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ALL THE GOLD IN THE WORLD"

statistician, estimated that Americans
were spending annually S150.000.000 in
France, while he put down at $780,
100000 per year the gold scattered in
France alone by the tourists and for
eign residents of the world-actually
paying their expenses and purchases
on the spot. in France. This did not,
Of course, by any means. include all
Frances foreign commerce. That's an
other matter. And while most of ii
was spent in shops, hotels, places OF
amusement. flats and villas of French
cities, Riviera stations and watering
places, by way of French railroads. il
was not so of an increase of $200.o00,000
annually due to automobile touring
and purchases of automobiles and other
merchandise on the spot by automobile
tourists In France. This was due en-
tirely to good roads.
Good roads are another way to use
gold.
France, you know. was the land of
gold before the war and when you learn
to what extent the calf still keeps
permanent address in France. you will
be surprised and edited to learn first.
how they kept the gold, and, second,
how they increased it.
Right here, / will mention the pri-
mary secret!
''If you earn cents, put l aside and
make it work.
And our Lord, Jesus Christ. in the
parable of the talents. told the rest
of it!
"If you can't make it work, loan 1t
out ct gold interest"
To the party of the napkin, the en-
ployer returning from his long journey
said.
"Thou wicked and slothful servant!
Thou knewest that reap where I
sowed not, and gather where I have
not strewed. Thou oughtest. therefore.
to have put my money to the ex-
changers, and then at my coming 1
should have received mine own with
usury.
France did 1t enormously, and see the
results. A deputy has been trying to
find out what became of the vast mass
of gold that was in France when the
wer began, because. you know, gold
money in So and 81 gold pieces was as
common in France before the war as 81
and IS bills are common IN America and
you could change your $40 or $40
French bank note for gold pieces in any
cafe or shop. When I travelled on
summer automobile tours Qike any
body else). took my expense fund in
gold pieces. fitting 500 each in handy
copper tubes.
Well. now, this Deputy Buffandeau
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it. Now. Mr.. Hay. see if you can get
this open without tearing It," When 1t
was opened he read the memorandum
of August %, with it's signature. "A.
outside. William Fl. Seward, w. ?. Fes-
sender. Edwin NJ. Stanton Gideon
Welles. Edw. Bates, NJ. Blair and j. Z.
Usher
You will remember" he said, that
TINS was written at a time six days be-
fore the Chicago convention, when as
yet we had no adversary and seemed
TO have no friends. ! then solemnly
resolved on the course of action lnd1-
Gated above. | resolved in case of the
election of Gen. Mcclellan. being GER
tain that he would be the candidate.
that j would see him and talk matters
over with him. ] would say: General,
the election has demonstrated that you
are stronger and have more influence
with the American people than l. Now,
let us together, you with your influence
and I with all the executive power of
the government, try to save the coun-
possibly can for the final trial. and l
will devote all my energies 10 assist
ing and finishing the war
The first and second drafts Of the
coins plain handwriting. were given
to the library by Clarence l.. Hay, Mrs.
Helen Hay Whitney and Mrs. Alice Hay
Wadsworth, heirs of the late John Hay.
The first paragraph of this address.
delivered on November 19, 1868. at the
dedication of the Gettysburg national
cemetery by President Lincoln begin
ming, "Fourscore and seven years ago
our fathers Brought forth on this con-
tinent a new nation, conceived in lib
erty and dedicated to the propos- -.on
that all men are created equal. is
now familiar to most of the older chill
dren of the public schools and has
been translated into many foreign
languages.
Johp Hay. who brought the greatness
of the writings of Lincoln nearer to
the hearts of the people than any other
biographer of the martyred President,
gives a living picture of Lincoln as he
delivered this address with the manu-
script folded in his hand: and writing
after the dedication was over. in the
exuberance of his youthful enthusiasm.
he said: and the music walled. and
We went home through crowded and
cheering, streets-and all the particu-
lars are in the daily papers"
Edward Everett. who was also an
orator of the occasion, said to Lincoln
when he congratulated him, i should
be glad IL I could fatter myself that 1
mad come as near the central idea of
the occasion in two hours as you did
in two minutes" And Sherman called
Lincoln's style THE unaffected and
spontaneous eloquence Of the heart"
The original Of the second inaugural
address. that of March 4. 1865. was also
presented to the library by the heirs of
MIR. Hay.
