The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-02-01
r ancessors wsrs expelled 70 ysars

thslr ancestors were expelled % years nmus. .}.. ..s. a. .. 4 s. q .t .4ttt Q confident gre they of thsir ultimate return In triumph that, In many Noorish eitiss. they sacrsdly preserve and show the keys of their ancestral homes in the peninspla now occupied by the '.usurp- inG' SpaniardA
 Of course the. Moofs win never possess Spain again any more than the spaniards will be ever allowed to posssss Morocco.
 The French cast loving glaAces at Mo- rocco. which. added to Tunis and AlEe- ria, would make glorious African en- pire for France. but. thsn. there is Mr. John Bull to reckon with. A fortress erected In Tangiers would practically make Gibraltar yseiess for the protection of the nArroy straits- If the Moors can not very soon settle their affairs satisfactorily. I am afraid their country will bs . big bone for con tention.
 o Fostunes for lEonArchs. The totel ot the European budgets. which in 1891 amounted to four thousand millions of dollars. reached in 1901 ak thousand millions.
 Needless to add that the army and navy have swallowed up the increase. Speaking of the European budgets leads us to mention the fortunes placed at the disposal of European u,onarchs. The Emperor of Russia. of all the sow erelgns in the world. is the only ane who can dispose at his will of the wealth of the country over which he rules., According to the constitution of Eussia. the Cxar has no account to give except to the Almighty. which. I suppose. is not compulsory this side of the grave. Therefore 1t may be asserted that the fortune of the Cxar Is unlimited. The maintenance of the impariai family of Russia costs $2o. .0o0. .0Oo a year. The Sultan of Turkey can. also help himself to the public treasury, but. un- fortunately for him, 1t it generally empty. He spends 36ooo,0oo a year. The German Emperor enjoys an annual revenue of g. 750,000. So to speak, he has no personal fortune. except what was left to him by his mother and by the late Queen Victoria
 The fortune of old Kaiser Wilhelm I, went t6 Prince Henry. The late Queen victorfa received from her subjects an annuity of about $s,0oo0o0. Besides she had private income of q 10000.
 The financial position of King Edward is not yet ascertained. When he has paid the debts which he contracted as Prince of Wales am afraid he will not have much to enjoy except what he receives from the country.
 The Italians pay their King S2.40o000 q year; but King Victor Emmanuel is very economical. He lives simply. is frugal and satisfied with the little and saves money.
 The civil >iist of the Hing of the Bell gians is only S75000e. yet King Leopold is one of the richest sovereisns In the world.
 His private fortune is valued at $2o.- 00.O00 and as this monarch is an ex- tremely clever financier and his money is invested in successful trades and in land likely to increase In value all over the world, his fortune Is swelling every day.
 The Emperor of Austria receives x.- 50O,00o from his subjects and has prf- vate revenue of nearly s3,000.000.
 The King of Portugal was recently obliged to pawn the royal crown to meet the exigenciss of his creditors. so we must Infer that this King is one of the poorest in Europe.
 Norway's Threat.
 A burning question may explode in Eu- rope during the forthcoming spring.
 The Norwegian government makes no less threat than to mobilize the entire army and navy in order to make dem- onstration against Sweden. and obtain. If not complete separation, at ieasS inue- pendence of action.
 It is known that for long time Nor way has strained every nerve to obtain abroad ministers and consuls independent of those of Sweden. I give the news for what 1t is worth.
 France Quiet Country.
 Just at present, politically and socially, France is the most quiet country in Eu- rope, We live on the Humbert family. But for them the papers would have very little to speak about.
 From the examination of all the pris- oners we can not arrive at any conclu-' sion whether or not forgery will be in cluded among the many indictments against them.
 If the accusation of forgery has to be abandoned the prisoners cannot be sent to the Assizes and they will have to be tried before a tribunal of correctional police, In which case the maximum pen atty that can be meted out to them is five years Imprisonment which the 'na- tionalists will not fall to call another great victory for the Jews.
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