Evening journal., 1899-06-23
BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH.


MGR. O'CONNELI.. OF THE AMEHI-
CAN COLLEGE TALKS BNTER-
TAaNINGLY OF THE LATENT
DUAIISM AND THE POSSIBLE
CREATION OF A CARDINAL.
The following important interview,
cabled from Rome, is Of interest to
every Wilmington member Of the Ro-
man Catholic Church;
met Mgr Denis OConnel, former
rector Of the American College, and he
confirmed the announcement that Arch
bishop ireland would shortly visit Lon
don. The date OF Mgr. O'Connell's re-
turn to America is not yet settled, but
1t is now certain that he will not go
back to Rome before leaving Europe.
/ took advantage of this opportunity
to ask Mgr O'Connell his opinion Of
the work OF the Latin7Amerlcan Coun-
Gil now sitting In Rome He seems to
think there exists sort of antagonism
or latent dualism between the Catho-
lies OF North and South america
When the South American Council was
convoked 10y. the pope Il was the i'm
preston in the United States that NJ
was intended to consolidate Iatinism
in the New World, in order to oppose
1t to the Americanism which prevails
In North America. The impression re-
mains that Is such was the object OF
the council Il will have no influence
upon the Catholics II the United States,
for whom Latin America from Mexico
to Cape Horn, is more remote than Eu-
rope; but since the arrival in Rome OF
the bishops summoned to the council.
Mgr O'Connell's personal impressions
have been modified. He has observed
with pleasure that the South American
Dpiscopate is not so much animated
by Spanish ideas as in the past. and
that it is not like the Spanish Episeo-
pate-more Catholic than the pope
and bllndly obedient to the will of the
Roman curia.
A certain amount of bad humor pre-
wallis among the members Of the South
American Episcopate, who openly COM
plain mat they have been neglected by
the vatican. The pope and those in
immediate contact with him have per-
ceived this, and are seeking how this
discomfort may be dissipated. Mgr
lO'ConneM believes that a South Ameri-
can cardinal will he created shortly
and doubtless The possibility On this
creation induced the majority of the
council not to elect its president, but 10
request the pope to appoint him, with
the idea that the president chosen by
the pontiff would be the bishop des-
tined to he raised to the purple In
any case, whatever be the resolutions
Of the council, they will in no way
modify the conditions in existence OF
the tendencies OF Catholicism in the
Anglo-Saxon American Such in brief
are the views Mgr. O'Conneil express
led to me in the course Os short con-
versation. Before leaving informed
him that Archbishop Restrepo, OF Bo-
gotta, wished 1t to be known that the
members OF the council were not Span
iards, but Americans, and that their
sympathies, especially in matters Of re-
iigion, were not with Spain, but with
the Amercanism as understood and
practieed in the United States, and that
truth will sooner or later be recognized
at the vatican 'fThis may be so, p
said Mgr. O'Connelb Struggling his
shoulders. Archbishop Restrepo is a
very intelligent serious and broad
minded man; but the rest. or at any
rate, mos. Of them, think otherwise"
Mr. Croker has found the Coi,ld how.