The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-03-25
Chamber of Deputies Takes Deci-
sive Action on PassiOnists and
Others All Together.
PREMIER'S SPEECH is BRIEF.
He Declares That to Permit Monks
to Remain Would Be Reaction
airy and a Menace to the
Republics Welfare.

Paris, March 2.-The Chamber OF Depu-
ties. by a vote of 3N to 246. tonight, re-
jected all the applications for AUTHORIZE
ton made by the religious preaching orders
The entire session to-day was devoted to
q discussion Of the Governments bill which
opposes the application Of the preaching or
ders for authorization. and the Chamber
by its vote. declined to consider the appli-
cations separately for authorization to re-
! main in France. but rejected them all by a
single vote.
Among these orders who ere thus expelled
from France Is the English Passionist Or
der. which conducts a church in the Avenue
Hoche for English and American Catholics,
and in whose behalf British Ambassador
Monson and United States Ambassador Por-
ter recently interested themselves.
NJ. Plichon (member of the Catholic party
which rallied to the Republic) opened the
debate with an eloquent appeal in favor Of
the preaching orders. arguing that these Or
ders. especially the Capuchins, had been tho
pioneers Of civilization in all parts Of the
world. and had contributed In spreading
French influence throughout the East.
| where they had made France beloved, Gre
ated French schools and aided in the de-
SeiOpiutul VI
III they are suppressed" the speaker
said. they will be replaced by foreigners.
In Japan. the Marinists are the official pro-
fessors at the university. and thus aid in
developing French influence in that country.
ROLE IN THE EAST.
1.-THE role Of the French religious orders
in the East is so important that French
Ambassador Constans considered it his
=, %-;t1, ~
of the French congregations in Constan-
tnopie. The Jesuits' medical school at
Beireut is prosperous institution, widely
extending French influence in Turkey.
AT the time OF the Armenian massacres
the Franciscans' superior was killed and
| the missionaries behaved admirably and
saved numerous Christians.
Does the majority wish to destroy our
| missions in the East, which Germany ar
IDENTIFY covets?
"Ic our Jesuit missions in Madagascar and
Tunis disappear they viii be replaced by
Engl;sh1nen. Our missionaries teach the
| natives to love France to such point that
| it may be said that every man in the East
| has two countries, first his own and then
| France"
NJ. Rabier, the reporter Of the bill. ex-
planned the consideration which decided the
refusal of authorizations to the preaching
orders.
THE orders' only aim" declared NJ Ra-
| bier. ''is to accomplish political end and
| make the lay society subservient to their
designs, and they must not be allowed to
continue the fatal work"
After Able Gayraud, Catholic Republican.
had further argued the cause of the orders,
Premier Combes briefly summed up the
Governments case.
PREMIER'S APPEAL
He urged that there Is no place in modern
society for the religious CONGREGATIONS He
added:
THE country has a regular clergy to
whom the Concordat reserves the work of
preaching and the exercise of public wor.
ship.
THE tendency Of the religious orders Is
to substitute themselves for the regular
clergy. 1t Is not peace, but war that the
preaching monk brings in the folds Of his
gown.
Monks have conducted a campaign
against the conduests Of the Republic and
egainst all republican progress. Their aim
seems to be to stimulate hatred of repub-
lican laws and to make appeals for reac-
tionary revolts.
We have right" concluded the Pre-
mier. ito refuse legal existence to those con-
gregations who only attack our institutions,
THE hour Is a decisive one. II you do
not follow the Government in the work we
have undertaken you will be turning back
twenty years. and that would be a mistake
which I am convinced the Republicans in
this chamber will not commit"
N. Combes was much applauded through
out his speech and received a great ovation
from his supporters as he left the tribune.
The vote on the bill was then taken.