The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-20
IN \ SPIRIT OF JUSTICE
is COUCHED THE POSITION OF THIE
GOVERNMENT TO THE CATH
OLIC CHURCH
IS COMMENDED BY THE POPE
The Sentiments of the Holy Father
Are Stated at Length by Most
Rev. Archbishop Ireland,
of ST. Paul.

NEW YORK, Oct 19.-Archbishop Ire
land, in conversation today. touching the
sentiment at Rome towards the Catho-
lie church in the Philippines and in Cuba,
remarked that he felt quite willing to
repeat what was recently said to him
in Rome on this subject He said he did
SO the more readily that the eminent
personages with whom he had the honor
of conVersing on the matter showed
themselves to be in no way unwilling to
have the statements made by them be-
come public. The archbishop said:
In one of the audiences which : he
graciously- granted me, the pope said:
We are well pleased with the relations
of the American government to the
church in Cuba and the Philippine ISL
ands. The American government gives
proof OF good will and EXHIBITS in it's
acts spirit Of justice and of respect
Tor the rights of the church. The re-
ports we receive from bishops and others
indicate this. Difficulties of detail oc-
cur as a consequence OF war and OF new
such things. We have confidence in the
Intelligence and the spirit of justice D:
the American government and believe
that the future will not lead us to
change of sentiment towards it. Under
the American government there will be
due respect to rights of property and Of
conscience. You will thank in my name
the president of the republic for what is
being done
The cardinal secretary of state, Ram
poDa. on my telling him of my conVer5a-
ton ton with the pope, said that the state
such as he, from his own personal knowl-
edge and belief, was ready to repeat,
and that [ was at liberty to make them
Known to the American people at large
The cardinal said furthermore that on
no less than three different occasions
petitions were sent to the Vatican in
the name of the Phiiippine leaders TO
have opened between them and the Vati-
can direct official relations. but that the
Vatican always refused to listen to such
petitions out of considera ton for the
American government.
AMERICAN COOPERATION NEEDED.
. The church, said the cardinal,
needs in Cuba and the Philippines the
cooperation Of the American government
for the protection of its rights and liber-
ties. as indeed the American government
nedS the cooperation Of the church for
the pacification of those countries.
Cardinal Gotti. before his elevation to
the. cardinalate, had been superior gen
eral of the Carnlelite Monks, and had
established in Cuba anteceGently to the
American occupation three houses of the
days ago letters from the several Car
melite houses in Cuba. The fathers tell
me that they enjoy under the present
administration of the island full liberty:
of all their properties, and that they
wer never in a better position to labor
for the progress OF religion and the eie-
walton of souls
1.-THE authorities in Rome are Informed
to degree that both astonsh and
pleased me about matters religious and
polotical in the Philippines ard in Cuba
and as they have the interests OF the
church in those countries most deeply
at heart and know far better than we
in America. they know what the rights
of the church are and how such rights
should be defended; Americans. Catholics
and ProtestaIits can safely accept their
Judgment in. such things and not give
themselves further worry or trouble
the Philippines. AS a plain matter Of
fact the only safety which the Catholic
church has in the Philippines fer the
of her members is the protection of the
American flag. and all this is fully un-
derstood and fully recognized in Rome >,