Show RELIGION IN PORTO RICO Church and Stato Have Been Inseparable Iavo separable In the Past I 1lllESTS 1itKAClIKI SlAlK 4aprt rearianicts a I I isiseount Vallivrollininows hol Iorl on Seliool and llornti Wathlnston Jan UAiiUtant See rectify Melllelohu made public today through tile division of cuitumf and Insular affair father Thomas finer mana nitrating und Instructive ro part to lenernl llrooko of hit recant tours through lha intend of Porto lllco He traxelvd alone and unarmed without with-out wltnvfilng any dliorder rather Hhermnn Say that ha found the people peo-ple of 1orto lllco gentle doclla and Kindly mid that lv Kiularda living there rejoice with their fortu lilrau frlendi in tile i hang of noveielmiiy file illiordcrly element li a Panels irao tlon In tile teeming puiallon There II I some llmlillly exprenv1 on lha Con it of proixrtyholJirl but able K partly due Hi Iho paternal lyiivni to which they hiuo Ucomo accuitomed lie anld that n liberal public uullaj on Iho loaai would Immeniely adil In the commerce unit security of the Island unlro 11 < lurlY Father Sherman PAYS It la I common talk that Iho disorder of tile put few I month a have been caund by hands ronipoie1 1 partly of prisoner r len < nl by 11 the HHinlarl and of 4plan all sot there dlichamed and remaining m the lilund 1 tie win ptrongly Improvised by I lie fact that profuunii reiiwcl la I felt for American nuthutltynnd the utrhuit confidence In the CoUrage of t our then At lie Paine time rather Hhrrnun rwyooo ha cannot too itningiy emplm rite 1 the need of an Island nt once tropical nnd mountainous where tile hundlta I llndi myrald limits fur hiding and copy iiittenatico even on Iho mountain moun-tain top where passions are tanlly healed nnd an eicrowded population popula-tion leave largo numbers out of employment em-ployment an liland whoie need can only be met b tile lining hand of tile military arm aided and abetted by u llay of civil police and rural guard comtMiKcd where ponlblo of aome of Hie 1 brut clauM of Porto Illeani and In holding all civil nuihorllle Ion ally trolousiolble for Iho metal order ut 1Itl 10 1 rommatiderx even if tile imaWt detachment ihouhl bo well advltcd 1 of all fail and should hlp to emphuilio the mimntlbllltr of the rommUnrle I This Ixlng done It would pecan that Porto lllco run In I In many enei a veritable pnrndUe The telephone ran easily lie laced In dlrll where share estate 10 Vivo prompt vnrnlng < tu tho uuihnrltle ClintClinH NKAIILY 1IMITV 1alher Hherman lay that tile italJ tit lIalon to I very ulUralury Though In every town of any late 1 there U I found a large and handsome edifice Iho itertwlerg are pourly attended All the inhabitants nf mainland wllli few exceptinne are numlnally ut least Ho mail 14Ihull cry few oC the non are more than Clholle I In nom Thy still baptized married and buried by tile prigotto ThA is I tile extent tit their Cahollr Sow that the priests are Irh1 ur governmental aid I 1011 and Intend tealing Ilia country more tend Iu depart befure the aviator to I or A mc4oratir percentage lot the cleric are or hall orilln and then will ba moro Inclined lo nay Tit church In Porto lllco has been son united with the la Iorlo and lilt thlI with II ln tile eyra of Ihe > rope that II mutt Photo tilt sodium with which tile Joan loll rule li I commonly regarded I Complaint Is l mad that the prleli were too much Intrreitvd In political nrntlen that they preached Flotilla In I Head of the goiptl and thai many dli played the mercenaiy spirit There nn many excellent prleiti In Porto Itlcu mail Iho womtn and children ere lu great > art frantically Cathollci When Iho congregalloni wait tvcunw accuilomeil to Sustain the church Iho Catholic rll lon will llourlih much more In porto Ilion than under Mpanlih nile The blihop I re enlly up ilntel li rp nh I ald I I lo bo l mulling li Porte and there U I nevl that our worriment should how 1 active Interest In the matter It would Patio Hut n change In tile ec cleilnitlcal lyilem win too Sudden cuuilnir n taupe of paralyiln and con itrrnatlim among n body of men ac rutomel lo lean I on Iho government and find It their normal I Interim uf not IMIII Whether religion cnn bu revived na a living Inlluenrn In highly prnh lemallcnl There li I little or not Ijvrv once nf tim uncllty of Hunday HCIIOOIJ ACIC 1tIIIIH education 1nther With regard to olho Hherman plain jig la I not imiuirrd lu Intake anything like a full report Theiv nra many chuoli both In town and country Thoio In the founlry Attunda are poorly I und IrrrguUrly attgnded Tho children are brlunl and iiulck do I ilop earlier Ilion store and many r cupubla uf learning In read und wrlle much owner than tie American children child-ren Tho prompt ending nf rocher uf the loner grade aixiunlnled with both llnullih and Hiunlih would lie thinks bo tile l > eit atcp 1 to facilitate n change In tile Hyutom uf fduiatlun anti to unablo like I flitch f goi iatlun lo be comu Amerlcanlied The Catholic colleger boll In HanJuan and Ponce I ho lIcl had much u falling off or Support owlpg In Iho war that he can form no fUlnmto tf Iho notk they did anti the work they me capnhle nt doing Tin nrgnnlied charlllet nf Porto lllco are defect IVH 1alher Hheniun inyi the System of burial Ii In Porto lllco one twen r lurbar ouK In aomo platen corpMi are thrown hulow gravel aomellmei without Into > halow Ir IlIm lh out IKIX or raiket Tho cemelerlei wave too mal and frequently crowded MORALS AT A DISCOUNT Tilif state of morality can Iw Inferred from the fact that 1 number of Illegitimate Ille-gitimate children exceed that of Iho rKlllmuto Cuiicublnage li I laid to ba common und li nut nulllclenlly dli I nuntenanced either legally or mortally Till problem In Porto lllco that li molt dllllciilt am l the erndlcullon of till great evil Owing too the mlnluro of menu there U U I often APortoI that tlm Catholic clergy are partly tu blama for thin deplorable Pinto of affalra Iw iiiuie marrhiBO In l paid to be I expensive In conclusion he eye 11A million props l differing I from ui III tn language literature l tradition curtomi anti r1u inaiinem welcome ua by reunion nf political po-litical lyinpulhy and a lenllinent nf ronlldence In a ileilre tn govern for their good lo enlarge their lluertlei nnd to Increase tile auhiUntlal hlcii locals they enjoy without Imposing on them any new biml Ino Inrlo Itlco li I not In too judgeil by the brimming excitement ont manifold lendonrlea tn nnreit due the vaxt iKilltlral und moriil appeal nor by tho note of n few cunning inarnuilera who avail thorn petven of exceptional clreumilnnceii to wrenk private v osrRnc0A or lu con tlnue In tit barbarous Inillnct of cle utrurllnn Nor are wo to argue their political Incapacity from factional u fereniip hut remember that Ihly hayo ost collects vilbires and are not Ivla Innd an wr CaOIL and N Mllcl In un Thy n hlhl 111 have thousnuds of educated men Able lawyers excellent dolor me yrol mhnnl find IIInnulolurrr 14 M 1 = otblhlnnl aUlo Ian million of annual output |