The Record Newspaper 25 July 1940

PERTH, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1940

First Catholic Melbourne 1n

A�I \SS and Corporate Communion for Melbourne Catholic journalists, press hotographers and artists was held at 8 a m at St Augustine's Church, Bourke-street West on Sunday, I4th inst., and over sixty mbers of the secular daily and eekly press and the Catholic weekly newspapers attended and eived Holy Communion

It was the first combined Communion of the Catholic journalists in Melbourne and the first demonstration of its kind in Australia

It. success was all the more gatiiying considering the inf the weather that rnin Very Rev James H n D D National Director

RATE OF CATHOLIC ENLISTMENTS

Speaking at a CYM.S smoke night at Birks' Piccadilly, SA., his Grace the Archbishop of Adelaide, Most Rev M Beovich, D D , referred to the high percentage of Catholic enlistment. "We meet here to-night in tragic circumstances," went on the Archbishop "Already our ranks are depleted, but we must not be discouraged From a reputable source comes the information that the percentage of Catholic enlistments in S.A is above that of the percentage of Catholics in the community.

This is not hard to understand, because to be a good Catholic means to be one who loves his country " From an equally reputable source we learn that the same high rate of percentage prevails outside South Aus tralia

of the Pontifical Mission Aid Societies was the celebrant, and the Mass was served by Mr Francis Mackle historian of the Catholic

pioneers \ breakfast was later held at the Federal Hotel, Collins-street at which His Grace the Archbishop of Melbourne, Most Rev Dr Mannix, addressed the gathering

"ABSTAIN FROM HATING" WARNS HOLY FATHER.

Addressing a large group of pilgrims in the Vatican early this month, the Holy Father pleaded against allowing patriotism to degenerate into hate and vindictiveness

"Good Christians faithfully and generously defending their fatherland, must still abstain from hating," he said

BELLOC'S SEVENTIETH BIRTHDAY

Mr Hilaire Belloc, author and Cathlic apclogist celebrates his seventieth birthday on Saturday next, July 27 In a recent issue of "The Irish Monthly" which is understood to have published his first contribution more than half a century ago, appeared a sincere tribute to Mr, Belloc, which we reprint on the back cover

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I'II hve a large visky and a small soda,'' said Isaacs "Yoi Yoi!" cried Cohen, "Only von drink at a time! Give him a small soda, miss!'

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In th early hours of the morning the duchess strode haughtily across the pavement from the hotel where a char ity dance had been held and was getting into her car when a beggar ct cl her

Spare a pper lady, for ·harity I'm starving The duchess turned on him harpl What ngratitude'" she exclaimed Don't you know I' been daneing vu all night?'

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Th aid hi green fe fix up m id went out to the first tee Takin : gave a wild swing and n B Ir' t It gad n this cours i ta 's wer than th n I uall

t k k On th right form platoon! roared the sergeant. The recruits e: rried out som kind f manoeuvre, which let him speechless He looked at them for a moment two moments Then his voice returned All right." he said. in tones which n mere wrds can possibly describe Now take your partners for the Lancers k st k man attacked bv two highwaymen put up terrifi fight. Finally he was vercme and searched All they found on him was a sixpence The bandits were amazed I say '' exclaimed ne. "you dont mean t tell us you put up a fght like that 'or a mesly sixpence? Why, we almost had to kill vou" 'Well" answered the victim "the truth of the matter is I didn't want mv financial condition exposed.'

k k k se Mr Smith tound his twelve.vear-old son sitting by the table with a pile of books n front of him, and a frown on his face Hallo son!" said fther trving to cheer him up. Got much to do tonight?"

Ouite a lot," replied the lad sadly There are thirtv-six sums in to-night's homework"

"Homework!" gasped Mr Smith That's a blooming night shift!"

k t k k Chairman o' local council I propose that we have a gondola on the ' this summer for the use of conent soldiers."

(uncillor: Why not have two, then we can send the eggs to the soldiers?"

A soldier asked for exemption from church parade on the ground that he was an agnostic The sergeant-major assumed an expression of innocent in terest, Don't vou believe in the Ten (ommandments? he asked mildly.

Not one sir' was the reply Not even the rule about keeping the Sabbath?"

No, sir' The sergeant-major smiled Ah well you're the very man Ive been looking for to scrub out the dry

So you've ost your new cook,''said Mrs Jones. Im sorry; she seemed such a treasure'' Treasure'' snapped Mrs Brown ''I ;av her a month's pay instead of notice She said her speciality was French cooking I found out she thought that 'serve en casserole' was Pr· nch for Serve with castor oil'

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They'd had a spell of really hot weather in camp, and there were beads of perspiration on the face of the raw verv raw recruit who entered the M.Os office

'What do you want?" demanded the N C O on duty I I wondered i vou'd any sunburn lotion,'stammered the scorched one 'Here, what do you think this isa ruddy beauty-parlour?"

k After an evening at cards, when they came to settle up, one player found h owed twenty-two shillings to hi opponent a Scottish quartermaster sergeant Sorry old man,' he said, producing pound note "But that's all Ive got

Th QMS took it, examined t to see if t was real, and then remarked Ah weel I'll just take yer wrist wat,h for the ither twa bb!"

k k At a footbll match between team representin th Army and Navy pecator with a very loud voice kept y ling: "Up the Navy!"

This annoved a little man in front f him who turned and demanded Pardon m asking, but u served n the Navy I presume" Lumme vest" roarel th heft bloke. I w s on one th se 'hush huh ships Ah! murmured the little n Thank goodness you weren't m HMS Thunderer!"

k Sh mar·hed nto th china hop and addressel the assitant severely I've just broken a complete set « lish ov r mv husbands head," she announced, and I want te replae them s cheaply as possible."

Th ssistant started "Good Heavens!" he exclaimed Did vou kill him? The customer glared Of course not!" she snapped. "If I had I shouldn't want any mor dishes."

k k st k I doctor and dentist in AI ·rdeen w re ntimate riend but neither knew th age of th other At last the dentist di1 nd the doctor thought he would now be able t acertain his friend's age He attended the funeral, approached th coffin, I kd at the brass plate This is what he rs ad Angus McLeod Dentist Hours 10 4

k k k k The dishevelled stronger made his way into the police station 'Are vou the sergeant in charge?" he asked.

I am.' replied the man in uniform, who was seated at a desk and writing in a large ledger 'Tm lost ' s: id the dishevelled man You are eh?" replied the sergeant Well, if you can prove that anybody's missing you, we'll take up the case."

k k k k Bert had spent hours trying to teach his parrot to say "Hello Uncle" ready for the visit of his wealthv relative To no purpose Uncle came-and went and the parrot was dumb Bert was annoyed. He seized the bird bv the throat Say Hello, Uncle,' or I'II wring your bloomin' neck" he roared.

Queer squawks drew him to the 'owl pen next morning On the ground were three dead hens. The parrot had a fourth by the neck, shakng him and shouting 'Say "Hello Uncle.' or I'II wring your bloomin' neck."

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Trinity

BA.C., South Strathfeld, N.SW.:

Repellant as is the thought that God is not omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, the thought that He is able to give rise to His own equal is equally repellent, God is the Infinite and Necessary Being. As such it would be absurd to suppose tht He could create a reality equal to Himself, namely, another Infinite and Necessary Being But there is nothing repellent in the thought, that the one infinite nature of God is equally and iully possessed by Three Persons within the Godhead We know from Divine Revelation that in the on Gd there are three Divine Persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost, that each is distinct from the others and that each is equally God The same Divine Revelation teaches that Gd the Son proceeds from the Father by eternal gener:tion, in which th whole Divin nature is communicate l t th Son. How this can be, w d net and cannot fully undertand, E t ur inability to explain the iat does not justify the rejection the t And that it is a fact is tar: nteed by God Himself

When God s; k:», there is only one rght and rea: nable thing to do, and at t 'v t H says Now Christ Our Lord, who is God as well as man, spoke Himslf as "The Son of G In r place He said "I and t. n " B ditinguishin m His Father He indicate ·r and, by a:sertin; ther were one H f n ture with His God as a composite and not as an individu:l being would be strangely adverse to the mode or principle of life cf Hi own sponsoring."

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Shoul Christians before taking irom their numbers first hether it was becaus their had degenerated int three, (ahommed became t prophet of the millions?

1tv « « dm th woul b isten in ne o th · and emD! ne The N perhaps b the litve been ivinity of th docnly from the rist that we f He be not God, there is n convincing reason why we should ccept Hts word for it It seems to me that you would be better emplyed in studying the case for the Divinity of Christ. I recommend the "Everlasting Man" by G K Chesterton, and-a more readable workTadpoles and God'' bv Laurence Oliver, k The Gospel of St John

The preface of St John strikes a vague note of joint primacy, but is wholly silent about a third component part On the contrary the Prologue of St John's Gospel, and the whole content of the Gospel itself, insist most emphatically on the truth that Jesus is God equal with His Father Secondly, though St John does not mention the Third Prrson of the Blessed Trintty n the Prologue of His Gospel, he does record in other chapters Christ's explicit teaching about him Let me refer you to Chs xiv, 1617, 26, xv, 26; xvi, 7, 14, The personality of the Holy Spirit, His Divinity and His equality with the Father and the Son are clearly recorded elsewhere in Sacred Scripture as well. Finally, it is not correct to speak of "Component parts'' in the Trinity, for God is the Infinite Being and therefore absolutely ncomposite Without involving St John's intention, 1s it not his voice more than any which deprives the supernatural of

all comfort, and which sent orthodox theology scrambling to remoter metaphysical embraces?

St John gives an authentic record of the teaching of Christ, Who is God as well as man, It is futile to speak of the comfort of the supernatural, if you refuse to accept the explicit Revelation o Christ Who is the Source of the supernatural The doctrine of the Trinity is indeed metaphysical in the strict sense of the term namely above

ed word of God The disciples living during the lifetime of St John were obliged by the command of Christ Himself, to accept everything which St John taught as the teaching of Christ, for he was one of the Apostles commissioned by Our Lord to teach in His name You must remember, moreover that the Disciples did not doubt or deny what St John said They merely complained about his repetition of the same thing Is the written word superior to oral presentation? When both express the word of God, they are of equal value

and beyond the material universe

An if God is not above and beyond the physical universe there is no God.

But the doctrine of the Trinitv is not metaphysical in the sense that it is th iruit of philosophical speculation by St John or by anybody else It is a truth revealed to the world by hrit Himself

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The Last Days of St John

Recve records of St John that, having no lcnger either voice or strength to make any long discourse to the assembled brethren, he constantly repeated this short but pathetic sentence: "My children love one another' till they were tired of hearing it and told him so'

Th:t was recorded by St Jerome as r back as the IVth, Century Do ycu give credence to that?

Thor i: n reason to doubt its nuin n Did the early Christians dare to grow tired of a voice which we are bound to accept to the uttermost syllable?

W b und to a 'pt the Gospel St, John, his three Epis\p :alypse as the inspir-

Contradiction

Jehovah Witness,'' Gympie, Q'land

Persons who are not informed speak of the company of Jehovah's Witnesses in such terms as "a religious sect;" or another religious body" In this they areentirelywrong true that the self-styled Wit Jehovah'' deny that they are religious body, or that they are reiontts But it is also true that they re a body of men and women, united under a com ton leadership, ith a cmmon set o beliefs relating t God and man and the relations between Gd nd the universe Now that i: exactl what we mean when peak of a religious body or a reliion Therefore it is true in fact to say that the said 'Witnesses of Jeho vah" are a religious body, and that that constitute a religious sect or religion Theirs is an unreasonable fanatical, extremely bigoted and even anarchical religion, but it is a religion nevertheless It may be and is a caricature of religion; still it is a caricaure made by people who are trying to be religious

The company of Christian people in the earth, known and designated as Jehovah's Witnesses," are those who are entirely devoted to Jehovah God and who faithfully endeavour to follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ

In other words, the Witnesses of Jehovah" are a religious organisation which claims to be Christian That there is no foundation for that claim is beside the point They formulate the claim to be the true worshippers of God nd the true followers of Jesus Christ, and that is sufficient

Besides, they were not always known as "Jehovah's Witnesses" They were variously known as "Millennial Dawners," 'Standfasters," "Bible Students Association" and "Watch Tower Bible and Tract Societv' They are not religionists They are Christians.

If you deny that you are religionists, you have no right to claim to be Christians, for Christ founded a religion which is known as the Christian religion

Again, you have placed the negative in the wrong place The so-called Witnesses' are religionists but they are not Christians They are religionists because they have all the characteristics of a religious body, as already explained They constitute a freak religion made in America but still a religion Moreover, a member of the sect recently claimed exemption from militarv service on the grounds that

John the Baptist

Is there a real divergence between John I., 21, and Matt XII, 12?

The verses are: And thev asked him Art thou Elias? And he said: "I am not" (John I, 21 ) And: "But Is:v to vou that Elias is already come, and thev knew him not." (Matt. xvii., 12

There is no divergence or contradiction between these two statements In the passage from the Gospel of St John the Baptist denied that he was Elias in person, while in the text of St Matthew Our Lord declared that John the Baptist possessed the spirit end the power of Elias (This is the xplanationgiven n Luke I 17 )

Strange how the old difficulties which were solved well over 1500 years ago are always cropping up

Can it be said that the Baptist was Elias, but did not know that he was?

N There is no need and no foundation r that interpretation

h was a 'minister f the hurch of Jehovah.'' If these people are not religionists, why did he make that claim? Or would you venture to suggest that he was trying to btain exemption under false pretences?

At the same time, they are not Christians A Christian is one who accepts the teaching and the full law of Christ But the "Witnesses of Jehovah' do neither To attribute the anarchical subversive and mendacious rubbish which ppears under the name of an American ex-convict and bogus judge to Christ is blasphemy, even if t be unconscious blasphemy on the part of most of the "Witnesses"

They do not follow the traditions of men

They do not follow the traditions of men, even the most natural and common-sense traditions of men They do not follow the teaching of Christ And they have no ear for anything except the frenzied outpourings of Judge" Rutherford k k k k

The Judge's "Modesty."

These courageous Christians are the only people on earth who are now preaching this Gospel of the Kingdom, and they go from house to house to tell the people the good news of God's Kingdom, You say quite truly that they preach "this' gospel, for it has nothing in common with the Gospel of Christ Scurrilous lying, sectarian venom and theories subversive of all law and order

That importunate peddlers carry the 'message" from door to door will not be news to many And few will deny the nuisance value of the Witnesses' But before people can be expected to put up with the nuisance and to accept the "message as the word of God, they would like to see the credentials of the Witnesses," showing that God has commissioned them to speak in His name Judge" Rutherford has none of the moral qualities which are usually

ound in those chosen by God to speak in His name

The author of those marvellous books on Bible prophecy claims no credit. have nothing in common with the Gospel of Christ or the Kingdom of God, however largely they loom in the gospel of 'Judge" Rutherford

That is very modest of him, especiall in view of the fact that the said books are remarkable for nothing except the multitude and depth of the absurdities which thev contain Any Scripture scholar who could be prevailed upon to read them would do so for a laugh and a little relaxation

It may be observed moreover that the Judge" is equally modest about his right to the title "Judge' and the qualifications which make him competent to write about Sacred Scripture

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I often listen with interest to your talks on Sunday night Your interest is most encouraging, the more so because you do not agree with many of the views there set forth On Sunday, June 9, you stated that at Holy Communion it was not necessary to partake of bread and wine I said that it was not necessary to receive Holy Communion under both kinds in order to receive the whole Christ Holy Communion is not partaking of bread and wine It is the partaking of the Body and Blood of Christ under the appearances of bread or wine or both

Thursday, July 25, 1940.

In answer to your statement, I refer you to Christs own words He said the bread represented His Body and the wine His Blood, after the Consecration, of course Our Lord did not say that bread "represented'' His Body He took bread and blessed it and broke it and gave it to His Disciples saying: "Take and eat ye all of this, for this is My Body" What Our Lord took into His hands was bread, bread in reality and not only in appearance What He gave to His Disciples to eat had the colour and the taste of bread, but it was no longer bread, for by His Divine Power its substance had been changed into

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the substance of His Body. In virtue of the words of Consecration His Body was now present under the appearances of bread But since His Body was and is a living Body, His Soul was present also and His Blood as wellas it must be present in every living body And since His Body and soul were and are united to the Second Person oi the Trinity that Divine Person was present in virtue of the words of Consecration, His Blood and Soul and Divinity are also present by natural concomitance It should be clear, then, that one who receives Holy Communion under one kind only, receives the whole, living Christ, Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity, When Christ said: Do this in commemoration of Me," He was instituting the Sacrifice and the Priesthood of the New Law In the Sacrifice of the Mass, which is the Sacrifice of Calvary continued through the ages, it is necessary to have the twofold Consecration of bread and wine which represents the actual death of Christ on the Cross, and hence it is necessary for the priest who offers the Sacrifice to receive under both kinds But in order to receive the whole Christ in Holy Communion, it is not necessary to receive under both kinds; and there is no warrant in the words of Christ for any statement to the contrary k it #k What Did Christ Mean?

