Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-09
Clergy is Taking a Violent Part in
Active Politics.
REPUBLIC Is IN DANGER.
Conservative Pear serious Trouble
Ahead BASIS Tor the un-
cssiness.

aNAA''HHH NANNNH N'N n NANNN| NNNNfNN VII WI y
outcsct OF the Drcytus agitation may be-
followed by far-rcachIng consequences.
Not since tho clerical oucr1ichmentF
which led 10 the coup d',tlt OF May o.
1870 have che French CLERGY taken such
violent part in active politics.
81 Jonuari, che influential deputy
from the Pas Du Calais. q moderate
convcrHatlvc republican and % liberal
Catholic, who occupied the portfolio OF
minister N public works 900 the caHlmir-
Pcricr ministry ln 1898. has written "a
remarkable letter 60 ~ Corucly. ln
which De points out that tho Druyua
affair has been utilized by the clotlcuIs
ana monnrohlsts solely as q prctrxt Tor
making % desperate onslaught upon che
republic. ana upon ull llbohl iuHutu-
lions hnd Ideas. ~. JuunHrtH Views are
endorsed by the Figaro. the Temps. the
Mutln. the Steele. the Auforo ana by
all the newspapers that had the cour-
age or honesty 10 cspuuse the cause of
truth end Justice clear headed. consor-
N1tivc Catholics like NJ iioburd. the
editor of the Temps. ~ Rodnya editor
~ Figaro. ". Cufncly and a. Ionnnrt.
go NOT hesitate Co .. 'nTn that the uusu
hostility OF the French clergy townrd
the republic iH such that thry fear NOT
only that thDrH Will be nutl-clpflcni rye
pfiailH but that when these reprisniH
once boEln. they Will become so vlndic-
tive thnt mo- one can Huy where they viii
end
The radical and socialist press ai.
ready doiunnlH the expulsion uf IOHultH
ana nll the religious congregation The
clCricaia utterly iruure the rncyciiehl
which Loo XIII To-.
the French bishops. cnlolnlng them ln
mid academic language Co use their
influence tn restrain the partisan zeal
OF the lower clergy, The putyrllrM d.
very dincwnt from the forclblo one ar
February 49, 1899 in which tho popg
~ clearly Indicated tn French Cnthn-
Hes that 10 was their bounded duty 20
accept the rtIahlic us the firmly eHtnb-
lluhcd form ~ government. Both OF
those pupnl ndmunitIous are unhoeded
ana the clerical organs. moro violent
Than ever, declare that no order b. b. IA
anti. DreyfuHard"
During the last ave years the religious
congregations which were dlapprssd
In 1850 have rc-oatHblished Themselves.
and, udroltly Fronting by their former
experience. have more than regninad
their former power. This o. especially
su with the JcHuits and the assumption.
iHiH " Paris. II u the nasumptlunlHta
who have their headquarters IN the tue
Francois Premier ahd who begun the
nrat propaganda against Druyius I'm.
der the icadurHhiu uf Fathers Picard
and Badly who threw thcmsclves into
the movement with an impaHsioned gon.
Nictlon worthy uf Peter the Hermit. the
aHsumpiionist nuwHpaper the Cr0ix.
was converted Into an effective instru-
mont 10 attain their ends.
The CrolN was founded 90 Year, nru.
ANNMWmwh rNFaHIN s.fH -
u has an enormous influence with
French Catholics. The subscription Hats
opened IN IL columns Tor tho dome Tor
the Church Heart at the Montmaftrv
speedily reached u sum VI nearly 500.
900. It's Paris edition o. said 10 have q
sixty subsidiary Croix throughout the
country districts There o. CrnIx de
l,cnuca the CrulN D'AuNerruc the
CrolN de Bordeaux, and there arr CrulK
IN every department and Important
town ~ France. An the CroiN have the
same general appearance, tu the lrft
hand upper corner there u u large nr-
urr u tho CruCinNiOn with tho motto
"AdNcnlnt Regnum Tuum"
There ~ n prominent RuhnC entitled
IL Courier Mllitnlrc." M which purely
military topics are treated and iu which
answers are given 90 all sorts Of queries
from soldiers relating tn their comfort
and welfare Ia barracks or elsewhere.
la CroiN has a large circulation IN the
army. ana Il " distributed 90 soldiers
grntuitously The price ~ the paper.
which usually consists ~ eight pages.
II one cent. Il WIS IN the CrolN that tho
subscription was started 20 cnmmpmur.
ate the memory ~ tho late Col Henry
the f0rEer. The Crolx on Sept. " con.
tanned the following editorial ln ref
crence 10 tho Reunrs verdict. Justice
has boon done. prcyfus has been cone
demned. A. Frenchmen we rejoice over
H. As Catholics. We praise God Tor &c."
When Drryfus war pardnnsI tho
CrpiN published the following oNplana-
tiun IN large churuCtDrHi "ThD brrys
fuFurdH were Themselves nHtoulshsd nt
the haste with which President ioubet
signed the pardon. Many NJ them
counted upon another trial. from which
they anticipated an ncuulttaL They
were forced 90 abandon this project I'M
dor IN, threat ~ the production % a
Photograph ~ the original horderouu.
upon which was am annexation IN the
German cmpurrt'n own handwriting, ~
which the following copy Dr. certified ns
AZ possible the documents mentioned,
Sec to 70 TINT that Caunlllr prcyfus
hurr'es up.-Wllholm,'
The CroIX VI Sept. 20 published telc.
grams from Cannes announcing that
nreyfun had passed through the fail-
whore he would pass the winter" A.
n IL n matter N common notorioty that
prryfia rs with hlH family ne Carper.
truH. the only Inference 10 that this false
ncws was published To prejudice tho
public against DrryfuA. whom II usually
refers 10 ~ that traitor"
~ must be- remembered that the
Cr0iN IL the most popular and widely
read religious organ IN France, ~ en-
Joys the highest ecclesiastical patron
age. and has done more than any other
10 poison the public conscience In ro-
gard 10 nreyfuu, na may readily De-
Imagined from the instances already
cited
Death Of rrest Monroe's Grandson.
New York. oct. 9-Jnmcs Monroe
Helakoll. great-grandson Of President
James Monroe. iH dead at his home IN
this city, aged % years. lle was pa.
tive uf Virginia. and when the civil
war broke out, be was a cadet NJ West
Point Ilo left the academy, returned
20 Virginia, was commissioned lleu-
tenant IA the Thirty-sevcnth Virginia
cavalry, and was promoted 10 be chp-
tain. lie resigned In order TO i1ln Gem
crnl Mosby'H famous regiment as O.
private. Ho was captured by The north
crn troops. escaped from prisou, re-
tolued Muahy. was rocnpturod. ana sent