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THE ROMANCE OF
THE ROTHSCHILDS
THE ROMANCE
OF
THE ROTHSCHILDS,.
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1913
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NATHAN ROTHSCHILD
Frontispiece
LORD ROTHSCHILD
(h'roiH
FIGURE
138
a photo by Elliott
OF
THE
74
&
&')')
TERRIFIED
JEW
VERNET'S
IN
FAMOUS PICTURE
BARON ANSELM MAIER ROTHSCHILD.
183
.
244
THE
Rothschilds,
in
their
first
famous Jewish
financiers.
of their
and, to
hawker
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
little
career
as
became
modest
Three
convert
this
obscure
greatest financial
is
of the
of
an
began
generations
multi-
sufficed
ghetto-family
into
in the world.
itself
sons
his
grandsons
his
to
the
That
lessened
fluence
his
power
enough of
He
shopkeeper;
millionaires,
millionaires.
fact
amassed.
when we
it
realise
political
and
the
profound
fate
of
in-
Europe
west.
the
it
The
parchments of heraldic
earlier
traces of
documents
the
carrying
in
offices
There are no
family.
back
search of
the
story
of
the
and certainly
it
is
related of none
of
the
We
in
do not
the
Holy
find the
illuminated
monks, and we
arms in the gaily
medieval
knights.
No
or
the
was
on the Main,
so brilliant an issue.
Jewish
inhabitants
It
groaned
under
severe
The Romance of
disabilities,
yet
the
the Rothschilds
quick-witted
and
quiet-
He
"
granite.
his knightly
motto
and
when
Hansa city.
The patent
of nobility of the
Rothschild
years
it
is,
hundred
is
Europe
Nearly
figures in that
The Rise of
calendar, on
the Rothschilds
some more or
important occa-
less
sion,
when
to the
Even
Rothschilds?
it
coffers,
As Ludwig
"
humour
The
Borne
maintained by
the Jews.
They find money for one country
to-day, for another to-morrow, for all of them
balance of power in Europe
in turns,
is
peace."
The
higher nobility of
Germany and
Austria-
the
firm,
and we
find the
name
of
a prince
Frankfort ghetto.
of nobles to
many
The
following
The Romance
last
of the Rothschilds
of their operations
92,000
Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
Waldburg-Zeil
Count Alexander Szlavnicza
Ritter von Riese
25,000
15,000
55oo
20,000
Prince Isenburg-Wachtersbach
24,500
Solms-Lich
Lowenstein-Wertheim
25,000
104,000
Lowenstein-Rosenberg
30,000
12,000
Victor Isenburg
Count Viczay
Szapkry
58,000
25,000
Leiningen-Westerberg
Niczky
6,500
28,000
Hunyady
41,500
Sze'chenyi
150,000
Henkel
v.
Donnersmark
94,000
Froberg
Prince Galantha Esterhazy
Baron von Greifenklau
8,500
533>o
10,000
416,000
Prince Schwartzenberg
66,000
Waldburg-Wolfegg
Waldsee
30,000
Count Wartenberg
Prince
The
loans
173,000
87,000
Wied
private
individuals.
The German
English sums.
12
It
it
"If there
be to a State," was
would be extremely
Trans.
is
difficult to
throughout
in
round
The
calculate
how much
made by these
They were never
profit they
of their operations.
became a
financial
By
this
power of the
means the
first
firm
magnitude,
and we may recognise one of the chief foundations of their success in the action of Maier
banks
cities.
in five
important
The
open
third son,
The
became the
at
Paris.
financial prince of
situation throughout
Solomon,
lived at
Germany from
son,
Amongst
the
many contemporaries
13
The Romance
who endeavoured
marvellous
of the Rothschilds
success
was
the
distinguished
The
could do
how
question
all that it
Rothschild house
the
it is
not so
difficult to
generally believed.
give an answer as
disregards
all
large
house never
from
lost
sight,
and
to
which, apart
The
first
of
its
actual prosperity.
these
principles
was
the
14
their
The
father.
If they
have prospered,
is
it
because
matter whence
it
and by
No
profit.
was between
and they
matter
all
how
their centres
standing.
In fact
common
under-
it
tage that
of
Europe and
assist
more
effectively in carry-
The
mind was,
undertook,
and,
as
far
as
human
foresight
('
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
')
is
There
is
That
repeatedly and in varied conditions.
there should be no lack of such opportunities
they were assured, not only by their wealth and
credit, but by the confidence which they had
inspired in all governments
by the moderation of
and
way
out.
The
field of
success
commerce
defeat
instead
of
victory,
was attained
16
best
principles
of
mercantile
strategy
The
The
It is
a numerous party
not
when one
one's interest.
But
to bring into
agreement the
all,
hand
to
none
relief of
form
to the
these ways
by
all
the
members
and benevolence.
They have
humanity
one
attained
they have
B
won
making
17
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
a host of enemies.
truth that they
It
might be said
in
all
In such circumstances
jealousy and malice.
they needed no external distinctions to adorn
a position that
in itself.
Besides
various
decorations
all
which have
Councillors of the
them
title in
1815,
and
in 1822
he raised
who
settled at
In
London
of the children of
is
mistaken
in
The
brothers
elder
Nathan, who
title to
the four
which would
arms
great success.
They thought
and
of combining the
hound
as a figure of fidelity
and
things.
on
extended to Nathan
B2
also.
On
this
occasion
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
The
their
power
to
money
To
colossal operations on
it.
In their efforts to
energy.
merely to the State loans which they negotiated, but to their traffic on a large scale with
every kind of stock on all the exchanges of
In this way they
the western hemisphere.
obtained an
20
insight
into
the
economic and
The
to
make
up or throw
all their
is
He
elaborate arrangements.
this
machinery, working in
imagine that
money by means
intense speculative
men
like the
and
all directions
of
its
by the
Rothschild brothers.
and
if
The
facts
we withdraw
the
from the
example
will
show
this
more
clearly.
The
The Romance
sisting of
The
of the Rothschilds
shares were
handed over
florins,
them a
at 130.
their
them
to
at
96
This gave
They had at
of increasing the
dence
in
Everybody wanted
it.
to invest in
business
it,
so
Other
satisfied with
otherwise
They thought
sums
It is said that in
first
cluding the
loan shortly
first
new
new
issue brought
down
it.
The
They bought
had sold
it
their
for,
own
and
and
speculative
power
of
the
Rothschilds.
was
learn
to
others;
and
the
this
and the
As
they
minutes,
the
knew
may be
well that a
losses, they
rise,
to
on
into
They
their
politicians
sphere
of
interest
distinguished
social standing, so
23
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
others.
especially at a time
when
aid,
ance
to
sources,
They
and
for this
influential
make
We
of
it
merely shows
whom
The
high
It
was quite
in
knowledge
indifferent
to
thought of
them
at the time
What
things.
who
may
quietly
people
be seen in
24
The
sums
that
such services.
know
that in
whose god
is
gold.
but
interest.
sadors,
first
Vienna
their chief
of Gentz in the
letter
to
his
25
The Romance
"
He
of the Rothschilds
have another
shall
has cost
never
me
large
sums of money
much
He
like him.
on a piece of paper
what he wanted, and he had it at once; but
for he merely wrote
much we have
times as much
lost,
I
if
begin to see
how
again."
the organisation of State loans, shrewd
By
their excellent
Power
in
satellites
Rothschild
speculation.
bound
to
come;
if
would be another.
means a chance
come
it
is
his
sword
a result that
was
He
result,
it
however, by no
but an inevitable outis,
Europe
since
1813.
State in order to
26
and workers,
The
States of
that
writer
the
in
'
Zeitung says
the Rothschild family
:
is
In the
Fuggers succeeded in
securing wealth and fame and the title of count
by the great services they rendered and loans
still
they
made
to the
Emperor Maximilian.
The
Their contemporaries
the Barings,
have
by
also,
it is
their business,
with
is
true,
made
colossal fortunes
many governments,
them,
we must
to
27
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
to exert so
powerful
an influence.
"
it
has
made
to
England, Austria,
France,
Prussia,
millions
these
to
with
States,
remarkable
unlimited.
"When,
spirit
in
recent
years,
the
speculative
rail-
movement.
The
Versailles
this
their
first
nature by con-
The
wherever
"But
we must
in
several
distinguish
development.
The
first
in
periods
began
the
in
its
year
in this period
Then came
Exces-
reaction in business.
business-men got
The
Hundreds
into
of well-known
difficulties
or
failed.
well
known
29
The Romance of
and
no
financial
Government
operation
the Rothschilds
undertook
without
any
large
assistance.
their
and most
brilliant stage
resources
to
which seemed
the
to
them a
The
incalculable
won
for
in
more
most
the
for the
The Rothsmaintenance
30
The
how
they
The
found
it
governments?
They belong
many
no
political
not
difficult.
is
different
and of peace,
ministries of
Philippe.
"The
unquestioned power that the Rothschilds have over commerce in general is equally
just in its foundation
motto
is,
dustry'
of
and beneficent.
Their
'
Peace and the Development of Inand these alone promote the welfare
nations.
The age
of
illusions
is
over;
efforts to
of
theories.
wealthy people is
a powerful people, and will not suffer any
political
arbitrary oppression.
"
History will quote the firm of the Roths-
childs as a remarkable
example of the
attain-
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
political influence
lation,
by fortune and
wit."
The prophecy
ist
of the
been
is
fulfilled.
The
many
life
human mind
They
This
bankers were, in
fact,
numbers
is
not
Other
32
The
life
of the
European
States,
have
an
found
additional
channel.
They
and founded
name was
enhanced.
The
and estates
actual
ever.
This
five brothers in
is
larger than
change of circumstances.
The
financial posi-
Europe has so
33
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
close the
if
But,
ended,
money-world
and surpasses that
is
American
of any of the
Neither
millionaires.
It is
bound
and
it
increases daily.
to increase
even
of
capital
not
yearly, or
more than
would be
if
It
their
cent.,
16,000,000
45,000 a day.
reels in considering these
guilty of no exaggeration
when he
is
said
"
:
The
so rich that
And
this
it
enormous
34
II
THE
founder
of
the
Rothschild
great
dynasty was a poor tradesman, born at Frankfort on the Main at the beginning of the
His
eighteenth century.
origin
and ancestry
We
cannot be traced with any confidence.
know only that he belonged to the Jewish
as
which,
nation,
Heine
"came from
says,
it,
besides
and
its
priests,
and
skin-diseases and
dogmas
to be
pulsion,
human
and
all
race so
and
Then began
religious
com-
so
many
tears.
C2
35
The Romance
of the
damned
Egypt was
of the Rothschilds
for
Its
centuries.
What
a land
is
mummy
that
its
ancient documents, a
tains itself
main-
old clothes."
At
German
town.
night.
from
it
Moses vegetated
in this
narrow
man would
issue
who would
that
lay the
36
The Founder
For
centuries
five
of the House
Frankfort
the
and
With
Jews
at last
a stroke
from them
Jews
to
their
purchase
liberty,
it
about
40,000.
The
Moses, lived
house.
in
Jew
History
tells
Street, in
an overcrowded
covered
little
hawker.
more than
The
that he
year of his
was a Jewish
birth
cannot be
from a place
last
place
in
other, as
Germany took
their
many
name
which
their fathers
lived
and
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
and Berliners
Jewish families
names to this custom.
all
to others Rothschild
According
owe
their
comes from
and
the Danish,
fact that
is
It
certain that he
is
seems that
sorts
of
things,
in
very
distressing
circum-
In his
shield
settled
l
in
Jew
Street,
had no numbers
at that time,
The houses
house and
its
inhabitants.
Some
of the shields
38
The Founder of
the
House
.When a house
name
then,
Maier
It is
it.
tinguish
financial
number
The
69.
in
[roth]" in the
light.
it
1780,
had
shield
founder
the
later
Amschel,
but
memory
it
of
When
who had
he
already had a
in the
meantime
remained "red
of the people,
and so
the
His
6,
1754.
Very
little
is
known about
his childhood;
of the
ghetto.
Who
gave any
39
The Romance of
thought to a boy of the
no
different as yet
the Rothschilds
"
He
Street "?
from the
others,
was
and the
life.
soon afterwards.
continued
his
gladly have
out of
studies,
with his
own
means were
not only enabled him to form excellent connections, but also to earn
from Furth, he
succeeded.
tied
up
his
40
Returning
his father
his
money.
The Founder
in the
of the House
the
modesty.
for
many
Oppenheimer
at
managed
length took him
into partnership.
He
could
now
ideas.
It is
possible
that he already
business, to
of his blood.
