Hongkong, Aug. 4, group of about 20,000 representatives of Canton merchants went to the Offices of the Provine cial Government of Kuangtung. yes terday afternoon at 2 o'clock, to appeal for the abolition of the luxury tax and requested a prompt reply of the Administrative Couneit which was just in session with Mx. Ku Ying-fen, the Chief of the Bor-Jeaux of Provincial Finance, who has. just returned to Canton, As the Council was unable to give Jany definite reply to the appeal, the group, besieged the front of the Office in a heavy rain, and decided to puss the night there in hastily prepared camps. General Li Chix shen and other Councillors, were tunable to leave the Office and were forced to spend the night theca, being: completely surrounded by the crowd, The next morning at 3 o'clock, 2,000 soldiers were suddenly mobilized. They surrounded the gro*n of merchants, under a pretext that number of communists were intermingled with them and wore about to attack important persons of the Gévernnfent. The fire brigade was also called out at the same tine and attacked the group: with hose, After a struggle lasting for three hours, the crowd was finally dispersed, Tt is reported that they are planning another appeal on a large
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