Joint Commission Appointed to Assess Damages of Outrage Nanking, Aug. 24.
The Nationalist Ministry of Foreign Affairs has appointed C.
langson Young, of the Foreign Ministry, and Wu Chin, of the Ministry' of Finance, to serve as Chinese members on the Sino-
American Joint Commission to assess the damages sustained by Americans during the Nanking incident, The American members of the commission are Mr. Clarence Spiker and Mr. Verner J. Lyman.
The first meeting will take place at 10 am, on August 27, in the office of the Commissioner of Foreign Affairs for Kiangsu, The members have received instructions to work along the follow ing li 1. Claims shall be divided into' two categories: A. Individual claims.
B. Group claims.
2 Upon the verification and assessment of the individual claims, the group claims will then the verified and asses. the case of disagreement, the dispute shall be referred to an arbitrator of a nationality not concerned with the Nanking incident to be select 4. The Commission is to complete its work of verifying and assessing different of injuries and damages within three months. In ease of necessity the period may be extended upon petition to, and agreement between the ster for Foreign Affairs and the American Minister Kuo Min,
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