July 2.
In view of the arbitrary manner in which the authorities gf Kuangtung have imposed taxes on imports, foreign or Chinese, it is almost inevitable that their motives should come under suspicion. In the news columns yesterday there appeared a brief summary of the situation there as it appeared to a competent: foreign observer and, while it is quite possible that one man is unable to comprehend all the reasons behind the actions of the Kuangiung authorities, enough was said to show that a very curious and contradictory situation has arisen—a situation in which it is difficult to point to any specific benefit to the community but which is wide open to charges that officials belonging to the provincial government itself are
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