The Archive · 1934

New Tariff Criticized

"The new tariff which was put into operation by the National Government on July 1 this year, instead of being beneficial to China's agriculture, industry, and commerce, has helped Japan fo dump Japanese' goods Into China through the lowered rates Jon Japanese merctiandise as compared with, the raised duties on goods from ther countries. Since the capital was established in Nanking, no less than $1,500,000,000 worth of loans have been floated, most of which were used fo internal warfare. AS

8 result, the people of the country are suffering more and more. The only means of saving rural China rom collapse is to institute produc~ live reconstruction."

"The manifesin further exhorts Kuomintang members 'o unite in de-Jmanding a radical change in national policies at the National Congress, the Party's highest organ, "If our country "is completely conquered, our Party wilt also be wiped out of existence", concludes the manifesto, measures.

Baltorial comment on front page.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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