The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27
LORD ROTHSCHILD FOREMOST
LEADER OF THE WORLDS |EWRY
He One of the Best Known and Most Beloved Phian-
thropists-Gladstone Often Consulted Him in State
and Financial Matters

oscar S. Straus. Former Ambassador /
TO Turkey, in New ork Times1
Lord Rothschild who died on
March 81, was one OF the worlds best |
known. most highly esteemed. and
best beloved philanthropists He was
| first and foremost a British patriot
which, however, in no way confiicted
| with Or lessened his loyalty TO his an
eesteral religion and to his co-religi-
/ onStS throughout the world
It was the contest waged around
| the election as a member of the House
of Commons of his father. who was
| repeatedly chosen and repeatedly re
| fused admission because he declined
| to take the oath. "On the true faith
of a Christian" that in 1858 caused
| the broadening Of the British Con
stitution so that loyalty to ones re
ligion could not longer conflict with
| the patriotism of a British subject.
The position of Lord Rothschildd
the foremost leader of the world s
Jewry came to him partly by inheri-
| tance, and was maintained with wise
judgment and broad sympathy, cou-
pied with a high sense of response
bifity and a deep sense of duty. He
carried with honor and pride the bur
dens his brethren throughout the
w
ders. Perhaps nowhere in the world
do men of rank and wealth recog-
nize greater sense of responsibility
than in Great Britain.
Gladstone, no less than Beacons-
| field, often consulted Lord RothSChild
in State and financial matters. He
aided the latter notably in connection
!, with acquiring for Great Britain the
khedive's holdings in the Suez Canal
In recognition of his many important
:. public services, Gladstone Wher
: Premier recommended him to the
peerage, and he was created Peer
y as Baron Rothschild, in 1885, beins
: the first protesting Jew to be so hon
n ored. His house was always fore
b most in contributing to the success o
f British loans, as was notably the cas'
z during the BOer war and on other I'M
e portan occasions, including the earl.
It days of the British occupation 0
st Egypt.
e Lord Beaconsfeld selected him a
X one Of his two literary executors
" Several years ago, in a conversatlo o
lr with him, he stated in reference t
S. the Beaconsfield papers which he ha
n turned over to William f. Money
L penny, who was selected to write tn
h. biography Of the great Premier, tha
le those papers would disclose Disraeli
O. effective friendship for our countr
le during the civil war and the extent t
n which he had Influenced his govern
le ment in opposition to some of tn
III leading statesmen of that period, 1r
Guiding Lord Palmerston, who wer
notoriously willing to accept the lnvl
- alton OF Emperor Napoleon to join i
= recognizing the South and breakin
40 the blockade.
~ The historian, Froude, says in h
= monograph on BeacOnSfie1d that
| orh1 DiCr9qiI
or termine how these overtures shoul
q | be received, but that he not only az
he vised but insisted that the American
q ! must be left to shape their fortuna
It's in their own way.
od No family in the history Of modeI
e times has for three generations
pre-eminently maintained its posltle
to in the worlds Jewry comparable viii
er the Rothschilds. It's members hay
r. uniformly been actuated by a hle
SO sense of service and deep sense
nv loyalty to their religion and to the
he brethren, in contrast with some 9TH
he families who, as they have grown
'xt wealth and position, have subord1na
to o,ooo>o
is women leaders are on the whole f
ry. vorable to the scheme. Mrs. FaWce
ny president Of the National Union
nd Womens Suffrage Societies, say
ne THE Government is obviously ia XII
rk a step in the right direction.
ou shall offer all the encoura cement
Oh our power and we trust that the q
,e- mand which is now springing up
ms women workers will have the effe
of raising the standard for wom
un in regard to both work and wag,
to All the experience Of this war e1
RS, phaslzes the importance OF training
en Mrs. Dacre-Fox of the WomeI
Up Social and POLITICAL Union, says:
ny The proposals are admirable: tn
vas provide the first practical opportuni
his by the State to help women. To [
Mt enormous number of women who
nd normal times have to support thel
ere selves this war IS going to add ma
-ou thousands more, through the loss
hat fathers, brothers and husbands. H.