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Show AMERICA WILL OBJECT. A l'lau io I'r.aaria to Amarton Baca Il-t Il-t nrdiina autl l.in(iul", llfc.nt.iN. May a. It is learned here that Heir Cupensly is tho principal mover in the ttl'oru of tho Kuropeau Catholic emigration ocietie to induce the pope to follow distinct national li' in fostering church work moii( the Caiholio emigrants in America. This subject was referred to in recent dis patches. Capenslv's championship of the liertnaiiM in America has borne fruit in frequent instructions to ll rr Vim SchloK.cr, (iernian reprpscntative at the Vatican, to use hi iulluenc.e win never ho could. The Austro llun-g.iiian llun-g.iiian ambassador, it is understood, has similar instructions, ami C'apensly, when he went to Koine to present the memorial of llm conference, was armed with l.'tters of approval from many proiniuent Fiitrupeau anil Canadian Catholics. Speaking of the nomination of Kan-zard Kan-zard as archbishop in America. Ambassador Am-bassador Von Sehloezer said to Capen-sly: Capen-sly: "This is an important act that will interest nil Prussia. " Ho added that he would warmly congratulate and I thank the cardiiu.l ecretary of ett for this choice, so favorable to (ierman iufiests. M. Mmcier of Quebec warmly recommended tlu plan to tho pope, saving that when he assisted at the 13 altimnro service he felt acute pain ou linding that there were no Canadian among the American bishops, bish-ops, notwithstanding there were more than a million Ctuadiau in the Unitad Slates. It is significant that thi whole business busi-ness h.n been conducted eo far w ithout Ihe knowledge or advice of the American Ameri-can hierarchy. The campaign has been directed solely by the committee in Germany, which, by its activity, has secured tho support and approbation of other European countries. There will be groat curiosity to know the view the American bishops will take of the matter. The plan proposeed in the memorial seem to be peculiarly adapted lor the preservation in America of the languages lan-guages und race diuiuetiuu of the emigrant. emi-grant. It lists boeu iuipossitila to secure se-cure a list of signatures to this memorial, memor-ial, but the bodv of the document itself ha been ob, allied. It apeak of the Luceriiocongres as a meeting to consider con-sider the best iiieans of semiring the spiritual and temporal welfare of their Catholic fellow countrymen who wore emigrating to America at the rate of upwards of 4tXI,(H)U a year. "These numerous emigrants," says the memorial, "could constitute a great power aud a niichty faotiou in tho development de-velopment of Catholicy in different parts of America." It then goes on to detail tho plans uecessary to form into separate parishes or mission9; the different differ-ent groups of emigrants of tho different nationalities, where the number and resources so allow, and tho parishes' should be confined to priest of tha mi nationality. "in thuway, says tne memorial, "cherished recollections of the fatherland father-land would be constantly brought back to the emigrants." Where the limited number of the different nationalities will not permit of separate parishes, the priest directing such groups should bo conversant with their different languages antl should bo obliged to give instructions to all the different group in their own language. Where ther are christian public schools parochial schools are to be established. Tho list of studies for these schools should always comprise tho national language of the different races of emigrants, emi-grants, as well as the language and history of their adopted country. Catholic associations of different kinds should be formed to present the Catholics from radical societies, free masonry, etc. The Catholics of every nationality should have one bishop of their own race. "In all the Catholic countries from which immigration is taking place the holv see should favor and tdieiter seminaries sem-inaries and schools insL' tiitetl for the education ed-ucation of missionaries for the emigrants. emi-grants. A number of Italian missionaries mission-aries have al realy gone to America.aml others of other nations are waiting for the popo to guarantee them an untrammelled untram-melled exercise of the ministry by decree de-cree of his infallible wisdom. Thus, provided the holy see will lend its in-dispensible in-dispensible co-operation, marvelous results re-sults will bo obtained. Poor emigrants will find again in America their own parishes, their own schools, their own societies, their own language, and they will prove the means of extending Jesus Je-sus Christ's kingdom on earth." |