The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-09-04
COMES OUT AGAINST
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

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ny LA ,NAI,QUIsE DE FONTENOY.,
q NGLAND'S primate. the Archbishop
II OF Canterbury, who acquired O.
~ good deal OF popularity during
his visit to America few years
ago. as a singularly broad-minded d.
vine. has come out flat-footed against
the Christian Science cult, and at the
last meeting of the Canterbury Dioce-
san Conferences, at. Lambeth Palace. his
ancient metropolitan residence on the
banks Of the Thames. almost opposite
the Houses OF Parliament. he denoune-
ed christian Science as "a wild thing.
IN which there was so much that was
Christianity and with SCIENCE He
mentioned that at meeting of some
25O archbishops and bishops held some
time previously at Lambeth Palace 1t
and after several years of investiga-
ton by committee presided by the
Bishop Of Winchester. that 1T would
pc for the present unwise to depart
from an attitude OF extreme reserve.
and that no countenance should be
given to. those who claim to exercise
gifts OF healing"
King Albert, greatly to the satisfac-
ton OF his subjects. has put a stop to
most of the extravaEant building oper-
atoms tnaugurated by his uncle, Leo
pold 1l.,sat the expense OF the Congo
Free State Treasury. They included an
on a site known as the Mont des Arts.
and which was to be devoted TO al
sorts OF museums and great central
railroad terminus. right in. the middle
of Brussels. in which all trains from
every direction We're to converge:
railroad terminus much larger than
that OF the Pennsylvania Railroad. in
New. York. and altogether out OF pro-
gian capital. The result Of this action
on the part OF King Albert has been
| the resignation OF the Minister OF PUB.
He Works. Aususte Delbeke. who had
lent himself to all these extravagances
of Leopold II. Indeed, the King Is
! quietly getting rid. by degrees. OF all
/ those Cabinet officers and constitu-
| tional advisers Of his uncle who lent
themselves to his schemes without re-
calling their obligations to the nation
and endeayoring to curb him In his
despotic extravagances.
With regard to the cabled announce
ment of the engagement OF Maurice
Rostand eldest son of the author OF
"Cyrano de Bergerac" and OF "Chante-
cler," to wed the Princess Gabrielle de
Rohan. who Is described as a French
woman it may be mentioned that there
is no Frenchwoman bearing the title
i and name of Princess Gabrielle de
Rohan The French Rohans have as
eldest son bears the title OF Prince de
Z Leon. His two daughters are already
married The other members OF the
French house OF Rohan bear the name
and title Of Comte de Rohan- Chabot.
/ There are three exceptions to this
rule. namely, the second son of the
duke, Jehan, who Is known as the VI
comte de Rohan: a cousin. Augustus de
Rohan- Chabot, who bears the title OF
Comte de Jarnac. and Guy de Rohan-
Chabot, who was persuaded by his
second and American wife, Miss Susar
Heyward, widow of Albert Louis Gala.
tin, of New York, to secure from the
Vatican the pontifical title of Duke
of Ravese, foolishly imagining that q
tangled foreign title of duchess
would endow her with more prestige
than the historic name and title of
Co1ntesse de Rohan5 Chabot.
There Is only one Princess Gabrielle
de Rohan, and she Is woman consid
erably older than Maurice Rostand. ant
lis not a Frenchwoman, and does no
live in Paris. but makes her home alto
gether in Austria, mainly on her fath
, er's great estate OF Sichrow. in Bohe
mia, and at Prague. She is membe
of the court set at Vienna, but Is sci
dom seen there. and Is utterly unknow!
in French society. Her father Is tn
head Of the entire house of Rohan. an
/. is, like his father and grandrathe
before him, an Austrian subject.
The French Rohans are only Roman
: through the distaff side Of the house
: and it is the Austrian Rohans alon
that can claim descent In the direc
male line from the old-time soverels