The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-27
GERMANISM VS.. LATINISM.
KAISER WILHELM'S EFFORT TO DUST
France As C4THOLIC PROTECTOR.

against Latinism within the Catholic Church.
with the object Of placing Catholicism and the
moral force OF the Papacy In the service OF Ger
many. This grand dream was born In Mark
Drandenhurg on the day when Herr Won Bis
mnrck. having become convinced by the RUltur-
kdmpC check OF Romo's lincoercible power,
formed the plan Of seeking the backing OF that
spiritual rock. No sooner did Wilhelm III.
mountthe throne OF his fathers than he enlarged
the score and defined the outlines Of the dream.
He appointed as his Chancellor Prince Hohen-
lobe. a Catholic and the brother of Cardinal. He
made Mgr. Korp, Princc-Bishop OF Breslau.
his Court Chaplain, and a Cardinal OF Rome he
formed an alliance with the Bishops and the
Centre party in order to carry out his ideas OF
government. lie appointed to the post of
Director of Foreign Affairs Herr Won BIlow.
Ambassador to Rome and husband OF an Italian
lady, a man who had made a careful lnvestiga-
tion at the Vatican and at the College Of the
Propaganda on matters and men at Rome. To
take the place OF Tho eldest daughter OF tho
Church" - to snatch from France her rights and
privileges, to break up her proteotorate in the
Orient; to strike the imagination by his POM
pous pilgrimage to Palestine and place upon
his head the crown Of the ancient Crusaders to
win over mems minds and to touch their
hearts; to show in plain light the righteousness
OF Germanism and the RuhurkompJ and liberal
tendencies Of Latinism such is the plan.
The journey to Jerusalem is the first battle
fought by Germanism on this field OF Latin and
French tradition. The stage setting lacked
neither grandeur nor relief. TIL protection Of
the Catholics was one OF the elements for it's
activity in the Orient. Since 1910. when King
Frederick William ii. opened the way into Pal
estine by the establishment OF q Lutheran par
fish and OF a Prusso-Anglican %bishopric. the
hnnsa pf H0lanZOllnrD has ataa1lv tandal
toward its conquest by combined religious and
material action. Diplomacy and the German
missions formed the two faces Of n single line
Of action. Wilhelm H.. eager for colonization
and for a Welpolitik. has been fortunate
enough to gain the confidence OF Abdul Hamid
ii. When through the Armenian massacres
and the GrRco- Turks war it seemed that the
Bultan would have to submit his neck to the
halter of a European dictatorship, Abdul
Hamid III. threw himself into the arms of the
Kaiser. to whom he in a manner offered the
protectorate over his country In exchange for
the protection OF his person and OF his insidious
policy.
Counting on these circumstances and his pre-
oedents. Wilhelm II. hoped to ruin the French
protectorate. 1t was he, it is known. who sent
Cardinal Kopp to Rome with the mission OF
bringing together again 1.-THE two halves of
God" and of binding to each other the interna-
tional forces Of Prussia and the moral power Of
the Papal tiara. 1t was he who suggested to
the Sultan the taking OF the first steps toward
establishing an Ottoman embassy at Rome in
order to compel the Pope to create q nunciature
ut Constantinople. a creation which would have
brought about as a logical sequence the abo-
Of the Apostolic Delegation. which is the
keystone Of the edifce OF the Latin protector
ate. 1t is he. too. who has bought for the Porte,
for a large sum of money. the land of the Dor
milton de la Verge" at Jerusalem, for the
purpose OF inaugurating the naturalization"
OF missions. In all these anti-French and anti
Latin efforts the Kaiser has had as his
agents and assistants tlie German Catno-
lies. Two years ago the Catholic Congress
at Landshut passed q resolution in favor
OF collecting contributions for the purpose OF
the Coendculum at Jerusalem. The
missionaries of the Steyl house have ever since
1891 accepted the protection Of the German
faP in place Of that Of the French protectorate.
When Wilhelm ii. proclaimed this new form of
protection at Kiao Chou the Bishops acclaimed
the union Of the Kaiser's world policy with
the Catholic religious ideas. Before, during
and since the journey OF their sovereign to the
East the organs OF the Centre party have
carried on a violent campaign against the in
forests and privileges of France. At all points.
at Rome at Constantinople. at Jerusalem and
elsewhere, the conspiracy assumed all kinds of
tones and put on every manner Of form.
Well. Kaiser and Germanism have lost this
FIRST battle under conditions that will make the
defeat especially famous and r%esounding. The
Pope, having knowledge OF the hidden thoughts
OF Germany. deeply regretted the Kaiser's
stage play at Kiao Chou. He was sorry that
France was not too quick for the Berlin Chan
cellor's office. He refused the Sultan's gift, for
he rightly looked on an embassy at Rome and a
nunciature at Constantinople as being q direct
blow struck at France and at Latinism. In his
instructions to Mgr. Piavi and to the Heads of
the Christians in the Orient he gave direc-
lions that nothing. whether before or during
or after the k~aiser's journey. should be allowed
TO modify the privileged position OF the eldest
OF the Church. In writing his letter
TO Cardinal LangenieuN and in addressing his
speech to the French workingmen he for the
hrst time in the name Of the Holy See sane
toned the rights of France and the principles
OF the capitulations and OF International
treaties. The Kaiser was deeply hurt by this
check: by the recall of the Prussian Minister to
the Vatican. Baron Won BIlow. as a threat of a
rupture with the Papacy. he hoped he would
teach the Vatican a lesson and make 1t draw
back. Inlexible. Leo XIII. did not turn aside
from his broad lines OF conduct. When. In
order to gain the gratitude of the Pope. Will
HELM IL. DOuSnC from the sultan tho lam Gus
OF tho "Dormition" OF the Virgin and an
nounced to the Pope that he had taken posses
sion OF it. Leo XIII. replied to him in courteous
but vague terms. to show him that this acquisi-
tion placed at the service Of the Palestine We
missionaries involved no development of
the Pontiacal policy in the Orient. At first Will
holm H., with the assistance OF tho German
Catholics, had tried to appropriate the Coenac-
ulum. but the Sultan did not dare to fly In the
face of Mussulman fanaticism. which believes
that the Coenaculum contains the tomb OF
who is one Of the forerunners Of the
Koran. Germany intended by this the atrical
effect to strike the imagination OF the Cath
olics. who would assuredly have hailed the fact
as q triumph OF the Cross over the Scim etar.
In taking over the site of the "Dormitlon"
Of the Virgin as personal property of the
Hohenzollerns the Kaiser has aroused legiti-
mate suspicious. The ground does not belong
to Catholicism the sovereign may take it back
at will and turn it to any other use. That marks
distinctly the character OF the professed Ger
man protectorate and the difference between it
and the traditional protectorate. which is a
Of universal justice and not a national
In iuence. At Rome, whore shades of difference
apa aaEilv narnniva6 thia ino;dant hn. ononol