General of the "Academia Sinica, who left for Nanking on July 16 to secure bail for the Noulens couple, returned to Shanghai on July 13. The following statement has been issued by Messrs, Tsai pei and Yang: and Gertrude Ruegg had already entered the tenth day of thei hunger strike, out of humanitarian reasons and with the previous understanding of the authorities concerned, we tried personally to secure' bail for the accused from the Kiangsu Higher Court, in order that they might be sent to the Shanghai sanatorium for medical treatment. After two full days of strenuous effort, we have failed to achieve our purpose, On the other. hand, the Minister of Justice has sent in his resignation on this account. We, therefore, declare thal henceforth,' we shall' not act as iarantors for the bail of Mr. and its. Ruegg, in the hope that Dr. Lo may cancel his resignation immediately and attend to this imint case. We have already notified the Kiangsu Higher Court to this effect."
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