The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1907-01-16
LOCAL COUNCIL OPPOSES
SCHEMES OF FRENCH Gov
EMINENT TOWARDS THE
CHURCH.

New York City, Dec. IS, 1906.
At a special meeting of Harlem
Council, held this day, the following
resolutions were unanimously adopt
ed:
Whereas, The government Of France
in enforcing that part of its recent
laws for the separation of church and
state is unfairly usuTping to itself the
management of church property by
giving control thereof to laymen, Sc
Iected according to rules laid down
by the government, without the al
vice or consent of the church aUthoTi-
ties, and
Whereas, Most, if not all of said
property had therefore been conveyed
to he church by charitable and pious
Catholics and the church had been con-
flrmea and assured of its possession
and control by the Concordat between
the French government and the Holy
See, and
Whereas, The course of the Gov
eminent in enforcing said laws has
been oppressive to the Catholics of
France and the world, and has been
unnecessarily harsh, dissertation of
the church being openly and ostenta-
tAOLS OS lhC o-SCAto AACiS
in, showing that the government of
France in its present action has fallen
under the influence of Goddess inf
deis who glory in offering indignities
to Christianity, as was proven by Mr..
Jaures, the wellknown Socialist lead
er, who said, in speech in the Cham
Der Of Deputies: IF God himself ap-
peared before the multitudes in pal
pabie form, the first duty of man
would be to refuse him obedience,
and to consider him not as a master
to whom man should submit, but as
an equal with whom man may argue; "
and Mr.. BRAND, Minister of Public
Education, in an address to school
teachers, said: The time has come
to root out. of the minds of French
children the ancient faith hich has
served its purpose, and repI~ce it with
the light of free thought 1t is time
to get rid of the Christian idea We
have hunted Jesus Christ out of the
army, navy and schools, the hospitals,
insane and orphan asyluns, and law
courts, and now we must hunt him
out of the state altogether"
Resolved, That we, the Harlem
Council, a member of the New York
Chapter, representing fiftytwo Coun-
ellis of the Knights of Columbus, in
the Boroughs of Manhattan, Rich
mond and the Bronx, and a part OF
the great Order numbering 10000
members, drafting it's membership
from the millions of Catholic citizens
of the United States. Canada and
Mexica, extend our heartfelt sympa-
thy To the DerSecuted Catholics 0f
France
Resolved. That We protest against
this injustice. and call on the whole
Order of the knights of Columbus AID
on lovers of religious liberty of all
denominations to Join in this protest
against the brutal treatment of the
Catholic church by the French gov
eminent.
Resolved, That as far as lies in our
power we oppose any schemes of the
French government as ling as it Per
sists in its persecution of the relig
ious institutions within the range OF
its power.
Resolved, That d copy Of the above
resolutions be forwarded to each
Council in .he Order with the request
that they be adopted and published
in the local press, and that copies be
furnished also TO the press of this
city
I. Committee on ResoIutions-Wm
Lyman. chairman: Thomas J. Dunn
John J. Madden, VIM. H. Macgrath.
Michael B. Fitzpatrick. Micheal ].
eastman, Bernard J. ONeiH. James
H. Hughes. James J. Dennerlein.