The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-12
WELD ENORMOUS POWER.
NOTHING CAN COMPARE WITH
ROTHsCHILD's MONEY POWER.

tiOns-Prince bismarck, the Iron
Chancellor of Germany, Made TO
Bow to Their VIII.
From the Washington Post.
When a Partisan anarchist sent an infer
nal machine to the head Of the French
Rothschilds a couple of weeks ago the
financial universe trembled the next day
when the cable flashed the news to all the
quarters of the globey How intimately the
nations of Europe are entwined with the
fortunes of the Rothschilds is a question.
That the connection is very close, indeed,
can be easily seen by'a glance at the his
tory of Europe. One nation may declare
war upon another. but not the most pow
erful of them all has the courage or the
hardihood to declare war upon the Rotns-
childs. Such is the power Of money when
| guided by the hereditary genius of this
strange family.
In all the European wars of this past
century the Rothschilds were a most po-
tent factor. They practically held in their
hands the power to give victory of defea;
to either side by withdrawing their sup
port from one and concentrating it upon
the other. But this is not the policy of the
Rothschilds. They have no desire to make
an empty show of their power. War m
| the past has always meant untold mil
lions to them. Carnage coins gold for
! them. r..,,
What the wealth of this family is can
only be roughly estimated. 1t may be
81 600 OOO0 600 and it may be 5000 900 600; IL is
| somewhere between these figures. There
/ are eleven barons, each one of them
among the richest men of Europe, ana
with their respective fortunes SO fixed
that they can be used as a unit If need be.
All this wealth sprang from the genius
/ of the son of n poor dealer In furniture and
| cheap bric-a-brac at Frankfort. This gem
| ius was named Mayer Amschel Rothscnild
and he was the founder Of a fortune which
| has no equal In contemporary history. In
a small way this man started a banking
business. 1t was lutte concern, and 1or
| the first few years he had q hard struggle
to keep 1t from going to the wall From
| the first ne mapped out certain rules,
| which he absolutely adhered to, and which
| are Just as potent in the management of
the numerous banks to-day as they We're
| then, and for that matter they VIII prob
ably be IN force for a dozen generations
| from now. One of them Is "a man will
not tell what he has not heard" Another
| is gold Will never repeat what II sees"
! Absolute secrecy in all dealings Is the rule
! of the house. Let a clerk In any of the
banks be discovered talking about the
most trivial thing connected with the af-
| fairs of the business and he Is at once dis
| charged. AS far as possible the ROths-
| childs employ clerks from the same family
| generation after generation. The great
| grandson of present clerk may be keep
! Ing the same accounts a hundred years
hence that his forefather Is working on
| to-day. In time the capacity for saying
| nothing becomes hereditary.
| The Rothschilds employ skilled profess
sor of finance to instruct their growing
sons. Finance with them Is everything.
| A few Americans have studied under this
| genius. Henry F. CLING, the founder Of
the American exchange In London, was
/ Of lint he n N oil NJ
| teachings strictly, for, after building up a
| great fortune in London, without having
a cent of original capital, he failed seven
| years ago for $6,000000, leaving hundreds
| of touring Americans stranded In all parts
| of the globe.
! At the time of the Napoleonic invasion
! the great Rothschild had built up a local
reputation as a financier, and had already
established his son, Nathan Mayer Roths-
child, in London. for those Were unsettled
times, and the prudence of the man discov-
| cred the necessity of having place to fly
| to If occasion required
| When the news Of Napoleon's coming
reached Frankfort the, elector of Hesse
/ placed 1900 900 francs in the custody of
] the elder Rothschild for safe keeping. This
| poleon heard of 1t, and tried in every way
| to induce the banker to give 1t up.
A commission went to his establishment
/ and infinitely examined the vault and the
books. Menaces and Intimidation were in
vain, however, in persuading Rothschild
| to divulge the Whereabouts of the treas
ure, and the commission undertook TO play
| upon his religious scruples by demanding
| an oath. He refused to take 1t, and there
| was talk of putting him under arrest.
| Napoleon did not care to venture such an
act of violence and an effort was then
| made to win the old. man by the promise
! of gain. They proposed to him 10 leave
| him half the treasure II he would deliver
| the other half to the French officials. They
| promised him a receipt in full, accom-
| panied by a certificate that he was blame
! less for the seizure of the entire amount.
/ But the banker had already decided that
! all trusts were sacred and refused.
In 1914 the elector returned toxFrankfort
/ and the 100000 francs were paid back
| to him. The terms of the deposit gave the
| Rothschilds the interest on the money
while it was in their custody and this con-
siderable sum was in reality the corner
/ stone of the family fortune.
Wealthy marriages have also been part
of the creed of the family. In 1906 the
son who had settled in London married
the daughter of a rich banker, Lew Barnet
4 Cohen.
battlefield of Waterloo, and by Won
| derfully quick trip reached London before
the real news had been received by the
government He was on thp STAFF of
| defeat of Napoleon was certain rode at
\ breakneck speed to Ostend, crossed the
| channel at the risk of his life, and was
on the stock exchange the next morning
At that time England only knew OF the
first part Of the battle, when it seemed
| that Napoleon was again destined to
conquer. Rothschild's gloomy air and the
adroit rumors put in circulation argued
the worst for England. The prices Of Sc
curities fell at a terrific rate At the
proper time Rothschild put his agents to
work buying everything in sight. Later
came the news of Wellington's victory
Rothschild is said to have cleared S. CO.,
900 by the deal
Bismarck has been forced to bow to the
moneyed power of this family In 1856
the Prussian government demanded an
indemnity Of SIS 900 from the city 81
Frankfort The Rothschilds sent word to
Bismarck that Il any attempt was made
to enforce the levy they would break
49, pah IN ,sIi M was no lale
succumbed to the inevitable
Baron Alphonse de Rothscbild to whom
the Internal machine was recently sent
is the head of the Paris bank He has
strong ideas on the labor question and
has made many enemies in consequence.
Three years ago he expressed these views
on the labor problem.