Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1906-02-11
GREAT TIMES IN FRANCE.
New Freethought President Assessors
Assessing Church Property
Church Riots, and Socialisti'
Proclamations Against War.

Assessing Church Property
Church Riots, and Socialistic
Proclamations Against War.
Great things are happening I'M
France. The new President, Nallieres]
is a Freethinker, with Socialistic ten1
'dencies, and the policies Of Nj. Combes
promises to be continued. The Presl1
| dent OF France is elected ny the MAJ
tional Assembly and no direct by the
people, as here. The most signih-
.cant part OF the proceedings, OF MS
removal of the Bible from the senate
chamber, and the dispensing OF TAX
I ing the oath upon the same, and also
! the dispensing Of prayer. 1t TOOK a
thousand years of war, and inquisi1
lions, and France had to have her ST
bartholomew and continuous prlestl!I
4 land autocratic imposition and brutal
2lty, for hundreds Of years after, bel
ifore came the Commune and her peo1
pies faces at last turned toward the
smorning light of liberty. Then it took
nearly a hundred years more before
Ethey were able to kick out the priest
land his prayer and his pass book FROM
ttheir National Assembly and establish
Ia government based upon humanity
{ This is one of the most important
steps of history, and, as the American
revolution took its inspiration from
4French proclamations OF Liberty, So
awill the American government, event.
Sually learn of France, and dispense on
taking the oath Of Office of President
on the Bible and quite acting the liar|
HAND establish entire separation OIL
! Church and state, which it now hypo1
scritically pretends to have. Much
tcredit for this must be given to the|
sFreemasons of France, who dispensed
with the Bible on their affairs, and set
( the example OF a purely secular broth
Aer-hood, removing the bars alike from
both belief and disbelief. See Trip
10 Rome" for what the Masons are
doing over there for Liberty.
j Again he authorities are coming
INTO conflict with the church, and
Il ssx:.s Las been taking place iri Paris
lanXW. number killed and many
wounded.
The state is putting the new rell7
gious bill recently enacted into opera
( ton, which provides certain allow
ance for the church. But heretofore
: the state has had no knowledge of the
wealth and possessions of the church,
and the new bill provides that the
state take an inventory Of Holy STOCK.
land this, of course compels invasion
4 of the sacred precincts of the annoint-
led and immaculate. The priests ar
raign against this and excite the PEG
Z pie by telling them that it is a pro
<fanation and Dissertation, and they
= ought to oppose the law, consequently
&the riots. If any one else would OPP
- pose the law in the same way, the
y priests would howl about Anarchy
&and anarchists. Well, the people
zcrowded into and around the churches
Il threw red pepper in the eyes 81 the OF
4fcials. dubbed and shot some and
otherwise opposed them. The police
<were called out, and after number
were killed. the authorities ordered
u the fire department out, turned the
Enose on some of the stained windows
Hknockng into smithereens a lot OF
XGubernecks and angels tootin' horns
land flooding the churches, and scat
tering the Holy Fathers and the pep
d per throwers, and the maddened PEG
4 pie poured out of the church looking
3as though they had been rescued from
N browning, and their God, who is
= mighty to save, hadn't helped them
one leetle VICENTE teentie bit. Then
4 he authorities went in and took the
*lnventory. After such opposition by
q many Of the churches, seeing that the
&State meant business, the Pope sent
*orders to submit, as there was danger
Nj the state cutting the church clear
q out if they didn't. No use talkln
8France is making history. 1t would
n be interesting to look over the In
Inventory of church stock. Really nc
&idea can be imagined of it all. | will
& name some that | saw on my "trip.
y First there are paintings and stat
< uary valued at hundreds OF millions
XThere are statues, life size, and OF
ADJUST, made of bronze, gold and solic
fsilver. These were all a favorite loot
&of Napoleon. His campaign in Italy
3didnt cost France a cent, but he came
Eback conqueror of Italy and had mil
lions in his pockets, and his soldiers
Shad their pockets full also. He would
$melt I'm the life size silver Peters