Sheng. Kung-pao Fortune Proves:
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Tie resignation of Judge John C. Wa, President of. the Provisic Court has been accepted by the \gsu Provincial Government and Hsu Wei-tsung, former President the Court when it was first organiz~ ed, has beer: appointed in, hig. stead. Judge Wa will leave in January for the United States where he will Teeture at Harvard and Northwest ern Universities:
Fudge Wu's resignation came asa: surprise and a disappointment as it was generally assumed: in both Chinese and foreign circles that it would: not be accepted but was tendered formal matter because of Judge Wu's committments to teach in American universities. Had the Kiangsu Provisional Government seen fit to continue his services,-his friends say that he would have preferred to remain in his own country.
On the other hand, Judge Wu's position in the Provisional Court was untenable. He was temporary ly appointed, on President Ho Shih-tsen's resignation, as an Acting-President with uncertain tenure.
For reasons which are not quite clear, the Kiangsu Provincial Government never gave him a substantive appointment, although during his incumbency," the Pro-mal Court was administered with singular efficiency.
The Sheng Estate Again Although Judge Wu declined to confirm: the report, it has been authoritatively stated to a representative of the "North China Daily News," that the Sheng Kung-pao estate question played no small part in the decision of the Kiangsu Provincial Government to accept Judge Wu's resignation. The usual order from the Provincial Government to the Provisional Court was sent to Judge Wu instructing him to issue the necessary documents for the confiscating of the estate within the boundaries of the International Settlement. According to our i formant, Judge' Wu recommended that the confiscation of this property not be effected even if the Pro-I Court issued an order and that a continuation of efforts in that direction would lead to the gravest diplomatic difficulties. No furth attempt was made to force: Jud Wu to act in this matter bat his resignation was accepted with unusual promptness.
Judge John C. Wu is no mere lawyer; he has achieved a reputation 'a5 a brilliant scholar and has been called to lecture at Harvard and the Northwestern Universities, an honour which has been accorded to few Chinese. His management of the Provisional Court has been free from unpleasant incidents, because, as he has #0 often said, the law his idol.
Undoubtedly the most difficult case before the Provisional Court many years was that of Mr. Garcia and his associates and Judge Wu handled it so admirably that there was never a word of criticism from any responsible source. In a most dignified and decent manner, he emerged from the bickering and banterings of lawyers, a superior figure among Chinese officials.
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