, 1876-06-16

| Whife thu other frcot ro,roro j., Frro.,
have been aeitatcd by tho ottitut,o If T,rl,av
towards ;ts Ghr;stian ,ro,,;,,oo. nn1 a.. .',;
den outcropninp aooin IT I'm on,tor~osu;,,. -
Easter,, onestion AZ a,Fcct;nv tho ro1ot;ona 20
Eno1ond md nurs;s 1;tra no,s;,,s. o"a ,s"", ~
-, ;,,ta..u. =. -. ""'4ns
| icalousics of the Grant powora ,,oy ro,;rn,1
another of Ier ncr;nd;ca1 atruoolog ,,ot,roo,,
tho Clerical and I,ibcraf foct;ona ,yb;o, horo
disturbed that Kingdom FIR IN n,onv ,o,~.
As tho merits Of these chronic ,,;st,,rbor cos
are not rencrol1v undoretoo1 - lr;of ,,;..ov;
cal summary of them v;t, bo ;ntorout;,,a
10 make it clcnrlv into,,;o;t1. - fo., ,...;a.;
| cal statements are necessary. Dc,g;rr, !,
Roman Catholic country covorne1 bv n "
Protestant royal family, It has nonp1ct;o,,
of 5,o53,s.1 inhabitants llcro are only
$4,000 Professionals and 5000 Jcws, thu
remainder of tho population f,o;no
Roman Catholics There aro six Roman
Catholic dioceses-thc Archbishopric of Mn
lines and the Bshoprics Of Druree. Ghent.
Liege, Namur, and Tournay. The Protest
ant Church ia under Synod which sits in
BruBso1s onco q year. It has eight pastors
and as u1any chapeIs, -throo In Brussels and
one each in Antwerp, Druges, Ghont, Osteud.
and Spa THO Jews have central syna-
goguo at Brussels, three branch synaeogucs OF
tho first class at Antwerp, Client, md I.ioco.
and two Of the second class at Arlon aud
Namnr.
To get at the root of t},eso ro,;.;,,v 3;s
turbauces, which have onco morc hrolo,,
sx,h.
necessary to 60 back to 1916. in yhicl, vcor
the union OF Holland mud BELGIUM was etFoct.
cd under the rulo of Prince W,1,,Au Fnrn.
En1cK Of Nassau, who was crowned Kinc of
tho Netherlands. Tho union was nat 5or-
tunato one. Holland was strongly proteat.
ant md Belgium inst ~ stronolv
Catholic, and tho Catholics ~ tha
hitter Kingdom wero opposei To thu un;on
Tho discomfort increased when Holland
although weakcst numerically. obto;no,1 t,,a
prodominanco Of power in the Government
It grew into most bitter onposition when
the Government at first assumod tho ,,iroc.
ton and regulation of ponular cducntion ona
subsequently undertook to manape tho cdu.
cation Of tic priests themselves Tn 1907 a
compromise was effected bv A concor1at In.
tween tho King and tho pone. which nroy;,1o,
tint tho education of tue priests m;ol,t In
under control Of the prolates. hut TINT ;nt,,o
se1ninaries professors should be opno;ntcd IN
teach science as well az theolorv. 1b,a t,;1
not satisfy tho clergy, md union was formed
lc.woen tho Ultrap,ontaues-now tho Gloria
al rarty-aud tho Iibern1s In ovortbro,r +ho
Government, Political excitement ra,, h;o,,
for long time. mud Mt lavt cu1,r;nataa L.
popular outbreak undor tho intluonca -, t,,o
Paris revolution of 1890, Matters wors
reaching a critical point for tba
Government WHEN tho Croot d.
crs ;nterforcd Necot;o.;orv ,yoxn .s
,neucoa, which in 183y Ind tn lin ,o,ara.
ton of Delr;um md yJo,,o,a II, - w..
year 1910, tho Kinp Of BoIcium s,,caao,,o, ~ a. -,
the n,iionco of ~. no,,os Ia.,
olics md tlo Libcra]u which ho,, oWaa,a5 s. 49,
l,e)r;an rovo1ut;on pv t1ooroos e' ,'a,s"a. Nv
tho rovcrnn,en. t,roxv co,,xorn,,;u, ..,
ca,,scs of ,1Issat;.fac,,on arm, 4 m
eral Miuistry was forn,cd hut n war a.,,,"a.,
bv tho ar;sforrotic f,otbo,;o ,noia.;.. T., 49,
sa,ota ro,,l.r oxr;,,,rn,.. a..a;. - 'n'
trho f,oh;nat ro.,t,ro ~, o,,,1 ao 1,s"'
istrv wov formo,, Tn 1aIn = ,.',, su'Aso '1'n
roor,sti,a ru1J;, ad,,o.;a,, ...,,', s p'@'o."
cro,,ucd tI,e or,,,v;t;,,, ~ ~ =. "6"''