THE MILITARY COMMISSION OF THE MUNICIPALITY DECREES THEIR EXPULSION FROM THE COUNTRY

     The following residents of the Municipality of Chengtu, all of them spiritual directors of the international counter-revolutionary organization, “The Legion of Mary,”  all of them hiding in the Catholic Church under the pretext of preaching religion, have given themselves over to reactionary activities of a nature to cause the invasion of China and the destruction of our People’s Revolution; moreover, they have openly violated the orders of the Military Commission by concealing their identity and refusing to admit their membership. The names of these imperialists are: the Frenchmen, GABRIAC  and SPARFELD; the. Italian, VINCIARELLI;  the Belgian, WINANCE; the German, KEISER; end five other criminals.

     These men were arrested and interrogated by the Military Commission’s Security Police. In spite of a defense made up of tricks of every possible kind, the criminals were confronted with evidence of their guilt and found it impossible to defend themselves. Their counter-arguments and resistance being exhausted, they finally had to admit their guilt publicly.

     In view of the facts herein described, the Military Commission of the Municipality, in the decree numbered 065 issued yesterday, the fifth, has decided the expulsion from the Country of GABRIAC, SPARFELD, VINCIARELLI, WINANCE AND KEISER.

This decree enjoins on the Security Police of the Military Commission of the Municipality the obligation of sending men this morning to put the decree into execution.

The decree in its entirety follows:

Sentence of the administrative commission of military affairs of the People’s Army of Liberation in the Municipality of Chengtu.

IN THE LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT the spiritual directors of the international counter‑revolutionary “Legion of Mary,”  residing in this municipality of Chengdu – the Imperialists of French nationality GABRIAC and SPARFELD, the imperialist of Italian nationality, VINCIARELLI the imperialist of Belgian nationality, WINANCE, the imperialist of German (old German nationality KEISER, having concealed themselves in the Catholic Church under the pretext of preaching religion, having given themselves over to reactionary activities of a nature to cause the invasion of China and the destruction of our People’s Revolution:

IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT

GABRIAC, the spiritual director f the reactionary organization of the Legion of Mary, going under the name of “Group of the Queen of Peace;”

Has, before and after the Liberation, shamelessly spread false rumors; has projected the perfidious plot to overthrow the People’s Revolution; has stated,“After the arrival of the Army of Liberation the Catholic Church will disappear.”

has stated, “The-devil is in the Army of’ Liberation: let everyone intensify his prayer asking that the Army of the Virgin conquer the Army of  Liberation;”

has stated, “After the reading of Communist books one can  longer recognize either the young or the old;

has stated, “Soldiers of the Army of Liberation, having no wives of their own will take our women as ‘heir wives;”

has stated, “To participate  in the Reform Movement was to ‘apostatize,’ to ‘deliver oneself over to damnation,’ thus terrifying Catholics and exposing the Reform Movement to destruction;

that he has moreover concealed a bandit chief in the church of …

that despite his Commission’s suppression,  in November 1951, of the reactionary organization of the Legion of Mary and its command that all its officers present themselves at the office of the Security ‘Police, he has dared condemn the Government’s decree and even to stir up trouble and try to disorganize this office

IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT

SPARFELD, spiritual director of the reactionary group of the legion of Mary, set up under^, the name “Group of the West Section of the Prefecture of Chiong-lai

Has commanded a Chinese national, Li … to tear up signs posted by the Reform Movement;

has disorganized the Reform Movement by claiming that “The Reform is apostasy and schism;”

has, despite the November, 1951 order of the Commission suppressing the reactionary organization and obliging its officers to come to the office of the Security Police, hidden his identity and refused to confess his membership

IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT

VINCIARELLI, spiritual director of the reactionary group of the Legion of Mary set up under the name of “Group of the Mother of God,” even before the liberation has been in close contact with Mr. McWilliams, the director of the American Information Service at Chungking and head of the espionage service of American Imperialism;

has, in collaboration with the latter, planned the invasion of China; has, after the Liberation, hidden a radio transmitter and receiver, as well as a considerable quantity of equipment that had belonged to the American army;

bas, moreover, concealed objects of considerable value belonging to civil servants and landowners;

has spread false rumors, saying: “The Communists resemble the wolves of-the Gospel in sheeps’ clothing;”

has dared to propagate the Hsio si tsan kao as well as the Shen Kung Chiao Huei and other reactionary brochures;

has forbidden _:Catholics to read progressive books;

has, despite the November, 1951 decree- of this Commission suppressing the reactionary organization of the “Legion of Mary” and obliging its officers to present themselves and make their confession at the Office of the Security Police, publicly dared to go to the Office, to cause trouble there and to try to disorganize it, refusing to admit his guilt.

IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT

WINANCE, interim spiritual director of the international reactionary organization of the “Legion of Marry” set up under the name of “Group of the Mother of God,”

has by all sorts of means invented and spread false rumors;

has insulted our People’s Government and Russia, a country friendly to us;

has spread a wild and shameless propaganda in favor of American Imperialism;

has said, for example: “The political policy of the Communist Government is a policy of terror,” thus perniciously injuring the People’s Government;

has stirred up reactionary Catholics to oppose the Government;

has forbidden Catholics to take part in progressive patriotic movements and to read progressive reviews and books;

has disorganized the Reform Movement in the Catholic Church;

has concealed his identity and refused to admit his guilt at the time of the Commission’s order of November, 1951 decreeing the suppression of the reactionary organization of the “Legion of Mary” and commanding its officers to come to sign at the Office of the Security Police.

IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT

KEISER, spiritual director of the reactionary organization of the “Legion of Mary,” set up under the name of “Our Lady of Good Counsel,”

has, at the time of the American imperialistic invasion of Korea, invented false rumors saying: “The Korean war was provoked by Russia,” and in so doing calumniating the nations that seek nothing but peace and spreading abroad a mad and shameless propaganda;

has refused to admit his guilt at the time of the November, 1951 decree of the Commission suppressing the international reactionary organization of the “Legion of Mary,’ obliging all its officers to present themselves at the Office of the Security Police.

IN THE LIGHT OF

these different crimes committed by GABRIAC and these agents of Imperialism;

IN THE LIGHT OF

the accusations of all sorts made against  by the entire People;

IN THE LIGHT OF

the investigation made by the Office of the Security Police concerning all these facts;

IT IS DECREED

President:  Li Ching-chuen

Vice-President: Chow Sze

February 5, 1952

Tr. Emerick Lawrence

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