St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-28
Catholic Immigrants We're to
Be Used in a Sinister
Way.
Foreign Languages, Customs
and Ways to Be Perpet-
uated.
A Movement Emanating From
Germany That Must Sure
ly Fail.
The American Hierarchy Said
to Have No knowledge Of
the Matter.

BERLIN, May 27.-It is learned here
that Herr CaheDsly has been the prin-
cipal mover in the efforts of the Euro
pean Catholic emigration societies to in
duce the pope to follow distinct ma
tlonal lines in fostering the church work
among Catholic immigrants in America.
The dispatches from Rome will already
have given American readers some in
formation touching this movement.
Herr Cahensly only recently returned
from the Eternal City, where he had
gone to lay before Leo XIII. the me-
mortal formulated last December at Lu-
cerne by the conference of representa-
tives of Catholic emigration societies of
different countries. 1t was Herr Ca
hensly who called that conference, as
he had previously, in September, called
similar conference at Liege. Ca
hensly is member of the Prus-
ian diet, where he has long shown
special interest in the question Of Cath
olic emigration. He is also the general
secretary and controlling spirit of the
Society of st. Raphael. His champion
ship of the interests Of German Catho-
lies in America has borne fruits in fire.
quent instructions to Herr von
SchloeZer, the German representative at
the Vatican, to use his influence in their
behalf whenever occasion arose. The
Lucerne conference, which was made
up of the presidents of the national em-
igration committees, commiss ioned
Herr Cahensly to bear the
HHannorfal IN the Vatican
On his way thither he stopped at
Genoa for conference with the Italian
emigration committees, and from there
he was accompanied to Rome by the
president of the Italian association, SCR.
ValpilaDdi. Herr CahensIy was also
armed with letters from many inhuen-
tial Catholic leaders expressing approval
of the movement he represented.
Among these was a letter from the late
DR.. Windthorst, and documents show
ing that he had the support of Cardinals
Schoenborn, of Prague, the archbishop
of Vienna, the chiefs of the Catholic
party and the princes of the Austrian
aristocracy, the Belgian cardinals, and
the representatives of the Catholic
movement at Rome and in Italy. There
were also expressions of approval from
influential Catholics Of Quebec, such as
Premier Mercier and Messrs. Joseph
Sheyn and Robert Ness. At Rome Herr
Cahensly put himself in communication
not only with the Propaganda and the
Vatican, but also Cardinals Masella, Led
OchowSki and Melchers, who approved of
the project and the memorial submitted
to the holy see. Her Cahensly visited
Herr Won SchloeZer and solicited his
support. The latter, who had already
received information and instruction
I'll tat i'm,
Speaking of the nomination of Mgr.
Katzer as archbishop in America, Herr
Won SchloeZer said to Herr Cahensly:
"ThiS is an important act that will in
terest all Prussia, whether Catholic or
Lutheran" He added that he would
warmly congratulate and thank the car
dinal secretary of state for his choice,
so favorable to
German Interests.
Herr Cahensly then visited the Aus
tro-Hungarian ambassador to the Vati-
can, who promised his support, adding:
II am all the more disposed to support
your mission to Rome as my government
has already sent me Instructions in re-
gard to this subject. You may count
upon me-" M. Mercier not only gave
his written approval as stated above,
but when he had his audience of the
pope he warmly recommended the plan
proposed in the memorial, and said to
the pope: "When l assisted at the Bal
timore centenary felt an acute regret
on finding that there were no Canadians
among the American bishops, notwith-
standing that there are more than a
million Canadians in the United States.
AS the diocese of OgdensbuIg is about to
become vacant, l shall pray the holy see
to nominate Canadian to the vacancy
1t is significant that the whole move
ment has been conducted so far with
out the knowledge or advice of the
American hierarchy. The campaign
has been directed solely by the COM
mittee IN Germany. which. by its act
ivity, has secured the support and ap-
probation of other European countries.
The American bishops have probably
no information about it except what
they have gained from the press dis
patches. There will be great curiosity
to know their views of the matter. The
plan proposed in the memorial would,
if adopted, seem to be peculiarly we'll
adapted for the preservation in Amer
lea of the languages and race distinc-
tionS of the immigrants. 1t has been
impossible to secure list of the sigma
lures of the memorial. The document
itself. whicS. has never before been pub
lished, which was presented to the pope
along with all the letters and recon-
mendations in its favor that Herr Ca
hensely could get, is given herewith in
full, that it may been seen exactly what
the petitioners ask for.