FIFTY YEARS AGO
RICH MEN OF EUROPE POWER OF ROTHSCHILDS Much publicity was given half a century ago to the growing power of the House of Rothschild in Europe. An item in the New Zealand Herald of October 3, 18S6, stated: —• "It is to the Rothschilds that belongs the honour of being the richest among men. Their united properties—and their properties muot be considered as united from their peculiar family and business .-relations —pass even beyond the millions. In. the last 12 years, they have loaned to various European Governments nearly £90,000,000. Their lordly power is shown in a modern instance, in IS6G. the Prussian Government demanded an indemnity ot £5.000,000 from the City of Frankfort. The head of the Rothschilds in that city sent word to Count Bismarck that D an attempt was made to force the levy he would break every hank in Berlin, and Bismarck was compelled to g'^ 6 way. The enormous wealth of the family is doubly remarkable from the fact that it was totally unknown » century ago."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22540, 3 October 1936, Page 10
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