Local Oficial's Tirade Against Consular Jurisdiction 'A well-attended meeting was held on January 20 in. the Chinese iencral Chamber of Commerce build North Honan Road, under the spices of the Shanghai District Kuomintang to propagate—the abolition of extraterritoriality. Most of those present were members he local Tangpu. The usual Kuomintang ceremonies having been! kone through, Mr. Chen Toh-ching, Gommissioner of Education for Greater Shanghai, who presided, delivered a violent anti-foreign speech, the course of which he "It is a serious disgrace to China that extraterritoriality should con tinue to exist and it is by far a greater disgrace to the nation if the Chinese people permit the continuance of extraterritoriality and con-
"Porelgn consular air thorities exer-ise jurisdiction over theft nationals in China, so why may not the Chinese consular authorities in for eign countries do lik aibctraterritrialty ern only encroachment upon China'ssovereighty, and judicial rights, bury under its protection, foreigners are enabled constantly to supply munitions to bandits who create much ayoe among the people, "Do you know how many Chinese are engaged in opium smuggling tunder the protection of foreigners enjoying extraterritorial rights China?" Countless!
"So long as extraterritoriality is} permitted to continue, China's hopes of regaining hor judicial independence and the protecting of lives and perties, of her people can never realized, Let us rise, therefore and concentrate our efforts on the abolition of extraterritoriality, Following Mr. Chen's speech, a representative of Dr. Wang Chung-hut, president of the Judicial Yuan, Addressed the gathering on the Ristory of extraterritoriality and! suggested that measures should be taken towards its abolition,
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