The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-04-04
ExPELLING THE JEsUITs,
Text of the Decree Against the Order
About to be Promulgated Former
Ediots Showing the Jsstits's
Troubled Career,
In. Y. Harald.l


LONDON, March 29-The DEGREES against
unauthorized religious societies In France
will be published tomorrow. The first con-
Germs the Jesuits only, while the second Of
feots lee all unauthorlzsd congregations. The
erlng that further tolerance cannot be EXTEND
ed to g. society against which the national
sentiment has declared itself, have resolved
to dissolve the association, and establish
ments occupied by Its members must be-
closed and vacated within three months,
which period may be prolonged until August
81 III the case OF educational establishments
attached to the society" The second decree
provides that unauthorized congregations
| must apply to the government for authorlza-
tioD and that such bodies as shall not ask or
eventually obtain authorization shall be dis
solved.
The Pun liou GageHe reeites the laws In
force In France against the Jesuits, which are
numerous and rigorous enough. First OF all
there are the decisions OF the Parliament of
Paris of 1862, In which the Jesuits were ae-
cused Of every crime under the sun, and or
dered to evacuate their colleges and other
establishments within q week. In 1854 the
Parliament pronounced the deiinitive sllp-
preston OF the order, the King declaring
1t to be his pleasure that the Jesuits
or possessions. In 1867 the Parliament
pronounced an order OF expulsion
against the Jesults Individually and
In 1777 Louis XVI Issued an edict more severe
IMAM any WHICH nHu pE6CSueU IL. LII lfH1 bn9
Constituent Assembly suppressed all the
munastlo orders, and In 1892 oil the religious
corporations were suppressed. By the Con-
cordat OF the Year K some modification was
consented to; but no aggregation or associa-
of men or women could be formed under the
pretext OF religion without the special author~
ization Of the government. prove that these
DEGREES and decisions are still In vigor one
need only to look at the declarations OF the
| tribunals of the present century. For exc
ample, In 1926 the Count Of Douai decided
case against some Jesuits on the ground that
| they had been banshed la 1764, and could not
| inherit; and this decision was confirmed by
| the highest couit In the realm under the moIi-
archy. In the same year all the courts OF
| Paris assembled and declared, by fifty three
Judges against two that the above mentioned
| ediets were still In force In 1928 q petition to
| the Chamber OF Deputies Invoked the ediots OF
| Louis XIV and Louis XVI against the Jesuita,
and report In favor of this was carried by o
| large majority In 1S45 M. Guizot wrote to III !.
! Rossi, the French ambassador at Rome, COM
planning that the Jesults whose Order had
been specially abolished In France by edicts,
were endeavoring to re-establish themselves
| contrary to the laws OF the State; In May Of
| the same year, on an Interpolation by MI.
| Thiers the DEGREES against the Jesuits we're
| confirmed by an immense majority; and the
Chamber, confident that the government
| would see the laws Of the State executed,
passed TO the order Of the day,
Dispatches from London to Rome state
| that the English Catholic aristoeraey will
provide an asylum for the Jesuits who may
| be expelled from France. A dispatch from
| Paris to the Times says devoted friends OF
| Premier de Freyeinet affirm In the most abb
solute manner that hs will go no further
| than dlssolving the Jesuit establishments.