Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-10-02
A Small War Cloud.


the face of the earth. England main
tains a standing army there to en-
force the collection of its revenues
which it turned over to the Roths-
childs, who own the bonds of Egypt
Its soil and climate are not inferior
to the best of earth. But it's rulers
like the Wall street mercenaries of
England in this country adopted that
standard and sold its bonds as has
been done and must be continued in
this country to perpetuate the gold
standard, because 1t is notorious that
we have no gold only what we buy
with bonds. What the mints coin is
for private account and goes into the
possession of those who have de-
posted the bullion with the mint.
And the Secretary of the Treasury
has the assurance to say that silver
thus coined for the private owner
would not have the government be-
hind it to maintain it at par. And
yet the United States Treasury cir
cular, issued July 1, 1896.
Circular 1913, page IL. says:
Neither silver certificats nor silver
dollars are redeemed in gold.
On page l2, paragraph 8, reads:
Gold coins and standard silver dol.
lars being standard coins of the Unit
ed States are not redeemable.
Hence it is the law that maintain
them at par at their face value in all
payments and purchases in this
country
Already the mercenaries of England
whose headquarters are in Wall
street are predicting that England
will protect its money lenders in the
collection of their debt, principal and
interest in the worlds best money!,
and the English press echoes their
insinuating threat in open and une-
quivocal words, upon which the
Silver knight comments as follows:
The news from London, where the
Car of Russia is in consultation with
other monarchs of Europe, shows
who the enemies are with whom the
American people are contending. The
press of Great Britain declares that
an attempt on the part of the United
States to restore the coinage laws of
the better days of the republic would
practically mean the reputation of
their debts, and that this would lead
to the withdrawal of ENJOYS and de-
clarations of war. We knew that the
monarchs of Europe were aiding the
Rothsehilds to corner the gold of the
world for the purpose of destroyi ng
democracy in the United States: we
knew that the goldites of New York
and their representatives at st. Louis
and Indianapolis were acting under
orders from Europe to suppress Tan
archy" in the United States by starv-
ing the people into submission; but
we were not prepared for an open
declaration on the part of the Lon
don press that if the American gov
eminent dared to readopt the coin
age laws of Jefferson and jackson,
which have been surreptiously elm
mated from the statutes. envoys
would be withdrawn and a declara-
ton of war made. We do not now
believe that Great Britain, although
she may have the proffered aid Of
every monarch in Europe, will OF
dare provoke war with the United
States. 1t is true that she made wal
on Egypt for the same cause that she
now alleges against the United States
and enslaved that people. 1t is true
that she has robbed and plundered
every weak people who had anything
, to steal. But she has tried war with
the United States twice and lost the
game each time. She is now practic
ing different method. She has con
troll of our financial system whereby
she is sapping the foundation of
Republican institutions. She obtain
ed that control by fraud and bribery
and expects to continue it by the
same means. The tens of millions al
Hanna's command are contributed
through the agencies of Lombard
street, although Pierpont Morgan
aud the Belmont's may deliver tn.
j, money. The forces England is nov
using against the Uuited States are
of the Hessiae stripe. They sell thei
country and do battle against tbeil
own people for English gold.
The Londen banks command the
| New York banks to inaugurate {
squeeze and bring the masses te
terms, and the New York banks ex
! tend the command to every banking
institution in the land-all combined
hsake war upon the industries of the
country. Merchants, manufacturers
railroad corporations and all others
employing labor are told they mus
vote with their employees for gold OF
prepare for bankruptcy. The EN-
ployers of labor throughout the I'm
tied States as rule are now engaged
in coercing labor to avoid the punish
ment which the banks threaten. The
English combination are confident Of
their ability to purchase, corrupt and
ccerce the American people, to place
in the White House an Executive