St. Paul daily globe., 1893-06-24
Effects Of Leo's Recent En-
cylical Told by a Rome
Correspondent.
1t Means More Than Approval
of Ireland'S School
Policy.
Present Head Of the Catholic
Church a Believer in
Democracy.
Opponents in This Country
Depended on Aid From
MonarchieS.

NFw YORK. June 49, - There is
printed here this morning over the non
de plume 'Innominato." letter bear
ing date. Rome, June 8. which purports
to be correct statement OF the p0pe's
democratic ideas, particularly as regards
church affairs in this country. The
writer says:
when Leo XIII. induced by circum-
stances, set about studying the Ameri-
can question. he had two ideas: TO
contribute to the work OF national uni
tication, and to bring the church in the
line with democracy and the institu
tions of the United States. The United
States, so understood by the pontitf,
furnished him model to look upon and
initiate, and also for an occas-
ION for intervening, because
in the United States was his
mission to maintain that which it was
necessary to implant elsewhere. Let
us not forget. therefore. that for every
observer ihe American directions of the
holy father are closely linked with the
whole modern evolution of the papacy.
Consequently the adverSaries of the
pope and OF his policy have been by no
means deceived in regard to the recent
ramiiicatiOns of the pontitf's initiative.
They were less opposed to the school IN
structions of the holy father than to
the central ideas of his pOntifeate, his
intellectual leaning toward democracy.
that new compass which the new pilot
placed in the bows of the ship. This
arriere pensee
Explains the Universally
and the bitterness OF the opposition in
Europe against the mission of Mgr.
SatOlli: the tolerant posse of the propa-
ganda and the situations brought about
in the school question. The adversaries
of Mgr. Satolli and of Mgr. Ireland in
the United States are not all perhaps
aware of their indirect and moral com
plicity with the leaders of the old par
ties, and with the paladins Of worn out
regimes in Europe.
Now here is the last act Of this in
ternatiOnal drama, OF which the United
States, in spite Of themselves, have fur
nished the principal motive. When
Leo KILL, by the formation OF a perma-
nent apostolic delegation, affirmed his
irrev0cable design to bring about re-
cOnciliation between the church and
democracy. the Conservatives and the
leaders of the opposition held onto
one final hope. The Americans of the
tions of the pope, will perhaps be sur
prised at his designs, but the day has
now arrived when the wells which hid
the essence of the debate from the pub
lie must be torn away. When Mgr.
Satolli submitted the p0pe's instructions
to the archbishOps assembled in New
York, on the 10th OF November last, the
enemies believed that they had favor
able field to fight upon. In the United
States, at Berlin, at Vienna and ut
Rome. they fancied that if if should be
possible to bring about an indirect dis
avuWal o. this reconciliation, this
charter of peace, through which they
would make breach, not only i'll the
American orientation, but in all the
General Policy OF Leo XIII.
"To spread the belief and persuasion
that Rome was falling behind in the
United States was, in their opinion.
equivalent to bringing about the con-
vction that Leo XIII. had received
set back In America. and that a breach
was made in his projects and his ideas.
Through this breach they could enter
the citadel of Paris, Rome, Vienna and
every place else; the pOntificate was
struck to the heart. This setback would
form the preteXt for the resurrection ut
the old policy. 1t was especially in
France that they looked for rebound
which would sever the bonds that
linked her to the leading ideas of
Leo XIII. When. as the envoy of
the pope, Mgr. Ireland last year par
| formed the delicate task OF preaching to
Frenchmen the love of the republic
and of democracy. the friends of Rome
proclaimed that the great archbishop
had advanced the triumph of European
democracy by fifty years. The old
parties felt the magic of this secret in
fiuence. To tear to pieces the ideas Of
Mgr. Satolli upon the school question
! would be to defeat Mgr. Ireland and to
| give renewed hope to tho admirers of
| the past. AS soon as Mgr. Ireland left
| Rome the report was spread abroad that
the holy see would. to certain extent
revise It's previous decision, and that
| after having been turned out of the
door. those persons would be able to get
in again