Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-29
THE COST OF BEING A KING
sums Put Up ~ Various Countries to
POO M~OnaFehiaI Estab-
lishmeuts.

The German emperor, as king of Prussia
wants to have his salary raised. He is moi
getting enough pocket money and he ha,
demanded more. Most of us have repeater
the old nursery rhyme, 1T must be nice &c
be a King And doubtless 1t is sometimes
But II must be horrid to be a king and moi
nave enough money to spend. One does moi
easily imagine a king nowadays not havin
all he wants, especially a king of the lead.
ing European country. But so 1t Is. In other
words, the kaiser is hard up. He has ad.
mitted II. At present he receives from thu
state $4,000 as German emperor, and
nearly 100000 as king Of Prussia. Tn
last increase which amounted to S75O.OCO
was made in 1888, In the second year Of his
reign. Still. it is not enough. The kaiser
today actually is receiving less than the
old kings of Prussia annually received.
An income exceeding %,5O0,O0o a year IL
not a despicable sum, even for Kaiser Will
helm, but those who know say It is not
excessive. There are no allowances to
other members OF the royal family and
very little comes from the royal domains
some one began, a year or two ago, to
Try and foot up the kaiser's tailor bill.
They became tired in the middle and never
got to the end.
~ffN NiiABNlbIS GdllnOl IIdNel alone.
The kaiser always has a large retinue with
him' He forsets nothing that can make
Tor pomp and splendor. Hence his travel
Ing expenses amount to a pretty tall figure
Then In addition to his upkeep of his
fifty-two castles. palaces, country homes.
Innumerable farms and forests, he is ex-
pected TO maintain the royal theaters at
Berlin Hanover and Cassel and has to foot
the bills for the royal concerts. The kaiser
mas been very fortunate, however, in the
way or receiving legac'es from wealthy
subjects. Only a few years ago Herr VIII
helm Hilderbrand left him an estate worth
Ff5o'VO In hard cash. A West Prussian land
owner gave him an estate of 5000 acres
as an earnest Of greater possessions to come
at the donors death. Baroness Oppenbeim-
Cohn gave him $4,000 and Herr Henckel
Won Donnersmarch placed s., 1000 at his
disposal In 1905.
statistics published in various foreign
journals prove that the kaiser IL bv no
means the best paid monarch In Eurone
tn car OF Russia has that honor Tho
Russian imperial family is the wesItbiest
In the world OF rulers. 1t derives its wealth
from three sources-the state treasury the
imperial DOMAINE formerly church Isnd,l
ana the socalled cabinet properties The
'N0' treasury provides that the car as
sovereign, the imperial domains ara tho
joint property Of the members Of the house
OF Romanoff, but administered by the head
OF the house; the cabinet properties are
the personal possessions of the reienins
sovereign as such. No data of any kind
are available for estimating the amount of
property held by the czar and other mem
oers OF his house In their private capscitv
as individuals. 1t is known to be very CON
SIDERABLE both in land and gold, but -
very rieidly treated as a purely private
matter. ~
me state treasury pays out S7,0O0.0OO An
nually for the needs of the Imperial house
principally for the maintenance of the
palaces and the officials attached 10 them
Inc relgning empress has an allowance q,
slOoOO per year, and the dowaser emDrsss
the same. Every child born to the co..
receives from birth TO the age Of p IOOO0
a year while the heir to the throne re-.
eeiVes annually, In addition to the main
tsnanee OF palaces. $4,000. Daughters re-
eelve a dowry Of $4,000 when they marry
Inc imperial domains, the main so,,rco
OF the wealth OF the Romanoffs. wsrs
orinslnally church lands. and comprtse p
S@'Vo acres an area larger than all Ire
lana. The clear profit derived from them.