The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-31
THE KAISER LOOKS
 ID THE VATICAN
Visit to Pope in Furtherance of
 WeII-Defned Plan
FRANCES UNWlTTING AID
World Politics Now Being Played and New Alliances in Process of Form ation-lnnominato Reviews
 Present Conditions.
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 Rome.-.n the kaiser's visit to the vati- can indicates the intimate connection be- tween the papacy and Germany Edward VII's Journey to Rome is interesting in different way. Wilhelm H. three visits to the holy father indicate clearly the ad- vance of his policy. At the beginning, the "sturm und drang' period the interview between the two halves of God on earth greatly disappointed Leo XIII. Harsh, in- experienced awkward, and proud, the young Hohenzollern left a painful impress sion. Ee
 The second time, having ripened by con- tact with real facts the sovereign ex- pained his plan to the pope. He declares his intention of depending on the church to carry out his "weltpolltik" It was the prelude to the effective and continued col laboration with the Catholics, and, In spite of the pope's reservations and hesi- tation, the ferocious and stupid anti clericalism of the French republic has fa- vored the schemes of Prussia.
 At this moment the time seems propi-
 
 est of follies; the church in France Is being martyred. Will the emperor sue ceed in inducing the holy see to take up the policy of compensatons2 We shall know soon, perhaps.
 The journey of Edward VII. to Rome and to Paris, the visit of Victor Emanuel III to London and Paris, M. Loubets voyage to Rome and to London-they are all connected-will help to decide the plans of the holy see and the ecclesiastical pol icy of Wilhelm II.
 The coming entry into Rome of the president of the French republic Is the chief move in the new French diplomatic system that has sprung as everybody knows, out of the Dreyfus affair. The anti-clerical alliance has made the ut most use of the affair in attacking the church and the religious persecution that resulted from it has been extended to the hitherto reserved domain of foreign pol icy.
 Quirlnar Against Vatican.
 The coming together of France and Italy was the first stage In this diplomacy. The object of this was to play the quirinal against the vatican, to break the last bonds between the republic and the pap acy, to secularize the external relations just as the interior had been secularizcd. M. Delcasse tried to conceal the system under the veil of an international idea. This was the alliance of the Latin races with Great Britain and the United States. Hence the favors shown to Italy by the republic, it's concessions in Albania, in Tripoli, in the Levant, in the Mediterra- mean, in financial matters hence Its in- clining toward England; hence the dis erect services rendered in behalf of peace during the Spanish-American troubles; hence the increasing friendship between the Quai d'Orsay and the White House, and, finally, the protection that France continues to extend to Spain
 England builds vast hopes on M. Del casse. She wishes to settle her account with Prussia before 1909, when Germany's fleet will be completed The alliance with Paris will crown the alliance with Rome; her interest Is in that. The United States, while preserving its independence, has thousand reasons for not favorlng the commercial expansion of the German ''Weltpolitik" Prussia Is becoming a formidable rival, even in America Ger man imperialism intends to fight with American imperialism. Germany Is chronic sufferer from the almost vital dis proportion between her productivity and her markets The great empire com mands breathing room and a wide space.
 Moves by<ltaly
 Italy finds that these collaborations suit her admirably. Allied navally with Eng land mtarily with Germany, economi- cally and Automatically with France she sees accomplished the glorious dream con- ceived in the throes of 1870 at the moment when, she carried out the ideal of unity with Rome for her capital This years journeys should contribute to perfect the alliance of England with the Latin races against Germany.
 For that reason M. Loubet will be com pelled to make the trip to Rome in spite of his personal wish not to break with the pope. Victor Emanuel IT., who is crafty and makes the most of advantages. has guessed the schehmes of Quai d Or say, which will have to pay the cost of these contradictory partnerships.
 Vatican Fears Result.
 The vatican fears anxiously the result or the alliances that are mapped out It Is the first attempt to carry into execu- tion the new foreign policy of the Ouai dOrsay Besides the holy see, which knows all the secret workings of diplom- acy. looks on the alliance as make believe and a trap for France England will give no compensation for the sacri- fees of the Quai d'Orsay and the quirinal will not break the vital tie that binds her to Germany. It is useless for France to shower benefits upon the house of Savoy: the house of Savoy, politically Is the child of the house of Hohenzollern
 There are no opposing interests between them, while the agreement with France must remain sterile or become injurious. When the time comes to choose between Paris and Berlin, the policy of 1870 will follow upon the complacency of 1859 His tory VIII repeat itself Why should 1t not IT the same interests imply and give 10 the same blunders? As the vatican looks at matters, France is beginning all over again the cycle of 1859. 1866, 1870.
 Exodus of Missionaries.
 The forced exodus of the French relie- ious orders will modify the missionary question for many of the expelled will de- vote themselves to spreading the faith in distant parts. It seems as If God intended to turn the French catastrophe into an in- crease of the universal "world'' patrIn,onv of Catholicism. So in the days of tbe French revolution the French nriests swarmed to England and the Tinted States. sowing the seed in the new fields for the future. In the same way when
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