New-York tribune., 1871-04-22
ITALY.
rur CASE OF DIR. DoLLTNoER-TIIE rofE-cH'Ah
The o"'" IN ITALY. Lt.N-

THE CASE Or I'm
A IN TALL A-
fseom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENCE
N.,vs Anril 2.-No one on the other side OF
a., .uon,,c can be unacquanted with the name o' r'
D5nger the great antagonist OF the dogma " % ,.,.
,",, while prclates OF every rank and degree nave
their words deliberately spoken IN st fe'er
,a, year D5lllnger and Fabriz have hestated up W
,h nresent moment to recant Hard pressed ~ ias.'
,orta,oht was given TO them by the Vac"h in w'o"
rocant Fabriz lost time In rejecting tne Dos"''
D5lneer asked for yet few days more i'll WHICH W wno
mare his answer to 80 momentous question: ana .ho
,,oa,s IN Rome began to hope that hesitation implied
anproaobing submission They, however, mistook ther
man D5lincer was firm; he only required tme I'd
refue the Dogma completely, and now we nave ah
abridgment OF his answer. II was sent 10 tne Arch
bshop OF his Diocese, and concludes with the Following
words: OF cannot conceal from myself that were
some doctrines which led to the destruction OF the
old German Empire to become dominant In Ger
many they would SOW the seeds OF weakness
I'm the rising Empire" He declares that he cannot &C
cent the dogma of Infability Catholic, theolo
can historian. and citizen. He demands, either ID al
Assembly OF the German Episcopate at Fulda, or IN
Conference Of German fheoogans at Munich ina. ah
opportunity should be given him to prove that the doc
trne of Inallibty is opposed to the Holy scriptures
and TO tradition and Was rauduenty imported into the
church By such decision Dollinger i therefore, cut
of from the church-he ia anathema-and places nnh
sef at the head OF schsm, the ultimate consequences
OF which no pretend to predict man OF pro
found learning and unimpeachabe Integrity, no other
person could well have directed the movement,
movement 1t is to be- which will lead to an investigation
OF other pretensons the Church of Rome ana second
Reformation we NAV almost call It, has commenced un
der the happest auspices in the same old country whch
initiated the first or course the Professor must pro
pare himself every kind OF persecution ana enorts
will he made to deprive him OF his chair. nap
ply however this question has been already decided
| Gaia aud
lar Catholic Association of Prussia 1t seems had al
ready prayed the Minister of Public Worship TO remove
from their offices such teachers rejected the dogma OF
Infaliby. The OF the Minister Is decisive ne
cannot permit the Prince Bishop OF Bresiau 10 proceeo
against those Professors who have protested against the
dogma OF Infability because that would pe an in'e
ference with the power of controlling discipline, which
beones only 10 the state He arms moreover that he
cannot share the opinion Of those who assert tha tue
Professors have by their protest offended that Cathohe
character for which their chairs instituted because
that character determined and estaDlshed at an
| epoch when the decree of the dogma OF lhial-
| lbility did not exist, and for that reason they
| have not devated In the slightest degree from
| the spirt OF Catholic instruction which for cen
tures up to 1870 had been constantly pursued Noth-
inc could be decisive than this clear exposition OF
the views and intentions OF the German Imperial GOV
ernmcnt, and the sympathy which Donger expresses
for the renascent" Empire and his fears lest "some
|
tany diminish the protection he will receive. while
| IL will strengthen the anita gonism between Prussia and
| the Vatican.
The Pope it said is about TO leave. not for Bavaria
nor for England but for his country palace of Caster
Gandofo 1t has often been his Summer residence ana
lying as 1t does, eminence close to the Lake OF
Albano, a more delightful retirement could not be
chosen for His Holiness recruit his strength and tran
aulize his nerves 1t is OF the palaces reserved to
him by the Italian Parliament and as he avoids pub
lcity and recommended exercise by Lis medical men,
he will he able TO follow the prescription among an I'M
sophisticated people who have 10 more doubt OF his In
faibility than they have OF their own existence Such,
they say are the intended movements of the Pope but
il is mysterious game which Is being played, and pawns
and bishops may yet battle all the most probable calcu-
lations.
Already the exodus from Florence has commenced, and
much material has been sent southwark from the
Archives and the Ministerial offices. so that from this
time to July the cry will be- "They come they come.
Last Monday the authorities took possession of several
monasterics for public purposes, being small IN
sallment OF what will yet have TO he given up The
buildings appropriated are the Monastery OF Chiesa
Nuova and the Oratory OF the Fppin that of s. Maria
dele vergni, and that of s. Andrea della Vale No OPP
position was made, and everything was conducted with
perfect order the highest respect being paid TO sacred
and artistic objects. You may well imagine, however
the ind gnaon created among the cercas by what they
call this desecraon Of things holy We have not again
had renewal or tnOSe httHcS "hiVh 10"
weeks ago excited such apprehension The Jesuts many
of whom have left have perhaps learned the wisdom OF
prudence while the exalted among the Liberals
have Gained their susceptibility; both parties were In
the wrong Reports still float about Of the enrolment
Of Crusaders and pretend to indicate the loca
ties where it takes place believe that many OF the old
Zouaves have returned lately but surely there may be
variety of other motives for that besides the wish to en-
gage in a perilous enterprise.
Judging from the daily police reports and the state
ments the inhabitants there is much to be desired
regards public security but Rome by means in an
exceptional state, and statistics which lie before
me show an alarming increase, especially Of what
called crimes OF blood" throughout Italy Let us take
first those which regard Southern Italy In lS636i. In
the Province OF Naples Alone there were committed
crimes OF blood amounting to 2,7i8; In the next two
years. 3i16 in the term 3Oi and in 1s697O 1868
The proportion OF crimes against property Is the same
The Province OF salerno it appears enjoys the prmacy
OF crime in Southern Italy. Again. taking the whole
Kingdom from January, 1851 to May, 1870 $1,000 orders
~ arrest were various classes OF offenders