<span>In war, whichever side may call itself the victor, there are no winners, but all are losers.</span>
Basically supporters of the free silver movement thought that bimetallism would help the economy by causing inflation. This would help farmers and others who had too much debt.
They played the British empire and the French empire again st each other by sighing each others treaties both. This counterbalance both of the powers that if one tries conquer Thailand, the other will try to stop it.