CuddletheeminentFrenchCie tholie,latelydeceased,inthecourseof whichhewrites:"Farbeyondthe. limitsofFrancehewasknownasa greatgentleman-alwaysdignifiedand courteous--accessibletothepourand needyaswellastostudentsofart, science,orliterature,andneverturningadeafeartothecryoftheoutcast. Itwas,duringthepast30years,my goodfortunetoenjoytheadvantage ofhiswisecounselandguidancein affairsushichaffectedinternational guaranteesfortheprotectionofthe subjectracesoftheOttomanEmpire: andamoreunselfishandsympathetic idealistneversatintheChamberof Deputies.Acourageousanddevout Catholic,whonevertrimmedhissails towinpopularapplause,hewassaturatedwiththetruespiritofhumanity, andhelovedtoco-operatewithall workersinthefieldsofbenevolence andphilanthropy.Athishousein theRuedeBabylonindaysgosieby andmorerecentlyathischarmingretreatattheChateaudeMousseau,he wasthesoulofkindandgeneroushospitality.ManyBritishofficersservinginFrancewillrecallthegenialpresencecifIV.MenysCachinandhisopen house.Tohearhimrecitepassages fromDanteandalsofromhisown writingsonFraAngelicowasarare treat."
GoodFridayTragedyisRecalled. Fouryearsago,onGoodFriday,1918 alongrangeshelltiredfromacannon behindtheGermanlinesfelluponthe ChurchofSt.GervaisinParis,\and slaughteredanumberoftheworshipperswhilstthesolemnliturgyofGood Fridaywasincourseofprogress.Close upononehundredhumanbeingslost theirlivesinthetragedyofthatGood Friday,andtocommemoratethesorrowfuleventamonumenthasbeen erectedinthechurch,whichhasbeen dedicatedbytheArchbishopofParis, ensCardinalDubois.The_monumentto thesehundredslaughteredworshippers hasbeenerectedintheChapelofthe HolySoulsinSt.Gervais'Church.It representstheDivineSaviourofthe world,surroundedbyprayingfigures andthesoulsofthosewhomettheir deathswhilstatprayeronGoodFriday,1918. AtextrepeatsthepromiseofChristtothePenitentThief: Amendicotibi,hodiemecumensin Paradiso.Astainedglasswindow completesthememorial,inwhichappearsarepresentationofthesun,fte raysfallinglikeanimbusaboutthe headoftheSaviour.BeforeCardinal Duboisproceededtothededicationof thememorialasermonwaspreached byMonsignorDien,whorecalledthe horrorofthatGood,Fridayof1918, anddweltuponthebrutalityofthe crimethatwascommitteduponthe mostsacred,dayintheChristianyear. DiesinHarness.
Afteranepiscopateof39years,spent inEasternOceania,Mgr.Verdier,the grandoldmanoftheSouthSeaMissionsand-VicarApostolicofTahiti,has diedinharnessattheageof87years. Thisvenerableprelate,whosucceeded thelateMgr.JaussenassecondVicar ApostolicofTahiti,enteredtheFrench CongregationofthePiepusFathers andmadehisreligiousprofessionsome fiftyyearsago,In1883hewasconsecratedtotheepiscopateastitular BishopofMegaraatQuito,inEcuador,andimmediatelyafterwardsproceededtotakeovertheadministration ofthevasestmissionarydioceseinthe wholeworld.Underhisjurisdiction weresevenarchipelagos,aswellasa numberofislandsseparatedfromeach otherbyvastdistances.In1908.feelingadvancingyearscreepinguponhim, Mgr.Verdierplacedtheactivegovernmentofthishugedioceseinthehands ofMgr.Herrnetwhomhehadhimself consecratedtotheepiscopatein1905 inhisCathedralatPapeete.Thelate MonsignorwasanativeofLozere.in France.' ' CzechUniversityStudentsGoInto Retreat. TheCatholicstudentsoftheUniversityofPrague,whoaregroupedtogetherinanorganisationknownasthe "CeskaLigaAkademicka,"orCzech AcademicLeague.havejustconcluded thefirstspiritualretreatheldinthe University.Thereligiousexercises wereconductedinthechapeloftheir college,theCollegeErnestdePerdubitz,sonamedafterthefirstArchbishopofPrague.Theexerciseswere conductedbytheBohemianJesuit, FatherSkarek,S.J.,andattheclosure oftheretreatMasswascelebratedby theArchbishop:Mgr.Kordac.The wholebodyofstudentretreatantsreceivedHolyCommunionatthehands oftheArchbishop,andtheUniversity Church,wherethecelebrationtook place,wascrowdedbyrepresentatives ofeverypartofCatholicWeinCzechoSlovakcapital.Inthefaceofthe apostasymovementwithintheRepublic,thefactthatthereisastudent bodyof150Catholicstudentsinthe UniversityofPragueisnottohelost sightof. PragueCatholicsMeetinCongress.
