In a word, what the Bar Association is doing is to create a monopoly. It has prevented men of high qualifications from joining and has' allowed others "of questionable qualifications to practise. Many persons who are members of thi Association hold "certificates" sued by the so-called Ming Shih University of Japan. A great number of these "certificates" are known to have been forged and it was only recently that two memberx of the Association were prosecuted, and found guilty, of forging them. Possibly they may not have done the forging themselves but nevertheless. the holders knew quite well that they were forged. Such "certifi-ates" are bought at a small cost and the holders in many cases have never studied a single line of law. Yet, there are persons still members of the Association who hold these certificates, - which are very, ingeniously forged, and no action €;|has been taken against them. But why have two. men only been organizations have been patched up, with the result that a compromise was effected and the members of the Lawyers Association were incorporated in the Bar Association.
Another abuse, a very serious one indeed, of the Bar Association, thas been the fact that they have placed themselves or attempted to lerwselves in the position as of the action of the Shanghai Provisional Court and its judges.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.