The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-10-10
eIsMARck.s LETTER.
Hon. Andrew ID. WHITE Writes to Gov
Culbersoa Concerning IL.

Hon. Andrew ID. WHITE Writes To Gov
Culbersoa Concerning 1t.
New York, Oct. 3.-Hon. Andrew ID.
| White, eX-Cnited States minister to
Germany, writing from Ithaca, has adj
dressed an open letter TO Gov. Culber-
| son, of Texas, on the recent Bismarck
campaign document, in the course of
which he says that the most important
part of the Bismarck letter is a
| forgery, the dishonest translation con-
tanning paragraph fayoring the immc-
date and independent action of the
United States in favor of bimetallism,
which does not exist in the original.
Mr., White acquits both Gov. Culbcrson
believing both to be too high-minded
10 profit knowingly by the forged III
terpolation, but says that a cause which
resorts TO such a glaring criminal eN-
pedient will go far TO convince the
American people that the democratic
party. having failed in argument, has
found il necessary to resort to the cheap
est of frauds in order to bolster up the
cause of silver recommendation. Even
conceding that the letter proves that
Bismarck favors the unlimited coinage
of silver in the United States. Mr.. White
says that the use of the letter in this
campaign is decidedly farcical He
continues:
MY reasons for this opinion are as fol-
lows: AS minister OF the United States to
the German empire In 1879, 1850 and 1881, I
carefully observed the demonetization of
silver in Germany, which reached its con-
summation during these years Possibly
Ir. Bryan and your cxceilency will ne
amazed to learn that tho controlling and
directing agent in that decentralization was
none other than your kind correspondent,
Prince Bismarck himself, at that time the
all powerful chancellor of the German
empire. Somewhat over half of the vast
mass of silver thus reduced TO bullon was
sold by the German government: but the
price ran SO low that the sales were
stored, and the German treasury was
lcft with an enormous quantity of this de-
preciated money in it's Golfers, amounting,
II l remember rightly, to something over
$iCo.000,OCO A little OF it--say S2,o0o COB
Germany managed 10 work off upon poor
Egypt under the khcdiVc TcWtiN: and as
Bismarck is really a patriotic, far-sighted
statesman, he would naturally he glad to
find a similar dupe on this side of the Al
lantc, and to unload the remainder upon
value. AS a simple matter Of fact, Of
which / was directly and officially cog
infant, Prince Bismarck utterly declined
10 take part in any general scheme of
timetallism without the cooperation OF
Great Britain. though the United States
and France Jointly and officially united in
urging it upon his government"
Mr.. White said that Bismarck ia. first of
all, a patriot devoted above all things 10
German interests, as he understands them.
Hence 1t was that he demoaCtlzed silver and
brought Germany to a gold basis. Hence
it was, too, that he did his best to exclude
from Germany our agricultural products,
and hence it doubtless is that he in his
letter obliEirgly suggests a policy which
would pront Germany TO the amount OF
about S50CeJ, COO, 10 say nothing of COM
Portable profits to the German bullion
brokers' Mr.. White refers TO the treatment
by Bismarck of the resolutions OF the
United States congress presented by a
Texan member. with reference 10 Herr
Lasker, and which were spurned and re-
turned to the United States contemptu-
ously by the great German statesman, and
says that how i governor of Texas could,
ia crisis like this, ask the advice of a
foreign statesman who had thus grossly
insulted his state and country, and how
presidential candidate could quote with APP
prevail such Il letter from u man who has
thus treated his country, utterly passes
hts comprehension.