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Show Iliri IN0 IN 3IFMC0. Itl-r.ATlld tolho ireaentixcltument In Mexico the I'ufAofio Itcrlcw has tho followlugi "Tho gorernment In Mexico 1 ruled by the Maonlc lodges. It has docrni'd th suj prcssion of monasterle. Iit I sieek a troop of It aol Her wa scot to I close four such rellglou Institutions, hut tho pco to ohjocted an 1 atoned tho guards. Tboroupon th soldier tired Into tho croud au I killed and wounded Heieralut tbom Ihe monks were then torn from tho altar an 1 ejected from their house. Twenty-six prleit wero unrated " Tho Jtixicw Is a church (ulllcallon which circulate Urgely among comparatively com-paratively well educated persons. It ti itatronliod by tho letter claw of llomaii Catholic laity, and Ii real ly tho whole of the dlgnltarlK of tho church. What can be lla oiject In thus putting the Mexlcau question In ucli an aliaolutely faliu light; Ita rialer must know that It make an etrotieoui atatemeut. Tho fact lu thl ease Is very slini It: Under the irealdciicyef Juarez tho Mexican tieole decided that mount-Ileal mount-Ileal religious order wero a daogeran 1 o meuacuto the aalety of their country. A law wa rasxed by Congress ro-lilblllng, ro-lilblllng, absolutely, astsembllng lu communltle of religious order. Tho order that did not obey were exfelled from the country. Tho number of prufessod rellglou eroti who uould assemble under one roof wa limited to thlcc. Thout.li a large quantity of church jroperty wa confiscated, con-fiscated, yet tho rellglou of Mexico continued lo be, and I still, 1 Ionian Catholic, Only tho rellglou order living In communities wero Interfered with. The regular clerg, that U tliosejrfcatx who do tailsli work, and mix Willi the pco) U.tt i ,-e not Bio'esled In the least. Puebla Is said to bo onu of thomnit Intensely fanatical of the Mexican Stales. It never took kindly to the Juarez reform. It connived nt violations viola-tions of the law In the past, but n few months ago It came out openly and reccunlzed several of theso religious communities, time of which threw ml all disguise aud opened their doors, I bus def)lug the law. Of course soUlera wire tunt to eloru the uiounaterlt a And Irui rluou tlio Inmatts, Mtiny of tho vo eitu i took sldia with the inoiika un I hence thu rioting that laund ao mucliix Its, lllClll. fho (.'uttiio Jlcil w liou i kouv, thatthiee are the flaln facia of the I ca-e, If Vtre Matimy Rourlshwl In Mexico lo such an extent a to control the government, tbo llomleli Church, which o post all ereret roiletlea, must liavo lost lu Inlluence In that country, which doea not apar In bo the case, ml It I not likely to help IU cause by inl-statlng or mitre resenting the ltu-atlon ltu-atlon through It newpaer In the United Hlate |