The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-03-25


old established usage, no one is quail
fled to gainsay him.
Under the circumstances Il must bo
borne in mind that even though Cardi-
nails Farley, OConnsll and Gibbons
are at heart patriotic Americans and
members OF an American hierarchy,
yet they ore as cardinals foreign
princes OF tho blood. to whom the
United States. as one Of the great pow
ers OF tho world, Ia under an obliga-
ZION 70 ooncede the came honors that
they receive abroad. Thus. wore
| Cardinal Farley to visit an American
man of-war. he would bo entitled TO
INC salutes and TO tho naval honors
reserved for foreign royal parsonage,
and ct any official entertainments Mt
washington tho cardinal will outrank.
not merely evory Cabinet officer, the
Speaker of tho House and the Vice
PRESIDENT, but also the foreign ambas-
sailors. coming Immediately next, In
. deed. to tho chief magistrate himself
incidentally. 1t may be mentioned
| that when tho Duke OF Connaught was
! In New York. he erred in etiquette IN
railing to pay tho FIRST call. or to leavo
| his card on Cardinal Farley, who lived
just across the street, since the cardi-
nal was. from an official point of view.
his equal in rank. and the duke was tho
most recent arrival
King George has given great sat
| isfactton to his millione of Roman
Catholic subjects both in the Old and
| In the Now World. as well ns In tho
Antipodcs. by repeating tho require
| Inent Imposed upon them until the end
OF last year of describing themselves
as Roman" Catholics. instead OF
Catholics" without any monitor OF
the Eternal City. It may be recalled
that at the time of the Diamond Jubi-
lee Of Queen Victoria, In 1897. the then
! Secretary of State for the Homo De-
partmont. Er Matthew White Ridley.
declined to sanction the presentation
to her of the address of congratulation
/ and good wishes by Tho Catholic HER
archy OF Great Britain and Ireland, be-
cause Its members had described them
selves therein as ''S'se hrchbishops and
| bishops of tho Catholic Church in Eng
land, Scotland and ireland" OF course,
tho Secretary OF State would not have
vcntured to take so extreme q step as
/ the declination and return of the ad-
dress. which remained unpresented,
unless he had received tho approval Of
the aged sovereign.
On the occasion OF the aooeeuion OF
| Edward VII, the same trouble occurred
| again. and the then Secretary OF State
for tho Homo Department showed him
self even still more Iiihcult. He OBJ
! jected with SO much success that the
address remained unpresented) to the
words. I'VE. the cardinal, archbishop
and bishops OF the Catholic and Roman
Church in England" explaining in Il
letter to tho late Cardinal Vaughan,
| that "the admission or these words
would imply our recognition that your
church was the one Catholic Church
! In England, whereas II is our conten-
ton that this is the correct designa-
| ton OF our church" Chat Is to say of
| the state ohurch).
When King George and Queen Mary
went to india In December last. the
Catholic hierarchy of King Georges
! Eastern empire, unwilling to expose
themselves to the rebuffs which their
church had had to endure on the oc-
caslon of the Diamond Jubilee of
J Queen Victoria, and at the accession
! OF Edward w. conformcd to the gov
eminent requirements. by speaking OF
| themselves In their address to Their
| Majesties as the Roman Catholic
| archbishops and bishops OF the Indian
| Empire"
George ", although n thorough go
ing Protestant. had disapprovcd OF the
! attitude of the crown ana of the Cnbi-
net on the two former occas ions re-
| ferred to above, and had heartily dis
| approved thereof. SO taking advant-
age OF his bong In India. where he
rules, not az n constitutional monarch.
but as an absolute emperor and auto
crat. wholly Independent, both OF Par
lament at Westminster, and OF his
| ministers, he. in replying to the ad-
| dress of tho Catholic prelacy. address,
| cd II to His Grace. the Catholic Arch
bishop of Smla," the archbishop being
the metropolitan of the Catholic
Church in India; while throughout the
most gracious and apprec!ntive reply
of the King to the address, he refers
everywhere to the Catholic Church
OF india" and to the members of the
Catholic Church." Not once 10 there
any mention made in his reply TO tho
word Roman in conjunction with the
word Catholic" and In view of the
| attention which the matter has at
traoted in Great Britain. 1t is doubtful
whether any Cabinet minister In Lon
don Will ever venture again TO re-
commend the use OF Il designation which
tho King has clearly and Significantly
Demonstrated. In an official sense, too
as being wholly contrary to his Vows
! or course. the objection to the word
Roman" in conjunction with tho
Catholic" by tho members of that
Srea; body which accords its spiritual
allegiance TO the Pope. Is that it con-
veys the impression of being ii foreign
| instead of nationat. or rather intcr-
national. church Yet practically In
every country of the world the Roman
istered by clergy and by prclaLes OF
it's own nationality; while. after all
the use OF the word Catholic" is ex-
pressly intended to Imply International
ism. and the fact that tho Catholic
Church is not identified with any one
nation or city. not even with that of
Rome. save that the latter is the meet
! ing place Of that College of Cardinals
which IS the senate of the church. and
the residence OF It's supreme pontiff.
Needless TO add that kint; Georges
attitude towards the Catholic Church
In India has already aroused intense
Indignation among tho ultra Protestant
section, who have actually gone so
far as TO threaten this singularly
broad minded sovereign with the
same fate that overtooll James H.
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