Questions relating to the nations lity of @ Chinese born in a. Bute posscesion were raised in. the ixed Court several days ago.
Jui-lin, who was recently sued in H. M, Supreme Court. by, '2 Japanese in' connection with the establishment of a club in Peking snd who later was declared a banke $48,891, be due to the later ion sith the sale of bonds.
Defendant's lawyer said that his ut was born in a British pose session and was, therefore, a Bute Jsh subject. This being the case, the French Mixed Court had Jurisdiction over him.
This statement was disputed vy plaintiffs counsel, who said that Hisu was, in the eyes of the laws of China, still a Chinese citizen, According to the Chinese law of nationality, any person desirous of renouncing his Chinese nationality in order to become a naturalized foreign subject, must apply to the Ministry of Interior for a certified fate of denationalization, In the event of this not being" obtained, such person shall be deemed still to be a citizen of China, In the present case, he said, Lis had been unable to produce any denationalize ation papers and therefore his British nationality could not be ree cognized. Accordingly, said coun sel, he was subject to' the jurisdic tion and. judgments of the Chinese law courts, An adjournment was ordered td question. enable the Judges to consider the Cnixese papers report that the Chiaotungpu has teen ordered "by the National Government to print postage stamps bearing the port raits of sig "martyrs" namely, the Soong thu Chi-hsin and Teng ut
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