New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-12-19
RICHARD DEvISES
GOOD Peace Plan
FRENCH CARDINAL SAYS LAY.
MEN MAY MAKE WORSHIP
DECLARATIONS.
Only the Clergy Are Forbidden to
Comply with the Legal Formalities
Cabinet Is Framing Some New
and Sweeping Measures.

Sa0I'Se IS FRAMING 0OHlc NC"
and Sweeping Measures.
Paris, Dec. 15.-There has been is
sued from the Office of the archbishop
Of Paris, Cardinal Richard, an impor-
tant communication which will facili-
tate way out of the present church
difficulty. This communication sets
forth that declarations made by lay
men relative to worship are not in
dlsObedience to the instructions of
the pope, provided their purpose is
honestly to avoid disturbances and
admits that such declarations do not
infringe upon the hierarchy of the
church, as the Vatican has only for
hidden clergymen to carry out the
required legal formalities
This recognition of the layman's
right to declaration will permit Of
the carrying on of worship in accord
ance with the law, but in the mean
time the church officially maintains
its position of not submitting to the
state.
Cabinet Frames New Laws.
The cabinet met Friday, with Presi-
dent Fallieres in the chair, to decide
upon the new legislation to be pre-
sented to parliament, but the text of
the measures adopted is not ready.
The steps to be taken are sweep
ing. 1t is proposed to amend the law
of 1905, for the separation Of church
and state, by which a years grace
was given before the permanent
alienation Of the church property, and
to suppress the privileges of forming
new cultural or diocesan associations
during that period All church prop
erty, including the seminaries, will be
handed over Immediately to the state,
to the departments and to the COM
munes. under conditions assuring that
the churches themselves will be re-
tanned for religious uses. The con-
tinuance of public worship will be
provided for under combination of
the laws of 1881 and 1901.
To Take Away Citizenship.
With regard to pensions and allow
ances of the clergy distinctions will
be made by which those who are en-
titled to the former will lose their
rights if they are deprived of their
French citizenship, while those who
are entitled to the latter will lose
their allowances if they do not con-
form with the law. The conditions
under which the clergy will forfeit
French citizenship will be drawn up
in special measure, to be prepared
later.
First Day Is Quiet.
Paris, Dec. 14.-Thursday was
marked by the total absence of any
of the sensational or dramatic Incl
dents anticipated in alarmist quar-.
ters in connection with the execution
of the law of separation.
The parish priests everywhere cele-
brated mass in the presence of unusu-
ally large congregations, but the
actions Sf the authorities were con-
fined to noting attractions of the law
and citing the priests and Wears to
appear before justices of the peace.
Everywhere legal notices have been
served for the evacuation of the &C.
clesiastfcal resi- dences, the seminar
les, etc. Several of these buildings
were abandoned without further ado,
but majority Of the prelates, while
fully prepared to go, announced that
they would not depart except under
duress
Laymen File Declarations.
In many parishes. both in Paris and
the interior, Catholic laymen came
forward Thursday and spontaneously
filed declarations for the holding Of
services in the designated churches
during the coming year. If this prac-
tice is generally followed it will be
distinct victory for the government,
relieving it of the possible necessity
of closing the churches and throwing
on the clergy the responsibility for
the discontinuance of public worship.
Meantime the cabinet is preparing
measures to be introduced before
parliament Friday.
The net result of the uncompro.
missing attitude assumed by the Vati-
can in this conflict with the French
government seems to be that the
clergy will lose their pensions, $4,000
of which have been granted and ga.
zetted since the beginning of this
year; that all aspirants to the priest
hood will be compelled to perform
military service. and that the taking
over of the episcopal mansions, rec.
tories, seminaries, etc., by the state
department and the communes will
occur Immediately, instead of in De
cember, 1907.
Schmitz and Ruef Lose Point.
San Francisco. Dec. 1.-THE oral
motion of the attorneys for Mayor