Show PERPETUAL LEASES ARE HELD BY ALIENS YOKOHAMA rA March 3 The The question of ot perpetual leases held by foreigners foreigner in this city efty Is likely to be brought up In the diet In the form of ot a a. proposal that the government should purchase them Under the rho o decision of The Hague COUrt the holders of these leases are exempt from taxation As a a. result th the municipality's Income is considerably curtailed so the government for the last eight years has been contributing yen a year to partially offset this loss The area of these leases ex exclusive exclusive exclusive ex- ex of ot the foreign consulates Iff Js- a a. equalling thirty thirty- six square feet teet The value Is enormous as s the land is in the center of or the city and much of It faces faes f fes the harbor where forel foreign n firms ha have hale e erected substantial buildings buildings |