The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-07-20

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hundred thousand pounds of the public
money in his pocket, he was instructed to
obtain an interview of the then Emperor
without subjecting himself to the degrad-
ing formaiities by which that Celestial per-
sonage was 70 be approached. Lord Mac
artney learned on his arrival that tue
Bother of the Sun was accessible on the
condition that whoever sought him should
bob his head nine times in the dust, before
the throne. His lordship dissented, but
offered as q compromise to bow nine times
to the throne if the Chiness Minister would
bow as many times before o picture of the
English Queen. The offer was accepted ;
the Emperor met the Ambassador, fooled
him, made him presents, and sent him
about his business with letter in which
he declined ali intercourse with Bartar-
ians, and warned the English particularly
that he wished to have nothing to do with
them. Ever since then the great kow-tow
difficulty has stood between us and. the
monarchy Of the Flowery Land. Now it
British Merchants at Hong Kong may con-
fidently look forward to '.cfvilisiDg" the
Chinese by giving them a right good licE
ing before the year is out. 1t is unpleasant
news for the Dutch, who have been kow
towing for centuries showing as little res
pect for themselves in China as they show
trampled on in their advance to the marts
and counting houses of tue natives.
FRANCE.
, Civil Funerals.-The French Radical
papers have been reused to fury by an in
cident which has occurred at the funeral
of M. Brouses, deputy for the Aube. It lie
the custom in France for deputation from
the bureau of tho Assembly to attend the
funeral of deceased member, to whom
military honors are also rendered. But M.
Brouses being "Solidaire," or at least an
unbeliever in any sort of religion, his fu
neral was "civil'' one-an "enfouisse-
ment civil" as the Unicers has taken to
call it. The deputation from the Assembly,
consisting of NJ. de Goulard, Vice Presi-
dent, M. Desjardins, and M. de Cazenove
de Pradines, Secretary, attended, as in
duty bound, at the house of the deceased,
and 30 did the Cuirassers, and the "friends
were counting with much satisfaction on
the pig 1ant treat of an anti-religious de-
monstration in which the authorities
would, as they thought, be forced to take
part. When, however, the procession left
the house on it's way direct to. the eeme-
gion, the deputies from the Assembly salu-
ted the corpse and turned off in the other
direction back to the Assembly. The
Cuirassiers acted in precisely the same
way, and in so doing they were only carry
ing out an express order of General de
Cissey's, Issued by himaas War Minister in
III. Thiers's Government, in which soldiers
are directed in no case to attend "civil"
funerals" but to limit the honors rendered
to attendance at the house of the deceased.
1t would have been strange indeed if the
deputation from the Assembly had acted
contrary to the spirit of this order not
dictated by any "deadly hatred compress
"a ;rt ~ kol Eof
Pail Mall Gasette would have US to believe,
but was based on representations that
these '.civil" faheral professions were
being employed as hostile demonstrations
against every kind of religion. They are
eomposed.at Lyons of the members Of 3
kind of confraternity who style themselves
"Enfans de la Veuve," and who, wearing
out the streets, insulting in their homes
families who have buried their dead with
religious rites, and making inf1ammatory
speeches in the cemetary. It was the de-
sirability OF putting stop to this kind of
thing that inspired the decree of N. Ducros,
Project Of Lyons, an edict which was caus.
ing 80 much excitement at Versailles at
the very time of NJ. Brousses's funeral, and
some of the regulations contained in which
would, if it were not for these facts, seem
strange, The decree orders that the noti-
fication of a death to the registrar shall be
accompanied by declaration whether the
funeral is to be a religious one or not. If
not accom- gained by any ministers OF any
recognized religion, it must take place at
an early hour, six In summer ana seven IN
winter, and must take the less frequehted
in preference to the more public route-a
rule intended to prevent. as far as possible,
the conversion Of q private ceremony into
a public demonstration.
Lyons Decree and "Interpellatiou.-Of
course papers like the RepuJlique Franchise
make as musa capital out of this as they
can: Civil society" says that organ Of
M. Gambetta, will disappear by degrees
before the invasion of religious ceremonies
and benedictions, civil acts will be replac-
ed by the parish register; and citizens will
have to depend on the priest for their
rights. There will no longer be citizens,
but only the faithful and i'm pious outlaws"
NJ. Leroyer gave practical expression to
these feelings by making an "interpella-
ton" in the Assembly on Tuesday. The
debate was lively one, and in the course
oft, General du Barail, the new Minister of
War, asked the following question, Chow
can you expect soldiers to sacrifice their
lives if h. SC