The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-08-28
BY Stoddert Campbell.

LONDON, august lS.-Au the world Is
watching Spain. These tremendous
struggles between the Vatican and the
states of Europe are Of intense interest
everywhere and especially in Eng
land. The Church OF Rome no longer
sends its armies into the field to wage
real war in behalf Of the church.
but the Vatican has a surer and a
less bloody method Of forcing a re-
bellious state 10 its knees. Sometimes
the Vatican fails to bring the ref-ac-
tory one into submission ana a. in
the case of England, fails OF its pur-
pOse-as in the case of France CON
tinues the struggle until the head
line Of Church and State" is a stand
ing nightmare from one generation
to another. And now We are watch
ing Spain. II is announced that tie
government will, if possible, avoid 4
breach with the Vatican, but it has
determined 10 defend the supremacy
Of the state. Let Us see.
Of all the lands in all the word.
none has been more under the Church
Of Rome than has Spain or her one
| time colonies. Not only has she
worked with the church as one man
with another for Il mommOn purpose.
but she even rave. as in the Phillip
pines for so many generations. the
actual government Of the people over
to religious orders. The proceeding has
nowhere been acceptable 20 the people
governed. F~ilipinos Ven to war
three times TO put an end
TO the control of the priests
hand in the affairs of the state-Bol-
ward in all Latin-America.
Today even Spain, where was the
stronghold Of the Inqusition, is COM
ing to do that for which she fought
the FilipinOs for years on end-thrOw
off the control of the church in civ
il affairs.
1t all comes about from the simple
but vital question. Shall a Catholic
man or woman married according 20
the civil rite and o by the church.
be buried in cOnsecrated ground. or
lowered to his last rest in ground
where the church is not outside the
walls Of the holy feld?" The church
says no, and the state says yes. The
] Vatican is bringing circumstances 20
bear and the state continues to stand
firm. The latest exchanges were Dret-
~ nearly in the form Ow ultimatUm
from the Pope, but the Spanish min
listers have not receded an inch.
France has just one through it, with
the result we all know, and there is
reason to believe Spain is on the
threshold of Frances experience.
This very point, that of eternal rest
in the holy field" or in the roadside,
was one of the bitterest of the ques-
tons between the Filipino and Span
lard, and if any one thing could have
been said to have lost the islands to
Spain, this was the thing. Spain has
: killed many a brown Filipino because
he insisted upon this same privilege
which Spain declares shall be the
right of all Spaniards.
HOW RUSSIA BLOWS ITS NOSE
was speaking today with a young
American who has just come from Rus
STA on his fathers yacht. He saw the
beginning of the Cronstadt trouble, and
persisted in staying there until DULLES
began whistling over the deck.
y have a good bump of curiosity,
he said "and | wanted to see all |
could. I think l would make a good
newspaper man The governor is III
France, you know. and | took some
friends up there to buy sable. | would
have stayed had not some timid guests
wanted to get away: otherwise |
might have brought you a good story
l asked him how he found the Rus
sian people.
Its unfair to judge the many by
the few" he answered. but a certain
| thing | noticed in ST. Petersburg made
it's impression on me, n I'll give It
to you for. what it's worth; and !!
had an interesting talk with a baron
banker, to whom | had given a letter
| on finances. I'll tell you about that,
too.
"One evening our party went to a
famous restaurant, on the Neysky.
The big room on the first floor was
| almost empty the dinner hour being
| over. We sat down and ordered, and
| then amused ourselves looking about
US.
Soon there came in a general. an
old man. in full uniform
| The door porter rushed to meet him,
relieved him of his cloak, his sword,
his hat, and his rubbers and the head
waiter ushered him to a table Gov
cred with a white cloth.
A waiter came TO take his order,
but instead of calling for something
even to drink, the general asked tor
the city directory. Then for half an
| hour he sat there, turning the pages.
grumbling, and taking notes. When
| he had finished he reached down, ook
| up an end of the table cloth, and blew
his nose on it. Then he got up TO
leave. At the door he found the same
porter. who just as respectful and
%assiduous as before, handed him his
cloak, his hat, his saber, and his rub
bers. Then the general left, having
neither. eaten nor drunk anything,
without even giving a tip TO the waiter
or the porter.
This little scene shocked no one
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