CORRESPONDENCE.
FRENCH STATE
AND CHURCH.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY PRESA,
31. Joseph Church.
Shanghai, October 13th, 1906. S12-A friend has put into my band a typed copy of a communication which appears in your issue-of-ist-Sept. lost. In-the-mixture of Teri angautio falai i foren
Suppre to unmeaning bittorues which the contribution in
PARIS.
(FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT)
September 14th.
HEAVY TAXATION..
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23rd, 1906.
If confession is good for the soul, it is not always good for the pocket. M. Poincare, the Minister of Fiatrice, kas jusí reminded his trymen that they will have to pay fresh rohe beginning of "January next, as the municipal budget, of the present year does
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THE PARI-MUTUEL. According to a report of the returns of tho Pari-mutnol
Frach race-conson just pablished for the years 1892-1903 (statistius for later years have not yet been made up) the total business dons in that period amounts to 2,169,498,778 franos. The State Look 65,100,137 frones 75 contimes of this, which might supply preacher with an excellent text against the sillinors of betting: Those figues tell their own tale; but still more striking is the fact that
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alearly settle what it is precisely which your contributor proposes to establish.
Prom reading and re-reading ssid contribution one iden clearly urges (whether it is your contributor's chief one or not. I don't know) and it is:—“your contributor assiguran the best
and solusive case of the rempat legislation in
France against the Church (1) the fact of the Pop's abjection To Loubet's visit to the King af Italy, (3) the ordering two Bishops with republican sympathies to resign and repair to Rome for disciplinary purpo en "'.
nútion is may be said, is as benvily taxed as France. the net the periple pay the more The fresh domand for more thay,bara_to, pay.
tromble, a the money is certain to caso Freuli ar sick and tired of wing drained of their hand earnings. It is all pain France us every resident can proce; your hand is Everlasting your pocket, sed, "they and more" Since 1900, when budgetary
distenttios epon
in connection with
by buckors of herees, wallad a steady progress which is shown by sa justase in the decade doult with of over 75 million francs. The ! greatest ne'ivity in betting in this period as shown in the year preeding the Exhibition.
appears that the major portion of the su carried by the State from this souren goes to hospitals, Mont-do-Piele (the Paris Municipal Pawn Shop) and other institutions for the
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LA GRANDE THERESE. of efforts have been ronde in trying to Prison-life agroes with some people This These two facts (alleged merely or rosi) ranendessen to reduce expenses on the part of this particularly the case with the begin end not in any senses be the cause of the legislation Parliament hus increase har ofthe most remarkable-swindle of madera in question, if the true causes can be sought these difficulties tenfold with the now old age tices. Therese Hambert (in Grande Thérèse) and found in gennine facts anterior to the pensions sebene This will cost batteron soven and her husband Fraderie who have just bonn 19. 1, Satu
xccurrence of nither or both the alleged ones. These causes Tedics to one viz., the ination of Bo introduce leading Fouch Legislators
mao xures with a view to Separation us it, nos exists. This intention is a fact and I shall now
call witneste,
The Gret witness is Waldeck Roussam, wito
R. Hemming
Bud thirteen millions, of franes a year: hange released on ticket if los ve--ibe former from the DT.
why fresh sources of revonn- must buchsenvored to meet the only? Nor is this all, far the now Law of the workly rest will rest alouf a million for the salaries of the insp-elors who are to supervise its application
From January 1907 Parisiaus kely to beut Alimir gwn reearth; 10 a spouch to the French Chamber, December they are already the most tax ridden of the 7th. 1899, oppoest as Premine a union for Freed whit Preacher in Separation only on the ground that the time general are the most taxed mortals on earth
There will ston come a time when the French had not yet come. Persually has derlared him.
will strictly refuse to conform to the demand self in inter of it. The religious bodies med
for mors, weary on the part of Ministers of first be dealt with atc., etc.
Finance They are getting word and, more dissatisfied; tra, they are acknowledged to be
The next witness is Coles, who in the Sonate, March 21,, 1903, devlared himself and all his colleagues and the whole Republicans frugal people, but to part with "perty in favor of Separation. but the public; mind must be prepared at the dia 11 of Separation must not be allowed to attach to the party hat must be cast on the Cathodie clergy.
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Does your contributer "require any conclusive, evidence that he is wikily and absurdly wrong in his contention?
