Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-04
FRANCE TO BLAME FOR SPANISH REPORTS
Says Late Dispatches from Madrid Have
No Foundation in Fact,
TROOPS ABANDON OLD PALACE OF POPE
HouSs At AvignOn to Be Converted Into
Show Place.
ITALIAN SOCIALISTS ARE SURPRISED
Threatened split in Party Fails q
Take Place, Much 60 Disgust
of Some of Its
Members.

of sOme of It's
Members.
ROME. nov. 3.--(Special Cablegram 10
The Bec)-'rhe alarming news Of a
proximate rupture between Spain and the
holy see has recently been bruited abroad
to all the winds OF heaven on the wings
OF the telegraph.
Now Count Bonl de Castellane, deputy
OF the lower Alps. declares that all this
story of complications between Spain and
! the Vatican Is a striking example Of inter-
national "bun." Tne french government
he says, had in 1904 judged It advanta geoUs
! to break on all relations with Rome. The
proceeding followed in these ctrcuin-
/ stances was qualified as historic false
hood" by an eminent republican, and he
| had good right to know. The inoppor-
tuneness of the rupture" says the vlscount
de Castellane, "even for the ends which
a minister inimical to the church proposed
to himself, is indeed fully demonstrated
| by the separation law, since 1t Is the
previous rupture with the Holy See which
prevents this lay from entering on ITS
course"
! The French government having COM
mitted itself to such course, is cndeavor-
|
whole world that it is not alone in the con-
nict with Rome; that all the other Catholic
I countries have differences with the head of
the church. and grievances against him;
that even Spain, nation Catholic above all
else, feels the necessity. since the arrival Of
the liberals to power. of shaking on the
intolerable yoke OF the religious power and
of defending themselves from its intrusions
i'm the domain Of the civil power
Reports Not True.
And at the head OF this strange enterprise
they have not hesitated to place the young
king under whose protection the new min
lister should develop the movement Of eman-
cipating, as they pretend, the Spanish con-
science.
The viscount Castellane says 1t would
be interesting to know. does the Spanish
government regard these wild stories as so
much in keeping with the conduct OF
French ministers, that It is scarcely worth
while attempting to note their abundant
falsehoods?
Tho virtnous and respectable Reuters
agency gave Worldwide circulation TO the
French rcport-thats King Alphonso had
signed decree giving fun authority for the
institution Of civil marriage The viscount
Castellane declares such decree has
never existed"
1t was added besides. that outside of the
question of civil marriage the government
had to preoccupy itself with the reform OF
the Concordat Now, it is precisely the
liberals who did not wish to touch the
Concordat. Such are two. out OF several
specimens Of French inventiveness ccncern-
ing Spain.
Troops to Leave Old Palace.
An interesting piece Of news comes from
Avignon The Palace of the Popes in
which French troops have been quartered
for more than a century. has at last been
evacuated, barracks having been con-
structed near the town for the soldiers,
30 this historic edihce will now be re-
I stored in q manner betting its past and
= viii henceforth be kept with due care and
T. attention. This excellent arrangement IS
t to be attributed to the energy of the local
h municipal authorities. who. aided by the
n French government, undertook the building
[ Of the "caserne," which has had the effect
:, OF removing the stain. After having served
a as the residence OF several popes, or of their
K legates, the palace has been converted into
o barracks when the first revolution broke
n out. Later on &c was used as a prison
: this state of things lasting until 1871, when
e troops were onco more located within It's
y walls. II is rathet q curious coincidence
G that honor should again be paid to a struc
s ture which was begun in 1894, during tn,
Il pontifcate OF Pope Benedict XII, 40 soor
;. after the breach between the French gov,
:. enment and the Vatican. This is, OF
= course. a pure coincidence, but there Is tn,
Il fact. nevertheless.
: Socialists Surprised.
The victory OF the 'integralists at tn,
socialist congress was spoiled for then
by the adhesion Of the "reformist section
/, At the last moment the latter announced
Y that they would throw in their lot with tn,
''integIallsts'' and vote for their program
II an announcement received by slgnor Enric
Ferii and his friends with barely conceaIe,
dismay. The party of the irreconcilable
under signor Labrlola, who. under tn
name OF 'sindacalists," profess rigid ad
herence 20 the Marx doctrines. were easill
defeated, recording only some 5000 vote
against nearly 27oCO. But the victory doe
:, not belong 70 signor Ferri. since the re
.,t formlsts' and the "integralists" share IN /
- alike. and the leadership and direction O
nj the party can be as fairly claimed by signo
Bissolati or slenor Turati as by the "ln
"A tegralist" chief. The congress has no
IA settled either that question or the question
1s Of future policy. The "integralist'' program
- contains too many contradictions to stan
fc in actual practice.
When the italian government decide
or upon nstionalizing the railway system. an
l,s began last year by taking over the man
bs agsment OF the two great Medterrsnea
"a and slcilian companiea IL soon found tina
n the shortage OF locomotive power and roll
ing stock brought about by the old ad
Il mluistraton threatened 70 give rise to a
Z economic crisis.
TO tide over pressing needs state con
III missioner was dispatched 10 England "a
the purpose OF picking up some SECOND
hand locomotives. II possible. As a resu
Of his visit a number of the Metropolita
Railway oOmpanys old engines togetht
u with nifty old six-coupled goods locomotiv,
Of the Midland railway are now on the
- way 10 Italy.
"a st. Louis DrumhleF in Trouble.
'of SAN FRANCISCO Nov. 3-W. b. Wool,
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