Mr. Char was able to communicate with the United States Consul-General and his friends who are doing everything possible to bring, about his release.
The acting Consul-General for the United States, Mr. J. E. Jacobs, at "once took up' "the matter strongly with Mr. Hsu Moh, the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, snd lodged a protest, to which he! has not yet received an official reply. The Chinese authorities refused to) recognize Mr. Char's American Cizenship. Nevertheless, Sr. Jacobs Fas wired to the State Department in Washington for instructions and at present awaiting a reply.
Mr. H, D. Rodger, the American lawyer, with whom Mr. Char is associated, called at the Foreign' Boreau, taking with him a letter: fiom the U.S. Consulate-General, ord Mr. Hsu Bloh stated that, ccording to the laws of China, Mr. Char was a Chinese citizen' and that, judgment having been render-against him by the Provisional Court, it was, his (the Coramis-Siomer's duty) to arrest Mr, Char, The present is deerly a ease of ual nationality and the matter has been taken up through diplomatic channels,
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