The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-08-09
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN NEWS.
AUSTRIA.
The Emperor Takes a Firm Stand Against the
Liberals.

AUSIhlAs
The Emperor Takes Firm Stand Against the
Liberals.
VIENNA, July TO-, 1874.
Lately the Emperor held two Councils, one
with the Ministers about politics, the other
with the Archduke Albrecht, the Minister OF
War, Baron Roller, and General John, about
the reorganization of the army. Both Councils
show that the Emperor is at last taking things
into his own hands. especially the Councils
with the Ministers convinces MS of this and
may assure You that never were Ministers in a
more fatal position than ours.//Their sup.
porters, the Liberal party, push them on the
understand that he~is neither satisfied with
them nor with their doings, and has perempto-
rily ordered them to altar their course, and
adopt q more moderate and concliatory policy
on all subjects, and not to try to provoke a
religious conflict, which he never would per-
nit. On account of this Imperial command
the Governors of the different countries of the
Monarchy have received orders froru the Min
istry to keep back the hot-headed subaltern
officers, and to notify these new instructions to
the Bishops, asking them for the sake of peace
to advise the clergy not to give the authorities
any reason for complaint. Although these
instructions to the Governors were to be a
secret, the Liberal party has got informed of
them and as it wants to force the CONFLICT on,
this anger in the different newspapers shows
us of what sort their loyalty is Not only the
organ of Vienna Judaism, the Neue frete Presee,
but also the special organ of the Minister, Dr.
Stremayer, not to care about the command of
the Emperor, but to fulfill the wishes of the
Liberal party other wise they threaten that
he shall be forced to leave his post For such
articles our public accuser, the Staatsanwalt,
has neither eyes nor ears. but If such Catholic
newspaper as the Taterland complains of the
anomaly exhibited by the national and German
schools in Moravia, where, for population of
1000 Germans and 1000 Jews, ten German
schools exist, and for one-and-a half million of
Moravians only two national schools, and:
entreats the Government to be just to the
Moravians, the Staatsanwalt accuses the paper
and compes the Liberal jury with all sorts of
sophisms to condemn the editor, as was the
case last Tuesday, whom the editor was con-
demned to one months imprisonment and 100
forins fine. But from this you may see how
very we'll our Staatsanwalt, certain Count
Lamezan, studies and initiates Prussian modes
of procedure.
Although our ministers know the firm will of
the Emperor, they nevertheless do not cease to
endeavor by all means to strengthen their
party and suppress the opposition for the sake
of keeping their places and salaries. Not only
political intrigues, but also acts of injustice
are employed to further this end. To-day
will only mention two cases which speak for
ii emselves, and show to what grade of corrup-
tion our statesmen already have come. In a
former session of the Rechrath a subvention
for the poorer clergy was voted and in
session another subvention for
persons injured in storms and natural acct
dents. In both cases the Government is
authorized to distribute the subvention and it
does so thus.
priest, who is not a persona grata to the
Ministry, either gets nothing, or on such con-
ditions that he cannot accept. Quite recently
several priests have sent the subyention back
with the notice that upon such conditions they
could not accept any help, however much they
were in need of it, and would rather suffer
want than betray the Church. must mention
here that the subordinate clergy Throughout the
Empire have not more per annum than from
200 to 300 FORMS and good parish is worth
from 800 to 1900. In the same manner the
for damages by the elements is
effected. In Moravia, Silesia, Syria, Carinthia
and Carniola, where several inundations took
place in the spring, only such persons got help
from the Government as were known to be
followers of the Liberal party. How scandal
GUS the preference is, the following example
may show:
Three weeks ago the vice-governor of
Carniola, Prince Lothar Metternich, travelled
over those parts of this country which had
suffered, to distribute the subvention of 10000
forms, but in what manner did he do it One
man, who had suffered the greatest damage,
and was nearly ruined through water-spont,
got nothing, and, that there might be doubt
for what reason, the Government commissary,
W no accompanied the vice-goveTnor his
voyage, is stated to have said to this man
' Mark this day well you get no subvention
because You did not give your vote at the last
elections to the Government candidate" Such
stories are related in all parts of the Monarchy
AS evidence of the corrupt tendencies of the
Ii LIBERAL statesmen.
In Bohemia the elections The
Liberals were beaten everywhere The result |
is that there are two-thirds of national Deputies
to one-thrd OF Liberals and Young Czechs."
GERMANY.
- BERLIN, July 18th, 1874, =
The newspapers here have a great deal to
say about the Conference of our Bishops at
Fulda. OF course they know nothing at all
about it, Herr Aegid. the Director of Bis
narck 8 "Pressbureau," man who, if we'll
paid, is able to hear the grass growing. fabri-
lated, for want of other newss a whole budget
II facts" and tried to make people believe
hat the Conference had sued for terms OF
'eace, and had entreated the Government to
lold its hand, and promised full submission on
he part of themselves-the Bishops. need
lot say that every word of this is q truth a la
Aegidi. The Bishops are more than ever
ecided to defend the rights of Holy Church,
nd will neither in word nor deed yield or
wn conscience. One principal object of the