28 SEPTEMBER 1895, Page 2

The Shahzada's visit to Rome was marked by a very

pic- turesque incident. He spent a whole morning in St. Peter's examining the monuments, and finally he and all his atten- dants read the Fatihah, the Mahommedan confession of faith, at the tomb of St. Peter. This act must of course have been sanctioned and approved by the Pope, or it would make a good case for very strong diplomatic remonstrance. It is curious to consider that a parallel case would be for a Christian Prince and his suite to read out the Apostles' Creed at Mecca in front of the tomb of the Prophet, an insult which• would be avenged by immediate murder.