The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-05-10

cuEe fortress. In addition 10 INC vast sun
Of gold there stored. there are Imperial aud
other treasures to the amount Of eyer 500
$4,000 in one OF the compartments of the
vault only three men In the "orid know
( lean designer the tar. aud the life treas
| ur"r trusted scrytur speciality appointed.
VINO has never lcft the confines IL i>ro lst1dt
since his appointment to ufiCc.
AN thi- smacks NJ medieval times, but
. instant arrest Is tho least that may bctll!
my prying indi' dnal who ventures n"ar
gloomy SGhlnssenbure. second fortress
around which as severe restrictions are
drawn as around the one already dcssii hcd.
49,
But It IS not to he supposed for one mo-
mcnt that Russia alone adopts the arbi-
trary measures here indicated Tn, Plan
Of Gcrmlny's strong room has been planned.
end It's contents guarded. with a secret
efficiency fully equal 20 anything that Rus
sln has done In the snmc direction
The historic fortress u Spandlu, within
easy distance Of Berlin Is where tn ac
cumulatcd treasure Of Germany Is stored,
and u has been ln past years declared that
the amount Of gold there deposited Is meyer
allowed Ia decline below the amount Of the
war Indemnity forced from France in cash,
namely. $loOVOWWO. Whether that
amount MAS hXed upou hy the pdhlic mind
IN the years Immediately following tho
tranoo-Gcrmnn war as result at the hclli-
coSr sentiment then prevailing. may not
be known. hut at an event, 1t IS conceded
ed to whenever onpnrtunftv serves
complicated system Of fortiacjtions sur.
rounds tho fort If 1t may So be termed
which haS hren built since the war Of 1870
Of stool stone and cement. and which serves
at tho strong room of Spindau. An rNton-
Si'e gu1id keeps watcbS ward niSht an
eionoj ,9G'cr ~ tbc otny y,b6 is .,,'rm a.,
secrecy as to even tha nature Of his duties.
and never f., speak Of the arrangements Of
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stringent ulcIce Is given In tho only mon
arch Of our time who has had the hoidness
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"'e "upPus'" w w ""' 'uH''S' "u.' as N.Y.
toforc Indicated, the store of gold that has
| hccn accumulated by RuSsia has became 81
,,,,,,,. mt T., h ai.,,,to,i t, 80
iu'"i'"'c 'i"' ~ ""' uiaqu'o'Vu u'u'I uu
| tons, and particularly England. The Inter
nation has been the financial hub of the
,niro,s, orJ tb, foot tbo+ Mt, g. ,,,r
| s"''''S'' ""u '"' '"S' '""' "u''iu - 'V"'
by year adding TO hcr hidden fund I'M
mense SUMS OF gold withdrawn from the
| general circulation contains within IL a
threat to lIuglands financial supremacy.
| What the motive is thar prompts such an
| immense accumulation is the puzzlc Is II
! far fha purposc OF increasing her uuuuciul
standin. amoug the foreign powersg So FAR
il mas certainly had thar rnect Does Rus
/ ga fnrrsco A Time when hhc will md th,.
| m ent uowcrs of the Wrst urruyrd against
| nor In mortal conHIct and nil Tho money
markets closed 10 hcr In CONSEQUENCE TO
those Who briieve that tho Slny nnd tho
Anglo .Snyon win come ia opcn issuc whom
hni1ie Mil he voifrd for world ascrnlra,.y
mis- tnif,bt nnnear so hnt II may be rtnlr,n
bnrnd mn a law vn,rs 400 no RntbschN,Is
rcfnScd ~ 1,,t a 'Russta1 lr,n nm n,,o,,,,t
~, d. - statc1 ~ tl,n tt,rr ~ M IJ,trr
,,crsc,,r,ions tbnt Tho lows Won. helm, s,,h.
t'rtcd 80 In Rmssia ,Iomt NM tirr rNo
Gontinc br,, nf E"ths'biId viclds In,,pcnso
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