Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-12
GERMAN EMPERoR,s POVERTY.
Some Details Of Wilhelm's Annual
Expenses and His Income.


Expenses and His Income.
From the London Express.
Inc German emperor, with an annual in
come or approximately 100000, is a poor
man, and has great difficulty In making
both ends meet He does not receive a
farthlng In his capacity as German en-
peror, but fulfills the duties of this honor
airy position free of charge to the fedora
ton 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 100000 per annum The
emperor or Russia receives an annual al
loWance of 100000, and the emperor of
austria an annual allowance of more than
tsOO'0OO. Both these monarchs receive ad-
dltional allowances for certain definite pur-
poses. and both of them own vast landed
estates far superior in acreage to the Ger
man emperor's possessions.
The sultan of Turkey receives an annual
allowance of f2,O00,O0 and the king of
ltaiy draws over 96OO.000 per annum while
the incomes of several monarchs of smaller
states are nearly large as that of the
king of Prussia.
The amount of 100000 granted annually
10 the German emperor in capacity as k ng
or Prussia is not taken from the national
excheauer, but from revenues from state
domlnions 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 eigty-three landed es-
tates, comprising a total of 10000 acres
He is the greatest land owner in Germany,
and his possessions far exceed those of the
three landed owners whose estates rank
next to his own in acreage. These are the
Prince OF PleSS, who owns 12J000 acres:
the duke of Ujest, who owns 100 600 acres
and the duke of Ratibor, who owns 5000
acres. Some of the land of the kasers
estates is rented to farmers, but the en-
peror carries on business his own ac-
count in several parts of the country
The kaisers workmen are paid abnor-
mally high wages, and all of his employees
receive liberal pensions in their old age
or in case of sickness. He also provides
literally for their widows and children out
OF his private purse. All these payments
consume large portion of the profits, so
that the emperor's income from his estates
is comparatively small.
Practically speaking, the German emper-
or is thus obliged to live on his royal in
come of fSOO,(O0 per annum, which is alto
gether insufficient for his requirements
The kaiser has no personal extravagances,
but lives a simple and strenuous life of
hard work and little luxury. He spends lit
tie money on his table, for the cuisine OF
the German imperial residence is notorious
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 a gambler
and does not indulge in other designations
which would be excusable in his position.
He is, however, eXtraVagant in one re-
spect, namely, in keeping up the imperial
magnificence of his court on a scale never
previously attempted by a king of Prussia.
The support of relatives forms first
charge on the kaiser's income. He has TO
provide an annual allowance for his six
sons, and has to maintain sapei ate court
for several more distant relatives.
The prince. that he is
ried, will be surrounded by his own court
comprising a marshal, a master of cere
monies, master of horse, master of
the hunt, lords In waiting, gentlemen in
waiting, aides-de-camp, and so forth. The
maintenance of the crown princely court
is expected to cost the kaiser at least
ESQ, 900 per annum. His other sons are
growing up, and it will soon be necessary
| to provide for them in the same way
The kaiser has to maintain separate
court for Prince Henry of Prussia, Prince
Frederic Leopold of Prussia, Prince Al
brecht of Prussia, and the widowed Prin-
cess Frederic Karl of Prussia. His own
court is an extremely expensive luxury.
There is minister of the imperial house,
a director of the imperial household, di-
rector of the royal archives, and four coun-
cllors of the royal household. There is
president of heraldry. senior lord in wait
ing a court marshal, a master of the hunt
a master of the kitchen a master of the
royal chambers, house marshal, mas
ter of the stables, master OF CEREMONIES,
the numerous councillors attached 10 All
these departments.
The kaiser travels in the same splen-
dor in which he lives at home. Wherever
he goes he Is accompanied by large suite
of officers and gentlemen and of house
hold and court officials. He takes with
him his own carriages, his own horses,
his own coachmen and grooms, his own
stablemen, his sadders, his smiths, and
so forth AS he Journeys his entire study
is transported from place to place.
During his recent Mediterranean trip
the kaiser gave away eighty diamond
rings, a hundred and fifty diamond pins
+ thirty-three necklaces, thirty goideh
watches, a hundred golden cigarette cases,
and twenty other articles OF, 1eWelry 10
various persons from whom he received at
tentions in the course of his journey: The
whole Mediterranean trip is estimated 10
have cost over 100000. The cost or the
kaiser's Journey to Palestine six years ago
exceeded 100000
Anart from his expenditures for pur-
noses of royal display the kaiser devotes
q large sum every year to the encourage
ment of art and Of the drama. he Is con-
tinually ordering monuments to be erected
at his own expense and buys pictures LOT
presentation to public galleries
The kaiser maintains the Royai opera
House the Royal Theater in Berlin, and
the ROYAL Theater at Wiesbaden at his own
EXPENSE All three theaters are cononcteo
only partially as profit-makng concerns.
with all these financial burdens the kal-
cor IL unable to make both ends meet on
his income and has been obliged to borrow
money from some of his wealthy SUBJECTS
The kaiser has never borrowed money from
Prussian noblemen, but only from great
commercial magnates and miiilona're "ll