More trouble, this time at Fushun, Over 80 of the prisoners in the aal there managed to get hold of swords and poles at the beginning of the month and broke loose, They rushed Ina body to the headquarters of the Peace Preservation Corps, hoping to secure further arms there. Ten men in the Corps were injured in the subsequent battle, while over 20 of the escaped prisoners were killed, Those that were left fled through the Great North Gate and out of the city, and they have yet to be apprehended, A search of "the prisoners brought to light a Fist which shows thatthe whole affair was planned by Communist elements, who had arranged {o attack Fushun' with the "help of a band of robbers. Fortunately for the ety, the prisoners broke out before their accomplices outside were ready, and the city was saved from what would have' been disastrous battle, Mr, Kuan Chi-y, special Finance Deputy, and Mr. Liu Hang-sen, the Finance Commissioner, are compiling Szechuen's 1937-38 seal yenr. bud= uolary estimate in Nanking, and it is reported from reliable sources that they have agreed on three main essentials {o the estimate, Firstly, the number of collections of the land tax each year should be reduced from four io three. Secondly, the annual receipts from the local fix should be reduced from about. $5,000,000 to approximately $9,000,000, ax It is similar to the kin or revenue tax, andi, furthermore, detrimental to Szechuen' export trade, "And thirdly, that the collection of the business tax should bbe extended to include most of the prinlpal cities and towns In the prov Tax Collection Suspended A telephone message has been received from Chenglu to the effect that the Provincial Government, in view of the severe and. extensive Arought prevailing in Szechuen, has Aecided to stop collecting the land fax for a period of one year from July 1, 1987. The area hit by the rourht, according to a message sent to Nanking by the Provincial Gavernment a few days aKo, covers. 12 counties.
The provincial Government has ae cordingly requested Nanking to. appropriate an additional sum of money.
soon. og possible, since the one million dollars' worth of Consolidated Bonds (face value) which has been sanctioned by Nanking for famine relief purposes, is far from adequate to meet present needs.
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