The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-07-02

in 1874, settled at Vienna the third, Ma
than, born in 1777, went to London /: the
fourth, Charles, the eRfant terrible OF the
family, established himself in the soft eli
mate of Naples and the fifth and young
est, James, born in 1872, took up his resi-.
dence at Paris. Strictly united, the wealth
and power of the FIVE Rothschilds. were
vested in the eldest born nevertheless, the
shrewdest of the sons of Mayer Anselm,
and the heir of his genius, Nathan, the third
son, took the reins of government into his
own hands. By his faith in Wellington,
and the flesh and muscle of the British sol
diers, he nearly doubled 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 ear
lier than the mail. The weight of the SOL
id millions gradually transferred the ascend
ancy of the family from. Germany TO eng
land, making London the metropolis of the
reigning dynasty of .Rothschild.
Like the royal families of Europe, the
members of the house of Rothschild only
intermarry with each other. James Roth
schild married the daughter of his brother
Solomon his son Edmund, heir apparent
to the French line, was united to his first
cousin, the daughter of Lionel, aud grand
daughter of Nathan Rothschild and Lilo
mel agan-Member 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 alliances
have kept the millions wonderfully together,
they have not improved the race of old
Mayer Anselm of the Red Shield. AL
ready signs of physical weakness are be-
coming visible in the great family. So at
least hint the French papers in their mea-
ger notices about the Rothschild congress
at Paris. From all that can be gathered
out of a wilderness of canards, thin faces
and thick fiction, it appears that the sover-
eigns of the Stock Exchange met in confer
ence for the double purpose of centralizing
their money power, and widening their mat
rimonial realm. In other words, the five
reigning kings, descendants, according to
the law of primogeniture, of the FIVE sons
of Mayer Anselm, came 10 the decision to
reduce the number to four, by cutting off
the Neapolitan branch of Charles Roth
schild, 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 10 the exclusion of the Ne
apoltan line of Rothschid seems to have
been the constant exercise of liberalitY
unheard of in the annals of the family.
Charles, prodigal son of Mayer 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 his inclination to follow in the
footsteps of bis father. Such conduct, ut
terly nnbecoming of the policy of the house
of Rothschild, could not be allowed to pass
unnoticed; and accordingly-we quote the
rumor of Paris journalism-the deAeance
of the Neapolitan line has been pronounced.
However. Baron Gustavus Rothschild is
not to retire into private life, like famous
Charles v, with only a cossack on his
back and prayer book in his hand, but is
allowed to take with him a small fortune Of
$3.50, 900, 900, or about six millions ster-
ling-a mere crumb from the table of the
descendants of poor Mayer Anselm, who
wandered sboeiess through the electorate of
good King George the Third. 1t is certain
that no romance of royalty is equal to the
romance of the house of Rothschild.