Omaha daily bee., 1906-12-13
Government Will Not Make Any Arrests
Until Meetings Are Over
REASON FOR DEPORTATION or SUScIO
Premier Says He Was InItruoting French
men to Disobey Law,
VATICAN IS PREPARING A PROTEST
Pope Holds that Seizure Of Records
IL an Outrage and without Prece-
dent-Opinion in Rome
Divided.

sued special appeals tonight to their pa
Tfshioners TO be present at the churches
tomorrow at the first mass celebrated out
side the pale OF the law. The government,
however, purposes to proceed gently. These
services will not be broken up, but police
men will be in attendance TO not isfractions
Of the law and cite officiating priests or
their assistants before the nearest justice
OF the peace.
The chief danger Of disorders in Paris is
believed to lie in the possible invasion Of
churches by rowdies and free thinkers. Re
serves Of gend' armes will be stationed at
various points throughout the city to guard .
against troubles Of this sort. The efforts .
made by certain members OF the Chamber \
Of Deputies and other disinterested persons /
to insure a continuation OF churches in spite /
of the papal veo by inducing Catholic lay
men in each parish to make the forbidden /
declaration have not thus far met with /
much success. Up to a late hour tonight |
the Church Of St. John the Evangel was
the only church where such legal applica- |
ton had been made.
The indications are against anything |
which might be dignihed by the name Of re- /
ligious war. and the prompt expulsion from /
France yesterday OF Mgr. Afontagnini, sec /
retary OF the papal unoiature here since the |
recall Of the nuncio. coupled with the threat /
TO expei recalitrant clergymen from France, |
has had a sobering influence. The militant
Catholics are in a hopeless minority and the /
masses are rather Indifferent, OF except in /
a few isolated Instances, inclined to side /
with the government.
Denomination at Nancy.
There was a riotous demonstration at /
Nancy today while the bishop was moving I
out of his residence. A crowd of 1900 ac-
companied the officials TO the residence, /
hooting them constantly. The bishop will I
be prosecuted on the charge OF assauting /
policeman because he laid his hand upon /
a policeman's shoulder while he was leav-
ing his residence
Five thousand persons gathered today in |
the cathedral ct Rennes TO listen TO Arch
bishop Dobougs exhOrtation to obedience I
TO the pope. There was an enthusiastic |
demonstration when the archbishop left /
the cathedral
So far as church property Is concerned. |
the episcopal mansions. the rectories, the |
seminaTies. etc. prelates OF all rank are
prepared 10 accept the notices served upon
them 20 move out tomorrow after protest
ting and refusing 20 sign documents OF dis
possession.
lis reported tonight that dozens Of cuI-
ture or diocesan societies are in process
OF formation at the last moment in the va
Tious departments.
First suits Are FILED.
Prosecutions have been begun against the
ultramontaine abbes OF the churches Of St.
Pierre du Gros Gallon. st. Augustine and
81. Roche. where the greatest resistance to
the taking OF the inventories occurred and
Il has been decided to Immediately take
over the buildings belonging TO the eccle-
siastics. stop the pensions Of the clergy.
compel aspirants 70 the priesthood to fll
treat the clergy subjects Of a foreign
power. This constitutes a sufhcient demon
stration OF the spirit with which the gov
ernment intends to meet resistance.
The tone OF Premier Ciemenceaus speech
in the Chamber of Deputies last night also
shows that he has Parliament at his back
Nevertheless. NJ Clemenceau was careful
90 say that there was stin time Cor Catho-
lies to conform to the law.
Nuneio's Papers Valuable.
Il turns out that the papers seised at the
papal nuhciature yesterday placed in the
governments hands important evidence
which may prove exceedingly embarrassing
20 the Vatican II open war is TO take place.
They include. besides all the diplomatic
records covering the correspondence ex-
changed before the rupture with the Vati-
can. recent Instructions from Cardinal
Merry del Val. the papai secretary OF state.
mass OF letters from prelates all over
the world and letters In the handwriting
OF deputies OF the right party. NJ. Jaures,
the socialist leader asserts In his paper
that the seized documents even prove the
existence OF a conspiracy.
Cardinal Richard has accepted the tenn
porary hospitality Of NJ. Denys Cochin,
conservative member Of the Chamber OF
Deputies from one OF the Paris districts
Hn
Mende and Saint Brieux were evacuated
today.
The formal charge on which Monsignor
Montagnini was expelled was that ne car
ried out an order contained in d telegram
from Papal Secretary Of State Merry del
Val. received December g. 70 instruct the
French clergy 70 refuse 70 make appIlca-
tons under the law Of 1881. or obey the law
OF 1905.
the government obtained copy Of the
message at the telegraph ONCE
Editor Files Application.
That the rank and hle OF the liberal
Catholics disappyOve Of the intransigent
attitude OF the authorities AT Rome was
evidenced BY the fact that 81 Martinez
editor Of the Renaissance. and Felix Robin
hled on their own initiative with Prefect OF
Police Iepine today. an application under
ths public meetings law Of 1881 for per.
mission 10 hold religious meetings in all
the churches.
II was az hrst announced that the gov
ernment had instructed the prefect 10 ac-
cept the application, but Il developed later
that he only formaliy acknowledged is
receipt and decided general application
covering an the churches was irregular.
lie also announced that unless applications
were dled by two authorized persons IN
behalf OF each church measures for re-
porting violations OF the law would com
msnoe at the time Tor early masa to-
morrow
Cardinal Richard has formally denied thzr