Shanghai, Oct. 4.
The report from Nanking that Norway had decided her nationals in Ching should pay income tax to the Chinese Government was denied by the Norwegian author! ties here in a statement to Reuter to-day. The Swiss Consul-General and Charge a'Affaires stated that he had no knowledge of the report that Swiss na~ tionals were to pay income tax; he had not conveyed any communication to that effect to the Chinese Government. A similar disclaimer was made by the Netherlands consular authorities, Reuter. tions be instructed to adopt all "necessary precautionary measures, and that the people be informed of the general situation, with a view to facilitating the main: tenance of loca! order. No delay in the enforcement of this order Is permitted."—Kuo Min, Referring to the insistence of the Japanese Government on direct negotiations with Gen. Chiang Kalshek, Dr. Wang commented that there has been, to his knowledge, no such precedent in international. relations. In all countries in Europe or Amer= ca, diplomatic negotiations are conducted by their Foreign Ministers, whose powers may slightly differ owing to the differences in their political system. The reason the Japanese insist on negotiating with Gen, Chiang, Dr, Wang continued, Is unknown, ut, since China has a properly appointed Minister for Foreign Affair, who is competent to represent the Government In. diplomatic matters, it appears that he Is the right man for Japan to approach for negotiations, Way to a Deadlock Endorsing the frank statement 19+ sued on Friday by the vernacular newspapers of Nanking and Shanghai, Dr. Wang said that, should no effort be made toward Improving the feelings of their people, the relations [between China and Japan would have.
chance to return to normalcy and all the pending issues between th two countries never would be setted.
Turning to the recent Pakhoi, Chengtu, Hankow, and Shanghat in: Gidents, Dr. Wang suggested that the 'Japanese frst should carefully Investigate the real causes of these unfortunate affairs, before taking up the question of responsibility. with' the responsible organ of the Chinese Government. He also referred to the ropesd Sino-Japanese economic ¢o-operation. "This," he said, "is nothing. new, France has concluded mote than a hundred tariff agreements with other Powers, but all of them are based on equality and reciprocity." He refused to discuss this question in' particular, explaining that the Japanese Government has not yet pi sented any conerete plans in this regard—Central News,
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