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DEMOCRACY OR DICTATORSHIP ? POLITICAL LIBERTY TRUE AND FALSE.

Ever s ince the days of Magna Ca r t a t h e democratic form of government h a s been t h e will of t h e governed in most countr ies . It has mean t unwieldy and often blundering government , but it ha s stood for nat ional safety and individual civic freedom. In our own day we have seen an ex t raord inary t u rn ing from democracy to autocracy, from t h e whole people to the small g roup, from Par l iament to the Dictator . And t h e s tuden t of in te rna t iona l affairs can only wonder wha t the fu ture holds.

It is only 72 years since Lincoln thrilled t he world with his ideal of "government of t he people for t h e people, by t h e people. , , I t seemed an ut terance for all t ime, but in our own day it h a s not only been challenged bu t successfully flung aside. Since then we have had the world war and i ts a f t e rma th or un re s t and desperate remedies. Class w a r has been preached, t h e appeal t o force aga ins t a rgumen t has been made, and half-a-dozen nat ions have gone in to " s h i r t s " of var ious hues (for t h e r e must be some sor t of uniform, i t seems) to ma rk t h e astonishing modern reaction aga ins t democracy.

We have witnessed first t h e "dictatorship of the p ro le ta r ia t " in Russia, t h e n the H u n g a r y of Horthy, the Greece of Pangolos, Italy of Mussolini, Spain of P r imo de Rivera, Poland of Pi lsudsky, Yugo-Slavia of Alexander, Germany of Hitler, A u s t r i a of Dollfuss. Fascism, sh i r t s and all, has rea red its head in conservat ive England, the " blue s h i r t s " have been organised in Ireland, and it is significant to find extraordinar i ly wide new powers given to t h e Pres ident in the Uni ted Sta tes . Even in Australia we h a v e t h e New Guard, which is openly and aggressively anti-democratic

At the 20th annual conference of the Federation of College Catholic Clubs in Canada, which was opened by His Grace Archbishop Mc-Guigan of Toronto, and a t tended by delegates from all over Nor th America, one impor tan t address to the youth of t h e New World dealt W i t h this modern t h r e a t to democracy. The speaker was t he Righ t Hon. Ernest Lapointe, M.P., former Minister of Just ice . He sa id :

The old sys tem of democracy and political freedom is to-day on t r ia l . Never h a s it been more impor tan t to s t udy the principles of parl iam e n t a r y action and to unders tand a r i gh t t h e fundamenta l rules necessa ry t o t h e work of const i tut ional ins t i tu t ions .

In t h e Br i t i sh Commonwealth, and I m a y say in t h e United S t a t e s a s well, ou r respect ive legislatures aro t h e he i rs and t rus tees of a legacy which is t h e resul t of m a n y centur ies of work, s t ruggles and wonderful evolution. Our constitu t ional sys t em is bu t t he application of t h e e ternal principles of jus t ice in t h e relat ions of men to each o ther . Personal freedom, equali ty of all men before t h e law, t he r i g h t of peoples to dispose of themselves , these a r e the spir i tual and mora l t rad i t ions which a re t h e b i r t h r i g h t of our citizen, and he carr ies t hem wi th him wherever he goes in t h e wide world.

R I S E O F DICTATORS. Yet in our own t ime we have seen

in var ious countr ies t h e old order of government over thrown. W h a t is t h e cause of those quick and bru ta l t r ans fo rma t ions? Undoubtedly t h e first cause is the extremely difficult c i rcumstances in the life of pos t -war European Sta tes . If dicta tor ia l governments had met t h e same ha rdsh ips and tr ials , they would pay to-day t h e penalty of unpopular i ty . Fur the rmore , ext r eme radical ism has doubtless hampered t h e exper iments of some of t h e new governments which should have developed t h e work of free ins t i tu t ions in a normal and gradua l way.

I do not t h ink t h a t the original impulse towards autocracy, or wha t

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PEACE AND SANCTIONS. The^v^psions in the Labour Party

upon t)fc- question of sanctions raise principles of deep Catholic interest. The three leaders who object to the alignment of the Party with most of the nation on this issue do so upon quite different, and even incompatible grounds. Mr. Lansbury refuses all military "saltations on pacifist grounds and Lord Ponsonby agrees with him in the main, though he adds reasons of expediency. It is impossible not to feel a large measure of sympathy with Mr. Lansbury, who said last week that he had tried to see the whole matter from the point of view of the religion he was taught many years ago by his mother; he could not accept the doctrine of war in any shape or form. Neither does the Church accept the doctrine of war as an instrument of policy in any shape or form. But this is a different thing from either self-defence in the last resort or police action by competent authority. To avoid resort to arms in these causes is the urgent task of the world's statesmanship.

THE REVOLUTIONARY VIEW. The other objector to sanctions is in

a different category. Sir Stafford Cripps has now told us frankly that there is "only one condition" upon which he personally could support armaments and military action, "and that is if these were being used by a group of Socialist States to support an interttatiortal Socialist order against capitalist aggression." Let readers note that all talk about peace on the part of revolutionary internationalists is deception. If the murder, rapine and ruin that marked the establishment of the Soviet regime in Russia can be repeated to the same ends in other countries, let them be repeated. AH good citizens should beware of organisations professing to foster international peace and friendship which have the support of persons of known revolutionary sympathies.

A "PEAINCHANT AND

We wo«id like to direct attention to a most <8eful article entitled "Plain-chant and 'Commonsense^ in the current Westminster Cathedral Chronicle. I t is by F r . ^ f e Robertawy A.R.A.M., a convert WSb^ef ore hV ' cwttate at t i e Beda and his Ordination, was engaged in important practical work in music in connection with the H.M.V. Gramophone Co. His £reat gifts and experience are now deviated to the service of Westminster Cathedral. The purpose of his article is to help forward the Liturgical Movement on its musical side by distinguishing betaken tne practical use of the Chint as envisaged by Pope Pius X, and its neglect on the one side or its "regimentation" on the other by purists who "firf* it an .art and leave i t a science." Fr. Robertson pleads for "a

' reasonably attitude," and for liberty and elasticity of treatment. The neo-Solesmes theory is a theory, "not a dogma tc^ which one must subscribe or imperil tile salvation* of one's musical soul." 'fkere are many editions of Bach's "18," and in building up an interpretation one may use any or all of these, and be bound to none. "In the same wS£ one may extract from the Solesmes or GrehObte books just as much (itt the way of additions to the official ftftct) as is valuable for one's purpose and leave the rest."

(The Universe, Sept. 27) B » L I N ' S NtfW BISHOP.

The fifst bishop of Berlin was the son of an affisan. The second was a peasant's son. The new bishop, Count von Preysing^. comes of an old aristocratic Bavarian family. He took formal possession of his See on September 7.

bp Air Moil The ceremony took place in the cathe

dral church of St. Hedwigo, and there were representatives of the army, navy and air force in the cathedral, but nobody to represent the government. Moreover, the Catholic societies and organisations who gathered to welcome him at the Sports Palace the following day, were not allowed to parade with banners.

Banners and flags were taken into the building secretly, and were draped round the platform when the public was admitted. The new bishop's address was guarded in tone, but its theme was the triumph of the Church over all her adversaries, and an appeal for fidelity.

It is freely rumoured that negotiations have been resumed for implementing the Concordat, and Schacht's remarks on tolerance were, in that case, well-timed.

* * * * * WHAT IS A PRINCE-PRIMATE? Ever since Cardinal Seredi came over,

as Papal representative—not legate, for the consecration of Downside Abbey Church, people have been asking what a Prince-Primate is. So many requests for information have reached this office that we determined to enlighten our own ignorance too.

There does not appear to be any other Prince-Primate than the Primate of Hungary, whose archdiocese is called Gran (in Hungarian Esztergom), which from its foundation, in the eighth century, until the eleventh century embraced the greater part of Hungary.

The Primate of Hungary has a number of extraordinary privileges, one of them being, since 1715, that he is a Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, having the title of Prince-Primate. He is also a legatus natus of the Holy Roman Church,

The legatus natus. or born legate— so called because he attained the dignity of a papal legate, within the limits of his jurisdiction, by taking possession of his See—used to be a more important dignitary than he is to-day, though the honour is still much prized.

* * * * * *

MORE PRIVILEGES OF T l f e HUNGARIAN PRIMATE.

The Primate of Hungary is entitled to hold national synods—for which as a rule a legate is sent from Rome; as legatus natus he is entitled to ha*e his cross carried before firm within his jurisdiction, deals directly with the Holy See, and has visitation rights over the other Sees and over religious houses— except over the Archabbey of Pannon-halma.

So much for his ecclesiastical rights and privileges, though he has an equally important civil status and rights.

He is the chief chancellor of Hungary, Keeper of the Great Seal, and according to an ancient custom he has the right to crown the king and to annosnt the queen. He is the chief priest and chancellor of the Order of St. Stephen, and, as first banneret of Hungary, he is a member of the Upper House.

In former times the Primate was governor, viceroy and first count of the county of Gran and a member of the supreme court. He had the right to superintend the royal mint, the power to confer nobility by a grant of his lands, and the right to take an oath before a court of justice through his deputy, and not personally.

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There is no harm in the friendly relations between these two countries. In fact they have so much in common in the Faith that we hope that their friendship will be cemented.

But why are Poland's official circles inclined to take an indulgent view of Italy's attitude towards Abyssinia? We have previously suggested that Poland also has colonial ambitions, owing to her surplus population. Her problem is similar to Italy's.

Now comes the news that Polish newspapers are arguing on behalf of their country's right to a mandate in Palestine, on the grounds that there are 3,000,000 Jews in Poland.

Nobody has yet suggested that the Jews be given a mandate in Poland, to which they have about as much right as they have to a national home in Palestine!

* * * * THE JEWS AND PALESTINE.

England must keep Palestine. She could not risk having another Great Power in such dangerous proximity to the Sue* Canal. That fact was well under stood by the Zionists during the Great War. They held back their support of Great Britain in the United States until, by the Balfour declaration, this country had shown that she favoured a national home for the Jews in > Palestine.

It was interesting to know how many I difficulties in the way of the United I States' entering the war vanished after | the Balfour declaration.

On sentimental grounds the Jews have \ a strong case for a home in Palestine, for it is the very cradle of their nationality, their promised land, though in length of tenure the Arab case is as good or almost as good.

The trouble is that in reality the-Jews are looking more for a secure place of refuge than for a national home. Nobody imagines that all the dispersed Jews of the world, or even the majority of them, will ever settle in Palestine, but all of them are concerned at the fate of their brethren in persecuting countries. Hence the demand for a national home.

* * * * * * DIVORCE RESTRICTIONS IN

RUSSIA. Even a wickedness can be carried out

logically, and divorce is only logical when it is allowed, as the Bolshevists allowed it, to either party, without the consent, or even the knowledge, of the other.

True, i£ is then only verbally a different thing from legalised free love, but at any rate it is not open to the charges of injustice and absurdity which can be advanced against all "moderate" divorce legislation. There is no permanent half-way house between Catholic marriage and free love for any nation.

There seems to be, we admit, because only a small section of the community lives by the ideals of divorce promoters. The rest live by the old Christian concept of indissoluble marriage, but were they all suddenly to press divorce legislation to its logical conclusion there would be no stopping them until they had the Bolshevist system.

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That at least is logical, but it is interesting to note that the Bolshevists are honest enough to admit that it won't work. They are undoing their schemes.

* * * * * * WHY RUSSIAN DIVORCE FAILED.

For some time past the Bolshevists have been expressing alarm at the results of their logical and easy-going divorce legislation. The case was quoted in their own press of a man who had been united to a series of partners, by all of whom he had had a child, with the result that, earn as much as he could, it was impossible for him to pay the maintenance monies due from him to his women and children.

Reck^ssness about the obligations of parenthood, children abandoned, to become a burden to the community, "wild" children, who have never known parental constraint, immorality, and especially juvenile immorality—these things have called a halt.

Now divorce cannot be granted in Russia without the knowledge of the other party, except where he or she cannot be traced after six months' enquiries. It is a very small reform, but significant.

Russia will perhaps get back to the path of sanity quicker than those nations which have been less logical in their evil-doing. Extremes sometimes cure themselves by the violence of the reaction they set up.

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On X ings from 'IMkott (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT)

MENEVIA'S NEW BISHOP. An episcopal consecrat ion ranks,

naturally, among t h e most important of any week 's doings, so far as Catholic act ivi t ies a re concerned. Therefore, a l though this correspondence has a l ready mentioned, as imminent , t h e consecration of t h e R igh t Rev. Dr. McGrath as Bishop of Menevia— not of "Minerva," a s outside scribes have occasionally wri t ten it—the actual event can bo put on record here, in t h e place of honour. The Pro-Cathedral church at Wrexham proved all too small to contain those who would have wished to be presen t . Hundreds had to s tay away. The procession of prelates and clergy from the Bishop's House to t he church was an impressive spectacle for the onlookers, rare ly given such a sight of t h e Church ' s dignity and s t rength on t h e clerical side.

* * * * LAUNCESTON'S GREAT DAY.

From Nor th Wales t h e week's interest passes to Eng land ' s far west, to the Duchy of Cornwall, where t h e r e h a s been a day of rejoicing on more t h a n one ground. The beautiful l i t t le Catholic Church a t Launceston, one of t h e many Cornish churches served by the Canons Regular of t h e La te ran , is now consecra ted; bu t a p a r t from that consoling fact, t h e double interest is t h a t t h e ceremony was the first of i ts kind to t a k e glace in Cornwall since t h e P ro te s t an t Reformation, and t h e church is the first in England to be dedicated to t he newly-canonized St. John Fisher and St . T h o m a s More. Priests from all p a r t s of the county went t o t h e town for the consecration.

In t h e church j u s t consecrated there is a shr ine which adds to fts in teres t—the shr ine of Blessed Cuthbert Mayne. Th is mar tyr , the pro to-mar tyr of t h e seminaries, was put to dea th in t h a t Cornish centre. Once a year , for many years past , it h a s been t h e custom of Catholics in t h e Diocese of Plymouth to keep his m e m o r y green among the people of Launces ton by an annual pi lgr image, wi th a procession th rough t h e town and an outdoor sermon in t h e mar ty r ' s honour. Thus Launces ton . it will be seen, is for Catholics a hallowed spot, and one, moreover , where the faith makes s t e a d y progress.

* * * * DEATH OF A NOTABLE LONDON

WORKER. The death has j u s t t aken place

of a venerable m e m b e r of the Westminster Chap te r , Canon Arthur Pownall, a link, in t h e Archdiocese, with t h e days of Cardinal Manning. An i m p o r t a n t pa r t of West London, nowadays , is Shepherd's Bush, a d is t r ic t which has become world-known by t h e Industrial Fa i r and t h e famous "White City." When Canon Pownall was given a field of labour a t Shepherd's Bush, a g r e a t m a n y years ago, there was no Catholic iparish. He founded one, and buil t a church, a n d thus began w h a t was to prove a flourishing and progress ive religious centre. In a number of other parishes, also, t h e la te Canon i e f t his mark .

* * » * THE 662-A WARNING.

English newspapers now on their w * y to Malaya will have , in some c^ses, a shock for t h e recipients,

who will learn from an advert isemen t (even such papers as the Times and t h e Morning Pos t have not been above acept iag and inse r t ing i t ) t h e s ta r t l ing news tha t "662 pr ies ts leave t h e Church of Rome." Such a wholesale going is news indeed! Where has it taken

; place? Wha t has b rought it about? | Who a re the 662 Apos ta tes whose I " s t a r t l i ng s tor ies" a re among the ! adver t i sed a t t rac t ions of the

book ? Catholics who read the notice

can be unper tu rbed ; and sensible ProJtestants will do well to keep the i r money in the i r pockets. The book is a "catch," and a disgraceful catch a t tha t . There has been no apostacy in mass such as the dishonest t i t le sugges ts . As one of the Catholic papers over here

| h a s well remarked, w h a t would be said if a newspaper headline announced "Bri t ish Force invades Abyssinia ," and then , having raked in the pennies or twopences of excited and curious purchasers , related the s tory of an invasion in t h e 's ixties of the last cen tu ry?

The Pro tes t an t compilation, wi th t h e lying inference suggested by a l i t t le in the present tense , is a list pu rpor t ing to give t h e names of Catholic pr ies ts who have renounced t h e Church in order to become P r o t e s t a n t s of one sor t or another . I t goes back, not indeed to t h e days of Jul ius Caesar , bu t as fa r back as any sor t of record could be t raced dur ing abou t a century . Hundreds of names among t h e 662 a r e of men whose alleged apostacy belongs to a period now m a n y decades old. The compiler has combed the European continent as well a s t h e Bri t i sh Isles. All sor ts of foreign names a r e included which mean no th ing to t h e present genera t ion .

If t he compiler of t h i s book with t h e lying t i t le were to be paid back, as he deserves, in h is own coin, it would be easy, wi th a like d i s regard for scrupulous conduct, to ge t toge ther a l ist which could be adver t ised as "Many scores of P r o t e s t a n t clergymen become crimina ls . " And when t h e unwary purchase r had pa r t ed wi th his money, to learn w h a t p a r t of the Chr i s t ian world was t h u s afflicted, he could be given a list including, for one, Dr. William Dodd, a parson, who was executed for forgery in t h e year 1777!

Le t nobody in Malaya, therefore, w h e t h e r Catholic o r non-Catholic, t rouble his head, and deplate his pu r se , by sending to London to know why "662 pr ies t s leave the Church of Rome."

* * * * A VISITOR FROM THE SOLOMONS.

A number of Catholics in London have had the honour, recently, of mak ing the acquaintance of a dis t inguished Mar is t Bishop a d i s tan t overseas t e r r i to ry . His Excellency Dr. Thomas Wade, Vicar-Apostolic of the Nor th Solomon Islands, has been over here in England, for a sho r t s tay , before r e t u r n i n g from his ad limina visit to Rome. Dr. Wade is a gifted American who has spent nearly all his priest ly life in minis ter ing to t h e Is landers. F o r a number of yea r s he was Ass i s tan t to the Prefect Apostolic and Director of the Catechis t school a t Buka. When the Vicariate was created, in 1930, he became the first Vicar-Apostolic and t h e first Bishop from t h e English-speaking peoples to labour in

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Oceania. His t e r r i to ry is a very la rge o n e ; it includes islands both of t h e Br i t i sh pro tec tora te and of t h e Aus t ra l i an Mandate .

EAST BARSHAM. There is good news for lovers of

t h e memorials which remain to us in Grea t Br i ta in t o tell of our Catholic past. E a s t Barsham Manor House, nea r Wals ingham, a beautiful Tudor mansion, has a magnificent ga teway which has now b e e n , scheduled a s a national monument , and so will be protected a n d enjoyed by fu tu re generat ions . T h e religious in teres t of E a s t B a r s h a m is considerable, on account of i ts proximi ty to t he famous shr ine a t Wals ingham. A m o n g i t s gues ts , i t is said, was none o the r t h a n King H e n r y t h e E i g h t h , when t h a t monarch jus t before his break with t h e Church, was himself one of Our Lady 's p i lgr ims. The t radi t ion makes the k ing t r ave r s barefooted t he two mile distance from t h e manor house to the shrine. K ing Henry ' s a r m s a r e carved above the ga tehouse.

CATHOLIC FILMS. An exhibition of film projection

which is * being a r r anged by the Catholic T r u t h Society is ano ther sign t h a t the work of m a k i n g use

of the c inematograph for Catholic i purposes continues to p rogress . A s j yet t h e r e is nothing in EnglancTsa j closely organized as to correspond I to the "Good T h e a t r e " development I on the Continent,—no Catholic pic

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i themselves in the possibil i t ies. \ Already, under the direct ion of

F a t h e r Valentine, O.P., several Catholic films have been made . The Catholic T ru th Society is organis ing a film l ibrary, a n d t h e coming exihibition a t Wes tmins t e r will p romote the movement still fur ther .

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W e wish t h e S ingapore F r e e P r e s s our s inceres t good wishes on t h e occasion of i t s centenary , a n achievement t r u l y remarkable .

Despi te ?the age of hundred y e a r s , our m o r n i n g contemporary h a s no t revealed t h e leas t symptom of senile decay, b u t has , on t h e con t ra ry , given evidence, of t h e vi r i l i ty of a g r e e n old age , which appea r s to r e j u v e n a t e wi th increasing yea r s .

Though a t t i m e s t h i s splendid dai ly h a s not seen eye t o eye w i t h Catholics we feel t h a t b igot ry w a s h a r d l y ever t h e mot ive and so we give spontaneous express ion to t h e hope t h a t t h e S ingapore F r e e P r e s s m a y always flourish. Ed. M.L.C.

MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF T H E DAY !

The Catholic Leader offers i t s congra tu la t ions , if somewhat belated, t o t h e c h a r m i n g d a u g h t e r of our Governor, on t h e occasion of h e r 21st b i r t hday . Miss Bridget T h o m a s in t h e sho r t t ime she has been here h a s made herself ext r emely popular .

J A M E S BRADDOCK TO VISIT E N G L A N D .

MR. A. J. CORNELIUS TO * RETIRE.

Mr. A. J . Cornelius, d e r k , Dis t r i c t office, Buk i t Mer ta jam, is now on t h r e e m o n t h s ' leave, p r io r t o re t i rement , a f t e r hav ing served a period of 32 y e a r s in t h e Governm e n t .

J a m e s Braddock, world 's champion boxer, will be in England soon, to visi t t h e places where h i s f a the r and m o t h e r were born, says t h e Daily E x p r e s s .

He may give a few exhibit ions in London to keep h im busy.

NAZIS S E E K AUSTRIAN F R I E N D S H I P .

POLICE ROLL OF HONOUR.

The£ F r e e P r e s s Centenary N u m b e r publ ishes t h e Police Roll of Honour d a t i n g f rom 1888 t o 1933. The following n a m e s should in te res t r eade r s of t h e M.C.L.

M r . - E . A. Fe rnandez , Tnspector, Imper ia l Service Medal. Mr. J o h n Costellq, chief Inspector , K ing ' s Police Medal, Mr . W . A. Cuscaden, Inspector General , Imperial Se r vice Order & King ' s Police Medal.

H e r r von Papen , German Minist e r in Vienna, who is a Catholic, ha s been ins t ruc ted to offer Aus t r i a a non-aggression pact for five years bu t subject t o cer ta in conditions. The Nazis, ag ree to cease propaganda aga ins t A u s t r i a in Germany and Aus t r i a , t o purchase more Aus t r i an goods, and to ra ise t h e 1000 mark blockade. In r e t y r n they want A u s t r i a to cease h e r an t i -German a t t i t ude , to part ic ip a t e in a German-Pol i sh-Hungar ian alliance, to cease h e r dras t ic police measures a g a i n s t t h e Nazis in Aus t r i a , and to gradual ly release t h e Nazis in concent ra t ion camps.

DR. A N D MRS. K A R U N A R A T N E BACK F R O M CEYLON.

Dr . and Mrs . J . K a r u n a r a t n e , who were on a hol iday in Ceylon, r e tu rned by t h e "Conte Verde" last Sunday .

T H E C H A R T E R H O U S E A T P A R K M I N S T E R

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Among many fine religious houses built in Great Britain in modern times the m?gest, and certainly one of the most .n,press.ve, is the Carthus.an monastery a/Parkminster , Sussex, the Order's only house in the country. St. Hugh's Charterhouse was built at a time when anti-clerical persecution was raising its ugly head on the Continent. Anything might happen and so at Parkminster the monks "built large." The noble P«Ie of monastic buildings includes a spacious and handsome church, of which the spire is a landmark for miles round The cloisters stretch for three-quarters of a mile. For the simple but !««™ifi«i Chanter House, an artist wrought for several years in painting magnificent executedf b T p l t h e t i c scenes of the martyrdoms of the English Carthusians in the sixteenth century. The buildings at Parkminster are constructed around two large open spaces. A f t * th« main gateway has been passed, one looks across a wide courtyard A t h . entrance to the church, illustrated in the accompany ing beautiful drawing h« Mr Joseph Pike At the back of the church, and beyond the roofs visible to the'drawing, is a still larger area a great rectangular space, surrounded K» » cloister beyond which one sees the many little separate houses which form • k . Carthusian "cells." Parkminster monastery is freely shown to men visitors.

. <rreat number of non-Catholics have availed themselves, admiringly, of ana a S ' f - . n.iU*K, religious life at close quarters.

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F r . Bourgeois, a F rench Je su i t of t h e Slavonic r i t e , a t Narva , in Es ton ia sneaking of t h e prospects of reunion wi th dissident Or thodoxy in those p a r t s said t h a t a few y e a r s ago the re were no Catholics in Estonia . Now t h e y were developing the Slavonic cul ture, r a t h e r i t s Es tonian coun te rpa r t , w i th in Catholic uni ty and endeavour ing t o pe rmea te t h e rel igious and in te l lectual life | of Es ton ia wi th r e un ion ; the re w a s a s t rong dislike of Lat inism, a n d the i r only hope w a s to prove to t h e Es ton ians t h a t loyal ty to the papacy did not imply any change of r i t e or cul tura l revolution. "We m u s t show t h e m " h e said " tha t we do not adopt t h e Slavonic r i te a s an expediency: t h a t we do not r ega rd i t a s mere ly tolerated, but t h a t , t oge the r w i t h Rome, we believe i t to be a correct and legi t imate expression of t h e Universal Fa i t h .

PARIS I N T E R N A T I O N A L EXHIBITION.

Mr. Lebrun h a s laid t h e first s tone of the P a r i s In terna t ional Exhibi t ion—1937, t h e foundation s tone of the Museum of modern a r t , which is t o be a p e r m a n e n t s t ruc tu re and will remain as t h e exhibit ion's contr ibut ion to P a r i s j u s t as the 1900 Exhibi t ion left Grand Palais and t h e Pe t i t Pa la i s .

HILAIRE B E L L O C O P E N S EXHIBITION.

Mr. Hilaire Belloc, a t t he reques t of Brighton corporat ion, consented t o open t h e exhibi t ion a t Br ighton Galleries, of e tch ings and l i thographs by Mr. F r a n k Brangewyn which were recent ly presented to t h e town by Mr. Brangewyn on September 7 th , 1935. Four teen l i thographs on wood of the S ta t ions of t he Cross , which the same a r t i s t has executed for an Oxford College, were also on view t o t he public for t h e first t ime.

GOVERNOR OF K E N Y A COLONY.

Sir Joseph Byrne , the Governor of Kenya Colony, is a Catholic I r i shman with much Colonial experience. He is having his h a n d s very full now a s political tension in Kenya is acute . He has j u s t re turned from leave and will p u t all his ability and s t r eng th to mee t the situation.

We are sure he will do t he ve ry best he can for t h e Colony he governs.

A ROTARIAN'S TRIBUTE TO T H E L A T E MR. j c i ^ k

GALISTAN.

In his address to the Rotary Club a t t he Adelphi Hotel last week Capta in F reybe rg , t he Master A t t e n d a n t , paid a handsome tribu t e to t h e valuable services of the la te Mr. E d g a r Galis tan of the Shipping Office.

He ment ioned t h a t Mr. Galistan w a s "a most competent lighthouse eng inee r . . . .who was both -willing and eager to t each h im" (the s p e a k e r ) . Captain Freyberg went on to remind his hea re r s tha t the deceased gent leman "was well-known as a rifle shot in the Colony —and to him stood t h e real credit of modernis ing t he l ights of this Colony, some of which were of first class impor tance ."

R E L I C S O F ROME.

The Exhibi t ion of relics of Rome, du r ing the period of Augus tus to be held in 1937 on the occasion of bi-millenary of the Emperor, will offer t h e most imposing review of t he Roman Empire ever a t t emp ted .

Br i t i sh archaeologists are putt i n g toge the r a collection of the mos t in te res t ing subjects and documents connected with that period, re la t ing to Grea t Britain, t h e Dominions and o ther territor ies under Br i t i sh rule.

However, owing to t he fact the Nat ional Museums a re forbidden by law from sending specimens f rom the i r collections to foreign cent res , t h e exhibi ts will consist mainly of plas ter cas ts .

G R E A T F R E N C H DOMINICAN VISITING ENGLAND.

The famous Dominican Preacher, R. P e r e Garr igou Lagrange. 0. P., gave a r e t r ea t a t B!a<*kfmrs, Oxford from September 7-11. l)he original i ty and vigour of his t h o u g h t s a t t r ac ted students from all p a r t s of the world to his lect u r e s a t Saulchoir.

Since 1910 he has been Professor a la Facul te de Theologie at t h e g r e a t Colle^io Angelico. Home. His works on t h e 'Problems of Chr i s t ian myst ic ism show remarkable power and depth , his last and pe rhaps g rea tes t work beiner "Chris t ian Perfection and Contemplat ion ."

MR. S E N N E T T TO GO ON FURLOUGH.

Mr. C W. S e n n e t t M.C.S. First Magis t ra te , IvoK will shortlv proceed home on furloneh. He wilf be much missed in Perak.

5

Young People's Page KITTY

(A T R U E STORY)

Kitty was not a p r e t t y little girl, nor did she wear g r a n d clothes, nor was she a Catholic, bu t her f a the r and mother t h o u g h t her nearly perfect and loved h e r dearly. Little Jesus did not t h i n k her perfect, but He loved her m u c h more even than her fa ther and mother , and so He chose her out t o be one of His own lit t le lambs, and took her little soul to heaven before it had ever been spoiled by any big sin.

I told you how dear ly her f a the r and mother loved her . Now, a t this t ime, when K i t t y was five years old, t hey were very troubled because she was not happy a t school; every day t h e r e were t ea r s because teacher had been cross with her. At last m o t h e r took her to a Catholic school and asked j them to t a k e he r in the re . When the Sister hes i ta ted because Ki t ty was not a Catholic, he r mother begged Sis ter to t a k e her because she had always heard children were so happy a t Catholic schools. At last t h e Sis te r consented, and the following week K i t t y went to the convent j u s t a s if she had been a little Catholic girl .

Now it was qui te a different ta le . As soon as she woke in t he morning she sa id : "Mother , isn ' t it time to ge t up? Mother , don't let me be la te for school, t he first lesson is best of all." The first lesson was Catechism, and K i t t y loved it. Such wonderful s tor ies about Almighty God, Our Lord and His Blessed Mother and t h e Saints , all true stories too. One day K i t t y came home full of exci tement . Some of t h e li t t le ones had made their F i r s t Communion t h a t morning, and K i t t y had seen them in their white veils and wrea ths . She had asked why t h e y wrere dressed like tha t , and had been told t h a t that morning L i t t l e Jesus had come into the i r h e a r t s for t h e first t ime. Now some of t h e m were not much older t h a n Ki t ty herself, so t h e l i t t le girl said nothing but waited.

