Conflicting and incorrect versions of the terms on which the British Government has withdrawn the gunboats patrolling the West River are appearing in the Chinese Press. We learn from an official source that the agreement arrived at between the Chinese Government and the British Minister in Peking stipulated that fall compensation, amounting to $86,477, would be paid for the piratical attack in July 1906 upon the steamer: Sainam; and that satisfactory guarantees would be given by the Viceroy of Canton that the waterways of his provinces, the Two Kuang, would in future be policed in an effective manner, Both these terms were complied with before the gunboats were withdrawn from the West River.
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