The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1872-09-15


the city during the Siege, when the tnrou =
lent and lawless elements of the population
had possessed themselves of "chassepots," !
and were openly organizing schemes OF Pill :
days in the surrender-such is Genera ?. .
Uhrich's argument-would have placed the
unfortunate citizens between two dangers
the horrors of an assault by the enemy OUT
desperadoes inside. Such is the line OF the
Generals defence; and the forthcoming
| volu me, about to be published by Dentu,
will show whether it ia tenable or not.
SWITZERLAND.
The London Tablet of the gath, gives the
follew wing answer to the mis- statements OF
the press regarding the Bshopric of
Geneva The Pail Mall Gazette, of Satur-
day last. contains, with respect to the pre-
tended new Bishopric of Geneva, the most
curious bit of (no doubt unintentlonai?
misrepresentation. 1t had been allegeo
about to be re.established as an independ,
ent Bishopric under that title, and we had
contradicted the statement, which was
being made use of as psetext ;e;as Tor yena1
"Their contradictions turn ont to be un-
) warranted" says the Pail Mall Gazette,
and then proceeds to give its own. version
} of the case, a version whicO, in the space
as to facts. "Geneva,'" it says, "Q was
made Bshopric, and Monsignore Mer-
; millod, (2) formerly in partibMs, and
flaming zealot of Infallibility. t3) was ap-
pointed Bishop (l Since Geneva ss Cav;nist is ai
8 it is natural the Government of the Canton
: shou,d be anxious to prevent it becoming
Q the centre of religious discords ana aglta
a tions. (5) 1t has not, of course, recognized
: the authority of the new Bishop. and on a
It recent occasion, when some appointments
a of Cures to vacant parishes had to De
l. made, the Government requested the Bishop
e of Eribourg to nominate as (G) usual. ms
y was designed by the civil powers TO or'ng
d not been made Bishopric. The Bishop
" whom our contemporary calls Bishop OF
n Fribourg is styled Bishop of Lausanne and
% Geneva, though he resides at Frloourg'
xt Geneva has always been Bishoprlc'
er though its Bishop in ordinary has not re-
he sided in the city since the Reformation.
to Monsignor Mermillod. (2) "formerly ~ par
has not now been prL"n oe ae
y" ron in partibus, and coadjutor or :" "auxl,i-
g. ary" for the diocese of Geneva to the
ed Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva, In 1904
e- His position has been in no degree aitereo
al since then. (4) Instead of Geneva oeins'
- almost exclusively Protestant or Calvin
ist," the Catholics, taking town and can
ton together, are, according to the last cen
p. sus in a decided maj ority, and in the can
20 20 ton alone in very large majority, th'
10, canton having been made up by the Con
~. o gress of Vienna of parishes annexed iron
Ii. France and Savoy. (5) The previous Coy
hie ernments have practically recognized Tn
d.. authority Of the auxiliary Bishop In IN
~ W nomination of cures, for it is he who i'a
"a nominated them ever since his appoint
90. 90 ment in 1864. The present Government
es. therefore, have not requested the blsho
the of Fribourg" to nominate 10Y as ueua
viz Wv for such has not been the use. But 1t
er. quite true that "this was desired by til
e e.e civil powers to bring matters to a crisis ;
NO that is, to furnish q pretext for expeilint
: ~ or otherwise interfering with Mgr. Merml
arts ,us of the Canton of Geneva for the last egt
oaS o.. years, and whose status has during ths
an time been in no wise altered. The Ia
90 a' Mall Gazette should be more careful as
,ent its facts before venturing on the assertio
,sd that " contradictions are unwarranted."
IN The Expulsion of the Teaching Orders
vi While we are this subject we pa
,.eo record the actual close of the schools of Il
sro. Sisters of Charity and the Brothers
ond Christian Doctrine at Geneva. In Il
o.,;. parts of the canton and from the neighbo
.ssi az ing departments of France, where, to II
ras eternal shame of Geneva, freedom is bett
'ea ,es understood, Mgr. Mermillod addressed I'll
the she been prescribed in one Of those bursts
,,an VIC eloquence in which he is unrivalled. CT
"sI, schoels,' he said, "will open ss befol
.S.o Our Catholic schools will remain prospe
tba GUS. IheGOVernment mas lts pTlsous,
,ssn gendarmes, its laws, the press, all t
ta tSat forces of the State, and it is afraid of
.naS 1uaS teen Brothers. What had it to fear We
ouH ou,;A the Brothers conspirators They we
,nn,. every day at work from four o'clock in t
onIs morning, in labor, in suffering, in the 4
o+Ie tt.e tigues of the class rooms, and Geneva
90 'n oS had the ingratitude to drive them ava
10 si.oi oi But let US not say 'Geneva;' it is n
!, tha Geneva which expels them. 1t is not t
'"o true Geneva which speaks by the mouth
their prosecutors; it is the Geneva of Is;
able the Geneva of the buchers of Calv
ty Bot,n said the Bishop, and here
ng TO touched the real motive for the persec
was finn 81 the futnre belongs to the Cath oil
keep M, carteret (tle President of the canto
IL knows it, and has said it in the Ora
only Council. Already he said, the Cath
fert' lies form the majority of the population
pc of more tIvey viii be the majority of the ell,
spot, toral body. We must meet this eventual
aoie and for this reason take away the scho