Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-10-23
The POPE'S OPINION
OF Recent disturbances That
Occurred In Rome.
AFFAIR WIS PREARRANGED
BY he Government and Back d
BY he Tr pie Alliance.

ROME Oct. % In an interview with an
! Associated Press correspondent, ons oi
the most Influential Of the cardinals, who
Is an intimate friend Of the pope, said In
substance:
"Our positicI in Rome has undergons
. radicaf change, as result OF the events
and disorders Of Oct q The invests alton
which we have made has proved that the
demonstration against the French pill
| grims, justified unders chimercal pre-.
text, was prepared and arranged in adj
vance by the government and Menotti
! GNrLAldi, against the radical demonstra-
| tiou ~ Nice aud against the pope The king,
the ministers and tn, liberal monarchical
party were fearful of the consequences
which mi.ht arise from the alliance OF
France with the Vatican and of the ALI
| ancc of the republic with the radical re-
pubicans. We also know that the triple
alliance has been informed Of this game
and that It approved OF this manifestation
Asa Reply tn the Fetes Mt Nics
and as direct attack upon the pope and
the pilgrims. II was desired affirmation,
premeditated, of monarchical eight
airst the French republic and against
the status quo at Rome
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the interior department. and Menotti
GSriballi arranged the terms OF this con-
splrocy. The Italian government sent TO
all tie mayors a circular letter in order 10
add weight to the manifestation. We
have received the most pungent details In
regard TO the reception given TO these con
fdcntial letters. Many mayors wore EN-
barrasscl aud did not know how TO reply"
,yhu hos ~ ~ ha
monarchcal aud liberal world favored
these outrages upon French pilgrimsf'
asked the correspondent.
"Ths answer is that the government
wishes to give TO the world the impression
that
Rome is Opposed to the Pope
and that Italy will not have any reconcile
ment with France or any amicable under
standing between the Vatican aud the
French republic. The demonstration was
the prolongstiou or the result OF the re-
publican aud democratic policy Of the
pope.
"You cannot imagine the anxieties and
fears Of our liberal and Official world in
face OF the isolation of the holy see. Our
liberals bad expected that the religious
war wased in France would prevent all
rising OF opinion in this country, and that
IL would result, sooner or later, I'm vio-
lent rupture with the holy see Since the
famous toast of Cardinal Lavigerie and
the demonstrations CT Cronstsdt, all our
Official world, nlonarchiosl, liberal and
sectariau, las been living in . state OF
trouble. II felt its edihce, so laboriously
erected, to he cracking and ming
ruin. All hopes, all illusions, were vanish
ing aud then came the scandals Of Oct. q
You may be astonished at the folly OF
the government in driving away pilgrims
when it was TO their interest to favor pill
grimsges and because this source of
revenue for Rome and for Italy is now
ruined, Bat official Italy
Desired to Teach n LESSON
to show that she has made up her mind to
admit all excesses and to to 10 TO all ex-
tremes, snd that, far from adopting her.
self 90 the new situation, she would prefer
assassination, the exiling Of the pope and
the pillage of the Vatican. Such is the
threat contained in that crisis, and in those
blows from sticks bestowed upon the pill
grims. Loo XIII perfectly understood
the meaning il wns intended to convey to
him. Referring to these affairs the pope
said: i am no longer = prisoner; am n
hostage am threatened with exile and
assassination if | will not capitulstc be-
fore the enemy
"rhe pope saw correctly. The manifesto
tions of Rome signify that official Italy de-
sires to place scandal between the pope
and the faithfdl; official Italy desires to
sequestrate him, to restrict his liberty
aud she declares by this, that If the pope
does not yield, he will be killed or driven
from Rome. 1t is Rome closed to the pill
crims or the pope expelled from Rome.
Official Italy sees with apprehension the
proLress which the pope is making. not
only IN The world at large, but also in
Rome itse E. Since the workiugmen's
manifestations # Feb. 8. iss9. and the ex.
plosi1n of the powder magazine Of Monte
Verde tae inhabitants 0f Rome have COM
uea ,ed
90 Draw Positive Parallels
between the consequence. OF the stntu.
quo aud the policy Of the Vatican. The
lcw regime has brought misery To this
city, Vhtr, "A DAYS gone by. Rome was
.lntiuud.Iy on fete When the Liberal
party SAW the people fraterniging with the
pilgr.ms f3ugd Itself, above all, con
fr0ntgd by the incompatible manifesto
tiCns Of p pula"jty exhibited toward the
holy father, IL was afraid IL said to itself
that an rnl must be put TO these lnstruc'
tive spectaCles The scandals were priuc-
pally acts Of weakness and despair. Every.
body regrets the Pantheon incidents,
bat nobody dsres to brave the anger OF the
government
"Wi,l the pope accept this new situa.
rion'" the cardinal was asked.
- Never" was toe nrm reply, even
though his life is threatened and since the
Vatican is denounced aud placed In state
of siege But the conscience OF the pope 10
incorruptibls and innsxibls. lie, the pas
sionate lover OF peace,
Does Not Rscoil
| before any threat or auy responsibility.
The more one trs. 20 exercise q prsmed-
itattd influence over him, the more head
, strong he becomes Al each direct bio "
from official Italy, at each declaration of
war, he has replied by bold act, nrmly
and violently"
The relations between Italy and the
pope, between the faithful and Rome and,
pernaps, between the state and Vatican,
will he seriously modified The cardinal
stated that nothing has yet been decided
arto the pops's leaving Rome, but every.
thing Ia ready for such a step. Everybody
10 persuaded that the Vatican's adver.aries
will 70 ON 20 the bitter ,nd. The pope 4.
aware Of the secret machinations Of the
triple sllsnc and will act accordingly. He
also remarked that recent event have
caused long step to be taken In the idea
Of holding the conclaye abroad.
"Alrl Al.sl" she DUDE sscla,m', "in ny
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