| Show Wealth of Spain's Exiled King Not Up to ito Fantastic Estimates By SAMUEL SAl DAS DASHIELL United Press Pres Staff Correspondent PARIS July 14 UP The UP-The The fabulous wealth of Spanish kings Is not an exportable ex ex- portable possession according to those hose in the entourage of King Al Al- fonso whose life me in Europe resembles a welI do well to-do to American tourist rather than han the man who once lived in vast palaces and spent nine million pesetas a year on on his civil list Charges of uninformed Spanish republicans republicans re re- publicans to the effect that Alfonso Alionso arid and nd his queen had carried princely sums urns out of Spain and that Alfonso had used his kingship to engage engage- in vast speculative enterprises have been vigorously denied I It is true that Alfonso probably has many millions of pesetas invested but they hey arc mostly in Spanish enterprises and nd utilities as an encouragement of Spanish and foreign capital to invest in n Spain Alfonso Alfonso- Is believed to have roughly about bout pesetas in these Span Span- sh Ish concerns concerns but with the advent of oftie the tie republican government it is doubtful that they are worth hall half their heir original value and their owner ownerS ship hip will doubtlessly be contested by bythe bythe the ie republican courts and the king may never see his patriotic investments investS invest ments again The king probably will never behold be be- hold lold his glittering palaces heirlooms of f lines of Spanish monarchs since the he days of Spain's bold and tyrannical tyran tyran- leal domination of the eastern hemi sphere phere The gold ceilings the prIceless priceless price- price less ess statues paintings of Spanish masers masters masters mas- mas ers of value beyond computation his lands and probably the crown jewels jewel themselves which were counted na naturally nat nat- in the thc royal estimates are arc alin all al allin allin in the hands of the republicans who wh have damaged according to popular estimates about in art objects ob since the monarchy felL felt Of real property on which the kin king and his exiled family might live a at present much of the income Is believed be be- to come from holdings in British Brit ish and American concerns Th The queen mother Maria Christina had a thought to the the- future and is said t to have prepared for possible exile anc and invested ample sums abroad Theris There Ther is LI no flO doubt that if these were of a speculative nature the king would like everyone else have lost consider consider- able But certain Incomes have been assured especially those of the young youn Infantas and an indication that the theare they are not extraordinary Is seen in th the fact tact that the prince of the Asturias who should succeed his father to th the throne had an assured income o of annually arranged by hi his grandmother Alfonsos Alfonso's liquid fortune fortune- has been variously estimated as between tw two and five million dollars Real property owned by the kingin king In Spain which would hardly fall fal under republican pilfering is the peseta royal palace at Sa San San- tander lander which was a gilt gift of at the tho Spanish Spanish Span Span- ish people and the palace at San Sebastian Sebastian Sebastian Se Se- bastian worth pounds These palaces are valued together at abou At present the royal family fam fain ily occupies one floor of the inexpensive sive Hotel H tel Savoy in Fontainebleau So They S Say SayIn Say Say- yIn y- y In general parents take better care of their children physically mentally and morally than ever before They show their love In In more ways and more intelligently Emest Ernest W. W But But- nut nut- state commissioner of education tion for tor Connecticut We are read ready to collaborate on any scheme ours scheme ours the French or any other which other which will relieve the depression depression depres depres- sion slon in in Europe and start nations on ona a sound business basis Chancellor Franr Frana von of or Germany S With thousands of jobless In the city of or New York we are facing the likelihood of not being able to finance home and unemployment relief during during dur duro ing the coming winter In the meantime meantime meantime mean mean- time the city is spending millions for lor free college education Borough Borough President t Harvey of Queens New York S Dazzled by the material achievements achievements achievements achieve achieve- ments of or the age oge we turn the regulation regula tion of the public affairs of ot oar cities clUes over to little groups who utilize their public powers for their own enrich enrich- ment Samuel Samuel Seabury counsel for tor fortha forthe the tha Hofstadter investigating committee commit commit- tee New York S The real estate situation affords investors in an opportunity to have a closed first mortgage on earning properties properties prop prop- in amounts as small as 10 to 25 per cent of at conservative valuation with interest protected several times over by present net rental income Harland H. H Allen Chicago economist The richness of the new gold strike at bay is unbelievable Elwyn Elwyn druggist Seward Alaska |