He
felt that
he was called to
and
began
at
The Romance
merit of trade.
of the Rothschilds
them from
buyers and
and more
all parts,
Here began
His
Rothschild.
native
Amschel
became
town
His
the
clear
and
it
changers of
Frankfort,
that
money-
or
Darm-
Mayence,
advances
with
the
young and
He
responded to these
utmost discretion and
he won greater confidence, his income increased, and it was not long before he was able
to
buy
house
at
Frankfort
in
Jew
Street, of
He
later
42
Caesars of the
Rothschild dynasty, he
The Founder
applied
his
of the
unbending
will
House
and
power of
earliest years
and medals, as
had
him
he had cultivated a
his father
knowledge of these
things and often entrusted him with the task
of exchanging them. The boy was interested
in
initiated
to the
coins,
and
him
knowledge of
coins.
at
Fiirth this
character,
and
Owing
to
his
knowledge was of a
it
studies
scientific
at length
IX
of
of Hesse.
His reputation
as
numismatist
of the Landgrave of
in
Hanover
Hanau.
He
had known
43
The Romance of
the
the Rothschilds
attention of
Landgrave to Rothschild.
The way in which Maier Amschel Rothschild
the
General Baron
name
tioned the
of Rothschild,
with him.
summoned
On
this
to
the
Landgrave's palace,
and
room by the
standing behind the Land-
and,
The
round
and
Landgrave
happened
notice the
Jew waiting
to
turn
respectfully,
and he
asked
"Do
44
will
kindly
The Founder
make
of the House
this
in
recommended, and the Landgrave won the game. When it was over, he
that Rothschild
Jew, and,
brought to me."
"
I
trust
Your Highness
with
pleased
the
other
be just as
will
good
qualities
of
hope
was the
so, if
he
is
as honest as he
is
reply.
clever,"
in
which
little
Rothschild were for a time of no great consequence; the Jew merely obtained old coins
and medals
bills
ment
for
supplying soldiers.
At
that
time
45
The Romance
every
of the Rothschilds
German
any army
power led
a very selfish
to
in
traffic
men.
to
sterling.
and
in the
12,000 men.
For
80,000, which he
this
England
to
supply
he received more than
added
to
the
2,500,000
which
his
colonies.
William
46
IX wished
to invest his
money
in the
The Founder
of the House
staff of
His
deserved the confidence granted him.
confidence was at that time the chief capital of
the founder of the Rothschild dynasty,
William IX gave
On
it
him without
and
reserve.
schild, in 1789,
been living
at
Hanau
however, was extremely prudent in moneymatters; he was not satisfied with the personal
impression which his agents made on him, but
made exhaustive inquiries before he would
grant such a request as that of Rothschild.
From good
authorities at Frankfort
and Hanau
it.
He
47
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
less, the
modest
title
had
the
&
rank
neverthe-
David Feiwel,
members of the
"court-bankers."
of
still,
he sur-
of "court-agent," while
until
Maier
"
"
upper court-agent
in
to
The
had
and
the
England,
youngest two,
third son, Nathan,
and
he and his
when
the
The Founder
of the House
operation.
The
at Cassel
tity
might
at
in
profitable
Besides this,
Landgrave
undertakings.
had large deposits in the banks of London and
Amsterdam. At London the firm of Van
the
and
had more
than
and
officers to
The
Landgrave also granted loans to his fellowprinces, and Rothschild had a good deal to
do with these financial negotiations.
William
IX was
prince
him.
D
How these
naturally turned to
is
best seen
49
The Romance of
in a negotiation with
the Rothschilds
Denmark
The Danish
court
heir
financial advisers
the old
who
to
the
throne,
but the
Landgrave refused
to
come
to a de-
When Wachter
Hanau
heard
this,
he at once went to
The
latter
who used
his
him
that there
it
would
put an influential ruling house under obligations to him and secure its most
friendly conAll his eloquence was useless, and
Wachter could make no headway until, followsideration.
50
The Founder of
the
House
promised
no obstacles
the heir to
in his
way with
Crown Prince
if
and
The
request granted.
Wachter hastened
himself
generals,
found
by a whole regiment of
ministers and councillors.
They
opposed
"
William IX did not care for direct negotiations; his interest had often to be aroused by
a third person before he would do anything.
His
financial
affairs
were
controlled
by
members,
who
That suited them very well, and, as they received bribes and gifts in connection with every
transaction, they
D2
into deals
51
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
experienced
always
trust,
it
was desirable
to
have an
of William IX,
found worthy of
Rothschild.
on that account
William IX,
where every one was grasping and corruptible,
if he had not shrewdly appreciated the situation.
He
at the court of
interest,
and allowed
have
its
this council.
Gradu-
it
if
was
all
52
The Founder
of Rothschild;
it
of the House
was of advantage
to
him and
to them.
As
of
but
it
IX
at four
per cent.,
was not until a year later that he secured
changed
cent.
when he
city of
In such matters
rate.
pose; afterwards
it
Amsterdam
its
stock
were to
sell
At
was a chance of
made
to
Copenhagen by
53
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
whose resources
on behalf of a
deny
name
third person.
He
Rothschild.
money
was
not,
of
Amschel
course,
using
of his
not wish the bankers of that city to know anything of the business, and therefore wanted the
bonds sent
direct to Cassel,
would be paid
Although Rothschild
at once.
name
The Founder
of the House
Rothschild,
From
who would
this the
conclude
leaner
is
the
deliver
money.
who was
Lawaetz had
Amschel
easily
said, in
making the
offer
"
:
is
The
very
it
might
be possible to obtain larger sums on better
terms." In point of fact, larger sums were
afterwards advanced to
Denmark
in the
same
much
The
added
very menacing
to the nervous-
new Danish
1806 almost
failed.
On
this occasion
Rothschild himself
when
the Danish
The Romance
this contract the
of the Rothschilds
name
first
Shortly afterwards
the Danish court a
loan of
41,000.
of Rothschild appeared
somewhat
better offer of a
They found
themselves,
made
Denmark
had
in
how
no matter
market.
of
letter,
to the assistance
difficult
money-
in a very
position
manns, and
let
far
The Founder of
House
the
fly
from
his country
his wealth to
Roths-
child,
prince's wealth.
of the danger to
fled before the
It
French the
;
real reason
was
that
were to
French
in the
pay of
England.
"
:
in the
would rather
fully
informed of William's
intended to
do
to
57
The Romance
French took the
of the Rothschilds
field
and
Prussia
against
and
fled
At
first
he went to
and soon
after-
was
he
painfully
surprised
to
The house
subjects to
made
his house.
the
bulletin
for
many
years,
its
and the
means.
from
that
England
prince has
The
learn
It
first
large
enormous
store of
when he
had been
fled
to save
in
As he
Maier Amschel, he
versions of the
amount which he
58
According
is
sup-
The Founder of
the
House
some mistake
to
own land
had a house
no room
for a
in
garden
Jew
in
Frankfort
Rothschild cer-
The
there.
"
Street
"
was
was
feet in width.
It
house.
The
On January 28,
proved dangerous to him.
1806, Marshal Augereau besieged Frankfort,
and, as the citizens were accused of receiving
English goods and protecting dangerous English agents, the marshal imposed on the city a
contribution of four million francs.
of William
were
IX and even
The wealth
in
it,
59
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
it.
historian Schlosser,
who
lived in Frank-
prince's wealth
concealed
"
about the
which Rothschild
it
All of us
in
the
their manifesto
were
Napoleon, a punishment
fell
stored in
hidden
French that
Amschel Rothschild's
cellar.
It
was
was
of
prisals,
so
that
nothing could
The legend
be taken to
ports."
given in Schlosser's
words does
Tradition
apt to
give an interesting and often a fantastic turn
to facts,
60
and
in this case
it
is
The Founder
truth.
from
It is
when William IX
fled
money
to
a fact that,
of the House
to Rothschild.
whole of
in his
it
in
cellar,
stories
It is
money
business-man to
lie
so scarce, and
let
money could be
much
as he could of the
afterwards said,
to
me
in
received
"
and
England.
invested this so profitably that the prince afterwards sent me the whole of his stores of wine
and
linen."
61
The Romance
We
of the Rothschilds
Maier Amschel's third son, that the prince entrusted to his Frankfort agent the enormous
sum
of
But
600,000.
Nathan's words
it is
that,
London.
It
is
money confided
more than
to
tune was
certain,
to
that
the
600,000.
much
therefore,
for-
precious stones.
It is
However
that
may
to restore this
immense
When
treasure
William
was
the
year
1813,
Maier Amschel
to the
Rothschild
realm of eternal
peace.
The
62
The Founder
of the
House
jn
handed
The
it
prince,
his
The
agents.
their honesty.
every court in
The
And
of princes
and saw
their repute
and
capital
grow, the more carefully they sought opportunities to find an outlet for their spirit of
philanthropy.
from
As
spirit
their father,
a devout
his
own
Jew he believed
quite
Maier
of giving alms.
that
God
is
most
63
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
As Frankfort became
Rothschild
was
appointed
member
of
the
When
he
felt that
and
to discuss
And
their
mother as long
chil-
The Founder
of the House
They
still
follow this
at Paris,
and Vienna
Naples,
whenever there
London, Paris,
was an important family or business concern
be discussed.
in
And
there,
by the mother's
to
side,
green shield,
and
their rulers.
More than
the
children
of
the
Frankfort
ghetto
65
The Romance of
power
the Rothschilds
to
Once
birth.
"
came
War
to her to complain.
"
and
breaking out," she moaned,
they will take my only son, as I cannot pay the
is
My
money
for
it."
war,
and
money."
rose higher
Rothschilds
meant
Gudula
that
The
the
silver-haired
whom Heine
speaks with such feeling in reproducing a conversation with Borne, shared their greatness.
66
house
lives the
Laetitia,
of the House
The Founder
who gave
birth
finance, the
grandmother of
to
so
many Napoleons
all loans.
of
In spite
The
is still
is
is
When
the
good
woman
boys,
67
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
on the
The
sons
of
the
still
Jews.
and the
filled
elite of society.
It
gave the
to see these
it
did not
sons
gradually
moved
into
woman.
the
Her
aristocratic
consuls,
but
the
aged
Gudula would not leave the house in which her
husband had died. There she was sheltered
68
The Founder
of the House
down
her fine-
The mother
Hecuba
European Croesus family," said a contemporary before her death, "might be nearly
a hundred years old, but is so well preserved
of the
There she
sits,
in
Hebrew
no hair
modest
trader,
She
will
town."
"
"
I
have seen
I will
my
leave
69
The Romance
them
would
certainly
lose
my
of the Rothschilds
it if
Her motherly
fate of her
saw the
for-
and the
Jew
Street.
The house
But,
As
would not go
came
she
to her.
their
theatre, to
walk
to the
house on
foot.
70
ail,
and
that
The Founder
was merely due
to
of the House
maintained
her sons
its
service, her
its
Even when
advancing age.
well, she
do?
Unfortunately, neither
nor
my drugs
can restore your lost youth."
"
Dear doctor, you misunderstand me," the
"
;
want your
In
May
whom
7,
and winning
1849.
and
five
daughters.
The
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
the
The
eldest,
The
child
great
five
that at Vienna.
at Frankfort.
And
in
five
kingdoms which
fell
72
to
be a Jewish rabbi.
Ill
is
intel-
event of commercial
worker
in
building
life
up
made him
the
in
the chief
greatness
He
and
had hardly
fifty
life.
His
first
connection in
London
73
The Romance of
was the
Van Notten
when
the Rothschilds
firm; this
the Frankfort
him the
Jew
as his agent
interest
When
the
entire con-
sums entrusted
to
son
Nathan,
to
Europe
course
ance
of
all
filial
time
it
all
surpassed
in
import-
increasing range of
The
its
at
Frankfort.
The
London proved
do with
this.
to be a
74
the cities of
choice of
justified
from
THE ROTHSCHILD
St.
Swilhin's
(House on the
left
OFFICES,
siijn.)
The
English Rothschilds
But
it
also gained in
importance from the fact that the elder Rothschild selected his son Nathan for the post, for
in Nathan the business ability of the Rothschilds reached
its
highest development.
was the year 1798 when Nathan Rothschild came to England and, at first, occupied
It
name.
useful to him, as
it
made him
financial conditions in
factors
of
familiar with
English
Afterwards large sums from the capital of the
Prince of Hesse were put at his disposal, and
he
invested
them
so
intelligently
that
his
and
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
began
to
that
his
relations
From
Bank of
in Spain.
with
the
fell
crowned.
his
own
pen,
it
is true,
but
it
his efforts
not
is
were
come from
just as trust-
irresistible
power
interesting
The
London
house of the
the
in
English Rothschilds
financier,
the
on the
"
One
he said.
