Salt Cargo Under Nationalist Permit Now Denied The Indo-C! str. Ming San is being held up at Cainkiang by the Commissioner of Customs acting under instructions from the Nationa This ix not the ne San, nor indeed fs there any complaint against her as such. But she has on board carey of salt. over which a curious quarrel has arisen.
This salt was sed by Chinese merchants at. Tientsin and shipped by them to Yangtze ports under a Anchoo (permit) obtained the regular manner from a Nationalist official in. Pel Now the story goes salt came i of the Nation generals, who hac since left Peking. the money travelling with him, of Natarally the Nanking authorities want this revenue and accordingly eke issued by refusing to allow the San ts proceed beyond Chin-until farther payment has made on the salt. Tt is ated that $40,000 is the sun required, The position of Jardine Matheson, the agents of the Indo-China Ca, in the matter is only that of common carriers. But obviously the less to them on the delay of their ship is considerable, Meanwhile who is going to pay the $40,000
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