Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-21

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~ ERIIN, Aug. 1G.-There. is an IN !.
teresting task awaiting the stat
istician who has the enterprise
z - = to draw up comparative tables
showing the distance traversed by the
monarchs of Europe every year and the
cost of these journeys. King Edward,
with his series of entente calls, would
be near the top of the list, King AL
fonso, that ardent automobilist, would
probably tie With, King Victor En-
manuel, While the czar. the king of the
Belgians{ andtthe new car. of the Rul-
garians would figure further down the
scale But there is no doubt who would
head the compilation. He5is the SOW
ereign who set the vogue for travelling
among his royal compeers, William II
the "Reise Kaiser.,' or Wandering
Emperor, as he is called in Germany.
Attention has just been directed again
to his passion for visiting his fellow
royalties by his recent meeting with
the car and his coming visit next au-s
tumn to England.
IS A. GREAT TRAVELLER. s
Last year his numerous journeys.
state. semi-private and incognito, too.ti
him over. a distance of 1880 lkllometers
or about 1888 miles, but it must be
remembered that the present kaiser is
now a man, of so and a grandfather.
In the earlier years of his reign VIII
liam IL did far more In the way of
travelling, especially outside his realm,
than he&has time, or maybe inclination,
for at present. His first state visit,
AT ter ascending the throne of his fatli-
ers,--was to Russia, undertaken, With
Unparalleled pomp and unprecedented;
expense which severely shook Y the,
nerves of the .staid; old officials in;the
ministry of the royal household which
controls the .empero,ss priyy purse.
Other extensive trips which he el1l-
Sharked on were the famous visit, 20
Palestine and the east. which included
aFcal att Constantinople, numerous .ex-
cursions to. Italy and the much talked
Of trip to Tangier In the spring of 1903
which marked the opening Oh the CRIT ,iti
cal period of the Morocco affair be-
tween Germany and France.
MORE THAN 100000 MILES.
Taking, however, the above extreme
ly modest estimate of, roughly. 1900
miles which the emperor travels arl-
5ni,aliy and imultipying this total by the
81 years during which ne has ruled
over Germany. it will be seen that.
since coming to the throne. the kaiser
has covered more than $50. 900 miles. a
the bill fol-. the emperor's railway tick
ets last year amounted 5to. $40 900, which
is also an underestimate, but, going
on this figure his bill for railway, jour-
neys alone-surely the smallest part
of the expense of visiting abroad
reaches for the whole course OF mis-
reign the very respectable sum OF
nearly $1,000, 600.
Royal visits fall into Two categories,
state, and private. OF the first, de-
7scription was the visit to London, of the
emperor and empress in the autumn
of 1907 and the return visit paid by
King Edward and Queen Alexandra to
Berlin last February Both monarchs
were accompanied by their responsible
advisers and on both occasions the two.
courts received the visitors with every
ina enable honor, with the greatest
tpomp and display. Such state visits be-
ing political events of the first order
with the kaiser, it will he understood
how much preparation they require and
how much working -out of the small
est details Although 1T is whispered
in the ehanceries of Europe that; the
kaiser has habit of suggesting his
visits to friendly monarchs, as a mat
ter of fact the proposal nearly always
emanates from the host at some infor-
NAL meeting which the kaiser has every
summer in the course of his Mediter-
ranean or northern cruises with one
or other of the ruling sovereigns of
Europe.
KEEPS IA DATE BOOK.
Iyher, 8l,e returns III, Berlin stl1a l,, Jser