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Show THIEGER MAN BANKERS Declare That Neither Germany or England Eng-land Would at the Present Time Be in Pavor of Free Silver, They Say That the Adoption of Such a Policy in the United States Would Benefit Nobody. MORE RUMORS OF WAR. The Massing; of Russian Troops in Poland Po-land anil Prussian Soldiers on the Russian Frontier, P . BALLOONS IN THE AIR. They Are Supposed to be a Part of an Extensive Ex-tensive Spy System- A New Klement in Modern Warfare Flashes from the Cables. Berlin, March 25. The discussion In the American congress on the silver question has attracted natch attention in Germany. The newspapers nearly all agree in the belief that free silver would be a bad thing for the United States. The Associated Press correspondent interviewed in-terviewed Dr. Koch, president of the Imperial Im-perial bank, the greatest financial institution in German, Dr. Siemens, director of the Deusche bank, the largest private bunking corporation in Berlin having relations with America, and other prominent bankers with reference to the effect of tlie proposed silver legislation In America. Dr. Koeh said both Germany and Euglaud would undoubtedly be willing to take part in an International monetary conference, but felt positive that neither country would consent con-sent to a bi. metallic basis, although Germany Ger-many would doubtless agree to some increase in the amount of silver used. Kxcept a few agarians, nobody in Germany dreamed of demonetization silver. Austria, which was changing from paper to sold, would not take up silver, and England also knew when she was well off. If America adopted free silver, nobody there would be benefited, the farmers would receive more for their crops, but the silver dollarswould have less purchasing value aud in the end they would be worse off. A change of currency is always bad, but a change to an inferior currency would inflict especially heavy losses on the country making mak-ing it. The continuous export of gold from America Amer-ica was a surprise to Dr. Koch. lie said it was probably due to a desire on the part of foreign holders to realize on the present high prices of American securities. Dr. Siemens and other bankers hold similar sim-ilar views with Dr. Koch. |