The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899, October 21, 1898, Image 1
THE AMERICAN. 'AMERICA t'ON AMr KUAN" " W VwM ktl vert AiwiiliM brt tWrsf A Hi film ie tbe PH.t H(e llt. vrtat ttti, ,Jwa fe, Ml I'HU K 1 1 V K I knt Ni Mmii 41, Votl.i. VIII. OMAHA, NF.ttHANKA, HU1UY, OtVlUIUlU SI, 1'M. UNCLE SAM'S WEDDINO To the Church of Rome, 1. 1 John Ireland, will Occur Day Peace Is Made. Verdlaal Teegaaft nan tfc Jreelt Dr lM m latrnlrw-All Naberdla U U Aiiwr r (Jaestieaa Fat to tat Cftrdlnal, Tie Iftvlag Place U IMr If Nlta allot lliaii gee. London, Oct 3.-Cardleal Veugh aead of ih Catholic Church of En land, a clot friend end adviser of tha Pop, and undoubtedly the greates diplomat In the church, ha been care' fullr studying tha religious question the rb''ipplne. The subject li of mo- aientoiii Importance to the cburch and one which the pope ha viewed with treat concern. He has consulted with Cardinal Vaughan concerning it, Cardinal Olbbom and Mgr. Satolll Cardinal Vaughan takes rank next to the rope In temporal power, li accred lted at a representative of tho ehurch to the court of Bt. Jam, and 1 called the dean of tha diplomatic corps, From Interview! bad with bit Km tenco and with other In authority at Westminster Palace It can be definitely Itated that the church and the pope are glad the United State are now I control of the Philippine and Cuba. even though It mean a decrease In the temnoral oower. The pore - r a peace, prcsperl'y and clvll'atlon ahead In the troubled Islands, all of which means the greater gtorj and success to the Christian religion. Cardinal Vaughan Rave the Interview today In the throneroem of Wentmln iter Palaco, attended by Father John on, hi cccbf (anUeal rwreta-y. Ilia emlrence we extremely diplo mats and reserved In bis dlreetcem veraetion, for example, aa folio wa: "Your rmlrenre, I bave come to auk you about the Philippines," waa eked: 'Well, what about them? What are they?" wai the Cardlnal'a reply. "Islands, your eminence," tafd the correspemdent. "Yes," queried the Cardinal alyly, with a touch of humor, "what la It you want to knew? Where ttey ftre or what?" "That' It exactly, you know where they are," rejoined the correspondent, emphasizing where, "I don't know," quickly returned tha Cardinal, feeling himself cornered. "Are you glad the United State ha won them?" wa tha next direct que- tlonj to wblch the cardinal replied on lr with ft amllo, but Father Johnson answered for blm, hastily, explaining "Certainty. Wa believe In the United State policy, here." A warning glance from the Cardinal out tha sentence In half. ' In reference to the settlement of the war the Cardi nal said; "Wa all want peace. Where these inlands may be, to whom tbey may morally telong, why do you ask nu? I know nothing. I lsh peace main talned. Everyone wlahe V, not I alone." Still persisting, the correspondent asked: "liut whom do you wish to have pes aose the islands, Spaniards, Cor mans, Americana, or monks?" The answer was ft significant smile and the following statement that can be read between the lines: "The war is over. Every one la glad your commission Is In Paris arranging terms of peace. May it be successful commission. May it bring peace. Cer tainly we ell hope It. It la much to hope." With the cognizance of the Cardinal one of his subordinates prepared the following official statement showing the poalilon of tha Catholio Church to ward American sovereignty in the Philippines and West Indies. While diplomacy and bis lofty position pre vented the Cardinal from expressing lMiL.4 Stat : ( r il 4Xht h vt(3e, -f- wn, A VK sentiments hfrasdf they are direct from the throne: "It Is one of the pr-ten- of some of the authorized exKjnertt of loelallum tt-a Its principle arc not ntcgon!tic to religion as such; that pursuing pure )y economic lms It has no concern with q'lrstionsorcrt eds. N' t pe rceiving the snares laid for them, many unsophUtl calrd and un'.ipecting Catholics have been led Into the ranks of the pnrty to find, however, later that this profes s!on Is vain or thi oretkial. "At best sodallstfo religion iseml tootly that of the prodigal son who pausea and sty, 'I will go homo t' my father,' only when he finds hlmelat the day of starvation. Bucb in brief wss the position of the Cubans and In surgents in the Philippine Islands. Finding themselves hungry they pro pooed going home somewhere, They apparently decided upon thi Ublted Stales. Incited Vt riot, thay were heedless of advice and counst I of their best and earliest friends the Franciscan and Dominican monks, aa well as in a less degree of the Jesuits and their gentler assistants end associates, the ilsteraof the convent of the Assump tion. Koclallstlo to dr a-ree, Indolent a the extreme, advised by faUe friends they were excited to riot and disorder nd the most monntrcnjs abuse of their early friends, the monks and nuns, as well. "Atrocities of wblch the Insurgents were guilty would disgrace the middle age. Angered by the great wealth of the Dominican fathers, which was not, according to their idea used freely enough to assure salvation of their souls or comfortable feeding of their bodies, they did not hesitate to plunder, murder or torture these monks who came within their power. Jesuits suf fered to much lesa extent. Tbey bad been shorter time