((Note to the merchants and traders of the Bourse and other trading houses in Paris))
My friends
The day of reckoning has arrived. The Government has declared war on its people. They seek to crush us and break our spirits. If we surrender meekly, not only is the merchant class but so is all of France, because what is the lifeblood of France but its commercial class. We create the wealth, pay the taxes and grow the Nation.
Spread the word to your friends and neighbours! France is its people, not its King! Only a King of the people, by the people, for the people can rule our fair France. The people shall speak and we shall be their tongue.
We stand now, shoulder to shoulder, with the labourer, with the clerk. We are one, neither owner nor employee, but French. We fight for their freedom just as they fight for ours.
We raise the standard, Black for the prosperity we should enjoy, and red for the bankruptcy we face if the forces of reaction prevail.
Join us in Liberty and let the sun shine on fertile France again.
Jacques de Rothschild
((Note to Comte Morand))
My General
The day has arrived. Send couriers to the works. All mines are to be defended. The factories are to be made into fortresses. Arm as many men as you can and hold out until relief arrives.
Jacques de Rothschild
My friends
The day of reckoning has arrived. The Government has declared war on its people. They seek to crush us and break our spirits. If we surrender meekly, not only is the merchant class but so is all of France, because what is the lifeblood of France but its commercial class. We create the wealth, pay the taxes and grow the Nation.
Spread the word to your friends and neighbours! France is its people, not its King! Only a King of the people, by the people, for the people can rule our fair France. The people shall speak and we shall be their tongue.
We stand now, shoulder to shoulder, with the labourer, with the clerk. We are one, neither owner nor employee, but French. We fight for their freedom just as they fight for ours.
We raise the standard, Black for the prosperity we should enjoy, and red for the bankruptcy we face if the forces of reaction prevail.
Join us in Liberty and let the sun shine on fertile France again.
Jacques de Rothschild
((Note to Comte Morand))
My General
The day has arrived. Send couriers to the works. All mines are to be defended. The factories are to be made into fortresses. Arm as many men as you can and hold out until relief arrives.
Jacques de Rothschild