Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-12
tuithcr Correspondence Bearing OH
This Governments Rccosni-
tiun Of Carrulina.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY DENIED
MSr. Francis G. Kelley. President OF
church. Extension Society. AMI Ed
nor Tierncy, Of the "Arncricm,"
hcnly to Secretary TumuIty.

ono Is by Mar Francis e. Kelley.
rrc"'domt Vf the Catholic Church iA.
i'n$i"u society. and tn" other By tho
lier. y ". riornoy. editor OF the
catholic " cl!y. America. and both
lNno" criticism of President Wilson
80 rccoguziu. tn" Carrauza govern
mont, uuhcr whI"h. says Mgr. KEEL
ley. religious liberty is being denied
10 tho pc"nlc Of Mexico.
OFFICIAL RECORDS
N OTHER PLACES
The statcmcu, by Mgr. Kelley fol
ar lhr liIcy or ;hc Department OF
state arc Without oiiiciai records 10
prove IT." tla.tardly crime OF out
RACER couuuittc1 upOn iui,~ b. McAi-
r:'n rcNo.uti"nists. there are oh,cinl
records - oO"r rla"'S, copies Of which
'rv" ho.H offered to tho Department
- Etntc. happcn 10 have some Of
'hcm myself, given under oath. I
have ono ~ particular that has nc"cr
.cnn ~" liuht Of d.,y. l:ut Is Mr.. Tu-
intIlty perfectly safe ~ trying TO dis
rrcNS all the outragcs against rolir
'"i through DENYING one? Even II We
rrnu, al his cOntcntions. there stili
remains a f,reat burden ut crime alb
H"lUtcly uuo Explained. ono thing. how
over. he may be certain Of: tho worst
of tho nnidnv,s wilt never DO given
opt, for II stands To reason that no
names arc gong TO DC mentioned. not
for tho rcyUln'ionists sake nor for Mr..
IuIuul,y's sake. bui rather Tor the
arlc Of tho poor viciina. The muir
aor- Tho lco,lng. Mo stealing. the
"lrrin" ~ churches. cic.. etc have
h'oU Admitted oyer Hmi 0Vcr again hy
'ho rcvoluttouItt. themselves II Is
most extraordinary TINT Nr. Tumu'ty
ooulh iuako ue statement scrlouEIy
ihat the officers "f tho Amercau army
uoNcr heard siuclc report Or out
I,uc having bern commttn'I.' the
fH"' ~ lilo mlt'"r - Tint IN" story
tr-i cauo to- my know edge through
"ur irho received i, from officers ~
lo,b the army ana navy. / Afterwards
'pttNCrssd Wiih ono uf those uiiccr"
urd hr NOT only corrohpraicG what /
HAD heard. but gave me additional
facts However i.is case is about thc
sam" - ti'ii of thc nuns While !
have ''i' rnmc ami ills SIGNATURE, ~"
not proper" - havc him dismissed
from ltt army. car hayc his lif" made
Durdci los revealing it, MIR. TuInui-
IS uiI, not perhaps have heard that
nuns were fprcibly taken from trains
aud scnt into the rcyolutionist army.
Tn. number OF nuns ~no reached
cuba or the United States safely 10
ucElibihl" How many Il them viii
ncvor bc heard from
r., rather strange thing IL Is that Mr..
rumGl,, should NJ" rs an authority
ZIG NCiN lstt- .Nlllbnlb u. ''tl'G''f'
Roman catholic Vicar General. tic
.Nrcubisnopric % M"Nico City. When
NJ. ir,1u MAS Secretary Of state. lie
COMMUNICATED 10 IN" u copy az tho
statement OF Canon Paroles ana IN
formed mo that tic was going !" give
i, 10 thc rrc-s. Through Dudley i'icid
Malone. ~ New York, ! gave Mr. I;rYnu
Information a. 10 who this Antonio !
iarcJes was. I told him that he was
Nicar-.;cueral OF MEXICO city only be-
cause lac had b"cu appointed hS Car
rama :" that oiicc. dcSpit" the iaut
that tho Constitution OF Mexico pro
rlHius that there is no union ~ that
country between church and state. The
Venerable Archbishop OF Mexico city.
however. a. Father Ti.lucy says. in
order 10 avoid scandal allowed Paroles
10 act: but rs matter OF fact. very
few Of the clergy OF Mexico city pnE
any attention To him. but recognize the
authority OF another vicar-g general.
whose 4rpointmcni was not made by
General carranza. Antonio J. Faredcs
is to-day Knocking around MEXICO CITY
wit! II revolutionary uniform ON. It
waE lie who, taken ;ts u nominal pris-
oi,or 10 Vera t:uH with a uUinpcr of
other priests from McHico city. work ed
on tho poor prisoners Ia have them
sign ~ document favorable to cRrrauz;,.
This Is tho sort al al authority An
tonic j. Paroles is, It IS u matter of
interest in this connection 20 know
that Mir. Bryan. when ne learned about
Canon Paroles. did not give his state
ment 10 the public press. rs he had in
tended. This fact. OF course, must have
bccn known to Nj. Tumulty.
PROMISES or CAltHANHA
Not MEANT TO BE KEPT
surely. Mr. Tuniuity is not innocent
enough to really believe that the prom
Uses made by Carranza were intended
to be kept. IL they were. how explain
the persecution which has broken out
siucc IN Morc!ia and in Yucatan" How
explain that, contrary 10 the ConstitC-
tor. clcrcymen may no longer even
hold private property in McXico"-uUt
catholic cicrgymen alone. but all
r!>r4 Nmcn. The very homes that shell
tered the poor priests OF even the coum-
ny districts are now 10 he taken from
them by decree. Clcrgymen are de-
clarcd incapable OF holding property in
MorcIi;r and this not because clcrGymcn
arc rich. but because ii is the settled
intention % TIC rcvolutiomsts to drive
God out OF Mexico.
This is not Il Catholic question, and
tho interests OF the Catholic Cnurch are
not alone at stake. 1t Is Il question
that concerns the fundamental prn-
ciplcs Of democracy, which President
Wilson is bound to uphold as the head
"f the greatest democracy in the world.
II religious Iiherty falls for Catholics. it
tails for Pru'cat;tnts. lf Cod is not
going to bc admitted into Mexico what
about the missions established h. Prot =
cataut Churches with the expenditure
OF enormous amounts Of money? Car
rau7a may answer. We arc not going
TO Interfere with Protestant missions ;
but no thoughtful Protestant could nc
Ccpt missions under such circumstances
because he wonl then be accepting the
special privilcGfs against which he has
constantly rallied. and carry on mis-
work in disobcdicncc OF The law.
IL nave constantly pointed out, even
To prcsIhcn, Wilson himself. tho fact
that the Church in Mexico is not uskiD..