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

-lf Isl interesting tu read. over Tue
signature of the secretary tn The pres
Ideut tblt thc lAuu-Amtriaau couu-
tries Joining CO., thr conference. and Ben
the recognition. are lll ~ them Cath
ollie countries. Perhaps Mr. Tumulty
viii enhghten us as o. whether or not
amy representations were made hy
these countries. and others. o. % re-
lgious liberty in Mexico II DE doc
NOT care Go 800 enlighten the public.
perhaps ihc public win be enliEht-
encd later on AS said iu ms cable
gram ffem Rome Go the Chicago Tri-
huuo this Is not p question Of per-
sons it is question 90 principles
The church can live under Csrranza
or anybody else, aud when lawful
government Is SCI up IN Mexico. t Is
the duty of the church. following lts
principles. 20 live under il. but the
unfortunate people who believe in cod
IN Mexico. have right 20 religious
liberty That right has been denied
them. ana IS being denied them hy the
de facto government, supported by the
president OF the United States
Father Ticmcy's statement.
The statement by Father Tiorncy
alonE the same lines. is as follows;
"a reply TO Mr. Tumulty's letter will
appear Ia the next issue Of America,
the National Catholic Weekly Of
which ] am editor For tho present
suffice e 90 say that the points in
which / am interested concern the
treatment OF priests brothers ana Sis-
ters and the attitude Of the rcvom-
tionists toward religion In general
Mr. Tumuty discounts nearly an the
reports of outragcs. but his contention
is sustained by no evidence of value.
Ills testimony about tho treatment If
Sisters Is Ia every instance. except one,
negative ana cannot render uncertain
the proposition that Sisters were OUT
ragged nor prove the contradictory
proposition that sisters We're not OUT
ragged Against this negative testi-
mouy Monsignor Kelley and myself
have set and can now set affldavits
declaring that Sisters were ill-trcatcd.
Ana strange to say one of these affi-
dayHe was made Ia Vera Cruz by refu-
gee Sisters, ~ time when as MI.
Tumulty declares, the officers of the
American army who were thrown into
contact with these same Sisters, In
Vera cruz, never heard Of q single
report of outrage having been COM
mi"f.d Stranger still this affidavit Is
signed by an officer of the American
army Through the columns of Amer
led ! have offered to furnish MIR Tu-
multy the names OF the six Sisters
who testified. the names Of the SIX
witnesses and the name Of the notary.
For prudential reasons ! shall with
hold the name of the army officer. !
have also offered to send him a copy
of ~ affiduvitc made lay the priuress
Of Il well-known Cnrmelite monastery,
who CONVEX ted with the Sisters who
were outraged An this testimony
gives moral gertrude that outrages
were committed Mr Tumultys evil
dencc leaves this gertrude untouched.
lie gave one item Of positive tcsti-
m0ny TO tho effect that Sisters were
not ouraged within the archbishopric
Of Mexico city But TO what avail2
Nobody said they were. BESIDES, the
course OF Mr. Tumulty's evidence is
Vtlatod
Treatment of Priests.
'rhp second point under discussion
concerns the treatment Of priests.
The testimony of Canon Paroles vicar
general of Mexico City, is adduced by
Mr.. Tumulty. In the first place, Mon
signor Paredee Is not competent
witness lie rs a Carranzista holding
office from Curranza, and by the suf-
ferance OF the ordinary Of Mexico city
who confirmed the appointments TO
prevent further scandal. Canon Pa
rodes admits that priests were muir
dercd. but he puts the crimes on the
Xapaustas who, be II remembered,
were once hand in hdnd with Carran-
a. Moreover had Canon Paroles
been more impartial he could have
furnished evidence Of the brutal mut.
der Of Brothers and the revolving tor
turc OF priests in the north where
villa and Carranza we're companions
Tho torture uf the priests was direct
ed by Colonel Fiero OF the revolution
ary army should Mir pumulty de-
sire II, / shall send him copies of az
fidnvits made by the tortured priests
in the presence Of Bishop Lynch OF
Dallas, Tex
"A last point. that namely which
Germs religious freedom. Mr. Tu-
Imulty makes a great deal Of Carran-
lza's promise. Hut what about the de-
cree OF Agular and the decree Of To
luca which make religious freedom
Impossible? Have they been recalled
Worse yet and this simply destroys
Mr. Tumultys whole position, only re-
gently General Ayarado, the mill
tary governor Of Yucatan, issued "a
violent manifesto against religion.
/ This document will be published In
! Amcrca for December H. Alvawdo's
decree and Carranza's promise look
well side by side.
"Caranza IS blowing cold and his
agent. Alvarado. Is blowing hot and
/ religion Is suffering confiseation OF
converts has been in progress in Nu-
cntan since Carranza made his worth
less promise More might be said,
strange facts might be laid bare, hut
this ia quite sufficient for the end IN
view.