Underpresentconditionsthefortunesoftheso-calledCzecho-Slovak NationalChurch,thereligiouibody formedbytheschismaticsexcommunitatedbyRome,seemtobefluctuating.
annmetneestheyarelite..entil,atothers theyarethereverse. Alittletime agotheschismaticsheldacongressin Praguewhirlswasuithewholea rowdyaffair,butwhinhmanagedto getagoodpressnoticefromtheanticlericalpapers.Asaset-offtothis, theCatholicsofPraguehavejustheld alargecongressintheverysamehall inheretheschismaticsmetnotsovery lingago.TheCatholicsmanagedto getagoodbodyofsspeakers,andaltogethertheircongresswasverysuccessful.(Intheplatformweresomeof theCatholicpoliticians,andspeeches weredeliveredbytheeditorofthe "eerie"whichisthemostinfluential oftheCatholiedailypapersofthe capital.Inpointofnumbersthis counter-demonstrationwasanunqualifiedsuccess.Foralthoughthehallis afair-sizedone,itwasabsolutelyinadequatetoaccommodateallthose whosoughtadmission.Soanover-, flowmeetingwasheldinoneofthe publicplacesforthoseunabletosecureadmissiontotheball,anditis estimatedthatatleasttenthousand personsattendedtheoverflowmeeting Poland'sGreatLoss. TheyoungCatholicUniversityof Lublin.insouth-eastPoland,ismourningthedeathofitsFounderandfirst Rector,theAbbeRadziszewski.At thebeginningofthewarin1914this integralecclesiasticwasRectorofthe EcclesiasticalAcademyofPetrograd, whichservedthedoublepurposeofa seminaryandahighschoolforCatholicsintheRussianEmpire.The youngRector,asanardentPole,took hispartinbringingaboutthere-birth ofPoland,andwhenatlengthfreePolandemergedfromthewelterofthe war,hedeterminedtofoundforhis nativelandaninstitutionoflearning similartothefamedUniversityof Louvain.Itwasanythingbutan easytask,addthedifficultiesseemed tobeinsuperable.Buthewasfortunatetocraneinassociationwitha wealthyfellowcountryman,oneMr. Jaroszynski,whosawatoncehowimportantsashaninstitutionwouldbe fortherevivedl'oland.Mr.Jaroszynskiputupaconsiderablesumof money,andtheAbbeRadziszewelei tackledthePolishGovernment,from whomhe:stewedthegrantofa taryhospital,whichwas(transformed intotheUnive:rity.ForhisprofessorialstaffAbbeRadziszewskicarted uponhisformerci.reaguesinPetrograd,andundertheactiveenecuraga +-tentofthePolls'.episcopatethenew Universitymeiflygotintoitsstreie, beingaboutthetnlyinstitutionof learningofitskindin'Polandthatis notoverrunwithJess.Aeersfine librarywases:a-toe/0er,andthePolish scuth.apprecseingaUniversitywhere Christianscan'tabshoulderswith Christians,flockedtobeenrode1 largenumber 'Theprematuredeath oftheRector,whowasquiteayoung man,isablowtotheUniversity,but onefromwhichitwillrecover,since thePolishBishops,withtheCardinals WaisawrentPosenattheirhead, takethegreatestpersonalinterestin theUniversity,andhavethefinest academictalentoftheRepublicat theircommand.
