The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-01-22

The French have taken everything 7 had
and was very careful not to excite them by
resistance; otherwise, they would have searched
more thoroughly, and might have found your
alamonoS ana money where they were hidden
How, is it possible?"
es' my surrender was strategem. They
never touno what had hidden. For the last
nine years, IN order to indemnify myself for the
moneys had lost, have taken the liberty of
using some yours. All my enterprises have
proved successful, and, without embarrassing
myself IN the least l can now return YOU the
entire sum, with five per cent. interest"
The Prince was deeply moved.
Meyer" he said, "you are the most honor
able Jew have ever heard of. Keep nv money.
and continue to operate with it. From today for
two years want no return Of it, and only two
per cent. interest"
And thus Rothschild became a millionaire
Oid Meyer died in 1872. Before he died. he
had his hive sons, Anselm, Solomon, Nathan.
Chaties, and James, called to his bedside.
They received his blessing, and swore to him to
DC tN9 TO the law of Moses, never to separate
isom-each o'ner; anc never to undertake great
enterprise without having first obtained the
counsel and advice of their mother.
"Observe well these points, and you will soon
be the richest among the rich, and the world
will belong to you"
The old Hebrew proved prophet. A fnan.
cisi Pentarchy was founded at his grave, and
soon erected its thrones in the five principal
cities of Europe-Frankfort, Vienna, Naples,
London, and Paris.
The deposit of the Electcr of Hesse Cassel
continued to produce rich harvests to. the heirs
of Meyer Rothschild.
In 1914, at the Vienna Congress, the Elector
related TO the assembled Sovereigns the story
OF the Frankfort invasion, and Of the integrity
OF the old jew. AT once, the house at Frank
tort obtained the custom of the "IIoly ALI.
| ance.' 1t was commissioned with all the i'm
portant loans which at that time were negotia-
ted by the Emperors of Russia and Austria
and the Kings Of England, Prussia, Denmark
Naples, and Sardinia. In every one of these
great financial operations each of the five
Rothschilds had a share.
James, the youngest of the family, received
the loan of two hundred millions, which France
needed, to make friends of its enemies.
Dsposing over enormous capitals, the five
brothers created active and energetic cores
ponilng agencies In every part of Europe
They received information of the slightest
stock fluctuations in all the different and most
remote places. They negotiated with the most
| perfect security; and their operations remained
wrapped in the most impenetrable secrecy. and
were secured by certain success in speculation
OF the money market. Three of old Movers
sons seem more particularly to have inherited
his genius. These are Nathan, Solomon, and
| james.
| Nathan deserves especial mention. Scarcely
OF age IN 1913, he located himself at Manches-
ter, with capital of 100000 francs. which he
had borrowed from the paternal Golfers. In
four years he had tripled his capital, removed
his clearinghouse to London, where the extent
of his business soon assumed perfectly gigantic
| proportions
Nathan served his Government as interme.
| diatOr with the Continental Powers, who at that
| time were fighting against France, and he alone
continued to extend credit to the Cabinet of ST.
James.
lie was at Brussels in 1915, during the battle
of Waterloo, and Immediately after it fastened
to London, where he arrived twenty four hours
.in1ldvance Of the official news Of the victory.
riiustn9 these hours he went on Chance, bought
everything that was offered, and thus gained al
one stroke of business thirty millions
The invasion Of 1915 quadrupled his fortune,
and, despite of the most gigantic banking under.
takings, he never neglected even the smallest
matter Of business He died in 1886.
Physically, Nathan Rothschild had repulsiye
features His department was that of the evil
dent parvenu. To him is ascribed the first
plan of reuniting the children of Israel by
the banks OF Jordan he designed to buy from
the Turks that country which was promised to
his race. They would then, from pure graft
tude, have made him King of PALESTINE but
whether they would have exchanged their Eu-
ropean wealth and business for the land of the
Bible, still remains an open question. Our
lamented friend, the late Major Noah. was
jealous and earnest co-laborer of RothschiId in
that cause.
Nathan married the sister Of Isaac Cohen,
who had dowry Of fifteen million francs.
James, the head THE Paris house, went from
Vienna to Paris, to establish himself there, at
the very moment when the sceptre fell from
the hands of Napoleon. He was the principal
banker in the loans of the Restoration. He
and his brother Nathan received the billion of
war expenses, and the two billions of indemnity.
paid to the Allied Powers. That enormous
stream of money flowed through their Golfers,
and how much of it remained there has never
been ascertained.
After the downfall of the old dynasty, Baron
James offered his gold-fed hand to the mon
archy of the July revolution, and the hand was
gratefully grasped. The Baron and his wife
now obtained the often-before refused eltyee at
Court, and the Princes often appeared in Roths !
chlds saloons
Thus, under Louis Philippe's rule, the inAu. |
ence of the Rotbschilds daily and visibly in
creased. In fact, Ggi0 reigned supreme, and
even art and talent contended for the honor.
and often in vain, to obtain the entree to the |
hotel in the rue LATTE, for Baron James was
often very particular in the CHOICE Of his
guests.
Only towards literati he was amiable, espe. |
cio1lv do III i
tied humoris, who often had his fun, even at the |
expense of bis host. Thus, at the close of a |
brilliant banquet, several bottles of LachrimG |
ChrisEi had been consumed, Rothschild said to
the poet
What peculiar name for wine What |
can be the origin fit2"
@ The etymology is perfectly simple" replied
Heine. Christ weeps at the fact that Jews
should drink such excellent wine"
deuce take your Smartness u exclaimed |
Rothschild, amid the convulsive laughter that
followed.
Ordinarily, the two converted in the German
Jewish dialect; but Heine would never permit
Rothschid to assume towards him the conde-
scendlng. nabob style he always exhibited to.
wards others. If they had dispute, the poet
threatened the man Of money to publish their
conversation in the Reouc des deur Mondes The
c"ion ii,inleoiaOeiy turned paie with apprehen'
sion, and at once took the most humble steps
towards Cancellation. y
It's well known that, since 1851 the peculiar
hnancier has become Consul General of Austria
The secret history of the first half of Louis
Phlhppes reign has yet to be written, but only
one who is thoroughly acquainted with the life
and business of Baron Rothschid will be able
TO write it correctly. At the time of the coali
lion in 1889, for instance, the millionaire inan-
cier alone created rain or sunshine at his will
The Tuileries and the hotel in the rue Lattte
stood IN the most intimate connection, and the
!lnke de Mont siar nf tha rozulo-