p. 14 | Still the Stout Look

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 23, 1911

Still the Stout Look

As Daniel the prophet, in the vision of the seventh chapter, saw the Papacy rising amid the kingdoms of divided Rome, he observed of this “little horn” that his “look was more stout than his fellows.” That proud look the Papacy wears even to-day, though no longer possessed of a temporal kingdom. The despatches from Rome the other day said:—

After Fairbanks and Roosevelt comes Prince Victor Napoleon, the standard-bearer of the French imperials. It appears that Prince Victor forgot to observe the etiquette required by the Vatican; and while on his wedding journey, he visited the Quirinal before he went to the Vatican. This is a breach of etiquette.

If he were not a Catholic, this omission would not have made so much difference. But since the year 1870, etiquette requires that all Catholic rulers and princes must first visit the Vatican. So when Prince Victor, after having been so cordially received by Prince Victor Emmanuel, decided to pay his respects to the Pope, he found the Vatican closed against him.

When the German emperor was in Rome, he pleased us by the splendor of the equipage which conducted him to the Vatican. He paid his visit in state, and neglected not one of the many formalities. Prince Victor has not helped his cause by causing the doors of the Vatican to be closed against him.