The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-06-24

the Bank of France had promised to
discount all treasury orders" yet
these same treasury orders were be-
ing discounted in London at Is per
cent
In the Chateau of Ferrieres, when
Baron Alphonse inherited from his
father, Bismarck and the German
emperor accepted from Jules Favre
the name of the French Rothschilds
as guarantee of the monster five thou
sand millions indemnity. And when
the loan of Pierpont Morgan's father
helped on its payment, Baron Al
phonse, at the head of syndicate Of
bankers, gathered together the "a
nous package of 10000 German
stocks and bonds-to save crushing
additional conversion charges!
France astonished the world by her
quick recovery. Soon she astonished
even more by the gigantic French en-
terprise of the Panama canal.
The Suez canal had succeeded, and
the Rothschilds had only recently
bought up the khedive's and Credit
Foncier's stock in it. You would
have expected to see Baron Alphonse
at the head of the Panama enter
prise.
He was absent.
They are old-fashioned "high"
bankers. They have their principles.
Pass the smashing of the Union Cen
erale; it was a battle of giants, AMI
the Rothschilds believed that they
were eventually safeguarding French
savings Since the death of Baron
Alphonse they continue, taking their
participation" in all kinds Of gilt
edged loans and enterprises, but
their speciality always remains the
princely connection.
Two aged men of eighty-three and
INSTRUMENTATION Gustave and
EdmOnd-are at the helm.
The young Frenchman whom they
permit to overdraw knows two other
cases, quite as curious, of two famil-
les who are old depositors. In one
case the son and heir had involved
the family honor, by his signature, in
one of those enterprises gotten up to
ruin hackers. In the other a young
German, gone back to his military
service in Berlin, had struck dis lieu
tenant and would be court-martialed
for his life.
In both cases the distracted family
ran to their old-fashioned bankers
the Paris Rothschilds. They told
their tale to the sympathetic gray
haired idlers, upstairs in the Rue Lar
fitte. AS by magic, the Berlin court
martial whitewashed it's young prs
oner and set him free, while the Par
isian swindlers gave the other back
his signature and papers.
They are two old men who have
long arms.
1t is not known which Of the third
generation they will choose as cap
tain. Baron Henri, best known C
the Paris public, seems to have nc
great taste for finances.
Some say the new chief is Baror
Edouard, son of Alphonse, who lives
in the Champs Elysees. Others prove
it to be Baron Albert, his brother
at present in Vienna.
No one lives in Baron Alphonse''
vast square palace off the Place de
la Concorde, under which the subter
ranean hiding apartments are said t
exist. Baron Henri will inherit hi
mothers magnificent chateau an,
grounds in id-Paris-triangle form
ing an entire Paris block, with en-
trance on the Rue Berryer. Tit
vast property beside the British EN-,
bassy, whose park runs to thu
Champs Elysees, belongs to age,
Baron Edmond. Nightingales sing u
its century-old trees.
Aged Baron Gustave and his wit
live in the Avenue de Marigny will
their daughter, married to Baron d.
Lambert They built the place TO
the de Lamberts, and now take thei
comfort in it with their grandchiI
dren Their son, Baron Robert, live
in the Avenue Friedland.
OF all, the most arstocratic mattel
was made by Marguerite AleXand
rine, daughter of Baron Edmond, VIII
married the eleventh Duke Of Gran
ont, Prince of Bidache. So, her sol
Armand de Gramont, born in 1879,
the young Duke de Guiche-lineal de
scendant and representative of tina
magnificent and chivalrous youn
eonfdant of Louis XIV i'm his amour