The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-12-10
Respected.


Respected.
"lIolland," in the Philadelphia Press.
While New York clergymen were taxi
ing advantage of the opportunity
which Thanksgiving offered to express
their views upon the momentous ques-
tions of the day, another clergyman,
WHO had just arrived from Europe,
was speaking informally, almost con-
fdentially, to n few friends who called
upon him at his hotel. His words, were
it possible to publish them entire.
would have not only the authority
which information and experience are
able to give, but would also have Of
fetal character. something which none
OF the New York clergymen possess.
For Archbishop Chappelle, of the
Catholic diocese of Louisiana, who has
Just been appointed apostolic delegate
TO Porto Rico. and who is to bear the
same relation to his church in Cuba,
and probably to the church in the Phil
ippines, has served as archbishop of
diocese which contains one of the re-
l. aiming territories within the bound
aries Of the United States, and has
made q special study of territorial and
even of colonial questions.
LEARNED AT ROME.
Furthermore, in his visit to Rome he
was made acquainted with many things
which II is presumed not even the ad
nnlstration at washington knows, and
in the month which he spent at Paris,
whence he departed last week, he
learned other facts which will be of the
greatest value to him in the work he is
speedily to take up in Porto Rico and
Cuba.
d. The archbishop does not agree with
these of his fellow-clergymen who see
In the course of events nothing to
give them hope but much to give them
despair. He disagrecs with Senator
Hoar, with whom he Is personally and
pleasantly acquainted tor the arch
bishop was for some years rector Of
St Matthew'S church in Washington.
which all the diplomatic corps who
We're of the Catholic faith attended,,
in the opinion that the beginning Of
the destruction of the republic will be
debated from McKinley's admnistra-
tion, il under that administration cer-
tain things with respect TO the Philip
pines are done
Archbishop Chappelle Is convinced
that under McKinley's inspiration
everything viii be done which will be
for the benefit of the people of the
United States and the peoples of those
new countries which are to cone under
the protection of the American flag
that can be done.
The archbishop accepts expansion as
thing determined, as something too
late to be discussed. 1t is here. and
We must, in his opinion. make the best
of it. ard the best of it, he says, means
everything that may rebound to the
honor and welfare of the United States
and the progress and prosperity of
those peoples who have recently come
or who are about to come. under our
protection.
Archbishop Chappelie was summon
ed tc Rome few weeks after the pro.
tocol was signed by the representatives
Of the governments Of the United
States and Spain. He did not know
why he was thus summoned. He ar
rived IN Rome only q few days before
tho peace" commission began its work
I'm Paris, He was i'm Rome nearly three
weeks, The pope received him. learn
ed from him many things which the
vatican las been extremely anxious to
know, information il is fair To infer
of the new relation which the Catholic
church in the Antilles and the Philip
pines is to enter into with respect to
the civil authorities.
THE ARCHBISHOP IN PARIS.
From Rome the archbishop went To
Paris. If h. there saw the American
peace commissioners, he deems IT best
To make no announcement of the fact,
although he has personal acquaintance
with all of them and even a friendship
that Is almost intimate with one or
two. While in Paris the erchbiShop re-
ceived letter from the cardinal secrc-
tary of state. requesting him Ia re-
main in that city until he had received
communication from the vatican.
A week later the communication
came ON reading it the archbishop
discov red that he had been appointed
apostolic delegate to Porto Rico and
to Cuba, ami also that he hau been
placed in charge of the interests of the
church in the Philippine Islands. Fc
was not appointed apostolic delegate "a
the Philippines evidently. because
Spain has not yielded her sovereignty
in those islands, and he could not
therefore, in accordance with the Gus.
tom or regulations, be officially desg-
mated there as the representative OF
the pope. 1t is a fair inference, how,
ever, that as soon as Spain cedes hel
sovereignty oven the Philippines to the
United States Archbishop Chappelle
will also be named apostolic delegate
to the archipelago.
He has, therefore, precisely the au-
thority within his Office that Cardinal
Satolli had when he was sent TO the
United States. His authority is su-
preme, subject of course, to the dis.
cretion and power of the Pope. He
did not know that he was TO be an
pointed TO this Office He did know
that 1t was deemed wise that an Amer,
icAn prelate should be, placed in such
responsible post.