THE AMERICAN
STATE AND
CHURCH CLASH
Pope Declares That It la lm
posslb e for Them Doth
to Exist at Once.
Tht tnemU of the Prtucnt Uovern
oient are 5cretly Hotting It
Overthrow.
LONDON, Jan. 15. (Special Cable
U New York Journal.) The foliow
laic la the full tet of the article pub
lished In the Chronicle from Ita Rome
correspondent, setting forth the
pope's plea for a restoration of tem
poral power. H la perhnps unneces
aary to say that both the tone and
matter of the correspondence have
created considerable discussion here
and on the continent:
"I Intimated a few days ago that
an Important amplification of the
aope'a Christmas allocution might be
expected. It appeara In the form of
an evidently Inspired article In the
aew paper. Clvltta Cattollca.
"I am In a position to Rite from
an unimpeachable aource the com
aentary, as well aa the text, but I
should first point out that thla paper
la the most powerful organ of the
Vatican. It la edited by a picked body
t leading Italian Jesulta. and la so
tightly overseen by the Vatican, and
Ten by the pope In person, that no
auch article aa thla ran be treated aa
anything short of official.
"The writer takes for hla text a
(notation from the pope's own
apeech. 'When was It ever forbidden
to a state to enter on the path of just
teparatlonT1 He then proceeds to
uote the comments of the Italian
papers, and draws the conclusion that
the supporters of the present Italian
constitution are taken aback by the
pope'a language. The pope, it la de
clared, wants peace, but no peace is
possible except by way of reparation,
because an Independent sovereignty
of aome kind Is essential to the free
dom of the Holy See for the interna
tional government of the church. One
point In this connection Is that the
writer goes out of his way In a note
to deny that restitution of the states
of the church as they were before 1870
la regarded as necessary.
"What, then, did the alocutlon
meant The writer points out that it
was In part occasioned by the Rudinl
circulars of September and October,
In which the prefects were ordered to
watch and suppress the clerical propa
ganda directed against free institu
tions, and the national unity of Italy,
and pointed toward the extinction of
the atate. He goes on to protest
against any such description of the
papal policy or of the activity of Cath
olic committees.
"It is here that the real purpose of
the article cornea out. What, says
thla Vatican writer, Is the contest be
tween usT The thing which stands
opposed to the independence of the
spiritual chief of the Catholic world
la not the unity of Italy, but the spe
cial concrete form In which It Is at
present maintained, with results, ho
hastens to add, much more disastrous
to the state than the Holy See.
"A quotation from an antl-clerlcal
Journal enables him to hint that the
coexistence in Rome of the Vatican
and the Italian monarchy Is not possi
ble; that one or the other must go.
"The writer then proceeds to de
velop hla suggestion. He remarks
that each of two conflicting powers
says 'non possumus' to the other, and
that each is right from its own point
of view. The Vatican's demand is for
effective Independence in sover
eignty, not merey nominal, but real.
Thla demand, he urges, is 'non pos
sumus' Indeed, for It cannot be waived
without destroying the efficiency of
the papacy as a spiritual power.
"The non possumus of the govern
ment, he Bays, is, on the contrary, a
necessity which Is merely the relative
matter of opinion or political precon
ception. In other words, the conflict,
which Is necessary and unavoidable,
ia not with the unity and Integrity of
Italy, but with the particular mode
and form of that unity and Integrity
which was devised and carried into
effect mainly for the purpose of
crushing the spiritual power.
"Ia there any reason, he next asks,
why this particular mode cannot un
dergo modification without destroying
the substance. The supporters of the
government protest that all patriots
are bound to support It
"But nothing, says the mouthpiece
of the Vatican, could be more untrue.
Leo XIII., he maintains, Is a better
Italian and better patriot than any of
the little oligarchial ring, who, for
their own ends, are ' struggling to
maintain the present disastrous state
of things. It is not necessary at all.
There are Innumerable examples to
prove that national unity of strong
Switzerland, and of that most , power
ful American conferation. These are
constitutions admirable and glorious,
true unities of nation and state.
"Though they are of another form
and mode to that which is now im
posed on Italy it is quite true that In
the same passage the writer mentions
Germany. But those who Infer that
the change he suggests in Italy is a
substitution of a cantonal republic for
the centralized monarchy will cer
tainly not be mistaken. Are people,
then, to be sunk in this quadruple
abyss fiscal, financial, economic, and
moral forever, merely for the main
tenance of a form?
