Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-11-02
MORNING LEADER
=MONDAY MORNING NOV. ?, 1868,
Tbo House Of ROlhsohIId,
From the London Globe.l


public attention. A few days ago, our
Paris correspondent told Us that a congress
Of the members Of the Rothsehild has been
sitting at Paris. The purport of the meet
ing was nothinf less than to re arrange
the dOminions of the great banking dy-
nasty. In one word, the great object of
the RothschiId congress was TO reduce the
i've branches of the house, who now rule
Europe, to four, and following the example
Of Gsribaldi, to strike another sovereign
Of Naples from the list Of reigning mon
aFchs. Henceforth there are to be but four
kings Of the house Of ROthschild, with Sc
cure thrones ct London, Paris, Vienns
and Frankfort.
Itis now exactly hundred years since
poor Jew, called Mayor Anselm, made
his appearance at the city of Hanover,
bsrefooted, with a sack on his shoulders,
and a bundleOf rags on his back. Sue
cessful in trade, like most Of his religion
lists, he returned to Frankfort at the end
Of few years, and set up small shop in
the "Jew Lane" over which hung the sign
board Of a red shield. called in the German
roth-schild. As dealer in old and rare
coins he made the acquaintance of Sc
-eAs Elector of Hesse Csssel, who, hap
pening to be in want of a confidential
agent for various open and secret pur-
poses, appointed the shrewd looking May
er Anselm to the post. The Serene Elee-
for soon after being compelled to fly his
country, Mayer Anselm took charge of his
cash, amounting to several millions Of
horins. With the instinct Of his race, An
selm did not forget to put the money out
On good interest, SO that before Napoleon
was gone to Elba, and the illustrious EIec-
tor had returned to Cassel, the capital had
more than doubled
The ruler of Hesse CasseI thought it al
most 8 marvel to get his money safely re-
turned from the Jew-Lane of Frankfort,
aud at the Congress of Vienna was never
tired of singing the praise of his Hebrew
agent to all the princes Of Europe. The
dWellers under the sign Of the Red Shield
laughed in their sleeves; keeping care
fully to themselves the great act that the
electoral two million forms had brought
them four millions of their own. Never
was honesty better policy. r
Mayer Anselm died in 1872, without
having the supreme satisfaction of hear
ing his honesty extolled by Kings and
Princes. BE left five sons, who succeeded
him in the banking and money-lending
business, and who, conscious of their 40
cisl value, dropped the name of Anselm,
and adopted the higher sounding one Of
ROthschild, taken from the signboard of
the psternsl house. On his deathbed their
father had taken a solemn oath from all Of
them to hold his four millions well to-
gether, and they have faithfully kept the
injunction.
But the old city of Frankfort clearly
was too harrow realm for the fruitful
sowing Of four millions and, in oonse-
qusnce, the five were determined after a
while to extend their sphere of operations
by establishing branch banks at the chief
cities Of Europe. The eldest son, Anselm,
born in 1913, remained at Frankfort
the second, Solamon, born in IVA settled
at Vienna; the third, Nathan, born in
1777, weat to London; the fourth, Charles,
the infant terrible of the family established
himself in the climate of Naples and the
fifth, and youngest, james, born in 1892,
took up his residence at Paris. Strictly
united, the wealth and power of the five
Rothschilds we're vested in the eldest
born nevertheless, the shrewdest of the
sons Of Mayer Anselm, and the her Of his
genius, Nathan, the third son, soon took
the reins of government into his own
hands. By his faith in Wellington and
the flesh and muscle Of British soldiers, he
nearly doubled the fortune of the family,
gaining more than o million sterling BY
the sole battle of Waterloo, the news Of
which he carried to England two days ear
lier than the mail. - a sa7
The weight Of the solid millions gra du- |
ally transferred the ascendency in the fam
ly from Germany to England, making |
Dondon the metropolis of the reigning dy- |
nasty Of Rothsehild. Like the royal fam,
lies of Europe, the members Of the house |
IT Rothschild only intermHrry with each |
,ther. James Rothschild married the
laughter Of his brother Solomon his son |
Edmond, heir apparent of the French line,
RNs united to his first cousin, the daugh- /
yer = Lionel, and granddaughter Nathan |
hotnsS,ild; and Lionel again-M. P. for
41ondon-Vave his hand in 1886 to his first
cousin CaS7otte, the daughter of Charles
Kothsenlld, 9 Naples. Il is unnecessary
70 say that, tho1yh these matrimonial aIli- !
ances have kept L. millions WonderfuIlv
together, they have ~ ironrove5 tbo 90
Of old Mayer Anselm b tbs Rad Sb;sJJ
Already signs Of physioaI1 1,vasi, 49," I'-s ~.
becoming visible in the greaS saro;I,- e.
ct iesst hint the French paper =;
meagre notices about the Rothschiil tlelF n'l
gress at Paris.
From sll that can be gathered out of a |
wilderness Of caRards, thin faces, and thick /
fiction, it appears that the sOvereigns Of |
the Stock Exchange met in conference for
tAs double purpose Of centralizinr their I
money power and widening their matri.
nonisl realm. In other words, the fva
'eigning kings, descendants, accordins a.
oamogeniture, Of the five sons Of Mayer
anseimi came to the decision to reduce
.nelr number to four, by cutting off the
NesPolitsn branch Of Charles RothschiId.
While 1t was likewise decided that permis.
ion should be given to the younger mem
'ers OF the family to marry. for the bene-
i OF the race, beyond the range of first
ouslnship. What has led to the exclusion
I the NespOlitan line Of Rothsehild. seems
have been the constant exercise If a
lghly blameable liberality unheard of in
be annals Of the family. Charles. the
rodigai son Of Mayer Anselm, actually
resented, in the year 1916, ten thousand
uoats to the Orphan Asylum of St. Carlo,
Naples, and the son and heir Of Charles,
-ustsVus, has given repeated signs of his
iciinstion to follow in the footsteps of his
,ther. @ - :. /.
Such conduct, utterly unbeComing Of tb a
olioy Of the house Of Rothsohild, ccnlfS
ot be allowed to pass unnotioed, and A.
'rdingly,--we quote the rumor Of Paris
urnalism,-the dseheaHcs of the NespoIi-
n line has been pronounced. However.
aron Gustavus Ga Rcthschild is not to re.
re into private life, Ike famous Charles \
with only cassock on his shoulders,
ID prayer book in his hand; but is al .
wed tn fa re