Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-11
MONARCH MAKES
HIMSELF A TRUST
CONTINUED from page ia1-


1900. The grand duchy OF Meoklen-
burg-Strelitz has total population OF
100 600. and It's capital, Neu StreItz, has
"a population of 1000. The principal
ity of Llppe contains a population OF
100000 ana ts capital, Detmold, has a
population Of II 900, The principality
OF Reuss younger line) has a popula'
tlon of 10000. The duChies OF SaXe-Co-
burg-GOtha, and SaXe-Melningen each
have populations varying between 200
900 and 100000, and the duchy OF An
halt has a population OF a little more
than 100000 The grand duchies OF
-Welmar and Oldenburg each have
an approximate population Of 100000,
and the Grand Duchy OF Mecklenburg-
Schwern, which recently supplied the
German crown prince with his bride
has a population OF 100000 The Grand
Duchy OF Hesse has a population OF
900 900. The Grand Duchy OF Baden
/ has a population Of 100000.
! SMALLER THAN NEW YORK OR
CHICAGO.
Each OF these sovereign German
! states has thus a population less than
| that OF New York or Chicago. The
! kingdom Of Wur.emberg has a popuia-
! ZION bI a. llNAlf llNlt Allill ~tN'HtNNNt Nili
| kingdom OF SaXony little more than
! 1000 900, ana the kingdom OF Bavaria a
| little more than 100000, and all these
| states are overshadoWed by Prussia
| with It's population OF 35000,O0O. Apart
| from the imperial chancellor Prince
Buelow and the central federal gov
eminent, Germany possesses 20 prime
ministers 20 cabinets 20 royal courts
| and is parlaments, for two German
states MeCklenhurs- SchWerln and
| Mecklenhurg- SUeltz, are absolute
| monarchies, governed by their grand
! dukes, without any assistance from
elected representatives. Of the people
The cost OF maintaining an these
| mouarchies with their courts and
| households is n heavy financial burden
for the German nation. The King Of
Bavaria receives an income OF 81 500,
OOO. the king OF SaXouv an Income OF
$lO00,0OO and the King of Wurtembcrg
an income OF tG00O 600 per annum, The
grand duke of Baden. the grand duke
OF Hcsse, The grand duke OF MecNen-
burg Schwerm the grand duke OF
! SAKE. Weimar and the duke OF Auhalt
! received incomes varying from $3.50
600 To 100000 "a year The duke of
SAKE Mclniugen. the duke OF SaXe-Co-
. burg -Gothu, and the duke OF SAKE.
! Allggburg receive incomes varying
from $4,000 60 100000 and the re-
manning German monurchs receive an
average OF $4,000 per unnum.
MILLIONS FOR USELESS MON.
ARCHS.
The bare cost OF the monarchs alon,
thus amounts 10 something between
S6,OOo00O and Si00O0O0 per aunum. II
addition 10 the mouarchs. IL must be-
remembered that there are 60 prim,
ministers ana over a. hundred cabinet
ministers all drawing salaries from Oh,
public revenues for their services q
the different states There are 20 roya
households, with several hundred
highly salaricd ornamental officials
and lS purUaments the members oI
which received payment from the publ,
| eNcheQUers
The 90 monurghs between them owr
ll5 royal palaces. which together viii
the three dozen palaces owned by the
Kaiser as king of Prussia make a toto
of 1850 palaces, dotted an over Germany
These palaces are surrounded by park
with total area of $4,000 acres, an o
which Us, " course, lying wasted, so fa
as productive purposes are concerned
In the smaller German states the cos
OF maintaining the monarch amounts /,
about s? per head Of the population Of
81 per head OF family, "a heavy burden
ON a population which IS by no mean,
prosperous.
The twenty royal courts IN German,
are effective supports OF reacuonar,
politics and personal snobbery IN
little German courts have been fruitful
OF all sorts Of queer situations mn
A scandals, The throne Of Bavaria ha