St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-02-17
FOR BIMETALLISM.
Reiehstag Declares in Favor
Of Another International
Conference.
NATIONS TO BE INVITED
TO a Monetary Congress to
Take Action for Rehabili-
tating Silver.
THE KAISER INTERESTED.
He Seeks Information Regard
ing the Situation in the
United States.

CODVrighted by the Associated ETeSS.
BERLIN. Feb. 1.-THE silver ques-
ton in the United States and Europe
has been the subject with which the
political and financial world in Ber-
lin have been chiefly occupied dur
ing the past week. The financial
troubles in the United States are
followed here with the closest at
tention. and the National Zeitung,
KIein's Journal and other newspa-
pers have commented at various
lengths upon the situation at WASH
ington on Wednesday night, dur
ing the subscription ball at the
ROYAL opera house, the emperor
showed the interest he felt in the
matter by engaging in a lengthy
conversation with Mr.. RunyOn, the
American ambassador, on the Amer
lean financial affairs. The con-
versation touched on the tariff and
political questions, but his majesty
asked to be informed more espe-
ciaIIy about the financial crisis. the
coinage troubles and the gold re-
y
receiving the information that he
sought, the emperor added some re-
marks including an expression Of
his hope that financial matters in
Mr.. RunyOn's country would be soon
Strengthened out again. He also took
occasion to refer to the close COM
mercial relations between Germany
and the United States.
An important phase of the silver
question was reached today when
the reichstag declared in favor of
the resolution submitted yesterday
by Count Won Mirbach, an Agrarian
leader. summoning another interna-
tiOnaI conference on the currency
question. Mirbach's resolution in
structed the federal governments to
issue invitations for an international
monetary congress to take action for
the
REHABILITATION OF SILVER
as a circulating medium. Previous to
its adoption Count Won Posadowszy-
Wegner, secretary of state for the i'm
perial treasury, on behalf of the gov
eminent. declared its sympathy with
the object aimed at by the resolution.
The motion which was submitted to
the reiehstag by Mirbach had
received the signatures of the unusu-
ally large number of 30 members of
that body, comprising Conservatives.
National Liberals, UItramontanes and
members of other parties. Among the
signers We're to be found not only the
names of professed bimetallists, but
other members who have heretofore
maintained more or less neutral at
tirude on the question of bimetaIlism.
One of the siguers was the son of
Prince Hohenlohe, the imperial chan
cellor. The bimetallists who signed
the motion want nothing more or less
than bimetallism. But for the time
being they have been prevented from
formulating a motion to that effect by
the opposition of their more moderat re
colleagues. who do not desire an alter
alton of the gold currency. There is
suspicion af1Oat that the support of the
| latter is not entirely genuine. but has
as its motive a desire toIbring about
an international conference, which de-
cision they believe will beqadverse to
the reinstatement of silver, and thus
settle the question for some time to
come. The result of the debate was
foreshadowed yesterday, when Prince
HohenIohe Indicated the attitude OF
the government in a carefully worded
declaration. which read as follows:
Without prejudicing our imperial
currency, one must confess that the
differences in the value of gold and
silver continue to react upon our COM
merciaI life. Following, therefore, the
tendencies which led to the appointing
of silver commission, [ am ready to
consider in conjunction with the fed
eral government whether we cannot en-
ter upon a friendly interchange of
opinion as to the common remedial
measures with the other states which
are chiefly interested in maintaining
the value of silver"
The newly formed binetaHic league
will meet on the 18th inst. Speeches
will be delivered before the league by
Won Kardoff, Count Won Mirbach.
Arendt, and two well-known manufac-
turers, Wuelfing and Ashendorff. The
passage of the
ANTI-REVOLUTION BILL
by the reichstag seems now to be as
sured, the negotiations between the
government and leaders of the Center
party, especially Lieber and Groeber,
having at length resulted in an agree
ment that some amendments shall be
incorporated in the bill in order to
enable the members of the Center party
to claim that their votes are given for
the measure for the sake Of religion and
morality.
The majority of the Catholic press.
however, regard the action of the Cen
trists in agreeing to support the bill
as desertion of party principles, and
declare that it will be condemned by