New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-25
POPE AGAINST KING.
HUMBERT ExCOMMUNICATED-vI VIGOROUS
COUNTER STROKES- COUNT SPARES
SUICIDE.


tence of accommodation is stated by Inc
Venice Gazette one of the best-informed ana
most widely circulated papers of the Kingdom, to
have been pronounced by the Pontif in person
on the occasion of the secret Consistory held few
days after the dedication of the Bruno statue
| here. The assertion Of The Gazette is uni
versaly believed, and there is much to corroborate
the authenticity thereof In the first place, all
the ordinary courtesies which have been customary
until recently between the Vatican ana the
| Quirinal have been entirely stopped Queen
Margherita, who like her brother-in-law the
| Duke of Aosta is sincerely and unahectedly r.
ligious, has for the past twelve or fifteen years
been in the habit Of spending the hottest weeks
of each summer at Venice for the purpose OF en-
| joying the sea baths there. Hitherto inc
Observation-Disclosures Cardinal Agostno, mas
never failed to call at the Palace shortly a1ter
her arrival, in order to welcome the fair sovereign
to the city and to his diocese. This summer Tor
the first time the Cardinal failed TO pay his
customary visit, and took no notice Of the Queen
arrival. He, however, caused it TO be privateiy
intimated to Her Majesty that his discourtesy was
due TO strict commands received from the Pontin
in person. Another circumstance which tends 10
confirm the truth of the assertion that the sell
tence of accommodation has been pronounced IS
the fact that King Humbert's recent contribution
of 10000 lire toward the restoration Of an old
church at Naples has just been returned TO the
Treasurer of the Royal Household, with the curt
remark that no gifts could be accepted from such
a source. The studied insult of this proceeding
was all the more marked inaSmuchf as the glft
had been accepted in due form by the Chapter of
the Diocese member Of which had been delegated
to call upon the monarch in order personally 10
CONWAY m him no thanks Of the diocese for the
Gift Moreover notification was issued in the
official gazette of the Vatican, stating that the
CHAPTER at Naples had been severely censured Tor
their action in the matter and that the member
thereof who had been received in audience by the
King had been subjected to disciplinary measures.
Another sign of the present strained relations
between the Quirinal and the Vatican is the fact
that the Prime Minister, Signor Crisp, has Deeh
unable to obtain renewal of the lease oil MS
handsome and charming quarters which ne mas oc-
cuped for so many years past They consiSpu
Of tbe entire first floor of q palazzo belonging to
the Propa ganda Eide, to the treasurer OF whlch
Signor Crisp paid yearly rental of 10000 IRE
The ground floor was occupied by the venerable
Cardinal Massaia until his death, three or Tour
weeks ago The Cardinal was one of the most
universally beloved members of the Sacred Col-
lege, and had spent over thirty years Of his lie
as a. missionary in Abyssinia and at khartoum'
Oftcntimes in the cool autumn evenings the
strains of some popular air played on the harp
with exouisite pathos by Signora Crispi might be
heard proceeding from the open windows OF the
belle-etage, mngng strangely with the solemn
chants from the floor below of the two grave
CANNON monks who acted as the old Cardinals
charlains Not content with turning Slgnos
Crisn ont of house and home by declining under
any consideration whatsoever to renew his lease,
the Vatican has still further vented its irritation
nv the issue of a new and extensive edition of a
volume of religious poems published by the Prime
Minister in his younger days. One of them, on
the subject OF the Holy Sacrament, and giving evil
dpnce of pety almost bigoted in lts nature, was
nrintpd separately on fy-leaves and distributed by
hundreds of thousands throughout the length ana
breadth of the land on the day after the Bruno
celebration OF course Signor Crspi, who has Just
been elected Grand Master of the Scllian Free
masons-a body that follow the example OF the
Grand Orient of France in ignoring the existence
of the Divinity and in their hostility to religion
is much exasperated thereby. 1t is not generally
known that II Re Maccherone king Maccaroni), |
az the Premier has been nclnamed, was educated
with view to entering Holy Orders at the eccle-
sastical seminary at Palermo at the cost of the |
Church It was only in consequence of some gross |
act of misconduct on his part that he failed to re-
ceiye the tonsure One of his uncles is bishop |
another a parish priest, and the annosity of the |
Vatican toward him is chiefly attributable TO the |
fact that his attitude toward the Church is re- I
garded as that of an apostate and of q renegade
One of the most insidious blows ever aimed at |
the Vatican was struck by SignOr Crispi when he |
pubished last week in the Semi-otlical Rforma'
and in all the principal newspapers friendly to
the Government the fac-simile OF a memorandum OF
the remarkable speech delivered on June o. ls4o,
by Count Mamiani, who was at that time Prime
Minister of Pope Plus * on the occasion of the
opening of the Roman Parliament. The Papal
Premier solcmnly declared to the assembled Depu-
ties on that day that the Holy Father was IN no
way DESTROYS or anxious to retain any temporal
DOVER but that, on the contrary, he preferred 10
remain in the lofty sphere of his spiritual au-
tboritv 81 as 70 be able to spend the remainder Of
his DAYS in the serene peace Of dogmas, free and
,omnletelv untrammelled in his work of dispensing
10 the world the Word of God, and of praying,
blessing and pardoning" Some time afterward the
pontif, in the course of an allocuton delivered
AZ Gaeta, distinctly denied that he had ever au-
-horized his Prime Minister to make any such
declaration in his name. The document, however,
INST published by Signor Crispi is nothing more nor
less than Count Mamlanls drhlt Oh the speech III
question, duly initiated by the Ponth, ana Dear
ng numerous alterations in Plus KS Vell-Known
,andwriting So great is the importance attached
" the Kings Government to this curious document
hat SCnor Crispi has caused it to be photographed
md comics of il distributed to all public Libraries
md museums. As it stands, with its corrections
n the handwriting of Plus TX, and his initiated
ionature at the foot, il constitutes nothing more
,or less than definite remuneration by the Papacy
# all further claims of temporal power. IL Is as
onishing that a paper so injurious to the inter-
SITS of the Vatican should have been allowed to
emain among the archives of the lioly lnquisition
f the Palace San TJflizio, whence it was obtained
W carefully and literally administered back
heesh." Other important documents were obtained
n the same manner and at the same time notably