The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-11-22
French Bankers Unable to Place the
Bonds Of the Cars Cow
ernment.
Berlin Bankers Given to Under
stand That the Security
Is Not Good.
Questionable Statement Of Finances ana
Food supplies Count Tolstoi's Dc
mand Affairs In Brazil.

Copyright, 1891. New York Associated Press
BERLIN, Nov. q. =. Papers OF this city to-
blight associate the Russian ukase prohibit
nR the export of wheat and wheat products
With the failure of the overtures Of Vishne-
Rradsky, Russian finance minister, to
Berlin hnanciers to reopen tho German
market to Russian loans. Financial houses
hRain have been in consultation with the
government and the Kreuz Zsitung states
that this time the government definitely
ntimated that the guarantee offered by
Russia did not suffice to Justify official snp-
proyal of German credit being ventured ia
he loans. II il understood that diplomatic
approaches through Count Won Schouya-
(ofJ Russian ambassa dor, received an
Equally decisive rebuff. The hasco
which the French syndicate made
Pf the last Russian loan has enormousl Y
Increased the financial difficulties Vishne-
kradsky has been forced to relieve the syn
lioate of 100000 out of the 10000, 600
bounds sterling offered. Tie public official
lenial that the Rothsohilds had taken over
IS. .00O. 900 is partly true. Bonds amounting
10 0O0, coo have been placed in the Roths-
fhllds' keeping, with NO responsibility at
tachcd to their future issue through the
hrm, and the French syndicate is relieved
bf the burden Of 100000 which the
Russian treasury hoped to have received.
lhus Russia. instead Of having realized
FIG 900 900 On loans, obtains only SO,
POO. The refusal Of the German govern
ment to permit their bankers to bolster up
Russian credits ends for a long time to
bomo the chances of Russia borrowing
money abroad, and strengthens the chances
BIT peace.
The statement published by the ST.
Petersburg official messenger on the condi-
lion of imperial finances and it's relation to
famine was telsgraphed here Tonight, the
Authoritative declaration aiming to mini
nize the dangers Of the situation. The
ytatenent begins by announcing that stocks
pf gFain. after prohibition Of export, will
BE- sufficient for the population until next
harvest. AZ the people il agricultural dis.
Erist depend On the sale #of grain they will
and their position embarrassing, and the
Eovernment has therefore assigned to them
200, 900 roubles from the cash@reserves ii
HE treasury. The reserves amount to 22O,-
DO, 900 roubles. which sum u sutiicient to
meet the redemption Of debt for the cur
tent year, and all expenditures, and still
cave cash balance equal to the needs of
1892. Il is denied that there is any likeli-
lood that the treasury will be required to
purchase gold abroad unless such course is
,ian securities to Russia. The gold reserve
hmounts to 86OO0,OOO roubles in the treas
Try and 10000 600 roubles in the imperial
bank, besides 75 900, 900 secured by recently
ssued provisional credit notes. These to-
als do not include receipts from the last
Onn. 4@
The sum Of the official messenger state
|nent is that Russia has plenty Of grain and
kn abundance of money for the time being.
IIhis is reassuring to Russians who are
binder the scare Of famine. This class in
eludes Count Tolstoi. the great social re-
former. who has published an energetic de-
nand that the government declare without
lelay whether the stock Of grain is sufficient
70 last Through next summer. Count Toll
ktoi advocates the purchase of corn in
Amerioa in time to protect the. country
rom famine and the terrible social dis
furbances certain to attend such condition
'f affairs. Tolstoi contends from his own
personal calculation, that the stock of
grain will not be sufficient and the govern-
fnent reply, guaranteeing enough to feed |
he people until the next harvest, if falsi-
fed. will lead to a revolution in
which Tolstoi says he will MD. Count Toll
|stoi's daughters lave opened o free refec-
Tory for the famine stricken near his
bhateau.
A fresh instance Of the hostility enter
|ained in 81. Petersburg for the German
Element has been given. An order was
|ssued To-day fOrblddlnR persons to praC-
Fice as lawyers il the Baltic provinces un-
|ess Of Russian extraction. Many Germans
kre thus debarred.
Emperor William gave state dinner to-
light i'll the new palace at Potsda,n, in eel
bration of his mothers birthday.
Nelson z. Cook, who claims to represent a |
Boston newspaper syndicate, was arrested
bere and is awaiting trial, charged with
raud by the proprietors of the Pfaff Min
|rva hotel, where he lived for month with
but any financial resources Cook states
|hat ho started from Boston with one cent
b his possession to work his way around
|he world.
MARK Twain to-day gave luncheon to
Mrs. Gen. Hancock, Hon. William Walter
Phelns. American minister. and other not
Eble Americans.