To, the Editor of the "Nown-Cuiwa Day News'
Sin-—It has been reported in tov day's issue of your newspaper that Mr. Wang Heine-lan, the Chairman of tie Chapel Chamber of Commerce, said in. his specer, delivered. at the reception meeting' to' the American Journalists, about "Germans, Rus sians, and' other foreign nationals, who have renounced extraterritor ality and who have in every way aingd by submitting to" Chinese I beg permission to say, through your valuable: newspaper, that the above assertion is a deliberate mi statement, Would it not be better, and far more convincing, if Mr. Wang had produced more' reliable, beside his own statement, evidence as to the degree of satisfaction of the Russian nationals under the Protection of Chinese lay.
The Chinese jurisdiction over Russian "nationals in Harbin is already ight years old and therefore gives ample material for reflee tion and conclusions. The justice administered to the unfortunate Russians there is simply appalling. Volumes can be written about it, will give only one example of my own experience, Being engaged in business, T was crooked by a. Chinese and brought him to the Chinese court. The Chinese judge began by arresting me, the complainant, and ordering me to pay $5,000 of bail' as a guarantee that I had not made false statements in my complaint: As I had not in my possession such an amount I had to remain under the arrest until the judge had reduced the bail to $700, and then under the escort of armed guards Iwas obliged to march in
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