Jan. 28. 'JO mass meeting called in connec tion with the Conference of the Anti-Aggression Leagu: e in London, was main feature of todays pro-ye. outbreak of Sino-Japanese hostili ne here.in commemoration of
ties in 5) in 1932.
"Mr, Sun Fo, President of the ive Yuan, and Mr. Chu Chih-Secretary-General of the Cen-ES tang, were among the ulldings flew their flags at Talf-mast today, while open-air performances of patriotic plays were Land theatres and cinemas gave grammes appropriate to Tokyo, Jan. 28.
Moving to meet a huge extraordinary military budget required by the conflict in China, the Finance Ministry today adopted steps designed to bring in Y.200,000,000 increase in revenue from taxation, The extraordinary military appropriations bill is expected to be introduced in the Diet in February.
High grade textiles, coffee, teu, cocoa, toilet soap, tooth paste, toys, electrical appliances, and fruit will be subject to a commodity tax, together with furs, private motor cars and rice wine. Expensive dinners at restaurants will also be subject to a levy.
According to the Finance Ministry programme, the Y.200,000,000 will be obtained by means of an extraordinary profit tax, expected to yield '¥.80,000,000; a levy on dividends of business corporations, amounting to Y.8000000; a commodity tax bringing in Y.36,000,000; a bond and debentuté interest tax producing Y.l,- 000,000; a sugar consumption tax yielding Y.10000000; a soft drink tax totalling Y.2,000,000; building taxes aggregating to Y.2,000,000; and a stamp tax amounting to Y.1,000,000.—Domei.
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