Omaha daily bee., 1910-07-02


Roman Catholic subjects of the king, and
limiting the obligation to clear deolara-
ton to maintain the supremacy Of the
English Protestant church. Both political
divisions in parliament favor the change.
No doubt King George desires the modifica-
ton, as did the late King Edward. The
only opposition comes from religious ex-
tremeists, whose alarmlst assertions and
pruphesies are a reflection on the
civilization of today. 1t Is expected, there |
fore that the measure will receive favor
able action, and will enable the new king
to ascend the throne without rejecting on
the religion of any Of his subjects. AT
the same moment the religious body which, !
in Great Britain, applauds the tolerant
spirit of the crown, is not enthusiastic
over a modification of religious intolerance
in Spain The union of church and state
in that country grants a practical monopoly
of religion, education and burial to the
Roman Catholic church. No other creed
is tolerated openly but may be practiced
privately. The liberal ministry of Premier
Canalejas proposes to modify the con-
cordat Of 1851 to the extent of permitting
freedom OF worship. and has taken that
step pending negotiations with the Vatican.
The Vatican objects 10 the change while
negotiations are proceeding, and as a con-
sequence diplomatic exchanges have taken
on a bellicose tone The ministry appears
determined to proceed farther than the
grant of freedom Of worship. Religious
orders which flocked into Spain from
France In the last five years and did not
receive the authorization Of the govern
ment, are threatened with expulsion, and
those orders engaged In manufacturing are
to be taxed. Should the liberal ministry
maintain control of the government, a
revolution In the religious atmosphere OF
Spain is a coming certainty. If the I'M
pending change occurs, it will form one
of the most interesting episodes in the
checkered diplomatic career of Cardinal
Merry del Val, papal secretary of state.
and scion of Spanish nobility.
The evolution in journalism is strikingly
illustrated by the Picking Gazette, an
ancient institution which celebrated its
milenary two years ago. Originally it ap-
peared at intervals and in rudimentary
form. Today the Gazette is a modern news
paper issuing three editions daily. Great
changes have been made in fifty years, and
since the boxer rebellion the number and
holiness of the newspapers have increased.
There are seven different styles of writ
ing, viz, the common, the "demivulgaire,'
the familiar and the epistolary. The
papers for the people are printed in the
common style, and some have adopted the
new alphabet sanctioned by the govern
ment Greater reverence is shown to the
press in China than In other countries. Old
papers are never put to base uses, they
are collected and burned In the pagodas.
The Chinaman believes that proclamation
of newspapers is followed by blindness.
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Leading artists and archaeologists OF
Paris have inaugurated a movement to
save from destruction the old churches Of
France. BY the separation law the question
| Of repairs of these ancient structures has
become q problem. In many country dis
tricts the Roman catholic inhabitants are
too poor to subscribe the necessary funds,
and the municipal councils have no power
| to do so, Hence when an old edifice, dating
perhaps from the thirteenth or fourteenth
century, is seen to be tottering the author
tiles solve the difficulty by employing
melinite to blow it up. The latest instance
was near Versailles. 1t appears that when
the mayor of commune of athelstical
opinions, and they are many in France. gets
the chance of blowing a church to pieces
he is delighted, and the consequences are
becoming deplorable.
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For the moment rivalry in warship build
ing is equalled If not surpassed by the
demand for flying machines as an adjunct
to military establishments. In England.
Germany, France and Austria private en-
terprise has been supplemented by liberal
government provisions for the exploitation
of aviation as an adjunct of warfare. And
now the Italian parliament spurred to
action by the strides of her neighbors has
voted by a wide margin of ALTERNATIVES,
upward Of a million dollars for the purpose
of investigating the science OF flying, with
| special reference to its applicability to
military operations on land and sea- The
size of the appropriation means that the
government is anxious to put the country
abreast Of her rivals.
Count Khuen- Hedervary, the masterful
new premier of Hungary, who, in the re-
cent election, routed the political factions
favoring complete separation from Austria,
enjoys the personal friendship of the aged
emperor, and is a genuine reformer within
imperial limits. One Of the expected re-
suits of his signal victory is grant of
universal suffrage in the Magyar kingdom.
The premier, who has often been charged
by his opponents in Hungary with being
Croatlan, and by ,Croatians with being
Hungarian, Is neither the one nor the
other. He is by birth an Austrian, born
In styria of Tyrolese family. He was
however, educated on one Of his fathers
estates in Slavonia, and studied afterward
at the universities of Agram In Croatia,
and OF Budapest
Young King Manuel Of Portugal is sorely
, perpIexed in the region of the heart. He
wants a wife, but the royal families of
Europe possessing eligible pTincesses have
given the young man a cold storage frost
None OF the reigning houses care to annex
an unstable throne and its scant revenues.
Manuel Is not wealthy as monarchs go.
His civil list Is Just $1,000 day, and 1t
was hoped he would be able to make a
] match with a popular princess possessing
large means in her own right. The father
of the princess was strongly opposed 10
the alliance, not that he disliked the young
: Portuguese king, but because OF the I'M
. settled state Of the country.
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