The Irish standard., 1919-02-01
Separation Of chuch and State Ind
Gated by Controlling Power.

Separation Of chuch and State Indi-
Gated by Controlling Power.
According to a special cable to the
New York Times, the Centrist party
is making strenuous efforts to curb
the Socialist movement. 1t has
called upon all the foes OF destructive
radicalism to join it's ranks and pro-
claims that it will be truly Christian
popular party. This step is achiev-
ing success. Professor Dunkelmann of
Berlin, Protestant theologian, calls
on all Protestants to join the Catholics
in controlling Christian party for the
settlement of foreign and domestic af-
fairs of state
Protestants Join Catholics.
The Protestant church, he says,
would be unable to put powerful
political party into the field, but the
Centrist party has both political
ability and experience. The oppor.
tunity of the Protestant church
therefore lies in joining with the
centrists in this emergency. An ade
quate counterweight against the three
branches of the Social Democracy
can be obtained only by a solid pha
lanx of all the middle-class parties
ut is the mission of the new Cen
trist-p party as christian popular party
to form the nucleus of this phalanS
around which all other well-balanced
elements, and especially those of the
Protestant faith, will be able to rally.
He then quotes the following declare
ton of the Centrist party:
"The new Centrist party is a Chris
tan popular party, membership il
which is not limited to any particular
denomination. All citizens of the ma
ton who are of the Christian religion
may join in regarding it as founda
ton for political activity"
The Protestant elements alread,
contributed largely to the New Year.
demonstrations of the Centrists, the
public raising of cross in Berlin
which was the signal for the new cru
SADIE.
Separation of Church and State.
London, january 20 Catholic Wa
News .Service).-There appears tt
be good reason now for believins
that the proposed separation O
Church and State will not take place
in Germany after ALL The Publ,
Commissary Of Education, Science
and Arts, Herr Haonisch, has beer
Inundated with inquiries regardin,
this affair, which has caused 81
much anxiety to the Catholics il
Germany, and to set the minds O
German Catholics at ease the Com
missary has caused a telegram to b.
sent to the "Rheinsche Zeitung" il
which he makes the following state
ment:
Contradict in the most explicit
manner the rumor circulated accord
ing to which the Ministry of Pub
lie Worship intends to introduce
shortly, merely by decree, the
separation of the Church from thu
State. 1t is true that this approach
ing separation is the general line O.
our policy. The preliminary prepar
ations are already made, but it goe.
without saying-and there is perfec
agreement on the subject in tn,
Ministry of Public Worship-tha
those preparations, which includ,
numerous scientific, legal and pc
litical questions, will need to b,
made with the assistance of the rep
resentatives of the Church.
preliminary conferences have al
ready been held with officials in tn,
confidence of the Church and spe
cialists in ecclesiastical rights. N,
decision has been taken withou
taking into account the justifiable in
terests of the ecclesiastical circles
of the Prussian people.