The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-08-22

handed to them. About . o'clock in
the morning., a detective entered the
house OF NJ. Dessain, printer to the
archbishopric, who, with a truly Eng
lish phlegm. came down In nightgown
and slippers. The detective showed his
clenched fist and blew a whistle. Five
officers appeared and the house was
surrounded by forty or Atty soldiers.
The printing works we're visited and
10000 to 10000 copies Of the pastoral
letter were seized. The printer was
kept In prison four days and fined 625
francs for not consulting the GERMAN
censorship.
About six O'Clock in the morrdpg, o.
! was preparing to say na -. I ~~A II.
formed that three German officers wers
In the parlor. ] went down and there
found these gentlemen. Thess vas one
who spoke French very well After a
long Introduction he = sks - ~ pAptor-
al letter, which he said was meant %
excite the y ople. He quoted the phrase.
You owe him tthe German GOVERNOR
in your inner soul. neither esteem. At
tachment nor obedience
81 said to them Gentlemen. there 10
a French saying, give me two lines
Of a mans writing and / will get him
hanged That is what YOU are doing
You must not cut my lster into fr,g-
ments. Take 1t as a whole and YOU
Will see that l am not stirring UP the
people
In any case, YOU must appear be-
fore his Excellercy, the Governor. and
answer for this letter
Very well, but | cannot GO mo
row as | have to go TO Ahtwe,p for q
religious ceremony. The dal s@ter to-
morrow, Monday. II you like
No. no! To-day. to-day itself. We
are going back at once to Brussels to
receive the Governors orders and viii
return to til YOU at what time YOU
ought to present yourself before His
EXCellercy.'
"ThereupOn they arose" conupuer the
Cardinal. but while still upright .ear
tn window Il can still see them III, .e)
the spokesman asked II my lettsS aad
already been distributed.
"'Oh yes, it is already in me
hands Of the vicar OF every parish
Thy III three let out a cry that I
shall never forget all my life We are
too late"
But they said. you must admit
that you have ignored the censorship
What censorship
: The German censorship
Whats that
ut has been posted every where that
nothing must he posted without passing
through the German authority's censor
ship
Gentlemen, | know nothing of THIS
censorship. ] do not run to the corner
I - '' 'N'N'' ~ '''' ll'AA' - \ III
that was serious, YOU should have noti-
: ted me-
: Arrest of Cardinal.
They left and did not return that
!, day, SATURDAY, but on Sunday, January
: 3. | received a telegram %forbiddins me
10 go To Antwerp for the service I was
, TO hold. on Sunday evening someone
came to make sure If His Eminencs
Z hid really remained at Malines all the
: day
: . Monday morning about : o'clock
a captain arrived with a letter ,six
foolscap shcets) from GOV. Won Kissing.
dated December 3~l-January 3, and writ
ten in German characters.
Z, Il said I" the Captain: I can hardly
read this writing. could you not recopy
a II in Latin characters. to help me to
, reaG II" n" agreed To my request and
, then declared that he had been ordered
not To leave without my reply.
A But you see very clearly. II is not
!, possible To answer a six page document
!, in "A minute
! 81 have my orders and l must re-
= main
But really an intelligent man in
terprcts the orders he receives.
"Not at all, | must wait
u But do YOU take me for a bandit?
II" YOU think ! shall run away"
"'Not at all, Of course not. Rut--
There was nothing to he done, 50 I
. said to him cit was now 10 o'clock) :
:, Telephone to the Governor and ask
:. to be allowed to return al c O'Clock
He went to the telephone and re-
!, turned saying he had been ordered to
remain. | said then tina I could not
invite him 10 lunch, hut that ! would
have my secretary invite him | with
:, drew To read the document and reply
to It.
Three points were treated in the
document.
81. In a passage dated December 81
y and so before he had Srcu my pastoral
: letter, the Governor said h. was greatly
disappointed, that he had hoped for
good relations with the, but was forced
t" abandon that hope. He could not
d possibly forward my letter to Cardinal
Won Hartmann and was returning it 10
l. me, Furthermore, he withdrew tho
IS privilege Of allowing me free intercourse
with the Bishop Of Belgium.
80. As for your pastoral letter. 7 fore
see that II will give rise to numberless
difficulties and rebellions. therefore
y strictly forbid it being circulated and
n read. ] do not, however, wish to pro-
y coed directly against the priests who
q have only carried out orders they have
received.
y 80. Gen. Won Kissing asked how I
| had been able to communicate with the
King Of England to appoint a day OF
70 general prayer for the Allies.
Reply 10 Governor.
81 replied to these three points
81, You take away the right to COM
municate with the Bishop of Belgium.
| have never hitherto used this favor.
I have not yet exceeded the limits of my
arChbishopric and ! will not.
Y 80, As regards my pastoral letter. I
shall no, withdraw my order 10 read IT,.
II However. in view of intimidation or