The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1873-11-21
AVAILABILITY AND ROYALTY.
Interesting Correspondence Between
Pic and Wilhelm.

II ILO anu AACkH.
The following correspondence
between the Pope and King Viii
liam will be interesting TO all oul
readers. 1900
q = VATICAN, August Z, 1873.
Your MAJESTY: Measures which
have been adopted by your Males
tvs government for some time
past, all aim more and more at the
destruction of Catholicism. When
seriously ponder over the causes
which may have led to these very
hard measures 1 confess that an
unable to discover any reasons fol
such Q course. On the other hand
/ am informed that your Majesty
does not cOuntenance the proceed
ings of your government, and
does not approve the harshness OF
the measures adopted against the
Catholic religion. If then it be
true, that your Majesty does not
approVe thereof, and the letters
which your august Majesty has
addressed to me formerly, might
sufficiently demonstratett that you
cannot approve that which Is now
occurring, II, 1 say, your Majesty
does not approve Of your govern
ment continuing in the path it has
chosen Of further extending its
vigorous measures against the re
ligioni OF Jesus Christ, whereby
the latter Is most injuriously az
fected, will your Majesty then not
become convinced that there
measures have no other effect than
that OF undermining your Males
ty's own throne? / speak with
frankness, for my banner is truth /;
I speak in order to fulfill one OF
my duties, which consists in tell
ing truth to all, even to those who
are not Catholics, for every one
who has been baptised belongs, in
some way or other-which to de-
fine more fully would be here out
Of place-belongs, 1 say, to the
Pope. / cherish the conviction
that your Majesty will receive my
observations with your usual
goodness, and will adopt the meas
ures necessary in the present case.
While Offering to your Most Ora
cious Majesty the expression of
my devotion and esteem, l pray to
God that he may enfold your
Majesty and myself in one and
the same band OF mercy.
(Signed) Pro.
The following is the reply of the
Emperor wilhelm: eals
BERLIN, September 3, 1878.
1 am glad your Holiness has, as
in former times, done me the hon.
or to write to me. I rejoice more
at this, since an opportunity is
hereby afforded me for correcting
errors, which, as it appears from
the contents of the letter of your
Holiness of the 7th of August,
must have occurred in the COM
munication you have received re-
lating to German affairs. If the
reports which are made to your
Holiness respecting German ques-
tions only stated the truth, it
would be impossible for your Ho-
Illness to entertain the supposition
that our government enters upon
9 path which do not approves
According to the constitution of
my State such q case cannot hap
pen, since the laws and govern
ment of Prussia require my con-
sent as sovereign. To my deep
sorrow, the powers of my Catholic
subjects have organized, for the
past two years . political party
which endeavors to disturb, by in
trigues hostile to the States relig-
ious peace, which has existed in
Prussia for centuries, and Catholic
priests have, unfortunately, not
only approved, but joined in it, to
the extent of revolt against exist
ing laws. 1t will not have es-
capped the observation of your
Holiness, that similar indications
manifest themselves at the present
time, in several European, and in
some Transatlantic States. 1t is
not my mission to investigate the
causes by which the clergy and
faithful Of the Christian demon
nations can be induced actively
to assist the enemies of all law.
But it is certainly my mission to
protect the internal peace, and
preserve the authority of States
whose government has been en-
trusted to me by God. 1 am con,
scious that owe hereafter an &C
count OF the accomplishment of
this, my kingly duty. I shall
maintain order and law in all my
States against all attacks as long
IS God gives me power. / am In
duty bound to do it as q Christian
monarch, even when, to my sor-
row, ] have to fulfill this royal
duty against servants of the
church which suppose acknowl-
edges no less than the Evangelical
Church that commandment OF
obedience to secular authority is
an emanation of the revealed will
Of God. Many of the priests in
Prussia sucject to your Holiness
disown. to my regret, the Chris
tian doctrine in this respect, and
place my government under thi:
necessity, supported by . great
majority of my evangelical sub
jects, of extorting obedience tC
the laws by. worldly means. Iwil
lingly entertain the hope that YOU
Holiness, upon being informed o
the true version of affairs, will usC
your authority to put an end Il
the agitation carried on amid tn,
deplorable distortions of truth
and abuse of priestly authority
The religion of Jesus Christ has
as I attest 20 your Holiness befor,
God, nothing to do with these in
trigues any more than has trutl
whose banner is invoked by you
Holiness ! upreservedly subscribe
There 10 one more expression il
the letter of your Holiness, whicl
] cannot pass over without contra
J diction, although it is not base
upon previous information, bu
upon the belief of your Holinel
namely: The expression ths
} every one that has received bal
: tism belongs to the Pope. TIL
evangelical creed, which, as mus
, be known to your Holiness, /, iik
II nay ancestors and the majority {
i my subjects profess, does not pc
! NIT az to accept in our relation I
: God any other mediator than OF
, Lord Jesus Chrisk The differenS
{ Of belief does not prevent me FRO
& living In peace with those who q
: not share mine, and offering yol
]. Holiness the expression of N
y personal devotion and esteem.
(Signed) WILLIAM.