New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-20
ROYAL CHAPLAINS.
THE PRINCE OF WALES HAS SLY.

LAIN pID-pAsroR sToECKER's INFLUENCE
Wore the petv Of soveregns and princes pro-
n,rtionat, to the number Of their chaplains. they
woull deserve L, L., regarded saints. Queen
Victoria Emperor William the Car and the
Oucen Regent Of Spain each has a score two
of ecclesastics attached To their respective house
holds while The Prince Of Wales appears to be-
lieve that il needs the united efforts of no less
;han six eminen; dvlnes to save his gay soul
from perdition. Indeed, there is scarcely royal
parsonage I'm Europe who is not provided with
one or more chaplains whose particular duty 1t Is
IN attend n the spiritual welfare Of their illus
trious charges. This is easy task. 1t de-
nnands the exercise Of far more diplomacy than
thcoloc, to perform ones duty pastor to
prince or Princess of the Blood The ancient
sdacc that THE King can do no wrong still
obtains in the various palaces Of Europe-though
nowhere else-and while in Germany. Great Brit
ain and Russia the temporal sovereigns AFRO
gate to themselves the supreme spiritual power
of SUNNI episcopi. in Catholic countries crowned
heads still retain the medieval conviction thai
they stand in closer and more intimate relation
with Providence than ordinary mankind Every
student of French history will recall the eminent
" characteristic remark made by the d!hhs
Dauphin In reply to the exhortations OF his chaP
lain: But one thing consoles me- Monsieur
rAbbe" exclaimed the little Prince, ana 'id' II.
up there in the paradise of the stars e"a' sum
be the Dauphin | know that the sooo "ou 10 NY
cousin and cannot fail to treat me ae'oi"i"s ~
my rank" Although two centuries nave pasSeu
since then those born TO the purple III the Oio
World are Just as firmly imbued as ever Win 'he
bs,is, thu, the clay out of which the Almighty
has fashioned them is of a vastly superior quaint!
N that which he employs for the composition of
And
the good sense no longer openly TO describe them
selves as first cousins of the Creator. they con-
time TO consider their royalty as semi-sacred In
character and divine in its origin. Now. mas
r,uch as one of the first and fundamental prin-
ciples Of the Christian faith is that all men are
equal in the sight OF God, ii will readily be per-
ceived that royal chaplain requires considera-
bic amount of skill and decacy to inculcate the
precepts of religion in manner compatible alKe
with the tenets Of the Church on the one mana
and with royal prejudices and convictions on the
other For while royal personages resent script
ural truths being conveyed to them too plainly
and with reckless frankness. they equally OBJECT
to anything that can be construed as disposi-
ton on the part Of their clergy TO surrogate their
sacred calling to the exigencies Of courtier. and
more than one court chaplain has been publicly
reprimanded and even dismissed from his office
for obsequ0usness.
When. however. the chaplain happens to be a
man of strong individuality and mind, he &C
ouires powerful influence over his royal and
imperial charge-an influence by means con-
fined 10 spiritual matters. but extending like
wise TO political affairs Thus If in 1870 the ltal
ians failed to come to the assistance OF the
French. nation to which they were primarily IN
debted for their independence. il was mainly due
to the influence exercised by Monsignor Bauer the
chaplain OF Empress Eugene, upon Her Majesty
The establishment Of King Victor EmmanueIs
government at Rome and the transformation Of
that city into the capital of United Italy formed
one Of the principal stipulations Of the agreement
concluded between Napoleon III and Count Ca
YOUR and would have been carried into erect IN
1850 or at the latest in 1862 had it not been for
the interference of Empress Eugene. prompted by
her chaplain. Monsgnor Bauer. she insisted that
the French army OF occupation should be kept AT
Rome In defiance Of her husbands wishes for Its
withdrawal II was in vain that Prince Napoleon
exhorted his cousin the Emperor to fulhl MS
pledges and by removing the French troops from
the Eternal City TO render possible It's annexa-
ton by King Victor Emmanuel The Empress
and her cha pain succeeded in having their way.
and the consequence was that when. at the time
Of the war with Germany, France appealed 10
the Italians for assistance. she found them so
exasperated by the non-fulfilment OF the EM-
peror's pledges that her request was met with
curt refusal Monsignor Bauer was far more OF
Diplomat than a theologian. OF the Hebrew race.
ne commenced his career as clerk IN the Roth-
schi,d banking house at Vienna Becoming a
Catholic and entering holy orders. he quickly rose
until he became appointed chaplain 70 Empress
Eugene and chief almoner 10 the cOurt<of the
Tuileries and II was in that capacity that he AT
tended the consort OF Napoleon III to Egypt on the
occasion Of the opening OF the Suez Canal presid-
ing at the Catholic portion Of the ceremonies IN
connection with the inauguration OF that great
waterway. After the war he abandoned his &C.
cIesastical calling as Wi as his profession OF the
Catholic faith. reverting to Judaism ana 10
finance To-day he divides his time between the
Paris Bourse where he is known as stockOroker
OF singular acuteness. and the peuts theatres
where he has the reputation OF being very gen
erous patron OF the young coryphees Nothing Is
more amusing than to observe his meetings with
his quondam associate at the Tueres the Mar
qus de Gallifet. They encounter one another al
most daily during the season in the Bois de
Boulogne. enjoying their morning canter. ana
while the ex-Bishop invariably grects the Cen
eral with military salute, DE Gallifet unctuous!y
raises his hand as IL imparting 10 Bauer an epls-
copal benedc,ion.
To the influence OF Pastor Stoecker, who has
attained an unenvable notoriety as leader OF
the Anti-Semtic movement in Germany. must
be attributed the very marked animosity mani
tested by the present Emperor toward the He
brew race prior to his accession to the throne
and during the early years Of his reign-an anil
mostly that called forth an eloquent protest In
writing from the late Baroness Charles Roth-
schild who in the letter recently published on
the occasion OF her death. and addressed to the
young monarch some four years ago. recalled 10
his mind the friendship with which she mad oeeh
honored by both his grandparents and parents.
and appealed In their name for kindlier senu-