The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-02-25
.slX0NY AND The VATICAN
LETTER FROM OUR DRESDEN
CORRESPONDENT.
to Strained Relations Between the
King and the Pope.

/ In the Washington Post of January
| s there appeared an article from the
Ipdn of the Marquise de Fontenoy un-
lddr the caption: king of Saxony is
fat odds with the Pope" which states
that the relations between the court
of Saxony and the Vatican are becom-
ing more and more strained" and
then proceeds to give detailed ac-
count of the reasons upon which this
conclusion is based. It alleges that
the King of SaXony gave offense to the
Vatican when he secured from the
court of Saxony a decree of divorce
from his wife; when he filed the court
Offices with Lutherans in lieu of Cath
olics who had held them for more than
a century; when he protested against
the Pope's encyclical on the occasion
of the ter-centenary of ST. Charles Bor-
romeo in which an attack was made
on Luther; when he protested against
| the treatment accorded his brother,
Prince Max, in connection with his let
| ter regarding the union of the Greek
with the Roman Church, which letter,
according to this account, was placed
on the Index Furthermore, it is al
legged that the King of Saxony. has
been estranged from Prince Max ever
since the latter became a priest and,
according to this article, "renounced
all his royal rights and prerogatives
as well as his civil list and
his income from the family estates
The writer of this article is evil
IDENTIFY laboring under a misapprehen-
sion as to the true state of affairs.
There is not the slightest foundation
| for these statements regarding the
relations between the King of Saxony
and the Holy Father In fact, the con-
trary is true
/ We have received from our CORE
spondent in Dresden, Saxony, the fol-
lowing letter in regard to this matter;
and it gives us great pleasure to re-
1 ,roduce it for the benefit of the readers
Of The Catholic Bulletin.
In view of the many false state
ments appearing in the American
Press, particularly those emanating
from the Brentwood Company and
signed Marquise de Fontenoy, in re
gard to the King of Saxony, have had
1 a conversation with high parsonage
in Dresden who gave me the following
statement:
There does not exist at the present
moment the slightest difference be
tween the Vatican and the Dresden
Court On the contrary, the Pope has
i quite lately given the King most un
mistakable proofs of his special re
/ gard and good will.
The present King had no choice In
II the matter Of the civil divorce. His
father, King George, decided this as
every other point concerning the
Crown Princess separation and di
vorce as head of the royal house
King George was a sanity man and
entirely devoted to the Pope and the
Il Catholic Church. You can take your
oath any day that King George would
never have taken step in that un
fortunate affair in regard to the Grown
Princess without having consulted the
!, Head of the Catholic Church 1t il
. utterly absurd to say that the present
King gave offense to the Vatican II
the divorce matter.
j No important Court Office in SaxonJ
has been taken away from the Roman
| Catholics and given to the Protestants
u Tn fact all the court dignitaries now Ii