The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1874-01-18

IunctlOn In any OATH OF puAloinS Soy 0poi9
for that purpose; that is, in any place
large enough to contain congregation.
The faithful priests are allowed to ofhciste
in strictly private houses-that is, where
there is no room for q congregations, but
net elsewhere. The result will be that
where the Catholic parishes are not near
enough to the French frontier to avail
themselves of French hospitality-in AL
SAGE they have been refused admission by
order of the German Governmentr-they
will have to worship in the fields or on the
mountains, till fresh ordinance deprives
them even of this liberty. But not even
thus will the Government succeed in drlv-
ing the Jura Catholics to accept the minis
trations of apostates whom they dispise.
THE REPORT ON THE sEPTEMBER GOVERN
MENT.
The report of the Commission on tho
events between the fall Of the Empire and
the capitulation of Paris, drawn up aud
presented by Count Daru, tends to
strengthen the cry for the prosecution Of
NJ. Gambetta. Just Us the Communication Of
Marshal Bazaine's sentence inspired Re-
publican demand for an amnesty to the
Communist convicts, so did the sentence
itself elicit from the other side o protest
against retribution being confined to one
alone of those who "failed in doing their
duty" The charges against Gamberta
contained in this document are certainly
suficient-if 1t were not dangerous to rake
up charges against anybody-to secure his
impeachment. He appointed himself
Minister of the Interior, and telegraphed
in that capacity to the projects the impu-
olished by q vote of the Legislative Assem-
bly,. It was in consequence of this tele-
gram that his colleagues-who thought
! It more prudent not to disav9w it subse-
quently voted him by a majority of one
into the Ministry of the Interior, which
~ hol 80, kn rnof Din-
ard, And 80 bent was M. Gambetta upon
Dictatorship, that at the first news of the
Tours proclamation for the convocation of
an Assembly he left Paris in a balloon,
squashed the decree of the delegates,
named himself Minister of War as we'll as
paign in his own fashion. What that
fashion was France knows only too we'll,
and to his domestic administration this
report clearly traces the origin and tenn
porary success of the Comm unist insurrec
ton. And while the Conservative papers
have taken up the demand for a prosecution
pretty strongly, even the Ftoso.is, the Or
gan Of the Ministry, does not altogether
put it aside. 1t deprecates, indeed, the
trial of M. Gambetta before a court mar
tial, q high court of justice, or any criminal
tribunal, but declares that g. he and his
aecompIices must undoubtedly be judged
and condemned )" adding that " it is pub
lie opinion which must do it, and if we
must name more definite tribunal, it is
the Assembly, as the representative of ma
tional justice and sovereignty"
THE SAVING ON TIE WAR ESTIMATES
The French Government has been vio-
len thy attacked in the Assembly, not for
asking too much, but for asking too little.
The war estimates do not provide for the
annual contingent, and thus realize an
economy of FIVE millions of francs. This,
it was argued, was throwing away a
whole corps darmee" which France could
we'll afford itself, and the parsmony of
M. Magne, who WAS not there to defend
himself, is severely condemned by the
French press. 1t seems that N. Theirs,
who, as is we'll known, was thoroughly OPP
posed to the principle of universal COM
palsory service, managed, while in power,
30 to frame clause as to empower the
Minister of War to abstain, if he chose,
contingent, and it is this which has en-
abed NJ. Magne to put the screw on Cen
eral du Barrail. In this matter Marshal
MacMahon ID said privately to disagree
with his Ministers-as indeed it might
have been expected that he would--but
| the Assembly gave them small majority.
DISTRESS IN PARIS.
The amount of distress in Paris 10 so
great, owing to the stagnation of trade,
that the Government have resolved to
have quasi Court during the season, and
| have moved and carried by 472 votes
against 1876, that the grant for the Presi-
dents household expenses shall be raised
! from 1872 900 francs to 800, 900 francs, and
that the Palace of the Elysee shall be al
loted to him for his reception. Some of
the Right began Immediately to suspect a
plan for transferring the Government to
Paris, but the Due de Broglie declared
that the motion was not intended in any
degree "to weaken the previous decisions
of the Assembly respecting the mainte-
nance of the seat of Government at Yer
sailles, and was only adopted with view
to improving the state of things in Paris.
This, if we are to believe the eorrespon-
dent of the Pail Mall Gasette, is truly de-
plorsble. Not only the trade in articles
of luxury, but that in the most ordinary
articles, as, for instance, the furniture trade
in the Faubourg st. Antoine, is in Ian
gushing condition. Numbers of families
are living on their savings, and masters
who used to employ 500 workmen can now
hardly find work for fifty.
A CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY FOR FRANCE.
Conformably with the plan adopted by
the English Hierarchy, though in entire in