Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-24
BIMETALLIC CONGRESS,
Objects of the Conference in Session
at brussels.

A special cable dispatch to the New York
| Journal from Brussels, Belgium, says that
| 1t Is extremely difficult to obtain informa-
| ton respecting the bimetallist confer
| cree, which opened there the other day
| since it Is not an ordinary monetary con-
ference, but merely private congress
Until now the international bimetallist
| conferences of 1878. 1881 and 1892 have
| not been able to arrive at any definitive
result each CT these reunions giving rise
to the same methods, a proceeding which
finally provoked the same checkmate
In consequence of these three decisive
experiments, it has been decided to estab-
lish permanent congress, filling the role
of an official. committee, having it's seat
bimetallists of the United States, Ger
| many. Great Britain, Austro-Hungary,
Denmark, France. the Netherlands, Rou-
mania, Russia and Belgium.
This congress CT Cancellation and paci-
fication has for its object the search for
means to be laid before the respective
governments for arriving at a solution of
the monetary questions which has been
vainly sought fer twenty years. It will
above all endeavor to bring about inter-
national pourparlers preliminary to any
omc1al reassembling of a new conference.
Principal Members.
The names of the principal representa-
tives of the various nations are as fol-
lows: Herren Won Mirback de Wabnitz
and Arenot, for Germany; Sir William
Houldworth, and Messrs. Grenfell and
Shacksommer, for Great Britain: M. Raj
falowich. for Russia: NJ Rochussen. mem
per Of council of state, for the Neither
lands; Counts Alexander Karolyf and
koloweat, for Hungary and Austria, re-
spectively; NJ. Bonesco. for Roumania and
NJ Raeder, for Der mark.
The first session of the congress was
exclusively devoted to the establishment
of bureau. The second session opened
under the presidency of NJ. Beernaert, Bel
gfan minister of state.
Objects of the Congress.
The congress commenced its labors with
speech by II. Allard, a Belgian bimetal-
list, and one Of the directors Of the Ma
tional Bank, who explained at length the
OBJECT OF the congress. namely, to place the
question of bimetallism on practical basis.
removed from any question of any school
1t was question of knowing if there ex-
listed any possibility Of re-establishing BIZ
meta!lism,- be declared according to tho
academic method, which declared that a
Whole inSot of gold or silver carried by
any person whatever, in any quantity what
ever. with respect to the money of any
country forming part Of the Bimetaliic
Union ought to be converted into legal
tender
The members of this congress and almost
all bimetalljSts have recognized the impos-
s1bility of returning on the modification
made on the question of silver tender in
relation to the value between gold and
silver, which. according to the bimetallic
ratio, was 1871 kilogrammes silver to
kilogramme gold, and had been in recent
times, according to commercial tender, 30
kilosrammes silver to 1 kilogramme gold
This was the undoubted fact and the con-
greSs accordingly sought a means toward
| meeting and removing this difficulty.
The sessions are secret, and the members
Of the congress decided to communicate
nothing to the press.