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DEMISE OF H.E. DR. EMILE BARILLON iContinned from page 1)

His L o r d s h i p Bishop Barillon took possess ion of t h e See of Malacca on t h e 21st November 1904. H a v i n g been absen t from Malaya for twelve y e a r s , he visi t­ed all p a r t s of t h e diocese in order t o get i n to touch w i t h t h e clergy a n d fa i thful of h is diocese and to see fo r h imsel f t he ' m o s t u rgen t needs of t h e Mission.

H e rea l i sed ve ry soon t h a t mos t of t h e s t a t i o n s a n d religious cen­t r e s w e r e depr ived of financial means for t h e suppor t of cate-chis ts a n d school t eache r s . Mis­s ionar ies we re handicapped in t h e i r work , be ing unable to extend the i r re l ig ious p ropaganda as fa r a s t h e y desired.

His Lordsh ip t h e n ins t i tu ted t h e Society of St . F ranc i s Xavier for t h e main tenence and progress of miss ionary work in t h e diocese. Thus , w i t h t h e funds collected by t h e m e m b e r s of t h e society, His Lordsh ip w a s able t o give an an­nual al lowance for t h e support of ca techis ts and school teachers , to open new chapels and new cent res of rel igious act ivi t ies . The appeal of t h e i r Bishop moved t h e h e a r t s of t h e Catholics t owards the i r in­fidel b r e t h r e n to help t hem by alms a n d p r a y e r s .

The r e su l t s of t h i s zealous en­deavour h a v e been every year in­creasingly evident, a s i t i s shown by t h e annua l r e t u r n s of adminis­t ra t ion . In 1904, t h e first r e t u r n s showed t h e number of Catholics of Malaya a t 22,847. In 1932, when His Lordsh ip resigned, t h e number of t h e Fa i th fu l in Malaya stood a t 66,465. Such wonderful r e su l t s w e r e a t t a ined in spi te of t h e lack of miss ionar ies , which was f u r t h e r intensified du r ing t h e w a r (1914-18) when all t h e younger m e m b e r s of t h e c lergy had to jo in t h e a r m y a n d no new recru i t s were sent ou t f rom F r a n c e .

T h e y e a r s of t h e w a r were a g rea t t r i a l for t h e head of t h e mission. H e was a t a loss to sup­ply p a s t o r s for t h e ever increasing n u m b e r of t h e fa i thfu l . Final ly however h e came to t h e conclusion t h a t i t w a s a necessi ty to recru i t na t ive p r i e s t s , in order to provide for t h e fu tu re welfare of t he Catholics of Malaya.

H a v i n g conceived t h i s project in his m i n d he could not set t h e plan afoot, pending t h e r e t u r n of t h e p r i e s t s from t h e war , to staff t he s emina ry h e had in view.

As i t w a s necessary to have a special school for t h e t r a in ing of young a sp i r an t s t o t h e priesthood, a s i te w a s selected nea r t h e Seran-goon Church and t h e first building was erected in 1928. Only a few s tuden t s joined t h e new seminary of S t . F r a n c i s Xavier dur ing t h e first y e a r s of i t s existence, bu t every y e a r God h a s sent more vocat ions. T h e n u m b e r of s tuden ts now a t t h e dea th of i t s founder is

17. Some previous pupils have al­ready been raised to t h e pr ies t ­hood while 18 of t h e m a r e prepar­ing for Holy Orders in t h e Penang College General.

I t may be affirmed t h a t t h e fu tu re of the mission has been m a d e secure t h r o u g h t h e zealous ini t ia t ive of i ts v ig i lan t pas tor .

Catholic Educa t ion . H i s Lordship took always a

keen interest in t h e p rogress and development of Catholic education. The steady advancement and g rowth of Catholic educational ins t i tu t ions a re amply evident from t h e following facts and fi-

increase his knowledge by regu­lar reading of t h e most up-to-date books and reviews.

T h e mission of Malacca h a s lost, by t h e dea th of His Lordship , la holy and zealous pas tor . E v e n dur ing t h e yea rs spent in re t i re ­ment , he never ceased to p r ay and offer his sufferings for t h e [welfare of t h e mission. His infir­mit ies had prepared his soul for t he eternal reward . We m a y now rejoice in t h e t h o u g h t t h a t we have a friend and a powerful protector in heaven, who will in­tercede for us .

Illness, Dea th & Burial .

AN EARLY PHOTO OF H.E. BISHOP BARILLON, WHEN HE TOOK OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DIOCESE OF MALACCA.

g u r e s : — In 1904 N u m b e r of Catholic

Schools 39 Number of pupils 3893

In 1932 Number of Schools 72 Number of pupils 15,144

His Lordship Bishop Barillon rendered g rea t services to t h e clergy by his deep knowledge of Theology and Canon L a w which he acquired d u r i n g his twelve yea r s of professorship in t h e Seminary of t h e Fore ign Missions in Par i s .

His decisions were always based on sound religious science and his directions to t h e clergy a r e sum­mar ised in a d i rec tory for t h e Dio- | cese of Malacca, which was pub- j l ished in 1923.

He never ceased to s tudy and

His Lordship was t a k e n ill about a week before his dea th . He was confined to bed wi th sl ight fever and gradual ly lost s t r eng th .

I t was only on Thur sday 25th ul t imo t h a t pneumonia set in and t h e 'Las t Sac ramen t s ' were ad­minis tered to h im as his condition grew worse. He remained con­scious until t h e last moment . Though unable t o speak, he was answer ing by signs, those who ap­proached him. +

He expired peacefully on t h e 26th July a t 9.15 a.m. His body was laid out in s t a t e in t h e upper room of his residence where a g rea t number of Catholics came to p ray th roughou t t h e whole day .

T h e Chinese members of t h e Catholic Action Society s a t up

{Continued at foot of Col. 4)

THE LATE MGR. BARILLON'S WORK IN

IPOH AS PIONEER PRIEST.

x The news of t h e l a t e Monsignor Bari l lon 's demise was received by Ipoh Catholics no t so much with a sudden shock as w i th a deep sense of sad loss. The la te Pre la te was r ega rded here not only as the old Bishop of t h e Diocese but also as t h e founder of t h e Pa r i sh of St. Michael, which he founded in 1887, when th i s f lourishing town, the Capital elect of Pe rak , was only a collection of a t t a p - h u t s .

The re a r e still a number in the pa r i sh who r e m e m b e r t h e flimsy s t r u c t u r e , p u t up by F a t h e r Baril­lon in t he spot whe re now stand t h e magnificent buildings of the Convent, as a Church for t he hand­ful of Chinese Catholics, who were all ga rdeners .

F a t h e r Barillon laid t h e founda­t ion of a Catholic set t lement in t h i s p a r t of Ipoh by applying from t h e P e r a k Government some 100 acres of land and hav ing it allotted a m o n g several Catholic families. A s a resul t of t h e expansion of the town, most of t h e Catholic hold­ings have changed hands—about 50 ac res have been rever ted to the Government and now form a sub­u r b of Ipoh, known as Greentown, t h e residence of Government ser­v a n t s .

The late Bishop was personally known to m a n y in t h e parish, and a l though he had not visited Ipoh for over 20 yea r s , he was constant­ly in t h e lips of t h e older parishion­ers , who will a lways t reasure a loving rememberance of him. A Requiem High Mass was sung for t h e repose of his soul in church on Tuesday, a t which many at­tended.

t h r o u g h t h e n igh t in vigilant p raye r .

On t h e 27th a t 7 a.m. His body was removed to t h e Cathedral of t h e Good Shepherd where a Requiem Pontifical High Mass was chan ted by His Excellency Mgr. A. Devals assis ted by a chapter of p r ies t s , in t h e presence of the o the r clergy and a large atten­dance of t h e fai thful .

A t 5 p.m. Vespers of the dead were intoned aga in by His Excel­lency A. Devals. A last absolu-

I t ion was given in t h e presence of t h e whole clergy, accompanied by

1 t housands of Catholics. The cor­tege then wended i t s way to the Bidadar i cemete ry where t h e mor­ta l r emains of His Lordship were laid t o r e s t between his dear f r iends Bishop Bourdon and Mgr. E . Mar ie t te , his late Vicar-Gene­r a l : R.I .P.

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SEVENTH CENTENARY OF CANONIZATION OP ST. DOMINIC !

HEAD OF ORDER OF PREACHERS FOUNDER BROUGHT TO ROME

FOR V E N E R A T I O N AMID BRILLI­ANT RITES

Vat ican Ci ty .—The seventh cen tena ry of t h e Canonization of St . Dominic h a s ended wi th t h e t r ans l a t ion of t h e relic of t h e sa in t ' s head from Bologna t o Rome, where i t remained exposed for t h r e e days for t he venera t ion of t h e public. I t w a s then t aken to the Church of St. Sabina for a brief s t a y , and finally r e tu rned t o i t s place in t h e marbfe t o m b wherein repose t h e a s h e s of t h e sa in t a n d which Michel­angelo Buona r ro t i decorated wi th h i s f amous chisel.

The centennial fest ivals were celebrated w i t h special solemnity in all t he places whe re t h e Order of Preachers is es tabl ished afid particularly w h e r e t h e Congress of the Third O r d e r of St . Dominic was held in Apri l . T h e relic of t h e head of St. Dominic was t r anspor t ed in solemn procession t h o u g h the principal s t r ee t s of t h e ci ty. The coming of t h e relic t o Rome to end the centennia l observance was inspired b y a desi re t o commemo­rate the m a n y jou rneys to , and t h e

came wi th Bishop Diego, who for some t ime wished to have h im a t h i s side, hav ing admired h is wis­dom, v i r tue and apostolic a rdour . I t was on his r e t u r n from t h a t first v is i t to Rome t h a t Dominic, in­flamed by t h e memory of t h e Holy City, began preaching aga ins t he re sy a t Montpellier.

SPOKE OF PLAN TO POPE.

Ten yea r s la ter , S t . Dominic aga in w e n t t o Rome wi th t he Bishop of Toulouse, who hur r ied

APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER

D E D I C A T E D TO T H E MOST P U R E H E A R T OF MARY Intent ion for t h e M o n t h :

The Apost leship of P r a y e r a m o n g t h e Blind and t h e Infirm. — H e a l t h and Consolation for Lepers .

hr<r sojourns in, Rome by t h e Pounder of t h e Dominicans .

Pominic of Guzman w e n t for t he first time t o Rome in 1205, when he was only 35 yea r s of age , and although h e w a s a l ready an imated with the m o s t a r d e n t apostolic zeal, ke had tint y e t m a t u r e d t h e plan of founding a new Order . He

t h e r e to t a k e p a r t in t h e L a t e r a n Council announced by Pope Inno­cent III . T h a t coming was deci­sive for t h e Order of P reachers . T h e saint , who had already begun to g a t h e r companions around him. e laborated his plan more thorough­ly and spoke of i t to the Pope. He m e t and embraced St. F ranc i s for

?<Am#ftf'1taB*£zo ca. ei-o- t e r ror* .

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whom a t t h a t moment Providence was p repa r ing two chosen bands of defenders and apostles in t h e F r a n ­ciscans a n d Dominicans.

RETURNED TO PROVENCE. Full of his g r e a t plan, Dominic

re turned to Provence, assembled his companions, told t h e m of fife journey, adopted t h e rules of St. August ine , and aga in left for Rome to obtain t h e Pope 's definite aimro-val of t h e Order. He did not see Innocent m t h a t t ime , bu t his successor, Honorius I I I , who, in 1216, confirmed t h e Order of P rea ­ching F r i a r s wi th two Bulls.

Indefatigable, a lways on foot, Dominic r e tu rned t o h is b re th ren , radiant because of t h e solemn apostolic approval , and a t t h e end

of 1217 he T r e n t asrain to Rofffc p^companied by f r ia r s and novices. The Pope showed; h i m t h e u t m o s t favour and en t ru s t ed to hfttaf t h * Monastery a n d Church of S t Sfa* tus s t and ing on t h e Via Appifc, in f r o n t ' o f t h e ma jes t i c ru ins of t he B a t h s of Caracal l^, revoking t h e invi ta t ion t h a t h e h a d a l r e a d y ' sent to t h e Engl i sh Canons Regular of St . Gilbert t o come and officiate

(Continued on page 6 Col 1 & 2)

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Our Lady of Madhu t t — — .

[Ceylon's Hallowed Wonder Shrine of the Jungle]

by D. E. T. Jayakoddy

(SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR THE MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER)

(Continued from last week.)

T h e F i r s t S t r u c t u r e .

In t i m e , a t e m p o r a r y s t r u c t u r e buil t by a devout Catholic of Jaffna housed t h e Image , a n d t h e n a m e and f a m e of t h e Sh r ine began t o spread . Religious persecut ions were a b a t i n g and Cathol ics f rom all p a r t s of t h e coun t ry began t o Visit t h e Shrine. W i t h t h e i r v is i t s came g r e a t e r popula r i ty for t h e Shr ine . Miraculous cu re s began to b e affected. P r a y e r s b e g a n t o be heard , a n d favours t o be bestowed, t h r o u g h t h e in tercess ion of t h e Madonna of t h e Shr ine .

E a r l y Difficulties.

A s y e a r s rolled by, Catholics from d i s t a n t p a r t s began to make p i lgr images , y e a r a f t e r yea r , t h e journey , ly ing t h r o u g h dense t r a c t s of fores t and difficult roads , often t ak ing t h e m weeks a n d m o n t h s . Suppl icants in those d a y s h a d no t t h e faci l i ty of t h e mo to r ca r o r t h e ra i lway. They oft t ravel led in groups on foot o r in c a r t s d rawn b y slow moving bulls . F r e q u e n t were t h e h a l t s t h e y had t o make , and many we re t h e dange r s t h e y h a d , to ferave. They fought t h e fierce hea t and a scorching tropical sun 1>y day, t h e y dared t h e deprada-

Two Hundred Years Later. Two cen tu r i e s of exis tence t h u s

passed w i t h pa r t i e s coming and par t i es go ing in t h i s wise. T h e y e a r 1870 t h e n s a w t h e close of t h e second cen tu ry of t h e incep­t ion of t h e Sh r ine . Since then t h e occasions of t h e annual pi lgr images t o t h e Shr ine were definitely fixed for t h e second of Ju ly each year , and began t o be celebrated w i t h pomp a n d splendour. The Diocese of Jaffna, t h e Jur isdic t ion of which extended to t h e dis tr ict , where in s tands t h e Shr ine , began t o give more and m p r e a t t en t ion to t h e p i lgr images t h a t were t h e n r egu ­lar ly being m a d e t o t h e place. T h e in teres t of Catholics t h roughou t t h e Island w a s awakened in no small degree . Government too began t o t h i n k of providing facili­t ies , and y e a r a f t e r y e a r some­t h i n g began "to be t h o u g h t ou t anew. F r e s h schemes were evolved for t h e accommodat ion and com­for t of t h e v a s t crowds which began t o assemble .

Foundation Of New Structure In t h e y e a r 1876, t h e founda­

t ions of t h e va s t sacred edifice which now proudly she l te rs t h e Image of t h e Mothe r and Child

"3FE Wl)0 ADVERTISES REALISES

tions of wild animals by n igh t . F r o m t h e remotes t p a r t s of t h e Is land of Ceylon some travel led hund reds of miles in t h i s manne r . Food w a s scarce and t h e count ry dry . W a t e r in t h e locality was not of t h e bes t , bu t none ever com­plained, none grumbled . Even children of t ende r y e a r s whom p a r e n t s took w i t h t h e m on t h e j ou rney w e r e t a u g h t no t t o a sk for da in t i e s o r t h e delicacies of food of normal life. D u r i n g t h e journey , a s t h e shades of even were ga the r ing , elders would walk ahead of t h e i r p a r t i e s t o select some con­venient spot for camping and cooking t o be satisfied wi th such scan ty mea ls as t h e y were able t o improvise . Whole famil ies would res t on t h e w a y side s leeping on t h e bare g round and r e s u m i n g t h e i r journey in t h e small h o u r s of t h e morning . Ins tances a r e on record of fierce wild e lephants accost ing par t i es b y n ight , b u t no r epor t s go t o show a n y damage by t h e m . The only precaut ions t h e n avail­able a g a i n s t wild b e a s t s were old fashioned guns , for l e t t i ng off a t s igh t of t h e m , and j ing l ing bells on t h e necks of ca r t bulls t o f r igh ten t h e m a w a y . Af t e r a s t r enuous and ted ious journey , pa r t i e s would reach t h e S h r i n e wi th unbounded joy, a n d t h e r e r ema in for a s m a n y days a s t h e y could possibly spa re frcfcn t h e i r r egu la r avocat ions of fife.

were solemnly laid, b u t i t was no t till m a n y y e a r s la ter t h a t a finality was reached in building const ruc­t ion. To-day, a f te r t h e lapse of over half a cen tury , t h e sacred edifice is sti l l being added to . I t was found impossible for t h e Church a t one t ime to contain t h e vas t g a t h e r i n g t h a t used to a s ­semble t h e r e du r ing pi lgr images , and t h e Au tho r i t i e s of t h e Church recent ly t h o u g h t i t advisable t o erect a h u g e facade port ico w h e r e all services now t a k e place. Pi l­g r ims g a t h e r round t h e port ico for services r e m a i n i n g in t h e open square . Y e a r a f te r yea r some­t h i n g new is be ing a d d e d by p ious pi lgr ims t o t h e Church or i t s v a s t g rounds .

The Annual Fore Gathering. -While m a n y minor assemblies of

pi lgr ims t a k e place t h r o u g h t h e year , t h e m o s t impor tan t one is t h a t of t h e second of Ju ly of each year , which is t h e Fes t iva l p roper of t h e Sh r ine . I t las t s well n igh a fo r tn igh t , b u t pre l iminary a r r a n g e ­men t s occupy a much longer t ime . The des i re of Catholics in Ceylon who can afford t o go—nay of even of m a n y outs ide Ceylon—is to a t t end t h i s celebration. The r ich go in t h e i r luxur ious motor ca r s with food stuffs and a t t endan t s , t h e poor in humble r conveyances and even on foot—some ca r ry ing t h e wherewi tha l for t he i r s tay , o t h e r s

SUNDAY S E R V I C E S .

CATHEDRAL: Queen Street 6-30 a.m. Low Mass. 8-00 a.m. Hi^h Mass. 5-30 p.m. Vespers and Benediction.

ST. JOSEPH'S: Victoria Street. 5-30 a.m. Low Mass. 6-30 a.m. Low Mass. 8-a.m. High Mass. 5-00 p.m. Vespers and Benediction.

SS. PETER & PAULr Queen Street 6-30 a.m. Low Mass. 6-00 a.m. High Mass. 4-00 p.w. Vespers and Benediction.

SACRED HEART: Oxley Rise. 6-30 a.m. Low Mass. 8-00 a.m. High Mass. 3-30 p.m. Benediction.

OUR LADY OF LOURDES: O p t o Rd. 8-00 a.m. High Mass. 5-00 p.m. Vespers and Benediction.

depending on t h e generosi ty of fr iends and ne ighbours in t h e vas t assembly. I t is only a visit t o t h e Shr ine t h a t will convince t h e reader of t h e wonderful feeling t h a t per­vades t h e very a t m o s p h e r e of t h e Shr ine , dur ing a p i lgr image. The Church Author i t i es , in co-operation wi th t h e Government of Ceylon, have cleared abou t t h r e e hundred acres of t h e thick jung le surround­ing t h e Shrine, a n d i t is he re t h a t t h e v a s t crowd t ramps out for well n igh a mon th before and af ter t h e Fes t iva l . The s h r u b is cut up and b u r n t annual ly in advance of t h e p i lgr image. Only t h e s t a lwar t t r ees s t and out l ike g i an t sentinels , sp read ing out t h e i r branches , a s if in welcome t o t hose who seek t h e i r shel ter .

How H u t s A r e Made. A s pi lgr ims come in batches ,

f rom every conceivable p a r t of t h e Island, t h e y t ake she l te r under t h e t r ee s mak ing for themselves en­closures wi th tw igs and branches . A s soon a s a p a r t y o r family a r r ives a t t h e Shrine, pa te r fami l ias or t h e leader would lose no t ime to survey t h e place and select h is " W a d i y a " ( l iving place) a n d t h e r e build a h u t . P repa ra t ions immediately begin a n d all g e t busy . The ground is cleared in a few minutes . Dimensions of h u t s v a r y according to t h e pleasure of t h e pa r ty . Some pi lgrims t a k e j u s t enough space t o sleep on, while o thers fence up l a rge r a reas . T h e older folks go i n to t h e jung le and br ing away b ranches and tw igs , while t h e younger ones fix t h e m up into a fencing for the h u t w i th t h e aid of c reepers and s t r i n g . In a few hours every p a r t y h a s made i t s hu t . A cloth o r shee t overhead is a m a t t e r of choice. Life in t h i s jungle s t re tch d u r i n g the period of t he p i lgr image cannot adequately be described. I t h a s to be see^i and to be felt .

T h e Approach Of The Fes t ival . As d a y af ter d a y passes in t h e

vas t camp, a n d t h e Fes t iva l approaches , t h e feelings of t h e crowd a r e indescribable. E v e r y minu te br ings more and more pi lgr ims, and every hour those a l ready assembled welcome more fr iends who e i t he r join t hem in the i r h u t s or m a k e new huts alongside the i r s . One walks about t h e place and h e m a y mee t a b ro the r w h o m h e h a s not seen for & whole year . H e would meet a fr iend living a couple of hundred miles away or a relat ion living in a r emo te dis t r ic t . F o r a week preceding the celebration of t h e Fes t ival , daily services in t h e open a i r a r e t h e order of t h e day. F r o m t h e ear ly hours of t h e morning , Masses a r e said in all possible nooks for t h e benefit of those in

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t h a t v ic ini ty . Tempora ry Al ta r s a r e improvised, while pi lgr ims follow t h e service kneeling on the ground. D u r i n g t h e day, pi lgrims m a y be seen occupied in various devotions a n d going round t h e various p a r t s of t h e camp.

A N ight in Camp. B u t i t is w i th t h e advent of t h e

night , t h a t t h e in te res t increases. As day l igh t fades away, and the brilliance of a t ropical sun gives way t o dusk, t h e "Ange lus" bell of the Shr ine is t h e signal for Prayer . One h u n d r e d and fifty thousand pi lgr ims—for t h a t is the es t imate of t h e annua l c rowd—brea the forth the i r ve spe r prayer . The evening service a t t he Shr ipe follows shor t ly a f te r . At th i s one may see t h e h u g e portico of t h e Shr ine t r ans fo rmed into a veri table f a i ry land Myr iads of electric bulbs

• shed t h e i r l ight upon t h e vast j crowd in the open square. Sermons

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tifying addit ion to t h e r anks of t h e Catholic pr iesthood in England. The Rev. Dr . Will iam E . Orchard, whose conversion, t h r e e yea r s ago, created considerable s t i r , has been ordained by t h e Archbishop of Westmins ter in t h e pr iva te chapel at Archbishop 's House. Dr . Or­chard is t he most no tewor thy con­vert f rom Non-conformity received in recent years . A s Minis ter of the King ' s Weigh House Chapel, in West London, he had won a h igh place in non-Catholic opinion, not unmixed with disapproval , from t h e extreme P r o t e s t a n t side, a t r i t ua ­listic sympath ies and pract ices which were s t r a n g e indeed in a Free Church conventicle. F o r t h e King's Weigh House Chapel, unde r Dr. Orchard, was a challenge t o conventional Non-conformist t each­ing and pract ice. T h e chapel be­came t h e London cen t r e of a deve­lopment which dubbed itself t h e "Free Catholic" movement , w i t h the active and eloquent Minis te r as a chief power in p romot ing t h a t tendency. Bu t Dr . Orchard h a d a logical mind, and h e realized t h a t Catholicism could no t be " f r ee" in the sense of be ing wi thou t t h e guidance and discipline of t h e divinely-appointed au tho r i t y . H e p rayed and studied, and God gave h im t h e grace of Catholic convic­t ion. His recept ion in to t h e Church took place in R o m e ; t h e r e ­a f te r i t was known t h a t he cher i ­shed a rdent ly t h e desire t o be a priest , and t h a t des i re h a s now been g ran ted t o h im. Besides being a p reacher of much power, F a t h e r Orchard, a s we m a y now call h im, is a m a n of l i t e ra ry gif t . The relation of h i s spir i tual ex­periences, wr i t t en a f t e r his conver­sion, aroused wide in teres t . He is the a u t h o r also of several o t h e r religious books.

* * * * Arundell of Wardour .

One of t h e mos t famous Catholic families in Eng land is t h a t of t h e Arundells of Wardour , who have preserved the i r f a i t h since medi­aeval t imes . The d e a t h of Ellen, Lady Arundell of Wardour , widow of t h e four teen th baron, a t t h e advanced age of e igh ty-e ight m i g h t seem, a t a first glance, to point t o t he loss of t h e m o s t venerable member of t h e family. T h a t is not so. There is sti l l l iving a still more wonderful Dowager , A n n e Lucy, t he twelf th peer 's widow. Seventy-three y e a r s have passed since her wedding, and near ly th i r ty since she w a s widowed. Of all t h e Arundells , t h e one to be held in most venera ted memory b y Catholics is t h e t h i r d baron, on account of h is sufferings a s a p r i ­soner in t h e Tower of London, fo r five years , as one of t h e vict ims of the perjured and infamous T i t u s Oates. Wardour Cast le , t h e h i s ­toric Wil tshire home of t he family, is full of Catholic in te res t . T h e Arundells have been notable bene­factors to t h e fa i th . One Lord Arundell gave h is Cornish seat , a house and grounds a t Lanherne , t o a religious communi ty who were refugees to Eng land a t t he t ime of the French Revolution.

* • • + • In " L i t t l e I t a ly . "

London is so cosmopolitan a c i ty tha t it is not su rp r i s ing the re

should be a "L i t t l e I t a l y " among i t s var ious exotic q u a r t e r s . The n a m e belongs t o a congeries of s t r ee t s in t h e neighbourhood of Clerkenwell Road, where t h e hand­some I tal ian Church is a spiri tual ral lying place for t h e hundreds of I ta l ians being in t h a t a r ea .

There is one par t icu la r day in the yea r ' s round when "Li t t l e I t a ly" as such, ge ts into t h e newspapers . I t is t h e Sunday af ternoon following t h e F e a s t of O u r Lady of Mount Carmel, for on t h a t day t h e people have the i r g rea t festa, pa r t ly reli­gious, pa r t ly social, and thousands of specta tors f rom o t h e r p a r t s of t h e metropolis m a k e t h e i r way to Clerkenwell to see t h e outdoor pro­cession, one of t h e mos t pic tures­que pageants of t h e k ind to be witnessed outside I ta ly itself. The s t r ee t s in t he neighbourhood of t h e church a r e r ichly decorated, and, needless t o say, densely crow­ded ; and in t h e evening t h e people indulge in i l luminations, songs, and a general rejoicing in which t h e good wine of t he i r own land plays a pa r t .

Bu t t h e feast-day Mass , and the af ternoon procession, a r e t h e real functions of t h e day. A s t he lofty s t a t ue of Our L a d y reaches a pre­pared spot in t h e processional rou te , a profusion of beautiful flowers falls upon i t a s a symbolic a c t of religious homage . This year , when glorious w e a t h e r smiled upon t h e fest ival , t h e procession w a s even l a rge r and m o r e impres­sive t h a n in p a s t yea r s , and the t h r o n g of s igh t seers , if possible, g rea t e r . As t h e shower of flowers fell, wh i t e doves flew a b o u t in cir­cles above Our Lady ' s head , t o t he g r e a t del ight of t h e crowd. I t was impossible for all t o a s s i s t a t t he subsequent Benedict ion services ; t h e people overflowed f rom the church, and hund reds kne l t in t h e s t r ee t and were blessed from the en t rance .

• * * * He s a w t h e S u n .

The Scots pi lgr ims h a v e re turn-I ed home from Lourdes . Among ! t h e m is a m a n from Blan tyre , Mr. | Pa t r i ck Gallagher, who wen t out to j t h e Pyrenees physical ly blind and I h a s come back wi th his s igh t par t i ­

ally restored. A t t h i s s tage no I miracle is be ing c la imed: t h e

Church, and t h e doctors who serve t h e cause of t r u t h so well a t t he Medical Bureau a t Lourdes , a re wisely caut ious in all such ma t t e r s . Bu t a t least i t is t r u e t h a t Pat r ick Gallagher 's p i lgr image has been for h im not only t h e happy spiri­tua l experience t h a t is derived by all Our Lady ' s clients in t h a t so favoured spot, bu t also t h e occasion of considerable alleviation of his malady.

The story, a s Mr. Gal lagher him­self has told i t , is a d ramat ic one. H e had been total ly blind for twelve years . "While we were a t t h e service a t t h e Gro t to a t Lour­des , " he said, " I t h o u g h t I sajv t he sun. I tu rned to t h ^ g i r l who had been my.&uide, and I noticed she was dressed in whi te . I was too afraid to speak, and when I asked he r if she was dressed in whi te she gripped my a r m and asked me, anxiously: "Paddy , can you see ?" Paddy could indeed see, t o t h a t ex­ten t . And since then he has been able t o wr i te h i s n a m e with a pen,

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T h e Scots pi lgr ims, du r ing the i r j br ief sojourn a t Lourdes , a t t r a c t ed J m u c h in teres t f rom o the r nat ionals | by t h e unwonted spectacle of t w o High land pipers , in full ki t , who played t h e procession to t h e domain t a n d la te r gave a performance of Scot t i sh a i r s . I t was probably the j first t ime in t he i r lives t h a t mos t of t h e Continental pi lgr ims p resen t h a d hea rd t h e skirl of t h e bagpipes .

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CHURCH DEDICATION IS M E A N S O F JACOBITE CON-

VERSIONS.

Je rusa lem.—The Hebrew P r e s s is concerned over t h e fac t t h a t , in sp i te of appeals by t he Execut ive of t h e Zionist Organizat ion, ve ry few of t h e new Jewish i m m i g r a n t s a sk for t h e Pales t ine ci t izenship.

I t is s t a ted t h a t t h e y re ta in t h e ! nat ional i ty of t h e countr ies f rom I which t hey come and t h u s a r e no t allowed to t a k e par t in t h e ad­minis t ra t ion of local communi ty affairs.

I n Je rusa lem, where t h e J e w s a r e more t h a n half of t h e popula­t ion, t h e y form bu t a mino r i t y in t h e municipal i ty. Even t h e Mavor is an A r a b . (N.C.W.C.)

Tr ivandrum.—F o 11 o w i n g t h e blessing of a new church a t Omal-lur in t h e Archdiocese of Tr ivan­drum, a religious conference w a i held.

A t t h e conference m a n y Jaco­bites showed willingness t o accept t h e Catholic religion. F o r t y of these were formally received into t h e Church by Mar Ivanios , Arch­bishop of Tr ivandrum.

A church dedicated t o t h e Bless­ed Mother a t Karr iyoor , five miles eas t of th i s city, is fo r reun i ted Jacobi tes . Mar Ivanios officiated a t t h e dedication, which was car­ried ou t according t o t h e Syro-Ant iochean Ri te . M a r Theophilos, Bishop of Tiruvella, and t h e Most Rev. Alexander ChoolaparampiL, Bishop of Ko t t ayam, a t t ended t h e ceremonies . (N.C.W.C.)

M a d r a s — A sum of £1,582,537 was collected for t h e miss ionary societies of t he Church of England d u r i n g t h e year 1934-35, says an editorial in The Catholic Leader of Madras June 27. Th i s represents an increase of £111,478 upon the amoun t raised t he previous year . ( F i d e s ) .

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Our Lady of Madhu t t — — .

[Ceylon's Hallowed Wonder Shrine of the Jungle]

by D. E. T. Jayakoddy

(SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR THE MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER)

(Continued from last week.)

T h e F i r s t S t r u c t u r e .

In t i m e , a t e m p o r a r y s t r u c t u r e buil t by a devout Catholic of Jaffna housed t h e Image , a n d t h e n a m e and f a m e of t h e Sh r ine began t o spread . Religious persecut ions were a b a t i n g and Cathol ics f rom all p a r t s of t h e coun t ry began t o Visit t h e Shrine. W i t h t h e i r v is i t s came g r e a t e r popula r i ty for t h e Shr ine . Miraculous cu re s began to b e affected. P r a y e r s b e g a n t o be heard , a n d favours t o be bestowed, t h r o u g h t h e in tercess ion of t h e Madonna of t h e Shr ine .

E a r l y Difficulties.

A s y e a r s rolled by, Catholics from d i s t a n t p a r t s began to make p i lgr images , y e a r a f t e r yea r , t h e journey , ly ing t h r o u g h dense t r a c t s of fores t and difficult roads , often t ak ing t h e m weeks a n d m o n t h s . Suppl icants in those d a y s h a d no t t h e faci l i ty of t h e mo to r ca r o r t h e ra i lway. They oft t ravel led in groups on foot o r in c a r t s d rawn b y slow moving bulls . F r e q u e n t were t h e h a l t s t h e y had t o make , and many we re t h e dange r s t h e y h a d , to ferave. They fought t h e fierce hea t and a scorching tropical sun 1>y day, t h e y dared t h e deprada-

Two Hundred Years Later. Two cen tu r i e s of exis tence t h u s

passed w i t h pa r t i e s coming and par t i es go ing in t h i s wise. T h e y e a r 1870 t h e n s a w t h e close of t h e second cen tu ry of t h e incep­t ion of t h e Sh r ine . Since then t h e occasions of t h e annual pi lgr images t o t h e Shr ine were definitely fixed for t h e second of Ju ly each year , and began t o be celebrated w i t h pomp a n d splendour. The Diocese of Jaffna, t h e Jur isdic t ion of which extended to t h e dis tr ict , where in s tands t h e Shr ine , began t o give more and m p r e a t t en t ion to t h e p i lgr images t h a t were t h e n r egu ­lar ly being m a d e t o t h e place. T h e in teres t of Catholics t h roughou t t h e Island w a s awakened in no small degree . Government too began t o t h i n k of providing facili­t ies , and y e a r a f t e r y e a r some­t h i n g began "to be t h o u g h t ou t anew. F r e s h schemes were evolved for t h e accommodat ion and com­for t of t h e v a s t crowds which began t o assemble .

Foundation Of New Structure In t h e y e a r 1876, t h e founda­

t ions of t h e va s t sacred edifice which now proudly she l te rs t h e Image of t h e Mothe r and Child

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tions of wild animals by n igh t . F r o m t h e remotes t p a r t s of t h e Is land of Ceylon some travel led hund reds of miles in t h i s manne r . Food w a s scarce and t h e count ry dry . W a t e r in t h e locality was not of t h e bes t , bu t none ever com­plained, none grumbled . Even children of t ende r y e a r s whom p a r e n t s took w i t h t h e m on t h e j ou rney w e r e t a u g h t no t t o a sk for da in t i e s o r t h e delicacies of food of normal life. D u r i n g t h e journey , a s t h e shades of even were ga the r ing , elders would walk ahead of t h e i r p a r t i e s t o select some con­venient spot for camping and cooking t o be satisfied wi th such scan ty mea ls as t h e y were able t o improvise . Whole famil ies would res t on t h e w a y side s leeping on t h e bare g round and r e s u m i n g t h e i r journey in t h e small h o u r s of t h e morning . Ins tances a r e on record of fierce wild e lephants accost ing par t i es b y n ight , b u t no r epor t s go t o show a n y damage by t h e m . The only precaut ions t h e n avail­able a g a i n s t wild b e a s t s were old fashioned guns , for l e t t i ng off a t s igh t of t h e m , and j ing l ing bells on t h e necks of ca r t bulls t o f r igh ten t h e m a w a y . Af t e r a s t r enuous and ted ious journey , pa r t i e s would reach t h e S h r i n e wi th unbounded joy, a n d t h e r e r ema in for a s m a n y days a s t h e y could possibly spa re frcfcn t h e i r r egu la r avocat ions of fife.

were solemnly laid, b u t i t was no t till m a n y y e a r s la ter t h a t a finality was reached in building const ruc­t ion. To-day, a f te r t h e lapse of over half a cen tury , t h e sacred edifice is sti l l being added to . I t was found impossible for t h e Church a t one t ime to contain t h e vas t g a t h e r i n g t h a t used to a s ­semble t h e r e du r ing pi lgr images , and t h e Au tho r i t i e s of t h e Church recent ly t h o u g h t i t advisable t o erect a h u g e facade port ico w h e r e all services now t a k e place. Pi l­g r ims g a t h e r round t h e port ico for services r e m a i n i n g in t h e open square . Y e a r a f te r yea r some­t h i n g new is be ing a d d e d by p ious pi lgr ims t o t h e Church or i t s v a s t g rounds .

