The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-07-21

MY Wlte was very HluSIi III ao"i
and out OF sorts in every way; she lad
a pelvic disorder which left her very
weak, nervous and no appetite at all.
| "One day | happened to be at my
| fathers store. S. a. Birch. Coresvlle
Alb county. Va, and noticed your niedi-
! cine there for sale
IT thought 1t might help my wife. so
brought bottle of It home, and within
week she commenced to eat. and now
she is hungry all the time and not half
the medicine has been taken. We Dotn
the suppression OF brigandage. In con-
nection with. this work the following
story was told Of Mgr. Pecci. a certain
marquis called one day to protest againstt
| the governor and informed the latter that
he was just starting for Rome 70 procure
his recall. -,
marquis?" asked Mgr. Pecci.
yes. monsignor, said the other: and
| I'm going at once.
"Resoiutlons Of this kind should be well
considered at leisure. You Will do me the
honor Of staying here for the present PR, na.,,a
was surrounded, and twenty-eight bril-
| gands, of whom he wats patron and chief.
| were arrested or shot.
From Benevento Mgr. Pecci was trans
ferred to the governorshlp of Perugi !,
where he remained for year and a mar;
The young ecclesiastic in ls43 wa s called
to exercise his talents In more import
/ ant post being consecrated Bishop OF
/ Damietta in Partbus and sent to Brussels
as papal nuncio. It was as representaItive
| he first gained the political Insight and
I experience which have been one or me
| principal characteristics OF his tenure OF
| the pontifcial throne.
Mgr. PeccI remained over three, years
in Belgium. and on his recall to Italy was
decorated with the grand Gordon Oh Inc
|Order Of Leopold. After leaving Brus-
ses the nunco paid visit to London.
This was in February. ls46. and in the
same year he was consecrated Archplsnop
OF Perugia. He continued in this position
/ for the thlrty-two years which INTERVIEWED
before his election to the highest positlo,n
in the church. his tenure Of the eP,istc 81 ate
coinciding exactly with the athlrty-t"o
sea ELG * rs 'e suP r i PoNT1FF:
In his espicopal labors the archb.shop
had displayed as governor of a pontihcial
state. Among other achievements, ne sue
ceeded in purging the archdiocese OF brig
or,s''' Under I'm his spiritual jurisdiction We're
empty. Such success did not pass I'M
noticed. and, In 1850 Mgr. Pecci was ele-
the th &c conssto o held in 1871 Cardinal Pecci
was appointed camerlingo Of the Roman
Church. which gave him chief charge
IF the temparal fs o. b se nds make
| claye for the election of a new Pope af-
ter the death of Plus iA;. IN E,ebrmary'
| 1887 The conclave lasted thirty-slX hours.
and at the third ballot Cardinal Peccl was
elected supreme pontff. and took the
pane Of Leo XIII wIo after Se b 5hs Freat
veneration. He was crowned on March
18th, with tiara, or triple crown the cere-
mony taking place, not in rs, st. pete ,,, :
been crowned since 1855. but in the SIS
tine Chapel in the Vatican, where the con-
clave had been held.
! Public opinion regarded the new POPE
| as characterized above all things by a
| love of peace, and 1t was expected that.
/ departing from that non possumus policy
conclude compromise with the, Italian
government and thus put an end to re
antagonism between the Vatican and me
cefved and In his first encyclical, pro
mulgated at the Easter following ms rs; a az
cession. Pope Leo XIII. unhesitatingly
Of the temporal power Of the papcy, nor
did he ever recede from the position then
tiA INFLUENCE III o FTHE VATICAN.
| At the same time the policy Of the Ro-
man curla certainly underwent develop
ment. in the decision OF moderation, when
| Huence Of the Vatican abroad From the
very outset the new pontif dlsplayedt me
greatest interest IN the social questions
encyclical issued In December. 1878, APP
peaied to the intellectual forces, of Catho-
| iicity to contest the propaganda or doc
subservient OF social order alllding es IS,
pecially to the socialists in Germany and
annihlist movement IN Russia. p
The cooperation afforded by the Pope
| to the various governments m Opposing
| the growing forces Of social democracy
paved the way for the settlement OF dis-
putes existing between these govern,
ments and the Vatican, both spiritual ana ,a
civil authorities being, as II we're. cat!sa
upon to merge their differences e ana maze maze
| common cause against the common
enemy The first great political acli!eNe1f
ment of the Pope. was to settlement 81
the differences with GermHm mi Main mpf nau
The rapid spread of anarchic doctrines
in Germany and the attempts made !, . upon
the Emperors life In ls hauf to TIE en he
trnmontane party to secure their support
for Or his economic policy; Herr Falk, the
famous author or the a afha hms. waS
were made to tho Catholics, Finally, dip-
tomato relations with the Vatican eIl were We're
resumed and the ate EpeGor rh
| lion Of an harmonious Understanding by
visiting the Pope at the, Vatican, still
Els '' holiness BY her selection Of him as
arbitrator In the, dispute with Spain re-
ferential acceptance OF his decision In ia
vor of the weaker power.
ACTED AS ARBITRATOR,
His success in this arbitration induced
the Pope to declare his readiness to aet
as arbitrator In other disputes for the
Christianity, but for this his holiness de-
cared 1t to be essential that he should
be res tored his liberty as an independent
ever. met with no response, as far as for
eign governments were concerned, and
the hopes which had been expressed IN
ors visit 20 the Pope in 1855 might lead
to Germany advocating the TEMPORAL
claim of the holy see We're soon dssipated.
man bishops, declared that he regarded
the presence of the Emperor William In
Rome as the guest OF the ouirinal as
"deplorable recognition of accomplished
The interests of the triple alliance We're
not compatible with those of tie Vatican,