[Attempt by Chinese to Acquire other Nationality Frustratby Court Decision From 4 comssronvent Kirin, Feb. 8
The greatest lever in the hands of those Chinese who agitate for a complete abolition of the extrater-Fitorial privileges at present enjoy-foreign nationals in China, the promiscuous issuance of ruralization, or other - protection, papers, to Chinese who have never: been outside of their own country, by certain foreign consuls. in the treaty ports. A case in point is now being discussed here. Tt apears that 2 local citizen, who was. made defendant on a grave charge, Produced a "protege" certificate sued by a certain consul in Shang hai, thereby claiming exemption from Chinese jurisdiction. The magistrate, before whom the case was brought, refused, however, to recognize the validity of the paper produced on the ground that the defendant had never been outside of China, and had, intact, been born in Kirin, This ease recalls to mind the one in which one Dzung Kung-yui appeared in the Mixed Court at Shai hai as defendant before the Swiss Assessor, Mr. Zuber, and the Chinese magistrate, Mr. Sung. On that occasion Mr. "Zuber declared, upon defendant having confessed that he had obtained Brazilian pa-ers although he. had never been outside of China, that "I think it is a disgrace that such a document should be produced ax that thas been produced to-day. in this Court" "In the Kirin case mentioned above, the magistrate made some caustic' comments, to the owing effect:—
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