Surely you do not repudiate in an ecclesiastical sense the words of Christ Himself. Neither you nor I would dream of repudiating the words of Christ. He is God as well as man and everything that He said is the absolute truth The point at issue, however, is not the acceptance or repudiation ot the words of Christ, but the correct assessment of the meaning and the implications of the words of Christ How are we to know the true meaning of the words of Christ and to be quite certain that it is the true meaning? Apart from an authoritative and infallible guide instituted by Christ Himself, Christians would be in a very difficult position indeed There would be I manner of

varying and even contradictory inter pretations and no certainty whatever as to what Christ really meant

The tact is, however, that Christ provided us with the authoritative and n fallible guide we need by instituting His Church and commissioning it to teach in His name The Church founded by Christ is the Catholic Church Now, the Catholic Church teaches that he whole Christ, Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity, is present under each species, so that he who receives Holy Communion under either species, receives the whole Christ The Teaching of the Infallible Church I listened to your analysis ot the par taking of bread only It is Catholic teaching that he who receives Holy Communion under either kind, receive the whole Christ, no more and no less than if we were to re ceive under both kinds But, for rea sons of reverence and hygiene which need not be dwelt upon here, a law of the Church decrees that the faithful receive Holy Communion under the form of bread only This law, made in virtu of the authority given to His Church by Christ, in no way infringes the teaching f the command of Christ to eat of His Body and to drink of His Blood, for one who receives the Body of Christ, also receives His Blood Surely your ideas are not those of Christ Himself. If they were merely my ideas, it is quite possible and ·ven pobable that they would not be those f Christ Himself. But the teaching which I have endeavoured to explain te you is the teaching of the Catholic Church which was authorised by Christ Himself to teach His doctrine to men Therein ies its value Left t ourselv·s we would hsv n guar.nt of the truth f our interpretation f Christ's words But the sam cannot be said of th Church which w endow ·d with the prerogative f inillibilit b Christ Himself Your replies will be awaited with in terest. I hope I hav m de th position ch r to you, and there is complete harmony teaching of hrist and the t the legislatin of the C· th i

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Disillusioned," Sutherland, NSW: You say that the Roman Catholic Church is the true Church established by Christ on earth Correct If so, why does He allow her to be persecuted as she is?

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Our Divine Lord has Himself deigned tu provide the answer to that question: "Ii the world hate you," He said to His Disciples, Know ye that it hath hated Me before you The servant is not greater than his master If they have persecuted Me they will also persecute you; if theyhave kept My word, they will keep yours also. But these things they will do to you for My name's sake: because they know not Him that sent Me." (John, xv 1821) And on another occasion He declared: "Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall put you to death; and you shall be hated by all nations for My name's sake" (Matt xxiv, 9 ) To be persecuted and to suffer is a characteristic of the Church founded bv Christ And the Church does not expect better treatment from the world than that meted out to Christ Himself. Repeatedly and emphatically does Our Lord warn us of this Therefore, far from being an argument against the Church, the fact that she is persecute@ for her fidelity to the teaching and the law of Christ is an argument in her favour

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Catholic Countries

You must admit that France, Holland, Belgium and Poland are all Catholic countries Facts do not allow me to admit that Though, of recent years there has been a very strong resurgence of Catholicism n France, especially amongst the intellectuals the truth remains that France was Catholic in name rather than in reality, thanks to the bitterly anti-Christian and anti-Catholic character of her numerous Governments during the past hundred years and the intrigues of Grand Orient Freemasonry The Religious Orders were driven out of the countrv God was excluded from the schools Full free dom was given to subversive and disruptive agencies The de-Christianising of social and political life was accompanied by the alarming spread of anti-social vice The process of disintegration reached zero under the "United Front" Government headed by Blum, when industry was seriously dislocated everywhere and the whole countrv threatened with ruin Small wonder that France fell before the onslaught of the Nazi barbarians It is true to say that France was defeated

in the actories and in the iamily circle, rather th n on the field of battle The blame for this catastrophe devolves on the shoulders o those who tried to destroy the Christian spirit and tradition of France It would be too much, of course, to expect such people to take the blame It is always easier to bl me the hurch So much for France. The same is true, though to a lesser extent, of Belgium. Holland is not a Catholic country for less than half the population is Catholic Of the countries vou mention, the only one which can strictly be calld Catholic is Poland.

Yet these nations have suffered more than any others at the hands of the aggressors.

The fate of Norway and Denmark is not much better It is tru, however, th:t the country which has suffered most of all is Poland where the Nazis have embarked on a diabolical campaign of religious and racial extermination without parallel in the history of Europe

I think, however, that the real point of your question is this: Why does God allow the raging evil of Nazi tyranny to triumph over peoples who whatever their faults or crimes were fundamentally Christian in spirit and tradition?

In the first place, it is too soon to speak of the triumph of Hitler and his Nazi hordes for he has yet to crush the power and break the indomitable spirit of the British Commonwealth of Nations

Secondly, assuming for the sake of argument that the forces of evil will be allowed to triumph for a time, you must not forget that above all is the all powerful Providence of God, Who will permit an evil of such magnitude only as the occasion of even greater good We must trust men, You place your life in their hands every time you cross the street, or travel by train or tram For a much greater reason we must trust God even though we cannot, for the time being, understand how He will draw a proportionate good out of such a chaos of murderous evil

Thirdly St. Augustine summed the matter up in a nutshell when he said that God permits evil to punish the wicked and test the good And that applies to war as to any other evil

Finally it may be observed that without God, there is no solution of the difficultv and no basis for hope that right will conquer in the end By denying God the atheist does not abolish evil he does not explain the fact of evil; he does not explain any° thing He merely doubles the number of things to be explained

Thursday, July 25, 1940

A Crossbreed Which Cannot Transmit Itself GOOD

DISINTEGRATION

PAGANISM-

HUMAN GOODNESS

It was essentially a passing phase transitional, fleeting and unstable, an interim between two alternative world outlooks, the still mainly Christian compromise of the past and the Pagan decadence of the future

SOCIETY OF

over the past 100 years

B ROSALIND MURRAY in Te Tablet"

I N looking back over a hundred years, there are so many different aspects from which the century may be viewed In whatever line of development we take interest we may trace back its course, and find a shape, a general directin and trend, but it is noti ;his direction, the general development, will seem t te diffrent ine accordin; e of our interet

In t. hnical invention the li ears has wt and prOgr' be very largely ·, in the mechani n the external ordering shown in the developn ion of legislation on mpul ory universa e ory insurance and sucl hen we turn from th n to the inthe menthe hunCulture, is revered

If we compare the mental atmosphere which dominated our society a hundred years ago with its equivalent at the present day, the line we tract is definitely downard; it is not progress but disintegration

It Pa anis1 iou faith in tion tle force f al belie alue and Pag Ethi mate an absol have i their outwor and til a men tal ·d T is if such par has lo faiti ing t mpt is not new in the third in the sev· discovered f universal doul :he wide spread dist» ilated disbeief a ltured populatron

This st : both and all its ' forms i in:lv different from th f the earlier days, n earlier protagonists a. hind us to be remembered and yet not far enough to be historic there is a danger that we may forget their real character, the intrinsic grandeur which did almost redeem their primal error

The great Good Pagans were by no means sceptics in their relation to the world at large, to human values, to Progressive theories; indeed in many ways they appear to have been credulous to an astonishing degree They were in fact enthusiasts, fanatics in the cause of Idealistic Humanism

It is clear to us now that the position on which the Liberal Humanists took their stand was from the outset quite untenable, the attempt to safeguard Christian moral values while jet tisoning their dogmatic basis has failed, asmight indeed have been predicted of t, but in our consciousness of that resounding failure, the opposing elements may escape our notice; it is important that we should realise the large measure in which traditional Christian standards did still influence and mould the minds of those Liberal enthusiasts in spite of their compromrse with Paganism

* CHRISTIAN HUMANISM!

If we see the last four hundred vears in England as a continual fluctuating trvggle of the forces of rebellion against the dominance of Christian values damaged and lamed and defied, but not destroyed, by repeated challenges and attacks, we must see in the treat Victorian Liberals. a last and almost successful effort at compromise between two incompatible views of

life, a gallant attempt at Christian Humanism

This attribute will no doubt be disputed it will be urged that their whole conception of Christianity was so diluted as to betray itself from the outset, but it is important for us to realise the dominant influence which Christian sanctions did still exert on the Good Pagan mind, long after all dogmatic faith was gone

The world in which they moved, from which they grew was still intrinically based upon an acceptance of the Christian standpoint, it was assumed almost unconsciouslv as the foundation of their own revolt They did not, and they could not, have envisaged a world in fact deprived of such a basis; the mental and moral chaos of our day would have been quite inconceivable to them in the security of their safe world.

If we consider the society described by Newman in his Apologia, the intellectual Oxford of his day, and compare it with its present equivalent, we are astounded by the revolution which has been accomplished in a hundred years

POSITION REVERSED

The modern problems were being d the challenge of science to ad begun to exercise men's

The accpted views on many things w qu timed; it was an age of re·at mental vigour of change and enterprisse nd movement, but the backround a;aint which the stage was set, th :tarting p int and basis of disn, wre still emphatically assumChritian To-dav the whole ition has been reversed; the assumd framework and background is negation rej ·tion non-adherence repudiation it is th Christian who throws out the challenge against the prevailing non-belie and nowhere is the h. nte more definite th: n in the moral texture of the Pagan

Th great Victorians of a hundred years ago, whichever point of view they advocated, were fired with an energy and moral purpose which almost terrifies our modern minds

The Rationalist attack of the Good Pagans was, as they saw it, a moral crusade, their function was the liberation of the human mind trom centuries of destructive superstition their consious purpose was not to destroy but to build up a nobler human nature emancipated from the degradation of a dependance on th supernatural It was integral to the Good Pagan profession of faith that moral values were independent of the religious beliefs connected with them, on which they were erroneously based and upon moral value in itself they concentrated with intensity In this the contras! is bewildering with their successors of the present day

It would be claimed by'these first Good Pagans that the standard of behaviour which must be expcted from one of their beliefs would be, in fact, a higher and more exacting standard than that accepted in religious circles

Their moralitv was of an austere nature, retaining much of the Puritan rigour of the Evangelical Christianfty of their day, added to the conscious determination to prove in their own lives and personal conduct the validity t their contention that a negation of the Christian dogmas need not entail a lower moral standard

It did not do so in their case indeed largely because the unconscious influence of their own Christian past was more deep-seated and fundamental than thev themselves would or could have admitted; to a far larger extent than they realised, the sanctions and motives of their lives and actions were still so instinctively dependent on the Christian faith they had rejected modifed of course and deflected' and altered by the Paganism of their conscious thought They were, although they did not really recognise it, living on their religious capital

Good Paganism is itself a crossbreed, and like other crossbred things, it cannot transmit itself We may see it as a noble "tour de force,"' a gallant attempt at the impossible, foredoomed to failure from its very beginnings, though to itself the field seemed to be won

To the Good Fagen of that generation, revealed religion was the enemy; if that could be successfully uprooted, Natural Goodness would complete the rest To them the dream of continual progress, inevitable and mechanistic, formed the basis of their whole position, and its essential article of faith was the perfectibility of natural man

They succeeded in the first round of the battle, they weakened the hold of religion on their society to a great extent, they uprooted it from the minds and hearts of very many of their contemporaries and the majority of their descendants, but they had miscalculated the further stages of the process they had set in motion

The absence of religion left a void; it should have been filled, according to their prognosis by natural progressive human goodness; instead it has been filled by desperation The process once begun could not be stopped; loss of faith in God and in the supernatural has been followed by loss of faith in that same Human Nature for which the revolution was effected, loss of faith n ourelves, in everything or else, es we now are experiencing to ur cot, the void has been demoniacally filled by false religions and by Satan worship "And the last state of that man was worse than the first"

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Destiny THE The

of Poland

Her Place Among The Nations

OF THEORY

MESSIANISM

In view of her tragic history it is not surprising that the Poles should find some special meaning in their country's tribulations and build up a theory regarding her place among the nations The great Polish poets of the first half of the nineteenth century found their solution to the appalling problem of the fate of Poland in the extraordinary doctrine of Messianism

DURI.NG the nineteenth century Poland suffered a cruel martyrdom Her territory was torn asunder and lay under the heel of foreign domination; many of her children had been slain in the unavailing defence of her independence, while the best of those who were left had been driven into exile, either to the forced labour and slow death of Siberia or the loneliness, anxiety and poverty of foreign countries of which the chief was France The Pole: abroad, .nd especially after the fruitless rising of 1930 became, as the Plish refugees of to-day, a peple without a country, a homute: generation in a stran;e land

It is not surprising that this tragic situation had a profound effect on Polish literature, and inspired the greatest and the saddest works of the Polish Romantic movement; nor is it surprising that Polish literature of the period was placed at the service of the national ideal,

What i rwma to an exalted patr' re 'r th tunni t he t: :qu that Pol: am fin so the Pol h t t l me rea firt ni ickie wack in: i und their solution t t alling problem f the fat of P the extraordinrv ctrine

MESSIANISM.

The q which tore at the min o1 e a how to explain t t: nd how to reconcile th g! their cuntry with th which it was», befo thei, :d upon to endure

In their search for hop for their prostrate and suffering people, and for cmfort for themselves they glori fied and distorted the doctrin> of merittorious pain, and wove a theory of nation fulfilling among the nations the role which Christ the Mes ·ias had ul filled n the Redemption of man

Poland was slain, they taught, that, like a modern Christ, she might by her suffering redeem the sinful nations, and prepare tho way for resurrection, a revival of Christian society living both its private and its public life according to the mind of Christ

As Christ has risen from the dead so would Poland one day rise again, and her resurrection would be the signal as her suffering had been the price, of the return of the nations to Christ

These fantastic ideas verging at times on the blasphemous, riddled through with nationalistic conceit, had an enormous influence on young Polish minds between the risings of 1830 and 1863, bringing strength, hope and endurance to a generation groaning under a savage persecution

Professor Roman Dyboski has shown that this Messianic conception of Poland was unceasingly developed by the Polish poets so that it might become a national inspiration Notable among these was Adam Mckiewicz who, in the picture ot suftering Poland, sees the Zeatures of the dyirg Christ

• FANTASTIC"

The mystical element in Mickiewiczs make-up eventually led him astray He came into contaet with the weird neur@tic Lithuanian d Towianski, a man wh as a new Word of Go «s the ifice through w mn of ht deice the ly with ming th ur

This influence ruined Mickiewicz leading him to apostasy HisMessianism grew out of hand, and became the fantastic tenet of a nebulous Seventh-Day Adventist creed me lrv he dto rIn n the red wit The he d he r sufMesthe world e SCHISM.

fantas d men d away trom mati CathoI th way for h greatest r: th incipient scl ke ut after t) sfulrising 53. Inthe ve llowed, nism died 'olish minds a rature, and a more realit attitud me appal ent

Yet, de spite these aberratins the present plight oft Poland, martyred again for her nationhood and her religion, must make our more coneret Western minds sympathise with that national spirit which can build UP such a protection to its integrity mn the midst of the keenest suffering, and we may well feel that there is more than _ half a truth in Krasinski's word, One of the two-either the bless future of humanity is forfeited, or the condition of its fulfilment is the life of Poland."

Thursday, July 25, 1940.

Portugal

State of Christian Social

Will be a Guiding Light" says "The Times"

While the British Empire and the German Reich are locked in total war Portugal is celebrating its 80th anniversary and one of the greatest economic achievements of the century The ambassadors of thirty-four countries are the guests of President Carmona in Lisbon, Britain's representative oeing the Duke of Kent In Portugal reborn under theguidance ot Dr, Salazar, they have discovered Christian social and economic priniples in ection and a guiding light for the Europe of to-morrow.

THE "Times" recently paid a striking tribute to the success ot Dr, Salazar's political experiment in Portugal "Visitors to Portugal who knew the country in former days''it states "cannot fail to appreciate the healthy changes brought abut by the present administration, which, on the philosophical basis of Christianity and the financial basis of s'veney and good business, has built up one of the most successful regimes of modern times"

In a subs :quent editorial which panegyrise ' hat ardently Christian country" f Portugal and reviews the twelve year labours of the Premier, Dr Salazar th "Times" says: In the Europe th; will follow this war the example t thse last twelve years by Portugal will be a guiding light" Salazar' delivery of his country from the toils of international finance is one of the greatest economic achievements of the century It is a reform which sets an example to the world as outstanding as his establishment of a state of Cristian social justice

In ·in; this chievement, it must be mt rwd that from 1854 to 1928 Prtu fai :d to balance its Budget Duin; that time lans to the exte 1 7 ilisn und. were con tract an n half went to p: n: and ·harges, somethin; n a qu rter went to meet nd on'v 27 millions :or public works

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u;a :xprieno·d a milithi: tabilised the tting rid of the fi .d t tolve the nl by 1928 PortuANn appeal was Le ugu f Nations for a million pounds The d n a foreign "Tiason r ilent in Lisbon t act of the loan, and in ef

finane gal wa made t oan League officr" in for th trut feet rul t Portu; l re on her ndepndem ions fell througl nd t aske Professor S ie charm ing quietn of come an apnly Mini inciples he ha long tau;ht of Finance in the ld univ t· o that town"

Salazar's Terms I 1 for the tcceptance of four prineipl befor consenting to tak cfft These wre° (1) E: ·h dpartment of State should be all ·ated lump sum by the Ministrv of Fin: c and its expenditure had to he within th limits of the allocation Departmental chiefs were to be liabl r dis iplinary ction for the non-observance of this rule (2). No Minister should carrv out a measure which involv 1 State revnue without consultation, and approval of the MinIster of Finan (3) Ministers of Finance to hv the right to veto expen diture for which sufficient credit had not been provided. (4) Strict economy of expenditure and uniformity of methods in collecting revenue, all departments co-operating with the Ministry of Finance, Salazar within three months of accepting the post of Minister of Finance Dreduced Portugal's first balanced Budget for threequarters of a century.

