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closure No. 3.
Spanish Consulate.
Shanghai,
358
29th April, 1922.
Sir and dear Colleague,
I must again call your attention and that of the
Consular body to the attempted interference with the jurisdiction and rights of this consulate, and all other
consulates as well, by ar. Blackburn, the British Assessor,
at the Mixed Court, who has acted in a very high handed and
presumptuous manner by refusing to recognise the paramount
authority of this consulate over persons bearing its certifi-
cate of registration.
If there is to be any rulings on the question of
jurisdiction in the cases of persons registered in this
consulate this consulate alone will make the rulings and shall
It is not act in co-operation with the Consular Body.
within the province of an Assessor of any nationality to deal with questions of this nature, which are distinctly beyond
the scope of his authority.
The British Assessor has not the mission of
examining the competency of the consuls before the Mixed Court neither to interpret the ends of the international
Treaties with China regarding the protection clause.
Those
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who say that the protege tries to elude justice have a very
little common sense or a mistaken pretence of moral. Foreign
Tribunals do not exempt the culprit of responsibilities and
Juander G. de' Rossi,
Consul-General for Italy
and senior Consul,
Changhai.
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