The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-06-03
Government is Sustained.

Paris, May 31.-Aftef an exciting de-
bate, in which Premier Cornpes and
Foreign Minister Delcasse set forth the
action and purposes of the government
toward the vatican. the deputies by q
vote of 421 Ia 95. approved the course
of the government in recalling NJ,
N1sard, ambassador to the vatican. and
rejected all proposals of he extreme
element for an Immediate dissolution
of the relations between church and
state.
A resolution proposed by NJ. Fer
the government to negotiate with Pope
Plus for a separation of church ami
state, was defeated, 5o7 to is. A mos
ton by NJ. 4Ailard, socialist. to break
off at once all relations With the vat
lean and to denounce Immediately the
concordat was defeated, ass to 146.
The principal speeches We're those
of Premier Combes and NJ. Delcasse.
The premier asked the chamber to
leave the debate to Its true signih-
canoe. The holy see. he said, in a
document hurtful to France, had dc
nounced to certain European poWeIs
the insult which it alleged the head Of
the French state had inflicted on ii
by returning, in the u~ndisputed capital
of his kingdom, the visit received from
the king of Italy, and by refusing to
admit the claim of the ultra montaines
to prerogatives presented as ~untenable.
Ghe government had answered this
document by Immediately recalling the
ambassador to the vatican.
Ends Fiction of Temporal Power.
"This recall" said Premier Combes,
signifies that we cannot allow the
holy see to interpret The presence of
our ambassador In Rome in a sense
favorable to it's claims or to make use
of this presence to justify p~retensions
which we reject. 1t also means that
we will not allow the papacy to in
terfere in our international relations,
and that we intend to have done once
for all with the superannuated fiction
of temporal power, which disappeared
thirty-four years ago. We will not
withdraw the whole staff accredited to
the vatican, as we are bound by the
concordat to maintain at the vatican
an agent of u government for the car
rying on of business. We cannot sup
press the embassy and the concordat
by our own authority. for that role be-
longs to the chambers.
Some speakers urge us to ~denounce
the concordat without delay. but such
a serious step should be preceded by
measures guaranteeing the republican
state against the political risks which
would be entailed by such a radical
change in its legislation and habits"
/ Done With Temporal Power.
premier ConOeS Went ON TO say tElat
several schemes for ending the concor-
dat were under consideration in COM
mittee and it only remained for the
chamber to have the question brought
up for consideration immediately after
the passage of the budget next Janu-
airy. A deputy shouted, After the hol-
idays," which the premier answered by
saying, Il am as anxious to finish as
you are"
Seeing how the %concordat is daily
observed. or rather violated. by the
church, continued the premier, some
solution is necessary. We can nc longer
remain in this situation without bring
ing it to an issue. When the discus
sion comes up i will state the govern
ment's opinion. but for the moment !
ask the chamber to confine its resolu-
tion to the measure forming the sub
ject of this debate"