He was criticised for not spreading the reorms ovr number of vears, but events proved his judgment sound Not only did the Portuguese rise to the occasion, but the country's finances were in order by the time the great depression hit the world

In the rea depression no measures were t:ken t restrict imports into Portugal, no quotas or control of currency Tariffs are graded according to the need of the country for the imported goods. These tariffs protect Portuguese industris. but do not unduly restrict trade

The figure f the National Budget were publihed in a way that anyone who wanted to understand them could do so; and the date of the financial year was made to coincide with the

civil year This latter provision enbled estimates for public works to be considered during the winter so that the work could be started as soon as the good weather set in Currency was stabilised, first on gold it is interesting to note that the Britishsovereign was legal tender-and when Britain went off the gold standard the escudo was linked with sterling The note issue was kept steady

All that started in 1928 Now, after twelve years during which all Budgets have showed surpluses, the world salutes Dr Salazar for a final achievement of ridding his country of all external debts

No economic force can claim to control Portugal; no longer can the country be shaken by the difficulties of a London bank as it was in 1891

He has been the saviour of his country, a great Catholic statesman applying Christian principles to the modern State In his public utterances he always holds to what are for all Christians th great certainties, God, virtue, authority and the family And of the State he said, echoing Papal words

"The State must be strong, but it must be limited by the demands of morality by the principles of men's rights by individual guarantees and liberties which are the first and foremost condition of social solidarity"

Basic Truths

The present regime in Portugal, therefore, guided by the Constitution is 'not content with merelv establishing a group of office-holders and defining th liberty of the citizen," but conecrates the sacred character of religion, of the fatherland and national solidarity, of the family, of the dignity of a man's labour, of the untouchable spirituality of the human person and of authority and hierrchv'

Premier Salazar recently described the governmental system current in his native land by saying: 'Ve who govern Portugal to-day are therefore against Communism, against Socialism, ainst the class struggle againt the materialistic conception of lie, against all those things which degrade and deride God country and family"

"Vhun most of my present hearers were jut beginning to learn to speak, Europe was already in the most desperate state of collapse of modern times" the Premier said

"The 'thinkers' of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries had succceded in stealing away from men's souls the basic truths and the eternal certitudes which are the very basis of life

"And when the day of reckoning came to European civilisation, there was nothing in view to fill up the crevices left by this modern spirit of negation

"Among the things denied were: the existence of God, Truth, Justice, and the Moral Law These' were denied in tfte name of Pragmatism,' Scepticism, Epicureanism, and a thousand other crazv theories But it was found that Negation and Indifferentism ('one religion is as good as another') were very weak-kneed props for life and ac tion

"One of the great errors of the nineteenth century was the belief that the English type of parliamentarism was a system capable of being adapted to all peoples The result of all this was that, among certain nations, including Portugal the efforts at establishing parliamentary democracy re° sulted in a pitiful instability and chaos

In general, the liberal-democratic systems of rovernment on the Continent h ve not been able really to safeguard the basic liberties of their people We in to-day's Portugal are antiLiberal because we want to guarantee those verv liberties of which the socalled Liberalregime deprived us."

Those who regard Salazar as a dietator must rid their minds of ll thoughts of a ruthless, self-willed in-

dividualist; who seeks his own interests rather than those of his people Competent observers agree with the judgment of the French historian, Bainville, who refers to Salazar's dietatorship as "the most honest, the wisest and the most balanced in Europe" Dr Salazar's methods are certainly authoritative and firm, but his state ments reveal a desire to reject totalitarianism In the first vears of the great experiment in good government he has been compelled by the imitation of resorces and the lack of technical means "to go much too far according to my way of thinking and my own individual tastes, along the road of State control'' -

He is aware that the individual should not have to live for the State, but the State should exist for the individual Bound by Principles

"We are far irom the 'Hegelian' ideas which serve as a basis for some States" he remarks "in which the State is the individuals final goal and is considered the fountain-head of morals, The Portuguese State will be strong is in fact strong; but it is bound by morality, by the principles of the rights of men, by the individual guarantees and liberties which are the essential basis of social solidarity''

Dr Salazar's economic laws are directed to the greatest good of the three classes of the community: the worker the employer, and the consumer (The rights of the last-named are too frequently disregarded by social reformers)

But t is on the workers," writes John M Ryan, in the "Irish Monthly," that Salazar's wise laws have had the most beneficial effect In exchange for their right to strike, to affiliate with foreign bodies and to indulge in class war (rights of doubtful value even when most judiciously exercised), Portuguese workers have in a comparatively short time been enabled to m ke great strides which would involve years of bitter wrangling under the old svstem These include comprehensive schemes of social insurance collective contracts on very favourable terms, reduetion of working hours to increase employment, efficient employment bureaux, improved work° ing conditions and increased educational facilities All these benefits have been obtained by peaceful methods of collaboration and mutual understanding"

Rehousing Dr Salazar's economy aims at giving security to the individuhl. In rehousing urban workers the plan aims at giving each one his own house, and, if possible, his own plot of ground "A small, independent house," said Dr Salazar "means quiet tranquillity a legitimate sense of property, a family A hive means promiscuity, revolution, hatred, the merging of the individual in the multitude'' An interesting account of the Portuguese Government's housing achievement is given by Eileen Egan in the "Sign" "Between 1933 and 1939, housing projects have been carried on in all the districts most needing development The additions o the new Government are charming one family houses that would command enormous rents in the United States

One of the six-room houses I visited will serve as an example From the pleasant open-air balcony of the house I had a view of a tree-shaded street At the back of the house was a small garden, The furnishings were almost all antique Portuguese pieces of massive beautv The cleanliness and charm of the neighbourhood were reflected in the aspect of the rooms

This house would be highly desirable to many a professional family in the United States vet there it was within the reach of a little bank clerk and his family 'It was interesting to note with what pride his wife showed the visitor to her husband's study It is not hard to discover how such a wage-earner could afford such comort The policy in all these developments is to keep the rental fee at the proportion of 10 per cent of the monthly wage"

Insurance Scheme

In [Australia, we might remark, a family is obliged to pay in rent from a quarter to a third of its income

"The arrangement for a relation of 10 per cent between rent and income is general in these developments The amount paid as rent no matter how small is really an instalment on the house, which, after twenty years becomes the property of the tenant The finest feature of the entire plan is the insurance scheme inaugurated with it A small portion of every rent payment is set aside for insurance If

the head of the family dies, the insured house becomes the property of the deceased's family Thus the bereft family at least has the security of a home

It is heartening to think that private enterprise is co-operating with the Government's plan The writer has seen the seventy-four private houses built for the employees of the famous pottery factory of Vista Alegre In comfort and sanitation they compare favourably with six-room houses of suburban America The accommodations for sixty families built by Azevedo, Soares and Company owners of a cotton and fabric factory, are equally good These houses have four, five, and six rooms and more such unitsare planned The big cement factory at Maceira da Cambra, in addition to such improvements as an excellent medical clinic, summer colonies for workers' children, schools and athletic facilities, has, in the last five years, built a similar housing development Even the small water and electric companies in the various towns 'are planning to construct houses under terms similar to those of the Government

These developments, so auspiciously worked out in the last six years, will bring back increasing dividends as the years go by-dividends in family solidarity and in the health of the working people of Portugal""The Advocate

SOVIET WRITER PREDICTS AN AGE OF ATHEISM.

Genev Germany's policies in the field of church legislation are moving in to ward complete atheism says Nikolai Pawlowitch Lewitzki, in his book, Hitler and German Atheism,'' just off the press in Moscow In reicgnition of the work done, Lewitzki was given the title of professor

The author tries to provein his book that atheism has made rapid strides in Germany since Hitler's advent to power

People, he says, were encouraged to desert the churches, and religious in fluence in the schools was virtually eliminated

Though there are still differences between the atheist movements in Soviet Russia and Germany, the author concludes, the main point is that the Germanic faith movements are fully anti-Christian and godless The Soviet Secretary of Education has issued a decree whereby only members o1 the Godless Association will be appointed to chairs at colleges and scientific academies in Soviet Russia from now on Religious symbols of all kinds have been strictly excluded from the rhilitary cemeteries established in various parts of Soviet Russia for the dead of the Finnish war, and the dead could not be buried with religious rites

Anti-religious measures continue to be strictly enforced in the former Poland under Soviet rule In various towns nine ·Catholic, one Protestant, and two Orthodox churches and three synagogues were razed In the Ukraine more than one thousand priests were thrown out of their homes which were confiscated and turned over to Soviet military and ofcials

Racing Selections

By "Ihe Hawk

WEST AUSTRALIAN HUNT CLUB

Saturday, July 27, 1940 (Before \Acceptances)

Beagle Plate: Jolly Imp, 1; Claroic, 2; Black Dust 3

Beague Purse: Tompian, 1; Avalonia, 2; Giglock, 3

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Breeders' Handicap: Capriole, Jolly Jess, 2; Flying Lass, 3 Hunt Club Hurdles: Lord Cunje, 1; Yockine 2; Enaed, 3

Kennels' Purse: Treat's Pride, 1; The Laird, 2; Game Pie. 3. Flying Handicap: Harford, Charming Wave, 2; Ebb Tide, 3

Amateur Flutter: Ginger Rogers, 1; Lady Mine, 2; Fine Scotch, 3.

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Thursday, July 25, 1940.

"Success"

THE Rutherfordite periodical "Consolation,'' published fortnightly n Brooklyn USA, usually carries a contribution from J Hemery London This London correspondent makes a statement that calls for cmment Referring to a pamphlet which the Plymouth Brethren published in criticism of the Rutherfordites he says n defence: "These men, blinded by their perverseness, have earned nothing irom the manifested blessing of God upon the labours of His people

The implication seems to be that since the "Witnesses of Jehovah" have increased in number, their ideas and work must be pleasing to God. (Hitler might argue much the same way about the extension of the Reich)

Yet, in sober fact, most of their deas are demonstrably wrong, many are fantastic some are patently absurd What could be more fantastie, for example, than the notion that the world ended in 1914?

The "Witnesses," of course, may well, in the bliss of their profound and fanatical ignorance, be doing what they think is right But good faith does not guarantee the possession of the

JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES

Suppression Recommended

Sydney, July 18

The Chief Secretary (Mr Tonking) said to-day that he had recommended to the Federal Government that the organisation known as Jehovah's Witnesses should be declared illegal, The Minister added that he strongly supported its suppression as information he had

l received indicated that it should not be allowed to continue with its present activities

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truth, and the many reason that can be offred in adequate explanation o! the number of people captivated by the "Judge" render futile any appeal to "the manifested blessing of God."

Judge" Rutherford's fundamental claim is that he teaches "true" Christianity, the pure and unadulterated Word of God, as expressed in the Bible

He rwiects rganised religion as the work of th Devil, and requires his followers to believe and propagate the "truth'' as he sees it This attack on organisd religion has a certain appeal to those who, having lost touch with a Church, retain some vague attachment to "Christianitv"

Again, the "Judge'' foretells the imminent destruction of Big Business and world power as well as of the Churches Naturally, there is much dissatisfaction

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with the existing economic and political order, and to unbalanced minds the prospect of seeing the whole thing go up n smoke is very attractive The Judge"' provides a delightfully lurid picture of this Great Crash at "Armageddon," and the thrilling part of it

By REV J A PHILLIPS, SJ

all is that this universal Smash is to take place in the very near future: "Armageddon now impends"

Thus, there is in the Rutherfordite propaganda a strong appealto the imagination and to unhealthy emotion, The whole business of "witnessing'

Join the (Rutherford) "Kingdom of Christ,'' or perish at "Armageddon" is an emotional activity A Christian renewal of society sch as the Popes have advocated, by the same propagation of Christian principles throughout economic political and international life is something that Mr Rutherford does not contemplate Allied to the infusion of emotional impulses by the prediction of impending disaster is the groundless persua sion of having knowledge that s hidden from others This feeling of being possessed of inside information about the dark doings of religions and governments must have an appeal to certain minds, especially to those that find n it a counterpoise to a sense of inferiority of being "out of things"

Other people, again become Witness ·" because the Judge" promises salv tion from imminent woe He creates a state o nervous alarm by his confident predictions, and then blinds the mind to the sanity of realty by inspiring fer

Another attraction of the Rutherford gospel is its comparative simplicity It has no reed but the Bible (as interpreted by J F Rutherford) It makes few demands, and these re duce themselves to the general task o propagating Mr Rutherford's ides, chiefly by te purhase and distribu tion f his booklets Moreover, witr :sing''has an element of the spectaular in it: furnished with inside knowledge £ "Jehovah God's purposes" the Rutherfordites carry to the ig norant multitudes warning of the impending doom of the nations and the "good news' of how to escape that doom and "live for ever' This (unfounded) persuasion that they alne ar right is enough to give the "Witnesss"' an inner confidence and exaltation, a feeling of superiority, that makes up for so many of the deficiences of which they are often painfully conscious

Again, the unpolished Rutherford prose is freely seasoned with Scrip-

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ture texts which to some extent conceal the crudeness of the "Judge's" style For the Scriptures have an appeal of their own, and not even the setting that Mr Rutherford gives them can rob them of all their force and unction

Although Judge'' Rutherford's chief ppeal is to emotion, yet the dupes are given the impression that all the reasonable and intelligent people are Witnesses'' The weak repartees of some uninstructed but loyal Catholics are duly reported to "Consolation" and published for the edification of the Witnesses" Indeed the "Judge'' with an insight he does not show in Biblical matters, makes no attempt to win the intelligent His appeal is to the: common people" (Government,'' pp 4, 131)

Then there is the pose of injured innocence Some feminine minds be+ come sympathetic towards the Judge' because they are persuaded that he is wronged and maligned by his crities, He blusters and fumes protesting vigorously that he misrepresents no one, whilst all the time he slanders and villifies those that venture to point out his incompetence for the task of enlightening the world That any ritic could honestly make a mistake eems to bean idea that the Judge" sedulously excludes from his mind

The very fact of criticising him, one gathers, prves the critic's bad faith!

This injured-innocence part, played to a variety of ccompaniments, gains Mr Rutherford a hearing from some few Then superstition and creduli flourishing in their nativw soil of ignorance soon yield th emotional

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Funds for Red Cross Society

On Friday last 19th. inst the Newman Sciety conducted its tenth annual ball, the proceds of which are t e devoted to th Red Cross Soety The organising committee comprised Mis s Dorothy Tangney (presidnt), Moya Smith (secretary), Betty McDonouy;h (ticket secretary), Pat Southall, Elsie York and Mary Davern Rev Dr J T McMahon Chaplain to the Society attended Gue ts of the evening were the 'hancellor of the University (Dr J S Battye) and Mrs. Battye, who chose a gown of silver s: tin finished at the neckline with sequins over which she wore a silver lame jacket; Professor and Mrs A D Ross, and Professor and Mrs Blakey

The hall was early filled to capacity, and dancing, to Miss Molly Wagner's orchestra, continued until 2 am Exhibition dances were given by Mr and Mrs S Gilkinson The main feature of the evening was the presentation of 15 debutantes to Dr, and Mrs Battye by Miss Tangney The debut ntes, who were trained by Mr S Gilkinson, were all dressed in white full skirted frocks and each carried a posy of pastel tinted flowers They were preceded by two small flower girls, Margaret McCallum and Margaret Fahey, who were dressed like in long pink georgette frocks and who presented both Mrs Battye and Miss Tangney with a bouquet of roses and gladioli After the presentation the debutantes and their partners danced the "Pride of Erin" waltz

The debutantes were Misses Aileen Smith, picture frock of hail spotted muslin, with the heart:shaped neckline edged with tiny frilling; Imelda O'Dea, old world bustle frock qf embossed organza with full puff sleeves; Margaret Hughes, jacket frock of water-wave taffeta, with full gored skirt of marquisette organza; Barbara Atkinson a full-skirted white georgette frock, with square neckline and puff sleeves; Joan Healey, bouffant frock of embroidered Swiss organza over taffeta; Pat McMahon picture frock of shadowed Swiss organza, with stiffened taffeta; Rita McMullen, a fitted bodice of white taffeta, with full skirt of coin spotted net; Joan Harris, Richelieu organza frock worn over taffeta Juliet cap of sequins; Gertrude Wood old world dress of silver pin striped taffeta, with heart-shaped neckline; Molly Childe embroidered muslin frock finished with organdie spray at V neckline; Eileen Marshall, classical draped frock of sheer georgette, with interlaced folds forming the bodice, Lucy Ryan, white self-embossed cloque, with full circular skirt and heart-shaped neckline; Gwen Stokes girlish old world frock of white taffeta the shirred bodice being finished with gilt stitching: Daphne Quill,

Of course, on scme points the ' "Judge" is right For if there were no truth at all in his system he would catch few even of the ignorant

But the truths that he does teachthe existence of God, His supreme rights, the inspiration of Scripture, and the reality of unseen forces of evil -are few enough, in all conscience; nor are they specifically Christi n truths

The Jews believed these truths long before the time of Christ

The Judge"' also professes to teach certain specifically Christian truths such as the divinity of Christ and His Resurrection. But his understanding ot these doctrines is opposed to the Christian Revelation so much so that only people profoundly ignorant of the real teaching of Holy Scripture could be deceived by what in reality is a purely nominal adherence to these doctrines

Thus, in one way or another, people are won over to the Rutherford gos pel The more fanatical f the 'Judge's' followers become mission aries Tireless in their activities, they "go from house to house preaching the good news at great financial loss to themselves"' (Intolerance," p. 25)

These various factors, singly or in diverse combinations. rive .n adequate explanation of conv ·rsi mns' to Rutherfordism

There is no need to have recourse to "the manifested blessing of God" the number of fools is infinite and some of them will always listen to any mountebank prophet that gets up and proclaims the approach of Doomsday The Catholic Tim'

Rutherford NEWMAN

BALL

crinoline frock lace, with net 'rills trimmed with tiny velvet bow Mar garet Cusack, full skirted frock trnd Swis organza, with full bodice

Their partners were. M »rs, P Smith, S Davis, P Brinsden, T McMullen K Williams J Brophy J Dolan J Stewart, L. Wood J Hob ley, L Allen, N Ward, A Bagiey, J Andrews. B usack sympathiser a captive to the "Witness" mania

lllama» Setty["

The monthly meeting of th Newman Societv will be held in th University Refectory on Tuesday August 6 t8pm Mr Frank Walsh will deliver a lecture entitled Industrial Arbitration"

Wool may be had at the League Rocms on Friday between 2 pm and 4pm. All those who have taken wool are asked to send the finished articles to Mrs Ryan as soon as possible General Meeting

The monthly general meeting will be held in future on the second Wednesdav of each month, at No, 10, second floor, Nestle's House The next meeting will be held on August 14

NEW NORCIA EX-COLLEGIANS' CABARET DANCE, at CARLTON CLUB, On WEDNESDAY, JULY 31 D: ncin@: 830 pm to 1 am Novelties. Supper Tickets, 3s. (plus tax) Reservation of Tables, B3753. Hon Secretaries· Miss M Cullen L R Forbes Camp Comforts.

