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Show "EUlaOPE'S. FINANCES. All Hie (fold tlitt l Imported from America (iocs at Present to I'.mila. NO DANOEfl THAT SHE WILL OO TO WAR. A financial Crash Jlar bo Iwlfil I'or. The Kxporlol Cold nlll lleturn. nr Tslsersea to lbs Mssrs.1 Tiir. 1101.11 r.xronr. A Well-liuonn llnanelee's Tlrse or Ihe nailer. J!utLl.v,.May IS. The heavy Imports Im-ports of Amealcan gold Into Kuropn In gineral, and Uerroany lu particular, have drawn thu attention of iluanclers to thu inslter. In all Interview today with a re.jrte r of the Associate,! Press, Hcrr lllelchroder, who thaita tho Itolhschllds' financial power oil Ihe continent, said: "All the gold coming herefrom F.ngland and Franco Is re-shifted re-shifted to Ilussls, which country has been draining heavily from lierlln and ttlll hevvler from Iindon. In order to protect the llnnk of Knglnud, so as not to drain Its rrsourcis, American goU waa called for. Had Iho ltusslan demand la-en im I by n withdrawal of Ihu geld from london nud llerlln tho ratu ot disccunt of tho banka of those cities would havo Imn II or 7 iwr cent, lu Ihe present statu of nflalra this would simply mean ruin to thousands. W avoided It by buying American gold." When asked what Itussla wanted with all this gold, aud If she Is preparing prepar-ing for war, lllclchmdtr said: "You an state with absolute certainly that for three yeara Itussla will not think of wnr. 1 have received today icslllvn Information that she Is iiwn the Joint of changing her arnisment, and It will lake three years to do this. I do not fear war, al least from I Inula. I look with more distrust Uen tho condition of Iho Western bourse. Iook at tho T-oiidun market; It la glutted with Booth Amerlcnn tecurllles. Not ono of thoso reubllcs can meet ItsolJIga-tlons ItsolJIga-tlons and tbo itinscqueucei may lie a great crash. North American securl. tlis and railroad bonds will not bo ntTbctuil, except by the general feeling of distrust. You can tell tbe Associated Associ-ated Press that the Americans havo no reason to feol nervous nbout the gold taken away. It will toon Host back. Itussla has to roieiy large loans, aud that's tho reason sho Is accumulat ing all the gold she can. ly-and-by It must bo paid cut." When asked If they will not neej Kold to lief feet the new ltusslan loan, e said: "Neither tho llothachllds, myself nor auy other Lank will ad-vaucoucentlo,Ituiila ad-vaucoucentlo,Ituiila till things are more secure than than now." Henry Vlllard of New York Is now In the city. All sorts ot stories aro told as to Vlllard'a purposes In visiting llerlln. The old story, frequently contradicted, con-tradicted, about arow between blinand Ihe Deulch bank, which Is the representative repre-sentative of the German bondholders In tho Northern Pacific, Is again circulated. circu-lated. Herr Hchroeder, ono of Iho directors of that Institution, said tho stories are entirely unfoundc J. |