Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-03-23

cause Of the separation Of church ana
state IN France. According to the dis
patches his holiness said to the bishop OF
Sioux Falls that Archbishop Ireland had
correctly stated the reasons for the con-
hlct when he declared that the French
bishops and leading Catholic laymen failed
TO heed the advice Of Leo Kill The ad-
dress Of Archbishop ireland in which he
charged the churchmen Of France with op-
position to the republic was delivered last
December shortly after the separation law
became operative. Being thoroughly IA
milar with the situation In France, know
ing from personal experience the hostile at
titude Of the reactionaries he gave express
sion to facts within his knowledge-facts
now admitted by his holiness. Pope Leo
XIII realized early in his reign the conse-
quences Of clerical antagonism to the re-
public and issued his famous encyclical
calling upon the bishops and clergy Of
France to support the republic heartily. He
reiterated repeatedly this earnest and sin
cere advice and continued to the end OF
his life a consistent supporter Of that pol
icy, which was warmly seconded by his sec
rotary Of state, Cardinal Rampolla. The
failure of the French clergy to heed the
commands of their superior is previously
responsible for the deplorable condition of
the church today. Radicalism and socialism
found justification and gathered strength
from the disastrous policy of claiming the
church to the chariot Of royalists. las we
look back over the last thirty-five years of
French history" comments the New York
Sun, I'VE can understand why so many
French republicans should have come to
the conclusion that between them and
those clericals who would not listen even
to the pope It was a duel 70 the death.
Leo XIII did his best to close the breach,
and for the miscarriage Of his exemplary
efforts his successor, Plus X, does not
hesitate to put large share of the blame
where it belongs"
The new constitution Of Persia which
went into effect recently, is an instrument
of force and vitality, and aims at a pop
ular form of government. Its preamble
declares it to be based on 1.-The noble prin-
ciple that the entire people Of a country
have, each according to his rank and sta
ton, right and a share in the investiga-
ton and control of public affairs" and it
accordingly provides for the election of
national council, or lower house Of parla-
ment which shall represent the whole
people of Persia, who all participate in the
country. Nor is that council fettered or
gagged. 1t is as free and has as wide a
| scope Of action as almost any in the world
1t has "a right to propose whatever may
be deemed to the interest of the empire
and nation. and having obtained a ma
jority of votes and the sanction Of the sem
ate can submit the same with full conf
dence to his imperial majesty to have i'm
perial approval and to be put into eXecu-
ton" AS for publicity, not only are the
meetings of Parliament open, but the press
is both authorized and encouraged to pub
! lish full reports of them and of the
| judicial comments of the people," and the
members are actually urged to air their
Views in print. whatsoever may think of
prudent measure, let him insert 1t in the
! newspapers" Almost at the outset the
people tested the vitality of the instrument
by demanding the retirement of COVER
nor and grand vizier, both prominent in
public affairs but not in sympathy with
! constitutional government. The voice of
the people was potential with the shah and
the obnoxious officials were dismissed.
|
| Poor Lord Clanricarde! There is hardly
anyone in all Ireland or England, even In
| the House of Lords, so poor as to do him
| uOIlOT with all HIS AOOOOO u year lIOIn MS
Irish estates. The ball is rolling that will
before long drive him, bag and baggage,
out Of Galway City and county forever
Think of a hundred families on their ma
tive soil, but without any permanent home
since he evicted them twenty years ago
camping out as best they may, living from
hand to mouth on the charity of their
neighbors and help of friends in America
waiting till he should get over his hum and
either rent or sell to them a place to live
and work on, idle as the ground is al
| around theml And this stubborn old mar
from his bachelor den in London dictates
to his agent: Lord Clanricarde does moi
| want to hear anything about evicted ten
ants. The very mention of them makes
him angry, and he does not recognize the
land act of 1903" BY such uselessly crue
pigheadedness is Lord Clanncarde helping
to legislate himself out OF Galway for Gal
ways good A bill was read in the late
session of Parliament to force him to sci
to tho land commission every bit of hi
5000 acres in ireland, and he is himself
furnishing the best arguments for Ia
speedy passage. He has no friends in thu
Commons, and the lords are not thankful
to him for helping to pile on the odiun
that is being heaped on them from all sides
Winston Churchill, under secretary fol
the colonies, delivered an optimistic address
upon South African prospects at dinner
which was given in London the other even
ing in honor of the recently opened Souti
African Products exhibition. He said tina
South Africa had her own fortunes in he
hands. She had only to realize her cor
porate identity to be freed from any undu,
interference. Once the terrible racia
duality which had 50 long perplexed he
politcs-the racial duality between tn
two great white races-had passed away
and 1t was passing away fast into tn
gloomy mists Of the past, there was NJ
obstacle to the effective union of all soutl
African forces, and when that union wa
established there would be no reason VIII,
South Africa should not take it's plac
within the circle OF the empire on eoua
terms with Canada and Australians free
as prosperous, as powerful, as Independent
Abiding 70 the recent elections, he sail
that he thought that all parties had had
say, that the leading men Of every point o
view had been put forward in Johannesburg
that great nerve center of South African
politics; that every shade of politics hai