rom Our Own Correspondent Poking, October 31.
Foreigners and Chinese in Pekiog have been, daring the past week, and are still absorbiogly interested io the question of the honr—the Tzucheogyuan's efforts to obtain a shortening of the period of preparation for Par ment; and the regularity with which certain Manchas, who were looked upon fas the sturdiest opponents of reform, are proclaiming their official and private! tenaciously to conservative banking ideas.
'A. week ago the Hawley-Macey syndicate had apparently bronebt their negotiations for a £1,6 0.000 Man-chanan loan to a ericces-fol iesae; theo the American group upset the finld with an offer to lend G. $60,000,000. An interview was beld at the American Legation between Dake Teal Too, President ut the Ministry of Finance, H. E. Sheng Kutg-par, Vice-Provident of the Yuch'asnpa. Mr. Calhoun, American Minister to Peking and Mr. de Menocal, who represented Mr. Straight, British, American, German, French, Austrian, Japanese and Belgian financiers, in addition to
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