London, May 1.
An interesting statement regarding the returned Boxer Indemnity was made by Mr. Stanley Baldwi in the House of Commons to-day.
Sir J. 8. Wardlaw Milne (Conser-"asked the question whether memorial comparable to. that secured by the United States in the shape of the university at Peking had bean arranged to tark the sac. rifle "of the British taxpayer in remitting his share of the Boxer Indemnity to an amount approximarely five times greater than thal given up by taxpayers in the United] States.
Mr. Baldwin replied that Sir Wardlaw Milne had been misinformed in regard to the comparison in the sums involved, The United States had remitted]
oximately—£35,000,000 in dollars out of a total' indemnity of 53,000,000 which was about 653] {Per cent.
The respective figures in the case! of Great Britain were £11,000,00) an] £16,500,000, or approximately 63) per gent.
The remitted British funds, Mr. Baujwin went, had bean lusted inzehabilitating or building always other productive enterprises Ching, thut creating an endow rent to be subsequently devoted 19 educational "purposes, Under agreement with the Chinese Govern: ment and in accordance with the act passed by the British Parliament in 160i, the allocation of the funds for these purposes was within the" di-fein of a beard of trustes, Though this might not result in a memorial such s that mentioned by the honourable member, the British Government considered it the most
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