Deputy's Solo Session in Abser Views: Chinese There was another incident at the Provisional Court on August 13, when Mr. J. Van*den Berg.
Netherlands Vice-Consul and Senior Consul's Deputy, sat alone on the tench in No. 6 Court to hear the eases set down for trial in those instances where a Deputy has a right to sit according to the Rendi tion Agreement, In the ordinary course of events, and in accordance with the programme. mapped out recently, Judge Kuh and Mr. Van den Berg were to preside over No. 6 Court on August 13, When Judge Koh did not put in an appearance, and after Mr, Van den Berg had informed the judge that he' was randy to carry on, it was decided to bring the "deputy" eases up for earings In each ease a remand was ordered.
Seen afterwards, Judge Kuh salt that, owing to the scarcity of judges, due' to the resignations following the dismissal of Judge Loo Hsing. yuan, the President, Dr. Ho, had issued an order for the temporary cancellation of No. 6 Court on August 9 There was nothing wnusual, therefore, in what had happened that morning.
Questioned with regard to this notification, Mr. Van den Berg said that he had not received it. On me quiry at the Chief Clerk's office, Sr. Wheeler said that his fest intimetion of such an order was at 11.45 num, on August 11 and that, of course, at that hour it "was too Into to notify the Deputies con-corned, Mx. ED. Meinhardt said that the june to notify Mr. Van den Berg Of the change was evidently due to a misunderstanding.
In explanation of his action, Mr. Van den Berg guid that it was not Lull he had arrived at the Provisio Court that morning that he had knowledge of the change As the other Senior Consu's Deputies had informed hin that it was impossible for them to ake over the cases set down in No. 6 Court, he decided to hear the cases alone in order to prevent congest The "Chinese papers have it that the No, 6 Court at the Provisional Court has been change: from a "criminal" court to a "civil court, as a first step in improving, The Dispute Over Dr. Ramondino To understand the situation it is necessary to go back to the denunciation of the Sino-Italian Treaty by the Nationalist Govern ment and the subsequent efforts anode to prevent Dr. F. Ramondino om sitting at the Court, A cent promise, it will be remembered, was arrived at, namely, that Dr. Ramondino sat, not as an Italian Consular oficial, but ax Senior Consul's Deputy. This did not satisfy the Chinese authorities and a good deal of correspondence har passed between them and the Consular Body. Tt is by no means clear that the Senior Consul is not perfectly within his rights in appointing as his Deputies persons outside the class of those who postes extraterritorial rights. Bul, in any case, the Consular Body naturally feel that while the Chi nese have declared the treaty abrogated, and the Italian Government replies emphatically that it is not abrogated, it is not possible for the Consular Body to take cognizance of the controversy to the extent of making any change,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.