On this day, 122 years ago, on April 29, 1903 (April 3, 1903 in the lunar calendar), France began to close all monasteries. On April 29, 1903, in France, the fierce struggle between the church and the state took a new turn today. The cavalry invaded the Monastery of Chartrez in the Alps and ordered all people in the Monastery to withdraw from the Monastery. The monks tried to pay 2 million francs so that President Compos's government would no longer force them to leave, but they were refused. Protests from the right were also rejected. The expulsion order is part of a growing anti-clerical movement in France since the Dreyfus incident nine years ago. In 1902, the French government stipulated that even if a religious teacher was to be retained in schools, it would require special approval from the government. In March 1903, the House of Commons completely abolished the teaching rights of 21 different groups of monks. Conservative politicians have been critical of Compers and have questioned his motives because he himself was a seminary student before becoming a politician. The monks left the monastery of Chartrez