The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-08

year. But the step was a compromise
and not q settlement ... -. 90. g
The discussion OF the separate school
system In the proposed now Provinces
has brought the Manitoba matter TO
the front once more. and charges are
brought, with evidence tosuppoTt them,
Of an improper ecclesiastical interfeT-
ence in Canadian politics. Tho case IA
clearly stated In the following Winnipeg
despatch to the Toronto Globe:
"wINuFro. Aprn I-.tspeelsp -Tns Manitoba
School law ~ II stands provdSs thai IN any school
In towns and oitiss with forty or more Roman
Catholic children. and In any school 10 villages
OF small districts with twenty ave or mors Ronen
Catholic children. the tFuatess on petition Of the
parents, may employ q duly osTtihoated Roman
Catholic teacher In each school. In any school In
towns and cities With forty or mon non-Romsn
Catholic children. and in any school In Villages or
small districts with twenty ave or more non Roman
Catholic children. the trustees shall upon petition
Of the parents, employ ~ least one duly oeTtlheSted
non Roman Catholic teacher The lev further
provides for the Allotment Of days for giving re-
lislous instruction 70 Catholic and non Catholic
children where the second room accommodation
does not permit Of the pupils being placed In sep
ATale rooms for religious instruction, but the law
expressly declares: No separation Of pupns by
religious denominations shan take place duhnT
the secular school work. By comparing the above
With the sbArstt memorandum ~ win be seen
that the terms Of the memorandum would con-
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70 thirty and from twenty ave 20 fifteen TespsS
lively. and would also contemplate separate &C.
eommodAtlon a. we'll - separate teachers for the
Roman Catholic and non Roman Catholic children
respectively"
In connection with the establishment
Of the new provinces there has como
a movement for the extension Of the
boundary lines Of Manitoba On April
the Hon. ROBERT ROGERS, the Minister
OF Public Works in that province, vir-
tually II not actually charged the Cana
dian Premier with collision with Mgr.
SBARETTI, the Papal Delegate, in the
submission to him RoGKRs) and TO the
Hon. COLIN CAMPBELL Attorney-Gen-
eral OF Manitoba Province, Of proposals
for an extension Of the boundaries Of
the province in exchange for acceptance
Of amendments TO the Manitoba School
act according to the terms expressed in
the despatch quoted above. Premier
LAURIER has definitely repudiated the
statement Of Mr.. ROGERS that Mgr
SBARETTI had been authorized to make
any such proposals or to discuss the
matter on behalf Of the Dominion Gov
eminent. He also declared that neither
he nor any Of his colleagues had ever
discussed the question with Mgr, SBA-
RETTI, and that at no time had there been
any correspondence between himself or
his colleagues and the Papal Delegate In
regard to IT,
This denial, OF course, takes the mat
ter out Of party politics, while il leaves
a most unfortunate sectarian complica-
ton and places Mgr SBABETTI in a po-
sition which he has thus far declined
TO explain-that OF attempting inter
ference with political affairs, and OF
adding fuel 10 sectarian fires already
sufficiently active. NOr does the matter
stop at the mere point Of interference,
1t is declared that the proposals, as ex-
pressed, constituted either bride or q
threat. Commenting on the matter, the
Toronto Globe Of April says:
1t is a matter for profound reSTet ther efors
that q gentleman In Mgr SBARETTIa position
should have been guilty Of conduct thai must tend
20 Increase the public excitement and internally
the lrrttAtions and heanburnInEs that are already
altogether TOO much in evidence, Roman cstho.
lies will make a great mistake u they imputs the
resentment which will undoubtedly be exhibited
over this Incident TO blEotry or any allied feeling
Thousands Of the broadest minded ana most tolet.
ant men In this Dominion will condemn the con.
duct Of which Mgr. sssRETT Is accused, and which
he tacitly acknowledges by refusing 70 deny. The
spectacle Of the representatives Of free Province
being threatened By one Who is no, even = citizen
Of Canada. and whose Interference In mGttss OF
state is violation OF sound ana established mHIims
Of government. sssdld he intolerabie TO every one
who values the peace and liberty Of hs country.
There should be- no ssctSTisn lines separating one
citizen from another on this Eround:-
At the present time only one Of two
conclusions seems possible. Either Mr..
ROGERS has, for political reasons dis
torted and misrepresented the case in
a most reprehonsibls manner, or Mgr.
sBARETTI has overstepped the bounds
Of propriety and good judgment. In
either case a most unhappy feature has
been projected into a sufficiently tangled
situation.
The PeopIe's Street Carr,