The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-17
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CHARACTERISTICS J. : ] J.
SExtraortlii1ary Powers Given y to to'1
philippine Tribunal ~ IT, S,:t' Settle ,i
s Religious Disorders.
/. report J, D I the COMMISSION 4
General Az Conditions in Islands
Coo a.: y opposition for Re Re-
rs duction 81 Tariff. 3j
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religious disorders bettyee tlle folf
lovers 81 Aglipay, the Pope g the y !, &C.
pendent Filipino Church, and the e oman
CATHOLIC Church, the Supreme Court 3t of
sthe philippines Inns been Given * =
binary powers will exped1ift.e the jnal-
cial settlement OF disputes be tween tne el
lirIous bodies The nnntu report OF }1ise VIC
philippine Commission shows tflat t ~
SUB Is Enelnc cling to law ntid ordcr -
NJ ctlpeln go he port say +;
re Yrct to say that there 81 CON e
tin,ies to BE much con roversy and ~ eel
Ing between the dent ply
Church glipa yans Us III are co,1
mDnlySsc allied and he Roman ga .ll l.l
Apostolic Church IN gard to tne oSheI-
snip OF churches, ts Sanu
iii many local ties. ,s y !, (. !,
GreEorIo Aglipa, who ~ S at, the hea q
the a8 Ind ependent III llpino Church.
under$tlie titlc of % bispo Maxine Chi y
Bishop I, was formerlyla Roman Cattholic
priest I'm good stnndmg. During ne 9, ~
g,irrectlorl he was an cnt erprlsing partlsan
and was charged WITH many crle ties ana
violations of tie $usa ges OF ely lzeda wa
I'd 80 much so, indeed hn me teli
under hesbunSpf his oWt stip erlors; put !! "
at tho same time he tired re eat
cnce over the pc ople of the Northern part g.
&c ,izoii,S 81 which he Is ma tive and II
fia& ins5t that section tta.S Ibis present reli-
fgIoug following Is strongest, balt t1ough the
isotisrr,, OF which he IS thc head. & has 20
spread to- some y extent throu chou SS the
archipelago ISL
Not a Political Movement.
IDS be en- Il charged q hat the move
ment innng rated by him was poll tical
rather than religious, q nd that II had Tor
ITS motive Sanother insure rs IN.
auestionably true " has Sa II
a very consld erable following of the ir-
Sreconcilable,8re restless element among the
Filipinos; whit Oh Il gives come col s to the
accusat Ions but IS also true tina he has
d Ia rye 5follo owing among those yT 10 cannot
thus Be classif fled, 8and here IS no cyl CO
which even lends color to the belief that
rposes are OF ilei, than 4 q build VI q
church 9of his owl r he fact that 3hes sEa
Filipino and that aall v Of his bishops and
l,rlestss are III ipinos as well. nd tina he
seeks MI S9 esta bl tsll 70 v purely fi lipino
church, will, perhaps. sum Sntly 4 account
for the cfaracte Of much Q { his Sfo OIL,
lowing. }
M u pom the outbreak \ OF tho ms rr ction
1.-The Spanish friars, who were almost Il the
sole parish pri is In the arc hlpelag SO, Vere
either captured by the insurrec tos or fed
eb NJ AMI for ga AS aSrl le Il he local
municipal %authoilties took N posse sion OF
Sallfchurch pr perty. u; "a teri the nppres-
Sion OF 4 armed opposit ion a. iconsl cradle
time elapsed I urin g swhic h n here were no
priests In ma ny pa n hes:
n a$ large mum Der OF ses the native
municipal authorities claimed he church,
property belonged to the municipality be-
cause, as they a sisted, q the churches and
and the buildings were erected by their
voluntarily, OF, more frequent W enforced
labor. H In a number Of localities here the
sAglipayans were In n the maj ority the
churches and conven ts have been turned
over to them BY the local authorities.
The Roman Cat holic Apostolic Church
claims that the title to a II these proper
ties Is In It, and is seeking to recover
poss Ion.
Religious disputes Of this character arc
always bitter, and are productive OF ID Is
orders and breaches OF the peace, and for
this reason should, ! In the public interest,
be settled as speedily as possible. There
fore the commission hns determined BY
proper legi slntlonS u to n expedite as far j us
possible their decision throug h the su-
prenle Court BY giving 4 hat court original
jurisdiction and requiring ~ to give these
cases preceden ce. f$ .g5
1T here IS IN add tional reason for this
course growing out ,of u the; fact gu that the
courts Of frs t instance are ~ " occupied
already with ord mary Il tigation and that
man Y ~ ears must y elapse al these
church controversies ire to SO through
the lower courts before hey can be finally
determine 81 n ~ 8
Peaceful G Conditions.
The statement made BY the commission
one yea a so is rep ated, that s. The condl-
lions OF the Isl andss as to tranquility are
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