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Show IthE POPE ON SOCIAL PR0BLEIV1S. lh I'-cmltt Apprarrs of Worklnrmei'l ttooleties sod 8tat luterveation, Rome, May 15. The Latin text of the papal encyclical refute the socialist theories tending to abolish . private property and upholds tbe principles of the church as the first and main element ele-ment in the solution of social questions. ques-tions. Tbe true solution, the pope says, is to be found iu the Gospel, whic, rightly studied, would teach the employers and the employed to become united while fulfilling their respective duties. The state should intervene to regulate private property, in order to insure the public peace and morals and the material welfare of the working people. The pope comments on the necessity of Sunday rest, and deals at length 'with Btrikes for wages and hours of labor. He dilates on w orking-men's orking-men's associations, including societies for mutual aid and accident insurance; speaks of benctit funds, of technical education and mixed syndicates of employers em-ployers and employes. The state ought to countenance all such institutions as calculated to improve existing social conditions. He speaks of the good work such institutions have already achieved, and calls upon Catholics to assist in their formation, urging that all should be animated by a Christian spirit. |