Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1904-01-20
MONEY FOR WAR IS lacking
IF RUSSIA AND JAPAN DECIDE ON
PASSAGE At ARMS.
Cash Tied UP Here-Franee Will Not
Loan Money, Nor Will German Bank.
ers-RothschiIds Are coId-Great
MiIlionaires Said to Have Taken
Hostile Stand Against Cars Nation.

S'SNoehSSIH0o NC SOio-SiSdS
MiIlionaires Said to Have Taken
Hostile Stand Against Cars Nation.
New York, Jan. acknowledge that
both Russia and Japan have been can.
vassing the bankers In Europe and
here with regard to the possibility
of floating bonds, and semi-official con.
firmation that Russia has been turned
down by France, her best friend. in the
matter of raising funds, while the
chance of Russia getting anything in
Berlin is also considered very small,
directs attention to the internal re-
sources of both Russia and Japan for
furnishing sinews of war. 1t is thought
likely that Japan can borrow some
not muhh-in London,
but Japan will have to look to her own
treasury and to her own people, just
as Russia will have to do.
N. Raffalovitcn, Russian banking
expert, is quoted as saying that coun-
try has 5O0,O00,0 600, roubles in gold, or
upwards of $250,OOO, 200, to draw on
Tor emergency. Russia's mainstay is
the Bank of Russia, which has been
itself for some years. Rus
sia's gold at bank and in, treasury in
November last amounted to $344, $685..
900, silver $33,775.oO0, while the cir.
notes outstanding were $780,
10000.
The Bank Of Japan. at the same
date. according to the report of the
secretary Of the finance department,
at Toxic, had gold holdings valued
at $57,S34.47S, with outstanding circu.
lation of $101, ,423, 1896, expressed in dol
lars. 1t is interesting to note that since
1898 the gold supply in the Bank of
Japan has increased more than $780,
100000, while the Bank of Russia's
stock Of the yellow metal has decreas
ed, presumably in connection with the
debt refunding operations.
Will Affect Home Industries.
Japan's preparations to turn the to.
bacco and other industries over to the
government as . war measure for the
purpose of providing more revenue
points out the possibility that the bur.
den of war expenses in both countries
will fall heavily on home industries.
in which case Russia will have a de-
cided advantage, because Of her great
er wealth and resources. Some Of
Japan's chief products for export are
silk, cotton and textile articles. in
form; rice, tea and fax.
seed. Russia exports chiefly grain,
oils. dairy products timber, sugar. and
flax State control of the railroads
and Of the spirits trade would, no doubt
be made to yield much larger results
France Deeply interested.
Perhaps more deeply interested in
war between Russia and Japan than
any other nation, outside of the tive
would be France. because
Of the enormous number Of Russian
securities held today by the French
people. by some estimated at 81 800.
O0O, 900, par value. This explains why
the French government has. been do,
ing its best to head off war War
means depreciation of outstanding Sc
curities Of any nation engaged in it..
as Wall street views it. The presump.
ton Is that more securities will be
turned out by the government in Ques-
tion, which tends not only to reduce
the market value of those Of the coup-
try in question, but of other govern.
ments in whose countries a market Is
sought. This Is explained on the
broad principle of imitation and 1t is
also due to the habit of capitalists and
others to shift from one security into
another yielding a larger return on
the investment, assuming that the Sc
curity Of the investment is somewhat
similar in both cases.
- Can't Raise Money in America:
The power welded by Hebrew bank
ing interests Is strikingly illustrated
by the part they are said to have as
sumed In the negotiations by Russia
for loans in'Paris 4nd Berlin. It has
been stated here, and not denied, that
the Rethschilds had taken Z hostile
stand against Russia. for reasona read
fly imagined, in view of certain demon,
strations in Russia. ~ siaF' - Z