Another, and the chief, difference is as to how the war claims of the different countries shall be distributed in the indemnity amount already ageeed upon. Tt seems that notwithstanding the rules agreed to in determining what should and what should not be included, the countries have not really made out their claims with uniformity. Hence the amount wanted is in excess of the 450,000,000 taels. The United States has been willing to lessen her claim, but only on the understanding that the other Powers would do the same. Thus China is again waiting on the dilatoriness of Westerners.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.