St. Landry democrat., 1886-03-13
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

Forward - ChurchilI's Rash Speeches.
The Vatican's New Champion in the Ger
man Landtag - Are Bismark's Conees-
| sions in Good Faith?
LONDON, March 4.-As Chief Secretary
Morley's intimation that the Governme Mt
expects to appeal to the country soon has
not been contradicted, it is now general
ly accepted as authoritative The
Mnlstry's Home Rule bill is expected to
be brought forward about the first Of
April. After thorough debate, in which
the state of affairs in Ireland will be fully
ventilated, the defeat of the Ministry may
be looked for. This is the prevailing ex-
pection now, based upon the remarks of
Mr.. Morley and the fact that the Irish
! members talked against time last
night in the Commons over
a trivial motion with the
evident desire to avert the debate
which was expected on Mr.. Sexton's mo-
ton to censure Lord Chnrchll for his
Ulster speeches. The Parnelites appar-
emily desire all the talking about Irish
affairs to be done when there is a tangi-
| bic basis for debate before them. They
! wish to attack the definite proposals of
| the Government should these prove I'M
| satisfactory. rather than the vaporings of
Lord Churchill, who represents nobody
but himself and a few irritable Tories,
| who are ont Of influence with their own
party. Mr.. Parnell is understood to
have advised Mr.. Sexton against allow
ING himself to be downed in discussion
with Churchill at this time, lest some
thing should inadvertently be brought
out which would seem to afford Mr..
Gladstone an excuse for introducing some
stringency in the Irish measures he is at
work upon. The Irish leader is known
to have expressed himself in favor of
meeting Mr.. Gladstone with Ga,lstorian
tactics, and by keeping silence under all
possible circumstances increase the
probability that somebody else will
make the mistake of saving
too much. Chnrchill's rash speeches in
Ireland have hurt his party so much that
they are likely to be pointed to for years
to come AZ terrible examples of the eff
fects of bumptionsness and Mr.. Par
nell does not propose to let any of his
lieutenants, in an angry debate over no
practical issue, utter some bitter senti-
ment that may arouse the alarm of
English pre- judice and hinder the prog
ress toward recognition of the Irish
claims.
BERLIN, March 3.-The remarkable
speech made by DR.. Kopp, Bishop of
Fulda, during the Polish debate in the
Landtag last Saturday, continues to be
the chief subject of political discussion
in Prussia. The chief significance of the
speech arises from the fact that Dr. Kopp
ic Nv Ja1
succeeded Herr Windthorst, as mouth
piece and champion of the Vatican in
Germany. The speech was mild
in terms, and conciliatory and courteous
toward all parties, but was distinctly
understood by every one as an anthoritive
order to the Clerical party to support the
Government. The Clericals, accustomed
to the aggressive leadership and implaca-
BILE hostility of Herr Windthorst, were
astonished at this pacific language from
one whom they knew was directly and
freely inspired from the Vatican. Herr
once attempted to stem the
but it was a feeble and half.
hearted effort, which he evidently did not
expect to succeed. There was
no hint of revolt in Herr Wind
thorst's language. His attitude
then and his movements since have made
it clear that he yields, Loyalty if not cheer
fully to kopp, and freely acknowledges
him to be the Pope'S chosen champion.
The bulk of the clerical members were
stunned and speeches.. Many of them
protested negatively by abstainin@ from
voting, but the net result of the Bishops
speech was that the Government carried
It's point by the overwhelming majority of
- n ! iS rrat1i ptn tl,of ha
bitter kuturkampf is practically ended
LONDON, March A Berlin dispatch
states thaG Herr Windthorst according
20 one of his intimate associates, is no.
1t all cast down by the fact that the Pop.
seems to have transferred his condolences
20 the Bishop of Fulda, as leader of the
1lericals in the Reichstag. Windthorst
irm'y believes that Bismarck is dcceiv.
ng the Vatican and is get
ing a great deal more
rom the Clericals than he is giving them
n return. The veteran politician, who
las SO often baked the Chancellor's
looks confidently for a speedy
eaction from the present disposition on
he part of his Holiness to grant support
% those schemes on Il mere
promise of repeal of the Falk laws. He
personally favors compelling the Gov
rnment to pass the repeal meas
Tres first and then offering the Cleri-
ais votes in payment for something &C
ually done in the way of concession. In
act, Herr Windthorst is very skeptical
s to the sincerity of Bismarck in this
Whole matter of ending the antagonism
etween Professionalism and Catholicism
4 Germany.