Peking, Feb. 4, As the tax on cigarettes has been enforced in Peking, the American Minister, Mr. Mac-Murray, sent a protest to the Waichiaopu on the 2nd instant to the following effect "The fast that while the Spe-dal Tariff Conference is actually in session such a tax -is being levied, goes far to wreck the hopes' of the foreign Powers concerned to bring about a beneficial system of taxation for China, Tt will certainly cause doubts as to the sincerity of the Chinese Government towards the Special Tariff Conference and it will be sure to militate against the effectiveness of the EY woman's position temporary, as a very important funetionary is now on his way to China ty found the new organ of unrest. Moscow says that its work is not making progress: in the Occi ident, so that the Ching. movement must' be pushed, but it urg that Red agents should discontinue making us all politicians and militarists, since Technical Experts Peking, Feb, 4.
Four representatives of the All-Soviet Trade Union - Headquarters arrived at Manchuli on January 31 en route for Peking x. technical experts in connexion with the Sino-Russian nego Pacific Service.
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