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Show THE POPE ON SOCIAL PR03LEMS. luaUta OD tlia Kif;tit and Dutb't nf Capital Cap-ital and l.aliur ami of thn liul.vldual. Iuime, April 2;i. A prominent dignitary digni-tary of the Calholio church, talking with a representative of tho Associated Press concerning .the forthcoming encyclical en-cyclical letter of the pope on the social question, said the pope has condensed the doctrines of the greatest theulo-giciiins theulo-giciiins on these matters and adapted them to the requirements and conditions condi-tions of the present epoch, lie also brought into requisition the loading intellects in-tellects of the United States and Ku-ropo. Ku-ropo. llo insists with equity on tho riifhts ami duties of capital, ol labor, of the state and of the individual. Ho is neither for nor against any interest or school. He greatly deplores any division divi-sion in the Catholic party tending, as they do, to diminish the social influence influ-ence and moral fiction of tho church. "Thn encyclical," said the dignity, "will make a considerable impression, for it is an enlightened work, aiming solely at unity and conciliation. It will not be a protest agaiust ail the elements ele-ments which form modern iile. lie iceks to conciliate them all by acceptance accept-ance of all legitimate interests and by reciprocal respect of all rights. "A delicate matter is in regard to state intervention, it is incoutestible tiiat the church cannot give upon these purely historical contingencies absolutely abso-lutely delinito instructions, Tho socia problems are continually changing and modifying. Things that are good and equitable today are old and innppiiu-ebie innppiiu-ebie tomorrow. Therefore the pope will be found, from a doctrinal point of view, somewhat reserved on this matter. mat-ter. Neetim;iess, he demands relative intervention, changing according to places aud circumstances whenever the question of legitimate interests and disregarded dis-regarded rights require it. 'Thus, for our puitienlar epoch, the pope exacts state intervention in favor of lixing the maximum number of hours for work days, of rest, of minimum wages, regit lating the work of women aud children, ami in matters regarding bygone and the condition under which the work is performed in factories. "Leo," said the speaker, "strikes the normal equilibrium, the true uoto.w Idle he carefuliy avoids prejudicing iu any way such social problems as may arise I.UlSl wo. J or: suj'iciur j ii .- j , i tt t iu ,1 m the document is to put Catholicism doctrinaily and intellectually at the head of the social movement. He is convinced that tho democracy of Atner-icc, Atner-icc, imported under other forms, will be the mould by which the future soci-j soci-j etv and politics' of Kurope will be fash-I fash-I toned. |