Signing of Provisional Text:
Payment in Gold Dollars at Rate Specified 1917
Peking, Mar.
Both the Chie? Executive's Office land the French Legation emphatic. ally deny the reports given out various newspapers and news Jagencies this morning' to the effect that the gold frane question has been settled.
The French Minister authorizes Reutar's Agency to spate that he was interested to read in this morning's papers that an agreement had been reached, as he had not received official information to that effect unself, and it takes two parties to ike an agreement, Tt is alleged in some Chinese circles that an agreement is very near, though it has not been actual-signed. Even this, however, is considered doubtful, as there are still many obstacles' to be overcome.—Reuter's Pacific Service.
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