Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-05-12
QUEENS ROYAL CHAPLAINS.
They Are Said to Be the Power
Behind the Throne.
LATE DEAN STANLEY is MISSED.
or mon.iEnor suucr ana ufG Inau-
ence With Empress EuErnie--Ths
Chaplain OF Empress of Russia.

LONDON. May s.--were the plety OF
sovercigns and princes proportlouate
TO the number Of their chaplains, they
would deserve to be regarded as saints.
Queen Victoria. Emperor william. the
Car and the Queen Regent of spain
each has score or two OF ecclesinstics
attached to their respective house
holds. while the Prince OF Wales np-
pears to believe that It needs the
united efforts OF no fewer than six
eminent divlnes TO assist him In his
dovotions.
Indeed, there In scarcely royal per-
sonhge In Europe who is not provided
with one or more cheplains, whose par
tieular duty 1t Is to attend to the spir-
itual welfare OF their illustrlous
charges
THIS is no easy task to be under
taken, IL demands the exercise of far
more diplomacy than theology to per-
FORM ones duty as pastor 10 "A prince
or princess Of the blood.
Nhen, however the chaplain hap
pens TO be man OF strong mdiNid-
uhlity ana mind. he acquires a power
ful Influence over his royal and i'm
porial chargoe,--an influence by no
means confined to spiritual uuttors
but extending likewise to political az
fairs.
Thus, II In 1870 theeItnilans failed to
GENE 10 the assistance Of the French
a mutton TO which they were primarily
ndtrted for Their independence, Il was
mainly attributed TO the enormous in
hucnue exercised by Mgr Bauer, the
chaplain OF Empress Eugvnie. upon
her majesty.
The established OF King Victor Em-
manuels government at Rome. aud
the transformation ct that city into
tho capital ut United italy formed one
Of the principal stpulnuons OF tho
agreement concluded between NuIo-
leon III aud count CuNum, and would
have been carried into effect In lStg
or az leuet iu 1862, hud II not been Tor
tho Interference Of the Empress lu-
E,niy.
Prompted by her chaplain. Mgr
Bauer She in8lstud That the French
timF of occupation should DEE Kept at
li,mu ln defiance ot her husbands
wishes Tor its Withdrawal AZ was iu
WIN thgt Hrluve Napoleon oAhortod
his cUWin, the emperor tu tul0l His
rludaus. and b. removing the French
trunls from the Eternal city 10 tcudrr
Io'fihlJ itp annexation by King Vic
tor 'Wmnuul.
nh. Empress and her chaplain sue
couded IN having their way. Hid tbe
cons uuDunu was that when, at the
time OF the war with Germany, France
appealed TO the Italians for assistance.
shu found them ru oNnupUrJtvd by the
nun-tumlmout " the emperor pledges
that her request was tact with curt
refusal,
10 the influence N Pastor storclscr.
who has attuiuyl an uu.uylublu nutu.
riCty W leader Ut The anti Semitic
movement IN Germany must hr Hta
tributcd the NurN marked unlmnWty
manifested by the prcsUnt emperor to-
wards the Hebrew race prior TO his
accession to the throne and during
the early years of his relgn-nu ant
mostly that called forth an eloquent
protest iu writing from the late t,1ruu
oas Charles Rothschld who, In the
letter recently published on the occu-
siou Of her death, and addressed to the
young mouHrch some four years ago
recalled 20 his mind the friendship with
which she had been honurpd by both
hts grandparents and parents. and np-
psnled In their name for kindller aenti-
ments towards tho members Of her
faith and race.
In the same way much ~ the mar