Luckily no member of the committee was foolish enough to accept his appointment, nor yet incon-side rate enough of 's real welfare to make an official report to the American Minister upon the Chinese letter which each received together with his appointment. Had anyone made such a report and enclosed his letter, the American Government would have had to note that Nanking, on official stationery, announced the abolition of the committee to which the indemnity funds were released and would therefore have been forced to stop all indemnity releases. The committee was of course formed with the approval of the Chinese Govern. ment. No Occidental Power wants to force money upon China that Chinal.is unwilling to accept or unwilling to have spent in China according to the foreigner's scheme. If-the Chinese Government is free to approve of the scheme, a later Chinese Government is presumably Just as free to disapprove, whereupon the committee must immediarely go out of existence and the funds remitted to it (and not to the Chinese Government, be it roted) are automatically withheld. Tt looks very much as though the clever patriot who "reappointed" the committee and wrote each a letter, casually mentioning the abolition of the committee to which the indemnity was released, has put his foot in it. He must either forget, and disown the reappointments" now, or force the issue to point where the committeeman must officially notify the U. 8. Minister of the contents of their several letters, thereby holding up me demnity releases until Washington
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