Senor Zamora, the Provisional President of the new Spanish Republic, has informed the Vatican that the existing concordat respecting religion will be strictly adhered to, and that there is no question of the Dis-establishment of the Church, the “Sunday Referee” reports to-day from Spain.
There is nervousness in the Church, with its enormous vested interests, regarding its relation to the Government and the State, the “Sunday Times” says on the same question, adding that “sooner or later the Government will stand the trial of its loyalty to its Church. When the crisis arises then, indeed, will come the great test.
Although freedom of worship has been decreed, the “Observer” says, the Government and its moderate Premier are profoundly Catholic, and are apparently resisting extremist pressure for spoliation of the Church. Only through a strong Catholic reaction is the restoration of the monarchy conceivable. This, of course, is the Achilles’ heel of the Government, but now many priests are sincere Republicans.
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