The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-07-04
FRIARS ARE TO WITHDRAW
This Is the Substance of Taft'S Mis-.
sion to the Vatican.
NOTE WAS DELIVERED TO TIE POPE
Religious Orders Are to Be Excluded
from the Philippines for Sake OF
Harmony.

Rome, July 3.-Judge William II. Taft,
civil governor of the Philippines. today re-
ceived a long cable message from Secretary
Root containing the department final in
structions concerning the note relating to
the disposition Of the friar lands in the is.
lands which was drawn up Tuesday, and
this afternoon Major Porter delivered the
note to Cardinal Rampolla, the papal sec
rctary of state.
Governor Taft was gratiGed on learning
from the same message that the Philippine
civil bill had become law.
Major Porter delivered the note per
sonany to Cardinal Rampolla, who CON
versed cordially with him at some length,
expressing the hope ruat The negotiations
would be concluded in zine to allow Judge
TAFT to leave Rome July s. The pope read
the original note which was mmedlateIy
manltolded for the beneht OF the commit
tee Of cardinals having chal &c OF the ma 10
ter. The note covers fourteen typcwrltItn
pages.
1t begins with acknowledging the vatl
cans note Of June Il and says he Judge
Taft is pleased that the vatican approves
of the sending to Rome OF a representative
of the president with the object OF arlIv-
ing at satisfactory agreement on the
questions in dispute and 10 see that the
general views OF the vatican are in har
mony with the views or Secretary Root al
though on one of the important questions
namely. that OF the Seig GUS orders there
appears to be difference regarding meth
DDS to be adopted In order to remove the
admitted difficulty.
Answering the vatican's note proposing
to have tue new apostolic delegate at Ma.
Mia settle the question of the s,ligious
orders, Judge Taft remarks: Thus would
he lost the advantages expected from Il
direct contract clearly determining the
p iucipdl lines upon which cooperation be
tween The State and church may be as.
~ ed
PROPOSITION TO THE VATICAN
The note proposes; The purchase of tie
land 81 The d minicans and AuguStiuians
at price TO be determined upon by five
arbiTators, two TO be chosen 10y the United
states no ny the vatican aud one by
Heujrol-say he British governor OF India.
The arbitrators % meet in Manila 70
later than January /, 1903, TO examine Wit
reSsts and visit the land
The judgment + the majority TO he lc-
The price TO be plid III Mex can dollars,
On tulIu lmmDdiHteG, third In min.
months and third in eighteen months,
win interest at Az yer cont
'Paymen o. made 10 person chosen
by tie vatican.
The former Spanish crown lands now in
possessil OF tAt Amer can government on
which there are eCclesiastiC buildings 20 be
handed 10 ecclesiastical aicial appont-
cd by the vatican
me ordinary courts to decide concerning
the land retained by the church but claim
ed by the municipalities.
~ is hoped that when the apostolic
delegate competent 10 represent TIE mol,
see Is sent 10 the Philippines he will de-.
eide which property used for charitable or
educational institutions belongs 10 the
church and which 10 the state
Ceases Of disagreement shall be suhmtt
ted Ia the arbitration Of the same arbitra.