FANATICAL POLES.
GROWTH - OF THE MOVEMENT.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 14. Th© followers in the country around Warsaw of the fanatical taction of tho Koraan Catholic priesthood, which was recently reported to be preaching poverty and vegetarianism, and abusing tho bishop and denouncing the corruption of the higher clergy, are attacking tho churches, and have expelled the Catholic clergy from several towns and villager for refusing to join the movement. Seven were kilkiu and thirty severely wounded in tho two latent fights. The fanatics call ilwm-;-oiv*!s 'Mari-avites, and already nuini>or 150,000. The authorities do not interfere, with them.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 12479, 16 April 1906, Page 7
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