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THE SUNDAY O REGONIAN. PORTUAND. DECEMBER 10, 1905. 41 King Alfonzo and the Princesses Turned Down. XiTTJ Jn'aCn ' V5 He Has LFONSO.Kingof Spain, is Europe's L royal flirt- In fact, royal jot ple- bclan, he is probably the greatest flirt on the Continent. He lias been re ported engaged a dozen times, and some of these reports have been labeled "offi cial," and yet the machinations of all his prime ministers and half the diplomats of Europe have not availed to make him wed. Ho has been to nearly every court, ho has met almost all the eligible prin cesses. To each he has expressed devo tion and admiration, but from each he has fled as soon as the novelty began to wear off. Spanish diplomats say that one of three fates awaits the ruler: He will be killed by anarohlpts, dach out his brains in some automobile accident, or get mar ried. The King seems to think the last alter native the worst of the three, for he courts the first two. but avoids matri mony with the same fear that a man might dodge a plague. His auto pcems to be his favorite. He makes the most unexpected and danger ous trips, going owt in the worst kind of weather, not warmly clothed, and expos ing himself without a guard to the parts of Spain which are supposed to be breed ing grounds of anarchistic sentiment. In such exploits he seems to know no fear, but when it is a- cape of obeying diplomatic law and marrying so as to secure an heir for the throne of Spain, then he dodges. Some few months ago "the greatest flirt In Europe." as they privately call him in diplomatic circles, visited England on a match-making journey. Not Bcnutifnl Enough. It had not been easy to start him off, for the King insisted that there was no hurry, ho was only 19, and that he would just as leave wait a while before giving up his freedom, until he was- 21, anyway, but the ministers were insistent, and as it was felt that a marriage with the house of England wouia give Spain a pow erful ally, so Alfonso was taken to the Pringoss Victoria Patricia, the young daughter of King Edward's brother. If rumor speaks truly, the fair daugh ter of the Duke of Connaught looked with kindly eye on the dashing King, and warmed up to the project of becoming the Queen of Spain. The match presented many joints of advantage. It meant a wealthy and powerful ally for Spain and the Infusion of new blood Into the penin sular country. Ono serious obstacle Intervened. The Princess was a Protestant, and the Vat ican had ruled that Spain's long church history could hardly brook a change that would make an Episcopalian Queen. But members of royal families usually find little dlfllculty In changing faith when a crown Is at stake, so it was said that the Princess had agreed to waive her own beliefs and become a member of her prospective husband's faith. Just when all these knotty problems had been solved a now trouble arore. Alfonso himself called off negotiations and left for home. It appeared that the Princess did not coincide with his ideas of beauty, and that even a matter of in ternational politics did not suffice to ca jole him Into a union against his will. The blow was quite a. serious one to tho vanity of the English royal family, and as a counter move a statement was given out that King Edward had caused a surgeon to make an examination of King Alfonso, and that the latter had been pronounced a degenerate. It was for this reason, the rumor concluded, that England's sovereign had ordered off all negotiations. Fulled at Berlin. Foiled though they were In this at tempt, tho diplomatic matchmakers did not give up. There must be a marriage. They were confronted with the proposi tion that If anything happened to the 19-year-old King he would be succeeded by hip sister's oldest son. Such an event meant all klndj of trouble, for the lato Princess of the Asturias had been un popular, and her husband. Prince Cartas. Mill more so. for his was the odium of being the mn of the Count of Caserta, the chief lieutenant of Don Carlos, pre tender to the throne and representative f everything distasteful in Spanish volitlcs. Rather than have this take place, the Ministers went after Alfonso afresh, and craftily pointed out to him that tho crown of Spain would profit enormously from a union with Germany. Fortunately the Kaiser had a daughter, his only one. Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia, William was reported as viewing the project favorably, and Invited Alfonso a Seven Mistakes, by Principal W. I. Marshall ltev M- 130118 Reviews tc Chicago Plan's Pamphlet on tlic WhlUnan-Savetl-Orcffon Discussion. ROFESSOR MARSHALL, of Chi cago, is the author of two recent works which have reference to th early history f the North Pacific Coast, and especially in regard to the work of Dr. Marcus Whitman and its relation to It. One is entitled "History vs. the Whlt-man-Saved-Oregon Story." (1904). and the other "Tho Hudson's Bay Company's Ar chives Furnish no Support to the Whlt-man-Savod-Oregon Story." (190G). Most of the lattor appeared also in. The Ore gontan of March 2C, August 13, 20, 27 and September 3. 