Deseret Evening News | 1898-03-19 | Page 1 | France and Russia

FRANCE AND i 111 SSI Art Believed to Artla A-rt to Wreck thC th-C I loan rkln Marh ISTh recent Inactivity Inac-tivity 01 the luInl at lkln Is I e plalned by the fact that the negoU tlons have again been transferred to EH Petersburg owing to the dlincultles encountered here The coincidence of the Trench demands de-mands presented on tile ee of the emission ot the Chinese lon In London Lon-don is I commented upon and It is I us ertd that Trance arid Russia are tryIng try-Ing their best to wreck the loan Upon the occasion of the last visit or the French ambassador to the Chinese foreign for-eign office the Chinese refused to accede ac-cede to the rench proposals and th ambassador said that when he next vlsted lh foreign office he would pre isle stronger arguments and would even threaten active operlon front Tong Kn and the forb etzur of a calling atalon Th general opinion tiers Is I that II Is I Impossible 10 disregard the teltent rumor circulating In well Informed eirel 9 that Bustles has abandoned her eir it rim i to lease Port Arthur but has nut ceased her negotiations regarding Tn Lien Wan