Richard Watson Glider. in speaking
of Abraham Lincoln as writer says.
THE cadence of Lincoln's prose; with
it's burden OF high hope. touched with
that herotsm which is SO near to pathos.
reminds one of the leitmotif the leading
motive in symphony and music drama
Of which musicians make use, and
which Is especially characteristic OF
the manner OF wagner" He also says,
"In the Anal paragraph of the second
inaugural we find again the haunting
music with which the first inaugural
closed"
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Precedent for Recent Diplomatic Break

sacrificing him to international exi-
geneies. 49,, ..-l. .-.sl- T.sf-
1t sometimes happens that nation
which is on the most friendly terms
with another nation will be represent
ed by minister or ambassador who is
distasteful to the government to which
he is accredited. Russia furnishes =
case in point.
Notwithstanding the traditions
friendship between Russia and the
United States, and the feeling OF graft p
tude to Russia for sending her neer
during the civil war with sealed orders
to sustain President Lincoln in the
event that England and France car
rfed out an implied threat to interfere
Russia after the war was represented
by a most unacceptable diplomat
This was Minister CatacaZy. he Was
thorn in the side OF President Grants
administration, and made himself also
further unacceptable by his personal
criticism of the President. His course.
in the first instance. met With milo
remembrance to Russia by WeshinE-
ton. but since no heed was paid TO
these remonstrances, Minister CatAcazS
grew more insolent.
Gen. Grant felt that Russia did not
fully understand the situation. ana was
therefore patient. but when the visit OF
the Grand Duke Alexis was planned his
patience reached the limit. Elaborate
preparations were made for receiving the
grand duke, and this was one n'eans oi
showing the gratitude felt for Russia :
moral support during the civil war. But
Alexis necessarily would be under the
Sponsorship OF his country's diplomatic
representative. and Minister CatacAz!
would be everywhere FL evidence at the
functions which President Grant and the
members OF his administration would at
tend in doing honor to the grand duke
A pereInptory suggestion that this situs
tion would be an intolerable one caused
the Russian government TO recall Min
lister Catacazy without further ado.
There are other instances of unac-
ceptabie diplomats who have been giveI
their passports. but as already stated
there is no case exactly similar to tina
of Ambassador Won Bernstorff. who ha,
been given his passports. not because he
persona..y. is unacceptable. but on &c
C. N, p
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THE MAKING OF VALENTINES

the creative stage of development and
others are merely printed in color.
Valentine post cards are usuaify
models. The hand-painted cards are
limited in number. OF course. witt
a couple of reliable artists workinE
all year. each card firm has wide va
riety OF designs to offer and II on
firms exist throughout the states. II II
small wonder that the shops can onel
so bountiful an assortment of Original
ones. By ordering the pest CARDS IRON
different firms they Gull the cievereet
output from the entire country.
A glance at the valentines this year
reveals the return with amazing favor
of the old-fashioned lacy variety. Our
grandmothers' favorites were supp1ant-
ed for several seasons by the colorful
hand-painted cards but once again the
paper-lace adornment has appeared
valentine day as a national holiday
is growing" says one of Washington's
shopkeepers, who has her finger on the
pulse of the valentine trade. and. there
fore. should be qualified to speak with
authority. Each year brings an In
creasing call for pretty cards."
Another side of the valentine card
business that is springing into exist
ence is providing place cards and ia
for luncheons. bridge parties and din
ners. The biggest card shop in this
city Is literally swamped with extra
work this year getting out sets OF such
cards for Valentine day functions, with
Cupid. hearts and lovers bowknots as
the decorations.
However, Valentine day is pre-emi-
nently the ,children's fete day and will
always remain so. Children come in for
the main share of greetings. and so the
bulk of the valentines are specially de-
signed to please them. This year the
military flavor of the war has crept
into their valentines. and we see sturdy
little chaps in soldier uniforms beguii
ing dainty little maids to give them
heart balm before they march away to
the front" ..-
All the valentines are pretty. The
hidsous caricatures OF yesterday have
I'VE never have a call
FOR them any more" confided shop
keeper. The new Valentine day cele-
bration that seems to be gaining Ia
force each year takes only the pretty
tributes Into account The
ugly ones. / think, are gone forever
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He was OF the heavy type of the dip
lomat, with all the Inherited traditions,
but discretion in commenting on the
domestic affairs of tho country to
which he was accredited did not seem
to be included in his traditional di-
plomacy.
