The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-31
FRENCH PREMIER
ENTERS DENIAL
ClemenCeau Declares He Never
Sent Any Secret Ennis
Sary to Rome.
USES STORMY LANGUAGE
SAYS HE WILL EXPLAIN PUBLIC
LY AT EARLY DAY.

Paris. March 90.-The publication in the
Figaro yesterday of a synopsis of the
documents that came into the possession
/ OF the French government at the time
Mgr Montagnini, secretary of the papal
nunclature, was expelled from France,
mas ELECTED an indignant letter of denial
1 and protest from Premier CIemenceau.
Inc writer Of the article in the Figaro
said incidentally that NJ. Clemenceau had
an interview at Carlsbad with a well
known missionary bishop whom he COM
mlssloned to negotiate with the pope, and
THIS alleged incident was not referred to
IN the sequestered documents. Premier
Slemenceau says he once received a note
from Father Chargettanet asking for an
interview. This was granted. and the two
men ehatted together for some ten min
utes.
1T may be-" writes NJ. Clemenceau,
thdt L referred casually to the church
question in the course of this conversa-
ton, but he denied categorically that he
entrusted Father Chargehant with any
mission to Rome.
Taking up the matter of the mysterious
Madam X, the premier says explicitly
that he never sent any secret emiSsary,
male or female, to Rome The premier
writes sarcasticaIIy Of Mgr. Montagnini7s
innocent thought" that he could draw
him toward Rome by means of a large
sum of money. which would be especially
acceptable to the premier in view of the
dire eXtremities to which he was re-
duced by his well known love of lux
urieS.''
Writes Vigorously.
The premier's letter winds up as fol-
lows: g.
Under the present circumstances /
have no right personally to make use of
the Montagnini documents. while the
other side can with impunity make them
public after carefully expunging their in
OiScretiOnS with the object of minimizing
the inevitable shock of their publication.
] will merely confine myself to observing
the Jesuitical filth quoted by you. This
cannot, it appears to me. be laid to the
account of Mgr. Montagnini. 1t was
brought to him quite fresh. as he SAYS,
by person whose name | think must be
perfectly familiar TO you. You may be
sure | will lose no time in explaining my
self publicly soon as my duty permits
me-"
The Figaro concludes its presentation
of the Montagnini documents by an an
alySis of those papers that relate especial
~ TO internal church questions. These
show cOnefusively, the paper believes, that
the pope was always scrupuloGsly careful
republican institutions.
Mgr. MOntdgnini'S famous notebook
shows he regarded both royalists and con-
servativss with considerable disfavor. and
that he would have liked to have them
replaced by republican Catholics. provided
the latter were not too advanced But
the republican Catholics were disliked al
most equally by Mgr. MOntagnini, as is
proved by his report to Cardinal Merry
Del Val, paPaI secretary of state. on Mare
Sagnier, president of an ultra-liberal
Catholic society
The papers throw much light upon the
assemblies of bishops and confirm preVl-
Gus reports that the majority of the prel-
ates favored the formation of canonlcal
associations in accordance with the plan
of the archbishop of Besancon-