Sensational Action Taken in a Three Year Old Mixed Court Civil Suit While on his way in an automobile to attend the meeting of the Nationay Anti-Opium Society on Monday, afternoon, Mr. Hsiung Hsi-ling, ex-Premier and "Minister of Finance, was suddenly taken to a Poli 'Station by the Municipal Police. The cause for the action is not clearly' Known, although report has it that there are some complications between him and the Wachang Trading Ca, of which Mr. Hsiung is a director—Kuo Wen, "The, shore report was slonday eve ally arrested, but it was
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The Mixed Court sat in special sessions after 6 p.m. on Monday, when a civil case involving Mr, Hsiung Hsi-ling, ex-Premier China, was heard by Messrs. Spiker and Loh. Hsiung was arrest ed a warrant attested by Mr. T. C, White. The point in question "involved an old suit of Mr. White against the Wah Chang Mining & Smelting Ca, who have 4 branch office in Shanghai, There was a notable assembly present at the time of the hearing, among those in the court room being Dr. V. K. Ting, Mayor of the Special Municipality of Shanghai, Mr, Hsu Yuan, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs, and Mr. Chen, Mr. Hamilton, junior American Assessor, sat] deride Mr. Spiker. Other dignitaries, and Chinese officials, including several Magistrates of the Mixed Court, listened to the plea for guarantees for bail. Hsiung Hsi-ling was finally released on a guarantee for his appearance of Tls. 10,000, which Mr. F. Hadley, for plaintiff, strenuously opposed.
It may be recalled, as printed in these columns, that the trial, which involved a claim of $200,000, began in July, 1922, judgment being finally handed down by Messrs. Allman and Toh on July 11, 1923. Plaintiff alleged at that time that two contracts had been broken, a loan agreement and a contract concerning his position as general manager of the firm. The first amounted to {$50,000 and the second to a breach of his employ, to the amount of G.$100,000, the Court in each instance finding for plaintiff. The} contract was for five years and was terminated about one year after the agreement was entered into. Plaintiff had made numerous applications, to have the judgment executed, but met with no success, he alleged, It appears also that the Ministry of Justice in Peking refuted to take cognizance of the verdict.
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