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We have received, says the London Daily Telegraph," from a well accredited Roman source the following presentation of the position taken by the Holy See during the present war. While recognising the interest of this full

correspondent hers puts forward in justifieption of the polity adoptal by the Vatican at the outsab of the struggia We are conteur to note the marked change that has taken place in that policy change to which the attention can our renders is repeatedly and strongly drawn in these articles.

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| asserting" Atiro Cerman" proniptang”- gerts that the Tope states what #7), true. The opon peade moye we taken na, his owa sole initialiye, he considering that official pronouncements of statu men on both sides showed that vergens points of view had now approached my siently to make consideration of a peady. agreement possible. His own priv formation confienied this or

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suggest certain consultation, might be red, the Governments being left io] make them definite and complete,

A subsequent article in the Olagen- tore Ramuno emphasised this mist point; all the Pope meant to dy was to suggest certain bases for consultation between. the Powers, by which he hoped that the differences which still remained might be eliminated by a certain umetint of give joseview. Hand take on each side

There are particular points on which interview with the Corriere d'Italia it is claimed that the Pepe has put only representative in July 1915, in which bos done the Allies pusti, bart sap the Secretary of State gave the lie to parently favoure, the excury Way, it Lutaple fially carroting the innumer is asked, has he got comicated abfens pablished in the every German Catholle who his "been oétorious Liberty

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That is where the Allies and he split again on the gives and take. It is the old story: he, impartial and onesie off cialis to regard the original responsibility of being heard in his own defence, and even though the Holy See, through 20- and guilt: the Allies unable so look në that, the endling of witness and getting speet for its neutrality, has no intention the future apart from the pass, and the intefragable evidence necessary sat ul of creating difficulties for the ring the only guarantee for the future just what is so impossible for the Pope Italian Government sad puts its trust in a victory which shall mata a repeti to ket as things are, Ute can imagine in God, expecting the convenient sya. tion of the past impossible. In his over. the thousand and one pleas a German tematisation of its situation, not from powering desire for the restoration of Catholio would put in prove this he foreign arms, but in the triumph of those peace among his children, he asks all was cot guilty, a day rite act responsentiments of justies which it hopes will Germany and the Allies to get together sible. Frew if the Pope knew before spread more aml more among the Italian round a table and make up differences hand the emptiness of them cut in people in conformity with their true by agreement, give and take. So is agine that he would hear then in interests. Such in the thought of the comes about that Belgium and the Ger- Hispute,euse, before passing judgment, Holy Father.**

man colonies are classed in the simaRawave Lɛabu And the only effect of that, or any other

The Roman question in its wider sene strongly Putting the Belgien question

category. Baron Sonnino gut is very PROFEDITORE specific sentence, would be 'a disastrous

is too big to be discussed here, It one

and the reparation to Belgium, on the [any, there Modernism and disoberdi, ence to Papal authority were amput Catholic Congress at Newcastle, August carried on is giving solein sanction A. Compton 4. Hon

Jamages by war legitimately und Joyully. T. M. Edkins, Baq engagh before the war broke put..

4. 1913, in conversation Catholics are this new law of violence and abuse of Bon. Mr. E. E ConPCs cunSTI BOMILVIDMENT, reticent they speak of the necessity of law. That is the last thing in the Then there is the obvious question complete freedom and independence of world the Pope wanted to do it is the about the Irish bishops, correlated with the Papacy, which ander present cundis exset bpposite of what he desires-yet that of the French-Caniline "Cothesis is lacking, and of some guarantee that is the impression conveyed to and Tr. Manik in Austria. Cardinal of it more reliable than the will of the Chasparri has said that the Holy See Italian Parliament which passed the Law resposible statesman sad to many seri- as already his Eminence Cardinal Legis of Gunters in 1871, but might repeal, projudiced judges. Similarly bas publicly stated, has no pers what that law to-morrow. And they say that with the useless slaughter phrase in ever in the action taken by the Irish the Pope is the only person who has the Note. What the Fope undoubtedly, Ibishops, and received the fires intiniu authority to speak. Decasionally, how.cant was that if the milers of the people the manifesto of the bishops on over, you met one mere, outspoken than dan culy get together and, working tom But, it is further asked, the rest, who, when approached on the the bases suggested in the Note, elimin not have intervened to condemn subject of the old Temporal Power, the points of disagreement which Fon of the bishops, which is Surely asks frankly: "If so gave the Poge ein, then, further slaughter will be

The Daily Mail" seems 17 hack, not the old, States of the Church, Chase coctaiced, the diswer to that que but just the city of Home, what wild-

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that it has done un good to their just conse; but they ought, in fairness, to Lastly, there is the question of these the Pope credit for good intentions. years ago, and, was told courteously tapal Peace Note of August, 1017: Objectively, too, when examined; it does: mind its own business: We Irish take origin; its purport, and its efect which not seem to favour. Gerumny. It cer our religion from Home, but our politics last means, was it. or, to put it or tanly surests discussion on the owner- we look after ourselves." And from what widely, was the Vatican in any ship of territories which Germany and one reads of Dr. Mannix and the ex- responsible for the Italian beak at Austris have always contended, and still Caporetto in October of that,"year? To deal with this last side of the questions are integral parts of their Em. fraty it has to be noted that it has been Fo disarmament, Cardinal Gas treated recently in reshes by Cardinals himself has referred to the system in vogte in England as the model one: Gasparri and Bourne to letters and Then there is the Cologne-Paris scar articles in the Morning Fost," and for the sanction the Holy See approves dal. It is evident that the Pope merely neither that paper par Mr. Richard Lord Robert Ceal's economic block- INTEREST on deposits la allowed on PER CENT per annum Depositoes, acted simply as intermediary: it is also Bagot, who wrote the letters, and who. A hir critic of the Note wall, I the minimum monthly balances at 37 evident from the 'official account publish. does cot seem to be regarded in Bome think, Jay the blame for this part of it may beadsfor at their option balancer of ed here, that as he in fact telegraphed generally as a competent authority on with which he disagrees, not on partiality $100 or more to the RONGLONG AND to Cardinal Hartman he was cen- things Catholic, have yet replied to the for the Central Empires, of hostility to SHANGKAT BANK, to be placed on Authorised Capital

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quoted on application) personal attendant on the Fope to face the weight and means of stack the Roman Church, and dek himself if When Italy went to war, German and that the German picked force threw in we want it against us, in the future, as Austrian prelates left Romis. Gerlach at that moment. In none of these causes, it has been, to a great extent, in the asked to be allowed to evmain, anl; per- does the Vatican come in at all, but it past. Germsa intrigue will be writing mission was given on the condition that

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