The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-27

series Of articles for the Neue Freie
Presse about her travels over the CONT
nent. Among other things size described
this meeting with King oscar Of Sweden
during his visit 10 Cape Martin. where
Prince Albert Of Monaco was giving
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 IL had happened for the
first tine in history that a great pOliti-
cal revolution, the separation Of two cOuu-
tries. had taken place without resort 20
weapons.
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 intrOductiOns. a few minutes
later the prince. his son. and King Oscar
appear. The King is tail and slender,
and despite his sayenty-seven years has
an elegant figure and a quick, elastic
step. / am introduced. He gTeets me.
and passes on to the other guests. 4
/ few moments later he comes back 10 me
and engages in a lively conversation The
beauty Of his face C8ptivates me. His
white beard is not at all patriarchal, but
short. well kept. cut TO point according
/ to the latest fashion. He presses my
hand I am entirely Of your opinion IN
regard TO peace he says
=" Your majesty has recently demon
strated that I answer
"'WeI, I am glad that It Is being rec
1 ognized. At the time I suffered terribly;
I but I endured II all because peace is
/ sacred TO me. Il is incredible, he con-
tiuues. tn q 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 a sign from the prince the
/ king offers me his arm and we proceed
1 into the dining-rO0m- In one of the halls
/ leading 10 1t 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
90 DO you think 500 All. we We're also
/ two he adds. with deep sigh, thinking
+ Of Norway. and yet
After the luncheon we are again gath
/ cred in the salon. II is "a large, mag
nificent ROOM cut of into several coy
hooks and corners by all sorts Of beau
/ tiful screens and plants. while in the
middle of the wall there is q tremendous
fireplace. where the fire from the large
I loss is CheeTfuIly burning and cracking.
Around il are easy chairs. and while the
/ other guests are disappearing into the
/ sm0king-rO0m Prince Albeit, Crown
/ Prince Louis. King oscar. Nicomtess@
F de GasIuldi, and myself have taken our
places here. Here We are treated 20
/ 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 th0UEhtfully. Why is II that
one finds the fire is SO beautiful? Il IS
such a terrible and destructive element
THE Prince. The fire is beautiful when
F it is useful and benedcial-unheautfUl
when il hurts and destroys What do
YOU say. baroness
/ I: Tt is beautiful because there are as
/ ISOLATED with il motion and heat-the two
. conditions or life When il hurts or kills
7 its beauty is gone, so. for instance, in the
/ case Of the flames of hell
4 KinEIy Creed.
The King interrupting: Do you be
Iieve in a help
4: No
The King: Neither do I. believe in
/ the God OF goodness. And my belief is
. this: Only the affirmation is eternal. the
neg3tion IN rely a momeutary Observa-
ton Of the affirmation, and viii finally be
+ overcome. only the light endures; that
/ which is good and right is eternal. To
I this happy conCeptiOn-and il makes me
( happy-one arrives by faith
The Prince Others find their happi-
/ ness in another fOTmUla-that Of science
I: But science does not contradict
what his majesty has just stated"
. The Prince, True. Tt does not say
no To the eternal problems. but neither
does il say yes" it seeks. And it IS re-
signed. For il realizes that al human
' theories and conceptions have their lin
itations. that the concept of the absolute
and the eternal exceeds the capacity Of
the human mind
Mime de Gasluldi. But one knows
what Is absolutely good and what is alb
solutely evil
The Princess. I challenge that state
ment'
Nine. de GasluIdi: 1t is evH to steal.
/ to murder.
II. interrupting: But how murder Is
/ gloriied when it is done en- masse"
THE Prince: TO steal and 70 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
1 and man eating both the cabbage and the
. rabbit are all thieves and murdeTers. 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 it is considered
perfectly proper
Principle of Goodness.
IN this tone" continues the baroness.
''the conversation went on for more than
an hour. From the changes in concepts
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 revolu-
/ ton, he added, is q change toward better
things. It 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 I want To weep there for
long time The King TejOined. I prefer
/ 20 smile
Finally the conversation came back TO
/ the relatively Of our moral concepts and
/ theories. Prince Albert argued that # is
very difficult to FIX the time where the
instinct to eat becomes morally offensive
to us-whether we should Graw It at the
neighbor. the OK, or the cart
d" In either case, said King Oscar ris-
ing from his chair. I thank you for the