Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-01


that It would be q wise. pra
measure to seize the vast personal
erty and palaces OF the late German +
to help restore devastated Belgium
France.
That Germany will make reparati
already agreed. President Wilson,
fourteen points OF peace, included Il
wi. Belgium, the whole world
agree. must be evacuated and restore
Then the peace armlstice provided
Germany should pay PREPARATION for
age DONE"
But the difficulty is how to ge
money. 1t Is admittedly q great pr,
to collect the minimum amount req
even though Germany has agreed to
A Belgian authority has declared the
smallest sum necessary to make Be
habitable would be $4,000, 00o.0 900.
tainly nc less a sum would be need
restore northern France.
II It were attempted to raise the
sum from the German people in the
Of taxation and bond issues 1t mig
burden which the German people
not endure. That is why many e1
consider that It would be wiser to a
the restorative indemnity against c.
specific German property, like that c
late Kaiser. and wait till we could
ket 1t at satisfactory prices.
Tho Kaisers palaces have. OF c.
fallen into the hands Of the German
lutionary government, but as Ger
has to pay how could she do it better
by surrenderinR the property OF the
man who brought all her miseries
her?
After the Kaiser's palaces, We J
attach the property of the twent
kings and sovereign princes of the
ated German States; who Joined so
lily In the Kaiser's leadership and
fallen with him. The palaces. crown
Jewels of this very bIue-blooded c
gent would yield an Immense
sum. Hundreds of American
millionalres would welcome the
opportunity to purchase crowns
and coronets as curios.
During the last few weel.s OF
the war 1t was announced that
the Kaiser, wishing 70 palliate
the disaster he had brought on u
his country. had turned over "
sixty OF his palaces to the Ger
man Red Cross for the use of e.
wounded soldiers. This gives i
some Idea OF the vastness OF his k
private property. AS matter ~
OF fact, the number OF his resi-
dences. including palaces, castles
and smaller places has been
counted up to one hundred and
ten. although he has never al
lowed a complete list to be pub.
lished
These vast properties, to-
gether with his interest In the
Krupp Works, the Hamburg.
American Steamship Company
and countless other concerns
made him incomparably the
richest msn in the world From
all these sources he derived a q
revenue compared to which the ~
Income OF a Rockefeller or a
Morgan would appear trivial
The kaiser's one hundred and ri
ten estates would alone bring at W
least $3Oo,OOO,OO0 in normal b
times. This sum would go g
considerable way toward restor-
Ing Belgium.
1t would be difficult to cata.
!ogue all the palaces OF the
Kaiser To describe them ade.
quately would require library.
He established a new palace in
every region to which the i'm
perial power extended, and he
lid not forget those regions
which he had not completely
conquered. Thus he built an
enormous palace on tho Mount
of Olives, overlooking Jerusa.
tenn.
Typical Of the monarch's In.
sane idea Of personal aggrand-
izement was his completion of a
new palace at Po'.an in 1910.
Posen is the capital of the part
Of Poland conquered by Prussia.
It has never ceased to struggle and
against the tyranny Of the Prus
Wilhelm intended his palace as a 8
that he meant to rule the Poles 70
Everybody knows that the Kaiser
orite residence was at Potsdam.
town Is a suburb of Berlin and the
aristocratic residence section in Ger
The Kaiser's usual residence here W.
New Palace, built by Frederick the
mt ne thu procaad, 30 . .-t,