Show and the pope may upset precedent and leave vatican rome july 4 the heat is growing more intense and reached in the shade yesterday the pope Is reported to be suffering from his seclusion in the vatican it I 1 rumored that unless the weather becomes cooler the pontiff has determined to break the prison legend and it is even asserted chrt the government is preparing to send a small garrison to castel gandolfo for maintenance of order and render honor to the pope during his sojourn there many cases of death from sunstroke have occurred among persons working in the hay fields CHURCH AND STATE france Is to guarantee liberty of conscience y paris july 4 the text of the bill separating church and state has been almost completely revised by the committee with the consent of the bouse since its introduction the broad principle of reform however is permitted to stand fulfilling the long expressed desire of advanced republicans to seo state entirely un trammelled with connection with any religion or sect the system swept away by this bill dates from 1801 when the famous concordat was signed by plus VII and napoleon this gave religion governmental status the churches being government property with the clergy paid by tho state and the entire church administration being under the direction of a member of the presidents cabinet the general principle of the measure as finally adopted by the chamber of deputies is as follows the republic assures liberty of conscience and guarantees the tree exercise of religion subject to the restrictions of public order the republic neither recognizes stipends nor subsidizes any sect but provides funds for college hospital and asylum chaplains the roost active contest took place over the proposition whereby the riches of the church consisting of collections made during many centuries of paintings tapestries and statuary were to be passed to the state this was finally modified eo that civil organizations retain the goods of the church one of the last amendments adopted prohibits members of the clergy becoming mayors or holding other municipal offices during the eighty years succeeding the adoption of the law WAGES ARE HIGHER philippines have felt effect of american occupation washington july 4 A bulletin of the united states bureau of labor just issued is mainly devoted to a presentation of labor conditions in the philippines in which it is stated that wages and the cost of have risen in the philippia Philippi 8 ance the american occupation cu and that dissatisfaction at industrial du centers in the philippines Is manifested by all employing classes and reflected somewhat among tho laboring population |