The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-09

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| twas, OF course, to be expected that 1tal-
| ian Radicals, outside OF the devoted personal
adherents Of Signor CRIsPt, would express
| disapproval OF the Prime Minister'S speech
| At Naples, in which he proclaimed the con-
viction that Church and State must cooper
| ate against the enemies OF the present social
system. But how has the overture which
seemed to be embodied in that speech, been
received by the Vatican Some light
il thrown upon this subject by the Lon
don Tablet, which collects in recent
number the comments Of several Italian
newspapers that are supposed TO represent
with more or less fidelity the views Of LEO
KILL The purport Of their declarations is
that restitution Of the temporal sover.
eighty Of the Pope cannot be looked for, and
that, in the absence thereof, no compromise
between the Papacy and the civil power In
Italy is possible. In short, the Catholic or
gsns are unanimous In reminding Signor
CRIsPI that his change of heart must be
manifested In deeds rather than In words
II is true enough that the pilgrimage TO
Canossa involves penance and restitution no
less than professions Of faith. The German
Emperor who made the memorable journey
recognized its implied obligations, and Bis
MARCK, when seeking the support Of German
Catholics in the Reichstag, acknowledged
that he must earn 1t by repeating most Of the
FALx laws. Remembering these things, the
Voce della Vcrttd, while congrstulating
Signor CRIsPI on his conversion, would like
to see some earnest Of II in "the restoration OF
the Decalogue and the divine law which" 1t
says, 1.-THE italian Government has not
merely forgotten, but trampled under
foot" The Osscrpdtore Romano deems it
necessary to make an historical rectification
Of what It terms the confusion Of phrases in
the Prime Minister'S speech. ut must be
borne in mind" It says, "that the formula
God, King, and country is neither para
phrase nor a logical deduction from MAE
zINIs God and the people, but simple rep
etition Of the Catholic and monarchical motto
OF ancient Spain" The same newspaper
thinks that the like may be said Of Signor
CRIsPI's use of the phrase I'm hoe stgno
pinces." This It calls an irrelevant parody
OF the miraculous words which the Emperor
CONSTANTINE is reported to have read at the
Ponte Milvio shining beneath the cross.
In the enunciation, however, Of this
sentence by Signor CRIsPI the Tablet
recognizes considerable progress since
at Palermo in 1889 he put forward the Dca
Ragionc, or goddess Of reason, as the tute-
larry genius Of Italian thought. The Italia
del Popolo thinks it discerns levity of
mind in such an oscillation between the ex-
tremes Of skepticism and belief, and sees fit
to describe as pasquinades "these histrionic
appeals to heaven and religion on the part
OF ian old adventurer who has passed one
half Of his life In denying his King
and the other half In denying his
Creator" The alleged futility Of Sig
nor CRIsPI's attempt to make use of
religion as a counter in the political game,
while still holding the cards Of q maker of
an indivisible Italy, Is dwelt upon by the |
Unitd Cattolicn 1t suggests that before
talk Of reconciliation should come mention |
OF reparation. To Signor CRIsPI we would |
put the question. Are you ready to undo |
the work Of the revolution In regard to the
Church; to restore to the Pope effective and