The evening times., 1895-11-04

Late private adyices from Rome to high
American Catholic ecciesiastics state au-
thoritatively that the P ope is about to en-
ter formal protest to the United States
and the European and other powers against
the celebration OF italian Independence on
September 20. An intimatioD OF this in
tention is conveyed in the recent letter ad-
dressed by Leo to his secretary of state.
Cardinal RampoIla. This document says In
part:
4. By Slorifylng In the way that has been
seen the victory of 1870, the Italian gov
ernment has had in view the securing Of
the results OF its conquest, and they wish
To give Italy and the world to understand
that the Sovereign Pontiff, SO far as they
are concerned, must hencefvrth be resigned
to captivity, without hope of fedeanption.- -
The protest will be addressed tu the SOW
origins Of Europe and other rulers, calling
On them to witness the Injustice and bar
barity OF these political manifestations
and the crime OF King Hnmbefs in main
taining possession OF what is not con-
sidered lawfully his property.
POPE DID NOT LIKE IT.
The papal partisans insist that the cele-
brations of Porto p Ia were not of the nagni-
icent character that the public popuIarly
supposes- Or all the dipbmatic representa-
tives residing in Rome, ouiy the English and
American ambassadors took personal part
in the demonstration.
This tact is said to be especially dis
pleasing to the Pope, and particular note is
taken OF II in his official protest.
One OF the Roman organs OF the Vatican
says that from America bis Holiness
had with good reason expected far different
treatment A country whose population
Is one-fifth Catholic should feel Indignant
that Its representative went out OF his way
TO take part IN a celebration SO offensive
to the head of the Cathoic church that
the Emperor OF Protestant Germany, bound
though he Is in alliance with King Hum
bert, peremptorily declined to have any
thing TO do with it,"
These facts will be dweit upon in tie
coming letter 1t will probably de ad-
dressed to the Secretary of State, and Will
OF course be delivered through the papal
delegate, Mgr. Satolli- Just what will
be the outcome it is impossible to form
even u suruiise.
The lookers-oD OF European politics recog-
1ize that the strained relations between
Hunbert and Leo cannot, in the nature of
things, exist much longer. One side or
the other is bound to yield.
The Italian government is on the point
OF bankruptcy. its people are groaninS un-
der the enormous taxation, and the general
state of affairs canat east be termed unsat-
isfactory. The Italian people are tickle.
and while they hailed the new regime with
delight. it is now openly known, they
would more than gladly accept the condi-
tions existing before the unification.
PRISONER OF THE VATICAN.
The Pope on the other hand, the Catholics
claim, has endeared himself 10 his native
people in hundred different ways, and By
his firnlness and fortitude, has comma nded
their respect. The prisoner of the Vatican is,
they say, more the King of Italy than the
crowned monarch OF the QuirinaI.
significant circumstance of recent date
was the refusal of Don Carlos, king of
Portugal, to visit Humbert in Rome Don
Carlos Offered to meet the Italian king at
ii Aonza, Paris, or any other spot except the
Eternal City, and when Hurnbert said -.You
must come TO Rome Or the meeting will
never occur. the Portuguese monarch ae-
cepted the decision, saying that he, as a
Catholic sovereign. ackno wlesiged no king
in Rome but the Vicar of Christ
IL would therefore seem, 1t is stated.
that the tide is turning in favor of the de-
throned monarch Of the papal state, and that
III the question is made an issue he will
receive powerful support.
The Pope's protest ends in the follow
ing strain:
Human things change, but the benefi-
cent influence Of the Holy See comes from
on High. and IL is always the same, with
this qualification. Being ordained 10
last as long as time. ii follows with low
ing vigilance the march of humanity, and
does not, as it enemies say, refuse to adapt
ITSELF as much as possible to the reason-
able needs OF the times"