Note 13 — Chapter XXXIV · Peace and Prosperity
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The following telegram was sent to the cabinet by the director of diplomacy, Manila:—
“December 21, 1898, P.M.
“Missed the train on account of government business. Beg of you to pardon my absence, and bear in mind my suggestion to look up an easy method of abolishing the law imposing a tax of 100 to 5000 pesos on foreigners, as not only unjust but impolitic at this time, when we seek the sympathy of the powers. I represent to the cabinet that such step is very urgent, because I have ascertained that members of the chamber of commerce have reported this tax to their respective governments in order to formulate a protest.”—P. I. R., 849.