The Portland daily press., 1900-10-19
QUIRINAL AND VATICAN.
The New King aad old Pope on Even
Less Friendly Relations Than HeVe
Prevailed.
Ez-Attache'' in the New York Irib-
un5.)

{ 'Ex-Attache'' in the New YORK ltd
uns.)
Speculation as to the exts11 TO which
the relations between church and state
would be modified by the accession OF
Victor Emmanuel have been set at rest
BY the circular note to the Catholic
powers from the Vatican which was made
public on Tuesday last, containing an ap-
peal to relieve the papacy from the in
tolerable situation resulting from Italian
rule, " and declaring that IS long as the
Italian government declines to recOg-
nize the rights OF the holy see TO the tenn
poral sovereignty Of Rome the Roman
Catholic church can only recognize Vic
tor Emmanuel as king OF Sardinia"
This circular and the edict issued from
the Vatican forbidding the use Of the
touching prayer for the rsPOse OF the
soul Of King Humbert composed BY his
grief stricken widow, and for which the
sanction Of the church lad previously
been granted lit was used IN the religious
services at Monza previous 70 the transfer
OF the BODY to Rome), indicate that the
species Of mOdus vivendi Which virtually
existed between church and state, at any
rate during the latter's part OF Hum
bert reign, is now at an end and that
the papacy has little to expect from the
new king in the shape Of concessions or
compromises. Those who fondly imag-
ined that the new reign would bring
about a reconciliation between ch urch
and state and end conflict which ham
pers the development OF Italy and saps
the growth OF its political life now real
ize that their hopes are doomed to disap-
pOintment. The prospects OF any under
standing based on the restoration Of the
temporal independence OF the papacy are
at an end, at any rate as long as Victor
Emmanuel Ill. is on the throne,
1t is difficult to tell whether 1t Is the
intention expressed by the King In his
inaugural speech to preserve intact our
c9nquests and our unity OF MS promise
to secure a regular application Of the
laws Of the land, y" many Ot which are
distastsful to the Vatican, Or the use Of
the phrase Rome Intangible in his
first proclamation, that has led the
papacy to open it's batteries afEesh on the
Italian govern ment. Possibly. too, Car
dinal Rampolla, the papaI secretary of
state and other intransigeuE mem bers of
| the Roman curia may have become
the new ruler which has sW6pt over the
entire kingdom, carrying WITH it people
of every shade OF political opinion, the
cler1cals, the conservative element, frs
and foremost. Indeed, it Is more than
probable that it was this more especially
war upon the Quirinal. Fer 1t will be
noticed that in the papal circular pub
lished last Tuesday, the Holy See explic-
lily declines to recognize V 1c6Or Emman.
ueI III. as king except Of Sardinia. That
Is to say, not content with EspudiatiDg
his sovereignty over the former temporal
possessions OF the papacy 1t refuses tC
accept the ''fai5 accOmpI or the 1ncor.
pOration of the petty sOTsEe1gnties into
which the peninsula was formerly subdi.
Vided pOin to a united Italy.
In fact, the circul lar is TO EE1on an ex-
i tent an appeal to the parttcuIar1st senti-
ments and mutual jealousy or the former
petty sOyereignties of Italy and so patent
a demand for the disruption CT the king.
dom Of Italy as 1t has existed FOR the last
40 years, that 1t Is impossible 20 believe
that it Is the work Of the holy father,
Indeed, it bears the stamp or that ele
ment OF the ouria which ao0ak Two years
ago actually entered into negotiations
W ith Ricciotti Garibaldf and with others
of the same political stripe to drive the
Savoy dynasty from the country and tC
split up the kingdom into q federation o1
autonomous states, republican In their
institutions, ana under the presidency OF
the holy see Pope Leo hiInsaIf has given
evidence throughout his long life of be-
ing far too clever a statesman to LEND
| himself to such a scheme.
The circular Of the Vatican as well al
the prohibition Of Queen MarRuerite'
prayer, cannot but appear fnDolitic tt
those who are aware that neither the new
king nor his cOnsOrt is i'm bUed with that
devotion to the church which was enter
tained by King HumbeIt and Queen
Marguerite, as we'll as By Victor EN-
manuel III. The new king has never
shown any religious feeling He is cred
tied with being a free thinker. He al
ready harbOred a grudge AGAINST tn,
! Vatican because Of its unfrisnC1I Iv attitud,
at the time Of his marriage. \ or is his
cOnsort, Queen Helen, believed by thOs
who know her best to entertain any res
sympathy for the Roman Catholic churcI
which she joined at the time of he
marriage in Difference only to poIitica
requirements. This attItuds CT the new
king and queen In matters OF faith i:
sure to have an important bearing upol
| the future relatous between the OuIirina
and the Vaticans, 7ince Victor Fmma1
uel Will be disposed to treat the papac,
purely as a political agent, vvTthouttan'
of the regard of his two predecessors TO
the spiritual attributes OF the holy see.