Peking, Feb. 24.
According to Chinese press. reverts, the British delegate to. the Taritt Conference, at a recent! Tariff committee meeting, raised the question as to whether the tariff at the Canton Customs should be raised when. the proposed increase in China's Customs tariff is put, in force and suggested that if the] answer is in the affirmative, there is need to discuss the question whether or not the Peking Govern: 128 the actual power anton Customs.—East-
Claim that Government Had Insuflicient Notice Canton, Feb. 25.
Interviewed by a representative of the Eastern News Agency, Mr. Sung Tau-wen, Secretary of Treasury of the Canton Government, stated that though he did " not approve of the radical step taken by the Strike Committee, he could not ace his way to approve of the action adopted by the Commissioner of Customs, who, he said, suddenly, issued a notice closing the Customs House, thus not allowing the Canton. Government opportunity of taking suitable steps to avert the dispute.
Mr. Fu Ping-chang, Commissioner of Foreign Affairs of Canton, syrees with Mr. Sung Tzu-wen, and says that the Canton Government ly conducting negotiations with the Commissioner of Customs on eon dition that the wrongs committed by the Strike Committee shall righted and that full protection he given to the Canton Customs. In conclusion, Mr. Fu, avers that, with' these conditions offered, if the case cannot be settled, the Canton Go ernment contemplates taking whatever steps may be necessary to force the Customs House to resume its work, seeing that the Customs Mouse belongs to China—Enstern News Agency.
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