The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-12
France Has Religious
 Warfare. FATAL SECRETARY PUT OUT Affecting Scenes in Parisian
 Churches at Mass.
Thunders of Applause Greet Premier Ciemenceau When He Declares That All Future overtures
 Must Come from Rome.

Paris. Dec. 11..-This Is an historic day for France. The struggle which began in 1880 with the punishment og the Jesuits ended today with the legal cally a thousand uninterrupted years had united church and state.
 By refusing to make the required declarations under the public meeting law of 1881, public Catholic worship, except by schismatic organizatious to- morrow becomes illegal.
 The scenes in some of the churches were extremely touching. Not in years mad there been such an attendance at mass, The number of women was espe- etally large and was noteworthy as4 indicating the religious indifference of the male population. Although seven eighths of the inhabitants Of this city. are nominally Catholics, in no parts of the city were the churches crowded.
 Even at Notre Dame Cathedral. where q solemn high mass was celebrated. the edihce was only half filled. Thn officiating clergy read the regular of- fees for the week as usual, wIthont referring to their illegal status tofnor- row.
 Nevertheless, the depression Of the Catholics was manifest Many women emerged from the Cathedral with their
  on the pavement to discuss what to do when the clergy are turned out of their churches
 But on the eve of the struggle 1t is becoming more apparent that bot the Government officials and higher ecclesi- asties are resisting the advice Of the Incorporate. Minister of Public Wor- shin Briand announces that the Gcv- ernment "cannot be driven into fhs trap of closing the churches" and Car dinal Richard. Archbishop of Paris. has strongly censured the placardinE of appeals to the Ciericals to make vie- lent resistance to the officers of the law, mo violenee." he says, but pas7 sive resistance to the unjust law, after exhausting all protests at every step
 Assume Roles of Martyrs.
 This Is the disposition so far as tha higher eeclesiastics are concerned but their followers evidently have ne 3a- tention to submit ana arc preparing ta assume the role of martyrs, abanAan the churches and organize private wsr- ship
 Cardinal Richard and many of the Bishops already have begun the re- moVal of their private effects from the espiscopal mansions, and the clergy nre preparing to leave their reetories and move Into hired lodgings. It is ah- nounced that the parish priests have received very many offers 0f places in which 10 hold religious services. but there is not the slightest indication that they intended to take advantage of the sole remaining chance to retain their churches, namely by making the declarations called for by the law.
 The government continues 70 present. a calm front, although the ministers realize that additional legislative pow CT will be necessary if erious troubie occurs. Receivers have been appointed O td ul rF sequestered property and three police men will be stationed tomorrow at tho doors of each ot the churches to repOtt violations of the law; nut as such violations can only be tried in the po- lice courts and as the penalties. only fifteen francs fine and fifteen days inl- prisonment, with the right If appeal sterner measures may be necessary, and the government will probably accept the bill introduced in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday by M. Meunier, Re- publican, providing that all buildlngs, presbyteries, and so on, occupied by ecclesiastics, shall definitely eseheat to the State. the departments and the com munes on the enactment of the law providing for the separation Cf church and State and at once mako arran9e- meats that the sequsetered property shall not be used, like the hospitals. for special purposes or public chars-
 
 clergy. who do not conform with the laws of 1895 and 1881 and to summon all the priests of military age to tho colors. to serve their time in the army with other Frenchmen liable to mill. tary duty
 Press stands Pat.
 The tone of the Republican press oe all shades indicates that # the pope in- agines that an uncompromisng atti- tude will compel the French govern ment to open negotiations with the Raf- lean, he has woefully mistaken che temper of the people, which favors a more hostile rather than a raore con- ciliatory attitude. The Repubiique Francaisa says
 "The time has passed tVheI. a pope could successfully threaten to release French subjects from their allegiance. Defiance of the law will Jny expose the priests to being regarded Si the SUD- tects of a foreign power, by which they woud forfeit their lights as Frenchmen."
 In the hope of eRecting compro. mise, several Deputies, headed bs Georges Leygues, Radical Republican, ex-Minister of the Colonies. have teIe. graphed to the mayors of the communes asking them to induce two Catholic laymen from each parish to make the declaration under the law of 1881 which the Pope has forbidden the parish priests to make.
 Among the other measures the Cabf. net proposes to introduce in ParIla. ment. December fl, Is a bill author. izing the Government to eXpel ecclest.@ astics whose presence is considered dan- gerous to the public peace.
 Premier Clemenceau, replying to question in the Chamber of Deputies tonight, as to the reason for the expul- sion of Mgr Montagnlni. said 1t was because of his complicity with prom- inent clergymen of Paris, against whom proceedings were pending. in melting church goers to rebellion
 Interference by foreigners on orders from Rome in the politics of France, he declared, was not permissible. ThG Premier, amid thunders of applause tersely summed up the situation, des claruP that the Governments conciFi. atory propositions towards the church had been exhausted and that 1t had been decided in future to leave ths onus 10 Rome
 If the church wishes" the Prsnies