The National tribune., 1879-02-01
THE RoTHsCHIDs.
A Sketch Of the Celebrated House.

summoned to an audience prominent banker of the city
81 OF those, he said, who trusted to the faith
of that aithess peurcr and enemy his race Napoleon
Bonaparte. lie promised preserve my territory from
violation and 70 treat a neutral prince He has
forced me to fly from my domain has already seized
it, is oblteate IL and make it part of the Kingdom OF
Westphalia. have with me about five millions Take
them Keep them in securtyunt my rights are restored
and recognized. How much interest will you allow me p?
(" In the disturbances of the time, replied Mayer
Rothschlld, can promise nothing 1t must be very
low rate if any. You will have to trust me to pay what
can, when am able taford it,
Very WELL replied the Elecor, my chief purpose
is to them From what learn of you cannot do
better than to trust you. must bid you adieu''
Rothschild departed received the Electors treasure
deposit was enabled to loan 1T and reoan it TO ad
vantage but paid interest it for eight years after
which he paid two per cent for nine years
it to the Electors in 1924
Such least according to the legend Is the ORIGIN Of
that wonderful house of Rothschild whose existence and
operation are surrounded with something of the mysteries
and dazzling spectacular display found chiefly fairy
manccs and Arabian Nights tales.
During all the troubles Of Europe in the early part Of
the century Rothscld remained undisturbed He nego
tated two loans of four million dollars for Denmark
which, conemptible now, enormous then. A large
wholesale Yankee notions or dry goods house might
surpass them to-day Mayer Rothschd had the faculty
of turning all chances to good account
just before his death in 1912 he called together his six
Nathan Solomon Anseme Karl, Mayer and James,
and said to them.
II want you to promise me on your solemn oaths
always TO remain united in carrying the operations of
our house
They he asked but after his death separated
or rather they divided Europe between They
and Naples. Each shared the general operations
OF the house but had individual supervision his par
tcuiar field Lit was not central bank with different
branches there Were tive different houses which if
sion required, acted one
The Emperor Of Austria ennobled ali of them as if
they were all the eldest, which Austrian custom
Their five golden arrows By remarkable coin
cdence an ancient writer predicted that Charon who
cording TO the old myth fered people Styx or
river OF DEATH and who gets his pay the
would have large income the year 1855 and in that
year, Nathan the eldest and Solomon and Karl ali died
OpeI daft ,laarY
last the secrets of that banking house But
there was not the smallest chance look into their big
books Another Rothschild stood ready to take them
from the dead mems hands. The firm is dynasty You
can learn from it only that it has secret of making
money
One of the great strokes of the Rotschd house was
made when Nathan the London banker and an English
cizen followed close in the of Napoleon 1915
if he foresaw the fall of that giant Tie sun had not set
on the battle of Waterloo before banker was we'll ON
his way to London He bought English consos at that
time very low in price When London heard the great
news consols and Rothschd Sold This transaction
was entirely Rothschld like In their transactions chance
Is as much perhaps as is possible in human
aars he conception of these grand schemes are clear
and SIMPLE however vast The accomplishment alone is
dlicu because it requires rapid glance over the whole
ned ana large capital But there is them indications
OF genius In most of these first great operations there
is the popularity of Christopher Columbus famous egg
trlck Dollars like soldiers to be hurled en- masse
ana at once against designated point The Rothschlds
IN tins respect have been the greatest captains cen
tuTy. e
Capital has displaced in the world Of industry
Formerly man was producer negotator. a bor-
rover OF lender Now, by the substitution Of capital he
may pe all OF these at the time In Belgium and
Spain the Rothschids are producers of coal and nuck
silver by virtue OF the railroads they own they are also
to-day they will be the largest buyers tomoryow
the largest sellers IN Europe Speculation the fairy of
the nineteenth century, and the Rothscds are it's god
sons Lille at the present day has been almost tripled in
intensity A man who dies at 40 years of age has GER
tany lived more than of the seventeenth
century
Money no longer has country. The Rothschids would
lend u 70 belgium and to Holland when they were mu-
ual enemies to Austria and TO Italy to France and to
Germany to Antoneli or Victor Emanuel. Though en-
pres go down with crash the house of Rohschd re-
MAINS unmoved They furnish the money to make war
they furnish 1t TO make peace The conqueror owes them
ior ms guns the conquered owes them for his ransom
arisen between them When Naples ceased to he q cam
tai the Baron Adolphe de Rothschd removed his banking
mouse from The city and demanded cash his share Of
the common funds fifteen millions But perbans recol
Letting the oath required by the founder of the house the
affair was arranged and the different Rothschids in ali
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