The Consular Body have no offcial knowledge of the enactment of any new laws to supplement those included generally under the Rendition Agreement nor do they know anything about a judicial decision finding President Loo guilty of any, tutory charges. The official view is that nothing is changed with] regard to the Provisional Court and, that there are no subjects at the moment before them for consideration.
The politickins who are trying to oust Judge Loo are mistaken in one important point. Although the administration of the Court's judice {al functions of the Court is entirely Chinese, under, the Rendition Agreement, the arrest of the prisoners and possession of them be-{fore and after conviction are under the control of the police of th International Settlement. The poli ticians therefore are quite wrong, in thinking they can use the Court asa political weapon which, of course, is the real cause of their engemes to evict Judge Loo.
Nor is it possible to change the! personnel of the Court without regard for the opinions of the Consular Body, since the latter can at any time order the police to close! the machinery of the Court so that} cannot function at, Of the five charges made against Judge Loo four had been resurrect fed from those on which it was sought to evict him last October, and were implicitly quashed by the 'Nanking Government's. suppression of the whole attack; while the fifth, accusing him of being responsible for the congestion at the Provi. sional Court was, in every partifr, the exact' reverse of the ore sanaton story, oF one reflecting greater discredit on!
Foreign officials emphasize that they are not supporting Judge Loo any other Chinese official against the Kiangsu Provincial Government or the National Government. The] Court, however, is an adjunct of the police power of the Settlement] and it must be honestly and just. ly administered under the terms of the Rendition Agreement. As lung. as that is done, one official expressed the opinion that it was no concern of his who the judges were.
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