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BRITISH NEWSPAPER.
CHINESE JUDGE REFUSES TO HEAR "NORTH CHINA DAILY NEWS" AS PLAINTIFF.
ACCUSATIONS OF BEING "A GREAT OFFENDER AGAINST THIS. COURT,”
On April 4th last, anys, last] By the Law of China, publications Friday's North-China Daily News, of that surt constitute offences EL 23 action was filed in the Pro- ander article 155 of the Criminal visional Court, Shanghai, by Messrs. Code. That article reds as ful Lester, Johnson & Morriss, through lows:- Chrough Their legal representative: Mr. A. M.. Preston, of Moses. Ellis
Hays, in which the plaintiff com pany Med Vietur Strijevsky for arrears of rent due in respect of office space in the North fina Body News building.
NORTHERN DEFENCE
SCHEME.
PLANNED IN THREE SECTION.
1,000 MEN IN THE FIELD,
IMPORTANT ROLE OF SUN
CHUAN FANG.
TAINANTE, June 20th. Loent, reports indicate that a northern defensive plan has been Whoever offers ang-imult-to-any organized-in three sections. This public offer while he is exercising represents the forers' of Shantang, . his functions, or publicly makes any insulting attack on his functions, Chilli and San Chuan-Fang. The shall, irrespective of the truth or first named extends along the Puknu falsity of his statements, he punish ed with imprisonment for a perionine From Yenchow south eastward to Thining on the tirand Canal and not more than the 4th degree, or detention, or fine, not more than Tsanchow. This line of defence in-
clides the regular Shantung divi-} three hundred Yann.
sions Lotalling between 70,000 and
The petition states that the plain
"Whoever publicly makes any in- tiffs as agents for and on be hali of the North-China Dailysulting attack on any public ofice shall be liable to the shine punish- News and Herald, Ltd.", following ment:" the terminology of the lens
The case was set down for hear
ing before Judgy Y. S. Ziur., Mr. A. M. Preston represented the plaintiff company and the defendant was not present or represented.
The Judge Intervenos., After the judge had taken his seat on the bench, Mr. Preston rase and attempted to hand in powers Of attorney and to commence an ning statement, whereupon Jadge Ziar remarked that he and something to say. He then proceed- el to read a statement-which said inter alia: -
In this case, the North-China Daily Nors is the owner of certain premises on the wecond floor of No.
|
:
Lord Halsbury Quoted.
30,000 men,
The Chilli tupan Chu Yu Pu has his main strength at Tangchang The law of the country to which and along the Grand Canal just Sun Chuan the paper belongs is almost the same north of the river. as sar Coile in respect of seduidalous Fang, who is responsible for the atticks upon the Court or its East Shantung ferees, is reported who hold judges. It is there known as Con-to have 100,000 men tempt of Court. It is a misde the positions of Tsinchow and Kiao- meanour punishable by fine or chow, on the sailway 'and south. In Hatshury's Laws ward along the coast the main imprisonment. of England, volume 7 page 4, positions being Jihehow, Chuchow, and lehod. Troops of Sun. Chuan there are these passager:-
Fang's army are daily seen passing through Tainaniu.
"Contempt by aperch or writing may be by scandalising the Court Itself."
Any net done or writing pub lahed which is calculated to bring Court or a judge into contempt is a contempt of Court."
"Scandaloys aṭlacks upon judges are punished by attachment or cam- niittal upon the principle that they
37, the Bund, Shanghai. By sare, as against the public and not agents, the fim of Lester, Johnson the judge, an obstruction to public
justice."
But the
Reliable news is scarce in Tsinan and there is a strong feeling of apprehension in business circles. The general belief is that important developments will occur within the next few days, and popular opinion- paints towards Ban Chuan Fang na playing an important role and the whole Shantung defence scheme is
ed.
& Morriss, it has filed a suit pray-} There are other English natho-regarded as conservatively express. ing for relief in this Court in resities on the subject:- pect of these premises.
Those scandalous attacks upon ft great offender the Court were published by the jp itself is
It seems to Noth kind ineily News, no doubt, against this Court.
on its apprreintion of the fact that, have designed a malicious schemess agarust this Court, it could to rysteutically scandalize the shelter itself behind extraterri- Court by a monthly outburst of trialiny
On March abuse and scandals.
th this year, it published an article which contained, inter ulig, the following statements:-
The whole Court becomes a mockery and a scandal.
