Of all these the tax levy takes easily the precedence. It is hard for an outsider to find out about this tax business, but enough is apparent to warrant the suspicion that a large part of it is private peculation on the part of the local officials, It is not improbable too that much of this pectation and extortion is purposely meant to stir up a rebellion against the present Government. The idea that all this silver is for the foreigners is fostered, and it is easy to see from personal contact with the people that this i They are either morose, or pugnaciously inquisitive. A noticeable feature in local situation is the revival of obscene epithets and revilings of foreign-A very significant fact is that it is almost confined to the quite small children.
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