During the presidential campaign OF
1883. when the tariff was n very live
coast inquirer in which he Indicated
that England as a free-trade country
would be glad to have Mr.. Cleveland
Reelected. 1t was claimed that the
letter OF inquiry to Sackville- West was
IA political trick. but. whether this was
so or not, there was no excuse for his
answering it.
President Cleveland was compelled
to ask the recall of his too-xealous
supporter. and the British government
acQuiesced. though not with very good
grace.
British public opinion. as rejected IN
some OF the leading newspapers, was
very bitter. One OF them declared that
Sackvflle-West. being an English gem
tleman. could not be expected to under
stand tricky nation OF Doors, and
that he was better off anyhow out of
such country and back on his ances-
trail estate in Sussex.
:. ::
In very much more recent case the
biilASh enOWe Gu All dnxleIy
to cultivate the good will of the Wash
ington administration by what amount
ed to tine removal OF minister not ac-
credited to this country. This was Sir
Lionel Garden the British minister TO
Mexico. He had previously served in
Cuba and Guatemala and had been re-
garded as somewhat anti-Amerfcan on
general principles. He urged his gov
ernment TO recognize Huerta in Mexico
which it did. along with other Euro
pean governments.
Minister Garden was enough OF an
Englishman not to go back on his con-
victions, and he remained a sturdy par
tsan of Huerta to the very great dis
pleasure of the Maderistas. It was
also intimated that his activities were
displeasing to Washington, and the
British government accordingly trans
ferred him to Rio de Janeiro. He never
went to his post. but died, as his
friends claimed, of a broken heart be-
cause OF his governments action ir
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EIHE diplomatic break with Ger
III many has no exact precedent in
the foreign relations of the
United States. This country has
e.4t.sed foreign ministers to be recalled
from Washington, and has recalled
some OF its own ministers who were
unacceptable to the governments to
which they were accredited, but the
dismissal of the German ambassador
and the withdrawal of the American
AMBASSADOR to Germany are unique.
The gravity Of the action taken is ac-
centuated by tho withdrawal of the
American consuls in Germany and the
German consuls in the United States.
There is thus an actual interruption,
not only of diplomatic intercourse. but
of all official intercourse between the
two countries.
1t may be said that th, official rela-
tions between the United States and
Germany are in Il state of suspense.
Suspended diplomatic relations between
big country and n smaller one are
not uncommon, but severance of in
rercourse between two powerful na-
tions is unusual, and that is why IL is
looked upon as the prelude 10 war.
This. clearly. is the expectation of for
eign diplomats. They are not san
giline as the President is understood to
he that hostilities may be avoided, yet
their judgment may be at fault.
Almost always when foreign minis
ters or ambassadors to the United
states have been given their passports
it was because they personally had
made themselves unacceptable. either
through undue interference in our do
nestic affairs or through their per
sonal conduct. The present circum-
stances are entirely different.
The Austrian amba ssador, DIR. Dumba.
vas recalled because of his offensive
activity in reference to Austria'S mill
rary measures il the United States. and
Austria acquiesced. Ambassador Won
Bernstorff was given his passports not
because of any personal derehction on
his part or violation of official pro-
priety. It was because of the convic-
ton that in no other way could the
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United States Has Opportunity to Replace France AS
"The Creditor of All Nations and Debtor of Nome"

lated. brought the worlds productioii
UP to s495,000.000. In the ten year
before the war the world produceo
$4,000. .o0o.o 900 Of new gold for coinage.
as fast as Phillips Brooks preached. Il
would take you twenty-seyen years.
night and day, to count three bfllicnr
Yet what is il in proportion to the
curities issued by railroads. canals.
municipalities, improvements. steam =
ship lines, etc, IN those same ter
years. and the $4,000. 100000 more q
commercial paper, bank notes. fndus-
trial and commercial business and res
estate undertakings which las Edmond
Thery eetimated) were land are) usfne
that new gold as their basis?
Since 1873 gold has been the unique
burden-bearer Of most Of the world 5
exchanges. Today IL Is the money
standard Of the world. In spite Of per
feet methods-checks, clearing house
devices, etc-the calf stands the brunt
Of all money differences. All the
masses OF business securities are really
promises of gold. 90 are all checks,
letters of change and commercial pa
per. -...-.
