hs poorest lodeings z the poorest lodgings of theconvan es ness, and day in and day oe servant, Father Nozaleda note ai “The inconsideration roa may seem, is of utment Ippines. After al the speed eron of the all he is ofthe same race as the parateeoersee see such despairing scenes, Ina ot oadjutors in this way is als injuring fase Gi hee religious anda shag founds ofthis nature are the ones most dif ficult o heal 1 is therefore beter to ave Ween Common living for the mu curates and coadjutors is ama idea and should be made effesuve and sss but at the same time a wise solution should be Sought so thats practical realization becomes guarantee for peace and harmony among ie sere Ers of the Philippine Church, 9 OMe hes Tn our humble opinion, any dispute among the clerics of a town will not work foward the idea of Father Nozaleda about unity therefore taceed be best that the secular coadjutors serve only secular curate and that friarcutates be given ise coadjutors of their own order, “This gives the regular clergy the advantage of the situation where mutual vigance will not be confined to only extemal but also extend to the strict observance of vows and special rules ofthe monastic order. No mater how peer significance in the Phil. Coadjutor is a priest, a Catholic religion above tual vigilance of eat ecclesiastical Objections will be raised to the solution we propose perhaps on the basis of the fact that there Are more seculars compared to the very insignifi- cant number of secular parishes. On the other hand, the regular parishes are much more in ‘number and quality than the number of available a id; for example i fact, this argument is valid; fo le, in the'Manila diocese we find that of 220 parishes found, only 37 are served by seculars and some of them are temporarily held until they can later be given to the regular clergy when the parishes ‘acquire importance. Of the 37 parishes served by Secular curates, few, very few indeed, need coadjutors; on the other hand, of the 192 parishes held by regulars, very few do not need coadjutors — two, three or even four coadjutors per parish. ‘On the basis of these figures, the homogeneity of the clerical elements in each parish seems unrealizable . But this argument leads us to even more im- tant considerations. potrrthere isan abundance of secular clerics, wy then give the position to the regular clergy. whe are only supposed to supplement the scarcity oF the former? Everybody knows that the Coun Trent established the incompatibility of secular 549 67, November 15, 1891 beneics with perpetual monatc vows; ex body knows that It previous papal bas ete perae in a ea, aa ols gave calc mas tt of remanence emporay, supplemental ant dependent om he lek of crn eee siatts there isan abundance thane aes clerics: i they, as coadjutors, ender doe oe tile the number of services ofthe facet ase ering there are regular cuates wih te thes oy fourcoadjutors, tistherefore clear inate cia lege no longer holds ad thal he Counahed on provision Becomes efectine, The moment has come then fr firs 0 give up their paises to the secular clergy 2 tht ey edn comply with their mission Gower anes to Chnishanity. Inthe parses there tach, tarization beng done! they seve tose who have already been converted. To retain parishes ie tally, when there is an abundaneé of seers Ealled upon o take them and lack of tas forthe active mason of the Archipelago, would be to iinder the propagation of Christianity, a manifest inaction af the promises taken before Cod sed theetvi authors, Morcoves evayboody knows tha, whomsoever holds an eclesistic benefice ilegaly incurs excommunication. The tere doubt onthe prt ofthe parishioners tha they re served by an excommunicated carte diubing tothe consciences of parshiones hs what & dealous minster should beat In rnd But we do not wish to go deeply into ths matter; we do not wish to tise doubts inthe ‘pis of Caltobie Filipino; we merely enfone Thutever measures for retoring diipne in a church the Archbishop of Marla makes. much as heaven has akeady endowed hin with wisdom and energy to carry out this goal ‘Archbishop Basilio Sanchode Santa Justa y Rufina, supported by the Order of Preachers, was abletolmpose diocesan vistaion whch ad been Strongly opposed; Father Nozaleda, Dominican, Wil ot lak the necessary suport in enforcing arochial obedience to episcopsl autho. MARCELO H. DEL PILAR THE INDIFFERENT ONES 1 not speak hereof those who do not love ther country. donot hink such eeaures exist the pre edo ot wish 0 Know about them. ‘fe reat amir of ang dno wih fe Tee Bee Lea] of aril in his code, omer te apart a creature more impos- corde ne who commits parce, which mas siete ih imaginaon eeated. To speak fever St such tears useless, to think hat they oven exist would be a crime.Ill, 67, November 15, 1891 Everybody loves his cout pod egty lve is cory and he sn of