The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-07-09
CAHENSLYS SCHEME.


ST. Louis. july S.-Herr Cahensly, the
author OF the memorial presented to the
pope in favor of the appoIntment OF
foreign bishops to look after Catholic
immigrants in America, has written a
circular letter in reply to certain state
ments of Father Phelan, OF this city. The
letter is dated at Limburg. June %, and,
among other things, says:
''in my letter dated Berlin, June 10,
1891, was compelled to decline rectlfying
the errors that have been and daily are
attached to my late activity AT Rome
Two such miss ratements, however, obilge
me to come forward and correct them.
These same misstatements may be found
in the editorials of the st. Louis Western
Watchman of May 81, 1891, which
I have just now received. / am
sorry to say that it is the Rev. ID.
S Phelan. 1898 North Broadway.
St Louis, No, whom / must accuse of
neglectng the eighth of the ten command
ments, and whose priestly assertions [ am
bound to designate as complete false
hoods 1t is entirely false that the Deti-
tion dated Zurich-very likely Lucerne is
meant-and signed by me was written in
st. Louis Mo. Herr Phelan may add:
This is confidential or anything else that
he may deem necessary or useful to
strengthen his false assertions: it still,
however, remains a glarinS falsehood.
I'VE were not advised, influenced, insti-
gated or directed from St Louis, Mo-, or
any other place within the United States
of America, but our memorial was written
here. therefore request of Rev. Mr.. Phe-
Ian to prove or Tetract. Should he do
neither | would have to accuse him of cal
umny Again, it is false that the memor-
ial was handed TO the holy father by a
member of the German reichstag. have
not the honor of belonging to that illus
frior1u h~H,- lint c,lyT n Of ba
house of representatives of the Prussian
diet; again false that the entire influence
of the Center has been pledged to support
the measure therein proposed. The Cen
ter in the German reichstag, as also in the
German landtag. has stood very distant to
the petition and proposals therein con
tained.
The European Raphaelsverein, for the
protection of Catholic emigrants, alone
are the originatorS of the proceeding; they
alone have taken the step and they alone
boldly and fearlessly stand ready to an
swer for it. The very fact that beside my
self Marquis Nolpe Landi from PlacenZa,
president of the Italian Raphaelsverein,
was delegated by the Lucerne congress to
hand the memorial to his holiness, is evil
dence that it bears as well European
character, as also that of the Raphaelsve-
rein. II is to be regretted that family af-
fairs prevented his presence at Rome at
the time when the petition was present.
ed
The letter concludes with the assertion
that the Centre and reichstag at Berlin
in no way need instruction that can be Of
fered by the Rev. ID. 5. Phelan, and occU
pies too high position to accept it,"
In reply TO the above, in an Interview,
Father Phelan said: "Dr. Cahensly must
first understand that do not charge that
the memorial was written here-meaniug,
of course, the mechanical part. What
DO charge is that the Cahensly memorial
is the outgrowth of an agitation which
had its origin and instigation here If
DIR. Cahensly was not prompted by St.
Louis men he has appropriated their ideas
The memorial is the same as that present.
ed in 1856 by Rev. p. M. Abbelen, priest
of The diocese of Milwaukee, to the propa-
Eanda, for which be took the full respon-
siblity, although Archbishop Heiss of
milwaukee signed and approved it. This
memorial was undoubtedly prompted by
st. Louis men" Father Phelan then
quoted extracts from letter written bv
Milwaukee priest concerning the mission
of Ab6elen, to show that the whole matter
originated in St. Louis.