being: im charge of revenues and ex-we. The Senior Consul shall wend the chief clerk, whom the Government shall appoint.
Point (6) emphasizes that the above are temporary and that when extraterritoriality is abolished they will lapse.
Several of the articles emphasize that subjects of non-extraterritorial Powers will be dealt with in. the same manner as Chinese—Router's Pacific Service.
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