His implication that the Republieva sym- pathies of Bishop ordered to Rome" something to do with their treable with the Pepe is equally wildly and sbsurdly imaginary. Let bim read in this connection the sprich of M. Constans, Minister of the Interior, delivered in luna, 1893, the lofter of Leo X1, 16th Fol. 1893, with whose polisy that of the present Pope is in this malter in abaclule accord and in perfect continuity.
their saus beausn the Balgetsin alinags week liis enough to try. The palienes of a win, and cause the smallest noem to turn when terdiler
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prison of Rennes and the latter from Thouars. i was in December 1942, tant The noted crimple word arrested” at Madrid along with Romanin and Emile Danrignac and Eve Humbert, Ou
August 23, He, Therise and her bashanil wer condemned to five years' imprisonment cach, the following November 15, the and p husband and the "Queen of Swindars" were uveyed to their respective prisons. By law the prisoners could have been liberated soun monlle uge, hat the Government did not ren their way to accord the privilege. All the other
areused were liberated some months ag Emila Daurigone no sonter arrived in America
than he was turned back by the immigration officers at New York. A part. from sin obirtauding complaint which has grown worse shoe her detention, and for which Thérèse will now hare to undergo a surgical operation, she does not look mach the wors for her imprisonment. Mudame Cunille du Gast, ini of the most
Her hair is a glossy and black as over, and her dalsuted women in France has just left for eyes no height, though she has grown a little Morocco ris Algiers unil Dran entrusted with thioner, especially in the fee, anɖ is mora an official mission by the Frouch Government subdued than she used to be, she remains the fo study curtais questions affecting. Mornces. sou masterful woman as iu the days of the The distinguished lady, who is a facious and mysterious millions. Her husband-whom sha intrepid eye,care or traveller, sportswoman was delighted to see once more and vice versa - and balloonist, has every ranson to be proud of en the contrary has grown rory old, and hig the honour conferred upon ber." for she is the beard is quits grey. On leaving the prison the first. Fench woman over to have been given such accountant handed Mdmo. Humb:rt. 100 fran a task She may be said to be a personu grata representing three years savings. After whororar she goes: it is not so long ago that carefully checking the run and signing the re- the Sultan of Morers and the Profender wolcipt, she laughingly sid: "I shall soon Her husband, be earning more than this." coined and altered to marry her. The numerous brigauds that abound in that part of Northern who was former deputy of Soino-it-Marne, was Africa respie her and would not think of banded 310 frames--his three years' savings. arting a hair of her hand. She is a first-class The joint sum 450 frases will onuble “Madame globe-trotter, hus. been almost everywhere, and and Mansiour" Humbert to start life. Though on more than one cocasion boén a source of a large crowd had collected outside the prison invaluable boiplo science. Mine du Gael's visit | gates, they were hitterly disappointed, on tha to Morocco thistime is chiefly onagriculturalone; ex-inmates wore placed in a carriage and leg she has bean emmissioned by the Government out by a back gate, while an empty carriage buy extensive tracts of land and start model with drawn blinds was purposeir driven out at farms. Before leaving Paris. Die Minister the front entrance, which was followed towards of Agricultur› to whom she is to report on the | the station by the crowd. Mime, and M. Hum- zobem, handed a letter instructing all Frenchbert are now once more in Paris, living in a officials to give her every assistauos in their little fat kept for them for the last three years power. His no secret that Mimo, du Gast has, by Frederic's aged mother, the widow of a far wer dons many things that few men do, including French Minister of State. "La Grande Thérèmo” manual-riding, in the desert, ballooning, and big has since her freedom talked about lior ease, game shoeting, in which arts sho is a past- declaring that her imprisonment was due to this mistress. Her first report will be read with mocbinations of powerful enemies, with whom intense interest: that she will be cutirely she intanda to “ge! oven " some day. successful in her mission everyone here fels
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For the mks of common English language, that it is not, a mere vehicle of bremlities, banalities, half-traile, anggestious of the low, but may be the noble expression of noble thoughts and convey a sympathy an delicate sul pure as any other language written or spoken, I will include in this latter (which Jask you to pablish) na sztinet from the Saturday Review, August the 18th, which is at the same time a traversing of the whole position of your contributor and ants in their trục Orientation the impertinences and įrrolovancies of the sine. ." It” apasking of the wart of spopathy of English journalis gerorally with the Pupa and criticisms, often unjust of the same ou the Popo's notion, "justification worn needed for this papal action it would be found in these, eriticisms upon it. When professing French Catholim insist on subservienos in matters spiritual to an atheislic State it is time for a
Dao side-effect of the sepiration of Church protest against their cowardice......... The Enronfitent. eyel cul, the bravest thing in truth that has
and State law bug besa the starting of a ser M. Clémencer, the Minister of the Interior, called now religious soet in Franca, The come to France from the Vatican since the day when Pius XI. hurled the civil constitution" who has just returned row his visit to Berlinapostle of this new sect is Père Felix Meillon of the clergy in the faces of the men of is considerably surprised at the amount of formerly chaplatu to a hospital at Marseilles, the First Revolution about bersid the dawn wundo during his absence by bis countrymen, who wooded some time ago from the Roman of a new era for the annals of Frenob because to chose to pay a flying visit to the Catholic Church. His programme has for its Catholicism. This conception of nasoris
Garinan capital, Waifs some positively declare principal points complete parochial independence tione of lay-men, for ecclesiastical purposes that he wont to Berlin ou business," others
in all but matters of dogina. The priest in to It may mean responsibls 16 & Council of State and indgend persist in ridicating the ideu.
