The Washington times., 1918-12-01

= - that Il would be a wise, prs
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 Z
"Yu. Belgium, the whole world
agree, must be evacuated and restor
Then the peace armistice provided
Germany should pay PREPARATION for
age done"
But the difficulty is how to ge
money. It is admittedly great pr
to collect the minimum amount req
even though Germany has agreed tt
A Belgian authority has declared thi
smallest sum necessary to make Be
habitable would be $S,000,000,OO0.
tainly no less 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 it mig
a burden which the German people
not endure. That is why many e.
consider that it would be wiser to
the restorative indemnity against e
specific German property, like that
late Kaiser, and wait till we could
ket it at satisfactory prices.
The Kaiser's palaces have, of C
fallen into the hands of the German
lutionary government, but as Gel
has to pay how could she do 1t bettel
by surrendering the property Of the
man who brought all her miseries
her?
After the Kaiser's palaces, we
attach the property Of the TWEEN
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 blue-blooded c
gent would yield an immense
sum. Hundreds Of American
miIlionaires would welcome the
opportunity to purchase crowns
and coronets as curios.,
During the last Few weefs Of
the war 1t was announced that
the Kaiser, wishing to palliate
the disaster he had brought ON =.
his country, had turned OVER
sixty Of his palaces to the Ger
man Red Cross for the use Of
wounded soldiers. This gives
some idea Of the vastness Of his
private property. As a matter 4
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- I
gether with his interest in the
Krupp Works, the Hamburg
American Steamship Company
and countless other concerns
made him incomparably the
richest man in the world. From {
all these sources he derived az
revenue compared to which the s.
income of a Rockefeller or a n
Morgan would appear trivial.
The Kaiser's one hundred and y
ten estates would alone bring at
least $500 100000 in normal
times. This sum would go a
considerable way toward restor-
ing Belgium.
1t would be difficult to cata-
logue 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
periaI power extended, and he
did not forget those regions
which he had not completely
conquered. Thus he built an
enormous palace on the .fount
of Olives, overlooking Jerusa-
lem.
Typical of the monarch's in
sane idea Of personal aggrand-
izement was his completion of a
new palace at Pc en- in 1910.
Posen is the capital of the part
Of Poland conquered by Prussia.
II has never ceased 10 struggle and
against the tyranny OF the Pru
Wilhelm intended his palace as a {
that he meant to rule the Poles f
Everybody knows that the Kaiser
orite residence was at POtsdam.
town is a suburb Of Berlin and thu