Show INDEMNITY GUT CUT GUTIN i iI I IN TWO BY ROOT I Ii i I China Will Pay Only 11 to Uncle Sam In Instead Instead I stead tead of I Boston nf ton Juno June 18 Sir Liang Cheng the retiring Chinese ambassador dor to the United States who is in this timis city elt on a visit today toda made the follow following followIng ing statement nt to the thc Associated Press I 1 shall shaH make public today toda the con COIl contents I tents of an official note which I re ro received r from Secretary Root last lat Satur Saturday Saturday day da night which shows better than anything an elne cl e can the remarkably high sense of justice juste which the United States has used in all her dealings with China You Yon remember that after the Boxer troubles China agreed to pay p y an indemnity of or on account of the losses losse entailed by the United States I government as well as as for personal by b her citizens during the Boxer campaign Four years ago your government was good enough to prom promise promIse ise iso me that hat when the th time arrived arrhe as asa asa asa a token of sincere friendship for China the this original figures of the indemnity would be revised Bill Cut Down Half True to the th promise of the tile executive executive tive I received a note Hote from Secretary Root last Saturday night saying that the lie president directed him to ay ray that in his next message to congress he lie would be pleased to re ye recommend recommend commend that China be relieved ot or all obligation in excess excels of the final re revised revised revised amount of the tile indemnity which had been set ft et at That as a ayou you can see will save China over 12 and ang also an interest of 4 per coat celt You cannot emphasize too strongly my admiration for the fair fall spirit which has always alwa s characterized the dealings of the United States Stat s with my m country This final fictIon action is another monument I to Americas high sense of justice and andi il i I foci feel f 1 called upon to say not because II I am the th retiring ambassador that I personally p I feel that America is one of Chinas strongest friends |