"Of course, there were som? radicals who wanted us to go th. Bolshevik way, but our farmers. raised the Finnish army which soon. put an end to Bolshevism. We have no serious Bolshevik problem in our country, as we practically have no proletariat. Even the inhabitants of our cities are not oxact~ ly proletarians; they are rather of the lower middle class. We have no dire poverty in our country and no very rich landowners, The Communist then has little to go upon.
Communism were popular in the country, it would not be difficult for the Bolsheviks 10 gain power by constitutional means, as we have universal suff Every adult has a vote in Finland.
'The Third international tactically speaking, we havi no Bolsheviks, except those finances by the Third' International. If the Third International would stop its propaganda, there would not be thy: slightest unpleasantness between Finland and Soviet Russia. want to get_nlong with all our neighbours. We are naturally dis appointed when the Soviet Foreign Office is unable to give us satis factory explanations for Soviet efforts across the border, but really', we are.not in the least worried by them, "inland is to-day territorially. one of the largest countries of Europe. Our nation is homogeneous except for the Swedish clement and they are so like us that there i really only an imaginary difference. We are prospering, since we left Russia and our industries are doing well, We are entering the tick's of foreign trods with our paper, wood and ply wood. We are not! worried by Russia or by the Third International. There are no bound: ary questions between ourselves and Russia, T do not believe that, the present Russian Government dave any ideas of reconquest: they Confirmation of Report that Re: sidents Abroad Have Been Exempted Confirmation of the cabled report hat Americans residing abroad wilt. be exempt from payment of the ins come tax, as stated in the "North:
China Daily: News" exclusively last "Thursday morning, has mow' Been received" from. Washington. The fact is established beyond all doubt, for the bill, passed by both houses, has now received the President's signature, Mir. Mf. R, Nicholson, when me formed by this paper st the lay, cabled. immediately to Washington: All details of the law are not known in the Settlement, but the text, as wich as concerns China residents, Il be published, when it arrives in the mail in two weeks.
Stating, a it docs, that income from all salaries, wages, ete, from foreign sources will be tax free, the cable, doesn't indicate whether Americans, paid from home offices, svi be absolved from the tax.
presumed, however, that stich is the case, otherwise "the measure would be of no vale, for the num ber of Americans engaged with foreign firms is comparatively low. The Federal alee-holders are aleo perplexed as to their status, The cable follows in full "The new revenue act signed to Gay by President Coolidge exempts individual -Anierican who are bond fide resi than six mantis of ench year, from vleval income taxon Wages, sulftivs, professional fees and. othe? compensations for personal services actually rendered, which are receive tit from foreign sources."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.