Balance of Overdue Funds for Amortization Paid.
Peking, Mar. 1.
With regard to +the default in connection with the Anglo-French Loan of 1908, for which insufficient funds were provided for the amor tization due last September, the Chinese Government paid the balance of the amount due into the banks excellent opportunity for Britain to prove its good intentions. Gen. Li hoped that the British Government would do away with the out~ of-date treaties and treat China hereafter on an equal footing.
Replying, Sir Miles Lampson. confirmed Gen, Li's statement that Britain's policy towards China hed been' changed. He approved of the suggestion for the abolition of unequal treaties. The British people were particularly anxious to help the Chinese and would do everything within. their power to prove their good into tions. Sir Miles Lampson expressed the hope that Sino-British trade would prosper and, in conclusion, said that his visit to the south was of a most friendly nature and he was taking the opportunity to exchange views.
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