China's "Prohibitively High"
Maladministration Cited Tariff by "Sin Wen Pao"
Tokyo, May 80.
Shanghai, June 3.
The Japanese Government has edged a atrong_ protest wih the (Chinese "Government against the forokibie®™ arid entered "by This "enumerates "the following ipa aguinst Japanese goods.
While the majority of the Chi restrained Jgning of the northern truce, the "Sin Wen Pao" and "Shunpao' broke silence yesterda China's now tariff, which is prohibitively high, has' been uni. laterally adopted by China against the agreement entered into between China and Japan in 1929, when [China was given tariff autonomy at {the instance of Japan.
2 China's anti-dumping tariff Met only contravenes the most-favoured-nation clause for Japan, out infringes Japan's treaty rights.
A perfect understanding exis between Mr. T. V. Soong, Chi-Minister of Finance, and Mr. JAriyoshi, the Japanese ' Minister, that China shall not raise the tariff Jon Japanese goods suddenly.—Reuter.
Japanese Protest to be Rejected Nanking, May 81.
Although the Japanese protest with regard to the Chinese tariff changes and the anti-dumping law has not yet been received here, Chi "The truce signed at Tangku tins ended the undeclared "war between China and Japan for, st. twenty monthi,"
"Sin jen Peo" began. "But, what has China learned from it?"
"After having quoted the advice bya British Minister to China forty years ago, which pointed out the necessity of building up a strong army and navy and the empl ment of efficient officials to run. the Government, the paper stated that what the British Minister had. said orty years ago was still grad to-
"China was sufRiclently humiliated by her defeat in the Sino-War, but toulay she has been' defeated by the same Power. China done nothing towards the strengthening of the nation daring the past forty, years. Will China do something after the pres-lent detent? Has she sufficiently fswakened to rebuild her country right of tariff autonomy—Reute
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