Prevented by Information That Leaked to Police Reports of the assassination of Mr. T. V. Soong were dissipated by the arrival of fe. Soong himself on March 16, Two men were arrested in Nanking for carrying arms without prop-cer permits. There is little question but that an attempt on Br. Soong! was being plotted, but too much} leaked out to the police and military Authorities. It is even suggested, although that could not be confirmed, that the whole plan and its perpetrators have become known to the authorities, The opposition to Mr. Soong is largely due to the fact that he has been in charge of the raising of money for the National Government. Although every militarist and all the regional Governments have beea making demands on the national treasury, mone of the provinces except Kiangsu, Chekiang and part of Anhui have been willing to permit national taxes to be collected them. The only tax that is wholly] unified, with the exception of Man churia, is the Customs. "Even the! salt tax is collected locally, only the quota arranged to meet foreign ob-Tigations being sent to the national treasury and the Wuhan Council has been. withholding. tha Another objection to Mr. Soong is that he has never rendered any account of his collections. It was ex. plained by one closely associated with Me, Soong that such accounts fare constantly being rendered, the most recent public statement having been made at the time of the Disband-_ ment Conference, when every' item was given not only in detail, but swith fall explanations. A sum this statement was published "North-China Daily News" time, but such Chinese newspapers} as the "Shunpao! are said to have fontanel the whole financial report dotal
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