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Meanwhile on April 28th, in addition to the letter
received from the Spanish consul claiming jurisdiction over
Liang Yun Shang, letters were received by the Registrar from the
Spanish consul claiming jurisdiction over two other Chinese
One of these against whom proceedings had been instituted. men, Yao Ming Sung, a native of Ningpo, and with whom complainant
had traded as a Chinese for 10 years past, had already been
arrested, and released on production of a certificate of
Spanish protection issued in November 1921. The matter being
referred back to the Court (Magistrate Li and Mr. Mead),
the Court directed that the accused should be re-arrested and
The accused however had brought before the Mixed Court.
absconded in the meantime and has not since been found.
In the other case, the Spanish consul's letter was
referred to the Court which had issued the warrant (Magistrate
Kwan and Mr. Tenney), who directed that the warrant neverthe-
less be executed. The accused was duly arrested and brought
before the Court (Legistrate Kwan and Mr. Tenney) on May 2nd,
and the Court expressed its intention of following the prece-
dent set by Magistrate Li and myself, and took jurisdiction.
Meantime the Spanish consul had written an
energetic letter of protest to the Senior consul, copy of
which I enclose. I will briefly refer to a few points in
connection with this letter, It here appears clearly for the
first time that Mr. Amoedo attempts to base his claim to
protect Chine se on some Spanish treaty with China, though what
the treaty is I have been unable to ascertain. The treaty
of 1864 certainly is silent on the matter.
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