Many erroneous surmises regard~ ing the negotiations between France and Marshal Chang Tso-lin's Government have been curvant here for the past two months, including the false report of the granting of concession for coal to the French within the Chinese Eastern Railway one, bat itis now believed here with Japparently better reason that the negotiations concern the rehabilita~ tion of the Russo-Asiatic Bank ax "The French Asiatic Bank."
It is reported on reasonably good authority that the Chinese have proposed thay the French should make a toan to Fengtien out of the Boxer Indemnity due, to be made in instalments over @ period of five years, the instalments for the first two years to be devoted to the ssu pression of Bolshevism in China.
The Chinese have asked the French to telegraph this suggestion to Paris and it is now locally re ported that Chen Lu on November 3 telegraphed a French conditional endorsement of the terms of the loan. asking, inter alia for the extension for ten years of the Annam frontier trade regulations of 1886.
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The Sino-French negotiations cor cerning the rehabilitation of the Russo-Asiatic Bank are altogether unknown to bankers and the liquida~ tors here. It ly consequently sur= mised that the proposals emanated from the Paris office, which is not connunieation with the Far astern branches, or else from. Chinese in search of a Joan, Being Evacuated A Indy resident of Kuling who rived in Shanghai late last even ing, reports that foreign residents have been advised by the British Consul to leave the resort as early possible, as he is unable to qua ntee their safety if they remain longer, The place is entirely mntol of the Southern troops, who openly boast they will soon take over all the foreign busi ness houses and residences.
The patients at the Community: Hospital were being evacuated, and it is expected these and other sidents will reach Shanghai within few days.
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