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Cromwell's Loans payment. Charles was disliked. Some time about 1684, William III of Orange obtained a loan of two million gulden from Antonio Lopez Suasso’, an Amsterdam Jew. This aided the Dutchman to capture the English throne in 1688. The Jews again had an English ruler who was obligated to them. This was the third in a row. Charles I was beheaded 9th January 1649. Cromwell held meet- Some time about 1684, William III of Orange obtained a loan of ings to discuss readmission of the Jews. Immediately a distinctly two million gulden from Antonio Lopez Suasso’, an Amsterdam hostile spirit emerged among the Christian merchants and clergy Jew. This aided the Dutchman to capture the English throne in who united in opposition. To prevent an adverse vote, Cromwell 168. The Jews again had an English ruler who was obligated to dismissed the Council. them. This was the third in a row. To change public opinion, Manasseh ben Israel, a large book . s P publisher and a leader of the Holland Jewish community, pub- Between 1700 and 1750 the Jews, working their usury system in lished a book, Hope of Israel, in 1650. This book was given wide England, increased their capital from 1.5 million to over 5 million publicity among the ‘fundamentalists’ of the time—the Puritans. pounds.* In 1870 the University Test Act allowed Jews to enter This book advocated the entry of the Jews into England because English universities. In 1890 complete equality was granted to it was said the Messiah could not come until the Jews were in Jews in England. It had taken a long, long time. oo ALL lands. England, it was maintained, was the only country = = which did not contain Jews. If the Jews were admitted, the | REFERENCES Messiah might be expected.‘ 1. “We have discovered thousands of ‘underground Jews' in Portugal— The Puritans bought this story. Still, the larger part of the popu- _| #¢scendants of medieval Portuguese Jews who...converted to Roman lation of England was still against the admittance of the Jews. opel Diocese Sot bel tng Oe Ces, ¥ Cromwell took it upon himself to allow entry of the Jews quietly. pcan Wratesd 30 000 Sees tantt of the tactical Se os jee at He got his loans. By 1655 there were a considerable number Of | have not been assimilated ito the general Catholic population, ahve ie Maranos in England, secret Jews posing as Spanish Catholics. ‘Majorcan Marans are formally Catholic.” The Jewish Voice, Des. 1983; p. In 1655 England went to war with Spain. The Jews posing as __| 10, Phoenix AZ 85001. Spanish Christians had to openly declare themselves Jews in order _| 2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 14th ed., Spain, p. 133. to avoid confiscation. This was also the year in which Charles It | 3. “Will grant financial aid as soon as Charles removed... Charles should be of England entered into negotiations with these same Amsterdam _ | 8'¥&n af opportunity to escape. ‘His recapture will then make trial an exec Jews against Cromwell to secure financing for his return. In 1655 a soca ee BE Setup sobmabenet sg sircas s — and 1656 a horde of Jewish refugees from the Polish Ukraine | pasyionian Woe, p. 118, Harmony Printing Ltd, Toronto, 1975. . arrived in Holland, putting further pressure on Manasseh ben | 4. Encyclopaedia Britannica, Rothschild, 14th ed., p. 574. Israel to force England open to immigration. 5. Ben Weider and David Hapgood, The Murder of Napoleon, Congdon & In 1660 Charles II came to the throne. In addition to the loans _|{ Lattes, Inc., NY, 1982. which he had contracted with the Amsterdam Jews, he borrowed | 9. Jewish Encyclopaedia, England, p. 169. heavily from the local goldsmiths. In 1672 he repudiated the loans 7. Ibid, to the local goldsmiths, causing a general suspension of specie ae Between 1700 and 1750 the Jews, working their usury system in England, increased their capital from 1.5 million to over 5 million pounds.* In 1870 the University Test Act allowed Jews to enter English universities. In 1890 complete equality was granted to Jews in England. It had taken a long, long time. oo 20¢NEXUS DECEMBER 1993 - JANUARY 1994