Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-11-22
STANDARDSOF MONEY
Opening of the international Confer
enoe at Brussels.
DELEGATES WELCOMED 70 BELGIUM
Address Delivered by the Premier Of
That County.
OTHER TELEGRAPHIc NEWS.
WHORE MONEY WILL RE DISCUSS sD
Opening OF the International Confer-nce 90
Eru.~.ls

opening OF the International oenrer.ac. %
Brussels.
BRUssris. Nov. % Tho international
noneiaty conference mot az O'Clock this
afternoon. The proceedings were purely
formal. No more charming place could have
been selected IN all lsrur-sis for the meeting %
the conference than the Palsis dee Academies.
The Grande Sale. OF marble hall. where tie
delegates hold their mcetiug lonts ont on sns
side upon the splendid Inrk. which l. he
fashionable summer resort - the rcsidsnts q
Brussels. and while the view sweeps along the
front of the PAlaiz l.oyal 10 the hue l.uyal.. IN
the o.her slde, n Wide cNIauso of garden.
statue adorned. diNides the Palais 10.
Academies from the Place Rcgrnte. a continna-
ton OF she finest % ,hc huulerards Of tlrt4s.el.
NaikiuR access ot almo-t ever, thing worth See
ing IN the Belgian caTdtnl.
The interior Of the hsll in which the dele
gates deliberate l. oue Of the handsomest a. ia.
capital Marble shafts along the wall-. With
strlkingiy effccave mural paintings bstNet.n
them, form the dominant feature. Twelvs
paintings, all OF recent reduction. reprr-ent
sequence ot great even m Illgian history
Other mural subjects picture the rise - art.
and sciences in Belgium
In the gardens ahuttiug ON the conferences
hall the most notable of the statue are a study
thrower b. hcssels
COUNTRIES rsKrSa r,Rr.
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uoiesa'e7 % lho conference are Austrta-hun-
gary. Belgium. france. GERMANY. Gr-at
Britain. 1rcero, Italy. The Netherlauas,
Portugal. Roumania. Russia. Scrvia, spain,
Sweden and Norway. Switzerland.
list oF DFLzaArEs
The following a lis, 81 tn. aeley,,o. -,.,,,.-
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- nm ''' "''''r uaA's ar
thi'e" Niaies senator Niiham H. Allison,
Congressman james H. McCreary. y. Benia-
nm Andrew. president Of Brosn University;
Prof. Roland T. Falkuer u tae University %
Pennsylvania, Thomas ". Criiler. Thomas +.
keller, Jnmes J. Morgan. senator John y.
Jones. Henry W. Cannon. president ~ tho
Chase National Bank, and L. o. Leech. director
OF tbe mint
France-N. TirRrd. eE-premier aud ex-min-
lister Of finance; N. I. he Liron dAnole- and
VI. de Foyille, officials Of the ministry of
finance.
GeTmany-Count Won AiycnsIeben. minister
49, 40 II. Non n5seaPP nihY coun-
rc,tar ~ IL ;,,,,',-i.i - "'-
Great Britain Lord Uer-chell lara cham
oeior; Sir William Houldsworth. MP: Hon
Sir {. fremantie deputy master Of the mint;
M; alfen de i'otbschiid' Sar Z. hfers wilson
"''1 tsar'rs.h 'attte'
indla-nen. ldchard Sirachoy and Sir Gull-
ioru =. hoies"orth.
1ishoii Lulsl L"@@Atu' ihhiero Sino-
heiii "iic oiheIllco Ialpa' memD"rs oi the late
pat. .1ua'u'.
=, ,lt.. -deA.eo, senior boh ahtonlo de mier ceh-,
TePUH Don "AquiH '"saS aId "eh- b0a
,"t i,eo a. Ho"a'
ne Neiherl"nds y. 4 Van der Berg. presi-
3en' "A the 5'sth 81 We Nethefiands. aiia NJ
po1sse'ai oi 'ne H1atisHo"l bureau OF Ains'er-
Jam
nWedeh ana Norway l4ans l. lorsel. en-
minister OF finance, and haybard L. Bermer, d.
rector "i she az foneier.
S"itzerlana- 'ramcr Frey. national conn
chlor. Ldrich. ara NJ. Charles Lardy. swiss
minister To rance
belglum- senator Weber and NJ Nainetietto,
Montenote Levy, Alinrd ana thamber.
Austria Count hheTenhuellor-M Metsch. min
lister 10 Delgium-
Russia Prince ourohof, Russian minister 10
beigiun, anu Al h'ihaio'ieh' a "el-knoEn
econom'st
Denmafk-C. r. Ieijien.
Slsan-Sehofes osina, Surra ana locA
OPENING THF coNFgRkScy.
The Relpian nrirDe minister ana, ,oi,is,.r -
e. -
""' wy ~"iu
his lhaughrh Hdoress tAat NE CONFERENCE hhd
been called 20 discuss one of the gravesf qpe--
tions that modern society ever had to lace. lie
extended, in the name Of the Belgian govern
mont, most cordial welcome 10 the delegates.
After referring 20 the monetary crises that
had occurred during the rnst century ". Beer
naert said ii was in the direction of an inter-
national understanding that a solution Of the
monetary question was nov sought.
This. be added. was in accordance with the
law of progress. Numerous such understand
ings had already been arrived at for the regu-
latlOn OF the common interests of the civilized
world in regard 70 telegraphs rail-