ave Tokio, July 1.
It is alleged that the Central Hotel, in Tokio, was placed under distraint on Saturday for Municipal taxes. It is likely that this action on the part of the authorities will reopen the question of perpetual leases.
July 4.
Mr. J. Carey Hall, Consul-General, for Great Britain, has written the leaseholder of the Central Hotel to the effect that "The Japanese authorities have the right to collect Municipal taxes from foreigners equally as from Japanese." He refuses to protest against the steps that the authorities have taken to collect the taxes due from the Central Hotel.
The Central Hotel, Tokio, it is alleged, was placed under distrain last Saturday for Municipal taxes. It was expected that the action of the authorities would reopen the question of perpetual leases.—
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