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Show SAVE THE BANK. ALL BUSINESS SUSPENDED rO.TWO DAYS IN THE ARGENTINE. Great Anxiety in Financial Circles Caused by the Oorernment's Doeree A Loan of ScJO.000,000 to the Government, Bi'F.nos Avkes, March 0. The Argentine Ar-gentine government ha.s issued a decree de-cree which suspends business 011 the bourse, in the custom house aud in tha batiks for two days, today and tomorrow. tomor-row. This decreo was issued in view of the disturbed state of trade, financial finan-cial anxiety prevailing and the general feeling of panic which exists in business busi-ness circles. . Tho decreo announces that the days mentioned aro to be observed as holidays, holi-days, but tho reason for the suspension of business is to try to save the provincial provin-cial bank, about which so much was said recently, from financial disaster. There has been: a run on the bank for several days and it is believed it did not daro to open its doors today. . A syndicate composed of 120 merchants mer-chants has arranged a plan by which they will lend the Argentine government govern-ment $L'0,0U0,000, consequently the government gov-ernment decided that no fresh issue of paper money would bo made and that the tax recently levied on all deposits in private banks would be abolished, London, March 0. The Standard referring to a firm said to bo iu trouble declares its support by the Hush companies depends upon tha pending investigations into its condition condi-tion involving the delicate question ol! the valuation of South American securities. |