The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-08-27
NUMBER 80.

NUMBER 80.
cisive war without treaty or compromise.
Let the Governments know our patience
was great, but it has now come to an end.
We Catholics have q right to demand the
liberty of our Church, and it is the duty Of
the Governments to satisfy our demands /;
we pay them the blood tax, but we arc
tired of being cheated by vain promises.
The only assurance we demand is the with
drawal Of Victor Emmanuel, and the COM
plete restoration of the Papal States. We
act of grace NO, we demand it Imperative
~ as our right. Hear it, ye mighty Of the
earth hear 1t, ye Governments, whatever
your names may be; hear 1t, Bismarck,
Gladstone, Beuat aud Andrassy. Tho Ca
thoiics bid you satisfy their just demands,
believe US; do not neglect our warning. II
You do not restore the Catholic Church to
all her rights, not one of the existing Gov
ernments will continue to exist."-London
Register:
The True State of the Case-The VOL
staat publishes an extraordinary statemept,
which it says is official, about the number
of sick and wounded in the German army
during the late war. Apart altogether
from deaths, the Central Bureau of In
formation in Berlin reports that within
twelve months it has authenticated $50, 900
German cases Of wounds aud sickness, ind
70, 600 French cases. This, of course, re-
presents the total number who went
through the hospitals, but it Is not the GUS
tom in the Prnsaian army to 60 ON the sick
list for trif1es. Tie reduction in the gene
raj power aud comfort of the young men Of
the nation represented in these figures
must be very great.
AISACE AND LORRAINE.
The population of the provinces of Al
SAGE and Lorraine have manifested their
irritation at being torn from France and
annexed to Germany by abstaining from
taking part in the election of municipal
councillors, which has thus been rendered
abortive. At Thanh, out of 1900 electors.
only Is voted; at Guebwiller, out of 2564
electors, only 325 voted and thu same aG
Dornach and Lalisheim. At Lntterlich
only one vote was registered. At COlmar
than one-half the electors went to the
polls. The consequence is that the cleo
lions have failed altogether in the Upper,
while but few have succeed in the Lower
Rhine Districts.
According to the German Correspondent
the Government of Germany has decided
that railway rolling stock is not to be con-
sidered fair prize Of war and the carriages
taken from the French are accordingly tO be
returned as soon as possible. No Govern
ment has, however, given in its adhesion TO
this view of the case, and the question,
railway carriages in all are said 10 have
been captured by German troops, aud some
were taken in actual battle.
1t is stated in n German paper that Prus-
sa has entered into negotiations with Aus
tria and Bavaria in order to concert
measures in common for dealing with pend
ing religious questions, especially those
arising out of the prom lgation of the In
falibility Dogma. Complimentary letters
! indicating o good understanding GU the
subject are said to have passed between
Prince Bismarck and Count Beust.
Great sensation was caused in Dresden
by the order of the Catholic Bishop Dish
op of Leontopolis) to celebrate High Mass
in Leipzig, on Monday, in honor of the
Feast of st. Ignatius Loyola, the Jesuit
Order having been suppressed in Saxony
under the severest penalties.
The Minister of Worship, Won Muhler,
before leaving Berlin for Salzburg, issued
a general order to the provincial Govern /
ments to report to him on his return upon
the political agitations undertaken IN theiE
districts by the clerical party.
The Berlin Government has assigned {
chapel at Kuttowitz to the Priest Kaminski
, who was communicated few days slnct
for refusing to submit to the !nfallibiiit,
T Dogma, for the celebration of Mass for tn
anti -Infalliblity party.
A BELGIUM AND HOLLAND.
: An idea has been started of amalgamG
n ting the two nations OF Belgium and Ho
n land under the name of the !" Federal r.
n public of the Low Countries" 1t is gai
L ing ground in both countries, and n socie
v has been formed to carry it out. 1t is i
IF deed high time for both Belgium and He
70 land to look to themselves, and to ia
20 active measures to thwart the ambitio
10 designs of the indefatigable and unscrup
st lous Bismarck. Such federation woI
DO prove a strong one, and would, morrow
81 establish claim on France and Engla
g. for assistance in case OF need Nor wo1
IN France herself, partially crippled as sh
ly for q time, object to try the chances of V