There is some diversity of opinion regarding the coupling of the Banque Industrielle do Chine question and! payment in gold francs, but in the case of Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands the matter of payment in gold stands alone.
Britain, America, Japan and the Netherlands have long since received their share of the indemnity, and there are increasing signs of impatience on the part of the Governments of the other four Powers. In the case of France it is commonly stated that her signature of the Nine-Power Agreement, which is necessary before the preliminary steps can be taken towards the increase of Customs duties, is thus being held up; also a settlement of the Banque Industrielle; while the salt surplus deposited in the Banque de l'Indo-Chine, which is also a security for payment of the Boxer Indemnity, is being retained in the Banque.—Reuter.
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