The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06
ENGLAND HAS
NOT AGREED
sas--==
Denial Of the Report She Has Sub
mltted ljlmetalllc Plan,
GERMANY MUST AGREE FIRST
London rapsrs BsalaaIug 20 Comment Ssh-
ously On the Efforts Of the
Americas cOmmlsslou,

Now York. August b--A special 10 the
World from London says;
Sir Th"maA SANDERS. who was psrmt-
non, under secretary and who ranks
noSt to Lord Salisbury In the foreign
ONCE. said to the World correspondent
II do not believe that IhD British goy.
"rnmcnt has submitted any proposition
10 ~" American bimutsllc ENJOYS.
have not heard OF a meeting between rrrH.
t1ont Mukinlvy'a commissioners and Lord
Salisbury at tho foroiEn once next week
The report that one viii bu held. deem
untrue a. tho same time. most of The
cabinet momborH viii bo away. Lord
Salisbury might come TO London from
Hatfield. but do not think he viii
serve and most Of tho ministers could
not lc present"
Mr ialfourn secretary says no such
meeting haa hcon arranged
The duiiy newspapers arc sorlUGniy
noticing Senator Woionrra blnotallic
commission. The Chronicle says. after
"authuutatlvely" announcing meeting
Tor next w,A'k which Sir Thomas Han.
dorn aaya has not isrcn calivi that most
Of tho cabinet will be present and LORD
Salisbury n hrH expected TO mako
known 10 President McKlnlcy'p ENJOYS
tho decision Of tho british government
on ths subject Of tho proposed extension
OF silver As cahlrd two wrvku ago.
many people have expected i.ori Sails,
bury Vill again make his Old ofr-r to open
tho Indian mlnts ana withdraw the 10
shilling gold piocea from circulation TAo
BlRual the most important financial
publication hrrr. has Inclined TO that
vlow and 80 has the Times. quaiihodly
uut tho world correspondent learns on
very nearly tho highest authority that
all such statements are without foundi,
tiou al prrnrnL
In connection with tho grave doubts
exprvha0i abou, any meeting bcing held
brforo September u may bv noted that
Mr. uAlfour and the rvut Of The govern,
mont arr nf the opinion That - would
harm rathsr than help any Effort to
nettl, thr monetary question " any orrr
wvro 90 br made by Orrnt britain hcfofc
oriclh negotiations privately eondurgcd
had proved that England. France. der,
many and tho United States wrre prc.
pared 60 agree upon st"pr 10 effectively
rrmpnrtlar silver and So maintain par
OF exchange u In believed that Haltour
na- refused 20 hold uny official confer.
onoca wigh anybody uu':l prclty Hsar
nnsi agreement haA been reached
The Frrnrh and United states govern
meutu have informed the ilritlsh govern.
myni wha, they viii DO u England and
Germany viii take certain steps n he
british government would acecp, this
oner tho acceptance must be conditional
on dcrmhny's agreement Germany will
not ho approached until Il 10 found what
England viii agrce TO. and much time
mus, rlaps~ before formal conference
"a possible Should Germany tacitly
Rgreo to "a proposition agrr-d upon hy
the three other eountrics, then such n
meeting has bccn predicted for next
wc-IC and Il might bc hrld. Tho prog
r,Ns Of the negotiations now going on
IN London rs hring kept profoundly ~.
crut. but Il is said that England is pre-
par-i to make few minor concessions.
London tnlecu Senator Wolcott and his
himetniljc colleagues more seriously than
Paris did The French newspapers, In.
oludlnH 10 Temps, made game OF them,
but the London journals regard them
with iNHpccL