| Show CHINESE WANT 11A LOAN I III I Competition Between England and Russia in the Mailer < 1I i 4 ADVANTAGE NOW SEEMS WITH BRITAIN chioe I The rmlrr U fit oitnl Uijm e > I luncr iMcliMI VloUnnl A u Ter rlturlal tour Mlyu S j I Berlin Jan 4 The Cologne Gazelle on authority from the best Alin Put d IUattr In Iarl announcles today that I since Thursday last Important negolla filing have been proceeding In London for a Chinese loan the made i lit Purls and St Petersburg to arrange a loan having 1 failed China thereupon or t often to contract for 10 l 0 000 pounds In lnUun nt the amolm asking the Rood ulllces of the litUlsh government govern-ment China It appearejcontemplates afrering a sourly the lad tax under the control of nngllshnlen and that furthermore In 1lglBhmll hal an ceed Sir Robert Hart us director of Chine imperial mAritIme customs In addition Ort Britain will Insist Upon I concession of terrItory relative to uhlcli Secrecy according t the Informant In-formant of the Cologne Cassette must be temporarily observed u The Cologne G izctte Ale that It Is 1 understood Hutslo has renewed her offer to China to conclude I loan In Germany oil more tbmhle terms than obtainable In rails or London UNGLISII FLIrT IN X CHINCSU PORT I I Hong Kong Jan 4The British cruiser Edgar has arrive here and the Brlllth cruiser Oration has sailed northwaid The bull of the British fleet Is I relolld to be at Cliuian near Nlngo I HOSTILITIES 1EAlinD IN CHINA I 7 FEABIMLIN tl L 1ekln Jan 4 The ministers and the TsungLIamin Chinese foreign office of-fice spent the whole of one night In discussing the deposition of Chinese commandant ot TaoChou Province of ShanTung who Is I accused of having used threatening Inngul to n Ger mail missionary Th commandant Ilea not been summoned to Pettis for exam UlmOllo Inatlon as i revlously cabled the dim culty having been passed over The general lualnn remln unchanged Hostilities are feared The German minister Baron Von He > kIng Is understood un-derstood to bei temporizing until the arrival In China ot Prince Henry oC Prussia I I novcriNimNT is T ILLINCI I London Jan ITher Is good reason ito I-to believe the British I government Is eD ctO I considering I the subject of assisting I I China to raise I I loan PIThe Chinese proposal on th subject are urgently supported by the business men who are Interested In China I I |
