New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-02
BARON LAMBERT.
Nszo Head of Paris House of Roth
schiId Dynasty Not a RothscMld.

=, al the voluTnnous and eloquent obituaries which
,.ya heen published of the late Baron Alphonse
-,o.berhild little attention has been accorded
- th. noteworthy fact that he is succeeded as chief
- the Paris house of the great banking dynasty of
.oo,bschild not by his only son, Edward who mar
sa5 the other day, yet by his nephews, Robert
T.1nes or Maurice Rothschild, all French citizens
and grown men, but by his brother Gustaves SON
CLAW Baron Lambert; that is to say. by a man
--to has not a drop OF Rothschild blood in his veins
Lambert has FOR some twenty years or so been
she representative of the Rothschds at Br7ls-
ssls where he was created baron b. King Leo
nd The latter. indeed overwhelmed him with ia
xors and practically made his position in Belgian
ostv asking all OF the great mobiles to invite him
ao5 his wife to their houses, and meeting with no
-eburf save in the single OF old Duchess Flea
ror OF Arenberg. the most magnificent OF grandes
DANES. not only Of Brussels. but one might almost
say Of an Europe. who declared that King Leopold
-vse free TO invite whom he pleased to his palace
rnt that as for the palace of Arenberg no Hebrew
had ever crossed its threshold in four hundred
years and that far she was concerned she
trusted that another four centuries would elapse
before ever members OF the Jewish re-
oesyed as guests beneath the roof OF the Arenbergs
BY and by King Leopolds calls the house
Of Rothschild for assistance became more and more
messing. It during the early and costliest
phases OF his Congo enterprises. And then be-
gan a very difficult time indeed for Baron
Lambert, as it became necessary to close the
Rothschild pursestrings to King Leopold without
Transforming him into enemy. So clevery did
he manage things. great were the tact. dipo-
macy and financial acumen that he displayed, that
the Rothschiids 10 the conclusion that he
was. Of all their kinsfolk the best qualified to
direct the operations OF the Paris house.
Lambert is rather good looking. dark, clever
man. much liked at Brussels. and while possessed
Of considerable dignity of quiet order. is yet
tirey free from ostentation King Leopold although
he has bitterly resented times the treatment
which he received from the Rothschilds. treat
rnent which forced him TO enter into business rea-
tons with such men Colonel North, the mi
trate King and other fnanciers OF the
der nevertheless has always remained friendly
with the Lamberts, and now thai he is In
dependent pecuniariy Of the Rothschilds' assist
ance finds his relations with the baron much more
agreeable. They are useful relations. For even
kings find It OF advantage to be good terms with
the rraan who VIII from control the Partisan
money market
At F4ankfort-on-the- Main. too-that is to say.
the cradle Of the Rothsohild dynasty-the chief
tainship OF the Rothschnd banking house there has
psssed into the hands Of q son-in-law. namely,
Max Csoidschnidt. married Nd;nna Rothschild.
daughter Of the late Baron and. Baroness Willy de
Rothsohfd.
In London Lord Rothschfld's two sons. Walter
and Charles, each of them over thirty, remain
bachelors while Leopold's three boys likewise
Unmarried None OF them have far shown any
pronounced taste for finance, and one is tempted
to ask who would take charge of the direction OF
the London house were Lord Rothschld, now in
his stxty-fth year, be gathered to his fathers.
From q financial point of view the most promis-
ing two members OF the house of Rothschd-
the two, indeed, upon whom all the hopes Of the
RothschiId dynasty are centred-are the two young
FotAschnds In this country, Barons Alphonse and
Louis cons Of Baron Albert Rothschild, the head
Of the Vienna house and grandsons through their
mother Of old Baron Alphonse Rothschild, VINO
has Just died at Paris They have now been In the
United States for nearly year, learning American
financial and industrial conditions by working as
,,ol,,nteers In the Neyv-York banking house Of the
,.sl,oon+s who are the Rothschilds' agents here,
ard by travelling extensively all over the continent