The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-16

call Of Rome. A natural development of tho
letter to princes and peoples, 1t will he n prom
ise Of AUTONOMY. and an appeal. The letter
brcbthes evangelical charity aud the most pa
thCtic sentiments. have heard u Cardinal, who
has read it, enthusiastically express his admira-
These are Ne facts. What will be the results
of this labor Z The scheme for the union OF the
Ghnrches las three groups in view: the groups
The first result of the conferences will be to draw
closer the ncighboring. Leyantine group of ORR;
~rivalries play n part which must not he undercs-
timated, the greatest difficulty will be the ilnan-
clal question. Mgr. Guusset said to me: "
should have all the conversions | wish IL | had
money: have been obliged to refuse neg-
phytcs; | have converted many, but had nci-
Their priests, nor Schools, nor churches; give
mo money and we shall be near the goal"
Moreover several little Syrian and Egyptian
churches have, begun negotiations for a recon.
Citation with Rome. Soon we shall see the first
fruits Of this political evolution exercise u great
or influence. The higher clergy hcgcltanized, ra-
tionalized by the German universities, will be
FRACTIONS. almost irreprcssihic. The world Of
politics is divided. \ double current Is felt,
that Of the Minister TriCOupis. who halls IN the
union u principle. " redemption for ancient
Greece, once the birthplace OF culture and the
pioneer OF civilization; the other favorable to the
Triple, ALLIANCE, aud especially TO Austria, there
national riyairirs. nnchrisiiSS spirit. inveter,,
ate hatreds, all the. barriers OF the past will rise
up here. WIN the light from Rome. the warm
impulse of the ICvaut, the Increasing influence
of The Papacy, the great name OF Leo MIL. that
'Benjainin of our century as u Statesman has
Nhll''l lllils N'Ah ' lAN ~ ms AVllllT-lblf w Z
duCc, conquer what seems imprcgnablcH In any
case there will be n struggle, and from the con-
fiCt perhaps light will come,
The Slav group is divided into two parts, that
In the Balkan prnin -ula and the Russian world;
tho latter dominated. hypnotized by the Ortho-
dox Slav ideal. Its ideal is Slavic unity under
the sCeptre OF the Car; II II the ancient con-
fusion of the two powers. The Czaris the father
Of religion, rs he il the father of the land.
Nevertheless, in spite of this array of unsur-
mountablo barriers, there has sprung up in
Russia, in the higher classes, IA current
toward Rome. The Solovicrs and their
fellows have aroused sympathies all the
stronger because they are popular, and that
they. find no incornpatlblIity That cannot
be done away with between the Slavic
and the Roman Church. May not tho
Russian system itself be modified, he adapted TO
the conditions of the Orient. the day when Rus
STA hruuks out of itS bed Of traditions, OF the en-
ChAntrd circle within which she has built her
protecting shelter
propose the problem without answering II.
The stake in the drama, rs can be seen, is an
immense one for the whole world. From the
course which this idea uf union will take de-
ponds in part the question of the ultimate draw
ing closer Uf Augliranism and tho Protestant
churches to the ancient and venerable mctrop-
oils Of Christianity. lNNOMINATO.