El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-27

of mob rule, which ended only when
the first Diaz administration began.
The Catholic cathedral in Mexico
City is said to be the most magnifi-
cent religious ejifice in the new world.
1t was erected on the site Of the an
cient Aztec temple, and was seven gen
eratiOnS under construction It is open
for inspection at all times, and every
tourist who visits the republic makes
pilgrimage to it. Holy week in Mex
leo City is most solemn Of all the
weeks of the year. One of the moss
remarkable ceremonies of the week is
that OF blowing up Judas" Images
of the traitor are to be found every
where. Some have explosives in them
which blow the poor manikin to atoms
others have ratchet wheels in them
which make sounds ike the crunching
Of bones At many street corners a
public hanging takes place, and in
all these ceremonies the poor, wretched
Judas is made to expiate his crime,
the entire populaee going through
with the grim work with as much
vehemence as if the tragedy had o.
Cured only the day before.
Professionalism Gets FOOthoId.
While the Catholic religion is every
where prevalent, and in hundreds OF
communities no member of any other
denomination can be found, yet in tho
important cities Professionalism is gain
ing a fOOthOld- In the capital one
may find Methodist, Episcopal and
other Protestant denominations, while
a substantial number of Christian
Scientists have formed a congregation,
and their doctrine is said to be win
ming many converts. There are a great
many missionaries in Mexico sent there
by Protestant denominations, and for
the most part they report substantial
progress.
The Catholic church in Mexico re-
fuses to have anything to do with such
non sectarian organizations as the
Young Women's Christian association.
Only recently a number Of English and
American women in Mexico City made
an effort to establish a branch of the
Y W. G. A. there. Such prominent
Mexicans as former ambassador Creel,
and the present governor of the fed
eral district, one of the wealthiest and
most progressive men in the country,
took part in the preliminaries, and it
looked as if Mexico would have a well
equipped Y. W c. A. in a short time.
AS soon as the archbishop read OF the
participation Of Catholic women in the
movement he wrote them announcing
that he considered it their duty to
drop out of it. and that their cOnnec-
ZION Wlln II was d SCdnQd1 against
their good name This letter started
the fires of a sectarian discussion in
the newspapers, in which the church
claimed that it was able to look after
the affairs OF the Catholic young worn-
en- in Mexico. and that the Y W. c.
A. as we'll as the Y. NJ c. A, was q
Protestant institution. The discussion
continued for weeks, but the Protes-
tant> women are hopeful that they will
yet have the opportunity to establish
Y. W. c. A
President Diaz has always thrown
the weight Of his influence in the d.
rection of liberal views, especially in
the case of the l. NJ c. A, which he
considers one of the most important
of the worlds movements for the bet
terment of mankind Many other
prominent Mexicans are opposed to
the old fashioned, narrow views of re-
ligion, and hope to see the day when