The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-04-06

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The grave situation which has for
some time existed in Albania and
Macedonia, has been further compli-
Gated recently by a most arbitrary
measure on the part of the Young
Turks who have arrogated to them
selves an authority which they cannot
claim, while at the same time in an
other part of the country, they refuse
to act in defence Of the Christian ma
tions suject to them Dispatches and
private communications from Con-
stantinople confirm the news that
Monsignor Terzian, the Catholic Ar
menian Patriarch, has been deposed
from his position as head of the Ar
menian Church in the Turkish Empire,
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the action Of the Council of Ministers.
This action is said to be based upon
the complaints issued against the Pa
triarch by the lay Armenian Council.
If such a statement is true, and not
a mere excuse for the insolent action
of a Mussulman power in attempting
to interfere in the administration of
a Christian Church, the Council will
have to explain why they did not make
these complaints to Rome. Monsi-
gnor Terzian is a great figure in the
Eastern Hierarchy. 1t will be remem-
bered it was he who presided over the
recent Armenian Council held at Rome,
and was congratulated by the Holy
Father for bringing order out of choas
and settling several very difficult
questions which had before divided the
various followers of the Eastern rite.
That the Pontiff expected some trouble
on the Patriarch's return was shown
by his farewell words, in which he
adjured Monsignor Terzian to be of
good heart, and added that he would
pray for his success in carrying out
the necessary work and reforms at
his seat of Government. At first the
Ottoman Government welcomed Mon
signor Terzian with Difference, and it
is known that this latest action is
inspired by the Young Turk Party. 1t
remains to make it plain to the Sub
lime Porte that the principle of the
Catholic Hierarchy is such that no
civil power, even Christian govern
ment, can depose a Bishop or Patri-
arch invested with spiritual power by
the Pope. They can only carry COM
plaints, if there be any, to the head of
the Church. OF course, in the East
the Patriarchal dignity has it's civil
side also, but this circumstance does
not interfere with the fact that the
Pope alone can bestow or take away
jurisdiction. A protest is expected
from Rome, while in Constantinople
it is thought that the action of the
Young Turk presages renewed per-
secution of Christians, with a prob
able repetition of the frightful mas
sacres which have never yet been
avenged by Christendom.
Christians i'm Scutari.
This view is given greater colour
by recent happenings in Scutari The
racial and religious antipathies of
the townsfolk are being carefully fos-
tered by the orders issued by the
Young Turks. The Catholic Albanians
of the city are alarmed at the attitude
of their Mussulman neighbours who
are again possessed of arms, though
the Albanians are not allowed to carry
any. Not long ago the nephew of
Monsignor Sereggi, Archbishop of
Scutari, was attacked whilst on his
way home by Mussulman and in the
struggle which ensued, the Christian
shot his assailant dead His own
house and that of the Archbishop were
Immediately besieged by the Turks,
the military refusing any help and it
was only by desperate resistance
from within that massacre was
averted. The Catholics of Scutari
have now addressed an appeal for in
tervention to the Austro-H Hungarian
Government.
An Appeal in Behalf of Macedonia.
The Macedonian International Or
ganization is also busy. It has de-
puted two of its most prominent and
eloquent members, professors Georg-
off and Miletich, to proceed to the
principal countries of Europe and in
the capitals of France, Italy, Russia
and Great Britain, expose the intoler-
able conditions of the subject races
in Macedonia and in the Vilayet of
Adrianople. These deputies having
reused the conscience of Christian
Europe against the denominations of
the Turks will ask for concerted ac-
ton on the part of the Governments
already mentioned, with a demand
that Macedonia and Albania should