Show MEXICO L D By y L L. A. A Hollenbeck Mexico is i having a great religious religion disturbance President Calles is enforcing enforcing en en- forcing the law prohibiting Catholic priests from foreign countries from fron officiating In Mexican churches which breaks the tho tho power of or tin the lie church In Mexico l The fhe Knights gt q Columbus in the tho United U I States have hav tal taken en the thc matter up with Se Kellogg and President Coolidge but sh since hies cc there there there-Is Is Is a a big pro proves protest est in 11 n this try country there Is Is' Is no no for foi i intervention tio l lIn In the Century century Pizarro and ano an Cortez from hom Sll in till tha th interest res resor of or Spain and nd the church hurch overthrew ove the Incas Incas- of of Peru Perti and Montezuma at or Mexico and forced the Catholic Christian Christi n religions religion on upon Mexico L and anderu Peru Ieru eru and since that time those countries have been do dominated by superstition S and tho the churches and science and and the progress of enlightenment and education has been slow N Mow Nos' m.- m. the WOl worm m has turned The Catholic religion was was' established by jy slaughter and anti conquest and now the he re-action re is taking place and the he churches chur Catholic and Protest Protest- Protestant ant int alike alile have to obey the e secular law aw and that is the best thing that ever iver happened to Mexico Pres i- i lent tent Coolidge is likely to take talc the position n that t th there re i is no no cau cause for I In Interference so long as American citizens are not harmed ana auG the me en en- of the law against religions ions lous ous creeds is no cau cause e for Cor ence nce That is a mat matter e t to be settled set- set ped led between n themselves and is I none lone of our business If Hour our gov- gov attempts to intervene in because of their religious laws aws it will ca cause se the biggest protest pro- pro protest test cst in this thiS' country countr tia was as ever known cnown I believe that Coolidge is isoo too oo astute a man aman to it and probably w want nt to do do lo it any any- way vay That much I cheerfully accord accordo to o President Coolidge Mexico has been held back for centuries because of its super superstitious religious be beliefs and anti it is now 10 lowy low low- Iy y evolving out out and its future pro pro- jess ress will be measured by its ability itself from its superstitions to o free It t was Andrew D. D White the great grea American merican scholar and diplomat that laid aid that the Christian church had baa I held eld back the progress of science for jr or fifteen nr en hundred years years ye That was and there are areman are arc man lany nany in the United States tates that would be bc gl glad d' d to continue that that- cala liL and a anti it Hl it is is a a matter or 0 gre great ml l th that t many of the Christin Christan Christ Christ- ian in an people e of or this Hiis country are arc what arc re called Modernists v and are tre opPosed oPposed oP op op- posed to Fundamentalism The ho Modernists are ale bOI Bound to be the aming oming great force in this country and nd matt it is getting a i solid foothold in inI I Mexico exico and that unfortunate ate people l lare are ro tre slowly evolving out of or their I arid this country countr should end nd a sympathetic and helping hand hantl I n |