Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-07
SULTAN AND THE POPE
Archbishop Kurillos Sent on
a Mission to Rome.
APPARENTLYAF ALLURE
MARKED CHANGE IN DINING
CUSTOMS OF WASHINGTON.
Tendency Toward Less Elaborate En-
tertainments - Mrs. Hender-
sons Dinners.
APPARENTLYAF ALLURE
BY WILLIAM E. CURTIS.

| record Herald
Archbishop Kurillos. patriarch of the or
| thodox Greek Church at Jerusalem, re-
Gently visited Rome as an envoy from the
Sultan of Turkey to arrange for an ex-
change of ambassadors between the holy
see and the Ottoman empire. Turkey is
one of the few powers of Europe which
| sent no ambassador to the Vatican, and
the pope has no representative at Con-
stantinople, where, under the concordat be-
tween France and the holy see. the inter
ests of the Roman Church are looked after
| by the French ambassador: The interests
| of the Greek Church. in a like manner, are
| looked after by the Russian ambassador
1t appears that the sultan thought 1t a
| shrewd move to take advantage of the pres
| ent SUSPENSION Of relations between France
and the holy see to induce the latter to re-
| tect or discard the protection 1t has re-
ceived for more than half a century from
| the French government and establish direct
relations. SO that the vatican ana the
| sublime porte would hereafter confer with
| out an intermediary in all matters relating
to members Of the Roman Catholic Church
| in Turkey. Syria and Palestine. instead or
| through France or any other or the EURO
pean powers.
| The Pope's Response.
The sultan is looking far ahead. He fears
that the Christian population of his empire
may, sooner or later, be the cause OF trou-
BILE, and it would be greatly to his advan-
taee If the pope who has no army and no
| fleet, were to deal direct with him instead
] of intrusting the protection OF his spiritual
| subjects to some powerful government
| which might make him great deal OF
| trouble But the diplomats at the Vatican
are too shrewd to be drawn into this trap
| and the pope declined to send an envoy to
| Constantinople. ostensibly on the ground
| of the expense it would incur. but at the
same time requested Archbishop kurillos
! to inform the sultan that the concordat
with France had not been dissolved or de-
| nounced by either party, and was not even
| suspended.
| Since 1856 the government of France has
been responsible for the protection of Ro-
man Catholic missionaries and converts in
all heather countries-in Turkey, China
and elsewhere; and particularly in the Holy
Land where the greatest amount of trouble
occurs. The French government has shown
little interest, and its consuls in China,
Turkey and elsewhere have been indif-
ferent to the welfare of Catholic mission
aries and converts, while Germany and
Italy have both shown an active desire to
protect their own subjects belonging to the
Catholic Church in the sultan's dominions.
l wrote a few days ago about the dis
graceful squabble that was provoked by the
Greek monks on Christmas at the
Grotto of the Nativity at Bethlehem. The
Franciscans who were wounded were a
both nations have since filed complaint
against the Greek monks who were guilty
| of the assault. The governor of Jerusalem
| is now awaiting orders from ConStantinople
before taking action to punish the Greeks.
Although it was the business of the French
consul to make the complaint he has done
nothing.
The Kaiser Interested.
Two years ago, after much more serious
| fight in the plaza of the Church of the Holy
| Sepulcher the German and Italian consuls
at Jerusalem, under orders from their gov
ernments. secured the arrest, trial and con
viction of the Greek monks who were guilty
| of assaulting and Furnishing the Francis
cans. 1t is said also that the kaiser him
| self telegraphed the sultan that the men
who had assailed the German Franciscans
must be punished. You will remember that
| the Turkish court at Jerusalem tried the
| cases in a single sitting and sentenced nine
teen Greek monks to six months imprison-
ment. This sentence was duly reported to
| the kaiser at Berlin, and he sent letter of
| thanks to the sultan in behalf of the
Christian church. But that is all there
was of it. The monks were convicted but
were not compelled to serve their sentences
Not one of them was ever imprisoned. The
refusal of the Turkish officials to enforce
the decree of the court was frequently dis
cussed in Constantinople, but the sultan
only continued to smile and to keep his ear
to the ground in order that he might not
be taken unawarSs by Germany.
beCduSe anu Italy look the mat
ter up so promptly the French consul let 1t
severely alone.
Although the Greek monks who were
guilty of assaultiEg the Franciscans last
Christmas eve have been arrested they
have not yet been tried and they will not
be unless Germany uses a good deal of
pressure 1t is understood in Constantine
pie, in Jerusalem and in Rome that the
sultan is very much Disguised with Ger
many for interfering vigorously in his
domestic affairs, and for that reason he
sent Archbishop Kurillos to Rome to see If
he could not arrange for the pope himself
to take such matters under his jurisdictions
This is matter of intense interest to
the Christian church in the east. Russia
has always given the orthodox Greeks full
protection Since the overthrow of Louis
Napoleon France has been spasmodic in
her interest in Catholics and notwitb-
standing his alleged hatred of the Jews
the Emperor of Germany has taken them
as well as Protestants under his protection
Change in Dinner Customs.
During the last eight or ten years there
has been marked change in the dining
customs at Washington, and I think that
the may be observed in all large
cities. The old-fashioned heavy long din
ner of ten or twelve courses with four
five kinds of wine. has been abandoned
The fashionable dinners of today, served
at o'clock in the evening. seldom OF
more than five six courses with two
Kinds or Wine, and II is becoming almost
habtual among gentlemen to drink whisky
and soda instead of wine A large number
of habitual diners-out have found tina.
whisky is much less liable to give them
govt, and refuse champagneS and red
wines altogether. You dine out every
night in the winter nowadays without see
ing bottle of Burgundy and claret is not
drunk so much as the light white wines of
Germany. 1t is customa airy to serve cham
payne toward the close of q dinner, but
the glasses seldom filed more than
once. A few years ago the measure of
wine was one bottle of champagne for
every three guests; now it is one for every
six guests. Sauterne and Rhensh wines
are usually taken with greater freedom be-
cause they are less equity.
There has been great change in the
fashion of cooking also. The dishes are
very much simpler; rich sauces are no
longer popular, and there are more made
dishes and less red meat" The red
meat" question is a serious one with MANY
peafle as the doctors will tell Won A the