The Students Arrested for Riot and the Order to Hand Them Over to Chinese Authorities Outside Settlement Considerable confusion has arisen in many Shanghai mings over the possible aftermath of the two protests lodged by the Senior Consul's Deputy Mr, Stevens in the recent Provisional Court cases against 2) Civil and criminal cases where the plaintiff is a foreigner having extraterritorial rights are tried by a Chinese Judge and x "Consular Official" debated by that the Deputies were not meant to be merely passive spectators of what takes place in the Provisional Court. They obviously sit ox behalf of the Corsular Body and the Shanghai Municipal Council to ensure the impartial administration fof justice to the best of their: ability and a faithful observance of both the spirit and the letter of the Rendi Agreement. The Court, though its name has been changed, nevertheless remains the servant of this Settlement. Its decisions are executed by the Municipal Police, who are the employee: of the Shanghai Municipal Couneit, and it would be interesting to know to what extent the police would be the alleged "students" held by the police on serious charges of seeking Lig' Syne es tB> 1 of a Judge which had been exposed in carrying out the orders
by the Depaty as being contrary to undermine the peace of the Settlement and the existing Govern. ment of China.
The Court's decision, i recalled, was in the first that wecused be handed over to the Chinese authorities for tnat, 'Against this the Deputy protested on the ground that such action was in direct opposition to the Rendition 'Agreement and he strongly "udvised' the Court to try the ease itself in compliance with existing laws lig on that, subject.
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