St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-12-10
Each British Delegate APP
pears to Be an Individ-
ual Agent.
Senator Jones to Wind Up De-
bate With an Important
Declaration.
England's Delegates Will
Agree to a Prolonged Adj
journment.

delegates to the international monetary
conference are discussing whether or
not they shall unite in signing a mem
orandum OH the obstruction offered by
Great Britain to a determination OF the
question before the conference. Ii the
conference resumes its sittingS, after
prolonged adjournment, such protest
is conceived likely to induce the
British government to present the con-
ference a decided policy through its
delegates acting in union there. The
present British delegates appear TO have
been sent purposely to muddle the pro-
ceedings. There is no cohesion between
the British representatives, either as to
principle or procedure. Each delegate
appears to act as an Individual agent,
except Sir c. Rivers Wilson and Sir
Fremantle. deputy master of the British
mint. the latter of whom used his Otfi-
cal position to disclaim any RESPONSE
bllity for the proposals presented by
Alfred de Rothschild. Bertram Currie
and Sir William HouldsWorth have not
a single idea in common, and they have
Strong Mutual Contempt
for each others views. Neither Gen.
Strachey nor Sir Guilford Wordsworth,
the Indian delegates, have official Or
derS as to the course to take. 1t has
been made clear that the British gov
eminent has purpOSely avoided giving
any instructions tending to the common
action of its delegates upon any point
whatever 1t is now obvious that this
course was designed to foIl the confer
ence in coming to any general or special
solution of the silver question.
Some of the American delegates are
not satisfied with the statement of
President Andrews to the conference
that the United States would sooner
part with South America and Asia
than with Europe. 1hey regard the
statement as pandering to the mono
metallist plans of Great Britain and
Germany, and as not in accord with
American sentiment, and likely to Of
fend the republics of South America,
with several of whom the United
States has entered into reciprocity
treaties. One OF the chief fears of the
monometallists of Great Britain and
the continent has been that the United
States and South America might join a
silver combination and ignore Europe,
and this apprehension has led the mono
metallists to make at least some show of
jority of the American delegates that
the statement of President Andrews
was calculated i'll this respect TO
Weaken the American Case.
1t is expected that Senator Jones will
wind up the debate OH international BIZ
metallism on Tuesday with an impOr-
tant declaration. The concluding sit
ting on Thursday will be devoted to an
IN
conference. The special committee
will meet again tomorrow to further
consider the various plans.
Regret has been expressed in the last
few days that the De Rothchild pro-
pOsals have been completely withdrawn.
as it is generally felt that they would
have formed the basis of a temporary
compromise if an understanding with
regard to the chief objection Of the
Americans, the price at which silver
should be purchased, could be arrived
at. A scheme on similar lines might yet
be adopted. In that event the confer
ence will be adjourned until May to en-
able the delegates to submit the scheme
to their respective governments.
1t is rumored To-Day that several dele
gates have received revised instruc-
tons, inspiring nope that modus
vivendi may yet be discovered. NJ.
Beernaert, the Belgian prime minister,
has issued an emphatic denial Of a
statement widely circulated in England
and Germany that he had declared in
the lobby of the chamber that the con-
ference was practically failure.
Will Not Oppose Adjournment.
LONDON, Dec. 9.-Letters from the
British delegates to the Brussels con-
ference announce their return to Eng
land next week. They will not oppose
whatever request the American dele
gates may make in regard to prolonged
adjournment. The representative of
the Associated Press has authority from
high source to state that the official
delegates, Sir Charles Rivers Wilson
and Sir G. Freemantle, deputy master
of the British mint, do not expect the
conference to be resumed after adjourn
ment, and that Bertram Currie will de-
cline to return to Brussels.
In the meantime Baron HerschelPS
India currency committee, which adj
journed without date, until the Brussels
conference should have ended, has re-
sumed its Sittings and is taking the
evidence of experts. This committee,
instead of meeting in India house, has
been working in Baron HerschelPs
room in the house of lords, where sew
eral representatives of Indian finance
and Mr.. Giffen, well-knoWn mono
metalIist, have been heard on sue
ceSsive days since Monday. The
members of the committee seem
to be strongly in favor of the
adoption Of gold coinage in India and
the concurrent cessation of the free
coinage of silver. What chiefly pre-
vents an early determination of this
ic nj
among the members regarding the &C
ton of the American government,as the
Risk of Paralysis
of Ango-Indian trade would be in
creased tenfold under the repeal or sus-
pension of the silver purchase act. The
committee has a strong reason to await
developments in the United States.
Mr.. Currie is among the minority
which seems ready to risk everything
by o prompt declaration in favor of
gold.
The representative of the Associated
Press has reason to state that, apart
from the protests of the AnglO-India
bankers, leading single standard ex-
pertS have advised the committee
against such a radical change in the
Indian currency. The Indian govern
ment also would prefer that the COM
mittee present such a report to parlia-
ment as would be tantamount to rec
ommendation that the existing system
be left untouched. Questioned by
the Indian Currency association
as to whether it would take
measures to protect the currency
in the event of the failure of the Brus-
sells conference, the Indian government
today replied. declining to give assur-
ances on the subject. The reply further
stated that the government cannot
recommend the secretary of India to
stop the sale of council bills below the
rates now current. Pending decision
by the Herschell committee, the India
Currency ASSOCIATION thought to steady
the position by getting the Indian gov
eminent to promise not to sell council
bills below fixed rate. The govern
ment, however, prefers to retain COM
plete freedom of action.
Asked If 1t Is Approved.
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