OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 108, 30 January 1908, Page 5

OBITUARY.

CARDINAL RICHARD. BY 1 TKIiEOturn—rUKSS ASSOCIATION—COPYtiaHT. Paris, January'2B. Cardinal Richard, Archbishop of. Paris, is dead at the age of 89. Born in 1819, the Cardinal Archbishop has had 'a lone career of devoted servico to the Church! lie was, of course, a leading figure in tho struggle between Church and 1 State, and in the consequent exciting events at the close of 1906. These events, in so far as, they concerned tho Archbishop, were thus referred to at tho time by the Paris correspondent of "The. Tillies", ' . 'Even before the Government has received tho fresh legislative powers for which it has decided to uppeal to Parliament, certain- of Archbishops and Bishops have received notice to quit their official residences diately. Indeed, some of them have already begun the removal of their belongings. The circumstance that the- Ultramontane Archbishop of Paris, Cardinal Richard, ono of the chief instigators of the I'opo's uncompromising attitude, although by no means the only prelate responsible for the erroneous estimato made by Pius X of the views of the French people, is affected by this measure wilk;douht-, less bo ' availed of .as a . 'means of) inciting Catholic opinion against, the Government." , la a l , lator dispatch, the ' correspondent wrote;—'"ln virtue of tho. provisions of the Separation Law and consequent upon the refusal ,to comply therewith, the 'expulsion' ;qf tho Archbishop, of Paris from his official residence in the Rue de Grenelle took place'early., on Monday afternoon. Tliero was nothing in tho nature of a disturbance, nor, indeed, of what could bo culled a popular manifestation. There was a demonstration of .sympathy In which some 1000. to 5000 Catholics took part, but everything went off in an orderly-and dignified fashion as becamo the occasion. i The appearanco of tlio Archbishop, was' greeted With crics of 'Vive Pie X, yiv'e lo Cardinal.' As soon as he had taken his seat in the conveyance awaiting him the crowd outsido unharnessed the horse, anil drew tho carriage themselves to the residence of ■M. Denys Cochin, which is in the neighbourhood. The Archbishop gave the crowd his blessiug beforo taking his seat. The procession, which marched slowlv, consisted chicily of women, priests, and young men, who sang hymns as they walked along. On reaching the house of, M.'Donys Cochin, cries of 'Vive le Cardinal, vivo lo Pape,' wore raised as the Cardinal alighted. His Eminence oihv liiuro blessed the crowd before entering the house. No incidents aro rcpoitcd." . ! . ' All through, the Archbishop remained a staunch supporter of the Papal policy.