Shanghai, Mar. 5.
The report published by a news layency announcing that the French Concession is giving over to the Nanking Government the proceeds of the tobacco tax, in violation of the rights of the Clungking Government ts incorrect, the authorities of the French Concession stated today.
They specified that the collection of the tobneco tax is carried out in zecordance with a purely local arrangement modelled on the one in force In the International Settlement, Japanese Canard Denied Shanghai, Mar. 8.
A. report denying a Japanese report that British and American nationals in China are to entrust the custody of their property to Portuguese. and Spanish Consular authorities in China Girough their respective consular an thorities was given prominence leading Chinese dailies published in Shanghai yesterday.
Quoting a Japanese report, the Chi. nese report states thatthe British Consul-General_ in Shanghai has re peatedly seen the Portuguese Consul-General te. roanest the latter t0 be the custodian of British property. The Japanese report is quoted as saying that American authorities have been requesting the Spanish Consular authorities to do the same thing in respect to American properly, which is said to have not yet been totally turned over to Ameflean an. thorities.
"That the Chinese press el cles ute tached great i tance to the Jap anese report fact that the dailies publishing the report also published complete denials which they individually obtained from all foreign consular authorities concerned.
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