Recently, the Bar Association, la its attacks on Judge Leo Hsing-yuan, lately President of" the Shanghai Provisional Court, alleged that he was solely responsible for the ousting of Dr. John C. H. Wo, or, at east, that he had forced Judge Wu's resignation, (Judgs Wu, by the way, has now returned to the Court in the casincity of chief judge of the division of criminal appeals—Ed,). Axa matter of fact, it is believed that Judge Wu resigned partly asa result of the attacks of the Bar Asrociation, who are known to have assailed him before, and after, his resignation for refusing to. take Jurisdiction in connection with a case in which the Russian Volunteer Fleet were sued. Judge Wu held that the Court had no jurisdiction over the matter and gave this dectsion accordingly in October, last year.
The Bar Association at once sab up a how! and attacked Judge Wu. They declared that he erred in his Judgment, that he was entirely wrong, that the Court had jurisdic tion and that Judge Wu should have assumed charge of the case, They even went so far as to say that Judge Wa was not qualified to hold his position, which, of course, was one of paramount responsibility.
A Petition to Nanking, Indeed, they actually petitioned the Ministry of Justice for an order to the Provisional Court, through the Kiangsu Provincial Governnient, that "hereafter all be permitted to hand decisions." The following ig an exact translation of their pee tition to Nanking:— the cleaning, selected for prosecution by the A:
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everything? Why allow international nw and_ considered de: [who hold exactly the same certificates] the ence as a government Organization of the Soviet Russian to remain und prosecute two less Crnment. He, therefore, held that the fortunate ure. had ho Jurisdiction. A" court has ne necessity to. Resort" to. Intern Mail Order Degrees tonal aw, exeap? when dealings with Then there are others who are matters with other nations. in intort: known to have purchased the Ena dots he pie "entirelsweithut foundation. ~The the would Jurgen ie eelgion diplomas from questionable instit tions and correspondence schools i ier no longer enjoys entratersitorial Fighte nnd. pivilegen ands us the lee Japan and America. All of these, Fentants ares commercial concern, the be it noted, confer upon the holder the high-sounding title of "Bachelor Sort hi' comeetion ae in "Some Feriiiction "on hebatt. of the. Soviet of Laws." This mail order ayst "phit deane the deprive has proved to be a boon to the p: severcigm righto. and rioters and not a few of the pret Aisgrace "to cur nation. ent members of the Bar Associ 1 requested that the Coun tion have taken advantage of i Many persons have been known seek membership but have been incline deetstane in future ow thd be warned not to Interference Strongly Resented rejected simply because they do not know members of the Committee fare not their particular friends. It does not matter how well quali they are er whether they are law; by virtue of the certificates issued by the Ministry of Justice. The Bar Association says they are not eligible to practise and so they are fet. On the other hand, it is knows that persons who have not th slightest knowledge of law, wha cannot tell the difference betwee: civil and criminal law and who ea't-not distinguish between a contract and an agreement have een tted simply because of friend a word, everything depends on, the sweet will of the two committees.
Difference with Lawyers Associa The Stangha! Bar Associ is, or at Toast it was, an one titely different organization from the Lawyers Association. The lat-fed of men who made a really honest attempt to improve matters, but their efforts were thwarted constantly by the Bar Association, who were in the majority, and who opposed them at every turn, For a time, there was bitter feeling Letween the two organizations. but the Lawyers Association hax dwindled in numbers and the difference: between the two This action of the Bar Association was at once criticized by other members of the Association, conting of graduates of the Comparative School of Law (the Law Department of—Soochow University), of which Judge Wu was concurrent Dean at the time, and Mr, Tung Kang, former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of China and Minister of Justice, a gentleman who is not afraid to say exactly what he means.
This party said that Judge Wu had every right and authority to frame his own decisions without consulting the Bur Association and the Bar Associntion had no right whatever to interfere. 'They' sid the judiciary was an_ independ Body and that it should function independently and not be subject, to the dictates of the Bar Astoria tion or outside parties.
They manded to know how and ty. what authority the Bar Association sent the petition to the Ministry of Tustice, Te was high time, some of the members said, that the Bar Association were Kept in their proper plac: demand wae made that the matter should be discussed at the meeting of the Dur Association of August 5 at the Chinese Genarat Chaniher of Commerce: but. needles to say, the committees declined to
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