Show great britain and the chinese tax ivo PROSPECT OF WAR democrats Demo resort to pugilism at THE 1 sirlei co froni BU tl or a woman r hanf special F service THE amt britain llila the empire OTTAWA ont ott 12 there is probability that great britain has brought pressure to bear upon the government for the purpose of inducing the abandonment of the policy of taxing chinee parties entering the country the is that every chinaman on entering canada must pay tax of fm this regulation is ot course irritating to the the chinese govro nent and ai is well known threaten to retaliate on erlat britain cr the act of her colony great britain has vast interests in the flowery land and to avoid buffeting vicariously or the sins ot canada she is endeavor ng to get the fifty dollar tax abrogated lion E deboney De woney minister of the interior itt british Coli imMa where the against is narong patt out a tee er to see how the proposal to abandon the tax would be received there captain M K clayeon commander of the coast guard of the chinese navy arrived in this city tonight to night on his nay back to his post from a to eng iund lie slid there vaa no doubt that the government felt very eora against bath canada and the united states for their treatment of captain clayson is an englishman and was formerly in the british navy as were many of the officers of the coast guard whether china would take active measures to retaliate against these countries he was not at liberty to say she does not appreciate her own strength said captain clayson it is simply enormous tha army and navy are better drilled and equipped than the outside world has aay idea of and are becoming more perfect all the time foreign officers are to be found of her resources iames and money are seemingly unlimited england has become an ara of this and is making strenuous efforts to remove the only cause of a quarrel that expiated exia ted |