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A CONCESSION QUESTION,

South Manchurian Syndicate's Action.

Mr. Justios Peterson bas de- livered judgment in the Chancery Court in the action brought by the South Manchurian Syndfoste against Mr. Hugh Rose Troop and the British Manchuripu ConcGS- | sions Ltd. Mr. Hughes, K.C., and Mr. Percy F. Wheeler were for the plaintiff syndinate: Mr. H. Hart, K.O., and Mr. W. E. Hors'ey for the defendants.

Hie Lordship asid this was a case 'which related to concessione said to have been granted by the Chinese Commissioner of Mines in Mancharia. The syndicate asked that the defendants might| be ordered to reassigo to it all the properly comprised in the index- ture of Dicember 15, 1911, and to deliver up all papers, plans, mspa, reports, BEBAYU, and samples relating to the property which were handed by the old company to Mr. Troup. The syndicate saked that £12,500 paid

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he had a lien on the property and articles for the balance of the purchase price of £17,500. In December,--1008, waid-bis Lord- ship, apparently a Mr. Bush became entitled to the concessions in question, and he entered into an agreement with the South Manchurian Syndicate, Ltd., the

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by which the plaintiff syndi cate W68 tu purchase his interest in the properties. It appeared that the question atose as to whether it was necessary to obtain a finsi edict confirming the concession, and there was a pro- vision in the agreement that in the event of the final edict not being obtained within the pre- scribed time there we to be an extension for three months. Mr. Bash and other persons approach.; ed the British Foreign Office with a view to obtaining their assist- soe in procuring the final edict from the Chinese Government. On April 30, 1909, there was a letter from the Foreign Offins in which it was stated that Sir John Jordan, His Majesty's representa- tive, said the Imperial edict was the essence of the whole contract, and that the policy of granting concessions to foreigners in China had been abandoned. The result of that was that on May 30, 1909, there was a eupplemental agreement entered into with the syndicate for the extension of the time for the formation of what had been call- ed the million pound company," giving the syndicate a further 12 months after Mr. Bush had com- monicated to it that he had oblained the edict. It was man- ifeet that the matter must have been discussed between Mr. Bash and the members of the old syndicate. · Towards the end of 1911 Mr. Bash had come to the conclusion that the old syndicate was sleep, or at any rate dormant, and at that time he took the view] that the final edict was wholly¦ aDaBcessa:y, and that was also the view taken by his legal advisers in Chine. He came to the conclusion that the best thing would be to try to get some other persons interested in the conces“. siona. He got into connection with Mr. Taraer and othere who] were responsible for the formation of the defendant company, and negotiations took place with s ssle to him, and by him to the ly acquitted Mr. Remaent and London Times" to have seen view to a company being formed other people. The sum of £5,000 those associated with him from more of the actual fighting on the to exploit the enterprise and to was paid by Troup, either his own any blame in the matter. If they Great Western Front than any pass it on to "the million pound money or provided for him by could not get rescission of the other one man during the first company." At this point Mr. De Mr. Turner and Lia associates, agreement ander which the year of the war, Becker entered upon the scene.

Mr. COLEMAN was attached and there was an assignment to £12,500 was paid, they could not He was in English lawyer who Troup, who was called the pur- get repayment. It the allegations Sir John French and General

to the Headquarters of General: practised in Japan, and had a

ehseer. The basis of the case for in the statement of claim were Beauv ir De Lisle respectively considerable knowledge of Chinees rescission disappeared, amaming correct that Troup was the first as a member of the Royal Auto- matters, He conducted the that there was a power to rescind purchaser the result was that mobile Club Corps, and as Official negotiations with the represents and that power had not been act-Troup had parted with the prop Photographer of the 1st Cavalry tives of the old syndicate, ed upon, With the knowledge of, erty and all his interests in it to Division took hundreds of unique ENTERTAINMENT principally with Mr. Romment, the facts, they had dealt with the the second defendants, and he photographs.. or, as he then was, Mr. Bobank. property. The defendants in(hie Lordship) failed to see what Då Becker asid that a further{ ihair counterilaim said if there rights he had against the old Imperial adiot was not necessary, was not a Imudulent, there syndicate or the plaintiff company, and would be a mere formality. was at lemet an innocent mis- The defence and counterclaim He mad that Japanese capitaliste representation, kat he came to the failed, and that left only the ware interested in the matter, and conclusion that there was no frand | question whether the plaintiff that a searching investigation bad of any kind whatever. Bush and syndicate could obtain an order been made. There was a farther. De Becker know perfectly well for the remigument of the correspondence with the British what the real position was, and property. He thought the plain Foreign Office, who stated whether the final edint - was tiff wyndicate was entitled to the that the Chinese Foreign Office necessary was merely a matter of order it asked for, and he made had declined to pat the copression opinion, He (his Lordskip) antira-| the order accordingly,

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to record the transection, or that the Foreign Office had refused to press for it. He (his Lordship) wae unable to come to that con closion. It was inconceivable to his mind that, it being în Mr. Bush's power to obtain this in- formation, he did not know the feat of this correspondence, and there was the positive evidence of Mr. Hemment that he was put into possession of the effect” of that correspondence. It seemed to him quite clear that both Barb and De Becker knew_perfectly well that there were difficulties about the final ediot, and that the British Foreign Office had refused to press for its issue. But what| they said was if they got British interests involved and some work dous on the property they would be better able to press the Foreign Office. Consequently on Dec. 7, 1911, an agreement was entered into between the old syndicate and Mr. Troup by which there was a

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