The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-08-09
Propaganda Will Be Carried
to All Sections Of Span
ish Territory
GOVERNMENT SATISFIED
WITH GENERAL OUTLOOK
Spanish OHicIaIs Believe That the Back
bone of the Car1ist Movement Is
Broken and that the Govern
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San Sebastian. August S-The Catholic
juntas of the Basque provinces decided at
a meeting today to wage broad cam
paign "in defense of Catholicism and to
use all efforts to spread the propaganda
throughout Spain. AS the first step they
named a general committee to organize
a mammoth manifestation against the
government. Later they will seek to
| create militant juntas in every province.
The Carlist leaders also held a meeting
today but behind closed doors. The
suspicion that the Catholics and Carists
are working hand in hand has increased
| the uneasiness of the authorities.
Cardinal Merry Del Val. the papal Sec
retary. has forwarded to the president of
| the junta here the thanks of the Pope
and his apostolic benediction. There
were no disorders of any kind today.
About half the number of those arrest
ed on Saturday night. while taking part
| in street demonstration and shouting
Death to Spain." Long live the Pope
were released today. The Basque sena-
| tors and deputies have decided to ask
| for the release of the others and to
| interpellate the government at the OPEN
| ing of the Cortes protesting against the
arbitrary acts at San Sebastian
The government, however, will insist
| upon the prosecution of the signers of
| the insulting protest directed to 1t by
the Catholics. the premier hoping thereby
| to expose the real cause of the agita-
tion in the Basque provinces. The Queen
| 9TH rry,o ic (f,t th.lso
graduated Premier Canaletas and the
| governor today the success which at
| tended their efforts to prevent trouble
here Sunday.
| The city continues tranquil, no further
| attempt al demonstrations being made.
| The troops, however will remain in the
| summer capital for several days
| The authorities express the confidence
that the fiasco of the anti-governmental
manifesto marks the end of Carlism and
| any attempt at insurrection in favor of
| tho pretender. but they are plainly nerv-
GUS as they realize the blind devotion of
| the peasant population of the Basque
provinces. who had been told by the
priests and monks. with which the coun-
| try swarms that 1t was their religious
duty to support the Pope against the
| Spanish government in the pending con-
| flict. Sixteen priests and monks were
| among the persons arrested Saturday on
charges of attempting to provoke dis
order.
In answer to kilograms from the Span
ish Catholics pledging their loyalty to
the vatican in the present conflict the
president of the Roman Catholic junta
received today the following telegram
from Cardinal Merry Del Val, the papal
secretary of state:
| In the present sad and bitter hours
| his Holiness sees with particular satis-
| faction the sister Biscayan provinces evil
dence their magnificent sentiments of
unspoken Christian fidelity. He thanks
you for their homage and filial love and
sends to you paternal affection and apos-
| tolic benediction."
Troubles In Portugal
| Lisbon, August 8.-Portugal, like Spain,
| Is almost on the verge of an open rupture
with the vatican, due, among other
| causes, to friction over the governmental
| oensure of the Roman Catholic Archbish-
| op of Braga. for suppressing a Portu-
| guese Franciscan newspaper without sub
mtting the order to the Portuguese gov
ernment for approval
| Since the issue of the royal decree, is
sued July 12 multiplying the action of the
archbishop the clerical forces inspired, 1t
| Is charged by Cardinal Merry del Val. the
papal secretary of state. have been con-
Quoting a bitter Campaign against the
government on this account. At the
same time the vatican has ben raising
| difficulties about refilling the diplomatic
vacancy caused by the death of Senior
| Martins D'Antas, the Portuguese ambas-
| sador to the vatican. The Portuguese gov
] ernment retaliated by deciding to allow
| the post to remain vacant for the present
and the minister of justice has drafted
| bill providing for a civil register of
| births, deaths, and marriages. AS this
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clergy. big meeting of ecclesiastics was
| held here today to protest
| Danger also threatens the government
| from the side of the republicans on ac-
| count of the refusal of the King to re-
| deem the promise made by the govern
ment of an amnesty for political Offend
| ers including the members of the secret
| societies involved in the assassination of
| his father and brother.
| The government has been trying to ap-
pease the republicans by appointing
| prominent members of the party to i'm
| portant positions in the provinces The
monarchical press fears that this policy
will enable the republicans to turn the
| election machinery of the government
against itself in future elections TO the
Cortes. lt.t Il
Thousands of Rifles Seized
| Bilbao, Spain, August S.-Six thousand
rifles were seized by the authorities to-
| day on board a tug which had been
chartered TO go to San Sebastian, where
the great anti-governmental demonstra-
ton was postponed to be held yesterday
| before the clerical leaders abandoned the
| manifestation.
| Local authorities at San Sebastian had
| held that the Carists were planning to
| take advantage of the Catholic manifes-
| tation to start a movement against the
government. No statement. however. is
| made to which party to the conflict char.
tered the tug and loaded 1t with arms.
| Report Not Confirmed
| Madrid, August SAN official stated
| today that the government has no con-
| firmation Of the report in several Euro
pean capitals that the Pope has addressed
a personal letter to King Alfonso. appeal
ing to the King to use his influence for
the settlement Of the conflict between tho
Spanish government and the vatican.