The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-03
Opinion Grows at Vatican That
Secretary of State Lacks
Diplomacy.
ST. CHARLES ENCYCLICAL
OFFENSIVE TO GERMANS
Mad King Otto, Forty Years a
Prisoner, Not by Any Means
Forgotten.
BY CLEMENT j. BARRETT.
/ Cable to The Tribune.

Special Cable to The Tribune.
ROME, July 2.-Thc papal secretary
Of state, Cardinal Merry del Val, may
be transferred to some other part and
man of more tact be placed in charge
Of the outside relations of the vatican
This opinion Is held by many church.
men, as well as laymen. While il is
| recognized that the cardinal secretary
of state is man of ability and a most
devout churchman, he is woefully lack
ing in diplomacy, and has placed the
vatican in most difficult position on
moro than one occasion.
The latest instance is the encyclical
regarding st. Charles Borromeo, which
is said to be tho work of Cardinal del
Val, and which has caused such great
Indignation in Protestant Germany
that the government has made formal
protest, and the vatican has been COM
PEELED to make explanations, If not
apologies which were rather humiliat-
ing.
The encYclical contrasted the char
acter Of st. Charles Borromeo with
those of the reformers-strongly to the
saints advantage-and the reformers
were said to have "called the pervcr-
sion of faith and morals reform -
i'In truth it says, "they were Sc
ducers.p
The German chancellor, Won Beth
mann Hollwog, instructed the German
minister at the vatican 10 inform the
curia that the encyclical contains
opinions upon the reformers and the
reformation and princes and peoples ia
vorable TO the movement which
grievously offend the religious, political
and moral feelings of our Protestant
population.
"These opinions, which are offensive
also in form, involve serious danger to
religious peace.
The vatican, in response to the note
presented by the Prussian minister, for
warded to the Prussian government a
declaration that the Borromeo encych-
cal was not directed against the Ger
man Protestants, coupled with eXpia-
nations which. according to the vatican
officials, NAV be expected to afford Ger
many full satisfaction.
It is regarded as particularly un.
fortunate that this Should have oc-
CURED at time when the agitation
for the revision Of the coronation oath
the elimination of the offensive refer.
ences to the Catholic church had prac-
tically been brought to satisfactory
conclusion. 1t is feared it will furnish
! the enemies of the church fresh ammu-
nition, not only in England and Ger:
many, but also in Spain, France end
Italy.
Some remarkable details relating TO
the Mad King Otto of Bavaria are
published from diplomatic source by
! the Giornalc d Italia Though shut
up for forty years in castles, and
though 60 years OF age, Otto is still
fine. handsome figure, with a magniti'
cent beard and flowing gray locks.
The stories about his periodical fits
of fury are quite untrue. His court IS
presided over by Marshal Baron Red
wiz, and consists of a few trusty. gentry
belonging TO tho most ancient families
of the Bavarian aristocracy-
King Otto suffers terribly from IN.
sompia, and often sits up In bed hall
the night staring toward the door, as
! IL expecting somebody to enter. He
however, rises punctually every morn
ing at 8 o clock, and mutely allows him
self to be dressed by his valet. He has
p holy horror of soap and water, and OF
having his hair and nails cut, so that
the servants have to await patiently n
favorable day for these operations
when the poor patient is in state OF
complete apathy.
The demeuted king smokes incredible
quantities of cigarettes, and Is always
putting away, save when he Is aosoroeo
in his fayorite pastime Of studying the
operatic music of his pet composer
Verdi. Often he causes the castle
halls TO resound all day long with the
melodies of Rigoletto.