He has been in Rome two weeks and upon the day of his arrival he met a canon of the Cathedral of Algiers, a Bishop of the Polynesian Islands, and an asiatic priest. All of them are here on the same mission and they met again at the Propaganda where Cardinal Barnabo understood their difficulties and promissed to remedy them. Jean came to annoy him with a case of individual persecution and shall stay until something definite is determined upon. If McMaster should like to make use of this letter for his columns, Jean asks that no names be used. Msgr. Simeoni, the Secretary of the Cardinal told Jean that the canons of the Church not being in form in the U. S., it was expected that such cases should occur. Is it the priests or the Bishops of the U. S. that wish to prevent the introduction of these canons that have been deemed necessary by the rest of the Church? He asks that the Journal advocate the discipline of the canons. Jean was told that promulgation of the Decree of Infallibility should be made in every diocese after the holding of Provincial Councils. Although two years have passed since the Decree was issued by the Council of the Vatican, there has been no action taken by the Church in the U. S., Although the whole world believes the decree, in the U. S. alone there has been no authorative promulgation of the Decree. The reason for this is that the Provincial Councils should precede the promulgation in each Diocese, in order that the same proofs offered to the Council in Rome might be offered to the individual Council in the U. S. He asks that the Council be held and then the promulgation by the Bishops of the Decree that will not be opposed by petty tyrants, a promulgation sound and firm which will glorify God, edifying the whole Church and sweeten the glorious old age of Pope Pius IX. P.S. If McMaster uses this letter he may can change it as he sees fit. :: I-1-o A.L.S. 4pp. 12mo.