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Mr. Ar.Jr- Shipman. one of the
grtsten '.:ir.jt au:hvrlth-s on Srn,!
affair writo? as follows in "Ameri
ca." a writer who si ens himself as
Otru.ti. a former Monk." has Just
yubhshed a bok. in Barcelona entitled
El trrnieato en los Conventore,"
(Tortures in the Convents and the
j-row afencir there are kindly sup
p'yinj: the Spanish radical papers and
the entire European press with cop
ious extracts from the book. It is
hardly worth while to go over the en
tire work. Scattered all through the
book are statistics of the various
Itriods showing the growth of the
monastic orders or congregations, and
If the alleged figures given there pre
no more correct than the ones I shall
presently mention, the. whole book is
a little mere than a mass of misinfor
mation. Afer speaking !out the religious
orders in Spain he says: '"Spain Is
simply fiUed with monasteries and re
ligious hosses. Today ther are in this
(Barcelona) diocese about 500 re
ligious houses of which 95 per cent
devote themselves to education and
particularly to business enterprises,
factories, trades and also commerce.
Jtany monks have the superintendence
over penal Institutions, asylums, or
phanages and hospitals, both govern
mental as well as local and private
ones. Besides this there exist in said
diocese which has not much more
than a million inhabitants six thou
sand associations, brotherhoods and
establishments, which are subject to
the management of the religious or
ders. For the maintenance of these
"Centres Catholicos" (Catholic Clubs)
religious houses, cathedral, diocesan
seminary. 2S9 parish priests, two bish
ops, the canons and the rest of the
clergy, constituting 2000 persons, the
government gives each year 8,000,000
duros. that is 130.000.000. In other
words, each Individual inhabitant of
the Diocese of Barcelonla must pay
annually the sum of $30 for the main,
tenaace of bishops, priests and the
male and female members of religi
ous orders." The "Former Monk"
then givs a statistical sketch of the
whole of Spain in tWs regard and
aais:
"According to the above figures
Spain has 4330 monestariee, and near
them exist many other members of
religious orders somewhat secretly
unier various pretences so that tho
government and the people may be
deceived. These statistics are suffi
cient to Justify the steps taken by
Canalejas in the matter of the religi
ous orders." I give this extract so
that the readers of America may rec
ognize the source whenever they see
them printed as newly-made investi
gations in Spain. It Is needless to say
that they are untrue, and that they
are given with a prolixity and versi
militude that would deceive the aver,
age reader who haa not the requisite
books on Spain and Spanish affair
with which to elicit the truth.
I have by me the statistics of the
religious houses in Barcelona diocese
1 91 4 ) and an account of the work
they are doing. There are In the
Barcelona diocese 388 religious com
munities. Of them 71 are composed
Of men, and 31 of women. There
are tii male members of the religi
ous com munities, and 3,974 women.
Thero are besides 1194 priests at pres
ent in charge of tit parishes. The
population of the Diocese of Barcslona
Is 1,154.54. of whom JSt.090 are
reokened m Catholics. The amount
of the population there and the num
ber of clergy and members of religious
communities somewhat agree with
ttie statistics of tiew Tort, reckoning
"Tt the Catholic population..
In Barcelona the male religious or
ders have communities devoted as fol
lows. To contemplative life, 2; re
fugees, protesteries and manual train
ing schools for children, 6; asylums
for old people, 1; charitable associ
ations, 17; schools and colleges, 47,
The female religions orders have the
following communities: Contemplat
ive l'f. 27; houses of refuges, protec
tories a"Bi training schools for girls,
t; hospitals, asylums and homes for
eld people, (2; Schools and colleges,
221. In the schools and colleges free
Instruction is given to 75.009 annually,
and among them are included kinder,
garten, day nurseries and reception
rooms for the children of the poor
while their parents are at work during
the day. All these are maintained at
their own expense and efforts, are
entirely exclusive of the state public
chools, hospitals, and charitable in
stitutions except in regard to three
religious orders, who perform at state
expense in the public homes and hos
pitals the works of charity and mercy
carried on by these Institutions. If
they were displaced that expense
would be vastly Increased by the em
ployment of lay persons in the ser
vice of the state.
But this anonymous author says
nothing of this. Then ho tries ,to
bring in the various Catholic cluhs.
fraternal organizations. Christian Doc
trine confraternities, sodalities, which
exist in connection with every Catholic
church the world over, and whioh'are
always organizations of laymen who
pay their own meager expenses in
every instance, and who are only too
glad to contribute. In no single In
stance is there one cent contributed
to their support or maintenance by
the government. The statement of
the anonymous author in this regard
Is an absolute invention. It is like
wise untrue that any religious orders
in Barcelona are engaged In business
or trade, or carry on factories for the
sale of their products. The list be
fore me shows that there are none
tl-.ere which are so engaged. Then
the author goes further in the realm
of invention. He says the Spanish
government gives every year S.P00.