"
came
there,
Somehow I
show me his
I
Frank-
English goods.
He was
himself.
all to
for us all in
dealt in
great trader
market
satisfaction
past.
fort,"
who had
the
he sold us goods.
offended him, and he refused to
patterns.
father
if
'
go to England.'
could speak nothing but German. On the
said to
Thursday
my
I
started.
will
The
nearer
got
England, the cheaper the goods were.
soon as I got to Manchester I laid out all
to
As
my
manufacturing.
'
and the
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
and
made my
20,000 into
man
am
My
said
I
success
'
can do
am
a match
rest of them.'
all
an off-hand man;
sell
In a short time
60,000.
all
could
the
I
made
a bargain at
Nathan
Rothschild's
once."
This
of
beginning
mercantile career in
somewhere
number
of
about
Manchester.
that he
to live at
would have
London, where he
better opportunities.
felt
We
sum
of
money from
the
Hesse
when he courted
He
had considerable
her,
he
was
78
still
a com-
Barnett Cohen,
The
who was
so
ment,
English Rothschilds
that
AmschePs
at
his
first
request
some
Maier
risk of being
the
extraordinary
He
was not
When
child
settled in
"
continued,
have
at
it
and said
had got
that they
it,
Portugal.
must have
undertook
it.
know how
all
that,
When
to get
they
it
to
and sent
it
79
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
time the
contend
Duke
the
against
and
satisfaction,
of
At
Wellington had to
greatest
calamities
in
regard to money.
for in cash,
much
it
Government anxious
to
being captured by the French, the consignments were in great danger. The Government
were not a little obliged when Nathan Rothschild yielded to
Wellington's
80
bills,
the purchase of
The
sale of
it,
Portugal.
Rothschild
English Rothschilds
for
risk
he had
His
run.
He
tion.
"
shameless way.
Government
The most
difficult
in the
difficult
most
part
of
some idea of
We
can, however,
form
it
81
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
On
to Wellington.
this occasion
Rothschild
the
of
Exchequer,
to the
Vansittart,
known
in
English
official circles,
it
was
secrecy.
and
his
changed
These
quantities of
regard to money.
difficulties to
82
in
overcome
least
zeal
and
ability,
his discretion, as
knowledge of the
affairs
The
English Rothschilds
had gone
to the
the extent of
it
would
fall
of
on the Exchange.
From this time onward the British Govern-
the rate
all its
began
to
acter.
It
XVIII and
his corona-
the
had
in political
and
financial matters,
and
F2
83
The Romance
was
not
without
of the Rothschilds
romance.
other
Amongst
strict
latest
news from
all
parts,
and he rewarded
them generously.
telling
his reputation
was
enhanced.
The
all the
The
English Rothschilds
"
lengthy
Louis
diplomatic
XVIII
such
Bliicher
involving himself
correspondence
grave
with
There was no
for permission.
first
difficulties
that
had done
in
the
of at
The
London
same circumstances.
Wellington
had gone
to
end of April, he
at
once paid
200,000
service
of
the
greatest
moment, and
at Berlin that
to
Nathan Roths-
do with English
85
The Romance
affairs,
Billow told
of the Rothschilds
Greuhm
to take
advantage
The child of
had now made such pro-
had
came
Berlin
conveyed
personally
Prussian capital.
time
first
the
when Solomon
200,000
to
the
when more
Nathan,
let
him have
title
of
150,000.
for
them
In the end
that he
was
Commercial Councillor by
Prussia.
To what
extent English
money
circulated at
that time,
in
reports
made by Herries
in
According
to the details
The
English Rothschilds
kingdom
It is
"
that I should
They
deserve
made in
they made
thereby was
It is
and the
profit
beyond question
that
openly."
Nathan Rothschild
"hundred days,"
"
hundred days."
in particular, the
But these
day of the
earlier they
were faced
with the prospect of enormous losses. Bonaparte's unexpected return from Elba had
entirely
plans,
house,
one moment
which
many even
and
it
seemed as
then
if
his
regarded
as
The Romance of
indestructible,
this
the Rothschilds
sudden turn
in the politics of
He
at stake.
to survive
Europe.
is
His
said to have
When
at
the
at last
it
southern boundary of
the
forest
who had
of
hitherto
to the field
his
own eyes
And
last
desperate attack, in
Emperor ordered
order,
at
the
whatever
his
back on the
enough
88
to
field of battle;
he had seen
The
horrified
the
sight of the
him no longer.
The
fallen.
English Rothschilds
the
of
battlefield
he galloped
an
wildly to Brussels, where, without losing
instant, he hired a carriage at an exorbitant
joy,
such weather.
who
Rothschild,
attempts on his
He
danger.
present
life,
moment he
feared nothing.
He
at the
offered
and
at last
London Croesus
across
if
he paid 2000
89
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
If they
made
a further generous
skipper.
He
by express
The
post.
Exchange, leaning
His face was extraordinarily
pale; he was completely exhausted, and stood
with weary eyes and failing knees. He looked
against a column.
like a
man broken
The
hall of the
in
body and
soul, as
if
he
in a single night.
The
stock-
speaking
man shuddering
little
90
The
English Rothschilds
make them
heads altogether,
and the state of things was made worse by the
lamentable spectacle that Nathan Rothschild
a time to
He
presented.
a
lose their
on
to stand
in
and
death
his feet
the
cold-blooded Caesar,
placid,
to
What
they
seemed now
truth,
had regarded as
the crowd.
rumour
child told
idle
Nathan Roths-
fear,
amounting
to panic,
broke
on the entire Exchange like a flash of lightning the passionate and irreconcilable enemy
:
Europe again as
The
fear fell
cyclone.
the scourge of
on the
The news
God.
91
The Romance
and
terror,
The
ensued.
minute
to
when
it
men
filled
rate of
until
it
was seen
offered
agents
of the Rothschilds
A wild
with alarm.
exchange
reached
its
fell
panic
from minute
for
sale
and
in
his
large
and the
if
Meantime
the
column laughed
pathetic
souls
deathly-pale
in his
sleeve.
expressed
their
man
at
the
While symconcern
for
its
the securities
agents
The
whom no
one knew.
had won
92
colossal losses, he
at
at
Waterloo.
The
English Rothschilds
it,
rate
really Rothschild
in the financial
The
who won."
great storm
emerged from the catastrophe more powerthan ever. If the whole story is true it is
child
ful
doubtful
if
so romantic
and
stirring
world, with
any
It
case,
it
an adven-
modern
financial
means of communication; in
would need a Nathan Rothschild.
all its
was impossible
is
to say, to enter a
which Nathan Rothschild's genius displayed its fullest power, and in which he
almost played the part of providence.
This
field in
93
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
as it did, a
struggle for millions, demanding,
great fighting power, an incredible coolness,
and a firm
self-control,
offered a wonderful
Here
there were
into action,
to fling
on
two antagonists
the State on the one
on
friendly
the
other.
relations,
yet
entered
they
into
in
meant a considerable
In
Prussia the
it abroad.
Barandon, the
commercial representative at London, recom-
mended
the Prussian
Government
in
Novem-
everywhere
94
owing
to
his
command
success
universal
credit.
The
Barandon
English Rothschilds
child
that
tion
he
liked
confidence in his
They
big
own
operations;
he
had
in
France,
new
regard to
Austria,
and
wards
in his draft of
January
13, 1818,
at the
he informed Harden-
rate of
60 per
berg.
cent., as
an issue
terms.
Humboldt wrote
is to
to obtain better
as follows
be placed here
think that
can only be done through Rothschild, otherwise some other equally large house would
it
have to be enlisted
in
95
The Romance
be
of the Rothschilds
Rothschild
difficult.
most enterprising
is
now
certainly the
He
very well
acquainted, through his brothers, with the position of the Prussian State, and he is on their
financier.
is
it
would not
man;
the present
Government
in the
same
letter that
Roths-
and desires
in
The new
citement at Berlin.
was
distinct
determined,
to place
to
in
Amsterdam
for the
Government refused
purpose.
There the
to consent, as
it
feared
The
that there
English Rothschilds
would be some
difficulty if
it
needed
a loan itself.
Berlin
Here again he
bankers
Government
and the
impelled by the
stirred themselves and
probably
at
last
manage a loan
failed,
of
1,900,000,
and
it
to
to
began
look as
if
of 65 per cent,
to
3,800,000.
and
raise the
A sharp
struggle followed,
and
it
Nathan Rothschild and Rother and Barandon discussed the subject for
from ten in the morning until
G
five
whole days,
97
The Romance
ing,
of the Rothschilds
at night until
two
in the
morning.
How
that Rother
reports and
had
to
exact-
the fact
draw up
official
pencil.
to
many
morning.
make
a counter-
between
75, 78,
affair if
The
English Rothschilds
Now new
posals were
discussed
let
until
last
Nathan
To
this
Rother would
1,250,000 at 75.
2,500,000 should be
1,250,000 at 72^, and
When
he returned home,
cent.,
London helping
tions
'
admiration."
G2
99
The Romance of
He
adds that
it
is
the Rothschilds
impossible for him to
accept the business on the basis of the suggested rate, and goes on to say of his plenipotentiary powers
"
To
this
clever letter
Solomon Rothschild
been delivered
tents before
until
me, and
to
my brother. We
we have
letter
has
No
is
lips,
we say
friends.
that
we
and devoted
In haste,
"
ROTHSCHILD BROTHERS."
his
The
English Rothschilds
that the
negotia-
tions
"
is
On
London.
It is
banker
in
His position as a
."
very strong.
March 31, about three o'clock in the
is
agreed to an issue
and abandoned
at 70,
his claim
cent.,
of commission, so
was 72 per
cent.
That
mised to
burg
Rother
[125,000]
to
in bills.
confidence in
at
his
his
It also
extraordinary dispatch in business.
throws a light on the reserve of money which
were
in a position to
101
The Romance of
The money had
when
port
the Rothschilds
the
indefatigable
Rothschild
The
dislike of the
diffi-
way
He
this class
London,
part that
Amsterdam had
eighteenth century.
In
all
rilled
Strictly speaking,
first
in
the
Nathan
banker to negotiate
modern form.
these
No
fortunate.
was behindhand
in
As
tually
always,
this
men began
to
credit
Nathan
to
The
English Rothschilds
that
entertain
confidence
which
under-
unreserved
gave a stamp of
takings.
He
all
branches
circumstances.
Where he
found
State
securities
knew from
He
into his
hands.
not
was
burdensome
less
was the
to them.
Here again he
to
losses which
firms.
ever, only
prudent, and he
planation
when he thought
enough.
He
vitation
it
The Romance
republics
Spanish
He
ness,
of the Rothschilds
had
which
been
un'der
unsound
busi-
formerly
rule.
was careful
to avoid all
numbers.
to say,
It
float-
to
the
combined
name
of
"
limited-liability
in a large association
it
under
company, as
this
removed;
in order,
it
was
said,
good position
104
The
chief point
The
in his
English Rothschilds
mind was
that
and he regarded
mathematician,
this
as
He
went
his plan.
to
the
at
House
of
Commons, where
warm
and
in the
end he won.
in his irre-
sistible
his
London
it.
On
firm,
Wilson
difficult that
&
Co.,
the Brazilian
account the
money
London house
after the
first
105
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
This put
million.
situation.
2,200,00x3, although
pay the remaining
Brazil was in so insecure a position that it was
to
man
to desert
one
to
whom
he had lent
He
sent a further
it
800,000 to Brazil,
was paid.
it
from
1829,
on condition
It
was not
sufficed to enable
The
in
Nathan
fidelity
of
Rothschild
changes
would have
in
the
political
situation
which
it
almost seemed as
proper element.
106
if
The
English Rothschilds
They
The
all sorts
sale
was
and pur-
on a small scale
received
all
concern to prosper.
The
is
needed for a
discounting-business
it
events
and
incalculable
chances.
Nathan
moment
to
if
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
we should
notice
knew
that
money and
credit
in his business-ideas.
the
nobility.
08
who had
in regard to
in this
The
English Rothschilds
title
of baron.
title
He
never
made
"
paragraph
Rothschild
Nathan
fitly
He
represents
city of
the
London.
'
least
an elephant.'