"The existing constitution was her-
aided, once upon a time, as the ne
plus ultra of national prosperity and
glory, yet it has produced nothing but
weakness, misery and starvation,
What can the masses of people
think of a power which jeopardizes
for accidental, mutable, political
formula the existence and hopes of
Italy? To the people, therefore, the
pope appeals. The monarchy, his In
terpreter suggests, can be succeeded
by a republic, and the present cen
tralized unity by a federal one.
"But, though all this may be
changed, Italy will remain unchange
able. It will be seen that this is a
direct Invitation to a party In Italy
which would be prepared to substitute
a republic for a monarchy.
"The Vatican writer hardly trou
bles himself to repel the accusal Ion
that such pronouncement may be de
scribed as revolutionary. The con
cluding appeal may certainly be ao
described: 'Without the aid of for
eign bayonets true Italy will find for
Itself its own way. It will rise again,
U4 us hope, from the Ignomluy In
which It now lies prostrate, to true
greatness.'
"Ho ends the article. It Is. as 1
have best reason to know, an Inten
tional revelation to the outer world
of the poller of the Vatican."
ROMK, Jan. 15. (Special Cable to
St. 1-ouls Ulobe-Democrat.) It is re
oortisl here tonight that Zanardelll,
the minister of Justice, and the most
bitter and relentless of all the foes of
the Vatican, has Instituted legal pro
ceedings against the Clvltta Cuttolics
for Its article stating that when the
pontiff, In his reitponse to the ad
dress of the carldnals on December
23. declared that the Italian mon
archy constituted a "clamorous rup
ture with the memories, the senti
ments, and the historic law of the
Italian people," be meant that be
would prefer to see the present sys
tem of government overthrown and
a republic established In Its place.
This article constitutes so direct an
attack on the monarchy and upon the
Italian government, so powerful an
appeal to the revolutionary senti
ment of the people, that it cannot be
denied that the minister of Justice has
a certain Justification for taking seri
ous steps not only against the paper
In question Itself, but also against
those prelates and dignitaries of the
Vatican who are its acknowledged
backers and lnsplrers.
Few people outside of Italy have
any Idea of the extent to which the
old partlcularist sentiment subsists.
Formerly the kingdom was divided
Into nearly a hundred petty sover
eignties, which had nothing, not even
the language. In common with an
other. The dialect spoken In the sub
Alpine districts Is Incomprehensible
In Sicily, and In the same way the
language of Sardinia could not possi
bly be understood at Venice. Each
of these petty sovereignties had its
own traditions, history, laws, cus
from Its neighbors. It had Its own
from Its neighbors. It had ts own
seats of learning, and, In one word, its
Individuality and independence, which
It cherished. All these distinctions
were wiped away with the united
Italy, and, now that the people have
had time toxglve the latter a trial,
they have come to the conclusion that
the old way was the best, that they
were happier, more prosperous, more
free, and certainly less heavily taxed
when the potty sovereignties existed.
The consequence Is that they long for
the restoration of the latter, 'lhey
might be relied upon, therefore, to
take advantage of any revolution
sweeping away the present dynasty to
break up the kingdom into a numoer
of federal states, something on the
same lines as the United States of
America.
Rome would in this way become
once more an independent state by
Itself, and the prestige of the papacy,
as well as its central position and
past history, would naturally render
it the headquarters of the federation,
the pontiff being the most Influential
protector thereof. That is what the
Vatican, though not the present pope,
has In view, and It may safely be
taken for granted that had It not
been for I-eo XIII. standing In the
way the Vatican would long since
have brought about the fall of the
dynasty by sending to the polling
booths at the parliamentary elections,
to vote In favor of a republic and
against the crown, that 60 per cent of
the Italian electorate which. In obedi
ence to the behests of the church, has
never yet taken part in the parlia
mentary life of united ItiT.y. restrict
ing Itself to the municipal and pro
vincial elections.
There Is every reason to believe
that the utterances of the pontiff at
Christmas, in response to the cardi
nals, were destined to warn the Ital
ian government of the danger with
which It was threatened and which
be Is endeavoring to avert. It may
be taken that he wished to re
mind Premier Rudinl how Im
perative it was that the cabinet
shoud abandon the present policy of
antagonism to the church, which it
has Inaugurated since that arch en
emy of the papacy, Zanardelll, was ac
corded a place at the ministerial table.
It need not be dreamt for one moment
that the pope really Intended to in
cite the Italian people to rise against
the king, as Is implied by the Clvltta
Cattollca.
