The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27

i -lheir consciences - their yAnltlts
an their sense of duty ana historical
traditions to thir social ambitions.
Several years ago. when the .nt~rtn
between Great Britain and Russo MAS
being considered. he stated To III That
he @as in favor of such On entente
heca54sc he believed il was r. the n
terest Of peace, that on account II
tie grouping or nations und ihe
| cuaf and triple alliances. Freca tEiar
| demanded that Britain should not
| stand alone lie was hopeflt th4- Inc
community Of interests between his
country and Russia would inevitably
! lead the latter along the path of /. ,'.-r-
| @hSln. With the result that all :he >aa-
| ject nationahties in Russia would at
rn distant future he accorded eana'
civil rights
HE took his position from high
sense Of patriotism. as distinguished
from, if not in direct opposition to.
his personal inclinations and his
Jewish sympathies. His banking
house and its affiliations have con-
sistently refused To float or partici-
pate in any Russian loans since the
expressions following the May laws
Of 1882. The late Count Witte. when
Premier of Russia, tried several
times TO prevail upon Lord Roths-
| child TO float such loan. and made
him the most attractive offers which
would have yielded immense profits.
but he refused. putting his reasons
Squarely on the ground that 80 long
as Russia oppressed his co-relision-
, lists he would have dealings with
! her, and that no terms Of profit. how
T ever remunerative, could induce him
! 10 depart from this decision.
In Lord Rothschild were united an
/. unflinching sense Of right and great
! | financial acumen ard judgment.
II | which were always at the service ~
Z his country to uphold her credit and
to further her national aspirations.
His benevolent interests We're 50
: extensive that a separate part. or ad-
. dition, to his banking house was as
IL signed for that purpose. where meet
e lngS were held free from the disturb
l. ance from the regular business Of his
y house.
II No great cause of distress in any
part of the world which appealed In
is the British public failed to enlist his
S. cooperation and usually his leader
N ship. He was President when he died
to Of the British Red Cross Society
Ld which, according to the report of his
y death published in The Times oI
lie April l. had raised by subscription
at S7,500o00 within a few months fol
is the care of the wounded, and it i.
ry believed that the consequent worl
to and worry had much to do with has
n tening his death.
ne In all matters affecting either busi
n ness or benevolence he consulted ant
re conferred with his two partners an
t. brothers, Leopold and Alfred 4.
in Rothschild. He usually called then
az to join him at important conferences
and in benevolent matters frequentl
lis also younger members of the family
it both to obtain their advice an,
e. doubtless to keep them informed >
Id that IN accordance with the tradi
4 tiGnc Of the house the
ms the conduct of business as we'll as i
es the works of benevolence should 40
suffer break
rn The relationship between big busi
SO ness and Government, especially i
ON the furtherance of expansion an
~ colonial administration has alway
wa been very close in Great Britain A
pt far back as the early eighteenth cen
3of tury and before, British expansio
air was often begun and carried forwar
Ier by commercial companies such as tn
~ India Company, the Virginia Compa
~ ny, the Hudsons Bay Company, ant
in a modified way, in more recer
~ times. At no time since the establish
e. ment Of the house in Great Britai
70. in the first decade Of the nineteent
~ century by the grandfather Of Lor
% " Rothschild has its aid when require
-, by the Government, been Withheld,
~ and that aid has uniformly been mos
';r helpful, especially in war period
ie- nv -. - = - - - !.
for p,+hcot,tIa 9 e@''| - .L I.-l7 a ~ -
1 probity and ability Of its member
I ~ have for the past hundred years ber
- e9 a great asset for Great Britain. as
- il were always united great Wealtl
Ms la =
ley go. - adopIulildts i. personal 4
ity - 80 pooIs "eiiaie-
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