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This Document is the Property of His Eritannic Majesty's Government.
AFFAIRS OF CHINA.
CONFIDENTIAL.
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No. 1.
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[March 37 19 APR 07
SECTION 1.
Question asked in the House of Commons, March 27, 1907.
Mr. Rees,--To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Chinese Government adopted the suggestion of His Majesty's Minister at Peking to the effect that some compensation should, as an act of grace, be paid to Dr. Horne and Mr. Eadie, who were assaulted near Amoy in June 1906.
Answer.
The Chinese Government have been requested to pay compensation as an act of grace, and discussion is understood to be now proceeding as to the amount between. Ilis Majesty's Consul at Amoy and the local Chinese authorities.
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