N. M. Rothschild and Sons organization

“It is true that N. M. Rothschild and Parr’s had jointly underwritten a loan for the construction of Japan’s first railway between Edo and Yokohama in 1872…”

“When, in the wake of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, the Japanese government sought a loan of £5.1 million, Natty was emphatically told that Lansdowne regarded it “as a matter of political importance that Japan should be able to raise in this …”

“To start the process of fund-raising for the victims, New Court matched the £10,000 donation already made by Jacob Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. in New York.…”

“Secondly, the Rothschilds did not imagine that Japan could by herself take on Russia: in December 1903 Leo had a bet with the Duke of Devonshire that there would be no war between Russia and Japan…”

“Even when Hayashi approached Alfred less than a month before hostilities broke out, the Rothschilds still declined to make a firm financial commitment.…”

“This coincided with an “absolute” refusal “to have anything to do with a Russian loan,” as Walter informed Herbert Gladstone.…”

“As Alphonse told the German ambassador in Paris in August 1904: The Paris House of Rothschild is hostile to Russia…”