A few days ago one of the prominent
Irish Romanists of this city, who had
apparently Just left a meeting of his
Ilk, met a friend whom he supposed
was either a Romanist or a sympa
thizer, and after greeting him with the
usual "good evening," remarked:
'Things are getting better; don t you
think so?"
"Yes; at least there seems to be
more money in circulation," answered
the friend.
"I don't mean that exactly, but
things are coming OUR way. I have
always thought that as soon as we
got our secret societies working in
harmony that we would soon see a
change for the better."
"In what way? I don't believe i
understand you."
"You know that our church Is back
of all our secret societies and we have
now succeeded in getting almost entire
control of the administration and by
1900 we will have the government In
oar hands. Don't you think I. am
right?"
"No: I hardly thin so.
"Well, you perhaps dont know that
we now control the army and navy.
the attorney-general, and have our
men in aome of the most important
do arts In the various departments of
the government even on the supreme
bench. There might also be a cnange
of location of the head of our churcn.
With this statement he walked off.
This naner can't be bluffed, bull
dozed or bought, and Americans who
admire a fearless, outspoken. anti-
Roman and thoroughly independent
paper are Invited to become regular
subscribers.
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Continued from Pare &
It may be stated aa axiomatic that
home builders are good citizens, for
the government which rests upon the
home will better resist the shock of
foreign Invasion or domestic tumult.
The American home Is Indeed the
cradle of liberty It Is the unit of the
republic's strength. They are taught
the letwons which endure. That im
migration which does not seek to
build home among us Is the most
objectionable, and Its exclu-ion will be
no loss.
The decline In arrivals since 1892
la readily accounted for and may be
regarded as but temporary.. The his
tory of Immigration discloses tho'fact
that Its lines are parallel with those
marking our commercial experlenei
that they rise and fall together. The
recent panic checked the foreign cur
rents, but had less effect upon the
undesirable than upon the desirable
elements. With the complete resump
tion of our Industrial actlvites we
shall see history repeated In the In
crease of the numler of Immigrants.
With a larger and growing demand
for workmen, the newly landed for
eigners will rapidly Increase to share
In the competition.
A patriotic regard for thoe to whoe
Interests we owe first lleglance re
quires us to see that the persons who
present themselves In this new com
petition shall not be the most ig
norant pauper laborers from abroad.
The poorer class of foreign illiterates
are used to conditions with which,
happily, our workmen are unfamiliar.
Their standard of living and 'wages
is such that they will readily accept
lower compensation and harder condi
tions than our own workmen could
or should accept. The natural and In
evitable result of their coming will
be to depress the wages of labor. A
low wage scale Is not consistent with
the most wholesome development of
the country and Ita people. The con
sideration of the pending measure, as
Mr. Blaine said of the Chinese exclu
sion act, "connects Itself intimate'y
and Inseparably with the labor ques
tion." No statistics are subtle enough to
measure the extent of the depression
of wages by the Increase of the num
ber of wage earners In an already re
dundant labor market, but that the
direct effect is injurious is established
by common experience and by numer
ous specific Instances. The fact that
wages have been higher during periods
of greatest prosperity and largest Im
migration does not prove that In
creased Immigration did not Injuri
ously affect them. How much higher
would they have risen without the
added foreign supply and how much
longer would the final collapse have
been delayed are questions which only
can be asked. The special Immigra
tion investigating commission of 1895
found that wages have been lower in
localities where there has been con
gestion of migratory Italians, Hun
garians and Slavs, without trade union
affiliations, brought in to supplant na
tive labor in Pennsylvania mines. The
introduction of machinery enabled the
unskilled alien to readily displace na
tive labor. It Is estimated that since
1885, 45,000 to 50,000 Immigrants were
given employment In and about the
mines of Pennsylvania, thereby sup
planting domestic miners and labor
ers, who were unable to support home
and family on the low wages estab
lished by the newcomers. The wages
of miners and laborers have suffered
aa a consequence not only In Penn
sylvania, but In Maryland. West Vir
ginia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Other
trades, notably the shoe and clothing
trades, have been similarly Invaded.
The padroni of New Ytrk stand
ready and anxious to supply foreign
labor for many kinds of work, in vari
ous sections of the country, at reduced
wages.
It was the opinion of the special
commission that Immigration was not
responsible for the depression of 1893
94 "except In so far as the arrival of
Immigrants just before It and during
Its continuance swelled considerably
the number of Its victims. Certainly
the industrial state Just then did not
warrant an Increase In population.
and that Immigrants should have come
even In decreased numbers was un
fortunate alike for them and for the
native poor, of whose scanty relief
they had in common humanity to "be
given a share.
