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These books were gathered largely by Cte. Alfred Boulay de la Meurthe, the historian of the Concordat of 1801. He inherited the collection of his grandfather, who as Minister of Justice under the first Napoleon was in a position to accumulate many important official and unofficial publications. The grandson's interest in the Revolutionary period expanded to include almost everything concerning the relations of church and state in France during the nineteenth century...
Since 1924 the League of Nations Temporary Slavery Commission has been collecting slave-data. At the September League session (TIME, Sept. 21), the Commission submitted a report; and the League Assembly passed a resolution favoring a "Draft Slavery Convention" or international anti-slavery concordat...
Because of the strong anti-clerical feeling of his followers and his dependence on them to retain his Premiership, Herriot must of necessity oppose the Church. Ever since the Concordat of Napoleon with the Vatican, which established its position in France, the Catholic Church has been on the side of the Rovalists, and therefore directly opposed to republican principles. Furthermore the breaking of the Concordat in 1904 and Poincare's attempt to re-establish it in 1923 have aggravated a tense situation...
...them. Never would they give them up. Such a firm stand embarrassed Premier Herriot who announced that French laws would progressively be applied to the two Provinces. That pronouncement, in turn, was met with stonewall opposition. In the past week, Premier Herriot made the startling discovery that the Concordat concluded between the Vatican and Napoleon in 1801 was still in force, which means that Alsace and Lorraine will be allowed to keep their laws and to have representation at the Holy See.* Said the Premier to the Chamber of Deputies: "The regime of the Concordat will continue to be applied...
...furthered by employment, through the Vatican, of Catholic missions in the Far and Near East. The power of Catholicism in France received its first great blow in 1789 when all Church property became nationalized. From 1801 to 1905, however, relations between the State and Church were governed by the Concordat of Pope Pius VII, which stipulated: 1) that all nationalized Church property be placed at the disposal of the Church...