The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1912-08-17
Ninth Anniversary of His Death
Observed With Requiem in
the Sistine Chapel.
The Memoirs of Crispj, Minister of
King Humbert, Attracting
Wide Attention.
The Estimates of His Character are
Different According to Differ
ent Critics.

The Roman correspondent of the
Catholic Union and Times says in his
letter of July 30:
Once more the Catholic world has
recalled the memory Of the late Pom
tiff, and in the Sistine Chapel the
ninth anniversary of his death was
observed by the Pope and College of
Cardinals.
At $3.50 the tribunes of the Sistlne
were already occupied by the car
dinals, archbishops, bishops, diplo-
matte corps, the Roman nobility, the
knights of Malta, the Knights of the
Holy Sepulchre, the generals of the
various religious orders and congre-
cations and the dignitaries, ecclesias-
tical and lay, belonging to the Roman
court, Punctual to the minute, he
Holy Father appeared at the entrance
to the chapel at that hour, accom-
panied by number Of prelates, and
Immediately took his seat upon the
throne at the gospel side of the altar,
where he followed the august cere-
mony. The celebrant of the solemn
requiem for the repose of the soul of
Leo XIII. was Cardinal F'erratta; dea-
con, Mgr. De Roymand Gan Irishman); f;
sub-deacon, Mgr. Santovetti, canons
OF st. Peters and of st. Mary Major,
respectively.
At the end of high mass a. small
catafalque was borne to the foot Of
the Papal throne for the last absolu-
ton, which Plus x. gave in that
strong, sweet voice which has never
deserted him. Notwithstanding the
great heat of the chapel His Holiness
showed no evidence of fatigue, and at
the incensation of the catafalque his
movements were quick and vigorous,
and far different from those hat
fanciful accounts in which sensation
al newspapers have been lately in
dulging, would have led one to ex-
pect.
This is the ninth anniversary Of
the death of Leo XIII. and the VEN
cradle remains are still only in their
temporary resting place. No man
knows when the removal of the body
to the sepulchre prepared for it in
ASt. John Lateran. the Pope's catha-
dral church, which the great lion
chose for his tomb, may take place
for the riff-raff of Rome to wit, tools
of masonry, dupes of socialism, and
the scum of Italy that followed in
the wake of the invading army in
1870. still cucumber the Eternal City
To throw into the Tiber the body of
Plus TX was the intention of the mob
that attacked the funeral cortege OF
that night some thirty years ago when
the remains Of that Pontiff were be-
ing transferred from st. Peters for
burial "out among the poor at San
Lorenzo" He had outreigned "the
years of Peter" he had had to fly
from Rome on two occasions; he ;1a1
suffered more than any Pontiff for
two centuries at the hands of the
enemies of the Church; and now the
slime of Romes back streets would
throw the venerable body in the
Tiber!
For several weeks memoirs OF
Crispi, the great wicked minister OF
King IIumbert of Italy, have attract
ed a good deal Of notice. His vari-
Gus exploits, intrigues, bold strokes
have been recalled and discussed as
If he were kind of demi-god; for
Masonry never fails to belaud It's
creatures, and Crispi was it's faithful
slave till death.
Meanwhile the Catholic press has
been looking up a little of Crispi's
career. 1t has put him before the
country as he really was, and not as
the painted gee-gaw secret societies
would represent him. Foremost among
the journals who have spoken gu,
fearlessly is the Unita Cattolica OF
Florence, a criticism from which j:
we'll worthy Of being put into English
l. Unita Cattolica wishes to deal with
.rispi, whilst Crispi is being spoken
of!
AZ Crtspi has already passed to his