'
The banking-house
of
Nathan Rothschild
109
The Romance
and good-will.
of the Rothschilds
This happened
particularly
at the
time of the
in the fateful
financial
solid
year 1825,
crisis, when not only did the most
firms
this
fell
like
splendid institution,
compelled
to
suspend payment.
sible to estimate
which
this
It is
impos-
how many
summed up
According
to Sir
Thomas Powell
no
The
English Rothschilds
Buxton proceeds
of superstition, as
to
illus-
trate
"
to
place great reliance, was never to have anything to do with an unlucky place or an unlucky
man.
'I
'
many
very clever
never
but fate
is
themselves;
selves,
if
how can
The same
they do good to
me ?
'
'
I am sure
important things.
you would not
wish that.' Rothschild answered
I am sure
*
should wish
and
soul,
and
that.
heart,
way
to be
deal of caution, to
happy.
It
and a great
make
it
it,
in
The Romance
much
wit to keep
of the Rothschilds
it.
If
were
to listen to all
myself
soon.
very
Stick
should ruin
one business,
to
'
soon be
in the
Gazette?
'
Here
is
Rothschild.
Nathan
to the
tions, to
it
in
money-making,
if
'
him.
He
had
little
to securing
when
'
and
112
more speedily
it
with
The
all his
English Rothschilds
When
might.
As
its
mind turned
and
to others."
whether
be
it
mands above
centrated
and
in
his
all
their
The
is
the
Rothschilds con-
powers on money-making,
and said
"
I
in
1879
this house.
is
That, however,
each of them
is
due
always anxious
to leave to each of his children as much as he
himself inherited, and that
The unceasing
is
struggle
is
nonsense."
for
money
left
to live his
own
113
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
instrument on which
"
was,
Business."
and
this
no inconsiderable
risk.
To
attempt to follow
that
to imitate
him.
At
city, at
One
Stamford
Hill,
his offices.
wealthy and
well-known stockbroker named Lucas noticed
day, late in the evening, a
of the house.
suspected
he
said
to
himself
that
there
must
something;
be some serious reason for driving out at that
late
114
hour.
He
The
English Rothschilds
and watched
once,
house.
if
Drive to the
"
city
jumped
who made
child,
town residence.
at a gallop for
He
New
few moments
Court, his
later Lucas,
ground
like a
heavy sack.
by
this
unexpected
sprang upon
him on to the couch, sprinkled him
with cold water and perfume, and rubbed his
visit,
man,
lifted
H2
man seemed
to
show
115
The Romance of
that he
had
the Rothschilds
It
was a matter of
good business,
stock
at
once
come
some
without
attention.
attracting
They drew up
They
did
as he recovered.
to
do
this.
As soon
left the
as
house, in
spite of the
he
still
up the stock
in
question before
Rothschild
116
The
English Rothschilds
mon
In spite of
all the
"
once said to
You must be
"
I
"
happy
How could I be
poignant with sadness.
when, worn out with the day's work, I go to
dinner and find letters saying, If you do not
'
send
me
500,
will
out.'
made him
of terror
would-be assassin
in every stranger.
It
often
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
them with a
the visitors
speaking they
as
if
Instead of
On
morning he had
received a number of threatening letters, and he
as pale as death.
that very
it
at the
men.
With desperate
was found
and
in,
struck
great prince of
were actually face to face with Nathan Rothschild, on whom their fate depended, had so
speak,
but
introduction to
pockets.
118
letter
in
of
their
The
English Rothschilds
philanthropy Nathan
Rothschild betrayed some nervousness he was
troubled by the thought that people would make
Even
in the exercise of
was
generously.
It
of fact.
was
It
gifts.
all
too
little
matter
in vain that
was
so, as a
harmony
this unjust
of his nature.
at him,
and
much
that
detestation of
beneficent
"
sleep.
an intimate feeling of sympathy with the suffering, as he once said, somewhat cynically, to his
friend Buxton
"
Sometimes,
a guinea.
He
hard as he can.
to
amuse myself,
thinks
It is difficult to
it
out, off
advise you
a guinea sometimes;
give a beggar
should find
I
he runs as
to give a
beggar
it is
very amusing."
whether
there was not
say
119
The Romance
more pose than
of the Rothschilds
to
he was always
in a hurry
Hence, when a
get
It is
and cried
to his secretary,
"
Make
out
a cheque."
intelligible,
and
There were
people did not take it amiss.
thousands of plans in his mind, and he ought
not to lose sight of them.
How was it possible
for
him
schemes
to entertain the
innumerable fantastic
to
all
their
tirades,
as
if
the
him.
It is
who approached
of
and
120
in
consequence of
this
The
English Rothschilds
It
What
nise me?
"
I
"
!
don't
"
am Mayer
Jeremias."
nervously.
very grave at
He
this,
and
doesn't
know me,
In three
muttered to himself,
"
"
that
wa
man ?
"
Yes."
Call him back at once
"
immediately
121
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
in
Rothschild's room.
"
"
You
"
me half-a-crown."
"Well?"
gave
"
footing of equality.
at
Manchester.
Yes and
gary,
no.
friend.
for that
."
you said
should
days?"
When
went to America.
was reduced
There
to beg-
became a
Well ?
"And
122
"
in a hospital."
in that hospital I
noticed something.
The
English Rothschilds
When
man
them
for a curse."
of
rule, a
wonderful control of
his nerves
in fact,
and an operation
be performed by the famous surgeon
After
Listen, he bore it without a murmur.
had
ill
in bed,
to
Now,
mistaken.
will
With
me
these words he
to
pay you
There you
but
The Romance
Listen
night-cap.
of the Rothschilds
knew
and put it in
As he was engaged the whole day
London.
It
was not
until
on
his
desk as a reminder
As he handled it,
sound, and, when
it
He
rarely
made
was rather of a
witty remarks.
he
had
His humour
received
from
and
his self-esteem
title
of baron,
the
Austrian
when
and he
Duke
124
of
The
The English
Rothschilds
first
Christian barons.
"We
am
the
first
first
His pride
in his success
The Bank
of England, which he
had saved
payment a bill
amount which he had received from
to
Anselm.
it
for
for a large
his brother
that
it
only cashed
its
to
own
He
weapon
in the
hand of a Rothschild
is
125
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
many Bank
could.
them,
then,
He
trifles.
a second five-pound
note,
He
The
English Rothschilds
the
except
amused.
If
the
of
were
directors
at
first
dis-
posed
You
change
in this
why he was
way.
He
smiled
my
It
bills.
confidence in them.
am
you entertain a
free to entertain one
Well,
if
and
shall
keep your
months."
Two
months!
Rothschild persisted in
his work for that length of time, he would take
If
127
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
gold-reserve.
Bank
that the
of
bills,
were.
These
He
as
of the
we
London
financier.
his contemporaries,
Exchange.
There
'
is
features that
rigidity
and tension
in
his
ashamed
to say so.
Eyes
are usually
from the
128
interior, neither
is
light
The
tion of that
in
English Rothschilds
any direction.
of a skin to
let,
The whole
glance that
By-
it.
It
then
inquisitive
quisitive than
is
if
you cannot
translate,
you
feel
must be of most
utterly at a loss as to
what can be
its
you
nature and
functions."
And
i
mysterious
figure
dis-
129
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
He
London, but
it.
He
his heart
loved
to his
more
went
memories of
perhaps
his youth,
to
refresh
the
When Nathan
illness increased,
and
victories.
physician,
but
130
it
was
was too
summoned
late to
save him.
to his bedside,
He
died on
The
English Rothschilds
first
really great
His pigeon-post
words
"
:
mort."
II est
He was buried
his last
He
was
synagogue.
Thus
the
London house
of the Rothschilds
The
As
in the
lifetime
management
of
his
of the firm
father,
and was
network of their
131
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
man
Being a
operations,
As he had
politics of business.
into the
a great talent
further
millions,
while
brothers
his
could
won many
turf
efforts;
through their
prizes in one race.
As
a victory on the
in the
panion
biblical
span of
life,
He
lived
was
background,
The
in that circle.
com-
beyond the
rupted vigour.
The
132
The
English Rothschilds
He
was,
condemned
Ill
and unfortunate as he
but to science,
art,
and the
He was
had the
one expressed his surprise that he was interested in things which he could not see, he
answered
in his gentle
way
for
the
"Job on a money-bag
"
The Romance
life,
He
of the Rothschilds
to
make
a complaint.
millions.
carefully,
at
Gottingen
work of
He
were completed.
when
took up the
energy of
He
his
conducted no
was convinced of
the importance
and under
in turn
direction
less
London house
the
200,000,000
passed
through
his
hands
to
various governments in
To this
ment
when
it
The
English Rothschilds
life,
in
mandate entrusted
dition in
At
that
faith."
Lionel
swear on the Gospels, and asked them to substitute the Old Testament.
As he was not
allowed to do
had
in
this,
to confront the
same
changed.
City,
He
was
to enter Parliament.
monarchy, which
his
father
had had.
His
135
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
London
was
on
very
The
social
of
life
and
VII,
of
the
candidate
for
rabbinate
the
at
Frankfort.
Baron
Lionel
had
children
five
two
The daughters,
daughters and three sons.
Leonora and Eveline, married members of their
own
family;
the
first
to
Emma,
daughter of
Leopold took
to
wife the
daughter of the
Alfred remained
a bachelor.
He
had not
The
English Rothschilds
and died on June
nearly half-a-century,
1879,
in
his
leaving
year,
seventy-first
5,
the
At
Nathan.
tune of the
London Rothschilds
amounted
to
is
said to have
sterling.
since 1885.
first
Jewish
member
was the
for business
the
closest
as
first
his
attention
grandfather.
to
it;
the
He
gives
whole City
agents with the same ability as his great predecessor who laid the foundation of the house.
to his
desk early in
the
is
whom
he has
However im137
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
Lane
and
is
moment
room
idle.
in
one
side.
At
his
At
seventy-two-year-old brother.
sits
Alfred,
who
is
interested in science
and
art
still
The
138
worked
still
the cradle
many
the Rothschilds.
are
is
financial position of
out,
Here
and from
this lofty
chamber
LORD ROTHSCHILD.
/Vow
f>\'
f-'lliult t~
/"
The
English Rothschilds
the globe.
On
in
of
the
firm,
It
is
as
if
still
"N. M.
may
nailed there
ROTHSCHILD &
SONS."
still
kept
watch, to see that his three descendants at the
three desks in the lofty
room did
their
duty
in turn.
139
IV
BARON JAMES ROTHSCHILD
THE
in
ghetto
when
Jew
Street of the
Frankfort
had not
to set out
their travels as
to
Hanover.
The
literally,
his back,
at their dis-
They were
ent
filial
to establish
more or
less
independ-
140
and
consolidate
their
power.
The
eldest,
childs
Pope
in distant Italy.
Anselm, received
The
eldest son,
trol of the
at Paris
When
the
Benjamin of the family reached the metropolis of France the name of Rothschild, for
which Maier Amschel had won respect throughout Europe, was a sufficient letter of recommendation.
in the
name
already
stood
for
money,
financial
It
power,
141
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
The money
of which
it
and
rivers of gold.
wherever
it
increases, the
appears, the
money
was
in
the
year
that promotes
and economic
money
sheds
that
and
money
1812
that
life.
James, the
but James,
who was
still
very young,
did not embark on any large enterprises. His
first
city,
work was
which he
would have
to deal
At
142
Napoleon remained
in
As long
importance
of
his
before he set
had come,
and, together with James, he founded the Paris
the year 1817 he felt that the time
The new
name
"
of
Rothschild Freres."
Parisian banking-house
was not
him
to
foundations
needed
of
the
It
firm,
as
other
He
bankers
credit
and
entered the
equipment for
his
work, and
was the
field in
which
his father
and brothers
The Romance
had won
would
of the Rothschilds
He
it.
and he
in turn
therefore con-
them
to
He
Marquis
French minister of
Villele,
put
forward
In
finance, the
project
of
May
it
is
to say,
on the basis
French
was
amounting
same time con-
loan,
at the
An-
In order to be in
144
child house
issue
to
In
this, therefore, it
name
still
this
was the
youthful James
negotiated.
Government
French
military purposes
Greeks
in
and
needed
in
1828
for
It
war against the Turks.
eighty million francs, and was
their
amounted
to
knocked down
to the
Rothschilds,
who were
James
Rothschild
was
then,
and
had
precisely to
its
145
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
the absolute
monarch of the
financial world,"
play.
his
did reverence to
except the
it
Prince of
Orleans.
Even
the
in
new
royal
financial potentate,
who dimmed
whom
was open.
By
the
year
1841
the
and
his,
Parisian
Orleans
entertained
the
higher nobility at
In the eyes of the prince Baron
Chantilly.