190G. A part of these were entitled. "Seven Pure Fictions Concerning Marcus Whitman." The professor also expects soon to publish a much larger work on the same subject. In all of these tho professor takes strong ground against the Idea, that Dr. Marcus Whitman did anything or even went East In 1S42-3. In order to do any thing to save Oregon or any part of It to the United States. Without doubt all readers of these writ ings of his will agree In regard to four things that ho, has professed to go to the "original sources" for his Information aud statomonts; that his oppbnonts have suppressed very -much valuable Informa tion In rogard to the question under con sideration, which did not favor their side; that some of them have made so many mistakes In tholr statements that It Is very difficult to believe most that they havo written, this bolng especially no ticeable In regard to the statements of IMshlng Eells. H. H. Spalding. W. H. Gray W. A. Mowry. O. W. Nixon and M. Lolls, and that the professor has spent much time In his researches, and has learned much In regard to many points. Two questions, however, now arise in regard to him. Is ho reliable in his statements, and when he has learned facts is his reasoning good, so that his conclusions are correct. First Are his statements reliable? Gn the first page of his lntr6duction to "History vs. the Whltman-Saved-Oregon Story," he speaks of Harvey W. Scott, editor In chief of The Oregonlan and first president of tho Oregon Historical So eloty. and who he and I and many others gne In saying Is a, very able and learned man. Professor Marshall, how few weeks ago to stay for a time In his ! realm. Nothing loth, the King accopted, and went to Berlin early In November. Again came the rumors that 11 le matter had been fixed, .and that the Kaiser's daughter, after becoming a member of the Catholic Church, would, when she be comes of marriageable age. two years hence, mount the throne of Spain. But again the prophets probed all at sea, and after a short stay the Kins: loft Germany, and It is said that the greet ings exchanged between himself and the Kaiser at his leave-taking did not begin to equal In cordiality those that had marked their meeting. r-v Xo Success In Vienna. ?5 Having failed in Germany and Great Britain, the counsellors bethought them selves of Austria. Here was a country where the royal families were Just as good Catholics as Alfonso himself. . No difficulties could arise, on that score. The Archduchess Gabriellc was the Ideal brldo for Spain's King. The wedding would unite once more the fortunes of two na tions who had been Joined In the past under the great Emperor, Charles V. King Alfonso wasn't averse to looking the Archduchess over. That feature of the programme satisfied blm admirably, but as In the case of the old proverb about one man being able to lead a horse to water, but ten not being able to make him drink, it was a very different matter from persuading tho King to go to the court of the Emperor Francis Joseph to getting him to press the royal lady to become his Queen. Again the wise men of state were forced to glvo it up for a bad job. Two other names have also been men tioned in connection with the project of providing Spain with a Queen the Prin cess Ena, of Battenburg. and the Duchess Marie Antoinette, of Meoklenburg Schwerln. The latter is two. years older than tho King of Spain, and belongs to the Catholic branch of the family, the reigning Grand Dukes being selected from the Protestant branch, from which the heir' to the throne of Germany selected his bride. There was much to recommend the se lection of Marie, not the least being her charms of person and her popularity, but the coy King still fought off the Inev itable. His Latest Flirtation. Regarding the Princess Ena, f Bat tenburg, the report of the engagement, after being semi-officlally promulgated, was. after Alfonso's visit. Just as vig orously denied by both sides, which is proof that while the plan was undoubted ly entertained at first. It had been dropped ever, says that he "is a native of the old Oregon Territory" Now as Mr. Scott Is partly on his side, as the Dro lessor was In Portland twice at least before he wrote that, where Mr. Scott lives, and goes to original sources for his information, it must De so; and yet I do say it is not true. It is exactly opposite from the truth and is just as plain a mistake as any with which he has ever charged Rev. 1L H. Spalding. Under date of February 17, 1677, Mr. Scott wrote me as I was preparing sketches of the alumni of Pacific Uni versity according to a request of that body: "Born in Tazewell County, Illi nois, February 1. 