ation, humiliated and harassed everywhere, ft sighs for that unfortunate country and loves ardently, more ardently the more unfortunate it seems. But if all those born there love there are unfortunately some who are content wih loving it platonicaly is is not enough. Those are the ones I call indifferent Indifference is indeed a terrible calamity; a contagious disease, a corrosive poison that extin- guishes or cools the sacred fires for an ideal, These indifferent ones are those who do harm to ‘Although they are not concerned with work- ing, with remaining permanently away from the crowd, they also fight with words of fire defend- ing their idea. [They are} those who feel ardent Jove and stop them for their exaggerations as if these were not part of everything sublime, every- thing great. There was exaggeration in the un- blemished patriotism of the Spartans; exaggera- tion led to a cup of hemlock for Socrates, exag- geration inspired Brutus to suicide, exaggeration fed Christians of the first centuries to die in front of Caesar at the circus arena. . . Who will dare fidicule these men, who will dare reproach them for their exaggerations? The volcano which serves as-an outlet for the fires of the earth must crack; the light which enlightens sometimes burns; the Spark which you use for transmitting your ideas, spaenetimes a destructive ray; the wind which ie reshes your brow must be changed sometimes Teto-a hurricane; the water which wets and sUp- plies moisture to the soil of your fields is 3 force That at times inundates your cities. Would you {nat jude from this, if you could.that the volcano conch illumines you, the electricity which blows Teich is of your ships in the sea and moves the Windmills on land, which sifts the wheat grove aig anich the bread you eat is made, are what shape life? ; ‘tae be Nevertheless, these indifferent ones hie hin’ Thevmanide of seience. If they are told hay in essary to work so that this love of coun) tian produce practical results, they wil 1) xt can Proitatjon is unwise. Without work, they & pect the Philipines to atain thie ideal mai " that progress will take care 0 Seeee reat such words. In them are found Ne le actions, to the great mist" key to reprehensible a aaa tunes of nations. It is true that pros! most important factor Tony the existence and efficacy OF Ue treet. ogre taws of progress. It alone can 200 o Seg tins; moreover, although men MAY 0 Av! myst tions: Horce of ats current, in the CMT ach give in to it, or it will jump over then jse who do poet says in Les Miserables: Let those ying poet with the future 10 COME eT A them progress, jhey condemn not 551 selves. They bring dismal sickness on themselves; they are perverted by the evil of the past. There is no way of effacing the future except to die.” cis tue But let us see what, on other occa: sions, excessive confidence in progress brought bout, Cervantes said in El Amante Liberal"Phe world has no other good thing except to make actions always of the same pattern, because no- body is misled except by his own ignorance.” Let us look therefore to the past; let us learn the lessons it gives us, salutary always. In opening the book of history, a great number of examples rush to us, which teach us not to leave everything to progress. In order not to be repetitious, I shall present only one of these ex- amples. ‘When the people groaned under the most fright- ful misery, when monarchies sought in vain for is terrible evil, when men of science dedicated their energies in vain and all their knowledge to resolving the problem of distribut- ing wealth, certain economists appeared who said they had the saving elixir of societies and pro- claimed the celebrated formula: laissez faire, ‘The entire world was affecied by laws inspired by an absurd freedom be- laissez passer. these words, protectionisn were suppressed and Bime the economic basis of our societies. What happened afterwards? After sometime, that theory twa Tound inadequate; alone, inspite of its int He good, it was not enough to bring to humanity ihe happiness promised, or to remedy the old vids instead these were aggravated and the prin- {jples, based on the celebrated formula, had to be Standoned and new theories, new ideas came to ‘place them and to flood the public in the field of economics. Well then, what would have happened if the hopes ofthe economists, defenders of ll the con- ehuences of laissez faire laissez passer, were sexepted? These people said their theory was the aniy good one and iin practice it didnot produce Gray Besnts expected, it was because people were we eady fori; but, with progress, the temporary not gould be remedied. Inthe meantime nations evil da directly to the abyss and in the horizon the Yaatssised by the eariage of Progress which could dus topped men in that fatal march had not even save area If they had confided