Church,

Politics,

and

Duty of Teaching the Church's Social Doctrines

This article is a report in the N Z Tablet" of an address given to the Press Group of the Catholic Sccial Guild, Wellington, on May 7 by Father J A Higgins, SM.-, Archdiocesan Director of Catholic Acticn The importance of this eddress cannot be over-emphasised

Ftivi t pro of h

\TIIER Higgins explained that his address was occasioned by the fact that there had been some rfticism of the work of the Press Group of the Catholic Social Guild from the point of view of politics it had been asserted that the work ot the Guild favoured one particular Party in politics, and the Guild had appealed to its Director for advice on the matter The Director remarked that, as they so well understood, Catholic Action was not political, any more than the Church was political He said that on Catholic Avtion fell the task of teaching the social doctrines of the Church There an be no doubt about this r Pop Pius XII made it nmistakable language In Divini Redemptoris' T Ive this cial aefficacv it i: necessarv der study f social ight f the doctrines nd under the aegis of authority If the f m Catholics in field ha: left much ha often come e th have not known ufticiently the teachings Pontiff n these it is of the utter in all classes ntensiv programme of n adapted t the varyint {lectual culture It r with all are and diligence ti widst po ssible diffusion hurch. even Thereubt about th I b

he ho 1ba ph m which savs: In Pre:s can t. formost attractiv tanding o 1 hav h vo ure

r the harge this or that d. You are, f the kind ou are that If there are he teachings if those to be like the platform do not vour work Is zzled n her sons se some Party in ash thi: or that? es trv to make work, are you to 'icar of Christ comead broadcast the hurch?

nigh imposible you know" id Father Higsins, 'for you t do th work the Church most arden I desires without meeting the kind of charge you now [ace So do not worrv Be sure that the Holy Father well knew that this sort of thing happen when he gave his cmm: the laitv for Catholic lctin tatter of social teachin call the words of Pius XI: " re some who, while exteri l to the practice of their r in th field of labour and industry in the professions, trade and ermit a deplorable cl ir conscience and live a in conformitv with the ustice nd Christian lives are a scandal to o the malicious a pret redit the Church.' s of this sort will 'not hesithat. in th event of the teaching of the Church appearing to avour in anv wav this or that political partv which they do not happen t lie. about the teachings of the Church vou must be silent. Ii, Tor example. vou were to state what Pius XI said in Ouadragesimo Anno' that the State has the dutv in view of the

common good, to specify more aceurately what is licit and what is illicit for property owners in the use of their possessions'; and if you were to say as Leo XIII said, and as Pius XI repeated after him, that 'the defining of private possessions has been left bv God to man's own industry and to the laws of individual peoples'; and if you were t say again with Pius XI that 'His tory proves tht the right of ownership, like other elements of social life, is not absolutely rigid,' you would most probably be accused of being political You would probably be ac used by the Communists of upholding Modern Capitalism, that social form Liberalism so clearly condemned bv the Church: and vou would probably be accused by ignorant Catholics of favouring some political party which they do not like But what you would be doing is this: you would be teaching the social doctrine th Church of Jesus Christ, Our Lord

Let me refer vou" the Director of tholic etion said "to what happened recently in the province of Quebec In that countrv the doctrine of Socia' Credit has been widely taught and widely questioned so much as that the Bishops of th province set up a Commi: ion t enquire into Social Credit to s whether or not it was against th te hing of the Church Social Cre dit had been charged with Socialism and even with containing elements of Communism Social credit has been and still is an important issue in the field of politics Well, the Commision found that Social Credit did not cont: n anv factor or element that placed it in contradiction to the teaching of the Church The Commission did not say that politically Social Credt was desirable. The Catholic Press did not, f course, hesit te to publish t) findings the Commission And I was amused to read one Catholic scribe reporting the findings in a Catholi paper and at the same time trying to assure his readers that he had not been so far wrong in his previous ndemnations of Socia! Credit

Now vou must see what this case mans,said the reverend speaker, if ur criti re right in their charges against you, the Bishops the Pronc of Quebec were wrong because they took most efficint steps to gain a decision about a matter on which Catholics were divided in the political arena. And they took exactly those steps which would allow the Catholics who favour Social Credit to be at rest in their consciences, because the Commission declared that Social Credit was ot n nflict with the teaching of the hurch But most surelv it was erect, right and most proper for the Church to enlighten her sons and daughter upon a matter on which there was some doubt most certainly it was right for the Church thus to act with authoritv to make clear a matter on which ther was conflict of opinion in polities And f one Party made 'ggerated use of what the Church had done as a Partv actually did, who will dare t declare that the Bishops were in errr n their action?

Ouite recentlv, to take an example nearer home, even at home, the Epis opal Committe for Catholic Ac tion in Australia and to that Episc pal body Catholic Action in New Zealand is, so to speak, affiliated is sued statement for use in the chur ches on Social Justice Sunday In t statement the Bishops say to take one xample 'Under the existing we svstem it should be taken as an axiom that Socil Justice has not been fulfilled. Now there are certainly some who will see political force in that remark. But that did not deter the Bi., s, nor did t stop them rom printing the remark, nor will t, surely, stop our Catholic Press from printing the Bishops' statement It is unfortunato' true, Father Higgins svid "that il vou are to avoid ev ·rvthin that any politician may use, vou will be most securely gagged That is what has happened in other lands The Nazis taught doctrine that was in direct contradiction to Catholic teaching, and then complained that Catholics were nterfering with ooli

tics when they taught the truth of Christ As we have remarked, the position has been made perfectly clear by Pius XI: it is the function of our Catholic Press to teach the truth, the Catholic Christian truth on social problems, and you, as a Press Group operating within the field of Catholic Action, have nothing to fear as long as what vou teach is consonant with the doctrines of Our Holy Mother the Church Not only have you nothing to fear, you may be encouraged by the thought that you are doing what the Church wants vou to do Teach always the positive social doctrines of our Holy Faith Leave Politics to Politicians Be sure' Father Higgins continued, "That those who proclaim against vou, do not know the Enevclicals Be sure that if they thought that what vou teach was in favour of their own particular brand of politics, they would leave you be Be sure that if they who charge you with political influence read the work of Monsignor Coffey of Maynooth, they would charge him with I know not what For you are not charged with false doctrine, you are not charged with denying the teaching of the Church. You are charged with favouring a Party in politics Th. t you cannot do simply by teaching the truth for any Party may use what you teach. It is not, of course, your business to praise or to condemn parties in politics: but if vour readers come to conclusions becaus of what you write and teach, their conclusions are their own It is for you to do what the Church de; mands, t is for you to assist the Catholic Press to publish and to publish again and again the Christian teaching on social problems."

And the reverend speaker remarked: "Ther· are some who regret that Our Saviour spoke of such things as wages, as though by doing so the Redeemer interfered with the polities of to-day; there are some who regret that the

Church is to-day the strongest upholder of the right of men to private property in the true Christian sense of the term and not in the false sense of Modern Capitalism; and they accuse her of being against the people Hark back to the first words I spoke to you this evening Remember the wish, the desire, the will of the Holy Father Study the social question in the light of the Church's doctrines and assist the Catholic Press to fulfil its duty in spreading the truth Leave politics to politicians If some of those gentlemen learn the truth from vour work so much the better It is your business and the business of the Catholic Press to know the truth and to teach it"

In reply to a question, Father Higgins stated that difficulty arose be cause politics and the Church were concerned about the same matters One and the same matter has both moral or religious importance as well as poli tical value For example the pro blem of Justice' is of serious import ance for the State and for the political life of a people: but Justice is a virtue just as temperance and chastitv are virtues Therefore, in so far as it s a virtue, Justice falls within the sphere of the Church's influence Also the question of private property s ot political significance nd is like wise of moral meaning Therefore on such matters the Church speaks and the Christian must strive to know the Christian truth about property and to spread that truth by means of the Christian Press It cannot he too strongly emphasised that no Catholie is justified in trimming his notions and ideas sf as'ire or of Property and kindred matters to suit his politics Christians are bound to follow the laws of Christ and of the Church. Let it b perfectly plain that if politics d not agree with Christian teching s much the worse for polities There are far too many Christians who think that thev may take even moral guidanc from political party

Official Organ of the Archdiocese of Perth.

PERTH, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1940.

The Spirit o Capitalism

The economic life led by man and by society is animated by what we can only call a capitalist spirit What then is this economic spirit, informing modern man when he attends to business? And be it noted here that we are concerned with a social force, not an individual passion, because the manifestations of this spirit are of real importance when the classes that it inforgs are the holders of power and are in a position to give society the imprint that stamps it as capitalist Now the economic spirit of the age is necessarily inseparable from the current ideas of wealth and its ends, in the choice of means for obtaining it, and of modes of using it This conception of wealth will, of course, be bound up with a general outlook on the universe Hence, the essence of the capitalist spirit is perhaps best approached by contrast with that of the pre-capitalist, say, for example, the ordinary Guild member of the thirteenth century He looked upon wealth as a social instrument and attempted to relate a man's economic activity to the general requirements of his station in life He discriminated not only between lawful and unlawful means of acquiring wealth, but also between lawful and unlawful intensity of use in the lawful means For him morality not only condemned unlawful means but limited the use of those that were lawful

Thus, a man convinced that wealth is a means for the attainment of his individual natural ends (which are not, and cannot be, divorced from his individual supernatural ends and from the natural ends of society), will choose such means of acquiring wealth as will not lead him away from his ultimate end or from ends connected with it His economic activity must respect the rules of action that lead to the attainment of such ends The means of acquiring material goods will not therefore be classified as practicable or impracticable, according to greater or smaller financial returns, but according to their conformity to the moral life within which every action must be contained The primary characteristic of the capitalist spirit, on the other hand, is the unlimited use of all means of acquiring wealth that are held to be morally lawful and economically useful. The capitalistdoes not rule out moral considerations; he adopts a moral code of his own which, while it declares certain means to be unlawful, does not limit the use of those means that are reputed lawful The old conception of wealth restrained a man from unlimited personal enrichment He might indeed acquire as much as he wished, but he could not enjoy as much as he wished

This limitation arose from his conception of the social use of wealth which implied conformity to social morality which was guaranteed either by laws of the Church or by civil laws It implied also a limitation in favour, now of the supernatural ends of the individual, now of the natural ends of society, but always at the expense of purely economic ends The capitalist, on the contrary, has no social conception but an individual and utilitarian idea of the use of wealth This used to be called rugged individulaism Such in brief is the essence of capitalism-its spirit which makes it unique and marks it off clearly from anything that went before it Now this spirit will never believe that it has fully perfected the means of seeking and acquiring wealth Hence derives another notion, the perfection of means, and the progressive perfection of such means is another distinguishing mark of the capitalist and his age It is surhmed up in all that the modern means when he talks of progress, service and efficiency The pre-capitalist world was based on the idea of subsistence or sufficiency, and hence tradition and the moralist played an important part in it, but unlimited production is eternally unsatisfied, unstable, and constantly seeking to improve the means, of acquiring higher and better returns To-day the engineer and economist alone have supremacy

ADDITIONSTOLASTYEAR'S PROGRAMME

Closing Concert, In addition to the competition at Fremantle on August 9, and the two days at, Anzac House, on August 13 and 14, there will be a concert at 8 o'clock on the evening of the 14th at Anzc House at 'which 'the prize-winning schools will sing portions of the programme of the, competition, and HisGrace the Archbishop will present them with their shields. In addition the Cathedral Choir Rev Father Albert Lynch and ther soloists will contribute to the programme The proceeds wift be for theCatholic WelfareOrganisation. Prices will be2s for

all parts ofthe house, andtheboxplan will open at Nicholson's on August5 New Trophy.

A special trophyhas been offered by His Grace the Archbishop to be+competed for by thelastyear's shield winners in the parish schools and girls' highereducation sections oflast year's competitions These will not then compete in their ordinary sections this year ConferenceofTeachers

A conference ofteacherswill be held in theCathedral Hall on Sunday afternoon, July 28, at 3 o'clock, at which the Diocesan Director of Sacred Music , will go through all the materialof this I year's competition, and discuss any matters needing clarification

Rev Fathers J O'Grady and J McCormack returned to Perth during the week from a holiday in Ireland

ARCHBISHOP'S ENGAGEMENTS

July 28: Confirmation and Canonical Visitation, at St Joseph's Church, Kellerberrin

July 31: Celebrate Pontifical High Mass at the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Leederville

August 2: Pontifical Benediction at Convent of theGood Shepherd, Leederville

August 4: 830 ame: Induct Rev T Ahern as Parish Priest of the newlyformed parish of Belmont-Carlisle 1030 am: Preside at Solemn High Mass at the Redemptorist Monastery, North Perth

August 10: Preside at Solemn High Mass at St Patrick's Church, Fremantle, on the occasion of the conclusion cf the Plain Chant Festival Fremantle

August 11: Lay foundation-stone of new church East Fremantle, after the 9 o'clock Mass

August 14: Attend concert at Anzac House, by prize-winners in the An nual Plain Chant Festival, and distribute prizes

LATEARCHBISHOP KELLY'S WILL

In a will notable alike for its Catholiespiritanditsbrevity,thelateArchbishop Michael Kelly left a small net estate valued at £578 Archbishop Gilroy, his successor was named as His Grace's executor, and sole 'beneficiary after thepayment of personal debts, funeral and testamentary ex penses These are the opening lines of the document in which Archbishop Kelly disposed of his estate: "In the name of the Most Holy Trinity and in the hope of life everlasting through the meritsofOurDivineSaviour,I,Michael Kelly Archbishop of Sydney declar this to be my last will and testament I commit my soul to the mercy of God, and to the immediatesuffrages of the clergy and the faithful"

ITALIAN LAYBROTHERAND FRENCH NUN BEATIFIED.

TheVen Emily de Rodat, foundres of theCongregation of the Holy Family of Villefranche and the Ven Ignatius of Laconi, an Italian Capuchin lay brother, were beatified in St Peter's last month, This ecremony completes the series which began with the canonisation of St Gemma Galgani and St Mary Eu phrasia Pelletier Five Venerabili have been beatified Blessed Emilydied in 1852 To-day er congregations has orphanages, bo rding schools, hospitals, clinincs, and dispensaries in France, Belgium, Engl nd, Switzerland, Rome, Spain, Syria, Egypt, and Brazil Foundations are in London, Exmouth and Little hampton

NATIVE BLSHOP APPOINTED IN INDO-CHINA.

Rome

Father John M Phung, a 41-year-old native priest of Indo-China, has been appointed Coadjutor with the right of succession to Bishop Tong, Vicar Apostolic of Phat-Diem, The Bishopelect was ordained in 1924

Father Charles William Quinn, aged 35, has been appointed Vicar 1pos tolic of Yukiang China An American Vincentian, born at Savanah, California, he was ordained nine years ago

QUARANT ORE

JULY.

Sunday ' 4th Busselton: Oae Day of Exposition.

AUGUST

Sunday Ist Mosman Park: One Day of Exposition

2nd St Francis Xavier's, East Perth: One Day of Exposition

3rd Victoria Park: Porty Hours' Prayer (6th-I8th)

3rd Premantle: Forty Hours' Prayer (16th-18th)

4th St, Mary's, Kalgoorlie: Forty Hours Prayer (23rd-25th)

August 15: Preside at Solemn High Mass at St Mary's Cathedral, onthe occasion of the conclusion of the Plain Chant Festival, Perth.

August 18: Confirmationand Canonical Visitation at St Joseph's Church, Northam

August25: ConfirmationandCanonical Visitation atSt Mary'sChurch. Merredin '

September 1: Bless new Hospital of St John ofGod, Bunbury

September 6: Confirmation of children attending Religious Holiday School, Narrogin

September 8: Bless new Church of St Teresa, Corrigin Confirmation and Canonical Visitation at Sacred Heart Church, Kondinin

September 15: Confirmation at St Teresa's Church-School, Gwelup

September 18: Preside at Enrolment Ceremony (Holy Name Society) Aquinas College

September 22: Confirmation and Canonical Visitation, at St, John's Church, Toodyay

September23-27: Priests' Retreat (senior), Redemptorist Monaster, North Perth

October7-I1: Priests' Retreat (junior), Redemptorist Monastery North Perth

ST MARY'S CATHEDRAL Sunday, July 28.

