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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS-
Novel Way of Paying Taxes. i
Tuo icttrearting Irctatres . were delivered atl w
I.W.O.A. ball on Monday night. Professor IVbod-
ruff presided. Mr. W, H. P. Mackcnrfe, who «pok»
oti International Rclationnhipft, stated that H we
wished to Tiirwrvr tiin rivflitatioFn of toe Brltfcl
empire we mwt eaft nrido onr spirit Of_jrst»
prejudice,' ""ala'd"" oirr feelings of d&truat, fear and
uuoicioii towards otliur nations. We must taade
witii eountrins such aa China and Japan, and en
courage immigration and international relation-
ihip. Bpeakin ou Chinena Nationalism, Mho 331a
MaeNcil said China possessed a real vitality, and
was beginning to realise her position. She wvrid
-:m>h become a pwer to be considered in th
future. io did not think Japan eoold rule draO'.
Many-jears ago there was a colonv of Jews in
China, hut tiiey bad been complctoly &baatol
by tlie foster country. Thift probably woo Id hap
pen to the Japanese. Tbe custom of second marri
age in China was an evil, but not greater than
our divorce law. She stated that 28 tons of
morphia wa« exportod from Great Britain to
China annually. Opium, which had been practi
cally stamped out, was deadening, but morphia
was maddening, and was having a bod effect on
the Chines s-odal condition. Although "the go-
viwnmont of China won about eqtml to that o!
Alexander the Groat, i(: waa far betto in one
ca«o than our Frystotn.. Thnt was with, regard to
he paying, of tae«. The gentry owned th<»
land, and tlv farmer merely tilled it. Both paiu
t-ixe.i. At the end of (he year tlie crop wao
divided between toe landlord and the fanm.T r.jj
p:»yment, and the tax was paid in tbe eame man-
!nr, instRtd of in money. If a bad sea Ron oc-
to the taxgaiherer, who examined it, and If bo
considered it belnw a certain standard the taxes
were remitted. Thus the land owner, the ianucr
and the Government bore the lot.
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