The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1896-10-15
I S0ORCHER.
{ Comes From Andrew D.
White of Cornell.
70 THE TEXAS GOVERNOR,

How He and Mr.. Bryan Were Deceived
and Used . Dishonest Translation of
the Prince Bismarck Letter-An Inter-
polation That Changed Its Meaning.
still Bismarck Might Hope For the
United States to Adopt Free Silver
That Germany May "UnlOad."
After having proclaimed frequently
the independence of this country Of
the opinions and actions Of all other
system and basis, the free silver peo-
pie have scattered broadcast an al
/. legged letter from Prince Bismarck to
Governor Culberson of Texas. These
demonstrations have elected the fol-
lowing scathing document:
CORNELL UNIVERSITY,
ITHACA, N. Y, Oct. l, 1896
TS HIS Excellency Governor oulberson of
sir-You have doubtless already
learned that both you and Mr.. Bryan
have been deceived regarding the let
ter of Prince Bismarck to you, and
that the most important part Of it. as
first published, is forgery.
II you are not already aware of that
fact, allow me to commend you to that
eminent Democratic authority, the
New York World, OF Sept. 26, which
gives the original letter in German,
with an honest translation by an ex-
pert, side by side with the dishonest
translation which has been foisted up
on your excellency and Mr.. Bryan
the translation which you have used,
containing long paragraph favoring
the immediate and Independent action
of the United States in favor of BIZ
metallism, which does not exist in the
original
OF course, I acquit both of inten-
tional deceit, believing you both too
high minded to profit knowingly by
this forged Interpolation. The Ameri-
can people will doubtless regard your
honesty in this matter as unimpeacha-
BILE, whatever they may think regard
ing the acuteness of your judgment
Granting, as do, that you and Mr..
Bryan have been duped as regards this
letter, what justification can be found
in it, whether with or without the
forged Interpolation, for the unlimited
coinage of silver? What the letter, as
published, supports is bimetallism, but
the inevitable result of unlimited sill
yer coinage, under one of the simplest
laws Of nature, is silver monometal-
lism, which neither Prince Bismarck
nor any other statesman in the civil
has ever supported, or would ever sup
port, for moment.
But, even conceding that the letter,
with or without it's forged interpola-
tion, proves that Prince Bismarck IA
vors the unlimited coinage of silver in
the United States, l respectfully SUBJ
NIT that your eXcellency's confiding
application to the prince for his opin-
ion on the subject, and the use of his
reply made by yourself and Mr.. Bry-
an, is possibly the most farcical event
In American history.
My reasons for this opinion are as
follows:
AS minister OF the United States to
the German empire in 1879, 80 and 81,
I carefully observed the demonetiza-
tiOn of silver in Germany, which
reached its consummation during
those years.
Possibly Mr.. Bryan and your excel
lency will be amazed to learn that the
controlling and directing agent in that
demonstration was none other than
your kind correspondent, Prince Bis
marck himself, at that time all-pow-
erful chancellor of the German en-
pire. ..~.x
Somewhat over half Of the vast mass
OF silver thus reduced to bullion was
sold by the German government; but
the price ran so low that the sales
were stopped and the German treasury
was left with an enormous quantity of
this deprecated money in its golfers,
amounting, II remember rightly, to
something over one hundred millions
of dollars.
little Of it-say two millions of
dollars-Germany managed to work
of upon poor Egypt under the Khe-
dive Tewfik; and as Bismarck is really
q patriotic, far-sighted statesman, he
would naturally be glad to find a simi-
lar dupe on this side of the Atlantic,
and to unload upon the United States
at say twice its market value.
AS a simple matter Of fact, of which
! was directly and officially cognizant,
Prince Bismarck utterly declined to
take part in any general scheme of BIZ
metallism without the cooperation of
Great Britain. though the United
States and France. Jointly and Official
ly. united In urging it upon his gov
ernment.
II you think that the ex-chancellor
writes you In an affectionate spirit
toward Democracy, or toward the Uni
ted States in general, and Texas in
particular, permit to suggest that you
ask your respected Texas fellow-citi-
ZEN. Mr.. Lasker. for his opinion ON this
subject. He will. perhaps. give infor-
nation Of which your excellency ap-
pears to be strangely ignorant. respect
ing the treatment Of the resolutions
Of the United States conRreaa resard-