1S3S. came to Oregon in September. 1S52." Lang's "History of the Willamette Valley" (p. S17) says that he was "born In Tazewell County. Illi nois. February 1. 1S3S." In an address at Pacific University and published la The Oregonlan September 19, 1901. Mr. Scott said: "About the first thing our family heard of when wo came to Ore gonI was then In my early boyhood was tlie school at Forest Grove. This wag in 1832." In how many other places these two facts have been published I know not. but doubtless In many. As far as I have known Professor Marshall is the only person who has learned that Mr. Scott is a native of the old Ore gon. The information is certainly "orig inal" with him. Second On page El of the same book, when referring to the diary of Rev. H. H. Spalding. Professor Marshall says. "From this diary, which has been in Rev. M. Eells possession for many years, he has only published 61 words (on p. 18 of his pamphlet. Marcus Whitman. M. D.). and those CI words not tfll 2SS3." This. too. must be so. as the professor has his facts from original investigations. But I am ready to say again that It Is just as great a mistake as he has ever charged upon Mr. Spalding or Gray, in the Whitman College Quarterly of March. 1S99. pp. 9, 10, 12. 13. 14. and June, 1S99. pp. 3, 4. are considerably more than 00 words from that journal, different from the fil referred to. If my memory is not at fault when the professor was in my room where those Quarterlies were In 1902, and I referred to the fact that I had written a sketch of Mr. Spalding's life, and offered to show It to him, he said he did not care anything about it. as he was searching for original writing. 1. he was then engaged in reading Mr. Spalding's JouraaL Over T2 words from fik. (kv jctjRjs jzox&jz. szcszr fl fill JFZ05&. S7Z&TT Canr after the King had enjoyed his usual lit tle flirtation. The mother of Alfonso is said to favor the Archduchess of Mccklenburg Schwerln, but has refrained from taking any active part in the discussion for tho reason that In a matter of such moment Bho wants the King to have as much freedom of action as possible. Perhaps the most Interesting of all the theories advanced In explanation of the King's extraordinary Indifference to the charms of Europe's princesses, is that he has actually conceived the Idea of mar rying an American, preferably Alice Roosevelt, the daughter of the President. It is known that Alfonso Is a groat ad mirer nf things American, and feels that Spain would profit by the Infusion of American Ideas. He has planned for the last twa years to visit the United States. It would be one of the most astonishing events In the history of the nations It he came here a-wooing. that diary I published In the San Fran cisco Pacific in January and February. Third On page SS Professor Marshall writes In regard to a letter written In 1S42. as follows: "He (Mr. Eells) has never In all his voluminous writings quot ed the order. L e.. to discontinue a part of the mission, nor quoted ono word from Walkers 16-pago letter of October 3, 1S42, Indorsed as correct by his father (which he admits he has In his posses sion)." This is as complete a mistake as the two preceding ones. On page 14 of an address, which I delivered at the com mencement of Whitman College June 1 1SSS. and which was published. I held that letter In my hand, and quoted 40 words from it. While I have never lit erally quoted the order to discontinue tho mission verbatim, for I am quite jsuro I have never seen it. as tt Is la Boston, yet I have often referred to It and have stated that It was made. On the page referred to (p. 14). I also said: "Four years after his arrival (that of Rev. E. Walker), an order came to dis continue the two southern stations of the missions, at Lapwal and In this val ley (Walla Walla)." I also said that one reason that Dr. Whitman went East was to do what he could to save the southern stations of the mission, and that that Iottor. pleading for their continuance was written to assist him. Again. In my "History of Indian Mis sions. published In 1SS2. p. 43, I make practically the same statement, and add that "Messrs. Spalding and Gray were to return East, and Dr. Whitman was to join the Spokane mission." In the Pacific of San Francisco, of April 23, 1SSS, after giving the reasons for the order. I wrote that the board sent "an order to discontinue the sta tions among tho Cayuses and Ncz Percos." I said practically the same in the Whitman College Quarterly, of March. 