AnOver-WorkedCanard. Afewyearsagoacanardwasborn inCalcuttatotheeffectthatthe JesuitFatherLafontwasaFreemason, saysanIndiannewspaper.Thecanardwaskilledoverandoveragain,but itsomehowrevived,andiskeptartificallyalive.Itmatterslittlethat FatherLafontpreachedasensational seriesofsermonsagainstFreemasonry atSt.Thomas'Church,thatnobody haseverbeenabletoproduceasingle proof,asignature,anythinginsupport oftheallegation-hewasaFreemason. Thecanardhasnowlaidanegg,forit appearsthatasecondCalcuttaJesuit wasaFreemason.Heisdead,of course.Nexttimethathappens again,wehopethattheFreemason publicwillrevealthefactbeforethe Jesuitdies;theywillmakea"scoop." ForhewillberefusedaChristian burial,andburiedwithFreemason ritualandhonourtotheutterdiscomfitureoftheCalcuttaJesuits.Free, masonsdonotknowagoodthing whentheyseeit,butwecanhelptheta. ViscountBryceasanHistorian. WritestheEditoroftheC.H.of I.:"Areaderwantsanopiniononthe lateJamesViscountBryceasanAlfstorian.Butforhisreligion,Jaehistorywouldhavebeenallzight.He hadallthepainstakingitaffiisitiveness ofabornhistorian,his4udgment,his balance,buttheCatlfolicChurchinvariablyupsetit.NameslikeRome, Pope,Catholic,Monk,Jesuit,affected hisspleen,andobscuredhishistorical sense.Amanthusinclinedshould neverhaVeundertakenthehistoryof theHolyRomanEmpire.asBrycedid. Itwasnotfairtohishistoricaltalent, leavingalonetheHolyRomanEmpire.
Iledidhisbesttoavoidthesubject; lieactuallywrotethe,historyofEurope oncementioningthe numasteriesthatbuiltit;butthe Churchkeptobtrudingitselfintohis vision.ItevenspoiledhisLatin,for hecan'teventranslateinhistextthe Latinheputsinhisnotes.Fortunately,J.ViscountBrycegrewwisewith age.andchoseastlbjectoutsidethe reachofbigotry.His"ModernDemocracies"redeemedhisreputation,and willremainthemonumentofagreat mind,foronceunaffectedbyasmall heart."
NotoriousBelaRunMad. .1c,ordingtoinformationreceivedin BudapestfromMoscow,BelaKun,or Cohen,hasbeendeclaredtoliemad,, andhasbeenplacedinalunaticass, lum,ormentalhospital,astheBolshevistsprefertocallit.Thisnotoriouscriminalandmurdererwasthe choseninstrumentofLeninandTrotsky,tosetupaBolshevistCommunein HungaryafterthecollapseoftheCentralPowers.Thiswasaccompanied bythemostferociouscrimes,inwhich Catholicpriestsandministersofthe Protestantchurcheswereruthlessly slaughteredontheordersoftheunspeakableBolshevistJew.AsCom. munistdictatorinHungary,Kun showedhimselftobeabsolutelydevoid ofallhumanity.Heterrorisedthe countryforsolongashewasinpower andtriedtofastenuponthenecksof theHungarianpeoplethesameyoke thathisBolshevistmastershave'fastenedupontheunhappyRussianpeople.WhentheWrangeladventure fizzledout,BelaKunadvancedmore thaneverinthegracesoftheMoscow Bolshevists.TheHungarianCommunewasoverthrown,andKunignominiouslyfledforhislife.Butthe SovietGovernmentfoundafreshjob forhim,andappointedhimthepoliticalcommissaryoftheRedarmiesin theCrimea.Thence,Kuntransportedhimselfsomemonthsago,andthere hiscrueltiesrenewedtheirferocity.In thecourseofasingleweekheordered andhadcarriedouttheexecutionsof nofewerthan7,000soldiers.ThemurdermaniasoseizedholduponKun thatevenTrotskyhadtocallahalt. KunwasrecalledtoMoscow,andhis mentalconditionenquiredinto.As aresulthehasbeensenttothelunaticasylum. StillChiefSecretary. Mr.Chamberlainrecentlyinformed Mr.Rogge(Nationalist)thatthe officeofLordLieutenantofIrelandis stillinexistence,andSirHamar GreenwoodisstillChiefSecretary,and isdrawingthesalarynormallyappropriatetohisoffice.Provisionhasbeen madeintheestimatesfurthecontinuanceoftheofficeofChiefSecretary duringnotmorethansixlmonthsof thepresentfinancialyear.