in the Islands and accumulated much lea wealth. This It also true of the nuns. "The insurgent did not believe in the will of the church to protect them. Certainly tbey did not consider the distribution of wealth sufficiently gen eral. The Spanish troop kpt as much out of the immediate neighborhood aa possible, and not until the American ofiloora brought on the crisis waa there ny protection for the ehurch ii the islands. "In all rellgloua houses la lurope anxiety waa great natil it waa deci 2 sively known not that the ImuicoiiU had won tiit-lr battle with Hpaln, wr that the United mates laa won, fcuij rather It w a question of military f 0es!cn of '.he Ulunds by American troop. Then and not till then d'd tho servants of the cburch feel thatth'ty were sf' f m aho1ut. personal moles tation. "While Biain Is absolutely Roman (lath olio, ll cre Is a fedirg among the ft irnan Catholio cot angent In the b lands that with the lnurgr nt there Is much of the spirit that might makt right, and In consequence there is a feeling of m eurlty, In ti e pioteclion of the American guns, to wblch tbey have long ten atrangr."-8;eclel to;snd horrors of practical anarchy, This the Chicago Tribune, ft' II (Ion In The Philippines, Advices from Home tend strongly to corroborate the itatement (bat the Pope wishes to see the United Stales bold an) govern the Philippine Is land, There are indication that the Hpanlah ISUbopt and the clergy aUo want the Philippine to pas Into tbe UnlUd BtaUa bands, It will be re membered that Archbishop DainX of the Philippine Inland recently came out In a pronounced Interview, declar ing that the only hope for peace and progress in tbe Island now lay In American control. Ill presentation of the case ha evidently bad It effect on the Vatican and on tho Spanhib elergy at home, with the result that the Catholio Cburch has become desir ous of seeing these misruled island pais Into American bands. Tbe reaon for this la not far to seek or bard to understand. Tbe Pope and the Csthollc clergy know that their cburch will recieve equal protection In it rights and will be treated with tbe tame impartiality a tbe Protes tant churches under American rule. On the other band, tbey know that if wa withdraw from the Island tbe de parture of the American soldiers and fleet will be the signal for Agutna!do and bit insurgent horde to begin ft de vastating era of guerrilla warfare, in which the persona and property of the friars will bo made objects of the first and bitterest attacks. Even if we were to say we would hand tbe whole group over again to Spain the result would be tbe tame. The only power that oaa now tave tbe Catholic la the Philip pine from persecution by Agulnaldo snd Ids Malay roMs Is ti e American cov rnment. F. r this nart e r ason vo msy depend uru th aUenceof the ex Hpanlsb clergy in tho i'hMpplfiO In preserving the peace titer , notwhhuianillng that they kooff they will no longer have uriHruik-il power by ebuo of which they have got themneilves Into trou It. They have cotnn to tie point where they will be glad to help tho Amerlesn government to preserve the peace and security of thenuelves and their con gregations, Tbey are convinced that any other course will mean internecloo war, rapine, looting of churches and of church property, an J all the suffering , why the hope Is Inellntd to counsel nil njiirnin inrnui iv icv no uiiip' pine go without any further ado. Are not these reason which bars In fliKCiced the Pope and t ie Catholic fiUhops and Archbishops also good arid sound rcaons for tbe American gov ernment a well? Is not their e mtio tlon of tbe woeful effect of our with drawal alo a valid and conservative reason for our retaining all the is lands? There I also another relfglou view of tha matter whltb mutt not be over looked. The , powerful Methodist Cburch, numbering million of mem ber In tnl country, ia taking a lively internet in tur acquisition of theso is lands. Of course, one of it motives is tbatof mleslon. The Methodist know that tbe opening up of the Philippine to Protestant worker wilt afford ft great and favorable field for missionary work where tbe Catholics bave ft yet made but little headway, Tte liaptiat clergv and otber successful missionary churches favor the retention of tbe la land for tbe tamo reason. The Prot estant missionary motive la as legiti mate and commendable a tbe Catho lio desire for peace and security in the lleod,and both ccmblned make up an enornoua body of Intelligent publlo opinion in favor of American occupa tion of the Islands, There la plenty of room for the effort of all cburcbe among tbe Philippine native. With these rellgloua force at work under American control there would be more doue in a doxen years for tbe oon version aod civilisation of tbe Phlli- pine natives than ha been accomplish ed under Spanish control la tha last tbr o or our centuries. With the aid of K'igllh-pcklng churches, loth Protestant and Catholio, and with the t -aching of English In tho secular and religious school, the ianruagg would Iks rapidly iprend and adopted. Add to this the Increased trade, bettor mar ketx, cheaper goi d,lowcr taxes higher wsg, and equal civil and political right, and who U so stupid a not to ee what a u lately thiiriK for the bet ter would quickly take place among thce yellow but quickwitted millions under Amei lean Instruction, protection and encouragement? It Is not strange that Hrynn of Neb- raka, Jones of Nevada, Altgcld of Ill inois, Hnllcy of Texas, Illand of Mis souri, and other debased money leaders of Democrat y cannot ace ail there ben efitf to humanity and to our own coun try In this proposed expansion of Am erlcan li fijenet? Hut honest benefit to the nation aod Ui the human race aro not what they are after, so of course they cannot advocate tbe annex ation ef tho Philippine. Chicago Tribune. kouk'm roMcr. A rrhblshop Ireland Outline the AC ion of tbe Inorah in tubs. Cblcago,Rept.8.