1BSS, p. S., and page 63 of my "Re ply to Professor Bourne." (4). On page 27 of Professor Mar shall's pamphlet, "The Hudson's Bay Company Archives," etc, he refers to the burning of tho house of Rev. G. Eells in January, 1S4J. and of a letter which he wrote to Dr. Green. He quotes from that letter as follows: "Mr. Mc Donald, who Is In charge of Fort Col vlllc. on hearing of our misfortune, unasked, dispatched four men Imme diately, and they soon made our house habitable. Two gentlemen of the Hud son's Bay Company. Messrs. McLean and McPherson, volunteered their serv ices to assist In whatever was nec essary to be done, and came at the same time with them, cr rather led the march. All camped upon the ground when the marching must have been not less than ten below zero and the snow from six inches to a foot In depth. This Is but a specimen of the unvarying kindness shown us by the gentlemen of the Hudson's Bay Company with whom we have had any particular intercourse or connec tion.' Professor Marshall adds: No ad vocate of the Whitman Legend has ever quoted this letter or alluded to this action of the Hudson's Bay Com pany." This last statement, I must say. Is as far from the truth as the preceding: ones, and as plain a mistake as any with which he has charged his op ponents, for I published It ten years before he did. On page 101 of my book. "Father Eells." I quoted the same word for word, except that where the Hud son's Ba Company Is referred td the first time. I wrote "Company" Instead Musings for Three Minutes dp By Marcus -W. Robbins On How to Make the "World Bclicvo You Are Great Begin ly Believing It Yourself. TO fool the other fellow successfully, you first have to fool yourself. Try to remember this the next time that you arc helping to frame a political plat form, compound a little liver pill or estab lish a new religion. Take the successful real estate agent. Tho reason that he convinces you your purchaso of a corner lot In Hazel hurst Addition will place you next door to the gates of Paradise Is because he believes it himself; that Is, for the 15 minutes he spends on you. We miss a great many opportunities of enjoyment by not taking advantage of circumstances right at hand. It Is not necessary to go to the theater and hear May Irwin by paying thre dollars to get a little bit of life's comedy; you can get It for nothing right around the block. Get a hair cut. put on a new suit of clothes, then call on your nearest real estate agent and explain that you are a stranger seeking a home. Comedy will commence to -come In great chunks; street-car lines, railroads and rolling mills galore will be trotted before your astonished vision and you arc liable to buy a glacier on Mount Hood for an Ice Slant before you wake up. And of course he believes most of It or he would not be in the business and making a success of It. Then look at our great men and so-called statesmen. The first requisite for getting Into a position of that sort Is to adopt the New Thought philosophy and go Into the silence. After you have gone In a decent distance, say a couple of miles, and com muned with your thoughts, providing they are cot too dlsanrecable. you want to say over to yourself a reasonable number of times. "I am a great man." This Is guar anteed to work wonders. To iaure a of "Co.." and where It Is referred to the second time I wrote "Company" in stead of "Hudson's Bay Co.." and a printer's mistake in the last lino makes In my quotation the word "no" for complete cure for mediocrity, however, the treatment has to be repeated at fre quent intervals. There is one agreeable thing about this treatment, though, and that Is the fact that it grows more pleas ant with repetition. In fact some pa tients carry it so far that they Insist on their friends and acquaintances repeating the honeyed phrase. We see examples right here In Oregon of the powerful effects of this formula. What would George C of Clackamas or "Windy Josephine" have amounted to. if each had not kept saying over to himself, "I am a statesman." and also Insisting that the rest of us join In on the chorus? Why, simply nothing at alL They would have been in a perpetual state of Innocu ous desuetude. Even In philosophy does our law hold true. Here Is a Chicago philosopher who Is striving to bring the world around to the Idea that the surface of the earth is concave rather than convex and that the sun Is In the center. This makes us liv ing on the inside of the sphere rather than on the outside. Tou say, "Bats in in the belfry." Sure; but the man be lieves In it himself, and so finds followers and supporters. Besides, Chicago has giv en us worse things than a concave earth, and as long as the beef trust makes only a profit of 