Drawing the attention of the! Foreign Minister to the numerous telegrams received from the various associations of Kiangsu, Chekiang, Honan, Shantung, and Kuangtung, the Nat Products Maintenance Association have sent a wire to the Waichiaopo, complaining of the heavy taxation imposed by foreign governments, especially Japan and France, on Chinese goods. For instance, the telegram says, Japan imposes 100 Per cent. import duty on Chinese silk goods and, as a result, not an inch of Chinese silk has been able to find its way to the Japanese market since 1924. This, they say, is the principal cause of the depres-China's silk industry. Another instance is cited the tele-last year increased sport duties on Chinese goods by a large percentage. No Chinese silk goods have, therefore, been exported to that country since. This kind of ill-treatment by the Japanese and French Governments cannot be tolerated by the Kuomintang Government, the telegram continues, so the Foreign Minister is earnestly requested to insist, during his negotiations with the two governments regarding the revision of China's treaties, that these restric. tions on Chinese imports must be removed forthwith.
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