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DIRECT TAXATION IN CHINA

THE CHINA MAIL, JULY 2, 1940

Chungking, To-day.

A new epoch in China's financial history opened yes- terday with the institution of the Inheritance Tax.

This, like the inauguration of In- come Tax on October 1, 1938, consti- tutes another attempt to introduce direct taxes in China.

ARMY FLATLY CONTRADICTS ACCUSATION

H.Q., China Command to-day issued the following statement:-

"A Domei report states that the Ja-

in said that the British Authorities Hong Kong had violated the verbal "Gentleman's Agreement" of 1938, which was to the effect that 48 hours notice would be given of any Ja- panese military moves on the Hong

panese Military spokesman at Canton

The direct tax system was first pro- | Kong Border if the matter was kept posed in the early years of the Repu- | secret.

blic.

The measures adopted at the se- cond financial conference in 1934 paved the way for the collection of Income Tax in 1936.

In the autumn of 1938 the Govern- ment decided that collection of Inheri- | tance Taxes would start on July 1 this year.

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At the first national financial "The Domel Report continues conference held in Nanking after the say that the Japanese Military spokes- documents establishment of the National Gov-man stated that Chinese ernment, proposals were made but not had been seized by Japanese troops Ping- forimally adopted.

during their operations near shan which included instructions from Marshal Chiang Kai Shek ordering, as the result of a notice from the Bri.

forces tish side, that local Chinese

their defences of should strengthen Po On against the Japanese advance.

"It is pointed out that the British Authorities only received notification of the recent operation 12 hours be.. fore they actually commenced. It is thus perfectly obvious that there can for be no grounds, however remote, this false accusation of bad faith for, short notification, Chiang with such Kai Shek could not have received the to a wel-information and issued orders

small distant village such as Pingshan. "Such breach of faith on the part of the British Authorities is flatly con- tradicted.

Recently the Finance Ministry es- tablished a direct tax bureau for the collection of income and inheritanco tax. Forty per cent of the inheri- tance taxes collected will be allocated to local governments for the develop ment of local philantrophic, educa- tional, social, cultural and public fare enterprises.-Reuter.

JAPANESE RAIDERS TURN BACK

Chungking, To-day.

Ninety-nine bombers at- |tempting to raid Chungking on Sunday morning turned back due to bad weather.

They dropped their bombs on Pa- tung, in western Hupeh, on the Yang

"It is further pointed out that rum- ours of impending operations, were current both in Macao and Hong Kong a week before the period in question.

BRITAIN GETS RUMOUR RUMOUR SCARE

London, To-day.

A statement was issued in London last night that re- ports that German troops have landed on the British coast and by parachute in the

tse near the Szechuen border.

Japanese planes raided Slan on West Midlands are untrue. Sunday.

Another statement made officially A squadron

"The report of Chinese bombers in the Midlands said:

of how raided Japanese troops in the vicinity provides a good example

facts are misrepresented and rumours of Yangchaho on June 29.

Chinese troops again entered Kai-developed." feng on Sunday morning, according to Chinese claims.

While the Chinese air force con- tinued to bomb Japanese troop con- centrations in the vicinity of Ichang, the a Japanese detachment crossed Yangtse opposite Ichang on the morn- ing of June 29.

Two or three people, says this state- ment, saw a British aeroplane flying low towards rising ground and being unable to establish its identity, very properly reported the matter to the authorities

The results of their taking this action was the spread of idle gossip, which eventually turned a simply ex- The Chinese claim the Japanese on plained incident into a highly colour- the south bank were mopped up on Sunday. Reuter.

ed German parachutist landing.-Bri- tish Wireless.

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