Not long a f t e rwards Ki t ty had her sixth b i r thday and felt quite a big girl. As soon as she arr ived at school she wen t up to S ; s t e r and said:

"Please, Sister, I a m six years old to-day, and M a r r y is only six and a half."

Mary was one of t h e little girls I who had lately m a d e her F i r s t Holy Communion.

"Well, K i t ty , " said the Sister , j as she gave her a b i r thday kiss , \ ' I hope you will have a very happy birthday. So now you have nearly j caught up Marv, i s t h a t what vou want to d o ? "

< ;Yes, Sister. May I have Lit t le Jesus in my hea r t to -dav? Marv did."

"But Mary is a Catholic, dear, and only little Catholic girls may make their F i r s t Holy Communion."

'Then please m a k e me a Catholic, Sister."

"I can't do t h a t , dear. You taust ask father and mothe r about

Sister sighed, and K i t t y went to I Place and did her lessons, but

*rom tha t day t h e t ea r s began again at home. She kept say ing : , Oh, mother dear , I do want to ; D e a Catholic. Won ' t you let me be ! * Catholic?"

"Nonsense, Ki t ty ," he r mo the r would say. " I sn ' t your f a the r ' s religion good enough for y o u ? "

"No, m o t h e r ; I can ' t have Li t t le Je sus unless I 'm a Catholic."

But her mo the r did not unders tand wha t t h e child wras t a lk ing about .

Then Ki t ty would t r y her father . "Daddy dear, wouldn't you like to make me very happy ?"

"Yes, dear, if I can. W h a t do you w a n t ? "

"Oh, Daddy, do let me be a Catholic. I do want L i t t l e Jesus . Oh, Daddy dear, do."

But her daddy did not unders tand either.

This went on so often t h a t a t last her mother said she would t r y ano ther school where they didn ' t pu t funny ideas into children ' s heads. This f r ightened Ki t ty so much t h a t she promised she would never ask to be a Catholic again if they would only leave he r where she was . So for a t ime the re was peace once more a t home. Several mon ths went by, and again a t school a happy group of children made the i r F i r s t Holy Communion. Poor little Ki t ty she had been so su re Lit t le J e sus would have come to her th is year . Many a t ime now she cried herself to sleep.

J O K E S . SLIGHTLY MIXED.

The agitated maid rushed to the telephone and called the house whera her mistress was having dinner.

"Oh, Mrs.* Black," she stammered terrified—"Will you ask my mistress to come home at once, please?" *

"Why, what's wrong?" cam? the voice from the other end.

"I've mixed up the electric terminals somehow," said the girl. "The refrigerator's playing the "Isle of Bliss," and the wireless set is covered with icicles."

* * * * * * TIT FOR TAT.

The tourist was travelling in the country and passing a field pointed to a scarecrow, remarking to Pat, his guide: "One of the natives?"

Pat replied: "No, just a visitor like yourself."

* * * * * * DITTO.

The long-haired poet deposited his work of art on the editor's table.

"There, sir/* he said "is a masterpiece."

The editor picked it up. The poet continued: "And, sir," he said, "it may surprise you to know that I do not want any remuneration for this poem. I merely submit it as a compliment."

"Then," said the editor, with his usal courtesy, "allow me to return the compliment."

* * * * * * THE OTHER WAY.

i One day two boys went for a walk | through the fields. They saw a wild I cat on the top of a tree. One of the

boys climbed the tree to catch the cat. The boy on the ground shouted up to him—

"Will I go up and help you to catch him?"

"No." said the other boy, "but come up and held me to let him go."

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T H E T A B E R N A C L E

In the heart of my heart God lives: His loving light consumes me whole; His living Spark, His loving Dart«

Pierces my soul That's panting like a thirsty hart. The hollow of my ark God frames So minutely for Love to dwell: So without this His living Spark,

In nights of hell My soul will plunged be in dark.

F . N .

Soon her mother t h o u g h t she was looking pale and th in and took her to the doctor.

"The child is f re t t ing ," said the doctor. "Do you know w h a t it is a b o u t ? " put such funny ideas into children 's heads. This f r i th tened Ki t ty so much t h a t she promised she would never ask to be a Catholic

" I t 's all because of t h a t school she is a t , " said her mother .

"Then you had be t te r change her school/ ' said t he doctor. "She'll never get be t t e r if she goes on f re t t ing ."

Tha t evening her mothe r and fa ther talked it over. If they took her away from the school she would fret, and if t hey left her there as she was she would fret . Why not let he r be a Catholic ? It seemed as good a religion as the i r own and even bet ter .

So the next day fa ther and mother went to the school and a r ranged wi th Sister to have Ki t ty received into the Catholic Church. They promised to do all in the i r power to help her to pract ise her loligion. Then they went home, and her fa ther , t ak ing Ki t ty on his knee, told he r wha t t hey had done. Ki t ty could not t hank her pa ren t s enough. She seemed quite a changed little girl a l together .

Now she would tell f a ther and mother all t he beautiful s tories of Lit t le Jesus t h a t she heard a t her school; and when it came to

making her F i r s t Confession she told t hem all about it, and how-dear J e sus was going to wash h e r soul so beautifully white . Would not they like t he i r souls washed too, she asked. But ne i ther fa ther nor mo the r knew how to answer her .

Ki t ty made h e r F i r s t Confession, and soon af ter began to p repare for her F i r s t Holy Communion. So hard did she t r y to be good, and

! so often did she give up lit t le j things for her dea r Jesus, t h a t h e r j mother was qui te puzzled.

" I can ' t | unders tand t h e child | a t all" she said. " K i t t y used to

be so fond of sweets . Now she 's always giving t h e m away : and as for cakes and j a m , she hardly

| touches them. Yet I've never I known he r so happy and conten-| ted." , At last came he r Firs t Commu

nion day.. W h a t a day of b l iss! "I feel too happy to live," said

Ki t ty to her mothe r that n ight . How lovely it would be to die and always live wi th Lit t le Jesus ."

"Would you leave fa ther and me all a lone?" said he r mother.

"I could see you all the t ime if I wrere up in heaven," said Ki t ty , "and I would ask Little Jesus to let you come too."

When a little la ter Kitty received the Holy Sacrament of Confirmation she took t h e name of Mary Imelda, because she said, "Li t t le Jesus took Imelda to live with Him always af ter her F i r s t Holy Communion."

Then as the months slipped by

" E v e r y c h i l d n e e d s m i l k e v e r y d a y . "

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Ki t ty would go to Holy Communion as often as he r mothe r would let her . She g rew br igh te r and happier every day, and was like a r ay of sunshine in t he house.

"How glad I a m she is a Catholic," said h e r daddy. " I t makes me feel be t te r to look a t her . "

"Yes ," said he r mother , "and when she says he r p raye r s n igh t and morning she looks j u s t like a little angel ."

Li t t le Jesus too liked to look a t Ki t ty . He had been helping he r to make he r soul more and more beautiful, till now it was like a lovely lily j u s t opening. ' T h i s lily mus t never become soiled or faded," said Li t t l e Jesus .

"I will t a k e it up to heaven and plant it in my garden where it will never fade."

So one day He sent Ki t ty an illness called diphther ia . She was so ill t ha t t h e doctors took her to the hospital. Everybody was very kind to her t he re . One day a dear old priest went to see her. He told her t h a t Li t t le Je sus wanted her to live with Him in heaven.

"Oh, I a m so glad," said Ki t ty , and when h e r f a the r and mothe r came to see he r she told t hem t h e good news, add ing : "And I will ask Litt le J e sus to let you come too."

But her mo the r and fa the r were very sad, for they knew how lonely they would be wi thout the i r little girl.

The next day Ki t ty fell asleep, and when she awoke where do you think she w a s ? Right up in heaven with Li t t le Jesus , happy for evermore. She did not forget her fa ther and mother .

The next yea r her fa ther died too, but before he died he sent for a pr iest and asked him to let h im die a Catholic like his l i t t le Ki t ty . The priest ins t ructed and baptized him, and soon af te r he went t o heaven to meet his l i t t le girl . Then only the mothe r was left and she asked the pr ies t to baptize her too.

"For , " said she, "I mus t be wi th Ki t ty and daddy when m y t u r n comes.

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100th Birthday of the Singapore ^ 'r*Tree*n«ft:'

W e wish t h e S ingapore F r e e P r e s s our s inceres t good wishes on t h e occasion of i t s centenary , a n achievement t r u l y remarkable .

Despi te ?the age of hundred y e a r s , our m o r n i n g contemporary h a s no t revealed t h e leas t symptom of senile decay, b u t has , on t h e con t ra ry , given evidence, of t h e vi r i l i ty of a g r e e n old age , which appea r s to r e j u v e n a t e wi th increasing yea r s .

Though a t t i m e s t h i s splendid dai ly h a s not seen eye t o eye w i t h Catholics we feel t h a t b igot ry w a s h a r d l y ever t h e mot ive and so we give spontaneous express ion to t h e hope t h a t t h e S ingapore F r e e P r e s s m a y always flourish. Ed. M.L.C.

MANY HAPPY RETURNS OF T H E DAY !

The Catholic Leader offers i t s congra tu la t ions , if somewhat belated, t o t h e c h a r m i n g d a u g h t e r of our Governor, on t h e occasion of h e r 21st b i r t hday . Miss Bridget T h o m a s in t h e sho r t t ime she has been here h a s made herself ext r emely popular .

J A M E S BRADDOCK TO VISIT E N G L A N D .

MR. A. J. CORNELIUS TO * RETIRE.

Mr. A. J . Cornelius, d e r k , Dis t r i c t office, Buk i t Mer ta jam, is now on t h r e e m o n t h s ' leave, p r io r t o re t i rement , a f t e r hav ing served a period of 32 y e a r s in t h e Governm e n t .

J a m e s Braddock, world 's champion boxer, will be in England soon, to visi t t h e places where h i s f a the r and m o t h e r were born, says t h e Daily E x p r e s s .

He may give a few exhibit ions in London to keep h im busy.

NAZIS S E E K AUSTRIAN F R I E N D S H I P .

POLICE ROLL OF HONOUR.

The£ F r e e P r e s s Centenary N u m b e r publ ishes t h e Police Roll of Honour d a t i n g f rom 1888 t o 1933. The following n a m e s should in te res t r eade r s of t h e M.C.L.

M r . - E . A. Fe rnandez , Tnspector, Imper ia l Service Medal. Mr. J o h n Costellq, chief Inspector , K ing ' s Police Medal, Mr . W . A. Cuscaden, Inspector General , Imperial Se r vice Order & King ' s Police Medal.

H e r r von Papen , German Minist e r in Vienna, who is a Catholic, ha s been ins t ruc ted to offer Aus t r i a a non-aggression pact for five years bu t subject t o cer ta in conditions. The Nazis, ag ree to cease propaganda aga ins t A u s t r i a in Germany and Aus t r i a , t o purchase more Aus t r i an goods, and to ra ise t h e 1000 mark blockade. In r e t y r n they want A u s t r i a to cease h e r an t i -German a t t i t ude , to part ic ip a t e in a German-Pol i sh-Hungar ian alliance, to cease h e r dras t ic police measures a g a i n s t t h e Nazis in Aus t r i a , and to gradual ly release t h e Nazis in concent ra t ion camps.

DR. A N D MRS. K A R U N A R A T N E BACK F R O M CEYLON.

Dr . and Mrs . J . K a r u n a r a t n e , who were on a hol iday in Ceylon, r e tu rned by t h e "Conte Verde" last Sunday .

T H E C H A R T E R H O U S E A T P A R K M I N S T E R

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Among many fine religious houses built in Great Britain in modern times the m?gest, and certainly one of the most .n,press.ve, is the Carthus.an monastery a/Parkminster , Sussex, the Order's only house in the country. St. Hugh's Charterhouse was built at a time when anti-clerical persecution was raising its ugly head on the Continent. Anything might happen and so at Parkminster the monks "built large." The noble P«Ie of monastic buildings includes a spacious and handsome church, of which the spire is a landmark for miles round The cloisters stretch for three-quarters of a mile. For the simple but !««™ifi«i Chanter House, an artist wrought for several years in painting magnificent executedf b T p l t h e t i c scenes of the martyrdoms of the English Carthusians in the sixteenth century. The buildings at Parkminster are constructed around two large open spaces. A f t * th« main gateway has been passed, one looks across a wide courtyard A t h . entrance to the church, illustrated in the accompany ing beautiful drawing h« Mr Joseph Pike At the back of the church, and beyond the roofs visible to the'drawing, is a still larger area a great rectangular space, surrounded K» » cloister beyond which one sees the many little separate houses which form • k . Carthusian "cells." Parkminster monastery is freely shown to men visitors.

. <rreat number of non-Catholics have availed themselves, admiringly, of ana a S ' f - . n.iU*K, religious life at close quarters.

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R E U N I O N H O P E S OF SALVONIC CATHOLICS.

F r . Bourgeois, a F rench Je su i t of t h e Slavonic r i t e , a t Narva , in Es ton ia sneaking of t h e prospects of reunion wi th dissident Or thodoxy in those p a r t s said t h a t a few y e a r s ago the re were no Catholics in Estonia . Now t h e y were developing the Slavonic cul ture, r a t h e r i t s Es tonian coun te rpa r t , w i th in Catholic uni ty and endeavour ing t o pe rmea te t h e rel igious and in te l lectual life | of Es ton ia wi th r e un ion ; the re w a s a s t rong dislike of Lat inism, a n d the i r only hope w a s to prove to t h e Es ton ians t h a t loyal ty to the papacy did not imply any change of r i t e or cul tura l revolution. "We m u s t show t h e m " h e said " tha t we do not adopt t h e Slavonic r i te a s an expediency: t h a t we do not r ega rd i t a s mere ly tolerated, but t h a t , t oge the r w i t h Rome, we believe i t to be a correct and legi t imate expression of t h e Universal Fa i t h .

PARIS I N T E R N A T I O N A L EXHIBITION.

Mr. Lebrun h a s laid t h e first s tone of the P a r i s In terna t ional Exhibi t ion—1937, t h e foundation s tone of the Museum of modern a r t , which is t o be a p e r m a n e n t s t ruc tu re and will remain as t h e exhibit ion's contr ibut ion to P a r i s j u s t as the 1900 Exhibi t ion left Grand Palais and t h e Pe t i t Pa la i s .

HILAIRE B E L L O C O P E N S EXHIBITION.

Mr. Hilaire Belloc, a t t he reques t of Brighton corporat ion, consented t o open t h e exhibi t ion a t Br ighton Galleries, of e tch ings and l i thographs by Mr. F r a n k Brangewyn which were recent ly presented to t h e town by Mr. Brangewyn on September 7 th , 1935. Four teen l i thographs on wood of the S ta t ions of t he Cross , which the same a r t i s t has executed for an Oxford College, were also on view t o t he public for t h e first t ime.

GOVERNOR OF K E N Y A COLONY.

Sir Joseph Byrne , the Governor of Kenya Colony, is a Catholic I r i shman with much Colonial experience. He is having his h a n d s very full now a s political tension in Kenya is acute . He has j u s t re turned from leave and will p u t all his ability and s t r eng th to mee t the situation.

We are sure he will do t he ve ry best he can for t h e Colony he governs.

A ROTARIAN'S TRIBUTE TO T H E L A T E MR. j c i ^ k

GALISTAN.

In his address to the Rotary Club a t t he Adelphi Hotel last week Capta in F reybe rg , t he Master A t t e n d a n t , paid a handsome tribu t e to t h e valuable services of the la te Mr. E d g a r Galis tan of the Shipping Office.

He ment ioned t h a t Mr. Galistan w a s "a most competent lighthouse eng inee r . . . .who was both -willing and eager to t each h im" (the s p e a k e r ) . Captain Freyberg went on to remind his hea re r s tha t the deceased gent leman "was well-known as a rifle shot in the Colony —and to him stood t h e real credit of modernis ing t he l ights of this Colony, some of which were of first class impor tance ."

R E L I C S O F ROME.

The Exhibi t ion of relics of Rome, du r ing the period of Augus tus to be held in 1937 on the occasion of bi-millenary of the Emperor, will offer t h e most imposing review of t he Roman Empire ever a t t emp ted .

Br i t i sh archaeologists are putt i n g toge the r a collection of the mos t in te res t ing subjects and documents connected with that period, re la t ing to Grea t Britain, t h e Dominions and o ther territor ies under Br i t i sh rule.

However, owing to t he fact the Nat ional Museums a re forbidden by law from sending specimens f rom the i r collections to foreign cent res , t h e exhibi ts will consist mainly of plas ter cas ts .

G R E A T F R E N C H DOMINICAN VISITING ENGLAND.

The famous Dominican Preacher, R. P e r e Garr igou Lagrange. 0. P., gave a r e t r ea t a t B!a<*kfmrs, Oxford from September 7-11. l)he original i ty and vigour of his t h o u g h t s a t t r ac ted students from all p a r t s of the world to his lect u r e s a t Saulchoir.

Since 1910 he has been Professor a la Facul te de Theologie at t h e g r e a t Colle^io Angelico. Home. His works on t h e 'Problems of Chr i s t ian myst ic ism show remarkable power and depth , his last and pe rhaps g rea tes t work beiner "Chris t ian Perfection and Contemplat ion ."

MR. S E N N E T T TO GO ON FURLOUGH.

Mr. C W. S e n n e t t M.C.S. First Magis t ra te , IvoK will shortlv proceed home on furloneh. He wilf be much missed in Perak.

5

Young People's Page KITTY

(A T R U E STORY)

Kitty was not a p r e t t y little girl, nor did she wear g r a n d clothes, nor was she a Catholic, bu t her f a the r and mother t h o u g h t her nearly perfect and loved h e r dearly. Little Jesus did not t h i n k her perfect, but He loved her m u c h more even than her fa ther and mother , and so He chose her out t o be one of His own lit t le lambs, and took her little soul to heaven before it had ever been spoiled by any big sin.

I told you how dear ly her f a the r and mother loved her . Now, a t this t ime, when K i t t y was five years old, t hey were very troubled because she was not happy a t school; every day t h e r e were t ea r s because teacher had been cross with her. At last m o t h e r took her to a Catholic school and asked j them to t a k e he r in the re . When the Sister hes i ta ted because Ki t ty was not a Catholic, he r mother begged Sis ter to t a k e her because she had always heard children were so happy a t Catholic schools. At last t h e Sis te r consented, and the following week K i t t y went to the convent j u s t a s if she had been a little Catholic girl .

Now it was qui te a different ta le . As soon as she woke in t he morning she sa id : "Mother , isn ' t it time to ge t up? Mother , don't let me be la te for school, t he first lesson is best of all." The first lesson was Catechism, and K i t t y loved it. Such wonderful s tor ies about Almighty God, Our Lord and His Blessed Mother and t h e Saints , all true stories too. One day K i t t y came home full of exci tement . Some of t h e li t t le ones had made their F i r s t Communion t h a t morning, and K i t t y had seen them in their white veils and wrea ths . She had asked why t h e y wrere dressed like tha t , and had been told t h a t that morning L i t t l e Jesus had come into the i r h e a r t s for t h e first t ime. Now some of t h e m were not much older t h a n Ki t ty herself, so t h e l i t t le girl said nothing but waited.

Not long a f t e rwards Ki t ty had her sixth b i r thday and felt quite a big girl. As soon as she arr ived at school she wen t up to S ; s t e r and said:

"Please, Sister, I a m six years old to-day, and M a r r y is only six and a half."

Mary was one of t h e little girls I who had lately m a d e her F i r s t Holy Communion.

"Well, K i t ty , " said the Sister , j as she gave her a b i r thday kiss , \ ' I hope you will have a very happy birthday. So now you have nearly j caught up Marv, i s t h a t what vou want to d o ? "

< ;Yes, Sister. May I have Lit t le Jesus in my hea r t to -dav? Marv did."

"But Mary is a Catholic, dear, and only little Catholic girls may make their F i r s t Holy Communion."

'Then please m a k e me a Catholic, Sister."

"I can't do t h a t , dear. You taust ask father and mothe r about

Sister sighed, and K i t t y went to I Place and did her lessons, but

*rom tha t day t h e t ea r s began again at home. She kept say ing : , Oh, mother dear , I do want to ; D e a Catholic. Won ' t you let me be ! * Catholic?"

"Nonsense, Ki t ty ," he r mo the r would say. " I sn ' t your f a the r ' s religion good enough for y o u ? "

"No, m o t h e r ; I can ' t have Li t t le Je sus unless I 'm a Catholic."

But her mo the r did not unders tand wha t t h e child wras t a lk ing about .

Then Ki t ty would t r y her father . "Daddy dear, wouldn't you like to make me very happy ?"

"Yes, dear, if I can. W h a t do you w a n t ? "

"Oh, Daddy, do let me be a Catholic. I do want L i t t l e Jesus . Oh, Daddy dear, do."

But her daddy did not unders tand either.

This went on so often t h a t a t last her mother said she would t r y ano ther school where they didn ' t pu t funny ideas into children ' s heads. This f r ightened Ki t ty so much t h a t she promised she would never ask to be a Catholic again if they would only leave he r where she was . So for a t ime the re was peace once more a t home. Several mon ths went by, and again a t school a happy group of children made the i r F i r s t Holy Communion. Poor little Ki t ty she had been so su re Lit t le J e sus would have come to her th is year . Many a t ime now she cried herself to sleep.

J O K E S . SLIGHTLY MIXED.

The agitated maid rushed to the telephone and called the house whera her mistress was having dinner.

"Oh, Mrs.* Black," she stammered terrified—"Will you ask my mistress to come home at once, please?" *

"Why, what's wrong?" cam? the voice from the other end.

"I've mixed up the electric terminals somehow," said the girl. "The refrigerator's playing the "Isle of Bliss," and the wireless set is covered with icicles."

* * * * * * TIT FOR TAT.

The tourist was travelling in the country and passing a field pointed to a scarecrow, remarking to Pat, his guide: "One of the natives?"

Pat replied: "No, just a visitor like yourself."

* * * * * * DITTO.

The long-haired poet deposited his work of art on the editor's table.

"There, sir/* he said "is a masterpiece."

The editor picked it up. The poet continued: "And, sir," he said, "it may surprise you to know that I do not want any remuneration for this poem. I merely submit it as a compliment."

"Then," said the editor, with his usal courtesy, "allow me to return the compliment."

* * * * * * THE OTHER WAY.

i One day two boys went for a walk | through the fields. They saw a wild I cat on the top of a tree. One of the

boys climbed the tree to catch the cat. The boy on the ground shouted up to him—

"Will I go up and help you to catch him?"

"No." said the other boy, "but come up and held me to let him go."

• • • • »

T H E T A B E R N A C L E

In the heart of my heart God lives: His loving light consumes me whole; His living Spark, His loving Dart«

Pierces my soul That's panting like a thirsty hart. The hollow of my ark God frames So minutely for Love to dwell: So without this His living Spark,

In nights of hell My soul will plunged be in dark.

F . N .

Soon her mother t h o u g h t she was looking pale and th in and took her to the doctor.

"The child is f re t t ing ," said the doctor. "Do you know w h a t it is a b o u t ? " put such funny ideas into children 's heads. This f r i th tened Ki t ty so much t h a t she promised she would never ask to be a Catholic

" I t 's all because of t h a t school she is a t , " said her mother .

"Then you had be t te r change her school/ ' said t he doctor. "She'll never get be t t e r if she goes on f re t t ing ."

Tha t evening her mothe r and fa ther talked it over. If they took her away from the school she would fret, and if t hey left her there as she was she would fret . Why not let he r be a Catholic ? It seemed as good a religion as the i r own and even bet ter .

So the next day fa ther and mother went to the school and a r ranged wi th Sister to have Ki t ty received into the Catholic Church. They promised to do all in the i r power to help her to pract ise her loligion. Then they went home, and her fa ther , t ak ing Ki t ty on his knee, told he r wha t t hey had done. Ki t ty could not t hank her pa ren t s enough. She seemed quite a changed little girl a l together .

Now she would tell f a ther and mother all t he beautiful s tories of Lit t le Jesus t h a t she heard a t her school; and when it came to

making her F i r s t Confession she told t hem all about it, and how-dear J e sus was going to wash h e r soul so beautifully white . Would not they like t he i r souls washed too, she asked. But ne i ther fa ther nor mo the r knew how to answer her .

Ki t ty made h e r F i r s t Confession, and soon af ter began to p repare for her F i r s t Holy Communion. So hard did she t r y to be good, and

! so often did she give up lit t le j things for her dea r Jesus, t h a t h e r j mother was qui te puzzled.

" I can ' t | unders tand t h e child | a t all" she said. " K i t t y used to

be so fond of sweets . Now she 's always giving t h e m away : and as for cakes and j a m , she hardly

| touches them. Yet I've never I known he r so happy and conten-| ted." , At last came he r Firs t Commu

nion day.. W h a t a day of b l iss! "I feel too happy to live," said

Ki t ty to her mothe r that n ight . How lovely it would be to die and always live wi th Lit t le Jesus ."

"Would you leave fa ther and me all a lone?" said he r mother.

"I could see you all the t ime if I wrere up in heaven," said Ki t ty , "and I would ask Little Jesus to let you come too."

When a little la ter Kitty received the Holy Sacrament of Confirmation she took t h e name of Mary Imelda, because she said, "Li t t le Jesus took Imelda to live with Him always af ter her F i r s t Holy Communion."

Then as the months slipped by

" E v e r y c h i l d n e e d s m i l k e v e r y d a y . "

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Ki t ty would go to Holy Communion as often as he r mo the r would let her . She g rew br igh te r and happier every day, and was like a r ay of sunshine in t he house.

"How glad I a m she is a Catholic," said h e r daddy. " I t makes me feel be t te r to look a t her . "

"Yes ," said he r mother , "and when she says he r p raye r s n igh t and morning she looks j u s t like a little angel ."

Li t t le Jesus too liked to look a t Ki t ty . He had been helping he r to make he r soul more and more beautiful, till now it was like a lovely lily j u s t opening. ' T h i s lily mus t never become soiled or faded," said Li t t l e Jesus .

"I will t a k e it up to heaven and plant it in my garden where it will never fade."

So one day He sent Ki t ty an illness called diphther ia . She was so ill t ha t t h e doctors took her to the hospital. Everybody was very kind to her t he re . One day a dear old priest went to see her. He told her t h a t Li t t le Je sus wanted her to live with Him in heaven.

"Oh, I a m so glad," said Ki t ty , and when h e r f a the r and mothe r came to see he r she told t hem t h e good news, add ing : "And I will ask Litt le J e sus to let you come too."

But her mo the r and fa the r were very sad, for they knew how lonely they would be wi thout the i r little girl.

The next day Ki t ty fell asleep, and when she awoke where do you think she w a s ? Right up in heaven with Li t t le Jesus , happy for evermore. She did not forget her fa ther and mother .

The next yea r her fa ther died too, but before he died he sent for a pr iest and asked him to let h im die a Catholic like his l i t t le Ki t ty . The priest ins t ructed and baptized him, and soon af te r he went t o heaven to meet his l i t t le girl . Then only the mothe r was left and she asked the pr ies t to baptize her too.

"For , " said she, "I mus t be wi th Ki t ty and daddy when m y t u r n comes.

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6 MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 12th OCTOBER, 1935.

FIRST CONGRESS OF CATHOLIC ACTION IN

SHANGHAI. CATHOLIC BODY DEALS WITH PRESS AND

EDUCATION.

(Catholic Review, Shangha i ) .

Education and the Press ^ame in for special consideration at a later session of the National Catholic Action Congress held in Shanghai last month.

The first paper at the morning se^ ion dealt with " Requirements for a truly Catholic School." I n . the absence of the author, Dr. Chang Huai, Dean of the Department of Education of the Catholic University of Peking, the essay was read by Rev. John B. Miu, Secretary General of Catholic * option.

Mr. Kiang Chen-shih, of Amoy, gave a forceful address on " School Legislation and Catholic Educational Institution."

Rev. Father G. Germain, S.J., Rector of Aurora University, Shanghai together with Professor Ting, of the Department of Chemistry, presented a detailed report of the curriculum and activities of this well-known institution. Professor Ying Tsienli, Dean of the English Department of the Catholic University of Peking, did the same for that :nstitution. The Rev. Rene Charvet, S.J., Rector of the "Hautes Etudes" of Tientsin assisted by Mr. Lee Kwan-ching, also of Tientsin, reported on the work of their Institute of Higher Commercial and Industial Studies.

The Rev. Dr. Paul Yu Pin, General Directir of Catholic] Action in China, who is con-comitantly Supervisor of Catholic Education in the Synodal Commission, Peiping, then gave a succinct review of the present state of Catholic educational effort in this country. The Rev. P. a. Mertens, S. J. of Sienhsien, Hopei, speaking from the floor of the convention, took occasion to laud the work being done by the Synodal Com- j mission.

Press Session The Press sessions in the afternoon

evoked even greater interest. A special meeting of Catholic journalists at 3.30 brought together twenty or so delegates who are habitually engaged in press work, many of them hitherto known to one another only by name. Each journalist present, Was introduced in turn by the chairman and gave an account of the particular field of his work. Among those present was Jean Armstrong, Editress of "The Catholic Review," Shanghai, a recent enterprise. That a Catholic Press - Association of China be founded in the near future was a suggestion advanced by one of the delegates which met with general approval.

At the public session at 5 p.m., the Rev. Frederick C. Dietz, M.M., Secretary and Press Supervisor of the Synodal Commission, gave an account in Cantonese of Lumen News Service, which was initiated at the beginning of this year and of which he is Director. Mr. Hsiao Shih-i, of the Catholic University of Peking, supplemented the Cantonese account with one in Mandarin.

The Rev. Joseph Zi, S.J., of the Sinologieal Bureau, Zikawei, gave " A Brief Survey of Recent Catholic Publications in China."

The Rev. Bonaventure Peloquin O.F.M., founder and former editor of the bi-lingual " China Light" and the Latin "Apostolicum"—both of Tsinan, Shantung—and present editor of "China Light," Hankow, read a Chinese paper on M Catholic Journalism."

The Rev. Mark Chai, of Meihsien, Kwangtung, followed with an address on " Catholic Action Publications."

