Show THE FRIARS' FRIARS TITLE There is jio o de that the th crusade of the against the Friars Is gIving giving giving ing the American authorities some concer con con- cern Should the fathers insist upon occupying and utilizing their landed estateS estates estates es es- es- es tates their prot protection from persecution and murder might prove a a- serious problem As to their title to the lands lands- they h hold ld if ever it was in doubt it i is isso so no 1 longer nger The United Stat States s clearly recognized and guaranteed guaranteed guaranteed guaran guaran- teed it It Ih in t tile the e T Treaty ty o p Paris Pari That is sOme something r l J t as widelY known wn in thi this country as it might be but the nio most t cursory cursory glance at the text of the treaty will wili how ho v that that it is true Recently Recently Recently Re Re- I it was wad proposed to buy buyout out the orders and open their lands to general native settlement s s. s t ement We understand that such a a. proposition would proposition would not be willingly willing willing- ly considered at the Vatican and that the mere idea idea is als is unwelcome to the Archbishop Archbishop Arch Atch- bishop of J I Manila nila For our own part w we do pot see ee that a anything tangible would be gained by ly a m of the kind Much MUCh of f l tie the land in ques question on has been in peaceable possession by the orders ciders for one or two centuries and it is natural for tor the present owners to object to parting with it ft on compulsion But supposing they did sell to the Government Government Government Govern Govern- ment and relinquished all connection with th the Philippines What then The hate the friars because the latter are Spaniards The friars trIals being run out out of the country the would be beIn bein bein in a position to devote Individual attention attention atten atten- tion to the Americans whom they hate with equal or or greater rancor On the whole It looks as if the religious had the better end of the argument as they certainly have had th the of the game so far |