| Show fROTHS CHILDS PL I His Proposal Not Finally Disposed Dis-posed of S I MODIFICATIONS WILL BE MADE The American Delegates Hay Decide to Ask the Conference to at Once Discuss Dis-cuss Bimetallism BRUSSELS Dec BTho rejection of I Rothschilds plan by the committee of tha international monetary conference does not finally dispose of Rothschilds proposals The minority of the committee who commitee supported sup-ported the plan are feeling their way to f taking a vote of the conference on the scheme with the amendments offered In committee that no limitation be made on the price of the proposed annual European purchases of 30000000 ounces of silver that purchases be and over above ordinary purchases for token coinage and metal and that purchases bo employed as monoy either by coinage or as t metalio basis of I notes to ba issued These modifications have increased the value of the plan in the eyes of bimetallists When the conference S resumes its session Tuesday Sir William Houldsworth one of the British delegates will bring forward further amendments to Rothschilds proposals As tee committee I recommended a discussion of the plan with amendments by a full conference i will come up in the proceedings of Tuesdays meeting unless the American delegates decide de-cide to ask the conference to proceed without with-out delay to discus the question of international interna-tional blmetallism It has transpired that delegates from the 5 countries belonging to the Latin union voted against the Rothschild proposals on the ground that they were not able to recommend to their governments to increase I in-crease the stocks of silver under the limited purchase scheme and because the fc te countries in tho Latin union could not Increase In-crease their present silver currency without with-out international free coinage bemgea tablished With regard to the plan of Moritz Levy I which includes the withdrawal of ail gold coins under the value of 20 francs Sir C Fremantle deputy master of the British mint declared that he could not promise the consent of the British government to a withdrawal of its half sovereign pieces |
