Estimated Amount to Be, Raived for Fengtien Army $2,000,000
Merchants and Associations Up in Violent Opposi The Tax Mlegal People Urged Not to Pay The Chinese have come to thi that peace in the Shanghai area her ite terrors not 0 very. much Tews than those "of Chang. Chang-chan with the fine, fighting divisions of Marshal Chang Tso-in and. with ich surprising suddenness, owen? fnvay_all opposition, the victory followed na. few days by the Practical accomplishment. of "what teen debated for years—the demiicarization of Shangtiat aod the for of Grenter-Shanehei. How ever, wht spparetly the dil Sxpeat now. has ome to" pass hat Gen, Chang tv presenting. a very long Dil of expenses incon exon With his. "successful operations. Worse still, he insists thay it shall be paid, and one cannot trent swith indifference ad brought to "one's office by a, few Aivisions of the victorious Fenstion men, not to mention the possibility of the verurn of a carriage-load of the terrible Russian; The trouble became known on 'Tuesday, when a proclamation was frosted in Chinese territory on the borders of the Settlement, notity~ ing that, in order to meet the expenses of the interest-bouring bonds arebemg bwued and all land lords will be obliged to. invest in' the lean a sum equivalent to their monthly: rental. The proclamation was issued inthe name of Gi An Mukden, the people. would not! have worried -geeutly over such a happening, "for they shave ays faith in Marshal Chang Tyorli and even though he called for a which really
with the guarantee implied in th would at evs
phrase. "interest-bearing. bonds," for the Marshal ix credited with doing all that ho says he will, and they would foe! assured of their interest. However, Shanghai ple ae diferent, for their experience of military fiwanee hax net beer pleasant. Accordingly, the local gentry and-merchants have expressed themselves as being strongly opposed te what they: term an me appeal telegram to Peking position and they huve decided to
Nunkine and "Mukden, demanding the cancellation of the proclamation. They declavo-that there are a great hunter of Chinese residents and public institutions in Shanghai whose income is derived entirely investments in real estate the funds received therefrom are barely sufficient in present circumstances to anent their needs,
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