The times., 1898-02-04
ARCHBISHOP N'slEITER
A Surprise to the Washington
Salvation Army.
INDORSED BY CATHOLICS
The Approval OF Gen Booths Work
rleases the Apostolic Delegate.
a Precedent for tneSt. Louis Prel-
ate's words Founda in Cardinal
Manning.

| he ulteFauceS or AfcnDlSn0p ram,
of St Louis, in reference to the Sal
walton Army have been commented on
very widely. and especially by the
members of the army in this city,
| whose duty it viii be to receive Gen.
Booth, who will be here on the 10th
inst to hold several receptions
Archbishop Kain, Whose rank as
prelate is next t5 that of Cardinal Glib
bons, has npqt only, consented to be one
of the vice presidents OF the meeting
at which Gen. Booth will be received
in st. Louis, sghrsses. written a letter
to Mrs. Major uiidss of the Salvation
Army of that city. in which he COM
mended highly tta, efforts of the army
in the uplifting of a common human
| ity.
Mrs. Miles did not expect favor
able reply, inasmuch as it is said that
q proposition of a similar kind was
once made to the Bishop of Cincinnati.
and that dignitary declined to coop
crate
An effort was made last night to OBJ
| tam from Mgr. Martinelli. the apostolic
| delegate in this city, an opinion as To
49, Ndth |NDfcGu the
sentiment of the Catholic Church of
TINS country in respect to the work of
the salvation Army. Mgr. Martinelli
couiG not be seen. Ii was stated how
ever, by churchman high in the esti
NATION of the church in this CITY that
the news had been very pleasing 10
Mgf Martineli, and that the utter
ances of the archbishop of St. Louis
had met his entire approval.
one of the lpafiin.s r,r-i,sSfS e tl,.. .;tx-
also indorsed the kindly words of Arch
bishop kain and said that they would
be indorsed bs~eyery Catholic priest
and perhaps every Catholic layman in
Washington.
1t would not be hard 60 find" he
said, ample authority in Washington
for the expressions of Archbishop Kain.
Cardinal Manning, of England. regard
ed Ten Booth as a friend in d common
cause IN the direction. Of relieving hu-
man suffering, and the cardinal on
many occasions, both publicly and pri-
Vately. spoke of the head of the Sal
walton Army in complimentary terms
or course, there are wide differences
between the religious doctrines of the
army and the church. but in the great,
perhaps the greatest. field in which
Gen. Booth is working the Catholic
Church and the Salvation Army meet
on common ground | would not hesi-
tate Ia speak at any of the meetings
held under the auspices of Gen. Booth,
| and cooperate with him in his labors
for the alienation of the poverty and
misery Of the poor of the world, Ii can
| be assumed that Gen. Booth will be
welcomed 10 Washington by every
| Catholic"
Staff Captain Noble, in charge of the
Salvation Army here. said that he read
with great pleasure and with equal sur
prise the splendid letter of Archbishop
Kain. He, too. did not expect such
warm words of approval The army
and the Catholic church in England
he said, We're ON friendly terms, so far
as the work of aiding the poor was
concerned. That was eminently proved
by the friendly relations between the
highest dignitaries of the English Cath
Ollie church and the distinguished head
Of the Salvation Army. There had not
been in this country, so far as he could
remember any case which brought the
matter so prominently before the public
as the letter of Archbishop Kahn 1t
Mas the first public expression of ap-
proyal, he believed, that had been given
to the army from a high Catholic
source in America. He recalled an
instance in which one Of the bishops of
the church had been asked to assist i'm
some work the army had undertaken
in Ohio but the army had received no
encouragement
The liberal sentiments of Archbishop
Kain and OF Catholics in this city to-
ward the great purposes and aims of
Gen Booth are akin to the fraternity
of feeling and catholicity of spirit
which are at present enlisting all
creeds in England toward the eleva-
tion of the condition of the masses.
Recently the Archbishop of Canter-
bury presided at a conference at which
were present the representatives of all
faiths. the object of the meeting hay-
ing been to work with a common pur-
pose in the same line as that which has
made the name of Gen. Booth famous
The present attitude of the Catholic
church. while il is claimed to be not
new. is simply that of the other
churches According to Staff Captain
Noble, however, it is new in America
in the sense that Archbishop Kain's
letter to Mrs. Major Miles, of the Sal
walton Army. caused a great deal of
comment, and of course, favorable
comment. Capt. Noble will not make
any distinction in the invitations to
cIergymen to be invited to the meet
ings which will be held in this city. and
for which preparations are now being
made --5. l..i,'
The receptions to Gen. Booth will be
neiU on tie dlteThcoIIs anu evenings OF
next Thursday and Friday. The after
neon meetings viii be open to the pub
lie and admission to the night meet
ings. which will be held at the New
York Avenue Presbyterian Church, will
only be by card Scores of Senators and
Representatives have already acknowl-
edged invitations to be present at the
night meeting.
Delegations of the army are expected
from Maryland, Virginia. and Della
ware. while others are expected from
as far south as Tennessee. The dele
gates will arrive fol" the most part on
the morning Of next Thursday and will |
give Gen. Booth1a imposing reception |
at the railway station. Four years ago |
Gen Booth was here and spoke to six |
or seven thousand people at Convention |
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