Heuchoufu, Jan. 14.
The success of the late internal loan floated by the Chinese Gover ment will doubtless lead to repeti tions of the same methods in the future. While the cheerful taxpayer is hard to find anywhere the world over it does not seem that the methods we have seen in operation have caused any unusual grumbling. Accustomed as we are to seeing government revenues dribble through a hundred hands, the directness and rapidity of the collection of the internal Loan was a pleasing surprise. As we understand the term, however. it was not a loan, but a direct levy.
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