The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1904-12-31

from them. More than two million.
have been placed to the credit of til,
Augustinians in the Bank of England
! Settlements have also been made will
the Recolletos. This money also has
been taken out Of the islands. Mgr
GulGi was also at the time ot his
death making an effort to secure a
portion OF these moneys for the aid
Of the churches in the Philippines
The government and the Dominicans
have not come to a settlement in refer.
ence to lands held by that order. While
| there is an agreement that the lands
shall be turned over at Il certain price
the titles to these lands have been
complicated by the frars turning their
titles over to an agent in exchange for
stocks in the company hereinbefore
named. 1t will be one of the duties
of the new papal legate to straighten
this matter out. No doubt the church
in the Philippines sorely needs Il por-
ton Of the money which is being taken
away by the friars and no doubt it is
one of Mgr. Agius' tasks to endeavor
to secure Il portion of that money. 1t
is not probable that the Vatican would
undertake by legal means to secure it
although it is probable that in such an
effort the Vatican would be success
full, for in Spain where the heads of
these orders live canon law is Il part
of the civil law, and it is probable
that the courts of that country would
recognize the title Of the Pope to all
the property Of all the religious orders
as we'll as any other branch of the
church.
William L. Curtiss, writing in the
Chicago Record-Herald says that "The
government and the courts of the
United States also recognize the title
of the Pope to all ecclesiastical proper
ty, even if it belong to religious
orders. This was recently done in
what is known as the "Pius Fund"
collected from Mexico as indemnity
for property in California for
merly belonging to the Jesuits.
While that state was still Il
part Of Mexico and Mexico part of
Spain the Jesuits were suppressed and
large estates belonging to them were
confiscated by the authorities. After
California became Il part of the United
States the Pope of Rome, through the
archbishop Of California, applied to the
government of the United States for
its good offices in recovering the value
Of the property. The claim was recog-
nized by the Department of State,
Mexico consented to an arbitration,
which decided in favor of the claimant,
and Mexico paid an indemnity which
was delivered to the Pope through the
archbishop of California, although the
property in question belonged to the
Jesuits.'
Another difficult task for the new
papal legate will be to deal with the
AglipAysclliSm. The followers of Az
lipey after the Instruction, seized
upon Il large number of the churches
and the church property in the islands.
This they now refuse to give up. They
claim that all the churches belong to
the people of the parishes while the
church authorities claim that they be
long to the church. The United States
authorities have refused to decide be
tween them. 1t is believed that Mgr
Agius and Secretary Taft have agree,
that the question should be submitte.
to the supreme court of the Philippine
for decision. Here Aglipey will havt
his chance to plead his cause