Shanghai, Apr. 14.
Measures for the suppression of smuggling in the north, formulated by the Ministry of Finance and the Customs officials, were further dis~ cussed between' Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister of Finance, and Mr, Ling Shih-tso, Superintendent of the tientsin' Customs, who arrived from Nanking yesterday. Pending a conference of delegates from various departments and ministries involved, the measures will be submitted to the Executive Yuan for enforcement.
"Tha precise steps to be taken by the authorities are being withheld from publication, but {t is understood that the Ministry of Railways will ce-operate to prevent the smuggled goods from being further transported other parts of the country. Goods Imported in the north will not be transported to other districts unless they. bear Customs tariff receipts. Rigid inspection is expected tv be Instituted "along the Peiping-Hankow and Tientsin-Pukow lines.
The new preventive measures were first discussed by officials of the Ministry of Finance in Nanking when several Customs officials were summoned to the capital. Mr. Loy Chang, director of Customs Attairs of the Ministry, who took part in the discussions, came to Shanghai with the Plans which were examined here.
Smuggled Goods Seized According to a Chinese message from Tientsin, 900 tons of artificial silk and sugar were seized outside Taku on a big junk fying the choukuo flag. The Japanese Consul General in Tientsin has protested to the Chinese Customs demanding the return of the vessel to Manchoukuo. This has been refused by the aus Another seizure of smusyled arti-fell silk was made by the Nanking-Shanghai Railway. Contained in two Large wooden boxes, the goods wore transported to Shanghai through the Peiping-Shanghai train, A Chinese named Yuan who arrived at the North Railway Station to claim the boxes was detained, Meanwhile an interesting situation has arisen in the north concerning the question of rewards offered by the Chinese Customs for assisting in the suppression, of the 1 de. It is. reported that the in Tientsin are) demanding that the rewards be remitted before the smuggled goods are actually In the hands of the Customs officials, The Customs have made it clear now that the seized goods must first be auc~ tioned before one-fourth of the re~ ceipts derived from the auction can be pold over as rewards,
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