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Show pi Mm. 1 Pr0d" and Powerful Klro-Hunganan Ban! is P'pgjjquidatecl B rh 26 (By Hie Asso-rftX Asso-rftX ,e 11 romance -r f- .. tien of the once proud itS"o!Jh ... with billions Kt of :h ,i Vs .n.l Mlll.-n-fie '-' ;. "; now scatter .1 KL ,han siv months the alii, d S of the hank In .... Vi , in fulfillment of jVn still n"''"' irlUlnP to ior,' ust when it BniTOBV METHODS. I iJJ ln wnlch the B.K.ed .interview expres- action with the Parle, W4 M H. i dntlon. stating that ton Jh,arfhefthn - rhttman said that th KJn'nf -itnl-le business princl-K princl-K e dicKSe of the LWn would Live made lh L . rtmpanaiv-ly simple one K5ir.Mrcnilv certain pow. rs did : W& with the American K-L months, hnv. . . . r . have K,, the old imperialism has, Bln this great institution. BVVK NOTES ISS1 I " mo Issue the rormer dual Rf,n! r r retirement of Kur paP" currency In the BS notes Sttn -f the ,.mp." ' K: fl th , were V fwernn-.e-. K'niv irreilei-rn.il p.. per. Em however, in m.ir.t.u'i HCac notes on a parity with, ill matters of foreiRn x- LBnwnr.K-ri' if'.' 'h- bank not ' Heudc-'l fl premium ov. r .M Hmid financial centers. Jt aisOi KifO i ito of sold Eh&raour.' I COLP Dl- M IT It-Haturjy It-Haturjy muni h? 0f l '' H tie r ; Et od Its nolo ClrcuL-itli :i was , i.ii ( i It was then .lo-Hhctly .lo-Hhctly commercial business, its. Hft&tlon l,elnK nn ancient one I'fctowrrnvnt for the ti'. I H ilbjht it rreat I gold HltD in July of 19M i's Hau almost at the lowest point.' iHtoof loar.s and discounts being Bevt 1.000,00 H th I Hhf had happened In the v.niM I. , ihe assassination ofi Kt Ferdinand. Thai iiati-in'-n' Hh how clearlv Kuropcan fin-hr fin-hr :tt posslbtllth fci:.C0O.nfi0 frowns Ol ItS gold 1 thf Hcfearly Indicated In in- weekly fte'j. as during the month of llh the lie cliir.it I. .mi ( war BiKrt had ln reaaed b Hold siocit ha. i It th NI.OOO.OOO and the loans over B ' " OlN MI'NT ''I l M)S ifmand? of the e,, . MM crowns; a 'ar later the j3Bm was which rj f. Austrl (i 'Pan from the hank, was I month-. tPon tho Ijank f.u "f F monarch-. . not' r,' " rh.. var l0;inH Were fln.it- L,-rrnnient ;ruinlv tha' ''"J'd at all tin Efth far- vainn flf ;,,. ilfl,iM i orrni-- I Bj1! ,'r these lonm I u I i and .Janm.ry l loann of r-Hun?arUn hunk ha.l In J.iOn.ofifi,f ,,. vv lth i3lhs thl. further m- .' ' r 1 1 iHa th loan .-u;' ,,;ink with a capital oi ff'Kn'1 wa loaned :'i(t,000.- LaKT iWa" iaKa.rV,1" eUff" of ih(, Vatic:.. 1 1 t((l lb (Ifm ni.r, k. Bk lai ' ' ' ' to," ' v;' '' bor..- ,, .1,, rnVw4. f"'""' V. hi. II BCOnf"r,"n,'r ' 'O ' W5 ? 'h" ,)' " rn Kn1 ,.as "ne export express-pl express-pl !-- 1 -Nhry to omit to kUtn i."''- to withdraw from Not.' '" 11 te,Tll...r Unk r "vvn , ,irr' ,U4'l,:i' " put In u 1 -fenj. uw,--t' dlvid. , ,nr "Ctt , ln Proportion t" !Uor. tn'"m tC rrnv' ' ' ' JfcllflM , r MUB'Ice 1 '"Mlble t., nep;, means of identification the notes Issued Is-sued before that date from those is-1 Hued after it- Obviously the latter j class became a charge against th Austrian republic alone wherever the n tea might be held. These were I some of the problems the liquidators 1 faced when they took up their duties I In Julv last. They found a nolo Issue of 63,000,-000.000 63,000,-000.000 crowns wholly apart from substantia 1 obligations to depositors for whose protection no provision had been ruado in th? treaty. As assets there were In the vaults some 2-0.-000,000 of gold securely boxed for hurried removal In event of Communistic Commun-istic attacks. There were obligations of ihe old monarchy totalling many billions and there were again the loans upon the war bonds. Th Austro-I luntfTirlun bank had 'many brunches. Its power reached I throughout the implro and nearlv all I Of the branches were housed n Its 'own buildings, manv of thrm VBTJ valuable. Thoso buildings were promptly sequestered by the varlouv succession states which are still using them under more or less vague prom-iMaj prom-iMaj lo pay for thcrn. There w.-re a few debts to creditors Ir. neuiral states u!l payable In foreign i urrencles. These the bunk was preparing pre-paring to pay on tho theory that thoy constituted a different class Of debts from the irredeemable banknotes. With these paid there would remain jfor distribution among the succession j states, making allowances for bulbl-li-gs seized, the remaining gold, ln addition ad-dition to BOtne balances abroad. In England, France and tho I'nlted States which had been seised by these governments. gov-ernments. No one seems anxious to accept Its loans so this unco great institution is being liquidated, the executors flnd-I flnd-I ing only a few millions In gold to contribute con-tribute to Its billions of debts N'o one pays attention to the shareholders, manv of whom are nationals Of neu-tral neu-tral countries which had no part In the making of the treaty. |
