New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-28
,,>,opU rp1pI,NE 1IIL STRATED SUPPLEMENT-

,Loe ito orders from the Vatican, and shouiu
those commands be issued by Pontil oppose'
-, German interests as understood py the
kaiser parliamentary government at Berlin
/ uouId become Just as Impossible as II 10 "
Vienna 1t is for this reason 'ha' '"e '
has ordered Baron Won Buelow MS EhNos ~
/ the court of the Vatican as wen as N'i''
! Archbishop Kopp 20 proceed IN All "as.o "
/ Pane in order to watch the course OF events
.ust,io &c ocually interested in having on the
/ ,trone Of St Peter prelate who IS Iienu'S
rather than inimical TO the Triple Alliance f'i
there is no empire in all Europe, save pe'""p"
Srain and Portugal, where the CaihoH' ep''N'
,.a,.,. and clergy take so prominent part In po-
litical life as in Austro-Hungary. ihueeu mon,
,f tho recent troubles at Vienna and at Pesth
have been due to conflicts between 'he eo'
s,as,ical element and the Government the clergy
receiving its instructions through the rap
Nuncio More than once, indeed, mas Emperor
,..a roeonb heen Obliged by his Ministers TO
ask for the recall of nuncio owing 10 the j"
/ c. .v.r, Used bv the latter at the expense Oh
-. administration Of the day on the episcopacS
and clergy Of the Dual Empire.
rr.,c. an the other hand, is Interested IN
h.,ir,, q pope WI o. If not a foe OF the ir'p'e
: Alliance at any rate may be relled uPo" " nc
,.ii,icailv impartial. For it cannot be dehied
tina, sh, has suffered considerably HOni w
nronouuccd German syinpathies OF Leo AN
thanks to which she has been virtually deprNeu
90 that protcctorate Of al Catholic chutcNe9 anu
Catholic missions throughout the oiieh, ""i''
formerly constituted the principal source Oh "e'
prestige and power in Asia az Nell as III par's
az the Dark Continent.
THE FOR&ER PRERoGATIVE or Nhi''
We have. therefore, practically four Powers
namely Italy. Austria. Germany ana r''"''
.a,h resolved To influence the forthcoming CON
.i.,. to tho extent of cndcayornS either 10 re-
yi,. tho od-;irnc right OF veto or else to re'use
t. recognize the election OF the new rope l"e
privilege @. veto considering which Hluch "''-
co.,.,pton prevails has been deiAl'e! ANU
,sh,d hy the Holy See which is deterfn'heu ii
all costs TO prevent its revival. Thc Nc'" VIM"
,.t.,cl IN the right o. certain monarchical
Powers 10 intimate AZ the beginning VI 0'"
,,.,, tina. ,hoy vetoed the selection OF this or
: q that cardinal subs.sted 10y virtue ~ d Pao'
,,co,d,nr to which certain Catholic States
hound themselves 10 the defence OF the 'hur'h
b and o. the papacy. in return for which they
received the privilege u veto. when was co"-
sidcrcd hy the church the ne plus ultra "f
IA ,i c,r,.sslnn. that could be granted To- friend
D., .rd protecting potentates These states
Il how,,,r no longer defend the Char'h OF
paror, and tn. cessation OF the whol" com
I ninotinr Of circumstances which JUSTIFIED 50
: great q concession has therefor" ensued. us
L fo-m;l abolition may l." considered 10 nav
p officially taken place at the time al 'he
u last oonsiavc. when Leo Nil, while sun 'a' r
6 dlral Camcrngo. and as such charged win
y tho administration of tn" Papacy during the
tnt,,rcrnun informed the representatives, OF
th. foreign Cathoii, Powers that not ONLY wound
= no veto h, tolerated hut not even any 'n"r' Do"
L rcrrllticd that could ho construed as tending
= toward persuasion or iufuenc" On the part OF
q any stat. The conClayc which elected Plus
6 VI! was harasscd and prolonged by Austria :
) uso ~ It's right To- veto. ana Austria, too. had
: resolved to veto the election OF Plus IN. tn"
execution 81 its project being. however. frus-
" trait ii hy tn. delay in the arrival of Cardinal
@ Gays-uck who reached Rome only FOR the pur-
. pos. 81 using the veto after the election had
j. already taken place
j. No FOREIGNER CAS- BE ELECTED.
r. conclusion it is scarcely necessary TO point
out that neither Cardinal Gibbons. nor any other
" Cardinal OF foreign birth has the remotes;
=" chance Of election. In the first place. there is Il
species of century old tradition Of IN" Holy
" Sea: a sort OF unwri,;on law-th that the Pope
mus, he an Italian. and. aside from the preju-
dccs q. she Italian moiety Of the Sacred College
against foreign Pope. II would be too much
" &C. expect H." Italian Government to submit 10
y "a. rres,uco "A; the Vatican. in the very centre
of the national capital. of "A prclate ~ alien
" birth b. longing To some nation that might or
- might not be- Z foe Of Italy. and yet who as
a ,h.,T alar