14 JANUARY 1911, Page 2

The frontier dispute between France and the Liberian Republic has

been settled, and the way is now clear for the rearrangement of the finances of the Republic with the help of an American loan. The loan, as was announced some time ago, is to be for £40,000. The Times says that American help will extend to officering the Liberian forces and to opening up the country, a large part of which is still unexplored.