) regards the Board of Trustees, I agree
that this question should not be raised by us
but left entirely to the wishes of the National
Government.
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5. As regarda paragraph 2 of your telegram
under reference, I cannot agree to the linking
the Boxer Indemnity question with that of the
payment of debts to British fires.
separate question, however, you should certainly
urge the Chinese to pay their just debta; and
if they choose voluntarily, either now or later,
to make arrangements for paying debts due by
them out of the Fund, I should welcome their
doing so.
6. Lord Buxton and available members of his
Committee concur in the above proposals, and in
their adaption if and when Kis Majesty'
Government decide that the moment is propitious
for taking such action. As regards assurance
2, although in their original Report the funds
were to be applied to new railway construction,
they now consider that owing to the plight into
which existing railways have fallen since the
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