Mas ·s will be celebrated at7, 8,9, 10, with Missa Cantata at 11 am, at which St. Mary's Cathedral Choir, under the direction of Rev A Lynch, will render Missa Domenid lis III (Refice) At the Offertory the Ave Maria" (Victoria) will be ung

FORTY GIRLS AT AUSTRALIA'S FIRST CATHOLIC COLLEGE

" The Ouest " Australia's rst Catholic Action College, opened at the Grail House, Hawthorn, Victoria, on Monday, 15th inst, with nearly forty girls from many parts of the Commonwealth and from New Zealand in residence

July: Thursday, 25: Children's Ball, Fremantle Town Hall Tuesday 30: Annual Bridge and Card Party (in aid of Foundling Home), Victoria Square College, 8 pm Wednesday, 31· New N rcia Collegians' CabaretDance Carlton Club 830 pm St Vincent de Paul Society second annual Concert, Perth Town Hall Mentioninthiscolumnwill be made only of those functions advertised elsewhere in thisissue)

162,000 ATTEND CARDINAL DOUGHERTY'S JUBILEE MASS

His Eminence the Most Rev Dennis Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia U.S.A., publicly observed cn Sunday, June 2, the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination to the holy riesthood at the Municipal Stadium ";j, Eminence sang Solemn Pontifieal Mass in the presence of 162:,000 pe@ple, a throng which filled every seat in the vast amphitheatre, and packed hundreds of others standing on the green sward of the bowl The throng jgan to file into the stadium shortly es fter 9 o elock and kept pouring in en up to 12 noon, when the Cardinal started the Solemn Pontifical Mass at

the great utd r tar The special intention o hi Eminence was that the Mass be offered that th war may be averted from th I nited States Negroes of all creeds tendered a reception to Cardinal Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia, in honour of his Eminence's golden sacerdotal jubilee, and in recognition of his long record of activity on behalf of interrar'al justice In plannin t! re 'pton, negroes of Phi' elphia joined with the Pennsylvania orgnisat» mn f Negro Elks and a citizens' ·omm;tu A letter presented to th Cardinal personally by Dr Aldophus W nderson, State president of the Elks, and Dr Charles Dorsey, lauded th 'ardinal's services to the negre f th State and dded: Since ur Elks are organied on principles :harity, justice and brotherly Ive, placing great stress on charitv and whereas the Catholie Church is h greatest charitable institutin to-d. v in the world secular or re, gious it becomes our public duty t ·how due respect to the Cathi 'hurch its ideals its tenets mnd its precepts, through and in your fine :adership at this particular r :eption"

European Catholic Press

Stricken by War

ij voice ofthe C tholic [press of Continental Eur@pe has largely been silenced or muffled" said Frank A Hall director of the N CWC. News Service, at the thirtieth annual meetinig of the Catholic Press Association of, the United States recently Mr Hall said the three greatest of the Continental Catholic news services-CP, issued in Breda, Holland; K.A P., in Poland, and KIP.A., in Switzerland"have met, or face, tragic fates " "Before the present hurricane struck Europe," he added, "we already had seen stricken from the active roster the scores of Catholic dailies in Germany, with their bellwether Germania'; the splendid Austrian Catholic press' headed by the 'Reichspost'; the thriving Catholic press of Czechoslovakia, with Lidove Listy' The Catholie press of Spain, formerly led by 'EI Debate' now begins to revive, but it is still weak Noted Papers Throttled.

We must now add to th ecasualty list the youthful but numerous Catholie press of Poland so ably served by KAP: the great Catholic press of Holland, led by 'De Maasbode' and De Tyjd ' papers to which we were wont to point as exemplars; and the virile Belgian Catholic press, with La Libre Belgique' at its head Already, some of the French Catholic press is prostrate and the sturdy 'La Croix' of Paris finds itself in grave danger In Italy, Catholic papers must be entirely circumspect.

Even the great Vatican City daily Osservatore Romano,' is at this moment hampered and under attack

"Of the continent of Europe, papers like the 'Universe' of London and the Standard' of Dublin, which have been able to retain a reasonable freedom, are in peril And over Europe the once magnificent Catholic press is more and mor throttled and the silence spreads"

Coverage Difficulties Cited

Mr Hall cited the difficulties encountered bv the news service of the National Catholic Weliare Conference of U S A in covering world news under the present chaotic conditions, but added that new correspondents have been set up in three European countries commissioned to report on areas in which correspondents can no longer be maintained because of the war He also described plans for the establishment of a Latin:American news ser vice whih will extend the net of the N C WC correspondents

Mr Hall told o the direct effects the series of Nazi 'blitzkreigs" have had upon the News Service, citing the folowing among the problems brought by the events in Europe

A leading correspondent imprisoned for a year in a concentration camp: another in a leading European capital wounded in a bombardment and twice arrsted before escaping· the mobilication of another correspondent with the fighting forces of- his country, one forced to leave his own country; the capture o cities in which two corresPARTITION IS ONE OF EIRE'S ondents were situated, leaving their GREATEST WRONGS, SAYS te unknown; the invasion of a counCARDINAL. try, which led to the elimination of a "I look upn Partition as one of the newly-developed news centre; and greatest wrongs ever perpetrated upon censorship throughout Europe, which our country'' d ·lared his Eminence delays the gathering and transmission Cardinal MacRory Archbishop of Ar- of news megh and Primate of AII-Ireland, speaking at the centenary celebrations of St Mel's Cathedral, Longford I hope," Said His Eminence, "that, whatever may be the issue of this war, Irclond may, at last, comeinto her own I would like to see Partition ended, because I believe that in a free Ireland, an Ireland free and undivided, our people would learn to understand one another, respect one another, and, in the end, love one another "For myself," went on the Cardinal I went to say here I bear no shade of ill-will to anv Protestant in the world because of his religion I would be prepared to do all I could to secure Justice for all and even be prepared to go a little further than justice to secure unity, because I believe in my heart that unity of the country, in the long run, would be beneficial to every creed and class ''

Parcels of clothing for the Society of St Vincent de Paul may be left at this office for collection

8 ST VINCENT DE PAUL SOCIETY

ANNUAL OONCERT.

Thirty of Perth's Artists will be present on the stage at the Perth Town Hall on next Wednesday night, to assIst at the Second Annual Concert of the St Vincent de Paul Society Variety will be the keynote Tickets are only'2s Ind 1s; children 6d. Book now at Musgrove's

SOLDIERS' DEPENDANTS APPEAL 5

Preparations are well ad\vanc! for the grand rally in the Perth Town Hall on the evening of Friday, August 2 Between 730 and 8 p.m the massed bands of the WA Scottish Pipe Bands will play' on a march through the principal streets to the hall During the evening there will be presented in the Town Hall an excellent programme of music interspersed with a few brief speeches, It is anticipated that the speakers will be the Hon the Premier the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor Sir Haf Co]ebatch Mrs. H Dean, and the State President of the RSL (Mr A Yeates)

The programme committee have been successful in securing, with the permission of the Australian Broadcasting Commission, the appearance of Australia's famous mezzo-soprano, Dorothy Heimrich An outstanding pupil of the Sydney Conservatorium Miss Helmrich went to London, where she made her debut with great success, and then went from triumph to triumph in Europe and America In 1936 she returned to Australia as a celebrity artist for the Broadcasting Commission and Perth music lovers will remember her fine performance with the Perth Symphony Orchestra in His Majesty's Theatre

Other musical items at the rally will be provided by the massed Scottish Pipe Bands the Specialty Four (Messrs Lyle, Carter, Perey Hill and Bill Edwards) Boans' Staff Orchestra, and Mrs Clear Mr John Sullivan will sing a parody of Kiplings "Absent-Minded Beggar," the words being written for the occasion by Mr Victor Courtney

Simultaneously with the rally in the Town Hall, similar meetings will take place in many provincial towns, and a considerable portion of the Perth programme will be broadcast to them by the National and several of the B Class stations

The office of the appeal is at the Commercial Travellers' Club, and the

l,ieutenant�overnor Sr Ja1-:1 � l

Mitchell K.C.M.G

Joint Presidents: Hon W H

Kitson, MLC: the Rt Hon. the Lord Mayor (Dr T W Meagher 1 P )

Chairman of Committees: Hon J M Macfarlane, MLC

Deputy Chairman of Committees: Mr M E Zeffert

Executive Committee: Mrs H Dean, M.B E-; Mrs F A Mansfield, Mrs J McKinlay Professor A D. Ross, Mr Alex Clydesdale, JP, Mr V Courtney, Mr E C Lawrenee, Mr W L Menkens, Mr R Goyne-Miller Mr E Needham, MLA Mr A O Neville, J P , Mr F, Whitford

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Thursday August 22: Grand bridge night, Savoy Hotel Arranged by Mrs D M Benson Tables, 8s Ring Mrs Benson for tables (F1298)

NAZIS MOW DOWN POLISH PRIESTS BY MACHINE GUN

DRESS CAPTURED BISHOP IN CLOWN'S CLOTHES ('Universe" Special Correspondent.)

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While the eyes of Western Europe are focussed on events much nearer home, it should yet be realised that the suffering and persecution oi the faithful in both parts of occupied Poland are increasing rather than diminishing In Lublin a number of priests have beenlined up against the walls of Bishop Fulman's palace and mown down by machine guns in public The Bishop himself has been taken to the concentration camp at Oranienburg, near Berlin, which has an evil reputation even among these Nazi institutions, The Bishop who is 70 is living ina small wooden hut Among the milder diversions practised upon him is tht of dressing him up in clown's clothes when members of the Hitler Jugend are allowed to photograph him

In Oranienburg itself there are a further 45 priests undergoing special torture designed for their benefit

ANZAC HOUSE CONCERT.

A large audience at Anzac House on Sunday afternoon enjoyed a programme of musical items in which the singing of St Mary's Cathedral Choir, under the baton of Rev, Father A Lynch, was a pleasing feature The proceeds were in aid of The West Ausraliant' Fund for Soldiers Dependants The choir 'opened with a polyphonic group, "Ave Maria (Arcadelt), Popule Meus' (Vittoria), Resonate in Laudibus' ·(Gallus), and Super Flumen Babylonis" (Palestrina), and later sang "The Long Day Closes (Sullivan) The audience joined the choir in "Lords of the Air'' and the boys of the choir sang Schuberts The Lord is My Shepherd"' Master James Hatchett chose for a solo "Land of Hope and Glory" He was supported by the choir Four violin solos by Rev Father Lynch were popular, as were vocal solos by Messrs Sydney Lynch and John Sullivan Mr I T Birtwistle gave an address in the absence through illness of the Lord Mayor (Dr Meagher) Mr W Talbot led community singing and Miss L Hoskings was accompanist Mr A Taylor was accompanist for the choir and Mr E Black for the soloists. .

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Among the total of 11,000 prisoners in this camp are the Warsaw Prof Bednarki and the well-known astronomer Wilk wro discovered the comet that bears his name

At Bydgoszez the authorities murdered a priest in front of his altar and in view of the congregation His crime was that of attempting to hide a small statue of Our Lady to which he was especially attached

In the concentration camps of Rzeszow and Tarnobrzeg are a further 500 priests

In Russian Poland, while there is little or no actual shooting of priests as many churches as possible are being turned into public-houses and cinemas Entire schools are being deported without the parents' permission

ANNUAL CARD PARTY FOR THE FOUNDLING HOME

The annual bridge and card party, organised by Mrs E Needham, in aid of the Foundling Home, will be held in Victoria Square College Hay-street, on Tuesday, July30, at 8 p.m Although it is recognised that there are many calls just now, and as this appeal {or the foundlings only occurs once a year, it is hoped that this deserving charity will receive generous support Patrons are kindly requested to bring their own playing cards. Reservations ring B8307

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The HOLYSHROUD

Seven Important Conclusions

By LIEUT-COLONEL P W OGORMAN CM D., M D

In this, the final section of his article, Dr O'Gorman reexamines the question of the impressions on the Holy Shroud in the light of his discovery already recorded If radio-action and chemical action can bring about the results gbtained in a photographic negative even when a photograph has not been taken, may they not also explain the phenomenon of the impressions on the Shroud? Due weight must, however, be given to the effect of the supernatural radiance of the Resurrection Consideration of all the factors involved enables the author to draw seven conclusions of importance

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E now come to understand how the linen of the Shroud which for burial purposes must have been unbleached, had its degraded celluloses amenable to the action of hydrogen peroxide or some equally oxidising emanations from Christs body, actuated probably by certain radioactive substances Both of these must have been very active to result, as we know they did, within the brief limit of the three days when the body lay in the tomb before the Resurrection

Emotions and Electricity

Sin writing this I have come aeross a passage in a book I had underlined a coble of years ago "[ore recent observations and experiments have proved that physical emotions c use electric variations in our system, and radiations 'rom the body similar in effect to cathodic rays have been registered upon photographic plates." Could such electric reactions be continued t t mortem especilly in the body of Christ, apart from radio-activity, we must remember that there were 67 English pounds t"about a 100 pound weight" Jn) of loe and myrrh resinus substances packed with the bod Dr Clark makes a valuable state ment which is worthv of attention: 'It possible that the rosins, ete, may have given off sufficient hydrogen per oxide to act chemically on the linen n the shroud in the short time th shroud was in contact with the body \ piece of rosin held near a photo graphic pl te in the dark gives off suffictent peroxide to affect the plate in a relativelv short time I see no reason for suspecting radio-active action On the other hand, turpentine and other natural volatile orgnic liquids give rise to traces of peroxide on con tact with air and it may be that these, and not rosin, caused the effect."

I have also considered it prob ble that all thes effects might have been reinforced by Dr Vignom's vaporographic theory the combination ot ammoniacal vapours from the urea of th we.t and blood of the body to gether with emanations from the aloes and mvrrh tand these have a powerful xhalation), depositing themselves upon the cloth of the Shroud. But no deep stains are present to corre pond with the powdered "mixture" Contact Image

sibly have culminated on the third day at the moment of the Resurrecton bv the sudden radiance of Our Lord's body "as lightning" or "glittering as the sun,'such as we know occurred on Mount Thabor at the Transfiguration (Mat 17: 2 f Mk 9· 3, Lk. 9 29i Cf the Angel at the Tomb Mat 28 3, Lk. 24: 4: and cf Moses, Ex 34· 29351 This is a very interesting speculation or conjecture We know that in the case o Moses th effulgence from his countenance was so vividly brilliant that it had to be screened from the people by his waring a v ·il

Supernatural Radiation

In Our Lord's case it is that the rdiati :curr earliest jut m c mplete revivi somewhat m ler ed the impression ns tised Sh;ou shading bing du hair, features, truction: to ig photograph I tion t ul woul

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1 that L' liml perc 'umit ter hair a ms, appear dark

Seven Conclusions, Som fina conelus» mns ot important are thest These dscovries claim to affirm the following ats:

1 Th impressions n th S net pining

2 Th are th is o a d as

3 They are negative from a posi tive body aftor th manm a phost graph

1 Thev are what ma naturel auto-photograms

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One observation we must not omit making in answer to the difficulty in understanding how a combination of fairly clear and diffuse images occur on the Shroud. We must not 'orret that the entire back of the body, equally as well as the front, left its det: led impress on the sheet, and that the back was lying in close contact with it. As Msgr Barnes suggests, rav or emanations acting only at short range, before their energy was dissipated or absorbed would more eadily produce a contact image. At reater varying distances the image would become diffuse, in accordance with the front and back impressions seen on the Shroud On the other hand for those who would incline to the body impressions being ol a miraculous or semi-miract lous nature the following observations should carry weight They may pos-

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5 Thy were produced by b: bv combined radio chemical ces: resting n a skiagram r gram)

6 Possibly aided by th uper natural radiance of the Resurrection

With this possibility both Dr Beecher nd Msgr Barnes appear to gree, The latter in the ultimate sentence of his article savs· At the same time, when I consider the wonderful and ununearthlv beautv o the Face that has bce: revealed I wonder whether such beautv can be wholly the result of blind forces tcting according to strict laws and whether we must not postulat an over-ruling guidance of sapernatural character

7 Firllv, in view f the extraordinary convergence ot scientific and medic:I evidence, if the authenticitv of the Shr ud be accepted as it also historically seems to be and mav also be ae;ted by default of h contrary we have hereundoubtedly the only authentic portrait of Jesus Christ, our Divine Redeemer, in the world rother thing wh; h vecms to have ether escaped noti e or not been in sted on, is that there ppears to b no other shroud n vst.rce that bears a s:nilar impress a c' pse Light on Christ's Wounds Or the other hand, considering its historv and that this linen is not the winding-sheet of any other dead person, and that the altogether extraordinary mpressions could not be of one stimu lating the passion-afflicted Christ, with the peculiar marks of Hi scourgings all oyer the back and limbs and the

confined er your at clubs s might nce on not papng ats of chest and front, the punctures from the coronation of thorns, the bruised tumefied and bloody countenance, the dislocated eartilege of the nose ti right eye injured and closed the pierce ed wntsts (not palms -an anatomical evidence of value), and below the insteps of both the feet through the; e'space of the matatarsal bones m piled together by a single nail, the rotable discoloration on the right hout ier index ting the presence of the arried eross, the large bleeding wound n the right (not the left) side of the est and the entirely nude body-a reumstance ot impressive value as it goes directly against the pictorial exression of all early Christian sent ment and reverence- this portrait ecms to be the strongest confirmation of theauthenticity of the Holy Shroud being indeed that of Our Lord Jesus Christ Himself In ither words, an established fact must be raced, however astounding it n• be The Shroud taken as a standing fact by itself is its own de ence for its authenticity, which no op- rosing arguments can overcome

