ABSTRACT
Europeans of nearly all nationalities lived there, it was noticeable that the Anglo-Saxon predominated. As regards its government, Shanghai is probably the most curious in the world. At first a stranger is at a loss to know in whose country and under whose laws he is living. While Shanghai is actually on Chinese soil, its municipality is international, and the people of different nationalities who reside there are tried 'and judged by their own courts. I visited one of the mixed English tribunals, where an English and a Chinese magistrate sat jointly and tried offenders brought before them. The proceedings were conducted in rotation: that is to say, on one occasion a Chinese magistrate will sit with· a German; on another occasion his colleague will be a Frenchman, and so on. He sits most frequently, however, with an Englishman. because of the preponderating interest of the latter nationality as compared with other nations.