James was, in spite of his title, no more than a
in his opinion,
had no
When
of
open
finance";
at
at Paris,
body had
to reckon.
his table.
Count Ap-
less
still
regard
them as
the
most
important
element of the modern representative system."
Baron James did not scruple to make use of
K2
practically
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
in
He
before the time of James Rothschild.
merely adapted himself to the prevailing
customs, and increased his power by giving
bribes.
His power
is
The king
will not
to
more
than
twenty
million
francs.
On
French
money.
148
In
many passages
gives
us
Heine
of
Baron
characteristic
portrait
James.
"
of his writings
The outbreak
of war, which
for the
sighted politicians,
who have
M. de
some
well.
present.
Short-
recourse only to
and hope
for days of
times.
for
inevitable,
untroubled peace.
seems
is
Rothschild,
time,
is
quite recovered
and looks
physiognomy
assure
us
that
the
is
no lightning
in his
149
The Romance
and
eyes,
of the Rothschilds
that, therefore,
on the baron he was radiant with pleasant feeling, and his rosy mood almost broke into
poetry; as
is
when
the baron
in a
to his
to rhyme with
'
a rhyme.
As
am
Constantinople.
'
This
did
not
please
him,
He
however.
"M.
best
150
de Rothschild
political
is,
barometer
will
not
say
ful.
it
is
if
him
sopher,
can observe
which the
It is
all
finest acrobat
to imitate.
would
find
it
difficult
if
they
had touched a Voltaic battery when they approached the baron. Many are overcome with
awe
door of his
at the
office,
as
and
am
financial agents
venture to
Here we
see
how
little
man
is
The Romance
God
is
For money
and Rothschild
"
of the Rothschilds
Some
is its
is
the
god of our
time,
prophet.
when
years ago,
went once
to see
his
along the
the
and
corridor,
who was
Bourse,
some
respect of
of the
folk.
it
respectfully,
is
the
man
he will
time.
Such, to put
to
Once, when
told
him
that
had
and said
that
that
had
would
still
have an appreciable
amount.
'
The
business premises of
152
M. de Roths-
a labyrinth of rooms,
The room
in
which the
now
On
whom
Austria, with
done most of
Emperor Francis
is
of
business.
much
finer
at
rhymed
cannot
say/'
Heine
and
threads
all
the perpetual
"
two per
cent,
made
a further
The Romance
Bourse.
It is said that
the toothache.
What
colic.
of the Rothschilds
Baron Rothschild has
nearer.
We
The
peace.
tion
could
thoroughly
many
not
always
reliable.
be
described
Moreover,
there
as
were
Ouvrard
succeeded
in
getting
information
while
154
is
known, the
Ouvrard
Bourbon dynasty.
to his plans,
and then
he
terrified the
childs
London house
to
of the Roths-
in
155
The Romance
good deal of
of the Rothschilds
known with
certainty.
When
word of honour of the Premier, the ordinances in question had indeed been meditated,
the
them
to
recently,
tion."
The very
signed
thrown
upon the
colleagues,
as
Rothschild
the value
of
firm
the
and
bonds
its
fell
greater part
156
of
as the
the
latter
bonds.
They
therefore
them
was
in the lurch.
just in this
Whether
or no the charge
business friends.
tion,
profit
mous
wealth.
richest
man
He
was
in France.
still
still
enor-
regarded as the
capital
of
Lafitte Brothers
at
ten
million
We
gather from
it
that
as
the
each,
the
capital
of
157
The Romance of
Bandon
the
the Rothschilds
and
Rougemonts
All
millions.
these
and
Lafonds
that of
fifteen
at
as
[400,000
would
be
considered
small in
600,000]
America to-day. Those whose capital reached
to
Halphen
and
millions,
Fould
The
forty.
then
thirty
millions,
and
Hoop
estimated
at
a hundred
millions [four
million sterling].
hundred million
francs.
Prince Aumale,
with
Rothschild
158
Jewish
possessed
hundred and
the other
the
fifty
Crcesus.
individually
million francs
James
nearly
more than
a
all
He
about a quarter of a
It is quite true that he had brought
century.
the first millions from Frankfort, but he had
all
this in
them a hundredfold by
increased
his
own
exertions.
With
attained, as
we have
He
overthrow governments.
succeeded, for instance, in bringing about
to
His
dis-
to everybody.
It
was
Heine
sarcastically describes
meeting the
man who
man
said to
"
I
M.
le
him
If
thou cuttest a
little
The Romance of
worse than ever.
of
my
It
the Rothschilds
life."
He
greater.
Paris Bourse.
secret
his
his
triumphs.
gramme
to his
of State-loans.
State
itself
"
ought to have
all his
to
undertaken.
machinery
drop
its
plan
in
he
160
The
railway
company
issued
as
15,000
"gifts,"
shares,
of
This sum
House
disarmed
various
in the
same way.
papers received,
according to
their
thousand francs
fifty
for
cause
at
Heine wrote
at
some length
at the time of
He
'
affair.
says
The house
L
161
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
get
is
it,
its
operations which
The
to his friends.
par
is
really a beggar.
now begging
and
of him;
However, everybody
it
is
there
is
no shame
in
M. de Rothschild
it.
is,
seriously as possible.
He
is,
siderable, judging
faculty
of
from
it
in point of fact,
am no judge
results.
observation,
of
or
an
He
has a rare
instinct
for
surrounded
by
we always
general
staff
of
Baron James in
intimate relations with the most distinguished
mediocrities,
find
sure to
best
man
in
it.
a single note of
his.
Ary
was
Careme
Scheffer
his
is
cook.
his
court
painter.
M. de Rothschild
He
Cremieux, the
who has
a great future
before him, and Cremieux found in him a loyal
distinguished jurist,
supporter.
In the same
way he appreciated
from the
Philippe,
L2
Louis
in the confidence of
Emile
Pereire, the
The Romance of
Pontifex
Maximus
the Rothschilds
of the railways,
was
entirely
discovery of his;
Versailles.
much appreciated by M. de
is
it
though
polite,
seems
and
to
me
Rothschild,
that here he
rather
is
is
not so
dead
men
all
of
life
"
its
wanting
am
not sure
if
am
star is at
not a
little
M. de Roths-
child
is
a poor poet
compare him
to a star
to
the impertinence to
M. de Rothschild
164
first
a matter of fact,
it is
as
no
from
rest
its
These
feel
for him.
sympathy
that his
money
ing to him.
would have
is
man
is
poverty.
and
must be deeply
the misery that he is
as he
to assuage,
made on
constantly
bless-
upon
inclined to think
If
good-natured a
called
am
Exces-
need of money
to
go
to
M. de Rothschild
not
165
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
in order to find
The
little
comfort
if
is
man who
the
all
money
in
the
crowd of hungry
men and thieves gather about him and stretch
out their hands to him. And what fearful and
How do you
they are
I
poet once asked the baron.
'
dangerous hands
do?
'
German
am mad/
'
it,'
with a sigh
'
:
That
is
the
When
window
see you
I
will
precisely
my
madness,
Heine, living
in
close
touch
with
Baron
He
humour with
his works.
his
money,
me
you lose."
Heine did not take
much
to heart,
whether he had
his
it
is
a sin
if
speculations very
them.
on
that to speculate
it
lost
said.
right
"The Rabbi
James.
Yes.
of
Prague?" asked
Baron
'
him
'
:
My
God,
my God
'
My
'
Help, Rabbi,
167
The Romance
"
"
'
'
Broken
He
of the Rothschilds
his leg
How
a ladder
fell off
did he do that ?
'
an3-
'
doing on a ladder?
"
a
So you
see, baron,"
laugh, "the
What was
'
to
me.
"
?
from day
to day.
It
of railways.
tent
to
enterprises,
but
foreign countries.
He
and by
this
he and
his brothers
The
tunes.
in the
68
themselves to the
amount, or
full
let
one or two
This
Hottinger firms, into the transaction.
was done, for instance, at the establishment of
up
reached
its
in a
hundred
to nine
hundred
five
When
the price
made
profit
of
more than
forty
million
francs.
true
noticed
When
at
that
his
as a soft-hearted man.
It
connection
families to
169
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
moment
He
their assistance.
saw
rely
Baron Roths-
that
on any
to
the
come
to
Jews of
effective pro-
them
Heine wrote
'
sufferers.
at the time
The Jews
Many
of
if
them
still
last for
the sun
That
may
is
twenty-four
is
synagogue as well as
170
its
work
in the Christian
in the
Church.
is
gold
The names
left;
much
as
in
"We
droite,
that he has
for the
who,
persecuted
while
and
his
co-religionists
oppressed
in
Syria
at
were
the
instigation of a
speeches in
on the conversion of bonds and the bank-discount with the calm, detached
to
air of a Hillel."
The Romance
trouble, the cause of
of the Rothschilds
which was the old calumny
He
of killing children.
"
M. Thiers
says
asserts in his
morning audiences
it
is
son gout.
the Rabbi of
and drank
divided
In
this,
and
Damascus
his
blood
killed Father
Thomas
many
of
them
are
quite
dis-
good
taste.
There
is
M. de
Rothschild, for
if
Autun.
'
talk
And
he
He
worked and
fought with
incredible endurance sometimes he won, somefortune.
his
As
often as he
won
his
grew
larger.
On
loss,
was the
culprit,
to millions of francs.
is
described as follows
in
'
The mystery
that has
of the Northern
Railway
is
being gradually
173
The Romance of
The
cleared up.
the Rothschilds
directors of the
company
much
as
possible,
and
it
does
credit to their
little
At
they tried
to prevent the publication of any reference to
vigilance
the
affair.
foresight.
The
first
was bought by
Paris press
This statement
is
not at
all correct.
It
What
informed.
determine
has
itself
It
it,
loss the
sustained,
would, in
fact,
we
be
Northern
not
are
difficult
to
documents were
to bear the
whole
loss;
174
each of the
sum.
MM.
lose
Carpentier
ten
and
engaged
before they
England
From
flight
New
fled,
months before.
For
York.
this
reason
it is
in
believed that
way
of England.
How
determined;
it
is
known only
that they
have
at
revision
of
the
shares,
which
was
entrusted to them.
"
The
With
the
together
again.
Hence,
at
the
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
realise
to
seemed
sum
considerable
before
they
He
On
this occasion
he
managed
just
ness,
million francs by
"
'
affair,
railway
had made
five
it.
he added,
If,'
that he
'
hope
bring
to
add
off
my
Algerian
three millions to
the five/
"
'
'
give
me
Put
still
it
before,
have a neat
and
little
sum.'
'
said
here
am
my
of the day.'
'but
The
chain
view; before he
Paris he sent
it
to his
this conversation,
which
left
brother,
it.
friends,
the
had secured
for
understood,
that
therefore,
terribly upset
It will
Rothschild
by the conduct of
chief
be
is
his protege,
to capture him.
In
of Carpentier, he
ten
million
francs
to
get
Carpentier in his
power, and,
by
if
there
force.
"
From
M
Paris
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
He
lay.
out to
was entrusted with the charge of the cashboxes, and on the day for paying the officials
and workers of the Northern Railway he was
not to be found. The head of the staff sent
word
to
who had
Rothschild,
safes
to
the employees.
and found
to
it
keep the
He
strictest silence
about
it.
Then he
They
at
178
Both he and Grellet are quite young. Carpentier is of a light complexion, and seems weak
and
pale,
and has
the appearance of a
all
man
still alive.
man.
M.
a very respected
occupies a prominent
Planchet,
Another uncle
The
women and
lives,
and
is false.
it
They
was only
in
sum
Possibly
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
Thus the French press on the baron's enormous loss. On another occasion he made a
The famous painter
quite unexpected profit.
Eugene Delacroix, who was struck with the
features of Baron Rothschild, decided that he
would
like
for a model,
tume proper
one of the
artist's
when he knocked,
He
The
pupil was
"
DEAR
'
SIR,
You
will
me
at the
capital
door of M.
pound
1
80
interest
on
it
sum
of ten thousand
He
especially painters.
artists,
whom
he was personally acquainted, while many of the most distinguished men of the artistic world were complete
partial to the artists with
strangers to him.
stance, that
On
speak to you."
to
artist to
and cried
come
to him,
I
here,
want
another occasion he
paint his portrait.
It
was
that, as
Jadin
such
doing
large pictures,
a single face would be painted by him on very
was accustomed
to
moderate terms.
"
to
Dear master," he
have
my
portrait painted.
"
I
want
tell
second.
