The sun., 1901-09-08
FRANCE And THB VATICAN.
yIRTHER CONCESSIONS UNDER
CONSIDERATION AT ROME.
Reason, why the subJectien sf Rriisssus
Orders 10 the Bishops May ne Ne
r,rded win Favor at Rouse Com
pronilse Win Ge,enment Possible.


pron,lse WIN Gsyernment Possible.
RowE. Aug is-The regulations Of the
council Of state for the authorization OF the
.sso-istions has not at all surprised His
'Ioiness Fvr long time past, through
-.srct en,bassirs and the accurate informa-
tian % the Nuncio. Leo XIII. the Vatican
and the congregations had known the whole
u VI Wa.dcck Rousseau's plan. Out Of an
st ~ political revenge forced upon him
W the Dreyfus syndicate. the Prime Mn
ister has tred TO draw an idea n govern
mont namely. 20 subject the religious
oracrs to the Ordinary and to rule the
rcgIAr clergy by means Of the Concordst.
Just ~ the state dominates over secular
.'ergy 10 wishes to turn an independent
tody into special wheel Of the great bu-
r-aucra,c machine.
lIst - why before the proposal of tho
aw and Immediately after the R~nnes
g-idict NJ Waldcck Rousseau had given
warning to the Vatican. To sacrifice the
f'.nt- and to -ubje-t the religious orders
to ut'd'ence Co the Ordinary were his
PREMISES A very competent person. hos
tts e. m" congregations, had sounded the
Holy sec the Pope refused to enter into any
negotiations on that point Canonical leg
station the privileges Of the congregations.
the vested rights Of Rome. admit OF no
.uiractio1 Of the established rules at this
time with its forcseeing diplomacy the
vatican endeavored 10 have the fatal issue
put N Il was successful for a year. but
the dny Of reckoning came and NJ. waldeck-
Rousseau. coldiy passionate and tena-
riuuz. calmly went 70 tho extreme limit
The regulations Of the Council Of State,
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stress to the order Of submission 20 the
Ordinary
For this reason In every act. from the
letter Of the Holy Father To Cardinal Rich
ard UP to Cardinal Gotti's rescript. the
Hpy So moderately but firmly empha-
sire the rights OF Rome and the exemption
- the religious orders. Rome subjects
tie Congregations 20 tho Ordinary In all
matters that concern their public activity.
hut she maintains strictly their internal
privileges and the direct authority Of the
papacy
4 concilis,ory Government. desirous OF
religious peace, might establish a modvs
1rcnh on this distinction and carry the
law into effect without harm. Tho Bishops
oheying Rom-. would not apply the regu-
lations strictly, and with the help OF tho
Gdvioo OF their Generals. the religious or
ders could submit IN inspection from the
outside without breaking their VOWS or
dis~olving their communities. Will the
Government r-'ruit thi. pscifyinE smphic-
tvonic oJrrationi Will IL leave 70 tho
rop~, to the bishops and 10 tho congregs-
tions the latitude requ.red' Or will IL try
N enforce the law violently and hatefullyl
That Ia the question.
II the Government intends TO overstep
this division Of rights and possibilities what
will happen1 A conoordat has besn sug-
gested do not know the meaning which
those who propose Il give tn this strictly
defined word The formula does not scem
q happy one I sht ul1 prefer the Amer
ican method. Tho Council OF Baltimore
distinctly defined the competence, the
Jurisdiction and the rights OF Bishops and
congregations. Rome approved the jur,di-
cal agreement save for one detail that
is still In abeyance. II would be very easy
TO apply that form 70 French conditions.
arranging on that basis for a permanent
agreement with the civil power. Unless
the Government is dreaming OF . reckless
Iersecution It could easily lend hand TO
such Q measure OF pacifoation.
Perhaps 1t might be possible TO define
rnore precisely the jurisdiction Of the Or
binary and to give IL more extension. Can
Onical legislation Ia not infsllible. Al Il
sprang from historical necessities, Il comes
into the class Of contingencies. Supple.
changesble, applicable to Circumstances.
u can be accommodated TO new situations
These ecclesiastical regulations seem TO
many minds to be no longer 80 indispensable
a. they were when the great oongresa-
,ions arose. Born In the thirteenth. six
teenth and seventeenth centuries the re-
Egious orders became select bands. the
guard Of honor Of the Holy See The
Povr placed them directly under his i'm
'nediat" power in his struggle against the
presumptuous arrogance Of the State
Those were the days when the feudsl
ROYALTY. the highest bond OF national
forces. dreamed OF reartablshing Cesarism
by the aid Of quibbling lawyers.
The idea Of the absolute monarchy I'm
piled the gradual training Of independent
organisms. hence the danger OF national
churches. Of Gallcanisin. and the conflict
Tor prponderance between the two halves
81 God Louis XIV. Philip the Fair and
Joseph II brought out distinctly that
h'-lagsn. half-Hebrew ideal Of sbsolu-
usm The divine right dominated, over
spread, tho ma jesty Of the tiara and the
Rome vas on the watch. Reused by
the spirit % reformation. chosen and
more indepoUicnt troop. the religious
orders became the direct assistants of the
Holy See, both in eevating religious life
and In preserving the rights Of the Pope.
That is why the religious orders have been.
~ once the great thculogians Of the treatise
h Roman poH',hoe and the executors
of Rome's orders that il the stamp they
have pat on ,h-ir science and their public
acton Rome was fond of extending
their rights and privileges
IL s.'ems N thr ewes of Ia. most faithful
"rvants uf IA" Pope that Rome IL no longer
exposed To such dangers in tho present
ssat" % afalrs. Tho fall Of the absolute
iaonafchi"s n real bcneht and a needed
'Lveragc", the coming into power OF
d"..'racy, whether parliamentary OF di-
t.' Doe complete -Rpuiauization- Of the
ru- world render iup,ssible any rc-
lf.l 10 HslhcIniSn. or clumsy attempts at
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