The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-04-27
FRENCH ORDERS TO CONF HERR
On. zAHM TALKS o. BRxN0ING
IN 100 PRIESTS AND NUNS.

Inoy Are OuU row 81 Ne many Wneo tno
Preach Govemment Has Expslled
From the Ceuntry-Mere 70 &c t. the
Phinppines-seme Deeply Learned.
The Rev. DR.. John A. zahm. provincial
OF the Order Of Holy Cross. one of the largest
OF the Roman Catholic teaching orders in
France and the United States, has just
returned from the former country, where
he has been arranging for the transfer Of
his congregation In that country TO different
parts Of the world.
DR.. Zahm described to . SuN reporter
yesterday the confusion and dismay Of the
priests and nuns who have been expelled.
he spoke more In regret and sadnesstha n
In bittsrnsss against the Administration
now ruling In France.
1T would be hard for one not having
witnessed those scenes to imagine the
pitifulnsss Of IT, said DR.. zAhm. there
are Thousands Of aged prissts and nuns
who have spent their whole lives In chari-
table or educational work, and are now
too old to begin Life anew In foreign land,
and yet must now face the world without
that protection which they have known
almost since their childhood.
Tho expulsion b not % hard on the
younger men and women, but to these aged
nuns and priests Il u indeed q terrible trial
To the nuns. accustomed a. they have been
to their cloistered Life for % many years.
to b compelled now to discard their habit
and 90 into the world In the earb Of women
Of the world, entirely dependent upon their
friends and the Church outside Of France
for, Of course. we win provide for them
Y financial a SayEs The saddsss chapter IN
ahall bring 200 priests Of my order
and as many nuns OF the Holy Cross to
the United States. They are. Of course,
all teachers, and I shall not have much
IN ID dpos9s Of them 70 the ~ ri.
country. From our. college at Neuilly
and from that at Paris I shan brings some
Of the most learned men In my order. These
] ahan sand TO our institutions In the States,
mostly In the West and southwest.
provide for nearly 6ity Of our isthsrs.
! may also possibly establish . college in
New York. Some Of my congregation will
60 to our college ct Warrington. and .
number OF them and also the sisters to our
Asked II any Of the priests and nuns
would 20 to the Philippine Islands, DR..
Zahm said: The Philippine Islands now
furnish the richest field Of labor In the
world, ~ VOL a. the hardest, Tor teooner9
and missionaries. Tho great dsarth Of
ministers there now o6ers . homo for
many. I shall arrange for . number OF
my order to proceed there at an early date.
Il have the authority Of the Superior-G Gem
eral Of one Of the expelled orders TO arrange
with the authorities for the establish.
ment of his entire following In the Philip
pines. This order, which Includes eighty
Of the most successful missionaries ofFranos
to-day. and . large number Of teaohers a.
well, win prove great advantage TO the
Church In the islands.
DR.. Zahm says that, although some OF
the personal papers and histories OF the
orders have been preserved and tho ar
chives Of Q large number shipped TO foreign
lands, the enormous libraries Of the differ
emit religious Institutions have been oon-
flscatsd, and In many cases the life work
Of some Of the most learned Of the priests
has been seised. Historic old paintings
and statuary have been taken and the
monasteries. converts and colleges de-
vastated.
There i no po:sib,s xsy e nsAs s.oep.
VIM z + he ssns.Si imprss.icn b Frsros
By The oonAsoatio9 Of tbs great mass q
educational and religtous propsty. Il III
inevitably place the Government deeply In
debt. The employment Of great lawyers
and the fighting Of innrmsrabls Gases against
her will accumulate an appalling debt"
Dr.. Zahmqwn remain here for several
days and win then 60 to Notrs Dame UNI
vsrsity.