The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1903-03-07

GUS power of socialism ana anarchy
III united Germany.
All these eminent leaders of their
frllownrn have been endowed with
that genuine greatness of soul that
enabled them to appreciate in !, gen.
rr"uS manner the distinctive traits of
greatness peculiar to each. Glad
stone and Manning driftcd widely
apart from their common homes and
| aspirations of Oxford days, but this
rlrr''mstnn'" did not prevent them
from feeling and expressing mutual
regard for each others brilliant nbil-
tiles
bismarck pursued II mistaken policy
toward the Catholic church i'm Ger
many. by which. with the uttrmptnd
enforcement of the inuuitous "Nov
LAWS of 1870. he tramplcd upon the
civil and religious rights of nine mil
lions of loyal German subjects. The
| nlood or Catholic Germany had been
Sllrd as generously for the fatlrrlnnd
III tn" fierce conflict with France. as
III" blood of any of the IIollrnzoIlcrn's
sons. In his memorable speech in thc
| I'russian House of Lords, April IL
'~H''. Irlnc" BiSnarck had the man.
illness to make the following admis-
sion: when the action of the govern
mrnt ana the administration tow,r1s
| f.IAp I
the rivals of the Pope himself, then
w" fail into the chief bIundcr of the
May Laws, which vitintcd this entire
system OF legislation. We began a
great strategic movement with mighty
forces and very trilling results; we on
~ created strife ant; opposition be-
cause, in my judgment, we aimed at
achieving what was impossible This
strategy against the clergy will al
ways bring about unplrasnntneSs and
leave the government i'm the rear,
among the ranks of the minority"
In the following month of May od-
lolIS ;nd unjust ant-CntllOlc Icgisla-
ton was abolished by vote of the
PrnSsian Chamber, and on the DIST of
the same month. received the sane
ton of the Emperor. bismarck and
the empire needed the support of the
Pope for the suppression of anarchy.
and in Il StatcSmnn-likc manner he ad-
mittrd his mistakes. and surrendered
his vicious policy of "blOod and iron"
Leo XIII, 'thc august prisoner of
th" Natlcnl.' robbed of his hereditary
rights as Il temporal ruler. denied the
sovereign independence necessary for
the proper spiritual direction of the
mighty church of which he is chief
pastor. secs near at hand the 25th
year of his marvellous pOntificatc; his
influence ana power greater far than
when his auspicious reign began. Pope
Leo NH was born on the 2nd of
March. 1910. lie has completed the
nincty-third year of his age. He has
survived all the statesmen and princes
of his day. He gives promise Of
rounding out Il century of luminous
service to God and humanity. His
brilliant soul is cncased in a frame
of alaInStcr lie is but mere shad-
ow of the physical man, but the glor-
ious light of an uncommon spirit H.
lnmincs that fragile frame. Bent be-
meath the burden of advancing years,
!, mcnnccd by the intrigues of his un-
5 scrupulOus foes sick at heart over the
: desolatiOn that saddens his beloved
: country, this frail old man is the
e mighticst potentate in the world
Y to-day. He rules worldwide en-
2 pire Of over two hundred and fifty
$ million SOULS. The voice of no man
: is needed as is the voice of Leo, the
. actions of no sovereign interest all
: the world as do the actions of the
f Pope. whose throne has been estab-
: lished in the imperial city Of the
S Caesars for nineteen hundred years.
f Leo XIII is the 2G3rd legitimate chief
: pastor Of Christendom, to whom has
il been transmitted the divine commits