The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-30
WILHELM
EXPENSES
Details Of German En-.
peror's Annual
Accounts.

income of approximately 1000, 90,
pounds. is poor man, and has grea
difficulty in making both ends meet
He does not receive farthing in hi.
capacity as German emperor, but full.
fills the duties of this honorable posi-.
ton free Of charge to the federation OF
German states. The kaiser draws his
income, first, as king of Prussia; and
second, as a private landowner.
His income as king of Prussia
amounts approximately to SOC, 900
pounds per annum. The emperor OF
Russia receives an annual allowance OF
100000 pounds, and the emperor of
I Austria an annual allowance of more
than 100000. Both these monarchs re-
ceive additional allowances for certain
! definite purposes, and both of them
| own vast landed estates far superior
| in acreage to the German emperor
possessions.
/ annual allowance of 100000 pounds.
| and the king of Italy draws over 600, 900
pounds per annum, while the incomes
of several monarchs of smaller states
are nearly as large as that of the king
of Prussia.
The amount of 100000 pounds grant
ed annually to the German emperor in
capacity as king of Prussia is not taken
from the national exchequer, but from
revenues from state dominions which
were formerly the private property of
the Prussian royal house. The crown
| lands were handed over to the state
and in return the state pays fixed
annual income to the monarch.
The kaiser owns eighty-three landed
estates, comprising total of 25O.O00
acres. He is the greatest land owner
in Germany. and his possessions far ex-
coed those of the three landed owners
whose estates rank next to his own in
acreage. These are the Prince of Pless,
who owns 125,OOO acres; the duke Of
Ujest, who owns 100000 acres, and the
duke of Ratibor, who owns $4,000 acres
Some Of the land of the kaiser's es-
tates is rented to farmers, but the en-
account in several parts of the country
The kaiser's workmen are paid abnor-
mally high wages, and all of his en-
ployes receive liberal pensions in their
old age or in case of sickness. Ee also
provides literally for their widows and
children out of his private purse. All
these payments consume a large por-
ton of the profits, SO that the en-
peror's income from his estates is COM
paratively small.
Practically speaking, the German en-
peror is thus obliged to live on his
royal income of 500. 900 pounds per an
mum, which is altogether insufficient
for his requirements. The kaiser has
no personal extravagances, but lives
simple and strenuous life of hard work
and little luxury. He spends little
money on his table, for the cuisine of
the German imperial residence is no.
torious for its inferiority.
The kaiser is not dandy, and spends
a comparatively small amount every
year on his clothes. The horses he
rides are not of particularly good
breed, and not unusually expensive. He
is not gambler and does not indulge
in other designations which would be
excusable in his position.
He is, however, extravagant in one
respect, namely, in keeping up the i'm
perial ,magnificence of his court on a
scale never previously attempted by
king of Prussia. The support of rela-
tives forms first charge on the kais-
ers income. He has to provide an an
nual allowance for his six sons, and
has to maintain a separate court for
several more distant relatives.
The cro\ prince, now that he is
married. will be surrounded by his own
court, comprising a marshal, a master
of ceremonies, a master of horse, a
gentlemen in waiting, des-de-camp,
and SO forth The maintenance of the
crowns princely court is expected to
cost the kaiser al least $4,000 pounds
per annum. His other sons are grow
ing up, and it will soon be necessary
to provide for them in the same way.
| The kaiser has to maintain a separ-
ate court for Prince Henry of Prussia,
Prince Frederic Leopold of Prussia.
, Prince Albrecht of Prussia, and the
| widowed Princess Frederic Karl of
Prussia. His own court is an extremely
expensive luxury
| There is minister of the imperial
house, director of the imperial house
hold, a director of the royal archives.
and four councillors of the rovaI house.
mold. There is a president of heraldry.
a senior lord in waiting, a court mar
shal, a master of the hunt. a master of
the Kitchen, a master CT the roval
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