British Act to Remit Payments for "Educational" and other Purposes in China London, Feb. 5.
The text in issued to-day of the China Indemnity (Applications) Bill, which was introduced into the House of Commons on December 11 last year by Mr. Ronald MeNeill, the Under-Secretary of State for 1¢ Foreign Affairs, when it passed its first reading.
The Bill provides that any sums received after December 1, 1922, for account of China Indemnity will be paid to the "China Indems Fund," and are to be devoted to educational and other purposes beneficial to the mutual interests of his Majesty and the Republic of China. committee of ten persons, including one woman and at least one citizen of the Republic of China, will he appointed to advise the: Foreign Secretary in regard to the i- appli of the fund.—Reuter.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.