The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-11-29
PRIEST SAYS TUMULTY FIXED FRAMEUP TO
DENY CARRANZA ATTACKS ON NUNS IN MEXICO

AOhO wv NU
ive months after the reported outrage
tho officers Of the American arm,
who were thrown moro o less in cor
tact with the priests and nuns. espe
clally at the time OF preparation 70
e~mbarklng. have stated that they neve
heard OF a single report Of outrage hav
ing been committed. These mon shove
the roor refugees the greatest sympath
and did everything possible to max
them comfortable, and II would seer
remarkable that they should not hav
heard some repetition Of the story Of tn
Zacatecas outrages had the report bee
true.
1T Is proper to observe here tina
perhaps some nuns may have been as
saulted, as might have occurred In an.
other country under tho conditions O
wild disorder which then prevailed Il
Mexico, u especially when 1t In con
sidcred that the laws Of Mexico pro
hibit a nun from wearing any Garb o
other insignia 10 indicate her calling. o.
that she would be In no way distinguish
able from others OF her sex.
in this connection the Very Rev
Antonio J. Paroles. Roman Cathoii
vicar-gencWl OF the Archbishopric O
'AiN CttS. Uuduc tue WTltIel
report on January 22, 1915, 70 John n
SillImon, the special representative O
the Department OF State:
IL have the honor to inform you con-
corning the matters referred to in the
cablegram OF January IL Of the pres
ent year sent by the Department OF
State Of the United States Of America,
relative to new and Violent outrages
committed upon religious orsanixa-
tons IN Mexico during tho year 1914.
/ am pleased To make the follow
Ing statement regarding this matter.
the accuracy of which I can vouch
FOR, because I am the Ncar.g general
OF the Archbishopric and have had
occasion to personally interest myself
In all the religious matters Of the
Archbishopric since August IL, 1914,
the date OF the entry OF the Constitu-
tionalis forces into this city.
imprisonment Of Priests.
During the period from the 18th Of
August TO the 26th of November thir-
ty-two priests were imprisoned, re-
naming more or less time In the
penitentiary, the period Of their S-
spective imprisonment varying from
'"o = siA'y udyb. vi tHtte ten WeTo
expelled from tho country. Hght
Jesu!ts and two Of the lay clergy,
(clero secular).
Tho Zapatista General. Francisco
Pacheco. shot two priests. Conrado
Navarro. vicar Of Jalatlaco. on Au-
gust ., and Rosalie Iepeda. curate
Of T~xcalyacac, on the 26th of the same
month.
Another Zapatista General, Eve
rardo Gonzales, hung up and beat
Dom!tilo Monroy. the priest In San
Vicente Chicoloapan, on the 23d of
December.
with reference to the violation Of
nuns (senoras religiosas). l am posi-
tive that no one Of them within the
Archbishopric has suffered An attack
upon her honor. and / have been I'M
able to confirm the mol that vio-
lated nuns have arrived in this capital
from other places. Inasmuch as all
religious affairs come to the Office of
which ! am in charge l consider the
above rumors as entirely false.
This comes from an author.tativ,
source and does not seem to conform
with the versions which have from tim,
to time been circulated in the United
States.
AS n matter Of history IL Is inter,
es'ing to note the similarity of tn,
revolution headed by Juarez in 1885
and that OF the present day. The Juare,
revolution was known as the war o.
reform II was the bloodiest OF al
the civil wars ever waged In Mexico
and by Nason OF the eccle siastica II.
sues In the struggle II was marked with
all the bitterness and cruelties OF a re.
ligious war. The conditions then exist.
ing In Mexico were practically identica,
with those OF this day.
president Buchanan was fully aware
OF the principles e~nunciated by Juarez
when recognition WAS extended to him ir
April. 1859. for the Juarex laws hat
been adopted nearly four years pre-,
viously and had partially been put into
operation by Alvarez. Comonfort aHc
Juarez. yet recognition was given.
when Huerta fed from Mexico the
revolutionary party split and thereb,
the p~acihcation of the country was do.
Policy of waiting Tried.
FOR one yea this Administration
held aloof, hoping that by ~reunitinE thu
revolutionary factions would he able tc
bring order out OF chaos. After tn.
lapse OF one year. however. the Mexican
seeming to he no nearer solu,
this Government sounded tho 81,
ranking diplomatic representatives OF
Latin America AZ to whether they would
confer and advise with this Government,
In regard to recognizing a government
In Mexico. Under instructions from
their Governments they consented. and
the first conference met on August s OF
year.
AS a result Of that conference the
representatives of the six Latin Amert.
can countries. together with the Secre-
tary OF state. acting severally. signed an