Young King Alfonso Mocks Relic Worship at Cabadonga
By L. A. S.
A PRESS dispatch which comes from Madrid under date of August 21, reflects credit on the young Spanish king Alfonso, as a youth capable of thinking for himself, and who will not surrender his common sense at the behest of superstition and tradition. The dispatch says that Alfonso has greatly scandalized the church prelates, and is thought to be mentally unbalanced. Then follows this explanation:— At Cabadonga the king visited the shrine, the most famous in Europe. The bishop of Cabadonga conducted his majesty toward the sacred relics. The bishop showed the king St. Peter’s toe nail and St. Paul’s hair. The king stopped him with: “Say, bishop, do you believe that nonsense?” The scandalized bishop affirmed that he did. “Well, I don’t,” replied Alfonso. “We have seen enough. I’m going to dinner.” L. A. S.