Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-12-13
LEO BACKS SAT0LLI.
The Pope Will Foil Those Who Try
to Misrepresent His Mission.
he NOW is THROUGH FOREVER
With the Policy of the Triple Alliance
Against France.
THE NEW CARDINALS ALREADY NAMED

ROME, Dec. 12-On hearing of the death
of Cardinal Lavigerie the Pope burst into
tears, and said to those near, him:
''The world has lost one of those who have
merited much from humanity"
His Holiness will perform special SER
vice for him. His successor in Africa is
Mgr Leonihac Cardinal Lavigerie, if he
had lived, would have played, with Gibbons,
Ledochowski and Rampolla the role of
great elector at the coming conclave.
Cardinal Lavigerie has in his last testa-
ment left a special paper for the Pope,
which was remitted to his Holiness on the
29th of November. 1t contained state
,ment of the wishes of the Cardinal regard
ing Carthage and Africa. He sought to de-
fine the conditions of the succession of his
see, indicated how the African missions
should be dealt with, and counselled the
Pope regarding his successor. The Cardinal
has left his affairs in perfect order, and had
fully prepared for death.
Sticks to a Republican Policy.
The Vatican has recently sent to the
puncios circular containing an exposition
of the French Democratic policy. The cir
cular repeats the decision of the Pope to
abide by a line of action in harmony
with French republicanism, and claims
from the nuncios scrupulous respect tor
that policy.
His Holiness has sent special envoy to
the Emperor of Austria to inform him of
the conditions of the Papal attitude to-
ward France The prelate charged with
this mission has been instructed to try and
convince the Emperor that it will be useless
to try to shake the determination OF the
Holy See in following out its French policy.
In giving final instruction to his envoy the
Pope said:
"I am all the more decided upon this line
of action seeing that the Due de Chartres
in the Audience which 1 gave him was able
to guarantee nothing as to the Monarehists,
verba ct non facta" His Holiness has had
enough, and once for all, of the Austro-
Ranano-German party.
The statements in certain American jour-
nails that Mgr SatoIIi was sent to America
because he was opposed to the French policy
of the Pope are absolutely false. They ap-
pear to emanate from sources desirous of
making his pacific mission to the States
failure. The Pope, who is quite aware of
these intrigues, is determined to foil them.
1t is stated that the Jesdits have decided
to transfer to Rome the habitation of the
general, now established at Fiesole, near
Florence, but it is doubtful whether the
Pope will consent to the change.
The Cardinals to Be Named.
All the arrangements for the coming con-
sistory have been completed and the nego-
tiations for the elevation of archbishops to
the cardinalate have been brought to an end.
These are the Archbishops of Dublin, West
minister, Cologne, Breslau, Gran, Seville,
Tours. Rouen, the Nuncio at Madrid and
Mgr. Persico
The Pope recently offered to create
third French Cardinal, the Bishop of Rodez
being his selection for the Office. The
French Government, however, preferred
the elevation of the Archbishop of Abb,
who did not meet with the approval of His
Holiness In consequence of this differ
ence of opinion as to who the third Cardi-
nal should be the appointment will not be
made at present.
In Prussia Emperor William accepted a
Cardinal at Cologne in order to have one
at Breslau. Hungary demanded three Car
dinals but has got only one. The Pope,
however, promises to create a second Car
dinal later on, but absolutely refuses to ap-
point third. 1t is possible that Mgr.
Nocenui, substitute State Secretary, will be
created Cardinal.
1t is again asserted that Mgr. Cretoni
will be sent as nuncIo to Madrid, but in
high ecclesiastical circles the report is con-
sidered doubtful.