Thursday, July 25, 1940 comh all this t all ncert the the1r e a The ei. l m ain meet on Friday Augus sociation room, Bactn e street, Perth, AII mer are lially invited to attend neetings of this c. mmttee, The following are the result o shield m. tches played on Saturday and Sunday last: D" Grade Ladies St.r of the Sea, 15 sets 9l games, d. St Anthony's, l e' 34 games Highgate No 2 7.45, d. Theresian No 2, I 2i Highgate No. ] 978 d. St o chim's. 7 76; St. Marys

Thursday, July 25, 1940

C.B.C. Fremantle, Bazaar

Success continues to be associated with the various bazaar functions The first community concert, held in the College Gymnasium last Wednesday night notwithstanding the inclement weather raised nearly £10 for the Fremantle Popular Boy, J Bahen Under the direction of Mr E Peterson, of Anzace House, and with his own special elides, another of these popular concerts will be held on July 31 Boxing tems and amateur trials will be speeial featnres Bridge parties in .he new school re proving very popular, and Mrs Durack's night for the East Fremantle boy K Bradley was a great sue eess, over 30 tables being booked The tennis tournament on the College grass courts last week-end, was ere successful It was indeed an inspiring sight t see the senior boys and girls of the atholic colleges of Perth and Fremantle as well as the members f ur Catholic tennis clubs, mixing n friendly rivalry in such de sirable conditions In the adult section of the tennis the outstanding players were W Main and A MI while in the juveniles B Bahen F n utle) V Earle (High-

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gate), P Gull Loreto), R Elliott South Perth), F Byfield (Christchurch), and J Mattison (Fremantle) showed good form

Unfortunately the weather condiions on Sanday prevented the completion of the competition This will now take place on August 3 and 4. A players still left in the tournament must report on August 3, and any additional players will also be provided for An extra event, girls' under 14 handicap has been added to the programme, and all new entries must be odged with Brother Seery by July 31 A special feature on August 3 will be an exhibition game between tw f the State's leading players, W Main and M McDermott

Several additional direct donations to the appeal have already been recived bv Brother Seery A further it donors will appear next week, and anv other kind friends anxious to get their name n that list are asked » forward their donations to Brother Seery, c/ CBC Fremantle Boxing Tournament A. boxing tournament open to all schools will be held in the Hollywood Stadium about the middle of August, in aid cf the Bazaar Any school desiring to participate should communicate with Rev Brother Seery

THREE TITULAR BISHOPS NAMED FOR U S.A

Mgr Vincent J Ryan, of the Fargo diocese, USA, has been named Bishop o! the titular see of Bismarck; Mgr George J Donnelly, chancellor of the St Louis diocese, has been named Bishop of the titular see of Cela and Auxiliary to Archbishop Glennon; and Father Henry J O'Brien, rector oi the Hartford diocesan seminary, has been named Bishop of the titular see of Sita and Auxiliary to Bishop McAuliffe of Hartford

WAR FORTIFIES CHURCH IN CHINESE VICARIATE.

I found that the war was a great factor in strengthening and building the Church in this area' said Bishop Donaghy M M after a visitation of all the Marvknoll Missions in the Wuchow vicariate, South China

The people, fleeing from their homes, thought of the Church first of all," decl red His Lordship "Pagans followed the Christians into all our missions and although relief work could only be done in a small way, all were impressed with the effort made at each mission to house and care for everyone who wandered in

FREMANTLE

Conversazione Postponed

Owing to several members of St Joseph's Ball Committee being engaged on patriotic functions on Sunday last, July 21, the annual conversazione and cheque presentation has been postponed until July 28 at 330 pm It is hoped that all those who assisted with the ball will note the altered arrangements and be present on the next Sunday to enjoy the hospitality of the Sisters at St. Joseph's Convent, Adelaide-

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BOXING CHAMPIONS, FREMANTLE CB C

Standin (eft to right): P Murphy, 6st; H Doney, 7st; J McLinden, 9st; J. Stevenson, 8st,; G. Bahen,lst Championship winners

Seated 'left to right): B. Hart, 4lst; I Downey, 6lst; W Dermer (open champicm) F Brown, 10st; W Hamilton, 5st; P Bourke 4st Absent: T Buswell 8st.

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DISTRICT BOARD

The metins on July 18 was fairly wel ttended, bing held in the W.A Ho: ewives' Ass iation Rooms. Tickets were given out for the raffle for the Red Cr. and further books can be obtained rom the President

It was de ided that we will not hold a me:in; on August l, but will go to the communitv concert which is held in the Town Hall by 6PR Mavis

Casey is booking the seats Anyone who wishes to ttend and was not at the meeting on th I8th,, can get in touch with her at Stewart Dawson's We will l! be meeting at a quarter to eight outsil our rooms in Barrackstreet on that night, so we would like everyone to be on time -

SOCIAL SERVICES

The stream of money which has been passing through the Lotteries Commission to kindergartens infant health clinic, orphanages and hospi tals must be kept going Everybody helps who buvs a ticket in the No 89 Charities Consultation The first prize s £6,000.

I deegation visited St Canice's Branch on Ith. inst, and the experien of previous visits to other branches was repeated here There was a vwry d meeting and three new members were initiated. The progress made during the past year has been very satisfactory On Thursday, August 8, the District Board will visit the Cathedral Women's Branch, the Star of the Sea Branch, Fremantle, on 12th., and St Mary's Branch, Leederville, on August 21

Members are asked to bear in mind the annual enclosed Retreats for men cnAugust 31 and September 1, andfor women on September 7 and 8,

The attention of members is drawn t the act that declarations on the sick fund must be sent to the branch secretarv, in accordnce with the rules, within 48 hours of the commencement of the sickness, and progressive certi ficates submitted every fourteen days until the date of declaring off Recentlv in several cases Declarations on the funds have been received weeks after the commencement of the sickness A considerble number of members who were most assiduous in attending Branch Meetings have enlisted for active service An appeal is made to all those members who can do so to help the Society by being present at the meetings as often as possible and thus make up in some measure for those who are away on military service

MASS TIME TABLE

July 28: Wiliams, 830 am: Narre gin, 10 30 am

NARROGIN Harvey

MASS TIME TABLE

July 28: Harvey, 8 am: Yarloop, 10 am August 4 Waroona 8 30 am. Har vey, 10 am August 11: Yarloop, 8 a m ; Harvey, 10 am August 15 (Feast of Assumption of B V M ): Harvey 8 am August 18: Waroona, 8 30 a.m. Harvev, 10 am August 25: Yarloop, 8 am: Harvey, 10 a.m

WAGIN

MASS TIME-TABLE

July 28: Dumbleyung. 9 a m Wagn, 11 am August 4: Wagin 8 am: Wedgecarrup 10 a m August 11: Kukerin, 9 a.m., Dumblevyung Il am August 18: Newdegate, 9 a.m Lake Grace, 1l am August 25: Dumbleyung 9 am. Wagin, 11 a.m September 1: Wagin, 8 am Wedge cerrup, 10 am September8: Wagin, 8 am. DumbleYung, 10 am September 15: Kukerin 9 am Lake Grace, 10 am September 22: Dumbleyung, 9 am Wagin 11 am September 29: Wagin 8 am; Dumbleyung, 10 am

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July 28: No 2 Mill 8 am. Dwel lingup, 10 am

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The death on Sunday, July 7, at the Albany District Hospital, of Mrs MayJosephineAbell, wife of Mr Harry Abell, removed from the Albany community a well-loved figure There were few Albany residents who did not know the deceased intimately, fewer still who did not hold her in warm affection for her kindly sympathy and warm humanity wm:a had knownmuch personal sadness, she lived bravely and cheerfully to tneena Her advanced age, 78 years, would hrdly have been suspected when her ctivity was known Of recent months however, her health had been failing, and she had had to spend several periods in hospital Her last illness was tragically short

Th I te Mrs Abell was born in Cashel, Ireland, on April 24, 1862, and ame to lu.tralia in I877 From Sydney where she first resided, she came to Wstern Australia in 1896 sttling first t Coolgardie, and living terwards t Caspertn, Mulgarrie, Leonora, and Kanowna, where she ma ·

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lat Mr nlusted n th athli emet n Monda July 8 frm St. Joseph' 'hurch. Very Rev D n Gilroy, asited by Rev Father Holohan, of Denmark, recited th prayers t the graveside The chief mourners were hu:band, H. rrv Abell, ns Ed ward, Alfred and John, and daughterin-liw Mollv Th pall-bearers wer Me: sr Allen Hill, J McGuire, I Lawson, J O'Donhue S Manea, E. Morrell J hir, and W B. ldwin Floral tributes wre received rom the Sacred Heart Society Jean and Irving: Gracie Roberts; Mrs Wilson and Mrs. and Mrs Allen Hill Mrs Rourke and Maureen, Mr and Mrs Mother«haw Mr nd Mrs Cliff Mermik nd family Mr and Mr Kenworthy Mr and Mr Howson; Mr and Mr Hallid. and family· Mr d Mrs A. Brown and family; Mr nd Mrs John: and Inga Mr and Mr A Hrper, Mr nd Mr J Keeley and amily, Mr and Mrs Dick Johnson nd iamilv Mr and Mrs W Pendergast and family, Mr and Mrs F H Smith and f:mily Mr and Mr J Gunn, and many others Th coffin pas ed to th grave through aguard of honour o1 members f the Sacred Heart Society and the attendance at the graveside wis eloquent testimony to the respect in which the deceased had been held Mssrs Harvey and Howson conduct d the funeral arrangements THANKS Mr Abell and family wish to sincereIy thank all kind friends and relatives for expressions cf sympathy and thoughtful services rendered them in their bereavement

CANADIAN CHAPLAIN OF GREAT WAR DIES AT PEACE SERVICE Fall River, U.S A Father Ambroise Lamarre, 0 S B chaplain with the Canadians in the Great War, collapsed and did of heart failure during the recitation of the ros ary for peace in St Anne's Church here He was formerly a missionary in Trinidad

Who's Who in "FEDERAL UNION"?

A proposal that the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa should form a Federal Union immediately to defend world freedom is contained, according to a press report, in a full page advertisement in the New York rimes?' what is "Federal Union" and who are behind it? The 1lowing article on the subject will be enlightening for Catholics

HE arrival of propaganda in support of the movement known as "Federal Union'' in Austra lia prompts some investigation into the nature of its aim and of ts chief advocates Federal Union seems to be an attempted re-hash of the discredited League of Nations, but with embellishments end developments ominously reminiscent cf Mgr Benson's prophetic novel "Lord of the World"

In this book it will be remembered, Mgr Benson wrote of a Federated Europe, worse than pagan, ruled over by one Julian Felenburgh as President To-day's drive for a European Federal Union a United States of Europe has alltheappearance f anattempted fulfilment of the prophecy In the book Felsenburgh's appointment is heralded as "the worst of ew '' and a similar description might well be applied t the es: blishment of a European Republic under the aegis ot thoseworking to that end under this guise of "Fedral Union."

Federal Union? supportr th usual clique of lft-win cians, pseudo-scientist: and Anglican ecclesiastics them we find th nam M mnt. ;u Burton, Norman Bentwich, rhbihop f York, 'anon Rav ·n, E M Joad Sir Walter Ley hairman f th N ws ChronLinel urti,, of th Chatham Hou Group, 'larenc Streit an American journalist long associated with Genev, and W B Curry, he dmater f th notorious "co-edu tional"school known a Dartington Hall, in Devon Streit and Curry have wrtten book and pamphlets from which we learn that Federal Unin envisages a kind of glorified "democraey, with an intern :ional Fedral Government elected by "citizen: of all the world" irresp ·tiv of nationality, with powrs over uch matters as intrnatinal trad, ommunications, pence and w r, and, of dourse, currdncy At thi stagd, students of Sovietim and ofthe Sc ret Scieties will recornie the l parallel existing betw :n the aims of Federal Union Bolhevism and Freemasonry Federal Union, a World Union o Soviet Socialist Republics, and a World Masonic Republic seem to be distinctions in name without much difference in substance

Associated With the Latest Stunt Among the supporters of Federal Union, the Archbishop of York and Pr rs Bentwich and Joad are asoci td with the latest stunt of Mr Homo Sapiens Wells, the promulgatin of a new Declaration of the Rights of Man run with th aid of the left-wing "Daily Herald'' and in collaboration with Profesors Hogben, Haldane and Laski, all of whom, along with Pro fesor Joad, took part in the London Anti-Gd ongress, September, 1938, Perhaps even more significantthan this is the backing provided by the three influential organisations known as PE P " (Political and Economic Planning), of which the chairman s Mr Israel Moses Sieff; the Engineers' Study Club Group, an offhoot o PEP and the Roval Institute of International Affairs, more commonly known as Chatham House PEP is ntirelv materialistic in its outl k and aims, und stands for the mplete elimination of the small tradr (a point to be borne in mind when we are tempted to put money in the pockets of the planners b patronis ing Marks and Spencers or Wool w rth: )

Mr Israel Mos Sieff, its crue and inspiration, is Grnd Commander of th Ancient Order of Maccabeans, VicePresident f the English Zionist Federation Deputy Chairman and Joint Manaing Director of Marks & Spen cers Ltd, and Vice-President of the Federated Multiple Shop Proprietors A notable record, but hardly the most desirable n aplannerof the new social,

order to come after a war, which, we are told, is being fought "for Christian civilisation.'

Chatham House is an organisation subsidised by Government to the tune of £35000 a year ostensibly for the study of the international press and the useful dissemination of the information thus obtained Its staff includes 65 experts" The highest paid is Professor A Toynbee (£1,325), who, with Miss Boulter (£500), produced a volume on Spain, .pparently compiled from Republican sources exclusivelymostly, of course, false

Among the other "experts'' we find the names of five ot the famous io Oxford Dons who senta well-remembered and impudent telegram to Lord Halifax, urging the non-recognitin of GenerI Franco

The lowest paid Chatham House expert is Dr M Micklem, principal of Mansfield Congregational College, Oxford, whose job, accrding to the "Daily Mail is to "gather informtion about th Roman 'atholic world." This job s only reckoned to be worth £25 a year The reputatmn f hatham House is notenh nct v the expert on, Soviet Ru ia bein also a member f the Society r 'ultur:I Re lations with the US.SR There is more f thiskind of thing bout Chatham H us but that wll ti fur the purp this an I that

Mr Curry and five other chief sup porters of the Federation of Progressive Societies and Individuals were members of the "Committee of Honcur" of the Congress of the World Union of Freethinkers (the Anti-God Congress), held in London in September 1938. Mr Si Mr n. • :ht y ton t idu I I. nd • r em gt « e ment t carely r of t o re t re 1 en and Christian Jacques Maritain

It is noted, however, t idea of ral Union, as suc no ma trinsicall evil in i. an e tlv Chr' as the League of Ne hri e d e ju at n1 ri to: Lea shown "Europe and th Idea" is discussed by M Jacqu t: n n two articles in the '( w 1" (April 19 and 26, 1940) M Maritain supports the Federal idea for European reconstruction, but it is a very different plan from the "Federal Union" which is now being propagat ed in Australi "Advocate"

DEATHS

ABELLOn July 7, 1940, at the AIbany Hospital, Mary Josephine dearly beloved wife of Harry, and mother of Ted, Char! (Skip), and Jack, and mother-in-law of Molly; at the age o 78 y:ars. RID

BOYCE.-Of your :harity, pray for the repose ot the u f Alice Boyce who died on July 21 1940 aged 62 vear R IP Thursday,

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LYNH. ar'' ray for the re; l Brigid Therese ly 26, 1938

OF BARCELONA'S BISHOP FOUND ody of B: it Alma Barceln d in the It ims

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Thursday, July 25, 1940.

NATIVE NUNS IN· "WHITE MAN'S" GRAVE.