Interesting Address Of special interest was the fifth i

address, that of Mr. Liu Huo-hsuan, 1

Director of the Tientsin "I-Shih-Pao" (Social Welfare Daily), on the "I-Shih-Pao and Catholic Action."

In his spirited remarks at the conclusion of the paper and addresses, H. E. Bishop Noel Gubbels, O.F.M., of Ichang, Hupeh, stressed the importance and power of the press and urged still greater activity. Questions relative to the Catholic Press were then discussed and several resolutions adopted.

At 8 p.m. a special showing by local talent of a dramatization of the Life of Joseph from the Old Testament was given for the benefit of the visiting delegates.

Special Blessing by Pope for Shanghai Congress.

Pope Pius XI replied to the telegram of homage dispatched by the Catholic Action Congress on its opening day in Shanghai. Declaring himself deeply touched by $n act of filial devotion, the Holy Father sent a special blessing and reiterated his good wishes for the complete success of the Congress.

H. E. Mr. Wang Ching-wei, Head of the Executive Yuan of the National Government, also addressed a telegram to the Chairman and Delegates of the Congress expressing appreciation for the message received from them in which they promised their co-operation in promoting national reconstruction. On the 10th Mr. Wang Ching-wei sent a calligraphic inscription which was hung on the platform of the hall.

Two more Bishops, the Most Rev. Andrew Defebvre, CM., Vicar Ap. of Ningpo, Chekiang, and the Most Rev. G. Deswazieres, M.E.P., Superior of Nazareth, Pokfulum, Hongkong arrived on the 12th. The number of prelates attending the Congress was 23.

Catholic Youth Day Thursday was Catholic Youth Day.

Five addresses were given at the morning session, which began at 9 o'clock. The Rev. Venance Chao, of Suanhwafu, Hopei, spoke on "The Mission of Catholic Youth." The Rev. Dr. John Fu, S.V.D., of the Catholic University of Peking, lectured on "The Formation of Catholic Youth." "Catholic Youth and the Eu-charistic Crusade" was the topic cf an address by the Rev. Chang Wei-ping, of Shanghai. "Catholic Youth and the Marian Congregations" by the Rev. Chang Shih-chuan, S.J., and " Catholic Youth and the Apostleship of Prayer " by the Rev. Simon Zi, S.J., brought the formal conferences to a close.

The National Directive Council of the Catholic Youth Association thereupon presented its report. Several branch associations, notably those of Fujen and Aurora Universities and that of Tientsin, gave an account of their activities. The Tientsin report was particularly remarkable for its vivacity.

Matters concerning the Catholic Youth Movement were discussed by the assembly and several resolutions were passed.

In the afternoon at 3.30 the Young Men met for a special session. Following an address on "Study Clubs" by th^ Rev. Wu Ying-fang S.J., of Shanghai, questions of interest to young men were freely debated.

Review Postponed There was to have been a formal re

view of the Catholic Student Bodies of Shanghai at 4 o'clock in the afternoon on the grounds of Aurora University but this had ot be called off due to inclement weather. The function was transferred to Saturday afternoon. All particpsting in the Congress appreciated greatly the alleviation offered them as regards temperature.

The following morning questions affecting Catholic Men engaged the attention of the Delegates. Among those who spoke were H.E. the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Zanin, and Mr. Lo Pa-hong, National President.

Every day saw some development of far-reaching inmportance.

On the 12th Sept a resolution was passed recommending the establishment of a Catholic University for Women in Shanghai. September 13th, a resolution was adpoted sponsoring the erection of a National Catholic Shrine in the capital. This is to take the form «*f a church to be dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and will commemorate the fact that China enjoys the distinction of having been the first county in the vrorld to erect a church in honour of the Sacred Heart, namely, that of Hangchow. The project, whi^h also includes a statue of Christ the King to be

erected apart from the edifice itself, has been entrusted to the direction of Mr. Lo Pa-hong, National President of Catholic Action.

Twenty Prelates Present Twenty prelates were present on the

platform at the morning session. As usual, the delegates were out in full force and there were also many visitors. The programme opened, after the customary prayer, with a forceful address by Mr. Lo Pa-hong in which he emphasized that Catholic Action depends for its vitality and effectiveness on intimate contact with the hierarchy of the Church just as the branches of a vine derive their fruitfulness from their close union with the stalk and roots.

Professor Ignatius Ying Tsien-!i of the Catholic University of Peking, spoke on "Catholic Action and Politics," explaining that the latter had no place whatever in the activities and objectives of the former.

Brother Wen Yuan, of Ankwo, Hopeh, a Religious of the Chinese Congregation of Brothers of St. John the Baptist, delivered an address, entitled: "What Religious can do for Catholic Action."

Mr. Teng Shu-t'eng, of Peiping, National Vice-President, presented the Jleport of the National Association. Following his speech, the Rev. Dr. Yu Pin, General Director of Catholic Action in China, took occasion to detail briefly with the zealous work Mr. Teng has been doing in Peiping for some years past, unkown even to many of those about him. General applause followed.

The Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Zanin, brought the morning session to a close with a series of points, translated by Dr. Yu Pin, in which hhe stressed the reponsibilities of themes, as fathers of families, in safeguarding the faith of the younger generation from the dangers inherent in the cinema and popular press, and recommended to them St. Joseph, patron of Catholic Action, as their exemplar.

A third special meeting for the clergy was held at 3.30. The chief feature of this was a Latin dissertation by Archbishop Zanin "on the theological bases of Catholic Action. Question and discussion followed.

Womeitss Session The Women's Special Session at 5

o'clock brought out an unusually large audience, about 250 women visitors being present in addition to the regular delegates and auditors. Miss Chang C.Vin-teh, Directress of a Girls' Middle School in Shanghai, read a greatly appreciated paper on "The Place of Women in Catholic Action." Miss Ying Yuling, of Peiping, speaking in place of Dr. Madeleine Chang, gave an able exposition of "The Young Women's Catholic Action Association." Miss Ying Ti, President of the Women's Branch of Catholic Action and Directress of Pei-k'en Girls Middle School of Peiping, presented a lengthy report on the activities of the Women's Association in the form of an oration which riveted the interest of all and made a deep impression. Local reports were presented by delegates from several of the more important branches of the Women's Association.

Saturday's Programme Variety spiced the programme of the

seventh day of the Congress. And a rare treat, which will doubtless remain fixed in the minds of most delegates as the big e^ent of the day and one of the outstanding features of the Congress, was the privilege of seeing and hearing Ma Siang-peh, famed C^nese scholar, fcne of the foremost statesmen of the early days of the Republic whose gifted oratory will live on in the memory of that exciting and excited epoch of modern Chinese history.

This 96-year-old sage, in whose hat were collected and counted the votes that made Yuan Shih K'ai first President of the Chinese Republic, spoke for full three-quarters of an hour from a portable chair to a crowded auditorium at Aurora University at the opening of the 5 o'clock meeting featuring a special programme for the Intellectual Branch of Catholic Action. Instead of the few halting words of senility expected by most of the audience there issued a lengthy oration remarkable for the clarity of its thought and its impressive declamation.

Ma Siang-peh spoke on the :ntellectual a.po^tolate. on the perfection of thought and language as a valuable asset in propagating the faith. The idols of paganism were dead deities, he said, thpfr influence a thing of the past. In vivid contrast he extolled the Catholic Faith, irhich he shares, as a thing instinct with life and concerned with the living God. with +he disinterested sincerity of whose life is the light of men. Delivered

mellow age, the address was truly inspiring, the speaker tppearing the very embodiment ot his thesis.

Vice-President Speaks At the morning session which opened

at 9 o'clock, Mr. Ku Teh-chai, 0 f Hankow, a National Vice-President of Catholic Action, gave an address which was in the nature of a report on the work of the Hankow Branch of Catholic Action. He made reference to the former Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Celso Costantini, in whose honour he propesed the creation of some sort of memorial. The two other addresses at this session were very practical ones of great importance. "The Right of Catholic Missions to Possess Property"

was minutely discussed by Msgr. I. Wang, Prefect Ap. of Chumatien, Honan, who was heard with impressive sUence for a full hour,* aside from occasional applause. Freedom of Belief and the New Constitution" was the topic ot the third address, which, owing to the exceptional competence of the speaker, Dr. Kou Cheou-hi, Doctor of Laws with a diploma from the Institute of Political Sciences of Paris, was followed with close attention. Dr. Kou is a prominent lawyer of the local French Municipality and Professor of Law at the Aurura.

Ten propositions relating to matters of organization were read as amended and approved by special committee and voted upon, the majority of them being adopted. One of them had impoitant, economic bearings.

At the close of the session a telegram from Cardinal Fumasoni-Biondi, conveying felicitations, best wishes and a blessing, was communicated to the assembly.

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Review of Students. At 3 p.m. an impressive review of

: Shanghai's Catholic students of both sexes was held on the campus of Aurora University. It is estimated that at least 5,000 individuals participated. H.E. the Apostolic Delegate addressed the children. The Rev. Peter Chang, Pastor of St. Xavier's Church, Tung-kadoo, and a noted orator, gave an address of "The Holy Father the Pope, Commander-in-chief of Catholic Action."

f There was an impressive moment at the close of the exercises when the 20 prelates present on the reviewing-stand simultaneously imparted a blessing on the assembled multitude.

At the 5 o'clock session for the intellectuals, four addresses followed that of Ma Siang-peh. "The Mission of Catholic Intellectuals," by the famous anthropologist Dr. Wilhelm Schmidt, S.V.D., was read in translation by Dr. John Fu, of the Catholic University of Peking. Professor George Chao, Ph.L., of the same University, ably presented "The Introduction of Neo-Scholastic Philosophy in China." Professor Luke Ch'en, of the Department of Fine Arts of the Catholic University of Peking, a pioneer in the field of Chinese Christian painting, lectured on "Chinese Christian Art." An exhibit of over 50 pictures painted by Professcr Ch'en and his pupils has'been a notable feature of the ^Congress, and has created wide interest. Finally Mr. Chang Chai. District Magistrate of Taihsien, Kiangsu, and a former student of the Aurora, gave a very interesting speech on the intellectual apostolate. ^ Mr. Chang is J member of the Intellectual Branch of Catholic Action and, while studying at Louvain some years ago, was one of tne Catholic Youth Association there.

Following the report, of Mr. Yuan Ch'eng Pin, Secretary General of tne Catholic Action Association for ™ Intellectuals, the memorable session w » brought to a close with r/.me one remarks by the Apostolic Delegate

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MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 12th OCTOBER, 1935.

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Belfast r iots is still wi th us and the difficulty of finding accommodations for t h e unfor tuna tes who have lost the i r homes is becoming more acu te every day. Many Catholic families had sought refuge a t t h e Ardoyne building es ta te w h e r e half-built houses, some wi thout fireplaces, were the only shel ter to be found, but th is cannot be continued. Funds for t he relief of t h e refugees are coming f rom all p a r t s of Ireland. Voluntary workers , young men and women led by members of t h e Society of St . Vincent de Paul , a r e t end ing the needs of t h e poor people in Mac-Rory Park , whom t h e y ass i s t by cooking the many mea ls necessary to feed between 600 and 700 people passing t h rough t h e camp.

The refugees a r e unanimous in praise of t h e efforts of t h e police to save t hem from t h e fury of t he mob by pulling t h e m from the streets into the safe ty cars , and t ranspor t ing t hem beyond t h e danger zone. But once t h e r e they had to find shel ter for themselves . The fury has died down and employers a re s ternly enforcing peace in t h e factories. Hundreds of Catholic workers have received unemployment benefit as a resul t of the Minister of Labour ' s decision to pay benefits to those who, th rough intimidation, have been unable to re turn to work in mills, factories, and o the r business es tab l i shments in t h e city.

A t r enchan t h i s to ry of t he events leading up t o t h e r io t s of July 12, wi th impar t ia l t es t imony to t h e ac ts commit ted on t h e succeeding days, is contained in a letter to t h e Bri t ish P r i m e Minister, Stanley Baldwin, f rom Ronald Kidd. secretary to t h e Bri t ish Council for Civil Liber t ies , who urges the need for a s t r ic t ly impartial inquiry to be set up by the British Par l iament . Mr. Kidd places the onus of t h e Orange outburst on t h e inf lammatory speeches of members of t h e Nor the rn Government before Ju ly 12, and on their unwillingness e i ther t o re-

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s t ra in t h e mob or protect t h e Catholics when the Orange procession got out of hand. Mr. Kidd concludes his indictment w i th these words " W i t h every g r e a t respect I submit t h a t there is u rgen t need for a s t r ic t ly impartial inquiry to be set up by the Imperial Par l iament to invest igate these and o the r responsible al legations of misrule and abuse of a u t h o r i t y by the N o r t h e r n Ireland Government . The charge on Imperial funds for t h e use of Imperial t roops in Belfast gives us the r ight to demand such an inquiry ."

I t is officially s t a t ed t h a t 384 Catholic families, r ep resen t ing 1,646 men, women and children are homeless in Belfast.

T H E A T R E GUILD OF ST.* J O H N T H E BAPITIST.

The Catholic Li t t le T h e a t r e Guild of St. John t h e Bap t i s t as sembled recently for i t s annual consecration to the Sacred Hea r t . The ceremony was per formed by the Rev. D. Madden, C. S. Sp. a t t he Morning S ta r Hostel for Dest it u t e Men, here .

Af te r t h e ceremony F a t h e r Madden said t he act ivi t ies of t h e members of the Guild t a k e t h e form of producing sacred d r a m a by means of which t h e y ass i s t t h e missions financially. T h e Holy Ghost F a t h e r s feel deeply gra tefu l to t h e Guild, he said and feel t h a t in a very real sense t h e y owe to t h e m t o a grea t e x t e n t the i r pr ies thood. Without t h e aid given by benefactors and people such as they, he said, it would be very difficult for t h e Congregat ion of t he Holy Ghost F a t h e r s to main ta in such a la rge number of s tuden t s and to send so many p r i e s t s to t h e mission. The members of t h e Guild, he added, a re pene t r a t i ng into spheres not open to t h e pr ies ts .

The members of St . Pau l ' s Dramatic Society presented t h e play, "The Bishop's Candlest icks," in honour of the event, and ano the r in te res t ing item on t h e p rogramme was a new play by E . Tuke enti t led "The Angelus ," of 1916. Count P lunket t said t h e Sacred Drama movement to-day had become p a r t of the lives of t h e people. Such a movement is not only of considerable spir i tual value, he said, bu t it will give play to t h e d ramat ic gifts inherent in t he Ir ish charac ter .

* * * ARTISTIC E X H I B I T S .

W h a t may be confidently described as the most in te res t ing item a m o n g the a r t i s t i c exhibi ts a t t he Royal Dublin Society 's Annual Horse Show th i s year , is t he g rea t scale model of Liverpool's fu ture Catholic Cathedra l . The model, t h rough the en terpr i se of t h e I r i sh Independent, has been b rought to Dublin. The sections ar r ive in many c ra tes and were erected by the son of t he maker of the model.

Sir Edwin Lutyens, t he archi tect of t he Cathedral , has described th is model as a masterpiece of its kind and its arrival in Dublin has excited intense in teres t th roughout Ireland. The Director of the Royal Dublin Society went to grea t pains to insure t h a t the model should be placed in prominent position. A great quan t i ty of

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MUSSOLINI'S AIM IS INDIA AND THE EAST.

MALTA AND CYPRUS TO B E C E D E D OVER.

The diplomatic correspondent of the 'People' says t ha t f rom a h igh au thor i ty t h e Brit ish Cabinet ha s known t h a t Mussolini's a ims extend much fur ther t h a n the mere annexat ion of Abyssinia.

Immediate ly the E a s t African campaign has been carr ied out, it is t h e dic ta tor ' s plan to demand t h a t :

Br i ta in should cede Malta and Cyprus to I taly.

Br i ta in should abandon he r present r i gh t s in Egypt , t h u s leaving the way free for Mussolini to g r a b t ha t country .

The Br i t i sh control over t h e wate rs of the Blue Nile, t h e Sudan 's life-giving river, should be given up.

T h u s Mussolini would gain control of the route to India. He h a s visions of himself s ta lk ing across the E a s t e r n Medi ter ranean a s t h e Caesars did in t h e days of yore .

T h a t he is qui te capable of a t t empt ing to car ry out such a wildly ambi t ious scheme is not doubted by t h e members of t h e Br i t i sh Cabinet .— (Malabar H e r a l d ) .

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New York.—Catholics of India now number 3,888,707, according to t h e la tes t official repor t .

In 6,500 schools in India t h e Catholic Church is educat ing 550,000 pupils and s tuden t s . In 200 orphanages , 44 hospi ta ls and 183 dispensaries relief and medical aid a r e being b rough t t o m a n y thousands of needy people.

Of t h e 4,255 pr ies t s , 950 Brot h e r s and 8,700 nuns work ing in India to-day, more t h a n 7,000 a re na t ives of the country. 3,100 young men s tudying for t h e pr ies t hood in 65 seminaries give promise of a gra t i fy ing increase of t h e nat ive clergy in the nea r fu ture .

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Wicklow gran i t e is be ing used in the construction of t h e Cathedra l a t Liverpool.

(N.C.W.C.)

CATECHIST BURNS DOWN CHURCH IN TRYING TO AVOID

F I R E .

B u k o b a (Tanganyika , Eas t Af r i ca )—The catechist in charge of t h e school and chapel a t the mission s ta t ion of Ngote, in t h e Vicar ia te of Bukoba, recently had rueful experience. I t is t h e custom a m o n g t h e nat ives of t h e dis t r ic t t o bu rn t h e dead laeves and foliage in Augus t . The catechis t feared t h a t t hese bush fires migh t h a r m t h e church and decided t h a t he himself would burn t h e leaves around t h e church before t h e o ther fires s t a r t ed . He ga thered the leaves and set fire to them a t some dis tance from the church but a

I sudden gus t of wind carr ied t he flames to t h e church and se t to it. The ca techis t was unable t o extinguish t h e fire and in a few moments all t h a t remained of t he small

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Woman 's Page THE HOME

4 CIVILIZATION OF A COUNTRY IS MEASURED BY THE

DIGNITY OF ITS WOMANHOOD." In eve ry land a n d in all ages ,

t h e p rogress of a na t ion is , and h a s been m e a s u r e d by t h e sanc t i ty of the home . In t h e golden days of Rome 's g r e a t n e s s , t h e home life of t h e ci t izens w a s gua rded wi th jea lous care , a n d a s long a s the home w a s respec ted and kep t int ac t , t h e s t a t e flourished. B u t no sooner w a s t h e p r ivacy a n d sanc t i t y of t h e h o m e allowed t o decay t h a n t h e v e r y exis tence of t h e s t a t e began t o be in danger . So h a s it ever been bo th in t h e na tu ra l and t h e s u p e r n a t u r a l o rder . I t s t ands t o r ea son t h a t i t m u s t be s o : for t h e h o m e is b u t a m i n i a t u r e of t h e na t ion . T h e h o m e is no t only t h e b i r th-p lace a n d t h e n u r s e r y of t h e m e n a n d women of t h e fu tu re b u t i t i s t h e only t r u e t r a i n i n g school for t h e fo rmat ion of charact e r a n d g r o w t h of v i r tue . The Catholic Church h a s ever insisted on t h i s fact . Our divine Lord sanctified h o m e life by t h i r t y yea rs '

WISDOM F O R T H E W E E K . Courtesy without cordiality is often

insincere. A plain face often conceals a beau

tiful mind. Carelessness can usually be traced

to selfishness. Obedience is the true holocaust

which we sacrifice to God on the altar of our hearts.

Good qualities, often inspire jealousy and intrigue rather than love and admiration.

tjo man is thoroughly accomplished unless he has the ability to mind his own business.

If thou shouldst lay up even a little upon little, and should st do this often, soon would even this become great.

He serves himself best, who serves the community best, and he is the most satisfied who gives the best satisfaction. . . The mother is the greatest social factor in the world. Her power example, and influence are more far-reaching than any social force.

hidden life a t N a z a r e t h , and elevated h o m e a n d motherhood, in t h e person of H i s Blessed Mother , to be a sacred and holy th ing . I t is, therefore , no t too much to say t h a t holiness and fa i th a r e due to t he influence of t h e home, and t h a t happiness and holiness of t h e inma te s depend a lmos t a l toge the r on t h e wife and mo the r . F o r home i life is t h e normal sphere of wo- I man ' s action, and can only a r r ive i a t i t s perfect ion when she h a s t h e education, oppor tuni t ies and freedom necessary for t h e performance of h e r du t ies .

Much m i g h t be said about t h e m a n y spheres of life in which women m a y d is t inguish themselves, bu t fo r t h e p resen t we m u s t l imit our r e m a r k s t o t he case of t h o s e who have under taken the responsibi l i t ies and labours inseparable f rom t h e care of t h e home.

The place which women are des t ined by God t o occupy in t he social o rder , is one of g r e a t impor tance , fo r the civilisation of a

count ry is measured by t h e dign i ty of i t s womanhood.

W h a t more sublime spectacle can be conceived t h a n t h e Holy family, when we call to mind t h e d igni ty of those who a r e i t s members . Maid and mother , and widow will find the i r h ighes t ideal in t h a t humble home. In comparison, how li t t le, mean and insignificant seem t h e ambit ions of so m a n y women, who for a pa l t ry sat isfact ion sacrifice all t h a t is bes t and t r u e s t in t he i r na tu re . In a t t end ing on he r Divine Child, Mary sanctified and ennobled t h e vocation of every o the r Chris t ian mothe r , which is no th ing less t h a n t o care for, and cher ish t h e souls for whose sake j Mary ' s Son died on t h e Cross. : Mary ' s influence * h a s not been in j vain, for t h e radiance of t h a t per- j feet womanhood h a s shone wi th ever- increasing b r igh tness th roughou t t h e length and b read th of Chris tendom, and w i t h fert i l is ing w a r m t h and bril l iancy has elevated, and sanctified, a n d refined the noble daugh te r s of our Catholic Church . I t s beams fall now on t h e maiden whose r ipening yea r s a r e filled wi th promise for t h e fu ture , and he r whole being is vivified and s t r eng thened in i t s chas te , soft l ight, and t h e flowers of pur i ty blossom in her soul. And aga in it g leams t h r o u g h chancel window and graces wi th delicate glow the young br ide ' s veil, and fills he r h e a r t w i th t h e noble sense of love and duty , which will make h e r la te r amongs t t h e mos t perfect th ings ou r n a t u r e can produce, t h e chas te loved wife, he r husband ' s s t rong suppor t and never-failing-solace, and t h e r e vered and worshipped m o t h e r of he r li t t le children a s well a s t h e friend and comfor ter of m a n y besides he r own.

Among t h e evil resu l t s of t he education of t h e p resen t day, especially a s i t affects t h e fu ture women of our na t ion , is t h e tendency to place t h e a t t a i n m e n t of abs t r ac t knowledge in a h ighe r place t h a n it deserves , i t is r : g h t and fitting t h a t all, women a s well as men, should h a v e t he i r intellects t ra ined and t h e i r minds stored wi th t h e knowledge which will

lelp t h e m in a f t e r life. Bu t no ra t ional plan of life ever excluded f rom t h e proper t r a i n i n g both of men and women a famil iar i ty wi th , and pleasure in these branches of practical u t i l i ty which a re par t icular ly adapted to t h e respect ive places men and women occupy in t h e scheme of h u m a n life. Nowadays , m a n y women a re unable to fulfil t he i r impor t an t dut ies of wife and mothe r , because thev have been allowed to grow up wi th a d is tas te for, if not a contempt for, w h a t brainless people consider , lowly duties.

When we look abroad on the non-Catholic world of to-day the prospect is for t h e most p a r t one to shock and depress us. The chief reason for t h e lowering of t h e tone of public and pr iva te moral i ty is a growing neglect of those domestic v i r tues , which should be civilisation's g r e a t e s t boast .

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"MILKMAID" MILK DELAYING MARRIAGE. RECIPES.

The disadvantage of a mar r i age t h a t has to be long deferred is t h a t inevitably a lot of romance wear s off (says an American w r i t e r ) . Love's young d ream ge t s a l i t t le shopworn in t i m e and loses some of i t s gl i t ter . Wedding cake is like a souffle. To ge t i t s finest flavour i t should be e a t e n as soon as i t is cooked, when i t is all puffed up and hot . If you let it s tand it falls flat. Only when we a r e very young do we ever see t h e golden glory and a r e we upborne by t h e circling wings of love. Only when we a r e young do we thr i l l and palpi ta te and g row hot and cold a t t h e sound of a footstep. Only when we a r e very young do we believe t h a t m a r r i a g e is all happiness . And so, in a way, i t is a p i ty all young lovers cannot m a r r y while all of t h i s glamour is abou t them. Inevitably, of course, t h e y a re bound, to have the i r disillusion because real life is never a fa i ry tale, but t hey have had, a t a n y ra te , the i r g r e a t moment .

Bu t having got w h a t t hey want ed when they wanted it , is about all t h a t can be said in favour of t he early mar r iage . T h a t it does not make for happiness is abundant ly proved fa r of tener t h a n does t h e mar r i age contracted la ter in life. Noth ing is more baseless t h a n the theory t h a t if a boy and girl m a r r y they will grow up toge the r and have t h e same tas tes and habi t s and outlooks on life. Development is de te rmined by Natu re , not by propinqui ty . Nor is t he re any t r u t h in t h e o ther sentimenta l theory t h a t young people can adapt themselves to each o the r be t t e r t h a n older people. Noth ing in t he world is so unadaptable as youth , because youth is pure selfishness and ar- j rogance. I t t akes t ime . It t akes ! age . It t akes experience. It t akes I bat t l ing up aga ins t t h e world t o teach us the folly of t ry ing to i break down stone walls instead of | walking around them. I t takes a | knowledge of life t h a t comes only j from living, to teach us how to get I along with people—and tha t goes for husbands and wives especially —how to make allowances for the i r v i r tues , and how generally to smooth the i r fu r t he r igh t way and handle t hem wi th tact and diplomacy.

So the young people who have had to defer the i r mar ra iges need not feel t h a t t he i r wai t ing has been a total loss. They may not have quite so m a n y illusions, but they will have a lot be t t e r chance

Soups , e tc . Bones should never be thrown

away . If broken up small and put into t he oven in an ea r thenware jar w i th cold wa te r , and allowed to s immer gently, t hey make a good foundat ion stock for soup. I t is useful to keep t h e stockpot always going. Crus t s of bread , broken m e a t , t h e r ind of bacon, etc., all help to make t h e stock be t te r and save waste .

• * * * B r o t h .

W a s h two ounces of barley or rice, pu t in a saucepan wi th three p in t s of water , and when boiling add two pounds of beef, neck of mut ton , or bones (if bones put t h e m on in cold w a t e r ) . Cut up a ca r ro t , t u rn ip , onion, quar ter of a cabbage, and a l i t t le parsley, and add wi th sal t and pepper. Allow to s immer two hou r s .

* * • * Dr . K i t chene r ' s Soup.

P u t one pound of beef or scrag of mu t ton into a pan with five q u a r t s of cold wa te r , salt , three ounces of bar ley, seasoning, and a bunch of herbs , consis t ing of parsley, thyme, and mar jo ram. While t h i s is coming t o a boil, wash and cut up four ca r ro t s , t h r ee onions, and o ther vegetables . Pu t an ounce of dr ipp ing into a frying-pan, and when i t comes to a boil cu t four ounces of fa t bacon into small squares and f ry i t with the on ions ; sprinkle in two tablespoon-fuls of oatmeal . When t h e oatmeal u browned t a k e two cupfuls of the bro th , pour in to t h e frying-pan, s t i r all well t oge the r , and turn it back into t h e pan of bro th . Season to t a s t e wi th pepper and salt. Simm e r slowly four or five hours.

* * * * Pea or Lent i l Soup.

F r y two small onions and a little celery in dr ipping, add three quarts of cold water , and one pound of spli t peas, which have been in soak all n ight . Cut up and put in a tu rn ip , two ca r ro t s , and three s t icks of celery, sweet herbs, pepper , and sal t to t a s t e , and simmer for th ree hour s unti l t he peas are soft enough to pass through a colander. Rehea t it, and serve it w i th toas ted b read .

A few cooked or uncooked bones m a y be added, if liked.

Lentil soup m a y be made in the same way. a t happiness . In t he first place, t hey will be su r e of the i r own feelings, and a f t e r all t h a t is the most impor tan t t h i n g in making marr iage a success.

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AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER'S REQUEST VINE C U L T I V A T I O N IN

M A N C H U R I A .

(CHINA MISSIONS ' S U C C E S S F U L E X P E R I M E N T S .

SHRINE I N E R I N NOW H A S MEDICAL B U R E A U .

Dublin.—Great n u m b e r s of pilgrims from all p a r t s of Ireland made the annua l p i lgr image to t h e Shrine of Our Lady of Knock a t which a medical Bureau was opened this yea r for t h e first t ime.

In a t a lk broadcas t by t he Saorstat S t a t i ons on the "Medical Aspect of Knock and t h e Medical Bureau" Dr . Stafford Johnson, president of t h e I r i sh Guild of St . Luke, St. Cosmas and St. Damian said that since t h e Appar i t ion in August, 1879, t h e r e had been a steady s t r eam of repor ted cures a t Knock.

The Most Rev. Thomas P . Gil-martin, Archb ishop of Tuam, approved t h e s e t t i ng up of t he Medical Bureau under t h e care of the Catholic Guild of Doctors .

(N.C.W.C.)

Peking—The problem of securing wine for t h e Sacrifice of t h e Mass has a lways been a grave one for the miss ionar ies in China. Customs dut ies and local t axes a t times make t h e cost of t h e wine almost prohibi t ive. Unti l recently it was necessary to import a lmost all the wTine consumed. Recent experiments w i t h vines imported from Europe indicate t h a t it will be possible to reduce t he cost of wine considerably. Vines imported from Bordeaux and cult ivated by Fr . Lamasse in Manchur ia several years ago h a v e g rown successfully. The Marist B r o t h e r s have conducted successful exper imen t s a t t he i r College at Chala , n e a r Peking. A recent art icle by Bro the r Louis Michael in t h e Bulletin Catholique of Peking offers practical advice for the cul t ivat ion of vines and the production of Mass wine in t h e missions. ( F i d e s ) .

— STRICKEN A B B E CURED.

:Stitches S a t u r a t e d wi th Lourdes W a t e r .

