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The Rothschild Dynasty 69
burn, despite his exalted rank, Prince Metternich had to flee
Vienna on money borrowed from Salomon Rothschild.
It is doubted by historians, that Metternich ever had any
conception of the revolutionary forces he had inadvertently
helped to unleash. According to documents in the British
Museum, world revolution began to go into high gear in 1848,
beginning in Sicily in January of that year.
The great cities of Europe seemed to be stirred by waves
of excitement. Disorder spread to Naples. In Paris the red
flag was unfurled over the barricades. Socialist
revolutionaries led the workmen and students into bloody
revolt in February 22, 1848, and Guizot resigned. (Olivia
Maria O'Grady)
It is stated that James Rothschild overrated King Louis
Phillip, thinking him to be sympathetic to revolutionary ideas.
According to Professor William Langer, Coolidge Professor of
History at Harvard University . . . Republicans and other radicals
had accepted Louis Philippe as a revolutionary monarch only to
discover their mistake too late.
This is surprising, as James Rothschild was known to be
a very astute judge of character and one who could read political
scenes like a road map. It cannot be said with certainty, but
Marshal Soult, a close friend of Nathan Rothschild, who formed a
ministry with the Duke of Brioglie, Thiers and Guizot, the latter
two men being of a notably conservative side of politics, may
have had something to do with it.
In 1830 demands by workers stirred up by Marx and his
Socialist International began in Italy and Poland, which were not
met by their governments. Radical agitation and violence
continued in France during 1831: