The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-11-30
WIscELLANE0us FOREIGN NEWS.
TO November 9th.i
THE PRuasIAN ELKcrroNs

ITO November sshI /
THE PRUssIAN ELECTIONS.
AS the returns Of the elections come in
it becomes clear that the Catholics in Prusl
sia will gain notable accession Of siren 9th
though they will of course still be in a mosH
decided minority. At Cologne, out Of n
600 votes polled, 1900 were given to t5J
Catholics and only 900 to the MinisteriaI'1
lists but as the Catholic voters were min
cipa!Iy of the poorer class, the system y
dividing the votes into three categoriea o1
taxpayers will give the larger represent
tation to the lesser number. Bat the sue
cess in these preliminary elections was Al l.
ready sufficient in the Rhine proyinces
WesSphalia, and Silesia, to render il proI
bable. in the opinion of the correspondent
of the Hour, that instead of 62 membersI
as in the last Landtag, the Catholics wit
nave "a or S5 in the new one. The screw
one who could be considered in GovernJ
ment employ, even down to railway ofiscial{
and postmen. And the northumberland
between the Pope and the Emperor IN
been used even more directly than We SUM-
posed 1t would be. AT Aix-ia. Chapelie r.
has been hawked about by police agent
on loose sheet, end electors have been m.
quested to observe what a knockdown blov1
the Emperor has dealt to the Pope. Az
the same time, at meeting in the electoral
district of Lublinitz, Prince Won Hohenlohsl
lngelfngen had the courage to make ths
following assertion: Gin electing UltraJ
montana Deputies" he said, "you are el
Getting men who are for sukjecting the Stat
to the domination of priests, for makina
the German Emperor the subject of tn
Pope, for multiplying the success of Princd|
Bismarck's policy, and the heroic exploit
of our Emperor, our generals, and op1
army, who would cause the new Germau
Empire to fall to pieces, and thus in
lure the interests of our Prussian Father
land" But the known results of 4l2 ou
OF 432 final elections have now furnished
three sections of the Liberals taken togetherE
are estimated at 230 aud of these the ST
Progressists are not to be entirely depend.A
ed on by the Government. Then there areEl
20 Old Conservatives, IL New Conserved
tives, and 80 Free Conservatives as oil
the Centrums-fraction or Catholics hi
Poles, two Danes and three HanoyerianH
Particularists, 80 that a temporary coaii.| \
ton between the Conservative, Particular
lsts, and Centre might any time constitute 3
very important opposition which detection
Of the Progressists would convert into al
MGR. LEDoCHowsKI.
The Archbishop of Posen, who is liable
TO forty three suits, has had q second csr.
rage and pair seized in satisfaction of Fl
fresh fine of 200 thalers imposed on him 4
for negtecting to institute to Filehue q d
parish priest acceptable to the Government, Il
He has further been sentenced to six d
nonths' imprisonment in satisfaction Of
ines to the amount of 900 thalers inflicted Fl
IN him for other infractions of the persecu- =
ion laws.
RADICAL PLOT IN FRANcE.
M. Theirs, who 10 silently conducting the
whole Opposition campaign, has, already II
had to preach prudence to the Radicals.
Not only are their organs driving the Left Fl
Centre back on the Right, as we have just
but there are awkward dis.
closures respecting their proceedings Of
That there existed a regular conspiracy to ID
seize the Presidents niece, the Marauise dc 4
MacMahon, at her chateau of Sally in the II
Saone ct Loire, and to detain her as host
age In the event of a Monarchical Restora-
ton. It is reported that other persons
we're also to be kidnapped, but that the
capture of Madam de MacMahon was re-
solved on is quite certain several persons,
nclnding some Radical notabilities, have
oeen arrested, and papers have been found,
which Impticate, 30 it Is said, certain de-
puties OF the Left in the plot.
CHURCH AND STATE IN AUSTRIA.
The Reichsrath, or Imperial Parliament,
was opened ON Nov. 4th by the Emperor in
oerson. The speech from the throne was
for the most part by domestic
matters. There is but one paragraph in it
which can have the least interest for our
'eaders; it 10 that in which, it is announced
hat the Government will submit for par.
iamentary consideration "Bills with the Il
'bject of completing and reforming exist.
ng legislation concerning the relations be-
ween the Catholic Church and the States
We shall watch, not without anxiety, tho
!ature of those embryo Billie for during r
he sojourn of the New Kaiser aud persecu.
or of the Church in Germany at Vienna
here were some incidents emiuently cal.
ulated to arouse Catholic suspicious and
ppreheusions. On one day the German
Emperor and the Austrian Emperor had Il
ong private interview. Then the German
nd Austrian Chancellors, Bismarck and
.ndrassy, were closeted together. Then
he Italian Minister was called in; and
hen the Austrian Emperor and the two
and, if we rightly recollect,
he representative of the Robber- King had
long consultation. Was the Matching Of
ne promised laws, respecting the relations
the Catholic Church aud the State in the
AUSTRIAN Empire the object of these confer
ncee9