The Bights of Biafra and Benin, where few come out, though many go in, had in days gone by a particularly unsavoury reputation on account of the murderous climate and the particularly savage dispositions of the inhabitants To-dav, when medical science is better equipped to combat the deadly effects oi tropical diseases and British and French Colonial Administration has introduced ordered government, the West Coast of Africa is no longer the White Man's Grave

An indication of the change that has come over the Efik, Ibibio and Ibo tribes dwelling near the telta of the Niger, which empties its waters into both the Bights o1 Benin and Biaira, is furnished by the fact that a novitiate for native girls who are being trained to become Catholic nuns ha: been opened in Calabar The n w congregation, known us that of the Handmaids oi the H y Child, was placed by the Rt Rv James Moynagh, S S P , P» iect Apostolic of Calabar in c .rge of the Sisters of the Ho»v Chill

The Iatt who have been Calabar for the past pened on the low trict of Southern Christian Marriage re, a School of Don:e a refuge for abanren and several bush he Handmaids of the the first of whom took the v s on Sunday, April 21 Ann's Church Ifuho, hav hown themselves cap rganisers, and the Holy Chi assistance

LEPER HOME IN INDOCHINA

Not m Bac-Ninh, headquarters an Apostolic Vicariate in I China, is located the great, prosarium of Qua-Carm Each ·per on entering the colony receives from the governnent a small subsidv to enable him to mnstruct a dwelling for himself or if he is married, for his familv As the inmates number 1 000, ua-Carm resembles a small town

Practically all the lepers when they first arrive are pagans, and for their requirements a pagoda has been erected within the enclosure Just outside it, however, a Catholic church has also been built This is now in charge of a native priest who, with the assistance of two leper catechists, has been instrumental in converting to the Catholic Faith about one-half of the lepers

Twice a year groups of adults are baptised Thus 41 converts were baptised on the Feast of the Epiphany The same evening the Most Rev E Artaraz, O P , Vicar Apostolic of Bac-ninh, administered the Sacrament of Confirmation at Oua-Carm Deeply moving was the welcome accorded the missionary bishop by the lepers, hundreds of whom, wavng flags and banners, came out of their strange citv to meet him t as he drew near No less touching was the celebration of Mission Sunday for the Sick on Whitsunday The feast preceded by"a three-days'

THE RECORD

society between Blacks and Whites

They h ve to be taught that Catholic Action is not a mutual benefit society and that it does not convey ~ right to consider oneself of a superior caste to others

CATHOLIC

In various districts Catholic Action ta s different forms of organisation

area

A difficulty encountered irequently at the outset is that of adapting willing recruits to the requirements of Catholic Action

The usual plan is to avail oneself of existing associations by striving to infuse into them a new spirit Catholic leagues for men, and women, and young The Apostolic Dele- people of bothsexes exist in mostmisgation at Leopold- sions,, Sport clubs.and Boy Scout troops are numerous Study circles ville, the capital of have been opened in the more advancthe Belgian Congo, ed districts At Kisantu Catholic dochas just published n tors and hospital assistants meet t» be book form a series specially instructed in the moral and - social aspects of their profession Hosof reports on Catholic Action re- pital assistants are also well organised ceived from various vicariates of at Bema The Jociste movement has Tropical Africa since the move- taken firm root in the favourable soil ment was first organised there in of Leopoldville Particularly worthy 93¢ L.of note is the peculiar organisation of I ·56 Not only does this publi- Catholic Action in Ruanda where the cation throw interesting lights on country is divided into districts known conditions in the Congo, but it as hills."' Thirty to forty families bezlso shows how rapidly Catholic long to each "hill' group At the I , head is a local chief, elected by the ife is developing in that mission members of the group and approved by the missionary¢ Meetings are held weekly in the home of some member At these gatherings the missionary's instructions are studied and questions concerning Christian living and the best way of extending the influence of the Church come up for discussion The chiefs of the various halls" hold per-

The Katanga report leads one to believe that the missionaries are becoming stricter in the selection of recruits There appears moreover to be a tendencv at times for Catholic Action meetings to develop into a mere series of talks by the missionary to his people Certainly it is much easier to prepare a short lecture than to train human beings to accomplish a given task It is now, however generally recognised that Catholic Action members ught to be much more than simply well-disciplined, passive instruments in the missionaries' hands Thev should be fired bv the apostolic spirit and capable undertaking new duties on their own initiative

On the whole the earliest recruits enrolled in Catholic Action in the Congo have been catechists, school teachers, past pupils of Catholic schools and Godfearing leaders of Christian villages In Upper Kasai invitations to many members of the community was the first step taken bv the missionaries Pleased with this attention, many of them have since attended the meetings regularly States the Baudouinville report: More than anything else, the knowledge of the Holy Father's wishes n this regard and the hope of being able to do something towards strengthening and extending Christ's Kingdom in Africa have spurred the blacks to join in the Catholic Action movement

Besides the usual difficulties besetting the path of every new organisation in its earliest stages there are others resulting from local conditions

The blacks here, says the report, still think they have no right to obtrude themselves into others' private affairs

How often one hears even parents whose children have been guilty of grave misconduct say: "It's no business of mine!'' The Katanga report indicates that there, too, blacks are inclined to consider that they are not their brothers' keepers Catholic Action members can influence them only bv indirect methods of approach while showing a friendly interest in rather than serious oncern about their family affairs The Badouinville report mentions another source of difficulty Certain members of Catholic Action fancy they have merely joined up with some kind of good fellowship

ACTION IN BELGIAN CONGO retreat, was marked by a general Communion and by the Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Those who beheld the lepers with their wasted limbs and mutilated bodies, kneeling devoutly before the Eucharistic King and offering up their terrible sufferings for the conversion of their non-Christian countrymen and for the Holy Father's missionary intentions, were unable to restrain their tears

iodical meetings at the mission residence and keep the missionary informed of the a@tiities 6f the groups Ad vantage is taken of such me tings t deepen their spiritual life

Retreats for leaders of Catholie Action are organised periodically in many missions Thanks to the activities of members a marked mprovement.is already manifest Obscene ' S hat have come down from old pagan days are falling into disuse Other relics of pagan customs are fast disappearing Christians less frequently carry their quarrels before the civil courts Lapsed Christians have returned to, the Sacraments, irregular marriages have been adjusted, more careful attention is paid to the Christian upbringing of the young and the Catholic press is more widely read Many instances could be quoted to show bow this transiormation is affecting the life of various missions In the village the people had become slack about coming to Mass Their excuse was that they did not hear the church bell A representative of Catholic Action took up the matter and the situation is now markedly improved, The Lubunba report states that the custom of reciting the rosary round the bier is becoming general at funerals Young men contemplating matrimony frequently put their future bride under the care of the nuns Finallv from Beni and Basankusu a more cordial spirit of frank and open cooperation between Blacks and the European missionaries is reported

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Swans, 1613; Subiaco, 11 13

Souths, 18 15; Wests, 12.12

East Fremantle, 1413; Perth, 12.7

Claremont 1114; East Perthi 10.6 Premiership Points

Leading Goal-Getters G Moloney (C1) , 78 G Doig (EF) 71 Tyson (W P " 56 Saturday's Games East Fremantle East Perth, at Fremantle, Subiaco v South Fremantle at Subiaco West Perth v. Swans, at WACA

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"Recorder" selects Eat Fremantle, South Fremantle, and West Perth to Brieflets ns who has made good for Subiaco i: Stphens, the goal-keeper He has picked up the finer points of the game very quickly; and game after game is one of the Maroons' best Holdsworth, with eight goals, gave his best display of the season He reeived valuable assistance from Rosewarne, who is. one of the best team men in the game Perth has a fine footballer in McKenHe was the best Redleg against Old Easts, but received poor support Ea·t Fr@mantle is playing very impressively in recent g mes. There are no passengers and really no outstandin; players but as a team they meaure up splendidly It is up to East Perth, or its coach, Mick Cronin, to leave Sam Broom at the pivot. He did ;reat job there againt Claremont last week, and should be allowed to settle down in that position To shard the honours at Fremantle O'Keeffe of Wets and Doig of Souths The former marked brilliantI throughout, while the Southerner was most impassable at centre halfback

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Historical I have heard it said by old:timers mostly " 'tothersiders'' that the Australian game was not played in this State until about early Coolgardie, the early nineties The game, however, was played here long before that It really commenced in 1880. "The Victorian Game," as it was called, lasted but one year, and then Rugby once more found favour In 1883 our game got another hold under the guidance of Messrs. "Billy" Bateman and H Herbers, who had just completed their educat.on in Adelaide and who returned to Fremantle enthusiastie with the new game The g:me became solidly established and m 1884, the W A Football Association was formed The first senior club at the Port was called "The Fremantle," and played under that name until 1898 At Perth the first club wa: ' The Rovers. Among prominen supporters were J H. Dixon, of tobacco fame, and the ate Jim Farley, one tim secretary of the W A C,A In 1887 a cup was presented t the Associ tion fur competition and the Fremantl 'ub won it that seasn and the following A junior, body, "The Unions,'' oine the :nir body in 1889 and wn pr·mies hi at its first attempt

During a match in the season 1890 betw en 'The Rovere" and The Unions,' on the Fremantle Park the umpiring caused much dissatisfaction the d order chan:eth not "The Rovers' won with L.2 to 08 goal won in those days As the players left the ground a supprter of th lefca :d tu m called out, Give it to them, boy, III pay the amage' A rough and tumble then ensued and that supporter was later fined for inciting Later in the evenin when the Rov·re' were walking along the str· t, Mr Walter James (now Sir WIter James) waved his amber and black ap to the excited mob who were folwing them, calling "Take it out of that"" Then nsued another "all-in." As nsquen the "Unions" withdrew rom the Association, and the "Rovre" secured the premiership. For ·ix nsecutiv» seasons 1891 96, Frw·mantle won the premiership, despite th fact that in 1893 six of their players were "rubbed out'' for stiff play in a match played on the Espl nade

From the foregoing it may be seen that th good old days' of football in this Stace were much more exciting than the hum-drum of tu-dav THE ALCOCK CUP COMPETITION

Matches listed or next Wednesday are Aquinas v Scotch, at WACA Guildford v Hale at Bassendean wrwr«« 2 { SPORTING oUIz. }

Answers to Last Week's

James Figg

\Yalter Lindrum, '\\Orld's

rm+a«a ; 4 He was five strokes ahead

This Week's Questions

1 What s the length of an oar in a racing "Eight"?

2 Jimmy Wilde , Wales' "Mighty Atom," often fought at 6st 12lb How many lbs did he give away to a man fighting at featherweight limit?

3 What Australian bowler did the hat-trick" twice in Tests against England?

4 It is rarely that, now.adays, I a swimmer competes over a hundred yards straight course If he did so would he improve f on his time made in a 25 yards f pool? K

5 What is the longest hor"e f race run in Australia? !

Hockey

In Al Grade Old Aquinians sustain- ed a defeat by Perth, 2-1. The goalhitters for the winners were Phillips end Elphick and for Od Aquinians O Hara In the A2 Grade Old Wesleyans defeatedOld Aquinians, 51. Haslam tz) Wreford, Foster and Dick were the goal-hitters for the winners and O'Sullivan for the losers " In BI Grude, there was a keenly contested game betwo:n St Ildephonsus and Scotch the former winning by 10 while the goal-hitter was Patterson. In this grade also Old Aquinians received a bad beating from Old Hale ians, 15-0 In Junior, tNo. 1) B Grade, Old Guildfordiart defeated Old Aquinians L.3. For the winners Clayforth (3) and Bayli hit the goat while Rogers t2 and V Henderson ured .hem for the Red and Blacks

Boxing

th tor of Dve Smith's tight with that wid-ca of the ring L»All r .p It wi, b remembert th.t in the first fight Dave gained ta ver·act whon mercan e u.el him their md m tin March 12, I9I1 ap meet smith at list. Il cou, not make the we oe EI0 Smith train lst « b : pke did n train at all ple who watched him we hing said h turned th ale. t 13t 3lbs f curs he forteited th ±10t paid him to ape was no thunder cpeming r ·and. Aft punches on the n he anting-on and white ed ·veral bdy bow 1an nd one on his n n the second round pk in wild swipes, quite u n boxer ot hr reput n t, ·m gt home, and for attempts he topped straight left, flush n t In the third the r ·e had a bus time spar ting them smith :ut loos. in great tyle and b tel his ma how and where h likd, until Papke backed out of punching rnge Papk: next staged an offensive, twic landing on Smith's jaw nd following this up he continued the good work with two ripping under-cuts Smith proved that he ·oulid take it, and followed up by showing that he could it as well tie b ed Papke repeatedly with right and lef It appeared for a minute or tw that Papke was going out, but the gong came to his rescue In his corner the American looked very tired, and he was bleeding badly The fifth was a "wild and woolly" round throughout Papke strained every nerve for a K O, but was stopped with left, though he caught Smith with a damaging clout to the ear In the sixth Papke seemed momentarily, to lose heart. There was little fire" in his attack On the other hand, Smith was full of "pep." His footwork was excellent, and twice he banged his opponent on the nose, twice on an eye and once on the ear and 'mouth Papke rocked- and then Smith lost his head Instead of standing off and punching daylight through the fading American, he went into clinches and took delivery of a couple that shook him badlv When Smith came out for the 7th round, he was still feeling the effect of those punches He drove a couple to Papke's head, and they hurt the recipient but in a clinch he left his chin uncovered and Papke brought the right up like a piston rod Down went Dave At "eight"he was up and met Papke's firce hush with clever footwork. Papke howver landed another high up on the jaw and Smith wwnt down again Taking him into a clinch, Papke swung a terrife belly rip that sent Smith writhing It was a powerful blow and Dave took a lot of time getting over the effects The punch was very conclusive, but the "heads"' of those days considered that Dave had made two very bad mis

a.e$. w- The first was his getting into au ���e�ing with so very much over· �

weight and the second of falling for GEORGE GIFFEN, i

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and in the most scorching summer had no equal as an all-rounder as he could bat all one day and bowl the next, as occasion demanded He was somewhat stubborn on the field, though there was no truer or more open-handd player off the field He is one of the few who have taken over100 wickets and made over 1,000 runs in Tests against England i.as Cle Store where uour moneu

i he stood off and fought Papke at long When one conjures up cricket giants ; Sole Goldfields Manufacturer of Procera Bread, Our Prompt Delivery i range for ten rounds, and then sailed of the past, the name of George Giffen ; Service Covers Kalgoorlie and Boulder. ; in and let him have it, he would have is one of the first mentioned He was i THE PIONEER BAKERY 4O NORTH TERRACE, BOULDER. ? done much better truly a great player, even if just a bit ; (W ANDERSON) ; too confident oi his ability as a bowler z Phone 137 ouder, and our Carter will call ; He was a Splendid all-round athlete

The night of October 21, 1919, marked the meeting of that great British fighter, Jim Driscoll, and the Frenchman, Charles Ledoux, at the National Sporting Club Lndon

As boxers ge Jim Driscoll was at that time "an ld man," but he was still very clever, He was 40 years of age while his oppnent was 27 yet for 14) rounds Drise I did pretty well what he pleased, but he could not survive irrepressible youth and viciousness as peronified by Ledoux

Half way thr ugh the 15th round the Frenchman hit Driscoll on the jaw and mad him stagger Then, like a human hurris ne Ledoux battered the old champion in such a way as to reduce him t a hopeless condition It was merciful that the gong sounded for one more blw would have stretched Driscoll on he floor

He came u 16th round his knees saggin telling of pain, and the light of his eyes By habit only, rike a fighting attitude an second reading the signs ar! th towel into the ring

Very f d gone so obviously i ne man as this one had ·oll all the way His stra as marvellous, somethin; tdom see to-day Driscoll :e lightning; it stabbed n a way that would h. man less courageous ti turn it up, but the littl never troubled about an t hammer his way to us no boxer, but he was ter and chivalrous to was cruel without inter :ruel but with all his ten purpose there was Driscoll, making points by sheer m skill

It was anv odds-on Driscall until he received t. :k n the jaw When Ledoux la could hear Driscoll gasp gave t crossing, ' his arms be up -age was taking its toll

Ledou: his way back to the dress mn of his eyes terribly di "I was losing all the won I was a baby, w lihman call a novice ·at."

Jim :h the loser, was cheered nd in the diningroom of ub, in almost less time tha tell it more than two tho had been given to est.b for Driscoll Before he to France, Ledoux sent a five-pound note to "Marvellous Driscoll'' whe lost only because he was 40 years of age

The Hunt Club will conduct a meeting at Belmont Park on Saturday An early (before the weights), "bothways" tip for each event is given below:

Beagle Plate (First Division): Tremney, Beagle Plate (Second Division): Avalonia

Breeders' Handicap: Hinda

Hurdle: Nicosia

Kennels' Purse: Game Pie

Flying Handicap: Imaking

NASTY.

These Americans." said the disgruntled British player, "are becoming so good that they will soon be equal to what they were in the last war you know, out in '18 and home in 19."

He had no rival as a batsman n Adelaide until the advent of Clem Hill, the new champion adorning the scene just when the old liht was waning Clem was one of the first batsmen to demonstrate the powers of onplay, as anything at all short was ruth lessly punished

How's this for a golfing iamily?

There are seven brothers by the name of Wooller who have been in the golf limelight Their handicap ranges from plus t to four, and only one of the seven is professional

TWO STRINGS

Elesworth Vines American Davis Cup player in tennis, is proving himl something of a don at the game of golf He has progressed so far in the game that an American authority gives t s his opinion tht, but for the war, Vines would have been a member of this years American Walker Cup team He has bv no means deserted his first love tennis, Recently he played nine holes at a leading +American course, and equalled the course record He then changed into tennis clothes and played Don Budge to a standstill in an exhibition tennis match

Gene Sarazen, who has teamed with him in amateur-professional matches, regards him as one of the first ten amateurs in America, and adds that there are not many amateurs or professionals who can out-drive Vines from the tee

COTTONS ADVICE

If you play golf note this advice given by Henry Cotton: "In every round played one badly-executed shot can be attributed to head-up' Under this title comes, 'eye off the ball,' because for the little pitches and the shorter shots the head should never really move the swing being so short When teaching I have repeatedly noticed that once you have convinced a pupil that he does not see the ball while he hits it he often glues his head down so much that he hits the ball worse than before, because he cramps the whole swing This 'head down, chin back' business is very important and in every good golfer it is a very noticeable feature regardless of his style or build."

SATISFACTORY TO HIM

It was a short hole and blind A ball rolled on to the green, and the practical joker picked t up and slipped it into the hole,

Let's kid him he's done a one," they said and as the weary golfer came over the hill, they yelled: "That was some shot You're in the hole!"

"The player pulled a card out of his pocket, to mark the score 'Good he said that gives me a nine

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Q What is a collegiate church?

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Q What is a conventual church? , \A conventual church is one served by a body of regular clergy who are bound to chant or to recite the Office dailv n choir

Q What is a parochial church?

A It is one which serves the needs of a parish and which is presided over by a parish priest or administrator The deeds of a parish may be further supplied by a church which is called a 'chapel ot ease''or succursal chapel

Q Are some churches granted special titles of honour?

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Q How is the name bsilica derived?

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Q To what Christian churches was the name originally applied?

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Q How many kind f basilica: are there?

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CHRIST of the OSPELS -----EPHPHETA

markable for their antiquity, structure dignity or privileges.

