Marquette, Father James, S.J., 688 Marriage in the XIXth Century, 776 Marriage, the Church the Champion of, 583 Odd Stories, 138, 420 Ottilia, Saint, A Legend of, 557 Partisan Newspapers, American Catholics and, 756 Personal Recollections of Pres. Juarez, 280 Peter the Powerful, 138 Prince von Bismarck and the Three Emperors, 474 Progressionists, The, 40, 192, 358, 541, 674 Protestantism, The Spirit of, 289 Relation of the Rights of Conscience to the Review of Vaughan's Life of S. Thomas, 31, Roman Empire and the Mission of the Barba- Russian Clergy, The, 403 S. Peter's Roman Pontificate, 345 Sayings, 357ohn Climacus, 318, 775 See of S. Peter, Gavazzi versus the, 55 Spirit of Protestantism, The, 289 Use and Abuse of the Novel, The, 240 Vaughan's Life of S. Thomas, Review of, 31, 254 Where are You Going? 221 Who Made our Laws? 578 Bibliographia Catholica Americana, 713 Book of the Holy Rosary, The, 140 Commentary of the Fathers on S. Peter, 286 Conversion of the Teutonic Race, 567 Coppée's Elements of Logic, 285 Cusack's Life of F. Mathew, 572 Oakeley's Catholic Worship, 571 Orsini's History of the B. Virgin Mary, 573 Palma's History of the Passion, 427 Parsons' Biographical Dictionary, 572 Parsons' Shadow of the Obelisk, 572 Peters' Catholic Class Book, 288 Poet at the Breakfast-Table, The, 858 NEW-YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY THE CATHOLIC WORLD. VOL. XVI., No. 91.-OCTOBER, 1872. BISMARCK AND THE JESUITS. "1. THE Order of the Company of Jesus, orders akin to it, and congregations of a similar character, are excluded from the German territory. The establishment of residences for these orders is prohibited. The establishments actually in exist ence must be suppressed within a period to be determined by the Federal Council, but which shall not exceed six months. "2. The members of the Company of Jesus, of orders akin to it, and of congregations of a similar character, may be expelled the Federal territory if they are foreigners. If natives, residence within fixed limits may be forbidden them, or imposed upon them. "The measures necessary for the execution of this law, and for the certainty of this execution, shall be adopted by the Federal Council." Such is the amendment on the original motion for the recent legislation with regard to the Jesuits which was proposed to the Reichstag by Dr. Friedberg. The original motion was identical in aim and almost in substance. The amendment is more exact and well-defined, leaving not the slightest loophole for possible. evasion or escape. It was framed and pressed on by the kindly spirit and generous hand of Prince Clovis of Hohenlohe, the brother of the cardinal whose rejection by the Pope as ambassador from Germany to his court gave such high umbrage to the exquisitely sensitive Prince Bismarck. Such is the law: plain, clear, and well-defined. There is no mistaking it: it is "goodly writ." Paraphrased, it runs thus: There is a body of men-and women even; for though we attach ourselves to the chief point at issue, the phrase, "Those congregations of a similar character," may cover a very extensive ground, and seems ingeniously framed for abuse-in Germany, possessed of certain property, colleges, Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1872, by Rev. 1. T. HECKER, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. |