The Irish standard., 1904-12-17

said. But to assure you In the nat.
ter l shall go to Rome at once and ind
out myself
10 Rome I went at once. and
through Merry del Val, then private
chamberlain to the Pope, obtained an
extended audience with Leo. At first
the Holy Father began to reproach me
for the unsympathetic attitude of tho
English Catholics toward the High
Church party, saying:
They are ready to come into tho
Church, and the great obstacle to their
entrance is the fact that they receive
no encouragement from YOU
Il endeavored to speak, but the Pope
Interrupted me with emphasis by con.
tinuing: Am not rightY
after pause of some minutes q.
| did not wish to interrupt him again.
said:
Holy Father, since you ask me
must, in conscience, sAy that Won have. -
been utterly deceived. 1 do not sov
that the Able Quartet has deceived von
intentionally, but he certainly does NOT
understand the situation in England,
"The Pope faced me full. soid.
Ito my mind, Holy Father II
would be the greatest blunder vou
could make to write personal letter
10 the arclibshops of Canterbury and
YORK before making more accurate
investigation Of the matter.'
AT this juncture the Pope's face he.
came covered with displeasure and tho
color came to his cheek as he said.
WHO am 1 to believe? You tell
me one thing and the Abbe Ouartel
ana others tell me another
Il replied: Archbishop Walsh NJ
Dublin is in Rome at present s,,a
gest that YOU send for him and oslx hi.
opinion
The Pope said he would and I wo.
dismissed. Archbishop Walsh con.
ilrmed everything 1 said the next dov
ana he had barely left the Vatican ho-
1ore messenger was on his wov +o
l
me with message asking me to come
at once to the Pope. When 1 came
INTO his Holiness presence he bepon
py saying in most peaceful voice.
nave come to the conclusion tho+
the situation is not such as has hoon
presented to me. However, as I hovo
promised to write this personal letter
l ieel that cannot entirely go back on
my word ,and since the question of
Anglican orders has been brought I'M
again some action might be taken tn
settle it definitely
After some further consnl+o+ +,o,
with me it was decided that the whole
question should be reviewed again
Inc results arrived at from the in.
vcstigation, after a special commission
had been appointed by the pona
should be formulated in such q n,a.
ner that the Pope could, in genera,
letter to the English people, give forth
MS views, thereby fulfilling his prom.
ise to the Able Quartet.
"pe IiieH commissioned me IN
Degln an investigation of all the owl.
dence in the case and report 70 him
"hen the work was completed. ac.
cepted the commission, but reoues+od
tl'at should be allowed access to all
the documents bearing on the subject
tl''t were preserved in the archives of
the Holy Office. The Pope readily con.
sented and signed an order giving mo
iull liberty to study all the bulls. ,e+-
ters, pamphlets, etc., on this question
OF the validity Of the Anglican orders
then in the Holy Office.
i presented myself and the order
from Leo the next day, to the director
or the Holy Office, Mgr segur. He re-
celved me very cordially and told me
to come back next week.
Il returned the next week, but only
to receive the same answer. This went
on for seven weeks. My patience be-
came exhausted and 1 concluded that
l. was not going to be allowed to see
the documents had asked the Pone
for.
II wrote a letter to Merry del Val