The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-03-02
IiscEILaNEo6s FoREoN NEWS,

The London Tablet publishes the follow
ing correspondent from Russia dated st.
Peter sburg, Jan. 19-Feb.
KhiSa.-In tho newspapers, in the streets
and in the saloons, no name ID heard out
Khiva. The talk is who shall JOIN TINS
| absurd expedition which will end ny rum
| ing the country. 1 know that pubic opin.
ion in England is somewhat e1c'teo aoou'
| it, but Englishmen have 70 need for alarm.
| The danger, if any, is all on our sue;
| This expedition is a great act of vanity, ana
I it will DO for Russia very much what Mex
! leo was for France. Nobody expects IL 10
succeed under the command OF such Gen
puished himself expect by logging monks
| and nuns at Wilma. 1t is certain to coat
much moro than it is worth, and to do us
| immens harm by taking away our troops
| from points where they are most wanted
| and even if our forces do gain some TEN
porary successes, you Will see that no soila
results.will occur. Russia's enemies have
cause to rejoice at this Imperial fantasy
| for my own part am lover of my country,
and assure you l feel in utter despair
about it; and shall be most thankful to
Lord Granville if he can prevent 1T from
taking place.
Prince Gortschakof was all along opposed
to this performance, but he Is now aged,
gouty and nervous. 1t is o Swiss, ono Nj.
the Russian Foreign office.
| Church and .Statc.-Your countryman,
Mr. Hepworth Dixon, has called Russia a
"free" country she will be such in reality
| whenever the minds of men shall have be-
come emancipated (; when they are no
longer catalogued and penned together
J like sheep in n paddock and prohibited
| from going out of the circle which they
have had drawn around him with the sabre.
| During the last five years the Russian Gov
eminent has abolished three Catholic do
ceses, five seminaries have also been closed,
and $50 Catholic churches metamorphosed
into "Orthodox" temples. At this very
Ole Church in Poland are being put up to
sale. Anybody may buy them, Jews,
Turks, Protestants, or iDfidels but no
Catholic need apply to become a pur-
chaser. All the "Liberal newspapers APP
prove these measures and applaud them.
The lfoscow Gazette, however, with CLEAN
of common eense, takes note of the fact
that all this silly and brutal persecution is
at the same time utterly inefficacious.
They are Juddi-ing Poland, but not Russi
| fling her. Everyone here who reflects
much on political presages is anticipating
that q conflict with Germany must take
place inevitably, at nearer or more re-
mote period. Would it not be the commonest
prudence for our statesmen to endeavor to
make Russian policy counterpoise to
| that Of Bismarck, rather than to become
his accomplices in the war which he has
declared against the Catholic religion"
The policy of Cancellation stares them in
the face, and yet they do not see it, such is
the blindness of their rejudice.
GERMANY.
PruSsian "Amcndinents" on the Constifu-
tion.-In consequence of the obvious in
consistency of the new ecclesiastical law
| with the 18th and 18th Articles of the Prus-
sian Constitution, the Ministry has felt
itself obliged to introduce a preliminary
! law which in effect abrogates the liberties
The 18th Article was thus worded: "The
Evangelical Church and the Catholic
Church, as well as every other religious
denomination, themselves regulate and
administer their own affairs, To this
the following paragraph is added :"Never-
laws, MS we'll as to tho legal superin ten
dence of the State )" and the same quail.
fcation is applied to the paragraph which
declares that "every religious body shall
continue to possess and enjoy the insttu-
tons, foundations, and revenues destined
its charitable uses" The 18th Article de-
clared that the right "of collation., pro-
position, election, or confirmation to &C.
clesiastical benefices was suppressed in so
far as it belonged to the State, and was
not founded on patronage or other legiti-
mate titles" For this the following clause
is substituted: "The general condition for
the training, nomination, or removal of
ecclesiastics, as we'll as the limits of the
disciplinary power of the clergy, are deter
mined by the law. The nomination of
chaplains to the army and to public institu-
tons is regulated by special DEGREES. :"
These proposals passed their second read
ing on Friday week after speech from
DR.. Falk, in which he urged the protest of
the Bishop of Paderborn against the propos-
ed tyrannical enactments as an argument
for the necessity ofthose euactments; which
is pretty much as if man who rem onstrated
against being gagged, were told that he
must be gagged because he had been &c
rebelious as to protest against it. The
Bill passed it's third reading ON Feb 18th by
245 to ITO votes. There can be little doubt
that the bills for which this is a prepare
ton will also pass, and that a very active
and severe persecution will be set on foot
against the Bishops.
Bavaria Y. PrusSia.-The King of Bay-
has been making sensation in Germany
or rather, what he said month ago is be
ing used to create sensation now. AT