The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1864-09-30

the higher sounding one of Rothschild, ia
ken from the signboard over the paterna
house. On his deathbed their father hac
taken a solemn oath from all of them tc
hold his four millions we'll together, anc
they have faithfully kept the injunction
But the old city of Frankfort clearl y wa;
too narrow realm for the fruitful sowing
of four millions and, in consequence, the
five were determined after while to ex.
tend their sphere of operations by estab
fishing branch banks at the chief cities o.
Europe. The eldest son, Auselm, born
1913, remained at Frankfort the second
Solomon, born in IVA, settled at Vienna
the third, Nathan, born in LIT, went tc
London the fourth, Charles, the infant
terrible of the family, established himself
in the soft climate of Naples; and the fifth
and youngest, james, born 1892, took ur
his residence at Paris. Strictly united
the wealth and power of the FIVE Roths,
childs was vested in the eldest born new.
ertheless, the shrewdest of the sons oil
Mayer Anselm, and the heir of bis 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 dou-
bled the fortune of the family, gaining
more than million sterling by the sole
battle Of Waterloo, the news of which he
carried to England two days earlier than
the mail. The weight of the solid mil.
lions gradually transferred the ascendancy
in the family from Germany to England,
making London the metropolis of the
reigning dynasty of Rothschild. Like
the royal families of Europe, the members
of the house Of Rothschild only intermar-
ry with each other. James Rothschld
married the daughter of his brother Solo
mon; his son Edmund, heir apparent of
the French line, was united to his first
cousin, the daughter of Lionel, and grand.
daughter of Nathan Rothschild; and Lion
ell, again-meuber of Parliament for Lon
don--gave his hand in 1886 to his first
cousin Charlotte, the daughter of Charles
Rothschild, of Naples. It is unnecessary
to say that, though these matrimonial ALI
ances have kept the millions wonderfully
together, they have not improved the race
of old Mayor Auselm of TIE Red Shield.
Already signs of physical weakness are be-
coming visible in the great family. So at
least hint the French papers in their mea.
gre notices about the Rothschild's Con.
gress at Paris. From all that can be gath.
cred out of wilderness of canurds, thin
facts and thick fiction, it appears that the
sovereigns of the Stock Exchange met in
conference for the double purpose of GEN.
tralizing their money power and widening
their matrimonial realm. In other words,
the five reigning kings, descendants, accor-
ding to the law of primogeniture, of the
five sons of Mayer Anselm, came to the
decision to reduce their number to four,
by cutting off the Neapolitan branch of
Charles Rothschild, while it was likewise
decided that permission should be given
to the younger members of the family to
marry, for the benefit of the race, beyond
the range of first cousinship. What has led
to the exclusion of the Neapolitan line of
Rothschild, seems to have been the con-
slant exercise of highly blamable lib
erality unheard of in the annals of the
family. Charles, the prodigal son of May
er Anselm, actually presented, in the year
1916, ten thousand ducats to the orphan
asylum of St. Carlo, at Naples, and the
son and heir of Charles, Gustavus, has
given repeated signs of bis inclination to
follow in the footsteps Of his father. Such
conduct, utterly unbecoming of the policy
of the house Of Rothschild, could not be
allowed to pass unnoticed, and according
1--WE qote the rumor of Paris journalism
the decheance ofthe Neapolitan line has
been pronounced. However, Baron Gus
tavus de Rothschild is not to retire into
private life, like famous Charles ", with
only a cassock on his shoulders and a pray
er book in his hand J.; but is allowed to take
with him small fortune of 100000, 900
francs, or about six millions ster!ing-a
mere crumb from the table of the descend
ants Of poor Mayer Anselm, who wander
ed shoeless through the electorate of good
King George the Third. 1t is certain that
no romance of royalty is equal to the ro-
nance of the house Of Rotbschild.