New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-02-20

,u-,o ,orh .orcelv discount an optimistic future
| which was not based upon hierarchy anu p'
| bocu sprung from the soil ana me p'op
,boso countries Those who cavil at the successes
| cnImed for the Jesuit missionaries III 'nPa $50
among other things alleged just ms 'na' VIII
millions Of Japanese were bnpuzcu' Ou' ......
ordained 10 the priesthood and none eo"se'r".eu
hchons am unocuuainted with statistics bearing
upon This case and am not concerned WIN thcm io,
the present though with all good oa'hohos '
be Jealous OF any laurel torn iro" NV o''" "
that glorious order, the "praesdiun ct duice uc "a
tho Church. but the fact remains 'nh' the '"'
was known to DO wellforgcd II II incEco acc"''S "
aim. And when the suspicious era comes wien Il
native hierarchy will arise In India or Jnpah' tne
Roman Co,r viii doubtless prove indifferent TO the
vaiicnations OF forthcoming Cahensiys.
Dut there is perhaps another point nom whien
the subject might be viewed by some lew Oh III"
readers OF The Tribune. Respect FOR mo h'ci"se".e
OF Its readers compcls me TO say perhaps io' ~ =
uncomfortable that thinking people shouid tahe up
position so untenabe, and yet survey Oh 'he ''e'
which would exclude this view might be looked upon
a, Incomplete 1t is stated that German statesmen
proud OF the commanding position That Europe nus
reached in the arts and sciences, In literature anu
arms sill! look with jealous eye upon the Doas,eu
ucrcnuony OF the AngO-SaxOn race ana language
Whether present or in prospective, and would fain pre-
pare Join Issue with the English speaimns "o, r
that end they would seek 10 prevent or NJ iesi pos.
pone The Americana nation OF the German Immigrant.
They see the means in the mr0c heal school wheI
Catholic or Lutheran where the German tongue 10
sill perpctuat"d on American soil. .
81 uiny not OF course, speak Tor the Litlier,is'
Int may at least speak OF, If rot f)r the Catholics
and might as we'll here state that those leaders 81
German statccraft count without their host Iiat
very policy OF the Roman court WHICH aims AT the
creation Df the National Church. wherever possiD'e
slimnlaiily blocks the rad Altogether apart from
that POLICY the sympathes Of Rome LIE with ilic
American Republic aeaIn.t the European Empire.
Rome has ever sought the peoples ana only innS5
when through them alone lay the road to the nasse,
dismal experience has made manifest 10 the Church
the fatal disadvantage OF imperial and royal rrote non
Fmpcrors and kings have invariably protected the
Church after the wcknOwn fashion In which Eng
land protected the American col)ries, and now pro
tects Egypt and India. 1t was the Church wnch
paid the army OF occpatiOn. and that by dangerous
curtailment Of It's liberties and influence III never
feared Nero. but Nero was tower OF strength 10
the Church. when the ilied dcspotism If the Cyan
tines was preparing The churches OF the East lof
he rule and ruin Of the SchiS'nac ana th' MnS,ei
man, Simonacal chiefs Of the Holy Roman Empire.
Kings Of England Defenders Of the Fait Eldest sons
Church revealing In the orgies OF the Fare aux
Ccrf, Most Catholic kings of .rNiin blasting the fhr
fame Of the Church bv the political atrocities OF the
In1usOn Most Apostolic Maje+tieS turned sacrstans.
Napoleon turned bandit and Napoleon turned sybarte.
all these gentry have had their day. and when
Leo XIII stands between Cnrnot and d'Orleans we
fairly assume that should necessity arise he would
stand between Cleveland and Cahcnsly. Kings are
Of the past. the peoples OF the future. and so are
he DOpes."