Newspapers.—An_ indecent article appeared in the Chinese newspaper "Shanghai Journal of Commerce", the offices of which are at No. 95 Foochow Road, on September 25, 1921. A summons against Tong Tsih-tsz (B27), editor-in-chief and part proprie-for, and a warrant to search the premises for copies of the paper containing the offending article were issued by the Mixed Court on October 1, 1921, but when an attempt was made to execute the search warrant the Company claimed to be registered as an American corporation and declined to submit to the jurisdiction of the International Mixed Court. The claim was upheld by the Consul-General for the United States who stated that the re-
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