The Annual Fore Gathering. -While m a n y minor assemblies of

pi lgr ims t a k e place t h r o u g h t h e year , t h e m o s t impor tan t one is t h a t of t h e second of Ju ly of each year , which is t h e Fes t iva l p roper of t h e Sh r ine . I t las t s well n igh a fo r tn igh t , b u t pre l iminary a r r a n g e ­men t s occupy a much longer t ime . The des i re of Catholics in Ceylon who can afford t o go—nay of even of m a n y outs ide Ceylon—is to a t t end t h i s celebration. The r ich go in t h e i r luxur ious motor ca r s with food stuffs and a t t endan t s , t h e poor in humble r conveyances and even on foot—some ca r ry ing t h e wherewi tha l for t he i r s tay , o t h e r s

SUNDAY S E R V I C E S .

CATHEDRAL: Queen Street 6-30 a.m. Low Mass. 8-00 a.m. Hi^h Mass. 5-30 p.m. Vespers and Benediction.

ST. JOSEPH'S: Victoria Street. 5-30 a.m. Low Mass. 6-30 a.m. Low Mass. 8-a.m. High Mass. 5-00 p.m. Vespers and Benediction.

SS. PETER & PAULr Queen Street 6-30 a.m. Low Mass. 6-00 a.m. High Mass. 4-00 p.w. Vespers and Benediction.

SACRED HEART: Oxley Rise. 6-30 a.m. Low Mass. 8-00 a.m. High Mass. 3-30 p.m. Benediction.

OUR LADY OF LOURDES: O p t o Rd. 8-00 a.m. High Mass. 5-00 p.m. Vespers and Benediction.

depending on t h e generosi ty of fr iends and ne ighbours in t h e vas t assembly. I t is only a visit t o t h e Shr ine t h a t will convince t h e reader of t h e wonderful feeling t h a t per­vades t h e very a t m o s p h e r e of t h e Shr ine , dur ing a p i lgr image. The Church Author i t i es , in co-operation wi th t h e Government of Ceylon, have cleared abou t t h r e e hundred acres of t h e thick jung le surround­ing t h e Shrine, a n d i t is he re t h a t t h e v a s t crowd t ramps out for well n igh a mon th before and af ter t h e Fes t iva l . The s h r u b is cut up and b u r n t annual ly in advance of t h e p i lgr image. Only t h e s t a lwar t t r ees s t and out l ike g i an t sentinels , sp read ing out t h e i r branches , a s if in welcome t o t hose who seek t h e i r shel ter .

How H u t s A r e Made. A s pi lgr ims come in batches ,

f rom every conceivable p a r t of t h e Island, t h e y t ake she l te r under t h e t r ee s mak ing for themselves en­closures wi th tw igs and branches . A s soon a s a p a r t y o r family a r r ives a t t h e Shrine, pa te r fami l ias or t h e leader would lose no t ime to survey t h e place and select h is " W a d i y a " ( l iving place) a n d t h e r e build a h u t . P repa ra t ions immediately begin a n d all g e t busy . The ground is cleared in a few minutes . Dimensions of h u t s v a r y according to t h e pleasure of t h e pa r ty . Some pi lgrims t a k e j u s t enough space t o sleep on, while o thers fence up l a rge r a reas . T h e older folks go i n to t h e jung le and br ing away b ranches and tw igs , while t h e younger ones fix t h e m up into a fencing for the h u t w i th t h e aid of c reepers and s t r i n g . In a few hours every p a r t y h a s made i t s hu t . A cloth o r shee t overhead is a m a t t e r of choice. Life in t h i s jungle s t re tch d u r i n g the period of t he p i lgr image cannot adequately be described. I t h a s to be see^i and to be felt .

T h e Approach Of The Fes t ival . As d a y af ter d a y passes in t h e

vas t camp, a n d t h e Fes t iva l approaches , t h e feelings of t h e crowd a r e indescribable. E v e r y minu te br ings more and more pi lgr ims, and every hour those a l ready assembled welcome more fr iends who e i t he r join t hem in the i r h u t s or m a k e new huts alongside the i r s . One walks about t h e place and h e m a y mee t a b ro the r w h o m h e h a s not seen for & whole year . H e would meet a fr iend living a couple of hundred miles away or a relat ion living in a r emo te dis t r ic t . F o r a week preceding the celebration of t h e Fes t ival , daily services in t h e open a i r a r e t h e order of t h e day. F r o m t h e ear ly hours of t h e morning , Masses a r e said in all possible nooks for t h e benefit of those in

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A N ight in Camp. B u t i t is w i th t h e advent of t h e

night , t h a t t h e in te res t increases. As day l igh t fades away, and the brilliance of a t ropical sun gives way t o dusk, t h e "Ange lus" bell of the Shr ine is t h e signal for Prayer . One h u n d r e d and fifty thousand pi lgr ims—for t h a t is the es t imate of t h e annua l c rowd—brea the forth the i r ve spe r prayer . The evening service a t t he Shr ipe follows shor t ly a f te r . At th i s one may see t h e h u g e portico of t h e Shr ine t r ans fo rmed into a veri table f a i ry land Myr iads of electric bulbs

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M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1935.

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Dr. Orchard Ordained-T h e r e is an in te res t ing and g ra ­

tifying addit ion to t h e r anks of t h e Catholic pr iesthood in England. The Rev. Dr . Will iam E . Orchard, whose conversion, t h r e e yea r s ago, created considerable s t i r , has been ordained by t h e Archbishop of Westmins ter in t h e pr iva te chapel at Archbishop 's House. Dr . Or­chard is t he most no tewor thy con­vert f rom Non-conformity received in recent years . A s Minis ter of the King ' s Weigh House Chapel, in West London, he had won a h igh place in non-Catholic opinion, not unmixed with disapproval , from t h e extreme P r o t e s t a n t side, a t r i t ua ­listic sympath ies and pract ices which were s t r a n g e indeed in a Free Church conventicle. F o r t h e King's Weigh House Chapel, unde r Dr. Orchard, was a challenge t o conventional Non-conformist t each­ing and pract ice. T h e chapel be­came t h e London cen t r e of a deve­lopment which dubbed itself t h e "Free Catholic" movement , w i t h the active and eloquent Minis te r as a chief power in p romot ing t h a t tendency. Bu t Dr . Orchard h a d a logical mind, and h e realized t h a t Catholicism could no t be " f r ee" in the sense of be ing wi thou t t h e guidance and discipline of t h e divinely-appointed au tho r i t y . H e p rayed and studied, and God gave h im t h e grace of Catholic convic­t ion. His recept ion in to t h e Church took place in R o m e ; t h e r e ­a f te r i t was known t h a t he cher i ­shed a rdent ly t h e desire t o be a priest , and t h a t des i re h a s now been g ran ted t o h im. Besides being a p reacher of much power, F a t h e r Orchard, a s we m a y now call h im, is a m a n of l i t e ra ry gif t . The relation of h i s spir i tual ex­periences, wr i t t en a f t e r his conver­sion, aroused wide in teres t . He is the a u t h o r also of several o t h e r religious books.

* * * * Arundell of Wardour .

One of t h e mos t famous Catholic families in Eng land is t h a t of t h e Arundells of Wardour , who have preserved the i r f a i t h since medi­aeval t imes . The d e a t h of Ellen, Lady Arundell of Wardour , widow of t h e four teen th baron, a t t h e advanced age of e igh ty-e ight m i g h t seem, a t a first glance, to point t o t he loss of t h e m o s t venerable member of t h e family. T h a t is not so. There is sti l l l iving a still more wonderful Dowager , A n n e Lucy, t he twelf th peer 's widow. Seventy-three y e a r s have passed since her wedding, and near ly th i r ty since she w a s widowed. Of all t h e Arundells , t h e one to be held in most venera ted memory b y Catholics is t h e t h i r d baron, on account of h is sufferings a s a p r i ­soner in t h e Tower of London, fo r five years , as one of t h e vict ims of the perjured and infamous T i t u s Oates. Wardour Cast le , t h e h i s ­toric Wil tshire home of t he family, is full of Catholic in te res t . T h e Arundells have been notable bene­factors to t h e fa i th . One Lord Arundell gave h is Cornish seat , a house and grounds a t Lanherne , t o a religious communi ty who were refugees to Eng land a t t he t ime of the French Revolution.

* • • + • In " L i t t l e I t a ly . "

London is so cosmopolitan a c i ty tha t it is not su rp r i s ing the re

should be a "L i t t l e I t a l y " among i t s var ious exotic q u a r t e r s . The n a m e belongs t o a congeries of s t r ee t s in t h e neighbourhood of Clerkenwell Road, where t h e hand­some I tal ian Church is a spiri tual ral lying place for t h e hundreds of I ta l ians being in t h a t a r ea .

There is one par t icu la r day in the yea r ' s round when "Li t t l e I t a ly" as such, ge ts into t h e newspapers . I t is t h e Sunday af ternoon following t h e F e a s t of O u r Lady of Mount Carmel, for on t h a t day t h e people have the i r g rea t festa, pa r t ly reli­gious, pa r t ly social, and thousands of specta tors f rom o t h e r p a r t s of t h e metropolis m a k e t h e i r way to Clerkenwell to see t h e outdoor pro­cession, one of t h e mos t pic tures­que pageants of t h e k ind to be witnessed outside I ta ly itself. The s t r ee t s in t he neighbourhood of t h e church a r e r ichly decorated, and, needless t o say, densely crow­ded ; and in t h e evening t h e people indulge in i l luminations, songs, and a general rejoicing in which t h e good wine of t he i r own land plays a pa r t .

Bu t t h e feast-day Mass , and the af ternoon procession, a r e t h e real functions of t h e day. A s t he lofty s t a t ue of Our L a d y reaches a pre­pared spot in t h e processional rou te , a profusion of beautiful flowers falls upon i t a s a symbolic a c t of religious homage . This year , when glorious w e a t h e r smiled upon t h e fest ival , t h e procession w a s even l a rge r and m o r e impres­sive t h a n in p a s t yea r s , and the t h r o n g of s igh t seers , if possible, g rea t e r . As t h e shower of flowers fell, wh i t e doves flew a b o u t in cir­cles above Our Lady ' s head , t o t he g r e a t del ight of t h e crowd. I t was impossible for all t o a s s i s t a t t he subsequent Benedict ion services ; t h e people overflowed f rom the church, and hund reds kne l t in t h e s t r ee t and were blessed from the en t rance .

• * * * He s a w t h e S u n .

The Scots pi lgr ims h a v e re turn-I ed home from Lourdes . Among ! t h e m is a m a n from Blan tyre , Mr. | Pa t r i ck Gallagher, who wen t out to j t h e Pyrenees physical ly blind and I h a s come back wi th his s igh t par t i ­

ally restored. A t t h i s s tage no I miracle is be ing c la imed: t h e

Church, and t h e doctors who serve t h e cause of t r u t h so well a t t he Medical Bureau a t Lourdes , a re wisely caut ious in all such ma t t e r s . Bu t a t least i t is t r u e t h a t Pat r ick Gallagher 's p i lgr image has been for h im not only t h e happy spiri­tua l experience t h a t is derived by all Our Lady ' s clients in t h a t so favoured spot, bu t also t h e occasion of considerable alleviation of his malady.

The story, a s Mr. Gal lagher him­self has told i t , is a d ramat ic one. H e had been total ly blind for twelve years . "While we were a t t h e service a t t h e Gro t to a t Lour­des , " he said, " I t h o u g h t I sajv t he sun. I tu rned to t h ^ g i r l who had been my.&uide, and I noticed she was dressed in whi te . I was too afraid to speak, and when I asked he r if she was dressed in whi te she gripped my a r m and asked me, anxiously: "Paddy , can you see ?" Paddy could indeed see, t o t h a t ex­ten t . And since then he has been able t o wr i te h i s n a m e with a pen,

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a t h i n g he had not done for twelve I y e a r s , and to perceive objects in I proof of a s t r eng then ing vision.

T h e Scots pi lgr ims, du r ing the i r j br ief sojourn a t Lourdes , a t t r a c t ed J m u c h in teres t f rom o the r nat ionals | by t h e unwonted spectacle of t w o High land pipers , in full ki t , who played t h e procession to t h e domain t a n d la te r gave a performance of Scot t i sh a i r s . I t was probably the j first t ime in t he i r lives t h a t mos t of t h e Continental pi lgr ims p resen t h a d hea rd t h e skirl of t h e bagpipes .

P A L E S T I N E C I T I Z E N S H I P N E G L E C T E D B Y IMMIGRANTS. I

CHURCH DEDICATION IS M E A N S O F JACOBITE CON-

VERSIONS.

Je rusa lem.—The Hebrew P r e s s is concerned over t h e fac t t h a t , in sp i te of appeals by t he Execut ive of t h e Zionist Organizat ion, ve ry few of t h e new Jewish i m m i g r a n t s a sk for t h e Pales t ine ci t izenship.

I t is s t a ted t h a t t h e y re ta in t h e ! nat ional i ty of t h e countr ies f rom I which t hey come and t h u s a r e no t allowed to t a k e par t in t h e ad­minis t ra t ion of local communi ty affairs.

I n Je rusa lem, where t h e J e w s a r e more t h a n half of t h e popula­t ion, t h e y form bu t a mino r i t y in t h e municipal i ty. Even t h e Mavor is an A r a b . (N.C.W.C.)

Tr ivandrum.—F o 11 o w i n g t h e blessing of a new church a t Omal-lur in t h e Archdiocese of Tr ivan­drum, a religious conference w a i held.

A t t h e conference m a n y Jaco­bites showed willingness t o accept t h e Catholic religion. F o r t y of these were formally received into t h e Church by Mar Ivanios , Arch­bishop of Tr ivandrum.

A church dedicated t o t h e Bless­ed Mother a t Karr iyoor , five miles eas t of th i s city, is fo r reun i ted Jacobi tes . Mar Ivanios officiated a t t h e dedication, which was car­ried ou t according t o t h e Syro-Ant iochean Ri te . M a r Theophilos, Bishop of Tiruvella, and t h e Most Rev. Alexander ChoolaparampiL, Bishop of Ko t t ayam, a t t ended t h e ceremonies . (N.C.W.C.)

M a d r a s — A sum of £1,582,537 was collected for t h e miss ionary societies of t he Church of England d u r i n g t h e year 1934-35, says an editorial in The Catholic Leader of Madras June 27. Th i s represents an increase of £111,478 upon the amoun t raised t he previous year . ( F i d e s ) .

4 MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1935.

TARCISIXIS

Long, long a g o t h e Romans w e r e t h e m o s t f a m o u s and most powerful people in t h e world. In t h e i r g r e a t c i ty of Rome t h e Chr i s t i ans were of ten very cruelly t r ea t ed , j u s t because t h e y loved a n d honoured J e s u s Chr is t . Often t h e y were t h r o w n into d a r k and d i r t y p r i sons , f r o m which t h e y wece only t a k e n in o rde r t o he m a r t y r e d Somet imes Chr i s t i ans v e r e bea ten o r b u r n t to dea th . Somet imes t h e y w e r e t h r o w n t o l ions or p a n t h e r s in a l a rge open space su r rounded by rows o f sea t s , called t h e Coliseum. T o keep ou t of t h e w a y of t h e p a g a n Romans , so t h a t t h e y m i g h t l ive in safe ty , t h e Chr i s t i ans d u g deep down in to t h e e a r t h a n d m a d e long passages a n d rooms . T h e openings t o t h e s e

-hiding-places w e r e m a d e in lonely spo t s outs ide t h e ci ty, and only tjie Chr i s t i ans k n e w where t h e y were . These unde rg round places w e r e called "ca t acombs , " and Holy Mass was said t h e r e , and t h e r e t h e Chr i s t i ans used t o receive Holy Qommunion a&d have ins t ruc t ions f rom t h e bishops and pr ies ts .

Bu t in s p i t e of all t h e ca re t h a t w a s taken to k e e p every th ing se­cre t , t h e p a g a n s somet imes found t h e openings i n t o t h § catacombs, a n d then' tKe Chr i s t ians were caugh t and p u t in prison or con­demned t o dea th . A t t h e t ime t h i s s tory happened a g r e a t m a n y Chr is t ians h a d been caugh t and were in p r i son expect ing-every d a y t o be £ u t t o dea th . These brave soldiers of Chris t sent a message to , t h e Bishop a sk ing h im to send item Holy Communion, for they knew-; t h a t j u s t - a s fo^d makes ' ou r bodies s t rong , so Holy Communion s t r e n g t h e n s our souls, a n d t h e y felt t h a t if t hey could Oily receive Our Dea r Lor^, " t h e Bread of t h e s t rong , " I n t o t h e i r h e a r t s t hey could be able t o bea r S n y pain or t o r t u r e for love of ffim.

Th i s message reached t h e Bishop j u s t a s h e was about to say Mass in one of t h e catacombs. The underground chapel was qui te (

d a r k except fo r t h e candles on t h e a i tar , b u t all w h o were kneel ing t he re could see t h e Bishop as h e t u r n e d round before he began h i s Mass and asked all p resen t to p r a y tjhat h e m i g h t choose t h e bes t messenge r t o c a r r y t h e Blessed Sac ramen t t o t h e pr i soners . N o pr ies t could do t h i s , because h e would be a t once seized and im­prisoned, and mos t of t h e o the r (SrWstians were known too.

W h e n t h e M a s s w a s over t h e Bishop t u r n e d round aga in md asked who would be will-J*wr to r ide h i s life t o c a r r y Holy Communion t o t h e p r i ­soners . Two or t h r e e men offered, tat t he Bishon w a s afraid t h e y would be caugh t and pu t t o dea th . Then a l i t t le boy named Tarcis ius came ud to t h e Bishop, and kneel-ifcfir a t h is feet begged to be allow­ed to ca r ry Our Lord to those who needed Him so much .

"I am so y o u n g , " he said, "The p a g a n s will t h i n k I am only a messenger boy, and let me pass . "

Tarcisius w a s an orphan, and «rell known t o all t h e Chr i s t ians fo r his g r e a t love of t he Blessed Sacrament . A t first t he Bishop t houg h t he w a s too young, b u t |

Tarc is ius begged so h a r d to be al­lowed to go t h a t t he Bishop a t last said "Yes . "

Several Sacred Hos t s were plac­ed inside a whi te l inen cloth wi th­in a l i t t le case which Tarcisius pu t inside his tunic , j u s t over his hear t , a n d wi th his two h a n d s clasped over his Sacred Burden, be s ta r ted off.

Oh, how happy and proud Tarci­s ius felt as he carried Our Blessed Lord so close t o his h e a r t ! He had no t h o u g h t s to spare for places or people t h a t he passed. He though t only of Jesus , Whom he carried.

"Oh, dear Jesus , how I love You," he whispered. "How good You a r e to choose m e as Your lit­t le messenger . How willingly I would suffer and die for You, like t h e s e good people in prison. Per­haps one day You will let me lay down m y life for You too." Whis ­per ing words of love like these he sped quickly on his way. He was

E F F O R T .

A M O T H E R A N D H E R CHILD.

J took a piece of plastic clay; And JdTy fashioned it one days And as my fingers "pressed it, still It bent and yielded^ to my will. I came again, when days were passed, The hit of clay was hard at last; The form I gave h, still it bore, Bui I could change that form no more. I took a piece of Iwing clay, And gently formed it, day by day, And moulded it with power and art—

11A young child/s soft and yielding heart. | J came ugain when years were %one; He was .c man I looked upon,

• T0£ early imprint still he-borer

\But I could change him never more.

but o f - the catacombs now and o n t h e high road. As h e went, people, I a m sure , tu rned to look af te r him, for his face shone wi th joy, wi th love and adorat ion. I t is r e ­corded t h a t a noble pagan wo­man, who was very kind-hearted

^ndL veryL fojadLofch^ildren, stopped h im a s he passed h e r house. She had no children. "Oh—if I bu t had a son like th is beautiful boy," she sighed. She wished to inquire about him, his home, his fami ly ; bu t t h e child gent ly told her, h e was engaged on a ve ry impor tan t e r r and and could no t wai t to ta lk wi th he r then. H e promised t o call in t o see her on his re tu rn .

She looked a f t e r him sadly. F a n c i e r on, Ta rc i s ius came upon a group of his school comrades j u s t about to s t a r t a game , bu t needing one more to complete t h e number . Catching s ight of Tarcis ius t h e y called to him to s top and join t h e m .

"I a m sor ry ," he said, "bu t I a m on a n impor tan t message . "

H e hur r ied on, bu t t he lads caugh t hold of him and would no t let him: go.

" W h a t have you t h e r e ? " said one, seeing how t i gh t ly Tarcis ius held his hands to h i s breas t . "Le t me see ."

"No, no," cried Tarcis ius , s t r ug ­gling: to free himself.

His anxie ty made them all curi­ous, and toge the r they tr ied to pull away his hands .

" My Jesus , s t r eng then me , "

To no one is life absolutely fa­vourable. There a r e many vicis*-si tudes in life. Fau l t s a r e every­where, and e r rors a r e a lways t ak ­ing place. T h e perfect person has not ye t been born. Grea t kings, emperors , war r io rs and s ta tesmen have made mis takes and a r e still making t hem.

I t i s folly, therefore , to expect t h a t we a r e t o ge t t h rough with­out effort. If in our projects we do not succeed, we m a y be defeat­ed, b u t we a r e not conquered; we still h a v e our ambit ion. Li t t le is gained by r e s t ing on our oars . There is danger of dr i f t ing, and dr i f t ing means s t r ik ing t h e rocks of d iscouragement and defeat.

To s t a n d still for long is to s tag­nate . To go backwards is always dangerous . I t is silly t o ge t an idea t h a t we do not m a t t e r , t h a t we do not count, for we all have a place t o fill. We only know our place a n d power a s we ge t t h e sense of our re la t ionship and res­ponsibil i ty to all t h e o ther wheels of t h e g r e a t machine called Life.

O. G.

whispered Tarcisius almost under his b r e a t h .

But one boy heard t h e words and cried out to t h e o thers . "He is a Chr is t ian . He is hiding some Chr i s t ian m y s t e r y t h e r e . " This made t h e boys still more eurious. They de termined to see for them­selves, so t hey s t ruck him and kicked h im and did the i r best to pull a w a y his hands , bu t they could no t move t hem.

A m a n pass ing by asked wha t was t h e m a t t e r .

"He ' s a Chris t ian, ca r ry ing some Chr i s t i an mys te ry , and we're t r y ­ing t o ge t it from h im," cried one of t h e boys.

"A Chr is t ian did you say " said t h e m a n , and giving Tarcisius one cruel blow, t h r ew h im to t h e ground.

A t t h i s very moment a soldier, ha s t en ing towards t h e group, scat­tered t h e m to r igh t and left and, s tooping down, lifted - Tarcisius in his a r m s .

"You cowards !" he said: "all s e t t i ng on one li t t le lad," and h e s t rode quickly down t h e s t ree t and hu r r i ed off into a quiet lane.

"Tarc is ius , lad," he said, smooth ing back t h e curls from his pale face.

Tarc i s ius opened his eyes and recognised t h e soldier as a Chris­t ian w h o m h e had often me t in the ca tacombs.

" I a m dying," he said, "bu t I have kep t my God safe from t h e m . " And he handed h is Preci­ous T r e a s u r e to t h e soldier, who placed it reverent ly inside his tu ­nic. " C a r r y Him to t he prison for me , " said Tarcis ius , and wi th a gent le sigh he fell back into t h e soldier 's a r m s . His li t t le soul was a l ready wi th God, for whom he so willingly had given his life, for Jesus Himself once sa id : "Grea te r love t h a n t h i s no m a n has . t h a n t h a t a m a n lay down his life for his f r iend." Li t t le Tarcisius gave his life for t h e F r i end of friends, J e sus Chris t .

[We hope that our little readers of the M.C.L., when perusing J he above sketch, will not fail to breathe a fervent prayer to the Little Martyr of the Bless­ed Sacrament, for one who has, and is still doing so much for the Youth of Malaya.

Will they remember who this Great Benefactress is? . . . .

It is none other than Ret. Mother St. Tarcisius whose feast is celebrated on -j August 15fh—that is next Thursday. Ed. M.C.L.]

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

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Benevolent. Qld_ Lady_ (to small boy wi th a "Deaf and Dumb" board by his side) " I s it you who a r e deaf and dumb, li t t le boy?"

Li t t le boy: " N o , mum, it 's f a t h e r ; but Fm mind ing his place for h im j u s t now."

B e n e v o l e n t L a d y : "Where is j he , then , in t he public-house?"

Li t t l e Boy: "Oh, n o ; he is sell­ing evening papers and calling out t h e winners . "

Susie had - t r ied t h e teacher 's pat ience sorely, and when the lat­ter looked up a n d saw t h e little gi r l ea t ing toffee, wi th he r feet sprawling into t h e aisle, she said: —"Sus ie Amler t a k e t h a t toffee out of your mou th and put your feet i n ! "

* * * * * Sent imental Boarding-House

landlady: "Ah, yes , t h i s world is indeed a vale of t e a r s ; t he re is dew on t h e grass , t ho rns on the roses"

Unsent imenta l Boa rde r : "Yes, and hai rs in the b u t t e r and hair­pins in t h e soup." -

* * * * • * " T h a t Mrs. Wil l iams always

a sks t h e price of any th ing new" said Mrs. Brown; "Cheeky, don't you th ink s o ? "

"Decidedly," replied Mrs. Black. " W h a t has she been t r y i n g to find out r e c e n t l y ? "

"She wanted to know how much I pa id for thi$ d r e s s , " wen t on Mrs . Brown.

" W h a t an inquisi t ive creature s h e m u s t be . " replied t h e other. "How much did you tell h e r ? " .

* * * * * "Do you th ink t h e y approved of

m y s e r m o n ? " asked t h e newly ap­pointed rector, hopeful t h a t he had m a d e a good impression on his par ishioners .

" Y e s " replied h i s wife "I think so for they were all nodding."

* * * * * A young man w a s being examin­

ed by a life insurance official as to h is family record. Among other quest ions, t h e following was ask­e d : — "Of what did your grand­f a t h e r d i e ? "

The applicant hes i ta ted a few moment s and then s tammered out : " I—I 'm not sure , b u t I think he died in infancy."

* * • * * W o m a n : "You ask ten pence for

t h a t little piece o'beef ? I t ' s outra­geous—it ' s robbery—it ' s a shame; bu t I s'pose I'll have to pay it ." B u t c h e r : "It ' l l cost you a shilling now, mum. I'm sor ry t e r say th price went up aga in while you've been kicking about i t ."

MALAYA CA1HOLIC LEADER, S A W R D A V , 10th AUGfcSf, 1935.

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Work for Peace. As the Abyssinian situation worsens

and war seems more and more difficult to avert, it is very importan that the citizens of this country should observe the distinction between saying on the one hand that Great Britain shall not be drawn into a war and on the other hand disinteresting themselves from efforts to maintain peace. There is an overwhelming preponderance of opinion in this country in the former sense, and we hope and pray that it may remain overwhelming and decisive. But any sort of " splendid isolation" that dis- I interests itself from the cause of general peace is not only a totally different tnmg, but is also the very thin^ that may, certain eventualities, drag- us ail, against our wills, into a general cata­clysm. With all Europe a powder-magazine, it is only too easily possible £or an explosion in one place to involve all the rest. Leaving aside our obliga­tions in the League of Nat : ons, it is

-easy-enough-to-^ay..tha_tjwe have no interest in the Italo-Abyssinian dispute, but there are plenty of ways in which we might become involved. Two may be mentioned.

* * • We Must Perse -ere.

Firstly, this country does not allow exportation of arms without Govern­ment licence. The other great Powers do not place th:s embargo on their nationals. It only needs a few licences

More Work Wanted. This excellent piece of work is an

example to Catholics throughout the country. With tact, understanding and sympathy, much mistaken, though well-intended support of this public menace can be converted into reasoned opposi­tion. Catholics who are concerned have all the material necessary for informed action put at their disposal by such organisations as the League of National Life, and they should get together and act wherever local authorities show signs of misusing the admirable mater­nity and child-welfare clinics set up under. the Ministry of Health. The Ministry itself has unfortunately opened the door some small way towards the misuse of the Ciinics, but the permis­sion given to local authorities is very restricted, and they or their officers who exceed these restrictions are breaking the law. We will glady put any persons who are concerned into touch with thoze who are already organ fiiTig' aclion in various parts of the country. (Universe July 26.)

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A Warning. Now that the Nazi persecution has

burst, it is necessary that our Catholic people should have a clear idea cf the issues. After all that has been wr'tten in the Catholic Times on the question, our readers should have a fair idea of what a totalitarian state is.

Chicago,—Mrs. J o h n May, member of a socially promi­nent Chicago family who is a con­ve r t to t h e ^*aith, is p repar ing to r e t u r n to Lourdes, F rance , t he scene of her conversion. I t will be the fifth t ime Mrs . May has made t h e t r ip , t he four th t ime as a Catholic.

" I make th i s t r i p gladly every year , " said Mrs. May a few days ago in address ing a g roup of Ca­tholic club women here , " t o offer m y services as I did t h a t s u m m e r

[five years ago as a worke r in t he j ba ths a t t he famous shr ine . Al-| t hough my heal th was good it ! seems even be t t e r a t Lourdes and | t h e long s t renuous dut ies a re t ru ly | & labour of love."

Mrs. May does not hes i t a t e to I say t h a t her first visit to Lourdes ; was little more t han t h a t of an in-! teres ted visitor. " B u t I was ins-I pired and edified when I saw scores j of people of high b i r t h , those of j more humble c i rcumstances too, I engage in t h e same kind of work,

MASS IN C R Y P T O F N E W LIVERPOOL C A f H E D R A L

Possible In Two Years ' T ime.

Leaden .—Mass will be offered in a p a r t of t h e Metropolitan Ca­thedra l of Liverpool within t h e next two years , according to s t a t e ­ments made th i s week by the Mogfc Rev. Richard Downey, Archbishop of Liverpool, and t h e archi tect , Sir Edwin Lu tyens .

Excavat ion of t h e site of t h e §15,000,000 building has beefc completed, and t h e walls of t h g crypt have risen to 14 feet. I t lA in t h e crypt t h a t Mass will be of­fered wi th in two years . I t wiR have two chapels and an organ, a s well a s i ts own sacris t ies .

The eas t e rn section of the ca the ­dral will be t h e first portion com­pleted. This will cost $5,000,000. Up to t he present about $1,260,000 has been collected. (N.C.W.C.)

all because of t he i r g r ea t love for Our Blessed Lady , " she said. "Each yea r I look forward to m y r e tu rn to Lourdes as an ac t of thanks-giv ing." (N.C.W.C.)

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to be issued, either at the instance of those who sympathise with Abyssinia, or under pressure from the armament industry, for this country to be at once embroiled in the most serious way with Italy. Secondly, both we and France are under treaty with Abyssinia, which has no port, to give transport facilities through territory we hold in Africa; if we refuse these facilities we break ouv treaty and also deprive Abyssinia of the means of self defence; if we con­tinue these facilities we cannot be said to be neutral in an Italo-Abyssinian war.

~~Our only course is to - -continue every effort, up till the very last minute, and in spite of every difficulty, to avert war and maintain peace, both through our position in the League of Nafons and | by means of our own diplomatic action.

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Good Catholic Action. We referred lately to the organised

protest of Catholics and other right-minded citizens against the use of pubnc funds for certain purposes at a clinical centre in South Buckinghomshire. We are glad to see that similar action is being taken in Harrow, where the same troublesome prob'em has a^sen. The matter is being taken up with the Har­row Urban District Coun -M and the Ministry of Health. Unfortjn^L>:> the same issue is now arising a»I over the country, and our attention has been drawn to another instance in the West of England. Here the parish priest led the opposition and engaged in a pub­lic debate on the subject. At the meet­ing he was successful in winning more than one-third of non-Catholic votes "and we parted as the best of friends, as I was as sympathefic as possible with their very real difficulties, pointing out that if the Pope had his way most of them would be alleviated and that the full solution of the problem could only be found in the Catholic Church." In the result, the proposal to extend the Q se of the clinic in an objectionable way got no further.

The basic idea is that the Government takes over the totality of the national life. It is supreme, and its will is final, in every sphere that it chooses to invade. To disobey, to express resentment at its action or its methods, to counteract the cifect of its prescriptions and activities, no matter what the reason may be, i; political interference.

We warn otrr Cat holic i ea4er-^ - -tfcatr when priests come to be arrester1 :n Ger­many, it will be given out that they were engaging in subversive poii.ica'. activities. TI12 German authorities will never admit that they were ai rested and imprisoned for prac tiling their re!i<~;cn.

What we in England call politics roes not exist in Germany, or in any other totalitarian state, for the-e admit no political parties except the one in power.

* * * * Totality and Religion.

In Russia the Bolshevik party is in

Italy the Fascists, but none cf them permit any other political party to exist, though all of them still speak of them­selves as " the Party."

Where to ta l ly government exists people are charged with ^reason who work against " the Party." In Italy Mussolini is satisfied with a totality which does not include certain individual riehts, fanrly riehts, and the separate rights of the Catholic Church.

We have no guarantee th°t he will always be content to limit his idea of totality, but he does so now, and the Pone, when he made the Lateran Treaty with him. said that he was m^kin<r an act of fa i f h in the good sense of the Italian people and government that this state of things wo^ld not he disturbed.

In Russia they include religion, not in the totality of things to be run by the State, but amongst tbo~e to be utterly eradicated in order that the Communist State may live.

Germany's attitude was always in fact doubtful.

German Totality. Fairly early on in the history 0/ the

j Nazi revolution the fears of Christians I I were calmed by statements which im- i j plied that the new constitution would not • I only safeguard the Christian faith but j

alro incorporate its teachings, j It soon became apparent that the / Nazis meant " positive" Christianity, j which is neither positive nor Christian, j Their attitude did not discourage men j I like Rosenberg, who became ever bolder i in attacking Christianity as a menace ; j and a disgrace to Germany. | Whether they will try to impose I Rosenberg's cult cf Germany in place of | j Christianity remains to be seen, but it I j is already quite clear that the Nazis do j I not consider any man a loyalist who i j withholds any particle of allegiance j which can be due only to God.

Those who do not blindly follow in 1 ! everything are susrect. Those who j I criticise, who warn others of the ; I dangers which are inherent in State- | • worship, are accused of subversive inter- !

I ference in politics. ! Let our Catholics explain these points ; ! when asked about the priest-victims of i j the Nazis.

* * * * Belfast Aftermath. :'

The most illuminating comment so j far on the Belfast riots of last week has j j come from Mr. T. E. Alexandar, the f-local -Coroner, whose sad lask . i t wos...£q

enquire into the circumstances of the deaths of seven victims.

The rioters in Mr. Alexander's view •'were iniiuenced almost entirely by the public speeches of men in hi^h and res­ponsible positions. There would be less bigotry ix there were less speech mak ng oi the kind'made by so-called leaders of public opinion."

