Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-03
CRAFT DUE TO IRRELICION
Analogy Between France and Amer
lea is Pointed Out.
KING VICTOR A FINE ATHLETE
some stories that show the Physical
Proves Of Italy's a.
well as Hts Devotion as
Husband.

ROME. April 2-tSpec!al to the Publish
srs' Press.)-The graft scandals IN France
and the United states are the fruits Of
ne subordination OF religion to material
things Is the opinion generally expressed al
The Vatican.
You will find. declared a high pre-
ate to me in discussing tie dispatches
rom Paris and from the United states
cling Of these exposures Of corruption
that in every case the communities in
4hiCn corruption is most rampant, the
eligious life Of the community is at the
owest ebb. In France so far as the gov
-rnmen is concerned there is no religion.
{ would seem a Judgment that this new
Isgrace has come as a direct result Of
he sequestration Of the property Of the
church.
so in the American communities where
raft has been uncovered, New York. Pitts
.urg. Chicago and the like. it is a fact
hat by a great mass Of the people re-
lgion is regarded as a myth, a joke. The
inclusion that there is a direct connec-
ion between the two is irresistible.
That there will be important action at
the consistory which is to be held this
month. affecting the church in America.
is certain. 1t is hardly probable, how
ever. that the l~ong-expected American car
dinals will be named. His holiness has
not as yet. am informed, been able to
see his way clear to name any American
prelate without creating hard feeling and
this he is determined not to do.
King Victor an Athlete.
King Victor is the most athletic OF all
European monarchs. Ever since his boy
hood he has been used 70 an open air life,
and his training was so S~partan-like that
when he had a cold his tutor used to send
him out for a hard ride on horseback, no
matter how Indictment the weather might
have been.
King Victor sxoels at most sports. in
GLIDING shooting, fishing, yachting. motor
ing. He is also a keen horticulturist.
which fact probably induced him to found
the Institute Of Agriculture.
The following story shows that King
Victor is a good husband as well as a
good athlete.
He was cruising off Monte CHsto island
in his yacht one day when news reached
him that the queen was III. The yacht was
at once steered towards the port Of LAu-
rento. where a motor car was In waiting,
but the great r~oughness of the sea pre-
vented a landing.
Without an instant's hesitation, the king
plunged into the sea, and after much DIFF
ficulty managed 20 reach the shore. his
encourage watching him in a agony OF
anxiety from the yacht. He arrived at
The palace much exhausted, but was just
IN time to receive the news Of the birth
Of a little daughter.
Races SIRE becoming more and more
popular in Rome. Up to two years ago
people were satisfied with four days
-scing in the spring. Now, spread over
he end Of winter and the early spring
here are seventeen official race lays and,
besides that. informal meetings. organ
zed on the spur OF the moment, constantly
sop UP.
Girl and Lover Fight Duel.
A remarkable duel was fought at Ayel
no recently, the combatants being d
young man named Pascal Santosuosso and
his fiancee, Marie Navajo. II seems that
a violent quarrel broke out between the
lovers through jealousy, and rather than
strike his fisncee Santosuosso challenged
her to a duel. The pair fought with pls-
tolls without witnesses, and after several
shots both fell seriously wounded.
Improved railway ommunication between
Innsbruck and Venice is being provided by
the joint action Of the Austrian and Italian
governments. The Val Sugana light rail-
way from Trent. in the Tyrol. 10 Texze, the
terminus on the Italian frontier IS being
converted into a line Of normal gauge on
which to run through expresses from Inns
bruck. on the Italian side the line is
being continued 70 Primolsno, whence II
connects with the shortest route to Venice.
1t is expected that the new route will be
ready for traffic in July.