South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-03

- NJ. huQre Kecluss mas SUES
that Il would be a 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 restor'
Then the peace armistice provided
Germany should pay PREPARATION for
age done"
But the difficulty Is how TO &c
money. II Is admittedly a great pr,
TO collect the minimum amount req
even though Germany has agreed ID
Belgian authority has declared th5
smallest sum necessary to make Be
habitable would be $s,O00 600, 600
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 II mig
= burden which the German people
not endure. That Is why many 81
consider that II would be wiser to 6
the restorative indemnity against Ct
specific German property. like that {
late Kaiser. and wait till we could
ket II at satisfactory prices.
The Kaiser's palaces have, OF c.
fallen into the hands OF the German
lutionary government, but as Ger
has to pay how could she do II better
by sUrrendering the property Of the
man who brought all her miseries
herr
After the Kaiser's palaces, we
attach the property of the twent
kings and sovereign princes of the
Rted German States, who joined so
Ily in the Kaiser's leadership and
faIlen with him. The palaces, crown
Jewels OF this very blue-blooded C
gent would yield an immense
SUM. Hundreds OF American
millionaires would welcome the
opportunity to purchase crowns
and coronets as curios.
During the last few weeks OF
the war 1t was announced that
The Kaiser. wishing to palliate
the disaster he had brought on q
his country, had turned over ~
sixty Of his palaces to the Ger
man Red Cross for the use of 6
wounded soldiers. This gives
some idea OF the vastness of his
private property. AS a matter g
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
Hshed.
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 a {.
revenue compared TO which the -
income OF a Rockefeller or a -
Morgan would appear trivial.
The Kaiser's one hundred and p
ten estates would alone bring az y
least S3OO,OOO.OOO in normal
times. This sum would go \
considerable way toward restor-
ing Belgium.
It would be difficult to cats-
logue all the palaces OF the
Kaiser. To describe them ade-
1uately would require a library.
He established a new palace in
sYery 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 the Mount
OF Olives, overlooking Jerusa-
lem.
Typical OF the mOnarchs in
sane idea OF personal aggrand-
lzement was his completion OF
new palace at Po'e IN in 1910
Posen is the capital OF the pert
of Poland conquered by Prussia
Il has never ceased TO struggle and
against the tyranny OF the Prus
Wilhelm intended his palace as a 5.
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
Aristocrstic residence section in Ger
i