"It is candid for the confederation
to admit that it maintains that a
constitutional provision must deserve
j the reverence due to the sacred name
jof law. even if it is an outrage on
! natural rights and not an expression
of the will of the people, hut instead
an expression of a crafty combination
of armed groups.”
The episcopate pronounced as ab
solutely untrue the confederation's
insinuation that the Catholic Church
“has acquired obligations with capital
istic international forces." It declares
: that the confederation was "con’inti-
I ing its slanderous task to bring about
| a confusion of ideas with the purpose
! of misleading public opinion in Mexico
j as well as abroad.”
Directors Are Released.
All eight members of the three
directorates of the League for Defense
of Religious Liberty, arrested on
j charges that their economic boycott
propaganda incited the jtcopie to vio
j lence. have been released tinder hail
; pending formal trial. -
I The courts continue to examine
tand release Catholic priests charged
j with failure to register with the
i municipal authorities. All the priests
| give the same explanation that they
thought the archbishop the proper
, authority to supply the information
sought by the authorities.
I Guanajuato dispatches say excited
i crowds, largely composed of women,
j prevented the authorities there from
j closing any of the Catholic church
I annexes, which measure tlie govern-
I ment ordered .applied throughout the
i country for the purpose of protecting
church property until the situation
j was settled.
Women Tear Off Seals.
