THE ENCYCLICAL

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 840, 11 June 1910, Page 5

THE ENCYCLICAL

OFFICIAL CERMAN PROTEST, Uf Telegraph—Press Association—Uopyrlffbt Berlin, June 9. In connection with the Pope's Encyclical on the tercentenary of Cardinal Rorromeo —wliich is reported to contain a severe denunciation of I'rotcstant reformers and their influence on modern times—the Gorman Chancellor, Herr von Bothmann-Hollweg, has protested to the Vatican that tho Encyclical is '.offensive to Protestants. IN THE REICHSTAG. (Rec. June 10, 10.15 p.m.) | Berlin, June 10. In the Reichstag, the Chancellor, Herr von 13ethiuann-Hollwog, announced that the German Minister to the Vatican had been instructed to _ protest against the Encyclical, and to express a hope that a means would be found of counteracting its injurious effects. The Chancellor said that the Government was determined to guard religious peace. Herr Herold, oh behalf of the Catholic Centre, and Herr Jazbweski, of the Polish party, declared that they would not pronounce an opinion on the utterances of the supreme head of the Roman Catholic Church. Herr Gyshding, Radical, hoped that the Government would bo strong enough to secure atonement for the vilification of the Christian Church. VATICAN EXPLANATION. CATHOLIC MODERNISTS WERE AIMED AT. (Re<;. June 10, 10.15 p.m.) Rome, June 10. The "Osservatore Romano" (the Vatican organ) explains that the Encyclical was aimed at'the Modernists, and dealt chiefly with Roman Catholics who in Cardinal Borroineo's time were rebelling against the teaching authority of the Holy See.