181
The Romance of
"
"
to
the Rothschilds
had
if I
my
"
?
five
He
further.
long time. He was, however, determined to have his portrait painted by a famous
artist for a
His choice
he turned to others.
fell
asked the
He
artist
artistic
went
to
it
on the
after the
throws light
ideas of James
paint a portrait.
"
"
For you, baron," was the reply,
is
it,
ask to
my
price
"
It
"
182
Ah
"
f
said
the
painter,
shrugging
his
i-u.rm-:
OF TKHIUKIKI)
.n-:\v
i'>i-:.
IN
shoulders.
is
You want
want
penny
five
If
there
art,
less."
when
question of
to bargain
a cry of astonishment.
The baron
thought the
"
Wait
hurried
artist
He
was mad.
Now
"
will
you may
go."
Horace kept
"
On
the
way
to
his word.
arm.
The
and
its
features are
and
The Romance of
Francis Joseph
and
the Rothschilds
at the
Grand Cross
He
opening
of
the
On
the
first
Sunday
exhibition
one of
the
first
That
is
the
way
to
become
a millionaire,"
nounced,
great
184
in
German
painter,
had given
The
city of Frankfort.
other notice
dryly announced
"
financier, also
pounds
The
the baron.
have his
some other
he would do
so.
few days
paragraph appeared
'
The
which
its
is
journal.
in the
Figaro
hymns
It
sings
penny
The
in
to a blind flute-player
The Romance of
Arts,
yet the
the Rothschilds
to the present
day."
writer
way
of
stall,
and
"
"
said Rothschild.
ever.
Give
me
"
it."
had inscribed on
it
the following
lines
"
Receipt
for 1000 (in words,
1
86
Poles.
"GEORGE SAND."
made
Rothschild
no
trouble
about
the
period,
time,
"
it
is
always
difficult to
find words."
The
mouth
witticism
in Paris,
circulated
from
mouth
to
man
of
little ability.
began
at
Roths-
to praise Scribe in a
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
The baron
remarkable way.
noticed
and
it,
because
am
who
believes a
outright,
lives
now laughed
it
at
word
not a
I
say
and Heine
as
"
long as he
Scribe,
and indeed
Paris
is
joke of Scribe's.
There
to
are, of course,
no authentic documents
Rothschild,
to
in his
hand
man must
at Paris, as
It was no wonder,
everything costs money.
he said, that people like himself got into diffi188
Heine
"
Let
me
You,
sir
...
are
francs to me."
from Rothschild.
other people
who
fact
that
the
poet,
He
frequently speaks of
lent him money, but does not
It
in fact,
he would not have shown so much independence as he did in regard to Rothschild, and
189
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
On
the
Heine so much
if
the friendship
money.
Baron James was very proud of his relations
with Heine.
He liked to have his dinners and
other functions irradiated with the poet's most
brilliant display of wit.
Sometimes, however,
was disappointed.
One evening, when
Baron James particularly wished Heine to
he
What
You are
is
the
was singularly
remarks.
."
"
"
But to-night I
Quite right," said Heine.
have exchanged views with my German friends,
.
and
my head
is
fearfully empty."
After that he remained as silent as ever.
Somewhere about
the
who were
staying in Paris.
Heine
when one
of
He
managed.
house,
baron's invitation
"
M.
le
Baron,
have had
my
this
usually take
reply to
my
coffee
the
where
dinner."
He
Borne.
he was,
the
lived
many
like Rothschild, a
Main
the former
Jew
son of Frankfort on
Street at Frankfort
he paid a
Paris, Saturday,
January
28, 1832.
"
The Romance
Now
terms.
God
order that
of the Rothschilds
desired
when He
created the
world.
The
to fall
on the Holy
much
He
He
the Rothschilds
if
for sale.
fine.
and Rothschild
Dame
will
de
la
officiate
were
Louis
he
is
Remy
at
Bourse
at
if
as arch-
fly to St.
192
Protector
But
of
really
King
and exchange-agents.'
do not know what the silly dove
bankers
Would
if all
it
not be a
on
their subjects
millions a year.
passive, of ministers
would have
to cease
why
would
lay
their lists
when
If the
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
other.
dear.
price of
it is
the
likely to cost
immediately the contract was signed. So extraordinary a circumstance was bound to attract
the notice of the Austrian cabinet.
It
therefore
transactions
to
competition.
The
made money
cities, that
was
in a position to
had
'
so scarce in Vienna,
no other firm
fallen to
its
them as
There was a
little
of
difference
.750,000.
but Rothschild
relates,
on the
Government
wishes?
They use
the
to
fall
in
with
their
minister Villele,
with
whom
N2
The Romance
Have we
ministry.
of the Rothschilds
not seen the French funds
Our
less than
it
per cents,
80 francs,
in
above 88 francs.
It is
We
They
that
would by
liberty
if
Aguado,
it
is
unquestion-
Europe
this
such
men
Casimir
as Rothschild, Ouvrard,
Perier
and
others,
did
'
Only
196
this
of bankers
in
Chamber
as
Casimir Perier
complained of
Carnivorous
lynxes!
unseasonable
this
bit of
natural history.
Rothschilds.
do now?
It is really
coming
to that.
asked
at all events
throne
has
explained
recently
Allgemeine
Herr von
vacant.
falls
Zeitung.
this
It
is
when
Gagern
openly in the
a remarkable
story/
"
states-
aristocrats represent as so
charm-
of the Bundestag.
man,
whom
ingly romantic,
to
walk amongst
years ago.
with
political
malady which
is
discharge
at
as rarely found
the
mouth, a
among
diplo-
197
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
is
common
and
about
information
useful
the
obscure
Harnau
is
Now,
summer
in the south,
one evening.
"
at
At Ems
summers
together.
it
talking
families.
frequently discussing
But, although
about
It
can confirm
in succession,
about Greece.
me
listened a
seemed
to
own
their
good
deal,
me
and
affairs
their
198
'
'
question/
explain.
There
is
nothing in
deli-
cate health
of feeling.
rigorous diet
is
indispensable to
him.
when
by
Dom
Miguel;
cut
like a
to them.
Yet the
How
fate of nations
is
entrusted
By
It is
for
199
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
sound.
agreed.'
great
men.
They send
their
to
fleets
The
to court,
the best
means
of putting an
end
to
to disorder.
The Greeks
are
fanatical,
they
suffer
applied at once
German
guard.'
But
there
his
hence,
open
is
their purses to
him
if
he
is
to
make them
their
in
their
name
hence,
sufficient credit.'
"
Many
The
or the best-tempered?
fore
guard.
and noble
carefully inquires at
the
there-
first
banking
house in Europe' (or of M. de Rothschild)
which prince has the longest credit. M. de
Rothschild finds that
all
the princes of
Europe
prince
it.
He
for credit
is
therefore reports to
'
credit.
Then
Prince
become King
Greek question,' says Herr von Gagern."
to
201
The Romance of
Borne clearly wished
the Greek question, as
the Rothschilds
in this letter to satirise
it
September
7,
his antagonist
1840.
aimed
at
It
and
hit
Fortun-
him.
My
purse.
money
The
James
The
bullet stuck in
it.
life?
call that
well invested."
intimate
and
friendship
Heine
was
between
never
Baron
interrupted.
202
On
wanted
Rothschild
speech.
to
unlock
his
a glass of
it.
The poet
it,
Lacrima
the world,
made from
in
That
is
why
it
is
so
drink."
"Do
is
it
Christ?"
"Why?"
'
These are
"
be-
203
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
Paris
Of
the
life
private
of
It is
little.
and
him
no time
it
is,
tions
was concerned.
He had married
brother
was
Solomon
of Vienna.
daughter of his
Betty Rothschild
all
204
His suc-
was
not
in
need
to
his
strain
increasing the
it
Hence financial
did not claim so much of the
had done
in the
case of
who, as long as he lived, controlled the business alone and gave his son
the
father,
and
sights of Paris.
and the
His
demands
He was
of the age
He
was the
205
The Romance
first
in
France
of the Rothschilds
to build
homes
The
French
Germans,
hostile
troops,
regarded
the
it
colossal
sum
of
5,ooo,ocK),ooo francs.
war indemnity
In finding this enormous
the
For
it
was due
to
him
that
it
was
Government
at the proper
time.
many ways.
all
He
the
was,
and he had
He
some
the
alteration of
made number
numbers
Rue
St.
thirteen at
number.
somewhat during
of Baron Alphonse.
This was due to changes in the general economic conditions which were bound to put an end
to the unassailable
The
still
as absolute as
It
now
it
was
in the time of
Baron James.
tions.
It
in the
year
207
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
His younger
assume the control
now
to
Edmund much
brother
better qualified.
The
James
and Maurice, were put at the head of the
business.
But the vast machinery did not, even
under their guidance, sustain the activity it had
Philip,
life
sons,
marked the
208
No
city in the
enriched
with
natural
beauty,
with
all
the
"
Napoli
lies
the
Behind
it
rearing
its
is
its
waves.
at times
its
awful jaws.
There, at the
and Herculaneum
sleep their age-long sleep, with all their petrified treasures; while the glorious blue of the
wonders, lights
Nor does this exhaust the
marvels of Naples.
All round
its
it is
a garland
209
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
of laurel-woods, of lemon
in
bloom the
;
fume
and
rama.
men
was
moved
one of
their
country.
number should go
They had
to
conquer the
and
thoroughness, what
material results they might attain in a land so
rich in treasure, yet divided into small States
the greatest
care
in a
new
The
Rothschilds at Naples
The
assumed
control
of
Frankfort
the
house.
Nathan had gone to London and won unbounded respect for the name of Rothschild in
misty Albion.
had
already
settled
in
Paris
and
Amschel
now
chiefly
engaged, like his brothers, in floating the Stateloans which they undertook. He had not yet
o
211
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
At
that
money.
The
million sterling,
he believed
bonds of the
in
money
man is when
prudent
212
first
the
embarks on large
time.
trans-
Though he regarded
The
Rothschilds at Naples
it,
them-
and he therefore
Government needed
cover
its
market entirely to
own financial claims, and would not
this
more than
143,000, in
connection with an
to Cassel,
He
Prussia,
since
it
Prussian bonds.
transaction.
It
the Rothschilds
intelligence,
showed
had
even
if
as
it
large
his share of
it
first
prudence and
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
the transaction
we
in
by him
It
spelling.
poned
The
letter
until
mine or
elder brother
is
make
his first
and
initiate
him
to all the
intrigues
in
made Karl
him
English.
214
sent
Trans.
literally
as possible in
The
Rothschilds at Naples
Italian branch
Money was
The
treasures.
art
in
world than in
science.
of
Italy,
so rich in superstition
all
and
where the
soil
was
kinds of occult
all
Mysterious alchemists
still
brooded
stuffed
The
fluid
hung over
the
and serpentine
vessels,
bone saws, the winding tubes, and the steamwaited for the man-made gold to
issue from the magical brew.
The mysterious
ing pots
all
was committed
to the crucibles
on the furnaces.
Then
a quiet
his
215
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
hands
the
the
and
their
Karl Rothschild's
At
Germany, an
But it was pre-
When Karl
opportunity for business.
chose Naples for his residence, he had no
did
intention
of
216
country,
it
The
Rothschilds at Naples
becoming, with a
little effort
and
skill
on the
He
rarely
viduals.
mous
capital
to
European cities.
small States of which had perpetually
sequence
the
followed, seemed
bad
to
financial
policy
they
be particularly suitable
It
in Naples,
absolute
217
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
won
smooth
his
ways
was precisely the
were wanted their excellent
And
Rothschilds that
sufficed to
in Italy
it
The
empty
and even the Vatican had to
money.
throughout Italy,
contend with an eternal lack of money. The
finances of Rome had fallen into a lamentable
position under the extravagant administration
The papal
The
more
situation
On
218
January
i,
to
contend
difficulties.
1821, the
sum
that
had
to be
The
Rothschilds at Naples
It
to
opened a banking-house
at
Neapolitan Government
The
lish a
He
he trusted to work
in the future.
which
His experi-
opened
ing year.
his
bank
at
Naples
in the follow-
The Romance
ment turned
help of this
pressing
to
it
of the Rothschilds
him
for a loan,
its
more
difficulties.
the
kingdom had
money
that
difficulties.
reason
the
treasury could
to
He
for
this
million
The amount
ducats,
millions, however,
by no means
These sixteen
sufficed to put
in perfect
country.
new
to the Neapolitan
220
The
Rothschilds at Naples
Neapolitan
Government had
banished
the
It
may be
that he particularly
felt the
he was
still
virtually a stranger
social support; in
any
case,
and needed
he made
new
it
a strict
banishment.
