The Community Church at its recent annual meeting extended a call to the Rev. Emory W. Luccock, who has served the church 80 ficiently during the past year and half, to become the pastor of the church for another five years. The call was unanimous both on the part of the Governing Board and at the annual meeting of the congregation.
The plans which have been set going since the coming to the Community Church of Mr. Luceock have been working out s0 satisfactorily and the church through his leader ship securing such a position of i fluence in the community of Shan hai, in particular with the American element, that anything but a continuation of his pastorate would be well nigh a calamity, Plans for According to the report, there are ten articles, seven of which were unanimously passed, The other three ave of minor importance and are expected to be passed soon, The agreement provides that, the Court will limit the exercise of its jurisdiction to the International Settlement and appeals may be referred to the Kiangsu Higher Provineial Court, A. procuratorate will be established in the Court and the procurators will be Chinese only, In special circumstances, foreign consuls and lawyers may watch teases in Court, but they may only submit their opinions in written form for the Judges' approval. Foreign lawyers may only watch cases when the parties involved in the. litigation ave foreigners. According to the report, there are still a few points which' remain unsettled regarding the reorganization of the Court, which do not conform with the Chi ese law because of the peculiar Jeonditions prevailing in the International Settlement.
The "Shunpao," says that matters which already have been settled me elude (1) the abolition of the joint hearing system; (2) the abolition the post of chief clerk; (3) the enforcement of the three-trial system; and (4) the position of foreign lawyers who, according to the report, will of be permitted to in which foreigners ave not litigants, The unsettled points include (1) the establishment of a. procure rate; (2) the control of the judicial police; and (3) the control of gaols. Apropos of the first point, the foreign delegates have agreed to this in principle but. there, still remains a different of opinion.
the duties of the procurators. As to the question of the judicial "police, the Chinese delegates maintain that these should be controlled by the Chinese authorities and that the judicial police may perform their duties without forming the Shanghai Muring Police but the foreign delogat insist that the judicial police shall be appointed from the Shanghai Municipal Police force, Apropos of the gaols, the foreign delegates say that there must be no change ut the present time.
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