Paris , Aug . 26.—Dr. Large t , a surgeon of S t . Germain en Laye, near Versailles, is t he au tho r i t y for the following account of t h e remarkable cure of Abbe Flavigny, Dean of St . Germain and Vicar •General of t h e Diocese of Ver sailles.

After several a t t a c k s of appendicitis, Abbe F lav igny underwent an operation. T h e opera t ion was complicated by adhes ions of t h e appendix, par t icular ly to an impor t an t ar tery . A fistula appeared some •days later. I t was a g rave complication necess i ta t ing a new operation, the outcome of which was

^doubtful due to a diabetic condition. The incision, dressed four t imes <daily, gave no indication of healing.

Dr. Large t , real izing the futil i ty •of medical a id , decided t h a t before risking ano the r operat ion, he would use s t i t c h e s , s a t u r a t e d wi th w a t e r from Lourdes , while t h e family of the patient m a d e a novena to Our Lady of Lourdes . On the fifth day when the s t i t ches were removed intact, t he in tes t ina l wound had closed and t h e abdomen healed rafter the normal period of delay.

The Bureau of Medical Verificat ion at Lourdes , t a k i n g cognizance of the abnormal conditions unde r which this cure was effected, h a s admitted t h a t it happened outside the ordinary forces of na tu re .

TO THE POPE CAMPAIGN FOR CHEAPER AND

BETTER FOOD

MANY INSTITUTIONS OBSERVE L A S T R I T E S FOR

F A T H E R J . P . M U R P H Y .

The Pr ime Minister (Mr. Lyons) has issued a summary of the memorandum which he submit ted to His Holiness t he Pope dur ing his recent visit to Rome, when, as the representa t ive of a largely agr icul tural country, Mr. Lyons emphasised to the Pope the benefits tha t would follow for both consuming and producing communities if a wider distr ibution of food stuffs were brought about. Mr. Lyons urged t h e Pope to add the weight of t h e author i ty of the Holy See to t h e endeavours being made to obtain a more generous use of foodstuffs.

Mr. Lyons said t h a t the efforts being made a t Geneva to find a solution of t h e world's agricultural problems by l inking them with the increased use cf health-giving foods among t h e poorer classes were t he resul t of Austral ian init iat ive.

The memorandum submit ted to the Pope was prepared a t the request of Mr. Lyons by t h e economic adviser t o t h e Commonwealth delegation in London. I t set out t ha t t h e agr icul tura l depression th roughout t h e world was perhaps t h e principal factor re tarding world recovery. I t migh t have been expected t h a t t he present ext remely low prices would have b r o u g h t about an automat ic ad jus tmen t by s t imulat ing increased consumption in the purchas ing countr ies . This had not happened because governments had t aken s teps to protect the i r own agr icul tural producers. The capacity of agr icul tura l countries to produce had increased year by year as a resul t of the continued successful applicat ion of the Resul ts of scientific investigation. Yet everywhere restr ic t ion plans were being enforced. Restrict ion was a t best a negat ive policy and i ts pe rmanen t adoption would indicate a profound pessimism in regard to the fu tu re of civilisation. The solution m u s t be found in increased consumption, not in reta rded production. Modem medical science could prevent many diseases, grea t ly improve the heal th and menta l powers of children, reduce infantile morta

lity and in general p rombte t h e happiness and welfare of a nat ion. These protective foods included milk, dairy produce, f resh vegetables, fruit and meat .

Unsuitable Die ta r ies . The memorandum s ta ted t h a t

in t he Uni ted Kingdom 15,000.000 persons were compelled, t h rough want or ignorance, to consume dietaries, t h a t in t h e l ight of modern knowledge m u s t be re garded as insufficient to susta in full heal th and efficiency. If infantile morta l i ty r a t e could be decreased th rough the be t t e r feeding of human breeding stock from infancy to t h e age of a t least 30 years , t he resul ts would be similar in effect t o an increase in t h e b i r th ra te . The preservat ion of life was also a far less controversial idea t h a n the s t imulat ion of more life. In 1932, infantile mor ta l i ty r a t e s we re :—New Zealand, 31 per 1000: Aus t ra l ia 41 per 1,000: England and Wales 65 per 1000: and Italy 106 per 1000. F ive Year plans to secure for Brita in a r a t e of infantile mor ta l i ty not h igher t h a n t h a t of New Zealand and for I taly one not h igher t h a n t h e p resen t r a t e in t h e Uni t ed Kingdom would be practical and t h e beneficial r esu l t s would be incalculable.

The memorandum suggested t h a t Governments m i g h t increase t he consumption of heal th-giving foods by educational propaganda and by action to enable t h e poorer classes to obtain more adequate supplies. The idea of mak ing a nut r i t ious lunch a p a r t of the s ta te school curriculum was wor thy of consideration. Educat ion given to under-nourished children was frequently wasted. The consequences which might be expected as a resul t of a g rea t dr ive to increase consumption of foodstuffs in wes tern countries would include t h e fol lowing:—(A) B e t t e r heal th , wi th all i t s social and political advan tages (B) to t h e industrial countr ies an appor tuni ty for a re or ientat ion of agr icul tural policy and (C) to t he agr icul tura l count r ies obvious advantages .

Reute rs (Mai ler ) .

AUSTRIA P L A N S TO L I F T TAX ON CULTURAL FILMS.

Vienna.—After having enacted s t r ic t measures aga ins t immoral films and put an end to serious abuses, the Aus t r i an Ministry for Educat ion has now made a fur ther s tep in the direction of encouraging the production of good films.

The Central Office for People's Educat ion, which is entrusted with the control of film production, has taken the ini t iat ive with a view to procur ing for films which are classified as "of cultural value" or "sui ted for educational purposes," full exemption from all taxes imposed on cinema performances. But such exemption shall be granted only if the film in question occupies the larger pa r t of a whole performance.

Fi lms declared to be "worthy of at>preciation from an art is t ic point of view," shall be gran ted a reduction of taxes . (N.C.W.C.)

MICMAC INDIANS HONOUR L E N N O X ISLAND P R I E S T . St . John , New Brunswick (Ca-

I nada)—Micmac Indians , of the ! Lennox Island reservation, paid the

Rev. John A. MacDonald, the i r par ish priest , an unusual t r ibu te on the occasion of his celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination. Every Indian on the island, regardless of age, par t ic ipated in

! the celebration, each wear ing t r ibal garb .

Af ter Fa the r MacDonald had sung a solemn Mass of t hanks giving, Chief Jacob Sark eulogized the pas tor for his consistent and faithful work among t h e Indians. He has been not only a spiritual guide for the redmen, but has familiarized them with the ways of the world in business, social and o ther phases of life. Pa r t i cipating in the 50th anniversarv celebration was the Most Reverend J. A. O'Sullivan, Bishop of Char-

lottetown. (Fides) .

Peiping.—In St . Saviour ' s Cathedra l a t t he Pe i t ang on 14th September , before a la rge audience composed of ecclesiastical digni tar ies , representa t ives of t h e var ious Embass ies and Legat ions , and sist e r educational ins t i tu t ions , as well as s tuden t s and lay members of the communi ty , Pontifical High Requiem Mass was conducted by H.E. Augus t in Henninghaus , Bishop of Yenchowfu, Shan tung , in honour of t h e recently deceased Very Reverend Doctor Joseph P . Murphy, S.V.D., D.D., late Rector of t h e Catholic Univers i ty , Peiping.

| I t is a t ragic coincidence t h a t th i s ccrmony was held on t h e day marking t h e second ann ive r sa ry of Fat h e r Murphy ' s arr ival in Peip ing to a s sume his duties as Rec tor of t h i s impor tan t educational ins t i tu t ion .

Seated in a place of honour in t h e choir was H.E. Paul Monta igne , Bishop of Peiping, t o g e t h e r wi th t h e Righ t Reverend Monsignor Comisso, represen t ing Apostolic Delegate Zanin, and Secre ta ry Reverend Bruniera . A m o n g t h e several ecclestiastical d igni ta r ies were t h e Very Reverend Theodore Schu, Regional of t h e S h a n t u n g Mission of the Society of t h e Divine Word, and t h e Very Reverend Doctor William Schmidt , Professor of Ethnology in Vienna and Direct o r of t he L a t e r a n Museum in Rome .

Represen t ing t h e Lega t ions and Embass i e s were H.E. t h e German Ambassador , Doctor Oscar T rau t -m a n n , and Mr. J . P ie t ro , of t h e Belgian Legat ion. Among t h e r e p resen ta t ives of the educational ins t i tu t ions of the ci ty were Dr. Shen , represen t ing t h e Pres ident of Catholic Univers i ty , who was unable to be present in person, Dr . J . Le ighton S tua r t , P res iden t of Yenching Universi ty , and Dr. Paul H . Stevenson, represen t ing t h e Pe ip ing Union Medical College. M a n y members of t h e var ious ecclesiastical order were to be noted in t he audience. T h e special g u e s t s were me t and escorted to t h e i r seats by F a t h e r Cremers .

Bishop Henninghaus was celeb r a n t of the Mass . Af te r t h e Mass the Bishop delivered in Chinese a shor t eulogy of F a t h e r Murphy , Impressive t h r o u g h o u t t h e service was the music of t h e clioir furnished by t h e seminary a r d t h e children's chorus of t h e Cathedra l , wi th F a t h e r Castel pres id ing a t the main organ.

Af te r t h e service t h e body was conveyed to the his tor ic Chala Cemetery . Here F a t h e r Murphy ' s r ema ins will res t with those of a la rge number of heroic figures who have given the i r lives for t h e advancement of knowledge in China. The earliest figure of t h i s notable assemblage is t h a t of F a t h e r Ricci, whose g raves tone bears the da te of 1616.

APOSTOLIC D E L E G A T E VISITS C E Y L O N .

Colombo (Ceylon)—His Excellency t h e Most Reverend Leo K*erkels, Apostolic Delegat? t o India, h a s j u s t completed a visi tation of the missions in t h e Island of Ceylon. His Excellency visited t h e a reas which have be?n s t r iken by the malar ia epidemic and observed the relief work being done by the missionaries. (Fides)

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VOCATIONAL TRAINING

The epithet c vocational' is not used here in a religious sense as pertaining to the priestly calling, but is meant to embrace the various secular walks of life. This subject has come into the limelight more recently and has been discussed from yarious viewpoints by those directly and indirectly concerned with the work of education. There is obviously a lack of proper conception as to what vocational education is. This is undoubtedly due to the fact that the term has not been sufficiently explained to the average mind.

An erroneous notion has unfortunately gained currency among the less informed people here that this type of education savours of the low or menial grades of labour, which do not command much social prestige. It is often urged that vocational education is intended to turn out efficient tailors, carpenters and the like with. possibly a meagre smattering of English, while the much envied possibility of becoming a ' quill-driver' or * typist y is regarded as the usual goal of our present school system. We are disposed to place education in two main categories, namely cultural and vocational. The former training is calculated to mould candidates for the so-called learned professions, while the latter is meant to fit out students who will take up places in the various trades and crafts. Commercial training as it obtains in these days, finds it hard to be properly categorised. The higher forms of business education nowadays have attained an academic status that lays claim to cultural standing, whereas the lower rungs of this ladder are generally occupied by those whose training does not call for much vision or initiative.

Mr. D. W. McLeod, Principal, j Raffles Institution, makes the following remarks with regard to~!

the present system of our schools: i "If there be fault to find with the schools to-day it surely is not that they are non-vocational but that they are uni-vocational. I do not admit yet that it is so, but

were it definitely so, the remedy is simple. To change them from uni-vocationl to multi-vocational is merely a matter of organisation and cost." From this observation, it appears possible to adjust our present educational system to fit in with vocational needs without going into the unnecessary expenditure of establishing special schools for the purpose. The question of discovering a boy's natural bent or capacity for any particular ocupation is of paramount importance. No hard and fast rule may be laid down in this matter as there is no standard rate of mental progress generally applicable to all youth. Taking local boys however, it may be reasonably said that the age of fourteen or fifteen is about the time when they begin to give any evidence of leanings towards a particular calling. This would naturally be the starting point to direct their energies and abilities along the channels they choose.

Prior to this stage, or may we say determining point, Mr. McLeod suggests that cultural training in Literature, Languages, History, Geography, Mathematics, Hygiene, Art etc. must be maintained to a fair degree. Furthermore, to give free scope to individual tastes and abilities, while pursuing a course of liberal studies, such subjects as elementary logic, easy economics, the rudiments of sciences, political historv, administration, public finance, world history and even anthropology may be introduced.

The idea of a back-to-the-land movement does not sound very inviting to modern youth who are so captivated by the glamour of city life, and the prospect of exercising thews and sinews under a tropical sun may appear less pleasing than a sedentary job at a desk. But the time has definitely come for this foolish notion to be cut out. There is decidedly a vast scope for agricultural, farming and other kindred pursuits, and enterprising young men can tap these resources with advantage under expert technical guidance. It is an open secret that this country is mainly dependent for the necessaries of life on other neighbouring lands, and under a new agrarian scheme sponsored by the Government and potential capitalists, the huge sums of money finding their way out may easily be retained to enchance local amenities, and provide an honest living for every willing hand.

We would like to stress again the value and importance of moral training, whether a boy be trained to become a politician or a poulterer. The main object of education is_ to impose civic responsibilities on the young who are to be the future citizens. We must endeavour to instill basic human standards and dispel all false sense of value. Our boys and girls must be trained to act

1 NOTES AND COMMENTS : T H E PARALLEL B E T W E E N A N T I - S E M I T I S M A N D U N T O U C H ABILITY — D E A N I N G E A N D T H E PAPACY — L E X G E N T I U M — D I S T R E S S RELIEF I N M A L A Y A .

The Paral led between Anti-Semit ism and Untouchabil i ty.

In the Anti-Semitic agi ta t ions of t h e Th i rd Reich which seems to have received a fresh impetus recently, and in t h e "Pure A r y a n G e r m a n ' s " asser t ions of superior i ty over the Semitic races, an Indian contemporary appears to have found a parallel to the g rowth of untouchabi l i ty in India. Although we may be able to t r ace superficial resemblances, the principles under lying them are such, as to make the differences t h a t exist between the two movements essential and profound.

Whils t t h e origin of untouchability in India is wholly religious and social, t h e ant i -Semit ism of present-day Germany springing from fiscal and economic causes wi th a

, s l ight dash of prejudice to savour it, is purely racial. The cas te-

i sys t em of India developing a s it did from t h e teachings of Hinduism, has so closely identified itself with t h e religious beliefs of t h e Hindu, t h a t any a t t emp t to b reak it, would be to a l te r essentially one

; of t h e fundamenta l principles of ' Hinduism. The anti-Semitic dr ive

on t h e o the r hand is the outcome I of t h a t superiori ty-complex under I which t h e A r y a n races of Germany | have for some t ime been labouring. ? The desire to oust t h e Jews from i those coveted positions both of j h igh official a s well as business i responsibil i ty which they occupy, j and to b r e a k . t h e i r financial hold of j t he count ry has made i ts manifes-j t a t ion under t h a t exaggera ted I na t ional ism and assert ion of ; super ior i ty over all other races, . which a r e t he dismal charac ter i s -I t ics of t h e Third Reich.

* * * * Dean Inge and t h e Papacy.

Wr i t i ng in t h e 'Times of I n d i a / \ Dean Inge s ta ted tha t had Alex-I ande r conquered Rome, there would ; have been no Roman Empire and ; no Pope. I t is usually in teres t ing

to su rmise on t h e course h i s to ry ! would have t aken if some decisive I event had not happened, or had an j adverse decision in an impor tan t I ba t t le m i g h t have altered a whole I t r end of events . But wha tever I t he case in quest ion may be, we ' ough t to dis t inguish between es-\ sent ials and accidentals. Dr . Inge : in a s se r t i ng t h a t had there been no ; Roman E m p i r e t he re would have I been no Pope, confuses accidentals ; wi th essent ials . Tha t the Pope is

Bishop of Rome is immaterial , being only accidental . The fact of pr ime impor tance is tha t he is

! Head of t h e Church by Divine appoin tment , holding his au thor i ty from an unbroken line of Pontiffs succeeding St. Peter . Wha t we would say is t h a t if Rome had not

wisely, deal fairly, and discern accurately in all matters of right and wrong. This should be the Christian * norm ' of education that is really worth its while. T o

| aim at virtue and goodness, does not require noble birth, affluence, a keen intellectual sense or even patronage and influence. A good man is a God's man, and this is attainable by all in any station of

1 life, however humble be it may.

existed, the Pope would not have been Bishop of Rome ; but having his See in any o the r city, he would still have been Pope or Head of the Church. In fact St . Peter , who

; was appointed by Chr is t as Head ; of t h e Church , did not fix his See | a t Rome till some t ime after the

Ascension of Our Saviour. He re-i mained for a brief period at An-{ tioch and th i s fact is celebrated b y j the Church in t he feast of "St. | Pe te r ' s Chair a t Ant ioch." It was ! from th i s ci ty t ha t he later trans-

fered his sea t to Rome. A s tudy of the His tory of the

chosen people of God ought to have been enough to convince Dr. Inge tha t t h e e te rna l plans of God are not confined by or dependent on the

; nar row l imits of ea r th ly politics. * * * *

Lex Gent ium. In a series of lectures on the

fundamental principles of international life delivered by Dr. Edmund A. Walsh, S.J., an American Catholic pr iest , before t he celebrated

i Academy of In te rna t iona l Law at The Hague , th is learned scholar

j points out t h a t spi r i tual exhaus-j tion is t he cause underlying the ; present economic tension in the j world. The t h r e e motives of fear, j in teres t and ambi t ion affected pro

foundly t h e development of relations among modern s t a t e s . P3ace according to his opinion, was not " the absence of a s t a t e of war" as Hobbes defines it, bu t r a t h e r as St. Augus t ine p u t s it t he "tranquili ty of o rde r" re ign ing in t h e heart of the individual, the nat ion and the world.

* * * * Distress Relief in Malaya.

The jo in t appeal launched by the heads of t he Chr i s t i an Churches in Singapore t h a t Sunday , October 6th, 1935 be observed as a day of p r aye r for t h e relief of unemployment and t h e al leviat ion of dist ress , and t h a t "a real sacrifice of service and subs t ance" on behalf of t he needy be made , would, we a i e sure , h a v e found a ready response from t h e Chr is t ian public of th is city. T h e precepts of Christ ian Char i ty impose upon us a duty which no God-fearing person can allow to pass unfulfilled. AIL Chr is t ians who have it in their means , a re under t h e obligation of helping t he i r needy bre thren , who th rough no fault of thei rs , find themselves by some adverse turn of for tune ' s wheel, deprived of livelihood and feel t h e cruel pinch of prover ty and des t i tu t ion.

Malaya h a s had more than its fair sha re of the social and economic evils from which the world is suffering and t h e chief of these evils of our t imes is due, as Pope Leo XII I and succeeding Popes have repeatedly insisted, to the fact t h a t in the general organization and conduct of society, Christ ian principles a re too often abandoned in men ' s dealings with one another . T h e remedy lies in the es tabl i shment of cer tain basic Chr is t ian T r u t h s , and of the fundamenta l principles of Christian Jus t ice and Char i ty . "If Society is to be healed now" wrote Pope Leo XI I I ',in no o the r way can it be healed save by a r e tu rn to Christ ian life and Chr is t ian Institut ions ."

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CAMPAIGN TO OPEN MOVIES ON SUNDAY.

OPPOSED BY BISHOP.

Pi t t sburgh.—A campaign in opposition to a proposal to permit motion picture t h e a t r e s to remain open on Sunday is commended in a letter wr i t ten by t h e Most Rev. Hu^h C. Boyle, Bishop of P i t t s burg, and made public here .

Stating t h a t his opposition was to all commercialized amusemen t s held on Sunday, Bishop Boyle wrote:

" I want to say a word of encouragement for t h e campaign which the P i t t s b u r g h Catholic is waging agains t t h e proposal to open thea t re on Sunday for t h e exhibition of moving and talking pictures. I t is bad enough to have permitted commercial baseball and football on Sunday wi thou t adding the talking pic ture to t h e elements that make for t h e a lmost complete forgetfulness of t h e purpose for which the day was set aside.

"I am fa r from finding fault with games or amusemen t s on Sunday provided no commercial element en ters into t hem, and provided too t h a t those w h o take p a r t in them do not m a k e a nuisance of themselves to the i r fellow citizens.

"These commercialized amusements have a dubious wor th on any day of the week and the moving pictures especially have shown in the past , and may again show, to .wha t degrad ing leng ths t hey will go to pay t h e preposterous dividends and salar ies which t h e government pe rmi t s t h e m in t h e way of profits. A s t r o n g acquisitive instinct and insa t i a t e greed make up t h e background of commercialized amusemen t . These qualities a re evil for a people whether they a r e found in indust ry or commerce or finance, a fact of, which most of us a r e much more keenly aware to-day t h a n we were six or seven years ago. In the talking pictures these have not only permitted but actual ly s t imulated a degree of degradat ion t h a t would have been t hough t impossible if it had not actually happened. On t h e moral side t he t a lk ing pictures a r e better than they were . Bu t in t h e matter of t a s t e t hey still continue to be for t h e most p a r t ineffable trash, with j u s t enough excellent pictures to make it a bit dangerous to generalize.

"I wish your campaign a g rea t success. You will find t h a t both organizing abil i ty and money—an abundance of money—will be used to put the measure t h rough . But I have fai th t h a t t h e essential nght-mindedness of my fellow citizens of all creeds will asser t itself at the polls to defeat the measure." (N.C.W.C.)

G O S P E L for

E I G H T E E N T H SUNDAY A F T E R P E N T E C O S T . (Mat t . IX, 1-8)

At t ha t t ime, J e sus enter ing into a boat, passed over t he water, and came into his own city. And behold, they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed; and Je sus seeing the i r fai th, said to t he man sick of t h e palsy, Be of good hear t , son ; t h y sins a re forgiven thee . And behoM some cf the scribes said within themselves, He blasphemeth. And Jesus , seeing the i r t hough t s , said, Why do you th ink evil in your h e a r t s ? whether is it easier to say, Thy sins a r e forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and walk? But tha t • you may know t h a t t h e Son of man ha th power on e a r t h to forgive sins ( then said he to man sic^ of the pa l sy) , Arise, t ake up thy bed, and go into t hy house. And he arose , and went into his house. And the mul t i tude seeing it, feared, and glorified God who had given such power to men.

COMMENTARY. It is no tewor thy t h a t Jesus, | had been forgiven. The faith

when called upon to heal bodies, which brought him to Jesus would did heal t h e souls several t imes, r a the r have suggested to him acts In t he present case, for instance, of thanksgiv ing for a far g rea te r Jesus saw in t he sick man a great- blessing than he had expected, and er evil than t h a t of his palsy, and he would have been glad enough an evil of which palsy was a fitting ; to be carried home again, and to symbol. Hence those myster ious ' be allowed to cont inue in his in-words, "be of good hear t , son, thy firmity. He could be dismissed in sins a re forgiven thee ." For He peace, as the old Simeon, because was God as well as m a n ; and God his eyes had seen t h e Saviour.

I sees our hea r t and conscience, and Anyhow there were several t knows the s t a t e of each of us, writh scribes who complained and said t reference to t he presence of grace in the secrecy of the i r h e a r t s : "He t wi thin u<\ But He also saw, be- b lasphemeth ." They thought , and I fore Him, a soul full of confidence t ruly, t h a t God alone can forgive • and desirous of pardon, and one sins, and they could not believe • who had been determined at any ! t ha t Jesus was One wi th His • cost to pa r t ake in t he blessing, of heavenly Fa the r . J e sus read the i r t which Jesus was t h e bestower. ! minds and censured them publicly, I St . Luke records also th i s mira- and in order to p iove by an out-t cle, and he adds t h a t t he crowd wrard sign the efficacy of the abso-| which surrounded our Lord was so j lution which He had pronounced. I grea t , t h a t in order to ge t admit- \ He ordered the palsied man to ar ise t tance into t h e house in which He j and walk, t was a t t he t ime , " they went up • upon the roof, and let h im down I t h rough the t i les, wi th his bed, in- • The palsied m a n did what one in t to t h e midst before J e s u s . " a s t a t e of sin m a y imi ta te . He • Certainly th i s was a sign of felt his s ta te , and was determined I g rea t confidence, and we can well to make a grea t effort to be healed. T imagine how our Divine Lord who J always praised and rewarded acts

of fa i th towards Himself, was disposed not to send t h e good and

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DIOCESE OF MALACCA. Calendar for the Week.

October 13. Sunday—18th Sunday After Pentecost . Mass and Vespers of the Sunday.

October 14. Monday—St. Callis-tus , P . and M.

October 15. Tuesday—St. Teresa, V.

O c t o b e r 16. W e d n e s d a y — S t Hedwige, W.

O c t o b e r 17. Thursday—St . Margare t Mary, V.

October 18. Fr iday—St. L u k e the Evangelis t .

October 19. Sa tu rday—St . Pe ter of Alcantara , C.

DIOCESE OF MACAO CHURCH OF ST. J O S E P H .

Calendar for t he Week.

And so he did at once. Forgiveness of Sin

He did not simply p ray to God, as from his confidence in our Saviour we m a y imagine he would have done, but he was resolved to do

confiding pa t ien t away disappoint- someth ing else: to have recourse ed. to outward means which he felt J

to his friends to ca r ry him to the Healer, to the Consoler. If w-e find t h a t there is palsy about our soul, let us p ray to God also, and

Still as St . Gregory t h e Great w e r e a t h i s disposal. H e appealed says, Our Lord teaches us somet imes by words, somet imes by facts. He wished to teach us here t ha t oftentimes when we a re peti t ioning for one favour, ano the r grea ter b e g ' o f Him^as^ t h e Psalmis t 7 did one and one more profitable is « H a v e m e r c y o n m e ? 0 L o r d f o r

- g r r l e d t 0 « s - t h e r e f o r e He bles- x a m s i c k ; h e a I m e < 0 L o r d > f o r m v

I sed t he soul r a t h e r t han t h e body b o n e s a r e t roubled. Let us not t of t h e suppliant, and pronounced r e s t h e r e > a n y h o w . T h e r e is wi th-

upon him t h e pardon of his sins. . Death is t h e consequence of sin, and sickness is also a resul t of it. Our Lord removed t h a t which de

October 13. Sunday—Eigh teen th Sunday Af ter Pentecost . Green ves tments . Semi-double Proper, of the Mass in the " Small Missal" p. 224. Second collect of St. Edward king, t h i rd of the octave and fourth for t h e Pope p. 60. Evening Service in Honour of Our Lady of F a t i m a a t 5; Solemn High Mass in honour of Our Lady of Fa t ima a t 8 a.m^ A Medal of O.L. of F a t i m a will be dis t r ibuted to all a t t end ing t h e Evening Service.

October 14. Monday— St . Cali-x tus , Pope and Mar ty r . Double. Ev. Service:—5.30.

October 15. Tuesday—St. Theresa , Virgin. Double. Ev. Serv ice :— 5.30.

O c t o b e r 16. Wednesday—St . Hedwiges, Widow. Semi-double. Ev. Service:—5.30.

October 17. Thursday—Octave day of St . Francis of Borgia. Grea te r double. Ev. Serv ice :— 5.30.

October 18. Fr iday—St . Luke, Evangel is t . Double of the 2nd cl. Ev. Service:—5.30.

October 19. Sa tu rday—St . Pe te r of Alcantara . Double. Ev. Service :—5.30.

INCREASE ~OF~~CATHOLIC POPULATION IN HOLLAND.

served the sickness, as an introduction to his bodily cure.

F i r s t the Soul, then the Body.

in our reach a means which we can adopt and-which can br ing a cure to us. I t has cured others , and it will cure us too.

This means is t he Sacrament of Penance.

And then we shall have the consolation of hear ing frorh Jesus ' lips t he soothing w o r d s : be of good fai th, son, thy sns a re forgiven thee.

It may cost us a big effort, a

BISHOP F R A N C I S ROCHE, S.J., C E L E B R A T E S SILVER

J U B I L E E .

This miracle teaches us to prize t he soul before t he body. Spiri-

• tual graces should occupy a first • place in our p raye r s before any t o ther objects which we may have i in mind. Then we shall be doing t remendous amount of will-power I indeed the will of God and an ever- to have recourse to t h e Sacrament • last ing peace shall soothe our souls, j of Confession, but if the palsied t even if our temporal p rayers a re man was let down to the presence I not granted . t The palsied man did not com-t plam, when he heard t h a t his sin?

of Jesus , th rough t h e tiles of the roof, why should'nt we emulate his fai th and confidence?

Twenty Five Yea r s a s a Pr ies t ,

Tuticorin, India. — The Most Rev. Francis T. Roche, S.J., Bishop of Tuticorin, t he first Indian Bishop of t he La t in r i t e , observed the silver jubilee of h is ordination on October 2.

He was ordained a t Kurseong, Bengal, in 1919, by t h e late Archbishop Meuleman, Archbishop of Calcutta, and was named Bishop of Tuticorin in 1923. (N.C.W.C.)

P R I E S T MADE RADIO OFFICIAL.

A m s t e r d a m . — F a t h e r Dito, O.P., of t he Catholic Radio Association here, has been chosen director of t he Internat ional Catholic Broadcas t ing Office, t h e headquar te r s of which have been t ransfer red to th i s city from Duesseldorf, Germany. The bi-monthly paper will also be edited here . (N.C.W.C.)

WORKING ON SUNDAYS.

The Blessed Cure d 'Ars used to say : " I know two sure methods of ge t t ing poor; one is to work on Sundays, and the o the r to defraud one's neighbour. To work on Sunday is to steal from God; and, even in th i s world, t he wages earned on the Lord's Day wear a hole th rough the purse in which they a r e placed."

Ut recht .—The Haarlem diocesan weekly, St. Bauo, publishes comparat ive s tat is t ics for 1933 and 1934 for t h a t diocese which comprises the nor thern pa r t of Holland.

In 1933 the re were 911,557 Catholics of whom 564,000 made the i r Eas t e r d u t y ; in 1934 t h e r e were 915,818 wi th 571,871 repor ted as receiving t h e Sacraments dur ing the t ime prescribed.

In 1934, a total of 19,520 children made the i r F i r s t Holy Communion; 146,966 were too young to receive the Sacraments . Deduct ing th i s total from t h e number of Catholics in the diocese, we learn t h a t actually 177,455 neglected the i r E a s t e r duty in t h a t year. The major i ty of these a re to be found in t h e large cities of Ams te rdam, Rot te r dam and The Hague whe re the Socialists and Communis ts a r e numerous, especially a t A m s t e r d a m , and where mixed m a r r i a g e s a re more frequent .

