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Show BISHOPS EXTEND OLIVE BRANCH TO FRENCH PARIS. Jan. L'ft. The i-rcpo.sition which the Frrn. !i bishops, with the approval ap-proval of the Pope, have now vihrnit te.l to the Government, eems t-. offer tho first real prospect of an ail.jiut-mrnt ail.jiut-mrnt of the corrlict between ctnirch an-1 state nti'l'r the separation retrime. While it involves a material mollification mollifica-tion of the r Mtion takn in the last papal encyclical, the iiroposition put forward has all the appearance "f an utiniatum. Whether the Government, in apite of the confessions made and making in the interest of peace, will accept a settlement set-tlement based on the adequate recognition recog-nition of the Roman hierarchy, remains re-mains to he seen. The model contract which the bishops have submitted provides pro-vides for the virtual lease of the church and in perpetuity of the parish priests by t.he Mayors, the leases beiDff lor eighteen years. |