Evening journal., 1890-04-21
THE POPE INTERVIEWED
An Audience Given to a New
York Journal.
HIS HOLINESS TALKS OF AMERICA

He Loves Both Protestants and Catholics
IN the Land OF the Free where He Is
Respected and Christianity aud Morality
Ruls-His Old World Enemies.
NEW YORK, April 2l.--The Herald says:
As an expression Of his friendship for
America and his confidence in the liberty
which her institutions give to religion, his
holiness Leo XIII has accorded The Herald
correspondent special private audience,
aud consented TO the publication OF his ut
terences. Il have have claim upon Amer
leans for theirrespect, be said, with kindly
eyes, because love them and love their
country. have a great tenderness for those
who live in that land protestants and all
Under the constitution religion has perfect
liberty and is a growing power When the
church is free it win increase, and | bless,
love Americans for their frank, open, un.
affected character, and for the respect which
they pay TO Christianity and Christian
morals,
Tho Enemies Of Christianity.
His holiness asked how the Prostestant
part Of America received his utterances,
and was assured that the people, without
respect to particular churches, listened
with deep respect and sympathy TO his
appeals for "A more charitable and unselfish
spirit in society II feel sure that 1t is So .
said the popa II want the Protestants AZ
well as the Catholics to esteom me They
may all be sure that have very deep and
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vicar Of Christ Is respected, but it is not
always so in Esrope. Here there are in
control those who have nothing but hatred
for the head Of the Christian world and
offer insults to the holy SEQ Enemiss Of
God who occupy high places desire not
only 70 offend the person OF the holy see.
but utterly to break down the influence Of
religion, 10 disorganize and obiterate the
church and to overthrow the whole system
of morality upon which civilization rests.
Times Of Social Unrest.
"These are times Of social unrest and inn
pending disorder There is no power that
can deal with the e.Anarchist socialism and
discomfort but organized religion, which
will restore morality to society. The result
of the efforts which have been made to
throw aside Christianity and live without
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., disorder hatred and
profound unhappiness. / have studied how
to bring about a change, and while live |
will labor to relieve the world Of this terri
bic confusion. The suffering and helpless
ness of the working people are sources Of
great anxiety aad grief to me Their
troubles have been largely due To the enc
mics Of Christian morality, who want "a
see Christian history ended and mankind
returned to Pagan life
slavery and the Social Question.
"There are two things in the world al
present that need especial attention -slnv-
cry and the social question To abolish
slavery hive established colleges and am
sending out missionaries into Africa and
wherever men are held ia bondage An
enlightened man cannot be enslaved For
that reason ! shall devote the energies Of
the church 70 the spread Of knowledge
among the poor savages.
THE social question can only be solved
by increasing the morality Of the world
While Christian morals governed there was
no such condition Of affairs as we see today
But with the efforts TO destroy religion be-
gan the evils which are agitating society
The social troubles cannot be cured unless
mankind comes back to the same principle
But if the foes Of Jesus Christ and his
church continue to attack and revile the
religion which teaches correct morals and
has civilized the world these disorders will
increase and overwhelm them.
The Pope's Plans.
"The governments Of the various nations
must do their work and / must do mine
Their work is local and particular, but my
work, as the head Of Christendom, must be
universal and on different plan. The
moral condition Of both the workingman
and his employer must be raised intend
to have committees formed in every diocese
in the world. Each committee shall have
the bishop at its head and shall consist
either of workingmen or those who sym
pathize and associate with them. On fast
days and whenever there is rest from labor
these committees win call the toilers to-
gether, discuss their duties and teach and
inspire them with true morality. Sound
rules OF life must be founded on religion" "
The Military incubus.
His holiness spoke with emotion about
his desire for the disarmament Of Europe
The existence Of these vast armies is
source of displeasure and sorrow to the
holy see. The military life Is injuring hun
dreds of thousands of young men. IL sur
rounds them with violent and immoral in
iuences, it brushes all their higher spiritual
life and tends to harden and degrade them.
So long as Europe is filed with soldiery so
long will all this labor be withdrawn from
the soil and the poor will be overburdened
with taxes to support the system
"These great military establishments set
one people against another and intensity
sational jealousies l long to see a return
of peace and charity. Huge armies con
fronting each other in such times as these
cannot leave good spirit behind them.
They are anti-Christian.v
Here i suggested that the doctrine OF ar
bitration, for which the Vatican is laboring,
was accepted as a national principle in
America.
YES said his holiness, ''that is the true
principle, but most of the men who have
got control Of affairs in Europe do not de-
sire the truth. See how they exalted godle-
nessl Look at the men whose names are
Elected in Italy for honor after DEATH
Men who died opposing Christianity; men
like Mazzini and SafiH'
Typhoid Fever Closes College.
Rock ISLAND, MS, April 2l.--Augustana