PAPAL NUNCIO OFFENDS
MEXICAN LAW VIOLATED. THREAT. OF EXPULSION. Australian and N.Z. Cable' Association. . - (Seed. £1.5 p.m.).; MEXICO CITY, Jan. 15. __ *: Because'the Papal delegate to Mexico* ' Mgr f • Filippi, unveiled a statue of Christ * in the open-air, the event being attended ; ;■'■■■■■ by thousands /of : Mexicans, and thus, i violated the law of 1857, ..which forbids any open-air celebration in public places /■-•*■. ' or religious ceremonies,-the President;, ;; General Obregon, has uttered a. warning, , declaring: "We make :no discriminations v between religions. : If. Protestants or '..■". / other "religionists violate :_ s oav laws**the •.. ■■ >~ : ' Government will proceed in the same way against them." General Obregon ■ y ■.'..:' declared that Mexicans who attended the / unveiling. will - be punished and foreigners:"■ ; deported. (He described Mgr. Fi.ipp£"as.a " pernicious foreigner. "If is understood ■, ' that Mgr. 'KHppi will be expelled from ■.',•; v: Mexico. ' , /
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 7
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131PAPAL NUNCIO OFFENDS New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18298, 15 January 1923, Page 7
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