Fresh Instructions Asked of Political Council Tientsin, "Sept. 2.
'The imposition of the' new consumption tax aystem apparently has been delayed for the present. Mr. Wang Hungeen, chief of the new tax organization, has gone to Peiping to seek fresh' instructions from the Hopei and Charhar Political Council on the matter, and it is believed the Inspection offées which are to collect the tax will be opened on his return, The tax amounts to one-eighth of the ational Customs tariff and will bbe levied on goods entering "Hopel and Charhar without payment of the regular Customs dues—Reuter, Temporary Measure currency reform, political administra tion, ete, and urged. the Japanese people to' try to understand the New China, He declared that if Japans China: policy should be left in' the hands: of those who Know only the fold China, it would simply Tead to Jeonfusion and blunder, Most convincing is the article on "Change of Japan's Policy Toward China," written by 'Mr. Shinjl Sago, manager of the Hsin Chung Company, Jo Japanese firm aflated with the South Manchuria Railway, which was published in the September issue' the "Bungelshunjyu."
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