The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-01-30
By JACQUES D'ARMAND

(CopyrieIlt, 1885, by United Press)
 Mexico City. Jan SO--(UP)-- Many articles have appeared in a section of the foreign press exag- gerating the religious situation in Mexico. Charges have been made in official bodies of the United States government that priests have been tortured and killed by gov- ernment authorities during the church-state fight.
 Bitter as the conflict has, been. including dozen or mAre deaths caused by clashes between partf. sans of both sides, so far as an ex- haustive investigation of the United Press has been able to determine, there has been no case of 6 priest injured or killed by government agents.
 several have been jailed on charges of law violation, but church officials themselves have made no charges publicly that priests have been killed or in jured.
 Fatalities to Date
 The fatalities to date have re- suited from two clashes in Mexico City suburbs. A gathering of red shirts, anti-religious youth organ ization organized and fathercd by Garride Canabal, secretary of agri- culture, invaded a suburb and fired into Q crowd of thurchgoers in front of a village church, killing five. Townspeople caught one red shirt and beat bim to death with sticks and stones.
 Six of the red shirts and three toWnspeople were arrested and lodged in the district penitentiary. President LaZaro Cardenas assured the country that the guilty parties would be punished. All of the red shirts are now free on bond fur. nished by Garrido Canabal, await ing trial. .s
 A few days later hundreds of students wrecked headquarters of the red shirts in the vicinity of the national palace after a battle in which many participants received pistol wounds and cracked skulls.
 Church Members fingered
 Church members in another su- burb, angered by the expulsion of their priest from his church, gave battle to 300 police with pistol fire that took four lives and caused nearly score of severe wounds. For half a night they held off po- lice and firemen from the church, in which they barricaded them selves before surrendering. Fifty five of them were arrested and charged with assault, after which they were admitted to bail.
 Garrido remained cabinet member, but the governing party expressed disapproval of his inde- pendent body of red shirts. A few. hours after the fatal incident in which they participated, the red shists were warned in punlic statement by the national revolu-. tionary party that hereafter the party would control all revolution ary activities of it's members and would stand for no more etindepend- ent action on the part of any bloque. The red shirts have been less conspicuous since.
 Where Disorders Occur
 Most of the disorders have been in the federal district. In the states, church people have Deeen more passive. Licensed churches have been crowded at all services. while in some of the states where no services are allowed secret serv- ices are held in homes and osher unauthorized places. Numerous ar. rests have been made and fines levied for such offenses, but the practice of "bootlegging religion continues apparently unchecked,
 The government, in an effort 10 prevent further bloodshed, has forbidden the holding of public demonstrations by all factions, re- cardless of their stand on the re- iigious question. The ban on dem onstrations was issued personally hv President Cardenas, who added