Strong Opposition by Kiangsu Chambers of Commerce Word has been received in Shanghai to the effect that the Kiangsu United Chambers of Commerce have expressed their disapproval and are bitterly opposing the Famine Surtax which the Peking Government proposes to put into force.
A delegation of eight called upon Mr. Yen, the Provincial Treasurer, and discussed the matter with him at length. Some strong language was used by the visitors expressing distrust in the Government's promise to use the money for relief work in the famine-stricken districts. It was suggested that the merchants should take charge of the work themselves. "We will stand no more new taxation" was the text of a departing threat by the delegation. "To speak frankly, this is because we do not have much faith in the honesty of the Govern-
The delegation intimated to Mr. Yen that merchants would not participate in any loan that the Government proposes to float, 8 it. was learned that the Government was trying to get $4,000,000 from
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