San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-08-05
OUR B|METALDSTS.
Senator WOlCOtt And His
Commission.
RECEIVED BY THE BRITISH
PRESS WITH COURTESY
AND RESPECT.
The Chances Of A Conference Are
Very Good, But Germany And
France Must Speak Before
The British Lion
Will Roar.

view lOIh, AUG "a ulSpdlCu " the
World from London says:
Sir Thomas Sanderson, who as the
PERMANENT undersecretary ranks next
to Lord Salisbury in the foreign office,
said to the World correspondent:
81 do not believe that the British
government has submitted any prop
osition to the American bimetallic en-
voys. have heard of no meeting be-
tween President McKinley's commits
sioners and Lord Salisbury at the for
eign Office next week. The report that
one will be held deem untrue. At
that time most of the cabinet members
will be away. Lord Salisbury might
come to London from Hatfield, but no
notice has been served and most of the
ministers could not be present.
Mr.. Balfour's secretary says no such
meeting has been arranged.
The English newspapers are now Sc
riously noticing Senator Wolcott's BIZ
metallic commission. The Chronicle
says after "authoritatively" announc-
ing a meeting for next week, which
Sir Thomas Sanderson says has not
been called, that most of the members
of the cabinet will be present and Lord
Salisbury then is expected to make
known to President McKinley's ENJOYS
the decision of the British government
on the subject of the proposed extern
sion of silver.
AS cabled two weeks ago, many inn
portant people have expected that Lord
Salisbury viii again make his old offer
to open the Indian minis and to with
draw the ten-shilling gold pieces from
The statist, the most i'm
portant financial publication here, has
inclined to that view, and so has the
Times qualified.
The World correspondent learns on
very nearly the highest authority
that all such statements are without |
at present.
In connection with the very grave |
doubts expressed about any meeting |
being held before September, it may be
noted that Mr.. Balfour and the rest of |
the British government are firmly of |
the opinion that 1t would harm rather |
than help any practical effort to set |
lie the monetary question if any offer |
we're to be made by Great Britain be- |
ore official negotiations, privately con-
iucted, has proved that England, |
France, Germany and the United |
States were prepared to agree upon |
steps to effectively remonetize silver
md to maintain par of exchange. 1t |
S believed that Mr.. Balfour has re-
used to hold any official conference |
With anybody until pretty nearly fin
Il agreement has been reached.
The French and United States gov
have informed the British
government what they will do if Eng
and and Germany will take certain \
pecified steps. If the British govern
nent should accept this offer, the ac-
eptance must be conditional upon b
agreement. II
Germany will not be approached I'M {
i it is found what England will agree Ii
,, and much time must elapse before Ii
formal conference is possible. Should Iy
Germany tacitly agree to the PROPOSE S
on agreed upon by the three other III
ountries then such a meeting as has I
cen predicted for next week might be 10
cid.
This progress of the negotiations now
ping on in London is being kept pro-
'undly secret, but it is said that
ngland is preparing to make few t
inor concessions.
London takes Senator Wolcott and v
S bimetallic colleagues more seriously t
an Paris did The French newspa- t
RS. including LIE Temps, made game C
them but the London Journal re- g
Lrds them with respect. 4