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The man who is levying blackmail, at the Instance of a man in Peki who is also a member of the Kung Fo, has nek attempted to inclose land on four sides but only inst the foreigners. He shown no titles to the land he claims: he does not attempt 0 cultivate it ince it is beach land find will grow nothing' and he ea not build upon it and is not allowed to do-so by the Kung [hui regula-lone if he would. The blackmail most flagrant.
tis interesting to note the Kung Lehui have a notice in Chinese on the land saving that € anyone hauls sand they must first get permission from the Kung T-hui and' pay them for it.
The Temple Bay Assoc referred the whole matt Tientsin Consular Body quest" that the. local "authorities Shall be approached and a definite pronosmeement made clear 0\as Drotect the right of the public.
The time has come when the rules life here must be - made Slear recording to law and order. At present. one of the many Asso: dations covering: the Peitaiho, area, namely the Kung I-hui, is acting fit were the lawful "municipal authority. It permits no sand tobe taken from the beach without its! consent and charges the local: builders at rates it arbitrarily demands, informant says, land, cuts down the trees and generally does as it likes: this amounts to confiscation pure and simple and without compensation. Tt makes regulations to suit itself and collects taxes. Thave never seen any public: accounting of receipts or.expendi tures. All these nets are right and proper if done under properly constituted authority and every cent is) properly vouched and accounted for, and the taxpayers are properly Fe-presented and sanction what is done By majority vote.
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