Shanghai, Apr. 24
The French Consular Court has decided that the increase in rentals, which was put into effect since the outbreak of the hostilities, is neither uimoral nor excessive in view of present conditions, and that the rentals on the French Concession are hot limited by any regulations, This Hi] verdict was pronounced by Judge R. Kauffman, when he closed the Richer rental case, and ordered Dr. A. Richer to pay his increased rentals und also the costs of the complicated The
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