This is not an empty allegation, but it may be proved from the re~ cords of the "Government Gazette, copies of which have been received by the Consular Body and the Diplomatic Corps, who -still have something to say in the matter.
And sq Judge Loo was dismissed.
Meanwhile, he is absenting himself from office owing to indisposition and Judge Liang Lone is ing for him. Judge Loo has not yielded or surrendered his position. He has not received any official The Shanghai Lawyer's Associ tion held a meeting recently and issued a to denouncing the "intolerable stubbornness" of Mr.
Loo Hsing-yuan President of the Shanghai Provisional Court, in refusing to yield to the Judgment rendered against him by the Judicial Officers' Disciplinary Committee. The manifesto reads as follows:
"In accordance with the Ren: tion Agreement, on the basis which the Shanghai Provisiona' Court came into being, the final authority of appointing and dismissing the President and Judges of the Court is undeniably vested in the Kiangsu Provincial Government. The Government, therefore, can any action, be it to appoint or Gismiss any judicial officials in the Court whenever it deems necessary and fit without being subject to any restriction, except that a notification should be sent to the Senior Consul of the Shanghai Consular Body for his information, It in evident that the Provincial Government is at full liberty in this, a fact readily recognized by all who claim an understanding of judicial problems in Shanghai "As no regulations have yet been enforced which would afford protection to judicial officials in case disciplinary judgments are rendered against them, the order issued by the Provincial Government.of Kiangsu should take all legal effect and this must implicitly be obeyed. That is a clear point which hardly calls for further comment.
"The above statements tend to show the Mr. Loo Hsing-yuan's open rebellion against the law and indifference to the orders of the Government and though he has been repeatedly warned and notified to hand over his responsibilities as President of the Provisional Court, he steadfastly insists on remaining in office. As the decision adopted by Kiangsu Provincial Government entirely legal, no questions having been raised from any quarter, Mr. Loo is bound to obey it and his disobedience is entirely unjustifiable. Furthermore, the Government has referred the matter to the Committee for Disciplinary' Punishment of Judjcial Officials and his case has already been brought up for consideration and decision. As a judgment against him has been rendered by this legal committee,
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