The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1906-04-28
was hostile TO the spirit of Chris

| notable day in my life on Which lie,
| Mil made Il new prcceden, i'm the
Vatican by receiving Il newspaper cor
| respondent for the purpose of II formal
| interview.
In spite of his slender figure. sun
ken chest and hollow checks, there
WAS something majestic anu inspiring
i'll the Popc's appearance. Carclin;,!
Gibbons has declared ~ me that h..
never found himself in the presence %
Leo Nil without being awc-s,ruck
III was no, the surroundings of the
sacred place. brilliant with the. tri-
/ umnhs of centuries of art and dow
| cred with the most glorious us we'll :~
III" most tragic memories of the
| Christian church; nor was ii the long
slim. bent figure in the flowing white
! caSSock. gold cross on the fiat bosom,
| great emerald ring flashing on the
| "utStrctched hand. crimson slippers
embroidered III gold on the feet Ii
| was the white. exalted face, tho won-
derful, smiling mouth, the small lum-
I inous. brown eyes. absolutely lovely in
| their color and candor--intimacy one
| might say: and the mysterious sug-
gestl"n i'll the countcnance of some
| thing wholly apart from the earth:
theS" ii was that Sturck all lcvity from
| the mind and thrilled the bcholdcr. AS
| the Pope spoke to me. he occasionally
| raltcd my hand in Il kindly patcrnal
| manner. He went right to the heart
of the most active problem OF the
| world. repeat Whit wrote at the
tim" and Of which the Pope approved: :
Human law cannot reach the real
| seat "i the conflict between capital
and labor lie said. Governments an.l
| legislatures arc helpless to restore
harmony. The various nations must
| do their work. and l must do min :.
Their work is local and particular,
such as the maintenance of order, and
the enforcement of ameliorativc laws.
''s' '''s WY IL WV il''fttI WI lISttIl-
| dom must be universal and on a diffcr-
| cnt plane.
""rhc world must be re-ChriStia,l-
| lied. The moral condition of tn"
| w"rkingnnan ANA his employer must
| l;c improved
II felt the gentle grip of the Pnpr's
l..
| fixed upon brazen figure of Christ
hnngin. to Il crucifX set ON 81 table
before him.
Each must look ut tho other
through Christian eyes lie continued,
that is the only way
| Again the firm. strong pressure of
the wrinklcd. white hand. and q faint
nodding of the snowy head.
How vain arc the efforts of nations
which seek to bring contcntmcnt tu
man and master by legislation. forget
ting that the Christian rcligl't, alone
can draw men together in love and
peace. AS the wealth Of the world
increases the gulf between the laborcr
and his employer will widen and deep
on. unless it he bridscd over by Chris
tian charity and the mutual forbcar-
;lncc which is inspired by Christian
morals
"a sadness. deep beyond words t.
tell. came into the brown eyes as his
holiness spoke of his desire for tho
disarmament Of Europe Tl," hands
were claspcd. the corners Of the mo,,tl
able head bent a little lower. once
more he looked intcntly at the hrnzcI
figure OF Christ. His voice revealed
much emotion.
1.-The existence of these vast nrmic.
is n source of tlisrlcasIrcs and sorrow
to the Holy See he said. "rhr mill.
thry life, which has been invested Will
n certain glamor. is injuring hundreds
of thousands Of young men The fac
must be apparent to every Statesman
who seriously considers the question
1t surrounds young men with viOlen
and immoral influence, it turns thciJ
thoughts from spiritual things. nni
tends to harden and degrade them
These armies are not only full of peri
to the souls of mon. but they drnil
the world Of it's wealth. So long "a:
Europe is filled with soldicry, so long
will all the labor represented by mil
lions of men in arms be withdraw
from the soil. and the poor will b,
overburdencd with taxes to support
the system. The armies Of Europe arc
impovcrishing Europe.
These great military establish
mcnts have another dcplorablc effect
They set one people against another
ana intensity national jcalouscs Th'
inevitable result is the growth of {;
spirit of anger and vcngcfulncss.
long to see a return of peace ana char.
ity among the nations Mighty hrinic,
confronting each other on every from.
tier are not consistent with the teach
ing of Jesus Christ
Yet had to pass a guard Of nrmc;
men in the Vatican going to and from
that audience with the gentle sad -eyet
Pope. have seen him, wearing tn,
triple crown, carried to Mass in tn.
Sistine Chapel between lines Of papa
/ uff b,, 1,nlr, Ia,