China Indemnity Bill Passes Second Reading: Motion for Rejection Defeated London, June 16.
In the House of Commons to-day moving the second reading of the China Indemnity Bill, providing foe the allocation of the' Boxer indemnity to the education of Chinese, Mr. Arthur Ponsonby, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, foreshadowed the appointment of a, committee to investigate means of securing satisfactory administration of the fund. He declared that Chinese ce-operation was being invited and a Chinese member would be invited to join the Committee.
Mr. Ponsonby referred to a motion for rejection on the paper, which was presumably being lodged with a view to raising the trademarks question. He stated that, while the Government did not wish the minimize the importance of the trademarks question, they did not think that these funds should be lever for the settlement of outstanding questions with China.
The House defeated the motion for rejection and the Bill was read 1 second time.
June 17.
Notwithstanding a Government reverse on an unimportant division last night, the Members of the: House of Commons were listless. yesterday, saving up their energies for the full debate on the Imperial Conference resolutions to-day and to-morrow. The Opposition anticipating the contest with particular keenness and has put down many motions covering all phases of the decisions. In order to simplify business, however, it is expected that divisions will not be taken until to-morrow night and. then only on three or four representative resolutions—Reuter,
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