London, Feb. 4. In the House of Commons Mr.
Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, announced that it was undesirable to hold the usual Imperial Conference this year.—Reuten raid that th> message sent from The Hague on January 8 which stated that only 85,000,000 florins had been subscribed of the Govern. ment loan of 275,000,000, must have been despatched before the sub scription list to the Dutch Government loan had closed, as the public subscribed upwards of 409,000,000 guilders and the loan was a great success.—Reuter.
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