Naturally the question arises of what becomes of the goods and is interesting to learn that in the majority of seizures they are stored was, going out parely for welfare Work and to select and train fore-women, not to teach spinning. She said that she had worked 13 years in a eard-room but never isa spinning-room.—Reuter.
As to the "fine," it is learned that this goes "largely" to the informer in, the cole. Where the rest goes left to the conjecture of the! victim, "A case in point lis that of a Chinese merchant who had the bad luck to have a $7,000 cargo of various products seized in Soochow Creek, though he proved that only minor part of it was of Japanese manufacture.
Nevertheless the complete lot was Seized and a short time later he ws approached by 2 middleman, informed him he could have the entire cargo back by paying a of $2,000. Though the mer considered the whole affair:
'a gigantic "squeeze" and appealed to the local military for assistance. hi appeal fell on deaf ears and he) was foreed to pay the required amount.
Indeed it is discovered that many similar cases where an appeal has been made to the Chinese authorities nothing is done and this, spite of the recent vigorous proclamation by General Hsiung Shih-hui on assuming office as Defence Commissioner that he would not! tolerate illegal arrests and seizures.
The goods that are not retrieved via the "fine" method are, so far, us can be ascertained, left in the storage places of the Society and jas no receipts are given when goods the unlucky merchant see his investments again Ysten to the middleman who arranges the "fine."
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