The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-11
Premier Combes Announces He
Will Propose Ii After Other
Issues Are Settled.
RUNS RISK IN DECLARATION.
Opponents of His Favoritc Meas
ures May COalesce and May
Even Force ReOrganiza-
fion of the Cabinet.
BY J. CoRNELy.

PUBLIC AND THE NEW YORK HERALD.
Paris. Sept. Io.-tCOpyrisht. i-4,-The
great question o: the day. III. separation.
y church and state. and the consequence
OF such a separation. has progressed In
the last week by n step which Is PERHAPS
a decisive one.
At Amsrre on Sunday the Pres.ien; OF
the Council. who acted as chairman At a
banquet Of a political nature Of a..c COW
ers. devoted the greater part OF hts speech
Of an hour and half la this question. the
frst quarter being consecrated to q poleu:-
&c. h.s answer TO the enemies OF the Cabi-
net. and TO some comment upon tnc sue
cess OF the Government la the department
and municipal elections.
". Combes declared that. a. between the
papscy and TIA. Republic there was no
incompatio!lity In sentiment. but decided
Incompstib!.ity Ia principle. proceed ng 10
announce that toward the middle OF the
coming year he should present in Pariia-
.nent a proposal for the separation u
church and state. after the vote upon the
FAX on the revenue anu tina; upon the
~O.kInsn-rs o.g-axe p.as.OD-
These three projects constitute d !esis-
lat-ye programme sufficient N scope for
.ny one ministry. Its most pieiOMInlnt
fault lies IN the fact that the a1ye. E.G..-s
y: the question o: separation VIII ceTs.l.n-
~ coai.sce with those Of the other &c
ments OF the scheme. forming an oppose
u"n strons enough TO compass the la'l Of
VI. CoIno-s. who thus oilers Three vs..!e.-
able points for the assaults o; ms eEem. 6
IN place Of one
POPE SEEMS WILLING.
But incidents. meanwhile. have occurred
at Rome which seem to indicate that the
Pope himself desires that the end should
come soon
The word has not forgotten that the
B!-nop -; DIXON and the Bishop oi Lava
We're summoned to present themselves Al
the Vatican before the Trib.naI OF the
hoiy once. and that, after refusing 70
obey the command of the head % the
caurch. one after ths other they did, IL
fact. 20 TO Rome.
The b shop OF Laval. who was accused
OF immo.a. conduct. resting upon the re-
i,-oach OF having married. gave mis- resig-
nation TO the Pope soon thereafter the
telegraph informed US that the p.oceei-
inse before the holy ONCE were Cancelled
Anu tnat The DlsnOp OI I-Iyai wvs.c tie
named a Bishop in pAT;ibus.' " IN none
tary provision from the Vatican 10 com
pensate the nominee for that OF which
the French Government had deprived him.
As for the Bishop OF DiJoa. VINO was
more prompt in 0eciding TO go to Rome
Than his brother pre!ate. and who VAS
charged with holding false doctrinc--witn
being. indeed. q Freemason-he COON de-
termlned to initiate his colleague IN hand
ing his resignation to the Pontif-
In his case also the telegraph gives Us
to understand that the Holy Once has an
nul!ed the process formulated against him,
and that the Bishop OF DijOn. like the
Bishop o: Laval. will become Btshop
In partibus." with papal provision for
The point upon which We are not in
formed Is that Involved In the problem:
How is II that these two prelatos. who
appear to have avowed their faults. as
charged. by their resErat!ons. should
seem TO the Pope unworthy to be longer
by the holy father As worthy TO be
Bishops in partibus"?
The telegraph also omits 20 relate how
IL is that !, was known In advance that
the holy once would condemn these two
ecclestiastics- However. let !: be said
that the holy Office IL not French coun-
ell OF war.
SEPARATION REALIZED.
In conclusion. and IN fact. # Is mani
fest that in this incident is realized at
once the separation OF church and state
In two dioceses. Al Laval and at DIXON
the Pope viii appoint apostolic sdminlsira-
uOns. the government will refuse TO recos
nize them and in these districts IN. s-pa-
ration Of church and state will b COM
;.lete.
here must b added to the story Of this
religious conflict the relation OF the inter-
view with II. Chaumle. which has b. en-
published IN the M.tin. The EDITOR Of this
age. and from the.r conversation II ap-
pears that the Council OF Minis,ers was
divided. that N. Kouvier was opposed to
the tax UPON the revenue. that Nj Chau-
mic himself was antsEonistic 10 the ssp-
aration OF church and state and that VI.
D-lcasse, on his side. was determined that
the protectorate Of the Oriental Christians
should no; be abandoned. q pr.pOsai which
". Combes seemed greatly to favor. To
add still greater gravity TO the situation.
II. Chaumie Gays. apparently that the
three ministers have on their side 81. Lou
bet. President OF the Republic.
This interview has been widely and
eagerly discussed; II has aroused anger
In the breast OF ". Combes and on Thurs
day his colleague. the Minister of Public
Instruction gave emphatic denial 10 the
whole. stamping the report Of the CONVEX
cation as ineIact and fantastic. Il Is
probable. however. that quite an the fash
Ion rs thus outlined. the comedy will end
I shall be greatly astonished. indeed. II
before the discussion OF the separation
can be reached the ministry In not dis
rupted and reconstructed entirely by ".
RoIvier. with the ministerial minority Of
to-day In the new Cabinet. Its life. how
ever. will not be Of great length. for the
majority which will sustain Il will be OF
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