Milford chronicle., 1901-05-03
SALARlED MONARCHS.


His majesty of Greece was pronounced
by all who saw him on his recent visit to
these shores to look every inch king. 1t
IS safe to say, however, that very few
people in these British isles realize that
part of King Georges income has its
origin in the British taxpayers pocket
Ever since the Danish prince was placed
upon the throne vacated by the miserable
Ohio, Great Britain, Germany and
France have each made him an annual
allowance Of $4,000. To date the British
taxpayer has handed over to his Hellenic
majesty something like E130,000, which
II at any rate keep him in cigars.
1t is lucky that John Bull is a wealthy
old gentleman. for he has other monarchs
on his salary list. The most considerable
Of these potentates is perhaps his high
ness the ameer of Afghanistan. Were his
allowance paid weekly the ameer would
find a matter of $3.50 in his little envelope
on Saturday. Per annum the govern
ment of India hands out 61S,000 to the
ruler of the buffer state between us and
the Muscovite and it is money well spent.
The rajah Of Butan is allowed dinner
money to the extent of 100000 by the
patcrual government of India This, of
course is conditioned on good behavior.
That powerful monarch, Mir Mahmud of
Baluchistan. is allowed the sum of E11,-
600, and thus is able to provide pie for
dinner nearly every day in the week.
The maharaiah of Sikkim receives
about the same sum. so there is no pres
ent necessity for the "moOn faces" of the
harem to take in washing. Two thousand
pounds is the annual portion of Hamoud
bin MahOmed, sultan of Zanzibar. There
are various other allowances to native
chieftains in various parts of the world,
but none so considerable as those quoted
above.
One result of the annexation of the
Transvaal is likely to be that Nwgane,
the paramount chief of the Swazis, will
have to look to Great Britain for his an
nual allowance Of $4,000. hitherto paid
by the defunct South African Republic
John Bull already pays native tribe
the Basutos, To wit-the nice little sum Of
f1S,O0O a year.
Other nations have their saaried kings.
We nave already seen that France and
Germany dub up" $1,000 each to King
George of Greece, in common with our
selves. The former country also pays
King NOrsdOm of CambOdia an annual
allowance of $4,000.
The Prince Of Montenegro is a very
lucky potentate. The entire revenue of
the country is under his control though,
from time to time, laws have been passed
to regulate this state of things laws
calmly disregarded by this truly kingly
monarch. But, besides this, the ruler of
the Black mountain gathers in f12,OO0
yearly from Russia and something like
f3,0OO from Austria. The latter sum is
for the upkeep of the public roads in
Montenegro.
The name of the principally of Liech-
tenstein may be new to some of our read
ers. But the tiny place actually exists as
an Independent state, and the ruling mon
arch is John II. He receives from the
Austrian government this realm belong
ing to the Austrian customs uniOn) an
average sum per annum of $4,000
Unique among salaried monarchs is his
hlghness Prince Charles of Monaco. He
collects the nice little sum of 100000 a
year. But this income is not drawn from
any of the great powers. but from the
limited company who own the gaming
tables at Monaco and Monte Carlo. Be
sides the princes salary. a further sum of
tSO'OOO year is spent by the company
on police, roads, lighting and so forth in
the tiny principality, whose very clergy
and bishops derive their stipends from
the sums lost by unfortunate gamesters
at roulette and trente-et-Quarante.-P
sons Weekly.