Beneath the crossed flags of the Kuomintang and the Republic of China together with the photograph and will of Dr, Sun Yat-sen, Dr. Hau Wei-tsung newly-appointed President of the Shanghai Provisional Court formally assumed that office on November 26 in a brief ceremony at the Provisional Court buildings before w distinguished gathering of Chinese leaders in government, business and fessions.
Dr. Hsu room door locked and could. heat the water running inside, He shout his wife's name and receiving. no Feply told his hoy to climb up the "window and. break the quase He did this and after entering the bath room opened the door, He sated that he had no quarrel oF tnisanderstanding with hie wie Witness added that before they wore married the deceased received shock owing to being frightened bya rat and was paralysed for four days The inquest was adjourned, ly) will of Dr. Sun Yat-son principles of the—Kuomintang party. I will obey and execute the orders of the government and 1 will be loyal to my trust.
will make every effort to cut down expenses and I will not employ those-whom T consider unfit in any way. I will avoid corrupt tion and if Iam disloyal to my oath T will accept punishment to be on me by the Kuomintang."
The ceremony took place in the former Court of Appeals before a crowded room and while the cere-many was brief it was none the Jess. impressive.
suitable extracts from the writ. surrounded his picture with 0 wei kang" (Justice for the whole world) predominating.
Among. thos Soumei Cheng; one time presidential appointee of the Provisional Court, Vu Ya-ching and L. T. Yuan of Pan Kung-tuan reig the District Kuomintang, Dr. Eugene Y. B. Kiang representing the Shanghai Bar Association, Hsu Moh, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Kiangsu Province, many others.
'Mr, Hsu Moh on behalf of the Kiangsu government spoke highly of the new president as a judge of long experience and a man with a firm foundation in' the, principles of the law. He reminded listeners that during the earthquake in San Francisco in 1906 Dr. Hsu. then a young law student, showed haig mettle by rescuing several people from tottering buildin; Chang Chun, Mayor of Greater Shanghai, followed on the platform and after speaking eulogistically of id that he hoped extraterritoriality would' be done away' with and the Provisional Court would be abolished. in 1980.
was followed, by several other who spoke in a similar vein. hearted and had fled the scene quickly as they could.
The licence numbers of the kid-were found by be forgeries.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.