Interviewed prior to the settlement, Mr, Ho Shih-tseng, President of the Court, said on March 28 to 2 "North-China Daily News" representati "The preliminary steps in_ the settling of the Provisional Cou: t difficulties have coen passed to-day fon my receipt of a leiier from the: Senior Consul and I expect that the entire matter can come to a quick. termination.
The gist of the letter President Ho mentioned was in the paragraph reading:
"Pending the result of the discussion T'should be prepared instruct my deputies and recommend to the several ext'a-
{erritorial consuls that they. should instruct. their representatives. in this court, to refrain from st pending Chinese laveycrs from Deactising in the cases in which they sit, unless the jades with whom they may be citing at the time fail to protect stem from the Insulting conduct of such lawyers, in, which event they may take Action us the occasion requires 1 trust also in your opi equitable method of settlement the present difficulty."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.