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Show CELll SCORES POPE'S ATTITUDE Recent Encyclical Letter Construed Con-strued as Reflecting Upon Faith of Many Germans. BERLTN, Juno 0. Chancellor von Bclhmann-IIollwcr;, roplyinc to an interpellation inter-pellation in tho Prussian diet today, spoke with emphasis recanTing Lin recently re-cently issued papal encyclical, which ho construed as condemnatory of relig'oua reformers. Tho chancellor sai:l: "Tho papal encyclical contains judgments judg-ments about reformois and tho reformation reforma-tion t-nd about, the princes and peoples peo-ples connected thcrcwih which must hurt the rolicious, national and moral feelings. This explains the profound emotion in wide circles, the effects of which must endanger all religious peace. "Immediately after thc-Latin text of the enc3fclicnl had been received I caused representation to be made to the vatienn by tho German envo3', -who expressed tho expectation of Germany that a way would bo found to remedy the damafp caused by tho issuauco of the encyclical. "The Vatican has not as yet replied, re-plied, and theroforo I must refrain from further comment, except to mako reply to tho interpellation nt this stage, so as to lot the German people know the position of the government, which has taken up the matter, and also to as-suro as-suro tho public thnt tho qovornmont; is determined to do everything to insure religious pence in the land that can be done in the national interests. " Tho encyelicnl, issued on the occasion of the third centenary of the canonization canoniza-tion of St. Charles Borromco, extolled Borromeo na the champion of Catholicism Cathol-icism against tho Protestant religion, and declared thnt at tho time of tho council of lront, tho principles of Catholicism Ca-tholicism had been undermined by Martin Mar-tin Luther. On Saturday Inst interpellations woro introduced in tho diet by the conservatives conserva-tives and national liberals. The conservative con-servative intcrollation asked what the government proposed to do to meet "such insults to the ovangelical church. ' ' It also suggested thnt the Prussian legation at tho Vatican bo withdrawn. |