The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-13
IMPRESSIONS or EUROPE.

s,.pdIng Army md Too Many Princes the
arent Curse OF the People - The More
uu,er. tho Worse the Ruie, the More
r,Ince. the Les. Principie.-F Figures aud
rset. showing the Fearful Cost OF second
u.nd sovereignty the Shndow
ofStarvntIon-ft Could only be Suppressed
nv Bread, but Not by Bismnrck's Boot.
III.
Four hundred and one thousand six hum
a,..ianJ 0ny-ninc men t4O1 .65gl. three hundred
..l one batteries l3Jll oi artillery. with ninety
-, thousand nine hundred and forty-two &C.,
ol1l horses are TO- day. and have been for years
s't.ally villa, they call in Germany the army on
,o,,, footing ono million two hundred and
. '.,h,v.three thousand seven hundred and
sine,y.ono men more / 2sS.7gll. 425 batteries Of
cutlery with a.54s cannuns and sol $50 horses
aro actually In reserve and readiness to become
sny law the army on war footing. Every physic-
suy qualified German must serve for twelve
,,,rs--,hc first three actually in The standing
,r,r, tine following four years In tho reserve.
,ho last five in tho Lsndwehr. Besides this.
,y.rv uorsen is liable to be called into military
service in case OF an Invasion who has attained
ue age Of II aud not passed his iorty-third
hrthday. In one way or the other. counting
,nc militia OF the various states with tho annual
service Of the reserve. there are even in this
noriol O, profound peace probably about mil
lion o., the y0ungest. strongest and most cner-
yc,i, Ia, Germans engaged in playing soldiers.
Tho country is ous yast military camp even In
peace. Itisaegrse to tho people.
Another curse is tho .tcrrible number OF
nrinees and soyereigns. II our country suffers
sometimes from an excess OF legislation. the
Germans arc grooming under tho load of too
much executive. What earthly use is there for
the ,wenty-iour sovereign kings. dukes. and
princes who s;ill keep up as many establish
rieuts ofidlencss aniluXury "A; an enormous OK
pense 10 the people a lot OF more useless and
costly creatures than these German rulers can
1t be vol imagined Not counting either the
Ring Of Prussia las SUCH or the Emperor Of
Austria and leaving out Hanover. Hesse. Ham
turg and Holstein. that were swallowed up by
Prussia there still remain to-day twenty four
different thrones and crowns. with rs many
p9ien,aies and princes. with their courts and
cabinets. their pOmp and ceremony Of soyor-
eighty. To be sure. the courts and cabinets OF
some are but caricaturcs OF royalty: the pomp
aud show Of others but a farce. Still. here they
are. aud the people must pay for them. The
aggregate expense OF these superfuous princes
must be- immense. II Is impossible to obtain
absolutely complete figures as some OF these
secondhand sOvcreigns initiate their greater
nsi,hbors in everything. except PUBLISH ng the
estimates and expenses OF their Government
but from the most authentic Information con =
talned In the famous Gotha Almanach tot '7Gl.
there can be no doubt that. directly and ind
rec;y. these supertiuous princes must cost mil
lyns. Il no, tens Of millions every year.
For II must not be forgotten that while some
Iihess rulers have but few subjects. others
lave hundreds Of thousands. and millions.
lake. FOR instance. the young King OF Bavaria.
" the King VI Wuricmberg. or the Grand
Dukes OF Mecklenburg. Ollenburg or Baden.
and they have infinitely greater control over
;her subjects than the Queen OF England has
over hers. Foreigners who think the Emperor
81 Germany rules over the whole empire. sim
ply do not understand the complicated situation
Of that army and soyerei gn-ridien people.
Every particle Of tho paraphernalia OF royalty
Is scrupulOusly aud extensively observed in
most cases. Some Of these princes keep up
comparatively more expensive state than the
I'D Emperor whose habits. Us usual with the
hohenzollerns. are rather plain. The King OF
Bavaria has nearly five miliq6,s OF subjects
and the expenses otthe royals Use amount 10
six million marks tthero are four marks to a
iollarl annually. exclusive OF his much larger
private Income from estates belonging
% the Grown. The debt Of tho State
S s3O0OOOOO marks. Now. the population
81 Bavaria is about the same a. that Of the State
81 New York What would the people OF til,
Empire State think IT, in addition 20 all Fedora
Axation and exclusive Ot their municipal tx
penses. the Executive OF the State should cos
hem million and a half dollars In gold. ant
hey had a state debt OF two hundred and eigh
millions OF dollars The King Of Saxony ha,
about two and half million subjects. Hi.
civil list. exclusive OF all crown property. /.
about half a million Of dollars annually. Tn,
State has debt OF about hundred millions o.
dollars. more than half Of which was caused
BY railroads. or course this civil list OF half a
million If dollars annually does not cover the
multiplicity Of court and other officials. whose
Salaries are part of the expenses Of the State
Government but who would be utterly needless
hut for the existence Of the Court and King
According TO the census OF 1871. the King Of
WuF'-mberg ruled over about As many PEG.
Ile a. the present population OF Missouri
Now. in the year 1916. the Government
Of taa; little German State. accordng
70 olh.Ial figures cost a 337. 1861 marks. or over
ele'en millions Of dollars. one-third Of which
went 10 pay tho interest on the State debt The
nm. receives about half million OF dollars
annually. IN, princes and pensions cost about
!'HF hun lrsi thousand dollars "a year more
How would the people 81 Missouri like such a
STATE Government? The Grand Duke Of Baden
!''e'yes about 100000 year. though the
u'Ay has "a debt lmostly for railroads. OF
~ VVOOo marks or over 1865 900 900. The
Duke OF Brunswick had 312.l70 subjects. ac-
e'rdlng % "a" official census Of ISL. have
lie "Nl'n llgurns hcforc me. which show the
expense ~ this duchy-nOt as large AS many q
p'uA'Y IN 'hH rpGn.ry-n 1878 20 have reached
u'eeS'iaor Anary sum OF about two mil.ions Of
u''ars. Tnis year it is probablyimoro Tho
amount oi the civil lit does not appear in tho
A-Nrrs' Ino wAo.o duchy is only sixty-seven
ustilan square mies. aud the 3l2.oO) loyal
~ "I''1'rs' who pay nbou, two millions Of
u'"Afs every year iorthc luxury Of having little
,NI' ana duke. already have n local debt Of over
h'u'Op. or 90 10000 mnrksl No wonder.
-. luke o. Neck"nhurg- Schwerin has about
"'Ai-"n - people. who have 10 pay over
f-V.V'V1 or 9OJO) DO marks. per year for their
''A1'5' Ihe Duke Of Mackleuburg- Strslltz has
$50 'uah 100000 people. but he il supposed "a
spehi apui 81 100000 or q OO0. 900 marks. lie
.'es WITHOUT budget or estimates in the Old
.eu1a' style. and worry little Of his Government
- SHOWN that could be- called authentic. The
SI"hl Duke Of iIessc- DarmstaIt has. in al
1.',H % lie private income d his estates repre-