The number of conver ts in 1934 was 2,026 as compared wi th 1,604 in 1933.

The n u m b e r of Communions for 1934 was 30,173,921, near ly a million more t h a n in 1933, or an average of more t h a n 50 t imes dur ing t h e year for each pract icing Catholic.

In 1934 t h e Diocese of Haar lem had 313 par ishes wi th 1,022 priests , and 36 were ordained to t h e priesthood dur ing the year . (N.C.W.C.)

12 MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 12th OCTOBER, 1935.

BETRAYAL OF CHRISTIAN CIVILISATION

PAGANISING FORCES IN GERMANY

THE NATIONS AND THE PAPACY ( B Y .A .S H E G E R T Y , B. A., B R I S B A N E )

N o one can dispassionately view the general situation in Germany to-day without a feeling of genuine sympathy for the German people. Under constant economic stress and misery, strange and startl ing developments have taken place, including the attempted restoration of pagan and anti-Christian ideas.

T h e revers ion of t h e G e r m a n iHcourse of h i s to ry if t h e peace pro-people in l a rge n u m b e r s t o t h e out worn and hopeless ideas of paganism i s t o be severely condemned. Such revers ion is a b e t r a y a l of Chr i s t i an civilisation, a d e spe ra t e blow s t r u c k a t t h a t life a n d cu l tu re which gave E u r o p e a l a r g e degree ©f m o r a l un i ty , and a common mora l appeal . The G e r m a n reversion is , t he re fo re , a n a t t e m p t e d undo ing of h u n d r e d s of y e a r s of mora l p rog re s s and effort. And w h a t e v e r our opinions on t h e eauses of t h e w a r of 1914-18, we m u s t v iew w i t h d i smay and deep so r row t h e presence in G e r m a n y to-day of paganis ing forces and influences.

Distress in Germany. However much we m a y deplore

t h e G e r m a n revers ion, i t is bu t r i g h t to r e m e m b e r t h a t unparal le l ed h u m a n d is t ress and pove r ty h a s been a s t r o n g force in t h e product ion of t h e ex is t ing s i tua t ion . And t h a t d i s t ress h a s been cont r ibu ted to in a subs tan t ia l a m o u n t b y t h e "peace" t r ea t i e s . The old diplom a t i s t s easily ou twi t t ed P res iden t Wilson, and imposed a "peace" upon E u r o p e from which i t h a s neve r recovered. G e r m a n y h a s suffered f rom t h i s "peace , " and was made to feel t h e i ron heel of a conqueror upon h e r neck. And t h e g r e a t d is t ress h a s produced i t s erop of hor ro rs , visible to-day in t h e false Nazi doctr ines of blood and r ace .

" I n recen t yea r s a succession of ca ta s t roph ies h a s ove r t aken Germ a n y , " says a w r i t e r u n d e r t h e pen-name of Ge rmanus , in t h e J u n e issue of Studies . " H e r a rmie s were dr iven f rom t h e battlefields of t h e World W a r a f t e r a s t rugg le which even h e r opponents a d m i t t o h a v e been heroic. T h e old fo rm of g o v e r n m e n t was ove r th rown and a new form, faced w i t h a n uncer ta in forbidding fu tu re , w a s . s e t u p . T h e economic cr i s i s and t h e inflation followed, b r i n g i n g ru in t o | millions of t h r i f t y and ha rd-work- j i n g cit izens. A bolshevik revolu- ! t ion broke out suddenly in Munich and in t h e Ruhr , which, even when subdued and all d a n g e r w a s pas t , w a s for m a n y t h e fo reshadowing of evils t o come. Such exper iences shook t h e German n a t i o n to i t s foundat ions , and the r e su l t i ng feelings of desperat ion w e r e only accen tua ted when i t t u r n e d in vain to i t s ne ighbour ing count r ies for a he lp ing hand. Ins tead of help came demands for r epa ra t ions , t h e occupation of t h e Ruhr , and o the r r e m i n d e r s t h a t it w a s , bu t a pawn in t h e g a m e of in te rna t iona l polit i c s . T h i s unset t led s t a t e of affairs r eached i t s cl imax when Adolf H i t l e r s tepped fo r th a s t h e leader of a quasi-messianic movement . " Peace Proposals of Benedict XV.

One cannot help t h i n k i n g how different would have been t h e

^posa l s of Pope Benedict XV, issued on A u g u s t 1, 1917, had been adopted. These w e r e :

1. R i g h t ins tead of force. 2. Lessen ing of a r m a m e n t s . 3. Arb i t r a t ion . 4. F reedom of t h e seas . 5. Condonation of damages and

cost of war . 6. Evacua t ion of occupied ter r i"

to r ies . 7. F a i r se t t lement of t e r r i to r ia l

quest ions . This was a Chr is t ian and s ta tes

manlike p r o g r a m m e of peaceful se t t l ement w i th honour to a l l t h o s e concerned in t h e war . Adopted and applied in a spir i t of t r u e

j desire for_ t h e es tabl ishment of a I j u s t a n d l a s t ing peace, t h e propo

sals would have gone f a r towards b r ing ing about a t r u e f r iendship between v t h e na t ions . Ins tead, Ge rmany h a s been bea ten to h e r knees, a n d now more t h a n ever before feels herself alone and despera te . In t h i s s i tua t ion t h e fires of fu tu re ha t r eds , f u t u r e w a r s , fu tu re revenge , b u r n wi th fierce flames. And in t h i s s i tua t ion "quas i -mess ianic" movements a r e born wh ich menace not only t h e peace of t h e world, b u t also t h r e a t e n t h e fu tu re of Chr i s t i an civilisation itself.

N o Roam for Pope ' s Represen ta t ive .

When t h e so-called peace conferences w e r e held, t h e r e was no room for t h e Pope ' s represen ta t ive a t t h e conference table . T h e Pope, who w a s bo th a t ru ly in ternat ional person and a t ru ly spir i tual power, was excluded. Ye t t h e Pope alone numbered subjec ts in every count ry , and on grounds of ord inary h u m a n prudence would h a v e been impelled t o seek a j u s t and enduring peace. Moreover, t h e awful weight of h is g r e a t office would have placed upon h im t h e severest moral responsibi l i ty of obta in ing peace w i t h jus t ice and cha r i ty .

The presence at in ternat ional conferences on t h e g rea t world quest ions of a spi r i tual power would h a v e a t r emendous moral effect. Na t ions would be stow to incur condemnat ion by t h e spir i tual I power, a n d would find it difficult to set fo r th j u s t causes of dispute wi th i t s findings.

F e a r of W a r . However, t h e nat ions m a d e the i r

own "peace , " and t h e world has lived under t h e fear of w a r ever

i since. Peace h a s not come to Ger-I many , and t h e F rench have fort i-i fied t h e i r n o r t h e r n border . In t he | mean t ime , an ant i -Chr is t ian clique j is in control of t h e German nation, i is d ishonour ing t h e name of Ger-| many th roughou t the Chris t ian I world, and, by i t s persecution of

Chr i s t i ans , is daily losing the symp a t h y of thousands in o the r lands. — ( T h e Catholic Leader , Br i sbane) .

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TOTAL ITARIANISM IN EDUCATION

W A R N I N G BY A R C H B I S H O P O F CINCINNATI

Cincinnat i .—In a le t ter to his p r ies t s and people which begins by a sk ing p r a y e r s "for all t h e persecuted g roups of Germany , " t h e Most Rev . J o h n T. McNicholas, O. P . , Archb ishop of Cincinnat i , says t h a t " t h e exercise of dictator ia l power in any S ta t e , lacking t h e guidance of religion, and deprived of t h e help of superna tu ra l religion, m u s t resul t in a t y r annous government which easily r eve r t s t o pract ices of ba rba r i sm."

U r g i n g t h a t t h e dangers "facing us in our own coun t ry" be not overlooked, Archbishop McNicholas declares t h a t " t h e to ta l i t a r ian S ta t e is he re so fa r as public education is concerned." ' T h e S ta t e , t h r o u g h i t s officials in the Depar t men t of Educat ion , school boards , school lobbies, t h rough t eache r s and professors , ins t ruc t ing 25,000-000 children and s tudents , seems to t h ink t h a t t he r e is no l imit to t h e l iber ty , or r a t h e r to the license, t h a t m a y be t aken in forming t h e minds of you th , " he says . " P a r e n t s , it admi ts , can t a k e care of t h e bodies of the i r chi ldren, supply t hem wi th food and provide t h e m wi th shelter , bu t t hey have no r i g h t s regard ing the menta l t r a in ing of their chiMren

| in schools. "These so-called educators a re

usu rpe r s of t h e r i gh t s of pa ren t s . I They can be classed in very t r u t h i a s k idnappers of the minds of : children. Those w;ho p ros t i t u t e

the h igh calling of t eachers and professors and a re in real i ty

t r a i t o r s t o t he i r public t r u s t by s t r iv ing t o t u r n out agnostics, a the i s t s , communis t s and dangerous radicals f rom our schools, colleges and universi t ies , should be regarded a s public enemies ."

" P a r e n t s , " Archbishop McNicholas cont inues, "you have rights conferred on you by God, through na tu re . I t is your sacred duty to defend these r i gh t s . Both Church and S t a t e should help you in this defence. Do not accept t h e prog r a m m e of t he to ta l i ta r ian State in so-called public education. You see the ex t r emes to which it has been carr ied in Mexico, Russia and Germany . Remember t h a t the usurpers of t he r i gh t s of parents in education are never satisfied. They continue to encroach upon your r i g h t s from year to year. E v e r y y e a r t he re is a demand for more money and still more money. There is an insistence t ha t the a r m y of t eachers shall be increased from year to year, notwiths tanding t h a t such increases will mean really no additional advant a g e to pupils in prepar ing them for life's work, as instructed good and useful citizens. Bir th control is advocated in practically all qua r t e r s outside the Catholic Church, which means tha t we

! m u s t soon adjus t our elementary schools t o a diminishing number of pupi l s ; ye t t h e cost of education mounts , and provision for extravagan t school buildings is being

advocated." (N.C.W.C.)

13

1 Our Short Story I & m

T H E L O S T R O S A R Y

The passengers had taken the i r seats in the half-six t r a in to Law-ton. The last c a r r i age door had been slammed, and t h e engine had emitted an ear-piercing whistle as ; i signal of depa r tu re , when a portly gent leman n frock coa*t and tall hat rushed into the s ta t ion towards the ou tgoing express . Several por te rs r a n to his ass ' s -tance, hurr iedly bundl ing h im into a third-class car r iage , yet wai t ing to salute him deferential ly as the train moved out of t h e s tat ion.

Richard Russell w a s one of the Directors of t h e Grea t Wes te rn line, and thoroughly well known to the lai lway officials of Bur ton , where his palat ial residence towered over t he ne ighbour ing slope, and from which s ta t ion he, each morning, took t h e t r a in to t h e city. But it was qui te unusual for t h e wealthy m a g n a t e to be lacking in punctuali ty; he invariably arr ived a precise t h r e e minu te s before his train, looking t h e personification of self-contented importance, as some official of t h e line th rew open a first-class ca r r iage for his en t ry .

Yes, it was a new experience for Richard Russell to find himself thrust head foremost into a th i rd-class carr iage . H e felt h is dignity was dist inctly impaired, a s he flopped down on a d ingy seat , t aking off h is silk h a t to mop his heated brow. " D e a r m e , " he mused, " how t i r e some to have to race after such a fashion to catch a train," and h e glanced around furtively to see wThat fellow-travellers had witnessed his undignified entry. The ca r r i age was empty save for a sl im, pale-faced young girl, engrossed in a book and carrying an a t t a c h e case bear ing the initials M. McD. " Some business girl on he r way t o her office," mused Richard Russell , and his thoughts flew back t o t h e days when he, too, repa i red daily to a desk in a city office. I t semed to him t h a t centur ies had passed since he, a smooth-faced, dark-haired country boy, h a d t aken his seat in a Dublin count ing-h^use. He smiled as he remembered his eager youth, his simple fai th, his loyalty, his d is in teres tedness , his spirituality, and h is love of t r u t h He was a youth a poet migh t have sung of in those days . But years ago he had shaken t h e dus t of Dublin off his feet, and forgotten religion, country , fr iends, everything he prized most , in his rush for wealth. E v e r y t h i n g had been sacrificed to the lust of gold, even Ms gentle little s is ter , t h e companion of his you th , of whose whereabouts he had not had t h e faintest notion for m a n y a long year. He had left h e r le t ters unanswered, and forgot ten he r very existence, whilst she toiled as an underpaid typis t in an Ir ish country town.

"Poor Moira! She was a s t r ue a * steel. One of those whi te-souied saints of E r i n , " he mused

ne contrasted he r wi th the wo-jfian he had marr ied—vain , worldly* ambitious, wi th an all-abcorb-j»S love of self. Sylvia would . v e absolutely disdained to asso

ciate with gentle, unassuming 'rttle Moira.

B u t Sylvia was dead row. God

(By M. T. McKENNA.)

had called he r in the midst of her pleasures and gaieties, and Richard Russell wras a widower with two school-boy sons, and two very exac t ing youthful daugh te r s . His

| children were only nominally Catholics. Their mothe r had brought

I t h e m up af te r he r own hear t , to scoff a t all religions, and seek the i r happiness in t he th ings of th i s world. Yes, Richard Russell 's home was any th ing bu t a bed of roses, and wrell he knew, a s t he days went by, t h a t his children would become more t ry ing , more exact ing, for t hey were all shallow7

of soul, empty of hear t , ^ach seeking the acme of self-gratification. In t he midst of his reverie t h e j t r a in slowed up, and his fellow- j passenger , t ak ing her a t t ache case j and raincoat in hand, hurr ied from * t h e carr iage. Something in t h e gir l ' s bearing, in her quiet, self-possessed air , caused t h e man to follow her wi th his eyes unt i . she

left t h e s ta t ion. "If I a m not very much mis taken, t h a t is an I r i s h g i r l , " he decided, " and it is s t r ange , she reminds me of someone I once knew, yet I can ' t tell w h o . "

The express was again s teaming ahead a t full speed, when a mother -of-pearl rosary in t h e corner whe re t h e girl had been s i t t ing c a u g h t h i s eye. "Ah , she lost he r beads , " h e said as he picked i t up a lmost reverent ly . " Moira had jus t such a rosa ry when she was a l i t t le girl and we knelt a t May devot ions; I often watched he r p ray ing on i t . " Wi th l ingering touch he placed the rosa ry in his wais tcoat pocket. How long ago it seemed since he had carr ied a rosary—too m a n y yea r s to coun t ; never theless he felt a s t r ange glow of happiness come over h im as he slipped t h e beads into his pocket.

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look up t h a t girl and r e tu rn her beads ," he told himself as he ar r ived a t Lawton Stat ion. " I am 'sure j she will be upset over losing i t . " j

La te t h a t n ight , in t he privacy ' of his own room, he took t h e rosary from his pocket and fingered it caressingly. He was a much happier m a n when he lived in God's fr iendship and sought Mary ' s help and blessing. Almost involuntari ly t h e r e rose to h is lips t h e Hail Mary he had repeated so often as a boy, and in spir i t t he ha rd , ha r sh , calculat ing m a n of t h e world was back again in his childhood years , kneeling a t his mother ' s side, as she repeated t h e Rosary . All his wealth and worldly success had brought but care and unhappiness in the i r t ra in . Were God to call him, how would he account for his misspent life and the children he had brought up wi thout fear or love of God? Still clasping the little mother-of-pearl beads, he knelt and prayed wi th all t he fervour of his hear t , p rayed t ha t Mary, Queen of the Rosary, migh t assis t him in undoing the wrongs he had wrought , and obtain for him s t reng th to begin life anew. Dur ing the th ree weeks t ha t followed he knelt each night, rosary in hand, beseeching aid of the Refuge of Sinners, confident she wrould hearken to h im in h is hour of need.

Then one morn ing a s he wTaited for t h e t ra in to Lawton, t h e tall, slim girl ca r ry ing an a t t ache case wi th t h e initials M. McD., passed close to him. He recognised her immediate ly ; she was aU fellow-travel ler of some weeks pas t t he gir l who had lost he r rosary . Half reluctant ly, he followed he r into t h e third-class car r iage , t ak ing a seat close to her .

" Excuse m e , " he said as he drew out the rosary , " I th ink you lost th i s about t h r e e weeks ago."

T h e girl 's beautiful g rey eyes dilated with pleasure as she caught s igh t of the beads . " O h ! m y lost ro sa ry , " she cried impulsively. " W h e r e did you find i t ? "

Richard Russell s ta r ted . The voice, t he accent, reminded him so forcibly of Moi ra ; why, t he girl had Moira's very smile and gentle, wistful glance. " You dropped your rosary in t h e rai lway carr iage when you travelled wi th me, over t h r e e weeks ago , " he said.

She glanced up a t him. " O h , I m u s t j yes, I remember now: you a re the

gent leman who rushed into t he s ta t ion jus t as t h e t r a in v/as leaving. I recollect it all qui te dist inc t ly ."

" Yes , " he said, I th ink I must have presented a r a t h e r ludicrous spectacle, but I don ' t r egre t my lack of punctuali ty, since I have been the means of res tor ing you your rosary."

" And I am sure I can ' t say how-pleased I am you were late for the t ra in , since you have been the means of recovering my rosary. I have been p ray ing so earnest ly t h a t some good angel migh t find it for me ."

" I s it as precious as all t h a t ? " Richard Russell queried smilingly.

" Yes ," the girl r e tu rned quickly. " My mother gave it to me when I was leaving Dublin, and I th ink I would prefer to p a r t wi th any of

t h a t , for mother t r e a s i r e d it so much. She had it from t h e t ime she was a little g i r l ."

"You come from Dubl in?" Richard ventured.

" Y e s ; mother went to live t h e r e when daddy died."

" I came from Dublin long yea r s ago ," Richard said dreamily, " a n d I am sor ry I ever left it , now."

" You a r e Irish, t hen ?" ventured t h e girl .

" Y e s , " Richard answered. " M y n a m e is Russell ."

" My mother ' s n a m e was Russell, too," t h e girl answered l ightly.

" Moira Russell ," suggested t h e m a n in tense tones.

"Yes, Moira Russel l ," t h e girl r e tu rned wi th a s l ight ly mystified air . " She had a brother , Richard, who wasn ' t fit to unlatch h e r shoe, and who went to seek his for tune, forge t t ing her and leaving her to fight her own bat t le wi th t h e world This brother , Richard, she used to p ray for, night and morning, and offer up t h e Rosary for h i m ; and when I was a child, I was t a u g h t a lways to include Uncle Richard in my prayers ."

There was a mois ture in t h e man ' s hard, grey eyes. " I t h ink . . . I th ink," he said softly, " I am your uncle."

The girl s ta r ted violently. " I t can ' t be ," she said half under h e r b rea th .

"If you will oblige me wi th your mother ' s address, Pll quickly m a k e cer ta in , " he re turned quiet ly.

And so he did. Tha t evening t h e Bur ton magna te took his dep a r t u r e for Ireland, ca ry ing a little mother-of-pearl beads in h is pocket . His hear t smote h im when he entered the little room which was his s is ter 's home. Everyth ing in it, despite i ts neatness , bespoke a meagre income. " Dea r me, dear me , " he m u r m u r e d , " s h e wi th so little, and I wi th so much . "

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E X T R E M E L Y SUCCESSFUL M E E T I N G .

E N G L I S H P R E L A T E S SIGN P E T I T I O N .

Rome.—The 13th annual mission s f u d y week of t h e Missionary Union of t h e Clergy in I taly, which w a s held a t Ba r i from September 16 th to 20th w a s t h e most suces-ful in the h i s to ry of t h e organisat ion . I t had been expected t h a t abou t 300 p r i e s t s would a t t end . W h e n t h e mee t i ngs opened twice t h i s number were p resen t and i t was found necessa ry to change t h e mee t ing place in order to accomod a t e t he l a rge crowds. I t is es t i m a t e d t h a t be tween 60 and 70 thousand people took pa r t in t h e solemn Eucha r i s t i c procession which closed t h e Congress .

T h e ser ies of conferences w a s opened by a n address of welcome t o t h e congress i s t s by His Excel lency Wons. Mimmi , Archbishop of Bar i , who took a s his subject t h e d u t y of t h e Miss ionary Union of t h e Clergy to cul t ivate in t h e p-sople a sense of t h e Catholici ty of t h e Church. A select g roup of speakers t r e a t e d t h e var ious rel i g ions of t h e world dur ing t h e meet ings . V e r y Rev. Mons. Ber nard ino Caselli, Editor-in-Chief of F ides Servce, gave two lectures on t h e religions of t h e pagan world. Prof. Ricciotti , of t h e Royal Un i vers i ty of Rome, spoke on t h e Hebrew and Or thodox Chr is t ian wor ld ; Prof. Gabrielli t r e a t e d Is lamism and t h e methods to b e adopted for t h e conversion of t h e followers of M o h a m m e d ; Prof. Giordani spoke on t h e spread of P r o t e s t a n t i s m th roughou t t h e wor ld ; Mons. Borghino, t h e re lat ions between Catholic Action a n d Missionary Act ion. Mons. Vezzulli spoke of t h e Universa l Motherhood of the Church , while t h e missiona r y organizat ion of t h e Church w a s outlined by t w o competent speakers , Mons. Bar toocet t i , f o rmer Minutante of t h e Sacred Congregat ion of P r o p a g a n d a Fide, and Mons. Zanet t i , Na t iona l Director of t h e F a i t h in I t a ly .

A series of se rmons was given t o the la i ty in t h e Cathedra l of

. B a r i and included t h e following subjec ts , t h e dut ies of Catholics toward t h e Missions, Our Blessed Mothe r and t h e Missions, and t h e Miss ionary and t h e Euchar i s t .

A complete record of t h e Cong ress and t h e full t ex t of t h e conferences is t o be published by t h e Missionary Union. (Fides)

London.—Twelve members of t h e Hie ra rchy in England, Scotland and Wales s igned "An Appeal t o t h e N a t i o n s " issued th i s week b y t h e Chr i s t i an Pro tes t Movem e n t aga ins t racial and religious persecut ion. T h e appeal r e ads :

' 'The Chr i s t i an Pro tes t Movem e n t (non-political and non-sect a r i a n ) makes a s t r ong appeal to all governments wi th in t h e comity of na t ions , w h e t h e r inside or outside t h e League of Nat ions , to g r a n t t h e fullest measu re of racial and religious freedom to all subj ec t s .

"The presen t unres t in the world can only be effectively dealt w i th by the application of Chris t i an principles, and noth ing would do more for t h e cause of in ternat ional a m i t y and goodwill t h a n a declarat ion by all t h e Powers, t h r o u g h the i r accredited Ambassadors , of t he i r readiness to respond to t h i s appeal . "

Leaders of numerous religious bodies endorse t h e appeal. The Catholic s ignator ies a r e t h e Archbishops of Wes tmins te r , Birmingh a m and Cardiff, and t h e Bishops of Aberdeen, Brentwood, Dunkeld, Galloway, Leeds , Nor thampton , N o t t i n g h a m , Salford and Shrewsbu ry . (N.C.W.C.)

C O N T E M P L A T I V E L I F E IN MISSION L A N D S .

R A P I D I N C R E A S E MARKED.

P L A N S TO A V E R T ANTI-C H U R C H RIOTS.

Engl ish Town on t h e Aler t . London. — Tak ing a w a r n i n g

from ant i-Cathol ic clashes in o t h e r cities, a commi t tee of t h e No t t i ng h a m city council h a s d rawn up re gulat ions designed to prevent p ro vocative conduct .

If the council accepts t h e n e w by-laws, i t will be an offense t o loiter nea r a church t o t he annoyance or obs t ruc t ion of persons going to, a t t end ing , or r e t u r n i n g from a service t he r e .

Penal t ies a r e provided aga ins t persons who use any t h r ea t en ing , abusive o r insul t ing language in t h e hea r i ng of anyone in a publ ic s t r ee t .

Ano the r by-law would forbid anyone to p lay o r sound any mus i* cal i n s t r u m e n t o r s ing in a public place wi th in 100 ya rds of a church w h e r e a service is in p rogress if a n y annoyance is caused to t h o s e in t h e c h u r c h . (N.C.W.C.)

Rome.—The l is t of foundations of s t r ic t ly cloistered religious communi t ies in mission lands is const an t l y lengthening . A t present t h e r e a r e 128 reques t s from mission Ordinar ies for t h e foundation of cloistered convents in the i r t e r r i to r i e s . T h e s e reques t s come from wide sca t t e red sectors of t h e mission field; f rom Bengal, N a g p u r and Mysore, f rom Kenya Colony and t h e Indian Ocean Islands, from Borneo in t h e E a s t Indies and from Dutch Guiana in South America.

In places where foundations have a l ready been m a d e new convents a r e being establ ished. On t h e Island of Ceylon, t h e Rosar ians of Ceylon, a na t ive communi ty leading a s t r ic t ly cloistered life based on t h a t of the Trappis t s , recent ly s t a r t ed a second foundation in t h e h e a r t of the j ung l e a t Madhu. The Trapp is t s of Hakoda te , Japan , r e cently began a new monas te ry in sou the rn J a p a n while the Trappis-t ines of t h e Monas te ry of Our Lady of t h e Angels , Yunogawa. have opened a second communi ty a t Osaka. The Benedictines have well es tabl ished monaster ies in China, South America , Africa and Aus t ra l ia . Carmel i t e monas ter ies were begun recent ly in Papua and the Belgian Congo, while two new monas te r ies will be opened soon in Ceylon.

I t is in t e res t ing to note t h a t t h e closed land of Tibet is being ap proached from two different points by monks from Switzerland. On t h e Chinese borders , t he Canons from t h e Grand Saint Bernard Monas tery have secured permission to erect a hospice for t ravellers in one of t h e mountain passes. On t h e Indian front ier of the same count ry pioneers from the Abbey of St . Maurice of Agaune a re prepa r ing to found a similar hospice.

(Fides)

TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION AT LOURDES.

NOTED J E W I S H W R I T E R I M P R E S S E D .

(By George Barnard . ) London.—Louis Golding, cele

bra ted Jewish au thor , had been vis t ing Lourdes. H e has come back g rea t ly impressed.

In t h e Universe, Catholic newspaper here, he admi t s t h a t h is first impression was disappoint ing.

"In t h a t s t rong afternoon l ight ," he says, "Lourdes seemed not a place for spir i tual pi lgr image so much as a marke t for symbols of religion. T h e whole place was one vas t caravansera i of stalls wi th l i t t le s t a tues , rosar ies , medals , ga r i sh pos tca rds ; more s ta tues , more rosar ies ."

Disappointment remained dur ing t h e evening devotions, when t h e basilica was i l luminated. The only comment he could make w a s : "Yes how admirably s t age-managed!"

But the torchl ight procession a t n igh t opened his eyes and revealed to h im the m y s t e r y of Lourdes , a s he sees it.

" E a c h of t h e 20,000 pi lgrims t h a t n igh t . . . held in his hand a blue-and-white candle, shielded by a sor t of paper l an te rn . All s ang in one endless ref ra in t h e two sole words of 'Ave, Mar ia . . . Ave, M a r i a / till t h e y seemed to become not t h e voice of an an ima te mul t i t ude bu t t h e voice of r iver and t r ee s . . .

"Then, l i s tening closer, you heard deeper. Th i s was no voice of cold, r iver and dead t r ees . Th i s was t h e voice of men and women cracked w i th hea r tb reak , l i t t le sea-mas te r s , grocers , carpenters , t inkers . They ceased t o have creed and r ace ; you also, f rom wha t eve r land o r people you had wandered here , were a pi lgr im a t t h e shr ine of Mystery , for t h e r e all men a re one man. You bowed your head ."

(N.C.W.C.)

A W o m a n ' s Message F r o m Manitoba.

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"Then I began Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and after taking only six boxes

[ I am now as well and strong as ever." For climatic reasons Dr. Williams'

Pink Pills are sold throughout the Far East in hermetically sealed glass bottles. Of chemists everywhere.

BAVARIANS CROSS FRONTIER TO ATTNED MASS.

P r a g u e , Aug . 26.—It is reported f rom t h e Czechoslovak-Bavarian boundar ies t h a t t h e German front i e r gua rds have been strengthened and the i r vigilance increased in view of t h e fact t h a t many Bavar i a n Catholics crossed the Czechoslovak boundar ies on Sundays and Holy Days to a t t end undisturbed t h e religious services.

Th is pract ice, i t is reported, has been stopped by t h e German author i t ies who have forbade Bavarian Catholics to a t t e n d religious services in t h e neighbouring State. (N.C.W.C.

F R A N C I S C A N F A T H E R S IN MOROCCO.

PROGRAMME OF CONFRATERNITY OF CHRISTIAN

DOCTRINE.

Wash ing ton—In accordance wi th author izat ion given a t t he annual meet ing of the Bishops, l a s \ fall, a nat ional cent re of t he Confratern i ty of Chr i s t i an Doctr ine has been established a t the headquart e r s of t h e Nat ional Catholic Welfare Conference in Washing ton , j D.C., wi th Miss Marian Marks as J secretary .

The p r o g r a m m e contemplated by the Bishops ' commit tee contem- j plates four major activit ies, as follows: (1) Religious ins t ruct ion

I for Catholic children in public ele-J men t a ry schools—either t h rough I t he Vacation Schools or by means

of year round ins t ruc t ion ; (2) Ins t ruct ion for Catholic s tuden ts in public h igh schools by means of religious s tudy clubs or o the r approved m e t h o d s ; (3) Religious s tudy clubs for a d u l t s ; (4) The enlisting of pa ren t s to teach religion to the i r children sys temat ically in the i r homes. (Lumen— The L a m p ) .

BISHOP BAPTIZES HIS CHAUFF E U R ' S 7TH CHILD.

Par is .—The Most Rev. Pierre : Gerlier, Bishop of Tarbes et Lour-; des, in his pr iva te chapel, officiated

a t the bapt i sm of t he seventh child of his chauffeur, Claudius

| Antonius . He also stood as godfather .

M. Antonius , t he fa ther , was the e ighteenth child of his paren ts .

(N.C.W.C.)

Book Embodies Their Work.

