Dr. GG. Sellett, for plaintiffs, (then. stated that the facts "upon which jurisdiction rests were not in dispute. He said that he might accept the statement sconitained in the letter of} the Italian Consuldte dated September 1, and it he did so, he came to the question that the court had jurisdiction over ithe Augustinian Procuration, The Augustinian Procuration which was before the court was a religious organization, organized it Spain, not in ome or anywhere else, and for many decaties has been known in this country as a Spanish religious organization.
The Augustinian Procuration hati for many decades been subject to the jurisdiction of the Spanish Consular Court in China and had not been subject to the Italian jurisdiction or Italian Consular Court in fCHina—the facts upon which jurisdiction depended had never been changed and the letter of the Italian Consulate did not indicate the change of a single fact upon which jurisdiction depended. He stated that under the circumstances, he could not see how through a mere decision the Italian Consulate could assume jurisdiction over the Augustinian Procuration.
Judge Li then stated that the court would hear argument on the whole case,
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