The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-09-21

~ III nomo, 70 oostiueu, IL womb seem, to
be produced by internal causes and not by
foreign conquest. And whatever demon
STATIONS of affection Prince bismarck
may now lavish on his Italian friends. it
by no means follows that he would stir
finger to set them up again, If their seat
were overthrow by internal connections,
and If, as in the case of Spain, the other
Powers declined to interfere. We need
scarcely say that We are speaking of O
spontaneous attack on Italy by France,
were Italy to initiate the struggle by an
insult to France, or by fresh outrAges
against the Holy See, the case would Of
course be different.
PROSECUTIONS OF GERMAN BISHOPS.
The prosecutions of Bishops for the
nomination of parish priests continue in
Germany. The Prince Bishop of Bres,au
is il; presented s;e9 for having appointed sile-
out having obtained the approval of the
President of the province; and the Bishop
OF F%da for having named Herr Pfarrer to
the parish of Wippers, and Canon Weber
to that of Fulda. The Bishop of Fulda
has, like his colleagues, replied to the cita-
ton BY declaring that in matters purely
ecclesiastical, and, above all, in what con-
cerns the canonicsl institution Of parish
priests, he cannot recognize any competent
Judge except the Holy See, that he there
fore adheres to the collective protest of the
German Bishops, and that he cannot VOL
unfairly appear before the court, nor ac-
knowledge the validity of any further
measures adopted by it. The reply of Mgr.
LedOchowski to the President of the prov
ioce, the text Of which appears in Posen
paper, is q model OF moderation and fair
ness. Nevertheless, the seminary of that
city has been forcibiy closed by a Ministe-
ground that the withdrawal of the State
subventioh had proved insufficient to in-
duce the Archbishop and the "regente "
OF the seminary to submit to the require
ments of the Government. "The seminary
will remain closed" continues the decree,
law Of the llth May and the decisions of
the Government concerning them"
THE RATEsoR ADDRESS.
policy of persecution, the estate Catho-
lics," or those who were supposed to merit
that designation, are falling off notably.
Persons whose names were appended to
the notorious Ratibor address are con-
stantly Withdrawing their signatures in a
they had signed the document either
through surprise or by mistake.
THE CASE OF DIR. MArzNER. I
The appeal OF DR.. Matzner, editor of the !
Bonn paper, the Deutschc Rsichsseitung,
against the sentence Of a months impri- |
sonment inflicted on him by. the lower |
has been sent back to the Court OF First |
Instance. Dr.. Matzner's alleged offence |
was that he published in his paper |
the protest of the Superior of the Jesuit |
College at Maria-Laach, and the declara-
ton in favor Of the Jesuits put forth by the |
not seem clear, however, whether the Su-
perior Court which has now decided in his |
favor, is the Provincial Court Of Appeal, or
the Supreme Court of Appeal ut Berlin.
In the first of the two cases, we fear thas |
DIR. Matzner may not be at the end of his
peal have before now shown that they have
the courage to respect the constitutional
liberties of the individual, and have had
their decisions subsequently, quashed by
the Superior Court, which attaches a higher
Importance to supposed political exigencies,
1t is to be hoped, therefore, that the judg,
mept in this case is one of the Court at Z
Berlin. The Bishop of Ermland has also a
prosecution brought against him for having
excomm unicated the ex-parish pariest of
Insterhurg, Herr Grunert, whose case we
noticed at the time. Tho action is brought
by Herr Gruuert, on the pretext that the
episcopal sentence as equivalent to defa-
nation.
THE PROSECUTIONS IN SWITZERLAND.
Al %" tZeElhuQ mAGterS are getting
worse. In the Canton Berne, the parisR |,
priest of Trimbach, Herr Hausherr, has
been sentenced to two months imprison-
ment and two years Punishment for having
baptized Child, and priests are constantly
being denounced and punished for the per
torrance of purely spiritual Duties Five
priests in one parish are summoned for
having heard confessions; one for having
given benediction with the "Zyboire," as
the gendarme who informed against him
spells it. A young priest arriving from the
German College at Rome, is Immediately ;
summoned before the judge to declare his
views, and to state whether he has received
any faculties from the Bishop. A parish ,
priest breaches to his Pensioners ia his :
own barn, and is informed against: The !
Able Stouder being turned out of his par :
sh at Courgenay, retires to his native place, !
Oelemont. and there he is severely treated !
" the Protestant project for baving an .
'eared in choir with the other clergy and :
'nce or twice sung mass. This same pre-
ect lnstructs mayor to prevent q priest. 4
Who had recently arrived to admi Mister n l.
'arish deprived of its cure, from EXERCISING !,
us functions, as he had not been appointed
y the State, observing that if the parish
rna1 try Il