Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-05-26
American Priests Will Take
Place of the Friars In the
Philippines
PRIESTS INCOMPETENT
They Are Unable to Meet the Present
Situation in the Islands SUCCESSFULLY
Loyal Catholics Coming to Take the
Same View of the Matter-General
News.

Cincinnati, Ohio, May 2s.-That the
friar question in the Philippines VIII
De settled by the substitution of Ameri-
can priests by the desire of the Pope is
shown in the report of Mgr Guidi. the
apostolic delegate to the Philippines,
l copy of which has been received here
at the headquarters of the American
Federation of Catholic societies. Mgr
siuidi in referring to the church prob
lem says:
"On one side there was the schisn
supported by only fourteen priests with
out reputation. but which is spreading
especially in the country districts. This
movement is helped by the dominant
political party trying to persuade the
population to rebellion against Rome
and saying that the expulsion of the
Eriars is Indispensable to indepen-
lence
The Filipino priests. who number
$50 continues Manager Guidi, ARE in
adequate to serve the parishes and mis-
sions. which reach a total of 1851. and
am in favor of the friars remaining
until others have been substituted fol
them. This substitution, however, will
be slow, as the Vatican wishes the new
friars and priests to be Americans.
The American Federation of Catholic
societies has also received a commun
ication from the Centre Catolico de
E'ilipinas. the most representative Cath
Ole body in the Philippine islands
that voices the views of the bishop
as we'll as the several millions of loyal
Roman Catholics in the islands. Ii
was forwarded to the American Fed
Grafton OF Catholic societies on the re-
quest OF n special extraordinary con-
vention held by the Centre Catolico
and is a reply to the resolutions OF
sympathy extended the friars at the
late Chicago convention.
The document consists of series
Of resolutions, the most important OF
which are as follows:
THAT the American Federation OF
Catholic Societies be requested to use
lin our behalf it's efficacious influence
Mat, for the time TO come, the complete
reparauon of church and state, as pro-
yfded BY the constitution of your coun-
try and practiced therein, may be made
effective here. this avoiding the COM
non occurrences of the insular provin-
cial or municipal authorities interfering
in matters which are of the particular
incumbency of the church.
That the Catolico de F'ilipinas be
seech the American federation that it
aid us with its etiicacious co-opera-
ton in our labors on behalf of our
Catholic school, to the end that the
official school system may not
be an oppressor OF our Catholic
school system and of the legitimate
rights which the law and justice have
conceded us.
THAT we beg especially of the Amer
lean federation that 1t labor according
10 its discretion and zeal to the end
that the existing worthy religious cor
porations, more especially those of the
Augustinians, the Franciscans. the Do
minicans, and Recollects, shall con-
tinue exercising in the Philippines the
sacred ministry of preaching. teaching
and the administering of the holy sac
raments, as they have done UP TO the
present with such spiritual and tenn
poral benefits to u.s.