be selected by the parishioners, and the bishop ent of the Bishop is absolutely unenthalice. much, or fistle, or nothing but its meaning, if of each dious is to be slected by the parish We have asid that the principle of the associe
any. will certainly not ho known before M.
priests and hurehuurders for a true The tion is queatholie, ne swall propertion of Clémenceau hanself eh.ms to declare it,
The priests are to be allowed to marry Protestants wonić repudiato it as anti-Christian speculationindig din causes the Home Minister and to carry on any honourable calling, so as to
seem to the ordinary to smile, The French bars male mountainsable them to earn their own living. A Strange as it may Protestant the Pope is to-day fighting with out of moleskills from the visit. Though Church ceremonies, ash as baptisme, marriages, 'far heller justification and far greater modern. Georges Clemens has many stemics in and funerals, are to be gratuitous, The new- tion the very war that Chalmers and the oiler Franch, he is not the less the most striking
Pops" has, it is stated, close upon 300 priests founders of the Free Kirk waged in Scotland personality in political Europe now
on his side. Ministers decided ananimously at sixty years ago for the the "Crown rights of Bismarck and Gladstons have passed away. He last Wedtoday's Cabiust Council at Ram.
Chius Christ. Such associations as the low press is a born journalist and doctor and is the bouillet that the now Church and state law of Sheet Shia Tong Charity Institu are intolerable and the Pape wisely refuses tocon-proprietor of La Justice, which paper September 1806 must take its course, so events tion, Canton, 3rd subscription sider say scheme for the modification. At the conducted is so admirable manner.
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A inveling of the Hongkong Legislative the disturbanes and sacrilege that may fellow column en u fetoday. On his release he want wiltra-solely or the Republic. Not the least to America, where he maintained himself as a Council will be held on Thursday. The business melancholy fenture in this unhappy glory is the fact that Huglish sympathy is generally on the teacher of literary history in English. M. includes. Additional Bye-law under Section 1601 Cheop
As a fact the Pops is:
in Clémence is a first-class English scholer. In of the Public Health and Buildings Ordin rty and in this the injured party very wich he is fighting is the causering erators, so much so, that ho once scored
his own language he is the most powerful of auca, 13, and the following Resolution: Tang Shin Tong Charity Instita-
** Resolved that the Resolutions regarding the tion, Singapors of Christendom. The men who rule Trazed to-day make no concesiment of their hatred and An unique triumph in that capacity. He honravning of Workman's Cara by the Hongkong Canton Merchants at Kobe contempt for
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more logical they plaint, Leo his otject in going to Carlsband & by the Legislative Council on the 21st day of Lee Choong won'd
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few weeks ago taking Berlin en bis beme June, 1906, be resciadod en from to-day.” irrelevant foot te affect their
The orders of the day are First reading of Compratore of Deatsch Asiatic struggle between Church and State in Fraues journey. He is a splendid line art critic like
Book There is no question here of differences between the Marquis de Rochofert, himself a journalist, Bil entitled An Ordinance to amend the Auglicanism and Romanisun or indeed between and proprietor of L'Intransigent. Among Widows and Orphans' Pension Fund Ordin-Compradora of Win. Mageriuk & Co. Romaziem and Protestantism. The Pope in innumerable other works; he has written an ance, 1900. Second reading of the Bill entitled Cheang Hing this watter is lighting the batile of
Ordinance to consolidate and amend Yes Tai excellent novel, and a romarkable good play. Christendom.
the Law relating to Trade Marls. Committee Kwong Hip Loong Thore is nothing in his brief visit to Berlin,
on the Bill outilled An Ordiusace further to Yu Sang Yuen papare. I'am,
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Kwong Yick Loong:
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The Indo-Chins str. Kumsang, from Caloutta! and the Straits, left Eingapore for this port on a ries, one of the principal articles imported, the 21st inst., at tam.
is free of duty. The real causes of the presezt stagnation cau probably be
traced to The Norwegian str. Prosper left Moji" for able difficulties caused by change of currency. to the iuerit: Canton, and is due to arrive on or about the tigek of local capital, and to the condition of trade in South Chips, and until these essen are The N.Y.K. str. Awo Maru (European Line) removed, it is not likely that there will be any left Kobe for this purt via Moji on the 20th inst, materisi improvement. and is expected here on the 29th inst.