Detained Till it is Decided What to do with Them The five Russians who were rested at Amoy on September 30; and who have been imprisoned since then and have been tried in courts in Soochow and Nanking, have now been acquitted by the Special Provisional Criminal Court Nanking, which was created to try counterrevolutionaries. In spite of the fact that the five Russians have been acquitted, they are still under tention because the "interested par= ties" are given ten days from the time the decision is received to appeal from it, Although the decision was rendered on March 29, no appeal has been filed.
At first, the court intended to ps the responsibility for this detention to the French Consul at Amoy, fon the ground that he must have ten days from the time of receipt by him of the decision to appeal on the assumption that he initiated the arrest. But as the French authori ties took immediate steps to notify the Court authorities that they had nothing to do with the ease and no interest in it, the Court has now decided that the National Govern" ment and the Kiangsu Provincial Government must determine whether the five Russians are to be deported to Russia or are to. be given une conditional freedom. Until the Government and the Provincial Government file itoments with the Court, these persons are to be detained, perhaps indefinitely. The situation then is that four men and one woman, acquitted by the Court which was especially created to try them, are still detained because the Court wants some one else to assume authority for their final disposition, Tae Peking Government, is ported by the "Shunpao" to have approved of the formation of A Sino-British company. for. the development of the mines of Shane tang. A Briton named Pinkes (the spelling given in the Chinese Press) fand a Chinese' named Chang said to be the: promoters, 'Tite Nanking Minister of Interidir (Mr. Hsueh Tu-pi), the Mayor Nanking (Mr, Ho' Min-yun) and the Kiangsu Provincial Government authorities have issued an order for a general health campaign Kiangsu Province. As an examp they and their subordinates. will into the streets and sweep away the rubbish—Chinese press.
Prince Wutzehapy, a representa: tive of the Mongolian princes, rived in Shanghai on Sunday on his way to Nanking, where he will con for with the Nationalist Government with regard to the Mongolian situa tion and the Nationalist Government's policy regarding Mongolia, He will urge the Government to cone tinue the anti-Northern campaign onder to save Mongolia and the Mongols.
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