Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-12-24
OUTLOOK is SERIOUS FOR MOMENT
He Predicts Solution Of Problem Salts
to All Parties
CONFLICT misunderstood IN AMERICA
Separation in France means servituds and
Oppression Instead of Liberty.
CHURCH READY FOR FAIR SEPARATION
Present Movement - by IBhdeIs and
Atheists, and is Directed at All
ReliRiOn-NatiOn IL IA Re-
public In Name Only,

public In Name Only.
ST. PAUL, MINI, Dec. 23.-Archbishop
Ireland in his sermon at the cathed- his
morning spoke on the topic. "Ch 4
State in France" He said IN part ~
The conflict raging at the pleseh B.
between the churcn and the state in =. =
aWdkens unlvet sal ana pfoLouhu lllt =
1t could not be otherwise were II only
the personalities OF the contestants-on
one SIDE, the Catholic church, Whch 10
ages has swayed the moral and religious
lite OF the tens Of millions Of mankind ana
demands as in heaven S name the right 10
continue It's work aaOwn the coming ages
on the other the ga ando nation since the
days Of Clovis and Charlemagne as reVeHed
in the title Of Eldest Daughter or thstt
church. and has helu so long amid peoples
the mos conspicuous place in the Vansu uard
OF religion and Of civilization.
We ask what the causes Of the conhlct
what are to be the results2 For the mo-
meut the situation is undoubtedly serious
for the one as for the other of the contest
ants Yet seen moe anear, II reveals no
ColUring of despair, either for France or
for the church IN France. A bright morn
ing 1 dare predict, viii at not d st mt
time dawn over the field of battle, dropping
from the skies sunshine ana peace anu be
getting both in the church and in France
Joy and exultation that the passage at
arms angry as il once was, has opened the
way to a clearer understanding Of mutual
interests, to a warmer glow of olden mu-
tual love.
And now. by act of Parliament, the con-
cordat is abolished, a regime OF separation
Let not Americans be misled by words
which have a totally different signihcatIon
I'm their land from what is allowed to them
in France. Separation Of the church from
fr. tie in America means liberty and JUS
there Il means servitude and suppress
Ready for Fair separation.
Speaking on Friday last to the cardinals
present In the vatican, Plus said or the
We I'VE are ready to submit to separation
from the state. hut II must be fair separ-
Rtion-such as obtains in the United states;
I'm Brazil. in Great Britain, in Hoiland-and
"o' " 7O''''''O rnIted States makes
o. % len
means exactly what IT purports to mean.
Under advice from the head Of the church.
tions offered by the law OF separation.
They acted from principle, I'm the interest
Of religion they could not approve such as
s6elations; s, rhtS e0ura hVt theI Tbev arg
not rebels against the laws Of the country
The "assQciatiQns, as the minister OF edn-
cation, M Bfiand. himself has decl7rad,
We've not statutes binding upon =,
they were privileges ten6e ed the church,
which II vas tree to accept o..
bishops knew full well the consequences
that were to follow; the spirit of the GOV.
ernment was not hidden from their eyes; II
was an era of persecution, but II no other
escape from persecution were. possible than
the acceptance OF lNt law OF dHSOCldtlplA0
they were ready to welcome persecution.
Against All Religion.
1t is a lamentable fact that there is in
France a party bent on the destruction OF
religion. The war Is made on the Catholic
church because IT in France represents
religion In reality. in intent and in Gact
the war Is against Christianity under any
form, against religion Of any kind, against
The old spirit of Voltaire and the encyclo-
paedists Of the eighteenth century never
died out In France II had an outo9rsii I5i
was declared nonexistent and infamy IT,
self. denoted the Goddess of Reason was
uplifted 10 alteration upon the altar of the
cathedral of Paris. 1t slumbered a while
under succeeding imperial and roya
regimes; It has reawakened TO new vigol
In the freedom allowed 70 thought anc
speech by the present republic.
This party Of inhdels and atheists is fal
from being France, as | shall later say
but II is active, persistent, INSCRIPTIONS
and It forces itself with vengeance to th'
front II has grasped the helm Of powe
darkest depths of unbelief and irreligiOn
Yesterday II was Combes, the most bruta
OF all; today II is Clemenceau, somewha
more subdued in his hatred, but yet q
leader in the fight.
Republican I'm Name Only.
with such men and with others dividing
with them public power, even II less VIC
lent adopts Of irreligion there rSlgns an
This was ever the plague Of France-eyel
when its rulers were devOuJ Catholics. Tn
il must brook no rival Even the Ghurcl
must be In the hands of the government
So was It with Louis XIV, and with Na
polcon so IS IL with the republic. Tn
republic Is a name in FGgncei 1t has bee
Well said OF II that 1t sleeps on the be
of Louis XIV France has never under
stood the meaning of a republic whic
IS respect for private and personal liberty
which Is 20 leave os r"C'
the people, 10 take to the state only wha
Is needed for the public veal. The mos
republican Of republicans, seated In Pariia
mehI SET out az one 40 .ysu u'--'' --.-..-
they cry out, as Louis XIV once said; "
am the state and the state Is the grea
power and all must think and act as tn
This is certainly the spirit OF the inidel
who now rule the country and / am nc
at all sure IL were not 20 some degree a
least the spirit of good Catholics who wer
they 20 be TOMORROW In the ascendanc
one 20 70 mass, as the present governmer
assumes it as their duty 10 let no one g
20 mass
Power Greatly Centralized.
/ know France from the channel to tl
Mediterranean, 1 know its cities and Il
villages, / know It's peOple-its aristOcrac,
It's bourgeolse and its peasantry-and
plain the political situation? There al
several causes to be noted. The massS
are not used 20 political life. For age
r'Ner7od; they do not compr'
Trf nIII
IN power IL names the hundreds
t--a --.tluS CA ul4~laIs, AIum tuc pIete
.l s--.rt.s So -.tt uumD4e-t sEnO
ty.-.Iur aud the village constable; they ODE
the order received from Paris: they spea
TO the crowds around them-crowds WI
read little, who think little, and the Grove
In their turn obey the mandate. An n
dependent self-argued suffrage has nos el
tered into the popular life. Nor Is the
among the masses the ambition 10 ga
political liberty. Paris for a century and
half has ruled France Establish a ne
reelme-monarchical or republican Par
this evening; the provinces awaken q
morrow morning monarchical or republica
il will require long years TO deCentralh
power ln France. TO give 10 each citiz,
consciousness Of personal independence
obtain through universal sumrage a trl
expression OF national will.
CIeFgy Are Much TO Blame
The clergy, who are now the chief su
farers are much 20 blame They 20
have retained. even az the altar and
me pulpit. the spirit of passive Obedien
Inherited from old regimes Admirable
reaching the catechism. in administeril
the sacraments, they have never le arm
the virtues OF public life, they have new
qulcFened beneath the activities OF d
Battlefield. Their example and the
Continued on Second Psge.)