Hope to Purchase Squadron of Pianes; £5,000
Monthly to Be Ain of Voluntary War Fund Shanghai, July 15, MFTY thousand pounds in one month the immediate aim of]
the "Voluntary War Contribution Fund" which is being raised among British residents in China for the purchase of a squadron' of aeroplanes.
Following the recent letter of Mr. A. H. George, H.M. Consul-General, outlining the scheme, a circular has been issued by the British Resident's Association urging its members to contribute substantially to this fund, as well as the Central British War Fund.
A plan put forward for a seal of monthly payments, this being arrived at on a percentage basis, similar to the income tax system, employed in England.
Compulsory taxation has been! rejected, as it would involve legislation, and entail delay.
The elreular goos on to say>
This Association wishes to impress upon ils members and through them. upon all. British subjects here, the urgent necessity contributing financially to the British war effort to. the full extent of each one's urges ils members to support the Voluntary scheme fully and respect the decision to which the Consul-General in his letter refers that the Amount which each Individual is able to contribute shall be left to his or "We put before you the following scheme for the division of your capifal. savings and your net after the deduction of all necessary expenses, fund most strongly urge you to adopt these recommendations:—
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