New-York tribune., 1904-08-15
LORD R0THSCHILD QUITS
Famous Financier Deserts the Lib
eral- 2 nioRist Party.

"HSC1S AIt0HttCF O6ScTtS tHS LtO-
eratUnionist PARTY.
Lord Rotllschilds abandonment Of the admins
tration and the transfer of his political allegiance
70 the Liberal party constitute a very serious loss
/ TO the government For, while the great fnaneier
does nor influence votes by his territorial
possessions, which small compared with those
or number Of his fellow members OF the House OF
| LORDS, yet ne commands enormous amount OF
political influence not only in the City of London.
but likewise throughout the United Kingdom and
ABROAD through his enormous financial, Industrial
and commercial interests. Moreover. the head Of
the house of Rothschild is regarded by many bust
ness men Great Britain as a species OF political
barometer OF a most safe and sure character, and
| they viii be disposed TO follow his example con-
Viaeed that by so doing they will promote the
cess or their various undeFta kings
Lord Ruthschd's action in joining the Liberals
means that he is strongly opposed to the projects
Of Joseph Chamberlain TO which the Cabinet is
more or less committed, and il is by no means i'm
probable that he may have been influenced in TAX
ing this step by the arguments and persuasions OF
LORD Rosebery who Is not only his kinsman by
marriage but also very close and intimate friend
The Rothschilds have. until now. invariably acted
as the financial agents Of the administration, no
matter whether Liberals Conservatives were IN
office For although Lord Rothsehild was raised
10 the peerage on the nomination OF the Liberal
Premier William E, Gladstone. yet he was daily
visitor at the house Of Lard Beaconshed, who was
NSLIl 70 nave q cnlt with him every morning when
In town before he dressed, 'Natty" Rothschild and
the great statesmans natutinal chocolate making
thelr appearance the scene about the same time
1t was through the RothschIds that Reaeonsfsld
made his great coup of purchasing Khedve ISmails
Suez Canal shares which have virtually given Eng
land the control OF the ranal and OF Egypt and
Lord Rothschiid was, a.so, I believe. an executor
of the earls VIII
But the present government is. hear bittarly
ncensed hy Lord Rothschiid's deserton. and es-
peeialy by the effect which II has created In bust-
ness circles. and under the circumstances IL is
doubtful whether the Rothschids will be intrusted
with any Of the financial operations OF the govern
ment as long as the present administration, re-
mains in Office
The announcement published far and wide In the
English and foreign newspapers to the effect that
Victor Hugo's granddaughter Jeanne known to
fame in connection with the poets worb Il Art |
d'Etre Grandpere, has once more appeared In the
divorce courts at Paris secure the dissolution
Of her marriage to Alfred Edwards is rather mis-
leading and based upon Misrepresentation. It is |
perfectly true that Mr. and Mrs Alfred Edwards,
who ara near relatives TO the late ex-Premier. !
Waldeek-Rousseau. have been airing their matri- |
monial troubles in the divorce court But Nine. |
Edwards is not Jeanne Hugo bur the daughter OF
the famous nerve specialist Charcot. and suppose |
that the confusion arises from the fact
Hugo's last husband was Or. Jean Charcot. that
is to say the brother of Nine Edwards.
There is some excuse. however. for the mistake, |
there Is family OF any note in France which |
has had frequent recourse 10 the tribunals. |
and especially to the divorce court in recent years
than that of the poet Victor Hugo. Jeanne Hugo. |
before being married to DR.. Charcot. was the wife
OF Leon Daudet. Of the famous novelist !
Alphonse paudet the union being dissolved by the
courts; while Jeaune's brother George Hugo. has |
likewise appeared in the divorce court against hts
wife. who a great heiress. q Mile. Dorian.
Not long ago George Hugo appealed to the
French government to be allowed TO exchange
his Christian Of George for that OF Vic |
tor borne by his uiustrious grandfather. But |
the government has not until its way |
70 grant me request. Indeed II "a difficult con-
ceive his assuming the style by which his !
grandfather was known. and should by any chance |
the demand ever be conceded, would suggest that |
his couutrymen should take the same means to
distinguish the grandfather from the grandson |
which old Victor Hugo employed TO distinguish the |
great Napoleon from his nephew. '"rhe Man OF
Sedan" whom hs was won't To describe as Ma
poleon the Little" II George Hugo ever becomes /
Victor Hugo. at any rate let him be known as
Victor Hugo the Little"
Since his early boyhood. George Hugo. who
makes OF the title OF count" and OF a counts /
coronet, has been n source OF trouble to his 4
family and OF dismay to his grandfather's ad-
mirers He was obliged TO leave the French navy /
on account OF misconduct. and he had no sooner
ccme Of age than his relatives were compelled 20 |
subject hra to judicial tutelage. in order 10 set
some curb upon his insane extravaganza. His /
with a suit brought against him by we'll known /
ladies' tailor at Paris for goods furnished to the
Maruuise de b. George Hugo had indorsed the /
lad-'s account with definite written promise 70 [
paw but when asked to settle declined. on the I
ground that he was longer terms Of in /
t!macy with the uarquise. a married woman. and I
that his responsibility for the account could not
be enforced BY law. since it constituted an I'm /
moral obligation.
soue three or four years ago he knocked .
IL, af (T1uledie Fran /
caise by his brother-in-law. Dr.. Jean Charcot.
nhysician OF the late Cornelius Vanderbilt FOR /
grossly insulting the theatre his only sister,
Jeanne the wife OF Or. Chareot. Having run /
through his entire fortune and having been Pre-
vented by the courts from dssiDating in It's en-
tirety she fortune or the heiress whom he married
he now lives at Florence on an allowance made to
him by his family
Eventually he will become very rich again.
through the death Of his aunt. Adele Hugo, the
only surviving daughter OF the great poet. She
eIepad with an English efHceF TO India from 1er-
SOW when Victor Hugo was living IN exile there.
Married without the French legal formaites, and
tar tuiou therefore unFeeegRiZed by FRENCH law,
her welded life was most unhappy, and her mind
rave way under the strain. Her husband dieu
about twenty years ago at Singapore, ard ever
since her return to France long before her father
1o,tb she has been confined IN private asylum
for the insane in the outskirts OF Paris. her
share In the poets fortune and IN the ownership
or the copvricht of his works being judiciously
,,,,infstered by trustees. that she Is now pos
gsssd OF great wealth. which. on her demise, VIII
hs divided Ia equal shares between her nephew
George. and her neice Jeanne Charcot
Tvti,e George is rldiculed for making use Of the
t,t1e OF count IN conjunction with name so cele-
broted as that of his grandfather. he is legally
s.....a.a g., 80 doing The poets father, General