The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-14
MoNTAGNINps REPORT.
Expelled PapaI Secretary Tells Pope of
 Nnncfafnre SeizlnE.

Expelled Papal Secretary Tells Pope of l Nuneiature SeizlnE. Rome Dec. 13.-Immediately after his arrival here today, Monsignor Mon tagnini, the expelled secretary of the papal nunciature at Paris, went to the vatican and conferred with Papal Sec tary of State Cardinal Merry Del Val and Mgr. Della Chiesa and Mgr. Cas- parri. the assistant secretaries, and made them a long report on the situa- ton in France, especially in regard to the documents seized at the Paris nun ciature, several hundreds of which deal entirely with the Franco-Vatican con- flict and will be especially interesting hto the French government, as showing, l 1t is asserted here, the differences of 1 opinion among the members of the French Episcopacy
 The report of Monsignor Montagnini will be used for a protest to the for eign powers against the action of the French government.
 Immediately after his conference with Cardinal Merry del Wal, Mgr. Montag- nini went to the pope. who asked for minute details of the secretangs ex pulsion and of the documents seized. l Mgr Montagnihi expressed the distress which he felt as a result of his expul- sion and presented to the pontiff | rather dark picture of the situation.
 
 government will not be induced to change its attitude which it had assum- ed towards the Vatican.
 Notwithstanding the guarded, polite language used by Monsignor MOntag- t nine in conferring with his superiors today, he did not conceal his opinion that the open hostility of the Vatican towards the government of France was not greeted with enthusiasm by por- ton of the French clergy. Monsignor Montagnini also allowed if to become known at the Vatican that he thinks it will be difficult for the church to find efficient allies in its campaign against the French govern ment, which, in view of the fact that 1t is supported by an overwhelming majority cannot be moved from carry ing its program for the standardization of the State, which program denies to Catholicism privileges enjoyed by other religions, denies the sovereign ty of the Pope, sewers relations with the Vatican and sonciders that qhes- tions of religion should be decided by the individual conscience without the State entering into the matter in any way.
 Monsignor Montagnini remains at the Vatican and it Is expected that he VIII not leave there until the acute stage of the Franco Vatican ceisis has pass ed. His detention at the Vatican has the double object of preventins indis- cretions on his part and of having him always at hand for consultation Tn case of, necessity.
 The Vatican ih addition 10 the semi oflcial statements made -ast evening in The Observatore Romano, says:
 '0To make the applications as intenj- ed by the French minister of worship would mean submitting to l moral and material situation which Is unbearable to the clergy of France, especially as the churchess places consccrated to God. would be regulated in worse manner than the dance halls and tue officiating priests would be reduced to the humiliating condition of being sim- ply tolerated.
 These unjust and dishopOrable reg ulations are aggravated by those re garding the Episcopal residences, presbyteries and seminaries and there- fore. accepting the terms of NJ, Bri- ands circular would ahve meant be- traying the vital interests of religion"
 The statement also says
 "The Holy See ordered the clergy to refuse to make the application pre- scrfbed by the law of 1881, not on &C., count of the application itself, but be- cause of the other regulations set forth in M Briand's circular on the recep- ton of which a papal letter was sent to Cardinal Richard ordering him to accept NJ Briand's circular"
 A despatch was received at the Vat ican today from Cardinal Richard warmly thanklng the pope for placing the palace of the Nunciature at Paris at his disposal and assuring the pom ffff nf his uDabated courage