Should the report appearing in the Chinese press be correct there should be ample funds for the redemption of the Shantung railway the amounts pledged are forthcoming. The reports are to the effect that Chinese abroad have already guaranteed more than $20,000,000 of the $30,000,000 required." The following sums are mentioned From Chinese in Samarang $6,000,000. From Chinese in San Francisco 8,000.000 From Chinese in Borneo 1,600,600 From Chinese m Java 000, From Chinese in Philippine Islands 2,000,000 From Chinese in Siam 2,000,000 From Chinese in Mexico 3,000,000 From Chinese in Singapore 4,000,000
Thistogether with the money pledged by the Tuchuns and the people in China, should be sufficient to redeem the railway and make Tsingtao a fine cits
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.