Show fi I THE l Rom A AL STRANGE STRAN FAMILY i iii ii n n n La U tJ U U U U It U U U U U U U U U UI I 1 camo near having the unique exper experience experIence experienc today toda of oC being killed by a Hath I 1 trying to cross one of the most molt streets In hi London that at Bridge when a II huge high stepping horse brushed mo me up against tho the only statue statu of the time into lato Queen Vie Vic Victoria tons toria In him the time town tow 11 and I for tor or breath tit as IS the time driver of or time the leaned forward and ad with his whip at salute said Bold as II he swept lIel t by byI b bI I am sam very sorry Hope you OU are not hurt and disappeared In the time mass of at vehicles beyond boond boondI I Instantly time the driver of ot the beautiful yet Ot simple who tho thois turnout us as Alfred do Rothschild la is frequently referred to as the time most man In tho the world Ho lIo la is tho the held head and the brains of that gigantic gigant Ie Ic known through throughout out civilization as III To ro him HUn come rulers of nople princes financial magnates i lend lenil lenders ers era with Ih their lints IlIts In their hands hand I To ro him that vast world of money mOlley which has Itt Its habitat In Lombard street treet turns Us its head hend for guidance and advice when whenever ever eer It finds lf as It U periodically does In a u position tram from which only time tho swift hand of the time great greal little jots Jew can ca it Mr Alfred Altred is III nominally only the time second at lit the tho In time the famous house The Time ostensible ibis head Is Lord he being tho the head hend of the family and the eldest ot of time the British firm rm Cut But his connection With the time firm end and If ornamental one Is almost an nn mm he lie de does doell i anything nn at all nil It Is III to servo servon n It I PUTt sou of check ch k on 1311 the audacious and Just a trifle heady held young Mr tr Alfred who by the way will never nover se see fifty otty again these They The ore arc a strange family Hoth They prefer to be called rather than accept the time high flown houn designation of or bankers or money princes and M al a II matter motter of fact they ito arc only merchants merchant a kind of glorified firm for Cor you can negotiate itt ate with whim them anything In the tIme world n a 1 diamond stud to n a royal palace which Is 18 a n scope that most bankers banker do donot donot doot not ot allow them wives himself Hut even een a II finds handicapped 11 nt at times and I r learn that It t ha hu IM b bemm H decided d IM to it rt Germany tn till the Frankfort house houle of time the great firm has exercised a n strong influence over the of the fatherland but sInce tho time thod death d ath of the time Frankfort representative of it the family the tIme banking establish establishment neat ment U r bas bun b lun cn In th the hands hand of oL aa u alien manager who white while ho has doubt Jell ieee turned many nany millions of pounds oC or profit Into the firms coffers cotters hrs hits hr still been an nn allen alien not a 1 member of ot the family und therefore looked upon as nil asa a II stranger All the combined Influences of the time theelder elder eldor to Induce one or more of or the time younger members of tho time family to tn go O to Frankfort and amid manage the Ger German German man milan business have been unavailing be is because cause the tha young oung men say la that they thoy would rather be bo subordinates In Paris or Vienna Vl or London than timan go to Frank Frankfort tort fort to be snubbed by penniless lieuten lieutenants emits ants or looked hooked at 11 askance by h tho time potty petty of or time the metropolis for forthe forthe forthe the Germans have hae yet et been blen able to overcome their antipathy tom for Jews Jew mind find money lenders Therefore It line has been ll en decided upon UllOn by b the tho to give up their German house alto altogether gether sether I do not suppose for tor or a I minute that they ther will lose u n penny over this transaction but Jut there thore Is no doubt a 0 grent doal of oC satisfaction to bo be derived from a II move m le which while It Il does not Involve pecuniary loss ices does not tall fall to show simous the Germans what the time think of or them themA A hundred years ago 0 this momentous decision deals Ion would have hae mount meAnt a n great deal desi for fOI Germany b e there were hardly any of or the potty states state l at lit that time who were cere not more or lets lew Indebted to time the bankers but In thees days of ot vast ast financial nB and great loans engineered In halt n II dosen capitals nt at one anti and the time time thor nek n bo be no fear eon oven even of ot a Rothschild boycott They tried It as os a matter r of tact fact some yearn yO rs ago ogo when the tho were coquetting with Prance France I rance with a Ii aView View slew to a 1 It I progress ot of the loan bun was slow and somewhat retarded 1 without time the aid old of ot otthA thA creat financial house houe but It went through Just the tim I News |