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Show AMCniCANB MAY TAKB CHINESE LOAN. Chinese I'r.f.r I,, llal.a Money In America lo aeeora Her I'rotaeslon. American eapltallstt may be atked by the Chinese government to subscribe lo the loan It will have to negotiate to pay the Indemnity to beexactedhy the powers. Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese minister, and New York financiers have been III communication on thla tubJecL The communleatlona are en-tlrely en-tlrely unofllclal and have, therefore, been kept veryquleL Nevertheless It haa developed that the Idea hat been favorably received In New York. Hit of course. Impossible to sty what tho outcome will ba at International poll-tlca poll-tlca will have an Important Influence upon the placlngof the loan, but Intelligent Intel-ligent Chinamen favor obtaining aub-icrlptloni aub-icrlptloni from the United Hlatea. The Chinese government It well aware that provided the "open door"' be conceded, the United Stales at thla moment would not go beyond a formal protrtl In cato of the division of China. The situation would be changed, however, how-ever, If Chinese bonds valued nt millions mil-lions of dollars were held by American capitalists. All that the Chinese minister hat done haa been to make Inquiries, and Amcrlcau financiers have given an Indication In-dication of what they are willing to do. Tho loan will bo very large Hprcial Commissioner Itockhlll haa cabled ca-bled to Hie atate department that the mlnlstera had agreed upon 8117,000,000, but he la still trying lo iccure a reduction reduc-tion of this amount but the lower It It the easier It will ba for China and tha lietter tho termt upon which tht can negotluta It. |