Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-01
Rothschild Throne TOtters

eminent troops. The court fed, so did
Solomon Rothschild, whose nerves had
already been frayed by the Toreno af-
fair. Metternich used to say to Solo
mon, when exhorting him to be loyal
end true: IF the devil fetches me he
will fetch you, tooi'' That saying had
turned out to be en- accurate interpre-
tation Of the position.
Fortunes Rise 10 Peak.
BY an extraordinary chance Solo
mons cash and securities, locked in
@0nRn Golfers in his once, had not
been found. His secretary. who had
fied the city. returned disguised as a
milkman in cart laden with milk
cans, and. reaching the once, cleared
the Golfers and got everything away to
place of safety.
Gradually things quoted down. In
Austria the old regime returned Solo
mons son, Anselnn, took hold in Vienna
Solomon, his nerve broken, had re-
tired to Frankfort to die). In France
prices recovered, and after a period of
luminosity. during which he encouraged
rival financiers, Louis Napoleon effected
a rApprochement with James Roths-
child just in time TO save the credit
of his government.
The heads of the impregnable
AtO1cG were now on the ION
most peaks. In Austria Anseln was
made a life member of the Austrian
2 blouse Of Lords and admitted to the
imperial court, the stiffest and most
exclusive In Europe (even Solomon. A
baron and with the Metternichs be-
hind him. had not been able to secure
formal adfnittarce TO the court circle)
In England Lionel, son of Nathan. well
coined dukes princes, ambassadors and
the loveliest women in the kingdom to
his famous supper parties at Gunners-
bury. former royal residence.
Entertains French King.
And in France James crowned his
social career by getting the French
sovereign 70 come to a hunting party
along with the chief ambassadors and
ministers, on his magnificent domain
OF Chateau Ferrieres II is recorded
that the guests hinched of Seves
porcelain china painted by Boucher:
on the return Of the party from the
slaughter of hareS. rabbits pheasants
and cartridges. the choir of the Paris
Opera burst forth in q hunting song
specially composed by RoSsini. and.
leaving. the Emperor rode away
through an avenue Of torches which
stretched from the chateau to the
lodge gates more than a mile away.
Eight years later Rothschild enter
tanned another sovereign in somewhat
different circumstances Bismarck and
MoltSe with King William Of Prussia.
chose FerriereS as a convenient head
quarters while their armies invested
Paris. King William looked around at
the park, the game preserves, the
stables fun Of thoroughbredS. the grape
end orchid houses. and walked into
the gorgeous chateau shaking his head.
Folk like us can't rise to this" re re-
marked to his staff. "Only q Roths-
child can achieve IT,"
New Fields Open.
They built railroads in Brazil.
ern States Of America, purchased en-
tire tobacco crops, bought control Of
shipping lines which carried their
enormous merchandise. Their business
interests in the Southern States made
them back the Confederates in the
Civil War. and they lost a lot of
money when the Union triumphed.
When the war was over and Jay
Cooke had successfully issued the first
Civil War per cent gold bonds, they
waited until these bonds declined 10
sixty and then bought until they had
| the bulk Of the billion dollars Of the
/ United States bonds he'd abroad.
August Belmont was their agent in
| America--he had. been trained in the
| Rothsehilds' Frankfort house Is q boy
The Morgans and Drexels fought the
Cooke othschild combination. and
I made antalliane& WIN tAe Hnkhscntldz