Show FINALLY COMING TO THE pdftrr Bimetallism Agitating Great Britain to the Core OLD DAME IS RELUCTANT wcsvILxlnic TO ADMIT THE aiosu POSITIVE FACTS X A Zcanlnjr Torrnrfls tier Truth Haw ever That Mart In Time Bo ro luctli of Good liesults looln IilKe a Case ot One Relate Con vlncea AKnlnat ills IVlH Tfto Light la DrenKIiisr London Feb 2GIr Robert Ii Everett Liberal moved in the house of commons the bimetallic resolution which was approved on Friday last by the parliamentary committee of the Bimetallic league The resolution in substance was that we regard with Increasing apprehension the constant fluctuations and growing divergence In the relative value of gold and silver and heartily concur in the recent expression ex-pression of opinion upon the igEt of the government of TTrance and tmgov ernment and parliament of Germany In regard to the serious evils resulting therefrom therefore urges upon the government govern-ment the desirability of cooperating with ether nations in an international conference to consider what measures can be taken to mitigate these evils Situation at Iu < U Henry Chaplain Conservative seconded sec-onded the resolution and presented the situation of India as proving the necessity nec-essity of an International understanding understand-ing on the subject He urged the government gov-ernment to reopen the Indian n intg provided the other power reopened theirs and to give every facility for promoting the increased use ot silver In England short of changing her own standard Sir William Vernon Harcourt admitted ad-mitted that the Question was a grave one but denied that the distress in husbandry was due to the demonetiza lion of silver Husbandry was never in a more ruinous state than during the period when the eojiality of gold and silver existed and he was as convinced con-vinced of the value of monometallism as Mr Chaplain was of the value of bimetallism He reviewed the negotiation negotia-tion with the United States which ls to the Brussels conference and said the British refusal to discuss hO ro posal to open the mints of the vawms countries for the coinage of silver yes the position adopted by the present government and he hoped it TtvxoZu lie adopted by every responsible STvern meat The plan of the late government govern-ment however had agreed to considei what measure could be taken to im crease the use of silver in the currencj between nations In regard to the recent attitude of tier many there appeared to be an Idea that she had changed the opinion which she had Held in favor of a gold standard but he believed the recent declaration of Prince Hohenlohe did not amount to anything any-thing of the kind The declaration however how-ever no doubt implied a desire upon he part of Germany to discuss with the other powers the means to mltlgata tho evils which had arisen from the depreciation depre-ciation in the value of silver If Germany Ger-many made proposals with that object Itv view her majestys government would be ready to enter the discussion with a friendly spirit while at the same time adhering to its own country lio corn try was so deeply Interested as England in maintaining the currency on a sound tfasis and a continuity of this currency policy was a necessity Aa Mr Everetts motion did not commit com-mit the government to an agreement In regard to bimetallism and as the government govern-ment did not deny the existence of the evils referred to and as the resolutions only invited the government to join litany lit-any communications on the subject whether in the form of a conference or otherwise with the great states of Europe ha would not oppose the motion He was unwilling to place the currency of this country upon which commerce depended at the mercy of any foreign nation He declined to place the currency of England Eng-land under the control of any intferna tional committee adding n If France and Germany or any other powers wish to combine in the aufistton they can do so But It Is not for Great Britain to follow their example r Jlr Everetts motion was adopteclltvlth out division jf Sympathetic Aitlinclc London Feb 26A dispatch to the Times from Berlin says The Boersen London Feb 2gA disptach to theo Courier declares that the federal states have adopted a sympathetic attitude toward Hohenlohes proposals in regard to the silver problem and that It is therefore expected that Invitations to attend a monetary conference will soon be issued |