The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-09-20
German Events.


of priests, with seizures of the goods OF the
congregations. One or two instances may
be related here, to show how bratally the
Government is endeavoring to crush the
Church, and how excited the people are
through all of Germany. At Bimmen, near
CIeve, the priest Father Jansen was some
weeks ago ordered to leave his congregation
aud district. AS he did not obey, and con-
timed tending the flock entrusted to him
by God, he was violently conducted across
the frontiers of Holland on the 9th of
August. In the morning of the day named
a gendarme entered his house, and told him
that he had orders to escort him over the
frontier. At Father Jansen's request, how
ever, the qenddsme delayed execution of
the decree until the afternoon. Mean
while, the whole congregation assembled
before the presbytery, the women and
children lamented loudly, and even many
of the men, who were all deeply moved,
wept. After the priest had addressed his
Pensioners in q very feeling way, one OF
latter stepped out from the weeping crowd,
and declared that they all were come to
assure their shepherd, in the sorrowful mo
ment of parting, once more, of their lasting
love and affection; then he promised, in
the name of all, that they never would re-
cognise a priest as their shepherd who was
not sent by their bishop. All repeated with
a loud voice this VOW of fidelity, and
pressed around their pastor to shake his
took hold of the priest, and said, :" In the
name of the law I arrest you ~ Then he
took the Father with him towards the
Rhine, which is q mile distant from Bim-
men, and marks the boundary of Holland.
Father Jansen was conducted into a boat;
and landed on the opposite bank. His
Practitioners continued to gaze sorrowfully
from the Prussian side on their departing
priest, Is long as they could see him. The
Germania, commenting on the affair, says
that 1t does not dare to repeat what the
Hollanders say about such banishments of
priests.
There was, on the 18th of August, at
Neuwied, trial, which is very significant
of the present struggle in Germany. One
and twenty "disaffected Ultramontanes
were tried for breaking the laws against
public meetings. The deed, 80 fraught
with danger to the State, was as follows:
When Father Zimmerman had been dis
charged from prison and went to pay
visit to his parents at Neustadt, he was re-
ceived with public solemnities. At the
boundaries of the parish he was met by a
carriage decorated with flowers and
wreaths, and fourteen gentlemen on horse
back formed a guard of honor to escort
him. Father Zimmerman (who is again
| in prisop) was brought before the judges
| by an official from Cobientz, and was CON
demned to four weeks imprisonment, be-
cause he had expressed in a few words his
thanks for the kind reception! The parish
priest, having lent his carriage, was fiRed
| twenty five thalers. Another priest was
| fined five tbalers because he, at the request
of Father Zimmerman, got into the car
| riage and drove a part of the way. The
father and brother of Father Zimmerman
| were punished each with fine of twenty
| five thalers, because of the public re-
everyone who took part in the proceedings
was fined five thalers-even the coach
| man being fined one thaler. One, only of
| the accused persons was acquitted, an old
widow of seventy years, who took no part
| in the reception itself, as her house was an
hours walk distant; her only crime, on
| account of which che was accused, was,
| that she was the mother of the proprietor
of the horses by which the decorated car
rlage was drawn.
| AS Father Zimmerman had been so re-
ceived at Neustadt on his coming out of
the prison, near Treves, priest with
great solemnity was attended to the gaoi,
and the ceremony was arranged by young
ladies of the congregation. These ladies
were accused and condemned to imprison
ment, and those of them who did not go
oe their own accord were seized by the
| policemen and marched off by force. Five
of them are now imprisoned.
| The attachment of Catholics to their
Church manifested itself especially in the
| public sorrow evinced by all on account of
the death of Herr Won Matinokrodt, the
celebrated Catholic deputy. Not only in
almost all parish churches of Germany,
| but also wheresoever Catholic Germans are
| abroad, funeral services were held. So at
Rome the Catholic German Union evinced
the sympathy by sending a photograph of
his Holiness to the widow, under which
Plus TX, having been asked to give her
his benediction, wrete with his own hand
the words "Dominus tie benedicat ct in
viduitate sit tibi propitius ct clemens
Plus, Papa TX That protest will be one
of the most precious heirloons of the noble
family of Won Malinckrodt for ever
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