BELGIUMTHE Rothschilds had great influence with King Leopold (who died in 1865), and, in fact, one of Lionel’s sons was named after him (L, p. 35). Karl Rothschild had entertained Leopold in Naples before he came to the Throne; long after, when the latter, as King, thought his Throne was in danger, he deposited five million francs with the Rothschilds to hold for him in case he had to fly the country (A, Vol. II., 274). After that, the Rothschilds were in social relationship with the King. The Belgian Government obtained the necessary loans for railway construction through the Rothschilds. The affairs of the firm were managed by Baron Leon Lambert who married the daughter of Gustav Rothschild in 1862, and had a son, Henri. BRAZIL AND SOUTH AMERICASo weighed down by Rothschildian loans was Brazil that, since 1825, that country “might have been described as a Rothschild State” (J, p. 9). All loans from 1883 to 1896 were floated by the Rothschilds. The baneful influences of Rothschild control over Brazil and of debt-control in general in other South American States is at last producing a reaction in those countries. In Chile, the Rothschilds control nitrates. At Lima, in Peru, on the opening of the Pan-American Conference in 1939, the city “was festooned with thousands of Swastika flags, and only three American flags were visible” (Telegraph, 3rd Jan., 1939). It is significant that the Presidency of the Latin-American Society has been occupied by Lionel Nathan Rothschild. EGYPTUntil the purchase of the Suez Canal shares for the British Government (see p. 20) in 1875, the Rothschilds were not much interested in Egypt. In 1882, just before the British occupied the country, however, Egypt being almost bankrupt financially, two Jews, Sir H. Drummond Wolff and Sir Henry Goschen went to Egypt to investigate, and as a result, the Rothschilds made a loan of eight-and-a-half million pounds to Egypt, and the British Government guaranteed it; in other words, the Rothschilds “earned” the commission and interest, and the liability was taken by the British tax-payer. The Council of Foreign Bond holders (see p. 19) was the force which moved the Government in this case. Since then, the Rothschilds have made other loans to Egypt. PORTUGALThe Jew Mendizabel “worked in close alliance with the House of Rothschild which arranged a loan of two million pounds to Portugal in April, 1835.” (A, Vol. II., p. 138). It is impossible, of course, in a small book to cover the whole of the Rothschild money power which exists in all but genuine racial Fascist states; I have dealt with the main items only. The Rothschild power in Asia is represented by the Sassoon family, in Australia by the Montefiores, whilst their grip on South Africa will be referred to under the heading, Diamonds and Gold (see p. 61). Since Austria-Hungary was partitioned by the Treaty of Versailles, the Rothschilds, together with Barings and Schroders, and Hambros, have made great loans to its component parts, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Hungary. The effect of this credit made through the four firms, all of alien origin and at least two Jewish, on “British” policy against Hitler will be estimated at its proper value by my readers.
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