The Archive · 1940

Canton, Jon, 12

Cclatming that a pledge made Tuesday had been broken, Japanese Authorities here were understood {oday to be dlasatisied with the Tack action of "authorities at Macao for aflowing a branch of the Chung. Icing Kuomintang to meet there, Breeutive committees of the branch Macao were understood. 10 huve hold their first "meeting, at which Gon, Chiang Kai-shek was. praised Of course prices of all imported] and Mtr. Wang Ching-wel, who will Jgoods are high here, as elsewhere, be the central figure of the proposed new Central Government of China, was eritictzed, Macao authorities ore reported to have made a promise to Japanese authorities in Canton that strict contro! over anti-Japanese clements would be maintained, Japanese residents in Canton were also reported to be displeased with the" unnecessarily strict examination fof Japanese travellers calling at that onside and sell goods at market Saale or roadside stands but those

Stall: they: must buy from. middle-Sis disetiy: from the. wholesaise elle ar unable fo obign

fen, thus increasing costs and cutting profits.

Documents Necessary No one is allowed {0 carry anys tug out of the eltyuniess he has fdgcumen,. oF set of documents, Proving that he is the owner. taid property, that he bought It and Sid. of steal it and. that taxes. and Extortions have' been paid" on it. This, rule "includes all" sorts of loth, even the pila tle poles or sticks "which fre used in bufiding mud huts, Some for. these things may" not have paid taxes, but they must be accompanied by corticates of ownership.

one of the most serious diticuties is the. impossibility of remitting tmoney'to"Shanghal to" buy goods {There are no banking foclities what fever. The Post Effie issues, money orders only. in infinitesimal amounts, find at Tong. and irregular intervals, {The sum total that can be remitted ty this means is hardly sum lent to matches for this aistriet, not to mention cigarettes.

Even if @ merchant goes to Shang-thal, there isa limit fo the amount of money which he is allowed to carry, about $200, and this must be chanifed. from one currency to. one other along the way. Such changes usually are not profitable to the merchant' who Is carrying the money.

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