The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-07-21
IRELAND and The VATICAN.
Cardinal Moran on the Vatican Man
date and Cognate Themes Of
Deep Interest.
THE CARDINAL. A HOME RULER.
The Circular Of the Holy OMce--No Boy
cotting in the House
of God.

The following lie from the Australian
newspapers just to hand: our ON
inence will not remain long away?"
asked Sidney Freeman's IS Journal rep
resentative in conversation with Cardi-
nal Moran. NO" the cardinal replied
II will be in Rene on June 10. or, at
the latest, Oct 40 ''Then, as we sup
posed, there Is NO truth in the runaora
of your eminence going to Dublin?''
''Noue whatever, his eminence replied.
"The cablegrams III the papers stating
that Or. Walsh is to resign, and that J.
am TO take his place, are sheer nom
ssnset'' The cardinal went on to show
how silly it is TO talk Of the archbishop
Of Dublin resignlng his See. Anyone at
all acquainted with the laws and usages
Of the Church knows perfectly we'll that
not only was there no probability Of the
archbishop doing anything Of the kind,
but that even if DR.. Walsh adopted
such a course, the probability of the
Holy See accepting his resignation Was
even more remote. ''And as to DR..
Walsh g views On Irish national affairs
Involving him in dificulty," continued
the cardinal, "why, / am. myself even
more advanced than he is in my aspira-
tions for the national independence Of
Ireland, and although I have never
made much noise In public, those who
!. know anything Of 3ny views and conv,c-
lions in regard to Lreland's rights and
no one knows them better than my old
friend. DIR. Walsh, whom have, if J.
may so speak, led in many things affect
ing Ireland's welfare-will give me
credit For having the National cause
deeply at heart" 'What does your
sroinence think Of the other sensational
cablesY" "W said the cardinal. ''it
is of course impossible On such infor-
NATION to tell what action the Holy See
really has taken; but it appears to me
that il is simply the practices Of boy
cotting' Which are undoubtedly some
Times carried TO excess, especially when
introduced into the churches-as a
means OF furnishing Objectionable peo-
pie, and the resortiug to means OF vio-
lence in the disputes over the possession
of land and the payment of rents, that
have come under the censure Of the
Holy See." ''Ihen your eminence does
not think che National movement
proper has been ssssail5d or conducted ~
ssNo. ! certainly do not; but if such
were the case, I do not hesitate to say
that the irish people would be perfectly
within their right in disregarding even
the command Of the Holy See. for with
the agitation for self-governmant are
bound up all the dearest hopes of the
Irish race, and while the Irish people
recognize the national demand as a
thing in which no power on earth has
any legitimate right to interfere, they
are also conscious that it is beyond any
power to prevent the triumph of cause
as just as it Is sacred.'' ''Do you think
interference OF the kind reported would
be resented?" "EJnquestionably it
would, and rightly so,bjust as any un-
Warrautabie OF unreasonable interfer-
ence in o,1r national affairs in Australia
would be resented by Australian Cath
olics.' 1.-THE effect Of the reported
condemnation Of the practices just re-
ferred to-. what does your eminence
think Will be?" "Well. it as I have
reason to believe, the condemnation is
confined to what ara sometimes spoken
of as the exerescences on the national
mcvemens,' the effect, venture to
think, will be, il anything, a disap.
point1nentto the enemies of Home Rule,
for If boYcotting and proceedings Of q
similar kind are discountenanced by
the national leaders, hundreds Of men,
and particularly the educated classes in
both Ireland and England, who have to
certain extent held alocf from the
Home Rule movement on account of
not. approving Of certain methods
adopted to advance it, having their
scruples removed, will throw in the
weight OF their sympathy and support,
with the result that even the present
/ TdrY: government may be forced to
yie]H to Tho demand for Irish self
govern mentt.. 2 q 9 g Y our emihence, then,
is hopeful that, after all some good will
/ come out Of the action Of the Holy See?''
S x 5es, if Ills as 4 believe, the hands of
Gladstone will be j materially
streng gthened and the Irish cause Itself
viii be enpr rnoaalY benefited; : and dseYen3
;sif things me- asS ,ai Y ass eepresente by.
some ttlhs cables, the cause cannot
slig degree for the
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