It has now been revealed By quiry in London that {he telegram which was published in the "North-China Daily News" on October 3 and which recorded the organization. of an appeal for sufferers in China by the omission of a sentence somehow failed to make it clear that the appeal covered the distress of foreigners as well as Chinese, The Joint Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce and China Association (who have.been meeting. almost daily since the present crisis originated) have given considerable thought to this subject and have been in close contact with the China Association in London.
The first impression that the Relief Fund was confined to Chinese sufferers has been corrected by a Subsequent telegram. which points out that the appeal includes British hospitals, the resources of which are breaking down, and British subjects who are in urgent need of help,
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