Original sentence: Tosti attempted to get the bankers to lower the interest rate, and decided that teh Church could save money by paying the debt down
Edited sentence: He put forward a proposal to convert the debt from 5% to 3%, which the Rothschilds were vehemently opposed to.Tosti felt that the terms for the interest on the loan which the Rothschilds had offered to the Holy See were highly unfavourable in comparison to loans the Rothschilds had offered other states; for example Muhammed Ali of Egypt, thus he endevered to speed up the repayment as soon as possible