Now, the covering of gold was a.
ready so thin that ten times. In the ten
years preceding the war. a stock ef-
cident" sent banks and individuals run =
ming quick for metallic gold
It explains boarding.
1t explains panics. crises and specu-
Iative business failures. -
It explains even the astonishing pur-
pose, attributed by some to the United
states Treasury or federal bank. TO
lock up in their vaults the major
masses of new gold which have nowed
to the United States against all move
ment of commerce and finance
The oriental peoples. ana perttcu-
larly India, hide annually in the ground
some s97,000.000 in gold coins. which
never come back to civilization. except
in partial waves, at far intervals.
Happy those who have a business
earning 40 per cent.
Happy, also, those who draw honest
gold interest from a government
THE time will come when gold
Paris humorist. six months before the
war And he added: IF this prosper
ity continues. women will have to stop
wearing gold jewelry."
1 think he meant that the govern
ments might some day be led to i'm
pound the precious yellow metal at the
mines (to prevent a third Of IL being
wasted. annually. in the arts and
trades)-or to work low-grade ores At
a loss. for coinage purposes.
Already. in 1912, the recently stimu-
lated gold production of America, Aus
tralia. Russia, Siberia and Mexico had
notably fallen off, In 1913 the Trans
vaal production itself began to slump.
month after month, from June on. In
four months they mined $5.000.000 less
than in the corresponding period OF
1912. So it goes on. The state Of the
mines is known.
There's any quantity of gold in the
Transvaal.
But if it costs s5 TO mine IS worth OF
gold who'll mine it?
STERLING HEILfG
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thinks he has discovered that an enor-
nous quantity of these gold pieces
some $500. ,000-stiil remains hidden
in France. in napkins
He wants the government to get at
ii. because all governments in war need
gold, more gold. Here are the facts.
Cold pieces TO the amount of S2,40O,00o--
600 are known to have been in exist
ence, coined by the French mint. In the
Bank of France and in French govern
mental gold deposits kept abroad for
purchases, only S1.600.ooG,600 of such
gold pieces are accounted for There
fore. there .,ust = sS0o,9cr.990 in
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great ability during tho earlier part of
the Cuban insurrection. Among others
he captivated Mark Hanna, who stood
with the business interests of the coun-
try against our forcible intervention in
Cuba. Minister de LONE. at an acute
period of our relations with Spain,
wrote n letter in substance something
like this:
Dear Senator Hanna: Diplomatic
etiquet forbids my coming to see you
on the official affairs of my govern
ment, or else I would ask for an ap-
pointnent with you. Damn diplomatic
etiquet. I'll come anyhow, if you'll let
me-"
Senator Hanna was quite human. He
was immensely pleased. and sent word
to Minister de LONE to come and see
him. But the Cuban situation was one
beyond Senator Hanna. and as It be-
came more acute and as Minister de
LONE failed to exercise the influence
over the administration that he had
hoped, he became critical of the Presi-
dent. He wrote letter to the editor
of leading Madrid paper. who was
then in Havana, which contained very
offensive Characterization of President
Mckinley.
The Spanish government in Cuba was
honeycombed with insurgents, and it
was not astonishing that the de LONE
letter should find Its way to the public.
The consequence was Minister de
Lome's forced retirement.
England also has had more than one
humiliating experience with it's diplo-
matte representatives in the United
States. One of its ministers during
Madison's administration seemed to
possess all the arrogant and offensive
traits OF his countrymen without any
of their redeeming qualities. This was
Minister Jackson. He began his diplo-
matte career by making offensive
speeches i'll which he took a most domi-
neering attitude toward the American
government. He ended by outright
charges of falsehood and duplicity
against the American government
:;
England was forced to recall him. but
in doing this showed no disapproval of
his conduct. Instead, the British gov
ernment showed it's displeasure toward
the United States by taking long time
to name his successor.
Minister Sackville- Vests offense is
recent enough to be in the public mind.
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wv % s. s1s Ss,sa sa"s ss;e. ss. S%s" ssF@s sss sss
Such is the question winch gold
smellers are asking everywhere. They
are not all statisticians or intcrra-
tional bankers. Most Of the gold
srnellcrs are obscure men, mostly riclf,
OF will be some day if they want u.