He knew
attach
him more
221
The Romance
The son
of the Rothschilds
had already,
hardly a generation since old Maier Amschel
had sold his modest wares in Jew Street, atof the Frankfort ghetto
been a
total stranger
million ducats.
of
rolls
now
He
in
and
would be
entirely changed.
mise to that
222
effect
He
would, more-
The
Rothschilds at Naples
He
nothing but
the co-operation of his friend could give him a
satisfactory guarantee that the money matters
substituted for him.
kingdom would
of the
felt that
at length
be established
on a safe footing.
from
exile,
solely
because
Karl
Rothschild
we may
take
it
for granted
was inacceptable
to
Rothschild.
In
the
begun
meantime
Rothschild
had
Jewish
Baron
financier
Amongst
liquidated
loan
for
the
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
XVI
of the Cap-
by the Rothschilds
in conjunction with
and he travelled
to
childs.
into
No
reasons, but
doubt he did
it
is
this
for sectarian
At
common
attack
ceeded
in
excluding
all
suc-
This had
French
224
banking
circles,
The
known
was
Rothschilds at Naples
Not one of
to resist the
hoped
combined action would enable them
their
it
Rothsthat a
to oust
opponents.
The
six leading
Hagermann,
banking-houses
Andre
et
Cottier,
at Paris
Fould
et
of
the
Rothschilds.
French loan
to
the
In
took
it
themselves.
The
fell
to
Hagermann was
225
The Romance
Parisian banking
of the Rothschilds
firm
Caccia, to which
minister
had
Parisian
the
offered
first
the
The
loan.
little
in-
in getting
and
it
in the
placed
hands of Hagermann
his associates.
The
Rothschilds,
to the
the defeat so
it,
much
that they
wanted
to
avenge
future, or at least to
hamper it in
every way they could. They at once drew up
their plan of campaign.
They had sufficient
means and connections to enable them to bring
allies
in
about
artificially
price
of
Parisian
considerable
securities.
fall
This
in
fall
the
in
fell far
226
sufficed to
The
them
to
Rothschilds at Naples
to convert the
and Cottier
insisted that
it
Andre
was an excellent
opportunity for business, and succeeded in inducing their associates to undertake it. They
sent a confidential agent of the allies to the
The agent
another,
was
of
and not
the
bankers,
however, had
he
simple
intermediary
reveal the
names
and on no account
of his principals.
to
This he
did
the
names
He
if
he thought
227
The Romance of
The
the Rothschilds
The mere
presence of
the Parisian agent at Rome, which was at once
communicated
to
to
him
a suspicious circumstance, and, once his suspicions were aroused, he did not find
cult to learn the facts.
The
diffi-
it
Rothschilds had at
Govern-
at
once went to
Rome
in order to
make
When
Rothschilds
had
undertaken
this
The
loan
in
it
to
The
Rothschilds at Naples
first
the preference
able conditions.
if
it
The
earlier loan
had been
Baron Karl brought to his notice. The intervention meant neither more nor less than that
the Rothschild firm was going to use the Veto
The papal
break
off his
treasurer
if
to
Parisian bankers.
that,
it.
It
On
let it
pass out of
it
was pos-
effected.
A:
that the
correspondence
229
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
agreement
to
with them.
The Papal
and the
States
kingdom
of
He
States.
the
advanced
Grand Duchies
several times
of
the total
400,000.
The
about
16,000,000,
had no
less
than thirteen
all
sterling.
Two
a loan of
in 1853.
As
230
either
in
floating
loans
or
Italian
making
The
Rothschilds at Naples
the
even
distinctions,
the
Pope decorating
After
had enough of
life in
Italy,
his
had
and he returned
As long
as he
had lived
in
She was a
about her
"
in the
If ever a
year 1850
woman was
it
is
the
good
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
One may doubt, however, if her esteem of men has been much
increased during that period. The gifted lady
who
are
making
history.
when
to suppress an
who
in
in
such circumstances,
the
mistress
of
the
from
this
was
in her case
it
The
Rothschilds
at
Naples
poor
in
She did
of the poor.
not,
she lingered by the azure gulf she used constantly to send alms for the poor of Frankfort.
Whenever she
had
Adelheid founded
5000.
in
This was,
institution
she
1846
at a cost of nearly
moreover,
founded.
She
not
the
was
only
equally
men and
in
Naples
interest of
233
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
that
of her as a
woman
of a type that
is
dying
out.
at times
and her
gift of
bringing relief to the distressed by her inimitable amiability, of making her gifts acceptable,
come
homes of
impoverished gentlefolk.
It
whom
she
The
234
"
as
if all
the graces
The
Rothschilds at Naples
With
all
enthusiasm for
art,
and a wonderfully
clear
and
critical
it.
to
controversy.
some
Pope
in
regard to the
Gengha and
inmates
of
the
Jewess
bitterly
Peter,
in
the
Roman
ghetto.
The
little
handsome
chambers
of
the
235
The Romance
know from
must
painful
it
secuted.
is
If
of the Rothschilds
his
it
it
was no
less
Rome.
Baroness Adelheid died in the year 1853 at
the age of fifty-three.
own
in her
and two years afterwards Baron Karl, who was in his sixty-eighth
He also was
year, followed her to the grave.
soil,
at Frankfort,
Four children
family
eldest,
His
brother,
married his
Baron Lionel.
236
The
of
Rothschilds at Naples
Baron
The
Solomon.
youngest son,
Wilhelm Karl, married Julia's sister Mathilda.
After the death of their parents all the three
moved
sons
to
for the
field
Their
had ceased
father
to
do business
When
Naples
it
died,
and
in
failing old
was an
infirm
man.
He
come.
relied
on
It
had now
his
nephews.
The
eldest of them,
once controlled.
the grandfather
He now
and
filled it
He
had
and
The Romance of
was quite content
retire.
the Rothschilds
him and
of the firm
was
house.
the difficulty
The
geographical situa-
from Naples
prevented them from maintaining the close connection with the other
branches of the house which it was an essential
tion
The
do
little
distance.
238
That
is
the
sole
reason
for
the
The
Rothschilds at Naples
As
it
five.
and they now only return occasiona few weeks' rest, as other travellers
tiful bay,
ally for
had been
239
VI
THE FRANKFORT HOUSE
istic.
that
was
commercial
luck,
life,
considerably easier.
and
He
this
made
his
work
on
moments which
mercial
life.
He
arise
in
political
and com-
every
possible
advantage
economic conditions.
ciple in business,
240
and
of
That was
political
and
The
Frankfort
House
Anselm
Maier
Rothschild
very closely
resembled his mother in character, cast of mind,
and
He
life.
maintained
this
life,
official
court-banker.
to
rest in the
set
in
no
so
store
short
by
time.
his title of
He
was
inter-
As
241
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
tion,
He
some-
partial to display.
in
Don't talk to
me
of
"
angrily.
title will
He
his
history
to
to
He
on the
242
flatterer.
The
Frankfort House
On
German.
much
better in
was interested
in antique
he
His chief
pictures.
interest,
where he loved
his garden,
peculiarities
and
He
is
to walk.
All these
however, was in
an interesting example
now dying
out.
life,
and never
really
to him,
to
Rothschild,
he
replied,
gravely
and
thoughtfully
"
My
Listen
possible.
horses.
It is certainly
to ride, but
Q*
to
my
I, if it
were
You admire my
great pleasure to me
me.
a
243
The Romance of
me
to
do so
my
table,
the Rothschilds
As
it.
painful consequences
for
generally pay
when
at
any time
have
am
completely
and so am
yielded to
my
inclinations.
my
My
me from
appreciating
The one
house.
loved
a word,
my
ever really
have never been able to call mine. In
all that
creature that
the
is
me?"
These sombre words give us a glimpse of
the soul of Baron Anselm.
He was not the
master, but the slave, of his vast fortune.
And
in his
inmost experiences, to
244
He
had
BARON ANSELM
MAIEIt HOTHSCHILI).
The
Frankfort House
god Mammon.
own
The remark
whom
us.
less,
never healed.
young heart
of his
compelled by
It is
not
in early life,
the ardour
known who
it
was
that thus
won
the
Thus
the
first
sternly opposed.
Anselm bowed
and controlled
cost
in his
his feelings in
At
to his
that time he
his youth.
was married
to
Eva Hanau,
245
The Romance of
whom
his
father
the Rothschilds
had chosen
for
him.
No
It is
possible that the childlessness of his wife contributed to the morose disposition of
Baron
A
of
knowing what
contemporary,
who
real joy
is.
to
is
the eldest
man
of thoroughly
Hebrew ways
of the
and
European nabobs
habits.
His hat
is
is
pushed back on
to his
is,
notices that he
as
is
observed.
His coat
is
open,
neatly on the
246
He
The
Frankfort House
to every
beggar
has
He
money
for the
new Jewish
hospital.
fire
When
he
is
there
In
always
is
any
widespread
quite a crowd gathers in
the street in front of his bank.
"
His house in the Fahrgasse has not an
'distress,
From
man
a kind of superstition he
offices in the
house
in the world.
still
keeps his
desert
him
like a
if
he
left
clerks
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
"
He
observes
the
hours
business
of
as
some
is
In the same
way he
He
Herr
Baron.'
The
accredited
to
through the
city treat
all
who are
who pass
distinction,
diplomatists
Frankfort,
and
and great dinners are exchanged but as Rothschild only eats kosher meat he does not at all
;
248
The
House
Frankfort
is
in Frankfort.
strictest
Jew
regarded as the
have never seen
He
his
on
heaven
himself
to grant
order
in
him
to
upon
was of no
prevail
a child, but
it
avail."
He
on December
of
mind
6,
Work and
the exercise
him
100,000 to the
had inherited
this practice
from
his father.
In
249
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
An anonymous
penetrating
intelligence
and wonderful
He
own.
ledge
men on an equal footing. His knowof men often passed into disdain of men.
That
is
sincere
easily understood
saw
250
The
"
Frankfort House
He
He
regarded personal interest as the mainspring of human conduct, yet did not question
that there
was particularly
The speech
pression.
the Jews
it
to
convey truths
The
connection
all
him
in this
Sometimes
251
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
in
very
said, looking at
him
'
:
You
look so handsome,
would think you had made yourThorwaldsen had to admit that he had
that one
sir,
self.'
the
of
the
celebration
of
his
At
golden
to
each
of
the
invited
guests,
the
The
old
man was
men
prize.
He
was not
at all unwilling
humble beginning,
his selling
from
The
was foreign
House
Frankfort
pride of
disdain the
Political partisanship
to their
is
is
best for
remem-
Men
him say on one occasion
and are only willing to obey when
:
liberty,
it
We
stability.
'
ber hearing
want
and
advantage; as a
them
rule,
however,
it
to obey."
When
to injustice.
poor,
or
for
letters
begging
contributions
to
for
the
institutions,
it
is
accurately,
difficult
for a
and impossible
man
to
for
him
distinguish
to
have a
His philanof
ancient
253
The Romance
He
had
of the Rothschilds
his position;
industrious
'
little
The poor
man was
getting on.
away
in him.
... In
he maintained a sort of
life.
With
all
day."
Moritz
in
Saphir,
the
once
following
terms
"
254
The
"
I
Frankfort House
had capped
his wit.
He
Saphir,
who began
to
who was
baron,
man, began
"
Come
"and
that the
bottom a soft-hearted
to
to
at the
moving terms
my
will give
"
"No?"
Rothschild
surprise.
"
repeated,
for
my money,
"
I
in
great
255
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
went
in
Ems
and philanthropy.
He
for the
"
of the
a baron.
"
Four
along the road from the baths to the
Towers."
Suddenly Rothschild interrupted
the conversation
dressed
and stood
still,
as a poorly
them, feeling in
his pockets in a somewhat nervous way.
The
young Uhlan thought at first that it might be
allowed the
man
child's pocket,
the walk
The
He
therefore
256
The
took
it
out,
Frankfort House
Apparently he could
tell
know what
it
by feeling
it
it
that
it
The young
was
when he noticed
aggressor
that
it
on the
was not a
chose to deliver
it
he
way.
to
Baron Anselm
supper one
window opposite
was
During
left
open.
warm
to his chair
letter shot in
plate.
257
The Romance of
The
the Rothschilds
street.
of practising charity
amused
had reached
its
destination.
him
to leave
knew
that
He
asked
them
for a
and, though
instinctively
very
strictly,
instance, he
had
to receive a
sum
of
20,000
some
wit,
who
that
it
no orthodox Jew
The
Frankfort
House
One
20,000"
Bismarck knew Baron Anselm very
ing
well,
and
He
is
a poor
man
in a palace.
all his
Childless
people, even
nephews and
fortune, treat him
nieces,
who
He
childs,
at a
Roths-
dinner in the
following form.
