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FOREIGN LOAN DISPUTE

THE HONGKONG DAILY: PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 7TH, 1913

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at Shanghal published last week a protest against a foreign loan alleged to have been arranged by the Nanking Government. The text of the agree

the ment is published in which it is alleged parties soncerned are the Russo-Asiatic Bank- and Chen Ching-tao, the Minister of Finance of the Nanking Government. The following агу the statements in the Nanking lottor as translated by the Shanghai Mercury to

Government has lately arrang.

ed-loan Bank at 97 with the taxes of the whole country

security.

The payment of the loan to the amount of taals 3,003,000 will be made every wook after the signing of the agreement at either Shanghai or

or Tientsin and if throngh other banke per cent. will be taken of as com mission. The sgroement was signed by Chen Ching-tao. This loan was placed before the National Assembly at Nanking in the afternoon of the 27th February by the chairman, Lin Sheng (of Fokien), but as there was nat ons half of the members present the special. committee passed the loss. The number of the

members: Who attended was only eight.

A The draft loan agreement reads as under: "An agreement between the Republie of China (represented by Dr. Chen Ching-tao, the Minister of Finance hereinsfter to be mentioned as Republic) and the Rueno-Asistio Bank (represented by the said bank, Carrere, heroin- the manager of the Bhangbai

after to be mentioned a Bank).

The £1,500,000 from the Russo-Asistio

branchi

1-The said Bank under the following conditions gives a loan of £1,500,000 to the said

Bepanting from

om the date of signature of final agreement the repayment will be com menced from one year from such date in accor dance with measures mentioned hereinafter.

3--The interest por annum is 5 per cent. of the load.

4.-The true value of the losu is at 97.

5.This lon is made direct with the said Republic and the security for the interest and principal will be the tires of the whole country. 6.Before cancelling this agreement the said Republic should of a portion of this loan,

pay but the amount of such repayment should not exceed the half of the fund to be paid in by and foreign loan.

7In case the Republie should raise any foreign loan and if the terms are similar to this

of the said Bask the mid Bank will have the preferential rights,

8Thle agromuent should be ratilled by Ynan Shih-kai, the President elset, and Wen, the Provisional President, on the one hand, the head offos of the 'said' Bank on the other and as mentioned in Article 12 by the Nanking Na- Hional Assembly, and the said Bank will pay 3,000,000 within one week from the date of such ratification and the rest will be paid in continn- avery, weak, each instalment to be Tools 3,000,000 and the first instalment will be paid at Bhanghai after which one half will be paid Tientals and another half at Shanghai, TI any other arrangement is proposed it will be further negotiated.

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12-This agreement should pass the National Assembly at Nanking by votes.

13. This agreement will he made in four sopies and be signed and each party will keep two copies.

Done on the 21st February, 1912 and signed before witnesses.

(Signed) "Chen Ching-tao, the Minister of Financo, representing the Republic of China. Witnem Little (?).

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The National Assembly has revised - four items, namely, in article 5 the taxes of the whole country is changed into the taxes to be collected

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In article 8 the word "Tientsin" in revised to "another place to be named by the said Republic."

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