11 was reported that Mayor Fu will allow' all cases involving Russians pending in the Chinese courts in the Settlement and French Concession to be concluded without a transfer of Jurisdiction to avoid complications in the future." The Nantao District Court is under the supervision of the Shanghai Special Municipality.
Russians in China at one time enjoyed extraterritorial rights, Following the last world war and the Rus sian revolution they' came under Chinese jurisdiction, " With the over= throw of the Czarist Government many White Russians in this country renounced their Russian nationality and took Chinese passports, some of them even adopting Chinese names, which caused "some confusion officials of foreign countries who in some instances obdurately refused to recognize an apparent European as a citizen of the Republic of China Rumours Prevail When Marines Guard Station Shanghai, Sept. 24 Presence of American Marines and the closure of gates at the Pootoo Road police station fave vent to rumours in the eily yesterday, and some reports had it that the station lad been attacked by a group of Chinese on the evening of Sept. 22, These rumours were, however, denied both by the officials of the Shanghai Municipal Police and the 4th United States Marine Corps, Approached by a reporter of the *North-China Daily News." an officer of the Marine Corps. stated that there was nothing unusual the presence of Maines at the Pootoo police station, since the station is in the American Sector and. the posting of guards there was only a Foutine set Wild rumours were circulated when it wane alleged that a avowd of Chinese tad attacked the station on the evening of Sept nel that the open tire 10 disperse them, These Feports, however, failed to reveal whether anyone was' injured, while no emergency ambulance was called out to Pootoo station on that The armed man then warned the amicer to keep quiet and not to following which he instructed the other robber to take away the P.C's pistol. The unarmed robber then produced a pair of scissors and the OPE'S 30 with six ster, together ammunition, Having completed the robbers, both men fled west on foot slung Robison Road. "However, the C-P.C. pave chase the same time giving the alarm n_hhis whistle. The robbers then separated but the C: P.C. kept after the one who had taken possession of his pistol alone Robison oad for bout 250 yards, during which time was apparently trying to load the weapon, some 35 yards west of Robison Road, the CPC. robber and, felled him the robber for his p ud found the right pocket of his. khaki shorts and when removing it theres from the robber made a determined attempt to regain possession by. seiz~ the officer's hands. The latter finally broke clear and fired three shots into the. body. of the robber when hie was about to renew the ate tack, causing him to collapse,
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