totally 19 Prony appearenen of science had not tried t0 (1) the i te uhich the much-extolled economic incon} snaeet they had waited, what would have. Yop pened to the nations—10 humanity — today? ret hen for better times, you indifferent ones: watt Progress, but donot be sorry Tater if Yo wad be late for the appointment. soo ne meantime, we — those of us who ley the Philippines with firm and eal emovon —will a apr country wants, needs workers, OUT Tookers. We shall try to get the indi Para aes to work with usin the onorah task ireaining benefits from Spain for our unfortunatein, , 67, November 15, 1891 country. We shall not be cont. et content wit these ae nothing more than tho meane eihand tha knows how toonateh it heneace sees and Knows how to simulate when its pace i slow. On the other hand, if progress should gel these benefits tomorrow, why’ not help 3 tat Way gett now? eaten oro {us be united then, al of i bese by God, potoned bos tae ae i bat whut ny to anyone, With ‘ty and mility which characterize defenders of & jst caus, ad if proses wh is enable favs els nik the ne i Bata least tomorrow hen te Philpines el the benef belintclizaion, we can exclaim: ates 10 yO bad ee, chonen es new Mando peat ATHOS PHILIPPINE VINEGAR T regret that there are Sj ilipinologi honor of the country and the Filipino people; a defense which is the strongest of all for the in- tegrity of the country, placed in serious danger by these who pretend to be the honored and chosen Usfenders of the Spanish flag. I regret it, because {See that even in those circles which profess love for the Filipino, there is still no knowledge of the tor ituation of the nation. In- deed, there are trany lovers of the country, thats, there are many rye wise enough to understand that itis the alent of foolishness to break the plate out of which they are fed. any Spaniards make Fone those in the Philippines because they whe fun of fining to eat but chicken with bananas ng ave eryday have to be satisfied with eating hard tice everytheie own. country! How many oF (oe employees who in the Philippines ar. ‘maintained by Filipino sweat and money can 6m chicken OY. day in Spain? Yet, they curse Ne country ca gies them more than panem quondiary Who hen is ungrateful? Let Desenganon reply Ht sven in Madrid is sustained by Filipino gold. cen include the name of Desengaios © problem about the Philippines is seemingly aSa¢- rilege. . . Fo understand all isto excuse all saysaFrench adage. Thus, we shall discuss the Toathing of the lovers of the country: Te ee mejude the dear and honorabic names whe together with Filipino residents, tf wich togetspanish-Phitippine ASSOCT ©, the majority of those so-called overs ofthe cours ee eto brag about the depth of ove, Philippines seem like hho for one of their dolls. 553 As long as the doll acne 8 he dls remain mute, fckng the {aul oes and cus ty ej al tighove of speaking, Paes receive the faculty picture fs changed: ine ila laertaae te hanged nia aria inferior Beings who were beneath yin tNnking and fediag nn aveot The Spaniard bined the ob ving ma stand and feet, surmureg words of rains, submission and espe. a Nera Ea oday the Fi : fcc her Kensnty base toon Ses the Spann te your tide of nobly legiinate th Sane out of obey etna Of pos of how to comply ih the eee ted goatee For thee centuries Spaniards maint Le ec aTintenor clases, What happens oy? Today thers moi uecioa Inthe heart ofthe Filipinos al are Flpnos, Heserfehingeert ‘But my statements ae not exact the Filip doy Sateen eden te world sec (fad and qulaotie obstacle which the uncompro- 1 Spaniard poses; he wants the Filipino to Be ligne and Jenies him the character of @ Be span Ala, these unfortunate Beings do not Spathat it they oblige the Filipino in renouncing bis dete te a Spel if they oblige a Fili- ea only 2 Filipino, they force on him gin abe aly 2 Fino, erent “Then We talk of unity. Spaniards prefer uni Then we ta of i fers European he Fmpsntngat Bohemian, comes and destoys this impor tes, tis European unity, this, new unity or lawlessness, changed according t0 ideas of the nineteenth century, for ‘now the real bandits do not threaten with ‘blunderkrises, and razors, oe superonties and twisting laws and even tale atisty their vices and egoism. ‘Well then, the Bohemian comes ‘and does not en ST he bombastic phrases of Congo: rake cake the simple language ofthe ear he he spestanguage of cristanity that calls for & Fiaguge devoid of false courtesy, that preaches language Paraes, and order he defense wat aBvopressed and nfortunstes Ia ar am offending the dearest iuions of he Spaniard. 1 deny his much talked about inctack his unjustifiable pretensions his moldy theories. oF pould thase ries of AMEE OFT, howd those attacks surprise Met ies fg no. They are natural and wi wil Se my name, in the Philip: Fines as well asia Spain Because it will know that