"Would not the cessation of these pro­vocative speeches be like y to operate as a strong antidote against riot and br<aches of the peace?" asked the Coroner, concluding with the assertion that ' i t is not good Protestantism to preach a gospel of hatred and enmity towards others."

We quote the Coroner's words here because they bear a remarkable resem­blance to the expression of opinion made in last week's Catholic Times by our correspondent who wras in Belfast

the height of the trouble. They are a complete confirmation of

our correspondents^ asse^io^ that the riots were the outcome of a -ong camp-r- -'i a«rainst Catholics by ''Cabinet Ministers, ministers of reugion and Members of Parliament."

We can scarcely hope that the. Government will heed the opinions of a newspaper reporter, but they will find it difficult to ignore the strictures of a man of public position such as the Bel­fast Coroner.

(Catholic Times, July 26.)

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4 MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1935.

TARCISIXIS

Long, long a g o t h e Romans w e r e t h e m o s t f a m o u s and most powerful people in t h e world. In t h e i r g r e a t c i ty of Rome t h e Chr i s t i ans were of ten very cruelly t r ea t ed , j u s t because t h e y loved a n d honoured J e s u s Chr is t . Often t h e y were t h r o w n into d a r k and d i r t y p r i sons , f r o m which t h e y wece only t a k e n in o rde r t o he m a r t y r e d Somet imes Chr i s t i ans v e r e bea ten o r b u r n t to dea th . Somet imes t h e y w e r e t h r o w n t o l ions or p a n t h e r s in a l a rge open space su r rounded by rows o f sea t s , called t h e Coliseum. T o keep ou t of t h e w a y of t h e p a g a n Romans , so t h a t t h e y m i g h t l ive in safe ty , t h e Chr i s t i ans d u g deep down in to t h e e a r t h a n d m a d e long passages a n d rooms . T h e openings t o t h e s e

-hiding-places w e r e m a d e in lonely spo t s outs ide t h e ci ty, and only tjie Chr i s t i ans k n e w where t h e y were . These unde rg round places w e r e called "ca t acombs , " and Holy Mass was said t h e r e , and t h e r e t h e Chr i s t i ans used t o receive Holy Qommunion a&d have ins t ruc t ions f rom t h e bishops and pr ies ts .

Bu t in s p i t e of all t h e ca re t h a t w a s taken to k e e p every th ing se­cre t , t h e p a g a n s somet imes found t h e openings i n t o t h § catacombs, a n d then' tKe Chr i s t ians were caugh t and p u t in prison or con­demned t o dea th . A t t h e t ime t h i s s tory happened a g r e a t m a n y Chr is t ians h a d been caugh t and were in p r i son expect ing-every d a y t o be £ u t t o dea th . These brave soldiers of Chris t sent a message to , t h e Bishop a sk ing h im to send item Holy Communion, for they knew-; t h a t j u s t - a s fo^d makes ' ou r bodies s t rong , so Holy Communion s t r e n g t h e n s our souls, a n d t h e y felt t h a t if t hey could Oily receive Our Dea r Lor^, " t h e Bread of t h e s t rong , " I n t o t h e i r h e a r t s t hey could be able t o bea r S n y pain or t o r t u r e for love of ffim.

Th i s message reached t h e Bishop j u s t a s h e was about to say Mass in one of t h e catacombs. The underground chapel was qui te (

d a r k except fo r t h e candles on t h e a i tar , b u t all w h o were kneel ing t he re could see t h e Bishop as h e t u r n e d round before he began h i s Mass and asked all p resen t to p r a y tjhat h e m i g h t choose t h e bes t messenge r t o c a r r y t h e Blessed Sac ramen t t o t h e pr i soners . N o pr ies t could do t h i s , because h e would be a t once seized and im­prisoned, and mos t of t h e o the r (SrWstians were known too.

W h e n t h e M a s s w a s over t h e Bishop t u r n e d round aga in md asked who would be will-J*wr to r ide h i s life t o c a r r y Holy Communion t o t h e p r i ­soners . Two or t h r e e men offered, tat t he Bishon w a s afraid t h e y would be caugh t and pu t t o dea th . Then a l i t t le boy named Tarcis ius came ud to t h e Bishop, and kneel-ifcfir a t h is feet begged to be allow­ed to ca r ry Our Lord to those who needed Him so much .

"I am so y o u n g , " he said, "The p a g a n s will t h i n k I am only a messenger boy, and let me pass . "

Tarcisius w a s an orphan, and «rell known t o all t h e Chr i s t ians fo r his g r e a t love of t he Blessed Sacrament . A t first t he Bishop t hough t he w a s too young, b u t |

Tarc is ius begged so h a r d to be al­lowed to go t h a t t he Bishop a t last said "Yes . "

Several Sacred Hos t s were plac­ed inside a whi te l inen cloth wi th­in a l i t t le case which Tarcisius pu t inside his tunic , j u s t over his hear t , a n d wi th his two h a n d s clasped over his Sacred Burden, be s ta r ted off.

Oh, how happy and proud Tarci­s ius felt as he carried Our Blessed Lord so close t o his h e a r t ! He had no t h o u g h t s to spare for places or people t h a t he passed. He though t only of Jesus , Whom he carried.

"Oh, dear Jesus , how I love You," he whispered. "How good You a r e to choose m e as Your lit­t le messenger . How willingly I would suffer and die for You, like t h e s e good people in prison. Per­haps one day You will let me lay down m y life for You too." Whis ­per ing words of love like these he sped quickly on his way. He was

E F F O R T .

A M O T H E R A N D H E R CHILD.

J took a piece of plastic clay; And JdTy fashioned it one days And as my fingers "pressed it, still It bent and yielded^ to my will. I came again, when days were passed, The hit of clay was hard at last; The form I gave h, still it bore, Bui I could change that form no more. I took a piece of Iwing clay, And gently formed it, day by day, And moulded it with power and art—

11A young child/s soft and yielding heart. | J came ugain when years were %one; He was .c man I looked upon,

• T0£ early imprint still he-borer

\But I could change him never more.

but o f - the catacombs now and o n t h e high road. As h e went, people, I a m sure , tu rned to look af te r him, for his face shone wi th joy, wi th love and adorat ion. I t is r e ­corded t h a t a noble pagan wo­man, who was very kind-hearted

^ndL veryL fojadLofch^ildren, stopped h im a s he passed h e r house. She had no children. "Oh—if I bu t had a son like th is beautiful boy," she sighed. She wished to inquire about him, his home, his fami ly ; bu t t h e child gent ly told her, h e was engaged on a ve ry impor tan t e r r and and could no t wai t to ta lk wi th he r then. H e promised t o call in t o see her on his re tu rn .

She looked a f t e r him sadly. F a n c i e r on, Ta rc i s ius came upon a group of his school comrades j u s t about to s t a r t a game , bu t needing one more to complete t h e number . Catching s ight of Tarcis ius t h e y called to him to s top and join t h e m .

"I a m sor ry ," he said, "bu t I a m on a n impor tan t message . "

H e hur r ied on, bu t t he lads caugh t hold of him and would no t let him: go.

" W h a t have you t h e r e ? " said one, seeing how t i gh t ly Tarcis ius held his hands to h i s breas t . "Le t me see ."

"No, no," cried Tarcis ius , s t r ug ­gling: to free himself.

His anxie ty made them all curi­ous, and toge the r they tr ied to pull away his hands .

" My Jesus , s t r eng then me , "

To no one is life absolutely fa­vourable. There a r e many vicis*-si tudes in life. Fau l t s a r e every­where, and e r rors a r e a lways t ak ­ing place. T h e perfect person has not ye t been born. Grea t kings, emperors , war r io rs and s ta tesmen have made mis takes and a r e still making t hem.

I t i s folly, therefore , to expect t h a t we a r e t o ge t t h rough with­out effort. If in our projects we do not succeed, we m a y be defeat­ed, b u t we a r e not conquered; we still h a v e our ambit ion. Li t t le is gained by r e s t ing on our oars . There is danger of dr i f t ing, and dr i f t ing means s t r ik ing t h e rocks of d iscouragement and defeat.

To s t a n d still for long is to s tag­nate . To go backwards is always dangerous . I t is silly t o ge t an idea t h a t we do not m a t t e r , t h a t we do not count, for we all have a place t o fill. We only know our place a n d power a s we ge t t h e sense of our re la t ionship and res­ponsibil i ty to all t h e o ther wheels of t h e g r e a t machine called Life.

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whispered Tarcisius almost under his b r e a t h .

But one boy heard t h e words and cried out to t h e o thers . " He is a Chr is t ian . He is hiding some Chr i s t ian m y s t e r y t h e r e . " This made t h e boys still more eurious. They de termined to see for them­selves, so t hey s t ruck him and kicked h im and did the i r best to pull a w a y his hands , bu t they could no t move t hem.

A m a n pass ing by asked wha t was t h e m a t t e r .

"He ' s a Chris t ian, ca r ry ing some Chr i s t i an mys te ry , and we're t r y ­ing t o ge t it from h im," cried one of t h e boys.

"A Chr is t ian did you say " said t h e m a n , and giving Tarcisius one cruel blow, t h r ew h im to t h e ground.

A t t h i s very moment a soldier, ha s t en ing towards t h e group, scat­tered t h e m to r igh t and left and, s tooping down, lifted - Tarcisius in his a r m s .

"You cowards !" he said: "all s e t t i ng on one li t t le lad," and h e s t rode quickly down t h e s t ree t and hu r r i ed off into a quiet lane.

"Tarc is ius , lad," he said, smooth ing back t h e curls from his pale face.

Tarc i s ius opened his eyes and recognised t h e soldier as a Chris­t ian w h o m h e had often me t in the ca tacombs.

" I a m dying," he said, "bu t I have kep t my God safe from t h e m . " And he handed h is Preci­ous T r e a s u r e to t h e soldier, who placed it reverent ly inside his tu ­nic. " C a r r y Him to t he prison for me , " said Tarcis ius , and wi th a gent le sigh he fell back into t h e soldier 's a r m s . His li t t le soul was a l ready wi th God, for whom he so willingly had given his life, for Jesus Himself once sa id : "Grea te r love t h a n t h i s no m a n has . t h a n t h a t a m a n lay down his life for his f r iend." Li t t le Tarcisius gave his life for t h e F r i end of friends, J e sus Chris t .

[We hope that our little readers of the M.C.L., when perusing J he above sketch, will not fail to breathe a fervent prayer to the Little Martyr of the Bless­ed Sacrament, for one who has, and is still doing so much for the Youth of Malaya.

Will they remember who this Great Benefactress is? . . . .

It is none other than Ret. Mother St. Tarcisius whose feast is celebrated on -j August 15fh—that is next Thursday. Ed. M.C.L.]

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

MILKMAID MILK

L A U G H S

Benevolent. Qld_ Lady_ (to small boy wi th a "Deaf and Dumb" board by his side) " I s it you who a r e deaf and dumb, li t t le boy?"

Li t t le boy: " N o , mum, it 's f a t h e r ; but Fm mind ing his place for h im j u s t now."

B e n e v o l e n t L a d y : "Where is j he , then , in t he public-house?"

Li t t l e Boy: "Oh, n o ; he is sell­ing evening papers and calling out t h e winners . "

Susie had - t r ied t h e teacher 's pat ience sorely, and when the lat­ter looked up a n d saw t h e little gi r l ea t ing toffee, wi th he r feet sprawling into t h e aisle, she said: —"Sus ie Amler t a k e t h a t toffee out of your mou th and put your feet i n ! "

* * * * * Sent imental Boarding-House

landlady: "Ah, yes , t h i s world is indeed a vale of t e a r s ; t he re is dew on t h e grass , t ho rns on the roses"

Unsent imenta l Boa rde r : "Yes, and hai rs in the b u t t e r and hair­pins in t h e soup." -

* * * * • * " T h a t Mrs. Wil l iams always

a sks t h e price of any th ing new" said Mrs. Brown; "Cheeky, don't you th ink s o ? "

"Decidedly," replied Mrs. Black. " W h a t has she been t r y i n g to find out r e c e n t l y ? "

"She wanted to know how much I pa id for thi$ d r e s s , " wen t on Mrs . Brown.

" W h a t an inquisi t ive creature s h e m u s t be . " replied t h e other. "How much did you tell h e r ? " .

* * * * * "Do you th ink t h e y approved of

m y s e r m o n ? " asked t h e newly ap­pointed rector, hopeful t h a t he had m a d e a good impression on his par ishioners .

" Y e s " replied h i s wife "I think so for they were all nodding."

* * * * * A young man w a s being examin­

ed by a life insurance official as to h is family record. Among other quest ions, t h e following was ask­e d : — "Of what did your grand­f a t h e r d i e ? "

The applicant hes i ta ted a few moment s and then s tammered out : " I—I 'm not sure , b u t I think he died in infancy."

* * • * * W o m a n : "You ask ten pence for

t h a t little piece o'beef ? I t ' s outra­geous—it ' s robbery—it ' s a shame; bu t I s'pose I'll have to pay it ." B u t c h e r : "It ' l l cost you a shilling now, mum. I'm sor ry t e r say th price went up aga in while you've been kicking about i t ."

MALAYA CA1HOLIC LEADER, S A W R D A V , 10th AUGfcSf, 1935.

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L O U R D E S VISITED Y E A R L Y BY C O N V E R T

Work for Peace. As the Abyssinian situation worsens

and war seems more and more difficult to avert, it is very importan that the citizens of this country should observe the distinction between saying on the one hand that Great Britain shall not be drawn into a war and on the other hand disinteresting themselves from efforts to maintain peace. There is an overwhelming preponderance of opinion in this country in the former sense, and we hope and pray that it may remain overwhelming and decisive. But any sort of " splendid isolation" that dis- I interests itself from the cause of general peace is not only a totally different tnmg, but is also the very thin^ that may, certain eventualities, drag- us ail, against our wills, into a general cata­clysm. With all Europe a powder-magazine, it is only too easily possible £or an explosion in one place to involve all the rest. Leaving aside our obliga­tions in the League of Nat : ons, it is

-easy-enough-to-^ay..tha_tjwe have no interest in the Italo-Abyssinian dispute, but there are plenty of ways in which we might become involved. Two may be mentioned.

* * • We Must Perse -ere.

Firstly, this country does not allow exportation of arms without Govern­ment licence. The other great Powers do not place th:s embargo on their nationals. It only needs a few licences

More Work Wanted. This excellent piece of work is an

example to Catholics throughout the country. With tact, understanding and sympathy, much mistaken, though well-intended support of this public menace can be converted into reasoned opposi­tion. Catholics who are concerned have all the material necessary for informed action put at their disposal by such organisations as the League of National Life, and they should get together and act wherever local authorities show signs of misusing the admirable mater­nity and child-welfare clinics set up under. the Ministry of Health. The Ministry itself has unfortunately opened the door some small way towards the misuse of the Ciinics, but the permis­sion given to local authorities is very restricted, and they or their officers who exceed these restrictions are breaking the law. We will glady put any persons who are concerned into touch with thoze who are already organ fiiTig' aclion in various parts of the country. (Universe July 26.)

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A Warning. Now that the Nazi persecution has

burst, it is necessary that our Catholic people should have a clear idea cf the issues. After all that has been wr'tten in the Catholic Times on the question, our readers should have a fair idea of what a totalitarian state is.

Chicago,—Mrs. J o h n May, member of a socially promi­nent Chicago family who is a con­ve r t to t h e ^*aith, is p repar ing to r e t u r n to Lourdes, F rance , t he scene of her conversion. I t will be the fifth t ime Mrs . May has made t h e t r ip , t he four th t ime as a Catholic.

" I make th i s t r i p gladly every year , " said Mrs. May a few days ago in address ing a g roup of Ca­tholic club women here , " t o offer m y services as I did t h a t s u m m e r

[five years ago as a worke r in t he j ba ths a t t he famous shr ine . Al-| t hough my heal th was good it ! seems even be t t e r a t Lourdes and | t h e long s t renuous dut ies a re t ru ly | & labour of love."

Mrs. May does not hes i t a t e to I say t h a t her first visit to Lourdes ; was little more t han t h a t of an in-! teres ted visitor. " B u t I was ins-I pired and edified when I saw scores j of people of high b i r t h , those of j more humble c i rcumstances too, I engage in t h e same kind of work,

MASS IN C R Y P T O F N E W LIVERPOOL C A f H E D R A L

Possible In Two Years ' T ime.

Leaden .—Mass will be offered in a p a r t of t h e Metropolitan Ca­thedra l of Liverpool within t h e next two years , according to s t a t e ­ments made th i s week by the Mogfc Rev. Richard Downey, Archbishop of Liverpool, and t h e archi tect , Sir Edwin Lu tyens .

Excavat ion of t h e site of t h e §15,000,000 building has beefc completed, and t h e walls of t h g crypt have risen to 14 feet. I t lA in t h e crypt t h a t Mass will be of­fered wi th in two years . I t wiR have two chapels and an organ, a s well a s i ts own sacris t ies .

The eas t e rn section of the ca the ­dral will be t h e first portion com­pleted. This will cost $5,000,000. Up to t he present about $1,260,000 has been collected. (N.C.W.C.)

all because of t he i r g r ea t love for Our Blessed Lady , " she said. "Each yea r I look forward to m y r e tu rn to Lourdes as an ac t of thanks-giv ing." (N.C.W.C.)

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to be issued, either at the instance of those who sympathise with Abyssinia, or under pressure from the armament industry, for this country to be at once embroiled in the most serious way with Italy. Secondly, both we and France are under treaty with Abyssinia, which has no port, to give transport facilities through territory we hold in Africa; if we refuse these facilities we break ouv treaty and also deprive Abyssinia of the means of self defence; if we con­tinue these facilities we cannot be said to be neutral in an Italo-Abyssinian war.

~~Our only course is to - -continue every effort, up till the very last minute, and in spite of every difficulty, to avert war and maintain peace, both through our position in the League of Nafons and | by means of our own diplomatic action.

* * * *

Good Catholic Action. We referred lately to the organised

protest of Catholics and other right-minded citizens against the use of pubnc funds for certain purposes at a clinical centre in South Buckinghomshire. We are glad to see that similar action is being taken in Harrow, where the same troublesome prob'em has a^sen. The matter is being taken up with the Har­row Urban District Coun -M and the Ministry of Health. Unfortjn^L>:> the same issue is now arising a»I over the country, and our attention has been drawn to another instance in the West of England. Here the parish priest led the opposition and engaged in a pub­lic debate on the subject. At the meet­ing he was successful in winning more than one-third of non-Catholic votes "and we parted as the best of friends, as I was as sympathefic as possible with their very real difficulties, pointing out that if the Pope had his way most of them would be alleviated and that the full solution of the problem could only be found in the Catholic Church." In the result, the proposal to extend the Q se of the clinic in an objectionable way got no further.

The basic idea is that the Government takes over the totality of the national life. It is supreme, and its will is final, in every sphere that it chooses to invade. To disobey, to express resentment at its action or its methods, to counteract the cifect of its prescriptions and activities, no matter what the reason may be, i; political interference.

We warn otrr Cat holic i ea4er-^ - -tfcatr when priests come to be arrester1 :n Ger­many, it will be given out that they were engaging in subversive poii.ica'. activities. TI12 German authorities will never admit that they were ai rested and imprisoned for prac tiling their re!i<~;cn.

What we in England call politics roes not exist in Germany, or in any other totalitarian state, for the-e admit no political parties except the one in power.

* * * * Totality and Religion.

In Russia the Bolshevik party is in

Italy the Fascists, but none cf them permit any other political party to exist, though all of them still speak of them­selves as " the Party."

Where to ta l ly government exists people are charged with ^reason who work against " the Party." In Italy Mussolini is satisfied with a totality which does not include certain individual riehts, fanrly riehts, and the separate rights of the Catholic Church.

We have no guarantee th°t he will always be content to limit his idea of totality, but he does so now, and the Pone, when he made the Lateran Treaty with him. said that he was m^kin<r an act of fa i f h in the good sense of the Italian people and government that this state of things wo^ld not he disturbed.

In Russia they include religion, not in the totality of things to be run by the State, but amongst tbo~e to be utterly eradicated in order that the Communist State may live.

Germany's attitude was always in fact doubtful.

German Totality. Fairly early on in the history 0/ the

j Nazi revolution the fears of Christians I I were calmed by statements which im- i j plied that the new constitution would not • I only safeguard the Christian faith but j

alro incorporate its teachings, j It soon became apparent that the / Nazis meant " positive" Christianity, j which is neither positive nor Christian, j Their attitude did not discourage men j I like Rosenberg, who became ever bolder i in attacking Christianity as a menace ; j and a disgrace to Germany. | Whether they will try to impose I Rosenberg's cult cf Germany in place of | j Christianity remains to be seen, but it I j is already quite clear that the Nazis do j I not consider any man a loyalist who i j withholds any particle of allegiance j which can be due only to God.

Those who do not blindly follow in 1 ! everything are susrect. Those who j I criticise, who warn others of the ; I dangers which are inherent in State- | • worship, are accused of subversive inter- !

I ference in politics. ! Let our Catholics explain these points ; ! when asked about the priest-victims of i j the Nazis.

* * * * Belfast Aftermath. :'

The most illuminating comment so j far on the Belfast riots of last week has j j come from Mr. T. E. Alexandar, the f-local -Coroner, whose sad lask . i t wos...£q

enquire into the circumstances of the deaths of seven victims.

The rioters in Mr. Alexander's view •'were iniiuenced almost entirely by the public speeches of men in hi^h and res­ponsible positions. There would be less bigotry ix there were less speech mak ng oi the kind'made by so-called leaders of public opinion."

"Would not the cessation of these pro­vocative speeches be like y to operate as a strong antidote against riot and br<aches of the peace?" asked the Coroner, concluding with the assertion that ' i t is not good Protestantism to preach a gospel of hatred and enmity towards others."

We quote the Coroner's words here because they bear a remarkable resem­blance to the expression of opinion made in last week's Catholic Times by our correspondent who wras in Belfast

the height of the trouble. They are a complete confirmation of

our correspondents^ asse^io^ that the riots were the outcome of a -ong camp-r- -'i a«rainst Catholics by ''Cabinet Ministers, ministers of reugion and Members of Parliament."

We can scarcely hope that the. Government will heed the opinions of a newspaper reporter, but they will find it difficult to ignore the strictures of a man of public position such as the Bel­fast Coroner.

(Catholic Times, July 26.)

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Bonaventure Perquin O.P. SOCIAL science h a s a l r eady

secured wide in te res t , and t h e fDrtns in which t h i s in te res t h a s mani fes ted i tself a r e a s var ied a s t h e y a r e n u m e r o u s . In t h i s a r t i c l e

shal l concen t ra te on one cen t r a l fflea: t h e need of co-ordination of t h e v a s t a m o u n t of l i t e r a tu r e on social problems. T h e need of some such co-ordination is u rgen t . E v e r s ince t h e publ icat ion of t h e P a p a l Encyclicals on Social Order , pamph le t s a n d books have become so numerous t h a t t h e s tuden t of social science m i g h t be a la rmed a t t h e n u m b e r of works he m u s t pe r ­u s e in o rde r t o acqui re a. compre ­hens ive knowledge of t h e l i t e ra ­t u r e of h is subjec t .

I t is ve ry m u c h t o be r e g r e t t e d t h a t no work ex i s t s t h a t can be considered a n exhaus t ive a n d scientific t r e a t i s e on social science. T h e lack of such a t r ea t i se m a k e s se r ious s t u d y of t h i s subject too complex a t a s k . P a m p h l e t s a n d s h o r t t r e a t i s e s on par t icular p rob ­l ems a r e useful , b u t t h e y can neve r be sa t i s fac tory f rom a scientific po in t of v i e w ; t h e y ^ a r e x>f-necesr s i t y ske tchy , and therefore inade­qua te . T h e r e is , more over, a g r e a t d a n g e r t h a t quant i t i es of u n r e l a t ­ed mate r i a l will bege t confusion of thouglrir-and s m o t h e r e n t h u s i a s m . Consequent ly a n y a t t e m p t t o g ive to t h e s tudy of social science a scientific bas is by s t a t i ng a n d co­ord ina t ing i t s principles is t o be welcomed, and t h e more so w h e n i t i s made by au tho r s w h o a r e gif ted wi th c la r i ty of t h o u g h t a n d w h o despi te specialization keep in mkid t h e l a r g e r view of a com­p le te social science.

T h e Prec is de Sociologie i s t h e f ru i t of close collaboration. T h e essays , a s t ho rough and s u b s t a n ­t i a t ed as w e m a y expect i n a Precis, a r e confined t o Sociology: t h e family, economic life, polit ical

life, religion, a r t and science. I t is t h e i r special m e r i t t h a t t h e y a r e based on full a g r e e m e n t a s t o t h e principles t h a t de te rmine t h e funct ions of t h e var ious branches of social science; principles t h a t a r e admirably expounded in t h e In t roduct ion .

In calling t h e i r book Prec i s de Sociologie, t h e w r i t e r s assume t h a t we unde r s t and by sociology t h a t pa r t i cu la r b r anch of social science which observes, describes and classifies social phenomena wi thou t consider ing w h e t h e r those pheno­m e n a a r e consonant w i th t h e mora l law. T a k e n in t h i s sense sociology is a par t icu lar science w i th c lear ly-marked boundaries . I t ceases t o be a normat ive science for i t is confined t o t h e observat ion and descript ion of social fac ts and i t analyses these facts in o rder t o obta in a n adequa te knowledge of t h e var ious f ac to r s t h a t wen t t o t h e i r product ion.

Yet some norma t ive science of society r ema ins necessary. The

cons idera t ion of social facts is no t sufficient t o es tabl i sh those laws t h a t secure t h e peace and order of society. These laws can be es t ab ­lished only w h e n we have grasped w h a t society is and how i t is t o achieve i t s purpose . A knowledge of m a n and h i s capacit ies m u s t be presupposed if we a r e to es tabl ish t h e n a t u r e and functions of soc ia l ins t i tu t ions , t h e family and t h e t h e S t a t e . F o r t h e conception of t h e S t a t e is corollary to a concep­t ion of m a n a n d h is dest iny. Such a no rma t ive science is, however , social phi losophy; i t is not socio­logy. I t r equ i res an adequa te knowledge of t h e life of societies, of t h e sources of social movements , of t h e repercussions on t h e m of ex te rna l fac tors . And there fore

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CATHOLIC ACTION I N A S H A N S I MISSION.

S E V E N T H C E N T E N A R Y O F CANONIZATION O F

S T . DOMINC.

{Continued from page 1) t h e r e , to which invitat ion Eng l i sh religion h a d no t ye t replied.

T h e monas t e ry , which a t t h e t ime of Dominic counted 40 f r i a r s , flourished rapidly and when t h e saint in 1220, a f t e r a brief absence , r e t u rned t o R o m e for t h e fifth t ime, he found t h e number m o r e than doubled. B u t t h e soul of Doipinic w a s filled wi th a t h o u g h t sugges ted t o h i m previously by Pope Innocent III. H e had seen t h a t religious observances we re neglec ted in m a n y n u n s ' conven t s i n Rome and t h a t i t would be m o s t sui table t o un i te m a n y of t h e s e communit ies of n u n s in a new con­vent, so t h a t t h e y could be b r o u g h t to more fai thful observance. H e therefore evolved t h e idea of u s ing the Monas tery of St . S ix tus for th is purpose and decided to ob ta in a n o t h e r for himself and h i s com­panions . Pope Honorius fully a p ­proved t h e idea and ass igned t o the P r each ing F r i a r s t he C h u r c h and Monas te ry of St. Sabina on the Avent ine a t t h e side of t h e baronial cast le of his own family where he himself dwelt .

INAUGURATED NEW OFFICE So S t . Dominic went t o St .

Sabina, which, t oge the r w i t h S t . Sixtus, can boast of hav ing been the;cradle of the Order of P r e a ­chers in Rome. It was j u s t a t t h a t

t ime t h a t St . Dominic, called to do t h e read ing of t h e Sacred Books in t h e adjoining pontifical palace, inaugura ted t h e office of Maes t ro of t h e Sacred Palace which h a s survived to t h i s day and is en t rus t ­ed to t h e Order of P reachers .

These were t h e las t yea rs of t h e Saint . In 1220, he went to Bolo­gna for t h e first General Chap te r of t h e Order , r e t u r n e d to Rome in December for t h e last t ime and wen t again to Bologna for t h e second Chapter . There he died on A u g u s t 6, 1221. His funeral services were presided over by Cardinal Ugolini who, hav ing be­come Pope Gregory IX, in 1234, ra ised h im to sainthood.

Today on t op of t h e Avent ine in s igh t of t h e Tiber , r emain only a few ru ins of t h e baronial cast le of t h e Savelli, b u t a t t h e side of t h e m s tands t h e Basilica of St . Sabina, renovated and res tored a few y e a r s ago, and next to it, do­mina t i ng t h e whole city, s t ands t h e monas t e ry of t h e Order of P rea ­chers , which is t h e famous cent re of Dominican s tudies . I t will be amplified wi th a new s tuden t s ' house belonging to t h e Amer ican Province of t h e Order. Wi th t h e hope t h a t th i s will be accomplished shor t ly , Rome greeted t h e new coming of St . Dominic, in t h e , ma­j e s t y of his head, encircled wi th t h e halo of sanc t i ty and of t h e venera t ion of seven centur ies of Chr is t ian h is tory . (N.C.W.C.)

Hohsien, Shansi.—Filled wi th zeal a f te r a recent Re t rea t and encouraged by the i r pastor , Rev. Joseph Ly, t h e Catholic Action as ­sociates a t Nan tup i a r ranged an impressive p rog ramme for Corpus Chris t i which t hey announced in advance t h r o u g h public pos te rs and handbills . The presence of ne ighbour ing pr ies ts wi th a choir of seminar i s t s , musicians, and many of t h e i r chr is t ians was a s ­sured and elaborate prepara t ions made.

Af te r t h e Solemn High Mass, a t which over 300 received Holy Com­munion, an open-air mee t ing was held in front of t h e church. 3 of t h e pr ies t s and several officers of Catholic Action addressed t h e mul t i tude t h a t had ga thered . A t 11 a.m. t h e procession began. F o r more t h a n two hours i t passed t h r o u g h t h e s t r ee t s of t h e town to t h e accompaniment of p raye r s , h y m n s , in s t rumenta l music and firecrackers, paus ing for Benedic­t ion of t h e Blessed Sacrament a t var ious s ta t ions en route.

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Pope spoke of "Modern Paganism' ' and t h e persecut ion of Roman Catholics in G e r m a n y when he received a g r o u p of young German Catholics a t t h e Vat ican to-day. I t was a sad t h i n g for h im to th ink upon t h e s t rugg l e maintained aga ins t Godfand Chr i s t for modern paganism. On t h e o the r hand it was a joyful t h i n g t o t h ink t h a t in Germany t h e r e were so many young men pious and s t rong in t he i r fa i th . " N e v e r lose courage. Be ready a n d s t r o n g in your fai th and confident i n 4 God."

—Reuter .

parallel w i th i t t h e r e i s a n o t h e r science which res t r i c t s itself t o t h e observat ion, t h e description and t h e classification of social fac t s .

To realize t h e need of such a descr ipt ive science we have only t o consider t h e n a t u r e of a social fact, Social facts a r e r e a l ; t h e y a r e no t j u s t men ta l construct ions which h a v e no exis tence in rea l i ty , a m e r e syn thes i s of individual fac t s . F o r society is no t simply an a g g r e ­g a t e of individuals . If w e a r e to identify t h e social uni t wi th t h e multiplied indivdual we should con­s ider a line a s a jux taposed ser ies of points or a piece of music as a cha in of no tes . I t is t r u e t h e piece of music presupposes t h e j u x t a ­posit ion of notes , bu t i t is no t identical w i t h i t . Similarly, social fac ts a r e someth ing more t h a n t h e mult ipl icat ion of t he resu l t s of individual ac t iv i ty .

Collective emotions — a good example of which is t he feeling of in tense pa t r io t i sm t h a t gave b i r t h t o t h e Hi t l e r -S ta te—are some th ing more t h a n t h e m e r e jux tapos i t ion of individual emotions. A n emo­t ion is collective, not because i t is s imul taneously felt by a n u m b e r of independent individuals, b u t be­cause i t s cause and i ts t e r m s guide t h e m in accordance wi th t h e same rules and, c rea t ing between t h e m a bond of unison, produce un i ty of action. A n d ye t both cause and t e r m r ema in extr insic t o t h e indi­viduals who experience t h a t emo­tion.

T h u s t o r eve r t t o our example. Nazism is a collective emotion. F o r t h e sake of a r g u m e n t i t s cause m a y be assumed t o be Hi t l e r ' s per­sonali ty and ideals. I t s t e r m is p resumably a Reich built on Nazi principles. Now these two ele­m e n t s a r e different f rom t h e re ­action t h e y evoke in par t icu la r Nazis . Naz i sm lis not s imply a combinat ion of t h e personal feel­ings of individual Nazis, b u t some­t h i n g ex te r io r t o t h e m which inspires and guides t hem in the i r work for t h e common cause . Ye t Nazism is a real i ty . I t is not j u s t a fictitious ideal. I t ex is t s and requi res explanat ion. In o the r words , Naz i sm is a social fact .

F r o m t h i s i t i s clear t h a t social fac ts cannot be analyzed solely by t h e s tudy of individual act ivi t ies .

There is a lways p resen t an objec­t ive element, someth ing extra-individual, t h a t causes and explains these social phenomena. The social facts , there fore , require a special science which observes, describes and classifies them. This t a sk is ass igned t o Sociology.

But a ques t ion ar i ses . Can the mere observat ion and classifica­tion of social f ac t s be t h e function of a science? Science implies the knowledge of causes . The know­ledge of f ac t s does no t const i tute a science. T h e answer to this quest ion can only be found in an analysis of t h e causes of a social fact, for if sociology can t ru ly be said to be a knowledge of the causes of a social fact t h e n i t can claim to be a n au tonomous science

A social re la t ionship uni tes two or more individuals in v i r tue of an object or end a n d since t h e associ­at ion is m a d e for a par t icular purpose i t d e m a n d s special condi­t ions for i t s fulfilment. F o r example, a hockey- team is com­posed of a n u m b e r of individual hockey p layers . They join t h a t t e am for a specific purpose : play­ing t h e g a m e of hockey, and in order to m a k e t h i s game possible they submit themse lves t o definite rules . Similar ly every society is an organic whole resul t ing from a union of individuals in v i r tue of an end which is i t s raison d 'e t re and which provides t he key t o the unders tand ing of all i t s social manifes ta t ions . Ye t i t is not al­ways easy t o d is t inguish t he pur­pose of a society and t h e motives of t h e individuals adher ing to it. The individual is active in society under two different aspects. As an individual h e makes decisions t h a t are personal t o h i m : he has his personal mot ives , his personal outlook. A s a member of t he social g roup h i s actions find the i r purpose in t h e realization of the ideals of h i s society.

Now t o ana lyse a par t icular social phenomenon wi th due regard to i t s his tor ical se t t ing is precisely t h e scope of sociology. Sociology the re fo re can r ight ly claim to be a n au tnomous science because i t does no t res t r ic t itself to t h e enumera t ion of social facts, bu t analvses t h e i r causes, more (Continued on page 12 cols. 1 and Z.f

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Catholics and Social Action.

Sir, The contr ibut ion of Chris t ian­

ity to Social re form is a spir i t r a the r t h a n of a cu t and dried programme. I t m a y appea r vague and general , when compared wi th the precise and detai led recom­mendations of t h e politicians. Bu t it cer ta inly supplies t w o g rea t needs, for t h e lack of which, so much effort in t h e p a s t has been mischievious or ba r r en . I t gives us guiding principles and a compell­ing motive.

No social work can ult imately be of value unless i t is based on secure principles. Men must be clear as t o t he i r a ims before t hey can profitably discuss methods. Our m a n n e r of t r e a t i n g our fel-lowmen, will depend upon our opinion a s t o t h e n a t u r e and des­t iny of h u m a n personal i ty . Our

in which they lived. No mere p r o g r a m m e could have done t h e same.

