The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-07-21
BY HENRY e. HIGHTON.

Communism and NihiliSm, and defined
the true relations and reciprocal obli-
cations of capital and of labor, hold
ing with even han.. the balance of
justice between the two While re-
buking the audacity and the crude
theories of anarchical parties, he de-
manded that the rich should help the
poor and should pay reasonable wages
for proper service. In June, 1888, he
promulgated an encyclicaI otter on Lib
erty, in which he asserted the natural
freedom of man, anu, as the evidence
of his reasoning power, his submission
to the proper restrictions of govern
ment. In May, 1891, his encyclical
letter on the condition of the working
classes appeared. in which he opposed
labor contracts for the benefit of the
few, defended private property as orig
mating in natural right and affording
rational motive for labor and for
economy, reiterated his belief that
wages should be proportionate to work.
skill and surrounding conditions, and
advocated workingmen's Unions, anal
ogous to the guilds of the middle ages.
The policy of Leo XIII throughout
his pontificate was conciliatory and in
harmony with modern progress He
restored friendly relations with Russia,
his personal influence into the scale,
when Cardinal Lavegerie solicited from
European nations a common declara-
ton against the revival of the slave
trade in Africa. re closed his long
standing controversy with Bismarck,
by an amiable correspondence with the
first German Emperor of modern times.
He recognized the French Republic and
disclaimed any right of interference
with forms of government, referring to
the United States as growing greater
and greater everyday" Accept the
Republic" he said. that is to say,
the power constituted and existing
among you: respect il. and be submit
ted to it as representing the power that
comes from Cod
In his relations with the United
States, Pope Leo XIII was peculiarly
fortunate and accepted the trend of
modern ideas in his appreciation of our
institutions. On the occasion of his
sacerdotaI jubilee, President. Cleve-
land, through Cardinal Gibbons, sent
him a copy of the Federal Constitution,
and in his reply. he declared that liber-
ty was guaranteed by that instrument.
When Monsignor Satolli had been ap-
pointed his personal representative, in
January 1895. he addressed a letter TO
the Archbishops and Bishops in the
United States, in which he referred to
our national growth, and to the des-
tiny to which we seemed to be tend
ing and expressed his wish that the
Catholic Church should mot only sha1 = |
in but help to bring about this pros |
pective greatness" He uttered words |
Of warning against the turbulence of |
strikes. while approving of lawful COM
binations among the industrial classes,
and babe Catholics to Labor for the |
tranquility of tha Commonwealth" to |
obey the law" to "abhor violence"
and to seek no more than equity and
Justice permit" At a still later period. |
he alluded to the fact that both Prot !
estants and Catholics We're among the
Regents of the New York University
and added: How then can I complain
Of the institutions of America? The ,
more I study them. the more they
please me. I have admonished all the
people in America to refrain from strik- |,
as, never to resort to violence to re-