The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-01-22
WILLIAM NOW
VERY FRUGAL
Inspired Article on the
KaiSer'S Finances.
Copyrighted 1889, by the Associated Press.


BERLIN. Jan. 21.-Some stir has been
created by an article in the GrenZboten
on imperial finances by Herr Won Kas-
SOW, who was apparently inspired from
high quarters. He takes pains to ex-
pose the baselessness of the rumors re-
fiecting upon Emperor Williams mon
etary resources. The Grenzboten's
article was prompted more particularly
by recent rumors that his Majesty in
tended to ask the Prussian Landtag for
a vote to defray the expenses of his
Palestine trip, and that he had written
to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
begging for loan of 100000 gulden.
In view of these reports, implying that
the court finances are embarrassed, 1t
has been deemed advisable to explain
that the Prussian crown funds are in
a most fiourishing condition. Herr Won
Kassow asserts that although the
maintenance of the imperial dignity of
the navy has necessitated large calls
upon these funds, and while no assist
ance has been received from the EN-
peror yet other factors have placed the
Emperor's finances in a much more ia
vorable position than those of any of
his predecessors. The writer reminds
the public that the Princes of Prussia
do not receive state allowances apart
from their private incomes, and that
they are dependent upon the money
granted them by the King. When Will
liam l assembled the throne he had to
subsidize the courts of the Dowager
Queen Elizabeth, the Crown Prince
Frederick Prince Charles, his son;
Prince Frederick Charles, Prince AL
brecht and his son, now the regent Of
Brunswick; Prince Frederick and his
two sons and the Princess Niegnitz
who have all lived in great style. But
now most of those are dependent upon
the present Emperor and either live in
comparative retirement or have inner
tied large properties or requests which
have placed them beyond need Of royal
assistance.
Herr Won Kassow then proceeds to
compare the expenditure of the pres
ent Emperor and Of his predecessors
and concludes:
THE Berlin court, If anything, is too
economical. The Kaiser has expended
little on new buildings, and lives the
greater part of the year at Potsdam on
scale far less pretentious than a
wealthy commoner The number OF
festivities has been much reduced, and
foreign potentates are not entertained
more frequently than desirable In the
interests of the state.
I'm fact" this inspired article con-
cludes, the Kaiser is regulating his ex-
penditure on lines which will enable
him to view with equanimity the time
when the six young Princes will require
separate establishments.
Emperor William has turned his at
tention to designing battle statues, and
has commissioned Walter Schott, the
sculptor, to execute design by himself
of a monumental figure Of mailed
archangel, ten feet high, resting poth
hands on a huge sword, which will be
erected on the battlefield of st. Privat,
facing the French frontier
The chair of military Jurisprudence
has been instituted by the Berlin Uni
versity This is an indirect result OF
the agreement between the Emperor
and the regent of Bavaria on the sub
| ject of a supreme military penal court,
| which is expected to lead to uniformity
in military law procedure throughout
! the empire. Privy Councillor Weiffen-
bach has been appointed first professor
of military jurisprudence.
The proposal adopted by the stu
! dents of the German universities to
perpetuate the memory of Prince BIS
marck by the erection of columns over
the face of the country is now ap-
! preaching real1ZatlOn. a cOISloel dule
I fund has been collected, and commit
tee has been formed to carry out the
details The columns, will be high, mas
sive granite pillars, surmounted by
an urn in which a fire beacon Will be
kindled on every anniversary of Prince
Bismarcks birthday until the END OF
time The students are greatly I'M
pressed with the sublimity Of the no
ton and have offered a wreath or iron
laurel leaves for the best design for the
column. In addition to twenty-seven
universities, each of which is pledged
to erect its column, forty-seven towns
have declared their intention to CO.
operate and it is expected that at
least 200 cities and towns will join In
the movement.
The police offlciousness in invoking
the lese Majestic law received q chech
this week. A popular music hall com
edian named Reuter- had been singing
couplets on Emperor Williams Orien-
tai trip with great success when the
police decided that the Introduction OF
his Majesty in a music hall ditty was
tantamount to lese Majestic and ordered
Reuter- to stop. The latter, whose
couplets were inspired by patriotism
questioned the legality of the police
decree and scored victory in verdict
setting forth that a song treating OF
the Emperor need not necessarily con-
stitute a breach Of public morality.