The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-02-01
HEsCELLANE0UB FOREIGN NEWs,
ITO January 10th j


the Synod: The Evangelisohe- Kirshliehe
Anseiger, the organ of the defeated party,
10 particularly and justly scandalized at
the way in which the Liberal forces have
been brought into action. In one parish
the "Fortschrittsleute" have been divided
INTO sections alphabetically, and each pro-
vided with leader, who was to be present
throughout the church service on the day
OF election, so as to spare his followers the
necessity of even one mornings attendance
at church, and permit them to spend the
time comfortably at breakfast in a neigh
boring "Bier-halle." When the authorities
in taking the votes were about to arrive at
the letter which belonged to him, the lead
or started for his beer shop, and brought
in his men, who were thus enabled to carry
their Liberal officials and representatives
without the trouble or contamination in
woven ~ attendance at any kind OF wor-
Ah'" "fhe thing says the German Pro
testant paper, would be -. II
there were not so terribly serious a side to
it,"
THE PERSECUTION IN CANTON GENEVA.
In the Canton of Geneva the authorities
have been taking violent and forcible pos
session of the churches and presby teries at
Carouge and Lancy, the church at Chene
having been already seized by the Loyson
faction in anticipation of the decree; and
the car.Apostolic has issued q pastoral
dencuncing the censures of the Church
upon the intruders, while Brief from the
his Holiness's admiration at the constaucy
Of Mgr. Mermillod and his clergy. The
lawful Archpriest of Carouge, the Able
Chuit, has also sent in a well-written pro-
test, in which the treaty under which
Geneva acquired Carouge, with the other
Catholic parishes, and the Constitution of
ls47 are appealed to.
THE CoNsIsroRY.
At the Consistory which was to be held
on Thursday, the final ceremonies con-
nected with the creation of the new Car
dinals were to be completed namely, the
| aperitio oris by which the right of delibera-
| ton in Consistory is conferred, the delivery
| of the hat and the ALLEGATION to each new
Cardinal of his church or "title," in the
The report that twelve more Cardinals are
to be created in the same Consstory ia an
| obvious mistake, but some Bishops were to
be recognized on that occasion.
THE "coUP D'ETAT" IN SPAIN.
Our prognostic of last week-that an
attempt might be made in the direction of
Monarchica1 Republic, with Serrano at
its head, has been verified, and this is the
history of the affair. The differences be-
tions for the settlement of which failed
last week, turned to great extent on the
! attitude assumed by the latter towards
the Church. Senior Salmeron is for an ab-
solute breach with the clergy and dis
tinctly anti religious and oppressive policy.
Senior CASTELAR,, on the contrary, desiring
at least to appear conciliatory, has NOM
mated Mgr. Barrio, the new Cardinal, for
the primatal See of Toledo, and other pre-
lates for two other Sees in DEGREES which
in their form follow as closely as possible
the ancient precedents. Moreover, on
Laos kl,af g.,
Rome to be created Cardinal, he ordered
the Embassy to be placed at his disposal,
and it was there that His Eminence receiv-
ed the "zucchetto." He refused to change
his policy in this respect, and the rupture
with Senior Salmeron was complete and
defnitive. The Cortes met on Friday,
and Senior CASTELAR, appealed to it to en-
dorse the action of the Government
throughout the recess, on the ground that
in the exceptional state of the country only
exceptional measures could be adopted,
and that the only possible policy was
war policy. "Much," he observed, "has
been said against the maintenance of our
army, but the older one grows the more
clearly one sees the absolute necessity for
an army" The army had therefore been
consolidated, and discipline restored.
"Dsily riots no longer occur. The muni-
cipslities no longer claim these local dicta-
torships which reminded us of the worst
days of the middle ages. Order and auth
orty now rest upon solid basis. We must
close for ever the era of popular risings aud
military pronunciamentos The
army must learn that it has been formed
to uphold the laws, whatever they may be,
and to obey the Cortes, whatever they
may decide" The events of the next few
hours disposed, with bitter irony, of
these congratulations. Though the thorny
subject of the Virginius was boldly handled
by Senior Castelar,, who took credit for the
avoidance of war with a powerful State,
at the same time that the principles of in
ternational law had been upheld, and
though he demonstrated, at least to the
satisfaction OF his friends, that there was
no alternative besides himself and either
the Csrlsts or the Intransigentes, he was
twice beaten, the second time din ectly on
the question of confidence, by 100 votes
against 100. This was at Eve o'clock on
Saturday morning and the Government
Immediately resigned. Thereupon Gen
eral Pavia, the Captain General of Madrid,
took the matter into his own hands, post
ed troops and artillery at the corner of
every street, pointed cannon at the doors
of the Palace of the Cortes, occupied the
Of Tha hnil Nd IN