New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-30
TUE ATTITUDE or ENGLAND ~ THE MON-
ETIEI COSFTREN(E.

YYIE ATTIYTDE or ENGLAND ~ THE NOV
ETlRT CONFEEENCE.
If Tie LoniOa Times represents British opln-
ion. a. it often does, the Monetary Conference
at Paris may pr'hlpS fad Great Britain wholly
unicprc. in rs adjourned SESSION. For
The HLRo, cditOrlLliy recommends the British
Gov rnmcnt ID withdraw il, representation en-
tir,ly, Oh ;hr ground TINT tn" mere presence
of the DELEGATES. particularly from India is
liah.o to bc Interpreted contrary to the wishes
Of the Government. NE lines particularly
object, because the representative from India
has been uhprcp,rrd to Oppose, AMI has there
fore seemed to encourage ia" "b"rcsy that
the Government onclt to take care to keep
monry abundant by promoting the coinag"
of silver. The rlihrr heated protest of The
Iires continues thus
with = clrrcncy srhrm" 81 which the Ii~iurs- woril
and our most jsilngu!shcl economists n" proud. wo
send drc..t conference In which tina; system l.
..sai,cd ani vihrd by SECOND aIi thi"l rate crbn"
Inisla or 10y people who no. economists nj oil. and
thesc 'cleAt, have not wosi To say IN di'AplrovaL
Nov the Paris CIac"rcncr haS heard the
opinions of several rconomi>t', of whom some
were decidedly not s,'cond-ratc But no person
supposed to bo in any drgr"" competent
has SPOKEN for England, or for any part
of the British domnions. Indeed, if il were
necessary to determine which Of tina delegates
could I've slisItinsly mentioned by The LINES
"a "nnt economists 10 ALL" thr general opin-
ion would probably fix uI'on the delegates on
behalf Of Great britain ~ belonging in the list.
Apparently it was the dci'cr1t" purpose oi
the British Government to permit no one to
attend who 10y weight OF intellect. chararirr.
oi pro.nincIrc IN pablo afiirS could he sup
roscd to Represent nnyhody but himSrlf. tn"
United States has certainly done better. Ia"
late, Secretary ~ state aad two rN-SrnatOrs rep
rr~cri tbs country, and il can hardly be said
that they have "yiliiicd" the British ~ TEN.
VI. Ccrnu,cli. Of France. can hardly hc rallrd
\ .rcold or tliId-ratr economist even lW ih"s'
VINO oppoN. ha' bat h;S crir..ns of the
Eryli,h coarse have been sharper tha1 any
other.
The ailr - Of Mr. Eyar.'. in behalf % The
United STATE. vas an ALE sal Courteous rr-
view of thc iauurtar, pf,hein. and II could
not bc tr..hfIlly sad IN. !w vilili"d t',r $50
TEN of Grca; Rrit1in. or AZ Other. He rca-
,nnrl tina: the British GySt'.I w.s not On the
whole the Wi",;, aad give s"Wr strong
reasons for tat opinion. which The delegates
from Grra, Britain do not Sem 10 have r.
futcl. Indeed. Tac Lopion Yhcs is appar
cntly awar, ''a' tie wc:.,ht OF Ary;LIrit, il
the diyu >,:ols at the Conference, ~, ~ on
the side which il farotS. II tie british C'ev-
eminent needs 10 hr more ably rcr,"-cn'rd-
ard possibly that j. trir-thr withdrawal of
the gentlemen tnu' far in Attendance will not
help The matter.
The Conference has failed biu> Ear. il may
be IA well 10 sIy frankly, hcclu>c H." ili.ci-
pIl opponents of silver cninlg" have not me-.
the subject in II candid and manly WY. The
position officially taken 10y the United States
may not be the wsr-i nrr H., existing lcgisla-
ton entirely dcicna:hlr, bat lis delegates GER
tainly appear tO great advantage in contrast
with those from Great Britain. If Great
Britain has good reasons to oilcr for Hfnsing
to make any change in its mon, ary arrange
mcnts, it would he the part of courtesy and
good sense To cause those reasons to be sub
mittcd tn the Conference with ability AMI dig
nifty. IF, az The L0ndon Times says, Great
Britain thought it only Al act of courtesy to
France AID the United States to accept their
invitation" there was asSurcdy great Lack of
courtesy in sending delegates who were not
able or empowered to Sct forth British opinion
regarding the matter in hand
II is not improbable that negative result
of this Conference may help to turn public
opinion in the United States, and to change
the policy of this Government. For the Con-
ference makes it clear that Great Britain il
anxious to have other nations, and particularly
t,lc United States, adopt policy which Groat
Britain thinks bad for herself but highly ben
elcial il adopted by SOMEBODY else. II this
country and France will contrivc to make
silver wort iaore, and more stable in value,
Great Br iair wil rejoice, but it proposes to
leave all tie burden and oil tho loss to other
countries. All the advantages which the pos
session OF II nOnO-mctallic system may give TO
Great Britain in the international exchanges
that country means to grasp aud keep, but it
is very willing 10 have this country or France
adopt more disadvantageous position for the
convenience Of England.
But the Paris Conference was not held for
this purpose. If the United States discovers
that it cannot look for any reasonable assist
ance from Great Britain or the other European
nations, this country can begin 10 solve the
silver question for itself. Naturally its hnst
step will be to stop coinage which does no
good to this country, but helps Great Britain
and Germany. When the United States finds
that no other nation is willing 10 share the
cost and the risk Of ON attempt to support tic