The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-06
ARE BISMARCK'S DUPES.
EI-MfyIsJER. ANDREW ID. WHITE
IMPALES CULBBRSON AND BRYAN.
The Iron Chancellor IL Anxious TO See
Germany's surplus Silver UnIoaded ON
This Country German History.

An open letter rom Andrew ID. White
former Minister 10 Germany and prcsi-
dent OF the Cornell University. to Gov
crnor Culbertson, OF Texas, dealing with
the recent sarbiing Of the letter written
by Prince Bismarck, OF Germany. to the
Texan. was made public yesterday. Mr..
White points out that the translation
used by Governor CuiDertson as an srgu-
ment Tor free silver contained a long
paragraph in favor OF the immediate
and independent action OF the United
states I'm favor Of birneialllsm which does
not exist in the original"
Mr. White then Uroteeded TO the ami
hlation Of Governor Cuibertson. as TO-
lows:
"Of course l acquit both you and Mr..
Bryan OF intentional deceit believing YOU
both too high minded to profit knowingly
by this forged Interpolation. The Amer
lean people VIII doubtless regard your
honesty IN this matter as unimpeacha-
bic, whatever they may think regarding
the acuteness Of your Judgment,
But what are the American people to
think OF a cause which resorts 70 such
glarng criminal expedient. and which
has not hesitated TO exhibit you and your
candidate In the light OF dupes before
sixty millions OF your fellow citizens?
Viii this not 20 far TO convince tenn
that your party. having failed IN argu-
ment, mas found it Necessary to resort
10 the cheapest 81 frauds IN
order 10 bolster up the cause of
silver nOnOmctaliism, which for
some time past has been grad
ualy sinking ia al the civilized coun-
tries?
Granting. as l do. that you and Mr..
Bry ln have been duped as regards this
iette. what Justification can be found IN
IT, whether with or without the forged in
terpolation. fOr the unlimited coinage OF
sllfert What the letter as published,
supports Is blmeiallsm. but the incyita-
bic result OF unlimited silver coinage I'M
DER one Of the simplest laws of nature
Us silver m0nOmetallism which neither
Prince Bismarck nor any other statesman
IN Tie civilized world OF the slightest au-
thority has ever supported. or would
ever support, for moment.
but even conceding that the letter,
with or without It's forged Interpolation,
proves that Prince Bismarck favors the
unlimited coinage q silver in the United
states, l respectfully submit that Your
ENcellency's conhdng application 10 the
Prince for his opinion Oh this subject and
the use Of his reply made by yourself
and Ar. Bry9a is possibly the most far
cical event ia American history.
BISMARCK DEMONETIZED SILVER.
My reasons for this opinion are as
follows:
LAS Minister Of the United States to
l carefully observed the Decentralization
Of silver in Germany. which reached its
consummation during thos eyears. My
instructions from our own government
and my personal feeling as an American
citizen Jed me % watch the matter closely.
Possibly Mr. Bryan and Your Excel
loncg viii De amazed to learn that tho
controlling and directing agent In that
demoneuzat0n was none other than your
kind spondcnt. Prince Bismarck him
self. at that time the all-powerful Cham
cell0r OF the German Empire. He ordered
30. saw il carried out. ana brought Ger
man finance upon q gold basis, where 1t
sin remains.
Somewhat more than half OF the vast
mass Of silver thus reduced to bullion
was sold by the German government. but
the price ran go low that the sales were
stopped and tle German treasury was
left with an enormous quantity OF this
deprecated money in IT'S Golfers, amount
ing. II / remember rightly, 20 something
NOSE than one hundred millions OF dol
lars.
"Of course. shrewd German statesmen
and lnanciers from that day TO this have
been looking around TO see whom thcy
could find weak enough or foolish enough
10 take this bullion of their hands.
"a little OF it-say two millions Of dol
lars Germany managed 20 work Off upon
moor Eevpt under the Khedye Tewiik,
and as Bismarck is really patriotic, far
SIGHTED statesman he would naturally
De- dad ro find Il similar dupe on this
side u the Atlantic. and 10 unioaa the
remainder mon the United states at say
twice its market value.
a>-ov+ 10 the GREAT silver mine monopo-
lets in our own country whose interests
SIR prvan and yourself are supporting
hs will doubtless Doe the hanniest OF men
r. orr neooie arc deluded into the policy
,.our marty supports OF thus playing their
game bv giving n fictit Gus value 10 siiFer'
Also OPPOSED IIMEIALLlSM.
as a simple matter Of fact, Of which
was directly arl officially coshlzaht'
I,~iroe bismarck utterly declined to take
r.rf i'm any general scheme OF bimetai-
I.o without the cooperation OF Great
l,-itain. though the United States and
Francs. Jointly and officially united IN
urein~ g. upon his government. ANA
when our state Department sent over n
ererial expert OF high character and quail
ifcations. George walker. afterward Con-
eul-Ceneral Of the United States az Paris.
with express instructions 70 discuss the
subject with the Chancellor Prince Bis
rnarck refused TO enter into any such
discussion himself. or even TO receive Mr..
Walker at all.
.Prince Bismarck is. first OF all as
many Of his victims beside your Excel
lcncv and Mr.. Bryan have sad occasion
10 know Il great German patriot devot-
ed above All things to German interests
as he understands them.
'Hence Ii was thai no domonetized sh-
yer and brought Germany on a gold basis
and for the same patriotic reasons winch
are now leading the great Russian Minis
Ter ~ Finance Mr.. De Witte. 10 do the
ee.ro thinr. Hence IL was, too. that
Prince Bismarck did his best 10 exclude
from Germany our American ayr cultural
products especially our pork and Dota-
toes under The plea OF trichina In one
ar1 Colorado bugs on the other, and
hc-co dorbtlcss. IL IS that he shows his
German natriotism by obligingly suggest
inc "a Won and through you 20 the Ameri-
ON ,oonle a policy which would profit
"a az