The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20
FRENCH CHURCH WAR on,
POPE'S MAND'TES SEIZED
Government Expels Mgr. Montag-
mini, Legate Of Vatican.
TO SELL OFF CHURCH PROPERTY
C1emenceau Takes Aggressive Action,
Backed Up by Chamber of Depg-
ties-CabiRet Decides to Carry
Out Brands Program.

SNDt}itL DcCluSS 10 NGIYY
Out Brands Program.
Paris, France.-The war between
church and state has come at last.
As yet there has been no outbreak of
violence. but overt acts have been be-
gun by the Government. and Prime
Minister Clemenceau has flung the
gage of battle before the churchmen
who CHALLENGED him to declare or ex-
plain himself
More acute than ever i The cues
ton of what the morrow will bring
forth. There is. however. not tire
slightest agitation manifest in Paris
or in the dNnartm arts, so far rs
heard from, ave only in Journalistic
discussion.
Far from being embarrassed By
the preciDitation of a parliamentary
discussion. +ha Government apnar-
emily cou"ted it's immediate deyaIoD-
U1ent. and the result. so far as was
known. disclosed that the Govern
ment was WILL suDrorted among the
deputies in its attitude Of frmnoss
even to the point of defiance which
VI. Cie:nenceaU declared on SUNDAY.
The Government seized 1T NoTane,
Savoy. the POne's Confidential in
Structions to the French bishops. It
has issued an order of expulsion
against the paDaI 1egate. Mgr. Mon
ta@nini. sec"atarv to the Nunciature.
Paris. who has been in charge since
the denarIurn of a Nrncio. The
Nurcio has Dlaced himself under the
protection nf the Italian embassy. as
an italian subject.
The Cabinet NJ it's meeting an
proved Minister Of Justice Brands
~p"onos'tiO0S, as follows:
First-Supprnssion of certain pen
eicDs IF thn clergy: second, imr7e-
dat" ~lioui6ation Of church nropSrtv:
third. alienation o. clergy houses,
bishops ser1inaTins: fourth,
measures ~ be formulated in the III
ta~ests Of national security. under
which tho Minister Of War viii sum
ron ecclesiastical Students to rai0iu
their r~ogi1no1te By Dacamher Is. al
order which will affect $500 OF them.
The Cabinet will meet again to
draw IN the tex of the f~ore@O-
iIg DECISIONS, aGj will formally
submit t%erl 10 Parliament. The
pensions tn be suppressed are those
OF the clergy who refuse 10 conform
to The separation law. The fourth
clause has reference to the nrever-
ton of foreign functions in France,
without nrevious authorization by
The Governments.
After the decision tC eypeI Mgr.
Nonragnini. the police searched his
rooms, which formerly were occupied
by tine Nunoio.
The Cabinets decision to take
7Or national security will be
embodied IN = law CARRYING out Glenn
enceaUs speeches during his recent
visit to the Department of War. The
law will authorize the Government to
eypel ecclasiaStics whom the Govern
1GeIt shall have decided to be dan
TO thu public peace, because.
when they receive instructions from
the Pope they obey MIN.
After the search Of Mgr. Montag-
minis rooms the officers took away
many documents. His expulsion will
become effective Immediately, after
which he will have twenty-four hours
in which to leave the country.
Another account of the seizure OF
at MOdane is that the sec
rotary Of Cardinal Merry del Val, the
Secretary Of State, was arrest |
while entering France, that his
were seized and that he was
outside French territory.
The clergy are preparing 10 leave
the clergy houses at once. Cardinal
Richard, Archbishop of Paris, has
declared bis readiness to leave his
palace at the first sign OF the Gov
agents. |
Rome, ItaIy.-The Pope, referring
the action taken by the French
said:
Neither persecution nor martyr
will stop us in protecting relig-
Our cause is Gods cause"