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Show BIG LOIS TO WAR P0KW0SE0 France May Borrow $50,-000,000, $50,-000,000, England $100,-000,000 $100,-000,000 m New York. BW ORK JIarch 2 Conferences Confer-ences among bankers here, it was an no need todaj hae brought near con cluaiou arrangements for the citens on of credits to Great Britain France Italy and other countries in addition to the 10 000 000 loan to Germany Tho French credit it Is expected will k be the first to be dosed. The amount has not been definitely fixed, but may it is said be as large as $30 000 000 The English credit, it was said, may be twice as large as that fox France. Negotiations are in progress for a loan to Russia in addition to the $25 000 000 she recently obtained. Italy Is likely to obtain a credit. Most if not all, these loans are ex pected to take tba form in which they can be sold to the public, in order that the banks may not bars to carrv the big sums involved out of their own re-so re-so rces Bankers engaged in these negotia tions sav that it is gTeatly to the in teret of both capital and labor in this country that the European countries should be put in position to continue their purchases here Labor thev believe be-lieve gets the lion s share of the money so spent and the extension of these credits makes it possible to keep nulls running and workmen employed that would be idle except for the extraordi nary demand due to the war |