The New York herald., 1874-10-10
The Old WORLD.
Catholic Observances and Churchly
Power in France.
The Prosecutions of the Priest
hood in Germany.
Turkish MOAAMMEDANlSM REVIVED.
Property Privileges Extended to
Ann ericans.
THE CARLISTS' STRONGHOLD.
Cannon-Casting at the Birth
place Of Loyola.
Church Bells Melted for the
Mechanism of War.
Property Privileges Extended to
Ame ricans.
THE CARLISTS' STRONGHOLD.
Cannon-Casting at the Birth
place of Loyola.
Church Bells Melted for the
Mechanism of War.
FRANCE.

Annual Pilgrimage in Honor or ssOur
Lady Of La saIette''-Power and Rev
enucs OF the Catholic Church-A Dip
iomatic DincuIty Between France and
Spain.
PARIS Sept. "a, 1874
The annual pilgrimage IN honor OF Our Lady of
Ia Salette took place on sunday lasr. the Goth.
have before me programme OF the services,
which were to be celebrated at Leudevlle, about
hail an hours distance from Paris by rail-, GU the
Orleans line, where there is . church especially
dedicated 10 this c,lts The circular is careful to
state that this pilgrimage in union with the ma
tional pilgrimages and to be undertaken with the
same Intentions What these intentions are may
be partly OWNED from an announcement that the
anthems at high mass and vespers would be sung
by the children Of Alsace- Lorraine-that is. the
members OF an educational establishment-und
the direction OF the Sisters OF St. Charles founded
Tor the benefit OF the and daughters OF parents
whose home was in the conquered provinces,
and VINO decided to remain French after the
annexation OF their country to Germany. The
best men In the Church OF France evidently
cherish the hope that they may succeed In iden-
tifying the cause OF patriotism with the cause OF
religion, to the greater strength or both. Ger.
,tainly that movement weuld command the
'warmest sympathies OF all religious and public
spirited men which sought develop type OF
character which should be neither that OF states
man nor cnurchman exclusively, but unite, let us
say, the best qualities Of Gsmbetta and Feneon.
1t is, however. to be feared that for long time to
come q Frenchman win have to choose between
Church and country, for the interests OF the two
are apt to be 80 narrowly Interpreted by either
party as often to make them appear irreconcn.
able.
DIVIDED LINES ON RELIGION
At present educated Frencnman may be said to
be divided into three classes. as far a. the re-
ligious question is concerned. There are those
who are bigoted Catholics, and there are those
who entertain an equally ianatical aversion to all
creeds. The third class which is by lar the larg-
est includes both the merely negative Epicurean
lnddel, the careless Gallo OF st. Paul, and the
comfortable burgher timid politician who re-
CARDS the Church as an institution eminently sale
and conservative OF property, good for the ignor-
ant masses, ana necessary for women and chill
dren. Such was Tocquevile, who lived an emf
nenty useful and respectable lie, quite ununged
by the sentiment OF faith, but who, nevertheless
duly confessed to priest on his death bed and re-
ceived the sacrament, not from any unworthy
motive OF Tear at the last hour, but De-
cause ne considered 1t the right and
proper thing to do. There are. indeed, q
very different class OF Frencnmen to
any OF the 1ormer men whom one would desig
nate as Lne salt Oh tne eartu, H. uunapplly IL were
not too clear that they IN way leaven the
political body. The most illustrous names among
them are perhaps those OF Berryer and Montalem-
bert--lory spirits, Who though they humbly &C.
cepted the teaching OF st. Bernard and Of Pascal,
Jet never forgot that they were also the country
men Of Condo, OF Montesguieu and OF Turgot. But
minds OF this stamp are not often found In France,
where thinkers boast OF being logical when they
simply unable TO perceive the indisputable
truth that all things in heaven and earth are not
TO be resolved into neat sylogsms Ii Is positively
irritating to hear Frenchman whom you fancied
at first TO have little depth OF intuition tell
you with a selr-sat tisfed air that "where reason
begins faith ends" and think that he has In Ave
words disposed OF the belief Of Bacon, Leibntz and
Newton.
THE INFLUENCE OF A CHURCH
cannot be tested oy It's wealth, as glance at the
history OF Ireland will show, where the powers OF
the Protestant clergy and the Catholic priesthood
have been lor three centuries IN inverse ratio TO
their respective means. But as the Church OF
France was spoiled OF all Its property at the Revo-
luton, ali that she DOW possesses Is distinctly the
result OF tolerably strong devotion to ecclesiastl
cal interests on the part OF certain portion OF the
population. 1t was estimated in 1870 that the
landed property OF the Church amounted to 40 600
hectares (say 100000 acres). worth, at least,
Sc, 900, 600, and was increasing at the rate OF
1000, 900 year. cnurcn that was simply a
church OF en- and children, OF the peasan try
could hardly accumulate funds at this rate. In the
same year 1870 the State aid to education was under
ss2oo0Oo. while the sum paid for 'pubic worship''
(of which only traction goes TO Protestants and
Jews) was more than double, being nearly
000 TO which must be added 81, 200 900 paid
by departments and communes. These grants Of
money BY the French Legislature and BY Local
councils must even under Bon naparte, have rep
resented considerable amount OF pubic sympa
thy with the Church.
TIE HIGHER EDUCATION
or the youth OF France Is almost exclusively In the
hands OF clergy or their nominees. The salaries O
lay teachers are 20 low that IL would be absurd tc
expect men ofcommon ability to follow what should
be the honored career OF public Instructors Tnt
highest pay Of male teacher In the public schools
y $l40 year, less than the average wages OF .
second rate town workman; that OF . female
lcacher 500, with retiring pension OF 81
or SIS for men ana SO for women. How gov
crnment can expect woman to live on
. than two cents day passes comprehen
r n. The sum one would think nigh
. slight charge on the State, but could be OF nc
possible use to the recipient. The city OF Paris
rrants higher pay VIZ, from s4oo TO $500 to male
teachers and from $500 to $500 female: but even
this wealthy corporation allows no more than
5000 as . retiring pension. In Paris alone do lay
schools receive about an equal amount with cleri-
cal Ones These facts given In report BY the
delegates OF the Paris lay teachers to the Vienna
exhibition, which has been recently published
The fatal defect In French education and indeed
dn the French way OF looking at the most awiu
problems OF life is only too well Illustrated by pas
sage where the writer's treat OF two things "wnicl
the spirit OF modern times tends to separate mor'
and more--m0rality, that universal and absolute
law, and religion, the arbitrary Interpretation o
that law
A POLITICAL CALM.
There II lull in the political atmos~here for tn