New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-12
AT THE ITALIAN CAPITAL.
rop,cs or GENERAL INTEREST.


hrs POLITICAL AsPECTs-THE POPE MI ~
LEAVE RoME-oBJt CT OF THE TALK On mn
srBJECT-PoPULAR HOSTILITY TOWARD fNA -'
DppprT1s AND THE SPLIT IN THE CABINET
WING uUNRERT's VISIT TO VIENNA-WlANuI'->u
OVER A MUNICIPAL APPolNIMENl-hi'->A''
VISIT TO ROME-DEATH or hAlME'Lh.
iFRoM REGULAR CoEkESPoNbENl VI ~ -, I,oI;on
ROME Oct l2-There is TO airNe d si'''' 1 tar
g u,lIlmape" TO morrow The day hlS' n'"'
tbe demonstration was September - Du
-, lal.rr.5 on various professionally because
t,. nersons concerned were not quiVe 'oa"1'
(orr'o vonr readers have all OF them the usulo Vi
q ,,;lr,,,r in their eyes. such as countless hieio-
sra,nas on all sorts of lges have shown IL 10
a.. q nictpresaue fellow in long black gown
>.,,b a cane TO It, and a cord around MS IoIiis'
broad hat with the traditional cookie shell sIucA
in IT, and long staa with water gouru h"nB'"s
from it IN his hand That is pilgrim but "'"S
Won might pass IN review the thousands ol pr
prms" who come IN these latter days u" '"""
0postolorum" without finding one III the leI"o'o''
degree resembling him. Our pilgrims come III cum
ney DO, hats fruck coats and wellington Ooo'S' VI
in fustian Jackets and hghio"S' as the c''So "''
be Nor do they come SohlaIilF i"'''' .I
The bicb-roads but contracted for at 80 inu'h INC
1dr.I IN first second. or third class carriages Oh
g. railway by their leaders For 1t must be uhuer-
e.o,d that there IS no individual initiative III lhcSe
things They are essentially " got up AFFAIRS Anu
I think q cool opening might be iound l"r an
active. pushing ard persuasive man from 81" I VI
Vonr Northern cities as promoter ana coh'd'''' 'o'
pilgrimagcs Rome. at 50 much; Mecca 'l"o
higher. Tie would have TO con emu WIN opP"9''o'.
from Nr,srs, Cook and Son. But perhaps ne co"iu
arrange with the Vatican for exclusive privileges
winch would entirely Guido his rivals.
The fact is your modern pilgrimage IS deh'ou-
stratlou of exactly the same nature, ana WIN INC
Same object a, a trade,-uuIou procession. Ana
both parties the Italian Government ana tIe ""'"-
critics at the Vatican regard II IN exactly the same
lght-a, q manifestation Of party strength. WHAT
j. cnrlous however, H. that each OF these opposed
,,arties Is drawn III two different directions by te
reruliar present circumstances Of Italy. At the
Vatican the Pope himself and those OF the Hierarchy
who think with him. are extremely well pleased
that pilgrimage should come To testify 10 the re-
liolous and Catholic feeling OF the Italian people
and that the gathering should be as numerous as
possible But they do not wish that the aiiaH
should be politically siguiHcatlye OF provocative
They desire that it should be purely religious
manifestation. But the more violent party I'D the
Sacred College with its adhercrtS,-whlch IS at
least rs strong IN the Vatican as the POnti and his
freuds,--wshes exactly the reverse. They WouId
have the Church continually blowing trumpe's OF
defiance to the Civil Government; ard pilgrim we
ACCORDING to their notions would travel thro, gh
the country and appear at Rome exactly III the
spirit OF tire Irshnan who trails Ills coat al Denny
brook Fair. in the hope that somebody VIII put his
foot on it.
The Government, on the other side, is also pulled
two different ways. The Ciericals and clericaiiy
inclined are ready to howl aloud till not only
every city and hamlet in Italy reSounds with Their
outcry. but every Catholic country beyond the
Alps reechoes it, If any step he taken in any degree
interfering with the full liberty of the proposing
pilgrims to assemble publicly. walk III procession
mot all the way to Rome, it Is to be understood,
express their sentiments. and the like. On the
other hand tho extreme Lii erals are tue fu rire
to find any opportunity of raising the dangerous
CRY of cercalism against Ministers if any indul-
gence be shown to these tendencies On the whole,
the pilgrimage" is looked forward to with GER
tain amount of uneasincss by all parties Mean
while the Vatican las issucl circulars to tue
Bishops enOining them to impress on all lntehdlhg
pilgrims the determination OF the Holy Father 10
receive 10 addresses containing any political alu
sion whatever and to inculcate the prOpriety OF
considering and making the pilgrimage a purely
religious act. And the Government, OH It's side, has
addressed instructions to the Irei'cts strictly
ordering them to repress with the utmost rgor all
politIcal manifestations or uuruly behavior of any
l am disposed to think that the effect OF these pre-
cautions will be to take all the SAVIOR out OF the
demonstrations" The pilgrims will feel rs If they
were invited to a ball where there was 10 be no
dancing Ana am prepared to see tho whole affair
pass OIL very arnely If it does not turn cut regn-
lar faso0 ! shall have something to tell you OF II
in my next letter.
LEO XIII. NOT TO LEAVE ROME.
OF course the talk that has been going about as
to the probability of the Pope shortly quitting
Rome aud Italy and carrying the Papacy INTO a
second Babylonsh captivity" will have reached
You. Malta; Miramar, the lovely residence which
the unfortunate Macmillan left when he started
on his lll-starrcd and illjudgcd Mexican expedition
on the shore of the Adriaic about three miles from
Trieste Monaco, the little rouge It nOir capital On
the shore of the Mediterranean; and location
in the United States, have all been talked Of But
YOU need not trouble yourself to inquire which Of
your ciIies is TO be the Head and Centre of the
Catholic world! 1t Is all talk. The Pope will not
leave Rome. But the talk has some meaning III it,
too. 1t true that various peraouages belonging to
the more violent party in the Church have made
suggestions TO he rulers of the hierarchy, propos-
ing different schemes, and urging the Pope 10 free
himself from the yoke and sight Of the usurplng
Government and shake the dust from "ii his feet
against ungrateiul, unbceyinI Italy. And the
HOLY Father invariably taxes All tucNe SUGGESTIONS
I" into serious consideration" Bat this really means
an advertisement to Italy to this effect: " Mind
what You are about! II you drive nc too hard you
will force to be Oft some of these DAYS; aud how
would you like tLatP The Pope knows very well
that ay despite her usurpaton and her irrelgion,
would not like it at all. And lac knows also, that IN
any such change he would. to use a vulgar phrase,
ago further and fare worse All the talk is in fact
extremely analogous to that Of discout"nted wife.
who is always threatening to apply for a separation
That there mach ncompatibility Of temper in this
case is undeniabe. Bot the parties, with whatever
of pickering, will jog on together, and prob
ably end by finding some not inlolerabc m0dns
ricendi. Another Vatican aud another Basllca OF