'Clerical Error
mpiti Church in France seems to have beci11 I foolish in its attitude to Mr. Khrushche0 visit. One incident 'alone, typical of many. hat irritated President.de.Gaulle and many similar!? conservative Frenchmen---the refusal by his ecclesiastical superiors to allow Canon Kir, in lay capacity as mayor of Dijon, to receive or evctt to meet Mr. Khrushchev. Anti-clericalism Is always latent in: the Republic, traditional) jealous of Catholic interference with the 1.0: tions of the State., The Church may well lin° that it has aroused, antagonism against itself. well as more rather than less sympathy for Nit', Khrushchev and . the Communists—unless, ° course, Mr. Khrushchev dissipates it all by coli tinuing to tell Frenchmen, that they don't low° how aggressive, the Germans can be.
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