New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-15
HOW ENGLAND LENDS.
British Treasury Has Helped Many
Foreign Governments.


tons0 II CaTtagena and the reports 70 which It has
given rise To the effect that England would furnish
Spain with the necessary money to reconstruct her
navy and TO enlarge and properly equip her dock
yards. the understanding that navy and dock
yards would be at the disposal Of Great Britain in
the event Of WAY, recalls mind that England
has done more IN the Of assisting foreign gov
erurnents pecuniarily than other power in the
world. ! cannot find that she has ever helped the
United States but almost every other country mas
had al one time or another recourse 10 her state
exchequer.
The assistance has been given under three heads.
namely. by OF money lent by the BRUSH
treasury 10 foreign powers; secondly, payments IN
che shane of subsidies 10 foreign states; and third
" loans raised by foreign states in England OF
which the interest capital has been guaranteed
by Parliament, that is 10 say, by the British
government.
Under the first head Holland received loan IN
1913 and France one IN 1914, both Of which have
since been repaid In 1856 II the time OF the Cri-
mean War the British treasury advanced the
King Of Sardinia. ally in that conflict $4,000
ooo Of which SO. 1000 has been repaid; and
1854 the Transvaal government received a loan Of
$500 600 from the British ExcheQuer, OF which
half remains unpaid.
During the wars which extended all over Europe
from 1873 1915 the English treasury granted sub
ventions mounting up TO the enormous Of $270-
oo0 900 the various Continental governments Of
Europe. including Austria. Prussia. Russia Swe-
der. Sicily, Portugal Spain. Hanover, Denmark
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shape Of subsidies TO a number Of unspecided
German princes"
Eight loans raised by foreign states. Of which
the interest and capital have been guaranteed by
British act of Parliament have been obtained in
England within the last hundred wears notably, IN,
Austria, Portugal Greece Turkey Fey,pt and T,,s-
sa. Moreover, the English government has since
1858 shared equally with France and with Russia
IN contributing sum OF $4,000 a year TO the civil
list q King George Of Greece.
From this he that u-bf1o
newspapers may for obvious reasons scout the
notion % the English government furnishing
pesuntary help to Spain IN the reconstruction OF
her navy and in the enlargement and equipment
q her doCkyards II would be quite in keepIng
with the policy Of Great Britain in the past This
policy Of England in granting financial help to for
e!Gn governments IS matter which is not SUI
fCiently considered when the position Of Great
Britain and her Importance as factor in the con
cert of nations is being discussed England can
afford 10 restrict herself TO q small army as long
she virtually controls the money markets Of
the world and has the power BY sheer weight Of
shekels TO shape II a measure the events
L Is that which gives much weight TO the
diplomacy and craftsmanship Of King Edward.
KING OSCARS GOLDEN WEDDING
King Oscar and Queen Sophia are preparing to
celebrate their golden wedding few weeks hence
namely, June 8. and few days previously the
aged monarch VIII resume for a brief time the
Te:ns OF government, which owing 10 his recent i'll
ness have been FOR some time past in the hands Of
his eldest son. the crown prince. The King IS IN
such fran health owing TO his advanced age that
Immediately after the celebration he VIII once
more resign the executive power his son and
heir Il IS just on account Of the feeble condition
OF the King that the festivities in honor OF his
golden wedding Will be Of a rather modified char
ecter. and although there will be q number Of
royal visitors from abroad, the Duke Duchess
q Connaught representing King Onward and Queen !
Alexandra, everything possible viii be done to
spare Oscar unnecessary fatigue. Denmark viii be
represented by the King and Queen. the latter q /
niece q King Oscar. being the only child of his /,
eldest brother and predecessor on the throne
The popular celebration OF the event rare IN the |
history OF royal matrimonial alliances is taking
the form Of the subscription OF q large sum Of /
money, which VIII be devoted by the wish Of the /
King 70 a fund for enabling the poor 10 obtain
admission 10 the sanatoria for consunptives found
ed ten years Ego. the tWeuty-ffth anniversary
o. King Oscars succession, with money then sub
scribed by the nation and handed over 10 him
The King and Queen were married on June 6 1857 .
a "iesbaden. the Queen being q daughter Of the !
sovereign Duke William OF Nassau who. thanks To .
his vast wealth derived from the public gambling ,
tables which fourished IN his capital Wiesbaden.
was able 70 give her a big dowry. On the whole
their life has been happy one and there have /
been Few differences and scandals OF any &C
count 10 mar their half century Of trimony. !
True, the Queen has been invalid much Of the :
time, afflicted with rnelancholia, which gave no /
end Of trouble 10 her medical advisers Il IS To
this that she has figured SO rarely In any court /
functions during the last twenty years more.
living very retired life devoting herself when
ever she was wei enough 70 religious enterprises /
o. an evangelstic order. She IS one OF the prnci-
pal friends and sympathizers Of the Salvation Army
in Scandinavia, and likewise a champion Of the |
Temperance movement. Her principal difference /
with her husband has been on the subject Of the
encouragement which she gave TO the marriage Of
her younger son. Prince Oscar who led TO the altar
her maid OF honor. Miss Fbba Munk, having pre-
ytousy neen compelled by his father to surrender !
all his royal and prerogatives prince Of
the blood II is said that the Queen conternpIates
beqUeathing 10 him the greater part OF her large
fortune
HUMBLE RELATIVES OF A MONARCH.
Among the congratulations which King oscar
Will receive On the occasion OF his golden wed
ding viii he q number from people who in spite !
Of their rlebeian birth and humble rank claim
him IS q near relation. and who have been
ogrized by him as such Thus at Pau IN the South
o. France. he has q cousin who, like himself,
bears the patronyuic Of Pernadotte, and who fol
lows the trade Of q photographer, keeping a small
shop Cor that purpose, where he has been
ersl occasions visited by the King. The latters
great-grsndfather the paternal side was,
every one knows ordinary peasant. whose cot
tage near Pau Is kept IN repair ~ the expense Of
King Oscar. An inscription the doorway init
mates that Il the birthplace of the Nlustrious
soldier Bernadotte. who rose from the ranks to
be first II all Il marshal % France. then Crown
Prince Of Sweden. dying IS King Of Sweden and
Norway The romance Of his career IS enhanced
by the fact that he was Of the soldiers duty
on the scaToId At Paris AT the execution Of King
Louis XVIII and that on his left arm there was
found after his death tattooed a revolutionary cap
together with the Inscription Death to kings and