ALLOCUTION BY THE POPE.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 110, 1 February 1908, Page 12

ALLOCUTION BY THE POPE.

• Ronje, December 10. .. Tub Pope hold a scqret Consistory'to-day for tho creation of four neiv l cardinals un.d tho precognition of •'several' bishops;' • His Holjness (Teliyercd-.au allocution, which urny bo described as another strong attack: ion tho Modernists. As these' Ijavo (nado no riitort after their .pervious condemnation, 'with' the exception pf Father Tyrrell, all the tlunidefs of tjio allocution would appear to. bo dl/ect.od against 'him. Father -Tyrrell's" position seems .to be an anomalous' one. He Ks neither in nor out of'the Roman Catbojic Church; lie refuses to submit to tho Popo; but hesitates to adopt un- attitude of open rebellion. \ l'bpo Pius X. again demonstrated his intention, .to be: iiiexorahlo in stamping out-any inclination to trifle with tho "higher criticism." ! ' Of the four cardinals created,' two (Mgr. Gasparri; and Mgr. Do Lai) aro Italians, whifst/tho others (tile Archbishops of lieinis 'and, Marseilles) aro French, reinforcing the already large. Latin element in tho Sacred College, as against .the constantly decreasing Anglo-Saxon .representation. The creation of an English cardinal has been . again -postponed. .' . , In h.is allocution to-day . the Pope recalled tho tenacious persecution of tho. Redeemer, wliiph now pursued His Church, which was attaclcod from all sides by open or dissembling assailants. , Her rights and laws -wore trampled on oven by thoso who should safeguard thejn, .while an impious arid', vulgar Press iraged war upon heV,,oven going'tb.tbo length- or disturbing tho. public, peacoiVas recently Occurred inltaly. To this must he added, the disastrous propaganda' in the bosom of Catholicism' itself, which was carried on by..tho'Modernists, who'disdained tho Pontifical authority. If the; Modernists frankly, enlisted among tl|,o' enemies of the Church, the evil.would be-.leS3; 'while,Vas. it was, tho'y 'proclaimed themselves Catholics and approachedi. tho. -sacraments and celebrated,.mass. ■ -V;,'. ;

In accomplishing his apostolic' duty, the l'ope- tool: tbo'-gecessary. measures, against tKem, aiming especially at saving the young clergy from perversion. The.Episcopacy had greeted the Papal directions with eagerness, and '.'was'carrying them out with great zeali 'but; the Modernists persevered, in ' their'.'rebellion,. giving manifest proof- of it oven in the Press.: Might God enlighten thoso who were being misled. ..After .the reading of 'theallocution, the Pontiff broke! the silence by a simple'prayer to the Holy, Ghost, and then delivered a. shprt 'address,. .to which , all listened .attentively.' • ....

„ MOROCCO, •: , Paris,, December 16. I n view of tho veto on .correspondents crossing the Algerian 1 frontier, full reports continue to be sent 'of every movement of tlio troops, pad tbe latest actipn at Ain Sfa is described 'in considerable .detail' to-day.. The filial, result ,of thirteen wounded .on .the French side,' and' these almost all in itlie lower linibs, shoivs that the Arabs .were kept at a respectable, distance; and tho advance appears to have been made with caution under a withering artillery fire, which destroyed; every village and hut long beforo the main column approached. Some importance is attached here. to .the fact, that the second ,half of the action was fougljt amongst tjio hills, whero the Belli Snassen Jiavo hitherto been accustomed to consider themselves' moro or less out of danger. It is hoped the moral effect, of this advance/will be" greater than that of tlib more general action in the plains, wore far more Arabs werp' killed.The 'French advance guard bivouacked at, Ain Sfa, ' ,arid further fighting is expected shortly. . ' . 1 ' '' '.The resistance of the Beni Snas : seir is/no _ surprise to those who- are acquainted with their resources and methods of warfare. The "Liberte" /'puts their combatant force at about 8000; but it is hoard from well-informed 1 sources 'that' they eat) very well put 12,000 warriors' ifi the field, and behind them'may bo' reckoned an indefinite number of their friends • and > allies— probably at least as .many again,' V" • Tangier, December 16. Mulai Hafid has been' attacked and defeated 20 miles away .from Marrakesh by the Sragna tribe, who were joined in the attack' by; a groat number' of the other im'por? tapt tribes in that region who rcfuso an.v longer' to recognise him as Sultan.' Mulai Hand's losses are not known.

JAPAN AND MANCHURIA. . Peking,-December 15. - Matters in Manchuria have now come to such a j pass that unless foreign Powers interyene Russia and Japan will control, the northern and southern portions of the provinces respectively. Since the evacuation of Manchuria in Apri], Japan; rising superior to the Portsmouth' treaty, has. established' ten telegraph offices, in addition to those at twenty-eight stations on the South Majichurian Railway, all open to international traffic. : The Chinese Government has been negotiating with Japan on this matter without result. China's protests" against the violation of her sovereign rights havo been igr nored. | Russia has now informed the; Gbineso Government that unless a convention be concluded within a reasonable time by China with Japan respecting, the ; South Manchurian Railway's telegraph, similar to that whioli Russia made with China during last month, Russia frill be" obliged to abrogate tbat convention, as she will be placed, ma position inferior to that of Japan. ■ In Chinese official circles it is maintained that appearances justify the belief that Japan Ims no intention of observing the Portsmouth treaty; but considers South Manchuria as part of her Empire, and many see in the present situation in Southern Manchuria a parallel with that which existed in Korea twelve years ago. Europeans arriving in North China via Siberia complain of the incivility of Japanoso soldiers and'officials to Europeans travelling 011 the South Mancburian Railway, and declare that that i? the only section of the journey were incivility is experienced. They also speak of the harshness, if not worse, of the Japanese towards Chinese. \

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