Deseret Evening News | 1901-05-27 | Page 2 | Indemnity Claims

INDEMNITY 1 CLAIMS CluDIS Proposition to Limit Them to lf IriO 0 May lie he May 27 It seems probable that Great proposition lim limiting linK the Indemnity to be bp demanded from China to will be agreed agree to lo by hy the tha end of or the tha week U UH UH H Special Commissioner thinks this lIlls may be he considered nn Am victory victor Though his proposition limiting Indemnity to was not accepted still it was wall tile the ca Ul of ot the other powers considering the Idea Illco The only point likely to cause further delay In n decision by all 1111 the powers except America Is that regarding the raising of ot the foreign tor customs S 5 per lieI percent cent Mr Yr Hock hill told the ministers nt at n recent rather than take this step America would relin relinquish nil claims to Indemnity and even evenn make n ke a money present ent to 10 China ns American commercial Interests would suffer far more mort thereby han those of ot other power possibly one exception