The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1911-05-04

large part of that will come from In
dian sources. The present king has
more appreciation Of the value of
money than had his open-handed faith
er, and there probably will be an effort
to keep the expenditure down to a
reasonable figure. But, at the same
time, there are various large OUTLAWS
that cannot be avoided, considering the
dignity and position of the royal trav
eiers
The visit to India of the late king
when Prince of Wales, in 1875, gives
some hint OF the amount of money
that will probably be burned when
King George goes to receive the hom-
age of his Indian subjects. The total
cost of King Edwards trip was 81. $780,
900. But he was not king and emperor,
and there was no coronation durbar to
suck up the golden ~sovereigns. Parlla-
ment voted $500. 900 for the general ex
Ipenses of the trip, but Sir Bartle Frere,
who had the arrangements in hand,
| protested that the amount would hard
ly buy the presents it was considered
necessary Ito tmake to the native
princes. He asked for $4,000 but
parliament had it's own ideas of econ
| Ou1JS anu O4hoOu " raise lis uOIdIIOu.
in the end Sir Bartle was compelled to
go to Lord Northbrook. who induced
the Indian treasury to- vote $4,000 to-
ward the fund for the buying of
presents.
Feeling in England a. pretty high
against the princes extravagances
especially in radical quarters. Open
complaint was made that the whole
thing was only means of affordine
the prince a pleasure trip, Protests
were voiced in the house of commons
and a big gathering was held in Hyde
Park and red-hot speeches were made
Eventually public feeling subsidized,
especially when it was learned thai
although the princes presents to the
Indian princes cost upward of $4,000
900, their presents to him represented
4 about $4,000, 900. One maharajah SEN
him a jeweled sword worth 100000
F'uther salve to the feelings of the En-
glish people was found in the fact that
more than 81 ESQ, 900 worth of the pre-
sents of the Indian princes were
bought by them in England, so that it
put a fat penny into the pocket OF
London and other large cities.
This, of course will be King Georges
second visit to India. His trip to that
part of the world in 1905 is estimated
to have cost close on to $3.50, 900.
Parliament voted 500, 900 and the
journey was made in the warship Re
nown, which had to be considerably
altered to make her comfortable for
the royal passengers. The latter ex-
pense- was met by the navy depart
ment. India settled the large bill for
the ceremonies that marked the visit,
In this instance the kings privy purse
was used to a large extent and for
that reason the actual total expendi-
ture on the trip has never been made
public.
Aside from this trip, in which osten-
tation and show and glitter were SO
important, a part, King Georges trav-
els seldom have cost the British rate
payers much money, although he has
been a greater trayeler-probably the
greatest of European monarches. The
most expensive was his journey to
Australia. which ate up about $500 .000
For this trip a special steamer was
chartered, as will bet he case in the
coming trip to India. Considering that
it was necessary to retain the vessel
IOI d lung Ila0 anu q naval escort mac
to be provided this sum was. really q
reasonably one. The Kings trip tc
Canada of recent years cost only So.
600, but he did not do much more than
cross the Atlantic.
Kaiser William, of Germany, is not
one of those who believe in throwins
money away, except on his beloved
army and navy. His spectacular triI
to the Holy Land, which is said to havt
had a political motive back of it, is
reported to have cost less than $25 ,00(
On that occasion the kaiser establish
Cd a link between himself and the
man in the street" by going to Cook
the ticket agent. who arranged the
whole trip. On the other hand, there
is on record a visit of the German rul
: er to Hohenberg which cost him the
tidy sum of SITS 900, although twenty
FORK hours covered his stay in tn,
place.
In the case of royal visits of Eng
Lts7 sovereigns to foreign countries i
tie custom for the expense to b.
raid OFT of the privy purse. This was
a considerable item with King Ed.
ward, who, because if his weak throat
spent several months every year a
his ~favorite watering places on thu
continent. Even aside from the at
tendants it is necessary for a monarch
to take with him, travelling is an ex
pensive business.