Show THE THiL FRIARS LANDS DISPATCHES front from frontI 1 I Rome Home indicate Tafts special mission in regard to the the transfer of the friars lands in the Philippines os to this government wilt will be tie successful According to one report the pope DOpe has summarily dismissed the commission of at cardinals cardinala and expressed the he opinion that the demands of ot the United Unite f States Sta tes were era perfectly fair and andrea reasonable rea His holiness is now wili nill wiling lug ins ng to treat with Governor Taft TaW per personally personally If It 1 tills Is true the beginning of ot the end o ot of the trouble is ia in sight Cr Certainly C thinly the demands demand of the American nation have lian been fair r h and reasonable No M co fight Is made wade upon the Cath Catholic Catholin olin olic church indeed Ind the th Catholics in inthe inthe the Philippines are ar most zealous in their efforts to t rid iid the islands of the friars It If Is f reported audi and with truth that the are mischief makers meddlers and disorganizes The Phil PhIlo Philippines would be better beter off of o without them tem Should the now pend pending pendIng ing ins result negatively there Is no tell ten telling lug ing ig what wf the thO tie outcome will whir vU be be It would hardly hardly be b fair fir to expect the United Uni ed States to police the lands of the friars fr r or or to t eject from fm these lands the Filipinos who are re now in posses possession zion sion of them tem SUch a a step at J would be almost almot certain certin to tOi fan tan lively flames the smoldering embers ember of insurrection An honorable way out at o the difficulty ty is proposed It I is is a a way that will ivill wi forever solve the problem for fol the tl rea rca reason son that It i will wi remove the th cause ca se for forit fr friL forit it it iL This government proposes to to t pay pa pate tile the te friars for their lands Jand to pay pa rent for tor fo churches hurches convents convent and other buildings bun in uses used use by b American troops sift and d to assume educational bur lur burdens Qu J dens s as a may seem eem fair rail and desirable On this basis It should should be easy esy to t ar arrive arrive rive at an aI amicable understanding g Negotiations were er opened open d with wIh this the Vatican because it I Is the temporal as aswell well as the spiritual head hed of or the ther church Whatever decision dedsion Rome reaches ra rea hes es wH will Be he e accepted acc d by the m friars No Na question queston ot or forcible c Is involved There Thre ia is hJ no hint hint of spoliation soI ton It I is a pure business sE from to end The Tue friars can cn take fair fir payment for their thell possessions or or they can take th chances with wih a fight in which they must inevitably be the losers loser As A sensible men they should not be J arriving arving at a decision or orin orin in the tile Vatican to accept the American proposition for them |