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Show ludemnity Demand Made of China Peking.- Indemnities for the capture cap-ture and imprisonment of foreigners by the Suchow train bandits last May were demanded of the Chinese government in a communication presented pre-sented over the signatures of fifteen foreign ministers. Although nationals nation-als of only four foreign powers America, Great Britain, Frence and Italy were victims of the bandits, the other diplomatic representatives joined in a memorandum which endorsed en-dorsed the demands made separately by various legations at the time of the brigandage in Honan province in 1922. The present demands include damages o $500 daily for each foreign for-eign captive the first three days of his detention; thereafter compensation compensa-tion by weeks, with $100 for the first, $150 for the second and proportionate pro-portionate increases for the other weeks up to $300 for the final week. Supplementary indemnities are required re-quired for any injuries sustained in captivity, for medical attention made necessary by the experience and for loss of earning capacity during the period. |