The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-26

ago. when the emperor decided 20 olfcr
five OF his castles for sale. BY this
means ne hoped to avoid having To beg
for a raise. but German opinion riOted
against their emperor putting up the
splendid castles OF Germany for auc-
ton.
Pinch Of Poverty.
why should the pinch OF poverty be
felt In the imperial Householder It Is
not because the kaiser INDUCES In the
vicious cNtrava gances OF the monarchs
OF history. He does not sQuauder his
thousands in meaningless luxury. nor Is
his mode OF living on very high scale
The main reasons for the kaiser's inabil-
ity TO live within his means are his an.
parullelcd generosity. his love OF art and
the endowment OF IL. and his desire.
when travelling. to uphold the dignity
OF the German empire.
II must be remembered that ~ Ger
man emperor he receives not n penny.
| He Is an unpaid emperor. fulfilling all
| the costly duties or his position free or
/ charge. Whatever expenses he incurs
| In this respect are paid for out or his
| own pocket from his income as king OF
| Prussia. augmented by his private in
| come from estates. He Is the largest
| landowner In Germany. His property
/ extends over more than 25O.00O acres.
and his castles number more than fisty-
/ Yet. with all this. he derives compare
lively little income from this source.
His many castles cost fortune to keep
i up. They are dotted about all over the
| cmnire-threc in Berlin. thirteen In
i Potsdam. three in Cassel and great resi-
4 denccs I'm Stcttin. Strasburg. Chariot
| tcuhurr. COblenz and other cities
lie has had TO abandon the building
| or further palaces. There was one
which was TO have been built on a
! gorgeous scale at BabelsbcrE-a III
! residence for the crown prince. for
| whom 70 was intended. This plan was
given up. The emperor was too poor to
/ pay FOR e.
So. too. in spite Of the kaiser, busi-
ness aptitude. his landed estates do
/ not pay him much Here IL Is the fauit
OF his generosity. His workmen are
paid exceptionally high wages, and they
| have pensions in their old age; the
/ widows and children OF the emperor's
/ NVorkmen are supported out OF his pri-
l vate purse. lie prefers to be the model
/ employer Of labor rather than econO-
mize in this direction. .--
Love of the Arts
It Is his love for oil that pertains 20
| the arts which has brought his gene--
| ositv TO the verge Of fantastic extrava-
/ Eance. The SicEes Alec Uane OF Vic
| tory. in Berlin, with its thirty-two
marble statues OF the kings and electors
lCf Brandenburg and Prussia-the bronze
/ fit-ures OF animals in the Thiergarten-
/ the statues everywhere-ail these paid
| for by the kaiser himself-are witness
| to where some OF the money goes A
| man must needs be n millionaire to
build n whole street OF statues. whether
he can afford Il OF not. he impulsively
I nMFN MlAM NEAatu pictures ana gives
| them TO picture galleries. He sub
| sidi1cs theatres and an opera house for
l tho sake or the drama-these also are
n drain on the imperial purse. for his
thentres are only partially conducted
for profit.
II there Is one thing which LAYS the
| emperor open TO a charge OF extrava-
/ gance Il Is his love OF imperial splen-
dor-that same splendor which led him
/ to acquire his fifty castles. No king
| OF Prussia ever had court more mag
nificcnt than William II. Besides the
many councillors TO every department.
there are n score OF important officials
/ In the household.
Then there are relatives whom he
has 20 support. and for whom he must
provide courts. The cost of the crown
princes court alone is estimated at
| S250.000 a year. The emperor travels
with more OF pomp and splendor than he
can well afford. His retinue Is like n
| regiment. In addition to his suite. he
takes with him HIS coachmen, srooms,
stabiemen. saddlers, his secretaries, and
often his ministers.
Those journeys to the Mediterranean
and 20 Palestine. which created so much
sensation few years ago cost nearly
a hundred thousand pounds each. and
wherever he went the emperor distrib-
uted gifts lavishly. He has given away
hundreds OF diamond rings and pins
gold cigarette cases and necklaces. gold
watches and bracelets and thousands Of
decorations. He is the German en-
peror. and though he Is not paid for e.
he must make brave show OF his pO-
sition.
But when all this necessary show is
stripped away. behind the glitter and
who finds his income all too small foi
his position. He must make LITTLE
economies. He must even deny him.
self the luxurieE Of the fleshpots. The
! imperial table is VIGOROUSLY one Of tn,