Afraid of Rousing Suspicions by Going Abroad: Humours of His Escape Tientsin, Mar. 10.
The Manchu ex-Emperor informs the "Peking and Tientsin Times that he is staying in Tientsin infinitely, fearing that departure abroad would ie suspicions.
expresses satisfaction with the arrangements made with the Japanese authorities for his protection, which is considered necessary lowing to the. open demands from a leertain section of his enemies for his execution.
The ex-Emperor states that his private property es in the hands of ithe Palace Commission, which re-[tains his title-deeds. He fears that. many of his belongings have been stolen.
'The ex-Emperor is remaining' in jscelusion in the Changpiao Gardens Jand has only gone out once, when he visited the British Concession Jand the race-course.
ineasing "Ins escape tom] tte spo While the Reorganization Conference pursues its academic' study Jof the nation's finances, the Minister of Finance, Li Shi continues hhis efforts' to' solve the immediate Jadministrative problems connected therewith. His task is to find adoquate security for the 1dth year Domestic Loan, which the Govern-out is trying' to flont. The Ger-ian portion of the Boxer Indemnity the only fund that has at present been suggested, but it is by no racons sufficient for the purpose of backing an issue variously estimated to run between $15,000,000 and $80,000,000, The German fund yields something like $2,800,000 a year, but remains the pledge for the 4th year terest payments on, the 5th year loan, and the 13th year or $4,200,000 loan. That does not leave much provision for any farther issue, although it would be sufficient with the reinforcement of on the Salt revenues. With thie steady depletion of these funds, it is hardly likely that [Government will tack any mot Toans on the Salt. Tt, is already Joverburdened, and as far back as declared by Presidential that no more loans could be raised with the security. Of course t) been ignored, but the banks vesting public have forgotten neither the fact of the mandate nor its cause, and are likely to look askance at any issue which has to rely on the Salt for support, Tt is because of this uncertainty lof security that the reports of the loan issue give the prospective Jamount at such varying figures, A. foun of $16,000,000 will be merely a Jdrop in the ocean of immediate in. Jdebtedness. Sir Francis Aglen is elmest bound to insist that $5,000, 000 of it be used for the payment. presuming that the issue price is 90, That amount, even if all taken up, will not go very far to meet: she present insistent demands for the payment of overdue administra. cogent Oi Me I ONE IGEN,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.