The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-01-30
cHURCH PEOPLE FUss.
omcial Recognition Denied Queens
Burial Services at Ottawa, Ont

New York. Jan. s8-A special to the
Herald from Ottawa Ontario. says
The services t0 be held in the Church
Of ENGLAND cathedral Saturday In MEM
orV ~ Queen Victoria are not to be dig
mined hr state recognition This fact
viii NOT detfact from the iu1pressit We
ness of Tine service, TING imposing crar-
aetHr cE the civil and military pageant
or the sincerity Of popular mourning
h1ft that on the eve Of such an occasion
the government shoGId decide TO With
draw official reecgnltIon o1 cersIllolils 81
Intended to mark the nations loss o1
the dead queen is nevertheless regarded
a surprising
The facts Of the difference between
the governor and his advisers. which
has led to- this result. cannot be learned
from official sources. but the trouble ap-
pears to have been caused by q ueterKril-
nation on the part Of the government
lest fl be construed as acknowledged
a state church in Canada
The idea Of a memorial service In the
cathedral originated with Bishop Ham
uron who brought the matter to the
attention OF the governor general and
members of the government Lord
Mimic cabled to England and aseer-
tanned the nature or the slate ceremonial
General O'Grady Haley he drew up
programme for the Observance The
Episcopal prinate Of Canada. Arcn-
bishop McLeary, was asker 70 conuue1
THE service lie IAA41A1A- AGAAA%A@AA
duly ordered lit was to be state
ceremony and was so described IN the
Official notices
At this point certain members Of the
cabinet raised the objection that to call
the ceremony a Estate" affair would De
to recognize the Church Of ENGLAND as
the state church in Canada 4hey ue-
clarad that as cabinet ministers tnet
would not attend the service IN the ca
thadral and. moreover. they resented the
course Of Lord Mimic in seeming 20 dc
tate 90 his ministers in the matter
There was a stormy discussion IN cOun-
ciI ard. soon. after the cabinet met direc-
tions were sent to military department
TO eliminate from the brigade orders Lor
Saturday parade all mention oh sne
ceremony as a state junction rms
was accordingly done
The argument that to style the ser
vice of Saturday as a state ceremony
would imply recognition by tne govern
ment of the Anglican church as a state
church in Canada. IS at variance with
the precedent set by government OF
Sir Mackenzie Bowel in 1884
A solemn requiem mass LOT the re-
pose OF the soul OF Sir John Thompson,
said in the basilfca by the Roman Cath
Ole archbishop Of Ottawa, was not only
attended BY Sir Mackenzie, Bowel. the
protestant premier. and every menu e sr
Of his cabinet without distinction OF
creed. but at the instance Of the govern
ment parliament voted $500 10 pay LOT
the mourning decorations with Wnlcn
the cathedral was decorated
This was certainly not regarded by
Sir Mackenzie Bowel. a past sovereign
grand master of the orange order as q
recognition of the Roman Catholic
church as the state" church of Can
The action Of the government whether
due to Difference TO the religious Scruples
Of some members or resentment at Lord
matter is likely to rouse much political
and religious feeling