File No. 893.51/1012.
The American Minister
to the Secretary of State.
[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]
American Legation,
Peking,
July 22, 1912.
The Chinese Government has borrowed from Diederichsen & Co., a
German firm, 3,000,000 taels, 15 years, 6½ %. Security, likin and
tea.