The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1909-11-21
CLERGYMAN IS
AGGRESSIVE
iews Union Of Church and
State.
ACTION THOUGHT UNSEEMLY
Teachers Are Warned Not to Heed
Cergy's Summons.
oslsntie story Of FrencAman and
zaistres l. Told--Yeung MAN
Kills Woman ana d
Acquitted.

Paris. Nov. 20.--An episcopal mani
toete OF . somewhat conciliatory char
act&t on the political action Of Catho-
Hes with view to the next general
eIection was published the other day
~ the Bishop OF Nancy. II has un-
fortunately been followed by action
on the. part OF Mgr. Germain. Arch
bishop Of Toulouse. which win In many
quarters be characterized as ultra
montana. Mgr. German. in taking the
Initiative for the Institution of an
electoral organzation OF laymen to
advocate the claims OF the disestab-
lfshed Catholic Church. declares that
enofhinE durable can be founded unless
~ means OF q direct or Indirect agree
me1nt between the church and the
State" and he adds:
In order to avaid error and to pre-
fer claims In correct manner. 1t Is
uecessary to associate In these claims
the elector who represents the civil
power ana the bishop who represents
the religious power. This explains
why in intervening In this subject.
t1r a. e.. civil and religious), I am
fuldlling duty OF my ONCE"
Finally, Mgr. German declares:
We ask, and we shall ceaselessly
eontinue to ask. our country for the re-
establishment OF religious peace, (1)
BY means OF an understanding with
the Sovereign Pontiff. or. failing such
understanding, by means OF fresh leg
lslAtion which shall assure tht. church
nf It's complete liberty and shall be
accepted by the Holy See; (2) by the
complete restoration OF liberty Of
teaching"
That the archbishop means. to fight
T. made plain by the last sentence Of
his manifesto. which Is: "In our epoch
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M. BRAND, the Premier, informed a
deputation OF Radical Socialists that
bis opinions regarding the. Ecole Laique
and the supremacy ofIcivii society.
could not be matter OF doubt to any
one. It was with his assent that the
proposals of NJ. Doumergue, the Min
isftr OF Education, for combating the
action of local Catholic associations
pf parents against the Ecioe Laique.
had been placed on the order of the
day by the, Chamber OF Deputies and
these proposals. would have his sup
port in the debate. He declared, how
ever. that since the separation of
church and State the clergy were citi-
zens on the same footing as their
neighbors, and that all that now had
70 be done was to see to 1t that their
manifestations or their acts did moi
constitute infringements of the law.
Only IN the case of such infringements
would 1t be the duty OF the Govern
ment to take steps in order to make
the law respected.
It Is semi officially announced that
In consequence OF the difficulties Gre
ated In certain primary schools by the
fnanifestoes of the Bishops, NJ. Dou-
fnergue, the Minister of Public Instruc-
ton. has thought 1t necessary to In
form the teachers that they are to take
no account of any summons which may
be addressed to them by the clergy or
BY associations of parents asking them
70 withdraw from the hands Of their
pupils those regular class books which
were prohibited by the episcopal man
ifesto. The teachers are reminded that
In such matters they have no right to
receive direction from any one except
their official chiefs or the Minister OF
Public Instruction himself. Without
abandoning their reserved and correct
attitude the teachers must firmly re-
sist any Intervention which, emanat-
Ing from an authority foreign to the
school, would constitute an fntolerable
assault upon the independence of pub
lie instruction and upon the dignity
OF those who impart IT." As for chill
-dren who persistently refuse to receive
any part of the school Instruction. or to
use the prescribed class-books they
are to be visited with the disciplinary