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apparently without difficulty by the local police.
On the approach of Government forces the communists
retreated via Hui Ling back into Kiangsi, where they
are still at large.
3. Canton in view of its very heavy military
expenditure has been busy enforcing old taxes and devising
new ones. In February it was a charge of one month's
rent on the grounds of military necessity. In March it
was a nightsoil tax, which after feverish agitation was
abolished in April with the approval of the Provincial
Government Council. In April too, the tax committee
brought forward proposals for the introduction of taxes
on timber, cattle, paper, minerals, yellow beans, cotton,
leather and tinfoil. Yet despite these steps Fan Ki-mo
the Financial Commissioner has sent in his resignation
(which has been refused) ostensibly because of the
difficulty of raising adequate revenue.
4. The Canton Press has throughout the month been
full of the Native Goods Promotion Association's Campaign.
A petition was telegraphed to the Central Government
reporting resolutions adopted at a meeting in the city on
the 1st of April requiring all members of the Government
Departments, schools, civic organizations, throughout
the country to wear native cloth and to encourage native
productions in every way. Later all took part in a
procession wearing native spun clothes and carrying posters.
Different varieties of goods were submitted to the
conference to be certified as native products and the
procession