The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1878-11-13
AiACELY ALLOWANCES.
fhe SALARIES Allowed to the POteutatcs Of
Europe,

ed to be passing rich on a salary of
$4,000 year, with the White House as
q general and the Soldiers Home as a
summer residence, there may be some
natural curiosity regarding the pecuni-
1ry allowance paid to foreign potantates.
1t is to be remembered, however. that
the majority of these rulers also possess
Inherited property, real and personal,
oil considerable value, and that the re.
spective rulers are also allowed magnif-
cent palaces, chateaux and rural resi-
dences, repaired and furnished out of
pIblc revenue. Taking most of our
figures from &c Frederick Mortons Year
Book, a very reliable work, revised
after official returns, and now in it's fif-
teenth year, we shall proceed with the
potentates:
EMPEROR, KING, PRESIDENT.
Francis Joseph, emperor of Austria
aud king of Hungary, born in August,
1880, has civil list CAS- his salary is
generally called) of "a, $50, 600 year.
Leopold IL, king of Belgium, born in
April, 1885, has a civil list of $500, 900
year.
Christian TX, king of Denmark, born
IN April, 1918, has civil list of 500, 900
rigsdalers, or 1927, IT'S. His Oldest son
has an annual allowance of $33, ,333.
Marshal MacMahon, president of the
French republic, has an annual salary of
$l20, 900, with an extra 500, 600 for house
keeping expenses. President Theirs had
the same salary, with $77, $50 for house.
keeping.
Napoleon Ill, had the largest civil
list in the world. It amounted to S.
10000 year, in addition to which he
received the income of the crown do
mains, amounting to 80, 400, 600, and the
free possession of a number of palaces,
parks, forests and mansions, kept at the
expense of the state. HIS total income
reached the sum of $7,S00,00O. Never.
theless the debts of the imperial civil
list were stated in 1867 to amount to
! &l6,0O0,0O0.
William l., born in March, 1897, re-
celves no salary as German emperor.
His annual salary as king Of Prussia is
&3, 079, 760. Most of the expenditure of
Che royal family and the court is de-
trayed out of the sovereign's immense
private property.
Ludwig H., king of Bavaria, born in
August, 1845, has civil list of 81, ,37s,-
S65. Karl l., king of Wurtemburg,
born in March, 1923, has civil list OF
1891, 665, with an additional annual
grant of 81 ,357, ,355 for the other mem
bers of the royal family. Albert L.,
king OF Saxony, born April, 1928, has a
OWL list of $685., 600, with an additional
$l27, $50 a year for the princess and
princesses. This little grant may be
1ustihable, as in 1880 the reigning mon
nreh surrendered his domains to become
The property of the state.
SOME GRAND DUKRs.
The grand duke of Baden has a civil
llHt Of 1914, 655 for himself and the mem
Ders of his family. The hereditary
landed property of this dynasty, valued
at $40, S3O, 900. has been made over to
the state. The grand duke of Mecklen-
purg-Schwerin, who claims to be the
only European sovereign of Slavonic
origin, pretends that he can trace his
descent to Genseric, king of the Van
gals, who conquered Spain in the fifth |
century, and going over to Africa took |
3arthage in 436 B. @. In his full title |
be styles himself "Prince of the YAM
|aie, He has no civil list, but is abso-
1te owner of one-fifth of the whole area
the liliputian duchy which he
2Ferns. The grand duke of Hesse.
pa -ln-law of Queen Victoria, has civil
ietof 1928, 710 for the support of him.
fa or his near relations, and his little
e9srt at Darmstadt.
The civil list of the grand duke of
'ldenburg is 1926. 600; of Brunswick,
600; of SAKE Weimar, S2lO,OOO;
SAKE Weiningen, 800, 900 of Anhalt.
81 600; of SAKE Ooburg- -Gotha, Sl1O,.
of SAKE Altenburg, $1O7 $50 !; of
aldeck, $lS3, ,674 of Lippe, $50, 600;
5chwarzburg. g.Sondershausen, SI1O.-
OF Schaumburg- -Lippe, 1926, 900.
The grand dukes of Mecklenburg-
Felitz, Reuss Schleiz, and Rsuss-
~ absolutely own most of the states
|eh they govern.
NOTED sovEREIGNs.
letoria, queen of England, born in
1873, has civil list Of 81, ,925, 600,
zsn $500, 600 more from the duchy of |
,ter. Thus her annual income is
600 year. To her children and |
Dnke of Edinburgh is further |
of $3.50, ,0O0 making a total of s3
POO to British royalty.
sorge l., king of Greece. born in |
tnber, lS45, has civil list of $500. |
year. Humburt, of Italy, born in |
has not accepted the large civil |
&3, $50, COO granted to his late
William III, king of the
berlands, born in February, 1919,
salary of $3.50, 000, with an addi- |
Of half as much more for members
ne royal family. He and the king of
lemburg are believed to be the
est sovereigns in Europe. The
b grants to Louis 1. of Portugal,
ia 1928, and his family amount to
300.
4ander H., of Russia, born in
phi, 1918, possesses the revenue from
immense crown domains equal to
300, 900 year. Alfonso xii, of
ho,r, 1OEH