British Action Being Debated London, May 10.
In the House of Commons to-day, replying to a question, Lord Winterton, for Mr. Cecil Harmsworth (Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs), stated that the attitude to he adopted by the Government towards the resumption of the Eoxer Indemnity payments next December was now being considered. He was not able to anticipate at present the course the Government would decide to take.
Replying to Mr. L'Estrange Malone, Lord Winterton said that a committee on the education of Chinese on British lines was meeting at the Foreign Office and was constituted as follows: Sir John Jordan, Sir Samuel Hoare, Sir William Clark, Sir Charles Addis, "Mr, F. Anderson of the China Association and representatives of the foreign Office and the Board of Education.—Reuter's Special Service.
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