| Show IS IT OFFICIAL london times thunders Thon lri against Sl Sil liera sers restoration london aug 17 A special writer in the london times which in tile past has shown itself to have been lose close to the government makes a bitter attack on silver in closing tile the article the writer says hays the closing of 0 the indian mints was as justified austif led and all that is now needed to bring a great experiment to a successful ending is a little co cobrae courage urae as well as resources on the part of tile alic financiers of the indian empire at tin the same panic time plain nud straightforward ian language guage is advisable upon one point tile the indian statesmen tampered pere d too long with this flirtation which seems so innocent and innocuous has already cost them dear but for that tile the government would have consented to the closing of the mints long before 1893 tile the article comments on the characteristic act crudeness cruden and boldness of american diplomacy in bending Lendi tig a bimetallic commission to eff effect act a reopening of the indian mints while at tile the same time dealing the worst possible blow at british commerce by passing the dingley tariff it is clearly impossible to treat seriously a a commission which argues that unless we do something hiag for silver the united states will send sell S mr bryau bryan to the white house to the lasting injury of british interests it is not certain that mr bryan will be elected it is not even certain that if he be were elected wo we would suffer more than we should feel a new mckinley with another mckinley act moreover british investors in american securities have time before the next presidential election and before the crash to get rid of them one thin is certain we would bo be very ver y foolish to do anything for silver even should the united states and france agree to adopt and england to reopen the indian mints it would only bolster up tip silver for a brief space to fall again to its proper market price sq so that indian finances would be in a position as bad it if not worse than before |