One of the first t h ings to try-and learn in life, is to face facts boldly, not simply to believe th ings , a s we would like t h e m t o be, bu t to see t hem as t hey really are . I t is f a r ha rde r t o do th i s t h a n young and old people m a y suppose. Our personal tas tes , ou r class preju­dices, our outlook, and our educa­tion all alike tend to colour our OUTLOOK on L I F E , and in some measu re dis tort ou r vision of wha t is a round us. Most people see j u s t w h a t t h e y want t o see. The senti­menta l i ty in our people is to evade to ignore or to gloss over it. The first aim then of social uplift and s tudy is to teach us t o look a t social economic facts a s they really are .

Wha teve r else h a s been said aga ins t t h e Church of Rome, she had never been accused of t h e lack of clear and consis tent principles. H e r Theology and Philosophy have been hammered out on a uniform bas is by genera t ions of subtle t h inke r s . A definite Catholic sys tem in which all depa r tmen t s of knowledge a r e synthesised, and by which social t heo ry and practice a r e tes ted. I t would be a grea t s t ep in advance, if we could get

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Malaya Catholic Leader, please send their address. schemes will be conditioned by our Chr is t ian ideal of t h e family. T h e Christ ian sp i r i t should affect m a n in all c i rcumstances of h is life, and the application of Chris t ian pr in­ciples t o social condit ions, will give a unique coherence and securi ty to our work .

Moreover—the mot ives for so­cial r e fo rm supplied by Chris t ian­ity a re of undisputed power. I t is recognised t h a t however impor­tant legislation, m i g h t be, "real social p rogress depends th rough­out upon t h e deepening and broad­ening of t h e personal responsibi­lity both on t h e leaders and t h e people." I t is somet imes objected that Chris t iani ty o u g h t not t o be concerned wi th social conditions, i t s business is to save souls, a process which is t h o u g h t to be independent of mater ia l envi ronment .

To t h i s we m a y answer , t h a t Chr is t iani ty is concerned with t h e whole man , and wi th m a n in all his relations of life. Man being a "social an imal , " Chr is t ian i ty is social also. Chr i s t i an theory and practice point in t h e same direc­tion. " T h e r e is no power but from God." Given a rea l organised public au tho r i ty , t h e question a t once ar i ses as t o t h e charac te r and the ex t en t of i t s functions. W h a t is its exact purpose, and wha t may it do in o rder to accomplish t h a t object?

Our Lord "wen t about doing good, and heal ing t h e sick as well, as forgiving s i n s " A spiri t r a t h e r than a p rog ramme . Too much stress is laid today upon pro­gramme. Chr i s t himself lays stress upon t h e inward man. The spirit of St . F ranc i s o r St . Vincent de Paul revolutionised the society

St. Bernard was t he t h i r d of seven children, St . Thomas of Aquin t h e s ixth child. S t . Vin­cent F e r r e r came from a family of e ight children, Blessed Bernard in de Fe l t r e from one of ten children.

St . Teresa had eleven b ro the r s and s is ters . St . J o h n Berchmans came from a family of five child­ren. St . John Eudes from a family of seven children. St. Aloysius from a family of e ight children, St . Marga re t Mary from a family of seven children, St. J ean-Bap t i s t e de la Salle from a family of t en children, t h e Blessed Grignon de Montfor t from a family of e ight children, St . Alphonsus Ligouri from a family of seven children. Blessed Cather ine Laboure from a family of eleven children, Vener­able Bernade t te Soubirous from a family of e ight children.

The records, if one may use t h a t expression, a re held by t h e homes of St . Igna t ius Loyola, wi th th i r ­teen children, of whom he was t h e younges t ; of St. Benedict Labre , wi th fifteen chi ldren; of St . Pau l of t h e Cross, with sixteen children^ of whom he was t h e e ldes t : of St . F ranc i s Borgia, wi th seventeen children, by two mar r iages , and of St . Cather ine of Siena, wi th twenty- two children, all of t h e same mother .

The list might be prolonged in­definitely. St. F ranc i s of Assisi . St. F ranc i s Xavier, St. F ranc i s of Sales, S t . Dominic—surely among the g rea te s t saints—all came of wha t to-day would be called large families.

f rom t h a t monumen t of Author i ty , a few simple genera l social princi­ples b rough t in to clear relief and general ly accepted to sui t condi­t ions in Malaya.

In t h i s work, we Catholics in par t icu lar should be able to help. " H e t h a t does good to ano the r man, does good to himself, not only in t h e consequence, bu t in t h e very ac t of doing it , for t h e conscious­ness of well-doing is an ample r e w a r d " : — S E N E C A —

We have dut ies to perform in regard to GOD, m a n and self. The ca r ry ing out of a du ty , is the exercising of a v i r tue . Our duties towards GOD a r e bound up with t h e t ranscendenta l v i r tues of F A I T H , H O P E , and LOVE or CHARITY. Therefore , by the v i r tue of CHARITY, we a r e to unders tand t h e L O V E of our neigh­bour, as ourse lves ; not in WORD nor in TONGUE but in D E E D and in TRUTH. " In th i s we know t h a t we are of t h e T R U T H . "

Yours etc. R. V. Chapman.

CONTEMPLATION. Contemplat ion is an in t imate

union of the h e a r t wi th God—a loving union in no wise due to ex­ac t and reasoned considerations, bu t to a general and indistinct knowledge of God, which is a t rue g i f t from t h e Divine goodness. T h i s union can pers is t amids t dis­t rac t ions of t h e imaginat ion and digressions of t h e unders tanding; i t br ings a rear happiness to the soul—a happiness which amounts a t t imes to an overflowing delight, while a t o thers i t is merely an al­mos t imperceptible, though none t h e less real, sat isfact ion. F . D.

T H E POWER O F GOOD E X A M P L E .

The example given by John E . Welsh, Balt imore and Ohio Rail­road conductor, on his death-bed a t t h e Allegheny Hospital , led to t he conversion of his fireman, J o h n W. Eackles, s ixty yea r s old, who was fatally injured j u s t one week af ter Mr. Welsh m e t dea th as t h e resul t of a railroad accident a t Cumberland, Md.

Mr. Eackles accompanied his friend to the hospital when t h e l a t t e r had a leg and and an a r m severed by shif t ing engines in t h e railroad vards .

When aid reached h im, Mr. Welsh 's first reques t was for a priest , and the las t r i tes of t h e Church were soon adminis tered. P repared for death , t he s t r icken m a n calmly awaited the end t h a t he knew was but a few hours off, while his co-worker, deeply im­pressed by th is Catholic for t i tude , kept watch until t h e end.

J u s t one week later , Mr. Eackl­es ' clothes caught fire from t h e

j d raf t of the locomotive firebox. He j jumped from the engine and a t -I t empted to beat out t h e flames, j but was seriously burned before I help came to his aid. In his agony I he asked to be taken to t h e same

hospital which helped his friend, j and requested the services of t h e ; same pr ies t who a t tended Mr. I Welsh.

" I wan t to die t h e way J o h n Welsh died," he said.

Mr. Eackles was received in to the Church and t h e last r i t es of t he Church were adminis te red . Ear ly t h e next morn ing he died, edified, s t r eng thened a n d saved, we m a y t r u s t by t h e example of t h e associate who so shor t ly p r e ­ceded him into e te rn i ty .

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secured wide in te res t , and t h e fDrtns in which t h i s in te res t h a s mani fes ted i tself a r e a s var ied a s t h e y a r e n u m e r o u s . In t h i s a r t i c l e

shal l concen t ra te on one cen t r a l fflea: t h e need of co-ordination of t h e v a s t a m o u n t of l i t e r a tu r e on social problems. T h e need of some such co-ordination is u rgen t . E v e r s ince t h e publ icat ion of t h e P a p a l Encyclicals on Social Order , pamph le t s a n d books have become so numerous t h a t t h e s tuden t of social science m i g h t be a la rmed a t t h e n u m b e r of works he m u s t pe r ­u s e in o rde r t o acqui re a. compre ­hens ive knowledge of t h e l i t e ra ­t u r e of h is subjec t .

I t is ve ry m u c h t o be r e g r e t t e d t h a t no work ex i s t s t h a t can be considered a n exhaus t ive a n d scientific t r e a t i s e on social science. T h e lack of such a t r ea t i se m a k e s se r ious s t u d y of t h i s subject too complex a t a s k . P a m p h l e t s a n d s h o r t t r e a t i s e s on par t icular p rob ­l ems a r e useful , b u t t h e y can neve r be sa t i s fac tory f rom a scientific po in t of v i e w ; t h e y ^ a r e x>f-necesr s i t y ske tchy , and therefore inade­qua te . T h e r e is , more over, a g r e a t d a n g e r t h a t quant i t i es of u n r e l a t ­ed mate r i a l will bege t confusion of thouglrir-and s m o t h e r e n t h u s i a s m . Consequent ly a n y a t t e m p t t o g ive to t h e s tudy of social science a scientific bas is by s t a t i ng a n d co­ord ina t ing i t s principles is t o be welcomed, and t h e more so w h e n i t i s made by au tho r s w h o a r e gif ted wi th c la r i ty of t h o u g h t a n d w h o despi te specialization keep in mkid t h e l a r g e r view of a com­p le te social science.

T h e Prec is de Sociologie i s t h e f ru i t of close collaboration. T h e essays , a s t ho rough and s u b s t a n ­t i a t ed as w e m a y expect i n a Precis, a r e confined t o Sociology: t h e family, economic life, polit ical

life, religion, a r t and science. I t is t h e i r special m e r i t t h a t t h e y a r e based on full a g r e e m e n t a s t o t h e principles t h a t de te rmine t h e funct ions of t h e var ious branches of social science; principles t h a t a r e admirably expounded in t h e In t roduct ion .

In calling t h e i r book Prec i s de Sociologie, t h e w r i t e r s assume t h a t we unde r s t and by sociology t h a t pa r t i cu la r b r anch of social science which observes, describes and classifies social phenomena wi thou t consider ing w h e t h e r those pheno­m e n a a r e consonant w i th t h e mora l law. T a k e n in t h i s sense sociology is a par t icu lar science w i th c lear ly-marked boundaries . I t ceases t o be a normat ive science for i t is confined t o t h e observat ion and descript ion of social fac ts and i t analyses these facts in o rder t o obta in a n adequa te knowledge of t h e var ious f ac to r s t h a t wen t t o t h e i r product ion.

Yet some norma t ive science of society r ema ins necessary. The

cons idera t ion of social facts is no t sufficient t o es tabl i sh those laws t h a t secure t h e peace and order of society. These laws can be es t ab ­lished only w h e n we have grasped w h a t society is and how i t is t o achieve i t s purpose . A knowledge of m a n and h i s capacit ies m u s t be presupposed if we a r e to es tabl ish t h e n a t u r e and functions of soc ia l ins t i tu t ions , t h e family and t h e t h e S t a t e . F o r t h e conception of t h e S t a t e is corollary to a concep­t ion of m a n a n d h is dest iny. Such a no rma t ive science is, however , social phi losophy; i t is not socio­logy. I t r equ i res an adequa te knowledge of t h e life of societies, of t h e sources of social movements , of t h e repercussions on t h e m of ex te rna l fac tors . And there fore

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CATHOLIC ACTION I N A S H A N S I MISSION.

S E V E N T H C E N T E N A R Y O F CANONIZATION O F

S T . DOMINC.

{Continued from page 1) t h e r e , to which invitat ion Eng l i sh religion h a d no t ye t replied.

T h e monas t e ry , which a t t h e t ime of Dominic counted 40 f r i a r s , flourished rapidly and when t h e saint in 1220, a f t e r a brief absence , r e t u rned t o R o m e for t h e fifth t ime, he found t h e number m o r e than doubled. B u t t h e soul of Doipinic w a s filled wi th a t h o u g h t sugges ted t o h i m previously by Pope Innocent III. H e had seen t h a t religious observances we re neglec ted in m a n y n u n s ' conven t s i n Rome and t h a t i t would be m o s t sui table t o un i te m a n y of t h e s e communit ies of n u n s in a new con­vent, so t h a t t h e y could be b r o u g h t to more fai thful observance. H e therefore evolved t h e idea of u s ing the Monas tery of St . S ix tus for th is purpose and decided to ob ta in a n o t h e r for himself and h i s com­panions . Pope Honorius fully a p ­proved t h e idea and ass igned t o the P r each ing F r i a r s t he C h u r c h and Monas te ry of St. Sabina on the Avent ine a t t h e side of t h e baronial cast le of his own family where he himself dwelt .

INAUGURATED NEW OFFICE So S t . Dominic went t o St .

Sabina, which, t oge the r w i t h S t . Sixtus, can boast of hav ing been the;cradle of the Order of P r e a ­chers in Rome. It was j u s t a t t h a t

t ime t h a t St . Dominic, called to do t h e read ing of t h e Sacred Books in t h e adjoining pontifical palace, inaugura ted t h e office of Maes t ro of t h e Sacred Palace which h a s survived to t h i s day and is en t rus t ­ed to t h e Order of P reachers .

These were t h e las t yea rs of t h e Saint . In 1220, he went to Bolo­gna for t h e first General Chap te r of t h e Order , r e t u r n e d to Rome in December for t h e last t ime and wen t again to Bologna for t h e second Chapter . There he died on A u g u s t 6, 1221. His funeral services were presided over by Cardinal Ugolini who, hav ing be­come Pope Gregory IX, in 1234, ra ised h im to sainthood.

Today on t op of t h e Avent ine in s igh t of t h e Tiber , r emain only a few ru ins of t h e baronial cast le of t h e Savelli, b u t a t t h e side of t h e m s tands t h e Basilica of St . Sabina, renovated and res tored a few y e a r s ago, and next to it, do­mina t i ng t h e whole city, s t ands t h e monas t e ry of t h e Order of P rea ­chers , which is t h e famous cent re of Dominican s tudies . I t will be amplified wi th a new s tuden t s ' house belonging to t h e Amer ican Province of t h e Order. Wi th t h e hope t h a t th i s will be accomplished shor t ly , Rome greeted t h e new coming of St . Dominic, in t h e , ma­j e s t y of his head, encircled wi th t h e halo of sanc t i ty and of t h e venera t ion of seven centur ies of Chr is t ian h is tory . (N.C.W.C.)

Hohsien, Shansi.—Filled wi th zeal a f te r a recent Re t rea t and encouraged by the i r pastor , Rev. Joseph Ly, t h e Catholic Action as ­sociates a t Nan tup i a r ranged an impressive p rog ramme for Corpus Chris t i which t hey announced in advance t h r o u g h public pos te rs and handbills . The presence of ne ighbour ing pr ies ts wi th a choir of seminar i s t s , musicians, and many of t h e i r chr is t ians was a s ­sured and elaborate prepara t ions made.

Af te r t h e Solemn High Mass, a t which over 300 received Holy Com­munion, an open-air mee t ing was held in front of t h e church. 3 of t h e pr ies t s and several officers of Catholic Action addressed t h e mul t i tude t h a t had ga thered . A t 11 a.m. t h e procession began. F o r more t h a n two hours i t passed t h r o u g h t h e s t r ee t s of t h e town to t h e accompaniment of p raye r s , h y m n s , in s t rumenta l music and firecrackers, paus ing for Benedic­t ion of t h e Blessed Sacrament a t var ious s ta t ions en route.

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Pope spoke of "Modern Paganism' ' and t h e persecut ion of Roman Catholics in G e r m a n y when he received a g r o u p of young German Catholics a t t h e Vat ican to-day. I t was a sad t h i n g for h im to th ink upon t h e s t rugg l e maintained aga ins t Godfand Chr i s t for modern paganism. On t h e o the r hand it was a joyful t h i n g t o t h ink t h a t in Germany t h e r e were so many young men pious and s t rong in t he i r fa i th . " N e v e r lose courage. Be ready a n d s t r o n g in your fai th and confident i n 4 God."

—Reuter .

parallel w i th i t t h e r e i s a n o t h e r science which res t r i c t s itself t o t h e observat ion, t h e description and t h e classification of social fac t s .

To realize t h e need of such a descr ipt ive science we have only t o consider t h e n a t u r e of a social fact, Social facts a r e r e a l ; t h e y a r e no t j u s t men ta l construct ions which h a v e no exis tence in rea l i ty , a m e r e syn thes i s of individual fac t s . F o r society is no t simply an a g g r e ­g a t e of individuals . If w e a r e to identify t h e social uni t wi th t h e multiplied indivdual we should con­s ider a line a s a jux taposed ser ies of points or a piece of music as a cha in of no tes . I t is t r u e t h e piece of music presupposes t h e j u x t a ­posit ion of notes , bu t i t is no t identical w i t h i t . Similarly, social fac ts a r e someth ing more t h a n t h e mult ipl icat ion of t he resu l t s of individual ac t iv i ty .

Collective emotions — a good example of which is t he feeling of in tense pa t r io t i sm t h a t gave b i r t h t o t h e Hi t l e r -S ta te—are some th ing more t h a n t h e m e r e jux tapos i t ion of individual emotions. A n emo­t ion is collective, not because i t is s imul taneously felt by a n u m b e r of independent individuals, b u t be­cause i t s cause and i ts t e r m s guide t h e m in accordance wi th t h e same rules and, c rea t ing between t h e m a bond of unison, produce un i ty of action. A n d ye t both cause and t e r m r ema in extr insic t o t h e indi­viduals who experience t h a t emo­tion.

T h u s t o r eve r t t o our example. Nazism is a collective emotion. F o r t h e sake of a r g u m e n t i t s cause m a y be assumed t o be Hi t l e r ' s per­sonali ty and ideals. I t s t e r m is p resumably a Reich built on Nazi principles. Now these two ele­m e n t s a r e different f rom t h e re ­action t h e y evoke in par t icu la r Nazis . Naz i sm lis not s imply a combinat ion of t h e personal feel­ings of individual Nazis, b u t some­t h i n g ex te r io r t o t h e m which inspires and guides t hem in the i r work for t h e common cause . Ye t Nazism is a real i ty . I t is not j u s t a fictitious ideal. I t ex is t s and requi res explanat ion. In o the r words , Naz i sm is a social fact .

F r o m t h i s i t i s clear t h a t social fac ts cannot be analyzed solely by t h e s tudy of individual act ivi t ies .

There is a lways p resen t an objec­t ive element, someth ing extra-individual, t h a t causes and explains these social phenomena. The social facts , there fore , require a special science which observes, describes and classifies them. This t a sk is ass igned t o Sociology.

But a ques t ion ar i ses . Can the mere observat ion and classifica­tion of social f ac t s be t h e function of a science? Science implies the knowledge of causes . The know­ledge of f ac t s does no t const i tute a science. T h e answer to this quest ion can only be found in an analysis of t h e causes of a social fact, for if sociology can t ru ly be said to be a knowledge of the causes of a social fact t h e n i t can claim to be a n au tonomous science

A social re la t ionship uni tes two or more individuals in v i r tue of an object or end a n d since t h e associ­at ion is m a d e for a par t icular purpose i t d e m a n d s special condi­t ions for i t s fulfilment. F o r example, a hockey- team is com­posed of a n u m b e r of individual hockey p layers . They join t h a t t e am for a specific purpose : play­ing t h e g a m e of hockey, and in order to m a k e t h i s game possible they submit themse lves t o definite rules . Similar ly every society is an organic whole resul t ing from a union of individuals in v i r tue of an end which is i t s raison d 'e t re and which provides t he key t o the unders tand ing of all i t s social manifes ta t ions . Ye t i t is not al­ways easy t o d is t inguish t he pur­pose of a society and t h e motives of t h e individuals adher ing to it. The individual is active in society under two different aspects. As an individual h e makes decisions t h a t are personal t o h i m : he has his personal mot ives , his personal outlook. A s a member of t he social g roup h i s actions find the i r purpose in t h e realization of the ideals of h i s society.

Now t o ana lyse a par t icular social phenomenon wi th due regard to i t s his tor ical se t t ing is precisely t h e scope of sociology. Sociology the re fo re can r ight ly claim to be a n au tnomous science because i t does no t res t r ic t itself to t h e enumera t ion of social facts, bu t analvses t h e i r causes, more (Continued on page 12 cols. 1 and Z.f

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Catholics and Social Action.

Sir, The contr ibut ion of Chris t ian­

ity to Social re form is a spir i t r a the r t h a n of a cu t and dried programme. I t m a y appea r vague and general , when compared wi th the precise and detai led recom­mendations of t h e politicians. Bu t it cer ta inly supplies t w o g rea t needs, for t h e lack of which, so much effort in t h e p a s t has been mischievious or ba r r en . I t gives us guiding principles and a compell­ing motive.

No social work can ult imately be of value unless i t is based on secure principles. Men must be clear as t o t he i r a ims before t hey can profitably discuss methods. Our m a n n e r of t r e a t i n g our fel-lowmen, will depend upon our opinion a s t o t h e n a t u r e and des­t iny of h u m a n personal i ty . Our

in which they lived. No mere p r o g r a m m e could have done t h e same.

One of the first t h ings to try-and learn in life, is to face facts boldly, not simply to believe th ings , a s we would like t h e m t o be, bu t to see t hem as t hey really are . I t is f a r ha rde r t o do th i s t h a n young and old people m a y suppose. Our personal tas tes , ou r class preju­dices, our outlook, and our educa­tion all alike tend to colour our OUTLOOK on L I F E , and in some measu re dis tort ou r vision of wha t is a round us. Most people see j u s t w h a t t h e y want t o see. The senti­menta l i ty in our people is to evade to ignore or to gloss over it. The first aim then of social uplift and s tudy is to teach us t o look a t social economic facts a s they really are .

Wha teve r else h a s been said aga ins t t h e Church of Rome, she had never been accused of t h e lack of clear and consis tent principles. H e r Theology and Philosophy have been hammered out on a uniform bas is by genera t ions of subtle t h inke r s . A definite Catholic sys tem in which all depa r tmen t s of knowledge a r e synthesised, and by which social t heo ry and practice a r e tes ted. I t would be a grea t s t ep in advance, if we could get

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Malaya Catholic Leader, please send their address. schemes will be conditioned by our Chr is t ian ideal of t h e family. T h e Christ ian sp i r i t should affect m a n in all c i rcumstances of h is life, and the application of Chris t ian pr in­ciples t o social condit ions, will give a unique coherence and securi ty to our work .

Moreover—the mot ives for so­cial r e fo rm supplied by Chris t ian­ity a re of undisputed power. I t is recognised t h a t however impor­tant legislation, m i g h t be, "real social p rogress depends th rough­out upon t h e deepening and broad­ening of t h e personal responsibi­lity both on t h e leaders and t h e people." I t is somet imes objected that Chris t iani ty o u g h t not t o be concerned wi th social conditions, i t s business is to save souls, a process which is t h o u g h t to be independent of mater ia l envi ronment .

To t h i s we m a y answer , t h a t Chr is t iani ty is concerned with t h e whole man , and wi th m a n in all his relations of life. Man being a "social an imal , " Chr is t ian i ty is social also. Chr i s t i an theory and practice point in t h e same direc­tion. " T h e r e is no power but from God." Given a rea l organised public au tho r i ty , t h e question a t once ar i ses as t o t h e charac te r and the ex t en t of i t s functions. W h a t is its exact purpose, and wha t may it do in o rder to accomplish t h a t object?

Our Lord "wen t about doing good, and heal ing t h e sick as well, as forgiving s i n s " A spiri t r a t h e r than a p rog ramme . Too much stress is laid today upon pro­gramme. Chr i s t himself lays stress upon t h e inward man. The spirit of St . F ranc i s o r St . Vincent de Paul revolutionised the society

St. Bernard was t he t h i r d of seven children, St . Thomas of Aquin t h e s ixth child. S t . Vin­cent F e r r e r came from a family of e ight children, Blessed Bernard in de Fe l t r e from one of ten children.

St . Teresa had eleven b ro the r s and s is ters . St . J o h n Berchmans came from a family of five child­ren. St . John Eudes from a family of seven children. St. Aloysius from a family of e ight children, St . Marga re t Mary from a family of seven children, St. J ean-Bap t i s t e de la Salle from a family of t en children, t h e Blessed Grignon de Montfor t from a family of e ight children, St . Alphonsus Ligouri from a family of seven children. Blessed Cather ine Laboure from a family of eleven children, Vener­able Bernade t te Soubirous from a family of e ight children.

The records, if one may use t h a t expression, a re held by t h e homes of St . Igna t ius Loyola, wi th th i r ­teen children, of whom he was t h e younges t ; of St. Benedict Labre , wi th fifteen chi ldren; of St . Pau l of t h e Cross, with sixteen children^ of whom he was t h e e ldes t : of St . F ranc i s Borgia, wi th seventeen children, by two mar r iages , and of St . Cather ine of Siena, wi th twenty- two children, all of t h e same mother .

The list might be prolonged in­definitely. St. F ranc i s of Assisi . St. F ranc i s Xavier, St. F ranc i s of Sales, S t . Dominic—surely among the g rea te s t saints—all came of wha t to-day would be called large families.

f rom t h a t monumen t of Author i ty , a few simple genera l social princi­ples b rough t in to clear relief and general ly accepted to sui t condi­t ions in Malaya.

In t h i s work, we Catholics in par t icu lar should be able to help. " H e t h a t does good to ano the r man, does good to himself, not only in t h e consequence, bu t in t h e very ac t of doing it , for t h e conscious­ness of well-doing is an ample r e w a r d " : — S E N E C A —

We have dut ies to perform in regard to GOD, m a n and self. The ca r ry ing out of a du ty , is the exercising of a v i r tue . Our duties towards GOD a r e bound up with t h e t ranscendenta l v i r tues of F A I T H , H O P E , and LOVE or CHARITY. Therefore , by the v i r tue of CHARITY, we a r e to unders tand t h e L O V E of our neigh­bour, as ourse lves ; not in WORD nor in TONGUE but in D E E D and in TRUTH. " In th i s we know t h a t we are of t h e T R U T H . "

Yours etc. R. V. Chapman.

CONTEMPLATION. Contemplat ion is an in t imate

union of the h e a r t wi th God—a loving union in no wise due to ex­ac t and reasoned considerations, bu t to a general and indistinct knowledge of God, which is a t rue g i f t from t h e Divine goodness. T h i s union can pers is t amids t dis­t rac t ions of t h e imaginat ion and digressions of t h e unders tanding; i t br ings a rear happiness to the soul—a happiness which amounts a t t imes to an overflowing delight, while a t o thers i t is merely an al­mos t imperceptible, though none t h e less real, sat isfact ion. F . D.

T H E POWER O F GOOD E X A M P L E .

The example given by John E . Welsh, Balt imore and Ohio Rail­road conductor, on his death-bed a t t h e Allegheny Hospital , led to t he conversion of his fireman, J o h n W. Eackles, s ixty yea r s old, who was fatally injured j u s t one week af ter Mr. Welsh m e t dea th as t h e resul t of a railroad accident a t Cumberland, Md.

Mr. Eackles accompanied his friend to the hospital when t h e l a t t e r had a leg and and an a r m severed by shif t ing engines in t h e railroad vards .

When aid reached h im, Mr. Welsh 's first reques t was for a priest , and the las t r i tes of t h e Church were soon adminis tered. P repared for death , t he s t r icken m a n calmly awaited the end t h a t he knew was but a few hours off, while his co-worker, deeply im­pressed by th is Catholic for t i tude , kept watch until t h e end.

J u s t one week later , Mr. Eackl­es ' clothes caught fire from t h e

j d raf t of the locomotive firebox. He j jumped from the engine and a t -I t empted to beat out t h e flames, j but was seriously burned before I help came to his aid. In his agony I he asked to be taken to t h e same

hospital which helped his friend, j and requested the services of t h e ; same pr ies t who a t tended Mr. I Welsh.

" I wan t to die t h e way J o h n Welsh died," he said.

Mr. Eackles was received in to the Church and t h e last r i t es of t he Church were adminis te red . Ear ly t h e next morn ing he died, edified, s t r eng thened a n d saved, we m a y t r u s t by t h e example of t h e associate who so shor t ly p r e ­ceded him into e te rn i ty .

Not Built With Hands . By He len C. White. New Y o r k : The Macmillan Co. $2.50 A s a rule readers who glean

jtheir h is tory from novels are [sadly misinformed. They mis t ake 1

i imaginat ion for fact, fo rm false perspectives of par t icular per iods / land regard car ica tures of e m i n e n t men and women a s au then t i c por t ra i t s . W i t h t h e a u t h o r of this outs tanding novel as guide the javerage reader need have no fear !of being led a s t r ay , for in i t she [gives us an accura te por t r aya l of jthe b i t t e r conflict waged between iPope and Empero r in t h e eleventh 'century. If we except t h e dainty, ' imaginat ive p ic ture of t h e Coun-jtess Mati lda 's mothe r love for tKe 'child t h a t never was born of he r iurion with Godfrey of Lorra ine , (the a u t h o r chronicles fac t s in affl-t h e i r s t a r k real ism, and pa in t s h e r po r t r a i t s w a r t s and all.

We a re given full d rawn sketches \ of t h e immoral , hypocri t ical , an$ , ^unscrupulous despot, H e n r y IV. of |Germany ; of t h e kindly, forgiving--but determined Saint , Pope. . Gregory VI I . ; of " t h e f a i t h f u l , handmaid of St . Pe t e r , " t h e cour­ageous, char i table and loyal Coun­tess Matilda of Tuscany ; of h e r noble hear ted confessor, Bishop \ Anse lm of Lucca. .. >

Many a purple passage in this • jail absorbing book will l inger ill • one's memory. The E m p e r o r at 1

Canossa playing t h e p a r t of & %

Ipenitent to win back t h e allegiance of his followers: t h e Pope a t the'* |ba&ilica of S t . Mary ' s mal t rea ted • ;by t h e ruffian Cencius; t h e Coun­t e s s Mati lda pleading for peace iwith t h e hypocritical H e n r y a t t h e 'hunt ing lodge near Mellrichstadt, fighting Hen ry ' s t roops at F o n t a r a * land Sorbara , a t t end ing t h e Roman (Lenten Synods, helping t h e poor * jin Florence, mel t ing down heir t r e a s u r y to supply t h e Pope's* : war-chest .

This book is one of t h e best .novels of t h e day. I t is beautifully • jwritten, dramat ical ly told, and historically accura te . ~ • *

B.L.C:

A SYMBOL it is difficult to express the reverent love w e feel for those who are gone. A funeral here and a Symbol of remembrance aid and

comfort the bereaved.

SINGAPORE CASKET CO. PENHAS ROAD. SINGAPORE

M A t A V A CATHOLIC LEADER, § A T l » ^ Y , 10th AUGUST,

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Being "up - to -da t e " is t h e g r e a t fetish of t h e t i m e s . Gir ls spend

ay anxious m o m e n t s p lanning scheming to be up-to-date ,

Jing t h a t o t h e r g i r l s m a y get ^ d of t h e m b y one m i n u t e in

m make-up , " a m u s e m e n t s ,

' f t i s no t t h e g i r l s who spend t h e most money on d re s s w h o a r e iSways t h e bes t dressed . All &pe&ts oft how t h e money is laid c m . Often a gir l exceeds h e r iiie^ns t o pu rchase an unsui table garment, which h e r real f r iends do Sct approve of, b u t t h e devil does, a&d admi res h e r in h e r " d a r i n g " Costume. The devil is more up-to-&ate, especially in t h e m a t t e r of t f e th ing cos tumes a n d p y j a m a s and he is consul ted r a t h e r t h a n t h e friends w h o would advise our gir ls f $ p a u s e before following reck-

every fashion of t h e mo-

1fecaus.<i t bey see no h a r m in it , they t h i n k t h e r e can be none. Bgsause t h ey do not mean h a r m P*ey cannot cause it . Le t us con-Sjder this specious a r g u m e n t . Girls S£f j& h a r m in a " d a r i n g " ba th ing «uit,' in wear ing p y j a m a s , in im­modest dresses . W h a t of those ipfcy meet? T h e y m e a n no h a r m |gr wearing i t . W h a t of t h e h a r m caused to e t h e r s no t as well-intentioned as t h e w e a r e r s ? .There is an old say ing ij Go w i t h t h e rooks and you will be shot a t . " Follow tfce most up-to-date fashions and Swi put yourself on a level wi th fee immodest.

uWe are no t responsible for others. We do no t t h i n k evil of te*eiy one we see wear ing an up-toni^te bathing cos tume, .so why Should any t h i n k evil because of i » ? W e do not m e a n a n y Barm." * twitting aside t h e evil minded fwho. a s you would say , see evil in i&Gcythmg), let us r emember t h e young, t h e innocent-minded. Girls

'younger t h an you a r e , imi ta te you, To how m a n y gir ls you may be, ttncohsciously, a s t anda rd . A g n e s So-and-So dresses like t h i s . She is a €atholic . I t m u s t be all r igh t . 1 can dress so, s ince s h e does.

Some young people m a y even «dare to be more d a r i n g t h a n you ; Itnd so we h a v e more immodest po^tumes. O u r boys of to-day will jprow up with less respect for f romen because of you.

Under a cloak of service t o public fitalth and public mora l s , t h e first f>Iow t o modes ty on t h e beaches w a s made some y e a r s ago. "Be t te r h e a l t h . Be t t e r m o r a l s . " was t h e jfcry. Now t h e r e a r e nud i s t c l u b s . . Evi l t h ings h a v e small , beg inn ings ; jbut they grow apace. How few ftf.vorces were applied for when divorce was first m a d e law. How m a n y now? Divorced people were os t rac ised once. Now they lead aocietv—<*they lead t h e dance to t h o devil ."

Girls t ake one dr ink to be up-t o - d a t e : H o w m a n y girls have become addicted t o dr ink dur ing fho l a s t ten y ^ r s ? How many h a v e formed t h e nicotine d rug hab*t—not in i tself a s in—a habi t that helnQ t o weaker* t h e will, and i s psnecially powerful and harmful

* In i t s g r ip on a woman . "We are pot responsible for

fotbers . We mWan no evil bv dress­i n g immodes t ly . W e don't dr ink too much o r smoke too much—we

could give i t u p if we liked." (Could you? T r y i t ? ) " W e cannot he lp it, if w e a k e r girls lose t he i r balance. W e c a n look a f t e r our­selves. W h y w o r r y about u s ? "

T h e Church worr ies about you. You a r e working , definitely aga ins t her , by your example t o younger people. You follow every fad and fashion of t h e moment — you " s k a t e on t h i n ice ." Other s r u s h a f t e r you. T h e <*ice" b reaks some­w h e r e and ca t a s t rophe follows for m a n y souls. You may have a s t r o n g will. W e a k e r souls, w h o followed you suffer.

Catholic Act ion is seeking to cleanse a m u s e m e n t s and en te r t a in ­m e n t s . A r e you up-to-date in Church " f a s h i o n s ? " One grieves t o sneak of t h e abominat ions called" " s h o r t s " and " s l a c k s . " They cer ta inly provide covering, b u t t h e r e is someth ing defiantly un-womanly abou t t hem. T h e y m a k e an angel weep and a good

• CLIMSING T H E HILLS. t t Tisr out on the steep hillside it wound, • J The path where his feet must go, • \TJje road the summer knew blossom-1 I sweety J _J Now covered with ice and snow, * lAnd he sighed, this lad, as he strove I \ to set $ t~ His feet on the ice-bound track, T V'Oh, the hardest part of climbing a' I hill | Is to keep from slipping back!"

il thought, as 1 watched him trudge t. along, I Of the hills we all m*$£ climb, • J Whether the pathway be blossom-% j starred ^ J Or white with winter's rime. • %And one and all we shall find at lastl f As we follow the upward track, | fThat the hardest part of climbin? a* i hm t %Is to keep from slipp'mg back! X I By Florence J. Hadley. J

m a n blush—because they c ry aloud t h e de te rmina t ion of young people t o break away f rom all res t r ic t ions . Girls do pot look well in such ga r ­m e n t s . ' T h e female form m a y be beautiful bu t i t is cer ta inly "more s o " in d rap ings t h a t give i t grace . A girl can neve r wear m a n ' s dress to advan tage , and why copy m a n ' s dress a t a l l? Your own is be t t e r . When you m a r r y you will not wan t two men in t h e house. Le t your husband be t h e man . You, be t h e woman, and t h e more womanly you a re , t h e more manly he will be and t h e b e t t e r for bo th of you, for your chi ldren and for your coun t ry .

