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Show CHINESE INDEMNITY IS CoF IN TWO BY SECRETARY ROOJ Chinks Are to Pay Eleven Million for Boxer Trouble, Instead of Twenty-four Twenty-four Million, , , Boston. Sir Chontung Liang Cheng, tho retiring Chlneso ambassador ambassa-dor to tho United States, who Is In this city on a visit, haB given out the follpwlng: j "I shall mako public tho contents of an official noto which I received from Secretary Boot last Saturday night, which shows bettor than nny. thing clso can tho remarkably high senso of Justice which tho Unitod States has used In all her dealings with China. You remember that after the Boxer troubles China agreed to pay nn Indomnlty of $24,440,778.81 on nccount of tho losses entailed by tho United States government ns woll as for personal property lost by hci citizens during tho Boxer campaign. Four years ago your government was good enough to promlso mo that when tho tlmo nrrlvcd, ns a token ol Blnccro friendship for China, tho or lglnal figures of tho Indomnlty would bo revised. "Truo to tho promise of tho oxecu tlvo officers, I received n noto fron: Sccrotnry Root Inst Saturdoy night saying that tho president directe him to say that in his next mcssagi to congress ho would bo pleased tt recommend that China bo relieved o: all obligation In excess of tho fin a', revised amount of tho indemnity which had been sot at $11,CG5,49.G9 That, as you can sco, will snve Chine over $12,000,000 and also an Interest of 4 por cent. "You cannot cmphaslzo too strong ly my admiration for tho fair spirit which haB always characterized the deallngB of tho United States with my country. This final notion is another an-other monument to America's high sonso of justice, and I feel called upon to sny not becauso I am the retiring ambassador that personally 1 feel that America Is ono of China's strongest friends." |