The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-08
EMPEROR N POPE.
LEO XIIJ.,S VIEW OF THE BREAK
Wit GERMAN o. TLIOLICs,

elan Ab~oiutlsm-End or y Harmful AL
Iinnce-The church Has Now Frec Hand
What Course will the Emperor Purnue,
ROME. July 23.-whon for the first time tho
German Eni,er descended tho Alma. in imi.
t,tion OF the Empcrors Of the Middle Ages. and
went to visit the House Of tho Scor,".:Leo
NIL, after sinking his clear and piercing gaze
in,o the cnipmatic soul Of the sovereign, die
tted the conversation to his conHiant, MGR.
Ioccali, saying to him with n sigh: '1Thnt
young man inspires no confidence in me. He
hid when he entered my presence tho ~sartlonio
rictus." This first impression continued. The
second visit Of William II. modified. but did
not cfaco II. Leo XIII. can read mons souIs.
IIc believes IN vocation, In the predestinod-fate
Of men. lie has never founded any hopos ON
collaboration with the young sovereign. When
bismarck fell from the heights Of power he
felt that he was losing q part Of his influence
IA tho world.
The reactionary crisis Of which Germany Ia
the agitated scene therefore interests In tho
highest degree the white Man." From the
time when the Imperator. Rer, % the do
~scendant Of the Hohenzollorns likes to style
himself, became false to his first ideal by turn.
Lug the point OF his sword against democracy
alter having tried for q moment to dominate
Il and TO bind 1t to his lnsolont fortune, there
has been IA silent struggle between the direc-
ton taken by German policy and the leading
ideas Of the Roman Pontif cate. The social.
democratic, republican tendencies Of the Holy
Father seemed to the Kaiser to DO forces that
would excite modern society and help the pop
ular development OF humanity. The direo-
tim. to sin,rs to the Frcr oh republic, the
strong partially Of tho Pope for the United
states, were In his mind o menace to the i'm.
rerial h%egemony through the natural reflex no
ton OF the adhesion In Franco on the our.
rent OF European rivalry. The sooialistic and
democratic teachings Of the Papacy seemed 10
him to be- the moral organs Of respiration OF
democracy. creating a new atmosphere In
which the rise Of the people would take place
as though 1t were a natural phenomenon.
Now. the Kaiser had too keen q perception OF
the p~rojectile force OF the moral ideas which the
Papacy has In its holy care to misunderstood the
influence OF directions from Rome on the ebb and
flow OF human affairs. He formed o shrewd
plan. To make friends with tho Certre. to which
be gave guarantees by appointing Prince Won
lohenohe to the highest position In the en-.
plre; to maintain points OF contact with all 70.
ligious forces.which throughout the world vere
opposing tho democratic evolution Of tho Pa.
pacy: to mako use of German Catholicism IN or.
der to turn back tho popular current and to
hsht q decisive battle against democracy: to
check thus the general movement OF Christian.
vi VIA tuNll hnu
reforms; such was tho hidden thought Of the
young Emperor and King. We have seen in
consequence the Centre allytns itself to the
work OF reaction. TO the policy Of Quieta non
fnorere. While the sovereign followed the
counsels Of Baron Won Stnmm. the "KinR Of the
Saar" and cent out to the socialistic pastors the
inperious command. "Hdnde reg (hands ON,
several Catholic aud church groupa ordered the
Centre to halt In the presence OF the socialistio
rMF1n A~A . I..A
tive assistance TO tho conservative Operations.
At the Dortmund Congress the Fathers joseph
OF tho Centre the political leaders OF Catholi-
cism. struck out from the.programme OF studies
and OF action every democratic command.
catholic Journals have been seen falling In with
the 'o,rsetory parties Of Franco OF America.
and of the other countries. to silently tear down
. breach In the work Of Leo XIII. and denouno-
ing demonrHuo ldeas a. the allies Of socialists
and demagoguaa
It is thus. to cite one marked example, that
the K6iner potksseftuno and tho Centre have
contributed powerfully to cast discredit ON
American Catholicism. We have looked upon
the strange s~pectaclo OF Cardinals, Bish.
ops. and eminent Catholic persouaxes act
Ing In unison With Protestant Germany 10
check the course Of tho Papacy. They wero
tacit conspirstors II not confederates officially
bound TO each other. The ecclesiastical coun.
sellers said to tho Kaiser: 1T 10 not by a direot
struggle that We shall get the better Of French 70
publicanism and OF tho democratic instructions
OF the Holy Sec. but by using both currents, by
the sympathetic union with the Centre and the
conservative parties"
Well the present crisis marks the pitiablo
failure Of this intrigue. The Centre, notwith-
standing its ardent longing. has been unable
to follow the Kaiser as Tar 60 the borders of
the absolutist reaction. By its vote on the bill
against free associations aud that on the In
crease Of the feet It has marked the limits of
Its alliance. 1t was bringing about the division
OF responsibility between the sovereign. yearn.
ing for glory and for the rule Of absolute au.
tnority, and the religious party. whose founda-
lions rest on the soul Of tho people. It quiv.
cred instinctively In sympathy with the whole
empire when the Kaiser made manifest his do
sign TO hand Germany over 10 the greed OF the
Junkefthum and 10 the domination OF the Prus-
The crisis was q violent one; it marked dis.
anetly me break with the Centre. Like the
erats. and the south GERMANS, i I 6Ss ref"insS
ls indenend1;,ce and refused TO enter the path
Of q @r react on. Econ s the Pspsl and Satho,io point
as me Latin Catholics, have broken the bonds
Which bound them 70 the r~oyalisls. legitimlsts,
!; e. - %y;!I t.; aS p iHisst'i k,i ,S.n ''I i IT, ! not o t iss mo q,
i, WHIT VIII pursue ar aS' R PEs's tdea n to ths Ssry w end or
whether, as he has done thrice already, no viii
lower The majesty OF his iron crown before the
uprising OF the people. / believe he win draw
PACK; Free Germany, middle class Germany.
intellectual, political, and social Germany, the
uerlnany hal works, even the Germany that
serves tho King. while holding It's own opinions
on me methods Of government, the whole ma
ion has rison with terrible unanimity against
fhe pnrty OF the RUSSIAN s9uire-archy. h9rling
mis- threat ~ H.: You cannot pass here" What
sinlo-t the whole nation fears lr the subJectlon
81 thought and liberty To the absoluusiu OF the
oniciA' and the drill sergeant the break with
,hs tradit'ons Of high civilization and liberal
ssneral'sm 'he enthronenent Of the Prussian
system and Of the rule Of SIC poLo. SIC Jubeo.
Inc kaiser bas waited TOO long TO yet The upper
a 1on o. the people The nation has put OH The
toon cir'fia; II oan no longer % lod back 70 the
barracks or 10 the office dssk. II Prussia has
iH n @e P%sl won the supremacy over the other
a. me bead Of the idoa Of unity and because
81 sio naa become The most enliy hlening centre
TTn ~ 70 make Of her a centre Of reaction, Q king.
aU% o. n,ilitarism, That IL too much. He
nay stretch out his arm against the modern
NGIIo, he cannot overcome IL