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Show ,0 c VIEWS OF THE FRENCH SEPARATION. SEPARA-TION. lteligioiis peace in Franco, says The Literary Digest, Is now expected by nur press as a result of the moro conciliatory con-ciliatory attitude taken by tho Popo ind tho Frencii government. Tho contention con-tention of tho church property ro-naliis ro-naliis u fact, but it is believed by inorlcnn observers that It will soon 'io possible for a Frenchman to wor--hip without feeling that he must bo disloyal ullliur to his church or his country. Tho government has taken stops to modify the separation law to 'his end, and the Popo has said that "tho Holy Seo Is not opposed to tho making or applications under tho law." Thus each parish may retain tho use of Its church for roflgious services upon up-on tho application of two laymen. As our dally press appeal to both Protestant Prot-estant and Catholic readers, most of them contrive to treat tho quarrel over tho separation nnd confiscation without expressing any opinion be-vond be-vond saying that It is too bad, anu MiOiO will probably bo no civil war, ind they hope all will bo for tho best, or words to thnt effect. Tho editor of Mio Now York Times writes a two-column two-column editorial without blaming anybody any-body in particular; and tho editor ot ho Now York Evening Mall declares hat "there can ho no question that both Plus X nnd tho government oi franco aro acting within their rights." Tho I3nlItmoro News, howovor, published pub-lished in n strongly Catholic city, blames tho Frencii government for not nroceedlnc with moro consideration tor property rights; and tho New York Evening Sun intimates that Plus X has shown a lack of statecraft in the proscnt.crisls. It says: "In Leo XIII the Roman Catholic church had a statesman at tho Vati-clan. Vati-clan. In Plus X sho has a saint. Statesmen aro all for compromise, saints arc foes of expediency, it Leo, or another like him, wero sitting in tho scat of St. Peter, it is certain thnt matters would not have reached such a pass that the civil and the ecclesiastical ecclesias-tical powers in Franco wero arrayed against each other in a life-and-death strugglo ns they aro today." Tho Milwaukee Sentinel, similarly, thinks the "inflexible idealism" of the Popo prevented peace. It observes; "Tho diplomacy and open-mlndod-ness of Leo XIII probably would have averted tho present situation. The early popular conception of Pius X as a 'liberal' or 'progresslvo' pontiff has long gouo to tho board. A man of saintly piety and limpid purity of character, he Is also a man of convictions con-victions absolutely fixed, knowing no compromise where a point of faith or dlsclpllno is concerned." Tho New York Sun does not blame tho government for resenting the church's assertion of superiority within with-in its jurisdiction," and tho Brooklyn Qaglo believes that "the leaders of the church In Franco who advised compliance compli-ance with tho statutory law" aro "better "bet-ter able than the Vatician to estimate accurately tho consequences to organized organ-ized Catholicism of a direct challenge to tho popular sentiment behind the government," and should havo been listened to. Tho New York Tribune .thinks the government is right, as may bo seen 'rom the followiifg editorial: "Sympathy with the church goes no further than to desire its spiritual freedom and immunity from civil die-atlon. die-atlon. Hut such freedom and immunl-'y immunl-'y seem to bo amply guaranteed to it, and not to bo threatened by tho new law. Sympathy with the civil gov- ernment extends to a desire to see it supremo in civil affairs, and it must bo B said that such supremacy seems to bo disputed and attacked by tho church 1 in its refusal to obey tho civil law tn ,1 purely civil matters. The government ' asks tho various churches to organize responslblo bodies under the civil law, just ns all other corporations and associations have done or aro doing, nnd tho church refuses, whereupon where-upon tho government proposes to enforce en-force tho law by taking possession of tho churches, just ns it would tako possession of the offices of any other contumacious corporation. That Is tho matter in a nutshell. "The real issue is not whether tho church shall or shall not accept a certain form of organization In lt purely temporal affairs, for the form to which it objects in Franco is practically prac-tically identical with that which it has long accepted and under which It has enjoyed great freedom and prosperity