St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-01

from every quarter of the globe. Every
one is already looking forward to eX-
hbition day when the countless offer
lngS to his holiness will be displayed.
The first present of note came from the
sultan IN the shape of an antique pas
toral ring set with precious stones and
valued at $50, 99G. The queen regent, of
Spain sent another ring of sapphires
valued at $4,000. The emperor of Ger
many has sent miter worked in gold
with rubies, emeralds, sapphires and
brilliantS, and the empress sent set of
veStmentS valued at $4,000 francs, which
the pope will wear, in celebrating his
jubilee mass tomorrow. Many of the
presents are almost of ineStimable
value, including gifts from the emperor
and empress of Austria, the Due de
NemOurS, the Princess Clotilde Bona
parte. sister of King Humbert, the queen
of SaXOny, Queen Victoria, Protestant
and Catholic pOtentateS and rulers alike
vieing in expressing their friendship
and veneration for the occupant of the
holy see.
CARDINAL GIBBONS, OF AMERICA,
personally conveyed to the pope the
present transmitted by Grover Cleve-
land, president of the United States.
Addresses almost without number have
been received from all parts of the
world, and the offerings OF the faithful
in various sums, it is believed, will far
exceed 81, 900, coo. The German-Ameri-
can Roman Catholic editors, some fifty
i'll number, united in presenting
special offering. Every reigning
monarch in Europe, with the exception
of the emperor of Russia, have joined in
Showering compliments and costly pres
ents Oh the pope, and the aggregate
value of these tributes, it is expected,
will exceed S20,000,00O. Queen Victoria
personally commissioned the Duke of
Norfolk, a Catholic and the premier
peer Of England, to convey her costly
presents and congratulations.
POPE LEO NH.
has gained for the church proud posi-
ton in the world, not only as prince of
the church, but as prince or peace.
Though there is no longer papal state,
it is acknowledged that true states
man now occupies the throne of st.
Peter. For many decades back Europe
acknowledges that no such far-seeing
political head as Leo XIII. has worn
the triple crown, and, excepting Prince
Bismarck, no layman in Europe has
shown such skill in the most deli
cate diplomatic negotiations as the
present pope. In all that he has
done the successor of Pope Plus
*. has shown far-reaching wisdom.
His success in his negotiations with the
German hA arly
foresight shown in his dealings with
Spain and in putting the Holy See into
friendly relations with republican
France show his skillfulness and rare
diplomatic sense. AS priEce of peace,
he has been called upon to settle the
most difficult problems. Under his
guidance the bitter KultHrkampf, that
has ragged in Germany since the year
ls70 las been ended. and now he has no
greater admirer than the aged emperor
of Germany, who, it must be admitted,
has been imbued with the same desire
as the pope, wishing to leave his en-
pire to his successor free from religious
strife.
AS PRINCE Of PEACE
he was called upon to decide in a ques-
ton that at one time threatened to bring
Germany and Spain into difficulties
that of the Caroline Islands-and the
world knows with what tact he arbi-
trated TO the satisfaction of both coun-
tries. Ever since King Victor Emman-
uefS entry into Rome in 1870, all true
Catholics have been prohibited by the
vatican from availing themselves in any
way Of their electoral franchise, and
have consequently been debarred from
taking any part in either parliamentary
or municipal life. Recently, how
ever, the pope issued an order with
drawing his predecessors injunctionS
concerning the non-participation of the
faithful in political contests, and has in
structed the priests throughout the
country to encourage their fiOcks to take
part i'll the municipal and parliamentary
elections. The result was soon appar-
ent. When an important municipal
election took place recently in Rome,
and twenty-fOur seats in the municipal
council had to be balloted for, it was
found that in every case the candidates
of the Vatican had been victorious, and
and not single Liberal or Radical
elected. This result was all the more
significant, inasmuch as the latter had
adopted the words
'ROMA INTANGIBELE"
mo surrender of Rome to the pope) as
their war cry. Similar municipal cleo
tions followed shortly after at Naples,
Palermo, Milan, Genoa and Venice with
the same results-a victory all along the
line for the Vatican nominees. Having
thus at the most prOpitious moment
laid the foundation of powerful cler-
zeal party in parliamentary and munich
pal life, it became necessary to provide
them with programme and to furnish
them with policy. With this object in
view, the pope in his allocution to the
assembled Cardinals for the first time
gave public utterance to his earnest de-
sire for reconciliation between the
Vatican and the Quirinal. A few
days later "The Osservatore Ro-
mano," which is the official organ
of the Pontiff, contained an editorial
article in which the following remarka-
bic sentence occurred: Let no one ac-
cuse the pope Of being desirous of the
ruin of Italy. No! the ruin of Italy
will never come from him. He has no
wish 10 establish his power
ON THE RUINS
of any nation, and, least Of all. on those