The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13
GERMAN wELTPOLITIK.
THE CHINESE GRAZ AMEN Al
TIE IyFLU ENCE OF FRAECE

Kaiser ss the Protector or Cathotcu-Rulsur
Ropes to Manage tho Pope and Aise %
Bring About m Alliance with EnrIana-
Germanisntiou or the world the object.
RoNE, Jan. 19.-The Chinese question marks
an important evolution In the relations,of the
Papacy with the powers rs regards tho Catholic
missions. Hitherto France alone had held .
protectorate over tho missions. a protectorats
which. In the Levant and in China, WINS worth
more than an army; n permanent infiueice.
By his crusades Louis TX. gained the confidence
Of the Christians of the Orient, who placed
themselves under the safeguard OF tho French
flag. In the treaties with Soliman and the Sui.
tans Francis !. and his successors ptovided'not
only for the security Of merchants, bit for the
right to project Christians and m~issionaFfes.
From the Lcvant the Kings of France In the
eighteenth century extended the use e. this
diplomatic instrument to China in tho .ponti6s
cate OF Benedict XIV, the period of the qdars
rels between Jesuits and Dominicans rs to the
methods of converting the heather! THIS pro-
tectorate is the most glorious legacy Of French
history from the standpoint Of internationafin-
1uence. The Berlin Congress recognized 10 In
1878 and in 1888. Through a circular Of Cardi-
nal Simeoni. project OF the Propagande,Sth
Holy Sec put on 1t the seal Of it's authorisys
Now, by establishing a German pfotectofttA
over the German missions in southern Chang;
Tong theqGerman Kaiser has broken with tAeso,
traditions and treaties. Tho first breaR goes
back to 1897, when England and the Triple.
Alliance wished to establish by means OF Che,
Pope's initiative on Apostolic nuncfatufo Ell
Pekin, in order to render Ineffective the French
protectorate over the forty apostolic vicariatcs
Of all tongues and all nationalities in China
In order not to wound France Leo xIIL.dt6wi
back ut the last moment, notwithstanding his
keen desire to carry out the plan. In ~sptteAofI
this check, however, Prince Bismarck. who'd
then wished to take the Papacy under the Gersl
man hegemony against republican France ondI
schismatic Russia. forced Mgr. Amor, -headsoel
the German mission in southern Chang.Tnngs
to place himself under the protection OF the naS
tional flag. Despite this violation Of the .treasl
ties Of Francis l., of Soliman. and the Kingal
and Of the Berlin treaty as well, the QuaidorS
say did not dare to call Germany to order, beg
cause France feared.offensive measures on tho
part Of. the German military party. - !
1t was a mistake; what has just happeneA
shows 1t. Doubtless the possession OF only end
mission out Of forty in China, Of none In thol
Levant, does not amount to an immediate dis&
arrangement of influences. neither in Chine
nor in the Levant. Yet the protectorats over
southern Chang-Tong has enabled the Katsert
greedy for glory and action, to assign to hind
self the fine bay of Kiao Chou. What assurest
us that, emboldened by this success and the
mirage OF the famous Weltpolitik, Germany
will not annex some other portion of the French
protectoratei Already the rumor has beent
started that. after having received from the
Italian Franciscans established in southern
Chang.Tong the direction of their missions. the
Germans are thinking of extending their adS
ministration to northern Chang-Tong. which,
ciscans. What is beyond doubt is that the
Berlin Chancellery fayors with the greatest an
dor Catholic missions in all their relations to
general politics. The day, on which the young
to 1887 It al once understood the close connecA
ton, the indestructiDle cohesion of colonizaN
received positive commands to win over tho
Propaganda and to obtain the support of, thdt
plorers. diplomats. and economists. such asl
Wolf. Getfkens. Wissman, Peters, Bnlow, Sec,
Thanks to p't the GOOD odU r%elnsions with the Vatican.
Leo XIII. in his encyclical to the Prussialt
iB 1,ar1a,,6 drought shter oa. p soS me riEyb the u fusion sSs mi ct
sions. The Bishops M at tnlda ordered
colonies and to hold sway within the range of
all Catholic missions. The Catholics entered
upon this course with remarkable care and in
telligence. They filled these Institutions. They
established works and reviews. The Pdiaestt.
ence, DiplomaticaIly,. Germany is in line with
last especially 20 break up pieeemeaI the French
influence and to substitute instead ITS own.
fisht srots the place of The old. notably Of
the Italians, whose Inactivity they bring out
lem, Throughout Palestine. hospices, agrioui.
tural colonies, schools, purchases OF all kinds,
all are placed at the service OF This U,ehpotIt4'
which may be summed up in these words: Sub
lection of, the protectorate to the national pol.
icy in order 70 spread more quickly and more
The internal policy Is connected with this saRa. |
cious plan. This consists partly in placing tho
Government and Of the Kaiser. Under the sur
face is manifest the ambition of Germauy 70
ST.; hopes to get herself in the stead Of the
cient policy Of France. which. through her slow
ness in Kidding. herself of the awaddling clothes
nal ramparts to fall through the silent boring
of the foreiy On teredo.
Why do the Germans, wheSeyer they settle.
man Catholics in the United States wish to pre-
serve their nationali: " Why has the Berlin
RS,nica sa MsE; 1 p%rofsssor' at the Rsp!Mi a ! Aesd:
newspapers praised this appointment 4 Won
derfnllE saEasious position in regard % the ma
1t is a matter OF course that French diplom-
acy should be alarmed Mt this invasion and at
emit manager OF foreign affairs at Berlin. Baron
Won Bnlow. studied at Rome, on the spot
the religious problems in their relations to the
Weltpoltk. A delightful talker. like Rivnrol,
f IA Rs,t and 2 IN Te gS6maini i'll IKE WITH TIE I ,bn inH
terious-pitfalls OF both Romes. a sn gacious Judge
Of the protective force of the Papacy as an In:
ternational power, Baron Won Bhlow learned
in the school Of Cardinals Hohenlohe and Gal
inherit the higher importance Of woriing in
After a few days of work together he won the
confidence of the Kaiser, whose attention had
been drawn to him by residing his reports.
Now. Baron Won BIlow Is not merely n cool
and wise negotiator; he not only knows the
connection OF Roman affairs with internal mat
tiers, but he is. as toe friend of King Humbert
and the husband OF an Italian woman of Min
Rhetti's school, n determined partisan OF the
English alliance. since he took mp the heroic
Chinese epic of the Kaiser lie has smoothed
down the conflict between England and Ger
many. Their coming together u progressing
rapidly. There Is in this, therefore, a multi
tude Of Indications and of facts pointing
against the French prOteCtOrate and the general
policy OF the Quai d'Orsay.
For these same higher reasons Russia begins
to feel anxious about the combined religions
and international action Of Germany. both in
China and In the LevaEt. During the two ept-
sodes of the armenian ma sncres and the Greeco-