The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-03


gregatiohs in France. and that it was, in
fact, pledged 20 authorize those that
would merely obey the new law and take
the necessaryAsteps to regulate their Pc
ton to say as so many journals have
done that NJ Copnbes was returned to
power with a large ma jorfty, ON purpose
e aG as ts e T sgSe e re gft the s
thorizatioI1S asked by them he was merely
carrying out the mandate he had re-
ceived from the country This issue was vas
never before the eleetotafeesfat all;
dafag see R II the aeSes ST ise1 as
correct. there Were some. 1920 religious
to be dealt with in the category OF HON.
authorized congregations; and M. Cemhes
is said TO have received applications for
authorization for 12, 500 houses. But mat
ters have not stopped here
Religious Life Doomed
Religious life IN France is now doomed
bids the religious to, exercise the prfefes-
sion of teaching, for which previously
they had been authoFizedy Inc govern
ment does not consider previous author
than an "a approval accorded for a period;
authorized a. i1hs says NJ co.hbs5, It can ct
s s{sPe f. 61ta e 5isR thinks proper De
members Of the authoTizcd bodies. mum
bes9E sSme dd SSe4s 5sge et Of e
scribed, and this means that their prop
erty will be seised By tho state and that
they viii be cast out into the world, ~
taught by the, Christian brothers,
1.G54 schools for girls taught by religious
women, and nearly 500 ,orphanages where
the waits and stra%s of the country ~ e,.e
faithful and tended by the devoted care
of the sisters. are TO be closed. and the
remaining institutions. ia number hardy
less than 2 ,e0G, are doomed to extinction
at the wifi Of the government
Nor we may be sure, will this De the
last act in the tragedy now being enact
it has been made clear, even to these who
might have had any doubt previously
about NJ. con,tes' object, that the sup
pressiel of the religious orders is merely
the Catholic church. The two circulars
addressed To the bishops of France in
April, 1898, directing them what preach
eTs they we're to employ: IN their puipiIs,
and ordering them to close all churches
and places of pilgrimage, which were not
strictly parocfifal. are in themselves plain
Indications of the length that NJ. Conlbe5
TIE asufest universal, refusaIs OF the
ffshops TO obey these mandates Is how
ever. 9'preof fhat they understand the
situation Ia the same way, ana are readg
to suffer any: pains and penalties rather
than be uufaithfui to the duties OF their
sacred charge ri -
Would stop Religious Teaching
What possible explanation. too, can De
given of NJ CoFnbes' prohibition to the
priests OF Brittany and TO those of the
Basque provinces to give reigiou s,s, n
IN their native language. or 10 preacA,
save in the French tongue. except that ne
desired TO put stop to religious seash-
ing of ali kinds, seeing that nIlitHtides
Of the parents and children in these dis
tfiets understand only ffie Breton OF tEe
Basque languages.
M. CornIes is carried along On the feed
he has LET loose. There were indica lions
that even he. like the real originator Oh
the mischief. NJ. Waideck- Rousseau.
would have wished TO pause IN his career
of destruction and, temporarily al least.
to chose tie~n the food gates Tie very
fiaazsciri. zeoHaf t5aE of the. country sholiia
be sufficient TO make him, as q politician,
fnr already TO face large annual deficits
Ia the revenue OF the country. 1t Is hard
to understand how any statesman can
necessitateti by the suppression Of schools.
hospitals and .asyilsns which tile religious
had supported II was, Of course. i'm
possible that matters could rest where
the dissolution OF the fet3SfGoS colSfcSts-
lions had left Il.
LIerg before the late incidents which
led to the withdrawal OF. the French am
f,assader from the Vatican the abolition
OF the concorla1 was. already being dis.
e.,ssed la, Paris as measure OF l,ractica!
politics and as an item In the programme
of the government ~ decent prctcxt,
which. / believe, is the pE,rase used on
s.,eh occasions, was ali that WIS needed
TO precfritate the conflict. This: was
found, Hrst In che protest made By Plus
&. AGAINST the visit of NJ Leuiset TO Rome.
which was seized upon hy the irrei;aio,ss
section in Houie IS q fitting opportunity
to insult the pope ~ bis own city. ard
nov. the other day, br the pepa's action
I'm calling to Rome tua bisa-o5s 70 as.'wrl'