Need For Quick Action..
Trains Still Running. Troop movements have not thus far interfered with the railway's efficiency and a regular schedule of traina is kept going north, with the Blue Express daily south to Yen chow.
As the offence of contempt Ties in The obstruction to public justice Business is badly affected by de- and the punishment is for the pur-preciated currency, which is almost pose of proteghing the fublic from
the mischief they will fur, if the the vanishing point, and nume- authority of the tribunal be underrous retail shops are closed in order mined or impaired, the police and to avoid business which implies the Crown Advocate may perhaps acceptance of the valueless legat see fit to set the machiney of the British Court in motion in order tender.
be
It remains only. to be pointed ut that the people most affected. by this burking of justice are the hundreds of thousands-of-respective.
to bring the offender-to-justice, be On Friday night in response to Chinese living in and about Shang it the paper itself, or its editor. telegrams from his headquarters at hai. But it would appear that the or both. Unless something is done Weihsien, that his troops were, mis- safety and pece of mind of these sad soon, there would
probably inoffensive people counts for 20- thing with the judges of the Pre-se a monstrous state of affairs in behaving and accupying schools, and
Shangbai that the people of dif- foreign property, Sun Chuan Fang| visional Court."
Ferent nationalities would daily in
went there and returned to Tsipan Exactly month after that dulge in seandalizing the Courts of publication, that is, on April 18th, one another with absolute immunity the following morning June 30th). the same paper published another because of the system of extra-
It was generally thought that the article entitled" Provisional Court territoriality in this country. I am Burlesque. It was more venomous afraid that, for that matter, some trip was prompted, by reasoris of and abusive than the first one of the Chinese papers could be, if military expediency and this theory Among other scandalizing state- they chose, as apt in the propensity was elaboited by the report that ments, it contained the following of scandalization as their British
contemporary. So, you see where it about 10,000 more of his troops "The Provisional Court is
would lead us to. If the practice were arriving shortly in Tainan to misfit that must go.
go to the front lines at Yenchow were not stopped at once..
This Court is, however, in a more along the Pukou line mediately.
position than other fortunate
Strength has been added to thes? rumours through the retirement to
a
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If we had one of the Northern bandit chieftains in control of the environs of Shanghai, there can be no doubt that the Court would be Courts in a matter of the sort under equally incapable of imposing heavy discussion. If we ourselves cannot sentences upon any criminal who get at the principal offender which Tientsin of Chow Yu Jany ex- could establish relationship with a is behind the shelter of extra- swashbuckling corporal or a mem- territoriality, we can perhaps deal Tuchun of Fukien, whose loyalty lr of the Great fan's Body-guard. with such of its accomplices as may has been considered questionable for Putting this clownish Provider the jurisdiction of this some time and it is considered sional Court, outside the barbed Court. The offence lies in the pusignificant that he is receiving no
lication of the scandalizing
Langkate (combined)... wire, with the agitators and gun
Do. (inglo)....... men with whom the Court has such ents against this Court and every visitors. The best informed circles
person such
is the typesetter, believe that Sun will soon be in 8'ha. Explorationa indulgent sympathy.
Baube
Bengueta
Bugars
Turn police cases against dan. printer, etc., who takes part in the command of Pukou frent. aino | Shanghai Loans - ...***** gerous disturbers of our peace into cation is also liable to punish-, North Ching Daily News.
such straight faced farees as the Roman Augurs winked at."
The May "Attack."
In May, the attack upon thie Court was a day out of its schedule. It came on the 19th and in this fashion:-
"The Provisional Court is auch a gross a misfit that it operates directly against the maintenance of peace and order at every turn.
ment. We have been waiting to see. the principal offender to be dealt
with by the proper quarters; and
Tronoh Minos
Ural Сакрівця ....
H.K. de พ. Dooke....
if something remains to impose it to the Forth-China Daily News H.K. & K. Whoriz self between it and justier for any and, therefore, if the judge would Hongkowe
the benefit of one of the Judge's Shanghai Dooka length of time, this Court will have hear him, he would be acting for New Engineerings. to move against the accomplices.
.K. Ferritorials
buy.
buy, set.
noma.
