The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-14

eut in some cases, adding that men were
WORE numerous than usual. They say
the doors were open tot one. They give
10 n minute the duration OF the masses.
both at the high affairs and in the chaPels'
invariably ending with the words NO
incident"
AZ the Cathedral Of Notre Dame very
few worshippers we're present at the ftrst
mass. The vicar said after the service
that no public agent had spoken 10 him
nor had the sequestrator shown any desire
to take possession of the cathedral. Before
the great door of the cathedral the sacristan
chatted pleasantly with "A policeman.
At the Church of st. German de Auxer-
rois. where an invasion Of manifestants
was feared, the main doors were closed
and the side entrances were used. Inc
usual services were conducted. Incident
ally the sequestrator did not show himself.
At the Church of 81. Gervais there was no
sign of a sequestrator. Seven other i'm
portant churches in Paris export that the
police agents did not attempt TO interfere
ofaddress those officiating at the services.
small crowd assembled in front Of the
large seminary Of st, Sulpice, watching the
pupils moving their goods homeward.
The pupils themselves intend TO await ex-
pulsion.
The rector Of the Church oS st. Thomas
'd'Aouinas attended nj the Police Com
missioner's Office this morning and said he
had celebrated mass in accordance with the
Archbishop's and Pope's Instructions, as
was his duty. The commissioners re-
ported the matter 10 the prefecture. The
rector Of Ste. Clotilde's made a similar
declaration.
Q On the other hand. several rectors Ignored
the commissioners Reports
were nevertheless sent to the prefecture.
Reports from the provinces show that
declarations were made by members OF the
laity in several parishes. Legal actions
have been entered In about fifty cases. It
must be remembered that there are nearly
$1,000 parishes in France. and the law
allowed an extra day before it became
effective in the distant provinces, 30 that
the effect OF the new conditions on the entire
country cannot yet be described.
No could be served at the
Church of La Rochelle because the doors
were kept closed. The clergy at Etampes
have agreed to ~oficiate at funerals when a
lay declaration is made.
At the Church OF the Trinite. when a
woman who was in charge OF the seats
asked him to pay for his place, she did not
believe him when he said he was an admins
tration agent, but there was no difficulty.
At the Madeleine a le-year-old boy walked
into the church and toward the altar with
his hat on the side of his head while mass
was being said. The w~orshippers then
showed some emotion, but the police agent
quietly seized the youth and took him out,
thus disp osing Of the yarn that the Govern
ment would permit disturbers to go I'M
molested. .
Lavmen have made, on behalf OF several
Paris churches, the necessary legal dec
larations that enable the holding Of SER
vices in the churches. Similar declara-
tons have also been made on behalf Of
churches in Toulouse and Bordeaux.
An undertaken and a hairdresser have
made declarations on behalf OF the Church
of st. Blaise de Charonne and the chapel
OF the Pere Lachaise Cemetery. The vicar
of st. Blaise admits that he has thus taken
the initiative. He says:
Il am a Frenchman and a republican
first; and a priest, under the authority OF
the Pope, afterward. There are many
Others like me, but, unfortunately, we lack
solidarity. The Pope is far away and
tbs not he who'll feed US. Whatever may
be, the consequences of my action. / shall
regret nothing. l Inn a Frenchman before
everything.
A church decorator and a baker. in max
ing declarations on behalf Of a Paris church,
said they did 20 on the ground that they
foresaw that otherwise the churches would
be closed eventually, by which their bust
nesses would suffer greatly, as they al
ready had by the expulsion Of the religious
bodies.
The Archbishop Of Rennes has taken a
new abode, but declares that he only leaves
his palace under force. The Bishop OF
Marseilles has made a similar declaration.
The Able Druot, parish priest OF Charm
vile. was sentenced to-day to six days
imprisonment for melting the faithful to
resist the authorities when they proceeded
20 take a church inventory under the law.
By midday the police had made reports
on the seventy-one churches Of Paris
They gave the names Of the oficiants ir
6fty-nine Of them. In ten cases they
merely reported that services had beer
held. The clergy in the latter cases viii
be summoned before the commissioners
The Duke OF Orleans is preparing a violen'
manifesto inviting all royalists 70 COM
bire 10 defend the rights Of the Church
IL will be issued forthwith. So at leas
eayg the SOtT, Wnlon zoos Jnat tHe LUX
will declare against passive resistance
co~ntending that active measures must h
taken 10 place France again in her forme
position as eldest daughter Of the Church.
The statement crystalizes the recent I'm
conffrmable rumors that the royalists wer'
trying to start a conflict to overthrow thu
Republic. On the other hand. a reporter
Who interviewed NJ. Bezine, the political
representative here Of the Duke Of Orleans
was assured that the claimant OF the Frencl
throne has held from the outset that tn
Church question is simply a religious, not a
political one, and that he had never inter
yened in il nor authorized his partisans L
Intervene.
The first news of a disturbance marrinl
the peaceful character Of the day was re
ceived late tonight in a despatch from
Anglers, where there was a demonstratior
by young Catholics which necessitatsd thu
interference Of the gendarmes.
The Catholics had assembled before the