New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-11-30
W;1helm's S6,OO0,0O0 a Year
Not Enough, So He Will
Sell a Few Castles.
THREE OTHER KINGS
WANT MORE MONEY
OILERS of Bavaria, Wurtemberg
and Saxony Seek to Have
Civil List Increased.
LRr cahlc 20 The Tribune. J

Berlin. Nov. 29-The increased cost
~, living is making royal victims in
GERMANY. and most Of the federal
nrinces of the empire are clamoring
for more income.
They contend that they cannot go on
Nth the present civil list if they are
exnected by their subjects to keep up a
oval appearance. on the other hand,
tho Socialist party will not hear Of any
more money being spent on royalty.
The German states have always been
con,paratively generous with their SOW
,igns. as they understand that % eX-
ercise royal power. especially in this
country. mlitarism must accompany
r,xprv and splendor. For instance, The
vaiser receives S5,OOO,000 as King Of
Prussia and S1.OO0.000 as German En-
neror. although, Of course, this money
ie not enough TO keep him going. for
bs court EQUALS in splendor any in Eu-
rope.
Three years ago although the civil
LIST was then 100000, the Kaiser
boldlv asked an Increase in salary,
which was granted after violent oppo-
sition by the Socialists. This year he
seems to he q little short, as he has
spent money right and left, not only on
the usual court items and trips. but
also on two great ceremonies last sum-
mer the marriage Of his daughter and
his oliver jubilee.
II is. OF course, impossible TO say
what these two functions cost the i'm
perial treasury. but l am reminded by
a court official that the expenditure
was borne by the Kaiser alone. Ger
many believes the two fetes cost little
less than S1,500.0O0.
II mas often been suggested to Will
helm to sell some of his castles. of
which he owns about sixty in Ger
many. including shooting boxes with
extensive encourages, but despite his
extensive travels, occupying usually
about $50 days a year, il is impossible
for him 10 manage to visit fifteen
houses annually.
1t is said that he has now come 10
the conclusion TO sell some of these
houses, especially as many Of the old
mansions are badly in need of repairs.
II must have broken the imperial heart
but it is a necessity and the Kaiser Is
too much Of a realist not to bow TO the
mother If invention.
tits understood that Mon Bijou Castle,
located in the centre Of Berlin, and
known as the Hohenzollern Museum.
will be the first TO be put on the mar
ket. The ground, which is the Kaiser's
property is very valuable, but the pal
ace is very old, and. unless the pur-
chaser continues It as a museum, il Is
unlikely that a private individual would
be able TO live in 1t without having IT
rebuilt.
The Kaiser is being criticised because
he does not sell some provincial estate
instead Of the historical Mon Bijou.
TIE kings Of Bavaria, Saxony and
Nuremberg contemplate asking for an
increase in the civil list, which prob
ably will be granted despite the social
istic opposition, which contends that
while the German population is ground
under military and naval taxes, it GER
tainly is not necessary TO squander
money over princes who contribute
nothing.
In the recent civil list debate in the
Munich Diet IL was revealed that the
King Of Bavaria paid $4,000 yearly
for the upkeep Of the royal pharmacy,
that huge amount was spent in keep
ing up a school for pages, where three
hundred young boys Of the wealthiest
families Of the country were educated,
fed and clothed, and that shooting,
travelling and other plcnicking ex-
penses Of the royal household were paid
from the civil list.
Two German states where similar
criticisms are unlikely are Reuss and
Anhalt, where there is no civil list, al
though their princes are trying to start
an agitation FOR one. Their present
revenue is either from their own fort
unes or from the sale of titles and dec
orations, and does not cover their in
efeasing expenditures.