ip". "WISH r " ' A. .ij. f i. $5 EVENING PUBLIC BEDGEK-PHIVDEBlPHtA', THUBfeDATr JANTJAES' : 8r ' 1920 "iT1 "GERMANTHAS VIOLATED AN OATH' MERCIER TELLS LANCKEN k i.j(( If 'a IV.,, A iVo Use to Argue,; it Is No Use to Tivist and Turn," Cardinal Informs Visitor :t ' it t . -..... r 1 i c itr r- 7vr rr..i m argument uver raswrai, ana oays, i uo not tram to Quarrel Any More With You" $'' Exnlanatnru Comment hi , . i "" fnilE usual German melodrama accompanied the publl cation of the Cardinal's fourth pastoral letter, The Voice of God," dated Sunday, October 1, 1916. The printers were arrested. The police seized copies o the work. Von der Lancken duly appeared for a personal interview with the primate, and, as so often happened, was outmatched in the verbal duel. 1 The following passage from the pastoral proved especially wounding to the sensibilities of the dapper diplomat and the brusque Governor General: "Be tnen craieiui 10 UOQ. inc 1nuepenue11.ee- ui uur cuumry 13 iuuj uui, iu u uuuuitm jji u. .uuiv IfW 'I God for havintr assured us of its preservation. Let us thank God for having preserved for our affection our 'j j r .. . -"-.. . . .. . i 11 1 t ' t t aii. tti li 1 2 King, the glory of the Belgian nation; our Queen, tender and strong; the royal children. Let us thank Him for having given us the patience to support without flinching or murmuring our long and hard trial; for having vouchsafed to us the hrst benediction or our fioiy jvatner, tne rope Benedict av, ana ior .nuving insoired him to declare to us that his warmest paternal affection is for Belgium; for having instilled in tne arts of the foreign nations regard, for bur misfortunes. We must raise to them after the war a monu- $?t he KSrv vkent of irrntitude. Let us trive to them today a place of honor in our grateful-piety, fej-V L. "Finally, as we are not at the end of our term of Calvary may our devotions in the mass be an iw" 'assiduous prayer for our dear native land, for those present and those absent, for our valiant prisoners and '.f our acar reiueees. "The more the war lastsv tho, more ardent becomes our commiseration for all those men of energy ? & who burn to give their all for us, for us whom mact ion tortures daily." SWA ." J?..-' 7: 1 r 1 m. 15 I 1 1 Cardinal Merciers Story- Including his correspondence with the German authorities in Belgium during the war, 1914 to 1918, edited by Professor remand Mayence oi Jjouvain University and translated by the ilene dictine Monks of St. Augustine's, Ramsgate, England. rContinuation of the interview between Cardinal lercier and Baron von der Lancken. "Yet we must find some means of coming to an "Then read the paragraph again. Do you not see that these words were inserted therein to introduce the liturgical invocation, 'O Lord, make haste to help us' ? They merely imply that by means of prayer and penance we are to merit the help and deliverance of Almighty God. Are my words susceptible of any other interpretation?" "When I had read it over again I saw that the phrase could be understood In the sense your Eminence attaches to it, but the Governor General placed quite a different constiuction upon it." "For example?" "He took it to mean, 'Let us hasten to expel the Germans.' " "Well," replied the Cardinal, "what is one to do? It is not my fault if he is not sensitive to the delicate rtdrrst-'irifUnov" "For mvself I see but one," answered the Cardinal, Ri,njpS nf mpnnimr in our lanmiace. And what else "that you attect not to notice wnm, i s"'B " "" was there" leave me with a free hand. I had understood, or, if irmi Hk that better, conjectured that such was your intention. Accordingly I was not a little surprised to learn that the works of my printer had been raided by ie German police." "It was not with the intention of seizing your let ter; Smeesters was implicated in another affair. "Several allusions to current politics." "As for instance?" Resents Reference to Poland "First of all a reference to Poland, which in the eyes of the Governor General is political, though, per sonally, I must confess that this particular passage ap- 3 poso my printer t6 additional' punishment The game is not worth the candle. Let me consider the changes I can make. In a word, it is enough to cut out the words: 'the Independence of Belgium is not doubted by any one' and 'let us hasten our deliverance' and sub stitute for: 'tho armies of our allies' 'our armies I could make these alterations and it would cost mo nothing, but then you would claim victory over mo in your press." "Oh no, certainly not." "The country clergy could not bo warned in time, but I could Inform the deans In tho bigger towns, be fore the reading of the second part of tho letter." This question being settled, the Baron asked the Cardinal to apply4to him whqnover he had any cause for complaint! "Is it not better," he said, "to avoid dis agreements?" ' "Doubtless," replied the Cardinal. "I do not want to quarrel any more than you, for the mere pleasure of It, but I believe that in spite of my goo.d-wlll and yours a dispute is unavoidable."