The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1910-08-11
PORTUGAL FACING
VATICAN QUARREL
ALONG WITH SPAIN
Suppresses q Newspaper With
out Authority and Friction
Starts With the Gov
eminent.

Lisbon, Aug 10.-Portugal, like Spain
Is almost on the verge of an open
rupture with the vatican, due among
other causes to friction over the gov
ernmental censure of the Roman Cath
bic archbishop of Braga for suppress
sion of a Portuguese-Franciscan news
paper without submitting the order to
the Portuguese government for APP
prevail.
Since the ssuance of the royaj 1e-
cree, July IL, multiplying the action of
the archbishop, the clerical force, in
spired, 1t is charged, by Cardinal Merry
Del Val, the papal secretary of state,
have been conducting a bitter cam
paign against h government on this
account.
At the same time the vatican has
been raising difficulties about reflling
diplomatic acanc caused by the
death Of Senior Martena d. Antas, the
Portuguese ambassador to the vatican.
The Portuguese government retaliated
by deciding to allow h post to re-
main vacant for the present n the
minister Of justice has drafted a bill
providing for a civil register of births,
deaths and marriages. AS this threat
ems a large source of income to the
clergy. a big meeting of ecclesiastics
was held here today to protest.
Danger also threatens the govern
IIltHt ITOUl TIE sue VI liz IcDuDllCdilS
on account OF the refusal of the king
to redeem the promise made by the
government of an amnesty for political
offenders, including the members of
the secret societies involved in the
assassination of his father and brother.
The government has beer trying to
appease the republicans by appointing
prominent members Of the party to i'm
portant positions in the provinces. The
monarchial press fears that this policy
will enable the republicans to urn the
election machinery Of the government
against itself In future elections to the
cortes.
six THOUSAND GUNS ARE
SEIZED BY AUTHORITIES
Bilboa, Spain. Aug 10.-Six thousand
rifles were seized by the authorities
today on board a tug, which had been
chartered to go to a Sebastian,
where the great anti-governmental
demonstration was proposed to be held
yesterday, before the clerical leaders
abandoned the manifestation.
Local authorities at San Sebastian
had held that the Carlists were plan
ming to TAX advantage Of the Catholic
manifestation to start q movement
against the government. No state
ment, however. is made as to which
party to the conflict chartered the tug
anu lOdueu IL WITH arms.
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SPAlN'S SUMNER CAPITAL
Is ALL TRANQUIL TODAY
San Sebastian, Spain, Aug. 10.-The
city continues tranquil. No further
attempt at demonstrations have been
made since a group of the more hot
headed clerical adherents yesterday
gathered on the street. with shouts Of
Death to Spain! Long Live the Pope!"
The troops, however, will remain in
the summer capital for several days.
The authorities express the greatest
confidence that the fiasco Of the anti
governmental manifestation marks the
end Of Carlism and Of any attempt at
an insurrection in favor Of the pre-
tender, but they are plainly nervous,
as they fully realize the blind devo-
ton of the peasant population of the
Basque provinces, who had been told
by the priests and monks, with which
the country swarms. that it was their
religious duty to support the pope
against the Spanish government in the
pending conflict.
Sixteen priests and monks were
among the persons arrested Saturday
on charges of attempting to provoke
disorder.