Show GOVERNMENT IN A DIM I Religious Orders in the Philippines Send ATI Ultimatum Utmatm I Madrid June 2The religious orders in the Philippines have placed the government gov-ernment in a dilemma by demanding that the government decide whether they must withdraw from the archipelago archi-pelago or whether it will give them ample means to maintain their religious gious and political domination which tiny say is indispensable I they are to continue to act as auxiliaries of Spanish rule Most of the Liberals and I Republicans urge the government toM to-M peed with the reforms regardless I of the religious orders whom they odd must accept the situation mas they will nevr renounce their property The Conservatives support the religious gious orders and the government Is greitly embarrassed as i does not gelt to offend the religious part while at the samo time it feels that concessions to the insurgents at the expense of the priesthood afford the only 1 chance of salvation for the Phil ippine Islands |