Dur ing t h e las t Grea t W a r cer­t a in soldiers we re noted for the i r phys ique , a n d a Capta in wondered

One of t h e young soldiers naively answered " W e a re w h a t ou r m o t h e r s m a d e u s . "

If men of t h e fu tu re a re t o be t h e wonder of our count ry , we m u s t have young mothe r s who a re modest , cheerful , pious, whose lives a re a t r u e reflection of t h e d iv ine—mothers of t h e old, un-

| selfish tyoe , m o t h e r s w h o unswer­vingly a d h e r e t o right_nrinciples. who a re self-denying, kind, gent le and t e m p e r a t e . Then, and then only, m a y t h e y give t h e i r children these same precious t r a i t s of charac ter .

The devil is ever sowing t h e bad {Continued at foot of next Col.)

Every child

needs milk

every day."

MILKMAID" MILK HOUSEHOLD HINTS .

HOW TO CLEAN.

Aluminium pots or pans a re best cleaned by rubbing wi th a pas te m a d e of fine b a t h br ick or whi t ing and water , and t h e n polishing off wi th a clean cloth. Th i s metal should never be t r e a t e d wi th soda or any th ing of t h a t na tu re , as i t is destroyed by alkalis .

Baths .—Enamel led b a t h s can b e cleaned by rubb ing well with a pas te made of wh i t i ng and water , and af te rwards wash ing well and d i v i n g wi th a soft cloth.

Boots.—If damp, allow to dry and first remove all mud wi th a piece of stick covered w i t h flannel or wi th a ha rd b r u s h ; tuck m t h e laces and apply t h e polish thinly and evenly. Sh ine by briskly polishing wi th a soft d ry b rush and finish off wi th a n old piece of velvet. Brown boots should oc­casionally be washed wi th a sponge and warm w a t e r and allowed t o dry before apply ing t h e polish. Properly cleaned boots not only look be t t e r bu t wea r much longer t h a n ones not cleaned, for (1) mud, which often contains lime, ha? an injur ious effect on t h e lea­t h e r ; (2) t h e coat of polish pro­tec t s t h e surface of t h e lea ther and prevents i t f rom ge t t ing roughened and worn .

Brass.—If ve ry s ta ined can be cleaned b y rubb ing well wi th half a lemon and then wash ing in warm water . F o r brasses on a hall door, etc., rub daily wi th a very prood cloth and a li t t le pa s t e or polish. A small d i r ty piece of r a g only smears t h e surface and makes i t s t icky and liable t o a t t r a c t d u s t and dir t .

Brushes .—Hair b rushes have t o be carefully washed so as to p r e ­serve t h e br is t les which, if damag­ed, would in jure t h e hai r . F i r s t comb out t h e b r u s h well and t h e n put a teaspoon of ammonia into a basin of w a t e r and dip t h e brush into th is , t ak ing care not to let t h e handle or back ge t wet . Dab ; t un and down, and when t h e bristles look qui te clean, rinse in warm and t h e n in cold water . Shake well and d r y in t h e open a i r if possible, or if not in a w a r m room. Do not b r i n g it near t h e

seed: h e is very much in earnes t *n his evil work and be sure t h a t ^e is t h e inventor of all fashions, so, if " a m a n is w h a t his mothe r makes him " t h i n k on it g i r l s ! Tf you fail us . t h e n our country is lost. Do your bi t .

Be a W o m a n !

RECIPES

SAVOURY COD.

Wash and dry one pound of cod; cut it into nice sized pieces. Put into a saucepan and just cover with water and a tablespoon of vinegar. Simmer very gently a quarter of an hour, take up carefully, put it on a hot dish, cover and keep hot. Put a little flour into a basin, i'.n i pepper, saic, ana one ounce of dripping; mix well, and make into a paste with a little water. Stir the paste into the liquor in which the fish was cooked, and boil gently three minutes, stir all the time; add a little parsely, ana pour it over the nsk.

* * * * * STUFFED HADDOCK.

Well clean and dry a haddock of about two pounds. Put a stuffing of bread crumbs, parsley, and herbs (or sage and onions), moistened with half an egg, inside the opening, and sew up; brush over with the rest of the egg, and sprinkle with some bread crumbs, add a few pieces of dripping. Place on a greased baking tin or dish, and bake in a moderate oven for three-quarters of an hour, basting frequently.

* * * * * ROLY POLY PUDDING.

Mix three-quarters pound of flour, a little salt and baking powder, and quarter-pound of suet (finely chopped) in a basin; wake it into a lisrht firm paste with water; put on a floured board;

! flour, roll it into a long thin piece; I spread the jam or treacle over it, not

too near the edge; wet the edge; roll up the past.;; press ends together. Flour the pudding and put it (with the join down) in a dry floured pudding cloth; roll the cloth round it, and tie a* each end with a string. Put it in a saucepan of boiling water. Boil for two hours.

All puddings of this kind s h o t . b e boiled quickly, and be well covered with water all the time.

fire, o r do no t rub i t wi th a towel. Household brushes require fre­quent washing, o r t h e y dir ty the place ins ted of cleaning it . Wash as directed for toilet brushes , us­ing mel ted soap and a small lump of soda instead of t h e ammonia.

Carpets .—General ly a carpet should be well cleaned by sweeping but occasionally i t m a y require to be washed. F i r s t sweep i t well and then remove g rease s tains by means of blot t ing paper and a hot iron, or by rubbing wi th paraffin oil on a cloth. Then ge t two buc­ke t s of warm water , 2 house flan­nels, and a cake of carpe t soap (or Vi T>t. of ox-gall dissolved in 1 qrt . of boiling w a t e r ) . Go over about a square ya rd of t h e carpet with the first flannel and soap or ox­gall, takin.er care not to make it too wet . Then wash i t over with the second cloth and having finish­ed t h e ent i re carpet , open the win­dows or l ight a Are and allow to dry .

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, IMS. • *

9

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FN CEYLON THREATENED.

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PRIVATE DENOMINATION SCHOOLS ATTACKED BY SCHOLASTIC AUTHORITIES.

Galle, (Ceylon)—The dange r which t h r ea t ens t h e Cathol ic school sys tem of Ceylon in t h e a t ­tempts being made by cer ta in colo­nial au thor i t i e s to m a k e educat ion a monopoly of t h e S ta t e , was de­nounced by t h e Rector of St . Aloy-sius' College, Galle, a t t h e annua l Prize-Giving, J u n e 15. He said that in Ceylon s t a t e educat ion would mean education wi thout r e ­ligion, i t s most essent ia l factor.

In Ceylon, t h e Government a ids private denominat ional schools on the condition t h a t t hey comply with cer ta in requ i rements in t h e equipment of t h e schools and in the subjects t a u g h t . Obviously the sys tem in itself is excellent, even if i t means a heavy expense

-.-for t he Catholics to main ta in t h e required s t andard in the i r schools. Till now t h e resul t s have been ve ry sat isfactory.

It is unpleasant t o observe, how­ever, t h a t for several y e a r s t h e r e has been a movement on foot, p ro ­moted by cer tain scholast ic a u t h o ­rities, to force t h e closing of private denominat ional schools a n d to br ing about a Government mo­nopoly education.

T h e most annoying p a r t of t h e campaign ha s been a series of em-barassmen t s imposed on t h e mis ­sionaries. If t he subsidies a r e no t on hand when t h e t eache r s a r e t o be paid, t h e miss ionar ies m u s t meet t he se expenses by d r a w i n g on t he i r own funds. Often t h e s e subsidies have been delayed exces­sively wi th the resul t t h a t t h e missionaries ' capital was t ied up for an unnecessari ly long period during which t h e i r work was practically crippled. When t h e y complain of th i s s i tuat ion, t h e au­thorit ies sugges t t h a t t h e t eache r s ' salaries be paid directly by t h e Government. Th i s is merely an­other t h r u s t a t t h e life of t h e schools because i t means t h a t t h e author i ty of those direct ing t h e schools would t h e r e b y be weak­ened.

Speaking of t h e s e dangers , t h e Rector said, " T h e dange r affects us Catholics, and o the r denomina­tions as well. In fact, i t t h r e a t e n s the l iberty of all p a r e n t s whose in­violable r i g h t i t is to choose for their children t h e kind of educa­tion they th ink bes t .

"We s tand for l iber ty in t h e mat te r of education. We claim it as t he b i r th r igh t of every cit izen. Any a t t e m p t t o jeopardize t h i s liberty mus t be denounced a n d r e ­sisted. A n y way, we wish t o r a i s e our voice be t imes aga ins t undue interference of t h e S t a t e in t h e mat te r of education.

"Ut te rances of public m e n on public pla t forms, a s well a s s t a t e -

BISHOP B R A N D S M ^ S F Y P E R I -E N C E S I N K E N Y A .

Bishop Brandsma , Du tch Mill Hill prelate, and Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya Colony, E a s t Af­rica, died last m o n t h .

As a young p r ies t he h a d t h e experience of a long safar i f rom Nairobi to Kampala , a d i s tance of 400 miles. Dur ing t h e t r i p h is donkey was ea ten by a lion. F o r many years he w a s a m e m b e r of the Kenva Educa t ion Council.

ments of individuals in the Press , make it clear t h a t we a re slowly, yet surely, moving towards S ta t e monopoly in education. Assis ted schools a r e in danger . T h e en-croachements of t h e S t a t e in ma t t e r s educational a re growing daily.

"But we m u s t pro tes t aga ins t the th rea tened S ta t e monopoly on higher grounds . We refuse to sur render to the S t a t e t he Sacred r ights of paren t s and of indivi­duals on more fundamental prin­ciples. T h e theory is advanced in seme qua r t e r s , or a t least t h e im­plication is admit ted, t h a t t h e Sta te ough t to be supreme and i ts r ights super ior to those of t h e family and t h e individual. W e a r e not ready for such dangerous and subversive doctrines. We refuse to bow down and worship t he Sta te a s a n idol.

"Now, in a country like Ceylon, S ta te education would of necessi ty mean education robbed of i t s most indispensable factor, Religion.

"S ta t e monopoly, then, m u s t be deprecated. Those who aim a t this monopoly seem to m a k e l ight of t h e experience of ages which proclaims t h a t l iberty in t h e field of education is conducive t o initi­ative and progress . They ignore the weigh t of opinion a s t h a t of educational committees . i n E n g ­land, who unhesi ta t ingly acknow­ledge t h e beneficial influence of liberty in Schools.

" I t is aga ins t t h i s undue inter­ference of t h e S t a t e in our Schools and t h e t h r e a t e n i n g d a n g e r of Sta te monopoly t h a t we wish to record ou r emphat ic and unquali­fied p ro tes t . In doing so, we firm­ly believe we a r e pleading t h e cause of t h e pa ren t s ' sacred r i g h t s and consul t ing t he best in t e res t s of education. We welcome reason­able control .

Indeed, let t h e S ta te see t o it t h a t l iber ty is used and not abused. Le t possible misuse of liberty be prevented by a neces­sary amount of rules and regula­t ions : bu t not l iberty be suppress­ed. To suppress l iberty is no solution of t he difficulties a r i s ing from i ts use and abuse. Liber ty and control mus t be able to co­exist and live in happy harmony . No s t a t e s m a n is wor thy of t h e name who cannot s t r ike t h e golden mean between t h e two."

Af ter t h e Rector 's address , t h e Bishop of Galle, t h e Most Rev. Nicholas Laudadio, S.J., spoke to the ga the r ing , and concluded t h u s : "We a r e made of steel ; t h e y m a y break us , but t hey will not bend us, and if our weapons a r e broken in our hands we shall still fight with t h e hilt of ou r swords ."

(F ides ) .

CATHOLIC PRIME MINISTER F O R N E W BRUNSWICK.

MEXICO CONSUL'S RADIO TALK. '

NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE REFUTES FALSEHOODS.

Washing ton ,—Address ing t h e House of Representa t ives yes ter ­day, Representa t ive John J. Boy-Ian, of New York, called a t t en t ion to an address which Eduardo Vil-lasenor, Mexican Consul General s ta t ioned in New York, gave over t h e radio recently and declared t h a t he felt "obliged to refute t h e nu­merous falsehoods and misrepre­sentat ions which abounded in t h e discourse of Mr. Villasenor."

" T h e Mexican Consul Gene ra l / ' Representa t ive Boylan said, "p re ­tends t h a t t h e r e is going on a campaign carr ied out aga ins t Mexico 'by t h e Catholic H ie r a r ­c h y / " "This is a cowardly l ie ," he said, adding t h a t an organ of t h e Episcopal Church "has more t h a n once condemned t h e Mexican a t t i t ude on religion as a 'major scandal in world a f f a i r s / " and t h a t "numerous enlightened, in­telligent, and fa i rminded Pro tes ­t a n t prelates a n d laymen, Jewish rabbis , and leaders of public opi­nion have in unmis takable t e r m s , and on occasions too numerous to mention, condemned t h e assaul t on God which is now being carr ied on in t h e Republic of Mexico."

Representa t ive Boylan challeng­ed t h e Mexican Consul General " t o denv t h e following historical f a c t s : F i r s t . T h a t t h e first hos­p i ta l on th i s cont inent was t h e Hospital of J e s u s in Mexico Ci ty ; t h a t t h e first univers i ty w a s founded under rel igious auspices in Mexico; t h a t t h e first medical school w a s erec ted ; and t h a t t h e first pr in t ing p r e s s and first book available on t h e N o r t h American

I Continent were b rought from Snam to Mexc'o by t h e first Bishop of Mexico Ci ty . T h e first book pr in ted in N o r t h America came from t h e press of Bishop Zumm-raysu"

"In t he th i rd pa rag raph of h is speech," "Representative Boylan continued, "Mr. Villasenor con­demns ' sec tar ian sheets ' in t h e

United S t a t e s for t h e publicity they have given t o t h e ex t r emes of religious persecution pract ised in Mexico. Does he consider tfie New York Times a sec tar ian shee t ? Th i s newspaper pr in ted an au then t i c repor t of t h e murder and assau l t on innocent men, women, and children a t Guadala­j a r a , Mexico. Does he consider S. L. A Marshal l , of t h e N o r t h American Newspaper Alliance, k ' sec tar ian ' when he says that in Mexico rel igious freedom h a s ceas­ed to ex i s t ? And finally, does he regard Rober t Hammond Murray, who has wr i t t en a splendid seriefc of art icles in Today and has pub­l ished several l e t te rs in t h e New York Times, a s a pa r t i san and ' sec tar ian ' when he describes the facts of t h e presen t persecution in Mexico? None of these gent lemen can be charged wi th hav ing any t inge of Catholic b ias . "

"It is a lie," Representative Boy­lan also said, "that Mexico has had to conquer Catholic resistance at every move toward social progress. Every attack upon the Catholic Church in Mexico during the past 200 years has coincided with a low­ering of the standard of living and abridgement of liberty, and l a s retarded social progress."

"Toward t h e end of h i s add­r e s s , " Representa t ive Boylan con­t inued. "Mr. Villasenor has the audaci ty to claim t h a t not a single one of t h e 50.000 federal emplo­yees of t h e present adminis t ra t ion h a s been discharged on account of religion. He disregards entirely t h e au then t i c repor t carried by the Associated P re s s and o t h e r na­t ional p ress services las t October —which gave t h e names and the number of those internes and nurses who had been discharged from t h e i r posit ions in hospi ta ls because of t he i r refusal t o t a k e p a r t in an ant^-God demonst ra t ion of t he Mexican Government .^ (N.C.W.C.)

CHRISTIANS P U N I S H E D BECAUSE IDOL IS STOLEN.

ARCHBISHOP DECRIES S T A T E CONTROLLED EDUCATION.

A n o t h e r Catholic P r i m e Minis ter in t h e Br i t i sh Commonwealth ha s j u s t assumed office in New Bruns ­wick, w h e r e Mr. A. Dysar t , K.C., has j u s t led t h e Liberal P a r t y to victory a t t h e recent elections. His elder brother , Hon. Andrew Dysar t , h a s been a j u d g e of t h e Court of King's Bench a t Winni­peg.

Tatsienlu, (Szechwan Province, Ch ina )—An ins tance of t h e an­noyance and opposition often m e t by miss ; onar ies comes from Yer-kalo, a li t t le vi l lage in t h e foothills of western Szechwan nea r t h e Tibetan border . The Chr is t ians of t he v ; l lage were accused by pa­g a n s of t h e Mosso t r ibe of s teal­ing an idol f rom a shr ine in t h e mounta ins and hiding i t in t h e i r chapel. The Dagans t h rea tened t o des t roy t h e village if t h e idol were not re turned.

The Chr i s t ians and t he i r mis­sionary, F a t h e r Victor Nussbaum, of the Foreign Missions of Pa r i s , were brousrht to t r ia l and obliged to pay a fine, a l though t h e accus­e r s could p rove none of t h e charges . An unusual ly heavy fine was imposed on t h e miss ionary "for not being able t o prevent t h e sacrileges commit ted by h is Chr i s ­t i ans . "

"Only those who know t h i s r e ­gion," wr i tes F a t h e r Nussbaum, "can realise w h a t f u r t h e r conse­quences m a y be exnected. T h e affair will be b rough t u p ajwun. and who can s a y w h a t we shall have to suffer." (F ides ) .

Cincinnati .—The Most Rev. John I T. McNicholas, O.P., Archbishop i of Cincinnati , warned agains t t h e I g rowing tendency toward s t a t e

control of education, in a n addres s a t t h e biennial conference of t h e Cincinnati Archdiocesan Fede ra t ion of Catholic Women.

! The Archbishop condemned t h e I t heory t h a t t h e citizen h a s no i r i gh t s except those g ran ted to h im I by t h e S ta t e , and declared t h a t

" pa ren t s have God-given r i g h t s about t h e education of t h e i r chi ldren." " A s children of God,"

I he added, " we have nat ive rights, and i t becomes t h e du ty of govern­m e n t to g u a r d them*. The Catholic Church is t h e g rea t e s t force t o declare t h a t t h e S t a t e h a s 110 t o t a l i t a r i an r i g h t s about educa­t ion ."

W a r n i n g a g a i n s t o ther encroach­m e n t s of t h e S ta t e , especially i n t h e m a t t e r of b i r t h control, H i s ExceHencey counselled h i s h e a r e r s to " b e c o m e thoroughly informed

I and Catholic-minded, then you will j recognize t h e s e m a n y dangers H I

t h e g rowing movent* of a total i ­t a r i an S t a t e (N.C.W.C)

M A t A V A CATHOLIC LEADER, § A T l » ^ Y , 10th AUGUST,

Page B E A W O M A N

Being "up - to -da t e " is t h e g r e a t fetish of t h e t i m e s . Gir ls spend

ay anxious m o m e n t s p lanning scheming to be up-to-date ,

Jing t h a t o t h e r g i r l s m a y get ^ d of t h e m b y one m i n u t e in

m make-up , " a m u s e m e n t s ,

' f t i s no t t h e g i r l s who spend t h e most money on d re s s w h o a r e iSways t h e bes t dressed . All &pe&ts oft how t h e money is laid c m . Often a gir l exceeds h e r iiie^ns t o pu rchase an unsui table garment, which h e r real f r iends do Sct approve of, b u t t h e devil does, a&d admi res h e r in h e r " d a r i n g " Costume. The devil is more up-to-&ate, especially in t h e m a t t e r of t f e th ing cos tumes a n d p y j a m a s and he is consul ted r a t h e r t h a n t h e friends w h o would advise our gir ls f $ p a u s e before following reck-

every fashion of t h e mo-

1fecaus.<i t bey see no h a r m in it , they t h i n k t h e r e can be none. Bgsause t h ey do not mean h a r m P*ey cannot cause it . Le t us con-Sjder this specious a r g u m e n t . Girls S£f j& h a r m in a " d a r i n g " ba th ing «uit,' in wear ing p y j a m a s , in im­modest dresses . W h a t of those ipfcy meet? T h e y m e a n no h a r m |gr wearing i t . W h a t of t h e h a r m caused to e t h e r s no t as well-intentioned as t h e w e a r e r s ? .There is an old say ing ij Go w i t h t h e rooks and you will be shot a t . " Follow tfce most up-to-date fashions and Swi put yourself on a level wi th fee immodest.

uWe are no t responsible for others. We do no t t h i n k evil of te*eiy one we see wear ing an up-toni^te bathing cos tume, .so why Should any t h i n k evil because of i » ? W e do not m e a n a n y Barm." * twitting aside t h e evil minded fwho. a s you would say , see evil in i&Gcythmg), let us r emember t h e young, t h e innocent-minded. Girls

'younger t h an you a r e , imi ta te you, To how m a n y gir ls you may be, ttncohsciously, a s t anda rd . A g n e s So-and-So dresses like t h i s . She is a €atholic . I t m u s t be all r igh t . 1 can dress so, s ince s h e does.

Some young people m a y even «dare to be more d a r i n g t h a n you ; Itnd so we h a v e more immodest po^tumes. O u r boys of to-day will jprow up with less respect for f romen because of you.

Under a cloak of service t o public fitalth and public mora l s , t h e first f>Iow t o modes ty on t h e beaches w a s made some y e a r s ago. "Be t te r h e a l t h . Be t t e r m o r a l s . " was t h e jfcry. Now t h e r e a r e nud i s t c l u b s . . Evi l t h ings h a v e small , beg inn ings ; jbut they grow apace. How few ftf.vorces were applied for when divorce was first m a d e law. How m a n y now? Divorced people were os t rac ised once. Now they lead aocietv—<*they lead t h e dance to t h o devil ."

Girls t ake one dr ink to be up-t o - d a t e : H o w m a n y girls have become addicted t o drink dur ing fho l a s t ten y ^ r s ? How many h a v e formed t h e nicotine d rug hab*t—not in i tself a s in—a habi t that helnQ t o weaker* t h e will, and i s psnecially powerful and harmful

* In i t s g r ip on a woman . "We are pot responsible for

fotbers . We mWan no evil bv dress­i n g immodes t ly . W e don't dr ink too much o r smoke too much—we

could give i t u p if we liked." (Could you? T r y i t ? ) " W e cannot he lp it, if w e a k e r girls lose t he i r balance. W e c a n look a f t e r our­selves. W h y w o r r y about u s ? "

T h e Church worr ies about you. You a r e working , definitely aga ins t her , by your example t o younger people. You follow every fad and fashion of t h e moment — you " s k a t e on t h i n ice ." Other s r u s h a f t e r you. T h e <*ice" b reaks some­w h e r e and ca t a s t rophe follows for m a n y souls. You may have a s t r o n g will. W e a k e r souls, w h o followed you suffer.

Catholic Act ion is seeking to cleanse a m u s e m e n t s and en te r t a in ­m e n t s . A r e you up-to-date in Church " f a s h i o n s ? " One grieves t o sneak of t h e abominat ions called" " s h o r t s " and " s l a c k s . " They cer ta inly provide covering, b u t t h e r e is someth ing defiantly un-womanly abou t t hem. T h e y m a k e an angel weep and a good

• CLIMSING T H E HILLS. t t Tisr out on the steep hillside it wound, • J The path where his feet must go, • \TJje road the summer knew blossom-1 I sweety J _J Now covered with ice and snow, * lAnd he sighed, this lad, as he strove I \ to set $ t~ His feet on the ice-bound track, T V'Oh, the hardest part of climbing a' I hill | Is to keep from slipping back!"

il thought, as 1 watched him trudge t. along, I Of the hills we all m*$£ climb, • J Whether the pathway be blossom-% j starred ^ J Or white with winter's rime. • %And one and all we shall find at lastl f As we follow the upward track, | fThat the hardest part of climbin? a* i hm t %Is to keep from slipp'mg back! X I By Florence J. Hadley. J

m a n blush—because they c ry aloud t h e de te rmina t ion of young people t o break away f rom all res t r ic t ions . Girls do pot look well in such ga r ­m e n t s . ' T h e female form m a y be beautiful bu t i t is cer ta inly "more s o " in d rap ings t h a t give i t grace . A girl can neve r wear m a n ' s dress to advan tage , and why copy m a n ' s dress a t a l l? Your own is be t t e r . When you m a r r y you will not wan t two men in t h e house. Le t your husband be t h e man . You, be t h e woman, and t h e more womanly you a re , t h e more manly he will be and t h e b e t t e r for bo th of you, for your chi ldren and for your coun t ry .

Dur ing t h e las t Grea t W a r cer­t a in soldiers we re noted for the i r phys ique , a n d a Capta in wondered

One of t h e young soldiers naively answered " W e a re w h a t ou r m o t h e r s m a d e u s . "

If men of t h e fu tu re a re t o be t h e wonder of our count ry , we m u s t have young mothe r s who a re modest , cheerful , pious, whose lives a re a t r u e reflection of t h e d iv ine—mothers of t h e old, un-

| selfish tyoe , m o t h e r s w h o unswer­vingly a d h e r e t o right_nrinciples. who a re self-denying, kind, gent le and t e m p e r a t e . Then, and then only, m a y t h e y give t h e i r children these same precious t r a i t s of charac ter .

The devil is ever sowing t h e bad {Continued at foot of next Col.)

Every child

needs milk

every day."

MILKMAID" MILK HOUSEHOLD HINTS .

HOW TO CLEAN.

Aluminium pots or pans a re best cleaned by rubbing wi th a pas te m a d e of fine b a t h br ick or whi t ing and water , and t h e n polishing off wi th a clean cloth. Th i s metal should never be t r e a t e d wi th soda or any th ing of t h a t na tu re , as i t is destroyed by alkalis .

Baths .—Enamel led b a t h s can b e cleaned by rubb ing well with a pas te made of wh i t i ng and water , and af te rwards wash ing well and d i v i n g wi th a soft cloth.

Boots.—If damp, allow to dry and first remove all mud wi th a piece of stick covered w i t h flannel or wi th a ha rd b r u s h ; tuck m t h e laces and apply t h e polish thinly and evenly. Sh ine by briskly polishing wi th a soft d ry b rush and finish off wi th a n old piece of velvet. Brown boots should oc­casionally be washed wi th a sponge and warm w a t e r and allowed t o dry before apply ing t h e polish. Properly cleaned boots not only look be t t e r bu t wea r much longer t h a n ones not cleaned, for (1) mud, which often contains lime, ha? an injur ious effect on t h e lea­t h e r ; (2) t h e coat of polish pro­tec t s t h e surface of t h e lea ther and prevents i t f rom ge t t ing roughened and worn .

Brass.—If ve ry s ta ined can be cleaned b y rubb ing well wi th half a lemon and then wash ing in warm water . F o r brasses on a hall door, etc., rub daily wi th a very prood cloth and a li t t le pa s t e or polish. A small d i r ty piece of r a g only smears t h e surface and makes i t s t icky and liable t o a t t r a c t d u s t and dir t .

Brushes .—Hair b rushes have t o be carefully washed so as to p r e ­serve t h e br is t les which, if damag­ed, would in jure t h e hai r . F i r s t comb out t h e b r u s h well and t h e n put a teaspoon of ammonia into a basin of w a t e r and dip t h e brush into th is , t ak ing care not to let t h e handle or back ge t wet . Dab ; t un and down, and when t h e bristles look qui te clean, rinse in warm and t h e n in cold water . Shake well and d r y in t h e open a i r if possible, or if not in a w a r m room. Do not b r i n g it near t h e

seed: h e is very much in earnes t *n his evil work and be sure t h a t ^e is t h e inventor of all fashions, so, if " a m a n is w h a t his mothe r makes him " t h i n k on it g i r l s ! Tf you fail us . t h e n our country is lost. Do your bi t .

Be a W o m a n !

RECIPES

SAVOURY COD.

Wash and dry one pound of cod; cut it into nice sized pieces. Put into a saucepan and just cover with water and a tablespoon of vinegar. Simmer very gently a quarter of an hour, take up carefully, put it on a hot dish, cover and keep hot. Put a little flour into a basin, i'.n i pepper, saic, ana one ounce of dripping; mix well, and make into a paste with a little water. Stir the paste into the liquor in which the fish was cooked, and boil gently three minutes, stir all the time; add a little parsely, ana pour it over the nsk.

* * * * * STUFFED HADDOCK.

Well clean and dry a haddock of about two pounds. Put a stuffing of bread crumbs, parsley, and herbs (or sage and onions), moistened with half an egg, inside the opening, and sew up; brush over with the rest of the egg, and sprinkle with some bread crumbs, add a few pieces of dripping. Place on a greased baking tin or dish, and bake in a moderate oven for three-quarters of an hour, basting frequently.

* * * * * ROLY POLY PUDDING.

Mix three-quarters pound of flour, a little salt and baking powder, and quarter-pound of suet (finely chopped) in a basin; wake it into a lisrht firm paste with water; put on a floured board;

! flour, roll it into a long thin piece; I spread the jam or treacle over it, not

too near the edge; wet the edge; roll up the past.;; press ends together. Flour the pudding and put it (with the join down) in a dry floured pudding cloth; roll the cloth round it, and tie a* each end with a string. Put it in a saucepan of boiling water. Boil for two hours.

All puddings of this kind s h o t . b e boiled quickly, and be well covered with water all the time.

fire, o r do no t rub i t wi th a towel. Household brushes require fre­quent washing, o r t h e y dir ty the place ins ted of cleaning it . Wash as directed for toilet brushes , us­ing mel ted soap and a small lump of soda instead of t h e ammonia.

Carpets .—General ly a carpet should be well cleaned by sweeping but occasionally i t m a y require to be washed. F i r s t sweep i t well and then remove g rease s tains by means of blot t ing paper and a hot iron, or by rubbing wi th paraffin oil on a cloth. Then ge t two buc­ke t s of warm water , 2 house flan­nels, and a cake of carpe t soap (or Vi T>t. of ox-gall dissolved in 1 qrt . of boiling w a t e r ) . Go over about a square ya rd of t h e carpet with the first flannel and soap or ox­gall, takin.er care not to make it too wet . Then wash i t over with the second cloth and having finish­ed t h e ent i re carpet , open the win­dows or l ight a Are and allow to dry .

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, IMS. • *

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CATHOLIC SCHOOLS FN CEYLON THREATENED.

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PRIVATE DENOMINATION SCHOOLS ATTACKED BY SCHOLASTIC AUTHORITIES.

Galle, (Ceylon)—The dange r which t h r ea t ens t h e Cathol ic school sys tem of Ceylon in t h e a t ­tempts being made by cer ta in colo­nial au thor i t i e s to m a k e educat ion a monopoly of t h e S ta t e , was de­nounced by t h e Rector of St . Aloy-sius' College, Galle, a t t h e annua l Prize-Giving, J u n e 15. He said that in Ceylon s t a t e educat ion would mean education wi thout r e ­ligion, i t s most essent ia l factor.

In Ceylon, t h e Government a ids private denominat ional schools on the condition t h a t t hey comply with cer ta in requ i rements in t h e equipment of t h e schools and in the subjects t a u g h t . Obviously the sys tem in itself is excellent, even if i t means a heavy expense

-.-for t he Catholics to main ta in t h e required s t andard in the i r schools. Till now t h e resul t s have been ve ry sat isfactory.

It is unpleasant t o observe, how­ever, t h a t for several y e a r s t h e r e has been a movement on foot, p ro ­moted by cer tain scholast ic a u t h o ­rities, to force t h e closing of private denominat ional schools a n d to br ing about a Government mo­nopoly education.

T h e most annoying p a r t of t h e campaign ha s been a series of em-barassmen t s imposed on t h e mis ­sionaries. If t he subsidies a r e no t on hand when t h e t eache r s a r e t o be paid, t h e miss ionar ies m u s t meet t he se expenses by d r a w i n g on t he i r own funds. Often t h e s e subsidies have been delayed exces­sively wi th the resul t t h a t t h e missionaries ' capital was t ied up for an unnecessari ly long period during which t h e i r work was practically crippled. When t h e y complain of th i s s i tuat ion, t h e au­thorit ies sugges t t h a t t h e t eache r s ' salaries be paid directly by t h e Government. Th i s is merely an­other t h r u s t a t t h e life of t h e schools because i t means t h a t t h e author i ty of those direct ing t h e schools would t h e r e b y be weak­ened.

Speaking of t h e s e dangers , t h e Rector said, " T h e dange r affects us Catholics, and o the r denomina­tions as well. In fact, i t t h r e a t e n s the l iberty of all p a r e n t s whose in­violable r i g h t i t is to choose for their children t h e kind of educa­tion they th ink bes t .

"We s tand for l iber ty in t h e mat te r of education. We claim it as t he b i r th r igh t of every cit izen. Any a t t e m p t t o jeopardize t h i s liberty mus t be denounced a n d r e ­sisted. A n y way, we wish t o r a i s e our voice be t imes aga ins t undue interference of t h e S t a t e in t h e mat te r of education.

"Ut te rances of public m e n on public pla t forms, a s well a s s t a t e -

BISHOP B R A N D S M ^ S F Y P E R I -E N C E S I N K E N Y A .

Bishop Brandsma , Du tch Mill Hill prelate, and Vicar Apostolic of Kisumu, Kenya Colony, E a s t Af­rica, died last m o n t h .

As a young p r ies t he h a d t h e experience of a long safar i f rom Nairobi to Kampala , a d i s tance of 400 miles. Dur ing t h e t r i p h is donkey was ea ten by a lion. F o r many years he w a s a m e m b e r of the Kenva Educa t ion Council.

ments of individuals in the Press , make it clear t h a t we a re slowly, yet surely, moving towards S ta t e monopoly in education. Assis ted schools a r e in danger . T h e en-croachements of t h e S t a t e in ma t t e r s educational a re growing daily.

"But we m u s t pro tes t aga ins t the th rea tened S ta t e monopoly on higher grounds . We refuse to sur render to the S t a t e t he Sacred r ights of paren t s and of indivi­duals on more fundamental prin­ciples. T h e theory is advanced in seme qua r t e r s , or a t least t h e im­plication is admit ted, t h a t t h e Sta te ough t to be supreme and i ts r ights super ior to those of t h e family and t h e individual. W e a r e not ready for such dangerous and subversive doctrines. We refuse to bow down and worship t he Sta te a s a n idol.

"Now, in a country like Ceylon, S ta te education would of necessi ty mean education robbed of i t s most indispensable factor, Religion.

"S ta t e monopoly, then, m u s t be deprecated. Those who aim a t this monopoly seem to m a k e l ight of t h e experience of ages which proclaims t h a t l iberty in t h e field of education is conducive t o initi­ative and progress . They ignore the weigh t of opinion a s t h a t of educational committees . i n E n g ­land, who unhesi ta t ingly acknow­ledge t h e beneficial influence of liberty in Schools.

" I t is aga ins t t h i s undue inter­ference of t h e S t a t e in our Schools and t h e t h r e a t e n i n g d a n g e r of Sta te monopoly t h a t we wish to record ou r emphat ic and unquali­fied p ro tes t . In doing so, we firm­ly believe we a r e pleading t h e cause of t h e pa ren t s ' sacred r i g h t s and consul t ing t he best in t e res t s of education. We welcome reason­able control .

Indeed, let t h e S ta te see t o it t h a t l iber ty is used and not abused. Le t possible misuse of liberty be prevented by a neces­sary amount of rules and regula­t ions : bu t not l iberty be suppress­ed. To suppress l iberty is no solution of t he difficulties a r i s ing from i ts use and abuse. Liber ty and control mus t be able to co­exist and live in happy harmony . No s t a t e s m a n is wor thy of t h e name who cannot s t r ike t h e golden mean between t h e two."

