The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-05-03

DUBLIN, May 2.--Ihe pope's decree has
Produced CONSERVATION in the ranks of tue
and leaguers, who as yet do not know where
hey stand. The priests, many of whom per-
formed the clerical work of the leagues and
whose countenance has been the soul of the
movement, will unquestionably be required
10 withdraw from the organization if the
plan of campaign is persisted in; and the
great body of the priesthood specially in.
structed by the pope'S decree, will scarcely
fail to discourage the plan of campaign.
1t will intensity the hate of the Irish peas
antry, as well as their political leaders for
the government, but must disrupt the league
Or greatly weaken them by falling off in
contributions, What the church has de-
nounced Irishmen have not generally per-
sisted in Such is the opinion OF the more
conservative class of Irishmen.
On the other hand the active leaders in
and promoters of the plan of campaign affect
to believe that the Irish people will not take
their politics from Rome, and thereby i'm
pliedy assume that disbelief in tine pope's In.
ialibiity is not regarded by the Irish laity
rs heresy.
Now that the gist of the edict Of Pope
Leo XIII against the plan Of campaign and
other methods adopted by the Irish Home
Rulers to get even with hard landlords and
other obnoxious persons has been published
the questions most discussed in connection
Herewith, are: What has the Vatican been
promised as the price of the decree, and who
has done the promising! Whether these
questions be explicitly answered or not, it is
now quite certain that neither party TO the
compact if one exists, will find it an easy
matter to carry out its agreement.
Apparently the papal rescript has had rs
little effect in altering the determination of
the Irish Hone Rulers to continue theu
warfare against the landlords, and the Eng
ish government, in their own way, as the
protests Of the Ulster Orangemen have had
in convincing the Parnelites tnat all of Ire
land, worthy OF special legislation for It's
welfare, was situated in the immediate
vicinity OF Belfast.
Certainly that part of the decision Of the
congregation of the inquisiton intended for
the public eye does not seem, when read
carefully, to be very formidable, and it is
net difficult to see how it can in many ways
be evaded. How much more severe the re.
quirements Of the separate orders issued to
the Irish hierarchy may be cannot, OF
course, be even coniectursd, but it is safe TO
say that the prslates upon whom the eXecu.
ton of such instructions devove, will hul it
greatly to the interests Of the church 10 con
,true them very literally.
Sngularly enough there has developed. in
Conservative an Unionist circles almost n
much opposition to the elict OF the Vatican
as is displayed in Ireland, though upon en-
tirely different grounds from those taken by
the Irish. a very large section of these
objectors to papal interference in political
matters between England and Ireland re-
gard the decree, obviously issued through
government influence, as an admission of
the ministry that its policy in Ireland has
been a failure; that the government is un-
able to govern Ireland without the assistance
of an ally and that the party in power is
committed to concessions to the pope repu 8
nant to the views of Tory churchman. The
general opinion is that the decree can do the
Irish no harm, but will rather strengthen the
National league, while it is difficult to see
what either the church or the government
has gained by its pronulgation.