Harbin, Sept. 5. the local Chinese Court has up-Wield the decision of the Harbin Bourse Committee which recently Settled an arbitration case between two Russian merchants, One of the merchants nog being satisfied with the - decision of the arbitrators, thougt he had in the first instance agreed to an arbitration, brought the matter into the local court, sueing the other merchant. for a certain sum of money. The defendant's lawyer insisted that the gage should not have been brought into Court ay all, as plaintiff had ili the first instance agreed that the dispute should be settled by the Bourse, Committee, consisting of Harbin's leading Russian business alien, who were well acquainted with the facts of tae dispute. But When their decision went against the plaintiff the latter, apparently Sot satisfied, had applied to the ¢ourt, whom the lawyer hoped would amiss the case, otherwise arbitration on the pars of the Bourse Comanittee, who were doing their best to settle business disputes when appealed to, would be of no intrinsic value in the future. The judge agreeing with the defendant' counsel, struck the case off the court roll,
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