Declares King Carol French Consular Court
Bucharest, June 8.
Ruling—"Concerning Rumania will strive to preserve Expenses Questioned peace, "but not at any price," King Carol told the rst session of the An appeal has been filed by M. M. newly-elected Parliament here yes-Heimendinger, through: his attorney, terday.
M. Paul Premet, against a decision "We are developing new weapons given by the French Consular Court and new sources of supply" he on May 30, in which M. Heimensaid., "Rumania's war industry is dinger's request that the foreign now working at full capacity, plaintiff m a case against him, in-"In May the Government called to volving the alleged non-payment of the colours several classes of rea balance of $2000 in connection servists and declared simultaneously with the sale of a diamond ring, was with the strongest emphasis that we to have paid a deposit towards ex-will defend our sacred frontiers at penses to the extent of $5478 was the cost of any sacrifice."—United turned down inasmuch as.that the Press. court only demanded of the plaintiff to deposit $400, on the grounds that of questions of the foreign pressmen, the foreign plaintiff, a Spaniard, was he replied rather sharply that, after not. subject to the jurisdiction of the all, the Japanese army had a perfect French Court. right to hold, for examination, a for-'The case, as will be recalled, first eigner who had passed through the came before the French Consular enemy's lines in order to extract from Court on May 26 when M. Premet him any information he might have told the court that his client. invoked in his possession. article 16 of the French Civil Code which provided that, in general, any Suspicious Circumstances foreign plaintiff suing a French sub.
There was no doubt in the minds ject is compelled to give a security of the British Embassy authorities for covering costs and damages that the mysterious foreigner must be which might result from the case Lt.-Col. Spear. And on the afternoon for the defendant. of June 1, Mr. L. H. Lamb, Assistant present case, M. Premet Chinese Secretary, and Major Dalathis article applied and maine of the British garrison in that the costs in question must in-Tientsin, having after some delay clude the cost of any act of pro-obtained from Japanese Headquarters cedure which the French defendant the necessary permits, left for Kalgan, s compelled to take in his defence. in order to try and get into touch with Colonel Spear, and also to try and find out what had become of It.
Cooper, from whom they had had no word since he left On the Ist the Japanese military spokesman practically admitted that the arrested foreigner was the British Military Attache. He gave as the reason for his arrest that the circumstances under which he had arrived in the Japanese lines were highly peculiar and that the Japanese had every right to treat such a person as a suspicious character. (It should be mentioned that, as far as is known, Lt.-Col. Spear had his passport with him.) The spokesman added that the case was a highly com-Dlicated one and that the Japanese military Headquarters in Peiping were still waiting for the official report of the case.
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