Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-05

him dismissed from enc arms er have
bis lie made burden oy revealing
H AIr Tumu.ty mav net perhaps
hlr. beard that mons were freihb
aaeu uom trains sud sent into the
rstoIuuoBi-t army The number of
nuns who reached Cuba of the nited
states safely Ia negligible How many
~ them will never Doe heard from
Standing Of Paredcs.
"a rather strange Trims d Is that
ST. Tumulty should use az au author
uy Jho Nors Bcg Antonio J Pa
rodca. Roman Catholic vicar general
the archbishopr.c of Mexico city.
when Mr Bryan was secretary of
state. hc communicated cops Go me
0f thc statement 1T canon Paredes.
ana informed me that he was going
to give % tD the press Through mld-
lfy Fleld Malone Of New York ! gave
Sir Bryan Information its tn who this
Antonio , plredes was I told him
that hc was vicar general Of Mexico
cir uly because he had been np-
pointed by Carranza 90 that office,
despite the fact that the constitution
OF Mexico pr0claims that there is mo-
union in that country between church
ana state The venerable archbishop
10 Mexico CITY however. as Father
Tierncy says. u order to avoid further
scandal allowed Paroles 20 act bat
as o. matter ~ fact very few 81 the
clergy of Mexico city pay amy atton-
zion 40 him. bat recognize the author
ity of another Vicar general whose
WINS not made by General
Carranza Antonio J.. Paroles Is to-
day knocking around Mexico city
with revolutionary uniform on al
was be who. taken az nominal pris-
oucr to Vera Cruz with a number of
other priests from Mexico CITY
worked ON the poor prisoners 10 have
them sign document favorable to
Cnrranza. This rs the sort of an au
thorlty Antonio Paroles Is 10 is
matter OF interest In this connection
% know that Mr. Bryan when ne
learned about Canon Paroles ala not
give hts statement TO the public press,
aa he had intended This fact Of
course, must have been known 90 MI
surely Mr. Tumulty IL not inno-
cent enough 10 really believe that the
promises made 81 Cnrranza were I'M
tended 20 DE kept II they were, how
explain the persecution which has
broken ont ina Moreli1 and In Yucca
tan3 How explain that, contrary TO
the constitution, clergymen may no
longer even hold private property In
Mexico mot Catholic clergymon
alone. but an clcrgymen The very
homes that sheltered the poor priests
Of even the country districts are now
90 Doe taken from them By DEGREES.
Clcrgymeu are declared incapable Of
holding property In Morelia, and this
not because clergymen are rich, but
because It is the settled intention Of
the revoluuouists TO drive God out of
Mexico
Not Catholic Question
This in not a Catholic question, and
the interests of the Catholic church
are not alone at stake. II is a ques-
ton that concerns the fundamental
of democracyh which
President Wilson rs bound TO up
hold as the head of the great
est democracy ~ the world. II
liberty fails for Catholics
Vt falls for Professionals. II God is not
going TO be admitted into Mexico
what about the missions established
by Protestant churches with the OK
pcnditre Of enormous amounts of
money? Carranza may answer
we are not going to interfere with
the Protestant inissionst but no
thoughtful Protestant could accept
missions undor such circumstances
because he would then be accepting
PRIVILEGES AGAINST which he has con
aauuy rallied. and carry on his work
in dlsobedicncc Of the law
II have constantly pointed out, even
to President Wilson himself the fact
that the church in Mexico is not ask
ms for privileges Of any Kind what
ever The demand Us merely for re-