Mr. Hay to Mr. Rockhill.
(Mr. Hay directs Mr. Rockhill to endeavor, regardless of the process by which the sum of the indemnity is reached, first, to have the total kept within the limit of £40,000,000, and, secondly, that the sum be demanded in a lump of China without either the grounds of the claims or the proportion claimed by each power being itemized, leaving the proportionate distribution to be settled among the powers.
Hague arbitration is to be suggested if such settlement is impossible at Peking.
All claims of every description are covered by the sum we have mentioned, which is subject to equitable proportionate scaling.)