CHURCH AND STATE

New Zealand Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 6176, 6 April 1907, Page 7

CHURCH AND STATE

THE FRENCH SENSATION PREMIER IX REPLY. DEXrXCIATIOX OF A DEPUTY'S ATTITUDE. AX EXTRAVAGANT STORY. By. Telegraph—Press Associotion-Conrrisrht. PARIS.. April 4. M. Clcmenccau, in a vehement lotiev To the ‘•Figaro,’ 5 declares that M. Piou. who is the most militant member of the Catholic party in the Chamber of Deputies, accuses the Papal representative of lying to the Pope by •attributing to his dear friend his own calumnies. He says that Monsignor Mcoutagnim had 2:0 interest in inventing the whole of the extravagant story published yesterday. M. Piou’s interest in speaking ns alleged was evident, because at tho time he was leading his forces to battle, and all the Republic’s enemies were'under tho banner of Rome. ROME, April 4. It is stated in Rome that Italy never interfered with tho mode adopted by" foreign sovereigns of visiting the Vatican. Italy oven allowed the Kaiser to visit tho Vatican escorted by his own guards. MONTAGNINFS LETTERS. ALARM AT LIBERAL CATHOLIC MOVEMENT. {Received April o. 11,8 p.m.) ‘LONDON, April o. “Tho Times’’ Paris correspondent, in forwarding extracts from Monsignor Montagninrs papers, states that they were furnished to him exclusively. He declares that they reveal, on Monsignor Montaguini’s part, the unimpeachable authority of the Church in Franco, and possibly throughout the world. Traversing tho great crisis, Monsignor Montngnini shows that the XJltnvmontnnes were alarmed at tho progress of the Liberal Catholic movement in France, and the profound divergence of views as between that portion of the French episcopate and the Vatican.