New Method by Institution of House Tax Peking, May With regard to the scheme of instituting " house tax. to. raise funds, inter alia, for the paymé of the "metropolitan police,..Mr. Wan Chun, Member of the House of Representatives, has loged an. interpellation with the Government. Mr. Wan points out that the met= ropolitan police are controlled by the Administration and should be paid by the Government. In the vent of the public refusing to pay this tax, Mr, Wan asks "whether or not the Government would feel relieved of its responsibility for their protection. Payment of the police by the municipal authorities Should give the latter control over the police. This would require the whole present police system to. changed. Mr. Wan asks the Government to give him a definite reply explaining its attitude on the question—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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