The "Sinwanpao" has _published further "details" with reference to the negotiations concerning the proposed reorganization of the Shanghai Provisional Court.
The ninth session of the conference was held on Monday, the report says, and. views." were exchanged between the foreign and the Chinese delegates, after which the conference was postponed until 3 o'clock to-morrow afternoon.
According to a "certain official," the Chinese delegates made the following proposals:—That the Court should be placed under the direct control of the Ministry of Justice; 2 That the joint heaving system and the witnessing of trials should be abolished; and 'That the rules governing the Jadieial police should' be revised fand the management of the gaols should be restored to the Chinese Government.
'Apropos of the first suggestion, the foreign delegates are said to have approved in principle, but, with regard to the "second "point, they at first demanded that the present system should be maine tained. Later, however, they made slight' concessions and they now suggest that the matter should be postponed for separate discussion Instead of being discussed by the present conference, 'With regard to the thied_ pint the foreign delegates. dec ccprece"thir' options an iis fected the authority of the Shanghai Municipal Counet.
results were, therefore, reached. As the' end of the year drawing near, says the "Sin-wan pao," the foreign delegates are endeavouring to delay a settlement under the pretext of having to consult. their superiors. A high oficial of the Waichiaps, however, fs reported as having' made a declaration to the effect that, if the conference fails to reach a satisfac tory settlement, China will issue a declaration announcing the abolition of extraterritoriality and the reorganization of the Shanghai Provisional Court. Arrangements have been made, ho is reported to have stated, but thes cannot yet bbe made public.
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