Nanking, May 16.
In view of the orgy of smuggling, special appeal has been telegraphed by the Ministry of Finance to. the Provincial and' municipal Governments for more energetic action. The telegram reads:
"The Customs revenue is vitally related to the national existence. Recently, however, due to the widespread smuggling in various parts of the country and the enormous volume of contraband, the Customs revenue has dropped considerably. "The losses qi are indeed very heavy. Even ley mate Chinese and foreign commerce has also suffered greally.
"Numerous preventive measures thave been adopted by the Customs, Dut owing to the extensive sea coast and multifarious rivers and. tributaries, smuggling is stil easily committed. "Though the whip is long, it annet reach the abdomen of ihe "The Executive Yuan in a circular order has already instructed the var~ fous provincial administrative organs {fo assist in the suppression of smu in view of the fact that the smi sling situation is becoming daily ore serious. this telegram is specially issued to request you to instruct the various subordinate organs under your direct jurisdiction to redouble efforts for the suppression of smuggling, and to instruct the people, in case of discovery of cases of smug gling, to report immediately to the Tocal Customs or military and police authorities, "Such eases. when verified, will be severely dealt with by the Customs; and rewards. in accordance with ulations, will be given to the infor mers as 'n matier of encouragement, "During the present stress and [storm when the ship of state is being tossed hither and thither, concerted efforts should be made to surmount the dimeuities. It is impossible to say everything in this telegram."—Kuo Min:
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.