All protests against this violation of "treme." ~9-been ignored, and this.afternoan when. the Consular' Body met the Civil: Governor at -his residence with a proposal to defer putting the new regulations into effect until the Diplomatic Body at} Peking had taken the matter up with the Waichiaopu, they failed to make any favourable impression.
Certain foreign merchants favour payment of the surtax under protest, but. most are agreed upon opposing it in priceiple, though in the case] of the latter it may be found that] their agents in the city will pay the tax and increase the price of the commodities to the purchaser.
The Japanese mercantile community is very excited over the new] impost, and on Saturday they organ-ined a string of 29 carts Index with goods which proceeded to th: customs barrier at the West Gute.
Here it was halted. Expostulations were of no avail, and even when a Tapanese vieeconsal appeared the teen he could do nothing. noon till darkness fell was thronged by an excited and traffic was stopped. Eventually the Japanese had to arrange for their goods being stored near by.
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