'Mr, Char submitted to the jut diction of this Court, although he was an American citizen, in onder to settle the ease, but he' was fined $00, Against this he lodged an Appeal but the Court of Appeal cancelled the decision and sentence Mr, Char to three months' impel sonment "because a fine is not Sulcient punishment for a wealthy man." Me, Char was taken to Central Police Station and detained but was promptly released upon the demand of Mr. E, $, Cunning than, the U.S, Consul-General, who contended that Mr. Char was an American citizen and could only be tried by an American, Court Furthermore, Mr. Cunningham held that, so long as American citizens enjoyed extraterritorial rights and privileges, he would see to it that hey were dealt with only by the proper American authorities, Since then, the matter has been subject to diplomatic negotiations which have not yet reac 7 eon' to Nanking on, several occa sions as legal adviser to. the Ministry of Railways, a post which may be hold by any foreign lawyer. He was warned by his many friends against entering Chinese territory But these warnings he ignored as hie considered ho was quite safe, On July 10, Mr. Char was retained by the family Dir, Lyuh Woon-hung, @ Korean, who was a naturalized Chinese citizen and had been arrested by the Japanese Consular authorities on the baseball field of the Shanghai Race Course earlier that day. He telephoned to Mr. Hsu Moh, the Commissioner of Foreign Affaits, whom he knew well and who was fellow returned student, and laced before that official Mr. Lyuh's case, requesting him to effect Mr. Lyuh's release on the ground that Mr. Lyuh was not Tapanese subject but a Chin citizen, Tricked into Chinese Territory Mr, Hsu Moh stated that he did not wish to discuss such matters over the telephone and suggested that Mr. Char should call on him. The latter asked what time should all and. was told toc at 10.30 a.m, When he went to the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs atthe time specified, he was immediately detained at ' the Bureau and arrested by Chinese police attached to the Bureau of Public Safety, who took him to the 'Shanghai district Court " to serve the sentence of three months' imprisonment imposed on him by Shanghai Provisional Court for assault, as a convicted criminal at Mr. Char was at once placed the House of Detention attached to the Shanghai District Court, but, later, was taken cut and questioned by one of the' Tudges. He refused to answer, maintaining that he was an Ameri can citizen and that he. was not amenable to the jurisdiction of the Shanghai Provisional Court, the Shanghai District Court or any other Chinese Court: the only court which had jurisdiction over him, he contended, was the United States Court for China and he was not bound to answer any questions.
He was then returned to the House of Detention and will pro-ably be brought before the Shang-ai District Court again to-day for formal order for the execution of the sentence imposed by the Shang-lai Provisional Court—a court, In this event, he will have serve his sentence in the Tsao Ho Ching prison, near Sungkiang.
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