New Protest May Be Filed with Japan: Smuggling' in North: Remarkable Letter in Official Hands erect 0 mite "ioo, CAL
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While the transportation of tie. smuggled goods to the interior by train has been checked by the. im+ poiltion of Customs preventive measures, smugglers have resorted to motor lorries for the distribution of the illicit cargo to other parts fu China. Between September: 7, 1036, and January 10, 1937, a total of '1,547 motor trucks carrying smuggled goods were seen to have passed through the Hsiso Hsi Mon Customs Barrier, 'Tientsin, the destinations of the vehicles' being Henown to be Kaoyang, Tullu, Tsangchow, Chochow, Tsinan and Paoting.
It Is understood that the competent authorities are studying the question of this transportation of goods which have evaded the proper proper Cus toms duties to the interior with a view to taking appropriate action to put an end to a practice which esting the Chinese government mil-f2 ions annually, and is doing much Sutports please ring, Well "immediately. our harm to legitimate traders in the Hive fo your gmico to give Fou You the north, who are unable to cope with *<Sbeking forward to, be of service to this unfair competition. you in your problems."
The frankness of this appeal recalls remark made to a representative of the "North-China Dally News"
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