Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-12-15
"SuitabIe Means Never Locking"

'SHttubLe Means NeCer Lacking"
quite so, am of it; but know also that
you Catholic priest, and as such, in a position
to enlighten your government regarding Catholic life
Now, any who has the least idea of the needs
of Catholic diocesan administration, imagine that
could remain for whole months without intercourse with
Rome? have written and that, too, several times
the Holy See to the Roman congregations to my
colleagues of the Sacred College in Italy, England the
United States and esewhere the obligations of my
pastoral charge render it duty for me to declare that
could not refrain in the future also from corresponding
with those abroad 1t is useless to inquire by what
means correspond Have not every day friends
from the United States, from Italy from Holland who
come to see and offer their services? Do not the
United States legation the Spanish legation the Nunc
ature correspond freely with those abroad? do not
mark WELL indicate any of these ways nsnuate that
have actually avaed myself of any of them but wish
to prove that to put myself in communication, when
needful with other countries suitable means are never
lacking"
what especially annoys the Governor General is
the fact that your Emnences letter to Cardinal Annette
has been made public.'
ooh, but many of my letters sent abroad have
likewise become public, among others the letter of
thanks addressed to the United States to Canada to
England to Ireland in return for the generous acts Of
those nations toward the Belgian people, which
casons no complaint was made to me- Be of this;
no Belgian will take advantage of my correspondence
with foreign nations to maintain that every one has the
right to the same freedom as l lay claim to- The Bel
gians endowed with good sense
could not your Emlnence have submitted
letter to Cardinal Annette to censorship"
"HdUen't Yet Got to Kn0p Us"
"This letter conveyed my thanks to the French
bishops for the sympathy which they kindly wished to
testify when l published my Christmas pastoral. I
waited two months before showing my gratitude, a
proof that was agitator. l had to answer under
penalty of passing for without manners. Now
suppose, Monsgnor, that had submitted to the Gov
General letter of thanks those who publicly
took my side at the moment of the controversy which
had arisen between him and me, what would his Ex-
cellency have said? What could he have said? That
ridiculng him. Very WELL did not wish to ridcule
his Excellency. Behold the whole of my wrong doing,
II wrong doing there Our interview is coming TO
end, Monsignor; let draw from it one con-
clusion. You Germans after many months of occupa-
ton, have not yet got to know the Begans Among you
general commands and automatically every obeys
Here with good sense regard for higher interests
interprets the order and dictates conduct External
regulations meant doubt for every one; and it
is in this that have acknowledged them as the
Governor General reminds in his letter. But every
applies them with due regard for different con-
tingencies and the obligations which they entail"
At the end of the conversation Mgr. Mittendof
seemed to wish the Cardinal to state what his future
ttude would be- To this request the Cardinal made no
reply and after few minutes silence bade his visitor
a kindly adieu.