CO129-507-1 Proposal to dispose of Boxer Indemnity funds- claim by Hong Kong university 21-12-1927 - 24-7-1928 — Page 117

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BRITISH LEGATION PEKING

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24th April, 1928

In the telegraphic correspondence on the subject

of the British share of the Chinese Boxer Indemnity which

has passed during the prut year, reference has been made

to the possibility of diverting some part of this money

to the payment of various British obuius, which the Chinese

themselves have professed their intention to pay as soon

as funds are available for the purpose, and the pros and

cons of such a chynge in our policy have on several occa-

sions been considered ( see for instance your telegram

No.57 of May 13th 1927). As you are aware, I have con-

sistently urged that the politionl disadvantages of such

a step outweigh any advanƒuge it might have on grounds of

economy oz of equity, and I have advocatud that we should

at any rate avait the outcome of the presont state of po-

litical confusion in this country before coming to any

The Right Honourable,

Sir Austen Chamberlain, P.C., M.C.,

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