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grandloquent but pretty vague lines in
! dictate The conduct to be held regarding each
one Of them.
The United States OF America is men
toned after all the other Powers as being
the last conner among them. Finally the
Sovereign Pontif considers with naughty
bitterness the particular condition Of Italy,
| q Power that Is not recognized and can
| find no place in document emanating
officially from the Holy See save for an
ill repressed tendency and an indulgence
for which 1t blames itself.
These letters show, and will show for a
long time yet, a majestic and incontestable
greatness But already. through the solem-
nifty Of formulas and oven the elvation OF
the views. we seem to recognize the grandi-
loquence and pompous rhetoric which mark
the acts and constitutions Of the last EN-
perors Of the East. You are never tempted
to smile, but you begin to doubt and to seek,
under the majestic cover OF the words
the meaner reality of the facts. Undoubt-
eddy tradition, defended by Leo XIII. with
such obstinacy and grandeur, will con-
tinue for long time still in the Apostolic
chapceries, but Plus X. will do nothing
to keep il alive.
must be admitted, with reason, he seems
to have forbidden himself from making
broad general expositions OF vast politi-
cal speculations. Perhaps he doubts not
only of himself, but Of the occasion for
such demonstrations and Of the neces-
sity for the Holy Sees exercising q control
or even an influence on the temporal af-
fairs Of nations. He pretends to be igno-
rant of diplomatic language and style;
perhaps that ignorance is rather clever
ness.
Lately, breaking with the long tradition
which demands that on the Anniversary OF
the coronation the dean Of the Sacred
College should recount the results obtained
during the year by the administration and
government OF the Holy See. Plus Y.
begged Cardinal Oregl!a to avoid any
political allusion, and, without departing
from the tcno Of familiar conversation,
replie,i to the good wishes and congratu-
lations of the Sacred College with plain
thanks.
The Voce della Verifd, the organ OF the
Jesuits, regularly subventioned, had the
monthly subsidy, which kept it alive, with
drawn in consequence Of some political
articles attacking France and Italy, which
the Pope considered to be foreign to the
Office and the religious character of that
journal. After Sept the Voce della Veriid
will appear no longer.
Some Italian newspapers have published
a circular to the Bishops relating to the
possible birth Of an heir to the House OF
Savoy. The circular is not apocryphal
persons who know have recognized in it,
word for word, the text of a letter sent out
by Leo XIII. at the time when Queen Elena's
first child was expected. But Plus X. did |
not care to repeat the act OF his prede- /
cessor, and 30 far no circular OF the kind !
has been sent out from the Vatican.
The Pope dots not think that the dignity |
OF the Holy See Is diminished by putting !
an end to useless interference in political |
affairs that do not concern 1t directly. He
on the contrary, that religious
authority win stand on more strong and !
more firm by reform that shall result
in disengag ing it from political struggles
and secular influences. The question arises
the designs of Plus X. agree in
this respect with those Of his Secretary Of
State. 1NNoMrNATo.