-Arcb bishop Ireland ba given the first definite information regarding the policy cf the Roman Catholio church In Cuba, Porto Illoo and the Philippines, It inlucdesapprovl of the administration plan of leaving the church question out of peace dis cussions, and announce that tbe church In tbe islands will conform to new con dition. He ay; "When the dominion of the United State I fully established tbe church will come under tbe aame law that will govern thi country and bo separ ated from the tamo ft it now ia in America. Whether the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of Cardinal Gibbon tball be extended to cover at least ert of America' new poeeesslon lr, according to Archbishop Ireland, ellll matter for the boly father to decide, and at present no American prelate, knows what will be done. Tbe archbishop dec'ared that the present personnel of. the elegy In tbe Island would.be undisturbed, lie ha been.'attendlng'lth opening exercise of Notre Dame university and learned upon hi arrival In Chicago that talk nl aa rW!atlral taUtkt h4 lte4, Tfcetw will We we wotntta Irvm AatevlrftVtlavesttgaki thaoaarcti I Cuba, IVHeTUeweettie I'atllpplawa," he l.l. "Asy autemaat that Ure 111 be la false) asd uarslr In the elergy lawureww peases slows. The Upaalab. prlesta will aot aw required to rvllrw, for the rwastHi that thay, beiw-r than aay one else, know what I nrwdtd under the expedition, and raa brlsg about a change much more easily thaa any oommlsloa that might be appelat ed. Tbeolargy la the Island ia made p of men of Intelligence and taot. Tbey will attend to their own work and do It wi ll. None of our prlesta or blshoiis oould speak the language of the peeiple and woull be at a loss to do aa much as the men now at the head of the ehurch. Yeiu may say that tbe prlesta of Cuha, Porto Woo and the blllpptnes will bo in atcoid with American Ideas of prugresaloei, and tlicy will be lull to bring about the neoersary e bange In their own way and It wilt be the best way." ( allielle I'relale Are Kurd. The etoend step In tbe proteoutlon of one of ti e most unique sulta ever brought In an American court the suit for irAOOQ c'antiH asalnit tho ofliulala of the Human Catholio cburch for publlahlng the major rite of excommunication again it a former prlntt of their faith, Father Anthony Kolowtki of the All Stents' Indepen dent PolUh Catholio church has been taken Into the circuit court In the fil ing of the declaration contaluing tho Itemized complaint ol the Indi pcr.dont prelate. Tie document tots up In It opening lines that tbe plalnt'ff of bit own voli tion formally levered all connection with tbe He man Catholio church May 7, 11(17, at whic h time the Independent parish of All Hairitt was organized, It Is further aaaerted that In tha neighborhood of the church are turn- e rous people who feel bound to obey tho commands of Arcbbiahop Feehan, helng member of tbe Human Catholio cburch In the dloeeie governed by blm, and that other perron rot mem her of the Homan cburch tt wd In such awe of the power of that kdy thattbey too would obey the commsnoa of archbish op and regard with aversion ftny one placed under the bin of the church through the edict of excommunication. The spcolflo charge against the arcb biahop and Cardinal Ledocbowakl, who were mad defendant In tho ac tion, I that, knowing their power to nfluence tbe people over whom they had ecclesiastical jurisdiction, with Intent to Injur tho plaintiff they caus ed a letter to be read in all tbe pulpit of the diooese for bidding all true mem bers of the Homan Catholio cburch from association In tbe slightest de gree with the plaintiff under pain of being themselves placed under the ban of tho church. Chicago Chronicle, Heeularlzlng ef Catholic Hohoel la "Bobbery." Tbe conversion of the Doahlaha uni versity of Japan by tbe trustees Into ft school of rationalism and Japanese re llgloua thought I tbe cauae of much ndlgnatlon among Protestant journals, aa It charter distinctly itatad It pur- pore wa the teaching of Christianity, Yet the Japanese aro tut paying Prot estant back in tbelr own coin. The grandest cathedrals of Protestant Eu rope, tbe richest fief aud holding of lU ruler and noble, were wrested from the Catholio Church in ft manner which aa not even tho frail tuppo't of right tbe Japanese trustee may claim. The Invasion of Home and seizure of the papal possessions, the. confiscation of church property by Mexican liberal, tbe secularizing of Catholio achoola by tbe French government, are robberies unparalleled In history. New World (Roman Cathollc),CbIcago. It 1 itateb that Spain tupport from her treasury 117,000 monk, nun, and other person under rellgloua vow a. uto.