New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-04
FRENCH POLITICS.
cgrrRCu AND sTATE-GANBETTA AND THE
MINISTRY

mon When the Il Idget of Pubhc NOTshlp was u'N'
under constipation l. seemed likely To pass uh"p-
nosed. The Chamber is An'i Clerical but 1t Is not
ct nreoarcd to adopt 80 radical a ne sure as tho
abolition Of the Con 'ordat. Bat when the chaP.e'
relative to The salaries of ecclesiastical dlGnltar
come forward NJ Jules Roche representative OF lou-
ION and an editor of Cl6meuceaus Justice eo'
m and observed that al h,ush p'rsoha'I
i'm favor OF complete sepa atlOn 81 Chu'ci ""'
State he did DOT think It yet expedieat 10 ca" Ioi
severanee OF the link which binds them toec'"eI'
His reason for not pressing bis own view was inc
knowledge that a vast majority OF the Chim'eI was
AGAINST it, Il was for stall going on Win the Co"-
cordat NJ Jules Roche would Reluctantly Io'Io"
~ ,,nltifnds of his colleagues But he would keep
Government clergy ana every one e's' 49, 90
limits of the compact entered into by the fISt O'u-
.rI nth the How See BY doing 50 a very impor-
tat rA;uctioa would be effected IN the Iuoh0
worsh,p Budget. Owing to the conAI' i"0'
n, the three dynaslc governments Wh'ch nav
-,lad France since 1915, archbishops bishops ana
ether bigh members of the CLERGY had demo 'ls"eu
ever thing in the Concordat which hampered ,h'hi
and they had got the secular arm 10 s.io'oN y :,
L. Lonndary lines which they themselves could
moi overlesp thus Napoleon granted the Arcn-
bi.bon of Paris $4,000 francs year as MS o'n''d'
- lie had besides casual dues, whicA more
80 dorhled that income. The present minister
% p,bIic Worship. following the eAlhpie vi MS
r.o4oos .ors asks Of the Chamber for Monsel gneur
20 Loo q surn than $1,000 francs annually lne
.oires Of al the other prelates are augmented on
orOportiOnate scale -
N Roche demanded strict adhefeuce N money
matters 60 the COncordat Ihs CHAMBERS Eo'eu
with him. But quar- er of an hour later II ao-
.a,td IN totality the Ministerial estimates for the
Cults Department While the debat- was gong
S.r.r,r1 " Anirieux, ex-Prefect of Police, and
80 av.Amba.salor TO thu Court Of Madrid. held
-, tho ol,ve branch TO the Bishop OF Anglers
ubo heads the ClerIcals OF the Right
If sndrienx's speech was an act OF cohtrltloh' nc
snake or France a. a Catholic nation, and was LOT
hesitate nving privileged position to the Church
Of ne Majority" When reminded by Sonc OF The
Radical members that II was n "do exc
cuted the DEGREES. he expressed sori"" loi
having done SO. His contrlte utteranceS
80 race we'd with croans even by the Moterates
Of the Republican par Y. If there had been
npbDc vo,e TIE majority. including the lukewarm
con.,rvative Republicans, would have y0!rd
tb Roche against Anlri 'ux Bat a there was
rocau al the House they grOaued dlsapproyal ana
IN the color Of their voting ticaets expressed as
cent.
Tbearcrnentel salaries Of The bishops was car
,;ed T.eu came on the item or bourses OF scholar
shin fouudationsfor Summaries Roche asains started
nDiu tins breach of the Co corddt. Ia p'4F7's
mr. a. things IN france, an "iA 4'i'''''' '''
having been founded by the Emperor Napo4 on
III First SIX We rs after be had SO red the compact
with Rome. They were not based upon statute.
Their only sanction Is all Imp rial decree. 1t was
rr,nplgat IA hecai se the semiuarlcs were empty
Franc, was at the b ginning oil the
century so anti-ClcIcal uat It was
impossible - find young recruits ior tho pne'sno"o
miles, exceptional inducements re offered.
Bouaparte creire created tA,se SCI. IaIsA.ps. IL
virtue OF Which peasants SOILS are lodged. Ie''
rlothed taught La 10, theology, ecclesiastical ll,I-
ature an 4 pulpit rhetoric. THIS WIS done on sHch
an rayagant scale that these ,aceTdoiai colleges
have become very rich. NJ Bris~on IN ms report on
the wealth of religious congregations, made
in 1ssO. established that III The five
nrec.d.Br years the endowed semlnaries
invested $4,000 francs IN real estate.
This fact proved that they stood IN no great need OF
Dopaparte'- endowment On the other manu. NJ
Jul , Roche pointed out that boW-es h1d 'ean
created by the last Chamber for tn pupils OF cop-
nmnal primary schoo ; That Is to say, the House
authorized the Minister OF Public instruction 10
create them. but in an incousiderab.e number Tor
want OF money. Ont Of a thousand bows who have
passed examinations which should enuue them TO
STATE scholarships, only 1sG can be admitted INTO
Lyceums.
NJ. Jules Roche wanted to annul the
decree of Napoleon enIowmg the seminarle5
with bourscs So as to enable the Sl4 boys who are
kent ont in the cold to enter Government h "a
schools This amendment was opposed by honslg-
nor Freppcl NJ Falieres Minis ct of Cui q
and a lukewarn Republican who bad reported on
the Budget OF that Department, named NoHot.
Freppel Ut course preached pro d0mJ SUD- But he
was less episcopal in his standpoint than f"lIer's.
The Minister of Public instruction listened III
silence. He showed 10 wish to defend the
Of he dl~aUDDIUIed lad =
who are not 10 be given the scholarships which
they have in all fairness won. This talhercs IS
Deputy for Nerac. He got in for that arrondIss--
ment on the Radical and anti-Cieucal ticket. IN
his last appeal to his electors III August. 1881,
there Is the following: g demand your SURFACES
pas 10 continue that grand work begun by The
defunct Chamber. namely, the campaign against
cericalsm TIE relations between the church
and State have gwen rise 10 irritating CLnculue'.
But the street application of the ConcOrdaJ VIII
solve all difficulties"
Thedynamite scare hasaltoqethersubsded Every
one now feels and that 1t was got up by tie police
to enable this contemplate Ministry TO i've Itlle
longer 1t Is surmised that the dynamite III the
rae exploded by accident 1t was the current
theorv now is. being taken by agents prOtocdtews
CT secret service agents employed TO create disturb
ances 20 as 20 enable Savior of Society to come
forward 10 blow up some cross piiGrm-stauoi
o. The hill of Fouryieres. II ths theory
is correct the agents pr0rocaiearS sioppe,
in The cafr on their way. A spark from cigar end
got into The dynamite through the ineistces OF inc
roughly made box IN which the explosive bomb lay
hidden ! do not adopt this theory. But II IL
uore reasonable one than that other Width "s
euu,es a Nibilist and anarchicI conspiracy No.
boly 10 whom the ale Belecour explosion can nc
brought home has been arrested The man who
offered 10 shoot Gr6vy was captured IN As bed, bat