Note and Comment

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 25, 1915

Petition Against Religious Toleration

THE Roman Catholic Church still has a strong hold on the women of Peru. That the women are to be used to hinder religious toleration in Peru is indicated by the following dispatch from Lima, Peru, printed in the Washington Post of November 1:—

A petition has been presented to the president, signed by more than a thousand prominent women, including the mother, the mother-in-law, and sisters of the president, and wives of cabinet members, requesting his veto of the constitutional amendment authorized by congress establishing religious tolerance in Peru and permitting public worship of other religions than the Roman Catholic.

Constitutional amendments require the authorization of two congresses. The measure was first passed two years ago. Whether or not the president will exercise his veto is not known. The petition was a remarkable demonstration of the strong religious [Roman Catholic] attitude of the women of Latin America.