The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-15
POPE LEO'S ANNIVERSARY.
,uy\TY-FIyEYEARS or EFFORTS
TOWARD PEACE.
PscIncation Is the Keywerd OF the Pspes
polio, -Impro, ed Condition Of Cathe.
lies As Compared With lsss-Ges.
many Is Now Friendly and There Are
>o Ouarreis With Italy Even.


poyy Feb. 2-When on Feb. 10, 1878.
Cardinal Gioacchino Vincenzo Peoci. 6S
,cars Of age, was elected Pope by the con-
clayo. nobody could have dared TO hope
,ba, on Feb. 20. 1908. the twenty-nfth an
niyar.ary of Leo KILLS pontifcate would
h, celebrated with great pomp In st. Peters.
w., this remarkable event. long held to be
unlikely, occurred yesterday In the pres
once Of crowds assembled from various
routs Of Italy and from the whole world.
yery often since the present Pope has
occ,,picd tho throne his health has seemed
60 delicate that the chances OF various
ro..he Popes have been computed and
a., Foreign Offices concerned have worried
about who should be the successor OF Leo
Nil But many OF these possible Popes
have Junk. one after the other, into the
grave and so have many OF the foreign
Ambassadors who had hoped to arrange the
election Of the new Pope.
Tho extraordinary vitality Of Leo XIII.
has dcuded all these combinations and am
hrions and even to the day that he enters
on the twenty-sixth year Of his pontifcate,
,ho-r who come near him do not hesitate
70 cypress the hope that he may yet live
Crater number of years than the most
optimistic usually dare to predict TO an old
man Of %
II there are congratulations for this un-
expected longevity Of Leo XIII, 1t In not
merely because Of the sympathy which his
personality inspires in all. q sympathy that
is remarkable from every point OF view,
nor /. it on account Of the interest which We
cannot help having for an old man who il
approaching his hundredth year. II is also,
and above all. because OF the impression,
confirmed by the events Of q quarter Of q
century. that Leo XIII. was and is especially
designed. thanks to his political and dip
lomatic gifts, to maintain tolerable relations
between the Church and the modern world.
IN spite of the opposition which breaks
ont at every moment and II IL were not
wisely kept in order would bring about the
most violent conflicts.
The temperament Of a peacemaker was
especially necessary for the SUCCESSOR OF
Plus IN. whose character, hot-headed and
impetuous rather than staid and diplo-
matte. had perhaps emphasized the con-
hicts that everywhere existed between the
Church and the lay world. These con-
ficts were not only political and social:
some we're of an intellectual and moral
nature. inasmuch as the modern spirit and
that Of the Church asserted that they were
divided by antagonism that could not
be overcome. Now Leo Kills diplomacy
has consisted in substituting the method
Of patience and letting time work. for that
Of force and violence; in other words, the
gradual resstablshment of peace wherever
war was raging
Doubtless this attitude discontented tho
violent who dream only Of blows and
wounds Sometimes these were favored
by events which for the moment seemed
TO show that the Pops's policy was wrong.
But Leo Kill did not allow himself 70 be
discouraged by these passing contingencies
aud remained steadfast In the way that
seemed to him the right one. II details
are passed over, general view OF the world
compared TO what 1t was In 1873 will show
that the present Pope has obtained more
by means Of his diplomacy than his pred
ecessor did with his rather fiery ardor.
Nowhere has this policy obtained better
results than In Germany. where the ami
mosities OF the Kulturkampf have given
way to such conditions that Catholics now
hold a place in q country with Q Protestant
majority which their fellow religionists
n lands where Catholics predominant may
envy. IL the skill OF the Centre party has
had much TO do with this change. the policy
Of Leo XIII. has contributed no less to Il =.
and il would he wrong 10 say that Bis
marck and his SUCCESSORS had gone 20
Cano-sa The journey TO Canoasa repre-
sen's indeed violent an d impolitic humli-
alton Now there has been nothing OF the
sort IN the right about OF tn German Gov
eminent which has been won over and
en,lced. rather than fore ed 10 stoop beneath
the yoke
The Church Of Rome under Leo Kills
ppr'ihoats has succeeded also In irnpro wing
the conditions Of Catholics In other non
Catholic countries. especially In Russia.
IN Great Britain. In the United States.
and IN other lands. too. But the chief
result obtained. In Catholic countries a.
we'll a. the others has b.sn that. without
IMPOSING on ,hsm any union with any sort
~ political system, Catholic. have been
rd 20 withdraw from connection with
hrms of government, WHOSE fall. might
h. d"sn-d equivalent Ia the fall u the
Couch Hsrlf
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t. uust ,killiul diplomat Ia tring about
sEi'rn.ui u saf in that of the relations
bl~~-u Q,irinal and Vatican. The time
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