Not the least of the beneficial effects
of this measure will be the curtailment
of the number of migratory laborers
or "birds of passage" They come
and go without any intention of gain
ing a permanent residence. They seek
work for a season, or a limited period,
live in the meantime in the rudest
manner, contribute absolutely nothing
to the support of the government, and
take their earnings to spend abroad.
They are a continual drain upon the
country, and are unfair and unwel
come competitors In the labor mar
kets. The pending measure will ex
clude a large per cent of these very
objectionable elements. Not all will
be rejected, as tuey should be, but
any reduction in the number will be
a gain in the Interest of our own
countrymen who are subject to their
unfair, temporary Invasions.
The evils of immigration have been
augmented by Improper methods' and
influences employed abroad. Many
unworthy and totally unfit immigrants
have been sent or persuaded to come
here who would not have come of their
own volition. At the present moment
the Italian government is offering ex
ceptional Inducements to its subjects
to emigrate to America. On the 24th
of last October 11 Messaggero, a daily
newspaper published in Rome, con
tained this announcement:
"The minister of the interior, having
learned that difficulties are encoun
tered in the concession of the discount
of 30 per cent upon the railway fares
to emigrants, has given instructions
that the rules governing the above
mentioned concession shall be ob
served, notifying, however, that the
concession relates only to emigrants
for America who embark . i the porta
of Civitavecchia, Genoa and Naples."
The means and methods adopted for
Increasing Oriental immigration are
repugnant to our best Interest. The
levery which la practiced 'among the
poor Orientals degrades and debauches
the Immigration system. A systematic
attempt is made to evade the enarp
scrutiny of the officer at our ports
and renderc abortive existing laws.
Paupers once dt ported have Uen as
sisted" by Syrian shopkeepers to return
and enter upon lives of aioect slavery. ;
They have not desired to become nat
uralized; their stay is but temporary.
After improving their fortunes ihey
return whence they came. In the
meantime many of them are cared for ,
as charity caws In our hospitals and
almHhouses. Harriet M. Conner, an I
luujiugcui uu experienced Syrian
missionary at Pittsburg, writing under
recent date, says:
"The really greatest evil, I believe,
I leg beyond the seas, where Interested
persons, Mohammedans, Syrians, Ar
menians and Greeks, as well as the
European agents, are trafficking in this
worst kind of slavery. Num
bers of these agvnts, we are told, are
Moslems, and are making fortunes by
inducing these poor people to leave
their own land for America, Brazil,
Spanish ports and elsewher. They
charge them exorbitant rates, accept
bribes, keep second-hand c.othes shops
to sell or exchange Oriental for Euro
pean clothing, keep restaurants and
lodging houses, etc., and the wretched
Immigrants are Impoverished from
their very starting point. These evils
are so common and so great that vol
umes might be written of the abuses
practiced upon them."
One of our distinguished foreign
born countrymen, whose affections are
deeply rooted In his adopted country,
says that "foreign criminals, and even
destitute and dependent children, are
also shipped to the United States and
Canada every year by benevolent indi
viduals and associations In Europe."
Such unnatural immigration, such
forced contribution to our population
Is a fraud upon our liberality, degrad
ing to American citizenship, and a
menace to our institutions. Immigra
tion which is encouraged by foreign
governments, or stimulated by the
mercenary agencies which have In
fested foreign centers of degraded pop
ulation, is the most undesirable, and
we fall in our supreme duty If we do
not enact some measure which Shall
search It out and exclude It.
The advocates of a nonrestrictlve
policy direct attention to the amount
of money annually brought Into the
country by immigrants and which, In
ferentlally, would be lost to us by
further exclusion. The discussion of
this important subject should proceed
upon a much higher plane than this.
Whether diminution of undesirable
Immigration will reduce our money
supply from abroad Is a matter which
should receive scant consideration In
the presence of the far greater ques
tion involving the intelligence and
morality of our population and citizen
ship. But from the standpoint of our
merely commercial Interests, there will
be no material loss, if there Is not,
Indeed, an actual gain.
The money exhibited by imigrants
last year at our ports of entry ex
ceeded $3,500,000. How much of It was
Immediately returned to aid other im
migrants is not known, but that a part
was returned and used again for sim
ilar purposes there is undoubted proof.