29 cents on each steer killed we surely cannot complain whether we are on the Inside or the outside of tho earth. Right here occurs an Idea. It has al ways been a great problem with tho sociologist to, arrive at some method for selecting an intelligent vote. Nw I sug gest that when a young- man arrives at the age of 21. be go before a commission of respectable cltisens and that they ask him a question something tEfca this: "Do or "any." With this last exception I quot ed It exactly as It is in tho Missionary Herald for October, 1S41. (5) On pages 22-3 of tho last-named pamphlet, where Professor Marshall discusses the subject that there was no opposition to the American mission aries In Oregon by the Hudson's Bay Company, he says: "The correspond nco and diaries of these missionaries (Messrs. Spalding. Whitman. C. Eells. Walker and their wives, and Mr. Park er) during the whole of the existence of the mission give no support to the claims made by Reverends Myron and Edwin Eella since the publication of my "History vs. the Whitman-Saved Oregon Story. that while the officers of the Hudson's Bay Company were generally friendly, tho employes were at all times hostile and bitter toward the missionaries." you believe the beef trust to be a philan thropic Institution?" If he answers Intel ligently, let him vote: If he does not, cast him out into utter darkness. Of course, the constitutional fellows would want a precedent for this, and so I would refer them to Gideon, who chose tho men for his army by the way each one drank water out of the creek. As a parting bit of wisdom, let me in form you that you arc more liable to got three dollars a day if you think you are doing nine dollars' worth of work. I be lieve those arc tho latest figures on the subject. MARCUS W. ROBBINS. Grant's Pass. Or. "ISMS" NOT MAIN ISSUE Our Public Schools Are In the Main Iilfceivcrs. CoUIers. Sectarian vs. public schools, an issue which ought to have been dead and hurled long ago, shows signs of Ufa again. It has lately reappeared in a semi-virulent form In Chicago. and it has been made a primary political issue in Canada. There is the same ld-tlme recklessness of state ment on the part of the foes of the public schools, and the same brazen disregard of facts. Among other things. Is the familiar denunciation of the schools as god less and Irreligious. If the foes of the public schools mean that they are not sectarian, agreed; this is greatly to their credit. Schools are not necessarily godless or irreligious be cause they are not managed by Presby terianism, Catholiciraa, or some other tern. The fact is tho $ibIc schools were never mora ret la their eo4eavors to reach, the hair tMags of tfee chfld nature, aad to While the professor puts this claim in finer print. and In quotation marks, yet one tfalnff is noticeable; ho does not refer to any letter, article, lecture or anything where the claim was made. A3 far as I am concerned I say that the statement is as, far from the truth as any of -his preceding ones. Since the publication of that work of his, I have not written or said anything of the kind: nor even at any other time to my remembrance have I ever said, written or even thought of mak ing such a claim. I have also before me all of the pub lished statements of Edward Eells .'since Professor Marshall published hi book, and nowhere does he make su." a statement. The only claim that we have ever made 'which would give any color l the professor's statement is that aftc the coming of the Catholic missior aries in 1S38. some of the Hudson Bay Company's employes who were Catholics very naturally worked f ir 'the success of .their religion amon.; the Indians. In support of this stat ment I quote from one of Dr. Whltmar letters to his brother, written in Mnw 1S41. Mr. Pambrun was in charge of Fo Walla Walla for several years before 1 death, and he and Dr. Whitman wt ever on friendly terms. He died from tv effects of an injury, and Dr. Whitman :i tended him then, and did all he coU' for him. Tet Dr. Whitman, knew that lr was a Catholic and favored their side, an- wrote as follows: "There Is likely to be a strong Catholic division here for on thing. It has been "fostered more or 1c? by our late neighbor. Mr. Pambrun, wr died on the 15th Inst." Sixth On pages 72 and 73, "History vs. Whitman Saved, etc." the professor finds fault with me for saying that the test' mony of Rev. E. Walker was not ob tained before his death In 1S77, before t ,e Whitman controversy arose. The pro fessor says: "Could anything be more disingenuous? .... But he was too thor oughly honest a man to make any state ments they (the advocates of the claim. made for Dr. Whitman) could use." In answer I would say that Dr. A. H. Steel", a resident of Oregon City In early day where Mr. Walker lived for a time, when told that Mr. Evans said that no one be fore ISoo claimed that Dr. Whitman saved the country, said: "Mr. Walker told m that In Oregon City teii years before that" (my "Reply to Bourne," page ID. and Oregonlan of May 21. 