The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-09-18
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger,
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Inc 1tailans troops are again, in cOnse-.
quence or counter-orders from Florepcer
concentrating on the Roman frontier. They
are divided into three divisions. The first,
unoer 6en. COsenz, an ex-Garibaldian off
Ger, one of the Thousand of MARSHA. and
now, like Bixio, q General in the regular
army Dis headquarters are at Rieti. Gen.
maze De In Roche commands division at
Orvleto, and Gen. Ferrero third at Terni;
Gadorna commands the whole corps d'armee.
Inc heavy artillery has again rejoined the
forces from Sienna with the Geographic
corps, trains, and all the necessary material
ior entering active warfare. The interpret
iation on Roman affairs in the Italian
Chamoer last night was prefaced by de-
ciaration OF Lanza's, as we learn by tele-
graph. The Italian Government is taking
the greatest precautions at Ancona, arming
the batteries with the heaviest siege guns
ana sinking torpedOes in the harbor to pre-
vent any marine attack. The Quadrilateral,
700, ana Capua, are being put into a COM
plete state of defence.
PrussiA and Romc.-The aid of Prussia,
II 1T is given at all, does not seem likely to
oe given at present, and the semi-offi cial
Journals, as we'll as the NasiOne of Florence,
deny it categorically as extending beyond
the independence of the Pope and his free
communications with his CatL Ollie subjects,
which is the limit of tho instructions of M.
Brassier de st. Simon. That he has re-
turned at all to Florence is proof that the
quarrel has not been serious one between
the allies of 1866. M. Won Bismarck, too,
ls quite Macchiavelian enough 70 see that
giving q sufficient token to the Revolution
IL the best possible way of leading Italy to
her ruin. and the King of Prussia's we'll
known admiration of the Pope and sympa-
thy with the Catholics did not prevent his
Ministry intriguing with Garibaldian COM
mittees in 1867, or sending officers of the
Prussian staff to help Menotti "a fact
which can bear eyewitness toy any more
than his Majesty's notions of Divine right
prevented his overlooking their sanctity in
the case of King George of Hanover.
believe Prussia will use its influence to
prevent the Italians entering Rome itself,
if only to put Italy in position impossible
to last, and the Pope to be dependent on
Prussia in fact the same game as Napoleon
has played for the last ten years, and
C@sarism is no better for the Church under
q Prussian than French domination. The
independent existence of the Papal States
in their integrity is the keystone of Euro
pean ORDER and this will soon be more
patent than it is and if King William will
lay aside M. Won Bismarcks temporizing
with revolution, and restore the Pope to u
real state of freedom, he will have merited
to be ranked with Charlemagne; but to
tolerate annexation of the Patrimony of
st. Peter up to the gates of Rome, is to
tolerate state of things utterly grievous
to the millions of Catholics over whom he
aspires to rule Gratia Dirina as Emperor of
Germany.
The Papal Forces-Of all the measures
for defence and the forces at the Pope's dis
posal it would be imprudent to speak. Let
tiers from Viterbo report all quiet in that
province, but no " long this may last it is
Impossible to say. Mr.. Vavasour arrived
on Monday morning. OF such an example
as his it would be superfluous to speak,
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thusiasm for the Holy See that exists in
England. While our great old Catholic
names do not forget that duty, and honors
are the first objects in life, there is ample
assurance that the "second spring" is not
SO far off as we might fear when we look
love OF ease that governs to Eaany of our
Catholic youth. The Belgian Catholics in
tend forwarding eight hundred men in a
few days. Col. Allett has published an
order of the day, in which he appeals to
his officers for q subscription for the victim
of the unhappy mailman who fired from
the window of the Dutch Cercle. AS he
had never been Zouave, the corps are in
no way responsible, and the blame attaches
to the medical officers of the Lungara, who
to rid themselves of a gratuitous and for
eign patient, declared him cured. AS yet
the Urban Guard lis not on active duty,
save to drill, but those Englishmen who
from the >Marcheze Patrizi. The immediate
want is a numerous rank and file of Zouaves.
and especially of those who have pre-
>viously served.
The Holy Father went to St. Maria Mag
giore on Monday, and assisted at High
Mass, giving the usual benediction from the
Loggia. He walked down the Corso the
day after as far as San Giacomo in Augusta
from without the Porta del Popolo, and ap-
peared extremely well and surprisingly
firm and active in his step. The Fete Ma
poleOn was celebrated on the Assumption
at st. Louis du Faveurs, but, save the Am
bassador (who returned from Florence on
purpose), and our attache, not n soul be-
yond the ordinary congregation was pres
ent, and many of these even went to St.
Maggiore to see theS Pope. The news of
the defeat of the French before Metz on
the 18th has just arrived, and also of the
march of the Prussians on Barbecue.
Among those killed at Woerth was the Pere
de Becoston, s. j., while administering the
last rites to a wounded soldier.
AUGUST 1S.-Italy and Prussia.-The
Nasione states in its issue of last night that
an attache of the Prussian legation at Rome
has visited the King, at his headquarters
near Coblenz, nRyder to ascertain his Ma
jesty's intentions a. to the temporal power.
The King is saidato have replied that he
should in no way oppose any Catholic Ger
man power who, after the war, might de-
sire, on being requested by the Pope, to
replace the French garrison by a German
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