-' ' "Is your Eminence persuaded of that?" "Yes. Because the military authorises have a natural tendency to abuse their power against which my conscience must protest. You place a political con struction on all our protests' and so create discord." , "But Is it not better, in the Interest of your coun try, to avoid protests which lead to no result?" "That is absolutely the fundamental question. You imagine that in our ministry we have no other ambi tion than to spare ourselves momentary worry and anxiety, or to win some immediate success. A thou sand times no! Utilitarianism, even socially, is not our ideal. If St Paul had spoken like you, wo should never have had St Paul. We should possess neither his opistles nor his example. If the theory, 'What is the good of that,' i. e., what practical advantage do you hope to gain by that if this theory, I say, had always prevailed we should not have had the Catholic Church. It required three centuries of martyrs to consolidate and propagate the idea that there is something higher than individual and national interests." "Oh, tho martyrs I' that Id another matter." "By no means, fundamentally it is tho same thing. A martyr is not ono who gives his life just for tho pleas ure of sacrifice; ho is one who upholds an incontrover tible truth and makes himself its bond slave, even to offering his liberty and his life In Its defense. It would have been easy for tho martys to bum perchance se cretly a few grains of Incense before an idol. But this act, materially insignificant, yet for the moment very profitable to the doer, would have been an avowal that ho had no absolute belief in tho truth which he pro fessed and at once the eternal would have' been reduced to the level of the transitory. When the Church was founded, the truth preached was religious truth: tho Gospel of Christ. Truth, today, is right and the supe riority of its kingdom over passing interests. In cither case, there is antagonism between utilitarianism and the necessary triumph of absolute right of truth: Thus I have nothing but contempt for those sophisms to which you, in your recent correspondence and with you certain theologians in their utterances, have had .recourse, shel tering themselves behind the 'notwehr' for the purpose of justifying the invasion of our country. It Is no use to argue; it is no use to twist and turn, Germany has violated an oath and It would be simpler to confess and regret It than to strive by might and main to hide the truth." With these words the interview ended. Baron von der Lancken took his leave, thanking the Cardinal for the changes he had agreed to make in the text of his pastoral. v The Cardinal rcqucs-tcd Mgr. Kvrard, dean of St. Guilulc, to give notirc of these changes before the rending of the second part of the letter, ordered for the follow ing Sunday, to the deans of Brussels and district, in cludinK Laeken and Ucclc, ns well a tho denni of Wavre. Nlvelles. Bralnc-l'Allcux, Tublzr, Halo and Vilvordc. Ho also advised the dean of Antwerp of the alterations and asked him to communicate them to the neighboring clergy. (CONTINUED TOMORROW) Copyright, MHO. bu Public Ledger Co. Copvrignt, Canada, 10t0, by Public Ledaer Co. International Capyrtaht, USD, by Publlo Ledger Co. Cable Briefs Berlin newspapers show great con cern over the food situation, predicting a crisis in Berlin by February. A rremm e( T.itnrlrtn liiinlara lac lntrl bl""l' " '"."" u..uvy3 ....- lull. before the British government a plau L-. -.1.1.1. L. ...111 A .. I.J.