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Show AT BRUSSELS. Spcccli of Sir WJsod, an English Delegate. A WAIlMMs 1'lttlM AJIKUICA. Stojlc GoIj Standard tin Oa!y Thing .ot C'r.'at Britain. nu inn .rinv tu nan it, lie Met rrnr r Hie siiasrleisi, llele- anlloi. Addresses Ills Mlsre lo,ii.rra Hitistim, Dec. 0. Hlr C. ltlvtn Wllsou,who said Ills views were shared by Hlr Charles rrucmanllc, the other Hiltlah delegate, said he believed nil thu governments who sent ilt'cgalei there rrcuiulzod the rejeu.a of a great danger.' q "Ho nolo of warning has reached us from America," ho eall, "and tossy thuleaat It la doubtful whither the Amerloii govurumeut can continue Inl.flnUcly tho glg-utlo elljrts fruitlessly fruit-lessly uisdo for so many years to maintain main-tain and raise thu price of ssllvor. We nuuln't luqulro whether tho jolliy which has governed tho currency legislation of the great rijutillc was wise In couieptlou, but It taiinot ha den et that It baa not realize 1 expectations expec-tations and Is greatly tbo came of our present osltl3u. In any cssstlio sus ion, Ion of Amcrlcvi silver purchases I as become Iho radical ijuistlon of the day, and If Itshoull occur might lead to the sus suslou of colnagu In India. Certain lile.li authorities I elluvu thu sudden cosiatiou of ( urehasea of silver by America nnd the closing of I mlls'i mints w ould load J ,,n heaV) tail lusllwr aul n disastrous disturb-sneo disturb-sneo ot commerce. Others contend that the fall already has been greatly dlscounte t and thu removal of thu present uncertainty would have no bad tdtet. In view of these divergent Ideas as to what course should be adopted, Hlr Charleannd myself will frankly statu that wu aro puru monametallats, and do not admit that any olber system than the single gold (tandardlsapr licablo lu tlreat llrltilu. Wu will admit that thn Itot'iichlld and Levi Ian would not t Incompatible Incompa-tible with our principles, bat Iris not enough tint theso tohemes are drfansl bin lu iiluclplu. Would eilherplan havu tbo least chanco of met'lng with the preponderance of support-that would justify us In recommending that llm llrltlsh government consider 117 We think not. Another plan may, however, be formulate 1 uud approved by thu conference, aul If It does not conlllct with our p.lnclples, It will ricelvu consideration from the llritlih government " BUI B. U. StOLEaWOIITIf, one of tho delegates for India, combat-ted combat-ted thu theory that Ureal llrltaln o ed her commercial soli rlorlty to the gold laniard. Utoat llrltaln Is saved from serious danger only by the bimetallism of Iranoo the whole ijueatlou required re-quired to In, uxamliird from llio view of thu Industrial ai well aa thu monetary mone-tary and financial Interests. ant u. . llOUXlKrouHTIl, n llritlih del, gad, then I rescntud his plan, lie propose 1 that a blmutalllo union ahould bu formed by thu lis thus willing lo enter Into tuch agreement, agree-ment, and the nail ins referring to retain the single gold standard ehould unilortskutohuvo their mints ruoeivu silver bullion In not less q isutltlee tliau the Hie I minimum against receipts, noting tliu quantity nnd value at a specified rata cr oiucu, to Ik determined deter-mined by agreement, Iho quantity specified to bu delivered by weight to thu bsarer whenever demanded and thu receipts to circulate as money. Mil M'ant-Aiiv of the American delejstlou proceeded to llnt out thu dillloiiltles and perils of the existing situation, and said that whatovcr the cause, the fact remained, aud a remedy una Imperatively necessary. neces-sary. Ileal proolati I Iho attention that Itothschllii had given the ooulereuce, but oou! I not sujiorl his plan, lie could not a hull that It la u projer reined) fir America to oontlnuo to 1 urcliose 61,000,00 1 ounces of sliver annually an-nually nt a i rice not to exceed 1U0 cents on thu dollar ou condlllon that the Lurojiean (lowers made purchases yosrly to tho amount of jCuuu,uou for llvo joars at n rho not to eaeeod J't perue er ounce, aud If sliver ahould rlsu abovo that I rice thu purchases to be Immediately suspended, s'lt seoms uu uiiequaldlatrlbulloii," siid he, that wu should be ixiwcted lo purchnsu twlcu as muoh silver an Lurope, riiuotjectof the conference sboul I be, not lo fix a rice whlo'i shctill keep silver below par, but lo enlargu lis uo nnd rintora It to a parity with the value It had with gold I rlor lo!872" McCreary referred to the complaint of tlio llrltlsh chambers of uommnroe quoted III the recent declarations of Irish Hlihop Walsh and Mr. Halfour, and oontuo led that their salvation demanded de-manded recognition, as It wits a belter reiuuly than thais iggestod liy ltoths-child. ltoths-child. The American delegates aro ready to co-operate wltuothor delegates In a candid and determined ellortta maintain tin, in jnetaryfunclloni of both metals, Therefiru, after sub-nlliug thu general j Uu of bimetallism, favored by America, tliey nim sul nilltoj a plan favorol by them selves. It svas a j lain business busi-ness proposal, and If adopted, thu necessary details could easily bsarrangod It auuuunoes no lluurj, and reposes no untried system. It only opeus a w ay lo luturn la tho lime tried and time honored system under which guld and silver were for many years at par and equal Instruments In uxchange. Aelaof larllaineul, laws of Congress and edicts of monarchs had changed the real value of thu met a!s. In orler that llm situation In the United Htalcea might bo fully under-stood, under-stood, Mr. MtUr aty rsi lalneil thu I tuition of Iheilllletcut ullllral parlies an I added that ho lelluvod thu oiiilo in i rmrnl without rtgarJ to Ihu politl-qil politl-qil ufUiialtunr, tu Joncd the American li nu. lu ro'errlng to lliosllvcr bullion law, tin said that Iho law w.s cot entirely tallsfncti r) tb either part) , nnd In sup I o.'t t f his stnteniout quote I from tho p'aUorma u le U I liy tie Minneapolis and I'lilrjgo conventions riieslinnk-nguof riieslinnk-nguof thsvolunioof inonej wuiil 1 decisis,, de-cisis,, orient end ten I to cuuceiitratn winllh, ontlcli Hindi and Iniiuvcrisli llio luiiuy. Ihevolumu ol gold aul sliver III Ihu world Is nearly equal. When silver Is stricken down thn amount of coin Is reduce J, resulting In adliululihidamruut ot mane) and n innitliit shrill atjoof values lucoli-clusl lucoli-clusl in, Mr. McCreary said. "I believe that the host nlm of thn cnnleiouco Is thu reiuou, tlzstlon of all-vnrrind all-vnrrind Uiecolnugoof golj and s Iver Into money of dtbl puylug ver, with International powcroi use," this, lu tils ci lutein, would give unity and stability tu the value of money and furnish tliubcstronieJy fartbuoslstlug evils from which all clvllliej nations arnsuHcrliig. The conference adjourned unlit Thursday. |