Q Enumerate the major basilicas

\ The major basilicas, each of which contains a papal altar are the four great patriarchal churches correspond Ing to the tour great Patriarchates viz:

The Church of St John Lateran, the Mother and chief of all churches which represents the Patriarchate ot the West and of the Catholic world It bears the title of Archbasilica

The Church of St Peter's representing the Patriarchate of Constantinople

The 'hurch of St, Pul's outside the walls, representing the Patriar c at of Alexandria in Egypt

The Church of St. Mary Major,'dedteated to the Blessed Virin Marv which represents the Patr· rehate oi Antioch

The church Lawrence (the Dea con) was tor ng time of the same dignity a: the iour great basilicas, but now it not ·njo Il their privileges

Q W' minor ba s1 1Ca A their

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If a person is brought face to face with the occasion of doing something great, he must have been prepared for it by doing little things in a big way

To be able to do little things exceptionally well is a difficult matter Even the average man now and then can put forth a great effort But to do the little tasks well that come in a day's roster of events and to do this consistently calls for a great constancy and perseverance

Among these little things might be numbered the guarding of one's thoughts, the attending to daily prayers, being fervent in daily devotions, meeting each day's scholastic assignments, bearing with the faults, foibles, and humours of companions, shouldering the monotony of a work-a-day existence It calls for a great soul to sense the importance of small things and to act in the light of that conviction

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paper, but your little donation was acknowledged in it, and I would like to thank you very much for remembering the Cause again Im afraid the Corner is not getting along too well at all lately, and I do hope there will be a lot of help forthcoming for the Bushies during the next few weeks I am gled your brothers and sisters enjoyed the Bushies' School at Manjimup I suppose they will be going again soon AUNT BESSY

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Dear Aunt Bessy,Enclosed please find a postal note for 5s, to use for what purpose you think fit It is in thanksgiving to St Jude and the Little Flower for favours received I leave it to vou to decide what it is to be subsribed to GRATEFUL"

St Ignatius Loyola persuading St Francis Xavier to give up the thin5 cf the world and serve only God St. Francis did so nd performed heroi: work in India and Far Eastern countries

Jesus Lovo serve dier wOt recu; her call and brae he 1 He he his unde Chri Jesu or cam once man in r has the Rus mtse her fail dicti

th is dediIgnatius ociety of b rn at 491 He and a solhen being s sent to stle. Here ived the he world emhat ist hat ing ves f £ ter ials and ala Even rder under v and rous ver tra-

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CARDBOARD BRIGADE

Volunteer· ar badly needed for the 1940 Brigade Letters may be written to the Cornr under an assumed name, but all volunteers must also supply their real nme and full address so that a Pinkie may be sent on In this way they may gather thirty brownies for the Bushie·, a small amount in itself, but quite sufficient if all will help

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THE £100 OBJECTIVE

As you al kI is £100, and t) ugh the work began well at the b:ginning f the year there has been a c ·nir n recent weeks Now i th w have so generously Supported th appeal in the past do not come forward to help a little, I am afraid we ·hall not have £100 for the Bushies' Sch t the end of the year The ·hools are doing mar vellous wrk in the outback districts, where the bu: hildren have not the same opportunities of learning about the faith as have those children who live in th city and towns where there are Catholic schools. It is verv necessary that they too, should be taught to know, love, and serve God, and they depend n us for a little help in this regard T d this vou may either write for prick card on which you can collect 30 pennies, or send along a small donation which will be acknowledged in the Corner each week it YOU help?

Dixvale

Dear Aunt Bessy How are you getting on thes days? It is a verv long time since I wrt t vou, and I hope this letter finds vou well. I am sendng you 1'6 fr h Bus:hiss Mv bro ther and sisters wnt to the convent in May and the enjoyed it very much The Sisters were verv kind to them There re five us going t school and one brothe' left t home I

MARY KI RAIN

Dear Mary Your letter came a little late for pub'ration n last week's

Dea Grateful, have placed your generous donation in the Lemonade Bottle as it is a very deserving cause as I am sure you will agree when you realise th t everv vear hundreds of outback children are brought to centres where for a few weeks they are nstructed in the knowledge of the Faith This appeal should meet with a generous response, because not only are we helping our own West Austraian children, but we re also aiding the 'hurch n her fight against those vil svstems whereby children are deprived of all knowledge of God as is done in Russia and Germanv to-dav AUNT BESSY

Subiaco

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Referring to the European conflict as an earthquake that has struck civilisation, the Rev Dariel A Lord, 5 J editor of The Queen's Work," American Sodality organ, told students at the Academv of the Visitation recently that the young folk of to-day had to learn to face and to solve the problems of life 'There is too much So What?' In the world to-day particularly among the young folk," Father Lord stressed If you say Hitler will win, the answer you get is So what?' If you say the Allies will win, you get the same answer If you say no one will win, the same answer, So what?' It might sound all right and seem all right to the young people now But in a few years, when ycu're going to be married and have a home and a family someone may come along and touch vour husband or vour husband-to-be on the shoulder and then there will be no husband, no home no family That is happening over in Europe to-day

"If and when that condition confronts usand I hope it never will our world will collapse around us unless we have our feet on solid ground, or, better still, solid rock We must learn, in our youth to meet such situations And it s for this purpose that we have a Summer School of Catholic Action here We call this a school but there are no questions put to the pupils no homework assignments, no examinations It is a school to teach vou how to stand on your own feet, when you find yourself in an earthquake in later life."

Father Lord paid tribute to his friend, the late Joyce Kilmer, who was killed in the World War Father Lord said that Kilmer believed that the world had collapsed, but that if Kilmer had lived he would have found the present conflict worse than its predecessor,

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DEAR MR BELLOC,Fifty-one

years ago, the "Irish Monthly' published a boyish sonnet over the signature, since then illustrious, of HILIARE BELLOC The poet an nounced his life's ambition; which was to win, not the praise of the great ones of the world, but the plaudits of "beerdrinking Demospeople in the pit " It is said that this sonnet was your first published work, so it is fitting that a writer in the Irish Monthly" should salute the splendid achievement which has followed the breaking of that first lance; and to do so is timely, in the year when you are keeping your seventieth birthday,

IThe Chester-Belloc

I was in your presence once Gilbert Chesterton was dead in 1936 and I had hastened to England to pay a last tribute to one whom Ireland loved. He was buried at Beaconsfield n a sunlit field of tall grass where the scythe had cleared a space Mourners and admirers filed past the grave to shake the aspergillum in farewell The last was a man of high bearing and noble gesture who stood a little while there, gazing down with a personal grief that we could guess: t was Hilaire Belloc, and I thought of Roland sorrowing for Oliver fallen too soon. What a arting of Companions, was there! 'To have known him was a benediction," you wrote of your dead comrade; and he in his posthumous autobiography has a chapter, A Portrait of a Friend' which admits us strangers to the inner companionship of two such minds

Together you and Chesterton did the greatest work for the Faith, and for your country, since the days when the Martyrs died at Tyburn and Shakespeare gathered up in sorrowful splendour the glories of the age that was closed Your joint place in literary history is noteworthy Though Shaw, in his glittering scepticism, was the type of the Edwardian-Georgian period, you two, by writing out of the permanent Catholic tradition, rose above all periods, and gave the world work that will not "date''to borrow a phr:se from yourself The occasion of a rich book of apologetics like Chesterton's "Everlasting Man," or of his torical interpretation like your Survivals and New Arrivals" (1929) might be some popular fallacy of the hour, yet what you two thus were moved to write had permanent value: the value of the abiding Truth, The Catholic reader will draw sustenance and delight from the exposition of the Faith, when the denier is forgotten For all time, vou two will be recalled together You were happily matched Chesterton had more laughter and lovability and vou more learning; but it seems impossible to separate your thought or your work Your friend was, perhaps, more popular than vou, but he learnt from you, and largely popularised your teaching His style was not so fine, so steady, or so subtle, as yours He often used a cacophonous "fleetstreetese,'' and tried the patience with forced puns and paradoxes and excessive alliteration although in truth, he would rise again on the strength of his sincerity and imaginative power to moments of superb eloquence You, too, could be slap-dash n your sentences at times but normally your writing is limpid as a pure stream You made English prose as flexible and as clear as French. Many of your books and much of your verse have that classic literary quality which alone would suffice to give them long life even f they were of less consequence n their teaching; but Chesterton attained to literarv excellence only at times in the moments of inspiration In 1938, a splendid volume of selections from your essays, histories, tales and poetry, was made for the "Everyman Library;" in 1935 a less tasteful but valuable, selection was made from Chesterton's life-work for the same Library This inclusion in Messrs Dent's famous series was considered a sort of apotheosis; England's chief critics recognised Belloc and Chesterton as having acheved classic rank The eminent man of letters who edited the Belloc volume pre aced it with the best critical essay on your writings that I have seen; and I think that few will quarrel with his cl«sing sentence "I hold Mr Hilaire Belloc," he says,

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IISoldier and Traveller

You were born in France Your mother was English and her mother I think, Irish You served your con° script period as a gunner in the army of the Republic, and thereby received that training of a soldier which gave you your mastery of military affairs, your sense of terrain in history, and your manliness You never lost the love of real things: of the visible world and human kind Even Oxford, when you proceeded to Balliol, could not make you a pedant, a follower of figments, a believer in shams, and you never became like so many writers of this illusive age, content with unreality Going often to sea n your own craft, as you tell in "The Cruise of the Nona" (1925) you remained a man of your hands as well as of your brains; Ireland once at least was your landfall, and there is the wonder of discovery in your approach to this Thule of ours You never ceased to travel In March, 1940, I find you praising travel as the true educator, and every week you tell us of your memories of the cities that are named n the news Czestochowa, or Prague or Tunis You became a naturalised Englishman early n your thirties, and served your maternal country thus adopted well. 'The man at rest, and therefore the man in reality, is the man of Sussex," Chesterton wrote of you. He told how he once drank beer at Horsham, near your home, and asked news of you The publican knew nothing about books but knew vour name "Farms a bit doesn't he?"he said and GK C rejoiced "knowing how hugely flattered Belloc would be." Soldier, traveller, countryman, you had blood in your veins, not ink-and in your writings, always. Fleet Street could not make a mere animated typewriter of you, manly always, you defied the street of disillusion. The Hou: of Commons, in which you sat impatiently for some four years likewise failed to spoil you When, with indignation, you shook the dust of deceit from your shoes, Westminster knew not, cared not, what it had lost; but you had learnt much Chesterton tells us that vou have known much sorrow in vour life It never soured you It must have been to you as to great souls, always a discipline You write of the sadness of mortality, you treat sentiment with astringent irony, and you represent an austere world I have before me the much-praised essays of one of your contemporaries who resembles you in his delightful writing but cover to cover may be sought for the sting of reality Your distinction is in an almost tragic attitude to life; the four last things are present in all your work, even when you are most gay, like the warrior who sang the troubabour's verses as he rode to mortal battle This is what makes the Catholic great, and that other essayist only a 'aneur"

IIIWhen Homer Nods

Let me recall what vou have done in vour work, allied to Chesterton's The respective Everyman volumes includes lists of the chief works from vour two pens I see that GKC published 71 books, not counting the posthumous 'Autobiography;" while the incomplete list of your own books numbers 102 volumes What a record of acbievement! Some of these books, I daresay, will remain out of print; some lack permanent worth Yet, as I studv the two lists, being familiar with the greater part of both I would not care to prophesy of any single book that posterity willingly will forget it There is so consistent a vision in these writings that, when time has decided which ere to be permanently accessible the students of those best books will be anxious still to read all else that came from the minds behind them The defects in such copious writers are easv to discover You have flaws in plentymannerisms in your style, which irritate us because, in so large a

body of writing, they so frequently recur; you have a touch of swagger in your controversies, caught from the need to put down fools firmly, in a time and place where folly and malice abound; and you have a way of airing recondite knowledge which your readers cannot control, although truth never needs such erudition to give it proof You force your theories sometimes in the effort to simplify the complexity of life

We ike you, indeed, all the better for your teasing errors (as we hold them to be) because you are the more human and approachable, in your fallibility You laugh at your own intolerance Who, though he differed with you some of your theories or your brusque manner with fools who but must forgive you when you boisterously sing?-Heretic men, whoever you be, In Nimes or Tarbes or over the sea You never shall have good words from me-

Caritas non conturbat me!

IV-Essayist Poet Historian

As essayist and poet, your rank is not hard to assess The excellence of your delicate little vignettes of storied cities, of hills and the sea, and of your lovely verses on these and on wine and friendship- this excellence is acknowledged Harder to estimate is your work as historian Many ot your historical books such as your French Revolution" (1911) or your "Battleground" fa study of the historical geography of the Holy Land, 1936), are like a consummate scholar s lectures to a dull class. They teach with patience and lucidity, some necessary lesson Yet thev are not on the same plane as your "Danton" (1899), or your "Napoleon" (1932) biographies which are more than lessons but rather works of finished, imperishable art For the "Naponeon," I do not think that praise easily could b too high It is not that you elucidvte the history of a period with even more than your accustomed skill, nor that your rare military knowledge makes such a chapter as that on Austerlitz a classic battle-piece even as the battle itself was a cla. ic of the science of arms; but rather that you live in the period, and spak of the men as if you knew them, making your book as real, almost as life itself What is this gift of yours, illustrated again in 'The Evewitness" (1908), that set of eyewitness pictures of history- a gift of such wonderful authenticitv in historic portrayals?

It is just that you write out of Catholie continuity, Philip at the Coun cil table in the EscoriI, or Napoleon hearing Mass as he dies, is present to you as a man of your own mental world Just as Dickens flounder,, and loses his reality, when he tries to draw characters of the class called gentlemen so manv writers flounder when they try to depict the men and mind of the past; they are out of their element, these moderns, but not so you In the Escorial, or in the streets of revolutionary Paris, you are at home; you know your characters thought and vou select exactlv those features which they would select, as the elements of their world.

V-The Church.

The Catholic tradition: that is vour distinguishing mark, You taught a forgetful age to realise Catholicism as a force in history; as the moulding force of our civilisation This you did sometimes with hammerlike blows of controversy, as in your invaluable books, "Europe and the Faith' (1920), "How the Reformation Happened" (1928) and 'Characters of the Reformation" (1937), and sometimes obliquely, in your joyous travel books, especially that masterpiece which made your name though you sold it for a song, "The Path to Rome" (1902) Since you wrote in this fashion there is no such contemptuous ignoring of Catholicism n literary and learned England as there was in Victorian times One of vour most valuable demonstrations in history is that in which you show how late mn time the Faith

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remained a reckonable factor in Eng- land You proved in Cromwell 1931) that the Deformation (as I pre fer to call it) was not secure until the end of the seventeenth century, when the subjection of the English masses was completed by the Penal system For the Household these writings to demonstrate the historical importance the central consequence, of the Catho lie Church, had another value Catholics did not need like your opponents to be persuaded of the reality ot that supreme, supernatural pheno. menon which is the Church· but I think t must be allowed that too often they regarded it so to speak, as only supernatural That is to ay, Catholics in England, and sometimes in Ireland, were so much overawed by Liberalism and spell-bound by English literature that they regarded Catholicism as a sort of inner secret thing, the hope of the soul, but not the teacher and moulder of outward life We have traces of this when we hear plays or tales described as Catholic be cause they are spiritual, while it is assumed that works on history, econo mies polities or art are necessarily neutral in religion We meet it when men identify religion with devotion alone, and not with the whole of mental activity You m e than any other writer hatter·l this modernism, and taught Cathi i to mould all their thought and a round the Catholic philosophy t Catholics in their laughter a as in their prayers. Yourself in with the Faith, you nfeted a h followers with your own zest Y u brought back the supernatural to letters VI Property. After vour demonst ti of the Churh as th centrI t histor and the Faith a. the test of even ur :cular din, ext permanent achiev :ment, was in the realm of ecnomi "Servile State" (1913) nd y u toration of Property·" (republi: 36 as a wrrctiv to the Dot sals for Credit S ·ialism ar m; rly proofs of th truth that distriuted Property th onlv alternativ t return ot Europe t servility I uld to God that your writings on Distributism- -a wrd that vu coined in necessity for a nam tht would indicate how Orthodoxy diffrs from it rivals on i:her hand, mmuni nd High Capitalism- were studied more in Ireland, where we are ltting slip our orthodox distributive et ne my in an infatuation with Progr I know n work to equwl the "Re: storation f Property" us a blueprint for a Christian State in economics Y u show how machine-tools, as well as hand-tools, could b wed by the users of them, instead financiers, and how men ·ven in ur civilisation's present desperate pass, ht yet again be free VIIBene Scripsisti ls I turn the much-thumbd, muchannotated bouks by E [oc on my shelves I feel a if I could write a hundred pages without paying very reader's debt of gratitude t so wise a teacher, so sweet an entertainer, ) think of your incomparable chpter on th Modern Mind ('blind faith divorced from reason" "a morass'); your delicious satire on the Nordic Man% your sonnet on the Cruades that stirs like Roland's horn; your writings on the sea and on geography and on good and bad prose and your solemn satires of Liberal capitalism in those noyel" and your book on H G Wells (1926 which is a very text-book of modern apologetics and so on and so on: there is no end to the debt May you be rewarded, even while you are with us, for your gifts to our generation and t those that follow!

Not long before GKC 's death, yo and he jointly received a certain re ward for vour life-work: an assurance that what vou had done for God an Holy Church was adjudged worthy and fruitful That was when the Vicar of Christ conferred on you joint ly the Order of St Gregory, in honour of your writings It must hove been to vou like those words which the wondering brethren heard from t"; Crucifix at Naples when the grea Aquinas as a humble friar Ii "" catis¢ on the Blessed Eucharist e • re tbe altar in the Dominican churc} +d the Crucified One whispereu Bene Scripsisti de me, Thoma" Oh words that must plow bout the heart en till life's end!