The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-15

the arid plain W Inch surrounds Berlin but they 500
covered &c with substantial welliDgs hen are SUI
outstanding And nOwf Why now these 800 Draw
rrenchmen are entirely absorbed BY the brave
russian nation-Drave because 1t received them
aespite the anger OF powerful neghbof anu gave
tnen safe refuge from persecution.
v,s.aed tne place yesterday and saw NJ Bonnea
Is incumbent Of the living. a poor one, for lalu
does not lead to riches. NJ. Bonnet spoke Fren3
his cany he told me that not one
was ms own name. French one, and the name
O., Gayot and q, Fourier. with some Others. to re
Gered away nothing else. This drop Of pur
ocean.
Yet, with this plain commentary upon churcs
history before his eyes, and within a mornings
power, dazed and confused by onicial talk and in
formation OF the two and two make four sort
seems to think that by few words written fOr
printing upon government paper, and some pliani
voters, he can rcaly change the faith and reliyIOm
traditions OF Is, 00O, 900 people.
Yes that is ABOUT the number OF the German
people whose stubborn c0nsclences he means
to bend. Bavaria alone has 100000 Romal
Catholics. The Court OF SaxOny and many OF heI
people are Roman Catholic also. The Grand Duchy
oil Posen adheres to tie old ia,h which 10 the onlJ
one founded upon Gospel law. Two counties ID
East Prussia are wholly Catholic. So Is the whOh
OF Northern ,ilesia and nearly hall OF the South.
Rhenish provinces. There may be also soms
10000 Roman Catholics at Elbing and Marlenburg
in West Prussia.
They make up Is, oO0, 100 souls In ALL The rest OF
the population Is between 25OOO 600 and 26, 100000.
IL is composed OF all religious sects, and by lar the
greater portion are persons who really profess ne
Religion at all Numerically speaking, therefore.
1t might not be erroneous to say that the Roman
Catholics a majority. to whom certain OffiCas
persons, really representing minority, are re-
Let us see what has already come of II. The
quarrel between the government and the Catholics
though 1t has only Just come 10 mead, mas DeeR
iermentlng Ior several years. and The Catholics
nothing against an army of clerks led ny Prince
Bismarck, Tor ne has perfected the most complete
world, and so they are doing as the French hugue.
nOts did before them, they are quietly going away.
ne % t l.e
Tor aggressive or defensive purposes. were taking
leave OF their homes, and allowing the clerks 70
have their will only upon sucn goods and chattela
rs they could not conveniently take with them
has put into execution every preventive meas
ure at its dis osal to check emigration. Inc rail-
ways have been forbidden TO carry them and then
ELECTS at reasonable rates. They have beer
thwarted and worried at every step OF outward
march.
Nevertheless the statistics of emigration for 1877
land German statistics are thoroughly reLabies
Show great increase in the number VI emlgrants.
For instance, no lever than 8O,2l2 German emil
grants were shipped of to America Tor Bremen
report in ZOl SHIPS. About 16, 900 OF them departed
In sailing vessels the rest in steamers Moreover.
the unprecedented number of 5S,S2S German emf
grants embarked at the port OF Hamburg. OF
these emlgrants, via Bremen SO, 709 landed at New
that tney have gone away from Germany, and that
enlgratlon once more III the history oil the world.
Is being practised upon large scale, as
THE ONLY DIsCOvERABLE REMEDY AGAINST Re-
LIGlOUS PERSECUTION.
Inow proceed to give summary Of the
FOUR LAWS AGAINST THE CHURCH
promulga ed the 10Th OF last May, and the bare
fumor OF whicn had such marked effect upon
the preamble states that "no ecclesiastical en-
ploymenr (whether permanent or revocable) can
be conferred III any Christian Church upon any
other person but German subject VINO mas gone
through course of scientific education in cOnOr-
nifty with the present law. and against whose
nomination. no opposition whatever mas been made
by government" This clause puts all archbishop
RIGS, bshoprics, deaneres and other ofices or al
CHRISTIAN Churches Ut the absolute disposal Of nan
a dozen assistant under secre taries OF public de-
partments their friends, relatives and CONNECTIONS.
II really expresses bold idea.
The primary education necessary for an eccleSi-
astcal en plo yment Is thus deScrlbed:-"To he IN
vested with au ecclesiastical employment the can
didate must have passed his final examination at
q German school. He mus have studied theology
IOr three years ut a German university. He must
have passed and nv
the state' Tor the further glorncaton OF clerks ana
departments"
be followed in the religious seminaries existing n
PRUSSIA AZ the time OF the PRONUNCIATION OF tnis
scientific education OF theologians and II the Mill
lister OF Pubic Worship Is VI opinion That The
studies pursued IN these Institutes can properly
university are not allowed to belong to any reilg.
lous seminary during tine course OF tneir studies.
''Ihe State examination OF students viii take
place at the termination OF their theological
studles," which VIII thereby become useless II the
examining officials object to their suffclency.
'Ihe State examination Will be conducted In
such a manner as tO show that the candidate has
acquired the scientific education necessary FOR
ecclesiastical Ttlnctt0ns, notably ON the ground az
philosophy, history ana German literature" Tnese
Italics not mine; they are found In the Official
reprint OF the law sent to me by Prince Bismarck.
'.All the religious institutions winch serve Tor
the primary education OF ecclesiastlcs are placed
under the supervision OF the state, represented
OF course, as it always is, by some small clerk.
sin these establishments no professor or other
person IN authority eah h be except
cording to the prescriptions above mentioned.
and against whose nomination no opposition what
ever Is made Dy government" IT, e. the small
clerk. Here then, Is practically an end to the no.
best system OF education which the world has
seen; the system wulch gave Edmund Burke to
England and which has repeatedly reused the aL-
miratOn vi the whole civilized world.
III the said prescrlp lions are not observed. or
the orders emanatlng from the authorities OF
Stater Qet US bear In mind that they are always
small cerNs) are dlsobey ell, the Minister of Public
lions Of the law nave ceased" THAT is to say. dur
ing the small clerks, pleasuIe) 1.-THE revenue al
loLted to the institution, or to shut up the eStab-
lishment." Now here indeed. is opened wide
door to jobbery and sef.interest IN clerks. We
shall see what VIII come OF II and meantime we
must not forget that an Italian Kings clerks might
III like manner conilscate the revenues OF the
Holy See at any moment Ii they were under his
ana their control.
..No more Summaries for the education OF boys
may be established; and no more pupils may be
admitted into the seminaries now existing
Respecting the "nomination OF eccesiastics, the
dignitares or the Church are obliged to designate
to the President superior OF their province tine
candidate to wnOm they are about 10 c0n1de an
ecclesiastical employment, and to indicate what Is
that employ ment"
'During thirty days following this designation
the President superior may oppose the nomination
OF q candldate.n
ale may do SO under the following circum-
stances:-
.Frst-If the legal conditions exacted for the
investment OF ecclesiastical functions are wanting
TO the candidate designated.
s.SecO0d-Ii the candidate has been condemned
or Is prosecuted Tor any crime or offence which the
German penal code Furnishes by Imprisonment or
the loss Of civil rights or OF public employment
CHAT Is TO say, III case any person Whatever
chooses to bring an accusation against MIN,
whether false or true.)
''1i,trd-I the antecedents OF the candidate are
such as 10 authorize the belief that he Will act IN
contraventOn to the laws OF the State ana trouDie
the public peace" This clause would certalny
have excluded Luther Knox Calvin and all the
authors OF tile Reformation In lump, anu IL gives
the WIDEST possible margin to official blunderlnS