Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-12-17
Sins LAID At
PORTUGAL DOOR
Correspondent Charges II.
human TreatmCnt Of
Monks and Nuns.

Lisbon correspondent. Francis MCCu''
dag who 10 esidnltiy symplthlz.
,r with the clolicala Ia recent dis.
ratch % his pa.er. he had this TO
say:
Establishing the Portuguese Re.
public was btisk piece ol work. and
no one can quarrel with the Republi.
cana because they expelled the re.
l!gi1us ordcrG. for they think ;hay
have been very bad treated by
those orfora. especially the Jesuts.
NCithc: c,n they be blamed for their
somewhat stupid rcioicinRs since.
Similar enthusiasm is manifested by
every people unier like circum.
stances-by the Turks. Perslans and
japanese, as well as by Portuguese.
But the Portuguese Government
seems to have made mistake aud
seriously harmed It's own cause by
illtreating nuns and allowing soldiers
and sailors TO pillhge several
churches. monasicries and converts.
"Bcfore describeing those mistakes
in detail must first say that NJ poo.
ME on o1rth Is entitled to raproach
the P1r'uguese In these mp'tcrs. The
Crnmwollians and the French revolu.
tinniets nci I'd with FAR moro violence.
thoueh with for move monliness and
greatness and considering every
thing, the Portuguese ravn'utionists
exhibited extraordinary self restraint
when they got tho unncr hand.
Two wrongs, however. do not
make n right and undoubtedly the
treatment Of the nuns was disgrace.
full. barbarous and almost unpreced.
ented Granting that they had no
legal right to evist ma communities the
Government should have SO notified
them. giving ample time to prepare
to go to their homes or take up some
other profession.
But said n marine officer to mo,
we had to protect there nuns from
the mob. therefore we brought them
as soon rs possible to the arsenal
Now there was not the f1inteSt
disposition on the part of the mob "a
attack converts. Most of the attack.
ing was done by the soldiers and
blueiackots The Irish convent OF
Bonn Successo n: Belom, the Domin'
lean convent M Vimfca, the Irish 10
minican monastery of Ccrpo Santa
and others are still protected by 4
few soldiers. All the other converts
could have been protected in like
manner say nothing Of the mon
asteries. especially the Jesuit estab
lishments ! confne myself to the
case Of the nuns. and | think tina,
case was hard.
From Thursday to Sunday the nuns
were taken through the streets In
omen automobiles and carriages.
These vehicles were filed with arm
ed men, some displaying barred
swords. The shouts of the crowd ant
the iecrs of the soldiers frightened
these unfortunate women nearly t.
| death. Some wore their religious
habits. most wore the national man
tilla. probably many had never beer
outside convent since they wer'
children. No small number were o
noble birth and refined appearance
Some of them were very young
! some mere novices. To intrust then
tn drunken, at least highly excited
blue Jackets to drive them through
bowling mobs was cruel.
81 have since discussed the matte
l WIN i'i'iSh'iHs siii VI 'hNlli
save one. who is Lutheran, an
they con not find words stron
enough to express their contempt an
loathing for the "Dasos" who hav
treated delicate. helpless women 1
this disgraceful manner.
One Child Carried a Doll.
IF only grown.up women wer
concerned the matter would not b
quite so bad But the girls and chi
dren who had been boarding in tn
convent schools. orphans and tn
poor whom the nuns had been takln
care o! were similarly escorted TO tn
arsenal or 10 the railway station.
saw one child carrying in her hand
doll Before her staggered a trl
culent bully with an unsheathed
sword. Around her surged as vii
demonstrating gang Of ------
civilians as ever occupied the insld
of prison.
"lf these men had been the braves
Of the brave could not have col
cealed my disgust. When | disco
cred what an opera.bOuffe affair III
revolution OF October really wa
my contempt for them knew n
bounds. The New York police for,
could disarm and lock up the entil
hock of heroes"
Even II II had become necessal
TO remove the nuns TO some centr
place of safety. why send them
the arsenal? Could they not all ha,
been collected In some large CONVEX
or other building on the outskirts
the city? II the republican COVER
ment wished to protect them fro
the mob, why did II expose them
/ the jeers of the mob by taking the
| through the very heart of the citl
"My opinion Is that the governme
wished to excite the antl-clerlcalis
of the capital. II has no programm
but anti'clericalism. II has no 9th
card 10 play. II has no other re
son for existence.
I'm the arsenal. which Is also
naval barracks the nuns were her
ed together in one large room, tn
was also, think, wholly unnecC
Sary Inconvenience and indignil
When several hundred had been gat
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