Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-18

Especial Correspondence
~ ERLIN, June MOI long ago
- Wilhelm II Of Germany objected
ID to the Anslicism civil list" as
description OF his allowance from
the nation. Sardonic Germans sneered.
"zivinistc," they said, taking the Ger
man form; III sounds too much like
zuvielliste." which means too much
list" Thereby the sardonic Germans
rightly laughed at one Of the weakest
sides Of monarch;sm. For everywhere,
from Lisbon to st Petersburg Europe's
hard-up 400. 100000 must pay through
the nose FOR the glitter and glory of
kinEship. Altogether the sovereigns OF
Europe get about S33,0o0O0O year, not
counting their private property. Most
Of them say that they are hard up, ana
the great majority OF their subjects say
the same
The civil list system rigidly limits a
monarch's gold hunger and In that re-
spcct rs an Improvement upon what
went before. Formerly kings took from
the treasury what they wanted Look
at this mighty kingdom; everything In
IL il yours said the Duke Of Ntlleroy
To- Louis V Of France. When the ideal
ist Emperor Joseph II of Austria frst
declared that "a kings duty is 20 ac-
cept moderate pay Tor immoderate
work" his brother sovereigns looked on
him as a revolutionary. Until two
years ago the Sultan Abdul Hamid
pructised the Nileroy theory, and Il
was only lately that his successor, Mo
hammed V, was cut down TO miser-
able 100000. thereby nearly returning
to the state Of his mighty ancestor
Othman. Of whom historian said he
once had only seven shirts
HIGHEST PAID MONARCH
To-day the monarch who gets the
most aud does the least To- earn II u
Nicholas IL \ close copylst OF ABDUL
Hamid In his methods Of rule. the car
takes almost exactly the sum which
Abdul Hamid took. The Russian bud
get nuts il as l6S5e,595 roubles, or 81
i99 .s7. II is typical Of Russia that this
SS.lTa7s7 stands first OF all items in the
expenditure SIDE Of the budget, ms II 10
imply that tho car must get ms
money, whoever else goes snort IN
addition to this civil list Nicholas III
has various lands forests, mines ana
fartories. managed by the imperial cab
met, which bring him In about SOoO,0oo
YEARLY. and II honestly and wisely
managed would bring him in AT least
$40 O00. 900 out Of his total othclal ana
private income Of about Sl,o0OOOo' Men
alas il supposed to support II OF his
6a,-e large estates. and get little from
Inc car. The car also supports the
ST. Petersburg Academy OF Art ana
makes good the deficit on the workins
OF the Imperial theaters, on the 81.
Petersburg ballet there is loss OF
500 600 year. But these expenses are
tribes What the car does With the
rest Of his enormous wealth no one
knows. ,
His RIGHTEOUSNESS beats Andul nam
sdis He keeps no harem. He gives no
All his big palaces are
tiosed. The Winter palace al 81 Peters
hvrg the Great Alexander Palace at
r,sa TsAoe Selo. and the big rococo
Peterhof palace are all uninhabited'
ana In the hands OF n few dozen care
takers All these palaces lie on the
cubic road exposed TO bomb throwing
So the hermit car spends winter and
summer in small. comfortable chalets
hidden away In private parks, where he
keeps up less state than the poorest OF
the grand dukes The Admiralty must
pay for his yacht, the ministry OF com