El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-22

| of the church was the cause Of loud
! COMPLAINT Senior Canalejas raised
the flag Of anti-clericalism and entered
upon a series of sensational speeches
against the church as malign and
menacing factor in temporal affairs
Sagasta was swept back into office
upon a wave of anti-clerical and anti
conservative sentiment. OF course moth
ing was done in the way Of regulating
the church to save the country from
the revolution that 1T was then de-
cIared threatened And there was. as
usual no revolution as a result of that
failure.
Called to Abate Strife.
But there continued to be a great
deal of talk. This made the way clear
for Canalejas, the idol Of the people.
the arch-enemy of clericalism, the
sworn foe OF Jesuitism- He was liter
ally called by his people to abate strife
His famous address 70 the public,
through a magazine, called 'vThe Last
Truce" was still ringing in the ears
of the masses. In this utterance he
had declared for the remaking of the
monarchy, citing Great Britain, Ger
many and other liberal European mon
arches as examples Of true democracy
under a crown. 1t was time for tho
Liberals to become socialistic IN -heir
policy, he said. He had mapped out a
program of socialistic reform that
should be followed. He advocated edu-
cation and the Improvement of the
condition of the laboring classes. Pow
err" he said must be stripped of its
feudal attributes" And authority
must be clothed with the sentiment of
democracy He went further and de-
clared boldly that socialism was not
doctrine. It was civilization
Platform IL NulIed. ,
Canalejas accepted a portfolio in a
new cabinet which Sagasta was forced
to form after 1.-THE Last Truce" had
produced a crisis. The vigorous anti
clerical program that had been ar
ranged and published as the platform
Of the new cabinet. of which Butcher
Weyler of Cuban fame was a member.
became dead letter as soon as the
new government was formed. The vat
lean interviewed the new powers and
was completely satisfied with the out
look. The recognition of the legality
of all religious orders by royal decree
in violation of the announced program,
was announced. The whole platform
was knocked into cooked hat without
a word Of explanation or apology to the
hosts that had hoped for vigorous anti
clerical activity. The royal decree was
Illegal because 1t ignored the provfs-
ions Of certain already existing laws,
but it was enough to set the Spaniards
by the ears. A new law under which
the friars could be regulated. and most
of them expelled. was drafted, and Ca
nalejas was credited with having writ
ten most of it's provisions. But it was
decided not to present it to the cortes.
When it was siedtracked. senior Canale-
jas was in an embarrassing position.
He resigned.
Freedom for Monks.
During the Maura conservative re-
gime in 1894 a compact was signed
between the government and the vati-
can which gave the religious orders
carte blanche in Spain and virtually
invited to this country all of those ex-
PEELED from France and elsewhere. Pre-
mier Maura fell as result, but two
following Liberal administrations
failed to do anything to expel or regu-
late the monks. A democratic cabinet
was formed and again enti-clerical-
ism" was to the fore as battle cry. A
bill was introduced in the cortes in line
with the provisions of that drafted by
Canalejas and killed in the cortes sew
era1 years before.
CanaleIas Resumes Post.
The bill disrupted the Liberals and
Republicans, some Of each party declin-
ing to support a law to Dust the orders.
Through much pickering and reform
ing Of cabinets the .clericalism re-
upon Canaletas. in February. 1910. TO
form a new cabinet The cabinet was
formed. with Canalejas as president,
and at the next elections Canalejas Sc
cured majority in both houses Of the