The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-06-07
TERRIBLE PROSECUTIONS
What the Catholics Of Russia
Endure.


ttons Persuod witt, Extrsme Caution
by Our Holy Father.
The persecution Of the Uniates Of
Russia, as before discussed, were based
on the definition of the two dogmas of
the Immaculate Conception and Papal
Infallibility.
It was sanctioned by the Holy Synod
and it's head, Pobiedonostzew. Il sx-
listed In spite of ell the falsifed accounts
which the representatives Of the Tsar
have laid before the Holy Father in
order to hide the real state of things.
Fortunately Rome is not deceived by
them, and hence the Holy Father pur-
sues the negotiations with such extreme
caution, in order, if possible, to save
what may yet be saved. The latest re-
ports seem, indeed, to show that the
fate of the Inmates in Podlachia is
about to be aggravated. According to
the "Novoya Vremya," the Russian
Government has laid before the I'm
perial Council project for creating q
new Government of Chelm in the south
east part of Poland, to consist Of those
parts of the Government Of Lublin and
neighboring governments, which are
known in the Russian press as Zabuzye.
This is precisely that portion of land
where the Inmates are mostly to be
found, and the center Of which is the
towns of Chelm. The administration is
to be placed exclusively in the hands of
Russian employees, and an Orthodox"
bishop is to be placed at Chelm 50 as to
be able to apply more energy to the
"conversion'' OF INMATES, as hitherto
the district has been governed by the
Vicar CT Lublin, who is dependent on
the s'Orthodox" Archbishop of Warsaw.
Cases of arrest and imprisonme of
INMATES have been quoted recently by
tho "Dziennik Poznanski'' as occurring,
at Pozegalsiny, Szostki, Wojna, and
other Villages of Podlachia. Elsewhere:
the Communal wards belonging to GER.
tain innate villages, as at Gesia and
Polubicz, have boon destroyed, and
various other vexatory measures are
cited. With regard to these arrests of
Uniates. the Posen organ writes: "Gen
orally the person arrested is kept in the
local prison for several weeks, and
then at intervals of few weeks is sent
about from one prison to another
Such arrests take place either when
person has crossed the frontier with a
wedding party for the purpose of being
married according to the Catholic te,
Of when parents refuse to let their
children be baptised by schismatics, or
even according to the caprice of the
local pope or official. In the village of
3zostki, where several marriages have
taken place this year, the witnesses
were taken off to gaol and the married
couple cited now before the pope, now
before the local project, now before the
district bureau, in order to force them
20 go through the marriage rite in the
!serkier (schismatic church," When it
Is remem bered how difficult it is for
facts at all discreditable to the authori-
ties to penetrate outside of Russia to
,he knowledge of the civilized world,
1t will be readily understood how
terrible must be the grip of this silent
snd plLlless persecution o. our AelloW
Jatholics-not in the center of Africa
Or in Tonkin, but in the midst of Eu-
rope and in the full light of the 10th
century However sad the picture is,
.nd however dark the outlook for the
Jniates themselves, yet all the brighter
ire the examples Of heroic courage even
10 death which have been constantly
displayed by these our loyal bat IN
fortunate brethren in the Faith.