It is not over Lincheng and Changsha alone that the Government in Peking is finding itself in hot water. Tientsin hap now taken a step which is likely to cause still further misgivings inf the official breast. Residents and property owners in the ex-German Concession met at the end of last week, and resolved to withhold payment of Jand and rental taxes until such time. og the Chinese Government carries out the promises made in October, 1917, which are stated og follows: "To elaborate a system of Municipal Administration, with adequate Foreign representation, to make the Area a Mode) Settlement.'' towards this end uegotations have been proceeding in aesultory fashion, and they have been protracted beyond all reason until now the people with interests in the ex-Germain Concession feel that something drastic must bd done. the nearest approach suggested to a system of municipal administration seems to have been the offer to appoint an! Advisory Committee which would j include foreigners, but realizing that a committee such as that would mean nothing, it hag beer refused. Hence the resolution passed, including the non-payment of land and rental taxes. Tientsin, of course, realizes that the time ig past forthe acceptance of promises, and it is to be hoped that the present action will bring the authorities concerned to a proper frame of mind.
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