18S3) Mrs. Walker and some of their sons have made a similar claim as to Mr. Walker's statements .Yet now Professor Marshall. who was never In Oregon If I am not mistaken before Mr. Walker's death, an-1 never saw him. claims to know more about his opinion than his wife, sons and acquaintance. Seventh In regard to my statement that Mr. Walker died In 1S77, "before th controversy arose." the professor say (page 73) "The controversy was con stantly on after 1S63." This I deny, and class It with his statement that Mr. Scott is a native of the old Oregon. As far as I have ever been able to learn. the first persons who wroto In favor of the Idea that Dr. Whitman saved Oregon were S. A. Clarke. In the Sacramento Union In 1S&4: H. H. Spalding In the San Francisco Pacific In 1S63, in the Alban -States Rights' Democrat., 1S6S-8. and In hla Congressional pamphlet In 1S7I; ( Eells. In the Missionary Herald In 1SGR; G. H. Atkinson in the same magazine i:i 1S6S; Mrs. F. F. Victor in the "River o' the.Trest," 1S69 (page 30S); W. H. Gray In his history of Oregon In 1870, from articles he had previously published In the As torian. and H. Rs Hlnes In the Ladles Repository In 186S. I am not aware that there was ever any public reply to any of these articles until 1878. and consequently no controversy. That year Hon. EL Evans In an address In Seattle stated his disbelief in It. This was heard by comparatively few, and was not published until 1SS0, when It came out In the" North Pacific Coast. Mrs. F. F. Victor took the same side In the Callforn- lan In 1SS0. Between this time and 1SS3 the controversy became quite general and was participated In mainly by Mrs. Victor and E. Evans on one side, and W. H. Gray. E. C. Ross and Mr. Eells on the other. But I am unable to understand how anyone can say. that "the contro versy was constantly on after 1S6G." These seven mistakes of his, so con trary to the truth, four of them with ref erence to one person, myself, raise the 'question: Is he reliable in his statements? He sat for the greater part of two days in my room studying, where he could easily nave learned the truth about these matters, some of the time within five feet of books which would havo corrected him, but evidently failed to go to "origin al sources" for his statements. One, at least, of the above works of mine he has had: he has lived In Chicago, almost under the shadow of one of the great libraries of America, where all of the3e works are presumably kept, and yet has failed to learn the truth. It Is strange that one person recently said to me In regard to him, that he had made vast research and learned much and yet he would not take any statement of his without first Investigating for himself to see whether It were true or not. M. EELLS. Union, Wash., November, 1003. Inculcate principles of right conduct, than at present, and they are succeeding. To. maintain that the Influence of our schools Is Irreligious is a gratuitous Insult to the thousands of devoted Christian schoolteachers the continent over. It Is to be suspected that those who insist upon the irrellgiousness of our public schools somehow confuse creed and deed, a theory of religion with Its spirit. Our schools In the main are llfeglvers. They teach no "Ism," no particular creed, but they do surround the child with cultural and spiritual Influences which constitute the most vital elements of religion. Talk ing botany to a seed will not make it they do surround tho child with cultural and spiritual influences which constitute sprout, nor does teaching a particular the ology make a child a Christian. That the schools do not teach the favorite re ligious theories of this or that church is no sign at all that they aro Irreligious. We certainly need conscience as well as brain. We are not overburdened with a pense of our obligation to righteousness. We are victimized by educated knaves as well as by ignorant ones. But people need, not fall Into the error of confuting sectarianism with religion, or ungodliness with the absence of church control. Common 3IIstake. "Bligglns says that when he went to school he-was one of the brightest boys In his class." "Yes," answered' the sporting man: "that's where so many of us fall down getting out of our class." Washing ton Star. Wanted It Heversed. "This cheese Is full of holes," com plained the prospective purchaser. "Yes, sir," said the proprietor. "That's right." "Haven't you got one with the holes fall of cheese?" Loalsville Couria Journal.