Show RESIDENTS OBJECT TO CHINESE T TAXES Oct 25 British British and American Amerl Amer Amer- ican l an commercial interests that are established In the special administrative district district dis dis- dis- dis of the city which formerly was the German n concession and is now under Chinese control are makin making vigorous protest pro pro- protest pro pro- test to the central Chinese government against taxes Chinese authorities have sought to impose on property in the thedis disi dis- dis i The protest Protest has he of boh bolt the British and American n chambers chambers cham cham- bers of commerce I Foreign business concerns in iq tho the dis dis- district triet affected in August addressed a communication communication com com- on the subject to A Japanese a consul l general and given to fh k consular n l ir corps or fb for tor transmission trans trans- n mission to the consular body In this it was charged that while the Chinese government government government gov gov- had given n assurances that the special administrative district would be beI taxed no mor more heavily than it haci h been under German control the levies that I had b been cep announced ran raft ran raf- t from twenty- twenty eight to e thirty times as much as was vis C col collected col- col ol- ol under the German administration |