Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-06
Says Philippine Religious Question
viii be Satisfactorily Settled
FATHER PAYA'S OPINION.
Dominican Provincial Expresses
Doubt as 10 Elimination of SPAN
iish Brotl o. -Four orders


the papal secretary Of state, gave
farewell audience today 20 Father San
tiago Paya, provincial Of the Dominl-
cans in the Philippine islands, who viii
leave on the 9TH instant for Manila.
Father Paya win 20 BY way of Spain
and the United States, and expects to
arrive in Manila by the end of Sep
TENDER.
Cardinal Rampolla In his conversa-
lion with Father Paya, limited himself
to the statement that religious ques-
ions in the archipelago would be set
lied satisfactorily TO al concerned.
Father Paya in private conversation
expressed doubt as to the entire ellmin-
alton OF the Spanish frars Of the four
orders under discussion. though their
total number In the Philippines has
been reduced to 300 The Augustinians
are the most numerous and according
10 Father Paya do not wish TO leave
he United States.
Continuing, the Dominican provincial
said that the members Of his own order
I
Guced to the number absolutely neces-
sary TO carry on the schools In their
charge and that they had no desire to
'ctun TO parishes which they had
never occupied In large numbers. 1t
would be difficult 10 replace them In the
schools, he said as special know
edge Of local dialects Is required In
order to teach the natives,
CATHOLICS DISCUSS PHILIPPINES.
Chicago Aug. 5.--The American AS
ISOLATION of Catholic Societies met this
afternoon and evening at the Y. nj. G.
A. hall.
1t was evident from the tenor Of
the few remar,:s made IN the after
noon that the convention would not
heed the manifesto of Archbishop Ire
land warning them against discus
sion OF the administrators methods
in the Philippines. At the evening
meet Bishop McFaul OF Trenton, n.
j., was the principal speaker and d.
rectCd his attention 10 the treatment
Of friars and the schools IN the Philip
pines The bishop said. in part:
THE calm, intelligent observer must
admit that some Of the statements
made In the public press regarding the
situation In the Philippines were either
incorrect or exaggerated,
There was, nevertheless, substn-
tial foundation Of truth In most Of the
reports. which amply justified the
structures made upon those account
able for the abuse Of power,
mo one is foolish enough to admit
That IN affairs ofso important a nature
mere denials are conclusive. partIcular-
~ when made by interested parties
We had already been warned to be on
our guard by previous contradictions Of
reports which were aftcrward proved
true and found worse than at first sus-
rected. When the news arrived that
he Catholic churches In the Philip
1nes were destroyed and looted, Of
hccrs of high rank In the army at
tempted to refute the charges yet the
destruction and looting of those sacred
cdifces are now so certain that claims
for damages TO ecclesiastical property
will be accepted by the government.
Reports, too, OF the frlghtful spread
OF drunkenness and immortality, after
the occupation Of Manila by the Amer
leans, were vigorously assaied. Is
there now anyone who has the auda-
city TO question their truth? Since
then we have all heard Of the water
cure" and the murderOus order issued
by an American general. The perpetra-
ton Of these outrages was not known
for a time; they were. however, so flag
rant that II was impossible to keep
them from the knowledge Of the pub
lie. The introduction OF the
public school system was just cause for
alarm"
Bishop McFaul charged that in Sc
Letting school teachers for the Philip.
pines discrimination had been prac-
tlced against the Catholics, because OF
total Of 967 teachers who, he said,
had been sent to the Islands but is or
10 were Catholics
"The impression has gomez abroad
the bishop said, that America Is fur
nishing educational facilities 10 the
Filipnos for the first time, and that
the people were I'm state Of dense ig-
norance. This Is another calumny,
During centuries the frlars dwelt with
the tribes Of the Fillpinos, and 1t is
To them that they are indebted foi
whatever they possess of education and
religion, They are chaste and pure
people, unaware Of many of the vices
Of civilization until American soldiers
occupied their SOIL
RYAN AND THE FR1ARs.
Philadelphia, Aug. 5.-Archbishop
Ryan who returned today from his
visit to President Roosevelt at oyster
Bay, stated that he was misquoted Ia
regard to his attitude on the question
OF the retention o. the friars In the
Philippines. He said:
MY position In regard to the frlars
In the Philippines R not that they
should be expelled. which we have no
right 20 do. but they should be left to
the pope and their generals TO be ex-
changed for members Of their orders
Of other nationalities. especially Ameri-
cans. when this can be affected. ] be.
lieve that the opposition Of some Of the
FillplnOs arises from the fact that
Some Of the friars are Spanards,"
Presidents New England Trip.
Boston. Aug. 6.-The secretary 20 the
y,rasfdapt Mr. COrfelyou has felp-