PRINCESS ROYAL'S ESTATE.
~—* —~ •• (t'OTTBi) '■ i * Association"—by aiscrit'fc' 1 "TELEGIu'pH—COPYBJOBT.,) , LONDON., April 16. ' The / Princess Boyal - left ■ £46,383. |g' accordance 'with the : custom' where toyalties are concerned I ,her' wilj will he -.until - afjt^;, probate v is granted,. Dhe,.)b®<luesti(Hre-.,n0t,f6-Teakd , .
' DISESTABLISHMENT. • STATE CHURCH ABANDONED. 5 5-' v . j> • s - • . LONDOX, April 10. s The '-'Evening Standard" announces - Skat one notable consequence of the revolution is. the • formal: renunciation of Catholicism as the State 1 religion. s The new Minister for " Justice' called • upon the Papal Nuncio and informed - f him Chat'in accordance with the Reptile •' tfcan declaration' of principles' thot'e would be freedom of conscience 1 and »' equality of right for all creeds and re- : ligions.' Consequently Catholicism would -. lose its privileges as being an integral part 'of the State; Priests throughout the cqiintry would be required to accept ' the principle' of separation behreen Church and §t«T<y-and to swear-loyalty to the' Republic. - • ' ' * - The J 'Papal Nuncio, while ; reserving - the Pope's attitude, gave an'assurance t that priests would in nowise interfere in politics. ' :. Of 'all Spain's former' huge- empire, • ' -in-which the- Roman Catholie" Church' , once held> unchallenged and unchallengable power, only a few small countries' still preserve any official connexion 'wit'h " religio'n. v Several,of the smaller Republics of South America still s have the • Roman Catholic as their established ; Church, but. the greater ones either have j entire religious freedom or else a form ' of state, support fot "the. Church com'-', bined, with toleration./In tho HSptAlicft, with" their populations 1 as; i! given, the Roman Catholic is the es- • fcablished Church of the State; while - complete toleration is allowed to all,. other religions:— ' Country. Population. Bolivia .. '.. ' 3,800,000" t ' Colombia '1,900,000' , Costa Rica .• 400,000 j ■ Dominican ' Republic 800,000 Haiti .. 2,300,000. 'Paraguay ..- 800,000 Venezuela • .. 3,000,000 i NEW AMBASSADOR - NAMED. •LONDON, April 16. The Spanish Embassy at London have" been officially informed that the new. Ambassador will be Sen or-Don,. RamonPrez Deayala, the eminent author, who : signed the >Republican -manifesto,! Otherwise he is unknown in politic?. FAMOUS FLYER' RETURNS. ' /■' 1 1 'MADRID, Apri} 16. Major Franco, the trans-Atlantic flyer, and exilfed Revolutionary, is due in Madrid this evening. He t&kes charge ; of the military aviation department.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20215, 18 April 1931, Page 15
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