5 OCTOBER 1872, Page 3

The breach between the Prussian Government and the Roman Catholic

Church in Ermeland seems to be complete. The Minister of Public Instruction, Dr. Falk, has intimated to the Bishop of Ermeland that the State cannot pay the salary of a Bishop who will not conform to the laws, and as almost all the priests' income comes through the Bishop, the Roman Catholic Church in the diocese of Ermeland is virtually disestablished and disendowed. It remains to be seen how far this penal measure will increase the enthusiasm of the Roman Catholic teachers there and elsewhere for the new German Empire.