Ogden Daily Standard | 1906-11-20 | Page 6 | Priests Fought Soldiers

PRIESTS SOLDIERS resisted the taking of inventories by french government paris nov 20 although much ro was reported in the taking of church inventories today no grave incident occurred and in only one case at ville longue de la balangue where the clericals had been standing guard for two days were the authorities balked when the soldiers battered down the doors of the church at valle longue dali they were driven out by sulphur fumes and the prefect was compelled to postpone taking the inventory ven tory in most cases the parish priests and bishops after protesting yielded to show of force but some of the priests defended their churches until the doors were broken down in hundreds of cases the priests were taken by surprise the authorities and soldiers arriving before daylight and completing their work before an alarm could be given at Armenti eres after the doors oi the church had been broken in tho authorities found the vestry fortified with a breast work of chairs bound together with barbed wire the congregation filled the church and sang the carmagnole while the taking of the inventory was proceeding when the authorities arrived atthe seminary of capital of the department of orae they found the bishop barring the door in person soldiers ejected him