The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-08

OF SaHony and the Vatican con.
IL tlnue TO grow, and the relat ions
between King Frederick Angus.
'us and Plus y. are becoming more and
more strained. In spite OF all that
IS stated TO the contrary by n reader
OF these letters in New Orleans. who
apparently possesses very little infor-
nation nation as 70 what l. going on at
Dresden. King Frederick Augustus
gaye great offense at the Vatican.
when. not content with q judicial sep
aration from his wife he secured from:
me SAXON courts a decree of divorce
against her. divorce being. as every
one knows, forbidden by the Roman
catholic Church. Then. too. the King
H, ca iurtner resentment OF tho Vat
portant offices AT his court TO Luther
ans, in lieu OF to the Roman Catholics
~ whom they had been filled for more
man 100 years Again when the Pom
I'M issued his encyciical In connection
With the tercentenary celebrations OF
- Charles Borromco, King Frederick
augustus, although Roman Catholic.
strongly protested against the attacks
nnon Martin Luther contained therein.
on the ground that perhaps 90 per cent
OF his subjects were Lutherans. and
tina their religious preJud!ces ana con-
victions had been needlessly arroEted
thereby And now the King has taken
upon himself to protest against tho
treatment by tho Vatican OF his
brother, Prince Max, much to tho dis
trcss and annoyance OF the latter.
Prince Max. who occupies the pro-
censorship Of Canon Law at the great
Roman Catholic University Of Friburg.
in Switzerland, recently gave uttcrance
10 some opinions III print which. BY
reason OF their Independence, excited
Great Indignation at the Vatican.
Of tho Roman Catholic Church al Rome
with the So cailcd Eastern Rite. laying
the blame for the schism, not upon
the latter, but upon the Roman Cain
Nj
in favor OF. AN abrogation OF the
GSelihacy Of the clergy. .reaGircd by the
Roman Catholic Church, II that We're
an obstacle 10 the reunion OF the two
great churches. With the object OF
accomplis hing tho latter, he likewise
suggested moro home rule than Rome
rule in ecclesiastical matters.
Tho princes writings were promptly
placed in the index E%purgatorius at
Rome as pernicious and as unht read :
ing for all good Catholics. and their
he was taken to task by the Pope, and
Obliged to rccant all that he had
written and said that was in any way
modernism, Prince MaNimilian COM
piled with the commands OF the Holy
Father but King Frederick Augustus.
although he has been virtually es-
tranged from his brother Macmillan
eyer Stree the latter abandoned his
military career 10 enter holy orders
necessary TO take up his cause. and 10
protest IN the strongest fashion at
Rome against the slight placed upon
a prince of the reisninE family of
SGXony. and indeed upon his entire
royal house
1t has been pointed ont to the King
that tho matter was one of internal
discipline of the church. and that the
latter could not tolerate the ennnc a :
ton OF religious "lews contrary TO
those Of the Holy Sec, even II they
were put forth by a royal prince.
Tho King since then has addressed
further remonstrances 10 the Vatican
that have still further cnvenomed the
matter. and that have served to con-
firm the papacy in it's belief that the
OPPORTUNITY, and is eager 10 find some
thing that well serve him as Il pre-
text for reverting 10 the faith OF his
ancestors. namely. Iutheranism: for
his house bccnme converts to Roman
Catholicism in The seventeenth century,
in order TO qualify Frederick Augustus
]. for the possession Of The crown Of
His family lost the throne OF Poland
some eighty years afterwards, but re-
mained roman Catholic.
The conversion of the present King
to I.Uthcranism will enable him to
coming priest. Prince Max renowned
al his royal rights and prerogativcs
as :; scion OF the reigning house of
Saxony. rs well as his civil list and
his income from the family estates,
and since then has gradually driftea
away from his relatives Indeed, The
enlargement from his brother. the
King has become complete since the
lattcr's accession 10 the throne seven
years or 50 ago. and the only one of
t he family with whom he retains any
sort of intercourse is his unmarried
sister. Princess Matilda, who is now
travelling in the Orient.
Disl ensing with the services of even
Il. -
life Is so ascetic as TO partakc of that
Of a monk rather than II priest. lie
rescnts any reference to his royal
birth, insists IN being treated as a
mere priest, spent several years in
fhc Whitccliapel slums Of London. en-
gagged in missionary work. resigned
from the church at Nuremberg, to
which he had been attached as ono OF
the priests, In consequence of his in
| Ability to escape there from The honors
which the local authorities persisted
in rendering him as "A prince of the
blood and has steadfastly declined all
ecclesiastical preferment, although il
is wall Known that he was offered the
! hold. ard Of bishop OF Strasburg. by
Leo MIL, and cardinals hat some
years ego. by the present Pontif.
Whether the latter will be accorded
10 hiln now. after his outbreak on the
subject of the union of the Eastern
and Western Rites, remains to be seen.
Even though he has recanted. 1t Is
unlikely that he will be permitted to
retain his PROFESSIONAL chair Mt Fri
hurG, where his prestige as n teacher
cannot bit be impaired by what has