Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-24
"Fsuda1 Finance Deboses
Rothschj1ds IN Gevmanu

building business in Germany. Soon
the trust went into the hotel bust
'sheAs' threw up In a few months the
gorgeous Esplanade hotels IN Berlin
ana Hamburg: and then looked about
Tor further work for its active hands.
II was quickly In possession OF the
splendid theater known as the Neue
Schausnielhaus in West Berlin, which
was punt at cost Of $3.50. 00O- In the
department store business the Princes
trust IL Interested in Wertheinn's 81
santic store in the Leipzigerstrasse
and several others; and II is behind
mo Passage kaufhaus In Fried rich
strasse. This last store cost $4,000. 600.
II glows and gitters with bronzes
ana colored marbles, luminous fouh-
Jams and other adornments. all in
secessionists style; IL has a Riaito
bridge copied from Venice: ana is AL
.ogether " not the biggest, at least
ny far the most gorgeous and costly
department store on earth.
me energies OF the Princes trust are
NOT confined tn Germany Togatbar
with the Deutsche bank IT controls The
heVant and Union steamship lines Of
Hamburg and the German Palestine
pank. In Madeira Il runs n hotel
ana sanatorium. Its greatest recent
achievement, however. took place in
tnls CITY II fought n duel for the
company. and ousted deolslyelv the
banking house of Bleichroder. which is
an ally OF the Rothschilds The princes
victory was complete; and now thew
are reported To be planning to get con-
,rol or Berlin's street car and under
ground systems. While thus branching
out more and more into urban enter
prlses, the trust has not lost grin upon
It's original idea, which Is 10 deveIon
tne Hllhons or acres OF valuable agri-
cultural and misunderstanding land Of its
chlets IN Germany and Austria; and all
the later enterprises entered upon are
Regarded as subsidiary to this
CORDIALLY HATED.
Gernan business men do not at all
ike the trust They denounce It for its
feudalism,' by which they mean its
attempt TO restore Europe's economic
leadership Ia the landed magnate fam
HES which were dominant before the
beginning OF the industrial era Others
suspect II OF political scheming The
personality Of all its chiefs does not
inspire confidence. Particularly is this
so with the best known of them. Prince
Max Egon zu F'ierstenberg. His serene
highness. Prince Max Egon. Is head of
one OF those mediatised royal houses,
which the Germanic diet in August
1890. proclaimed to be "of equal birth
with the reigning European sover-
eigns He is a Roman Catholic, is
more Austrian than German; has town
houses at Prague and Vienna: and is a
member Of the houses OF lords of Aus
tria, Prussia, Wuerttemberg and Bad
en-. As strong Clerical, he is sup
posed 10 aim ut playing a political role:
and he has more than once been nom
mated by irresponsible friends To the
imperial chancellorship. Fuerstenberg
chief seat is at Donaueschingen in Bad
en-, and IL was here that his en-
tertainment OF Wilhelm III in Novem-
Der. 1905 caused such scandal to serl-
Gus Germans This was In the middle
OF the kaiser Crisis" caused by his
makstys indiscreet revelations to a
London newspaper, In the midst OF
the crisis which all Germany demanded
should be taken seriously, the kaiser
left for Donaueschingen; and kilograms
soon afterwards arrived describing him
a. Laughing heartily at the frivolous
supplied by his host,
Max Egon, who had thoughtfully i'm
ported Berlin variety artists to sing
doubtful songs.
PRTNCELY MILLlONAIRE.
The second prince In the trust is
Henckel Won Donnersmarck, owner OF
estates, mines, and metaliurg-
cal works. His domains are In Prus-
sia, Austria. and Russian Poland
Alone OF the three. nc IL not even
birthy." being as a prince brand new,
but his other titles arc old. The las:
and financially most important OF the
prncely trinity IL his serene hlghness
Prince Christian Kraft Won Hohenlohe-
Oehringen, duke OF uJest. head u TIE
house OF Notwithstanding He IS
not only even bifthy" with the kaiser
but Is not remote rfiative Boheulohe
4 the originator of the trust We IS an
,lderly bachelor whose one interest IN
lie IL 70 increase his already eIlos-
nous wealth. All three magnates
ire tremendously influential at both the
serfnan and Austrian courts; and their