Besides meeting the demands of foreign Powers, China is bewildered over the pro deficiencies in national and provincial re lem as to the easiest way to make up the
ennes. The various Viceroys and Gov-ormers are making plans of their own for provineinl necessities, while the wants of the Court and the metropolitan officials are only partially considered. Incerase of salt tax, increase of land tax, a house tax, stamp tax, tax on native opium, are all talked about, but nothing is determined by the Plenipotentinvies and the Court. In general we may expect nothing systematic, just, or even expedient, but more squeezing, scraping, manipulating, Thorough universal fiscal reform, which some thought lay lurking in the Protocol, has been abandoned as toogreatn task. One thing may be put down as certain, namely, popular disaff.ction, when ' increased taxation in any form is'attempted.
THE DANGER OF NEW TAXATION, he experience in Chibli province may lustrate the experiences awaiting the rul ors in ull the provinces
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