New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1895-09-11
v ULM BROWN WEDNESDAY,, SEPT II We

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their property and the decline Of their
business. The production Of sugar is
falling, s, of largely this year in Cuba, and
when this leading interest is stricken it.
is natural for the war to become very
distasteful to the taxpayers, who have. to
pay q very large percentage Of the cost
of the war. Home rule sentiment is in
creasing in Cuba, and, if Campos does
not crush the insurrection in the next
six months, Cuba is likely to bs severed
! from Spanish control and the Madrid
government will regret that the PROPOSE
ton Of President Polk SO years ago for
the United States 70 buy the island for
$1o0, ,O0O, 900 was not accepted. Cuban
Independence means ultimately, Cuban
lndepende in the American Union.
Bnt the island will not become a terrific
~ or state of the Union by any such
means as those employed by Polk's ad-
mlnistration to acquire Texas and to an
mex other large southwestern territory
from Mexico. Minneapolis Journal.
Notwith outstanding the remarks the other
day in the British house of commons by
Mr. Balfour, the government leader in
that body, that he cculd not pledge his
colleagues in the cabinet regarding the
call for bimetallic international confer
ence, the German bimetallistss do not
seem at all discouraged. The German
bimetallic league claims to have received
from the officers of the British bimetal-
lie league assurances that Mr.. Balfour
has pledged himself to assist in bringing
about conference, but he has been rep
resented as being desirous, before plea
ing the question before the cabinet. of
being enabled to present to his colleagues
feasible and practicable basis of dis
cussion. If the German, French and
English blmetallists can succeed in for
mulating practical basis for discus
sion" upon internatio MAJ bimetallism such
as would induce Chancellor Hohenlohe.
OF the German empire, to take the initia-
tive in calling such conference, the
German bimetallic league has definite as
snrances that the British government
will not refuse to cooperate by sending
delegates. When the words of Mr.. Bal
four We're sent out from the house of
commons they were hailed by the oppo-
nents of International bimetallism as a
declaration of the policy Of the present
British cabinet, and that England had
stubbornly placed herself directly across
the path of any hope of bimetallic reali-
zatlon. Mr.. Balfour's s language was sim
ply that of caution. The present cabi-
net is new to its work at any rate. Many
questions equally significant, such as the
Turkish-Armenian troubles are calling
for solution, and the effect of his words
was that the cabinet, as whole, had not
had time to consider the problem OF an
international conference. It is folly tc
become impatient of the solution of a
problem that requires the heintervention of
three or four Of the great nations of Eu-
rope, when it is not met and determined
IN day or week. The most perplex-
ing question since the silver discussion
began is the basis for an international ar
rangement. This has been left to the
bimetallic leagues of Germany, England
and France. The difficulty is not deemed
insuperable by these. The moment they
reach a satisfactory understanding the
governments of those countries will act.
This is not an unreasonable condition,
In all the international conferences here
tofore it was the entire absence of such
a formulated programme beforehand
that prevented an initial understanding
and the split was made when the con.
ferrees began the effort themselves to
formulate a programme that should have.
been prepared beforehand by an agree
ment among the leading bimeta1ists
themselves. There is nothing in the ex-
isting conditions t. discourage the ad-
=vocates of international etallism, but
much mlue to stinul@.te them to ultimate. sue
.cess.St. Paul Dispatch.
Mrs. +, ". johnson is visiting with
her sister, Mrs Helmes, IN st. Paul.
Mrs. G. III. Helmes and children re-
turned to their st. Paul home Monday