, 1880-05-01
jH FRANCE.
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bisbopsa and Bishops, founders of the
Anglers Catholic University. urging the
clergy and lalty to continue their support
Id 'view Of the alarming progress of The
Ism and Materialism. The entrance fees
will be reduced, though not, as at the
State faculties, altogether abolished and
the students must henceforth be examined
for degrees by State professors exclusively,
instead of by a mixed jury of State and
Catholic professors. The prelates are
confident that they will stand the lest.
This circular goes very near to breaking the
new law, which forhids Catholic faculties
styling themselves Universities but, while
using that term in the heading, which
might be technically justified, ioasmuch
as the Bishops were the founders of what
till a few weeks ago could lawfully be
styled a University, the word is not used
10 the body of the. circular.
Now that the various party organs have
had "a hours reflection on the aDtl-Jesuit
decree, it is interesting to see what view
they take of it. To begin with the Cleri-
cal papers, as those most affected by it,
the Monde points out what is really a blot
viz, that all the male and SOM OF the
female orders are only to be authorized by
a fresh law, and that the Chamber will bot
be very ready to pass such a law, unless.
indeed, with restrictions which the orders
could not accept. This must either be an
oversight on the part of the Government,
or must proceed from a legal inability to
take any other course; but the Monde
speaks Of it as q wiIlul m~ockery, q taking
away with one hand what is professedly
offered with the other, The UnlverS
predicts violations of individual liberty,
talks of domiciliary inviolabilitv, and OF the
rights of property, and it processes conf
deuce that the tribunals will condemn
these measures. 1t denies moreover, the
validity of the DEGREES, on the. ground that
if these old enactments were still in force
NJ decree would have been necessary to
put them 10 operation. To this, however,
it may be replied that the aecrees are a
simple waning of the intention to euforce
the laws. The Uni on denies that the old
statutes are binding, aud affirms that the
coup d'Gat will prove illegal. The Fran
sais suggests that many things may hap
! pen before the 3Oth Of June-the Senate
may iCeCAlC tHC luouLt3 VI tuC OoOl"OE may
be overturned f; but declares that, even
should the DEGREES :emain, the attempted
coup Afetat will collapse amid Kisses, un-
: popularity, and ridicule. The more mo-
derate conservative papers are equally
q emphatic in condemnirg the DEGREES. The
FigG'o styles it o prescription, ana declares
that thie clumsy persecution will SOW dis
cord in families and earn for the Jesuits a
popularity they ad..pever yet gained, while
the Radicals, SO far from being appeased,
will demand still heavier blows. In the
Gdnlois NJ Weiss advises the Jesnits not
to take the initiative in litigation, because
the tribunals might disclaim jurisdiction,
but to await torcible expulsion, and as
soon as the police have retired to re-erter
the establishments, repeating this conduct
until the Government Institutes a prose
c%ution. The Monitcr and C0nSttmiOnnet
protest ia a similar strain. The Bonapart-
ist Ordre holds it unwise to question the
legality Of the DEGREES, and denies that a
summons to comply with the law is per-
,secution. 1t thinks the Radicals must be
q disappointed at the almost timid modera-
q. ton Of the measure. The other orders
will obtain a ftmer standing by becom-
aoing authorized, and even the Jesuits, pro,
videa they do rot form an !" aggregation
81 may retain as individuals all their civil
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