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preaching have left their disciples in the
same passivity, and these know nothing
of the public defense OF principles; saints
before the altar, they are towards before
Then. French Catholics have been I'M
fortunate In many of their leaders and
spokesman These remain demeanors OF
the past, partisans of buried political re-
gimes. If the masses Of the people have
| learned any one thing, II is this-that
France Is republic, that they are re
publcans. But the monarchists are nu-
merous chiefly the old nobility, the most
generous patrons Of religion, and too many
of the clergy, who still read their politics
In Bos suet and Massllon who Judge the
republican form Of government by the ia
Goblin republic Of contemporary France.
Here Is the weakness of the Catholics Of
France-the inhdel, the socialist who So
icits votes, who cries out THE republic is
In peril; no republican must cast his vote
for a monarchist,' even If that monarchist
be otherwise the best and purest OF men,
and the masses vote for the infidel or
the socialist i'm order that that republic
survive trusting to the republic to do IN
the long run what is most serviceable for
France, and even for religion itself
MOnRrchists MisIead Churchmen.
The evil goes farther. There is an inhdel
or a socialist candidate, and opposed to
him republlcan-moderate, conservative
who clings to a peaceful even religious
France. But he is a republican; monarch
lists, generally well known Catholics, put
must not be forgotten; If no kings live
scores OF them have lived, and fidelity to
them is the duty Of the hour What hap
pensE The moderate republican is de
Gated; the infidel or socialist is elected
Ihis is what is witnessed on numerou,
occasions on every election dav No
one understood France better Than leo
XIII. He bade all Catholics seek the vel
rare OF country and of church within the
ranks or loyal adherents to the republic
Had Leo been listened to, France IN Mi
probability would have escaped the re-
hslous persecution of the present day
Documents Removed from Nunciature.
ROME, Dec. 23-The Vatican SAYS the
French government has not sent a tele-
graphic circular to its representative
abroad In answer 20 the protest from the
lily See concerning the searching of the
nunciature at Paris, and the expulsion OF
Mgr Montagnini, but has merely COM
municated with the diplomats accredited
to Paris, The Vatican now does not con-
ceal the fact that the important documents
in the nunciature were transferred long
before the search was made to the en-
bassy Of Catholic power, While it is
not known to what embassy they were
taken, 1t is known it was not that Of Italy.
II Is supposed they were conveyed to the
Austrian embassy 1t is also stated that
the cipher code confscated was that used
during the time Mgr. Clar was the papal
nuncio at Paris and was obsolete.
Twenty-Five anti-clerical clubs and five
socialist, republican and radical members
Of the Chamber OF Deputies have decided
to promote great anti-clerical demonstra-
lions with professions to be held the same
day throughout Italy and also 10 cele-
brate the anniversary OF the death Of
Giordano Bruno, the Italian philosopher,
who, because OF his disbelief in the doc
trnes Of transubtantian and OF the inn
maculate conception Of Mary, was burned
al the stake as a hereto in the Campo del
Fiori at Rome February q, 1900