Show SPAIN SPA IS S fAG NG NGa 1 a I Canalejas C G Attempt Attempting ing g to Curb the Catholic Church EXCITEMENT INCREASES AMONG TEE PEOPLE Indications Are That the tile King Has in Present Trouble MADRIZ July 2 Tho attempt of or ortho tho the Canalejas Can loJas government to curb tho the power of Catholic church in Spain has hils apparently brought the country face to t taco face with Iti another of ot the great periodical crises of or its it his history history tory tOr t From l all quarters lucre thel are aro rumors of increasing excitement x t among among tho the people 1 and a number n of violent col eel collisions have already allea 1 taken place The main object of ot policy is h to check or orr rebuke the th number of religious establishments ts erected by bythe b bI bythe I the the various Catholic orders ord ra many of Which have no fn tn I t here h and a d to reduce ed the tho ti amount m of r money now contributed by II the tho state to the church These policies the tho premier proposes to accomplish first by br taking from the orders the many mall privileges they ther enjoy 10 exemption from taxation and from front military ser service service service vice and by the suppression of unauthorized Instructions especial especially ly by 1 those engaged In industry tr Ills program recently inaugurated by br the decree permitting and oth other other er churches to display dh tIe the outward emblems of public nubile worship has Ims arous aroused aroused ed the organized hostility h of tho the church authorities and in each ach dio dlo diocese diocese I cese the clergy are arc encouraging re resistance resistance resistance Especially in the provinces the peasantry who arc are devout Cath Catholics olics are arc voting an am con condemning defining the of the g went ment The Tho failure lailure of tho tue pope POlIO at he the re ye rec c of somo some Spanish pilgrims a n short time lime ago alio when he ho told them that the basis of r f Spanish sl greatness Gre rested upon to tho the church chulch to send his blessing to tho the royal roal fam fame family ily lIy ii In a l message me or of benediction l which he hue sent to tho tue Spanish people seems to confirm the Idea I that the Vatican feels foels that tho th klup has alma aban abandoned it in the tho present crisis Canalejas declares s emphatically that Spain does docs not Jot want a rupture with Rome Rom and hopes hopps for 0 ci an amicable settlement Nevertheless he lIe h admits a rupture is inevitable If IC the hc Vatican insists upon its Us protest to lo the royal decree declee church emblems and attempts to jo make milko it a n Dai of negotiations pending p for lor or the Iho revision of or time the concordat concord t |