The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-23
Roosevcit and the RothschlIas

washington Post.
! According to n special Paris letter to
! the Post, published in our edition Of Mon
day the 18th, the Rothschld brothers,
Alphonse and Gustave, respectively the
heads of the great banking houses of
London and Paris are so unfortunate-or
misguided--as TO Disagree with the Hon
/ Theodore Roosevelt in matter of finance
and craftsmanship
! 1t 10 to be said. OF course, that the
/ Rothschlds are entitled TO a certain rec
ignition They have, after generations
OF patient plodding attained very high
| pos. ton and accumulated incaleulabIe
wealth. They enjoy the confidence OF
every crowned head In Europe; they can
make or prevent wars at their discretion;
they can cripple nations and impoyerish
dynasties; they can equip nayies and
mobilize armies; they can change the
map OF Europe; they can smother impo-
rial amb tions or vitali1e them as they
VIII AS we have shown. however, they
have reached this eminence through dec.
| AIDES Of humble burrowing and crawling.
they did not as the result of heayeu-
born genius, rise at single bound to the
dl2zy pinnacle of greatness. Roosevelt
on the other hand, Is to the contrary and
! quite the reverse. Without any mil tary
/ "A
Few months with the COWBOYS In South
Dakota or chance visit to some military
picnic at Peekskill, n. Y.--be plunged
into the Spanish American war; showed
the regular officers how to attend 10 Their
business; instructed General Shafter verv
| iuily as TO every move in the campaign:
charged san Juan hill and captured II
single-handed, and even went SO far a,
TO give the secretary Of war several very
valuable hints at time when the latter
was all AT sea and did not know which
way TO turn for safety, Now, with as
Tue preparation or experience, but with
tne same Inspired insight, he is telling
the round-eyed mutltudes of the far
West that expansion is the ono hope a,
an honorable and glorious development
by the United States. and that silver coin.
age VIII reduce the Nations wealth nv
ohe-half, II not more. and brand us with
eternal shame hes des
In the Posts Paris special. above re-.
! iertea 10, II Is stated that Mr.. A, e
handle, a well-known resident OF Wash
lnston. met the Rothschilds at q Fren n
watering place, Trouville last month.
ana on several occasions discussed the
question OF expansion and silver COIN
age w'tn them. II appears from our cor
respondent that neither OF them taxa
ter'eal view which Roosevelt is dissent
hatlns IN respect to silver They are
roth OF the opinion that every country
should legislate for itself and not be in.
nuenced by any power" They agree 4,
asserting that the United States can not
compel Europe to accept silver in OK.
ohsngs for grid, but as no one has eye-
proposed such scheme, the declaration
Is not OF Importance On the subject OF
evanston. however. Baron Alphonsa
speat2 quite emphatically and 70 tho
one o. the greatest dangers before IN.
uhlted states is expansion While your
ccuntry mas vast undeveloped. rich terri
tories for You to seek additional responsl.
htes IN foreign lands is unquestonablv
en error and wnuls in the end lead 10
International complications. In which
AmoHca's credit would greatly suffer-
sr pc Il from us 10 suggest that tina
no.nschilds know as much about thess
matters as Roosevelt We do no, venture
ITO put the mere nnancier. however pew.