London, Mar. 26.
In the House of Commons to-day at question time, Mr. Ronald Mc-Neill, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said that the Government was giving its attention to the problems arising from the present chaotic state of the finances of China. The chief purpose of the Tariff Commission would be"to prepare for the abolition of likin and to determine the conditions on which the Customs surtax of 2} per cent. may be granted. It was not contemplated that the Commission should undertake the general financial reconstruction of China.—Reuter.
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