000 duros (that is 4.000,000 pesetas
or $30,000,000 (!) for the support of
the clergy, religious orders, and lay
associations of Barcelona. In the
first place, a duro is the Spanish word
for dollar, and is 'equal to five pese
tas, so that $30,000,000 is that am
ount actually given multiplied by
four. In the second place, the sum
of .8,000.000 duros or 40,000,000 pese
tas is the sum spent by the Spanish
government for the entire church In
all Spain. It goes to pay the secular
salaries of the minister of worship
and his clerks, the upkeep of church
buildings, and finally the salaries and
stipends of the clergy in actual charge
of the churches and parishes. The re
ligious orders and lay associations get
none of it, except the three orders ac.
tually in the charitable and benevo
lent institutions of the state who re
ceive their bare maintenance as In
dividuals in lieu of a salary.
The total revenue of Spain Is about
1.090,750,000 pesetas (or $218,150,
000), and the church Including the
civil officers, who are paid out of the
appropriation get a little over 40,
000,000 pesetas (some $8,000,000) or
about 3 6-10 per cent of the Spanish
revenue. As Spain has 19,000,000 in
habitants tho Province of Barcelona
(coterminous with the diocese) pays
nearly 1-19 of the total sum set aside
for the church, and accordingly, to
use the methods of the anonymous
author, each individual inhabitant of
Barcelona has' to pay 42 cents (in
stead of $30) for the support of the
church. If the members of our con
gregations (of any creed) In America
could be let off so cheaply, they would
be proud to acclaim it. The rest of
the figures in this latest book are ab
about as true as the figures which the
j anonymous author gives for the Bar
celona diocese and which I have Just
. analysed.
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Berlin. Hard though Germans are
themselves against the oppressed
Poles and Danes In their eastern and
northern provinces, they are neverthe
less very outspoken in their condem
nation of Russia's politics toward Fin
land, and many are the influences
which have been brought to bear en
the kaiser in an attempt to make him
try to Boften Czar Nicholas' heart to
ward his Finnish subjects during their
meeting at Friedberg castle.
The kaiser himself Is said to be a
great admirer of the Finns, bt it is
exceedingly doubtful whether he had
thought it wise to bring up the sub
ject. If he did, the results are not
yet apparent and Finland is awaiting
her destiny in proud reserve. A Ger
man Journalist who has Just returned
from a visit to that northern country
says that whenever he spoke to a
Finn, no matter of what class, high
or low, he felt the sense of the com
ing tragedy, mingled with a spirit of
grim determination that unites men
of all sorts and condition.
The crisis in Finnish ' affairs will
come in about three weeks, when the
Diet, at the command of the czar,
will have to send six representatives
to St. Petersburg to, become parties
to the settlement by Russia of affairs
which have been hitherto the exclu
sive business of Finland's own par
liament. One must admit that the Finns have
tried in every possible way to assert
their Just national rights in a peace
ful and dignified manner, and the
statesmen, judges and politicians of
Europe not .long ago rendered . a
unanimous verdict In their favor, that
the Russian premier, M. Stolypln, will
be the one who will have to give In
when the curtain raises for the next
act of the great national political dra
ma.
M. Leo Mechelin, Finnish senator
and ex-premier, one of the most in
fluential men in Finland, has given
his opinion of the coming struggle in
a letter to a friend in this city, which
was shown to ine the other day.
"It Is a coup d'etat," he says; "the
greater violation of the positive law
In a modern state, but the crisis Is,
yet to come.
"The Finnish Diet will be convoked
at the end of September to elect, un
der the new law, members to sit in
the Russian duma and state council.
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Finnish deputies could do nothing to
prevent the enactment of bad laws.
The chief thing, however, is that all
this is contrary to our constitution.
"I am convinced that the Finnish
diet will not consent to be represent
ed in the Russian chambers. Then
the decisive moment will arrive. What
will the Russian government do? I
cannot predict, but I may say that this
new Russian law cannot be applied
as it stands when Finland refuses
to send deputies to St. Petersburg.
"It is possible that the Russian gov
ernment may take administrative
measures to prove to us and the world
that it can do harm 'tn Finland. What
will we do then? We will keep our
sangfroid, and we will remain faith
ful to the constitution of Finland. As
to the consequences of this correct
attitude it is for the future to say
wheher we are wise or foolish, weak
or strong."
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upold of Belgium. Her lot has not
been altogether agreeable during the
last few months.
For her problems M. Durleux was
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He acted as her steward for some time
and all her affairs were tn his hands.
A great friendship has long existed
between them. The marriage cere
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privacy. The question of the two chil
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of the late monarch, deserve a better
fate than that of adoption by an eld
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fate still remains a deep secret. Per
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