Raba t , Morocco.—In the i r new book, La Vie Catholique au Maroe, t h e F r i a r s Minor present an interes t ing pic ture of t he i r work in the Vicar ia te Apostolic of Morocco. It is really an a lbum for most of the s to ry is told by pic tures and stat is t ics .

In his introduction, the Rev. Sylves t re Chauleur , O.F.M., gives a sketch of t h e work of the Franciscans in Morocco since 1220, when St . F ranc i s of Assisi decided to unde r t ake a g r ea t campaign of mercy a m o n g t h e Saracens.

According to s ta t i s t ics furnished by t h e Vicar ia te Apostolic of Raba t , t h e r e a r e 87 pr ies ts in Morocco, 64 of whom are Franciscans. T h e clergy a r e assisted in their work by 19 Franciscan Brothers, 25 Chr i s t ian Bro thers and 261 Sis te rs m e m b e r s of various teaching or nu r s ing Congregations. In 1S08 the re were only five churches in Morocco. Today there are 158 places of worship , e i ther completed, under construction or temporary . The five schools have increased to 30 and a re attended by 3,064 pupils .

In 1908 t h e r e was no hospital of any sor t es tabl ished in Morocco. Today the re a r e th ree hospitals, six nurser ies , five orphanages, and a number of clinics, dispensaries and social cent res , for the care of Europeans . There are 41 of these ins t i tu t ions , including two matern i ty homes and a leper colony, for t h e care of Moroccans. In the last yea r one hospital has cared for 11.148 pa t i en t s .

Morocco also has i ts Catholic Action association, organized into four groups for men, women, young men and young women, and various commit tees which promote s tudy clubs, motion picture halls, and labour conferences.

Morocco also has its Catholic P ress . Maroc Catholique is tne official diocesan publication.

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DEMOCRACY OR DICTATORSHIP (Continued from page 1)

F I R S T C A T H O L I C A C T I O N C O N G R E S S we call d ic ta torship, was derived primarily from reaction aga ins t t h e idea of democracy, bu t r a t h e r against t h e const i tut ional a r r ange ments which were designed dur ing the post-war period.

Dictatorship seduces many minds . It is apparent ly so simple. Disorder rages in a count ry , par t ies are quarrelling, anti-social doctrines th rea ten the nat ion, communism is spread ing ; it d i s turbs t h e community, paralyses bus iness ; t h e regular public powers seem inefficient; ca tas t rophe is coming. A man, a group appears , adventurers who have no th ing to lose and everything to gain. Spr inging out of the popular classes, they br ing with them many of t h e i r associates, and boldness multiplies the i r strength. A nat ional doctrine is devised which promises t h e g rea t ness of t he country , universal happiness th rough common obedience to an au thor i ty which may ask for sacrifices bu t will pledge contentment to all. Natura l ly , youth which suffers more par t icularly from the crisis, is enlisted.

W H Y SUCCESSFUL. Youth needs hopes, unlimited

ideals, enthusiasm. I t is dar ing, aggressive. I t supplies t h e regi- j mcnts of t h e new pa r ty , prepared j to fight if necessary. The first I success being achieved, t he sono- j rous speeches, the fighting tone create t h e legend of a providential | saviour. And the country gives I way. The opposing voices become j silent, t he more so because they ! are forcibly closed and t h e miracle j of national uni ty is realised. Deportations a re made, concentration camps a re t he r e to main ta in the union of souls and of hea r t s , j Order prevails and wi th it admira- \ tion.

Is t he re any th ing in it to seduce

such confiscation of minds , of those of you th specially by t h e Sta ts , a un i ty which is t h e product oi subserviency, a nat ional ism which makes Sta te selfishness a sacred principle?

If we believe tha t t h e S ta t e is made for men and not men for t h e State, if we claim t h e super ior i ty of t h e human , if we claim for God and for t h e Church t h e leadership of t h e souls, can we applaud a system which is the s t r a i g h t negation of all our principles? Moreover, can dictatorship be a stable, safe and reliable reg ime when it gress.

(Continued from page 6) SOLEMN PONTIFICAL MASS AT

TUNGKADOO. A formal closing session from 10

o'clock till naon on the last day arid an impressive Eucharistic procession in which approximately 3,000 persons marched in the evening featured the eighth and final day of the First National Catholic Action Congress.

At 5.30 Sunday morning as was usual throughout the week, the delegates assisted at Mass and received Holy Communion. At 8 o'clock they attended, in a body the Solemn Pontifical Mass sung by Bishop Liu, Vicar Ap. of Fenyang, Shansi, at St. Xavier's Church. Tung-kadoo, in presence of all but a few of the 25 prelates taking part, in the Con-

US? Shall we forget t radi t ion and history? Could t h e spasmodic experiments of to-day wipe out t h e | lessons of t h e p a s t ? Which of j these reg iments appeals to us ? Is j i f the d ic ta torship of bolshevik j Russia or of Turkey ? Is i t t h a t of j Spain which has led t h e count ry to • sterile agi ta t ion and a painful | religious persecution ? Is i t present -day Germany, t h e resul t and product of national decomposition, of economic, moral and spir i tual collapse of t h e nat ion, wi th t h e weapons of violence and s t rang l ing of all liberties, of all independent thoughts, and hav ing for i ts a im an exasperated racism, a r e t u r n to Teutonic imperialism, t o "Deutsch-land uber alles ?" Is it t h e I tal ian dictatorship praised to-day by admirers of a man w h o was despised by them a few yea r s ago? Doubtless t h e work of Mussolini is considerable, bu t can we accept

res ts on t h e fortune and t h e life of or.e man which is a lways subject to contingencies and r i s k s ?

W H A T WE N E E D . Political freedom gua ran t ee s t h e

respect of minorit ies as^ well as the control by majori ty . * I t gives minorit ies t h e r igh t t o dissent from the doctrines of t h e present rulers, t o t r y to p ropaga te the i r own views and to become t h e majori ty if they can persuade a I

I sufficient number of ci t izens. If i I we believe in political freedom, we i | must asser t it, we mus t be careful j with regard to t he t r end of t h e i present-day legislation which seems | to give up i ts charac te r of protect- j | iv.g t h e individual, and to ass ign to | i the S ta t e a pa r t which has no j j longer a n y t h i n g in common wi th I ! the conception of individual l iberty, j

We wan t a civilisation which I j guaran tees the supremacy of I I human person over any o the r value I or any necessity. W e wan t a i society which respects and pro tec t s ! the t r u e foundations of m a n ; his j family, h is country, h is occupation. | We wan t political and economical j ins t i tut ions a t t he service of h u m a n • personality. We wan t t h e sup-: pression of S ta te act ivi t ies which

destroy t h e freedom and t h e responsibility of men. W e wan t the S ta t e to resume i ts real function, namely, adminis t ra t ion and just ice. We want a society t h a t

| will gua ran t ee each of i t s member s the necessary requi rements of life.

Moira proved a real prophet , for slowly bu t surely the spi r i t of ir-religion and the demon of selfishness and discontent vanished from Richard Russell 's home, and in their s tead stole in a g r e a t love of t he Sacred Hear t and devotion to Mary, Queen of t h e Rosary .

Richard Russell 's young people call Aunt ie Moira the angel of t h e household, and it is to h e r t hey come with all the i r confidences and small woes. Maureen h a s long since been voted by t h e Rrsse l l family a p r ime favouri te . The boys call he r a real t r u m p , and the girls describe her as a charming discovery in t he form of a cousin.

The auditorium of St. Joseph's Hospice, Nantao, was filled at 10.00 o'clock with delegates and an expectant throng of visitors. On thz platiorm, ablaze with light, were ranged the Bishops and Prefects Apostolic in festive regalia. To the right of Archbishop Zanin sat H. E. Mr. H. H. Kung, Minister .of Finance; to his lef; Mr Pang Hsue-pai, of the Executive Yuan, representing H. E. Mr. Lin Sen, Beside Mr. P'ang was Mayor Wu Te-chen of Shanghai. Mr. Lo Pa-hong, National President of Catholic Action, and Mr. Lo Teh-chai, National Vice-President, appeared in their uniforms and decorations as Commander and Knight, respectively, of the Order of St. Silvester.

Letter to Pope The session opened with the reading

of a letter for Pope Pius XI in which the Congress detailed the ground covered in its deliberations and the results secured. The letter will be published in the near future.

The official chairman of the Congress, H. E. Archbishop Zanin, gave an address in Latin which was at once translated by Dr. Yu Pin.

Mr. P'ang Hsue-pai next read a letter from H. E. Lin Sen.

H. E. Mr. H. H. Kung addressed the Congress, speaking for approximately 15 minutes in a cordial manner that was greatly appreciated.

Mr. Lo Pa-hong. National President, and Rev. Dr. Yu Pin, General Director, then spoke, the latter giving a brief resume of the work accomplished by the Congress. A delegate from Singapore, speaking in the name of the delegate body, thanked in turn all concerned for j the kindness and help received. The j Congerss then solemnly adjourned with | prayer, and several group photographs ; were taken to commemorate the I historic occasion.

Procession at Siccawei The procession at Siccawei began at

about five o'clock and was an imposing :

manifestation of devotion 'o Christ in the Eucharist, one of the cardinal

doctrines of the Catholic Church. To the accompaniment of prayers and hymns, the long files passed solemnly from St. Ignatius Church along the

. gaily draped and decorated road to the Seminary and back again, the entire ceremony lasting about one hour and a half. Following the cross came small girls and boys wearing the insignia of the Eucharistic crusade. About 1,000 in number, they were divided into, at least 25 groups, each wearing the uniform of the school it represented.

From five to six hundred uniformed | students from academies and middle ; schools came next, and were foPowed i by about 50 Marist Brothers. Close to ; 100 seminarists and about 150 priests,

all garbed in black cassock with white I surplice, came next, After them appear-; ed the long line of purple-robed prelates, j flanked by seminarists. Numbers of ; you^g acolytes dressed in fori ght red | cassocks bore, some of them thuribles

and incense, others baskets of flower petals and fragrant herbs which they strewed in the path of the Blessed Sacrament, which followed immediately after, carried aloft by the Papal Delegate, Archbishop Zanin.

The National Officers of Catholic Action and eminent Shanghai Catholics were grouped about the Delegate, some of them helping to bear the canopy. Next in line came the Congress Delegates and members of the various Catholic Action Associations of Shanghai, in all about 200 men and 150 women. Various Orders of nuns, e .ch in its characteristic garb, and totaling approximately 200 individuals, appeared in their wake, in the following order: Meres Auxiliatrices, Francican Missionaries of Mary, Little Sisters of the Poor, Loretto Sisters, Daughters of Charity, and Nuns of the Presentation. Several hundreds of men and women brought up the rear.

Along the route numbers of police, assisted by boy scouts, preserved order. At a richly decorated altar erected at the entrance to the Seminary a pause was made as Benediction was given. The varicoloured groups spread over the campus in orderly arrangement made an impressive picture. The Benediction over, the files reformed and the procession slowly made its way back to the Church, hymns and prayers continuing en route. Benediction in the Church concluded the ceremony and also marked the official termination of the National Catholic Congress, another milestone in the hallowed history of the Catholic Church in China.

While the procession was in progress, several thousands of spectators thronged the environs of the Church and Seminary grounds and lined the route of march. Siccawei has seen few more imposing manifestations of faith and devotion to the Eucharist.

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And his eyes wandered to t h e image of t h e Sacred Heart , wi th a crimson lamp glowing softly before it.

Then when Moira came in, w h a t a wonderful welcome she accorded him, despite his coldness and neglect ; and how simply she told him of all t h e p raye r s she had said for his welfare. " But, Richard, it doesn't surpr i se me tha t the l i t t le pearl rosary was t h e moans of re unit ing us once again. I said so many rounds of it for you t h a t I feel confident Our Lady of t h e Rosary b rough t you safelv back to me."

" I want you to come across t o my home, Moira," Richard Russell said gently. " I am a very wea l thy man, and I am anxious to m a k e up to you for the pas t . "

Moira d a n c e d around her t i n y room with a l ingering look. " I have never had much of t h i s world's goods," she said softly, "par t i cu la r ly since I marr ied poor Jack McDonald. We were wred j but one brief year when he -cMed, j and educa te ; but , thank God, I i have always been contented, and I leaving me Maureen to br ing up never wanted. You Rich . "

I she went on, "any home th^ t is I consecrated to the Sacred H e a r t ! is sure to wea the r every s torm, I because it is protected by God

Himself. Is your home consecrat-I ed, Rich," she queried softly, j The t e a r s rushed to t he erreat

magna te ' s eyes. "No, Moira, n o , " he answered quickly; "mine is no t a happy h o m e ; religion is com-

| pletely absen t from it. My wife j lived wi thout religion, and died

wi thout it, and all my children have followed her example. There is a g rea t work wai t ing you in m y home, Moira, if you will only -ome to my ass i s tance ."

She glanced around t h e t i n y room, then raised he r eyes to t h e a l ta r of t h e Sacred Hear t . " I ' l l come. Rich," she said quietly, "and we'll begin by hav ing t h e home consecrated to t h e Sacred Hea r t , and the Rosary recited each evening."

" J u s t a s you th ink best, Mcira ," he said. " I know you'll br ing t h e blessing of God with you."

" Well, Rich, t h e home t h a t is consecrated to t he Sacred H e a r t and has t h e Rosary recited in i t each evening, h a s noth ing to f ea r ; God and His Mother guard and guide i t . "


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NATIONAL CONGRESS OF PROTEST AGAINST RELI-ITALIAN MISSIONARY

UNION OF CLERGY. GIOUS PERSECUTION.

E X T R E M E L Y SUCCESSFUL M E E T I N G .

E N G L I S H P R E L A T E S SIGN P E T I T I O N .

Rome.—The 13th annual mission s f u d y week of t h e Missionary Union of t h e Clergy in I taly, which w a s held a t Ba r i from September 16 th to 20th w a s t h e most suces-ful in the h i s to ry of t h e organisat ion . I t had been expected t h a t abou t 300 p r i e s t s would a t t end . W h e n t h e mee t i ngs opened twice t h i s number were p resen t and i t was found necessa ry to change t h e mee t ing place in order to accomod a t e t he l a rge crowds. I t is es t i m a t e d t h a t be tween 60 and 70 thousand people took pa r t in t h e solemn Eucha r i s t i c procession which closed t h e Congress .

T h e ser ies of conferences w a s opened by a n address of welcome t o t h e congress i s t s by His Excel lency Wons. Mimmi , Archbishop of Bar i , who took a s his subject t h e d u t y of t h e Miss ionary Union of t h e Clergy to cul t ivate in t h e p-sople a sense of t h e Catholici ty of t h e Church. A select g roup of speakers t r e a t e d t h e var ious rel i g ions of t h e world dur ing t h e meet ings . V e r y Rev. Mons. Ber nard ino Caselli, Editor-in-Chief of F ides Servce, gave two lectures on t h e religions of t h e pagan world. Prof. Ricciotti , of t h e Royal Un i vers i ty of Rome, spoke on t h e Hebrew and Or thodox Chr is t ian wor ld ; Prof. Gabrielli t r e a t e d Is lamism and t h e methods to b e adopted for t h e conversion of t h e followers of M o h a m m e d ; Prof. Giordani spoke on t h e spread of P r o t e s t a n t i s m th roughou t t h e wor ld ; Mons. Borghino, t h e re lat ions between Catholic Action a n d Missionary Act ion. Mons. Vezzulli spoke of t h e Universa l Motherhood of the Church , while t h e missiona r y organizat ion of t h e Church w a s outlined by t w o competent speakers , Mons. Bar toocet t i , f o rmer Minutante of t h e Sacred Congregat ion of P r o p a g a n d a Fide, and Mons. Zanet t i , Na t iona l Director of t h e F a i t h in I t a ly .

A series of se rmons was given t o the la i ty in t h e Cathedra l of

. B a r i and included t h e following subjec ts , t h e dut ies of Catholics toward t h e Missions, Our Blessed Mothe r and t h e Missions, and t h e Miss ionary and t h e Euchar i s t .

A complete record of t h e Congress and t h e full t ex t of t h e conferences is t o be published by t h e Missionary Union. (Fides)

London.—Twelve members of t h e Hie ra rchy in England, Scotland and Wales s igned "An Appeal t o t h e N a t i o n s " issued th i s week b y t h e Chr i s t i an Pro tes t Movem e n t aga ins t racial and religious persecut ion. T h e appeal r e ads :

' 'The Chr i s t i an Pro tes t Movem e n t (non-political and non-sect a r i a n ) makes a s t r ong appeal to all governments wi th in t h e comity of na t ions , w h e t h e r inside or outside t h e League of Nat ions , to g r a n t t h e fullest measu re of racial and religious freedom to all subj ec t s .

"The presen t unres t in the world can only be effectively dealt w i th by the application of Chris t i an principles, and noth ing would do more for t h e cause of in ternat ional a m i t y and goodwill t h a n a declarat ion by all t h e Powers, t h r o u g h the i r accredited Ambassadors , of t he i r readiness to respond to t h i s appeal . "

Leaders of numerous religious bodies endorse t h e appeal. The Catholic s ignator ies a r e t h e Archbishops of Wes tmins te r , Birmingh a m and Cardiff, and t h e Bishops of Aberdeen, Brentwood, Dunkeld, Galloway, Leeds , Nor thampton , N o t t i n g h a m , Salford and Shrewsbu ry . (N.C.W.C.)

C O N T E M P L A T I V E L I F E IN MISSION L A N D S .

R A P I D I N C R E A S E MARKED.

P L A N S TO A V E R T ANTI-C H U R C H RIOTS.

Engl ish Town on t h e Aler t . London. — Tak ing a w a r n i n g

from ant i-Cathol ic clashes in o t h e r cities, a commi t tee of t h e No t t i ng h a m city council h a s d rawn up re gulat ions designed to prevent p ro vocative conduct .

If the council accepts t h e n e w by-laws, i t will be an offense t o loiter nea r a church t o t he annoyance or obs t ruc t ion of persons going to, a t t end ing , or r e t u r n i n g from a service t he r e .

Penal t ies a r e provided aga ins t persons who use any t h r ea t en ing , abusive o r insul t ing language in t h e hea r i ng of anyone in a publ ic s t r ee t .

Ano the r by-law would forbid anyone to p lay o r sound any mus i* cal i n s t r u m e n t o r s ing in a public place wi th in 100 ya rds of a church w h e r e a service is in p rogress if a n y annoyance is caused to t h o s e in t h e c h u r c h . (N.C.W.C.)

Rome.—The l is t of foundations of s t r ic t ly cloistered religious communi t ies in mission lands is const an t l y lengthening . A t present t h e r e a r e 128 reques t s from mission Ordinar ies for t h e foundation of cloistered convents in the i r t e r r i to r i e s . T h e s e reques t s come from wide sca t t e red sectors of t h e mission field; f rom Bengal, N a g p u r and Mysore, f rom Kenya Colony and t h e Indian Ocean Islands, from Borneo in t h e E a s t Indies and from Dutch Guiana in South America.

In places where foundations have a l ready been m a d e new convents a r e being establ ished. On t h e Island of Ceylon, t h e Rosar ians of Ceylon, a na t ive communi ty leading a s t r ic t ly cloistered life based on t h a t of the Trappis t s , recent ly s t a r t ed a second foundation in t h e h e a r t of the j ung l e a t Madhu. The Trapp is t s of Hakoda te , Japan , r e cently began a new monas te ry in sou the rn J a p a n while the Trappis-t ines of t h e Monas te ry of Our Lady of t h e Angels , Yunogawa. have opened a second communi ty a t Osaka. The Benedictines have well es tabl ished monaster ies in China, South America , Africa and Aus t ra l ia . Carmel i t e monas ter ies were begun recent ly in Papua and the Belgian Congo, while two new monas te r ies will be opened soon in Ceylon.

I t is in t e res t ing to note t h a t t h e closed land of Tibet is being ap proached from two different points by monks from Switzerland. On t h e Chinese borders , t he Canons from t h e Grand Saint Bernard Monas tery have secured permission to erect a hospice for t ravellers in one of t h e mountain passes. On t h e Indian front ier of the same count ry pioneers from the Abbey of St . Maurice of Agaune a re prepa r ing to found a similar hospice.

(Fides)

TORCHLIGHT PROCESSION AT LOURDES.

NOTED J E W I S H W R I T E R I M P R E S S E D .

(By George Barnard . ) London.—Louis Golding, cele

bra ted Jewish au thor , had been vis t ing Lourdes. H e has come back g rea t ly impressed.

In t h e Universe, Catholic newspaper here, he admi t s t h a t h is first impression was disappoint ing.

"In t h a t s t rong afternoon l ight ," he says, "Lourdes seemed not a place for spir i tual pi lgr image so much as a marke t for symbols of religion. T h e whole place was one vas t caravansera i of stalls wi th l i t t le s t a tues , rosar ies , medals , ga r i sh pos tca rds ; more s ta tues , more rosar ies ."

Disappointment remained dur ing t h e evening devotions, when t h e basilica was i l luminated. The only comment he could make w a s : "Yes how admirably s t age-managed!"

But the torchl ight procession a t n igh t opened his eyes and revealed to h im the m y s t e r y of Lourdes , a s he sees it.

" E a c h of t h e 20,000 pi lgrims t h a t n igh t . . . held in his hand a blue-and-white candle, shielded by a sor t of paper l an te rn . All s ang in one endless ref ra in t h e two sole words of 'Ave, Mar ia . . . Ave, M a r i a / till t h e y seemed to become not t h e voice of an an ima te mul t i t ude bu t t h e voice of r iver and t r ee s . . .

"Then, l i s tening closer, you heard deeper. Th i s was no voice of cold, r iver and dead t r ees . Th i s was t h e voice of men and women cracked w i th hea r tb reak , l i t t le sea-mas te r s , grocers , carpenters , t inkers . They ceased t o have creed and r ace ; you also, f rom wha t eve r land o r people you had wandered here , were a pi lgr im a t t h e shr ine of Mystery , for t h e r e all men a re one man. You bowed your head ."

(N.C.W.C.)

A W o m a n ' s Message F r o m Manitoba.

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"Then I began Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and after taking only six boxes

[ I am now as well and strong as ever." For climatic reasons Dr. Williams'

Pink Pills are sold throughout the Far East in hermetically sealed glass bottles. Of chemists everywhere.

BAVARIANS CROSS FRONTIER TO ATTNED MASS.

P r a g u e , Aug . 26.—It is reported f rom t h e Czechoslovak-Bavarian boundar ies t h a t t h e German front i e r gua rds have been strengthened and the i r vigilance increased in view of t h e fact t h a t many Bavar i a n Catholics crossed the Czechoslovak boundar ies on Sundays and Holy Days to a t t end undisturbed t h e religious services.

Th is pract ice, i t is reported, has been stopped by t h e German author i t ies who have forbade Bavarian Catholics to a t t e n d religious services in t h e neighbouring State. (N.C.W.C.

F R A N C I S C A N F A T H E R S IN MOROCCO.

PROGRAMME OF CONFRATERNITY OF CHRISTIAN

DOCTRINE.

Wash ing ton—In accordance wi th author izat ion given a t t he annual meet ing of the Bishops, l a s \ fall, a nat ional cent re of t he Confratern i ty of Chr i s t i an Doctr ine has been established a t the headquart e r s of t h e Nat ional Catholic Welfare Conference in Washing ton , j D.C., wi th Miss Marian Marks as J secretary .

The p r o g r a m m e contemplated by the Bishops ' commit tee contem- j plates four major activit ies, as follows: (1) Religious ins t ruct ion

I for Catholic children in public ele-J men t a ry schools—either t h rough I t he Vacation Schools or by means

of year round ins t ruc t ion ; (2) Ins t ruct ion for Catholic s tuden ts in public h igh schools by means of religious s tudy clubs or o the r approved m e t h o d s ; (3) Religious s tudy clubs for a d u l t s ; (4) The enlisting of pa ren t s to teach religion to the i r children sys temat ically in the i r homes. (Lumen— The L a m p ) .

BISHOP BAPTIZES HIS CHAUFF E U R ' S 7TH CHILD.

Par is .—The Most Rev. Pierre : Gerlier, Bishop of Tarbes et Lour-; des, in his pr iva te chapel, officiated

a t the bapt i sm of t he seventh child of his chauffeur, Claudius

| Antonius . He also stood as godfather .

M. Antonius , t he fa ther , was the e ighteenth child of his paren ts .

(N.C.W.C.)

Book Embodies Their Work.

Raba t , Morocco.—In the i r new book, La Vie Catholique au Maroe, t h e F r i a r s Minor present an interes t ing pic ture of t he i r work in the Vicar ia te Apostolic of Morocco. It is really an a lbum for most of the s to ry is told by pic tures and stat is t ics .

In his introduction, the Rev. Sylves t re Chauleur , O.F.M., gives a sketch of t h e work of the Franciscans in Morocco since 1220, when St . F ranc i s of Assisi decided to unde r t ake a g r ea t campaign of mercy a m o n g t h e Saracens.

According to s ta t i s t ics furnished by t h e Vicar ia te Apostolic of Raba t , t h e r e a r e 87 pr ies ts in Morocco, 64 of whom are Franciscans. T h e clergy a r e assisted in their work by 19 Franciscan Brothers, 25 Chr i s t i an Bro thers and 261 Sis te rs m e m b e r s of various teaching or nu r s ing Congregations. In 1S08 the re were only five churches in Morocco. Today there are 158 places of worship , e i ther completed, under construction or temporary . The five schools have increased to 30 and a re attended by 3,064 pupils .

In 1908 t h e r e was no hospital of any sor t es tabl ished in Morocco. Today the re a r e th ree hospitals, six nurser ies , five orphanages, and a number of clinics, dispensaries and social cent res , for the care of Europeans . There are 41 of these ins t i tu t ions , including two matern i ty homes and a leper colony, for t h e care of Moroccans. In the last yea r one hospital has cared for 11.148 pa t i en t s .

Morocco also has i ts Catholic Action association, organized into four groups for men, women, young men and young women, and various commit tees which promote s tudy clubs, motion picture halls, and labour conferences.

Morocco also has its Catholic P ress . Maroc Catholique is tne official diocesan publication.

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DEMOCRACY OR DICTATORSHIP (Continued from page 1)

F I R S T C A T H O L I C A C T I O N C O N G R E S S we call d ic ta torship, was derived primarily from reaction aga ins t t h e idea of democracy, bu t r a t h e r against t h e const i tut ional a r r ange ments which were designed dur ing the post-war period.

Dictatorship seduces many minds . It is apparent ly so simple. Disorder rages in a count ry , par t ies are quarrelling, anti-social doctrines th rea ten the nat ion, communism is spread ing ; it d i s turbs t h e community, paralyses bus iness ; t h e regular public powers seem inefficient; ca tas t rophe is coming. A man, a group appears , adventurers who have no th ing to lose and everything to gain. Spr inging out of the popular classes, they br ing with them many of t h e i r associates, and boldness multiplies the i r strength. A nat ional doctrine is devised which promises t h e g rea t ness of t he country , universal happiness th rough common obedience to an au thor i ty which may ask for sacrifices bu t will pledge contentment to all. Natura l ly , youth which suffers more par t icularly from the crisis, is enlisted.

W H Y SUCCESSFUL. Youth needs hopes, unlimited

ideals, enthusiasm. I t is dar ing, aggressive. I t supplies t h e regi- j mcnts of t h e new pa r ty , prepared j to fight if necessary. The first I success being achieved, t he sono- j rous speeches, the fighting tone create t h e legend of a providential | saviour. And the country gives I way. The opposing voices become j silent, t he more so because they ! are forcibly closed and t h e miracle j of national uni ty is realised. Deportations a re made, concentration camps a re t he r e to main ta in the union of souls and of hea r t s , j Order prevails and wi th it admira- \ tion.

Is t he re any th ing in it to seduce

such confiscation of minds , of those of you th specially by t h e Sta ts , a un i ty which is t h e product oi subserviency, a nat ional ism which makes Sta te selfishness a sacred principle?

If we believe tha t t h e S ta t e is made for men and not men for t h e State, if we claim t h e super ior i ty of t h e human , if we claim for God and for t h e Church t h e leadership of t h e souls, can we applaud a system which is the s t r a i g h t negation of all our principles? Moreover, can dictatorship be a stable, safe and reliable reg ime when it gress.

(Continued from page 6) SOLEMN PONTIFICAL MASS AT

TUNGKADOO. A formal closing session from 10

o'clock till naon on the last day arid an impressive Eucharistic procession in which approximately 3,000 persons marched in the evening featured the eighth and final day of the First National Catholic Action Congress.

At 5.30 Sunday morning as was usual throughout the week, the delegates assisted at Mass and received Holy Communion. At 8 o'clock they attended, in a body the Solemn Pontifical Mass sung by Bishop Liu, Vicar Ap. of Fenyang, Shansi, at St. Xavier's Church. Tung-kadoo, in presence of all but a few of the 25 prelates taking part, in the Con-

US? Shall we forget t radi t ion and history? Could t h e spasmodic experiments of to-day wipe out t h e | lessons of t h e p a s t ? Which of j these reg iments appeals to us ? Is j i f the d ic ta torship of bolshevik j Russia or of Turkey ? Is i t t h a t of j Spain which has led t h e count ry to • sterile agi ta t ion and a painful | religious persecution ? Is i t present -day Germany, t h e resul t and product of national decomposition, of economic, moral and spir i tual collapse of t h e nat ion, wi th t h e weapons of violence and s t rang l ing of all liberties, of all independent thoughts, and hav ing for i ts a im an exasperated racism, a r e t u r n to Teutonic imperialism, t o "Deutsch-land uber alles ?" Is it t h e I tal ian dictatorship praised to-day by admirers of a man w h o was despised by them a few yea r s ago? Doubtless t h e work of Mussolini is considerable, bu t can we accept

res ts on t h e fortune and t h e life of or.e man which is a lways subject to contingencies and r i s k s ?

