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Show STRIFE IN SPAIN ,, . Nowimous Rupture Between Government - anil the Vatican Alleged to Be at Hand. ! EMBASSADOR TO THE t VATICAN NOW RECALLED i 1; Carlis't Pretender to the Throne I Bold Enough to Say War Mi Is in Sight. f I I SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, July 29. At the conclusion of a conference this evening between King Alfonso and Premier Pre-mier Canalcjas, it was announced that Marquis Eraliio de Ojcda, Spanish cm-baasador cm-baasador to the Vatican, had been recalled. re-called. At the same lime the opinion kwas expressed ex-pressed that rupture -with the Vatican was inevitable. Senor Canalcjas told the . . king that the government could not ae-i, ae-i, jf ccpt tho conditions of the Vatican's last note and that the Vatican could be so informed. ' Premier Canalcjas will continue his $ anti-clerical programme, counting on the support of King Alfonso. r The order to Marquis de Ojcda to leave i Ills post signifies that the rupture which Senor Canalcjas designated as inevitable is now an accomplished fact. i Embassador Willing. Jr Marquis de Ojcda himself, In addition s to pleading illness, has been insisting on l- ills return on tho ground that the posl- tlon at Rome no longer was tenable and that ho considered a rupture between the Vatican and the government immi- uent. )' Premier Canalcjas, referring to the Vatican's note, which declared that un- ? less the decree of June 11 permitting t' non-Catholic societies to display the in- slgnia of public worship was withdrawn, negotiations looking to the revision of the concordat would be discontinued, f v' said tho government would tolerate no 'f; imposition. r Spain's recalling ISmbassador de Ojcda, it is expected, will be followed by the , departure from Madrid of Monslgnor St Vlco. tho papal nuncio, when the rupture will be complete. r Senor Canalcjas is preparing for a sti- j preme battle. In addressing a liberal organization, ho declared that Spain was r struggling for liberty of conscience. "Poor Spain," he said, "if we succumb. It will be dead enough. The government which possesses' the confidence of tho Icing, will save Spain despite all and against all. The struggle we wage is not anti-religious, but anti-elerlcal. "We count upon the army, majority in parliament parlia-ment and reason." EV TALK OF COLLAPSE OF x !VL; GOVERNMENT IS HEARD Jm- MADRID, July 29. Ominous reports Sc are received following tho publication of 'n the news that a rupture between tho , K Spanish government and the Vatican Is HE imminent. igsP; At San Sebastian, Don Jaime, tho prc- 1S, tender, has issued a manifesto in which iffc'' he says he will lead the CarllstH in tho fm'. battle which he intimates may be corn- fm ing soon. 8;' ; It is expected that Prcrnior Canalcjas WW will ask King Alfonso to. set the stamp of approval on the course that the pro-CTffi pro-CTffi mler has adopted. Br The Vatican haa declared that the nc- WmL gotlatlons looking to a revision of the .concordat cannot be coatlnuod until tho p "imperial decree permitting non-Catliolic , mt? Bocletles to display the Insignia of pub- i E: . lie worship has been withdrawn. Canute- ' jiis has responded that lie cannot cancel Mi . the progi-amme which the government has announced. 'Me , In some quarters It Is believed that the Jjfk u holy sec counts on the fall of tho gov- jE?- orn'mcnt. Canalcjas. however, Is said to Wan have had the assurance of the king'H WSj support at the time he determined on k his plan for religious reforms. Ku- The general situation is complicated F-1 by the unrest among the miners in the Jfy Catalonlan provinces and tho occasional clashes between tho Catholic and non-mr- Catholic elements throughout the country. .El Mundo, discussing the threatened Hp break between tho Spanish government K and the Vatican, says: "The holy see has no reason to feel m& ' offended. It Is heading deliberately lm' ' toward a rupture which will precipitate m' the opening of a rapid and energetic fm antl-clerlcul campaign." If BREAK WAS FORESEEN & BUT COMES AS SURPRISE mi MADRID. July 2D. The news of the recall of Marquis de Ojcda. Spanish em-vEl, em-vEl, hassador to the Vatican, caused a pro- m$ found aensation In the capital this evon- ' Wr' lnr though the clerical and antl-clcrl- fcf :al forces foresaw the break. Should tho ' Continued on Page Two. STRIFE IN SPAIN NOW OMINOUS Continued from Page One. Vatican refuse to show conciliation, the government will Immediately proceed with Its measures of reform, including the restriction of religious orders and the regulation of education and the general gen-eral relations of the church and state. As a measure of precaution, all religious re-ligious demonstrations arranged for Sunday Sun-day havo been prohibited. The Vlscayan Catholics declare that they will march to San Sebastian as a protest against the measure. |