The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1873-11-23
lEtscELLAME0Us FOREIGN NEWS.
ITO November LIST.
THE CHARGE AGAINST THE GERMAN B1sHors.

rHE CHARGE AGAINST THE GERMAN BISHOPS. | IT
When an assertion is met by precisely
he same answer from two perfectly lnde.
pendent quarters, people usualiy ln1er Snat ip
It. We asked last week the following I
question of the Times: By what means, tl
cons stitutional or unconstitutional, nave v
the Catholics in Germany opposed the con- Il
solidation of German unityi oy IN +
means, we added, let the f
fact be proved, let some evidence De at i
least adduced in support of it. And this a
is exactly the question which q letter, at I
tributed to the Bishop of Mainz has put TO q
the Emperor. The letter is publlshed IN f
the Mainser Journal under the signature of /
"W."-it is really from Herr Wasslnger, t
the editor-and addresses the Emperor |
thus: "Your Majesty has charged us IN (:
the face of Europe with disloyal intrigues.
Quoted within the limits of the laws, and
in that case you were not justified in bring.
ing the charge against US, or our conduct
has transgressed the laws, and accordingly
we have committed the crime of treason.
Will your Majesty then order your Gov
ernment, on the ground of the facts which
must be at your disposal in presence of
such charge, to indict our leaders as
| traitors7 After your Majesty has uttered
so frightful an accusation against our hon
to prove how ill-informed you have been"
| Of course the Government will DO nothing |
of the kind the gratuitous and baseless
accusation is too necessary to Its case. IL
is being continually repeated witness the
following statement Of the Prussian cor
respondent of the Times, which appeared
in that paper as recently as Tuesday;
"Only when Infallibility was rendered
practical by orders being given to the
priests to preach and agitate against unity,
did this Government proceed to reprlsals."
SENTENCES ON THE ARcHBIsHoPs OF COL
These reprisals are being carried out to
the letter Of the law. For each appointment
of a priest, the Bishops receive a hne or,
| as an alternative, term of Imprisonment,
the penalties for each act being added up
, 40 as to form q considerable total. Thus
, Mgr, Melchers, Archbishop of Cologne, has
! been this week sentenced for six appoint
E ments to pay a fine of ,29O thaiers, or De
!, imprisoned for twelve months. The last
sentence on Archbishop Ledochowski has
been executed by the seizure Of his horses
and carriage the arrest of the Archbishop
:, himself being impossible, as he is still ill in
;. bed. The Central Committee of the
= "Euvres Pontificales in Belgium has
y sent a warm address of sympathy to this
prosecuted prelate, in the name OF the Bel
pian Catholics, with an offer of hospitality
in the event of his Punishment from Ger
ID many.
r.. ANOTHER ATTACK ON MGR. LEDoCHOwsK1
I'D An unfortunate Canon of Guesen, by
Ia name Dulinski, has joined in the attack or
oil. his Archbishop by publishing in the Gov
sit ernment paper several letters which he SEN
sst to Rome in 1871, and in which he accused
u.s. to the see by undue influence. He cites I
ice letter written to a member of the chapte
snt by Princess Odeschalchi, in which tha
ht- lady, who is Pole, and naturally inter
rls' ested in the matter, recommends the chap
oy. ter to vote for Mgr. Ledochowski; adding
sss almost prophetically: "The Prussia
ry. Government is the worst of all, and all tn
nds prudence of Mgr. Ledochowski will b
es'' needed" Canon Dulinski must be indee
art. b ard up for proofs if he endeavors to sur
yle' vice written by private individual, whic
suit only proves that the writer foresaw MOI
than appeared on the surface of affairs. 4
tho that time the relations of Prussia and tt
}, at Holy See were apparently excellent, ,!
~ Of the Polish Prncesss letter was not Il
,nr only thing which now looks like predi
onn ton. When Mgr. Ledochowski was
aga. start for his diocese, the Holy Father p1
tion around his neck chain and pectoral eros
= ha 1t was the cross and chain of Mgr. Fra
,bev zoni, Archbishop of Turin, the first Bisht
Ian. exiled by the Piedmontese Governmer
$. at and the first victim of italian unity. Al
lity. the ring which the Archbishop of Pos
rest wears is that of Mgr. Lubienski, Bishop
d be Augustowo, who expired under very 81
picious circumstances on his way to exile
Siberia.
" ,s,o>5 ~, WING rpo,r cSpspN
John
Iie.. who are being driven out of Gnesen, are
q i'm. seems, all foreigners that is to say, mt
and of them, though Polee, are natives
him Prussan Poland, and some are Fren
and from Aroyes. Ahey "eTo SneES!oie oEueE
etc. to depart under the clause which perm
taips the expulsion of aliens; but they are
n our purely contemplative order, and it cot
2 tho not be pretended that they were doing t
State any harm. There was, thereto
some hope that the order would be
,ann scinded, but it appears that the autho
rar,ro ties laid their hands upon a collection
,o hymns which the Nuns had made-hyn
n.,.. ~ in honor of the Sacred Heart. 1t has be
we'll ueo 1 a. = 49, - - 4:k: 80 tI:c1, :,
"a t0a al belief, that is in the Real Presence. "T
o ~ .hn will appear incredible" says letter fir
~ ;"r ' 10 Posen, but it is strictly true, and
,Un s,~ ~ Nuns will have to quit their convent in
e., lor, ~