The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-07
LID SAYS KEEP EN-
Not Himself, But Through His
Representative.
NOT IN so MANY WORDS
But 1t Amounts to Exactly the
Same Thing,

Copyright. 1898, by W. R. Hearst Spec
ial cable dispatch from a staff correspon
dent of the New York JournaL)
London. Oct. 3.-Cardinal Vaughan, til
head of the Cthohc Church in England
the close friend and adviser of the Pope
and undoubtedly the greatest diplomat II
the church, has been carefully studylr,
the religion s5uestion in the Philippines
Cardinal Vaughan takes rank next to n.
| Pope in temporal power. He is the &C
credited representative OF the Church I,
the Court of st. James and IS called tn,
Dean OF the Diplomatic Corps"
| From an interview had by the Journa
with His Eminence and with others in au
! thority at Westminster Palace 1t can be
| definitely stated that the Church and the
Pope are glad the United States is now
in control Of the Philippines and of Cuba
! even though il means the decrease Of tenn
| poral power.
The Pope sees pHce, prosperity and civ
! ilization ahead in these troubled islands
/ ali Of which mean greater glory and sue
cess to the Christian religion.
Cardinal Vaughan received the Journa,
representative today in the throne room
! of Westminster Palace. He was attended
by Father johnson, hi ecclesiastical sec.
rotary.
Are you glad the United States have
won the Phiippines?" the Cardinal was
asked
He replied only with smile, but Faith
er johnson answered for him, hastily, ex-
claiming:
Certainly, we believe in the United
States policy"
In reference to the settlement Of the
war, the Cardinal said:
eve all want peace. To whom these is
lands may morally belong-why do you
ask me? I wish peace maintained Every
one wishes it, not I alone"
But whom do you wish to have posses
sion of the islands; Spaniards, Germans
or Americans?" asked the Journal CORES
pondent.
The answer was the following statement
that can be read between the lines:
THE war is over. Every one is glad your
commission is in Paris, arranging terms
Of peace. May it be a successful commits
sion! May it bring peace. Certainly, we
all hope it. 1t is much to hope"
With the cognizance of the Cardinal. one
Of his subordinates prepared for the Jour
nal the following official statement, show
ing the position of the Catholic Church to-
ward American sovereignty in the Philip
pines and the West Indies. While diplo-
macy and his lofty position prevented the
Cardinal from expressing the sentiment
himself, they are direct from the throne.
'Socialistic religion is eminently that of
the Prodigal Son, who pauses and says,
L will go home to my father only when
he finds himself at the day of starvation.
Such, in brief, was the position of the
Cubans and the insurgents in the Philip
pine Islands. Finding themselves hungry,
they proposed going home, somewhere.
They apparently decided upon the Unit
ed States.
'Incited to riot through the influence
it is generally believed by leading Roman
Catholic authorities in England-of the
Free Masons, they were needless of the
advice and counsel of their best and ear
lest friends, the Franciscan and Domini-
can monks, as well as, in less degree, the
Jesuits and their gentler assistants and
associates, the Sisters Of the Convent of
Assumption.
'Socialistic to a degree, indolent In the
extreme, advised by false friends, they
were excited to riot and disorder and to
the most monstrous abuse Of their early
friends, the monks, and the nuns as well.
The atrocities OF which the insurgents we're
guilty would disgrace the Middle Ages.
'Angered by the great wealth Of the Do
minican Fathers, which was not, accord
ing TO their ideas, used freely enough to
assure the salvation Of their souls or the
comfortable feeding Of their bodies, they
did not hesitate to plumber murder or
torture those monks who came within their
power.
The Spanish troops kept as much out
of the immediate neighborhood as possible
and not until the American officers brought
the crisis was there any protection for the
Church in the islands
In all the religious houses in Europe
anxiety was very great until it was decis-
lively known, not that the insurgents had
won their battle with Spain. nor vet that
the United States had won, but rather il
was the question Of the military possession
OF the islands by the American troops. i
Then, and not until the n.Gid the servants
OF the Church feel that they were safe
from absolute personal moIestation.
while Spain is absolutely Roman Cath
Ole. there IS . feeling among the Roman
Catholic contingency in the Islands that
with the insurgents there is much of the
spirit ,hat might makes right and, in con-
sequence. there IS a feeling Of security in
the protection Of the American guns to
which they have long been a stranger
This fact has been gracious,y recogniz-
ed by the Vatican in the Pope's announce
ment Of his intention TO transfer the Span
iSh heads of the Church to Madrid and
Rome.
What the condition Of the Church in
the Philippines may be cannot al this early
date he stated with IMMUNITY or with any
degree OF knowie6ge.'