The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-04-06

ser. Milioutine, the friend of Proudhon,
started for Warsaw, taking with him his
janisaries and his popes. In one year he
ruined thousands of landed proprietors,
and shut mp hundreds of churches; then,
through fear of being poisoned, he yielded
up his post to Tcherkasky; who, though
equally ferocious, was much less clever,
and 50 could not long be supported by the
Emperor.
RecoH Of this Policy on Russia.-To- day,
| is found that no more advance has been
made than before, and that every thing has
| to be begun over again! The peasantry
having no disputes with their landlords,
are on the best of terms with them Po-
land has become somewhat less Catholic
than she was before, but she has not been
made more revolutionary. The Socialist
principles that had been preached on one
bank of the Vistula, have crossed that riv-
er, and are beginning to be terribly felt on
the banks of the Neva.
Reaction.-In presence of this danger,
there is a happy reaction in the Govern
ment. Instead of sitting Catholicism,
they are now summoning 1t to their assis
lance. and are making rapprochement to
the Holy See; but AS our statesmen have
no idea of the Church, they are trying to
serve their own ends by it, and to reduce
it to servitude instead of earning Gods
blessing by serving it. With the former
OI LueSe hOtlVeS, lucy are at In6 present
time laboring hard to get the Russian Ian
guage introduced into the Catholic service.
Their efforts up to the last date, are we'll
described in a book just published at Paris
The Persecution of the Church in Lithuania
Copies are being secretly circulated here.
1t is the best book the Poles have ever
published it is full Of dramatic, yet IN
exaggerated facts.
MGR. sTRossMAYER.
whether speech attributed to Mgr. Stress
mayer during the Council, and published
as his by certain Protestant and revolu-
tionary papers, was genuine. We have at
different times referred our readers to q
denial of its authenticity by the Pail Nall
Gazette, and to diavowal OF it by Mgr.
Strossmayer himself, contained in q letter
TO the late Mgr. Fessler. The Bishop has
now had an opportunity of disavowing it
again. There has been great, though fu-
tile attempt to get up an extensive Dollin-
gerist party at Constance, and in the inter-
ests of this agitation, report was set up
that Mgr. Strossmayer was favorable to it.
A telegram was accordingly se6t to the
Bishop, 70 ask whether he was really the
author of the speech ascrioed to him,
and the answer received was Certainly
not; and the DEGREES of the Council are
published"
THE ORIENTAL scHIsMs.
There is every reason to hope that the
Chaldean Schism is virtually at an end,
The Holy Father is reported to have ad-
dressed to the Patriarch, Mgr. Audi, a
brief, absolving him from the censures in
Cured By him in supporting the Armenian
schismatics, and he has been authorized to
remove Mgr. Altar from the see of Diar-
bekir and to substitute for him provision
ally, Mgr. Khajat. 1t is believed, says the
Tnirers, that there will be an interchange
of sees between these two prelates, with a
view, We conclude, of removing every OBJ
stacle to the submission of the schismat-
les.