W H A T WE N E E D . Political freedom gua ran t ee s t h e

respect of minorit ies as^ well as the control by majori ty . * I t gives minorit ies t h e r igh t t o dissent from the doctrines of t h e present rulers, t o t r y to p ropaga te the i r own views and to become t h e majori ty if they can persuade a I

I sufficient number of ci t izens. If i I we believe in political freedom, we i | must asser t it, we mus t be careful j with regard to t he t r end of t h e i present-day legislation which seems | to give up i ts charac te r of protect- j | iv.g t h e individual, and to ass ign to | i the S ta t e a pa r t which has no j j longer a n y t h i n g in common wi th I ! the conception of individual l iberty, j

We wan t a civilisation which I j guaran tees the supremacy of I I human person over any o the r value I or any necessity. W e wan t a i society which respects and pro tec t s ! the t r u e foundations of m a n ; his j family, h is country, h is occupation. | We wan t political and economical j ins t i tut ions a t t he service of h u m a n • personality. We wan t t h e sup-: pression of S ta te act ivi t ies which

destroy t h e freedom and t h e responsibility of men. W e wan t the S ta t e to resume i ts real function, namely, adminis t ra t ion and just ice. We want a society t h a t

| will gua ran t ee each of i t s member s the necessary requi rements of life.

Moira proved a real prophet , for slowly bu t surely the spi r i t of ir-religion and the demon of selfishness and discontent vanished from Richard Russell 's home, and in their s tead stole in a g r e a t love of t he Sacred Hear t and devotion to Mary, Queen of t h e Rosary .

Richard Russell 's young people call Aunt ie Moira the angel of t h e household, and it is to h e r t hey come with all the i r confidences and small woes. Maureen h a s long since been voted by t h e Rrsse l l family a p r ime favouri te . The boys call he r a real t r u m p , and the girls describe her as a charming discovery in t he form of a cousin.

The auditorium of St. Joseph's Hospice, Nantao, was filled at 10.00 o'clock with delegates and an expectant throng of visitors. On thz platiorm, ablaze with light, were ranged the Bishops and Prefects Apostolic in festive regalia. To the right of Archbishop Zanin sat H. E. Mr. H. H. Kung, Minister .of Finance; to his lef; Mr Pang Hsue-pai, of the Executive Yuan, representing H. E. Mr. Lin Sen, Beside Mr. P'ang was Mayor Wu Te-chen of Shanghai. Mr. Lo Pa-hong, National President of Catholic Action, and Mr. Lo Teh-chai, National Vice-President, appeared in their uniforms and decorations as Commander and Knight, respectively, of the Order of St. Silvester.

Letter to Pope The session opened with the reading

of a letter for Pope Pius XI in which the Congress detailed the ground covered in its deliberations and the results secured. The letter will be published in the near future.

The official chairman of the Congress, H. E. Archbishop Zanin, gave an address in Latin which was at once translated by Dr. Yu Pin.

Mr. P'ang Hsue-pai next read a letter from H. E. Lin Sen.

H. E. Mr. H. H. Kung addressed the Congress, speaking for approximately 15 minutes in a cordial manner that was greatly appreciated.

Mr. Lo Pa-hong. National President, and Rev. Dr. Yu Pin, General Director, then spoke, the latter giving a brief resume of the work accomplished by the Congress. A delegate from Singapore, speaking in the name of the delegate body, thanked in turn all concerned for j the kindness and help received. The j Congerss then solemnly adjourned with | prayer, and several group photographs ; were taken to commemorate the I historic occasion.

Procession at Siccawei The procession at Siccawei began at

about five o'clock and was an imposing :

manifestation of devotion 'o Christ in the Eucharist, one of the cardinal

doctrines of the Catholic Church. To the accompaniment of prayers and hymns, the long files passed solemnly from St. Ignatius Church along the

. gaily draped and decorated road to the Seminary and back again, the entire ceremony lasting about one hour and a half. Following the cross came small girls and boys wearing the insignia of the Eucharistic crusade. About 1,000 in number, they were divided into, at least 25 groups, each wearing the uniform of the school it represented.

From five to six hundred uniformed | students from academies and middle ; schools came next, and were foPowed i by about 50 Marist Brothers. Close to ; 100 seminarists and about 150 priests,

all garbed in black cassock with white I surplice, came next, After them appear-; ed the long line of purple-robed prelates, j flanked by seminarists. Numbers of ; you^g acolytes dressed in fori ght red | cassocks bore, some of them thuribles

and incense, others baskets of flower petals and fragrant herbs which they strewed in the path of the Blessed Sacrament, which followed immediately after, carried aloft by the Papal Delegate, Archbishop Zanin.

The National Officers of Catholic Action and eminent Shanghai Catholics were grouped about the Delegate, some of them helping to bear the canopy. Next in line came the Congress Delegates and members of the various Catholic Action Associations of Shanghai, in all about 200 men and 150 women. Various Orders of nuns, e .ch in its characteristic garb, and totaling approximately 200 individuals, appeared in their wake, in the following order: Meres Auxiliatrices, Francican Missionaries of Mary, Little Sisters of the Poor, Loretto Sisters, Daughters of Charity, and Nuns of the Presentation. Several hundreds of men and women brought up the rear.

Along the route numbers of police, assisted by boy scouts, preserved order. At a richly decorated altar erected at the entrance to the Seminary a pause was made as Benediction was given. The varicoloured groups spread over the campus in orderly arrangement made an impressive picture. The Benediction over, the files reformed and the procession slowly made its way back to the Church, hymns and prayers continuing en route. Benediction in the Church concluded the ceremony and also marked the official termination of the National Catholic Congress, another milestone in the hallowed history of the Catholic Church in China.

While the procession was in progress, several thousands of spectators thronged the environs of the Church and Seminary grounds and lined the route of march. Siccawei has seen few more imposing manifestations of faith and devotion to the Eucharist.

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OUR SHORT STORY (Continued from page 13)

And his eyes wandered to t h e image of t h e Sacred Heart , wi th a crimson lamp glowing softly before it.

Then when Moira came in, w h a t a wonderful welcome she accorded him, despite his coldness and neglect ; and how simply she told him of all t h e p raye r s she had said for his welfare. " But, Richard, it doesn't surpr i se me tha t the l i t t le pearl rosary was t h e moans of re unit ing us once again. I said so many rounds of it for you t h a t I feel confident Our Lady of t h e Rosary b rough t you safelv back to me."

" I want you to come across t o my home, Moira," Richard Russell said gently. " I am a very wea l thy man, and I am anxious to m a k e up to you for the pas t . "

Moira d a n c e d around her t i n y room with a l ingering look. " I have never had much of t h i s world's goods," she said softly, "par t i cu la r ly since I marr ied poor Jack McDonald. We were wred j but one brief year when he -cMed, j and educa te ; but , thank God, I i have always been contented, and I leaving me Maureen to br ing up never wanted. You Rich . "

I she went on, "any home th^ t is I consecrated to the Sacred H e a r t ! is sure to wea the r every s torm, I because it is protected by God

Himself. Is your home consecrat-I ed, Rich," she queried softly, j The t e a r s rushed to t he erreat

magna te ' s eyes. "No, Moira, n o , " he answered quickly; "mine is no t a happy h o m e ; religion is com-

| pletely absen t from it. My wife j lived wi thout religion, and died

wi thout it, and all my children have followed her example. There is a g rea t work wai t ing you in m y home, Moira, if you will only -ome to my ass i s tance ."

She glanced around t h e t i n y room, then raised he r eyes to t h e a l ta r of t h e Sacred Hear t . " I ' l l come. Rich," she said quietly, "and we'll begin by hav ing t h e home consecrated to t h e Sacred Hea r t , and the Rosary recited each evening."

" J u s t a s you th ink best, Mcira ," he said. " I know you'll br ing t h e blessing of God with you."

" Well, Rich, t h e home t h a t is consecrated to t he Sacred H e a r t and has t h e Rosary recited in i t each evening, h a s noth ing to f ea r ; God and His Mother guard and guide i t . "


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questions on religious dogmas or standards of moral conduct. Such questions must be put in good faith with a view to obviating any dubiety or adjusting any inaccuracy in pertinent matters of faith or morals. All questions must be accompanied by the nemes and addresses of questioners, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. The Editor reserves the right to reject any question, which in his opinion, may appear trivial or frivolous;.]

Q. Can a Catholic be a Comm u n i s t ?

A. No. Communism is a theory of s t a t ec ra f t which is based on principles in direct contradict ion t o Cathol ic ism.

: Communism is based on t h e t h e o r y of M a r x and Enge l s , t h e t w o p rophe t s of communism ' s gospel. I t is "dialect ical ma te r i a l i s m : " t h e s t a t e m e n t t h a t all t h a t ex i s t s is m a t t e r , and t h a t t h e s t a t e m u s t ca r ry t h i s principle t o i t s ult i m a t e logical conclusion. Since all t h a t exis ts is m a t t e r then t h e r e i s no God, m a n h a s no soul, t h e r e i s no hereaf te r . Hence conscience a n d religion a r e illusions t o be overcome; so l ikewise t h e existence of inalienable r i g h t s of t h e individual and t h e fami ly a r e absurd metaphys ica l d r e a m s which m u s t be dispelled. I t is one of t h e main purposes of t h e Soviet t o des t roy t h e idea of t h e family, t h a t is , t h e sacredness and pe rmanency of t h e union between m a n and wife, and t h e idea of a u t h o r i t y of pa ren t s over t h e i r offspr ing; and t o subs t i tu t e in i t s steady t h e idea of t h e comm u n i t y , i.e., t h e S t a t e , a s t h e end and purpose of t h e exis tence of t h e individual. E x a c t l y a s t h e animal i s for t h e herd , t h e dog for t h e pack, the bee for t h e swarm, so each m a n is for t h e communi ty . H e can have no r i g h t s or possessions except w h a t t h e communi ty gives h im, for t h e communi ty is t h e source a s well a s t h e end of all he is and h a s . T h e to ta l i ty of h is value lies in his be ing one uni t of t h e communi ty . T h e communi ty itself does not possess r i g h t s i n t h e old bourgeois capital is t ic , sp i r i tual s e n s e ; t h a t is , a s a sor t of metaphysc ia l qual i ty based upon abs t r ac t , immate r i a l jus t ice . All t h e communi ty does for itself is " j u s t . " In t h e beehives the bees do not a r g u e about t h e abs t r ac t jus t i ce of t h e i r regula t ions in t he h i v e s ; t h e y j u s t kill t h e drones when t h e y a r e of no more use t o t h e i r communi ty . The drone has no r i gh t aga ins t t h e hive, so no m a n has a r i g h t aga ins t t he S t a t e ; a n d t h e S t a t e itself h a s only power, fo r power and r i g h t a r e identical, and t h e not ion of r i g h t m u s t be shorn of t h e s tupid addi t ions which give it an e te rna l sanc t ion—as if, in fact, t h e r e were a God, and a life he reaf te r . W h e n m a n will only live as t h e an imal does, he will be much happ ie r t h a n w i th all h is outworn rel igious metaphysica l notions. Le t him live for t h e communi ty and t h e communi ty will look a f te r him, and give h im t h e p roper s h a r e of all good t h i n g s of t h e e a r t h .

T h a t is a p ic ture of t h e Communis t ic thes i s . I t is all perfect logic and shee r commonsense , of course, if m a n is only m a t t e r , if t h e r e be no God, soul or hereaf te r . I t is a lso t h e exac t contradict ion of t h e t r u t h , b o t h n a t u r a l and revealed.

T h e t r u t h is t h a t m a n is not m a d e for t h e communi ty , b u t t h e ^ w i m i i n i t v ex i s t s for m a n . Each

j individual is made by God to be | happy wi th God for all e terni ty , I hence each m a n h a s dut ies and

r i g h t s which no S t a t e h a s given h im and no S t a t e can t ake away. The group consis t ing of husband, wife and chi ld—that is t h e family — t a k e s precedence of any S ta t e in fundamental r i g h t s , for it is t he direct expression of t h e Will of the Crea tor , and all law, and all duty and r ight , a re der ived ul t imately from t h a t Divine Will alone.

All men are by n a t u r e equa l ; and any superior i ty of m a n over man, any control of a m a n ' s act ions by ano the r man, is derived from God's will and not f rom t h e will of t h e Communi ty . T h e will of t h e commun i ty is only law when it respects t h e r i g h t s of t h e individual and family, and is for t h e good on ea r th and hereaf te r of t h e member s composing t h a t communi ty .

No one denies t h a t in t h e so-called capital ist ic s t a t e s m a n y gr ievous abuses exis t , which cry out for removal ; no one denies t h a t in communist ic s t a t e s , a s in t h e Soviet, Turkey, or Mexico, some abuses of the Capi ta l i s t s t a t e s have been removed, and some legislation passed which would tend towards t h e g r ea t e r t empora l welfare of i t s m e m b e r s and m i g h t there fore even be adopted by Capital is t ic s ta tes .

All t h i s leaves untouched t h e fact t h a t Communism as a sys tem is radically evil, and works out t o t h e disaster , bo th temporal and e ternal , of t hose w h o live by i t . I t degrades m a n below t h e level of s lavery, and t r a m p l e s upon h i s mos t sacred r i g h t s ; if a t least a t t e m p t s to b r ing h im t o t h e level of t h e beas t . T h e bloodshed, t h e fa mine and t h e s lavery in Russia , show to wha t dep th of mise ry t h e pract ice of Communism can b r i n g a people. T h e r e a r e s igns , however, t h a t h u m a n n a t u r e even in Russ ia is r evo l t ing aga ins t t h e t y r a n n y of Communism, and we m a y hope t h a t w h e n t h e orgy of fanat ic ism is passed and sani ty re igns again, t h e fo rmer abuses of Czar ism will no t r e t u r n ; and t h a t t h e new legislation, a s f a r as i t is beneficent, will r e m a i n ; and t h u s a t long last t h a t much to r tu red coun t ry may possess some measure of l iberty, p rospe r i ty and peace.

(F rom t h e Cathol ic Gaze t t e ) .

MISSIONARIES CARING F O R 25,000 L E P E R S .

o Lack of F u n d s L imi t Act ivi t ies .

Rome. — Cathol ic missionar ies I care for approx imate ly 25,000 I lepers in va r ious p a r t s of t h e

world. In t h e 127 organised asy-j lums directed b y missionar ies | t h e r e are some 14,000 inmates , I while almost a s m a n y again r e -! ceive help and t r e a t m e n t a t Ca tho-j lie miss ionary d ispensar ies .

Africa leads in t h i s field of Catholic char i ty w i th 59 asy lums and 5,558 lepers d i rect ly under t h e care of miss ionar ies . India, Ceylon and B u r m a a r e nex t wi th 13 asy lums and 2,330 lepers. Indo-China has 11 a sy lums and 2,226 inmates . T h e is lands of t h e Paci fic, China, Amer ica , Japan and Nether land E a s t Indies follow in t h i s order.

Heads of miss ionary ins t i tu tes , par t icular ly of ins t i tu tes of Sist e r s , say t h a t hundreds of t h e i r members have expressed the des i re to work a m o n g lepers. Only a privileged few, however, can actual ly engage in t h e work, owing to t h e l imi ta t ions placed on leper-relief act ivi t ies b y lack of funds.

Readers of Archbishop Goodier 's books on the life of Our Blessed Lord will welcome a ha rmony of t h e Gospels t h a t he has published under t h e t i t le of The Word Incarn a t e (B.O. & W., 5s.)

Based on t h e well-known work of Tischendorf, th i s l i t t le book is d rawn up pr imari ly to ass is t s tudents of the a u t h o r ' s l a rger works on the Public Life and t h e Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Chris t , when they wish to medit a t e on t h e t r u t h s presented therein. I t is t h u s admirably sui ted to those who m a k e the i r medi ta t ion ar ise out of t he i r spir i tual reading, a l though it will sui t o the r methods as well. I t should also be useful to those who a re under t ak ing a sys temat ic s tudy of t h e Life of Chris t .

The book is a r r anged in four pa r t s , concerned respectively with t h e T h i r t y Yea r s of Our Lord 's Hidden Life, t h e Public Life, t he Passion, and t h e Risen Life. The first of these, which corresponds to no published book of t h e author , is clearly inser ted to make the " h a r m o n y " complete, bu t t h e arr angement s in to p a r t s enables the res t of t h e work to be divided into sections corresponding wi th those in t h e au tho r ' s l a rger works .

W h e r e t h e r e a re parallel passages, these a r e given, one af ter t he o ther , and t hen followed by a harmonized t ex t , embodying the whole subs tance of t h e passages concerned. T h e resul t is a composite na r ra t ive , a lmost ent i rely in the words of t h e Gospels themselves.

The format of t h e book is att rac t ive , and i t s size convenient.

* * * * * T h e Nine F i r s t F r idavs , by a

secular pr .est (B.O. & W.~ 3s. 6d.) is a well reasoned and close s tudy of t h e "Grea t P romise" made to St . Marga re t Mary Alacoque. Eve ry aspect of t h e cer ta inly se

r ious problem is faced with courage and learning. The various texts of t h e P romise a re reproduced— t h o u g h seemingly from the printed sources—and carefully analysed; t h e au then t i c i ty of t h e Promise! i t s theological soundness, its meaning and i t s use a r e discussed in t u r n .

The a u t h o r is in favour of the mos t l i teral in terpre ta t ion of the words , and t h e case he puts forw a r d is a s t rong one. The order of t r e a t m e n t will not altogether appeal to everyone. The argum e n t for t h e theological soundness would seem be t t e r placed after the s tudy of t h e actual words and their mean ing . B u t as t h a t chapter deals mainly wi th t h e external evidence for "soundness ," the author m a y be justified in t he order he h a s chosen.

T h e book mus t certainly be reckoned wi th in any future discussions.

P R I E S T , B E N E F A C T O R OF W A R - S T R I C K E N CHILDREN.

D I E S .

A n t w e r p . — Canon Valvekens, d is t iguished benefactor of war-s t r icken Hunga r i an children, has died here a t t h e age of 78.

T h e dea th of Canon Valvekens recalls t h e work of Cardinal Mer-cier on behalf of Hungar ian childr e n who, a s innocent victims of t h e war , suffered g r e a t distress in t h e yea rs immediately following t h e end of t h e World Conflict. This work was under taken by the Cardinal a t t he suggestion of Canon Valvekens. The noted priest w a s placed in charge of the projec t which aided Hungar i an children for m a n y yea r s . Through Canon Valvekens ' efforts thousands of H u n g a r i a n children were b rough t to F landers and reared and educated by Flemish families.

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MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY,* 12th OCTOBER, 1»35. 17

SPORTS NOTES CATHOLICS IN THE LIMELIGHT

(By Our Own Correspondent . )

HOCKEY.

' C O L T S ' IN GOOD FORM The Singapore Colts have cer

tainly got t o g e t h e r a splendid Hockey side th i s season and have done exceptionally well t h u s far . They have t h e services of t he following very capable p layers who are Catholics, viz., H . Valberg, S. Skadian, L. Reutens , C. Schelkis, M. Valberg, N. H a y and J . Reutens . They defeated t h e Medical College last week by t h r e e clear goals.

HOLY INNOCENTS ENGLISH SCHOOL.

T h e second team of t h e H. I. E . School played two matches , last Wednesday and Fr iday , and both were drawn games. T h e first was on the home ground and it was aga ins t the Holy Innocents Chinese Boys ' 1st eleven, and resulted in a goal-less draw.

On t h e 4 th ins tant , t he same t e a m visited the Serangoon English School ground to play agains t t he i r 1st eleven. I t was a ding-dong affair, both t e a m s being

S.R.C. HOCKEY T E A M TROUNCE i **ually matched, the bail t ravell ing from one end to the other . Both NAVY S I D E .

The S.R.C. Hockey t e a m whipped a Navy side by 9 goals to 2. Appearing for t h e Recs. w e r e : O. Aeria in goal, M a t t h e w s (left half), N. Sullivan, J . S. de Souza, G. Valberg and P . d'Almeida, (forwards) .

* * * * MALACCA HOCKEY.

Chosen t o t a k e p a r t in t he Malacca Hockey t r ia ls a r e Dr. V. Xavier, P . F . de Souza, M. Toledo, H. M. de Souza, R. Leon, W. Rogers, C. A. de Vries , F . M. Theseira, O. Carvalho, C. G. Rodri-gues and J . Carvalho.

sides came near to scoring, but when the whistle blew for full t ime, t h e score sheet was blank.

BOXING. Joe Mendiola, who was expected

to t rounce Weber a t t h e Olympic S t a d i u m only managed to earn a points victory by a poor marg in . He appeared to ca r ry too much we igh t and consequently w a s not h is na tu ra l self. He also possessed ve ry scant s tamina.

SOCCER. o

THOMSON C U P ' COMPETITION. St. John ' s Ins t i tu t ion of Kuala

jLumpur wen t down in defeat before the V.I. in t h e final of t h e Thomson Cup Competi t ion. Wi th one of the i r s t a r p layers in hospital their chances were severely handicapped bu t t hey gave a very good account of themselves and had j u s t as many oppor tuni t ies to win as their opponents. Bad finish ruined all their hopes however and our sympathies a re w i th t h e m .

RUGBY Gerald Pinto, full back for t h e

Negri—Malacca Rugby xv played t h e " bes t game of h i s life " las t S a t u r d a y aga ins t Selangor says t h e Seremban Correspondent of t h e S t r a i t s Times. " Negr i Malacca " i t seems, would have lost had i t not been for P in to . He convert e d from an acute angle on t h e half w a y line. I t was a superb kick and amazed both spec ta to r s and p layers . In t h e second half h e aga in converted from a difficult angle . He tackled well t h r o u g h ou t while his tough—finding under p r e s s u r e was a f ea tu re of t h e g a m e . " (S. Times.)

SHOE CO., LTD. S I N G A P O R E

TIGERS in SPOUT

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A N N U A L R I F L E M E E T I N G .

The annual rifle mee t ing of D. Coy. (Euras i an ) was held a t Bukit Timah Range last Sunday. The members of the Machine Gun Coy. also took pa r t .

The Champion Shot, winner of the Grand Aggregate , w a s L 'Sgt . A. Pere i ra .

The winner of the C Class agg rega te wras P te . A. G. Valberg.

The winner of the 200 yds. delibera te A Class, scratch, was 2 /L t . F . Grosse.

The handicap winner was Pte . E. F . de Silva.

In the B Class, handicap, Sgt. D. Siddons was 2nd.

P te . I. Rodrigues was 2nd in the C Class.

L /Corp . A. Gomes was runner-up i r t he 200 yds. Rapid Shooting, A Class.

In the B Class Pte . E . J . Skading was t h e winner.

P t e . R. Jacobs and P t e . P . de Silva were first and second in the C Class.

Sgt . J. Galistan took t h e Snap

Shooting, A Class, w i th 2 n d / L t . F . Grosse, second

In the B Class, Sgt . D. Siddons and P te . C. E. de Souza were winner and runner-up respectively.

P te . I. Richards , 1st and P t e . P . Consiglieri 2nd took t h e C Class.

The F i re and Movement A Class fell to P te . C. A. de Souza

Pte . A. C. de Silva was 1st and P t e . R. Jacobs 2nd in the C Class.

Sgt . L. C. Pennefa ther annexed 1st place in the 500 yds. del iberate A Class, Pte . W. de Roza was runner-up.

Pte . F . de Souza won the B Class with Pte . C. E. de Souza 2nd.

Pte . A. G. Valberg was 1st in t h e C Class.

T O P N O T C H E R S ' IN T E N N I S .

I t is pleasing to see t h e names of Shields of America , Boussus of F r ance and McGra th of Aus t ra l ia . Among t h e 1st t en of t he world 's lawn tennis r ank ings for 1935. A m o n g t h e first t en women appear t h e names of Mme. Mathieu of F rance , and Miss Ha r t i gan of Aust ra l ia .

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Q. Can a Catholic be a Comm u n i s t ?

A. No. Communism is a theory of s t a t ec ra f t which is based on principles in direct contradict ion t o Cathol ic ism.

: Communism is based on t h e t h e o r y of M a r x and Enge l s , t h e t w o p rophe t s of communism ' s gospel. I t is "dialect ical ma te r i a l i s m : " t h e s t a t e m e n t t h a t all t h a t ex i s t s is m a t t e r , and t h a t t h e s t a t e m u s t ca r ry t h i s principle t o i t s ult i m a t e logical conclusion. Since all t h a t exis ts is m a t t e r then t h e r e i s no God, m a n h a s no soul, t h e r e i s no hereaf te r . Hence conscience a n d religion a r e illusions t o be overcome; so l ikewise t h e existence of inalienable r i g h t s of t h e individual and t h e fami ly a r e absurd metaphys ica l d r e a m s which m u s t be dispelled. I t is one of t h e main purposes of t h e Soviet t o des t roy t h e idea of t h e family, t h a t is , t h e sacredness and pe rmanency of t h e union between m a n and wife, and t h e idea of a u t h o r i t y of pa ren t s over t h e i r offspr ing; and t o subs t i tu t e in i t s steady t h e idea of t h e comm u n i t y , i.e., t h e S t a t e , a s t h e end and purpose of t h e exis tence of t h e individual. E x a c t l y a s t h e animal i s for t h e herd , t h e dog for t h e pack, the bee for t h e swarm, so each m a n is for t h e communi ty . H e can have no r i g h t s or possessions except w h a t t h e communi ty gives h im, for t h e communi ty is t h e source a s well a s t h e end of all he is and h a s . T h e to ta l i ty of h is value lies in his be ing one uni t of t h e communi ty . T h e communi ty itself does not possess r i g h t s i n t h e old bourgeois capital is t ic , sp i r i tual s e n s e ; t h a t is , a s a sor t of metaphysc ia l qual i ty based upon abs t rac t , immate r i a l jus t ice . All t h e communi ty does for itself is " j u s t . " In t h e beehives the bees do not a r g u e about t h e abs t r ac t jus t i ce of t h e i r regula t ions in t he h i v e s ; t h e y j u s t kill t h e drones when t h e y a r e of no more use t o t h e i r communi ty . The drone has no r i gh t aga ins t t h e hive, so no m a n has a r i g h t aga ins t t he S t a t e ; a n d t h e S t a t e itself h a s only power, fo r power and r i g h t a r e identical, and t h e not ion of r i g h t m u s t be shorn of t h e s tupid addi t ions which give it an e te rna l sanc t ion—as if, in fact, t h e r e were a God, and a life he reaf te r . W h e n m a n will only live as t h e an imal does, he will be much happ ie r t h a n w i th all h is outworn rel igious metaphysica l notions. Le t him live for t h e communi ty and t h e communi ty will look a f te r him, and give h im t h e p roper s h a r e of all good t h i n g s of t h e e a r t h .

T h a t is a p ic ture of t h e Communis t ic thes i s . I t is all perfect logic and shee r commonsense , of course, if m a n is only m a t t e r , if t h e r e be no God, soul or hereaf te r . I t is a lso t h e exac t contradict ion of t h e t r u t h , b o t h n a t u r a l and revealed.

T h e t r u t h is t h a t m a n is not m a d e for t h e communi ty , b u t t h e ^ w i m i i n i t v ex i s t s for m a n . Each

j individual is made by God to be | happy wi th God for all e terni ty , I hence each m a n h a s dut ies and

r i g h t s which no S t a t e h a s given h im and no S t a t e can t ake away. The group consis t ing of husband, wife and chi ld—that is t h e family — t a k e s precedence of any S ta t e in fundamental r i g h t s , for it is t he direct expression of t h e Will of the Crea tor , and all law, and all duty and r ight , a re der ived ul t imately from t h a t Divine Will alone.

All men are by n a t u r e equa l ; and any superior i ty of m a n over man, any control of a m a n ' s act ions by ano the r man, is derived from God's will and not f rom t h e will of t h e Communi ty . T h e will of t h e commun i ty is only law when it respects t h e r i g h t s of t h e individual and family, and is for t h e good on ea r th and hereaf te r of t h e member s composing t h a t communi ty .

No one denies t h a t in t h e so-called capital ist ic s t a t e s m a n y gr ievous abuses exis t , which cry out for removal ; no one denies t h a t in communist ic s t a t e s , a s in t h e Soviet, Turkey, or Mexico, some abuses of the Capi ta l i s t s t a t e s have been removed, and some legislation passed which would tend towards t h e g r ea t e r t empora l welfare of i t s m e m b e r s and m i g h t there fore even be adopted by Capital is t ic s ta tes .

All t h i s leaves untouched t h e fact t h a t Communism as a sys tem is radically evil, and works out t o t h e disaster , bo th temporal and e ternal , of t hose w h o live by i t . I t degrades m a n below t h e level of s lavery, and t r a m p l e s upon h i s mos t sacred r i g h t s ; if a t least a t t e m p t s to b r ing h im t o t h e level of t h e beas t . T h e bloodshed, t h e fa mine and t h e s lavery in Russia , show to wha t dep th of mise ry t h e pract ice of Communism can b r i n g a people. T h e r e a r e s igns , however, t h a t h u m a n n a t u r e even in Russ ia is r evo l t ing aga ins t t h e t y r a n n y of Communism, and we m a y hope t h a t w h e n t h e orgy of fanat ic ism is passed and sani ty re igns again, t h e fo rmer abuses of Czar ism will no t r e t u r n ; and t h a t t h e new legislation, a s f a r as i t is beneficent, will r e m a i n ; and t h u s a t long last t h a t much to r tu red coun t ry may possess some measure of l iberty, p rospe r i ty and peace.

(F rom t h e Cathol ic Gaze t t e ) .

MISSIONARIES CARING F O R 25,000 L E P E R S .

o Lack of F u n d s L imi t Act ivi t ies .

Rome. — Cathol ic missionar ies I care for approx imate ly 25,000 I lepers in va r ious p a r t s of t h e

world. In t h e 127 organised asy-j lums directed b y missionar ies | t h e r e are some 14,000 inmates , I while almost a s m a n y again r e -! ceive help and t r e a t m e n t a t Ca tho-j lie miss ionary d ispensar ies .

Africa leads in t h i s field of Catholic char i ty w i th 59 asy lums and 5,558 lepers d i rect ly under t h e care of miss ionar ies . India, Ceylon and B u r m a a r e nex t wi th 13 asy lums and 2,330 lepers. Indo-China has 11 a sy lums and 2,226 inmates . T h e is lands of t h e Paci fic, China, Amer ica , Japan and Nether land E a s t Indies follow in t h i s order.

Heads of miss ionary ins t i tu tes , par t icular ly of ins t i tu tes of Sist e r s , say t h a t hundreds of t h e i r members have expressed the des i re to work a m o n g lepers. Only a privileged few, however, can actual ly engage in t h e work, owing to t h e l imi ta t ions placed on leper-relief act ivi t ies b y lack of funds.

Readers of Archbishop Goodier 's books on the life of Our Blessed Lord will welcome a ha rmony of t h e Gospels t h a t he has published under t h e t i t le of The Word Incarn a t e (B.O. & W., 5s.)

