The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-01-18
Diocese Of Denver.
BACK FROM ROME
Father Malone Tells of Papal Sym
nathv for American Aspirations.

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elv courtesy and ii was evident tina
his lame had preceded him TO tn
Eternal City. He found that the Ro
man curia was anxious to aid tn
United states in pacifying its Pacif
possessions, and that the pope AM
Cardinal Rampolla were in close toucl
with advanced American thought
Physically the visit benefited Fathe
Malone very much. He seems stronga
and more vigorous than for some time
Ally visit TO the Eternal City wa!
indeed satisfactory from every point
of view said he last night MY re-
,apti1n was cordial in the extreme due
10 NO personal merits but rather &c
The EraciOuSneSS Of character of the
distinguished member of the Roman
court
To come i'm contact with the 70
man cgria Is an advantage always
profitable and never lacking in interest
both intellectual and social.
Although my stay in Rome was
brief only fortnight it was attended
ny such exceptional circumstances that
was enabled to see much Of the life
of Rome Papal Rome l mean. for,
although there is a so-caIled new Rome
that which began when the papacy was
despoilel OF it's temporal possessions.
there is only one Rome of interest to
the foreigner and that is the Rome of
the POpas
LEADER OF PAPAL CABINET.
ron the day of nay arrival in the
eternal city ! was accorded the priv
iege OF an interview With the cardinal
secretary OF state Cardinal RamDolla.
or him ii may in truth be said that
le is ole of the statesmen of the world
whose broad grasp Of affairs and wis
dom in execution tend always to the
hettermeut Of mankind. His relations
are of course with every known lana
and so closely interviewer with the life
and customs Of all peoples on the globe
is the spirit Of Catholicism that Car
dinal Rampolld must from the nature
of his exalted position have a more
universal grasp of world affairs than
could be expected in the premier of
any Of the great powers.
"It WAS not therefore an amaze
ueHt To ME- though l confess to some
surprise. io md that he was in the
closest touch with American affairs
III. referred feelingly to the death of
Alr. Mckinley, whom he looked upon
as just man. OF President Roosevelt
be showed the keeneSt apprecia ton.
drawn. no doubt from the public rec
ord of the president, but 1t struck me
that no American could have expressed
faireT or more Just estimation. Some
time I may write of some of the acts
of our late lamented president which
deeply impressed Cardinal Rampolla.
When considered the attitudes of
some of the foreign governments to- /
ward the Church l was deeply inn !
pressed with The spirit OF justice among |
my own COuntrymen, especially when |
] was brought TO realize that states |
man Of the exalted character and pru- /
Gence of Carcmal Rampona was will
ing TO place implicit trust and conf
Gence in the government of the Unit
ed States in matters OF deep and ur-
gent Importance. Not alone of Cardi-
nal Gampolla is this true, but the
same may he said of all the active
members of the Roman cUria. In Paris
] had occasion to consult some men,
beers of the French cabinet and | was
struck with The same idea. which !
may safely say pervades all of Eu
rope VIZ. the transcendent and grow
'---- -ourn Of the United States as
q governing and cont ing force. This
..a s..e.y l4e result OF our lndus-
trial progress but comes in part from
the American spirit which is stirring
up all peoples to greater endeavor TO
meet our competition, which seems TO
touch them at every point.
EUROPE FEARS YANKEE RIVALS. :
The astounding growth Of Ameri
can industry and its far-reaching in
nuence have not tended to make for
friendship toward America in the ma
tons of the old world. We hear much
of England's friendship for America,
but our manufacturers are pinching
England quite as severely as any other :
nation and il would be absurd to say
THAI Englishmen look upon this con-
dition with complacency. The enOr-
NOUS and steady increase in the bal =
aaee of trade favorable to the United ..
States tells the whole story. No ma !.
ton If Europe is holding its own with !
American competition. In Germany
there IS a hostile feeling toward Amer ;,
lea. I'M France American competition a
is deeply resented: in England the
friendship of which so much is said, q
u.s. ! fear greatly OYeresumated. 1t =
VIII thus be seen that in Europe there
are conditions tending to unite all ma
tons against the industrial aggress- 9
yeness of the United States, to say the =
least. y
up to the present time the Ameri-
IAN people have had no reason to give n
% the vatican the consideration which a
Is importance as q factor. not only q
p civilization. but in governmental al O
airs deserves For centuries the ma n
ions Of the old world have realized n
hat the government of a universal e.
'hurch teaching and intoxicating 2
moral principles must stand against fe
I'D unjust agEressions and in favor Of IL
Justice and risht Hence with one or co
NO exceptions. the nations of the Sc
world have found it cxpedient to 81
u1.ntain diplomatic relations with the fe
.atlcan not only during the centuries Sd
when The Pope was a temporal prince. ba
0i even after he was despoiled Of his III
possess ions
Considering. therefore. the latent 20
md in some cases open hostility to the y.
Hito3 States among all the nations Of W
europe. n should be gratifying to
very loNaI American to realize that Of
ne iar-rear1ln- influence of such ne
powerful institution as the vatican is pr
teadily manifested in our behalf. so
IF ii We're not that the Catholic
'hurch. through It's central govern 70
nent in Rome, has uniformly and con- vo
istenuy favored The extension of
american dominion in our new nos pc
essions, il would. / fear. he an i'm Ii
cSsible task TO ever bring those lands pr
.ithin the sphere Of American infu- pc;
nee. iy
1t must be remembered that the ma
100000 of people in the Philippine
stands are not of our blood and what he
yer civilization they possess is Que in OF
reat measure to the influence of re- nc
gion acting upon their eoarser ma foI
Tres. If they have not reached that ! ON
aEree of civilization which is greatly I'M
be desired. we must not forget that \
le strongest and most powerful in SIN
jeEces for good act but slowly upon u
De most intelligent of peoples. Never ~! lil1
lelesS, it cannot be gainsaid that the e .,
le oNeTpONerlng. mastering impulse Ni9