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68 Dr. John Coleman<br />
cause us to confidently entertain <strong>the</strong> hope that this<br />
request will not be refused.<br />
When you have received <strong>the</strong> desired permission, I beg<br />
you, my dear Salomon, not to immediately publish <strong>the</strong><br />
letter in <strong>the</strong> Osterreicher Beobachter alone, but to also be<br />
so good as to send <strong>the</strong>m immediately with a short<br />
covering letter to <strong>the</strong> Augsburger Zeitung, so that <strong>the</strong>y<br />
may reach <strong>the</strong> public through that medium also. (The<br />
Untold History, Count Cherep-Spiridovich)<br />
Some of <strong>the</strong> important statesmen <strong>the</strong> Rothschild had under<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir control began to worry about <strong>the</strong>ir power and influence.<br />
One of <strong>the</strong>se was Prince Metternich who was under <strong>the</strong><br />
firm control of Salomon Rothschild and regarded by him as no<br />
more than a "valet" for <strong>the</strong> Rothschild family. After bartering<br />
away a good deal of Austria's sovereignty, Metternich began to<br />
have serious doubts:<br />
By reason of natural causes which I cannot regard as good<br />
or moral, <strong>the</strong> House of Rothschild is a much more<br />
important influence in French affairs than <strong>the</strong> foreign<br />
office of any country, except perhaps, England. The great<br />
motive force is <strong>the</strong>ir money. People who hope for<br />
philanthropy and who have to suppress all criticisms<br />
under <strong>the</strong> weight of gold, need a great deal of it. The fact<br />
of corruption is dealt with quite openly, that practical<br />
element, in <strong>the</strong> fullest sense of <strong>the</strong> word, in <strong>the</strong> modem<br />
representative system.<br />
Too late did Metternich realize that by selling Austria he<br />
was playing right into <strong>the</strong> hands of <strong>the</strong> international<br />
revolutionaries, and when <strong>the</strong> revolutionary fires began to