An astounding piece of im: motion about my cargo of cigarettes ppadence on the part of Chinese faz according to the treaties foreign Pficials in. Wor, ° Kiangse, ships do not pay likin and are sub-reached Shanghai last Friday. This fected to inspection" only by the fas the placing under arrest of a Maritime Customs. The police did Ship, flying the fag of France, and hot dare to attempt, to. force my Jeommanded by a foreign captain, holds. Later in the afternoon, {Sar the purpose of extorting. from the police withdrew the guard from liber owners, the Oriental Press, the the boat and placed a police junk sum of $50, which, they are inflongeide the Oriental Advertiser. Formed, can be arranged through The next day I went to see the the Chief of Police:" The excuse Chief Magistrate and he. confined Under which the arrest was car-the statement that the ship was be|ried out is that the vessel ves inder arrest. The Iaodah was sent Enrrying a quantity of unstamped te'prison, and when he seas finally S355" cigarettes, on which the likin released we had. to bath him in Doce Revelation Menace Japan? tax has not been paid.
The letter goes on That the vessel was carrying Do revolutionary dangers really threaten Japan? It unstamped cigarettes Ys true. But why, but we consider" unnecessary nevertheless there are a number of publish thet description here. to give a definite Teasons why the loca! Chineve at-further private letter written t0- this question. An analysis of pre-Ir. Leashin of the Oriental Press, thorities have no right to plage the sent day conditions and the fears that are expressed by people high hip under arrest. First and fore-the captain describes how he. went most of these is that she isa foreign to the yamen when the Inodah was the esteem of the nation is the tried, Close to his side were two vessel trading under a foreiga fag. best reply can be made. Unrest [Any action to be taken in respect of Bamboo. poles, covered in blood. at everywhere is obvious, so much so lone end." Te asked, through his uch a ship must be taken through that many of the nation's leaders the proper consular authorities, Interpreter, what. these were for are painfully conscious of the find was told they were used to make The second i, that the only dealings menace that lurks behind this un-with tax authorities foreign vessels witnesses, as well us prisoners, sak rest, and this unrest again has its tre subjected to fs with the Marie Mr, Leashin, chief of the adver-genesis largely in economic causes, time Castoms; and further, the tax rising department of the. company, 48 fertile source for political violence fn'question cannot "apply. to the told'n "North-china Daily News" in various other parts of the world. cigarettes while they are on the shi aporter last Friday: "We can do 'The earthquake has intensified the that cam only. be inflicted on. the rething in Shanghai, We. have sufferings of a large section of the Chinese dealer who. buys them, written to' the French Consulate people, while, at the same time, the falter he has bought ther here and they: have done nothings squandering of their substance by wwe have telephoned to the" Com= those more blessed with this world's
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