Two Hundred Delegates Meet in Nanking Nanking, Sept 16, After two months of preparations, the much heralded National Judicial Conference was formally opened here this morning at 9 o'clock at the [Mingehih Hall of the Examination Yuan in the presence of over 200 delegates and specially invited exe per's from all over China, The Inauguration ceremony this morning was presided over by Mr. Chu Cheng, president of the Judicial Yuan under whose auspices the Conference is being held, and the prin cipal speakers included Mr. Lin Sen, chairman of the National Government, and. Mr, Wang. Ching-wel, resident of the Executive Yuan.
Following the inauguration cere-Jmony the delegates to the Conference [proceeded by motor cars to the Sun FYaten Mausoleum where they paid their respects to the memory of the late Founder of the Chinese Republic, The first business session was held fat 2 o'clock in the afternoon when re than 50 proposals were discussed, which included the questions of independent financing for the Judiclary, introduction of circuit courts, the Promotion of education for prisoners, and improvement of the judicial police system.
Of the total number of delegates attending the Conference it is learned, 166 are judicial oMtcials from the' various provinces, and 48 are techni cal experts and representatives of bar astoclations and law departments of various "universities,—Central
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