Bal 99) nom. Ja vel.
EXCHANGE.
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ON-LUSTUN,AR
July 5th, 1927,
1/113
1/11 15/16
Telegraphic Transfer Bank Bills, on demand Bank Bills, at 30 days' night Bank Bills, at 4 months"
sight
1:--2/03
Credita, at 4 months' sight 2/0 15/16 Documentary
montbe' sight
ON PARIA-
Billa,
... 9/11/16
Bank Bills, on demand 1,225
Credits, 4 months sight ...
ON NEW YORK.→→
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Bank Billa, on demand
491
Credits, at
OR BOMBAL
60 days' sight... 60
Telegraphic Transfor
Bank Bills, on demand...) 1931
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Bank Bills, on demand.
OK SHANGHAI.***
CHANDRAI
Bank Billa, at sight
30 days" sight...
1334.
nom.
YOKOHAMA. On demand... 101
Frivate,
$10.50 buy.
O
16
132 дом. ..$1.70 buy,
Thu, 20) som.
.40/- buy.
Tta. gi noi.
*Te
118,
Д
4 nom.
nom.
.19/3 nöm. ..8/- nom.
$108 buy. $38 nom. Tis. 146 buy- tis, 52 noni.
118. 974 buy:
$6.90 nol
$55; buy.
ský nom. $19) nom. $89 nom. .81 пот.
7.35 nom.
We cannot give any relief to the nationals and not for the H.K.. Hotels
Realtys.....$6 sel Hong Kong orth-China Daily News, while it benefit of the Narth-Chins Daily HK Lands comes here reeking with the blood News.
Judge: Those who engage them. Humphreys Estates. of its own offence against this Court.-No, not until it is purged. selves to criminals, must take the prince's Buildings....
A copy of my remarks, to-day consequences. The compradore has Clerk of this Court to the Commis- North-China Daily News sioner of Police and Crown Advo este, officially calling their atten-
on to the matter.
Rural Lands
"The Chinese judge imposes bim shall be forwarded by the Chief his own legal remedy against the Ewo Cotto 2.10 no
self between the briminal and the jaw.
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Do
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47 buy.
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$16 Bal....
Peak Trame (old)
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Mr. Preston: It is no part of Shaughai Cotton
ghai Cottona (old),.. I'l There is nothing to do but put
my functions to criticise your judg. thent or the editorial policy of the China Busos that judge where he belongs, namo ly, in Chinese territory where he
Mr. Preston: Many I be heard ouNorth-China Daily News. Assus H.K. Tramvays can expound the coxte to his own behalf of the real plaintiffs, Messrs. ing that the compradore, to use military minaters when their whims Lester, Johnson & Morriss, The Four own words, has" engaged him and fancies run-counter to it."
North-China Daily News & Herald, self to criminals" they were not In June, the attuck asumed to Lid, have practically nothing to do criminals in the eyes of this Court have come by a slow train; for it with this case. There is no one at the time when the compradore engaged himself or when, as it hap was a week late, that is, on the here representing them.
pens, he paid this money. 20th. It was, however, by no means
Judge: The benefit, if the plain- less venomous and was in this form
The Provisional Court which is already guilty of so many aius ugainst publia weal
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Do
$14 Bel
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youiff succeeds in this action, would | Chins Lights (comb.)....10 Rom. Judge Zinr: I will not hear case the beneficial owners are be for the North-China Daily News the North-Chion Daily News & who are in contempt of this Court,
Providents. Tuy China Herald, Ltd. If the plaintiff and I will not hear you.
Constructions succeeded in this action, the benefit Mr. Preston: I respectfully beg Dairy Farma
............80 nom.
is nom. Der A Wings. nom. Comment will in due course be II.K. Blectric Mr. Preston said that the com-made on this judgment, which is Macao Electrion pradore of the plaintiff firm had altogether top serious to pass un alrendy advanced part of the money noticed, says the editor of the
North China Daily News. (Continued on next Column.)
We have permitted the Pro-would be for the North China Daily sional Court to function in support News & Herald, Ltd., who are you to note my protest. of agitation to give judgments counter to Municipal Regulations,
s why should it not be used us an instrument in the extortion of money from the Chifnend ......
criminals in the eyes of this Court.
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