Based on t h e well-known work of Tischendorf, th i s l i t t le book is d rawn up pr imari ly to ass is t s tudents of the a u t h o r ' s l a rger works on the Public Life and t h e Passion and Death of Our Lord Jesus Chris t , when they wish to medit a t e on t h e t r u t h s presented therein. I t is t h u s admirably sui ted to those who m a k e the i r medi ta t ion ar ise out of t he i r spir i tual reading, a l though it will sui t o the r methods as well. I t should also be useful to those who a re under t ak ing a sys temat ic s tudy of t h e Life of Chris t .

The book is a r r anged in four pa r t s , concerned respectively with t h e T h i r t y Yea r s of Our Lord 's Hidden Life, t h e Public Life, t he Passion, and t h e Risen Life. The first of these, which corresponds to no published book of t h e author , is clearly inser ted to make the " h a r m o n y " complete, bu t t h e arr angement s in to p a r t s enables the res t of t h e work to be divided into sections corresponding wi th those in t h e au tho r ' s l a rger works .

W h e r e t h e r e a re parallel passages, these a r e given, one af ter t he o ther , and t hen followed by a harmonized t ex t , embodying the whole subs tance of t h e passages concerned. T h e resul t is a composite na r ra t ive , a lmost ent i rely in the words of t h e Gospels themselves.

The format of t h e book is att rac t ive , and i t s size convenient.

* * * * * T h e Nine F i r s t F r idavs , by a

secular pr .est (B.O. & W.~ 3s. 6d.) is a well reasoned and close s tudy of t h e "Grea t P romise" made to St . Marga re t Mary Alacoque. Eve ry aspect of t h e cer ta inly se

r ious problem is faced with courage and learning. The various texts of t h e P romise a re reproduced— t h o u g h seemingly from the printed sources—and carefully analysed; t h e au then t i c i ty of t h e Promise! i t s theological soundness, its meaning and i t s use a r e discussed in t u r n .

The a u t h o r is in favour of the mos t l i teral in terpre ta t ion of the words , and t h e case he puts forw a r d is a s t rong one. The order of t r e a t m e n t will not altogether appeal to everyone. The argum e n t for t h e theological soundness would seem be t t e r placed after the s tudy of t h e actual words and their mean ing . B u t as t h a t chapter deals mainly wi th t h e external evidence for "soundness ," the author m a y be justified in t he order he h a s chosen.

T h e book mus t certainly be reckoned wi th in any future discussions.

P R I E S T , B E N E F A C T O R OF W A R - S T R I C K E N CHILDREN.

D I E S .

A n t w e r p . — Canon Valvekens, d is t iguished benefactor of war-s t r icken Hunga r i an children, has died here a t t h e age of 78.

T h e dea th of Canon Valvekens recalls t h e work of Cardinal Mer-cier on behalf of Hungar ian childr e n who, a s innocent victims of t h e war , suffered g r e a t distress in t h e yea rs immediately following t h e end of t h e World Conflict. This work was under taken by the Cardinal a t t he suggestion of Canon Valvekens. The noted priest w a s placed in charge of the projec t which aided Hungar i an children for m a n y yea r s . Through Canon Valvekens ' efforts thousands of H u n g a r i a n children were b rough t to F landers and reared and educated by Flemish families.

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MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY,* 12th OCTOBER, 1»35. 17

SPORTS NOTES CATHOLICS IN THE LIMELIGHT

(By Our Own Correspondent . )

HOCKEY.

' C O L T S ' IN GOOD FORM The Singapore Colts have cer

tainly got t o g e t h e r a splendid Hockey side th i s season and have done exceptionally well t h u s far . They have t h e services of t he following very capable p layers who are Catholics, viz., H . Valberg, S. Skadian, L. Reutens , C. Schelkis, M. Valberg, N. H a y and J . Reutens . They defeated t h e Medical College last week by t h r e e clear goals.

HOLY INNOCENTS ENGLISH SCHOOL.

T h e second team of t h e H. I. E . School played two matches , last Wednesday and Fr iday , and both were drawn games. T h e first was on the home ground and it was aga ins t the Holy Innocents Chinese Boys ' 1st eleven, and resulted in a goal-less draw.

On t h e 4 th ins tant , t he same t e a m visited the Serangoon English School ground to play agains t t he i r 1st eleven. I t was a ding-dong affair, both t e a m s being

S.R.C. HOCKEY T E A M TROUNCE i **ually matched, the bail t ravell ing from one end to the other . Both NAVY S I D E .

The S.R.C. Hockey t e a m whipped a Navy side by 9 goals to 2. Appearing for t h e Recs. w e r e : O. Aeria in goal, M a t t h e w s (left half), N. Sullivan, J . S. de Souza, G. Valberg and P . d'Almeida, (forwards) .

* * * * MALACCA HOCKEY.

Chosen t o t a k e p a r t in t he Malacca Hockey t r ia ls a r e Dr. V. Xavier, P . F . de Souza, M. Toledo, H. M. de Souza, R. Leon, W. Rogers, C. A. de Vries , F . M. Theseira, O. Carvalho, C. G. Rodri-gues and J . Carvalho.

sides came near to scoring, but when the whistle blew for full t ime, t h e score sheet was blank.

BOXING. Joe Mendiola, who was expected

to t rounce Weber a t t h e Olympic S t a d i u m only managed to earn a points victory by a poor marg in . He appeared to ca r ry too much we igh t and consequently w a s not h is na tu ra l self. He also possessed ve ry scant s tamina.

SOCCER. o

THOMSON C U P ' COMPETITION. St. John ' s Ins t i tu t ion of Kuala

jLumpur wen t down in defeat before the V.I. in t h e final of t h e Thomson Cup Competi t ion. Wi th one of the i r s t a r p layers in hospital their chances were severely handicapped bu t t hey gave a very good account of themselves and had j u s t as many oppor tuni t ies to win as their opponents. Bad finish ruined all their hopes however and our sympathies a re w i th t h e m .

RUGBY Gerald Pinto, full back for t h e

Negri—Malacca Rugby xv played t h e " bes t game of h i s life " las t S a t u r d a y aga ins t Selangor says t h e Seremban Correspondent of t h e S t r a i t s Times. " Negr i Malacca " i t seems, would have lost had i t not been for P in to . He convert e d from an acute angle on t h e half w a y line. I t was a superb kick and amazed both spec ta to r s and p layers . In t h e second half h e aga in converted from a difficult angle . He tackled well t h r o u g h ou t while his tough—finding under p r e s s u r e was a f ea tu re of t h e g a m e . " (S. Times.)

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A N N U A L R I F L E M E E T I N G .

The annual rifle mee t ing of D. Coy. (Euras i an ) was held a t Bukit Timah Range last Sunday. The members of the Machine Gun Coy. also took pa r t .

The Champion Shot, winner of the Grand Aggregate , w a s L 'Sgt . A. Pere i ra .

The winner of the C Class agg rega te wras P te . A. G. Valberg.

The winner of the 200 yds. delibera te A Class, scratch, was 2 /L t . F . Grosse.

The handicap winner was Pte . E. F . de Silva.

In the B Class, handicap, Sgt. D. Siddons was 2nd.

P te . I. Rodrigues was 2nd in the C Class.

L /Corp . A. Gomes was runner-up i r t he 200 yds. Rapid Shooting, A Class.

In the B Class Pte . E . J . Skading was t h e winner.

P t e . R. Jacobs and P t e . P . de Silva were first and second in the C Class.

Sgt . J. Galistan took t h e Snap

Shooting, A Class, w i th 2 n d / L t . F . Grosse, second

In the B Class, Sgt . D. Siddons and P te . C. E. de Souza were winner and runner-up respectively.

P te . I. Richards , 1st and P t e . P . Consiglieri 2nd took t h e C Class.

The F i re and Movement A Class fell to P te . C. A. de Souza

Pte . A. C. de Silva was 1st and P t e . R. Jacobs 2nd in the C Class.

Sgt . L. C. Pennefa ther annexed 1st place in the 500 yds. del iberate A Class, Pte . W. de Roza was runner-up.

Pte . F . de Souza won the B Class with Pte . C. E. de Souza 2nd.

Pte . A. G. Valberg was 1st in t h e C Class.

T O P N O T C H E R S ' IN T E N N I S .

I t is pleasing to see t h e names of Shields of America , Boussus of F r ance and McGra th of Aus t ra l ia . Among t h e 1st t en of t he world 's lawn tennis r ank ings for 1935. A m o n g t h e first t en women appear t h e names of Mme. Mathieu of F rance , and Miss Ha r t i gan of Aust ra l ia .

1*1 MALAYA CATHOLIC fcBADER, SATURDAY, 12th OCTOBER, 1935,

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AROUND THE PARISHES SINGAPORE, PENANG, MALACCA, K U A L A LUMPUR,

SEREMBAN, K E D A H . S I N G A P O R E

FEAST OF ST. TERESA.

Celebrations at the Church of St. Teresa on the 6th of October.

'The 6th of October was the Solemnity of Saint Teresa of the Child Jesus. The crowds that were present in the Church both at the morning and evening services clearly show that the Lit t le Flower has endeared herself to the Catholic people of Singapore. A s reported in a previous issue of the M . C . L . the Feast was preceded by a Novena of Masses and prayers preceded in the evening by sermons and benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. On the first two days the sermons were delivered in Chinese. The sermons on the following two days were given in Tamil by the Rev. Father Vcndargon. The rest of the sermons were preached by the Rt . Rev. Father Brennan, first Superior of the Redemptorist Fathers in Singapore. The Novena services were well attended.

The Decorations. The interior as well as the com

pound of the Church was tastefully decorated for the occasion. The main altar especially was decked with a profusion of fresh roses by devoted Clients of the Saint. In the Church compound flags and buntings were placed all along the route of the procession.

Pontifical High Mass. A t an early hour crowds were

already gathered in Church asd long before the Mass began there was no more sitting* accommoda- * tion and hundreds had to be satisfied with standing outside the Church. H i s Excellency Mgr . Devals, D .D. sang the H i g h Mass assisted t>y the Rev. Fathers S. Lee and R. Laurent as deacon and subdeacon. The Choir of Saint Teresa was fully represented. M r . L i m Chew Kok the devoted organist presided at the organ. The music was provided by the •C.Y.M.A. of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul.

Evening Service. The Church was even more

crowded during the evening service. Confirmation was administered to 68 candidates at 5 p.m. by His Excellency Mgr. A . Devals. Immediately after the Confirmation service the statue of the Lit t le Flower was borne round the Church in procession during which the Lat in Hymn "0 Theresia" was chanted by the men and at the end of each verse the united Choir of Saint Teresa's boys and girls, Saint Tarsicius Brigade and Girls ' Section of the C C A . who formed the main body of the procession (about two hundred in number) answered in chorus sending up to heaven a union of prayers implor-ig the Li t t le Flower to let fall from heaven showers of roses on them and on the people of Singapore. It was indeed an impressive ceremony and Saint Teresa could not be deaf to the petitions of her so numerous clients. A s Father Brennan said in one of his sermons the Saint wi l l no longer delay to grant us a much felt need in Singapore—the realisation of a Carmelite Convent.

C H U R C H O F ST. J O S E P H . B A P T I S M S .

October 5th. Francis X a v i e r Gome*, born on the 26th Sept. son of Bobin Patrick Gomes and of Anna L i m Gomes. Godparents : Celestine Anthony and Ruth Beins.

October 6th. Doreen Wells, born on the 24th Sept. daughter of Alexander Joseph Wells and of Leonie de Souza. Godparents: Nelson Monteiro and Theresa de Souza.

Marriages. October 3rd. Alexander Gough,

son of John Henry Gough and of Nachi Tan to Leonie Pereira, daughter of Jovita Pereira and of Gwendoline Scott.

October 5th. Cyr i l Peter Oliveiro, sop of Charles Ferdinand Ol i -vero and of Josephine Monteiro, to Joan Elsie da Silva, daughter of Joseph Francis de Silva and of Apolina She-pherdson.

October 5th. Christian Peter Lan-ge, son of Andrew Lange and of Jane Ayam to Alice Beatrice Hendricks, daughter of John Albert Hendricks and of

Theodora Sharnhorst. October 8th. Alexius Bunyong

Vidhayasai, son of Warn Vidhayasai and of Themin Suvanprasih, to Josephine E l i zabeth de Souza, daughter to Ernest John Samuel de Souza and of Anna Vong.

D E A T H S . October 3rd. George da Silva aged

5 months, son of Stephen da Silva and of Helen da Silva.

C A T H E D R A L OF T H E GOOD S H E P H E R D .

O B I T U A R Y

The Late M r . W. Wilson

M r W. (Nick) Wilson late Ship Engineer of Si r John Jackson Ltd . , died at the General Hospital, Singapore ,on October 6th, aged 38 years. The funeral left his residence at 26, Oxford Rd., for the Church of St. Joseph, asd thence to Bididari Cemertery for interment. R.I.P.

Miss Ivy Bateman Takes Final Vows.

•o-Ivy Hilda Bateman the second

daughter^ of Mr . H . Bateman of Kuching Sarawak received her final vows as a Nun on the 24th September, 1935 in Paris and took the name of Sister St. George.

Ivy was born in Kuching and received her education first in St. Teresa Convent Kuching. After a few years study, she proceeded to Singapore where she became a boarder in the Convent of The Holy Infant Jesus to finish her education. She passed the Senior Cambridge examination and was for some years in the Normal Class. Before joining the Novitiate at Penang, Ivy was for a short time a teacher in the Singapore Convent.

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On the return of the Procession Solemn Benediction was given after which the crowds dispersed home quite happy and delighted with the beautiful ceremonies.

C A T H O L I C A C T I O N M E E T I N G . The Monthly Meeting of the

Members of the Catholic Action of The Cathedral of The Good Shepherd was held at the Singapore Catholic Club on Sunday last, presided over by the Spiritual Director, Rev. Father Maury and the vice-president of the Action, Mr . W. F . Mosbergen. Among other items discussed was a proposal made bf the vice-president that the members of the Action undertake the support next year of one of our three Seminarist in Singapore, which was agreed to. A suggestion by M r . Jayakody to purchase suitable tracts for free distribution to Catholics had the support of the meeting. It was considered that this was a long-felt want. Mention was also made of the desire of the Right Rev. Bishop Devals that the Actionists take an active part in the adoration at the exposition of The Blessed Sacrament on the occasion of the feast of The Kingship of Christ on the 27th instant. In order to make the adoration continuous throughout the day, as His Lordship desires, it was agreed that relays be arranged by the Hon. Secretary. Actionists who have not given their names and the time convenient for their attendance are kindly requested to inform the Hon. Secretary as early as possible to enable him to make the arrangement in good time.

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Catholic Aetion Resolution. As a result of the earnest atten

tion given by the Cathedral Actionists to the sale of the Malaya Catholic Leader at the Cathedral and at the Katong Church every Sunday after Mass, there was a surplus balance in hand on 30th September, 1935, of $105.45 cents from the two cents commission allowed for each copy sold.

At the monthly General Meeting hejd at the Singapore Catholic Club last Sunday, the meeting unanimously decided that the sum of $50/ - be refunded to the management of the Malaya Catholic Leader, as being in excess of requirements for their expenses. *

[The Editor of the Malaya Catholic Leader tenders his thanks to the Press Section of the Catholic Action Society of the Cathedral of the Good Shepherd for its kind donation to the journal. The journal is still in its infancy—the present issue is the 41st,—and consequently there are still some difficulties to be overcome. With the help of God and the loyal support of our many Press Sections, which until now have never failed us, we hope, not only to maintain but to give a wider expansion to this good work of the Catholic Press among the Catholics of Malaya. The Editor avails himself of the occasion to offer his felicitation to the members of the Press Section of the Assumption Church of Penang who contributed the sum of $100/00 from the Press fund towards the building of the Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at

y Butterworth. In so doing, both Press Sections of the Good Shepherd and of the Assumption prove to all that they are truly inspired in their work by the spirit of Catholic Action.]

C A T H E D R A L OF T H E GOOD 1 S H E P H E R D .

Retreat for Ladies. Rev. F r . Brennan, C.SS.R. To

Address. Thanks to the kind arrange

ments made by His Excellency Monseigneur A . Devals, a Retreat wil l be given by Reverend Father Brennan, from the 21st to the 27th October, for the ladies of the parish of the Good Shephered, and for all those who wish to join.

The lectures will be given in the Convent Chapel, every evening at 5.30 p.m., and special arrangements will be made during the retreat for the organization of a ladies' branch of the Catholic Action, and for the celebration of the feast of Christ the King, which wil l be at the end of the retreat.

Convent old pupils belonging to the married section of the C.O.P.A. are specially requested to attend, and to do their best to bring their lady friends. Young members of the Sodality of the Children of Mary or of the C.O.P.A. are not

! supposed to follow this retreat, as ; they will have their own later on.

Those who have not received no-> tice of the above are requested to : consider this announcement as an ; invitation.

C H U R C H OF T ^ E S A C R E D

H E A R T .

Jubilee Celebration.

The Church of the Sacred Heart. Tank Road, Singapore,, celebrated its Silver Jubilee on Sunday the 29th September, by a Pontifical High Mass sung by H . E . Mgr. A . Devals, Bishop of Malacca, assisted by Rev. Fathers J . Sy. Vicar of the Parish and R. Cardon, Editor of the M . C . L .

The Church was crowded to overflowing and every nook and corner was occupied by the faithful. Beautiful fresh flowers were used for decorations and pennants adorned with pictures of saints were hung along the walls of the Church.

The Choir under the baton of Mr. Seow Seet Yong ably rendered the Mass in three voices by C. Filke accompanied by the organ and orchestra. During the service the orchestra played musical selections.

After service, refreshments were served to all. In the evening His Lordship gave the Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament at

The Church of the Sacred Heart, which the ' Te Deum' was sung.

At night, an open air talkie en-terained a very large crowd m tne Church Compound.

The success of this celebration of the Church Jubilee is greatly due to the efficiency of the u>ni mittee and various. Sub-Committees who are therefore to be con-

I eratulated for their untiring e j forts in the preparation of tne*

festivities.

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AROUND THE PARISHES P E N A N G

Baptism.

Isabel Fiona Jeanne L a Brooy, born on the 15th September, at the Maternity Hospital, P e n a n g , daughter of Mr. & Mrs. F . C. D. La Brooy. Baptized. G o d parents:—Mr. & Mrs. Wilfred Dunstan Nicholas of Singapore.

O B I T U A R Y .

Late Mrs. Arokiasamy. The funeral took place on the

5th, Oct. from her residence No. 52h, Penang Road of Mrs. Arokiasamy, wife of M r . B . Arokiasamy, Overseer of the Municipality. Deceased leaves behind her husband, two sons and a daughter to mourn their loss. H i e cortege left at 4.30 p.m. and after a Church service conducted by Rev. F r . Rihoud, left for the Western Road cemetery.

A Requiem High Mass for the deceased was sung at the Church of St. Francis Xavier on Thursday, October 10 at 6 30 a.m. R.I P .

K U A L A L U M P U R

THIRD ORDER OF ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI.

St. Anthony's Church.

Sunday, the 6th October was a red letter day for the members of the Third Order of St. Anthony's Church, Kuala Lumpor, when they celebrated the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the Founder of their Order.

The Feast was celebrated in a very solemn manner. The church compound was tastefully decorated with flags and buntings and the altar was also beautifully decorated.

The feast was preceded by a Novena which commenced on 27th September, 1935. On the last three days of the Novena, sermons were preached by Rev. F r . V . Hermann.

On Sunday, the 6th October, there was High Mass in the morning at 8.15 a.m. and at 5 p.m. the ceremony of clothing of Postulants and Profession of the Novices took place. Five Postulants were clothed and 10 Novices were Professed. During the clothing of the postulants, a short sermon on the Uuty of Third Order Members

and the merits of the Order" was ^.en by Rev. Father V . Hermann.

. r n i s ceremony was very impressive and solemn. Immediately atter the Profession of the Novices, were was a procession, the statues <« bt. Francis of Assisi and St. ^neresa were carried in beautifully decorated cars. «i A t J : h e c o n c J u s i o n of the proces-•on there was Rosary and Bene-™ction of the Blessed Sacrament. at ft s e r v i c e t h e members met

!heParochial House to thank jneir Parish Priest and Spiritual ^rector for all the trouble taken °> nun on their behalf.

S E R A M B A N

Marriages Danker-Especkerman.

c w e u w * ! ? d i n & t o o k P I a c e a t t h e

C? ?l t h e V i s i ta t ion , Serem-o n t h e 28th September, 1935,

the contracting parties being Pas-qual Augustus Danker, son of the late Mr. Anthony and Mrs. Emil ia Danker, of Seremban, and Miss Willelmina Especkerman, daughter of the late Mr . Alexander and Mrs. Charlotte Especkerman, of Seremban.

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Fernandez—Shelkis The wedding took place at the

Church of the Visitation, Seremban, on the 23rd September, 1935, the contracting parties being A l -phonso Stephen Fernandez, son of the late Mr . Marshall and Mrs. Lucy Fernandez, formerly of Seremban, and Miss Stella Agnes Shelkis, daughter of Mr. Alfred A . P. & Mrs. Willelmina Shelkis.

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Sancta Maria—Especkerman... The wedding took place at the

Church of the Visitation, Seremban, on the 24th September, 1935, the contracting parties being Henry Sancta Maria of the Chartered Bank, Seremban, son of the late Mr. Alphonso and Mrs. Louisa Sta Maria, of Seremban, and Miss Maud Mabel Especkerman, daughter of Mr . James D. and the late Mrs. Adeline Especkerman.

OUR K E D A H L E T T E R . (From Our Correspondent)

There is nothing much to report from this part of Malaya. The most important events of the past

was carried in procession in the evening. ^ Last Monday, Odtober 7th,

Father Bonamy left for Kelan-tan on the second of his bi-annual visits for the year. As there is no railway-connection at the Perlis-Siam boundary, he stayed a night at Padang Besar and said Mass there on Tuesday. He is not sure whether he will go to Trengganu and expects to be back in Sungei Patani on the following Saturday.

Recent visitors to Alor Star have been Father Riboud and Father Dupoirieux. Father Dupoirieux accompanied Father Bonamy on a holiday-jaunt to Singgora by car. They stopped for a night at Changlun where they said Mass.

Father Riboud came up to determine the site of the old Port Queda. While in Paris last year he studied documents and maps in the Bibliotheque Nationale and with the help of the copies which he made, he was anxious to ascertain the position of the old port where the Church of St. Michael stood from 1781 to 1786. Through the courtesy and kindness of H . H . Tunku Yacob the motor-launch "Lady Nel l" was placed at his disposal, Tunku Yacob himself forming one of the party which also included Father Bonamy and the writer.

Unfortunately there was heavy rain when the party reached the mouth of the river and it was with

THE CONVENT, SEREMBAN.

For nearly a year during the reconstru ction of the Church of the Visitation, the Catholic population of Seremban was given a generous hospitality for religious services on Sundays—The Par ish Priest and the Catholic public of Seremban take the opportunity of exte nding their sincerest thanks to the Lady Superior and the whole Convent of Ser cmban for their generosity and kindness.

some difficulty that they picked out the landmarks shewn pn one of the old maps. The view, however,

month have been a flying-visit paid to us by His Excellency Monsignor Devals, and the solemnity of the Feast of St. Michael, Patron Saint of the Chapel in Alor Star, and of our much-respected Parish Priest, Father Michael Bonamy. . The Bishop came up to Alor Star

on Thursday, September 12th, and visited St. Michael's School and several parishioners who were delighted to see His Excellency.

Father Bonamy specially advanced the date of his monthly visit in order to celebrate the Patronal feast at Alor Star. The Catechist decorated the Chapel with flags, ferns and flowers, and the little choir with Mrs. Augustin at the organ sang at high mass— De Angelis. After Mass the congregation did not forget to offer their Parish Priest their best wishes.

The Catholics of Kulim celebrated the Feast of the Patron Saint I of the Chapel last Sunday. There was High Mass at 8 a.m. and the statue of the Litt le Flower of Jesus

did not coincide with that depicted on the sketch and it was decided to wait until the weather cleared.

In the meantime the party partook of tiffin provided by Tunku Yacob and as the rain continued to poar in torrents they regretfully decided that it was of no use continuing the search that day and returned to Alor Star.

O B I T U A R Y .

The late Mrs. Lucina Rodrigues. The death occurred on Sun

day, September 22nd, 1935, of one of the oldest Eurasian Residents of Malacca Mrs. Lucina Rodrigues at her residence No. 11, Praya Lane. The deceased who was 70 years old and who passed away following a short illness, is highly respected among the Eurasian Community locally. She leaves behind a daughter, Mrs. Theseira, wife of David Theseira, late Deputy Collector, Land Revenue, Malacca, several grandchildren, Mrs. C. R. Martin, Mrs. McLeod of Kuala Lumpur, and Mrs. C. Thomas. Rev. Father Lourencio officiated at the Church and at the graveside.—R.I.P.

C O N C E R T A T ST. JOSEPH'S INSTITUTION, S I N G A P O R E .

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On the night of Saturday, October 5th, The Catholic Young Men's Association of the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Singapore, organized a Charity Concert in A i d of the "Poor Boys' Fund" at the St. Joseph's Institution.

The first part of the Programme consisted of several items by the school. The musical solos and duets of the youngsters were much appreciated. Masters C. Lazaroo and Anthony Seow at the Piano. Mr. Lachica on the violin and the Picolo Solo of Master Aloysius Seek who was accompanied on the Piano by S. de Sa received due applause. The items by the lower school were really interesting, especially "The Burlesque Band," which caused endless merriment among the spectators, who at each "Bom, Bom,

I Bom, of the B i g Base Drum, j broke into roars of laughter.

"Who will care for Mother now by the Cambridge boys was touching, and great praise is due to the management for the realistic scene of the bombardment of a war-trench staged at the end of the song. The sketch by the Cambridge boys of Dr. Sambo from Zululand who prescribed a cure for chronic indigestion was another item of interest, and "Toto" who played his part we n gave the spectators some wholesome entertainment.

After the interval the C . Y . M . A . staged "The Miser." a translation of Moliere's famous play 'L'avare'. Mr. G. V . Santhou, as the miserly Signor Harpagon, did justice, to his part, and Mr . P. L . Anthony, in the part of Maitre Jacques (the cook and coachman) who was the cause of many comic scenes was outstanding. Mr . C. Anthony as Lapierre the valet deserves mention.

M A L A C C A

C H U R C H OF ST. F R A N C I S X A V I E R . *

Baptism. Born on 21st September, 1935,

a daughter to Mr. Robert Henry Dias and Mrs. Philomina Mary Dias. Baptised at St. Francis' Church on Sunday 29th September, 1935. God-Parents: Daniel Sta Maria and Nancy Sta Maria.

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Choristers of the Church who sang hymns in honour of St. Teresa, during the procession.

Statue of St . Teresa borne aloft in procession by young ladies of the parish.

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Catholic Co-operation "WE COULD CHANGE THE WORLD"

There is still f a r too much of the old spir i t of intolerance and of hostility in t h e world. We have had recent exhibi t ions of i t in Scotland and Ireland. There a r e still Chr is t ians , apparen t ly , who are willing t o h a t e t he i r fellow men for t h e love of God. Says St . Augus t ine : "Often when you meet a man whom you h a v e disliked as your enemy, you find t h a t you have been simply ignoran t t h a t h e was y o u r friend."

T h a t is a wise word. Bigo t ry and intolerance a lways m e a n ignorance, a n d t h e r e should be no excuse for ignorance. E v e n among Catholics our H ie ra rchy t h e world over have been u r g i n g more and more of l a te yea rs t h e necessi ty of a be t t e r in te rna t iona l unders t anding among clergy and lai ty , a closer spir i t of co-operation, in order t o know one a n o t h e r be t t e r and to work b e t t e r t oge the r t o meet t h e evergrowing deluge which seems t o t h r e a t e n t h e world to-day. Not only na t iona l Catholic Action is needed, b u t in te r national Catholic Act ion.

This w a s s t ressed recent ly by the Archbishop of W e s t m i n s t e r (the Most Rev. A. Hinsley, D.D.) in an impor tan t address of welcome in London to t h e Calver t Associates—an Amer ican Catholic a s sociation. The p i lgr ims were t h e guests a t a reception organised by the Catholic Council of In te rna tional Relat ions.

" The uni ted Hie ra rchy of America/ ' said His Grace , " i n close co-operation wi th t h e uni ted Hierarchies of Eng land , Ireland, Scotland and Wales, d i rect ing a united, loyal laity, would form a phalanx of spi r i tual forces enough to ensure t h e spread and p e r o r a tion of t h e Church ' s principles throughout t h e commonweal th of mankind.

A COMMON GROUND. ' T o meet is to u n d e r s t a n d : t o

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I un i ty of though t , of feeling, of action. T h e r e is s t r eng th , t he re is salvation for our chaotic world.

; You will find in England not a j little to learn from you r fellow I Catholics.

" I do no t wish to boast , bu t I j do say wi th a certain pride, t h a t

Engl ish Catholics deserve your admira t ion for the i r devotion and t h e i r courage, for t h e i r fearless loyalty to t h e i r Fa i t h a n d t o t h e i r pastors—especial ly to t h e chief Pas to r , ou r Holy F a t h e r t h e Pope —and for the i r act ivi ty in all Catholic affairs.

" On t h e o ther h a n d we, too, h a v e much t o learn f rom t h e Catholics of America. Your organisat ion of Catholic Action, your splendid Nat ional Welfare Council, your s t aunch support of Catholic education and your generos i ty t o your schools: your determined effor t to secure social jus t ice , your fight for public decency in l i terat u r e and t h e cinema. Yes , we can learn from you, as you from us.

" T o g e t h e r , t h e good Catholics of Amer ica and of England , firm in t h e g r e a t t r u t h s a n d pract ices of our F a i t h , rooted and founded in char i ty , in forbearance, in mutua l goodwill—why, I believe we could change t h e world.

" The re appears to be impending a dissolution of civilisation, re su l t ing f rom t h e abandonment of t h e t r u e s t andards and values of life, from a dis integrat ion of mora ls and character . In t h e Catholic Church, and in t h e Catholic Church alone, is left t h e cohesive force, t h e disciplined organisat ion which s tands between civilisation and barbarism—scientific and systematic ba roa r i sm— yet barbar i sm.

"Ca tho l i c s in isolation, a s mere ; uni t s , as individuals, a r e iike voices j shout ing agains t an advancing

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