The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1907-05-02

70 China 70 aagist ~ separating
the Spurious from the Genuine
Notes Held BY the Big Financial
institutions Of the East-Powers
May Join In the Attempt 10 Step
skilful counterfeltlug. Which
Threatens the Currency Of Al
Nations.
The most ~stupendOus counterfeit
ing operations in the history Of thS,
world are coming TO light In the orr
ent. The amount Of money involved
is great almost beyond reckoning,
and the method Of forgery SO far
reaching. clever and dangerous that
all the n~nanciers OF the east are
alarmed.
The gigantic scheme. 50 successful
iy carried out that no living man
knows its extent, is practically laid
at the door Of the japanese. Point
by point the fact that the little brown
men flooded all Manchuria and stuff
ed the Russo-Chinese bank with spur
ioUs money during the war with Rus
STA is being established BY experts.
Sixteen million pounds. OF $4,000. 900.
Of the worthless stun is said 10 have
been detected. Nobody can guess
how much more is eKtant
japanese eBgravers and printers
have manufactured a counterfeit bank
q that has dehed experts for two
years and puzzles them still The
Russo+Chinese. the Hongkong and
Shanghai. the Imperial Bank Of China
and the Indo-Chinese bank-al these
have felt the sting OF the japanese
money viper. What effect it viii have
can as yet be only conjectured. Even
Europe has suffered.
Appeal has been made 10 the Jap
anese government to enact and en-
force stringent laws &c exterminate
the swarm Of shrewd conuterfeiters
in Nippon. and who elude the watch
full officials OF that empire. II is
claimed scant attention has been paid
10 his request. Japan has had many
things 10 look after since her costly
conquest Of the Russian bear.
Now Doubt the Truth.
Experts from the Bank Of England
and the American Bank Note com
pany are now on the way 10 China TO
assist 10 f~erreting out the tremen-
dous amounts o. bogus money known
% be mixed with the genuine. Their
findings. IL made public, are expected
TO startlo the world. They may he
so momentous that they win be sup
pressed to prevent the lettering OF
the strongest financial institutions In
Asia Bankers Of the orient fear.
with good reason. that they are hold.
Ing. locked "a their burglar-proof
vaults. tens Of millions Of pounds in
counterfeit notes which they took for
genuine. and which will spell ruin
when disclosed
The money men have not forgotten
that the Hongkong and Shanghai
banking Corporation was compelled
70 keep it's doors open 1--WE nights
and Eve days at a stretch 10 handle
a remarkable and unaccountable In.
nuX Of bank notes-notes Of which
many have since been found to be
~forgeros. and OF which the bank Is
not rid.
And the lndo-C Chinese bank, a
French corporation OF Shanghai, with.
drew its notes from circulation TO Ia.
vestigate the character OF those re-
coived Then a sudden and drastic
system Of scrutiny was put Ia I'm.
mediate effect Nine out OF every ten
notes we're reiectedi now thore Is
doubt about many OF the tenths
Plant in Kobe.
The Russian government has de.
handed an Investigation as 20 the
effect upon the Russo-C Chinese bank
OF the stream Of counterfeit money
which threatens to engulf The cars
financial craft and bankrupt half his
empire. az IL already has siberia.
Nicholas III may address a note e.
the powers asking hat the Mikado De
urged TO adopt measures to strange
the oounterfeitng mac charged 10
his subjects There Is grOund fog
the belief that they would readily ae.
Q~uiesce through the fear OF the spread
OF the plague and duplication on the
money OF other nations.
In Kobe has been located a counter
teitinE plant which is said 10 have
cost 100000. Il has ceased opera
uons. but worthless notes. SO near
perfection that only the minutesl
fault a be found by adopts. ara
declared 20 be stli coming from the
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