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Show I Religious Tniclligetttt. 1 Two persons in the Pope's entourage, who were interviewed by a representative of the "(liornale - d'ltalia." are reported to have denied the statement state-ment that the IVpe intends to appoint apostolic administrators to the diocese of Hijon and Isival. They stated lhat his Holiness would grant provisional pro-visional powers to the Vicars General. Cardinal Vannutelli has informed i!i Congregation Congrega-tion of Kites that the Archbishop of Ihi'hiin lias completed liie diocesan process for the cauouiJi-tion cauouiJi-tion of Irish martyrs with the exception ,,f the ; evidence of Cardinal Moran. which is exnected j shortly. Cardinal i.ogue. Archbishop of Armagh j and I'rimate '' al! Ireland, is hastening tin- dh- j eesan proeo-s for the canonization of Oliver I'iunk- I f-tr. ! Inteliigi nee has been received at Kri.-baiie from German Xew Guinea thai a party of natives have j attacked the Catholic mission and murder-d Fa- i ihoVs Mathias l.i'sehen and HcurLch Kuttar: Jlro- ; lhers Joseph Kiev. Fdward IMaschaert and Schel- i lerkns; and Sister-; Annie Sofia. Agatha Airtn'-. and Angda. Thirty-six natives w( re capuind and j sixteen executed for the crime. The object of the i natives was to murder all the whites, but thi, do-' j sign was frustrated. j The 'iOssorvatoro IJomaiio" contradicts the j statement now going the round of tin1 Ihtr niean press lo ihe effect lhat the Holy See conl", myites j transferritm' the proteeiorato of Christians in the east from France to Ausiria or. any otl-er n -,ver. "1y the very force of circumstances." remark- the Ossorva tore, "the traditional French protectorate in the Orient will necessarily grow weaker and weaker until it falls altogether, owing entirely to ihe policy of the government ami witiioii; any responsibility re-sponsibility on the part of the Holy See." Mgr. Camilli has been nominated to the jio-t nf Apostolic Delegate at Constantinople, in sin cession ces-sion to the late Mgr. Fonefti. The new delegate was born in the Marches, and for en years occupied occu-pied the Si'of Jassy. Roumania. whence he retired re-tired several years ago to live in lioine. His appointment ap-pointment has taken place without any constipation constipa-tion with tin1 French government, which in the past always looked wilh anxiety on ihe tendem-ie- of the delegate, whose position necessarily brought him into close contacf with the representatives of France among the eastern. Christians. . 1 In a letter addressed to Mgr. Geay, the ex-TJishop ex-TJishop of I. aval, accepting his resignation. Cardinal Cardi-nal Merry del Val dwells on the spontaneous character char-acter of the prelate's act. thanks him on behalf of ihe Pope for its generosity, and informs him that the Holy Father will accord him an episcopal title, and will have no difficulty in granting the other desires expressed in his letter. Yet -another legal appointment in Ireland has trone to a Protestant lawver. Thi time it fr " akely, K, C., who has been -appointed county court judge of Kosconimon. The county court bench now numbers' fifteen Protestants to six Caf holies in a country where the vast' majority of the people are Catholic. The superior court 'bench is even more exclusive. In the opinion of Mgr. Dubillard, Bishop of Quimper and of Leon, the consequences of the sep-.-'-ation of church and state in France will be "a --nplote loss of faith by a Certain number of souls - who still hesitalc while that faith will be decidedly fortified- in many others. -"We shall," he says, "be 'less numerous, but' ' stronger."' 'Mgr. Dubillard thinks that the French press should organize a movement throughout the country in favor of a "referendum" on the question whether the Concordat Con-cordat should be abrogated or not. : . Togo a Judge of Men. The world knows Admiral Togo as a man of the sword pure and simple. The world, as often, is mistaken. He is something greater than .1 fighter; as a judge of men he ranks much higher 'than as a soldier. His men never cease to marvel at the ease with which he accomplishes the most difficult tasks of a commander, and at the rarity of mistakes that he makes in the choice of his subordinates. sub-ordinates. ' There' is a saying among the men of the Xippon navy that runs something like this: "There is only one. commander who uses his subordinates like his own fingers, and' the name of that man is Admiral Togo." The old time ideal of the Samurai was the welding of the soldier and the scholar in one; -and Admiral Tog;o is not false to the ideal; he is a student as well as a fighter. -v ' 'T am no scholar," he is reported to have said. "From my early youth, however, my masters have compelled me to examine and follow carefully the . teachings of the school of Yomei. It seems to1 me that a soldier can derive. a- great deal, of benefit from the study of Yomei." The admiral is certainly not the first or the only soldier of Xippon who has acknowledged his debt, to the teachings of the Chinese philosopher whom our people know under the name of Yomei. The school 'of Yomei emphasizes a perfect poise :of t he soul. The students of Yomei value more, than anything else the quiet balance of nerve, the equilibrium which cannot be disturbed by a little thing like a bursting shell within a few feet of a ' man or a sword gleam a few inches before the ' eyes. The first lesson that a master of sword .or . ' a master of jiu-jitsu tries to instil, into the mind ' of a Samurai youth is the importance of attaining coolness of nerve and" perfect poise' of the 'soul. In. the eyes of the Xippon lighting men these qualities are much more important than- the clever handling of sword or gun. Century. ' - ! 1 |