CO129-477 - Public Offices - 1922 — Page 347

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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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