The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-17

Berlin. Feb. 16.-[Special Berlin cable
letter, copyrighted, 1895, by the Asso-
ciated Press. THE silver question in the
United States and Europe, has been the
subject in which the political and finan-
cial world in Berlin have been chiefly oc-
Icupled during the past week. The f1nan-
cial troubles in the United States are
followed here with the closest attention
and the National Zeitung, Kleins Journal,
and other newspapers have commented
| at various lengths upon the situation at
Washington.
On Wednesday night, during the sub
scription 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
financial affairs. The conversation
American ambassador, on American
touched on the tariff and political ques-
ticns, but his majesty asked to be in
| formed more especially about the fnan-
! cial crisis, the coinage troubles and the
Igold reserve in the national treasury.
On receiving the information that he
lsought, the emperor added some remarks
ilncludlnS an expression of his hope that
1.-THE financial matter in Mr.. munyon's
country would soon be Strengthened out
again. He also took occasion to refer
I to the close commercial relations between
! Germany and the United States.
The Silver Question.
! An important phase of the silver ques-
ton was reached today, when the reich
Submitted yesterday by Count Won Mir
bach, an Agrarian leader, summoning an
tother international conference on the
currency question Mirbachs resolution
instructed the federal government to is
lsue invitations for an International none
| tary congress, to take action for the re-
medium. Previous to its adoption, Count
! Won Posadowsky-Weg ner, secretary of
state for the imperial treasury, in be-
| half of the government, declared its SYM
pathy with the object aimed at by the
lresolution. The motion, which was sub
lmltted to the reichstag by Mirbach, had
received the Signatures OF the unusually
large number of 30 members of that
body, comprising Conservatives National
Liberals. Ultramontdnes and members
lof other parties. Among the signerS
were to be found not only the names Of
lprOfeSsed bimetallists, but other members
who have heretofore maintained a more
Tor less neutral attitude on the question
lof btmetallism. One of the siSners was
1.-THE son of Prince HohenlOhe, the imperial
| chancellor.
/ Nothing Less Than BimetaIIism.
| The bfmetallfsts who signed the motion
want nothing more or less than bimet-
Iallismi but Tor the time being, they have
been prevented from formulating a mo-
4 ton to that effect by the opposition of
their moderate. colleagues, who do not
i desire alteration of the gold currency.
iThere is a suspicion afloat that the sup
lport of the latter is not entirely genuine,
but has as its motive a desire to bring
labout an International conference, which
decision, they believe, will be adverse to
1.-THE reinstatement Of silver, and thus
lSettle the question for some time TO
&c he deIo-, &C
lforeShadoWed yesterday, when Prince
Hohenlohe indicated the attitude of the
government in a carefully-Worded declar-
faction which he read as follows:
I without prejudicing our imperial cur
irency, one must confess that the differ
lence in the value of gold and silver con-
tinues to react upon our commercial life
lFolloWing, therefore, the tendencies which
lead to the appointment of civil COM
omission, l am ready to consider, in con-
junction with the federal government,
Interchange OF opinion as to the common
remedial measures with the other states
(which are chiefly interested in maintain
ling the value of silver"
Fought By SiegeI,
When Mirbachs motion came up in the
reichstag, this afternoon, in it's regular
order the discussion was resumed by Sic
gel, a National-Liberal. He opposed the
resolution and urged that the impression
should not be created abroad that the
reichstag considered, the existing none.
tary system unsuited to the interests of
Germany. He was convinced that Great
Britain would take no part in any inter-
national agreement for the introduction
| of a double standard.
! LeuSchner. of the ReichSpartie declared
that he was in favor of an International
conference, which he was fully perSuad-
ed would adopt the principle of bimetal-
lism.
Richter, of the Peoples party, said that
Hohenlohe was temporiZing. His atti-
tude indicated desire on the part of the
government to bow before the Agrarians.
| Qaughter) This Vacilladon was a dam
ger in such an important matter. The
present resolution was an Agrarian in
| terneZZio, preceding the principal act
: the protectionist resolution of Count Van
| kanitZ. If they got nothing, the Agra
rians would stir up such discomfort as
would not be allayed by ten anti-revolu-
ton bills. Cheers by the Radicals.)
: PrejudiciaI to Industry.
| Count Won Posadowsky- Wegner, who
followed Richter, said that it was not to
| be denied that the ever-falling price of
silver was prejudicial to industry and to
| the German silver mines Consequently
| of workingmen Of their means of sub
sistence. Even monometallists admitted
that the depreciation in the price of sill
] yer was harmful.
1.-The. premier and minister of finance OF
France had stated that France must re.
{ verse the double standard, and that Ger
many was responsible because she first
began the use of the gold standard. The
rural population believed that the fall In
the price of silver was answerable fol
z the drain in the value of the product
This opinion was shared, moreover, by
7 many manufacturers Therefore it was
the duty of the government to return g
benevolent answer to the question which
tag"
nese utterances were greeted with
much Conservative cheering.
Protection Against Socialism.
. Won Kardoff, a well-known champion OF
) law described bimetallism as protection
I,,.Ir.