Show SHOWS LIBERAL SPIRIT I 1 terms terns of lease made easy and adjustable I 1 paris feb 1 3 minister of instruction and worship briand after lengthy consultations with premier clemenceau and minister of justice guyet dussaigne has taken a more extended stride toward the solution of the church difficulties than had been expected in the most optimistic qua M J briand construes the recent enactments act in tho the most liberal spirit and and a circular marked urgent and forwarded tonight to the prefects of ot all departments for comm communication to the mayors mayrs expresses this by recognizing the entire freedom of the mayors mayos the authorization of the municipal councils to grant leases of churches rent free to common law as Toc lations or clergymen the only restriction itric tion being that the duration of N a contract may not exceed eighteen elgh tein years without the approval of the prefect the lessee Is merely held r responsible i for all repairs while the essential condition is that the edifice shall remain attached to the sect by which it was used before the separation law became effective until it Is fa legally disaffected I 1 I 1 liberal terms of cf lease f 11 11 briand deals with the question ct assuring pastoral succession which lie ie considers can best be attained by the formation of a common law association which shall act as lessee but he points out also that in the event of A jl clergyman leaving the tile church hini i elf any lessee has bas the right under the common law to cede the lease to H third party with the consent of the t lessee asee and provided the tile contract docs does hot stipulate to the contrary relative to the terms of lease 31 briand states that any legal clause may way be asserted by mutual consent consort of the parties of the lease while tho I 1 ecclesiastical situation of the signatory clergyman may set forth arti 1 with a description dese delie crip tion of the powers h he e holds from his hierarchical superiors should a 1 clergyman before signing desire to consult his bishop it Is only necessary for him tl request a delay for that purpose but the bishop cannot be a party to the contract and his counter signature is superfluous as the signatory is personally responsible I 1 for the carrying out of the terms of the instrument A clause may be included in the lease by which it is annulled th hou lil the signatory leave the sect to which be he belongs when he signed but even when not written such a clause woul boull li l I be considered as exl exist stig ig the circular though addressed to prefects ecta and mayors appears to b be equally qually intended to offer advice to the clergy |