The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-25
IN WILLIAM DOMAIN.
White Metal Men Not
Ready to Abandon
the Fight.
MR.. BALFOUR'S POLICY.
His Statement Not Considered
EngIand's Final Ac-
ton.
CHANCES OF A CONFERENCE.
An Insurance Company, After I'm
Just Treatment, Appealed to
MIR. Runyon.
CHANCES OF A CONFERENCE.
[Cable Letter to The United Press.l

to pledge his colleagues in the Ministry to
policy favorable to the converting of
another international monetary confer
ence, refuse to regard the British leaders
statement as final in determining the
action of Great Britain in the matter.
Communications which have been re-
ceived from the British Bimetallic League
represent Mr.. Balfour as willing to assist
in bringing about conference, but he is
also represented as being DESTROYS before
placing the question before the Cabinet OF
being enabled to present to lis colleagues
feasible bases of discussion. If the Ger
man, French and English bimetallists can
formulate proposals of the character men,
toned, proposals such as would induce
Chancellor Hohenlohe to carry out his
promise to take the initiative in the calling
OF conference, the English Government,
it is represented in these communications,
will not refuse to join in its deliberations.
The attitude taken by Mr.. Balfour is SIM
ply the position assumed by his prede-
cessor in the leadership of the House of
Commons, Sir William Harcourt, with the
addition that Mr.. Balfour sympathizes
with instead of opposing bimetallism.
The single standard organs, on the other
hand, assume that the chances of the
assembling of monetary conference have
been definitely squelched. The National
Zeitung declares that the bimetalIic soap
bubble has burst, and predicts that the
Federal Governments will decline to con-
slider the subject further, nor will the
Bundesrath waste time in deliberations
over the matter. The fact is, however,
that Immediately after the termination of
the vacation the Bundesrath, which pos
sibly is already in possession of official
documents on the subject from all of the
Federal States. will proceed in an attempt
to draft resolutions in regard to the con-
ference. Prince Hohenlohe's latest re-
spouse to requests for a conference from
the leaders of bimstallic movement give
no indication of an intention on the part
of the Chancellor to depart from his pledge
to endeavor to obtain some common
ground which will justify him in inviting
the cooperation of all Governments inter
ested in the adoption of a common none
tary system.
The business of the coming session of the
Reichstag, as far as can be cleaned from
information available in the various minis
terial departments, will not include any
measure of great national or party i'm
portance. Contrary to expectation, there
is no anti-socialist legislation impending,
and it is understood in official circles that
the Emperor desires a quiet legislative
period devoted to minor reforms.
In the forty-second general assembly of
German Catholics, which will be convened
at Munich tomorrow for a session of five
days duration, number of vitality i'm
portant papers will be read, among which
will be one by Solicitor Porsch on "The
Results of the Work of Catholic Orders. 4"
This paper will be devoted to showing how
moral, religious and material progress has
been supported. Another paper will be
presented by the celebrated pulpit orator,
Father HUM, on "Christendom and Athe-
ism," comparing the diverse effects of
each. Professor Schaedler will read a
paper on Labor Questions in the Light
of Christianity" and Herr Groeber, a
Wurtemburg member of the Reiehstag,
upon the subject, christianity as the
Foundation of State Life"
Herr Won Hertling, a member of the
Austrian Reichsrath, will read a paper on
"Papalism and the Roman Question" !;
Professor Graubert, paper on "Catho-
Elicism and Science; Solicitor Rachem, a
paper on "The Philosophy OF Socialism"
DIR. Orterer, paper on Revolution in
Science" and DR.. Lieber a paper on
"Bavaria's Hold on the Catholic Church.
In reviewing the programme it will be
seen that nothing Of a strong controversial
character is likely to occur in the congress.
The congress will begin tomorrow with a
celebration of greeting at the Festival Hall,
City Brewery, Kellar street, and on Mon
day the series of regular business meetings
will begin. At o'clock there will be a
solemn celebration of mass in the Church
of sour Lady" for the invocation of the
Holy Spirit. This will be followed at 10
o'clock A. NJ. by an executive session of the
General Assembly in the Catholic Casino,
Barr street. At 3P. NJ. there will be a
room of the festival hall, and at P. NJ the
first public general assembly will be held
in the hall. The days proceedings will
close with a social convention in the gar
den and public-rooms of the City Brewery,
beginning at P. NJ.
The blow aimed few days ago by the
Prusslan Government against foreign, es-
pecially American, insurance companies
fell upon the Mutual Life Company much
sooner than was expected. The order
withdrawing the concessions granted to
the company in November, 1886, and COM
polling them to cease business on Septem-
Der l, was issued without according hear
ing of the case to the company. The agents
of the company Immediately made q
proposition to the United States embassy
for assistance and redress, and laid state
ment before ambassador Runyon, the sub
stance OF which was that the Prussian
Government had raised difficulties against
the company's system of business, but had
intimated that the Minister of the Interior
would hear their defense on his return
from his vacation on the 18th inst.
FIGHTING THE SPANISH.