Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-14
ARIsH LGYatH FILE DECLARATIONS
Action Tends 10 Place onus Of DisOOn-
tinuing Services on CLERGY.
NET RESULT OF WTIcAEs ATTITUDE
CLERGY VIII Lose Pensions and
Aspirants for the Priesthood win
BE Called on TO DO Mill
tnry Duty.

> PARIS, Dec. 18-Today has been marked
by the total absence of any Of the ssnsa-
tional or dramatic incidents anticipated
in Clarmisl quarters in connection with
the execution Of the law Of separation.
Tk~ parish priests everywhere cele-
brated mass in the presence Of unusually
large congregations, but the actions OF the
authorities were confined to noting infrac-
tions 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 ecclesias-
tical residences, the seminaries, etc. Sew
oral Of these buildings we're abandoned
without further ado, but a majority of the
preiates announced that they would de-
part only under duress.
In many parishes, both in Paris and the
interior, laymen today filed declarations
for the holding OF services in the desig-
mated churches during the coming year.
II this practice is generally followed It
will be a distinct victory for the govern
anent, relieving 1t OF the possible necessity
sof closing the churches and throwing on
the clergy the responsibility for the dis
continuance Of public worship. In the
meantime the cabinet is preparing meas
ures to be introduced before Parliament
tomorrow.
\ Result of VRtican's Action.
\ The net result of the uncompromising
)titude assumed by the Vatican seems
@ be that the clergy will lose its pensions.
$500 OF which have been granted and
gazetted since the beginning of this year,
that all aspirants to the priesthood will
be compelled to perform military service
TAk fHo NJ IA ETrtqN0pnI
mansions, rectories. seminaries etc, by
the State department and the communes
will occur Immediately instead Of Decem-
ber 1907.
According TO well-informed persons, the
government intends 20 respond to the at
titude taken by the Vatican by submit
ting to Parliament a proposition to settle
definitely the situation of the church in
France. Under this proposal the church
will forfeit all benefits under the law Of
1905. but It is to be provided with an op-
portunity to carry on public worship in
conformity to the common law. Church
property is to be handed Immediately to
the civil authorities on condition that II
be reserved for worship and the positions
OF cardinals and bishops, as foreign Of
fcials, will be dealt with later II the gov
ernment finds It necessary to DO so.
sLnEeG OmmEGneN OBnGENe LuWs
Formal charges were entered wherever
mass waa celebrated except at the churches
of ST. Jan TBvangile and St. Blaize de
Charonne and Pere La Chaise whose par
ishioners following the example of the
first mentioned church. made the required
application yesterday evening to hold
!, services under the law of 1854. The vical
Of st. Blaise de Charonne. when induced
3 by his parishioners to take the step. said
= Whatever the consequences, regret
nothing 1 am a Frenchman above every
thing"
Early dispatches from the department.
say that wherever mass was celebrated
charges were drawn up and sunmonses is
sued
At Chalons the abbe Panaudin elaine,
that the church bells were not rung an'
that no person was invited to mass an,
that therefore the assemblage had not tn
character OF a public meeting whereupoi
he was compelled by a police officer 4
, inscribe his protest upon the summons
AZ the final meeting last night of tn
diocesan council here 1t was decided tina
neither the ecclesiastical residences no
the Summaries should be abandoned. ex
cept before a show Of force.
Il is ohioially stated that the letters o
Mgr. Montagnini. the expelled secre
tary OF the papal nunciature here, sho,
that the majority OF the French bishop
favored Observance OF the law OF 1881 an
bowed with reluctance to the papal de
Oroe. The oficial statement adds that IN
Angiolsbliity OF the diplomatic correspor
esnos Of the nuneiature was soruplousl
fsspeoted before the rupture between tn
Vatican and France.
sIxty-Nine summOnsea Issued
During the day summonses were issues
charginE illegal assemblies. in the case {
sixty-nine churches OF Paris
The omcial Journal today announced ths
only eighty OF the Catholic cultural
diocesan organizations formed were lega
while s02 Protestant and seventy 81 81
Jewish associations conform with the Law
Many suits have been begun in come,
: uon with endOwments for masses TO I
celebrated for the repose OF the souls
the departed
About hfty seminaries which refused
comply with the terms OF the law al
being closed.
During the day a number OF application
for permission to hold religious meetinr
under the law OF 1881 were made al u
prefecture Of police by parishioners fro
all parts Of France. Ten such applic,
tions were filed before o'clock. Repor
from other cities say that similar applic
tions were made
NuReiO at Vatican.
ROME, Dec. B.-Immediateiy after h
arrival here today Mgr. Montagnir
the expelled secretary OF the papal nunci
ture at Paris went 20 the Vatican and CO..
ferred with Papal Secretary OF State Meri
del Val and Mgr. Della chiesa and Me
GasparFi, the assistant secretaries. al
made them long report on the siulutl,
IN France. especially In regard 70 the doc
ments seized az the Paris nunciature. Sc
eral hundred OF which dealt entirely wi
Il the Franco-Vatican CONFLICT ana Wnl
especially interesting TO the French Cover
ment as showing. Il Is asserted here. Il
differences Of opinion among the membe
OF the Preach episeopaey. The report
AIgr Nfontagnini will be used for a pr
test 20 the foreign powers against the a
ton of ths French government
Immediately after his conference wi