The Washington herald., 1907-01-27


7 peace prize last year. recently wrote
/ series Of articles for the Neue Freie
/ Presse about her travels over the CONT
nent. Among other things she described
/ this meeting with King Oscar Of Sweden
during his visit to Cape Martin, where
| Prince Albert Of Monaco was giving a
luncheon in his honor. The lOvable king
comes out vigorously in her account
1t was with glad anticipation" says
/ the baroness. that l awaited the meeting
with the monarch through whose wise
and kindly efforts it had happened for the
/ first time in history that a great politi-
/ cal revolution. the separation Of TWO cOun-
tries, had taken place without resort 10
/ wear ons.
Five minutes before the appointed hour
/ for luncheon the members Of the house
and the kings suite, consisting Of four
/ gentlemen, are gathered in the salon
/ The master Of ceremonies has charge
Of the intrCdUctiOns. 4 few minutes
! later the prince. his son, and King Oscar
appear. The King is tail and slender.
and despite his seventy-seven years has
an elegant figure and a quick, elastic
step. ] am introduced. He greets me.
/ and passes on TO the other guests A
( few moments later he comes back 10 me
and engages in d lively conversation. The
I beauty Of his face captivates me. His
white beard is not at all patriarchal but
short. well kept, cut 10 a point according
/ to the latest fashion. He presses my
hand. I am entirely OF your opinion in
regard 10 peace he says
Your majesty has recently demon
strated tbat' ] answer
"'WeH, I am glad that It is being rec
ognized. AT the time / suffered terribly;
{ G.rr Z 10 al "A
sacred to me It is incredible, he con
tinues. in ii voice trembling with deep
emotion, that a people can treat their
King In that manner.
Pipe of Peace.
The time for the luncheon has ar
rived. At q sign from the prince the
king offers me his arm and We proceed
into the dining-rOOm. In one Of the halls
leading 10 it the mosaic floor is very
slippery.
d" one must be careful not to slip here
observes the king
Where there are two there is no
danger I answer.
DO you think so? All, we were also
two. be adds, with a deep sigh, thinking
OF Norway. and yet
After the luncheon We are again gath
cred in the salon. II is a large. mag
nifcent room. cut of into several coy
hooks ana corners by all sorts Of beau
tiful screens and plants. while in the
middle of the wall there Is a tremendous
fireplace. where the fire from the large
logs is cheerfUlly burning and cracking.
Around il are easy chairs and while the
other guests are disappearing into the
smoking-r0am Prince Albert, Crown
Prince Louis King oscar. NiComJesse
de GasIuIdi, and myself have taken our
places here Here We are treated TO
cigarettes While the king lights his, he
remarks with a smile,
So. this is the pipe OF peace"
How beautiful the flames are" OBJ
serves another.
THE King. JhoughtfUily. Why is IL that
one finds thc fire is SO beautful2 II is
such terrible and destructive element
THE Prince. The fire Is beautiful when
it is useful and benefcial-uubeautful
when il hurts and destroys. What do
you say, baroness"
Il: II is beautiful because there are as
ISOLATED with IL motion and heat-the two
/ conditions Of life. When IL hurts OF kills
7 its beauty Is gone, SO. for instance, in the
case Of the flames of hell
4 KingIy Creed.
The King interrupting: DO you be
/ lieve in a hell?
I. No
THE King: Neither do 7. I believe in
the God Of goodness. And my belief is
this: Only the affirmation is eternal. the
negdtiOn i%nerely a m0mentary 0bserva-
ton Of The affirmation, and viii finally be
overcome. Only the light endures; that
which is good and right is eternal To
This happy COnCeptiOn-and il makes me
Iarny--gva 1rrfvlS ny faith
THE Prince. Others find their happi-
ness in another formula-that of scienCe"
I: But science does not contradict
what his majesty has just stated"
The Prince True II does not say
no 10 the eternal problems. but neither
does il say yes" il seeks And il is re-
signed. For il realizes that al human
theories and conceptions have their linn
itations. that the concept Of the absolute
and the eternal exceeds the capacity Of
the human mind.
Nine. lie Gasluldi: But one knows
what is absolutely good and what is alb
sOlutely evil
The Princess: I challenge that state
ment'
Mime. de Gasluldi: It is evil TO steal.
to murder.
II, interruptng: But how murder is
glorified when it is done en- masse"
The Prince: TO steal ana 10 murder
are under certain conditions only the nor
NAL acts of the creature in its struggle
for existence. The plant taking oxygen
from the air and juices from the earth.
the rabbit eating the farmers cabbage,
and man eating both the cabbage and the
rabbit. are all thieves and mUrderers. IN
deed, there was a time when We used to
eat our neighbOr. The custom has now
been abolished among Us, but there are
still many places where il is considered
perfectly proper
Principle of Goodness.
In this tone" continues the baroness.
the conversation went on for more than
and theories we began to speak about the
change of all things in general Even
the stars change in their courses. and
suns die said the prince. But King Oscar
maintained that beneath and above all
this change there Is "a principle of good
ness, absolute, Interchangeable, which gov
ems all things. even the law of revoIu-
ton, he added is q change toward better
things. 1t is true the individual often
suffers and may even lose, but the end is
perfection. And then he quoted MARQUIS
de Posa; Life. after all. is beautiful
Madame de Gasluldi quoted the words Of
Tamagno, the singer. which he once
wrote in her. album. The earth is a vale
Of tears, but want to weep there for a
long time. The King rejOined. I prefer
to smile.
Finally the conversation came back TO
the relatively of our moral concepts and
theories. Prince Albert argued that it is
very difficult to fix the time where the
instinct 20 eat becomes morally offensive
to Us-whether we should draw Il at the
neighbor. the OK. OF the cart.
" In either case. said King Oscar. ris-