New-York tribune., 1897-08-15

uouncc for all time with the restrictions nero
after mentioned, all rights apportaninE To us as
= nrince Of the roval house of SAXON. under the
decree Of September t. ISL relating to IN"
succession of the throne, to the administration
of the kingdom. to participation in the roya
family council and to membership in the upper
house Of the legislature. and also under the
roval house decree Of December 30, 1881 relating
TO money allowances, suite ana the succession
i'm the collateral line This remuneration snail
he Ineffective if at any time. the Saxon royal
throne being vacant. we shall be the only sur
vivin- prince If the ROYAL house Of SaXony.
MAN. Duke Of SaXOny.
'Drcsdcn. August !. 1896"
Five days before the signing "f the above the
young man received into the priesthood by
Dir. Wahl, vicar apostolic Of SAXony' ana on the
same day that he affixed his signature 10 the
document he celebrated his first mass in Dres-
den. with all the members Of the SaNony royal
family in tho congregation.
Immediately arrangements were made for his
entering upon the work at Whitcchapel, and
inside a fortnight Father Max had become one
Of the regular features Of the notorious district
BY special deere, Of the Pope he attached
TO the Church If St Bonifacc, Union-st.. in the
very centre Of Whitecharc and there he laborcd
with extraordinary zeal until illness forced him
T. dcsist.
In the population of Whitcchapcl there arc
thousands of the poorest Germans. and to these
the miustratiOns Of Father Max were n gcdsend.
But he did not confinc his work t. the people
of his own race. He speaks English as if it were
his own tongue, and this made it an easy matter
for him t. extend his work TO the native popu-
lation of the district.
The fact that he prince Of royal blood
did not influence feeling one way another il
his parish. The people are too desperately poo
their misery is too dcep-rOOtcd and absolute f
them to judge men by any ether standard TN?
by the unsentimcntal one Of actual results. Al
Father Max was not long in proving that he
an agent for their good. There was nothing
the prince about him; hc simply priest
the highest type.
There was nothing too offensive or obnoxi
in that cesspCol of human degradation for
he took hold Of every condition that confro.
him. wrcstled with ii manfully, ana when he
sisted there was change for the better.
studied the people and preached sermons
they could understand and appreciate.
But with the enthusiasm f youth he S
derec a contract which no single human az
could handle. In the East End Of London
10000 souls. and 3j0OyO Of these
subjects for every charity that was eve
vsed 1t is said that there are never les
100000 starving people in the East Er
Of thousands are always sick. The
trict reeks with the germs of contagi1
death rate is enormous.
All stripes Of criminal and abandC
flourish there making its social con
hidcoIs its physical deformites
against this vcritablc ocean Of
and crime Was beyond the energy n,
Il hundred men.
The prince made a brave fight
year. although when hc first ST my
predicted that he would scken o. n a
week Now he is back in Dresd he
regains his strength. which is mat
ter. he promises to return to lapel
battlefield