St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-05
st Pauls Archbishop Given an
Offlcial Endorsement by
Pope Leo.
An Inspired Letter Causes a
Sensation in European
Church Circles.
The Distinguished American
Prelate Sure to Wear a
Cardinals Hat.
ldleness and Famine Are
Breeding Revolution and
Anarchy.

hOME, MATCH IA SeUSaIIOu Has Uetu
created in church circles by the publica-
ton today i'll theMoniteur di Roma of an
article. four columns in length, direct
from the Vatic.n. headed "Monsignour
ireland and CalumniatOIS." 1t is known
that the article is intended for an an
swer, on behalf of the pope, to the at
tacks upon Archbishop Ireland, of st.
Paul, which have followed that prelate
from America on his visit to Rome.
The archbishop has been received with
the greatest favor by the pope, who is
said to be charmed with his visitor, and
seriously meditates making him cardi-
nal of the United States. The assaults
upon Archbishop Ireland appear to have
originated in difference of views as to
his school policy, and to have become
more acrid owing to the divergence
between the American archbish-
ops, with Ireland as their secre-
tary, and the lay committee appointed
in connection with the proposed Cath
Ollie church congress at the worlds
fair. 1t was claimed that Archbishop
Ireland was strenuous in his opposition
| to discussion by the congress of church
matters, and especially of education,
and the reason suggested was that he
| did not wish his own educational meth
DDS made the subject of review. The
| influences arising from these and
other AntagOnisms
have initiated against Archbishop Ire
| land since his arrival in Rome, but ap-
| parently without the slightest effect
upon his standing at the Vatican, as the
article in the Moniteur, inspired, if not
dictated by the pope, goes to prove.
! The article processes to be an official
and plenary defense of the archbishop
against his adVersarieS, American, ltal
ian and German, and to be Intended to
silence, once for all, says the article,
the passionate aud contradictory attacks
which have for some time been coming
to Rome. in stormy cloud, from yari-
| Gus countries. upon the great American
prelate who is now the guest of the pope.
The angry attacks and false report
were coincldent with the arrival of the
I archbishop in Rome.sand accusations
Ewere multiplied with the evident
purpose of seeking to establish a
contrast between the policy of the
holy see and the apostolic action OF
Archbishop Ireland. The bad faith of
these accusations was as visible as
their object, but, the article goes on to
say, They prove at the same time that
we are in the presence of perfldious
campaign, marked by Machiayellian
devices and strategic assaults often
witnessed in the church. The
calumniators find field in
the Vienna Free Presse and
the Courier del Matinee of
Naples, as well as among Protestant
and Catholic journals in America and
officious Italian and German advocates
of the triple alliance. They say that
Archbishop Ireland is
DisIoyal to the Holy See:
that he is unfriendly to the true and eff
ficient independence of the pope, as
though the career of Archbishop Ireland
lin America, and his notable utter
sances in his own cathedral and else
where, could be forgotten. They assert
that the archbishop opposes the ideas Of
Pope Leo, whereas he is the most far
seeing admirer and most docile imitator
of the policy of his holiness, which is
to reconcile and to pacitY. The ideal
of this distinguished archbishop has
been to eXteDd the influence of the
church by taking advantage of the con-
ditions of the times; to fol
low Catholic tradition without
fearing changes in forms and situats
ions; to adapt the undying vitality of
the Catholic faith to newly developed
needs; to place religion above political
parties; to unite instead of dividing,
. and to Undue the young American re-
public with Christian thought, as Pope
Leo. sought to Undue the republic of
France.
"Archbishop Ireland belongs, with his
whole soul, to the school of Pope Leo.
Archbishop lreland's discourse at Balti-
more echoed the pope'S social policy.
He is the most popular man in the
United States, but his enemies would
like to silence his powerful voice and
break his powerful influence. Then the
enemies of Rome would exclaim: The
pope is
Behind the Age.
and in opposition to the most eminent
Interpreter of Romanism beyond the A t.
lantic' Opposition to the pope under
lies the attacks upon the American
leader, but his accuSerS cannot dark the
glory of the church, and cannot lessen
in the United States the empire of the
archbishop. who is to remain the repre-
sentative OF: the influence of Leo XIII.
and of Rome IN the young and r0-
DuSG WOllu WucI0 dlC DtlllS
worked out new destinies for
the church and for civilization.
The work of religious conquest and of
patriotic unifcation will be carried to
natural and fruitful result by the CO.
operating forces of Rome and the Amer
lean episcopate, despite the effort of
caiumniators to accomplish the impos-
sible result of estrangement from his
holiness, an incompatible auxiliary"
This article is considered all the more
surprising as the critics of Archbishop
Ireland have endeavored to impress
upon Rome the idea that the archbishop
was not friendly to the restoration of
the temporal power of the papacy. 1t
is now acknowledged on all sides that
Archbishop Ireland's prospects are eX-
cellent for cardinals hat at the next
consistory.