The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-08-20
VATICAN AND QUIRINAL.
Conflict Between the Pope and the
House of Savoy.

altogether ceased, has just now be-
come more acute than ever. Pre-
meir Crispi is determined to up
hold the integrity of Italy, the
Curia hopes to regain, through the
Queen, the much coveted worldly
power, which it lost in 1870. The
friends of the church, both in Italy
and Germany, advise the Pope to
accept the loss of his worldly power
as an irremediable fact. The
French press encourages the Pope
to hold out.
The Journal des Debats, Paris,
says: During the last two months
a remarkable change has taken
place in the attitude of Crispi to-
ward the Vatican. He is less pill
able. The Premier refuses to ratify
the appointment of several bishops,
which he did not seem to oppose
in January. 1t seems very much
as if Crispi intends to frighten the
Cura to coerce it into submission.
TIL. assistance of the Catholics is
needed at the ballot-box, but they
will not vote unless the Pope gives
the word The Pope may not be
unwilling to come to terms, but he
is restrained by his regard for
France"
The Observation Francois, Paris,
is authority for the following
sFor the last two or three months
Queen Marguerite has been in con-
slant unrest. She is convinced
that the reign of the House Of Sa-
voy will shortly be ended by re-
volution, and that her life is in
danger. 4 will end like Marie
Antoinette,' she cries. we will not
escape punishment for having Ia
ken Romel Our fate approaches
through the Porta Pia.' If the
matter was left to her she would
give Rome back to the Holy See
Internationally"
The Augsburger Post-Zeitung,
Augsburg, Germany, remarks upon
this: ''All this is nothing new.
The late Empress Augusta in
formed Protestant member of the
Prussian Court, in 1887, that the
Queen OF Italy asked her to assist
in satisfying the Pope. King Hum
bert also looks upon the cessation
of the struggle with the church
as necessary for the existence OF
the monarcy."
The Deutsche Volksblatt, Stutt-
CART, declares that Crispi is very
angry at all this, and threatens to
prevail upon the King to have
Queen Marguerite confined to the
palace, a measure which it will be
difficult to execute, as the queen IS
very popular.
The Reichsbote, Berlin, believes
that the difficulty is due to French
Vaccinations. 1--WE have repeat
edly pointed out" says the paper,
"that the French ambassador to
the Vatican, Lefebre de Bataine,
exercises a kind of terrorism there.
When the press of Italy accused
the Pope of Indifference to the sui
ferings of the people, the Pope de-
MED the imputation, but did
nothing to convince the people to
the contrary. He is, practically,
a prisoner to France. When the
Pope tried to mediate between the
Sicilians and the Government, his
advice was half-hearted. He dares
not assist in strengthening the
Government for fear of France"
Similar opinions are expressed
by Raffaele de Cesare in the Nueva
Antologia, Rome. He says: ''The
Pope need not f1atter himself that
he will escape the general ruin If
the Italian Government be des-
troyed. The rentes and pensions
which the present Government al
lows to the church would cease to
be paid if royalty fell. Only one
course is open to the Pope. He
must revoke the non expedit which
forbids the Catholics TO vote. He
has tried everything else. He has
gone from court to court, from Gov
eminent to Government begging
for help, and asking to be reinstat-
ed as a State ruler. He should
now identify his interests with
that of the Crown. When the
Catholics are seen at the political
gatherings and at the Quirinal,
their influence will act as whole
some restraint upon certain radical
parties. The Catholics are the
conservative element. Their en-
trance into politics means nothing
less than the emancipation of the
Vatican from French politics, and
the salvation of Italy. Their alb
sence from the polls alone has
made the present rule of corrup-
ton in parliamentary circles posi-
BILE. This absence now threatens
ruin to the country and the