Beaumont Stops Libel Action The case in which Mr. A. W. Beaumont, Belgian, editor "of the "Shanghai Spectator," who was the unsuccessful candidate Ju this, year's Shanghai Municipal Council election, charged Mr. B.A. Chilikin, editor] of the Russian daily "Kopeik Ubel on the ground that a biography of Mr. Beaumont published in t "Kopelka" on February 7 and contained false and libellous star had been withdrawn, Russian defendant was told by Judye Woo Fong-lien when the hearing of] the case, adjourned nearly six months ago, was to be resumed in the Second Special District Court's Criminal Division last Wednesday.
The hearing was adjourned _to enable the Court authorities to make inquiries at the French Consulate General and other places in regard to two particular statements of the "Kopeika" articles of February 7|t and 8, which Mr. Beaumont alleged] contained false and libellous statements, but which Mr. Chilikin con tended were entirely based on facts! and contained no libellous statements, 'The two particular statements of the "Kopelka" article were singled out at the previous hearing on March SI by Mr. Eugene Y. B. Kianj lawyer for Mr. Beaumont, who said they contained malicious' libel because they mentioned that Mr. Beaumont, while he was in Europe, had a conflict with the law and that, singe the beginning of last year, Mr. Beaumont had visited a place where a "secret game" was going on and his guide was a well-known "player." Mr. Chilikin, questioned by the 'Judge, declared that Mr. Beaumont' conflict with the law happened in Paris and that French Consulate} officials knew everything about that Inquirlés having been completed by the Court authorities, the resumed hearing of the case was set for ye terday. When the Court was opened, however, Judge Woo Fong-lien 11 formed the Russian defendant that Mr. Beaumont had filed an application to the Court two "days ago, withdrawing the case. Neither "Mr. Beaumont nor his lawyer, Mr. Kian was in Court yesterday and the alleged libel case, which had aroused considerable interest. among the foreigners, was disposed of in three minutes after the Court started 1 session, Mr. K. W. Chang, of the law firm of Messrs. Yeh'& Ca, was the counsel for Mr. Chilikin,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.