Loan Arranged west Out Own Comesromert Peking, Aug. 20.
Chinese banking interests have completed the final arrangements for a loan of $30,000,000 for the Peking-Hankow Railway.
This information was vouchsafed to me at a special interview this afternoon with Mr. Chow. Tso-min, Director of the Kincheng Banking Corporation, shortly after he bad left the meeting which made the last adjustments and exchange of documents.
'Negotiations concerning the flotation of the funds required had proceeded over some time and were conducted In' close confd~ fence. Purely financed by Chinese Interests, the banking consortium fs headed by the Kingheng Bank-ug Corporation.
The main purpose of the loan, according to the major stipulations of the agreement, is to finance the Fepair of the Yellow River Bridge of the line which for some considerable time now has been seriously in need of attention and, during the recent floods, shown signs of being dangerously impair ed. In addition, minor to the more urgent repairs, the loan is for repair work and up-keep of the line generally many parts of which are also in very poor condition. fan earlier police theory that the dis appearance of Mr. Zeitlin and the Russian woman was merely an elopement.
Tt is understood that the woman was released after 48 hours, but Mr. Zelttin still being beld while the customary threats and demands are being sent in—Reuter.
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