The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-18
CARS STORE OF GOLD.
Far In Excess Of the Amount of tn,
Proposed Loan.
A BILLION IN THE GOLFERS or RUSSIA
eauses WFioh Led Americas Powerful
Friend to Mako the Ofcr, and the
Consequences OF a ccep,nnce.

Since the Washington Post published
the news that Russia has offered TO In,
United States I'm amount of gold euih
Gent TO overcome not only the present
hut also any possible future cmharrnss
ment in the treasury. il has been tn,
VI chlci topic of conversation and discus.
sion in the circles of statesmen and poli
ucians of Washington. Yea. i, may
even he said that it has surprised the
diplomats inanciers and editors of two
continents, and that II is at present the
most important event of international
interest.
This Importance will Justify the thor.
ough treatment of this question by one
VINO is Us well informed on the subject
as he is objective, and whose sole pur.
pose is 10 clear the many differing opn.
IONS prevailing in the copital of the
United Statcs.
RusSias offer being an indubitable
! ihct' II remains only to investigate
/ Wu"ther she is in position To carry il
CUT ana what causes and consequences
/ her step must or may have An other
| Wn.bi,c,,,,,,.o 'i ''"I Sta',Siliau ana one OF
u,e..t IL. ir""i"E n""h,lS nus eA
NV im upuntS as TO huSsla ahil-
o,n in ,1id "na w ut'""nt oi N'Vu'uVV'.
! OF tn" yellow metal coveted 90 much at
the present time, 1t has been claimed
that RuSsia only lately has tried to
borrow money in London. Berlin and
in - ',, ,it' way "'I nii'nVcs WefS not
portations whatever. Thcsn SETTLEMENTS 1
are entirely erroneous or lmsrd upon
wrong Information. kn~sla haa not
iro,,aI,, ~ ~" Nnsh'us'on ''oSt
standard value of the gold com. Int She
has also accumulated an enormous
amount OF EolI IN CON ana bars, far
moan, future m. -, ''''.'''.' nv
the treasury. MIR. Wittc. has NOT merely
planned one of the most surprising
nnan'e campaigns IN the world : history,
puI ne was alSo Snih'iehily TAR eightcd
nnu ouVIE'uc' hu"-'r t us a'knoWicdgr--
inrh{ "" curry ON successfully. I'm
yer Ms direction huSSih mas not only re-
'uN'Iei from tno wounds ana enormous
Nul""u'' urrS "' h'r W"r WIN turkey, nut
lnproN'u tue Hu"tatipuS OF hrr bonds To
"i u ,'..,, 'HEr''; inc i'ussl9n
gov MINT nas hlN, p"nsnt ana brought
l;l'iHauH' u huiidlhg az IN" present time
ul' in'Hrs' Hnd nloSt expensive railway
81 'l' W"rld' ana IHHt' I'M not least.
ms hoHtl,n III ltS treasury an amount ot
folH Wnich lts Varlonsly estimated from
one hi'l'"h 10 TWO hliilon roubl'S. ana
ul'n' "''V,ulhH 10 Mst 1niormntlon'
Is n'' '''S 'nah one pnnon dollars
,,
rms accumulation is the more surpris-
ing when the fact is taken into consid-
cr,ltion tbnt II was achieved nnt with
r-n
'"' "''P ""' u. Sp''' ~ ,n' Rr'"' mont
tnry powers Of Europe 1t WAS possible
only 10y the most sagacious manipuln-
tions md through tbc most ovunricnccJ
..., .....,...
anu ''"N'""r'hF agents Nn'ch 'h' hus-
sian government employed on all tho
bourscs Of Europe. MIR. Wittc took nd.
'''''"''" '.'""''',
tt,n Farm, f,ilnrr H. p,un,,,,, ,',,ic
the Italian breakdown and the Auetro-
Hungarian conversion. While the
't"'h"InluH ana 'h'f allc~ were hlrec''
if wonI1 nr",unt, tb"ir .rh,.n,"s h"st
Mr. Wittc bought secretly and unnoticei
ms much of the yellow metal ns be could
lPs ~, 'nir plcy. uhV iuus n,,tn wv
Into Rnssion cnnycr.ion In, Rothscbilds
and Bcchrodcr cndeoyorcd to exclude |
itu"Slon bonds IRON the Penrscs "i Her
~ nuu Tlp" I'LL ,|,'''''" ,nos mcn,
ularcd ,l-.m oosilv IN paris aid ,bn lam |
Wa suhecribcd tcn times over in Ernncc |
alone Whom n TOW months nro. Rms |
Sin dictntoJ , nnrnn,ntory .bnlti'' Ia |
Jnuan sbo succerdcd in the shortest ms |
sihl" ,imo ia nrrotiat,, n loan far China
under her pnnroutec. and The Celestial |
omnirc" roid Japnn far Tho evacuation
of k ORION nctunllv In English pcld These
fa.isNand o,,om fncts thrv orc ,n every
nnc who bas watched aud noted thc
ovcnt" "nrovo incnn,rnvortil,Iv tbot Rus.
sia H. in nossnvsinn If LARGO nmn,nts NJ
goIJ md that shn also il in n uositinn
la threw tbn gauntlet TO The money pow
crs 81 Eurore
1bc oro,,ior u.h,.,bcr Uuss;, is in
d,
'he position '" on'r u lare' "ihou"l u
gold Ia the United States being thus
answered ,fTirmotivelv. II remains 10 in
a.,i.,.,. ,I, ,,d ,..,,..,,,,,,,,,,., az
y, ~
This offer Ihs friendly feeling OF IN"