Evening journal., 1902-07-12
VATICAN BLOCKS
PLANS OF ROOT
President Worried Over Re-
iuSaI to Recall FriarS
Nays He Is Supported by Thinking
Catholics ia FiS Effort TO Dis
pOSSeSS Them


Oyster Bay. l.. J.. July i2-Afler
vigorous ride with his children ye9ter
day President Roosevelt with Sc,~s
tary Cortelyou. gave his attention C.
the Popes reply TO Governor Tllts
proposition regarding The friars in the
Philippines. Tho question is g.vie,
the president no little concern and IL
is said ne feels grea, dlsapp In "a At
at the stand made hy the Vatican
The Popes reply TO Judge Ta';t
recommendations said the Natca-
could not accept the proposition tO re
call the friars within the fxod pcriol
such recall not being justified by rot
sons of force majeure fhe not says
such recall would be contrary TO tAe
rights guaranteed by the treaty OF
Paris and would put the Holy See 10
conflict with Spain. lt then says. "h
the United States cannot order The
withdrawal OF the friars. how cen the
Pope do so, especially when Il has
been proved that all the arculaions
made against them were partly false
partly exaggerated and partly mex.
act "
The Vatican. however. promise,
that IL will try TO introduce into tho
Philippines clergy Of other naUionel
ity. especially Americans. gradually az
they are found ready or are adapted
to the purpose. The note agrees that
the friars shall not return to the par
ishes they left, whore their presence
could provoke trouble The note ends
by saying that the Pope is willing that
the school question ia the Philippine.
be not insisted upon now, but that liis
Holiness hopes his representative liz
Manila may have an undorstandin.
with Judge Taft on this point. which
is OF capital Importance In countr,
almost exclusively Catholic,
The Pope's reply was cabled by Gen
eral TAFT 70 the war department ant
transmitted to the president yester
day lt is announced that until th,
negotiations have been brought TO al
issue successful or otherwise, no for
NAL statement by the administration
viii be made.
y am supported by a large number
of thinking Catholics in this country
in my desire TO see the friars dispos
sessed. said the president to a FRIEND
several days ago. "The friars of tn,
Philippines are altogether different
from the priests NE know in this coun
try our priests are intelligent edu
Gated. moral. Christian gentlemen: th,
friars are ignorant, brutal and i'm
moral
AS the friars are gathered almost
altogether in Manila and are a heavy
charge on the converts and members
OF the Catholic church outside the or
der. who are maintaining them. IL is
expected that they will hasten the so
luton of the problem by themselye.
voluntarily seeking fields of labor out
side of the archipelago. for it is moi
held to be within the power of IN,
United States government to ro-es
tablish them in their parishes against
the desires OF the native Catholics.
Can BE Settled Immediately.
Rome, July 12-It Is understoo,
that the question of the withdrawal O.
the friars from the Philippine Islands
could be settled Immediately If Wash
ington would accept the oral assur
ance of the Vatican that they will bl
Withdrawn gradually It is believe,
here that only President Roosevelt car
decide whether such a promise shal
be accepted.