The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-03-22
MISCELLANEOUS FOREIGN NEWS
ITO FEBRUARY asth.l
THE PROSECUTIONS.

1t is met by her pastors with the same
Christian heroism and submission in all
things lawful to the civil power. A most
important circular from the Bishops of
Germany, which teaches the faithful their
duties in the present troubles, has reached
us shortly before going to press the limits
of our space compel us to publish only the
first part of it, reserving the remainder for
next week. In Russian Poland, the United
Greek Church is again subjected to terri
BILE persecution, and the details of what
can be called nothing but massacre will
be found in our Russian Correspondents
letter. In Brazil, the courageous Bishop of
Pernambuco has been arbitrarily conveyed
to prison at Rio, and the Bishop of that
city, meeting him on his arrival, threw
himself on his knees, asked his blessing,
and placed his own pectoral cross and
chain around his neck. Such scenes re-
mind one of those which were to be wit
messed during the early Byzantine persecu-
tions, and the brave Metropolitan of Brazil,
the Archbishop of Bahia, has addressed a
most impressive letter Of remonstrance to
the Emperor, declaring that if the Bishop of
Pernambuco is guilty, the whole episcopate
of Brazil is guilty too. In Switzerland the
expulsion and imprisonment of the Jura
priests continues, and the Federal Council
is sure to pay no attention to their protest.
In the meanwhile the G Government which
oxpels and banisles Bishops and priests
because of their I" dependence on a foreign
prelate," sanctions the Institutions of the
Schismatic intruders by Nj. Herzog in the
name of the Prussian Bishop Reinkens.
TIE EMPEROR WILLIAMS LETTER.
The Emperor William has written to
Lord Russell in terms which prove that he
shares the official delusion about " the
great Meetingn and "the sympathies of the
principally remarkable for two things:
first for the re-appearance of the Emperor's
fixed idea about his Inheritance of the
struggle from the Hohenstauffen Emperors;
and secondly, for the following statement.
which it is impossible, as the French would
say, to equality" or describe. "The latest
measures of my Government" says the
Emperor, Z" do not Infringe upon the
Romish Church or the free exercise of their
religion by her yotaries." 1t is no doubt
very astonishing to the Emperor, but it is
true nevertheless, that every Catholic in
do " infringe on the Church." and do inter-
fere with the exercise of the Catholic
religion. And the Circular of the Prussian
Bishops proves it. And while the En-
peror pens these words, the draft Bills are
actually ready by which the Government
from the country, or to "intern," at it's
option, instead of fining any Bishops who
may refuse to comply with the restrictions
on his spiritual Office imposed by these
laws. And the laws are such as to move
even the " Anti-Ultramontane" Saturday
Reriew to the following expression of it's
feelings: In the abstract we cannot ap-
prove of anybody breaking the law, but we
feel a little mercy when the law would
almost seem to have been made on purpose
to tempt people to break it," We, of
course, should put it thus: When the law
would not disobey their conscience to break
it.
CATHOLIC MEETING AT BERLIN.
A public meeting of Catholics has been
held at Berlin to protest against the resolu-
tons of English sSmpathizers with perse-
cution. The speeches are reported to have
been forcible and very courageous, but
there is an extraordinary discrepancy be-
tween the French and the English tele-
grams as regards the speakers. According
to tho former, all the principal deputies of
the Centre spoke, according to the latter,
mono of them.
Last week singular scene was visible in
the Berlin Reichstag. The deputies from
Alsace Lorraine entered the Assembly in a
body, two and two, with the Bishops of
Strasburg and Metz at their head, after
which they preferred request that those
of them who could not speak in German
might be allowed to address the House in
German Assembly this was impossible, and
NJ. Teutsch was then put forward to read a
| speech in German. His name in itself
excited no little hilarity, "Teutsch " as
opposed to " Deutsch" being word which
expresses all that is German of the Ger
mans,' and the effect of man with such q
name protesting against being treated as a
German, WAS much the same as if an en-
thusiastic Irish Nationalist who could not
speak anything but Erse were to appear
with the name of Mr.. John Bull. But the
tenor of NJ. Teutsch's speech was I'M Ger
man enough. He protested, in the name
of his colleagues and his province, against
the annexation which had been accom-
plshed by a transgression of the limits by
| which n civilized nation should be bound ;
a remark received with a stormy disap-
prevail which the courageous speaker depre-
Gated, observing that his ignorance of the
language he was obliged to use might
have caused him to use words meaning
more than he intended. He proceeded to
explain that he objected to the omission OF
the formality of plebescite, which Napo-
leon III. had observed in each of his an
nexations-thus, at least "saving appear
ances "a remark that was received with
derisive laughter. He concluded by de-