Evening star., 1923-12-10
Brooke Family Long Esteemed
By Ruling House of Britain

His despairing relatives appealed to
ST. Philip Neri, who came and touched
was on the evidence OF this miracle
that ST. Philip Neri was canonized.
The room where the miracle occurred
mas been converted into q chapel,
hung with valuable pictures, deco
rated with costly mosaics, the altar
and the shrine containing the bones
and relics OF tho saint being richly
studded with precious stones All
Rome. rich and poor, flock to the
shrine on the anniversary OF the
the greatest mobiles OF the kingdom,
With picturesque, clad peasants from
from the poorer quarters Of the
Eternal city. mingiing with one an
other on the superb grand staircase
of the palace and in the stately
apartments. adorned with tapestries,
costly paintings and superb 6ronzes,
leading to the private chapel of the
palace.
King Alfonso is frequently de-
scribed. even in we'll informed Eu-
ropean newspapers. as His Most
Catholic Majesty" the superiative, IN
this case being unwarranted and it's
use probably attributable to the fact
that the King of France was entitled
"Hfs Most Christian Majesty" and
accorded tho prefix of s. NJ. T. G.. (Sa
Majeste Tres Chretienre). The King
OF Portugal was awarded by tho
papacy the designation Of His Most
Spain was oficially designated by the
holy seat as His Catholic Majesty"
with the initials S. M. c., standing
for (sa Majeste catholiaue). AS
avery one knows. the Popes invested
10 ~ MI 1.,IH
of Defender. OF the Faith" which
the early part Of his reign. After
ward he was. responsible for the
to the e Church 1he and propefhs to- shs
religious orders in England and for
the remuneration by Great Britain of
her spiritual allegiance to the papacy.
The latter neglected to withdraw the
title of Defender Of the Faith hop
ing for better timeSpin England. such
as recurred' in the reign of Queen
Mary Tudor. That is why, to this day,
the rulers of tho British Empire re-
tain the historic papai title of De-
fender Of the Faith which is In
cluded among the list of the official
dignities and honors of the mona rch
and which is noted on every British
coin.
Premier Poincare has decided that
France should be represented hence
forth at the Vatican by an ainbassa-
dor who may be relied upon to obey
orders and to carry out the instruc.
tfons Of his government without as
sumtng the right to modify them
and to alter them so as to conform
with his own Views. Charles Jonnart,
tho incumbent of the office for the
past two years, and who contributed
more than any one else to the restora-
tion of diplomatic and official relx-
tions ust,.h between ,n,.sn, his country and the
and was convinced that he was IN
q far better position to determine
the policies most advantageous to
France In her relations with the
church than any member of the Poin.
care administration.
Jonnart. had been governor general
OF Algeria, minister OF foreign af.
fairs, chairman of the foreign rela.
tions committee OF the senate, and
in his capacity as special ambassador
OF France to Greece, in 1915 had
removed King Constantine from the
, throne without any trouble and had
sent him into exile. Moreover, he
had been president OF the Suez Canal
what all besides. so he followed
orders or refused to defer thereto
as he saw flt, and could not be de-
was told.
His successor. who has just been
appointed, is Emile Doulcet, who, Ia
persona gratissima at the Vatican
and who spent much time in the Eter-
| nal city as charge d'affaires of the
French embassy during the frequent
absences Of M. Jonnart. A man Of
about sixty-three years of age, he was
| secretary OF the French embassy at
as councillor OF the, French embassy
at Petrograd, and then minister pleni-
potentiary in Christiania, and still
more recently minister at Buda-
pesth. Everywhere he has made
| friends. He has acquired the conn.,
dence Of the Pope and OF his secretary
| Of state, and ct the Vatican kreat
! satisfaction is manifested over his ap-