Year: 1867

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Prussian Government demanded an
indemnity of great amount, twenty
five million dollars, / believe, from the
city of Frankfort. The head of the
house of the Red Shield informed
Count Bismark that ifthe attempt
was made to enforce the levy he would
break every bank in Berlin; that he
had the power to do it, and that he
should exercise the power. Prussia
had won a victory at Konnigratz she
could sweep away all armed opposi-
tion, but here, in the person of one
man, she had met an adversary who
had the power to humble her, and she
declined the contest. A much lower
sum was agreed upon, which was paid
by the city.


For fifteen centuries the Jews have
been cursed by the Pope, and persecu-
ted by the Roman Church. There is
no more revolving chapter of horrors
in history than that of the treatment
of the Jews at the hands ofthe Pontifls.
In all lands where the Roman religion
is dominant, the children of Israel have
been treated with barbaric rigor-al-
lowed few privileges, denied all rights,
looked upon as a people accursed of
God, and set apart by divine ordina-
tion to be trampled upon by the
Church. In Rome, at the present
day, the Jews are confined to the
Ghetto they are not allowed to set up
II shop in any other part of the city
without permit; they can engage
only in certain trades; they are COM
PEELED to pay enormous mxes into the
Papal treasury they are subject to a
stringent code of laws established by
the Pope for their especial benefit !;
they are imprisoned and fined for the
most trivial ofienscs. They cannot
own any real estate in the city; cannot
build, tear down or remodel any
dwelling or change their place of bust
ness without Papal permission. They
are in abject slavery, with no rights
whatever, and entitled to no privileges,
and receive none, except upon the
gracious condesccnsion of the Pope.
In former times they were numerically
whipped and compelled to listen once
a week to the Christian doctrine of the
priests. But time is bringing changes.
The Pope is in want of money and the
house of the red shield has money to
lend Oh good security. The house is
always ready to accommodate Govern
ments. Italy wants money, so she sells
her fine system of railroads to the
Rothschilds. The Pope wants money,
so he sends his Nuncio to the wealthy
house of the despised race, offers them
security on the property of the Church,
the Compagna, and receives ten million
dollars to maintain his army and I'M
perial State. That was in 1865. A
year passes, and the Pontifical expen-
ditures are five millions more than the
income, and the deficit is made up by
the Rothschilds, who take second
security at a higher rate of interest.
Another year is passed, and there is
thir,l annual vacuum in the Papal treas
ury Of six millions, which will quite
likely be filled by the same house.
The firm can do it with as much ease
as your readers can pay their yearly
subscription to your weekly Journal.
When will the Pope redeem his loan at
the rate he is going? Never! Mani
festly the day is not far distant when
these representatives ola prosecuted
race will have all the available proper
ty of the Church in their possession.
Surely time works wonders.-Boston
Journal.