The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-01-25
1GIsoKLLANxous FOREIGN NEWS.
ITO January 3rd.l

THE PRUssIAN CATHOLICS AND THE EMPIRE. b
Another important passage in tho speech q
OF Herr Reichensperger, to which We called =
pointed out in . letter to the Spectator. '
Speaking of tho imputation of disloy alty to T
united Germany which 10 the stock argu- Z
ment In defence of the Falck laws, Herr .
Reichensperger declared that the electoral :
all German Catholics, which enabled Ger
many to unite and put forth all her strength,
and thus prepared the way for glorious
victory. The Left laughed, but the speaker
the resolution Of the maj ority in the bava-
rian Diet and the mobilization OF the
Bavarian army rendered possible. The
majority of the Bavarian Diet had to
decide on this point, and the efforts of my
friends contributed to this important deci-
sion" And as the Radicals still laughed,
Herr Reichensperger appealed to the chief
of the National Liberals 81 have q wit
ness," he said, " to what 1 afirm-ask Herr
Laskern And Herr Lasker replied "Per-
fectly true" The revelation has made no
little sensation; and the AlIgemeine Zeitmng, /
itself Bavarian paper, and therefore |
peculiarly competent witness, though it
prefers to ascribe the act of the Bavarian |
moment" die Macht des Augen blicks y
does not affect to deny that the Catholic
leaders in Prussia did use their influence in
the sense indicated by Herr Reichensper-
ger )" and Herr Jorg, the leader OF the
Bavarian majority, In letter which he has
just published, though he does not recollect
that the mobilization of the Bsvarisn
army was promoted by any represen tations
from the Prussian Catholics, admits it to
be q certain fact that the latter were favora-
BILE to the uniacation of Germany and the
institution of the Empire, and asserts that
their influence was used to obtain the ad-
herenoe OF Bavaria to the offer Of the Inn
perial Crown to the King Of Prussia at
A>vv x4rfdN t fNy
independent testimonies to the truth of
what we have 80 persistently asserted
namely, that previously to the recent anti
Catholic legislation the Prussan dynasty
3 and the new Empire had no more faithful
D and attached supporters than the Prussian
. Catholics.
, LORD RUSSELL AND THE PRUssIAN PROTEST
, The Berlin correspondence of the London
;, press continues to dwell on the satisfaction
u with which the prospect of Lord Russell's
3 intended meeting is regarded by the Prus-
l. oppressive policy. The Poet, however,
n points out that the Protestants of Prussia
!. experience no such enthusissm as that
10 which inspires tho author Of the Durham
10 letter. {" And the reason is that in Germany
l. the fact is notorious, which in this country
), is overlooked that f" the particular policy
II of which the Roman Catholics complain il
N only part of general scheme by which
= ecclesiastical authority of whatever kind
N throughout Prussia is to be reduced to 6
II minimum"
~ THE PERSECUTION AT GENEVA.
Or We have had occasion before this t.
n point out that the telegraphic agencies il
Of are entirely under the influence Of the new
>" sect. A patent proof of this is furnished
H. by the extraordinarily impudent Telegram
y which appeared In the English papers oil
on Tuesday. Here itis "Geneva, Decembe
~ 2o.-Three paroohial councils and thre
% cures were elected yesterday, the succesefu
o., candidates being all Liberals. The cure
he elected are M. Marshall, at Careuge; M
nd Perrochon, at Lancy; and N. Gully, a
wn Chene. Several persons abstained fror
Ia. voting. The proceedings passed of quietly.
~, The italics are Our own, and the passage
Die 80 marked are certainly calculated to pro
We duce the impression that the Catholics an
ids the adherents OF M. Loyson's schism ha
lily each their candidates, and that the latte
,s) out-voted the former, few parishioner
-. only abstaining from the poll. The res
ny facts are these. No Catholics voted, fo
es' the very good reason that the bene6ces ar
cd. for those benefces but the three foreig
me- apostates who were elected. No wonde
an. then, that they were successful. The "Ol
.r Catholics" OF those who profess to belon
. ION to that body, signed petition to the Coy
len take the anti Catholic 3. oath; they,
or. course, refused, and the Government o.
mo dered an election, as though the cures wei
ia vacant. The same Old Catholics thereupo
'o contrived to fud three rebelious priest
put them up for a hole and corner electio
: to and as nobody else would take part in
ood of course carried their men. The re
lev. priests, who are expelled from the
~. churches and presbyteries, have publisht
''0' an admirable protest. The second part
BRA the same telegram relates TO another pr
we tension of an incredibly cool descriptio
"A general meeting of Liberal Catholics
res there were only about 500 " present
Or a was held on Monday in the Hall of Il
,ioh Institute at Geneva. 1t was there prOpos
on that the Committee should be invited
ouT take peedful steps to obtain the use
ere, Notre Dame, the principal Cath olic churc
cat. and Pro Cathedral of the town, built
lere voluntary subscriptions from Catholics
wa all lands. 1t was suggested by the NOV
that "the two bodies into which the Cat
enS olics are divided should celebrate the