The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-22

SECOND LUTHER NEEDED

HE14lN, July s.--Beriin Ii rather
2 dsiIls place at present. FOR evcry-
~ who can possibly AFFORD to get
ssvays frafn the city is in Norway or
SyvttxArlnnds
N - matter OF travelling the Kaiser
hlfne*At sets his subjects an example
~ etArsy and persistency. Since hin
tourney to Corfu, His Majesty has
spettt Go1isfde rabiy less time in his
fQyaa palaces In Berlin and Potsdafn
IMAM fawdI from them. The long de-
TOUT which brought hin away nom
Ir~ecfAnsaw1aters by way OF London has
been IOIlowed by a series OF shorter
Irlph which lave taken him ali over
s5ermAny. winding np with the visit 10
shteis HH liz nov away again on his
nnu cruise in the North Sea.
Tle list OF the guests invited to ac-
company him on this pleasant exrur-
Sen af0lsg the Scandinavian coAst Ii
aIwayH pctsrned with interest here and
made the basis at subtle Deductions
INV 20 the prevailing rerd or Royal
Y md feeling, A few years ago
2 8Q0d Qeal of attention was attracted
sDy 4 fact that the list Of persons
san&ie0 Out for royal favor included
severAl civilians far better known to
Ithe world III btssiness and practical af-
faira thAn to the court. This year the
quests have been limited rather strict
~ 70 lfaarnbers of the suite. and mill
tary men The only exceptions are a
marine Artfst, Professor Hans Bohrdt,
ana Count Won Hulsen- TIaoseler the
general director Of the royal theatres.
Popular Playhouse.
The confplaint hat the steEeotyped
ana we14-groomti productions or the
Beftin regal opera do nc meet the
needs of pubic taste IL to BE- answered
next sensnn by the opening OF a new
opera house. 1t will be known an the
Kurfurpten Oper, and win Sc under the
direction Of Herr Ma ximiltan Morris,
forrnerly of the komische Opor. The
avoWed purpose Of the management IL
TO get 5away from the routine operate
repertury and achieve variety. The
sincertty Of its Intentions in this re-
spect may be judged from the pro-
gramrne of the first season. which pro-
Ntdes q spr0nieres for Eri1lanno Wolf
FcrratisS new opera Der Schmuck der
Madonna" and Karl VETS. opera,
1874 together with the productions
Of such little known d altogether
unknown works as Hermann Eranken-
STEMS sRahab.N Mascagni.s Iris"
Nouged "Quo Nadus." founded ON the
Steuktesicx story and Brull,s "Der
GoIdene Kreuze." These will be sand
wtched- IN with more familiar things.
painand For Second Luther.
The Ensa of Pastor Jatho " Cologne
has aroused deep. and widespread in
terest In Germany. An eloquent divine
OF biaxneless life. he was dismissed
from his office on the ground that his
opinions were not In harmony with the
tenets Of the Lutheran church, the
State Church Of Prussia.
OF course II wa grave matter,
for among other thoughts Pastor Jatho
AsA A@AA "a
fty Of Church; he had gone even furth-
er and professed himself a Unitarian.
Eut what has caused the excitement Ii
not horror al his u~northodoxy but
the fear that In the future no Liberal-
ism will be tolerated In the Church.
A recent law has transferred judy
ment on cases like that OF Pastor
Jatho from " church synod to a MIXED
body elected on party principles in
trists have preponderating Influence.
These people, 1T III urged, will end by
Catholicising the Lutheran Church, by
erecting an edifice OF dogma outside
of which no kind OF Christianity will
be possible. and which must limit
Christiantiy's world mission.
Two natural consequences Of the
incident are h revival or tne cry for
the separation on Church and State In
Luther to proclaixn q second reforma-
ton.
s.raus' Nsw Allssory.
The nature OF the next important
work with which Dr. Richard Straus
III K favor the world is now known.
At. in. something radically adiuftesTsnt
from his latest undertakings. 1t III a.
two movement alpine Symphoneyv.
with an abundance Of exciting orches-
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