posted on Dec, 1 2008 @ 11:39 AM
A short time ago you may remember reading in your newspaper that plans for an International Monetary Reform were published on the
same day in both London, England, and in Washington, by the British and the United States Governments. These two plans were
presented in the newspaper reports as simple and innocent expedients for making it easier to re-establish international trade after the
war—a most desirable and worthy objective.
Strange as it may seem, though, the so-called British and American plans were supposed to have been drawn up independently, they were
basically similar, and both were made known to the public on the same day. This would tend to impress the people with the spontaneity of
agreement and the unanimity of purpose in the whole matter. It was another of those strange coincidences like the similarity of the
Beveridge, Marsh and N.R.P.B. plans of social security which were offered to the public within a few days of each other and were
identical in their main features. Well, I tell you frankly I don't believe in coincidences of that kind. They are too weird to be genuine.
Let me draw to your attention some of the main features common to both the British and the American plans for an international money
system. Both advocate setting up an international unit of money, based on gold. In one case the name "Bankor" is suggested; in the other
the term "Unitas" is put forward. But what does the name matter anyway, since both plans involve control of the international money
system by an international authority, which will likewise control international trade ? You see it is all international—centralisation of
power, etc. Both plans suggest that some such system should be set up in a hurry. Both plead its necessity on the grounds that it is
essential for the purpose of averting confusion in world trade after the war. How plausible! How persuasive! "Will you come into my
parlour said the spider to the fly," sort of manner.
Lord Keynes, a director of the Bank of England, is reputed to be the author of the British scheme. He is reported as having stated that such
international monetary system might be used to finance a World Police Force. All Totalitarian Powers evidently need a Gestapo. We are
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told who was the author of the American plan.
On the face of it there seems to be nothing in those schemes to unduly alarm people, does there? But that is only because the people
haven't the information which would enable them to understand what an international money system controlled by an international
authority, backed up by an international Police Force, would mean to them.
Listen carefully, Ladies and Gentlemen! For the past three years—in fact ever since the outbreak of war—there has been a steady stream
of propaganda, carefully organised and well financed, to win support for setting up a World Federation of Nations under an International
authority, to which all Nations would surrender control of finance, international trade, their armed forces and their citizenship rights. How
long is it going to take for the people to realise what is going on and what it will mean to them?
In the first place it would mean that the people of Canada would no longer be sovereign. They would no longer be the constitutionally
supreme authority in their own country. By giving over control of finance to some alien dominated international dictatorship, they would
be giving that authority complete control over every aspect of their national life. You see, control of finance would mean control of the
money system—and that in turn controls every phase of production and distribution. Stripped of all its camouflage, the final result will be
a slave state, worse than anything as yet proposed by our bombastic dictators. Is that what our brave soldiers are fighting and dying for?
Do you, as a true Canadian, desire such conditions? Then I ask, what are you doing about it?
Now is the time to act. If we wait until the bonds are welded and this dreadful totalitarian order set up, the people of Canada will then be
helpless to do anything about it if they do not like the harsh conditions that are imposed upon them. Remember that in addition to control
over finance, the international authority would also have control over the Armed Forces and the citizenship rights. If any individual dared
to challenge the authority of the international dictatorship he might find that they had deprived him of his citizenship rights. And if the
people as a whole started to kick over the traces—well, they would be un-armed and helpless while the international over-lords would
have control of all the Armed Forces and the World Police Force. So it would be just too bad for the people.
Do you consider it fantastic to imagine that anything like that could happen? How can you when the very idea I have outlined has been
put forward seriously as the basis of our Post-War Order?
Published Plans
In the first instance, two books on the subject were published. One of these was written by a man connected with a newspaper which, on
the evidence of a British Ambassador to the United States, was controlled by the banking institution that is the Headquarters of
International Finance. The other book was by the son of one of the founders of the Money Power on this continent. There is absolutely no
question about it that this plot, this evil conspiracy—to set up an international totalitarian dictatorship with control over every aspect of
our lives and armed with overwhelming forces to impose their will upon us, can be traced to that small group of men which comprise
International Finance.