Evening star., 1919-08-31

S'''Ne'S to"dru eXtraVagant inter.
nationalism. Quite clearly this pre-
Hminary conversation indicated that
his thinking Is in full accord with
that OF the Pope, who declared that
day In Rome that each individual
must stand by his own particular pa
triotism. Indeed, the cardinal per-
haps carries the thought a little far
ther believing that each nation must
do Its utmost to develop patriotism
among its citizens. and that the
greater leaders Of the future will be
those who try to make the patriot
ism Of their followers not less ma
tlonal than true patriotism must be,
but continually more intensely ma
tional through adding breadth and
cleanliness and new unselishness to
the lives Of those who follow them.
1t was after his expressions on
these lines that the cardinal showed
an intense interest in the story Of
my morning with the Pope: he nodded
understandingly as we referred back i
to the ineradicable impression which
the Pope gave me Of a man sitting
sorrowing upon hill watching the
warning world and worrying in keen
agonys because Of all its errors and
unhappiness: he spoke in confirma-
tion Of the thought that the religious
leader seemed to accept his position
as one forbidding partisanship, while,
at the same time, he was acutely
anxious that right should win and
wrong should lose. that from the
awful textbook of the war all human
ity should learn how to love peace:
ne listened with keen interest an I
told him that even while that con-
Versation went on in the Vatican. the
Austrians were breaking down the
Italian line at Udine so terribly that
panic-stricken ones felt that Rome,
itself. was threatened, yet said no
word about the matter, despite the
fact that mutterings against the
Vatican itself were common on the
streets of Rome.
And particularly he questioned me
with regard to my statement that the
Pope failed to speak with approval
OF internationalism in any Of its
various suggested forms, but, instead,
urged patriotism. begged Of each in
dividual love Of his individual country
as he begged Of every individual love
of his individual home and demanded
Of each individual the love Of God.
The urgings of the kind old
cardinal are quite the same, though
happily spoken at a time when
humanity Cor most Of iD has passed
out of the wars agony and seeks
way to permanent peace. The Pope
hoped above everything that some
how man would find the way to bring
great good out Of the great evil of
the war. The cardinal feels that in
the United States we may find it by
intensifying love Of country and per-
fecting general knowledge of its In
stitutions.
The first words that he spoke for
direct quotation concerned this. call
ing attention to the potential good
in the general celebration of the
American Constitutions birthday,
September 17-close at hand
Perhaps. in the United States" said
the cardinal, "at a time when we so
generally are discussing international
topics. we fail In general apprecia-
tion. or even may forget. the glories
of that great document which is the
firm foundation upon which our ma
tion has been built.
AT this time especially we must
give thought to these great national
achievements Of our past II we hope
to prove our worthiness Of them in
present and in future.
I'VE all talk glibly enough Of the
Constitution Of the United States, but
not all Of us are really familiar with
that which we thus discuss. Indeed.
few Of US know as much about 1t as
all good American citizens should.
We require some knowledge Of 1t in
tho minds Of those who would be
naturalized AZ citizens; there are too
many among our native-born who
would benefit by study Of 1t. The
movement toward correction OF this
ignorance is worthy Of every en-
couragement.
Especially at this time II Is to be
hoped that every effort will be made