in other lands. It Is, rather, whether in France, where tho church was long superior to the civil power, the church shall now be subject to tho civil power. Very much tho same Issuo was fought out somo years ago between tho stntt. and tho army. It was a bitter fight, and at times seemed to threaten tho stability of tho Republic. But in tho end the state won, and not in otir time, wo think, will the military powers of I Franco venture again to exalt them selves above the national government. Now It Is to bo seen whether the i church can succeed whero tho army failed, and whether tho authority which should be purely spiritual Is also al-so to be temporal whether Franco Is also to bo governed In civil processes at Paris or at Rome. Tho news fron. Franco will bo watched with grave anxiety, and yet with somo degree of assuranco that In tho end all must como right. Tho government Is, In tho last analysis, as resolute as It has been tactful and conciliatory, and it unquestionably Is supported by the overwhelming majority of tho people. peo-ple. Under such circumstances Its determination de-termination to enduro no hierarchical Impelum In republlca must certainly prevail, though It may bo at a cost . which both Franco and tho world would wish to spare." " Cardinal Gibbons, In a long and Interesting In-teresting statement given out or. Thursday of last week, declares that tho American people do not rightly understand un-derstand what tho French government Is doing. They are not merely separating sepa-rating church and state, ho says: "I am welghlns my words, and I say with deliberate conviction that the leaders of the present French government govern-ment are actuated by nothing less, than hatred of religion. We have no spirit akin to theirs In this country. We have hero much indifference to roligion, but we have no body of men, no great party, that makes It a chief aim to weaken tho power of religion, Sand If possible utterly to destory it out of tho land." In proof of this ho quotes atheistic expressions from French governmental governmen-tal leaders, Including tho following from Mr. Briand, the minister of public pub-lic worship. "The tlmo has come to root up from the minds of French chlldreu tho an cient faith, which has served Its purpose, pur-pose, and replace It with tho light of free thought; it is tlmo to get rid of tho Christian Idea. Wo have hunted Jesus Christ out of tho army, the navy, na-vy, tho schools, tho hospitals, Insane and orphan asylums and law courtb, and now wo must hunt him out of tho 3tato altogether." Tho Register, a Catholic weekly published pub-lished In Now York, proposes that tho 18,000,000 Catholics In tho United States and Canada boycott all French -joods, as a protest against tho action of tho French government. "These "athollcs nro our spiritual kinsmen, 'hey arc our brothers In tho sight of 'Sod," It exclaims, and a boycott of Trench goods that would reduce tho Trench exports to tho tuno of $50,000,-100 $50,000,-100 or $100,000,000 would bring the government to tlmo. It adds: "Touch tho pockets of Franco and you strike her a deadly blow. Her do-lire do-lire to confiscate all tho great property prop-erty of the Catholic church Is because the needs tho immense sums for her greedy government and her internal nel external expenses. Convince her that a slnglo stop toward tho fulfil-nent fulfil-nent of" that sacrellglous purpose neans a crushing blow at her exports ind manufactures, a blow that will 'jo relentless, unremitting, contlnunl, nnd deadly, as a great, universal Catholic Cath-olic boycott upon French goods can be, and tho position of tho Catholics of Franco can be quickly ameliorated.... "To make a boycott of French goods effective, It becomes tho first duty of every earnest bellover in this form of expression of resentment and Indignation Indigna-tion by American Catholics to ask concernlng.every product that ho does not absolutely know about, 'Is this Oi French manufacture?' If the answer Is 'Yes,' tho Catholic should say, then I do not want It.' Most salesmen sales-men or merchants may. perchance, ask 'Why?' 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Tho solo requirement Is moral firmness on the part of tho consumer con-sumer "Wo Catholics can surely count upon up-on tho damaging effect of our own direct nctlon In boycotting entirely every ev-ery class of French products, nnd wu can also depend upon tho energetic assuranco of every competitor ov French manufactures as tho result of natural laws In business." |