RebuildingaLostFaith. ThatJohnL.Stoddard,thecelebratedtravellerandlecturer,isthe authorof"Rebuildinga'LostFaith." abookrecentlypublishedinEngland andtheUnitedStates,andascribed asbeing"ByanAmericanAgnostic," istheinformationgiventothe N.C.W.C.specialRomecorrespondent bytheRev.JamesA.Walsh,Superior ofMaryknoll,whoisnowinRome. FatherWalshvisitedthelittletown ofBrixton,inthesouthernTyrol,on hiswaytoRome.Atl3rixan,thereis amissionestablishment'connectedwith MillHill,themissioncentreinEngland,andinthequaintlittleTyrolese townofMeran,nearBrixereFather Walshfoundaninterestingcolonyof foreignCatholics.Amongthemwas JohnL.Stoddard,whotoldtheAmericanmissionarythathewastheauthorof"RebuildingaLostFaith," whichhasarousedagreatdealofinterestonbothsidesoftheAtlantic.Mr. StoddardsettledatMesoninthemidst ofthewar.Anagnosticofmorethan fortyyearsstanding,theshatteringof civlisationbythewardestroyedallthe ideasonwhichhehadguidedhislife. and,asaresultofhisre-examination oftheproblemsofexistence,hewas convertedtotheCatholicFaith.He toldthewholestoryoftheprocess whichledhimintotheChurchinhis book,hutbecauseofcontractswith thepublishersofhistravelbooksand lectureshewascompelledtoomithis name'fromthenewhook.Inhis homeineranhehasbeengranted theextraofclinaryprivilegeofhaving theBlessedSacramentreserved,and hisworkfortheFaithisnowregarded byMr.Stoddardasthedominant motiveofhislife.Ileisthelatestand oneofthebestknownofthenumerous literarymenandwomenwhooflate yearshavejoinedtheCatholicChurch.
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Wales,hastenderedhis resignationofhisofficeofAbbottothe HolySee,andtheresignationhasbeen accepted.Thereasonforhisresignationisthathenolongerfeelsequal tobeartheincreasinglyheavyfinancialburdentogetherwiththeresrfonsibilityofbuildingupthereligiousfoundation.TheformerAbbot,itisunderstood,willgotoCanadaforaperiod ofrestandrecuperation. ThestoryoftheCaldeyIslandBenedictines,whichgoesbacksomethirty years.isoneoflungcontinuedhardshipsandastrugglewithpoverty.'It mustbesomething;likethirtyyears agothatthismoeasticcommunity wasestablishedintheAnglicanChurch undertheRuleofSt.Benedict. Itwasaventureoffaith,fornotonly didthepioneersofthisfoundation starttheirworkwithoutany.unds whatever.buttheydidnotevenknow whethertheirworkwouldbepermitted bytheauthoritiesoftheAnglican Church. Buttheworkwasapprovedeventually,andtheSuperiorwasadmitted tothevowsunderaspecialapprobationofthe:ateArchbishopofCanterbury.Dr.Temple,fatherofthepresent AnglicanBishopofManchester. Dependentuponthecharityof others,evenfortheroofabovethem, formanyyearsthemembersofthis communitymovedfromplacetoplace, astheirpovertyobligedthemto changefromonecharitableshelterto another.FromtheIsleofDogsthe brotherhoodmovedtoacountryvicarage,andwhentheBishopofthediocesemadetheirpresencethereimpossible,theyreturnedtoLondon,where acharitableshelterwasofferedthem. FromLondontheyoncemoreremovedtoaremotecountryplace.from whichtheywereobligedtomoveby theowneroftheestate.Ashortstay wasmadeatCaldeyIsland,andthen oncemorethemonksmoved;this
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amnesty.These weresimilarcasesattheCurragh. Mountjovprisonerswhohadattemptedtoescapewerealsoreleasedwhen theAmnestywassigned.Theyhad alreadybeenseverelypunishedbybeingdeprivedofparcels,smokingma-. terials,antiotherthings.ThisofwaschtirelvpunishablebytheprisonatithWhillietenrrtit--did-not-see whatrighttheCroonhadtobring themuponthesechargesnow.Two Belfastlooterswhoescapedwererecanturadandpunishedbyreceiving ninedays'breadandwater."We,"he added,areonbreadandwaterpracticallyeveryday."