The imposers and collectors of Mlegal taxes in Klangst Province, fol lowing the example of the courageous mice who cavort in the open. when the eat is beyond the range of vision, apparently are taking full advantage of the present pre-occup tion of Gen. Chiang Kai-shek and the recent unfortunate Indisposttion of Dr. H. H. Kung, Minister of Finance, pecuniarily to recoup them= selves at the expense of the people.
They are imposing and arbitrarily collecting these taxes which will un~ questionably rouse resentment among the Kiangs! people and those "who have commercial dealings with them and which wil just as certainly bring discredit upon the good name of the Generalissimo and the Minister of Finance, Particularly" will serious "toss of face" come to the Goneralis~ simo, for Kiangsi Is the province which he so effectively rescued from the Communists and upon which he has expended so much special effort in rehabilitating and developing it as model province.
All seekers of evidence of radical reform and tangible progress China will, sooner or later, be directed to ilangsi.. There the Communists contrived for a short time {o set up In a small and remote area the only imitation of 'a Soviet form administration in China; there they slaughtered the rich, ravaged the Peasantry and soaked the sell with the people's. blood, valuation, "Unhappily: for them the Hoots happened to belong to's foreign firm, whose representative, knowing the ways of tha tax gentry, prompliy threatened to leave the goods on their hands and invoke court protec: Aion, 'The goods were released. with out further edo, which is significant {nd surely suggests that something is odically wrong somewhere, 'The Chinese, however, ave no such chouse of escape. If' they. do. not bay, they are penalized and ave sue fected fo physeal saul, insult and loss.
give the' Generalissimo. pause. "He Here is sitting which should has striven stemly to abolish inigut= ties "which Infigt Nardship onthe People; he has lectured. throughout the length and breadth of this coun {ry against oficial dishonesty, squeeze find' corruption. He has." ordered Provincia "governors and oftelals to Fespeet the rights of the people, and Accord protection to thole lives and Property. He has" established the New Life Movement to better the Tot of the common man; in Ielangst provinee™ itself, rural" areas are Supervized by 'New Lite' Movement workers under the rural reconstruc: tion "organization, snd. they. expose magistrates or thinor"_ofcials who Tew ievegular taxes, ad even inspect oieiat vovenue accounts to see. that hho squeeze Ts indulged in.
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