The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-07-26
WAR TOPICS.
The Rothschilds, King William and
Napoleon III.

The Rothschtlds, King william nn0
Napoleon III.
From the Stats Zeitung.l
suThere will be no war" said lately the aged
widow of Mayer Anselm Rothschilds to an ac-
quaintance, ''for my son will not give them
the money" This was, doubtless, aso u. nne
when he came to Ems to induce the King Of
Prussia to give up his obstinate purpose and
to grant some small concession to the longing
desire of the French monarch. Perhaps he
wished to say to the King that the Rothscnilas
would furnish him no money; and that II ne
did not take pity on the embarrassment Oh tne
French Emperor they would employ all thc!s
financial power to the injury Of Prussia and
Germany. e.,s,f, 80,
However, King William cares nothing for all
the Rothschilds In the world. He has well
filed treasury, with more than thirty millions
of hard dollars, the exact opposite OF the
French treasury, whose accounts snow no.n-
ing except on the debtor side. Besides, the
CoIncil of the North German Confederation,
relying on the future appreciation Of the Diet,
has granted him an unlimited credit. The
King, accordingly, was unwilling to receive
the financial Regotiator; and while he himself
packed of the lmpertinent Count Benedettl
with round answer, he sent word to the rich
Baron Rothschild by servant that ne was not
at home.
At this Mr.. Alfonso gets angry and resigns
his Office as Prussian Consul-General in Paris.
It must be admitted that this Is very proper
act on his part; for he would by no means be
suitable person to represent the commercial
interests of Germany in the French capital at
the present time. He ought also to be praised
for so warmly espouslng the Interests OF tne
Emperor Napoleon. Gratitude Is DeantlIul
Princes father, In l84s, made In Paris the per-
sonal acquaintance Of Louis Napoleon, he was
worth about two hundred millions. Out OF
these two hundred millions, In consequence OF
the convenient information received from the
Cabinet of the President at the time OF the
coup d'etat, and since then from the CABINET OF
the Emperor, he has made two thousand mill
lions; but of these two thousand millions, the
greater part Is engaged In all sorts OF specula-
lions and enterprises, which would turn out
dlsastrously If anything unexpected should
happen to the Emperor
Prussia and tho War.
From the New York Times.l
The King of Prussia, in his speech to the
North German Parliament, on the opening OF
the session, alluded to the war as struggle
''without which Europe can never be at last
ing peace" This Is very candid commentary
on the situation. The policy Of Prussia being
what 1t Is, and the interests of France being
what they are, war was inevitable. Even II 1t
could be averted now-and nothing short OF O
miracle could do 1.-THE contest would have to
be fought out at some future time. Two very
ambitious powers are anxious to take the lead
Ing place in Europe. We do not now say
which we ought to sympathlze with. That is a
matter of feeling and Of opinion. What we
have to deal with is the fact that the war
has been as clearly fOreseen by Count
Won Bismarck as by the Emperor Napaleon.
It Is nonsense to say that Napoleon has taken
oly 1oI do q
of action which it would require years to COM
plete, and he has been steadily pushing on his
plans, well knowing in what quarters he would
provoke opposition. First or all, Austria had
to be cleared out of the way. That was mat
ter of no great difficulty. But that was not the
end. France had grave interests at 81 AXE, and
II was only question at what point OF Bis
fere Perhaps the Prusslan minister did not
anticipate that the Spanish plot would be the
critical move-more probably he did foresee
1t, and determined to provoke the unavoidable
conflict on that very question. He has not been
caught in trap. He knew very well that
war with France would complete his great pro-
ject OF German unity" by bringing over the
he was content to take the risks of a war as the
price OF this advantage. "Not Prussia alone,
but the entire German nation, rises in it's full
majesty against the audacious man who
presumes TO trample nations into the
dust to CRAFTY his princely. lust" Such
Is the language OF the preamble to the reso-
lntions passed last night at the meeting of
the Germans held in this city. The "audaciors
man" is, OF course, Napoleon III. In other
quarters the opinion Is confidently expressed
that the result Of the war will be to extlnguish
Napoleon. That looks simple enough on pa
per, but it is among the peculiarities of Ma
poleon that he Is not easily "extingulshed."
It is in his favor az present that the French
people are at his back, not to laention the pos
sibility of Austria and Italy likewise ranging
themselves on his side. The support of Eng
land is counted upon for Prussia-no one can
say with what justice, for the foreign politics
Of England are always muddle. England
went Into costly war for the purpose OF main
tanning Mobammedan Prince in Europe. She
glve her sympathies to the Southern States at
time when 1t was very necessary for her
future well-being that she should have sup
ported the North: She looked on and
saw Denmark crushed, Notwithstanding that
Danish Princess is to be the future Queen of
England. No one would be surprised Ii she
now decided to make deadly enemies of her
nearest neIghbors and her most powerful ally.
Prussia would receive her aid, and leave her
TO settle her own scorce with France. We are
told that the cause OF Prussia Is the cause OF