TRIAL BY CHINESE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26033, 22 December 1945, Page 10

TRIAL BY CHINESE

A FRENCH SUBJECT SHANGHAI, Dec. 19. In spite of the French Consulgeneral’s vigorous protests, Roland Sarley will be tried publicly in a Chinese court for alleged military espionage. It will be the first time any foreigner has been tried since the abolition of extraterritoriality, and is regarded as a test case, showing what foreigners may expect from Chinese courts. The loss of the right to stand trial in their own courts has aroused great interest and some apprehension among foreign business men. The French charged that the Chinese illegally arrested Sarley. since France has not yet relinquished extraterritorial rights, as have Britain and America. Sarley is accused of furnishing military information to the Japanese and assisting the Japanese and puppet secret service agents.

An earlier message stated: Vigorously protesting against the Chinese arrest of a Frenchman, Roland Sarley, former director of the French municipal police in Shanghai, as an alleged collaborator, the French Consulate said France had not yet formally relinquished her extraterritorial rights in China, and described the arrest as a -flagrant violation of the international treaties binding France and China.