The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-03
RELIGION REGARDED
AS MYTH BY MANY
So Declares High Prelate in Dis
cussing Scandals in America
and France.
BY CLEMENT j. BARRETT.
al Cable to Tho Tribune.

Special Cable to The Tribune.
ROME. April 2-Thc graft scandals in
France and the United States are the
fruits of the subordinatIon of religion 10
material things is the opinion generally
expressed al the vatican You Will
find" declared high prelate TO me in
discussing the dispatches from Paris and
from the United States telling of these
exposures of corruption, that in every
case tho communities in which corrup-
tion is most rampant the religious Ire
of the community is at the lowest ehb.
In France, so far as the government is
concerned. there Is no religion, 1t would
seem a Judgment that this new disgrace
has come as direct result of the Sc
auestration OF the property OF the church.
so. In the American communities where
graft has been uncovered, New York,
Plttsbulg, Chicago and the like. 1t is q
fact that by a great mass OF the people
religion is regarded as myth a joke.
The conclusion that there is direct
connection between the two is irresisti-
ble,'
King Victor an Athlete,
King Victor is the most athletic Of all
European monarchs. Ever since his boy
hood he has been used 10 an open-air life,
and his training was so Spartan-lllle that
when he had n cold his tutor used TO
send him out for hard ride on horse
back. no matter how inclement the
weather might have been. King Victor
excels at most sports, including shooting,
fishing. yachting, motoring. He is also
a keen horticulturist. which fact probably
induced him to found the Institute of
that King Victor is n good husband as
well as a good athlete. He was cruis-
Ing off Monte Cristo Island in his yacht
one day when news reached him that the
queen was iii. The yacht was at once
steered toward the port OF Laurento,
whero a motor car was in waiting, but
the great roughncss OF the sea prevented
a landing. Without an instants hesita-
ton, the king plunged into the sea, and
after much difficulty managed to reach
the shore, his encourage watching him
in an agony of anxiety from the yacht.
He arrived al the palace much exhaust
ed. but was just in time TO receive the
news OF the birth of a little daughter.
Races Popular in Rome.
Races are becoming more and more
popular in Rome. Up to two years ago
racing in the spring Now spread over
the end of winter and the early spring.
there arc seventeen official race days, |
ana. besides that. informal meetings. or
stantly crop up.
Remarkable Duel Fought.
\ remarkable duel was fought at Avel-
limo recently, the contestants being q |
young man named Pascal Santosuosso
md his iiancee Marie Navajo 1t seems |
the lovers through jealousy. and rather !
than strike his fiancee, Santosuosso chal- |
lenged her TO a duel The pair fought
with pistols without witnesses. and after |
several shots both fell seriously wounded |
Better Railway Facilities
Improved railway communication be-
tween Innsbruck and Venice Is being |
provided by the joint action OF the Aus
:rian and italian governments. The Val |
sugana light railway from Trent, in the |
Tyrol. TO TcZze. the terminus on the |
Italian frontier is being converted into |
line OF normal gauge. on which TO run
through expresses from Innsbruck. on |
the Italian side the line is being con-
tinued 10 PTimolano, whence it connects
with the shortest route TO Venice. 1t is
expected that the new route will be ready |
Tor traffic in July.
No Red Hat for America.
That there Will be important action at
the conSjStory, which is to be held this
month. affecting the church in America.
Is certain. 1t is hardly probable, how
ever. that the long expected American
cardinals will be named. His holiness
has not as yet, / am informed. been able
10 see his way clear 10 name any Anreri-
can prelate without creating hard feel
ing, and this he is determined not to do.