The Winslow mail., 1898-07-23
WORLDS RICH MEN.
Those cf European Nations and
Their Large Fortunes.
Many Of the Nobiiities Eave Large
VVeaIth-TAere Are More Small!
5EgIIicnaiFes IN EEG122a
Than in America.

Germany IS not genefdlly regaIueu as
land Of rich men and yet the golden
book should have q very large section
devoted to Germany and Austria-Hun-
gary It is true hat most Of the names
would have prince before them, but
being Of royal blood does net after the
fact of wealth. Without counting the
private properties of the soveIeigns,
Who ought not to be included, there are
a dozen or so Teutonic highnesses
whose wealth, not merely in lands, but
in money. is enormous. For example,
that cf the father Of the present prince
Of Bulgaria was counted by many mil
liens sterling. Many Of tie dethrcned
moEarchs, again, are very rich, for Ici
en-. eXii has ceased to be synonym fer
poverty. no one, CT course, knows the
exact wealth of the Orleans family, but
It IS very great, and even the Bourbons
are wen off. Don Carlos, in spite Of the
money he has spent on Spanish and
ether adventures, is a millionaire.
The Russian empire would also make
a good show, fer although the great
landed proprietors have suffered of late
years, many of the merchants and finan-
ciers have done exceedingly wen. If
rumor IS To be trusted, some CT the Off
cials arc also very rich. Fabulous sums
are attributed to Cne in particular.
The millcnaires Of Africa would, we
suppose, be confined to Kimberley and
the Rand; but possibly there are some
large fortunes III Cairo among the
Levantine colony. Asia viii probably
make a very respectable show in the
golden book. 1t is true that in the
Turkish and Persian empires million
aires are never long lived, and this fact
tends to their none Existence; butfor all
that some Of the Smyrna Greeks and
Damascus Jews ought to be able to
gain admission. India, On the ether
hand, if the native princes who do not
possess sovereign rights are counted, as
they must be, contains a great number
Of extremely rich men, Not cnly are
there merchants III the great cities who
are worth several millions in personal
property, but there are also four or five
great Zemindars who have incomes
which represent the interest On two or
three millions sterling. The reaction
against thinking of India as place of
wealth has, il fact, been carried too far;
and we are apt to forget that pripcely
fortunes are still made and kept there.
The truth about the Chinese fortunes
would he most curious if it could be
discovered. Unfortunately, it is the
land Of the crypto-millionaires Of the
men who live in little low houses and
hoard gold ingots in the shape Of Naples
biscuit. 1t is known, however, that the
empress dowager is among the richest,
il rot tie richest, person, alive; while
II Hung Chang. unless he has lately
been plundered, which is unlikely, must
also have vast wealth, Outside China
the Chinese are often very rich, and
dare to show their wealth. For exam
gle, it is always said. and as far as we
know with truth, that several OF the
Chinese merchants of Singapore are
men CT enormous riches. With the
American millionaire it is hardly Iecv
essary to deal. What place is not full
Of the report Of his dollars? Il should,
however, be noted that, though one or
two of The American fortunes are be-
yOnd the dreams Of avarice, the number
Of warm men" is, in proportion 10 pop
ulation, not SO great as it is here. There
are, that is, not SO many great, but far
more small mi1lioraires in England
The man who reaches the $5,oC0,oCO
mark is ant either to lose il again. or
else to rurn it into S50,Oo0,0O0 or $780,
000,G00.
Spanish South America is not, as
rule, regarded as place for rich men,
yet, as a matter Of fact, Chill, Mexico,
Brazil and TIE Argentine have all with
in the last 30 years produced fortunes
on the great scale, and rot very long
ago the greatest heiress in the world
was said to be the daughter Of a South
American millionaire.-London Spec
tator.