- u.v iucii mi. "Hi ciiit'i pui iiiersiui) with the Baltic states of Esthonin, Let via and Lithuania for advancing credits to finance trade ana get business back into nonnul channels. The plans gUe Britain a hrm grip on Bultic markets, defeating Germany's aspirations. General demand for higher wages by railroad employes, with threats of strikes, has precipitated another Fcrious Mtuation in Germany, Radicals among the men are agitating for a revolution ary council of government. The gov ernment fears seizure of the rail min istry and a new revolution. Professor Ehrenberg, of ITcidclberg University, declares tho war was woe by the superiority of French artillery, and that tho Germans learned from the enemy nearly everything of importance that they acquit ed. Loid Sydenham, authority on east ern questions, expresses in a letter to the London Times grave anxiety for the situation in the Far East. He declares that bolshevisra will exhaust itself in Europe, but Central Asia may remain a source of danger for many years. I'M h. t.: lLlii the same cause as ourselves. Can you imagine that there is a single Belgian Catholic who does not pray for them? But we pray also, I say, for our enemies. "As I was unaware of that, I was greatly sur- peared to me quite inoffensive." prised. I had intended to send you a copy or my letter "Obviously if Poland Is to recover her independence Ms soon as it was in the hands of the various deans in just as many concessjons must be made by Russia as "Brussels, and I considered I had a right to expect from by Germany. Then I say distinctly that the country .Jrou its circulation without let or hindrance, for, after 1as been lai(j waste by the advance or retirement of .11, there is absolutely notning in me ieu w wi the arm,es. ou could take exception. "What about the attack you made on the Turks?" ., . . n;o,J "Pardon me," replied the Cardinal, "I did not attack Von Bissing Displeased .. . . , .'.. t. m . . .' f. Armpn?nR "Nothine- to offend me. perhaps, but the Governor I have creat compassion for their sufferine. and as I eneral, a soldier among soldiers, who, being obliged am suffering with my fellow countrymen, I can sym- consider the effect your wntings may produce 111 pathize with others m their trials. Is it not natural?" ertnany, thinks otherwise. He knows I have come to "But in your letter, your Eminence inveighs against alines; in fact, we had a twenty minutes conver- the allies of Germany, and it is this which displeases tion about this very letter and I can assure you he the Governor General. Moreover, in a subsequent pas- s greatly displeased." sage your Eminence asks prayers for your allies. Doubt- "But what has he to complain of l" less you refer to the British .'" "First of all, he takes exception to the phrase in "The British, the French and all those who defend 'Wi.'Vi Affirm that "nobodv todav calls the mde- !Mndence of Beltrium into question." 'S "But there is nothing mysterious in this asser tion. Only this morning I read in the Nieuwe Rotter- Do you wish that I should say for: 'Our armies on the amsche Courant a declaration made Dy tne socialist western tronf .'" deputy Haase to Chancellor von Eethmann-Hollweg. "Yes, that would do excellently." ou speak of peace in vague terms which lall upon "trankiy, that borders on sophistry. If I did not eaf ears. Betrin by declaring that you agree to the fear to wound you, Baron, I should say that you wish to utonomy of small states, such as Belgium and Serbia, pick a quarrel with me (une querelle d'AHemand)." nd then vour words will be listened to.' I do not take "But, come, tell me what your intention was in $ny stand on your feelings nor on those of the Ger- paying me this visit." nian empire when asserting my belief in the independ- "Oh, above all, to explain to your Eminence the Hence of my country. My words were based principally difficult position I am in." $m the solemn undertaking repeated over and over "Did you come on behalf of the Governor General Spgain by our allies that they will not consent to discuss with some order in your pocket or merely to ask me for jeace until Belgium has been liberated. The Holy an explanation?" Father, whose name I mention with reluctance, said the "I have come with no order whatever. I fear com fsame thing to me in Rome last January." plications and that Smeesters will be punished for "Again," replied the Baron, "you say at the end of printing your pastoral." ,"your letter: 'Let us hasten the hour of our deliverance.' lit is this last phrase especially that irritated the Gov- bame Not Worth the Candle" Ernor General." "But that disgusts me! If my letter is criminal, I 4 "Well then. Baron, the Governor General does not am the first person who should be Dunished. And if von understand French. It lies with you, who understand do not punish me. it is unreasonable to punish an in- i,"S.lniT Knpalt it to exnlain fullv to him the meaninc this ferior. who has mprelv ptcprutnA mv nrHorc TJnf ,.:.-, StfelTraeinent of a phrase has when read in connection with you leave me free to say what I think. I am nnite l&sWte context. 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