Certain controversies are likely to be aroused again by the news in one of Reuter's telegrams to-day Federation of British is to. nominate repre ives of industry and commerce on the advisory committee appointed in connexion with the allocation of the British share of the Boxer Indemnity. In connexion with this it may be recalled that at the beglue ing of 1923 certain British interests in Shanghai in conjunction with the representatives of Home wufacturers proposed the lishment of a textile schoo. here under British auspices, their hope being that a portion of the Boxer Indemnity would be forthcoming to meet its financial needs. At the time it was pointed out that as one Jof the key industries of China, eotton had an enormous future before it, provided always that it was promoted in accordance with the best and most efficient modern ideas, and two leading Chinese industrialists, who had paid a visit of inspection to the great /manufacturing centres of Lancashire, were warm in their support of such project. On the strength of meetings held here and a scrutiny of the situation, we understand that influential representations were mace to Parliament on the matter, and in the course of the time that has dopeed they have no doubt had their effect, especially now that a Government representing business interests particularly is in office, In the meantime, of course, other organizations have been at' work, and the Home authorities have been masked to decide that the - money
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