Show I 1 THE THE R 0 CHILDS 1 11 Death Deth of ot Baron Bon Nathan Nathan Mayer Maer Rothschild Rothschild child child In In London removes removes one of oC the tho conspicuous con con- fl figures ru In the tho Rothschild fain fam f- f ii 1 ily At a time when Europe Is In the throes of ot a great geat conflict his death Is 16 not without a certain romance romac when one one oner r recalls recall I th t the influences that helped shape hap hap the tUe early destinies of ot the house Rothschild has b been a a. a name to conjure con con- cn- cn jure jute with wih during the put past century Other Oth er I fortunes flaying Vt sprung up flourished and nn then withered but the Rothschild wealth has been ben a vast vat and ad continuous accumulation the years yeas The rise ris arid and ad fall tal of ot Napoleon marked the beginning of the Rothschild fortune for tor- tune tune and since then the astute minds of t that family faintly fany have ha made it a world power It I has he b been en more It I has b been en enu u. u u and largely ar eb because as aa a ahouse house It has hAi not been ben divided against itself Just before old Mayer Moyer Amschel m hel Rothschild Roth child died at a the old ramshackle home In the In the Frankfort Main Main Main-at Man t at toe sign of or the red ure shield lie he enjoined his hla five sons eons to remain united to the end look end end lok look on our wealth HE KS a In a perpetual family trust Inter Inter- marry This Injunction has ha been ben the controlling control control- lint ling factor In the Rothschild fortune The old man saw sw aa as 1 perhaps none nono other of oC hi his race before WiS wes able to see ee by N reason on of oC his hie close cose n associations odD tons with princely clients that h hat clangers dangers dan clan gers Jers lay in factionalism The Tho five sons eons scattered One Ore remained In Frankfort one went to London one to Vienna one oneto oneto to 10 Paris Paril and nd another r to Naples but their sons and d daughters U Intermarried eo So tint tutt t they thy remained In effect ono one greel rr tanJI family with Ith an nn affiliation of or their fortune fortune unequalled unequaled In history that made mad possible o operation of oC great meg mag When Mayer M-iyer Roth Rothschild wa was wasa a aa a boy his hll father wanted anted him to bo be bf a r. br The bo boy however T developed d other leanings In let the th old d C curiosity IrO It I shop hop at t Frankfort 1 he had built hI ha buit up some some- timing thing thing of oC a. a 0 mercantile hOt house considerable of ot the business consisting In Importing cotton coton goods from froni Manchester Manches er Eng Eng- land and Money Ioney len lending also alro added adde to the profits profs After some somo years ean tars of oe close a up- up co he had acquired what wits was WI then probably a fair tar subsistence Ills His HII noncy sioney lending had ha brou him dim into close cloie association with Ith many r of ot the princes and potentates that rul ruled tho the v divided Germany German of ot th tho those days He lie ai established hed a reputation for or honesty hon hone esty uty which quickly quick widened his circle of ot Acquaintances This reputation has prevailed pre pro throughout hout the Rothschild gen gen- It lt has ha ha been to no ito small ex extent ex- ex tent responsible for their success One prince In particular held a high regard for fo old He Heva W was va he landgrave of oC Hesse an Hesse-an an exception lo to his hi n sovereigns 10 In that ho he was said ald Ild to be bo worth orth about aut or a I lupe large fortune for those thoLe times In the fear that seized d Germany at the coming of ot In the theand wa and to Mayer Rothschild ld committed d the tho entire amount entre with no other security than thin a promise curty a to r return turn the morey money when danger was wan rae d. d WU ti the TM r Rothschild formed the lo nucleus of wealth Old Mayer Mner took It Uv iton on a perilous ourn Journey to Manchester tok where whore his hil ton son Nathan Mayer lye destined d to be the tho greatest Rothschild of all wits wan then established Throughout al the Napoleonic campaign this sum eum wa was at 1 unrestricted nt 8 disposal of or the R father and th then Jd n ln son Judicious specula tion ton when victories and reverses caused eras n wide fluctuations In securities Increased the sum slim considerably When hIm peace nce was at It last declared declare In 1815 Nathan Natum Rothschild offered to re return return re- re turn the ton money at 5 per cent Interest but It Is I. said the tho old Landgrave left It on deE deposit It and amI It was wan wal not paid imald back let until 1523 This Thil Incident further es ell es- among the of Europe Europe Eur Eur- ope the Rothschild reputation for fl fidel el ity and It Is II a byword that the fam- fam ily Ib has never betrayed d a single trust or confidence The Landgraves Landgrave's cs c's trust opened the door afterwards to the Rothschild's man many in iii II national loans But It was wa not the only Incident which figured in foundation of the tho Roth Rothschild fortune Nathan Mayer Rothschild on the death of ot his father remo ed to London and th there rc carried d on not only commission lon business s In cotton goods but banking and mone money lending as gos well well Th There r were vast t opportunities and through the high rates Nathan Nthan prospered He lie le dealt In public funds and ancl railroad and Industrial in industrial In In- securities then only b beginning to acquire popularity It I Is 18 eald said he ho early early early ear ear- ly recognized the tho value of oC first hand information To him exclusive news was an inestimable asset are and ho hn created a it system of news newl gathering even en b by using carrier cArier pigeons that would cause astonishment even oven In this age of ot telegraph telegraph telegraph tele tele- graph and telephone He Be na nad flad staked his fortune on th the downfall of Napoleon When the time drew near for or the final struggle gle at Waterloo Wa Wa- tenon terlo he realized that this if Ie ever eve was Wa the time when the man who had the news new first would reap rup the greatest harest har bar vest est He Journeyed himself to te the bat bat- bat bat- It I Is Ie well wel known knon how fortune went against Wellington In tho the early earl stages Others who had gone to the scene cameto came cameto cameto to the conclusion that the day was lout lost and fled ned back to the stock market to rid th themselves of thir holdings Rothschild Rothe- Rothe child waited and when finally Napoleon Napleon was forced to bite bie the dust of ot defeat h x hastened with wih nil all ni speed back bk to London What happened then Is I graphically graph graph- told b by the late David Graham Phillips Before him to london Indeed to all nl Europe h had d gone the rumor that Wellington Vel Wel lington had been routed that the Corelan Cor- Cor elcan elan was now more re resplendent than at nt nn any time since Friedland nd Without passing to change his dress druB or to cat eat Nathan slouched into the stock Block ex exchange ex- ex change shambled up to the pillar pIar where he always 8 stood leaned there with drooped shoulders and with garments garment and face Cac bearing the evidences of ot his perils perUs and privations He Hi I. I said sid not a I wor word he simply a statue of de defeat de- de feat eat disaster and despair Espy on one knew that the Roth Rothschild stake Ever was the allies The WIli on statue seemed to tell to them th the whole story They stor sold sold frantically English funds the funds of ot a all 11 I the allies alc And Nathans Nathan's agents acting under orders order order which they I themselves did not know tho the or origin IK S In n of ot bou bought bought h t buh bought t bought t. t When h n Nathan shuffled away to sleep seep Rothschild wa was to finance what get pet Napoleon would have been to Politics had he won worm Waterloo It la is said that In this thI one days day's trans action acton Nathan Rothschild cleared r s |