New Impositions to Find Money for the Police May 14.
Eighty per cent. of a month' salary has been" paid to the Metropolitan Police and the Peking Gendarmerie—Reuter's Pacific Service.
Peking, May 18.
Following the decision reached by the Cabinet recently, Mr. Cheng. Keh, Minister of the Interior, sent stitute the proposed House Tax. Mr. Cheng. pointed out that lately there has been no regular fund draw upon for payment of the Peking Police and Gendarmerie, and that failure to pay the salaries of the men of these two forces has led to serious discontent in their yanks. As these forces are responsible for maintaining peace and order in Peking, the question one that merits serious attention A portion of the tax in question would be devoted to paying the police and gendar mandate gazetted to-inox the institution of tax tentatively. Tt refers to it as a Police Tax, instead of 2 House Tax as it was first called.
Tt is reported that the Peking Gendarmerie has applied to the Government for permission to institute a shop tax in the four principal suburbs of Peking, the' proceeds of the tax to be applied to payment of the salaries of the gendarmerie. This proposal is not connected with the city Police Tax, mentioned above—Reuter's Pacific Service.
In connexion with the Police tax, a meeting of residents of Peking was held yesterday at the Hsian Hotel at which Mr. Chun, Member of the House of Representatives, presided. Many. influential citizens were present. After long discussion it was resolved that Parliament, with a view to aiding the: residents, of. the. Capital, should take up the matter and that efforts should be made to induce Parliament to pass a2 re=
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