Against this apparent gain to our cur
rency from abroad should be Bet the
amount which is annually sent and
taken to other countries by our for
eign population sent to bring other
impecunious immigrants, or to be in
vested or spent abroad. The amount
can be but roughly approximated. It
is estimated, however, that there Is
annually sent to Italy, through Italian
bankers In New York alone, between
$25,000,000 and $30,000,000. If we are
to take Into account the money which
the immigrant brings, we must, in
fairness, also observe the amount he
withdraws from us.
The unequal distribution of immi
gration serves to increase the perils
and Intensify the demand for some
wholesome restrictive measures. Dur
ing recent years the great mass of
the Immigration has been" but little
attracted to the south and west, while
it has an Increasing tendency to con
centrate in the eastern states and
cities. The "birds of passage" can
the more cheaply and readily invade
the eastern centers and return. The
Impecunious and the least enterprising
seek the nearest and most available
points to the ports of entry. During
the last year three out of every four
Immigrants settled In the east, or, to
be more precise, 75.23 per cent located
in the north Atlantic states; 3.33 per
cent in the south Atlantic; 15.16 per
cent in the north central; .2.45 per
cent In the south central, and 3.83
per cent In the western Btates. The five
states of Connecticut, Massachusetts,
New jersey, New York and Pennsyl
vania alone received 169,202, or about
73 per cent of the aggregate Immigra
tion. It has been conclusively demon
strated that much the larger per cent
of the undesirable immigrants is de
posited on the Atlantic seaboard. This
makes assimilation more difficult and
aggravates the dangeis to the present
population. A general and equitable
distribution of the immigration
throughout the various sections of the
country would materially tend to mln
lmize the evils which are bred by
massing the nationalities together.
The bill before the Senate offers 'a
partial cure for the evils Incident to
the present immigration system; it is
one which is simple and just, and,
honestly administered, will go far to
ward removing the disquiet prevalent
throughout the country. The new
classification which It makes will re
sult la debarring a large per cent of
the most objectionable elements which
now have unrestricted admission. It
is not claimed that It will discriminate
with absolute justice and that only
the worthy will be admitted and the
unworthy excluded. Some of those
who will be denied entrance, though
illiterate, would make acceptable ad
ditlons to our population, but much
the larger number would not Very
few of them possess the qualities
which would enable them to develop
into desirable citizens.
The enforcement of the educational
test the past year would have ex
eluded. It Is roughly estimated, upward
of 37,000 who were admitted. There
Is no record except of the illiterates
above 14 years of sge. and these num
bered 44,580. There would have been
debarred lees than 8 8 In every 100
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of those without seeking our shores
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bers we have lists to the number of
10,000 and can tend out any a umber
SATE MONEY in buying at once
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desired. Send the money and we Wilt
mall the papers at the prices quoted.
Yes, we have plenty of this lssme.
We can fill your order, ten fcr 8
cents; fifty for $1.25; 100 for $2.00; i0
for $7.60; 1,000 for $10.00.
I am informed that Omaha now has
a club consisting of four Roman Catho
lic women, who make a practice of giv
ing weekly dances in one of the prom
inent halls of this city, at which they
charge an admission fee of 50 cents
and 25 cents. That the money derived
from these dances, after paying for
time and expenses is turned" into a
Roman Catholic relief fund to be usesl
by the Church, In case of war, to re
lieve the wounded and distressed. My
Informant also says thai they have
succeeded in Inveigling a number of
Protestant ladies into helping the
enterprise by using them as a sort of
cats-paw, but I doubt whether the
latter has any idea of the ulamate ob
ject. Clubs of a similar kind, though
under another name, are now working
In hundreds of cities of the United
States "using a cloak of cnarity with
which to cover the devil." I give yfia
this item hoping that it may be the
means of opening the eyes of sonajs
people to the true inwardness of at
least one of the various schemes now
being perpetrated upon the Protestant
public.
The senate has passed the Lodge
immigration bill. Now let the House
of Representatives do Its duty and we
will soon have a law that will restrict.
Yes, we have plenty of this issae.
We can fill your order, ten for 3a
cents; fifty for $1.25; 100 for $2.00; tt
for $7.50; 1,000 for $10.00.
Some of our hypercitlcal contem
poraries declare with warmth that
there is no organization of Americans
which has a monopoly of patriotism.
Well, that is probably true; but If
organization is necessary to Chris
tianitynecessary for the proper dls
semlnatlbn of any species of truth it
is necessary for patriotism, for the
defense and preservation of the prin
ciples of free republican government
on this American continent.
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