Af ter t h e Rector 's address , t h e Bishop of Galle, t h e Most Rev. Nicholas Laudadio, S.J., spoke to the ga the r ing , and concluded t h u s : "We a r e made of steel ; t h e y m a y break us , but t hey will not bend us, and if our weapons a r e broken in our hands we shall still fight with t h e hilt of ou r swords ."

(F ides ) .

CATHOLIC PRIME MINISTER F O R N E W BRUNSWICK.

MEXICO CONSUL'S RADIO TALK. '

NEW YORK REPRESENTATIVE REFUTES FALSEHOODS.

Washing ton ,—Address ing t h e House of Representa t ives yes ter ­day, Representa t ive John J. Boy-Ian, of New York, called a t t en t ion to an address which Eduardo Vil-lasenor, Mexican Consul General s ta t ioned in New York, gave over t h e radio recently and declared t h a t he felt "obliged to refute t h e nu­merous falsehoods and misrepre­sentat ions which abounded in t h e discourse of Mr. Villasenor."

" T h e Mexican Consul Gene ra l / ' Representa t ive Boylan said, "p re ­tends t h a t t h e r e is going on a campaign carr ied out aga ins t Mexico 'by t h e Catholic H ie r a r ­c h y / " "This is a cowardly l ie ," he said, adding t h a t an organ of t h e Episcopal Church "has more t h a n once condemned t h e Mexican a t t i t ude on religion as a 'major scandal in world a f f a i r s / " and t h a t "numerous enlightened, in­telligent, and fa i rminded Pro tes ­t a n t prelates a n d laymen, Jewish rabbis , and leaders of public opi­nion have in unmis takable t e r m s , and on occasions too numerous to mention, condemned t h e assaul t on God which is now being carr ied on in t h e Republic of Mexico."

Representa t ive Boylan challeng­ed t h e Mexican Consul General " t o denv t h e following historical f a c t s : F i r s t . T h a t t h e first hos­p i ta l on th i s cont inent was t h e Hospital of J e s u s in Mexico Ci ty ; t h a t t h e first univers i ty w a s founded under rel igious auspices in Mexico; t h a t t h e first medical school w a s erec ted ; and t h a t t h e first pr in t ing p r e s s and first book available on t h e N o r t h American

I Continent were b rought from Snam to Mexc'o by t h e first Bishop of Mexico Ci ty . T h e first book pr in ted in N o r t h America came from t h e press of Bishop Zumm-raysu"

"In t he th i rd pa rag raph of h is speech," "Representative Boylan continued, "Mr. Villasenor con­demns ' sec tar ian sheets ' in t h e

United S t a t e s for t h e publicity they have given t o t h e ex t r emes of religious persecution pract ised in Mexico. Does he consider tfie New York Times a sec tar ian shee t ? Th i s newspaper pr in ted an au then t i c repor t of t h e murder and assau l t on innocent men, women, and children a t Guadala­j a r a , Mexico. Does he consider S. L. A Marshal l , of t h e N o r t h American Newspaper Alliance, k ' sec tar ian ' when he says that in Mexico rel igious freedom h a s ceas­ed to ex i s t ? And finally, does he regard Rober t Hammond Murray, who has wr i t t en a splendid seriefc of art icles in Today and has pub­l ished several l e t te rs in t h e New York Times, a s a pa r t i san and ' sec tar ian ' when he describes the facts of t h e presen t persecution in Mexico? None of these gent lemen can be charged wi th hav ing any t inge of Catholic b ias . "

"It is a lie," Representative Boy­lan also said, "that Mexico has had to conquer Catholic resistance at every move toward social progress. Every attack upon the Catholic Church in Mexico during the past 200 years has coincided with a low­ering of the standard of living and abridgement of liberty, and l a s retarded social progress."

"Toward t h e end of h i s add­r e s s , " Representa t ive Boylan con­t inued. "Mr. Villasenor has the audaci ty to claim t h a t not a single one of t h e 50.000 federal emplo­yees of t h e present adminis t ra t ion h a s been discharged on account of religion. He disregards entirely t h e au then t i c repor t carried by the Associated P re s s and o t h e r na­t ional p ress services las t October —which gave t h e names and the number of those internes and nurses who had been discharged from t h e i r posit ions in hospi ta ls because of t he i r refusal t o t a k e p a r t in an ant^-God demonst ra t ion of t he Mexican Government .^ (N.C.W.C.)

CHRISTIANS P U N I S H E D BECAUSE IDOL IS STOLEN.

ARCHBISHOP DECRIES S T A T E CONTROLLED EDUCATION.

A n o t h e r Catholic P r i m e Minis ter in t h e Br i t i sh Commonwealth ha s j u s t assumed office in New Bruns ­wick, w h e r e Mr. A. Dysar t , K.C., has j u s t led t h e Liberal P a r t y to victory a t t h e recent elections. His elder brother , Hon. Andrew Dysar t , h a s been a j u d g e of t h e Court of King's Bench a t Winni­peg.

Tatsienlu, (Szechwan Province, Ch ina )—An ins tance of t h e an­noyance and opposition often m e t by miss ; onar ies comes from Yer-kalo, a li t t le vi l lage in t h e foothills of western Szechwan nea r t h e Tibetan border . The Chr is t ians of t he v ; l lage were accused by pa­g a n s of t h e Mosso t r ibe of s teal­ing an idol f rom a shr ine in t h e mounta ins and hiding i t in t h e i r chapel. The Dagans t h rea tened t o des t roy t h e village if t h e idol were not re turned.

The Chr i s t ians and t he i r mis­sionary, F a t h e r Victor Nussbaum, of the Foreign Missions of Pa r i s , were brousrht to t r ia l and obliged to pay a fine, a l though t h e accus­e r s could p rove none of t h e charges . An unusual ly heavy fine was imposed on t h e miss ionary "for not being able t o prevent t h e sacrileges commit ted by h is Chr i s ­t i ans . "

"Only those who know t h i s r e ­gion," wr i tes F a t h e r Nussbaum, "can realise w h a t f u r t h e r conse­quences m a y be exnected. T h e affair will be b rough t u p ajwun. and who can s a y w h a t we shall have to suffer." (F ides ) .

Cincinnati .—The Most Rev. John I T. McNicholas, O.P., Archbishop i of Cincinnati , warned agains t t h e I g rowing tendency toward s t a t e

control of education, in a n addres s a t t h e biennial conference of t h e Cincinnati Archdiocesan Fede ra t ion of Catholic Women.

! The Archbishop condemned t h e I t heory t h a t t h e citizen h a s no i r i gh t s except those g ran ted to h im I by t h e S ta t e , and declared t h a t

" pa ren t s have God-given r i g h t s about t h e education of t h e i r chi ldren." " A s children of God,"

I he added, " we have nat ive rights, and i t becomes t h e du ty of govern­m e n t to g u a r d them*. The Catholic Church is t h e g rea t e s t force t o declare t h a t t h e S t a t e h a s 110 t o t a l i t a r i an r i g h t s about educa­t ion ."

W a r n i n g a g a i n s t o ther encroach­m e n t s of t h e S ta t e , especially i n t h e m a t t e r of b i r t h control, H i s ExceHencey counselled h i s h e a r e r s to " b e c o m e thoroughly informed

I and Catholic-minded, then you will j recognize t h e s e m a n y dangers H I

t h e g rowing movent* of a total i ­t a r i an S t a t e (N.C.W.C)

10 MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1935.

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T H E P O P E A N D

P E A C E . History, especially mediaeval

histocy, has repeated instances of the Papacy intervening in the interest of peace and humanity, just as the greatest saints have placed themselves between the swords and daggers of contending ^parties. Suppose the world had teen left to itself, in the age of .feudalism, without the tempering •influence of the Papacy and the Catholic Church, all its decisions wquld have been rigidly and ruthlessly based on the lines of feudalism.. Again, if the world had been left to itself in the time

Jof the Renaissance and the Italian statecraft of princely potentates, at would have shaped itself to the glorification of princes. But there w a s one divine institution in the papacy and the Catholic Church that has averted such jnisfortunes, by repeatedly pro-A b u n c i n g the injunction f < Put not ytnxr trust in princes." . The critics of t h e Catholic

Church are directing afresh their taunting d a r t s a t t h e papacy by suggesting t h a t t h e Italo-Abbys-sinian t a n g l e c a n be straightened out without a n y bloodshed by the direct intervention of the Pope who has been recently crying aloud for peace. One critic in particular makes bold to say that the Catholics accept the pope as " God's represen­tative on ear th" and goes on to quote an extract of His Holiness^ allocution on the need for peace. We make no apology to reproduce the excerpt in question, as we had published ourselves in our columns the Holy Father's address in full and here we give the words again:—"That the peoples should again take up arms against the other; that the bfood of brothers should again be shed; that destruction should be scattered over land and sea and in the air—this would be a crime so heinous, a manifestation of a folly so mad, that we regard it as ab­solutely impossible." These words of * the Sovereign Pontiff are undoubtedly not mere platform rhetoric; but we are convinced

/tfcat Jthey flow from the fullness * and candour of a heart that is * espoused to the cause of peace. * ' Our critic, in his eagerness to ^ o ^ r that the Holy Father's words are just forensic fulmin*-

tions asks why the Pope, as spiritual adviser, has not told the Italians that it is against God's wishes for them to go to war, that all men are brothers, whether black or white, through the won­derful lave of Christ. Then, he says, the solidarity and prestige of the Catholic Church may be established. This certainly pro­claims the mentality of the unbelieving pharisees who sought a sign of Our Lord from heaven to prove His Godhead.

We may inform our critic and those who belong to his school of thought that the position of the papacy is not one that lends itself to spectacular dabbling in politics. The tribunal that the Pope pre­sides over is essentially a spiritual one, and should not sink to the level of a legal tribunal wherein powers of practical interference with national governments exist. Besides, it is a cardinal principle of the Church not to let Herself into any unwarranted material entanglement. Conversely, it is not permissible for secular tribu­nals, set up ostensibly in the interests of international peace, to encroach on the liberties of conscience. Such unbecoming encroachment on religious rights has induced the present situation between the Church and State in Germany, Russia and Mexico.

Where both contending fac­tions are Christian-minded it may be more feasible for the Holy Father to exert his moral influence by reason of his spiritual head­ship. It would therefore be prepos­terous to expect the Pope to put his foot down, as the head of a secular tribunal would, on the poli­tical squabbles of two disputants whose creeds differ, and who have not sought the arbitration of the Vatican. We may here recall the impartial attitude evinced by the remarks of the Supreme Pontiff when referring a fortnight ago to the Italo-Abyssinian situation, in connection with the beatifica­tion of Justin de Jacobis. The remarks on this occasion were favourably received by Sgr. Mussolini an< ^nation, while we feel sure, the Abyssinians would have felt equally satisfied with the f via mediay followed by the Pope.

It must be made sufficiently clear that there is a unique res­ponsibility attaching to the papacy, which is quite unlike that resting on diplomats. One diplo­mat may throw the blame on to another, in case of a bad break being made in statecraft, whereas the Pope is solely responsible for his words and actions. He may counsel or prescribe but he may not dictate or dominate in poli­tical matters. The deputy of Christ on earth is here to preserve by prayer and example the comity and peace of nations as Our Lord Himself did in spreading goodwill among nations during His mun­dane mission. This is precisely

PEACE AND PRAYER —CLEAN PICTURE CAMPAIGN — CATHOLIC PUBLICATIONS —PENSIONNAT OF

NOTRE DAME. Peace & Prayer.

In our presen t times when in ter­national, political, and economical relat ions between countries a r e so s t ra ined and tense as t o cause g rave fears in t h e hea r t s of people, i t mus t be ve ry comforting t o t h e peace loving world t o know it was an express wish of our Holy F a t h e r t h a t t h e Tr iduum a t Lourdes should be offered up for world peace.

When such a magnificent and edifying spectacle as the demon­s t ra t ion of Catholic uni ty and piety a t Lourdes has been wi tness­ed by t h e world, t he re can be no one who does not feel t h e t ime­liness of such united prayer , and who does no t a t t h e same t ime marvel a t t h e hear ty response Catholics of all nations have given t o th i s reques t of the Holy F a t h e r . T h e earnes tness of his wish has been realized by the whole Catho­lic World, and the th ree days of p rayer a t t h e sanctuary of Our Lady a t Lourdes was a ver i table besiege on heaven for peace.

To those who know t h e value and force of p raye r t he re can be no misgivings bu t only fa i th in the power of t h i s grea t sacrifice to Chr is t by Catholics th roughou t t h e world.

* * * * Clean P ic tu re Campaign.

The League of Decency has been doing splendid work in Amer ica and England, and to-day i t is so powerful a s t o war ran t es teem and counsel f rom t h e magna tes of t h e movie p ic ture industry. Whereas before, t h e r e was a tota l d i s regard of t h e p ro te s t s of cer ta in bodies aga ins t t h e low moral tone of pictures, i t is now apparent t h a t film producers are out t o collabor­a t e wi th t h e clean p ic ture campaign,—and they find i t pays . F igures go t o show t h a t t h e film loving public appreciate clean dramas , historical plays, and good h u m o u r ; and from the a r t i s t s ' point of view, the general opinion is t h a t more scope is offered to the i r ta len t in pictures t h a t demand a high s t anda rd of a r t .

Fi lm producers have realised t h a t if t h e y wish to main ta in a reputa t ion fo r the i r productions and hold box office sales, t hey m u s t give t h e public something more t h a n back s t a g e stuff and cabare t dress ing room scenes. The league of decency b y consistent efforts has earned t h e praise and suppor t of all p ic ture enthus ias ts , and a t t h e same t ime film producers have seized t h e opportuni ty!*) m a k e t h e league a medium whereby they can reach t h e public, get to know bet te r t h e i r likes and dislikes, and t h u s produce pictures t h a t have t h e r i g h t appeal, and give t h e bes t box office r e tu rns .

* * * * * Catholic Publications.

The necessi ty of subscribing to Catholic publications becomes in-creasmglv evident when one obser­ves t h e inaccuracies of our secular press on so many th ings Catholic.

the del icate position of t he H o l y Father , w h i c h a pre judiced o r un in i t i a ted m i n d m a y n o t ful ly apprecia te .

T h e Mexican s i tua t ion is an ill-us t ra t ion in point . To judge by t h e r epo r t s fed t o our newspapers by p re s s agencies , one would im­agine t h a t t h e Catholic Church is t h e villain- in t h e case and the Mexican gove rnmen t a n apostle of eve ry th ing t h a t is good and noble.

W h y do not t h e s e press agencies tell us t h e ac tua l fac ts of the si tua­tion, t h a t for example, a recent " l o y a l t y p a r a d e " of government employees was in real i ty a n ant i -government demonstra t ion. After informing u s of t h e "disappear­a n c e " of Archbishop Diaz, which never took place, and of a certain pas tora l l e t t e r which was never wr i t t en , w h y did no t these press agencies correct t h e false im­pression caused by the i r repor ts .

! No news of t h e anti-religious per-! secutions a r e released in thei r I t r u e colours, bu t r a t h e r these I pe rpe t ra t ions a r e subt ly covered i over a n d dis t r ibuted as so much : m a t t e r t o suppor t t h e Mexican • officials' act ions . Yes, Catholics I need t o subscr ibe t o Catholic publi-| cat ions if t h e y wish t o know the j o ther s ide, not only of t he Mexican i s i tuat ion, bu t of all events th rough-: out t h e world t h a t affect t he

Catholic religion. * * * *

Pensionnat of N o t r e Dame. | Las t week we gave an account i of the fo rmal opening of th is school j for European children. The school, I s i tua ted in congenial surroundings j on t h e Cameron Highlands, affords | t h e oppor tun i ty to Europeans to \ educate t h e i r children under I favourable cl imatic conditions and ! in a m a n n e r fitted t o the i r liking, j The European , who comes out to | th i s coun t ry finds t h e climatic and j local condit ions total ly different j to those he h a s been accustomed to. • and t h e educat ion of his children | p resen ts a difficult problem, j I t h a s been found necessary for ! Europeans t o send the i r children | home, so t h a t t hey migh t be I eouipped w i t h an education tha t j will enable t h e m t o move freely in j wes te rn society and a t t h e same j t ime receive t h a t education in I climatic conditions bes t suited to

the i r hea l th . This p a r t i n g of t h e children from

the i r p a r e n t s a t an age when the advan tages of home influence are so invaluable does much to create a feeling of e s t r angemen t between child a n d paren t . The family spir i t g radua l ly fades away and the p a r e n t s , lose touch wi th the i r children, w h o scarcely see them and probably g row up indifferent.

Th* opening of such a school supplies a long felt need, and pa ren t s will apprec ia te t h* efforts of t h e Ladies of St . Maur in

| enabling t h e m to educate their children fittingly and also preserve a spi r i t of home influence, which is ar» essential and impor tan t factor in t h e b r ing ing up of children.

" T h e r e a r e few defects t h a t are not m o r e pardonable t h a n the means t h a t a r e used to conceal t h e m . "

* * —*— —•— —*— "Our Lord t r ies those who are

generous . H e is so often disap­pointed in our t r u s t t h a t H e eager­ly seeks for a soul whom He can t ry , and rejoices when He finds one."

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1935. 1 1

CHURCH BUILDING RATE IN ENGLAND.

Catholic Increase Proportionally Greatest.

London.—A census of church buildings in t h e a r e a of Grea t e r London, carr ied ou t by a corres­pondent of t h e British Weekly, nonconformist journa l , shows t h a t the Catholic Church is progress ing at a g r e a t e r r a t e t h a n a n y of t h e specified Chr i s t i an bodies.

The comparison is be tween t h e year 1904, when t h e Daily News here took a count , and t h e presen t

These a r e t h e r e s u l t s : 1904 1935

Catholic 156 247 Church of Eng land 1,474 1,558 Methodist 452 419 Bapt is t 443 413 Congregat ional 348 300 Presby te r i an 103 113 Bre th ren 234 190 Salvation A r m y 149 140 Various 604 684 This h'st shows t h a t of t h e

decreased, while t h r e e h a v e increas­ed t h e n u m b e r of t h e i r church buildmgs, and t h a t of t h e t h r e e t h e Catholic increase h a s been propor­tionally g rea t e s t .

Some of t h e smal ler organiza­tions, l isted unde r "va r ious" m u s t have increased, unless t h e h ighe r total is t o be accounted for by an increase in t h e var ie ty .

The J ews have increased t h e number of t h e i r synagogues from 63 to 143 in t h e course of t h e period under review.

The wr i t e r in t h e Br i t i sh Review adds th i s significant no te about t h e Jewish increase:

"Jewish synagogues a re now found in 29 boroughs o r d is t r ic t s t h a t had none 30 y e a r s atro. I t is not t h a t t h e J e w s a r e mak ing con­ver ts . They a r e main ta in^ne a h igher b i r t h - r a t e , es tabl ishing businesses in favourable ne igh­borhoods, and moving into be t t e r houses and d is t r ic t s as for tune prosoers t h e m . "

The whole census shows t h a t London has one place of worsh ip for every 1,810 of population.

(N.C.W.C.)

ARCHBISHOP D E D I C A T E S N E W CATHOLIC RADIO STATION IN

COSTA RICA.

San Jose, Costa Rica.—In pres­ence of H .E . t h e Most Rev. Carlo Chiarlo, Apostolic Nuncio t o Costa Rica, Nica ragua and P a n a m a , and other pre la tes , t h e Most Rev. Ra­fael Oton Cas t ro , Archbishop of San Jose, dedicated t h e new Catholic Radio S ta t ion here .

As pa r t of t h e ceremony, Arch­bishop Cas t ro read t h e message which His Holiness Pope P i u s XI had given to t h e world when t h e Vatican S ta t ion was inaugura ted . The Nuncio spoke of St . T?aul who, he declared, would be not only a journalist b u t a radio speaker , * if he lived in t h e p re sen t epoch. The speeches of t h e dedication exer­cises were in te rspersed wi th reli­gious and nat ional a n t h e m s .

An image of t h e Sacred H e a r t , blessed t h e s ame day, was placed in the broadcas t ing s tudio. In the evening t h e Rosa ry was recited over the air .

The object of t h e new s ta t ion is to unite t h e audience in to one great Chr is t ian family and t o fur­nish this g r e a t family wi th good niusic, news, se rmons , and repor t s ^ C a t h o l i c act ivi t ies . [Lumen-NCWC]

G O S P E L f o r

NINTH S U N D A Y AFTER PENTECOST (Luke, XIX, 41-47)

At that time, when Jesus drew near to Jerusalem, seeing the I city, he wept over it , saying, If thou also hadst known, and that j in th is thy day, the things that are to thy peace: but now they j are hidden from t h y eyes . For the days shall come upon thee, and i thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee ! round, and straiten thee on every side, and beat thee fla: t o the

ground, and thy children who are in thee; and thev shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou hast not known the

I t ime of thy visitation. And entering into the Temple, he began to | cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought, saying to them, It is written, My house i s the house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves . And he was teaching daily in the Temple.

COMMENTARY. This Gospel which shows Je sus

j weeping over J e rusa l em is t aken a from t h e 19th chap te r of St . Luke . iWe r ead in i t of H i s r e t u r n from J e r i c h o , where H e h a d j u s t con­c e r t e d Zacheus. H e re tu rned to ^Jerusalem. This w a s t o be His Jlast vis i t to th i s ci ty, for h i s jPass ion was to begin ve ry soon. oHe sen t ahead of h i m two of h is [•disciples to p repare t h e las t Supper, j i t is a t th i s occasion t h a t J e sus

' seeing t h e c i ty" wep t over it.

W h y ? Je rusa lem was t h e c i ty of God.

Jits t emple was t h e only temple built all over t h e world to t h e atrue a n d living God. Upon Je ru -jjsalem had God showered t o r r e n t s jjof g races . Israel w a s His chosen ppeople. Jesus t h e Redeemer had Icome a t last , at t h e end of a s t r i n g jjof centur ies , to fulfil t h e promises jjmade by different p rophe t s . Still, ^Jerusalem pers is ted in he r in-

j j g ra t i t ude . Je rusa lem, t h e city of l^God, w a s going in a few days to Ikill God-made-Man. Jesus does Inot mind this at all. He weeps | because H e foresees t h e fa te of t h e | ung ra t e fu l city. T h e fu ture pass-jjes before His divine eyes as a film oof p resen t events . H e sees t h e i fu tu re and He weeps. S t . Mat thew, | when telling us a b o u t this same jjpassage, records t h e words uttered jjby t h e Divine M a s t e r at that pain-3ful occasion: " Je rusa lem, Je ru -Isalem, thou t h a t kil lest t h e p ro-| p h e t s , and s tones t t h e m t h a t a r e jjsent un to thee, how often would I jjhave ga thered t o g e t h e r t h y child-aren, a s t h e hen do th g a t h e r h e r ichickens under h e r wings , and thou |woulds t no t ! " | The fa te of J e rusa l em. a Je rusa lem was t h e metropolis of oGod. God had t r i ed every th ing to fcall h e r back t o H i m . She would | no t , however, l is ten to t h e words jjof mercy. She would follow t h e apath of self des t ruc t ion and s h ^ iwould follow i t t o t h e end. T h e jjRomans decided t o conquer h e r jjand t h e y did i t . T i t u s besieged gher a t Eas t e r in t h e yea r 70. The

DIOCESE O F MALACCA. Calendar for the week.

August 11. Sunday—9th Sunday After Pentecost. Mass and Vespers of t h e Sunday .

August 12. Monday—St. Clare . August 13. Tuesday—Ss. Hip-

polytus and Cassian. August 14. Wednesday—Vigil of

The Assumption. Fast and Abstinence?

August 15. Thursday—The As­sumption of the Blessed V . M. D a y of Obligation Mass and Vespers of t h e Feas t .

August 16. Friday—St. Joachim, F a t h e r of t h e B. V. M.

August 17. Saturday—St. H y a ­cinth .

siege lasted unti l Augus t . Th< city, a s usual was filled up t o capa-j city by thousands and thousands j of pi lgr ims who had come to thei E a s t e r celebrat ions. A t t h e beg-| inning of t h e siege, m a n y Chr is - [

j t i ans escaped to the^ mountains,] fulfilling t o t h e le t te r t h e wordsi of t he i r Master . A t r ench wasi cast round her , so a s t o make! escape a most difficult t a sk . Thebi Romans , in order t o in t imida te thej^ Jews , used t o crucify five hundred pr isoners every day. A t las t , t hey had t o s top i t , because t h e y had no more wood for the crosses. Would not these crucifixions have reminded t h e heardened J e w s of a crucifixion which t hey had carr ied out yea r s before?

A famine set in, na tura l ly . J e r emias ' prophecy was fulfilled and t h e r e were mothers w h o were bound by circumstances t o devour the i r own children. The Temple, t h e pr ide of Israel , was li terally b u r n t down and wi th i t t h e . h o p e s of t h e i r supremacy over t h e world. A t las t Je rusa lem was captured . ] I t s inhab i tan t s were sca t te red to t h e four corners of t h e world, like ashes of a dead civilization. Thei pagan his tor ians who re l a t e thej s iege of Jerusa lem a re unanimous in a t t r i bu t ing i ts fa te to a divine punishment .

T h e fa te of human J e m s a l e m s . Th i s Gospel teaches us a raagni-i

ficent lesson. I t teaches us t h a t t h e r e should not be any play with J e s u s ' call. All of us h a v e been called by God. He has done every­t h i n g for us . His providence isi guid ing us t h rough l i f e j n ^ m o s t j | loving manner . Still, t h e r e is un-i gra tefulness a t t h e bot tom of our h e a r t s .

Unhappy for us, Jesus will weep over us , a s He did over Jesusa lem. Our fa te will be sealed fo r ever. The kingdom if Heaven suffers violence, we a r e told. L e t us therefore force us into i t , by anyj m e a n s within ou r possession. Le t u s steal i t away, like the good thief j w h o did not know how t o live any­how he knew how to die.

DIOCESE OF MACAO. CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH.

Calendar for the week.

A u g u s t 11 . S u n d a y — N i n t h Sun­d a y a f t e r Pentecost . Green ves tments . P rope r of t h e Mass in t h e "Small Missa l* p.207. Second collect of S t s . Tibur t ius a n d Susana . Th i rd "O A l m i g h t y " p.110, f ou r th " O God" p.60. Credo. P r e ­face of t h e Bl. T r in i ty . Vespers of t h e Sunday a t 5 p.m.

A u g u s t 12. Monday—St . Clara . Virgin . Double.

A u g u s t 13. T u e s d a y — S t s . Hip-polytus and Cassian, M a r t y r s . Simple.

A u g u s t 14. Wednesday—Vigi l of t h e Assumpt ion of Our Lady .

A u g u s t 15. T h u r s d a y — T h e As­sumption of Our Lady in to Heaven. Holy Day of Obli­gat ion. Masses a t 5.30, 6 and 7 a.m. P rope r of t h e Mass in t h e "Small Missal" p.296. General Communion of Chil­dren up t o 14 y e a r s a t t h e las t Mass.

A u g u s t 16. F r i d a y — S t . Joachim, f a t h e r of t h e B.V.M. Double of t h e second class. Abst inen­ce. Even ing service a t 5.30.

A u g u s t 17. S a t u r d a y — S t . Hyacin-t h u s ? Confessor. Double.

ARCHBISHOP DE GUEBRIANT LAID TO REST IN TOWN

OF HIS BIRTH.

MARIST BROTHERS* EDUCA­TIONAL WORK IN CHINA.

Peking . — T h r e e of t h e five schools mainta ined b y t h e Bro the r s of M a r y in Pek ing a r e now com­pletely staffed by Chinese members of t h e order. T h e Bro thers have 17 schools in China .

Till now t h e Mar i s t Bro the r s ; have conducted t h e i r own normal j school, but th is is th rea tened by a | recent decree of t h e Government j which requires t h e Bro thers to [ a t t end the s t a t e schools to secure j a teacher ' s license. (F ides) .

JEWISH INVESTMENTS IN PALESTINE ARE HEAVY.

Jerusalem.—According to figures by t h e National Fund for t h e Reconstruct ion of Israel , s o m e $25,000 000 has already been in­vested in t h e different b ranches of Zionism in Palestine.

Thanks to t he Fund 's efforts, t h e Jewish population in the Holy Land h a s been quadrupled since 1921. I t is s ta ted t h a t some 25,000 new agricul tural colonists will be b rought to Pales t ine over a period of years t h rough t h e Hebrew Agencv. (N.C.W.C.)

Pa r i s .—The r ema ins of t h e Most Rev. J e a n B. de Guebr iant , la te Super ior General of t h e Fore ign Missions of P a r i s , have been finally laid t o res t in his n a t a l town, S t . Pol de Leon in t h e diocese of Quimper , t h e u t t e r m o s t point of B r i t t a n y .

A t least 2,000 people claimed t h e honour of watch ing all n igh t beside t h e b ie r and t h e peasan t s asked to be allowed t o c a r r y t h e caske t from t h e fami ly c h a t e a u t a r t h e ancient a n d celebrated ca the­dra l . The edifice be ing too small t o accommodate all t h e people, only t h e clergy could be admi t ted . T h e r e were Archbishops , Bishops and pr ies ts , a n d t h e Annami t e semina r i s t s whom t h e deceased p re la te was educat ing in t h e College of St . Pol de Leon. Among t h o s e p r e s e n t w e r e t h e Archb i shop of Rennes , M g r Rene Mignen, F a t h e r Rober t , successor to Arch­b i shop de Guebr i an t a t t h e Rue du Bac, and the P re fec t of t h e Depar t ­m e n t of F in i s t e r e . The Most Rev. Adolphe Duparc , Bishop of Quim­per , preached t h e sermon, in which h e reviewed t h e miss ionary life of t h e g r e a t p re l a t e and emphasized h i s forgetfulness of self a n d love of souls. [Lumen-NCWC.]

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T H E P O P E A N D

P E A C E . History, especially mediaeval

histocy, has repeated instances of the Papacy intervening in the interest of peace and humanity, just as the greatest saints have placed themselves between the swords and daggers of contending ^parties. Suppose the world had teen left to itself, in the age of .feudalism, without the tempering •influence of the Papacy and the Catholic Church, all its decisions wquld have been rigidly and ruthlessly based on the lines of feudalism.. Again, if the world had been left to itself in the time

Jof the Renaissance and the Italian statecraft of princely potentates, at would have shaped itself to the glorification of princes. But there w a s one divine institution in the papacy and the Catholic Church that has averted such jnisfortunes, by repeatedly pro-A b u n c i n g the injunction f < Put not ytnxr trust in princes." . The critics of t h e Catholic

Church are directing afresh their taunting d a r t s a t t h e papacy by suggesting t h a t t h e Italo-Abbys-sinian t a n g l e c a n be straightened out without a n y bloodshed by the direct intervention of the Pope who has been recently crying aloud for peace. One critic in particular makes bold to say that the Catholics accept the pope as " God's represen­tative on ear th" and goes on to quote an extract of His Holiness^ allocution on the need for peace. We make no apology to reproduce the excerpt in question, as we had published ourselves in our columns the Holy Father's address in full and here we give the words again:—"That the peoples should again take up arms against the other; that the bfood of brothers should again be shed; that destruction should be scattered over land and sea and in the air—this would be a crime so heinous, a manifestation of a folly so mad, that we regard it as ab­solutely impossible." These words of * the Sovereign Pontiff are undoubtedly not mere platform rhetoric; but we are convinced

/tfcat Jthey flow from the fullness * and candour of a heart that is * espoused to the cause of peace. * ' Our critic, in his eagerness to ^ o ^ r that the Holy Father's words are just forensic fulmin*-

tions asks why the Pope, as spiritual adviser, has not told the Italians that it is against God's wishes for them to go to war, that all men are brothers, whether black or white, through the won­derful lave of Christ. Then, he says, the solidarity and prestige of the Catholic Church may be established. This certainly pro­claims the mentality of the unbelieving pharisees who sought a sign of Our Lord from heaven to prove His Godhead.

We may inform our critic and those who belong to his school of thought that the position of the papacy is not one that lends itself to spectacular dabbling in politics. The tribunal that the Pope pre­sides over is essentially a spiritual one, and should not sink to the level of a legal tribunal wherein powers of practical interference with national governments exist. Besides, it is a cardinal principle of the Church not to let Herself into any unwarranted material entanglement. Conversely, it is not permissible for secular tribu­nals, set up ostensibly in the interests of international peace, to encroach on the liberties of conscience. Such unbecoming encroachment on religious rights has induced the present situation between the Church and State in Germany, Russia and Mexico.

Where both contending fac­tions are Christian-minded it may be more feasible for the Holy Father to exert his moral influence by reason of his spiritual head­ship. It would therefore be prepos­terous to expect the Pope to put his foot down, as the head of a secular tribunal would, on the poli­tical squabbles of two disputants whose creeds differ, and who have not sought the arbitration of the Vatican. We may here recall the impartial attitude evinced by the remarks of the Supreme Pontiff when referring a fortnight ago to the Italo-Abyssinian situation, in connection with the beatifica­tion of Justin de Jacobis. The remarks on this occasion were favourably received by Sgr. Mussolini an< ^nation, while we feel sure, the Abyssinians would have felt equally satisfied with the f via mediay followed by the Pope.

It must be made sufficiently clear that there is a unique res­ponsibility attaching to the papacy, which is quite unlike that resting on diplomats. One diplo­mat may throw the blame on to another, in case of a bad break being made in statecraft, whereas the Pope is solely responsible for his words and actions. He may counsel or prescribe but he may not dictate or dominate in poli­tical matters. The deputy of Christ on earth is here to preserve by prayer and example the comity and peace of nations as Our Lord Himself did in spreading goodwill among nations during His mun­dane mission. This is precisely

PEACE AND PRAYER —CLEAN PICTURE CAMPAIGN — CATHOLIC PUBLICATIONS —PENSIONNAT OF

NOTRE DAME. Peace & Prayer.

In our presen t times when in ter­national, political, and economical relat ions between countries a r e so s t ra ined and tense as t o cause g rave fears in t h e hea r t s of people, i t mus t be ve ry comforting t o t h e peace loving world t o know it was an express wish of our Holy F a t h e r t h a t t h e Tr iduum a t Lourdes should be offered up for world peace.

When such a magnificent and edifying spectacle as the demon­s t ra t ion of Catholic uni ty and piety a t Lourdes has been wi tness­ed by t h e world, t he re can be no one who does not feel t h e t ime­liness of such united prayer , and who does no t a t t h e same t ime marvel a t t h e hear ty response Catholics of all nations have given t o th i s reques t of the Holy F a t h e r . T h e earnes tness of his wish has been realized by the whole Catho­lic World, and the th ree days of p rayer a t t h e sanctuary of Our Lady a t Lourdes was a ver i table besiege on heaven for peace.

To those who know t h e value and force of p raye r t he re can be no misgivings bu t only fa i th in the power of t h i s grea t sacrifice to Chr is t by Catholics th roughou t t h e world.

* * * * Clean P ic tu re Campaign.

The League of Decency has been doing splendid work in Amer ica and England, and to-day i t is so powerful a s t o war ran t es teem and counsel f rom t h e magna tes of t h e movie p ic ture industry. Whereas before, t h e r e was a tota l d i s regard of t h e p ro te s t s of cer ta in bodies aga ins t t h e low moral tone of pictures, i t is now apparent t h a t film producers are out t o collabor­a t e wi th t h e clean p ic ture campaign,—and they find i t pays . F igures go t o show t h a t t h e film loving public appreciate clean dramas , historical plays, and good h u m o u r ; and from the a r t i s t s ' point of view, the general opinion is t h a t more scope is offered to the i r ta len t in pictures t h a t demand a high s t anda rd of a r t .

