In reply to instructions from the Waiwapa touching the compensation claimed for damages sustained by nese immigrants at Vancouver during the riots of September 7 and 8 Lord Li Ching-fang, Chinese Minister in London, states that, in order to find out the particulars, he has telegraphed to Mr. Chow Tze-chi, Chinese ('barge d'A flaires at Washington, requesting him to dispatch an official to Vancouver to make personal investigations. Theclaims of Chinese: merchants and others will then be formally presented to the dian Government through thi Foreign Office. It in tated. ae the claims amount to about Tls. 265,000.
I think this is the first time China has made claims against a foreign Power for damages sustained by her subjects at the 2 bands of foreigners, frequently been paid to the subjects of though. monetary indemnities have the frosty coun China for dam-during the last sixty years of! China's intercourse with the West. may be reasonably supposed that the Cansdian Government will pay the claim since it has already recognized similar claims from Japanese.
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