New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-09-18
ITALIAN COMPLICATIONS.
THE POPE AND THE POWERS.

HOW THE OCCUPATION OF TUNIS By THE fIiEN0h
Is REGARDED--AN ALLIANCE PROPOSED bi"
TWEEN ITALY, AUSTRIA AND GERMANY
TFRoM REGULAR CORRESPONDENT Of THE rRiaUNEl
ROWE Aug. 6-Neitner the Paraey nor the anti
Papal Italians seem to be disposed TO let by-gones
he bv-gones rs regards the events which de-
scribed to you in my last letter as having accom-
panied the removal OF the remains of Pope fius a.
from the Church of st. Peter to their dehmtlVe
restingplace Both parties appear to be determined
to make al possible political capital out of the incl
dent There has been Il monster meeting held III the
huge Politeuma Theatre TO protest against the
LAW of tho Guarantees" The meeting was got mp
by the extreme Radical aad Republican party,
and was addressed by Alberto Mario and
other less known enthusiasts of similar optmons
and messages OF adherence" to the objects of the
assembly were received from Garibald and Victor
Hugo, as usual. The placsrds announcing the meet
ing had been fora down and forbidden by the po-
lice. The meeting itself, however, was not pre-
vented but the reading of resolution to the effect
that the Law of the Guarantees ought to be aboi~
ished was forbidden bv the police authorities pres
ent. A great uproar the result IN the midst OF
which the chairman declared that the reading OF the
resolution was needless, inasmuch as all present
knew its purport perfectly well, and 1t was declared
TO be carried unanimously. The next day several
papers were sequestrated and seized for reproduce
ing the text of the resolution; but again. with some
inconsistency, the Government permitted the teie-
grams containing the document in question to be duly
forwarded to their destinations
The half-heartedncss shown by this letting /
Care not wait upon | would has been much conf
mented on; and doubt the Ministers felt them
selves to be in difficult position. To have allowed
the meeting to proceed without any interference
would have furnished the Clerical party throughout
Europe with fresh ground for cutlery and protesta-
tions. To have absolutely prevented it by the
strong hand would have caused all the Liberal
party from one end of Italy to the other to rave
against the Clerical procvties" of the Govern
ment. There is room for doubt about the real
sentiments of the members of the Cabinet. They
have 10 tenderness for the Church the Papacy or
its friends, and would have had no objection to let
the ror popui raise itself as loudly it liked
against them. But the point of interest is that the
Cercals and Clericalism still sufficiently
capable of giving trouble in Europe TO make the
most Liberal Cabinet deem it inexpedient to defy
them too openly.
On the other hand, the Church is vigorously pulling
every wire it lay its hand for the purpose of
making as much as possible of the incident of the
10Th of July. l gave you in my last letter my rea-
sons for thinking that the Outrage" was by no
means unwelcOme to the members of the Apostolic
Court And their conduct since has confirmed me
in my suspicious Circulars have been addressed to
all the Cabinets. and every effort has been made
TO induce the Catholic Powers to consider the matter
could have been established this ground between
any one of the European Governments and Italy
the dead body of Plus TX. would have been
useful to the Church than he had ever been rs
living Pope The applications of Cardinal Jaco-
bini the Papal Secretary of State to have been
received very coldly. Spain went so far rs to
apologize spontaneously to the Italian Cabinet for
violent and incorporate pastoral address which the
Archbishop of Toledo thought tit to issue the
on, and administered warning TO the prelate to
coniine himself and his animadversOns to strictly
religious matters. France, no doubt, would have
been not unwilling to make the Pope's complaint
of quarrel with Italy, but she has her hands
full at the present moment, and it is by no means
improbable that when the French elections shall be
over we may hear something from the nor
thern side of the Alps upon the subject.
The real truth, however. is that the Vatican must
have perceived that it has again made mis-
take III supposng that any exposition of its COM
plants and grievances can at tue present day avail
to the ruling Powers to act in its behalf in its
quarrel with the King and Government of Italy
The civil government of the Holy See and its capac-
ity for temporal rule have been tried and con-
demned. Sentence has been pronounced, and there
is not the slightest probability that any portion of
mankind capable of giving effect to it's opinions
Will consent to reconsider the verdict 1t NAV be
that nation which has quarrel with Italy may
endeayor to use the Papacy a means of injuring
or embarrassing Ito enemy france nlS as we all
know, tried that game once, not without notable
temporary success And very dsqueting symptoms
seem to indicate that she has mind to renew the
attempt. An alliance, however, between an avow-
eddy unbelievng and Voltairean nation and Cleri-
cal body anxious above all things to recover its
power of ruling civil community worse than any
other was ever ruled yet is too repulsve to the
general feeling of humanity for any hope of estab-
fishing permanent order of things to be success
fully founded ON it.
Meantime events continue to show from day TO
day that tho Clericals, if unable do much in the
way of exciting foreign Governments to interfere in
their favor still able to intestine trouble
and disorder. AT Genoa the other day, on the oc-
casion of some Church holiday certain portion of
the househOders in obedience to the persuasons of
the clergy, illuminated their windows at night.
The Genoese mob, very anti-Clerical population.
took offence at this manifestation, and Missed and
booted in front of the dwellings thus distinguished
The police had to turn ont in force, and the dele
gate in one entered house and persuaded, ,,
the mistress-we do not hear ANYTHING of any master
Ito extinguish her lights, and the mob was paci-
he'd. But much mischief is thus done. IL is not nm
lawful to put as many candles in ones window rs
pne pleases. And the teaching administered to the
populaee by such weakness the part of the police
is 10 the highest degree miscellaneous and objection
able
Among OF her demonstrations intended to alarm
Europe, and make it appear to mankind in general
that some very dreadful cataclysm was likely to
follow from the events of the memorable night of
the 18th of last July, has been much vague talk
got up by the Clerical papers, and discussed I
venture to think, too much sfrieur. by the rest