Fi lm producers have realised t h a t if t h e y wish to main ta in a reputa t ion fo r the i r productions and hold box office sales, t hey m u s t give t h e public something more t h a n back s t a g e stuff and cabare t dress ing room scenes. The league of decency b y consistent efforts has earned t h e praise and suppor t of all p ic ture enthus ias ts , and a t t h e same t ime film producers have seized t h e opportuni ty!*) m a k e t h e league a medium whereby they can reach t h e public, get to know bet te r t h e i r likes and dislikes, and t h u s produce pictures t h a t have t h e r i g h t appeal, and give t h e bes t box office r e tu rns .

* * * * * Catholic Publications.

The necessi ty of subscribing to Catholic publications becomes in-creasmglv evident when one obser­ves t h e inaccuracies of our secular press on so many th ings Catholic.

the del icate position of t he H o l y Father , w h i c h a pre judiced o r un in i t i a ted m i n d m a y n o t ful ly apprecia te .

T h e Mexican s i tua t ion is an ill-us t ra t ion in point . To judge by t h e r epo r t s fed t o our newspapers by p re s s agencies , one would im­agine t h a t t h e Catholic Church is t h e villain- in t h e case and the Mexican gove rnmen t a n apostle of eve ry th ing t h a t is good and noble.

W h y do not t h e s e press agencies tell us t h e ac tua l fac ts of the si tua­tion, t h a t for example, a recent " l o y a l t y p a r a d e " of government employees was in real i ty a n ant i -government demonstra t ion. After informing u s of t h e "disappear­a n c e " of Archbishop Diaz, which never took place, and of a certain pas tora l l e t t e r which was never wr i t t en , w h y did no t these press agencies correct t h e false im­pression caused by the i r repor ts .

! No news of t h e anti-religious per-! secutions a r e released in thei r I t r u e colours, bu t r a t h e r these I pe rpe t ra t ions a r e subt ly covered i over a n d dis t r ibuted as so much : m a t t e r t o suppor t t h e Mexican • officials' act ions . Yes, Catholics I need t o subscr ibe t o Catholic publi-| cat ions if t h e y wish t o know the j o ther s ide, not only of t he Mexican i s i tuat ion, bu t of all events th rough-: out t h e world t h a t affect t he

Catholic religion. * * * *

Pensionnat of N o t r e Dame. | Las t week we gave an account i of the fo rmal opening of th is school j for European children. The school, I s i tua ted in congenial surroundings j on t h e Cameron Highlands, affords | t h e oppor tun i ty to Europeans to \ educate t h e i r children under I favourable cl imatic conditions and ! in a m a n n e r fitted t o the i r liking, j The European , who comes out to | th i s coun t ry finds t h e climatic and j local condit ions total ly different j to those he h a s been accustomed to. • and t h e educat ion of his children | p resen ts a difficult problem, j I t h a s been found necessary for ! Europeans t o send the i r children | home, so t h a t t hey migh t be I eouipped w i t h an education tha t j will enable t h e m t o move freely in j wes te rn society and a t t h e same j t ime receive t h a t education in I climatic conditions bes t suited to

the i r hea l th . This p a r t i n g of t h e children from

the i r p a r e n t s a t an age when the advan tages of home influence are so invaluable does much to create a feeling of e s t r angemen t between child a n d paren t . The family spir i t g radua l ly fades away and the p a r e n t s , lose touch wi th the i r children, w h o scarcely see them and probably g row up indifferent.

Th* opening of such a school supplies a long felt need, and pa ren t s will apprec ia te t h* efforts of t h e Ladies of St . Maur in

| enabling t h e m to educate their children fittingly and also preserve a spi r i t of home influence, which is ar» essential and impor tan t factor in t h e b r ing ing up of children.

" T h e r e a r e few defects t h a t are not m o r e pardonable t h a n the means t h a t a r e used to conceal t h e m . "

* * —*— —•— —*— "Our Lord t r ies those who are

generous . H e is so often disap­pointed in our t r u s t t h a t H e eager­ly seeks for a soul whom He can t ry , and rejoices when He finds one."

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1935. 1 1

CHURCH BUILDING RATE IN ENGLAND.

Catholic Increase Proportionally Greatest.

London.—A census of church buildings in t h e a r e a of Grea t e r London, carr ied ou t by a corres­pondent of t h e British Weekly, nonconformist journa l , shows t h a t the Catholic Church is progress ing at a g r e a t e r r a t e t h a n a n y of t h e specified Chr i s t i an bodies.

The comparison is be tween t h e year 1904, when t h e Daily News here took a count , and t h e presen t

These a r e t h e r e s u l t s : 1904 1935

Catholic 156 247 Church of Eng land 1,474 1,558 Methodist 452 419 Bapt is t 443 413 Congregat ional 348 300 Presby te r i an 103 113 Bre th ren 234 190 Salvation A r m y 149 140 Various 604 684 This h'st shows t h a t of t h e

decreased, while t h r e e h a v e increas­ed t h e n u m b e r of t h e i r church buildmgs, and t h a t of t h e t h r e e t h e Catholic increase h a s been propor­tionally g rea t e s t .

Some of t h e smal ler organiza­tions, l isted unde r "va r ious" m u s t have increased, unless t h e h ighe r total is t o be accounted for by an increase in t h e var ie ty .

The J ews have increased t h e number of t h e i r synagogues from 63 to 143 in t h e course of t h e period under review.

The wr i t e r in t h e Br i t i sh Review adds th i s significant no te about t h e Jewish increase:

"Jewish synagogues a re now found in 29 boroughs o r d is t r ic t s t h a t had none 30 y e a r s atro. I t is not t h a t t h e J e w s a r e mak ing con­ver ts . They a r e main ta in^ne a h igher b i r t h - r a t e , es tabl ishing businesses in favourable ne igh­borhoods, and moving into be t t e r houses and d is t r ic t s as for tune prosoers t h e m . "

The whole census shows t h a t London has one place of worsh ip for every 1,810 of population.

(N.C.W.C.)

ARCHBISHOP D E D I C A T E S N E W CATHOLIC RADIO STATION IN

COSTA RICA.

San Jose, Costa Rica.—In pres­ence of H .E . t h e Most Rev. Carlo Chiarlo, Apostolic Nuncio t o Costa Rica, Nica ragua and P a n a m a , and other pre la tes , t h e Most Rev. Ra­fael Oton Cas t ro , Archbishop of San Jose, dedicated t h e new Catholic Radio S ta t ion here .

As pa r t of t h e ceremony, Arch­bishop Cas t ro read t h e message which His Holiness Pope P i u s XI had given to t h e world when t h e Vatican S ta t ion was inaugura ted . The Nuncio spoke of St . T?aul who, he declared, would be not only a journalist b u t a radio speaker , * if he lived in t h e p re sen t epoch. The speeches of t h e dedication exer­cises were in te rspersed wi th reli­gious and nat ional a n t h e m s .

An image of t h e Sacred H e a r t , blessed t h e s ame day, was placed in the broadcas t ing s tudio. In the evening t h e Rosa ry was recited over the air .

The object of t h e new s ta t ion is to unite t h e audience in to one great Chr is t ian family and t o fur­nish this g r e a t family wi th good niusic, news, se rmons , and repor t s ^ C a t h o l i c act ivi t ies . [Lumen-NCWC]

G O S P E L f o r

NINTH S U N D A Y AFTER PENTECOST (Luke, XIX, 41-47)

At that time, when Jesus drew near to Jerusalem, seeing the I city, he wept over it , saying, If thou also hadst known, and that j in th is thy day, the things that are to thy peace: but now they j are hidden from t h y eyes . For the days shall come upon thee, and i thy enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee ! round, and straiten thee on every side, and beat thee fla: t o the

ground, and thy children who are in thee; and thev shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone, because thou hast not known the

I t ime of thy visitation. And entering into the Temple, he began to | cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought, saying to them, It is written, My house i s the house of prayer, but you have made it a den of thieves . And he was teaching daily in the Temple.

COMMENTARY. This Gospel which shows Je sus

j weeping over J e rusa l em is t aken a from t h e 19th chap te r of St . Luke . iWe r ead in i t of H i s r e t u r n from J e r i c h o , where H e h a d j u s t con­c e r t e d Zacheus. H e re tu rned to ^Jerusalem. This w a s t o be His Jlast vis i t to th i s ci ty, for h i s jPass ion was to begin ve ry soon. oHe sen t ahead of h i m two of h is [•disciples to p repare t h e las t Supper, j i t is a t th i s occasion t h a t J e sus

' seeing t h e c i ty" wep t over it.

W h y ? Je rusa lem was t h e c i ty of God.

Jits t emple was t h e only temple built all over t h e world to t h e atrue a n d living God. Upon Je ru -jjsalem had God showered t o r r e n t s jjof g races . Israel w a s His chosen ppeople. Jesus t h e Redeemer had Icome a t last , at t h e end of a s t r i n g jjof centur ies , to fulfil t h e promises jjmade by different p rophe t s . Still, ^Jerusalem pers is ted in he r in-

j j g ra t i t ude . Je rusa lem, t h e city of l^God, w a s going in a few days to Ikill God-made-Man. Jesus does Inot mind this at all. He weeps | because H e foresees t h e fa te of t h e | ung ra t e fu l city. T h e fu ture pass-jjes before His divine eyes as a film oof p resen t events . H e sees t h e i fu tu re and He weeps. S t . Mat thew, | when telling us a b o u t this same jjpassage, records t h e words uttered jjby t h e Divine M a s t e r at that pain-3ful occasion: " Je rusa lem, Je ru -Isalem, thou t h a t kil lest t h e p ro-| p h e t s , and s tones t t h e m t h a t a r e jjsent un to thee, how often would I jjhave ga thered t o g e t h e r t h y child-aren, a s t h e hen do th g a t h e r h e r ichickens under h e r wings , and thou |woulds t no t ! " | The fa te of J e rusa l em. a Je rusa lem was t h e metropolis of oGod. God had t r i ed every th ing to fcall h e r back t o H i m . She would | no t , however, l is ten to t h e words jjof mercy. She would follow t h e apath of self des t ruc t ion and s h ^ iwould follow i t t o t h e end. T h e jjRomans decided t o conquer h e r jjand t h e y did i t . T i t u s besieged gher a t Eas t e r in t h e yea r 70. The

DIOCESE O F MALACCA. Calendar for the week.

August 11. Sunday—9th Sunday After Pentecost. Mass and Vespers of t h e Sunday .

August 12. Monday—St. Clare . August 13. Tuesday—Ss. Hip-

polytus and Cassian. August 14. Wednesday—Vigil of

The Assumption. Fast and Abstinence?

August 15. Thursday—The As­sumption of the Blessed V . M. D a y of Obligation Mass and Vespers of t h e Feas t .

August 16. Friday—St. Joachim, F a t h e r of t h e B. V. M.

August 17. Saturday—St. H y a ­cinth .

siege lasted unti l Augus t . Th< city, a s usual was filled up t o capa-j city by thousands and thousands j of pi lgr ims who had come to thei E a s t e r celebrat ions. A t t h e beg-| inning of t h e siege, m a n y Chr is - [

j t i ans escaped to the^ mountains,] fulfilling t o t h e le t te r t h e wordsi of t he i r Master . A t r ench wasi cast round her , so a s t o make! escape a most difficult t a sk . Thebi Romans , in order t o in t imida te thej^ Jews , used t o crucify five hundred pr isoners every day. A t las t , t hey had t o s top i t , because t h e y had no more wood for the crosses. Would not these crucifixions have reminded t h e heardened J e w s of a crucifixion which t hey had carr ied out yea r s before?

A famine set in, na tura l ly . J e r emias ' prophecy was fulfilled and t h e r e were mothers w h o were bound by circumstances t o devour the i r own children. The Temple, t h e pr ide of Israel , was li terally b u r n t down and wi th i t t h e . h o p e s of t h e i r supremacy over t h e world. A t las t Je rusa lem was captured . ] I t s inhab i t an t s were sca t te red to t h e four corners of t h e world, like ashes of a dead civilization. Thei pagan his tor ians who re l a t e thej s iege of Jerusa lem a re unanimous in a t t r i bu t ing i ts fa te to a divine punishment .

T h e fa te of human J e m s a l e m s . Th i s Gospel teaches us a raagni-i

ficent lesson. I t teaches us t h a t t h e r e should not be any play with J e s u s ' call. All of us h a v e been called by God. He has done every­t h i n g for us . His providence isi guid ing us t h rough l i f e j n ^ m o s t j | loving manner . Still, t h e r e is un-i gra tefulness a t t h e bot tom of our h e a r t s .

Unhappy for us, Jesus will weep over us , a s He did over Jesusa lem. Our fa te will be sealed fo r ever. The kingdom if Heaven suffers violence, we a r e told. L e t us therefore force us into i t , by anyj m e a n s within ou r possession. Le t u s steal i t away, like the good thief j w h o did not know how t o live any­how he knew how to die.

DIOCESE OF MACAO. CHURCH OF ST. JOSEPH.

Calendar for the week.

A u g u s t 11 . S u n d a y — N i n t h Sun­d a y a f t e r Pentecost . Green ves tments . P rope r of t h e Mass in t h e "Small Missa l* p.207. Second collect of S t s . Tibur t ius a n d Susana . Th i rd "O A l m i g h t y " p.110, f ou r th " O God" p.60. Credo. P r e ­face of t h e Bl. T r in i ty . Vespers of t h e Sunday a t 5 p.m.

A u g u s t 12. Monday—St . Clara . Virgin . Double.

A u g u s t 13. T u e s d a y — S t s . Hip-polytus and Cassian, M a r t y r s . Simple.

A u g u s t 14. Wednesday—Vigi l of t h e Assumpt ion of Our Lady .

A u g u s t 15. T h u r s d a y — T h e As­sumption of Our Lady in to Heaven. Holy Day of Obli­gat ion. Masses a t 5.30, 6 and 7 a.m. P rope r of t h e Mass in t h e "Small Missal" p.296. General Communion of Chil­dren up t o 14 y e a r s a t t h e las t Mass.

A u g u s t 16. F r i d a y — S t . Joachim, f a t h e r of t h e B.V.M. Double of t h e second class. Abst inen­ce. Even ing service a t 5.30.

A u g u s t 17. S a t u r d a y — S t . Hyacin-t h u s ? Confessor. Double.

ARCHBISHOP DE GUEBRIANT LAID TO REST IN TOWN

OF HIS BIRTH.

MARIST BROTHERS* EDUCA­TIONAL WORK IN CHINA.

Peking . — T h r e e of t h e five schools mainta ined b y t h e Bro the r s of M a r y in Pek ing a r e now com­pletely staffed by Chinese members of t h e order. T h e Bro thers have 17 schools in China .

Till now t h e Mar i s t Bro the r s ; have conducted t h e i r own normal j school, but th is is th rea tened by a | recent decree of t h e Government j which requires t h e Bro thers to [ a t t end the s t a t e schools to secure j a teacher ' s license. (F ides) .

JEWISH INVESTMENTS IN PALESTINE ARE HEAVY.

Jerusalem.—According to figures by t h e National Fund for t h e Reconstruct ion of Israel , s o m e $25,000 000 has already been in­vested in t h e different b ranches of Zionism in Palestine.

Thanks to t he Fund 's efforts, t h e Jewish population in the Holy Land h a s been quadrupled since 1921. I t is s ta ted t h a t some 25,000 new agricul tural colonists will be b rought to Pales t ine over a period of years t h rough t h e Hebrew Agencv. (N.C.W.C.)

Pa r i s .—The r ema ins of t h e Most Rev. J e a n B. de Guebr iant , la te Super ior General of t h e Fore ign Missions of P a r i s , have been finally laid t o res t in his n a t a l town, S t . Pol de Leon in t h e diocese of Quimper , t h e u t t e r m o s t point of B r i t t a n y .

A t least 2,000 people claimed t h e honour of watch ing all n igh t beside t h e b ie r and t h e peasan t s asked to be allowed t o c a r r y t h e caske t from t h e fami ly c h a t e a u t a r t h e ancient a n d celebrated ca the­dra l . The edifice be ing too small t o accommodate all t h e people, only t h e clergy could be admi t ted . T h e r e were Archbishops , Bishops and pr ies ts , a n d t h e Annami t e semina r i s t s whom t h e deceased p re la te was educat ing in t h e College of St . Pol de Leon. Among t h o s e p r e s e n t w e r e t h e Archb i shop of Rennes , M g r Rene Mignen, F a t h e r Rober t , successor to Arch­b i shop de Guebr i an t a t t h e Rue du Bac, and the P re fec t of t h e Depar t ­m e n t of F in i s t e r e . The Most Rev. Adolphe Duparc , Bishop of Quim­per , preached t h e sermon, in which h e reviewed t h e miss ionary life of t h e g r e a t p re l a t e and emphasized h i s forgetfulness of self a n d love of souls. [Lumen-NCWC.]

12 M A L A Y A C A T H O U C LEADER, SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 19S5.

SOCIAL SCIENCE. (Continued from page 6)

especially t h e final cause to which in t h e las t r e s o r t t h e y owe t h e i r social cha rac t e r . Y e t i t is con­cerned only w i t h pa r t i cu l a r social fac t s , not w i t h t h e l aws t h a t con­t ro l t h e m , a n d i t i s the re fore d i s t inc t f rom social philosophy, t h e phi losophy of collective being (e tre collectif). B u t if social

phi losophy i s d i s t inc t f rom sociology i t is also d i s t i nc t f rom social e th ics . L ike m e t a p h y s i c s , i t is a science of being ana lys ing t h e d e t e r m i n a n t l aws , l aws which a re n o r m s w i t h o u t be ing mora l laws.

T h e paral le l func t ions of social phi losophy a n d sociology may be i l lus t ra ted b y t h o s e of empirical a n d ra t iona l psychology. Rational psychology is no t opposed to em­pir ical p sycho logy ; i t is i t s com­plement . B u t whi le empirical psychology ana lyses psychological p h e n o m e n a in t h e i r mani fes ta t ions , r a t i ona l psychology deals wi th m o r e fundamen ta l a n d universal laws , for i t i s only concerned wi th t h e pr inciples t h a t underl ie - all psycho-physica l in te rac t ions . So­cial phi losophy the re fo re will env i sage t h e v e r y n a t u r e of society a n d of social ac t iv i t ies . Such a social phi losophy h a s ye t to b e cons t ruc ted , i t s e lements exist bu t a r e sca t t e red t h r o u g h works on sociology, on social h is tory , on ethnology. T h e r e still r emains t h e t a s k of g a t h e r i n g t h e s e elements a n d of co-ordinat ing t h e m into a conrolete doc t r ine of society which will be based on a n analys is of t h e n a t u r e e i t he r of society in general o r of a pa r t i cu l a r society wi th i t s social ac t iv i t ies a n d cus toms .

I t is of even g r e a t e r importance to realise Jbhe dis t inct ion between sociology a n d social e th ics . Socio­logy is no longer concerned wi th w h a t society should be bu t wi th w h a t i t is , and so h a s definitely lef t t h e domain of e thics . Ye t unt i l now social e th ics a s a science h a s been pract ical ly non-existent , for unless we consider t h e social fac t a s someth ing d i s t inc t from a m e r e a g g r e g a t e of individual facts , social e thics cannot be dis t inguish­ed from, personal e th ics . If we r e g a r d t he social fac t a s a mere m e n t a l laws of society, and finally jec t ive rea l i ty t h e n social ethics canno t claim t o be a n autonomous science. In d i s t ingu ish ing social e th ics from sociology we do not isola te t h e m . They remain int i ­m a t e l y connected b u t need not for t h a t reason fuse in to one science.

Individual h u m a n act ions a r e considered b y psychology; bu t individual h u m a n ac t ions in t h e concrete , t h o u g h n o t identical w i t h the i r mora l i ty , a r e never the­less so closely l inked w i th i t t h a t t h e y can n e v e r evade t h e sanction

of mora l l a w s v Similar ly , t h o u g h sociology remains d is t inc t f rom social e th ics , a n y society a s a social f ac t is inevi tably subjec t t o t h e mora l laws t h a t govern h u m a n society in v i r tue of a common end. T h u s i t is t h e p a r t of social e thics t o de te rmine which act ions a r e expedient in v i r t ue of t h e common good and, since i t is p a r t and parcel of m a n ' s n a t u r e t h a t he should live in society, h is personal good and t h e common good a r e l inked. Man m u s t seek t h e com­mon good if he is t o achieve t h e end imposed on h i m by his n a t u r e . Th is ontological necess i ty which is rooted in t h e v e r y n a t u r e of t h i n g s entai ls mora l obligations.

T h e connection between socio­logy and social e th ics h a s g r e a t pract ical impor tance . Social e th ics largely depends for mora l j udg ­m e n t s on sociology, for i t can never j udge t h e ac t iv i t ies of t h e economic, t h e political and t h e na­t ional life fair ly unless i t recognis­es all t h a t t h e va r ious act ivi t ies r epresen t explicitly o r by implica­t ion. Wi thou t t h i s p re l iminary sociological knowledge social e th ics can have no cons t ruc t ive value, for no t unti l t h i s connection of socio­logy wi th social e th ics is realised will moral is ts be able t o gauge t h e full bear ing of social phenomena. B u t when sociologists and mora l ­i s t s alike realise m o r e clearly t h e mutua l dependence of sociology and social ethics, t h e y will become more d iscr iminat ing in the i r j u d g ­m e n t s and more balanced in t h e i r a t t e m p t s a t social re form. F o r t h e i r efforts will be guided b v a scientific knowledge which derives from t h e considerat ion of facts in t h e l ight of t h e principles t h a t m u s t control all social act ivi t ies .

T h e t e r m 'social science, ' t hen , i s generic and covers all t h e sciences t h a t deal e i the r directly o r indirectly w i th social pheno­mena . Bu t a m o n g t h e m t h e r e a r e t h r e e t h a t a r e p r e d o m i n a n t : So­ciology which ana lyses and des­cribes social f a c t s ; Social Phi lo­sophy which deals w i th funda­menta l laws of «ocei ty , and finally Social Ethics which establ ishes t h e laws t h a t govern social con­duct . Social e th ics m a y e i the r r e s t r i c t itself to t h e na tu ra l o rder and base i ts laws on r i g h t reason or consider social life in t h e super­na tu r a l order a n d establ ish i t s laws on fa i th and char i ty . The recognition of such dis t inct ions is t h e necessary p re l iminary to co­ordinat ion, and unless co-ordina­t ion is achieved t h e s t udy of social science will only bege t confusion, much unbalanced t each ing , and no las t ing resul t s .

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AMNESTY G R A N T TO JERUSALEM PRISONERS.

Je rusa lm.—To m a r k t h e si lver jub i lee and t h e b i r t h d a y of King George V of Eng land , t h e Bri t ish H igh Commissioner fo r Palest ine a n d Trans jo rdan ia h a s g ran ted an a m n e s t y t o those convicted in t h e Tiot s of s ix y e a r s ago, when t rouble broke out be tween Arabs and Jews in t h e Holy Land.

T h e p resen t peaceful condition of t h e coun t ry and improved inter-communal re la t ions justified such a generous m e a s u r e of clemency, which was received wi th deep ap­precia t ion by all Pales t in ians .

There were h a p p y scenes outside the J e r u s a l e m and Acre Pr isons when t h e p r i sone r s we re released. T h e latter were welcomed bv hundreds of their re la t ives and friends. (N.C.W.C.)

PROTESTANTS PRAISE CATHO­LIC RURAL W E L F A R E WORK.

Montreal .—Work of St . F r anc i s Xav ie r Univers i ty , Ant igonish , Nova Scotia, in o rgan iz ing r u r a l communi t ies was ci ted a t t h e an­nual mee t ing of t h e Montreal and O t t a w a Conference of t h e Uni ted Church of Canada, which compri ­ses t h e Methodis t , P r e sby t e r i an a n d Congregat ional bodies.

Professor K ing Gordon, one of t h e leading m e m b e r s of t h e Uni ted Church , told of a recen t visi t t o Antagon ish and sa id t h a t t h r o u g h t h e efforts of t h e Catholic clergy t h e r e in organizing t h e ru ra l a r ea s on a co-operative bas i s in t h e m a r ­ke t ing of f a r m produce he w a s able to predict " a r emarkab le eco­nomic, cultural and spi r i tual t r a n s ­format ion in t h a t e a s t e r n section of t h e c o u n t r y / ' [Lumen -NCWC]

If one were to s tudy the die ts of m a n y of t h e local families, it will be a t once real ised t h a t m a n y of t h e m do not unde r s t and the im­por tance of including frui ts or green leafy vegetables in t h e i r diet , and t h a t for fa i lure to a t t ach a due impor tance to such vegetable products , they pay a t remendous penal ty no t only in t h e shape of a i lments and inabil i ty t o pu t in an adequate amount of work, but also in t h e shape of medicines, tonics o r exilirs t o p reven t themselves from becoming subject t o frequent a t t acks of mis te r ious or "unac­countable" diseases. In view of t h i s t h e following e x t r a c t t aken from a leaflet ent i t led Canadian Vegetables for every day issued by t h e D e p a r t m e n t of Agricul ture a t O t t awa m a y not be wi thout in­te res t to our r e a d e r s :

"Vegetables raw, vegetables freshly cooked, or vegetables can­ned- should be included in each day ' s menu . Vegetables all supply v i tamins , minerals , wa te r and bulk. Some provide carbohydra te in considerable quan t i ty , and others furnish prote in . Two generous servings of non-s tarchy vegetable, one s t a r c h y and one r a w green vegetable o r tomatoes , every day , is a good rule . -

"Vegetables F a m i s h Minerals. Iron, calcium, phosphorus , magne­sium, sulphur , copper and o t h e r necessary minera ls a r e found in va ry ing amoun t s . T h e proper

combinat ions wi th each other make t hem easily utilized in body react ions .

Vegetables Supply Vitamins: Vi t amins p romote g rowth and heal th . The vegetable in which t hey a r e most abundan t a r e spin­ach, tomatoes , cabbage and lettuce, bu t o the r s contain t h e s e essential food elements in smaller amounts.

"Vegetables Aid in Eliminating Po i sons : The coarse fibrous mate­rial in t h e leaf and s tem vegeta­bles, as well a s t h e framework of t h e root vegetables, does more to free t h e body of poisonous waste t h a n a n y artificial method.

Some Vegetables Supply Pro­te in . Legumes (peas , beans and lentils) contain a h igh nmnortion of pro te in or t i ssue bui ldmg ma­ter ia l , and due t o t h e i r low cost a re a valuable source.

" S t a r c h y Vegetables . Roots and tubers , such as pota toes , parsnips and also those in which t h e seed is used, as corn, peas and beans, give us a sa t i s fac tory supply of s t a rch .

"Vegetables a s Hood Regula­to r s . Some foods leave an acid ash o r residue in t h e blood after b e ; n g broken down or burned in t h e bodv. These acid fonn ing foods a r e mea t . fish. eggs, poultry, cereals, c rackers and bread. Some other foods, among which a r e frui ts and vegetables, leave an alkaline ash. A balanced di*t will avoid acid­osis. W e should therefore use an abundance of f ru i t s and vegetables in t h e daily d ie t . "

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ACTIVITIES D E F I N E D AS N O T P U R E L Y SECULAR

THE CONVERSION OF AN AGED WIZARD IN A

SISTERS' LEPER ASYLUM.

Detroi t ,—Answer ing a n art icle in t he Amer ican ECCLESIASTI­CAL R E V I E W by t h e Rev. Dr . Edward V. Dafgin of Croton Fails, N. Y., who expressed t h e judg­ment t h a t t h e act iv i t ies of t h e Rev. Char les E . Coughlin, pas tor of t h e ^Shrine of t h e L i t t l e Flower at Royal Oak, Mich., "cons t i tu te direct violat ions of ex is t ing Canon Law," a f ront-page edi tor ial in t h e current issue of T H E MICHIGAN CATHOLIC, official newspaper of the Diocese of Detroi t , challenges this conclusion and adds t h a t "all fair-minded citizens wi th a sense of social jus t ice ag ree t h a t F a t h e r Coughlin h a s done more t h a n any other individual to popularize the social t each ings of t h e Church . "

Recalling t h a t F a t h e r Dargin ' s article quoted legislation of t h e III Plenary Council of Ba l t imore com­manding pr ies t s t o abs t a in from the public discussion of political or secular m a t t e r s , T h e Michigan Catholic editorial declares t h a t " t he act ivi t ies of F a t h e i r Coughlin do not come under t h e admonit ion referred t o by t h e cri t ic because t hey a r e not 'purely s e c u l a r / "

Canon Law Provis ions . " I t is t r u e , as t h e cri t ic says , "

t h e editorial continues, " t h a t t h e new code of Canon L a w forbids a p r i e s t t o pract ice medicine or en­te r business . But t h e code care­fully avoids incorpora t ing t h e de­cree of t h e Council of Bal t imore concerning 'purely secular ' affairs. When t h e bes t i n t e re s t s of Aus­t r ia demanded his service, t h e la te Msgr. Seipel, wi th t h e knowledge of t h e Vat ican, acted a s Chancel­lor for yea r s , and t h e Holy See did not object .

"The Croton Falls cr i t ic t r i es to head off an objection. He con­tends t h a t t h e legislat ion of t h e Council of Bal t imore r e t a ins i t s force by v i r tue of t h e new Canon Law. As a m a t t e r of fact , t h e code merely s t a t e s t h a t t h e laws of provincial councils opposed to the new code a r e abolished. T h e critic evidently is of t h e common opinion t h a t the Council of Balt i­more has become obsolete. Eor the last 25 years p r i es t s have been unable to secure a copy of i ts de­crees because t h e y a r e out of print . F o r t h i s reason t h e Bishops are pet i t ioning t h e Holy See for a new plenary council a s t h e y con­sider t h e provisions of t h e old one inoperative."

" James Cardinal Gibbons," t h e editorial says a t t h e beginning, "once said t h a t some men seek t o achieve grea tness by continually snapping a t the heels of g r ea t *nen. At tack ing t h e Rev. Charles E. Coughlin has become a favour­ite method of a t t a i n i n g promi­nence by some who h a v e an i tch for publicity. L i t t l e l i t e ra ry gli­ders a re t r y i n g t o h i tch-hike on the g ian t plane of F a t h e r Cough-nn's popular i ty A h i t h e r t o un­known cleric from Croton Falls ,

p resumes to t a k e up the cud--gsls in hohalf of t h o sanc t i ty ,ofL

XIII and Pius XI were being d is ­tor ted in a way to injure t h e Fa i th . "

Defining Political Activi ty. "This anti-Coughlini te , , , t h e

editorial says, "claims t h e r i g h t to define political activity. Y e t t h e action of federal courts shows t h a t non-par t isan activity is not considered a political movement in the United Sta tes . The An t i -Saloon League exercised a g r e a t e r influence on legislation t han F a ­t h e r Coughlin ever a t t empted . Nevertheless, th i s league w a s exempted from filing a report on expenses because it was not con­sidered a political pa r ty .

" F a t h e r Coughlin h a s repeated­ly announce J t h a t he is organiz ing no political p a r t y . He is advocat­ing a movement championing cer­ta in principles of social j u s t i ce which men of both major p a r t i e s can uphold. If t h e Holy N a m e Sockety. which has a priest a t i t s

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Bishonr. nerfectlv capable of doing this if t hey t hough t for a moment tha t the teaching of Popes Leo

head, would adopt t h e same policy a s t h e Nat ional Union for Social Jus t ice and u rge Congress t o p a s s legislation in behalf of t h e poor and t h e working classes, it would be ac t ing in accord wi th t h e sp i r i t of certain Papa l encyclicals. B u t according to t h e Croton Fal ls cri­tic, i t would be political."

"Msgr. J o h n A. Ryan, now Director of t h e Social Action De­par tmen t , Nat ional Catholic Wel­fare Conference, was active 20 years ago in formulat ing and pas ­sing min imum wage laws in Min­nesota and o the r S ta tes , " t h e edi­torial notes. "He has champion­ed social legislation in more recen t years . He is now advocat ing a social jus t i ce amendment t o the Federal Constitution to deal w i th t h e s i tuat ion created by t h e U.S. Supreme Court decision of t h e NRA."

"Yet the Croton Falls critic, ac­cording to his in terpreta t ion of t h e Church ' s law." the paper adds ," would forbid Dr. Ryan to discuss publicly anyth ing t h a t is secular. Yea more, his in te rp re ­tat ion would prohibit many of t h e activities of t h e N.C.W.C. Social Action Depar tment . wh ; ch is t h e agent of t h e Hierarchv."

F r . CoughhVs Role. " F a t h e r Coughlin," the editorial

also says, " h a s announced t h a t his role is t h a t of a t eacher : t ^ a t t h e

(Continued at foot of next Col.)

Tatsienlu, (Szechwan Province, Ch ina )—An 80-year-old sorcerer, deaf, practically blind, and dying from leprosy, d ragged himself re­cently to the leper asylum con­ducted by the Franc iscan Mission­ar ies cf Mary in wes te rn Szech­wan, and begged t h e Sis ters to nurse his sores. He said t h a t it was too la te to t h ink about his soul.

I t was evident t h a t he had only a few weeks to live, so one of t he Chinese Sisters , aided by a Chris­t ian inmate , a converted sorcerer, set about to persuade the old man to ab ju re his black magic. He listened to the i r a r g u m e n t s and agreed wi th them, bu t one t h i n g troubled him. " I have served t h e devil for 80 years to make him my friend," he said. "I f I deser t him now he will be my enemy in t he o ther life. There is not enough t ime left me to m a k e friends wi th God. Would you w a n t me to die, then , wi thout a m a s t e r ? " All a r ­gumen t s seemed futile. A few days before •h i s dea th , however, he said t h a t he had t hough t t he m a t t e r out and wished to be bap­tized.

The l i t t le leper asylum a t Mosi-mien in Western Szechwan is one of t h e mos t d i s t an t 'outposts of Chr is t ian char i ty . I t is not fa r from t h e border of t h e forbidden kingdom of Tibet. T h e chaplain. F a t h e r Epiphanius Pegoraro , and his ass i s tan t , B r o t h e r Pascal Na-dal, were abducted dur ing t h e re ­cent communist invasion of west­e rn Szechwan, and no news has been received from them since t h e i r capture . (F ides ) .

Nat iona l Union's efforts for legis­lative measures will be left to lay leaders and t h a t he will not be a candidate for a n y political office or accept any office in t h e union ex­cept t h a t of teacher ." "There i s , " it adds , "a very fine line demarca­tion between t h e act ivi ty of t h e clergy in t ra in ing t h e lai ty and t h e assumpt ion by laymen of leader­ship in enact ing necessary legisla­t ive measures . Should t h e clergy­man who has mas te red t he s i tua­tion and has a weal th of technical information cease to advise t h e laity immediately or should he continue to assis t t h e m ? Here is a very fine point t h a t has not been I clearly determined by the Holy F a t h e r . Why, then , should a pe t ty critic use a razor blade in an effort to prove t h a t some pr ies t went a millionth of an inch beyond the nebulous line between teach­ing principles of social jus t ice and enact ing laws based on these prin­ciples?"

T h e fact t h a t t h e "Nat ional Union for Social Jus t i ce has among i ts nine million members a vas t number of P ro t e s t an t s , Jews and non-believers" goes to show, the editorial adds , " t h a t t h e teach­ings of our Divine Saviour, as in­terpre ted by t h e Popes and set forth by F a t h e r Coughlin, have a t remendous appeal to t h e h e a r t s

I of all men. And in th i s lies hope for t h e fu ture aga ins t the menace of communism.

"One of the mos t learned and ! deep-thinking Bishops of t h e

United Sta tes wr i t es to Bishop Michael J . Gallagher t h a t F a t h e r Coughlin and Msgr . Ryan a r e t h e hope of t h e count ry and a r e sav­ing tho prestigre of t h e Church be­fore t he working men of t h e coun-t r v who would o+*******&" ^r i f t in to Communism. [N.C.W.C.]

