The Archive · 1939

Chao Kwang-tu

He has just been charged with Paris, July 25. robbery in the First Special District SHARPLY-WORDED statement protesting against the Court and sentenced to eight years' imprisonment. He has now also made Arita agreement in Tokyo was published here today by Dr. Jo round trip to the Second Speci Wellington Koo, Chinese Ambassador to France and chief delegate District Court which once sentenced to the League of Nations.

This communique, issued at the Chinese him to life Imprisonment. Although Embassy, bases its strong protest on the grounds that the Tokyo it cannot be ascertained at present whether or not he will be sentenced accords are not consonant with the Nine-Power Treaty, the League to serve out his life imprisonment Covenant, the resolutions adopted -in the past by the League or term, the French police have applied the report drawn up by the Brussels Conference of November, for his extradition to the Concession 1937, court.

The main purpose of extraditing The statement further declares that the accords reveal "a spirit the man to. the Concession tribunal of surrender on the part of Britain which is detrimental to the Isto have him testify against Koo general cause of peace," but Dr.

Koo admits that the agreement Touchsien, former well-known Chi-may prove merely a compromise to permit the opening of negotia nese theatre manager in the French Concession who was once charged tions proper on the Tientsin dispute. And he voices the hope with instigating the "murder and that Chinese apprehensions will be found unwarranted in fact, sentenced {0 15 years' imprisonment He asserts that the Craigie-Arita but who, however, was released on accord is "an unpleasant surprise to Dail "shortly before the hostilities China," and that, on the face of it, Chinese Demarche started here because the Supreme the agreement makes no differentia Court reversed the judement. The tion between Japanese aggression and Third Kiangsu High Court in the Chinese self-defence.

Made in London Concession had also reversed the "Britain appears to be disposed to Judgment passed by the Second Spe-ive a free hand to the aggressor to London, July 24 lat District Court. the sure detriment of the victim of protest against a. possible con-'Throughout the long legal battle, gression. Britain seems to have cession in North China prejudicial the French police have repeatedly forgotten, at least for the time being, fo the Chinese cause was made by showed dissatisfaction over the a her solemn undertaking to China em-chi, Chinese Ambassador Quittal of Koo and referred the bodied. in' the international instru matter to the Supreme Court. "Pend~ ments that I have just) mentioned,"

Halifax, British Foreign Secretary, Ing instructions or Judgment from Dr. Koo declares. this afternoon to seek information the highest court, the Third Kiangsu The instruments were the Ni High Court released Koo on $20,000

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