The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-20
9eHUKCH FIGHT AT NANTES.
MOUNTED GENDARMEs CHARGE
: SMALL CROWD-WOMEN HURT,
Many Arrests. Including Girls for biting
POiecRen Trouble Over Expulsion OF
B,snOps-Drsfting seminsrists Pope
Has Money for Priests In want.

N Special Ca5is Despatch 10 THE SUN.
~ PARIS, Dec. Io.-While the Governments
4 PROJECTS Regarding the religious law are
! hung m in the Religious Committee Of the
! Chamber Of Deputies the partisans of all
s lades of opinion are enjoying a breathing
1 srell. The discussion. II Is true, has been
Ly nomeaps stopped, but It has been greatly
Ie seemed, and where il is continued IL Is
conducted for the most part m more leisurely
/ style than it was last week. The situation
has even reached a state wherein soms
writers, perhaps not irreverent, but cor
4 tsinly not hampercd by veneration, are
prompted to treat the subj ect With Some
himor. l"-t'. - -,.
y In the meanwhile the seats Of the prel-
!. atee and the seminaries continue to be
evacuated. New declarations continue to
he made, aud the people for the most part
< fSnnain undemonstrative. Only occasional
REPORTS are coming in of active opposition
, in, some centres to the authorities meas
ures for dispossessing the occupants OF
what heretofore has been the Churoh's
property.
4 A cure and q Franciscan have been con-
demned at -Epinal To pay a fine Of 20 cents
each for celebrating mass on December 10
without a declaration having beer made.
IA DrleSJ IN dUOLDeT Guy AltS Dtch hhcu v
and sentenced to two days imprisonment
for the same offence.
" The Bishop of Nancy will appear on
December - before the Correctional Court
/ to answer the charge of striking a soldier.
The action is now under the common law.
Previously the Bishop would have been
/ summoned directly before the> Court Of
y sAppeals.
One Of the worst Incidents so far reported
\ occurred this morning at Nantes, where
the mounted gendarmerie for the first time
M kn this crisis rode down the mani f~estants,
N fniuring several of them. TIT crowd was
( largely composed Of women. The degree to
(which they we're wrought up can perhaps
( he measured by the fact that two girls were
Aarrested on the charge of biting policemen.
e Various other ejectments, however, were
reported to-day without incident. The
;~ysvacustions to date are "a Archbishope and
Bishops, 40 grand seminaries and 81 small
zones.
X The Government has ceased issuing
process uerbdur against the spying OF mass
IN the provinces as well as in Paris pending
n the acton Of the new law. II has also noti-
4 fed the Mayors that the law of 1891 does not
! apply to baptisms. marriages or burials.
! This notification was rendered necessary
! by the acts Of some o~verzealous local
authorities.
Cardinal Richard, following some OF the
Bishops. has ordered the suppression Of all.
public midnight masses. This Will make
n marked alteration In the customs Of the
people On Christmas eve. In the ancient
See Of Rouen this mass has been suppressed
only twice before, once during the reign
Of Terror and when the PrIssians occupied
the city. & =
Tn Project of Nantes began at Q O'Clock
this morning to compel the evacuation
of the bishopric and seminaries there,
Troops occupied the adjacent streets. The
Projects men broke in the door Of the
bishopric, but found thai the Bishop was
absent. They turned the priests and at
tendant nuns out. TIT Bishop read q
protest at the seminary, which was not
needed by the pupils.
The Bishop headed the. pupils to ths
Churckr Of st. Clement, 200 professors fol-
lowing. The Bishop after thanking the
protesters withdrew. The crowd then
made a demonstration before the news
paper Offices and the lodges Of the Free
masons and a disturbance followed. Police
men were thrown down, trampled upon,
and struck with canes.
They drew their revolvers, but were
getting the worst Of the encounter when
half a company of mounted gendarmes
charged at full speed and drove back the
crowd. Some men and several women
were trampled upon. Three arrests were
made, one Of the prisoners being a man who
was almost beaten to death. . 80.
There was another collision in the space
s~urrounding the Church Of st. Nicholas,
which the gendsrmes carried by storm.
Several arrests were made here. The city
regained its quietude at half-past 10.
Three Of the manifesters were sentenced
10 a days Imprisonment. Two men and
two women we're fined $40 each. The
two girls who were arrested for biting
policemen will be tried on Friday Patrols
are watching the streets.
The seminary at Chartres was vacated
without incident. A further delay bad been
granted to the Bishop before leaving his
palace.
When the commissary arrived at a small
seminary in Marseilles he found hat II
possessed a legal lease from the commun
which owns the building. He therefort
retired.
The Archbishop OF Rouen has until the
end of December to vaoate his palace.
The committee Of the Labor Exchange
as Cherbourg has voted In favor Of de-
manding from the municipality, which il
Socialist, the use OF the Cathedral presby-
terry as headquarters OF the exchange.
Declarations we're made to-day on behalf
Of the churches Of st. Martin and 81. Anne
The seminary of st. Sulpice has not yet
been vacated compulsorily, but most OF
the students lave gone. There remain
only the professors and twenty-five British
D,,Dils whoaa axpensea were paid by the
French Government as compensation fol-
the appropriation of some property be-
longing TO the Irish college. b Govern
ment ceased paying in July and the British
spnpiis are much perturbed regarding theii
fate. They havessent protests to the British
newspapers. Eighty Of the pupils have
been summoned to join the colors on Janu'
airy 7 for two years service, from which they
were previously exempt. Z -
1t is stated that the Pope some time ago
told the Cardinals and Bishops visiting