Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-04-30
Politics and the Pope.
Text of the Decree Conforming the
 ''Plan of Campaign"
THE EFFECT IN IRELAND.

THE EFFECT IN IRELAND. Thirteen People Lost at Sea by the Sink ing of the Steamship Smyrna by an Unknown Vessel = Was MT. Nolan Leagued With Dynamiters? LONDON, April Swallowing is the text of the papal decree:
 Con several occasions the apostolic see has given to the people eff Ireland whom it has always regarded with special benevolence, suitable admonitions and advice, when the circumstances have required as to how they might defend their rights without injury to justice or the public peace. Our holy father, Leo XIII, fearing lest in the species of war fare that has been introduced amongst the Irish into contests between landlords and tenants, and which is commonly called the plan of campaign ;snd in the kind of social interdict called sboycotting, arising from the same contests, the true sense Of justice and charity might be perverted, has ordered the supreme congregation of the inquisition to subject the matter to serious and careful ex- animation. Hence the following was pro- posed to their eminences, the cardinals of that congregation.
 "Is it permissible i'll disputes between land lords and tenants in Ireland to nse the means known as the plan of campaign and boy cottingY
 "After long and mature deliberation their eminences unanimously answered in the negative, and their decision was confirmed by the holy father on Wednesday, the 18th day of the present month.
 'The justice of this decision will be readily seen by any one who applies his mind to con sider that a rent agreed upon by mutual con- sent cannot without violation of contract be diminished at the mere will of the tenant, especially when there are tribunals appointed for the purpose of settling such controversies, and reducing unjust rents within the bounds of equity.
 "After taking into account the causes which diminish the value of land neither can it be considered permissible that rents should be extorted from tenants and deposited in the hands of unknown persons, to the detrimeEt of land owners
 "Finally, it is contrary to justice and charity to prosecute by social interdict those who are satisfied to pay the rents they agreed to pay, or those who in the exercise of their rights take vacant farms It will therefore be your lordships' duty, prudently but effectually, to advise and exhort the clergy and laity not to transgress the bounds of Christian charity and justice whilst they are striving for a remedy for their distressed cOndltlOn. k. CARD. MONACO.
 Rome. April 20 J
 The steamship Smyrna came into collision with strange steamer off the Isle of Wight on Saturday, sinking almost immediately. Thirteen persons went down with the vessel.
 The house of commons committee on the admission of strangers, has been quietly taking testimony for some time, with the object of establishing proof that the dynami- ters, Millen, Melville and Harkins were ac- customed to pay visits to the house of con- mons, and invariably upon these occasions, sent their cards to Mir. Joseph Nolan, mem Der for North Louth. Although the com mittee is extending it's inquiries in other directions it is understood that the digressive is merely pretense, MT. Nolan being the only object of pursuit. Already the com nittee has heard the testimony of the police attached to the house of commons and others whose evidence was inadmissable at the trial of Harkins, and Mir. Nolan will be heard to-day. The committee is said to discredit MT. Nolan's assertion that he did not know any of the dynamiters. It transpires that the inquiry has elcited evidence that MT. Nolan upon one occasion conversed for four hours, late at night, on the terrace of the 1 house of commons, and was seen to meet them at other times and places upon most l friendly terms It is stated that the con- mittee is firmly convinced of MT. Nolan's guilt, and if he shall not be able to refute the l testimony given against him. at his examina- 1 tion today will recommend his severe pun l ishment. It is quite well known that the government has long been anxious to make 1 an example of some Irish member who might be found to have been identified with dyna- miters, and the majority in the house is credited with the intention of expelling MT. | Nolan the moment the committee submits its
 
 many years.
 DUBLIN, April 30.-Mr. John Dillon and Lord Mayor Sexton decline to express any opinions concerning the pope's decree against the plan of campaign.
 Commoner Lane, in speech at Yough gha declared that the pope's action-if he hae really issued the decree-to be entirely un warrnted and unte nable.
 ROME, April SO.-It is stated concerning the alleged edict of the Holy See against th' Irish plan of campaign and other preyalen methods in Ireland that the congregation O. the propaganda was charged to examine Mgr. Persico's report and decide whether Catholics, in belonging to the Irish Nationa League are guilty of sin and therefore de barred from absolution.
 The congregation, the pope presiding, re
 piled in the affirmative, and decreed to tha
 effect Cardinal Simoni by the popes orders
 forwarded the decree, with instructions t
 Mgr. Persico and the Irish episcopacy to or
 der the clergy to refuse absolution to an
 one declining to renounce his membership i
 the league.
 It is further stated that neither the leagu nor its political aims was explicitly cor
 demned, the decree being confined to decla1
 ing the methods employed contrary to tn
 duties of Catholics. The pope approved th decisisn of the congregation without enter
 ing into the political questions between Eng land and Ireland.
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