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Show GOV. taft1ee$ His Mission to R0me 1 Diplomatic One, I IT IS PURELY BUSHiEll0R' He Visits There for pu,Ml. . oy herring With th. ch5 ? ties Regarding the Purch,, W I'rlar Lands in th9 vT 9 Cou' Secretary Root Issues aTf'f B1 Regarding the MionH ""l Cli' a Friendly UndersUnd"? 11 Those Having Control ofl' c..rtErvL,,earr,nT'''-; wllh oftalrs lu the pmiiA." eoiB for Clnilnnall. ilplft' llm some bustrrss prior tn hi. a ,lttB ttk New vork on theT.th In'ttl' N to his pnst t .Manila n', I .'"' P llonic, lo older tn iln, uss ii,."1 "M.ti, he iiisrs n ,no I'hiiip,"nih,ek5 Iborllles at the vim ln ii.'1'". compan ed n his mi .. "f u t Judge Jnrnca P Sm ufol !? ?5 court of the 1 hlllpp c' 9 ,p. 'rh,tt"'"tWn!hnei eS-V, Uic.rfumlllarlDwl,,",,., 'It bus been de bird thai o Oeneral raft shill stop at IioSl1,"5 voiiiso or his return jSu'ner ,,V-for ,,V-for tho puriiose of r aehlne i. ufrlendlv un.lerslan.lln J vvUh ,'L' tics hiving cnntrui ol 'the citato' tho property of religious ord-M1" I '.in'J1 . r,T,r',y 1" th! ihlltVlw." Bvrinr?.TeVn,,rru,i'10'" ..." .'.'.' .,lrt0 nothing con actuan.k,, until Congress h is ncttd but iff; mlttees or both houses have a"K ably on tho commissions rS Ion for the purchase ot the friar ta ta thought lest not to lose thi Si nlty afforded by lioi Tafts mSS 1 utopo to heJn the "eiStffiS, ", make as much procress as mnib. that they may be readily clnsK' Congress haa aitcd, If It does act t., nbll This Is particularly deslrabw fl,'U.'",..,hr.",',,urn ,,h' 'lUMtloni j, that t la Impnsslhla lo seals u,,, negotiations with the friars In thi fi Ipplnes Tho purchase or the ti lands Is the principal thing an1 thit crnmrnt desires to accnmpllnh thi Congress authorizes It amicably ihere aro many other question!. t ever lo be settled, such m the tlitui propertv held for purposes ot Innm-and Innm-and ror charitable purposes andthtri of the church tn land, the tltietosi is now lu Iho flnvcrnmenl butnntt ern buildings for religious purpns'i tt of these matters ton 1 1 tw aeuW ' courts tiut It would requf manrrfr and II ia ver) defirnble lo (tletfcej u speedy and friendly wn) CAN IJH AMICAIH V ADJUSTED. ' Prior to American occupation t church nnd state were so closely ntf. and their Intercsta so Inleruom e now when thev are sepnraterl. It M e-dlffl. e-dlffl. lilt tn tell tn whom the prow which was devoted to their Jernt uifit dor the former a) stem, brlonci II hoped thlt when n full unrirtiM!rt' tho claims nnd views of each idle ti l een renthel nnl the firts are fillrt delslood all the questions ulitirtc le settled III such a way ns to tien'fjlt' partita The object of this ronrcHM to secure tho separation of church i state and tt woull s"em lo be a corvltti piecedcnt to such a result flni Tafts rnnd Is not In anj-wi n dlllomiillc mlalon It Is (Imply a to m ss transaction with the owrcnol propertv The whole matter 1 oos Ofv Tafta hands subject to audi if as tnav be taken nn his report tiiirra to any law c. ongress mar r' |
