“In 1896, the Emperor, the Empress, and then his only daughter Olga (she was 10 months old) went to Paris to visit the President of France...." (recalls E.I. Balabin, an officer of the Life Guards of the Cossack Yoke of the Imperial Majesty regiment in his memoirs “Far and Near”).
"During the Sovereign's stay in Paris, the President of the French Republic, Faure, persuaded his distinguished guest to attend the grand ball of the Jew Rothschild for at least a few minutes.
The emperor did not agree for a long time, but then he went. There, the president began to persuade the Sovereign to talk to Rothschild. The sovereign agreed. Rothschild immediately asked the Emperor: “How great is the Russian debt to France?” The emperor replied: “So many billions.” Rothschild said, “I will take on all this debt if you agree to give equal rights to Jews in Russia.” The emperor refused, saying that the Russian people were still dark and very trusting, and with equal rights they would immediately fall into bondage to the Jews.