The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-08-21
Rose From Humble Position ~
Through Deuotion to Duty

Archbishop and Metropolita OF the RI.
, nfan ProygBee AID Sovereign OF the
fcHiPeral D6miniohs Of the, Holy Ro.
man Chnreh. n .i
The PontiGcats OF Pepe Pins X was
eharBetcfized by that spirit OF mo lesty
which never abanHenrd him rnd BY
that sfFoi1e religious feefing wi'eh made
him choose ~ motto, "To restore 'ev
erything 20 Cffist.i' The day after his
coronation Ne was asked TO give orders
Cor his Prirate aFartn ent in the Val
Itan. and while be urged tho then yoing
MpnHignore Merry del Vel, his prose-,
rotary of state, to occupy the COR ,eOus
Borgia apartment, he himseif chose
four ,saa lls 1Ooms ,in che low ceiIingnd
suite above theesiate apartinert lof the
Pontiff, which under Leo XIII had been
occupied by his private sceretary Mgr
Angel. ~ lht 1 ~.
gtsDevctsd 70 Hfe work
Pins x desired to give hihfseIf up
entirely to his work. In so ,loinr H.
jidABot sparetany fatigue, and piving
audienees, adW.tting people TO frse
receptions, celebrating mass,s, reach
ing, giving communion. reqched u b n
point Of exhaustion Mat while in the
exercise Of his priestlyl functioR in the
Pauline Chapel, crowded with peopl,.
he tainted, and thus started that report
which pursued him over after-that he
was liable to fsiptiRg fts, which was
quite untrue, az that was the only oe
casion on which he suffered in that
way and it was entirely due to thr
heat and the initiated air of the chapel
That was the first opportunity for
the officials of the Vatican 10 step'i in.
Pnd on the pretext Of protecting the
Pepes, health, attempt gradually to ESQ.
hate him from the world. However
they were not always successful. Ono
Of the yearly American Pilgrimages had
left the United States at the beginning
of July. 1903 On their way to Europe
Leo XIII. who should have received
them, died, so that they were In Rome
during the Conelave, and the day on
which Pins X was elected and descend.
cd unto st. Peter 5 to give his FIRST
benedictiOn they were in the Basiljca,
with two American flags waving above
the immense crowd assembled there and
Joining hurrahs' to the cheering which
greeted the venerable figure. Some
days after the same American Pilgrim.
mnge was in the Vatican gardens when
suddenly, the work of the officials hav-
ing already begun, they were ordered
away as the Pope was seen apnroach-
ing. With true American determination
they objected that they did not want
10 leave Pins X who understood some
thing OF what was going on, inquired,
and Cardinal GibbOn, who was among
those who aceomranied them. explained
that IL was pilgrimmage Of his eoun-
trymen who desired TO pay homage TO
the Holy Father. They had asked for
on audience and wero waiting for the
appointed day. The Pontiff imme liate.
" said there was no necessity to wait.
and he wanld receive the Americans At
once In the adjoining Museum Lapida.
rirm Thus Plus X received the fest
pilgrimage of his pontitieate, held in bis
hands and blessed the two American
flags which are still preserved, one in
Rome aud oRe In New York.
.a*.a oDposed Change Of Policy.
Plus X did not intend TO change the
substance of the policy which his two
~. His protests against tho loss Of the
Temporal Power, however, lost the We.
hemelee and bitterness which formerly
characterized them. =. VI. ...a ~
The strongest of his protests on this
subject was when President Loubet, dis.
regarding the prohibition TO all Catbo
lie rulers and heads of states TO visit
the King Of United Italy in his capital
was the FIRST, with the exception OF
Prince Ferdinand Of Bulgaria, since
1870, TO 90 as guest TO the QuirinaL
This, however, was not only eaussd
by the feeling towards Italy but much
more by the state Of religious war with
France, which was the most remarkable
event in the last Pontifcate, and of
which many have attributed the respon.
slbility to Plus *, while the hostilities
had already begun under Leo XIII.