Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-03
MAY CHANGE THE
PAPALSECRETARY
Cardinal Merry Del Val is Likely to
Be Transferred to Some
Other Place.
HE LACKS TACT, is CHARGE
Places the Vatican in Embarrassing
Positions.
MANY EXPLANATIONS IN ORDER
Precipitated the Roosevelt Church
Incident.
DETAILS CONCERNING MAD KING
otto suffers AcuteIy from Insomnia
and Has n Horror of Soap,
Water and Manicure
Implements.
Places the Vatican in Embarrassing
Positions.
ANY EXPLANATIONS IN ORDER
DETAILS CONCERNING MAD KING
BY CLEMENT ]. BARRETT.

ROME, July 2-(Special Dispatch to The
Bee)-The papal secretary OF state. Car
dinal Merry del Val. may be transferred TO
some other port and a man of more tact
be placed in charge Of the outside relations
OF the Vatican. This opinion is held by
many churchmen as well as laymen.
While It is recognized that the cardinal
secretary Of state Is man OF ability and
most devout churchman, he is wofuy
lacking In diplomacy and has placed the
Vatican in most difficult position on more
than one occasion.
The latest instance is the encyclical re-
garding st. Charles Barromeo, which is
said to be the work OF Cardinal del Val
and which has caused such great indig-
nation in protestant Germany that the
government has made formal protest and
the Vatican has been compelled to make
explanations II not apologies which were
rather humiliating.
The encyclcal contrasted the character
OF st. Charles Barromeo with those of tho
reformers-strongly to the saints advan-
tage-and the reformers were said to have
called the perversion OF faith and morals
! reform" I'm TRUTH" it says, they were
seducers."
Germany Makes Protest.
The German chancellor, Won Bethmann-
Hollwog, instructed the German minister
at the Vatican to inform the curia that
the encyclical contains opinions upon the
reformers and the reformation and princes
and peoples favorable to the movement
| which grievously offend the religions, po-
litical and moral feelings OF our protestant
population. These opinions, which are Of
| fensive also In form, involve serious danger
to religious peace"
The Vatican, In response 70 the note, pre-
scented by the Prussan minister, forwarded
to the Prussian government a declaration
that the Barromeo encyclical was not d.
rected against the German protestants,
coupled with explanations which, according
to the Vatican officials. may be expected
to afford Germany full satisfaction. It is
regarded as particularly unfortunate that
this should have occurred at a time when
the agitation for the revision of the corona
ton oath prescribed for the king OF Eng
land and the elimination of the offensive
references to the Catholic church had prac-
tically been brought to a satisfactory con-
! clusion. 1t is feared 1t will furnish the
enemies of the church fresh ammunition
not only in England and Germany. but in
Spain, France and Italy as we'll.
1t will be recalled that 1t was Cardinal
del Val who precpitated the Roosevelt in
cident, which, to say the least reflected no
] credit on the church. Other similar incl
dents which have not attracted the wide
attention these have, are recalled as maxi
ing Mgr. del Vars regime unpopular,
Life of Crazy King.
Some remarkable details relating to the
| Mad King, Otto OF Bavaria, are pub
lished from diplomatic source by the
Giornale d'Itaia. Though shut up for
forty years In castles Che is not in the
Castle Furstenried) and though go years of
age, Otto Is still a fine handsome figure
with magnificent beard and flowing gray
locks
The stories about his periodical fits OF
fury are quite untrue. His court is pre-
sided over by Marshal Baron Redwiz, and
consists OF a few trusty gentry belonging
to the most ancient families OF the Bavarian
aristocracy.
King Otto suffers terribly from insomnia
and often sits up in bed half the night
staring towards the door, as II expecting
somebody to enter. He, however arises
punctually every morning at 8, and muteiy
allows himself to be dressed by his valet
He has holy horror of soap and water
and OF having his hair and nails cut so
that servants have to await patiently a
favorable day for these operations. when
the poor patient is in a state OF complete
apathy.
The demented king smokes incredible
quantities of cigarettes, and is always
putting away, when he is absorbed
In his favorlte pastime of studying the
operate music of his pet composer, Verdi
OFTEN he causes the castle halls to resound
all day long with the melodies OF 'Rigo-
, lettO."