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will in a spirit of justice and with a view to precluding loss on the part of American nationals whose interests are affected undertake if the American party in interest so desires to take over the rights and titles in question and to pay adequate compensation therefor. "
Third Paragraph: This paragraph would cover the questions of the decisions of and cases pending before the United States Court for China and the United States Consular courts as set forth in the quoted portion of paragraph numbered two of the Department's message of November 17th.
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It would be much appreciated if we could have at an early date the views of the British Government in re- gard to the above and other questions concerning the modifications suggested by the Chinese including of course the further views of the British Government in regard to our proposed new article on the subjects of coasting trade, inland navigation, et cetera. It may be added that the Chinese are pressing us for formal reply to the document they handed to us on November 10th and we should of course wish to move forward in the matter as soon as practicable.
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