Chinese on Procedure to be Adopted in Settlement On November 19 General Hsiung i, Garrison-Commissioner of 1 and Shanghai, called a Jconference of judicial and police officers at Lunghua.
In the course of the conference, General Hsiung announced that in ease the Settlement Police desire to arrest any persons in territory under Chinese jurisdiction they notify only the Chinese Police Officers of the district concerned, telephone, and with the assistance of the Police they arrest the person or persons wanted and IReke them into their custody. On the other hand, when the Chinese Authorities desire to have a prisoner or prisoners handed over to them by the Settlemertt Police peraissi must first be secured from Police Headquarters and the Shanghai revisional Court, This was very air tw the Chinese. He there-coraed it necessary to discuss this matter, Genersf, Hsiung also stated that the Settlement Author-tier are demanding the hearing of ses by forely the Shanghsi Provision Chief Judge Ho Shih-tsun of the Shanghai Provisional Yang Zaio-yung, President of the Shangh si District Court of Justice, Commissioner King Wen-s, end T: Zah-fu, Chief of the Public Safety Bureav, were in attendance, Reports on the exitadition of prisoners between Settlement Authorities and Chinese Authorities [were made by Judge Ho Shih Tsung, President Yang Zao Yung and the Chief of the Publi Safety Bureau.
Opinions were then expressed by General Hsiung and others as a result of which it was decided that In future when the Settlement Authorities ask for the handing over of prisoners " joint letter to this effect must first be sent to the Headquarters of the Garrison-Commissioner of Woosung and Shanghai by the Shanghai Provisional Court and the Settlement Police and that no prisoners are to be handed over to them unless permission has first been given, Dut upon receipt of a letter asking for the handing over of certain persons in Chinese Territory, such person or persons must first be taken into custody and detained by the Chinese Police pending the necessary procedure.
As regards the demand of the Settlement, Authorities for the joint hearing of cases by foreism Consuls, Judge Ho will send a reply to the Consular Body to the effect that foreign Consuls will be allowed only to watch the proceedings and net to judge a cas Tu an inter Gene Hsiung spoke us follow "Commencing from to-day, ember 20, the Settlement Authorities will have to write to the Garrison-Commissioner of Woosung and Shanghai when they desire to have prisoners handed over to them, In the past if was much too cary for the Settlement Authorities to ike into custody persons in Chinese territory, whilst a great deal of inconvenience has been experienced the Chinese Authorities when desired to have prisoners handed over to them, Eforts will be made to facilitate the handing over fof prisoners by the Settlement Authorities to the Chinese Author= ities and vice versa, Tote Chinese papers say that the archives of the Customs Service in Peking have been brought to Shanghai century, or rather the principles were originated there, where the religion and a law of the people were bound together in such a way that they could not be held applica able to a foreigner of different belief. Dr. Chatley outlined the cirfeunistances that led to the institu: tion of extraterritoriality and then went on to deal very shortly with the question of modern Egypt, the problems that have arisen in' that country of late, and their settle-iment, up to the present date, when, hho said, he felt there would be little for no change as the weakness of the Suez Canal necessitated its very adequate Protestion by some responsible country.
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