The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-17
CHIEF OF THE JESu|TS.
Death Of Antonius Anderledy, the
Twenty Third General Of
the Order.
The Event of Personal and Remi-
niscent, Rather Than Eccle-
siastical, Interest.

Father Anderledy Once n Parish Priest
In the Unitsd states-Ehe Society
f of Jesus.
The death at Florence Of Antonius An
derledy. the twenty third general OF the
Company of Jesus, is an event. OF personal
and re miniscent interest, rather than OF
political or ecolesiastical Significance says
4 Paris dispatch to the New York lrl-
bune. Time was when 1t mlRht
have portended vast changes ana
revolutionary movements in many
lands. That was whom the Society OF Jesus
was. az President Dupin said. "a sword, OF
which tho hilt was in Rome and Che point
in every quarter of the Rlobs;'' and when. az
Macsulay said, there was no region OF tins
world and no walk of speculative or active
life in which Jesuits we're not to be found,
~puttinp forth swhole libraries of CON
troversy, casuistry, history, t%reatlses on
ontics. Aloaie oder, editions Of the Fathers.
madrigals, eanticles and lampoons.' In
those daye they dictated the politics II
010lO0lHCv OWN VI Nh0 ~-
which they we're ex,led; and the policy OF
their head was moe important than that OF
nny king or emperor. "Ys blaok-roosd
men" wrote Bsranger, whence cams
YOU? From meath the ground We come.
half fox, half wolf: you know Why
W were sxilsd; W return. Be silent. then,
and send your children to our schools. =
pore once cursed us; in an hour he died.
Another blessed as and his very bones TO-
day are reliquariss.'" That was bat 9 soma
Of tho advanced liberal, Beranger. But il
had ths ring Of truth for olden times. 1o-
day, though ali is changed, and in politics,
il Europe, at any rats the hand Of the
Jesuit works no more.
Father Anderledy was the last Of three
very notable men who excessively rose to
tlo cena, alship OF the order. The precise
title il .'surerior general Of the Congrega-
ton Of the Sacred Heart" the name, so
cinty Of Jesus having been officially abol-
ighed nearly a century ago, though SILL
used, popularity, AZ much as ever. Inc
first Of the three was An kootaan. q hol.
lander who was superior general from lS29
to 1888. The second was Potter Beckx, Il
Belgian, one of the most extraordinary mon
Of the order since Loyola himself. He it
was who prevailed upon the Austrian
Government to let the order be re-estab-
iishsd throughout its dominions, even BE-
fore he became its general. and be II was
who practically forced Pope Plus TX. to re-
call the dsoree of banishlnent. welcome the
order pack to Rome, and proclaim the two
creat Jesuit dogmas Of the immaculate CON
oept,on and papal infallibility. From 1883
to 1884 he was the general of the order. and
on his death hs vas succeeded BY h!s
vicar general, Antonius ANdsilcdy. This
extraordinary man was q Swiss. and in early
life identified himself with the Jesuits. he
was expelled with them from Freibutg and
went int Piedmont, and on being again
expelled won't thence to the United States.
and for ! time was the PARISH prless 81
Green Bay, Wis. Returning to Europe, he
had a long career as college professor. and
in 1870 became assistant to Father Beck1.
Father Anderledy was much more a man
Of the world than = priest. He was a born
DIPLOMATS: Never was there a man who
could begin a great intrigue more lmper-
ceptibiy than he. or carry it ON to a sue
oessful issus moro quiet and uuobasrvcdly.
He worked through the most innocent and
uususpectsd agencies, so that even in the
most important matters his hand was
never seen and his voice never heard.
His manners were singularly suave
and polished, and yet there never was
4 man Of mere autocratio will. 1t was in
decd q perfect example of the iron hand in
the velvet glove. "sauviter in modo. %fortiter
in re- He was, too, a man OF great and
va,ied accomplishments. All the riches OF
science. literature and art appeared to be
treasured within his mind ready for in
ern language. and French, English,
German, Italian and Spanish he
spoke with the entire perfection of a
native of one of those countries. He was,
indeed, e fitting man to lead an order the
most cosmopolitan OF all and for three and
= LnIf o1$,.io nAsrl. thA ro AFT E mr. =
and most feared and hated in the world. 1t
hiss bsen the ayant crurier of tho church
militant, o e-eminently an aggressive,
fighting body. Whr not? 1t was founded
by d soldier. a spanish cavalier, one of the
bravsst mea of his time. He got wounded
in an exploit of daredevil heroism at the
siega of Panapeluna, and. while tuning and
fretting in the hospital, took up to road for
amusament the Lives of tho Saints" 1t
converted him, and when he was able 10 get
out again he forsook the work Of killing
mons bodies for that Of saving their souls;
though often, say his enemies, the two pro-
csKses went hand in hand. And on Sept.
q, 1910, the order was officially recognized
and approval by the pope-Pau! Hin a
proclamation, beginning in fine martial
style, "Kegimini militantis Ecclesia."
1t was not long before the order met with
determined anta2onism, Within fifty yeas
from its establishment it WAS expelled from
Francs by Henry of Navarro. But that
king wak presently glad to call il back and
make amaads for the expulsion. A few
Jeafa late it WAS charged with com p%licity
in the kings assassination, and its books
were burned in public by tho hangman,
though it managed to avoid being sent
sgsia into exile. All through that
century, the seventeenth, the Jesntts
ruled France. Paseal's eloquonce
was directed against them in vain, and when
FathsE La Chaisa. ia thu confessional, di.