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


The London Globe gives the following
interesting account of the rise and present
position of the "money kings of Europe"
the famous house of Rothschild:
Among all the congresses held this sum-
mer, Of princes, lawyers, musicians, school
masters, social science men, political econ
omists, and hundred others, one very
notable meeting has almost escaped public
attention. A few days ago our Paris cor
respondent told US that a congress of the
members of the illustrious house of Roths-
child has been sitting at Paris. The pur-
port of the meeting was nothing less than
to rearrange the dominions of the great
banking dynasty. In one word. the great
object of the RothscAild congress was to
reduce the FIVE branches of the house who
now rule Europe. to four, and, following
the example of Garibaldi, to strike another
sovereign of Naples from the list of reign
ing monarchs. Henceforth there are to be
but four kings of the house of Rothschild,
with secure thrones at London, Paris, vi
emma and Frankfort.
1t is now exactly hundred years since
a poor Jew, called Mayer Anselm, made HE
appearance at the city of Hanover, bare
footed, with sack upon hissshouldere and
bundle of rags upon his ID Success
full in trade, like most Of his co~reiig ionists,
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 German roth-schild.
AS dealer in old and rare coins, he made
the acquaintance of the Serene ElectoT of
Hesse Cassel, who, happening to be in want
of confidential agent for various open and
secret purposes, appointed the shrewd-look-
ing Mayer Anselm to the post. The Sc
rene Elector being compelled soon after to
fly his country, Mayer Apselm took charge
of his cash, amounting to several millions
Of forms. With the instinct of his race,
Anselm did not forget to put the money out
on good interest, SO that before Napoleon
was gone to Elba, and the illustrious Elec
| tor had returned to Cassel, the capital had
more than doubled The ruler of Hesse
| Cassel thought it almost marvel to get his
money safely returned from the Jew Lane
of Frankfort, and at the Congress of Wen
ma was never tired of singing the praise of
his Hebrew agent to all the princes of Eu-
rope. The jewellers under the sign of the
Red Shield laughed In their sleeves, keep
ing carefully to themselves the great fact
that the celebrated two million forms had
brought them four millions of their own.
Never was honesty better policy.
Mayer Anselm died in 1919, having had
the supreme satisfaction of having his hon
esty extolled by kings ard princes. He
left five sons. who succeeded him in the
banking and money-lending business, and
who, conscious of their social value, adopt
ed the higher sounding name of Rothschild.
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house. On his death-bed, the father had
taken a solemn oath from all of them tc
hold his four millions we'll together, and
they have faithfully kept the injunction
But the old city Of Frankfort was clearly
too narrow realm for the fruitful sowing
of four millions and, in consequence, the
FIVE were determined after awhile to extenC
their sphere Of operations by establishing
branch banks at the chief cities of Europe
The eldest son. Auselm, born l773, remain