Show BLAMES CHURCH FOR CONDITION Mexican Native tive Priests Left Baptists Submerged Bap Bap- Are Told J WASHINGTON lII Slay y By 28 2 The Associated Press Press that the Calles Is I not n to Interior with Ith leaD religious liberty Dr Osuna former governor of ot To Mexico told o ot tho Al Baptist h minion society her here toda today It li Is merely to existinG law to curb po- po politiCAl activities ot o ony ny church Ho H said that the th tat had tailed failed to educate the th people and had brought ranking from Spain so 0 ks S t to keep lh the most rigid submission t to Spain and to no matter maller Ith If tho colonial clergy were well educated and ond well to fill such positions petitions This Dr Osuna said laid 0 division within the th clergy y Itself with th the hither European clergy ranged against eln t th the native o clergy vho wre ore always ready to work I for the uplift of tir people but wor poor Tir Tho church he h cont had a I political pro pro- pro ram The main moJo contention has been us to 8 parate th tho church from tho state not only lec legally but In tact h ho declared Th Tho Mexican government li Is only try Ing now no noto to enforce existing law 10 to control the political s sot ot the th small m ll Kroup roup ot of tir tho hier hierarchy archy of o the th Catholic church or oro ot any other church which may ra have 0 a similar program There 15 no attempt to re with r re- re religious at nl all On tho Iho con contrary th tho government Is 15 detor d 1 to protect th tho liberty ot by keeping religion out ot entirely 10 so as k to lea leav every very person treo freo on matters per per- per to human conscience Asserting that th complete of o church and nd state soon oon b bo and nd the most t impi religious liberty reaffirmed re- re Dr Osuna ald It the th antl Mexican anti would recede our religious problem problem lem could be b satisfactorily In tho th very near future |