Arizona republican., 1903-05-30

Ilelll Ol lile llDeTdl party tldISe IL WILL. being the organ of the clericals as we'll. Hence we did not expect to find that paper objecting to the coming of the French monks. But it says:
 "A few days ago the cable announced that a group of French monks, recently banished from France. had passed through New York en route for Mexico, their object being to take up the oc- equation of teaching. Apart from the curiosity which Is caused by news of this kind, there are many other reasons why we should ask, Why do these re- ligious refugees from France come to Mexico? Do they come to Mexico to continue here the monastic work that is prohibited in Farce? If this is sO We believe that they have mistaken en- tirely the road. since for many years the establishment of mcnastic orders has been prohibited in this country And in case our new guests attemp; to violate the law. they will be sub Jected to punishment and their organ lzations will be dissolved. It is only under cover from the law, clandestine- ly. exposing themselves to be de- nounCed each moment. living below the perpetual threat of peEal action, that they will be able to remain in Mexico and continue their II nonastic practices. It is rot credible that they come to do this, since they could do the same in France and have refused.'
 'El Imparcial" insists that the Mexi- can government must discriminate be- tween immigrants who will aid in building up the country and imm!- grants who are not needed.
 That We need immigration is very true it adds. But the immigration that We need is that of men of enter prise, laborers who contribute to the grand work of our progress; men who plant colonies, who cultivate our soil, who develop our mines, who contribute to the unfoldment of our resources. More than that, We need men of enter prise and good character who bring, in addition 10 their intelligence and per so2al activity that other indispensable element-capitai; the clement which we ourselves lack SO much, in order to carry to head enterprises of profit to the country. But certainly these cleri- cal refugees from France are not of this class. They do not come here with an idea of abandoning their habits and taking up work Of practical benefit They do not bring railroad enterprises, nor mining nor agricultural projects. But they come to augment with their number, which is considerable, the all ready large burden Of priestly con- sumers, for the service of religion weighs heavily upon the people"
 Our Mexican contemporary then points out that the Frenchnen are not needed in the religious education of the country, since there is a sufficient number of Mexican priests, and in ad- dition to them many from Spain. Moreover, it asserts, the native Mexi- can, the peon, is not an attractive sub ject for missionary work
 The Mexican and Spanish priests have scarcely been able in three cen turies and a half. ;" it says, ito bring into the church a small part of the Indian population which needs to be Christian ized. Indeed, it is very easy to con vince oneself of the insuperab able diff culties in the way of the religious edl- cators who would advarce the propa- ganda of the true faith among a popu-
 
 teachers, whose natural intelligence is low, and which heredity has conserved as a crust through which it is almost impossible to break, and whose past is oTe of idolatry The other portion of our population, the intelligent class. is already Catholic. and it is clear that it does not need religious instructors
 Tn Mexico the law governs. and the 1~r fe I
 munities. It is certain that the immi- grants, whose arrival the cable an nounced, owe their expulsion from France precisely to the fact that they did not wish to submit themselves to the law, and to the fact that they made resistance to the mandates of the authorities. and even persuaded the people to revolt But this is merely a circumstance which the Mexican gov ernment will remember as an incentive to close watch of the recent arrivals"
 One can imagine that this last para graph was dictated by the diplomatic but Grim Diaz himself as a warning to the French "frailcs."
 The "Imparcial" article from which We have translated at such length is important in iorshadowing possible trouble in Mexico between the govern ment and the immigrant monks similar to the disturbances which caused SO much excitement throughout France, in the event that large numbers of them take up their residence in the southern republic.
 The officially inspired "Imparciar' closes with an admonition to the French refugees that they must not cX- pcct the Mexican clergy 10 meet them with open arms:
 Perhaps these religious crders come with the illusion that they will en- counter here an excellent welcome from the Mexican clericals, but in this also they are mistaken. The proba-