CHURCH & STATE
A CLASH IN FRANCE RISK OF RELIGIOUS STRIFE THE VATICAN EMBASSY. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIRMKT.) (UEIiTER'S TELEGRAM.} (Received 29th September, 9 a.m.) PARIS, 28th September. A revival of religious strife in France is threatened as the request of a French Cardinal's letter to M. Harriot, begging him not to execute his decision to suppress the French Embassy at the Vatican, or strictly to enforce the existing laws regarding religious congregations. I The letter urges the maintenance of the happy rapprochement between Church and State which the war effected. While the clerical newspaper, " Gaulois " considers the letter will profoundly impress the consciences of all who are not blinded by stupid sectarianism, the newspaper " Quotidien " regards it as a demonstration of hostility against the Government, and as a provocation to civil war. It urges M. Herriot to accept the challenge to the Republic. The newspaper " L'Oeuvre >% says that "the priestly unctuousness'of the letter scarcely conceals its threat. ■ Replying to the cardinal's letter, M. Herriot does not admit that the peace of the country is threatened by the measures recently taken. He declares that the Government will not interfere with freedom of worship, but it cannot permit French interests to be defended by any authority ex-cept that of the nation.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 78, 29 September 1924, Page 7
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208CHURCH & STATE Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 78, 29 September 1924, Page 7
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