nsibility.

That this vast sum of money was given into the hands of Rothschild, no
one has ever denied. But as to how he secreted it from the French has
been explained by the very childlike tale that he buried it in the
garden back of his house. In the first place, there were no gardens in
the Ghetto, and in the second place, money buried in a garden yields no
return, and can not to advantage be left there forever.

At this time England was just becoming a Mecca for Jews, for no matter
how much the Corsican had to say about his regard for the Jews, they had
no regard for him. He stood for war and violence, and his soldiers, as a
rule, knew not their master's leniency for the Jew. Banks, vaults, and
the shops of jewelers stood small chance in the face of an advancing
army, drunk on success.

Many Jews, rich and poor, were fleeing to England. Rothschild had
special boats under his direction upon which he sold passages to his
brethren. Even before the treasure of the Elector was placed in his
hands he had inwardly planned for its transportation. England was then
the safest country in Europe. England, alone, was the one country that
had not been seriously threatened by revolution. And it was the one
country that was reasonably safe from the grasp of the French.

Rothschild's faith in England was proven when he sent all of his own
spare cash to London. That he would transport there the treasure of
William the Elector was the one purpose in his mind. And how to carry
it! You may send treasure by armed guards, in which case you invite
attack by advertising what you are doing. Or you can divide your money
up among poor travelers, and by sending your people at different times,
thus lessen the risk. Rothschild had been entrusting the safe
transportation of money to London in the care of Jews--poor Jews. And
now he picked his immigrants and took them into his confidence.

He was an honest man--the title of the "Honest Jew" was his by divine
right. To serve him was looked upon as a precious privilege. And now
almost every mother of a big family, bound for England and freedom,
carried around her ample waist a belt of gold. As soon as she and her
brood reached London, it was to be given to Nathan Rothschild, the son
of Mayer Rothschild, who was now established as a banker in London.

Rothschild trusted the poor and lowly, and in so doing his faith, so far
as we know, was never misplaced. It is not at all likely that the Jews
kn