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Show I PORTO UMIAKS RKiSKXT j ATTITUDE OF PRESIDENT i. SAX .TITAN. V. K., April IM. The j intervi-nl ion of President Roosevelt in ! the L'orlo Ricau church case is regarded j as (jtiito inexcusable in fc'm .Itmn. The I Legislature has aulhnri.rd an appeal of j Ihc case and its dismissal or settlement would rcqiiin.' aunt her legislative act. It is Ihought ln-ro that Provident lloose-velt lloose-velt may influence Governor Post to I fall an- extraordinary session of the i Legislature for tin- purpose bf reconi-j reconi-j mcuding the ia?sago of such an net. I Tho case involves 1 ho right, of the Roman Catholic, church lo control I ho estates formerly owned bv the Dominican Domini-can ami Franciscan otdeis in Porto Kii'o. The properly iMubraccj several eonvpnts and rural homes and is valued at about fl.noo.000. A dispatch from Pan Juan yesterday said Unit President Roosevelt had instructed Governor Post to bring to Washington all the docu-mniit docu-mniit 5 rolnting to this case. The intular courts hnve decided points in favor of both parlies and an appeal has boon taken to tho Su promo court, of tlio United Statca. |