Like kadmiel in kipling's tale The
Treasure and the Law, they know
how the earths gold moves with the
seasons and the crops and the winds.
circlinS and looping and rising and
sinking away like rivera wonder
full underground river"
AS it was true in Kadmiers day, so
it is true today: but there has been a
freShet. And the golden calf has gone
on tour. to browse beside the golden
floods in America.
What will happen? VIII he stay"
Ought try to keep MIN? Can we
keep him? What shall we do with all
this gold? Shall we let it flow back
to Europe!
In the parable Of the gospels u man
going on long journey confided gold
to his three servants and on his re-
turn he blamed the one who had done
nothing with the gold but wrap it i,
a napkin and bury il in his garden.
John Stuart Mill said: Money is not
the house you wish to go to, but the
way to the house. And Alfred Ney-
marck, who for fifty years has watched
gold making France rich and prosper
Gus, gives US 4 similar warning: ITO
sit down and think you are rich be
cause you have gold would be like
thinking you have goods because you
possess freight cars to hold them.
In a word, gold standing idle is not
riches.
OF course there is one way-spepd
it. That's the way we got it-Europc
spent il on US. We are a first-class
people. We travel and purchase first
class. After the war there will be a
mighty movement Of American tour
lists to Europe.
Does this say nothing to you? Every
gold dollar (they are all gold) spent
by American railroads, resorts, ship
ping lines, hotels and boarding houses
in picturesque, historic. agreeable or
quaint and curious American regions
for the purpose of attracting American
tourists to stay at home will be worth
81. SO, SIS or 81 ultimately-equally in
goldi
That's a way to spend gold-and get
more.
France did it. France will do it
again. In 1913 Edmond Thery, the gold
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for me" l do not exaggerate. An
English statistician, just before the
ure. that If the mass of French people
could continue to live up to this prin-
ciple, they would finally absorb all the
gold in the world.
Should Americans and others get into
the game of saving and investing for
gold interest. the French would have
competitors. that's all. Old French
folks around every French child tell
it. always: Always put aside. not to
teach it to women. instead Of telling
every girl: You'll have II when you're
married" they teach the girls. the same
az the boys: a savings bank book Is
better than soy-ride.' II has saved
France in this war.
You see. in France. the golden calf
was fed on artIchokes.
What did they do with the milk AS
Trance never had enough business to
pie became lenders of money-the
,.ankers of the world. Frarce was
creditor of all nations and debtor of
none" They loaned their gold to for
foreign cities. public works and in
dustrial companies; sometimes foohsh-
ly but oftener. wisely. The French IN
vestor demands one thing invariably
1t is known as the French bug In
terest must be paid in gold
Others call it the French string
they tie. it 10 the gold they lend. 1t
jerks gold back to France
tr@r@ IS c"r cnanc".
The bug lis ON the string"
We've got the gold. Let's trade with
it, work with 1t, build roads and i'm
provements with it; and what we can
nsr let us loan ahroad--for gold in
terest. Let US tackle France at htr
own game.
Do not be afraid they will not want
our gold. AS Things are nov. in Febru-
ary.. 1917, European nations will have
m nav something like $4,000. 900 900 per
year interest on debts-in gold. They
will need il every year. SO you VIII
have time to save and loan IT tn therl.
because all interest on public depts is
payable in gold or gold % eduiva'enus and
then-if lots of US should save ana
lend-we might be permanently In the
proud position: Creditor of all ana
debtor of none. which We hoio touay
by the mere fiuke OF war.
IT'S the best thing that could happen
To Amerfca-to learn to save and lend
1t is, also, wonderful opportunity
for America. They'll be onering US
slices of their loans and consolidatIons .
don't you see, they must have gold 70
pay their interest. even II they nave TO
mine it!
/ do not exaggerate much.
There is no danger Of gold drug
on the contrary.
I'M 1888. when the first Transvaal
mines were opened, the entire gold
production of the world was only $1l4,-
0OO, 900, and a third Of 1t Gas aiways)
was used in the arts and trades. In
1912 the Transvaal alone gave $780,
600, 900 gold and the rest of the world,
thanks to improved methods of treat
ing poor ores which the vast low
grade mines of the Transvaal stimu-