22 JUNE 1918, Page 13

DOUBLE TAXATION.

[TO THE EDITOR OF TTIE SPECTATOR."]

Ste,—In this month's (June) Nineteenth Century is an article by the Hon. Sir Charles Wade, K.C., Agent-General and formerly Prime Minister of New South Wales, on the present "Double Taxation of the Dominions," which in its plain simple statement of facts calls, in the writer's opinion, for very careful and serious thought as to what the ultimate result must be if such an unfair condition of affairs is allowed to go on unredressed. There is a large amount of attention given at present to the rebellious faction in Ireland, even to the extent of offering them a bribe to do what is the right thing in their own interests. The Dominions have given everythng freely from the start. Surely they are entitled to a fair consideration of what on the face of it is an unwarrantable