An Ancient Quarrel Now Revived with Special Fury: Priesta accused of Dabbling in Politics: Repression by Government ie fate ey the Charon that @'enamd of events aa be boon the recent nem from Merico involving On Sunday, August 1, the Catholic population of Mexico will go, meta-
That the authorities intend to fol." low rigidly the lines of action alphorically, into mourning the ready indicated by them is seen in prospect which lies: before it of the report that the pastoral letter already referred to, signed by the tetond cian "1s pened Archbishop of Mexico, seven other Throughout the world at the pre-archbishops and 29 bishops,' proadhe of wht posing the suspension of services been deemed the most highly orand the withdrawal of all priests, ganized of all religious bodies are Hfrom the churches in Mexico on July Schnee rev an Seat 31, is being investigated by the Mexican Department of the Interior. lain ea, and oater asst It is implied in this letter that the ale iterate esr f the President of Mexico and other of-Sandia wile" Rama" cha ficial may be excommunicated, Exe te Sate method of attack used by the Church of ibe {throughout the ages and one which BES TNE of stale in Mere, in times past has been sufficient to witch Sus basin fas vet as a deterrent to emperors and sitar ts poe alate te wor kings. through scant but effectively compre-Turning the Tables hensive telegrams, by no means new one in the republic, which What the effect will be upon the has, since its earliest days, seen loficials of the republic of Mexico is hose toe sree they yet to be seen. Whether the in-Sele aay nce olm vestigation will establish once and On the one side is the|* or merely slide over, the Gavrnent sai atesng ayo cin stem asha oe te main, ince Gables "whet present crisis the equivalent of
000 tians under Roman emperors the persecutions of the early Castes lew their es and deaths of saints and martyrs of the early church.
The anon of tpnaton cots Se ug ae ihe one desperate struggle in other lands ud other periods of the world's tale ly ete a modern era that the question appelt Ste age Saga Sad entered ign raised in the pastoral docu-as to the unconstitutionalism ious regulations to be seen likewise.
What the Government now proposes to do is to turn the tables on the signers of the letter and "to, determine whether the letter violate the Constitution." th more in the centre of the conflict.
But the Constituti und [which the political forces are whirling is there for all who wish to read and its direct connexion with the land regulations of Mexico seen in, Article 27 of the Constitu-ton of 2017 which says in Part 11 at Church's Alleged Activities The present struggle hi parent reason in the alleged di covery of political activities by several churchmen high Min the of Mexico. Following the next set of religious regulations con sisting of 33. articles which stib among other things that the stitution re ther on belt own, bez ro of the Nation, Esprspented by' the Federal Govrnmenty which thal Sotermine. which of then nay "continue to be devoted to, the tion must be secular, that establish. ments of monks and' nuns are to be o prohibited, that all churches shall become national property and that.
possess property in the cai religious bodies must not acquire oF be my a As soon as the official notice of these rulings became public a pastoral letter was sent out eigned by all the, Roman Catholic archps in Mexico proposing a pr st the regulations, Tt wa stipulated in the protest that all Catholic services should be suspend. ced and all priests withdrawn from the churches on July 31, The gesture on the part of the Roman Catholic Church is one qualified to bring considerable pressure to. bear tapen the Government, it is supposed, in view of the some 12,000,000 iMtterates of the peorPelass in Mexi. ico who are docile. followers of the Roman Catholic leaders. Mexico 3 a nation comprises a population of about 15,000,000, so. that the proportion of Roman Catholics is even considerably raised in view of the fact that many of the most highly educated of the population well as the peons are Catholics.
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