New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-11

prominent eccesiastics in this country have not been
upprised OF the fact that Monsignor satolh Is the
Topes legnte. Before the end OF the month OF jan
nary there wiz be no reason for repeating the con-
undrum. How do we know this Is SOL By this time
every suragan bishop in the country Will have boon
officially informed OF the order OF things
"The next will give yOu better insight
into the diplomacy OF Rome. II wants TO know who
the opponents OF the scholastic plan and what
are their reasons When the Holy Father has nd
the confidential and conscientious answers TO MS
inquiry he Will then be in possession Of exact In
formation of the real mind Of every bishop In the
United states. lie will then actually know all the
arguments the four score and more bishops In THIS
country can urge against his plan. and Will have the
precise Information he want; which to base his
order to compel obedience TO his WILL III the case
Of the French bishops who held of for time. the
Holy Falher had better facilities for getting th''r
viows than he has In this country But Old he
modify or change his policy Not one whit lie
found ont who his enemies wer, and the pon''hcal
decree smote them with all the power Of mpal
hority II did not hit those who were submissive.
lint II did exact obedience immediate ana unreserVeu
from every member Of the hierarchy in France
Now apply this to the United States and you
have the planest and fullest answer which can pos
sibly be made to the object is sending the order re-
Gently mailed to American bishops. Then again,
at the meeting OF the archbishops In November. they
had previously obtained the Views OF every bishop
In their respective provinces on the school question
MS Il WINS then understood and had been required
| by an order from Rome The fourteen new propo-
| sons on the scholastic question submitted by
| Monsgnor sato were formulated and first promu
gated the archbshops. They had therefore never
been officially before the sunragon bishops II was
| then Just such courtesy the diplomacy OF the
| Vatican would naturally follow to ask each bishop
| 20 kick the new propositions to atoms II they
pleased but not withhold their honest criticisms
from The Ponh II IS true the issue involved is not
! one Of faith doctrine. but rather one Of morals
| and hence It is expodent the Holy Father should
| know all the suGrngnns in this country may have
| to say upon the subject.
LAS to the aArchbishOps, they are the heads OF
| dioce,es Just the same Bishops. The Cardinal
himself is greater In that respect in the Baltimore
diocese than the Bishop OF Wheeling or the bishop Of
Richmond They have, il Is true already approved
tho scholastic propositions The official report made
public In this country and approved In Rome shows
this absolutely true ut II they asked for their
opinion they are at liberty 10 give It, II Arch
bishop Corigan has why in his opinion. the
| plan ought TO he enforced lie can tell all he
/ thinks but he will not be asked 10 make corrections
, he may think advisable The Holy Father maze
that point very clear to the ArcibishopS at their
council last November. 1t proposed then to
modify the tenor Of the propositions The oihclai re-
| port tells the story briefly, but pontedy. II says :
THE most reverend delegate, MOnsgnGr Sa'olhr
then read and explained fourteen propositions, which
| he laid before the ArchlishOps 10: the purpose o
| finally settling the school question. lie declared
| that his statement made in The came CT III, Pope
At the afternoon session The doc nient ''f'rtcd by
Mons gnor Satol was taken up md sGme nIiidcaito'
sugseeted. Monsgnor s.at)i explained that the
document represented the mind OF the Pope, which
did not admit Of discussion that the style a'd N!nrs
sons his OWL and that he would By most happy
! TO make in them any modification the assembled Pee
latcs deemed better. ,. - .,,,
The Suggestions Of the ArchLishops wei hcc'pt.i ny
| the abcgate and the oficia report t,ncllacS as im
| lows Al the request OF all the members Oh the
Beard Ct Mc,ropOliianS h. kindly consented to iner
the nsi ,rt,Ice OF his pamphlet bv cOhc.i"iiHS uiis
omnIa lec,a 1T perpensa fuerunt IN Archi"picoornn
convenu resoutis dhcultatlbus ct acti> cinena"Vph
| bus rcquisitis die l. November. A. d.. i.N-; -,
| chs. | should the most conclusive eNl-
dence that the opinion given ont IN New-lork last
| night as news Is plainly gross imposition on w IN,
American press II any iur1rF i ,Vn ~ nec'mhor
- ub h,S bv the special authorization OF Ill non
ness the substance of the fourteen propositions WHEN
form the basis Of final settlement OF the scho) uaS
| ton In the United states. -, - -, ,,
this element OF fact In IT, but the Holy Father ma, asd
h Episcopacy carefully 10 examine ana coS'aTr om me
The object. have tied 10 explain not 10 sex aa
vice but e. gel possession Of the honest opinion OF
The plan Wen the Pope has that Information he VIII
know what the motives are Of the opponents OF lI'r
but th. object viii sim stand os a. S was
Work in November last This Is the basis OF the mai
settemen, Of the school question In the United states.
The Views OF the SOVEREIGN fonum ar beFh"i" "'' '0
| veyci I'm '.,c words printed IN Rome:
III Is not for to propo>" Il m"thod OF ai1nh;'-
mont, hut II seem that In accorianc" win the
PROPOSITIONS of MonSisn3r sH? It WOULD n9 IN no I'M n
| forests Of democracy and 10 tho needs 81 CHRISTIAN