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considerations have sufficiently charac terixeds
this climatic season In the central CoysrS-
ment Of Chri standoup

meht OF Chrlstendom.
Cardinal Ledochowski would be an emi-
nentiy modern Pope. He Is personality OF
n,eh moral ana intellectual stature. Born in
morn. IN Posen, and educated at the Academy
OF Ecclesiastical Mobiles in Rome. he has had A
priiliant ana rapid career: auditor otthe office
OF Nuncio ut Lisbon. Nuncio at Brussels and
aiterward Archbishop OF Poscn. where he won
inc namiration OF the entire world by his OPS
Pos'ion 10 bismarck ana 10 tho kulturkampf;
Ptieone' ~ os'oroWo. anu then an exile
Ill home' where he was tho guest OF Plus TX.
anu Oh Leo AilL' made Cardinal In 1875.
anu hppoihteu secretary OF tho Pnpal Briefs
in tooo' ana TWO months ago Prefcct OF
.ho iropagahua' 'ardihal le!ochowski unites
III MS person Two worlds. tho Roman and
.ne ,ore'gh. no Is tho past and tho future.
no KNOWS .he ORGANIZATION OF tho Cura Of
'oin' "n. 'ne si'ua'ioh oi tho Church abroad.
In this no mas privileged position which
makes MN an Incompatible worker for tho
interests OF inc HOLY Scc lie is tho typo OF
those ioreiehers VINO IN the future will get
tneir education mere. lntuse now blood into
the veins OF tho papacy. and profoundly modi-
~ inc system oeauea'hed to Rome by Sixtus
'. he Is tho characterized incarnation of tho
scntimohts ana aspirations OF tho ecclcs.as.
tical eiite toward an adaptation OF tho old rs-
gimes TO our contemporary conditions and our
modern eSigehcies
1t mny be objected that the hatred for him
entertained by tho RUSSIAN Government will
be an obstacle to his elevation to the tiara
But has II been hindrance to his promotion
to tho Propaganda 1t is true that Berlin has
pursued him with Its hostility. even to the
very apartments in which the Popo sheltered
his exile at the vatican. 1t often demanded his
eNtradition. When mild negotiations were
carried ON between home and Berlin. Bis.
marck. Tor long time. concentrated his di.
plomacy upon Ledochowskis dismissal from
the Vatican and his resignation OF tho Arch.
bshopric OF Posen. here ana there those me-
EQUATIONS were IN danger OF being broken by
striking against this obstacle. Leo NIL. re-
manned firm up to the moment when the OK.
Chancellor gave promise and guarantee
Tor reform IN tho laws. ana Tor tho abolition
OF MS ecclesiastical system.
But wo must not forget that this hatred was
principally personal. cardinal ledochowsk
was SUI III good standing at the court OF Bcr-
lin when bismarck vowed against him an
MISUNDERSTANDING luminosity. since tho fall
OF tho Irince. the RUSSIAN Government has
soitencd It's attitude. 1t is. therefore. not
probable that tho past Will provo the absolute
enemy OF the future.
lho SITUATION. therefore. Is this: In the ny.
pothesis OF Conclave abroad. or OF the exile OF
the rope. tho successor OF Leo Nil. will bea
foreign rope: ana IN this case Cardinal Glib
bons VIII nave no serious opponent
In normal conditions. that is to say. II the
present situation should become prolonged,
and II tho Sacred College should hold its scs-
SONS IN homo. the contest VIII be between the
triple Alliance group and the group OF which
.ardlhai hampoiia IS 'he representative and
the guide. rms Will certainly result in the
In any case. tho evolutions and the Trans
formations OF our epoch are preparing tho
snnrh-nationnl Pope ana the internationaliza-
ton OF the Papacy. a now conception Of the
role ana mission OF the l'apacy will enter into
the coming Conclavc All enlightened minds.
oil disinterestcd and impartial obs ervers. de-
mand profound modification in tho central
organism OF tho Church. BY tho logic OF
things and situations. tho next Pope
will BIO progressive follower OF the
modern. social. and democratic policy
OF Leo NIL. Ho will bo 10 the present Pope
what the Pont!fs OF the thirteenth century
were to Gregory VII. tho beneficiary Of now
method Of government. and Of an evolution
which will triumph all along the line when
the abnormal situation of Rome shall have
ceased to weigh upon the action Of tho Papacy
and the influence Of tho times. reactionary
Pope. such as tho Triple Alliance desires. or q
null and idle Pope. such rs tho Quirinal wishes
for. would DO an nnachronism and an i'm
possibility. Tho experiment OF Leo KILL
has succeeded. An entire change has
been wrought in the public mind. AZ
tho commencement OF his Papacy the
present Pore encountered q pitiless re-
sistance. His modernized Pon.incato was
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