R
259
The Romance
At
of the Rothschilds
head of an important grain
He
last
excessive.
"A
rich
man
slyly at the
"
corn-
because
baron's
wares.
Bismarck,
or so out of his
who recognised
the character
a story about
Baron Anselm.
re-
260
own
It
was
estate,
The
Frankfort House
it,
"A
bottle
it
cost.
to the
Emperor William
cooking.
William
by the marvels of
his
with him.
When
monarch
to
dine
and hoped
to
do
If
during the dinner.
Rothschild did not mind this, he would be
this
He
261
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
abandon
to
his
imperial guest to
him
(the
baron),
that
impossible.
:
'
let
have one
He
me
if
you
will
provide the
of the best cooks in
at least
do everything, and, if
cannot be present, I shall at least have
the country.
I
"
will
provided the
meal."
a tone of resignation
when he
recalled the
episode
"
Unfortunately,
the baron's request.
would
certainly
mine."
In
view of
Anselm
it
at
the
The
Frankfort House
Frankfort bank.
Not having
nephew
lived with
him
in his later
working
was estimated
two million
at
over
sterling.
He
had done.
had,
from
his
long
and
regard
member
won
for
him so much
German
Alliance.
He
was careful
London.
married a
member
In his domestic
he had no son
of the family.
life
263
The Romance of
eccentricity.
The
the Rothschilds
life,
do
'
to succeed
The
thing
on the Exchange
is
when we
to act as
Baron
we do
Quick
in,
He
on
to
it,
his successes
it.
Yet
his personal
ability
position of
States
field.
Baron
The
House
Frankfort
to
maintain, to
some
own
ability
and
exertions, but
it
by
lost its
of
The head
members
of the family
at Frankfort,
The
rest is silence.
265
VII
THE VIENNA ROTHSCHILDS
Solomon Rothschild,
Maier Amschel, was to
that
second son of
become the founder of one of the most important branches of the house. The head of the
famous
financial dynasty
had put
new
field
ability.
worked
visit
which he had
had occasion
He
to
carefully
financial
world
cities
the
in both.
266
who
London
to
money world
in
1818 in
at
At
this
it
would be
better for
So Solomon went
The
Solomon
to
go
to Vienna.
and the
had done
at
London.
The heavy
its
economic con-
welcome
need
in this respect,
field
Austria was
a great part
267
The Romance
in financial
The
Vienna.
of the Rothschilds
aloof from business, and the State was therefore compelled to turn to the
it
needed.
Although
their
They had
badly treated.
to
of
quarters
at
set
the
towns
for
their
residence;
bloody
the
riot
churches.
the
268
title
Emperor Joseph
II
gave
The Vienna
Michael Arnstein.
of
and
He was
Vienna Exchange,
the time of the Vienna Congress he
all
and
Rothschilds
at
his colleague
Eskeles gave
brilliant feasts
city.
The
banks
Viennese
When
just
before
political difficulties
now
the
Congress.
multiplied for
came
still
who
They were
The
being negotiated.
form of a
lottery,
They arranged
this in the
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
who induced
childs
It
the
monarchy to initiate
which became so popular in
Austria.
The second
son
of
He
Vienna wished
way
to express
In time, however,
thanks in some
its
which
had reaped
it
The
relation
between the
city
more
and the
cordial
financier;
was
see
at
tion, therefore,
of 1843, with
270
at Paris.
A deputa-
Count Kolawrat
at its head,
and
The Vienna
offered him, as a
New
Rothschilds
Year's
gift,
the freedom
of the city.
Thus, although his Jewish nationality forbade him to be even a modest citizen of the
his
metropolis,
great
services
title
procured for
of honorary freeman
:
promote the
interests of Vienna,
and the
of
interest of
to
make use
of the
Academy
of Arts in that
city.
On
Count
the fourth of
the
end of
1823,
Austria again
needed
271
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of the Rothschilds
money, he found
by means of
2,000,000
he again
London
bankers.
found
Six years
later
and a
demand
made a
and
in
1842
Austria was
considerable
one amounting to
now
in a position to
Baron Solomon
profit
on these
still
trans-
actions.
The
Austrian
grateful
for
his
as
Gentz
says,
272
Solomon,
in
The Vienna
particular,
and
is
man
Rothschilds
of
estimable character,
child
has
made
a net profit of
of
said
that
the
English
proverb
have
It is a case
500,0x30.
'
the
brothers
five
Money makes
'
money/
The
firm.
He
had
at
Co., which
in
The son
of
came
to grief.
young Count
&
and
this
sum and
Fries, was,
273
The Romance
1824 to
fly
to
of the Rothschilds
where he died soon
Paris,
afterwards.
This
catastrophe
forced
other
three
associated houses
nership
the
to
The
Geymiiller
"
&
to
account.
The
suc-
became
and seemed
to be all-powerful in business.
He
and banking.
considerable sums
State-loans
only advanced
to the nobles of Austria and Hungary and
members of the international aristocracy, but
not
The Vienna
about the middle of the
child
is
opposed
Rothschilds
"
last
century
even as
railways,
Government.
Roths-
are con-
They
by a society, and this society is controlled by one man, who can do what he pleases
with its members. This man is Rothschild."
trolled
subject
the
of
control
the
Rothschilds.
the oldest
"
Emperor
man
to
country.
introduce
The
locomotive
the
into
it is
the
true,
by Francis Xavier Riepl, but Rothschild provided the capital that was necessary for its
construction.
It
characteristics of the
situation
82
new means
first
projects.
Baron
of reducing distances.
In
275
The Romance
when
was
line
a statue of Baron
built,
erected by the
The
of the Rothschilds
company
was of
Solomon was
in the waiting-hall.
time executed
it; it
life size,
BARON
On
SOLOMON ROTHSCHILD"
words
IN
of
He
Almaden,
under the
title
"
276
The Vienna
Rothschilds
quicksilver
it,
as this
rivals
mines which
would
the
of
produced
The
ship.
certain
uniformity
of
was
prices
The
left
Baron Solomon.
the
month
For
instance, when, in
November 1836, a
New York and threatened
of
great
fire
to destroy
raged at
whole streets, the Rothschilds' sulphur store,
which was in one of the threatened streets, was
uninjured.
fire.
Not a building
The remarkable
which was
fever
rife at that
for
speculation
time also contributed
to their fortune.
They played
make
in arrang-
277
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
by commercial and
industrial enterprises
and
as
far
market
Trieste,
his operations
Mar-
He
shown
that State-loans
had always
On
some way
more than
in
the two
The
relation
between
a friendly character,
but Rothschild did not hesitate at times to
278
The Vienna
child, in order to
Rothschilds
and de-
Rothschild hesitated
intervention.
brothers
at
this intervention
Paris
first
to learn
from
would disturb
their business.
instructions
last
side of
Belgium.
At
this
all
the pres-
and
intervention.
mediation
estranged,
of
chiefly
Metternich's
Countess Zichy-Ferraris.
owing to the
third
wife,
the
The Romance
into touch with the
aristocracy, as
the firm.
of the Rothschilds
members
we can
of the
Hungarian
in
need of money
gaged
their
about
from
540,000
Hunyady
56,000,
about
Count
Rothschild,
40,000,
Count
Esterhazy had
Prince
estates.
Count
Szechenyi
Sandor
166,000,
and
enlarge
their
so on.
The
Rothschilds wished to
by dealing
as money.
Both
capital
in
On
in
He
much
He
280
to
The Vienna
discovered
it,
and,
Rothschilds
when
it
and restored
to him,
it
nearly
of her own.
The Viennese,
especially
the Jewesses at
on one occasion.
It
name, wished
and
to see him.
He
was an amiable
his purse.
and said
"
I
a favour."
"What
is
it?"
281
The Romance of
"
My
the Rothschilds
my
."
during a year of mourning.
"
Do you want me to give you something for
"
her outfit or her dowry ? asked the baron, who
.
was anxious
to
get
am
my
We
"
"
we
then,
madam,
."
"
please
."
"Well, what
is
his purse.
The woman
"
No, baron,
282
my
daughter, as
it
The Vienna
"
Rothschilds
"
astonishment.
"
me
three
Rothschild
giving them to
my
lottery
bonds.
daughter, and, as
"
I
left
am
know
good
prize."
and
The younger
life,
espe-
them
lived.
long as he
had therefore plenty of time for
They
social distractions,
most exclusive
and began
circles at
to
Vienna.
move
in the
Baron An-
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
Solomon needed
as possible
he found.
to get to
some place
happened
first
as quickly
decent carriage
to be the carriage
man
tip.
which
looked
He
was
more.
baron
asked him.
"Oh,
muttered.
given
"
my
me
yes,
the
fare
is
correct,"
the
man
"
"
But, you see,
have
not."
He
James, of Paris.
284
The Vienna
important
business
Brussels,
and other
childs
at
Rothschilds
Berlin,
cities
Copenhagen,
where the Roths-
had no establishments.
It
was
clear that
Anselm made
it
He
remained
there
many
years
until,
in
at
Vienna.
advanced
was
in Austria.
and
He
this
285
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
fact
new
how
it
was
that he
The
had time
He
valuable collection
him
for
the
we may gather
institutions
establishment of a hospital,
He
The Vienna
At
Rothschilds
with
certain privileges, to a
company.
The
the initiative of
of
the
Paris,
It also
and had a
capital of
10,000,000.
it
sets of lines.
not
large
bring
ultimately
proved
immediately, they
great value to the
profit
of
Rothschilds.
The
bank
of
in this,
of the
year 1855.
price of
17,
soon arose to
time continued to
rise.
34,
at
a nominal
and
for
some
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
it
the
to
many
respects
the
of
and
The marvellous
attacks.
to the
success of
new
these
the
first
businesses
financial crisis.
tendency to
noticed the
good time
excessive speculation and even
symptoms
in
of an approaching
crisis.
He
began
mous
sales.
He
to
sell
1873,
and
began
March
to fall in April
Exchange, but
first
The Vienna
Rothschilds
to the
amount of
"
His words
fell
like a cry of
alarm on the
some new
financier or firm.
The
in his seventy-
289
The Romance of
He
the Rothschilds
and
Vienna should
The daughters
Julia,
all
married the
Ferdinand, the
Baron Lionel, of London he migrated to England and was naturalised there. He took no
;
or Vienna.
all,
and
it
London
He
who was
five years
Baron Ferdinand
younger, to succeed him.
had no wish to traffic with his millions, and
devoted
himself to social
life
in
England.
Like the other English Rothschilds, he was on
very good terms with the Prince of Wales,
afterwards Edward VII, who was often entertained at his country house.
The younger brother Albert was quite the
He
The Vienna
Rothschilds
He
did his
in
such a
way
that, in
now known
as the
Austro-Hungarian Bank."
This brought Baron Albert into closer touch
Hungary was
per cent.
he
from twelve
profit
is
said to have
made
to thirteen million
a profit of
pounds.
This
version, but
on his
a higher price.
The
291
The Romance
of the Rothschilds
"
day
is
Bontoux-crash," as
Viennese
financiers
on
the
Exchange.
Bontoux won a number of small successes, but
on the day of the great battle, January 22,
Rothschild's opponents sustained a crushing
defeat.
opportunity
to
methods, and
study
this
Rothschild's
business
came
at length
childs
it.
opportunity he threw
292
off the
mask of devoted
The Vienna
Rothschilds
He
formed a
head
Union Generale
The
especially as the
against the
new Hungarian
They thought
it.
that they
at Paris.
In
this,
Bontoux had perceived their intenand held back all the shares, which he
defeated.
tion
more shares
term expired.
childs.
loss,
They
in
the
Union when
to the
the
Roths-
fighting.
This, however,
293
The Romance
was not the
was due
of the Rothschilds
real reason
it
in-
at
Paris.
When
he at
last
him
came
to grief.
owing
first
to hasten
it
was
was so
He
and
victory,
his firm
was
as solid as ever.
conferred the
294
title
Vienna
court,
of baron on
which had
his grandfather,
The Vienna
Rothschilds
On
postponed "on
The wits of Vienna gave
had
account of measles."
the
abandoned
to be
festival the
name
of "refusal-
the
name
the
affair
vanity, but
attempt
to
as
see
ideas.
the time,
and
he
circle.
He
until
remained
at the
February
10,
sixty-seventh year,
1911.
was
His
death, in his
attributed to grief at
295
The Romance of
the Rothschilds
who
shot
The
now
head of the
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