Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-06-11
FOREIGN MEDDLING.

| Archbishop Ireland vehemently Protest."
| Against the Efforts Among EuroPe
Catholics to Interfere In the Affairs Oh
| the Church in America, and Declares
| an Insult to American Nationaiism anu
| Species of Inso1ent Intermeddhhe "
| be Resented by All Glasses of American
| Citizens.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, June 4.-Slnce the
| publication of his interview OF he"
days ago regarding the cabled reports
| of the petition to the pope for the dis
| tricting of foreign immigrants IN Amer
lea on national lines, Archbishop Ire
land has had many kilograms ana
| letters of Endorsement of his views.
In an interview with an Asso-
ciated Press correspondent he TOOK
up several points not heretofore
| touched, and expressed hlmse1
very freely and emphatically Inc
| arch bishop is at the head of the Amer
lean Catholics opposed to foreign, ana
| his remarks are of even greater weight
| on that account. He says that as the
| details of the plot are unfolded the IN
dignation of American Catholics or
| Protestants can not but grow in in
| tensity The whole proceeding is an
! insult to American nationalism, and re-
veals the fact that certain Europeans
| imagine America to be sort OF
| American Congo, without autonomy
of it's own and incapable of life
without a constant application OF
| European galvanic batteries. Catholics
| q &c, ,ada
the occasion and the pretense of this in
| solent foreign intermeddling. Strange
news, indeed, for American ears to hear
| that the Austrian and the Prussian en-
| bassadors in Rome had been instructed
| by their home governments to bring to
| bear upon the vatican their influence in
aid of Herr Cahensley's plan of cam
| paign. The Prussian ambassador, Won
| Schloezer, is not afraid to declare that
| he has viewed the appointment .of
| Archbishop kalZer to the see at Mil
waul1ee as favorable to German in
| terests. If things are allowed to go
| much further, we may soon expect a
| cablegram announcing that Herr Won
| Schloezer has claimed, in the name of
| the kaiser, right to veto our appoint
ments to dozen of the episcopal sees
| IN the United states.
Archbishop Kalzer, I am sure, is per-
| sonally innocent of alliances with the
representative of Prussia, and will take
| an early occasion to warn this gentle
| man that his cordial approvals' of
| American matters must be dispensed
| with in the future. But the audacity
| of the Prussian is to be noted all the
| same as an indication of foreign
| thought and action in our regard.
| The contagion spreads, and to an ex-
| tent that compels a smile of amusement
| in the midst of our Indignation. So long
| as the church in America is fit only to
| be partitioned off to the care of foreign
| countries, why would not any foreigner,
however small he be, ask for piece?
| Hence we find Mgr. MERCER, the minis
| ter of the pl ovince of Quebec, mere
| colony of England, who happened to
| meet in Rome Herr Cahensley, running
| to the vatican and praying in the name
| of his little constituency that Cana
| dian bishop be named for the see of
! Ogdensburg, in the state of New York.
| Mgr. MERCER, we must say, is modest.
| He should, when once started, have
| aimed at higher game and asked that
| the see of Boston or New York be hand
| ed over to his patronage. But appetite
| comes in eating, and who knows what
| Monseignor might attempt another
| time. We can easily picture a further
| extension of this foreign ambition to
| rule Catholic officers in America. In
| few years the ecclesiastical map of the
| country would show the fingerings Of
every foreign principalitv whose emf
| grants choose to touch our shores.
| New Orleans we imagine, would suit
Italy; Bohemia might be satisfied with
| Chicago; Detroit, as a matter of course,
would go to Posen, and Gnesen in Po-
land, etc Possibly few sees-James-
| town or Charleston-would be left to
| Americans.
| This attack of foreignism upon the
church in America is killed by it's
audacity. So long as it worked
stealthily by secret embassies and
back entrances, it was dangerous and
| doing harm. 1t has now entered into
open combat, and in sight of it's arms
| legions are against it, Indeed the out
come will be most favorable to church
and to country. Catholics in America,
whatever the race from which they
have sprung, will be more vigilant in
| the defense of their rights, both az
Catholics and as Americans.
| | have seen the official denial of the
| representative of the Deutsche Ameri-
canischer Priester Verein, or German
| Clerical society of America disclaim-
ing all knowledge of or cooperation in
the Cahensley memorial. What this
representative will not deny is that
The Cahensley memorial is near
| ly word for word the docu-
ments which the st. Louis German
| priests of St. Louis the founders of the
verein, sent to Zone in 1886 by Rev.
| Abbelen, of Milwaukee; nor will he
| deny that a few days ago the AmerilSa,
| a paper which is fed on verein food, de-
clared openly that it will ceaseless-
| ly work for Cahensley's programme.
| There are methods and methods of CO.
| operation. Whatever the spirit of the
| Cahensley movement. it thrives in the
| halls of the verein, and the verein is an
| exotic to which American air is most
| uncongenial. One denial of some of
| Cahensley's movements, when he is be-
| ing defeated, will not redeem the verein
before the tribunal of public opinion
No Ground for Hopeful View.
OTTAWA. Ont, June 4, midnight
After the consultation tonight Sir
James Grant said it had been decided
to telegraph for Dr.. George Boss, of
Na-,t,.aal the request IF