The following new appointished by the The newspapers hope that for the sake of the bondholders and China's credit, steps will be taken promptly to end the delay.
Feb. 4.
With regard to the comments of financial correspondents of newspapers on China's failure to pay the December coupon of the German portion of the Hukuang Railway Five Per Cent, Loan, Mr. Chen Wei cheng, Secretary of the Chines Legation, writes to "The Tim stating that the delay in payment lig not due to differences between the Ci the agents themselves, The City Editor of "The Timi says that this explanation vindicates the Chinese Government, but. me creases the impatience of handhold cers, who fail to understand why they should be the victims of diserimina~ tion. He points out, however, that the bonds of other German issues Chinese loans also remain unpaid, namely, the Tientsin-Pakow Railway Loun of 1908 and the Tientsin-Pukow Supplementary Loan—Reu-councillor to the First Fengtien Army, to become Defence Commissioner of Soochow end Changchow.
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