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the Landgrave’s
money was sent to Nathan in England, on the advice of Buderus, for the purpose of
buying stock. But Nathan, as he and Buderus had planned, used the money as capitol for other
ventures. When the exiled Landgrave began asking for a proof-of-purchase,
Buderus and the
Rothschild brothers had to come up with all sorts of excuses to protect Nathan’s thievery. Eventually
the Landgrave demanded to see receipts, so Nathan quIckly bought some stock (the Landgrave had
told him to buy the stocks at 72, but their price when be ended up buying them was 62, Nathan
pocketed the savings) and they snuck the receipts through the French blockade to the exiled Prince.
The Landgrave was satisfied, he had no idea what had really been done with his money. Nathan
began making connections in the British government. Probably his greatest early connection was to
the Treasury official John Herries. Herries aided Nathan’s rise to power in every way possible. He
became an intimate friend or Nathan’s and eventually a proxy for Rothschild
in the British
government.
Their dealings were kept secret and the public had no idea as to the enormity of
Nathan’s power. The most incredible example of
Nathan’s devious schemes is a job he would later describe as the best business he had ever done.
Through Nathan’s connections
in the treasury he learned of the plight of the English army in Spain.
The Duke of Wellington (soon to become Nathan’s friend) had British troops in Spain ready to attack
France, only they lacked one thing - hard cash (the army’s financiers would not take paper money),
but the government was very short on gold at the time. Nathan knew how to profit from this situation.
The East India Company was trying to sell gold that, of coarse, the government
wanted to buy, but the
price was so high that officials decided to wait until
it dropped. Nathan stepped in and bought up the
gold (using some of the Landgraves money as well as his own). He then proceed to raise the price.
When the officials realized the price wouldn’t drop they bought the gold and Nathan made a great
profit. But the deal didn’t stop there. Nathan offered to deliver the gold to Wellington (this was a
heavy responsibility
because of the French blockade). Hemes went to bat and got Rothschild the job.
Nathan’s plan was incredible, one biographer said his scheme was ‘comparable
to burglary in broad
daylight.’ Nathan’s brother, James went to Napoleon’s government
and told them that Nathan would
be importing gold into France and that the British government was upset at the move because it would
financially hurt England. Napoleon’s government
believed his lie and any French police who might
have uncovered the plot were bribed. So Nathan was able to ship the gold to Paris with the approval
of both the English and French governments.
In Paris the gold was exchanged in French banking
firms for cash Wellington could use, and then the Rothschild network carried the money into Spain as
France allowed Nathan to fund the war against itself. Eventually some French officials grew
suspicious, but Napoleon ignored their reports (why?). The plan went smoothly even though the same
officials secretly watched James Rothschild and his brother Carl (who was in on the plot). Wellington
eventually defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. The Wellington smuggle was one of the greatest scams in
history! In order to better understand the Rothschild’s
involvement
in the defeat of Napoleon we must
look at the role played by the Rothschild’s
second steppingstone - Metternich. Metternich was the
Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and he led the opposition against Napoleon.
Metternich was a fierce enemy of the revolutionary
fires that were spreading through Europe. The
Rothschild’s
got to him through a member of the first Tugendbund
(the sexual one), Frederick von
Gentz. Gentz was Metternich’s
right-hand man. Metternich was not financially minded and he relied
on Gentz’s advise concerning economics (Gentz’s ability to handie his private finances was terrible,
but he had a knack for political economy). John Herries brought Gentz and the Rothschilds
together.
The family proceeded to bribe the man into their service. Gentz is an interesting character. He was a
Freemason
so he was probably occultic. His involvement
in the first Tugendbund
League points to
Immorality.
Another interesting fact is that I found most of his visits to the Rothschilds
occurred on
occultic
holidays, such as Winter Solstice. This may be a coincidence,
but it is interesting
non-the-less.
Gentz
called the Rothschilds
‘a special species plantarum with its own characteristics.’
Gentz steadily
brought Metternich into the Rothschild’s web. By at least 1814 Metternich was an ally of the House
of Rothschild. His goal was to protect the power of the old aristocracy. His plan was simply to
extinguish revolution, and he began with Napoleon. Austria declared war on France and allied Itself
