The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-12

AOxAA LIZ VI Il l. ~
French scholar and reads English; Ital-
ian Is his own language and he kno. q
Spanish well. Papers. books and MAJ
azines are sent him from all parts OF
the world. They are read for him a:.J
marked, but he sees them ALL, He has
always been great reader and an un.
firing worker.
His Early Ambition.
Ambitious? His ambition was &c
be monk. AS a very young man he
wanted to enter convent and bury
himself, but such an intellect was not
meant to be hidden in a cloister. In
his college days he led his classes in
Latin and Greek; then he turned his
attention to physics and chemistry and
took all the prizes there. There seemed
to be nothing he could not accomplish
The state needed him and though
he was a, priest, he was chosen wher
very young for public affairs. He was
first sent to Benevento to suppress
brigandage; and he suppressed 1t very
thoroughly, but he was inclined to re.
sent being employed in civil career
He was soon afterward sent as nuncie
to the court of Belgium, and there he
learned diplomacy under old King
Leopold l. But he was attracting toe
much attention to please Antonelli
VINO meant that no one but himself
should influence the diplomacy Of the
vatican. In three years the nuncio at
Brussels was created hibshop of Pc
rugia. 1t was ostensibly preferment-
actually Punishment. Leo has spoken
OF the thirty years Of his stay in Pc.
rugia as his 'exile''
rs 1t not singular that his mind
did not fall into rut in this long
term Of comparative remoteness from
public affairs?''
Great minds like his grow in exile
He spent those thirty years in the
study of statecraft, Of diplomacy, OF
the affairs Of the church and its rela-
tons to the civil powers Of the world
When Plus TX died he was cardina
chamberlain and as such directed the
details OF the conclave which met tc
choose the pope's successor. He. In
fact, made all the arrangements for
the meeting which chose him to be
pope. Yet am sure he had no fore
knowledge that he was to be chosen"
Choice of a New Pope.
I asked Mr.. Crawford about the
choice of new pope. He said.
Usually the man chosen is one Whom
the outside world has never consid-
cred a serious candidate. It will prob.
ably be so this time. There is much
talk of Gotti and little of Vanutelli
They are very learned and very intel.
!ectual men. But the man chosen is
likely to be some one whose name has
not even been mentioned publicly.
don't believe anyone outside Of the
vatican knows who 1t will be. But ]
believe that in the vatican 1t is guessed
Dy some. Communication between the
cardinals is very secret. Even theil
secretaries seldom know what they
say or think"
I asked Mr.. Crawford If the election
OF new pope would mean any serious
change IN the policy Of the vatican.
can't see how that is possible" he
said. have no doubt that the pope'e
successor will be a strong man. Pope
lectual men, and the college of car
dinals is probably stronger today thar
1t ever has been before. The new pope
Will see that he cannot better the for
tunes OF the church by a departure
from Leo's policy"
Is there any truth in the story that
Humbert was about to restore the
rpe's temporal power and would prob
ably have done SO IL he had not died
so suddenly?"
None. There Is no truth, either, in
the story that Victor Emanuel was ex-
communicated. He received the last
sacraments Of the church and the pope
sent him a special blessing, which
reached his bedside after his death
No one knows what was Humbert's
view of religion, but the queen mother
IS very deyout. She and her ladies
publicly attend the great services in
the basilicas in holy week. The pres
.ent king was baptized in Catholic
church and married in Catholic
church, but he has never expressed
himself with regard to religious ques-
tons. Probably he does not go to
church, but no doubt he will receive
the last sacraments from the church
when he dies"
No Compromise Likely.
is the new pope likely to find q
compromise which would be acceptable
to the church?'
1T does not seem likely. If the
humblest priest in the church today
had suggestion for the solution OF
the difficulty between the church and
pope; and If 1t were the correct solu-
ton, Leo would recognize 1t. No,
think no one Is prepared to suggest
anything, and SO long as the pope Is
left undisturbed in the vatican most
people are willing that no change
should take place. The people. of Italy
are loyal to their church; they are also
loyal to their country. But IL an at
tempt were made to drive the pope
from the vatican there is no doubt that
there would be revolution in some
parts of Italy"
Mr.. Crawford spoke Of the tempest
which has been raised among the Eng
lish Catholics about the '.anti-popery''
oath which King Edward took.
II think the king should not be re-
quired to take such an 9TH" he said.
but so long as the constitution re-
quired 1t Of course he had to take It
It should have been changed long ago.
but think the people of England
would have resented the discussion OF
any contingency depending on Vic