The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-27

tremendous activity. His letters proto-
coils, encyclics on all the great ques-
lions Of the day are masterpieces. Two
matters have especially attracted his
attention-the social and labor prob
lens, and the maintenance of peace in
Europe. His dream is a general dis
armment by all the great nations. He
deplores the armed peace which costs
hundreds of millions every year.
Think" says Leo Kill, ''of all the
good that could be done with this
money or with only small part of it.
Consider that, while the war of 1870
cost France nearly $4,000, 900, O0O the
Suez canal, the Panama railroad, the
tunnel of Mont Gents and the Pacific
railroad. these great humanitarian
works, together have hardly cost $780,
0G0, OOO''
In one Of his speeches he further
said: IF there was ever a time when
the ideas of peace answer to the de-
sire of the people, it is undoubtedly
now, when the words of fraternity.
brotherhood, peacefulness and tran
guilty are on every mans lips The
sovereigns and their ministers agree all
over the world to declare that what
they wish and desire, that the contin-
ual objects of their efforts, is peace and
concord. And they are approved by
all the people at large who have moth
ing but hate and repulsion for wars
and their consequences. Such a repul-
sion is legitimate and holy, for, if war
IS sometimes necessary to peace itself
it always carries along with it innum-
cradle and terrible calamities. And war
would be at the present time much
more horrible than it ever was, favor
ed as it is every day in its work of
destruction and progress in the art of
killing by the variety, the precision
the power Of both the fighters and the
instruments which they use"
Many believe that Leo XIII. will soon
call upon the sovereigns of the world
to- disarm and form an international
tribunal, to which all discussions may
be referred.
The pope has always taken the keen
est interest in American affairs, and
he has, again and again, expressed his
love and admiration for this country.
He is always more than kind to the
Americans who visit him.
Leo's Daily Life.
The august head of the Roman Cath
Ollie church has undoubtedly exercised
a most remarkable influence on the his
tory of the world during recent years.
He is in many respects a remarkable
man, and had he been born in the
greater world outside the church he
NOUiNi OuDllOSS nave taken his place
in the sphere of life in which he found
himself among those who forge to the
front by reason of Unborn right of lead
ership.
Leo XIII. has preserved by a unique
sobriety of life-that sobriety COM
mended and described in his recent
poem, "Ad Fabricium Rufum'-the vi
tally of a strong constitution. Some
have written that he comes of a stock
of mountaineers, and that he early in
creased the healthfulness thus received
by his outdoor life in his native place.
Once tall, he is now shortened by
the painfully pronounced bend of the
entire upper part of his body The
former is the effect of age, the latter
must be greatly the result of long years
of assiduous study and of a sedentary
life. He may be said to have passed
the last years of his childhood at col
lege, since he was only eight years of
age when he was sent to the Jesuit
college at ViterbO. He passed his
youth within seminary walls. AS a
young man he was governor of a prov
ince and titular archbishop. Long be
fore his prime he had been nuncio to
Belgium-when he went to England,
and was presented to her majesty-and
had been called to the see of Perugia,