A VETERAN MISSIONARY HONOURED BY THE BRI­

TISH GOVERNMENT. Brisbane. (Aus t r a l i a ) . — The

Rev. F . X. Gsell, of t he Mission­ar ies of t h e Sacred Hearty in charge of t h e Catholic Mission among the aborigines of B a t h u r s t Island, Commonwealth Nor the rn Terr i tory , has been honoured w i t h t he t i t le of Order of t he Bri t i sh Empire . He was born in Alsace-Lorra ine and has been engaged in missionary work in New Guinea and Aust ra l ia for 30 years .

When he began his apostolate among t h e aborigines he encount­ered a t remendous bar r ie r in t h e barbarous marr iage customs whereby l i t t le girls were sold in mar r i age to old men. One day a li t t le girl r a n away from h e r peo­ple who were about to hand her over to an old chief. In dread of t h e slaverv t h a t awai ted her , she iled to F a t h e r Gsell. The priest , wi th t h e courage for which he is noted, faced the t r ibe which surrounded his house in full bat ­t le a r ray , and after m a n y long par leys persuaded t h e chief and t h e res t of t h e tr ibe to leave t h e child under h is care in exchange for some st icks of tobacco, beads and a few gaudy o rnamen t s of l i t t le value.

E v e r since tha t day F a t h e r Gsell has been buving babies from black t r ibes . He h a s t h e m educated in t h e convent conduct­ed by t h e Sis te rs of t h e Sacred H e a r t and, on a t t a in ing mar r i age ­able age, has them marr ied to Catholic boys. Thus , l i t t le by lit­t le , he has built up a Catholic com­m u n i t y among the aborigines of B a t h u r s t is land. (F ides ) .

UNUSUAL LOURDES PRIVI­L E G E S H A R E D BY SANTIAGO,

C H I L E .

Sant iago.—Through t h e init ia­t ive of Msgr. Edwards , chaplain general of t h e Army, and t h e good offices of t h e Most Rev. E t t o r e Felici, Papal Nuncio to Chile, t h e Lourdes shr ine of t h e Assump-t ionist F a t h e r s a t Sant iago enjoy­ed the same privilege as Lourdes itself, t h a t of cont inuous Masses day and n ight for th ree days . The Tr iduum coincided wi th t h a t of Lourdes except tha t , owing to dif­ference in longitude, i t began and ended five hours later.

The Papal Nuncio celebrated t h e Pontifical Mass on t h e first day. T h a t of the last day w a s celebrated by Msgr. E d w a r d s in presence of t h e Nuncio, t h e Arch­bishop of Sant iago and sev^n o t h e r Bishops.

45,000 received Holy Commu­nion dur ing the T r iduum and 30.000 persons were n resen t a t t h e procession of the Blessed Sacra­m e n t which brought t h e cere-monies to a t r i u m p h a n t cJo<*e. [Lumen-NCWC-Calcut ta Hera ld ]

R E C E N T P P O A DC A ST AN­N O U N C E M E N T S OVER

VATICAN RADIO.

Vatican City.—The dea th oc ­curred. Ju ly 9. of t h e P a t r i a r c h of Venice P ie t ro Cardinal La Fon­ta ine , who expired a t F i e t t a del Grappa wi th t h e sereni ty and joy of h e a r t t h a t was charac ter i s t ic of him in life.

B ; shoo Conrad Von Preys ing , of E ichs tad t , Germany, h a s been t r ans fe r r ed to Berlin t o succeed t h e la te Bishop Nicholas Bares .

Mgr . Carlo Serena, h i t h e r t o counsellor of the Papal Nuncia­t u r e in I ta ly , has been appointed Nuncio to Poland. [Lumen]

12 M A L A Y A C A T H O U C LEADER, SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 19S5.

SOCIAL SCIENCE. (Continued from page 6)

especially t h e final cause to which in t h e las t r e s o r t t h e y owe t h e i r social cha rac t e r . Y e t i t is con­cerned only w i t h pa r t i cu l a r social fac t s , not w i t h t h e l aws t h a t con­t ro l t h e m , a n d i t i s the re fore d i s t inc t f rom social philosophy, t h e phi losophy of collective being (e tre collectif). B u t if social

phi losophy i s d i s t inc t f rom sociology i t is also d i s t i nc t f rom social e th ics . L ike m e t a p h y s i c s , i t is a science of being ana lys ing t h e d e t e r m i n a n t l aws , l aws which a re n o r m s w i t h o u t be ing mora l laws.

T h e paral le l func t ions of social phi losophy a n d sociology may be i l lus t ra ted b y t h o s e of empirical a n d ra t iona l psychology. Rational psychology is no t opposed to em­pir ical p sycho logy ; i t is i t s com­plement . B u t whi le empirical psychology ana lyses psychological p h e n o m e n a in t h e i r mani fes ta t ions , r a t i ona l psychology deals wi th m o r e fundamen ta l a n d universal laws , for i t i s only concerned wi th t h e pr inciples t h a t underl ie - all psycho-physica l in te rac t ions . So­cial phi losophy the re fo re will env i sage t h e v e r y n a t u r e of society a n d of social ac t iv i t ies . Such a social phi losophy h a s ye t to b e cons t ruc ted , i t s e lements exist bu t a r e sca t t e red t h r o u g h works on sociology, on social h is tory , on ethnology. T h e r e still r emains t h e t a s k of g a t h e r i n g t h e s e elements a n d of co-ordinat ing t h e m into a conrolete doc t r ine of society which will be based on a n analys is of t h e n a t u r e e i t he r of society in general o r of a pa r t i cu l a r society wi th i t s social ac t iv i t ies a n d cus toms .

I t is of even g r e a t e r importance to realise Jbhe dis t inct ion between sociology a n d social e th ics . Socio­logy is no longer concerned wi th w h a t society should be bu t wi th w h a t i t is , and so h a s definitely lef t t h e domain of e thics . Ye t unt i l now social e th ics a s a science h a s been pract ical ly non-existent , for unless we consider t h e social fac t a s someth ing d i s t inc t from a m e r e a g g r e g a t e of individual facts , social e thics cannot be dis t inguish­ed from, personal e th ics . If we r e g a r d t he social fac t a s a mere m e n t a l laws of society, and finally jec t ive rea l i ty t h e n social ethics canno t claim t o be a n autonomous science. In d i s t ingu ish ing social e th ics from sociology we do not isola te t h e m . They remain int i ­m a t e l y connected b u t need not for t h a t reason fuse in to one science.

Individual h u m a n act ions a r e considered b y psychology; bu t individual h u m a n ac t ions in t h e concrete , t h o u g h n o t identical w i t h the i r mora l i ty , a r e never the­less so closely l inked w i th i t t h a t t h e y can n e v e r evade t h e sanction

of mora l l a w s v Similar ly , t h o u g h sociology remains d is t inc t f rom social e th ics , a n y society a s a social f ac t is inevi tably subjec t t o t h e mora l laws t h a t govern h u m a n society in v i r tue of a common end. T h u s i t is t h e p a r t of social e thics t o de te rmine which act ions a r e expedient in v i r t ue of t h e common good and, since i t is p a r t and parcel of m a n ' s n a t u r e t h a t he should live in society, h is personal good and t h e common good a r e l inked. Man m u s t seek t h e com­mon good if he is t o achieve t h e end imposed on h i m by his n a t u r e . Th is ontological necess i ty which is rooted in t h e v e r y n a t u r e of t h i n g s entai ls mora l obligations.

T h e connection between socio­logy and social e th ics h a s g r e a t pract ical impor tance . Social e th ics largely depends for mora l j udg ­m e n t s on sociology, for i t can never j udge t h e ac t iv i t ies of t h e economic, t h e political and t h e na­t ional life fair ly unless i t recognis­es all t h a t t h e va r ious act ivi t ies r epresen t explicitly o r by implica­t ion. Wi thou t t h i s p re l iminary sociological knowledge social e th ics can have no cons t ruc t ive value, for no t unti l t h i s connection of socio­logy wi th social e th ics is realised will moral is ts be able t o gauge t h e full bear ing of social phenomena. B u t when sociologists and mora l ­i s t s alike realise m o r e clearly t h e mutua l dependence of sociology and social ethics, t h e y will become more d iscr iminat ing in the i r j u d g ­m e n t s and more balanced in t h e i r a t t e m p t s a t social re form. F o r t h e i r efforts will be guided b v a scientific knowledge which derives from t h e considerat ion of facts in t h e l ight of t h e principles t h a t m u s t control all social act ivi t ies .

T h e t e r m 'social science, ' t hen , i s generic and covers all t h e sciences t h a t deal e i the r directly o r indirectly w i th social pheno­mena . Bu t a m o n g t h e m t h e r e a r e t h r e e t h a t a r e p r e d o m i n a n t : So­ciology which ana lyses and des­cribes social f a c t s ; Social Phi lo­sophy which deals w i th funda­menta l laws of «ocei ty , and finally Social Ethics which establ ishes t h e laws t h a t govern social con­duct . Social e th ics m a y e i the r r e s t r i c t itself to t h e na tu ra l o rder and base i ts laws on r i g h t reason or consider social life in t h e super­na tu r a l order a n d establ ish i t s laws on fa i th and char i ty . The recognition of such dis t inct ions is t h e necessary p re l iminary to co­ordinat ion, and unless co-ordina­t ion is achieved t h e s t udy of social science will only bege t confusion, much unbalanced t each ing , and no las t ing resul t s .

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AMNESTY G R A N T TO JERUSALEM PRISONERS.

Je rusa lm.—To m a r k t h e si lver jub i lee and t h e b i r t h d a y of King George V of Eng land , t h e Bri t ish H igh Commissioner fo r Palest ine a n d Trans jo rdan ia h a s g ran ted an a m n e s t y t o those convicted in t h e Tiot s of s ix y e a r s ago, when t rouble broke out be tween Arabs and Jews in t h e Holy Land.

T h e p resen t peaceful condition of t h e coun t ry and improved inter-communal re la t ions justified such a generous m e a s u r e of clemency, which was received wi th deep ap­precia t ion by all Pales t in ians .

There were h a p p y scenes outside the J e r u s a l e m and Acre Pr isons when t h e p r i sone r s we re released. T h e latter were welcomed bv hundreds of their re la t ives and friends. (N.C.W.C.)

PROTESTANTS PRAISE CATHO­LIC RURAL W E L F A R E WORK.

Montreal .—Work of St . F r anc i s Xav ie r Univers i ty , Ant igonish , Nova Scotia, in o rgan iz ing r u r a l communi t ies was ci ted a t t h e an­nual mee t ing of t h e Montreal and O t t a w a Conference of t h e Uni ted Church of Canada, which compri ­ses t h e Methodis t , P r e sby t e r i an a n d Congregat ional bodies.

Professor K ing Gordon, one of t h e leading m e m b e r s of t h e Uni ted Church , told of a recen t visi t t o Antagon ish and sa id t h a t t h r o u g h t h e efforts of t h e Catholic clergy t h e r e in organizing t h e ru ra l a r ea s on a co-operative bas i s in t h e m a r ­ke t ing of f a r m produce he w a s able to predict " a r emarkab le eco­nomic, cultural and spi r i tual t r a n s ­format ion in t h a t e a s t e r n section of t h e c o u n t r y / ' [Lumen -NCWC]

If one were to s tudy the die ts of m a n y of t h e local families, it will be a t once real ised t h a t m a n y of t h e m do not unde r s t and the im­por tance of including frui ts or green leafy vegetables in t h e i r diet , and t h a t for fa i lure to a t t ach a due impor tance to such vegetable products , they pay a t remendous penal ty no t only in t h e shape of a i lments and inabil i ty t o pu t in an adequate amount of work, but also in t h e shape of medicines, tonics o r exilirs t o p reven t themselves from becoming subject t o frequent a t t acks of mis te r ious or "unac­countable" diseases. In view of t h i s t h e following e x t r a c t t aken from a leaflet ent i t led Canadian Vegetables for every day issued by t h e D e p a r t m e n t of Agricul ture a t O t t awa m a y not be wi thout in­te res t to our r e a d e r s :

"Vegetables raw, vegetables freshly cooked, or vegetables can­ned- should be included in each day ' s menu . Vegetables all supply v i tamins , minerals , wa te r and bulk. Some provide carbohydra te in considerable quan t i ty , and others furnish prote in . Two generous servings of non-s tarchy vegetable, one s t a r c h y and one r a w green vegetable o r tomatoes , every day , is a good rule . -

"Vegetables F a m i s h Minerals. Iron, calcium, phosphorus , magne­sium, sulphur , copper and o t h e r necessary minera ls a r e found in va ry ing amoun t s . T h e proper

combinat ions wi th each other make t hem easily utilized in body react ions .

Vegetables Supply Vitamins: Vi t amins p romote g rowth and heal th . The vegetable in which t hey a r e most abundan t a r e spin­ach, tomatoes , cabbage and lettuce, bu t o the r s contain t h e s e essential food elements in smaller amounts.

"Vegetables Aid in Eliminating Po i sons : The coarse fibrous mate­rial in t h e leaf and s tem vegeta­bles, as well a s t h e framework of t h e root vegetables, does more to free t h e body of poisonous waste t h a n a n y artificial method.

Some Vegetables Supply Pro­te in . Legumes (peas , beans and lentils) contain a h igh nmnortion of pro te in or t i ssue bui ldmg ma­ter ia l , and due t o t h e i r low cost a re a valuable source.

" S t a r c h y Vegetables . Roots and tubers , such as pota toes , parsnips and also those in which t h e seed is used, as corn, peas and beans, give us a sa t i s fac tory supply of s t a rch .

"Vegetables a s Hood Regula­to r s . Some foods leave an acid ash o r residue in t h e blood after b e ; n g broken down or burned in t h e bodv. These acid fonn ing foods a r e mea t . fish. eggs, poultry, cereals, c rackers and bread. Some other foods, among which a r e frui ts and vegetables, leave an alkaline ash. A balanced di*t will avoid acid­osis. W e should therefore use an abundance of f ru i t s and vegetables in t h e daily d ie t . "

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ACTIVITIES D E F I N E D AS N O T P U R E L Y SECULAR

THE CONVERSION OF AN AGED WIZARD IN A

SISTERS' LEPER ASYLUM.

Detroi t ,—Answer ing a n art icle in t he Amer ican ECCLESIASTI­CAL R E V I E W by t h e Rev. Dr . Edward V. Dafgin of Croton Fails, N. Y., who expressed t h e judg­ment t h a t t h e act iv i t ies of t h e Rev. Char les E . Coughlin, pas tor of t h e ^Shrine of t h e L i t t l e Flower at Royal Oak, Mich., "cons t i tu te direct violat ions of ex is t ing Canon Law," a f ront-page edi tor ial in t h e current issue of T H E MICHIGAN CATHOLIC, official newspaper of the Diocese of Detroi t , challenges this conclusion and adds t h a t "all fair-minded citizens wi th a sense of social jus t ice ag ree t h a t F a t h e r Coughlin h a s done more t h a n any other individual to popularize the social t each ings of t h e Church . "

Recalling t h a t F a t h e r Dargin ' s article quoted legislation of t h e III Plenary Council of Ba l t imore com­manding pr ies t s t o abs t a in from the public discussion of political or secular m a t t e r s , T h e Michigan Catholic editorial declares t h a t " t he act ivi t ies of F a t h e i r Coughlin do not come under t h e admonit ion referred t o by t h e cri t ic because t hey a r e not 'purely s e c u l a r / "

Canon Law Provis ions . " I t is t r u e , as t h e cri t ic says , "

t h e editorial continues, " t h a t t h e new code of Canon L a w forbids a p r i e s t t o pract ice medicine or en­te r business . But t h e code care­fully avoids incorpora t ing t h e de­cree of t h e Council of Bal t imore concerning 'purely secular ' affairs. When t h e bes t i n t e re s t s of Aus­t r ia demanded his service, t h e la te Msgr. Seipel, wi th t h e knowledge of t h e Vat ican, acted a s Chancel­lor for yea r s , and t h e Holy See did not object .

"The Croton Falls cr i t ic t r i es to head off an objection. He con­tends t h a t t h e legislat ion of t h e Council of Bal t imore r e t a ins i t s force by v i r tue of t h e new Canon Law. As a m a t t e r of fact , t h e code merely s t a t e s t h a t t h e laws of provincial councils opposed to the new code a r e abolished. T h e critic evidently is of t h e common opinion t h a t the Council of Balt i­more has become obsolete. Eor the last 25 years p r i es t s have been unable to secure a copy of i ts de­crees because t h e y a r e out of print . F o r t h i s reason t h e Bishops are pet i t ioning t h e Holy See for a new plenary council a s t h e y con­sider t h e provisions of t h e old one inoperative."

" James Cardinal Gibbons," t h e editorial says a t t h e beginning, "once said t h a t some men seek t o achieve grea tness by continually snapping a t the heels of g r ea t *nen. At tack ing t h e Rev. Charles E. Coughlin has become a favour­ite method of a t t a i n i n g promi­nence by some who h a v e an i tch for publicity. L i t t l e l i t e ra ry gli­ders a re t r y i n g t o h i tch-hike on the g ian t plane of F a t h e r Cough-nn's popular i ty A h i t h e r t o un­known cleric from Croton Falls ,

p resumes to t a k e up the cud--gsls in hohalf of t h o sanc t i ty ,ofL

XIII and Pius XI were being d is ­tor ted in a way to injure t h e Fa i th . "

Defining Political Activi ty. "This anti-Coughlini te , , , t h e

editorial says, "claims t h e r i g h t to define political activity. Y e t t h e action of federal courts shows t h a t non-par t isan activity is not considered a political movement in the United Sta tes . The An t i -Saloon League exercised a g r e a t e r influence on legislation t han F a ­t h e r Coughlin ever a t t empted . Nevertheless, th i s league w a s exempted from filing a report on expenses because it was not con­sidered a political pa r ty .

" F a t h e r Coughlin h a s repeated­ly announce J t h a t he is organiz ing no political p a r t y . He is advocat­ing a movement championing cer­ta in principles of social j u s t i ce which men of both major p a r t i e s can uphold. If t h e Holy N a m e Sockety. which has a priest a t i t s

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Bishonr. nerfectlv capable of doing this if t hey t hough t for a moment tha t the teaching of Popes Leo

head, would adopt t h e same policy a s t h e Nat ional Union for Social Jus t ice and u rge Congress t o p a s s legislation in behalf of t h e poor and t h e working classes, it would be ac t ing in accord wi th t h e sp i r i t of certain Papa l encyclicals. B u t according to t h e Croton Fal ls cri­tic, i t would be political."

"Msgr. J o h n A. Ryan, now Director of t h e Social Action De­par tmen t , Nat ional Catholic Wel­fare Conference, was active 20 years ago in formulat ing and pas ­sing min imum wage laws in Min­nesota and o the r S ta tes , " t h e edi­torial notes. "He has champion­ed social legislation in more recen t years . He is now advocat ing a social jus t i ce amendment t o the Federal Constitution to deal w i th t h e s i tuat ion created by t h e U.S. Supreme Court decision of t h e NRA."

"Yet the Croton Falls critic, ac­cording to his in terpreta t ion of t h e Church ' s law." the paper adds ," would forbid Dr. Ryan to discuss publicly anyth ing t h a t is secular. Yea more, his in te rp re ­tat ion would prohibit many of t h e activities of t h e N.C.W.C. Social Action Depar tment . wh ; ch is t h e agent of t h e Hierarchv."

F r . CoughhVs Role. " F a t h e r Coughlin," the editorial

also says, " h a s announced t h a t his role is t h a t of a t eacher : t ^ a t t h e

(Continued at foot of next Col.)

Tatsienlu, (Szechwan Province, Ch ina )—An 80-year-old sorcerer, deaf, practically blind, and dying from leprosy, d ragged himself re­cently to the leper asylum con­ducted by the Franc iscan Mission­ar ies cf Mary in wes te rn Szech­wan, and begged t h e Sis ters to nurse his sores. He said t h a t it was too la te to t h ink about his soul.

I t was evident t h a t he had only a few weeks to live, so one of t he Chinese Sisters , aided by a Chris­t ian inmate , a converted sorcerer, set about to persuade the old man to ab ju re his black magic. He listened to the i r a r g u m e n t s and agreed wi th them, bu t one t h i n g troubled him. " I have served t h e devil for 80 years to make him my friend," he said. "I f I deser t him now he will be my enemy in t he o ther life. There is not enough t ime left me to m a k e friends wi th God. Would you w a n t me to die, then , wi thout a m a s t e r ? " All a r ­gumen t s seemed futile. A few days before •h i s dea th , however, he said t h a t he had t hough t t he m a t t e r out and wished to be bap­tized.

The l i t t le leper asylum a t Mosi-mien in Western Szechwan is one of t h e mos t d i s t an t 'outposts of Chr is t ian char i ty . I t is not fa r from t h e border of t h e forbidden kingdom of Tibet. T h e chaplain. F a t h e r Epiphanius Pegoraro , and his ass i s tan t , B r o t h e r Pascal Na-dal, were abducted dur ing t h e re ­cent communist invasion of west­e rn Szechwan, and no news has been received from them since t h e i r capture . (F ides ) .

Nat iona l Union's efforts for legis­lative measures will be left to lay leaders and t h a t he will not be a candidate for a n y political office or accept any office in t h e union ex­cept t h a t of teacher ." "There i s , " it adds , "a very fine line demarca­tion between t h e act ivi ty of t h e clergy in t ra in ing t h e lai ty and t h e assumpt ion by laymen of leader­ship in enact ing necessary legisla­t ive measures . Should t h e clergy­man who has mas te red t he s i tua­tion and has a weal th of technical information cease to advise t h e laity immediately or should he continue to assis t t h e m ? Here is a very fine point t h a t has not been I clearly determined by the Holy F a t h e r . Why, then , should a pe t ty critic use a razor blade in an effort to prove t h a t some pr ies t went a millionth of an inch beyond the nebulous line between teach­ing principles of social jus t ice and enact ing laws based on these prin­ciples?"

T h e fact t h a t t h e "Nat ional Union for Social Jus t i ce has among i ts nine million members a vas t number of P ro t e s t an t s , Jews and non-believers" goes to show, the editorial adds , " t h a t t h e teach­ings of our Divine Saviour, as in­terpre ted by t h e Popes and set forth by F a t h e r Coughlin, have a t remendous appeal to t h e h e a r t s

I of all men. And in th i s lies hope for t h e fu ture aga ins t the menace of communism.

"One of the mos t learned and ! deep-thinking Bishops of t h e

United Sta tes wr i t es to Bishop Michael J . Gallagher t h a t F a t h e r Coughlin and Msgr . Ryan a r e t h e hope of t h e count ry and a r e sav­ing tho prestigre of t h e Church be­fore t he working men of t h e coun-t r v who would o+*******&" ^r i f t in to Communism. [N.C.W.C.]

A VETERAN MISSIONARY HONOURED BY THE BRI­

TISH GOVERNMENT. Brisbane. (Aus t r a l i a ) . — The

Rev. F . X. Gsell, of t he Mission­ar ies of t h e Sacred Hearty in charge of t h e Catholic Mission among the aborigines of B a t h u r s t Island, Commonwealth Nor the rn Terr i tory , has been honoured w i t h t he t i t le of Order of t he Bri t i sh Empire . He was born in Alsace-Lorra ine and has been engaged in missionary work in New Guinea and Aust ra l ia for 30 years .

When he began his apostolate among t h e aborigines he encount­ered a t remendous bar r ie r in t h e barbarous marr iage customs whereby l i t t le girls were sold in mar r i age to old men. One day a li t t le girl r a n away from h e r peo­ple who were about to hand her over to an old chief. In dread of t h e slaverv t h a t awai ted her , she iled to F a t h e r Gsell. The priest , wi th t h e courage for which he is noted, faced the t r ibe which surrounded his house in full bat ­t le a r ray , and after m a n y long par leys persuaded t h e chief and t h e res t of t h e tr ibe to leave t h e child under h is care in exchange for some st icks of tobacco, beads and a few gaudy o rnamen t s of l i t t le value.

E v e r since tha t day F a t h e r Gsell has been buving babies from black t r ibes . He h a s t h e m educated in t h e convent conduct­ed by t h e Sis te rs of t h e Sacred H e a r t and, on a t t a in ing mar r i age ­able age, has them marr ied to Catholic boys. Thus , l i t t le by lit­t le , he has built up a Catholic com­m u n i t y among the aborigines of B a t h u r s t is land. (F ides ) .

UNUSUAL LOURDES PRIVI­L E G E S H A R E D BY SANTIAGO,

C H I L E .

Sant iago.—Through t h e init ia­t ive of Msgr. Edwards , chaplain general of t h e Army, and t h e good offices of t h e Most Rev. E t t o r e Felici, Papal Nuncio to Chile, t h e Lourdes shr ine of t h e Assump-t ionist F a t h e r s a t Sant iago enjoy­ed the same privilege as Lourdes itself, t h a t of cont inuous Masses day and n ight for th ree days . The Tr iduum coincided wi th t h a t of Lourdes except tha t , owing to dif­ference in longitude, i t began and ended five hours later.

The Papal Nuncio celebrated t h e Pontifical Mass on t h e first day. T h a t of the last day w a s celebrated by Msgr. E d w a r d s in presence of t h e Nuncio, t h e Arch­bishop of Sant iago and sev^n o t h e r Bishops.

45,000 received Holy Commu­nion dur ing the T r iduum and 30.000 persons were n resen t a t t h e procession of the Blessed Sacra­m e n t which brought t h e cere-monies to a t r i u m p h a n t cJo<*e. [Lumen-NCWC-Calcut ta Hera ld ]

R E C E N T P P O A DC A ST AN­N O U N C E M E N T S OVER

VATICAN RADIO.

Vatican City.—The dea th oc ­curred. Ju ly 9. of t h e P a t r i a r c h of Venice P ie t ro Cardinal La Fon­ta ine , who expired a t F i e t t a del Grappa wi th t h e sereni ty and joy of h e a r t t h a t was charac ter i s t ic of him in life.

B ; shoo Conrad Von Preys ing , of E ichs tad t , Germany, h a s been t r ans fe r r ed to Berlin t o succeed t h e la te Bishop Nicholas Bares .

Mgr . Carlo Serena, h i t h e r t o counsellor of the Papal Nuncia­t u r e in I ta ly , has been appointed Nuncio to Poland. [Lumen]

14 M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1935.

TWENTY-TWO NEWLY ORDAINED PRIESTS RE-CEIVED B Y T H E HOLY

FATHER. Vat i can Ci ty .—Included in a

g r o u p of t w e n t y - t w o newly orda in­ed p r i e s t s f rom P r o p a g a n d a College w h o m H i s Holiness P o p e P i u s X I received in audience on Tuesday we re s ix Chinese, t w o New Zea landers , five I n d i a n s , one J a p a ­nese , o n e Jugos lav , t h r e e Aus t r a l i ­ans , one Dane , one Hol lander , one Lebanonese , and o n e A n n a m i t e .

H i s Hol iness , a d d r e s s i n g t h e m , rejoiced in t h e mul t ip l ic i ty of coun t r i es t h e y r ep re sen t ed , blessed t h e m a n d p rayed t h a t a b u n d a n t f ru i t s a n d graces will flow from t h e i r o rd ina t ion t o t h e pr ies thood. T h e Holy F a t h e r a lso expressed t h e w i s h t h a t t h e i r apos to la tes in t h e i r o w n coun t r i e s show t h e prec ious f ru i t s of t h e i r p r e p a r e -t ion in Rome for t h e i r p r i e s t ly and mi s s iona ry work. (N.C.W.C.)

S T . X A V I E R ' S C O L L E G E S H A N G H A I D I A M O N D J U B I L E .

Shangha i .—In connect ion wi th t h e commemora t i on t h i s y e a r of t h e 60 th a n n i v e r s a r y of i t s foundat ion , St . F r a n c i s Xavie r ' s College, Nanz ing Road , h a s pub­lished a souvenir a lbum replete w i t h p h o t o g r a p h s , reminiscences and accounts of i t s p resen t -day ac t iv i t ies . This a t t r a c t i v e volume of severa l hund red pages , which ca r r i e s a foreword b y t h e Apostolic Delega te and is p re faced w i t h a l e t t e r f rom t h e Vica r Ap. of S h a n g h a i , fu rn i shes a splendid record of t h e ach ievemen t s of S t . Xav ie r ' s f rom t h e t i m e of i t s first Rector , F a t h e r Bassu i au , in 1874, down t o B r o t h e r s F a u s t and Antonin , t h e well-known Di rec tors of r ecen t years .

Founded by t h e Venerable Benedic t Champagnac in 1817, t h e I n s t i t u t e of t h e M a r i s t B r o t h e r s , who direct St . Xav ie r ' s , is act ive a t t h e p re sen t d a y in 32 countr ies and n u m b e r s 9,232 m e m b e r s , dis­t r i b u t e d among 622 schools, 8 mis ­sions, 24 novi t ia tes , 48 j u v e n a t e s and 21 scholas t icates . T h e schools a r e a t t ended by 188,334 pupils .

In China t h e M a r i s t B r o t h e r s r u n 20 e s t ab l i shmen t s w i t h 190 B r o t h e r s and abou t 8,000 s tuden t s . S t . Xavier*s College alone h a s abou t 1,500 s t u d e n t s and, in ad­di t ion to lay professors , a staff of 34 B r o t h e r s of 7 different na t ion­al i t ies—18 F r e n c h , 6 German , 3 Chinese, 3 - Span i sh , 2 I r i sh , 1 P o r t u g u e s e and 1 Swiss . ( L u m e n ) .

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Washington.—"Well -mer i ted con­gra tu la t ions on t h e zeal a n d charac te r i s t ic energy" wi th which t h e Archbishops and Bishops of t h e United S t a t e s promote welfare of souls a r e called for by a s tudy of t h e r epor t of t h e mee t ing of t h e Bishops of t h e Uni ted S ta t e s held a t t h e Catholic Univers i ty of America las t November, His Eminence Ju l ius Cardinal Serafini, Prefec t of t h e Sacred Congregat ion of t h e Council, s t a tes in a l e t t e r received by t h e Most Rev. T h o m a s F . Lillis, Bishop of Kansas Ci ty and Ac t ing Chai rman of t h e Admin i s t r a t ive Commit tee of t h e Nat ional Catholic Welfare Con­ference.

T h e r epo r t to which Cardinal SerafinPs l e t t e r refers included a review of t h e work of t h e N.C.W.C. in t h e preceding year .

T h e l e t t e r t o Bishop Lillis follows:

"The Sacred Congregation of t h e Council h a s received t h e m i n u t e s of t h e annua l mee t ing of t h e Bishops of t h e United S t a t e s held in Wash ing ton , November, 1934, which you sen t us, wi th t h e a t t a ch ­ed repor t s .

"Af te r carefully examining them, it is mos t pleasing to me to ex tend to Your* Excellency and t o t h e o the r Bishops our well-merited congra tu­lat ions on t h e zeal and charac te r i s ­t ic e n e r g y w i t h which, in v iew of t he ac tua l c i rcumstances and conditions, you s t r ive t o p romote t h e welfare of souls.

*T cher ish t h e firm hope t h a t w h a t you h a v e in common council decided, will, by t h e grace of God, bear t h e desired f r u i t / '

(N.C.W.C.)

New York.—The Catholic Wor-| ker , month ly newspaper published

and edited by Doro thy Day and Doro thy Weston, h a s increased in circulation from 2,500 t o 110,000 in t h e shor t space of two yea r s . Moreover, repor t s indicate t h a t i t s influence is far from merely local. T h e number of suppor te rs of T h e Catholic Worker a l ready compares very favourably w i th those of T h e Daily Worker , i t s communis t ic op­ponent , though t h e l a t t e r h a s been published for m a n y years .

T h e Catholic Worke r a roused so much in teres t in Canada t h a t a Canadian Catholic Worker was s t a r t ed in Toronto last win ter . In England t h e Catholic Social Guild issued the first n u m b e r of i t s Catholic Worker on May 5, and in Aus t ra l i a plans a r e now going for­ward for t h e publication of a simi­lar paper in t h e nea r fu ture . [Lumen-NCWC]

CATHOLIC HOSPITAL F O R M E N T A L DISORDERS O P E N E D .

S h a n g h a i — " W e now recognize t h a t mos t menta l disorders can be cured. So t h e necessi ty h a s deve­loped t o change t h e asy lums for t he insane to real hospi tals for menta l diseases ." Thus , according to The Catholic Review of Shan­ghai , spoke Dr . F a n n y G. Halpern . professor of neurology and psychi­a t r y a t t h e Shanghai Nat ional Medical College and Direc tor of t he new Mercy Hospital for Nerv­ous Diseases, when t h e l a t t e r inst i ­tu t ion was officially opened recent ly in .presence of Bishop Haouisee . V i c a r Ap . of Shanghai , Mr . Lo Pa-hong, i t s founder and promotor . and an in teres ted group of about 1.000 persons . Chinese Boy scout? formed a gua rd and a band played s t i r r ing a i r s as t h e ga t e s were th rown open and a t o u r of t h e premises made by t h e vis i tors .

T h e hospital , which occupies an a rea of about 25 acres and can ac­commodate 600 pa t i en t s t o begin wi th , w a s made possible b y con­t r ibu t ions from t h e City Govern­m e n t of Grea te r Shangha i , t h e Shangha i Municipal Council, t he F rench Municipal Council, and by funds collected by Mr. Lo Pa-hong.

T h e nu r s ing will be under t he direction of Bro thers of Char i ty from Tr ie r , Germany, for t h e male depa r tmen t , and Foreign Mission Sis ters of St . Dominic, of Mary-knoll. New York, for t h e women. T h e y will be assisted by men and women g radua te nurses f rom t h e Shangha i National Medical College, for whom t h e new hospital will also se rve as a t r a in ing school. (Lumen-The Catholic Review) .

Mosquitoes And Malaria. Like many other evil-doers, the

malarial mosquiti keeps under cover I' during the day and sets out upon her

wicked work after sun-set. Then she proceeds to inject a few malarial germs into each person she bites, and

I unless the blood of her victim is pure enough, and strong enough, ti destroy these germs, they rapidly multuply, and an attack of malaria is the result.

What then is your surest method of defence? Obviously it is in keeping

I your bloid stream rich and red and 1 good. This can best be done with the

iid of Dr. Williams, Pink Pills, be-; cause these pills rapidly increase both red corpuscles and iron in the

I blood, and thus are an extraordinarily jfine blood tonic and blood builder. Chemists every-where sell them.-

COMMANDANT O'DWYER W I N S ' H O R S E S H O W CUP.

Commandan t O'Dwyer, a Catho­lic of t h e I r i sh F r e e Sta te Army, won t h e championsh ip cup a t the In te rna t iona l Horse Show at Olympia.

OUR LADY OF MADHU. (Continued from page 2)

count ry followed by t h e Benedic­t ion of t h e Blessed Sacrament . I t is a most in te res t ing s ight to see t h e va s t camp a t n igh t . Af t e r t h e evening service is over in t h e square , every pi lgr im repa i r s t o h is h u t . Then m a y be seen devotion t h e like of which one seldom sees. F a t h e r s , Mothers , chi ldren, al ike s ing hymns , c h a n t l i tanies, t h r o u g h ­out a goodly p a r t of t h e n igh t . Nobody- desires sleep, and i t is seldom t h o u g h t of till pe rhaps mid­n i g h t is nigh. E v e r y h u t h a s i t s l ight . Por tab le gas gene ra to r s m a y be seen in one h u t while i t s ne ighbours b u r n a candle. One h u t m a y have a huge Kerosene F l a r e , while a n o t h e r is satisfied wi th t h e mellow l ight of a small l an te rn . Taken aH%in all, t h e scene is one of unique brilliance.

N igh t Turned into Day. T h e t h r ee hund red acres of

g round which fo rms t h e camping g round will compare favourably in bril l iance a t n i g h t wi th t h e bes t l i t Engl i sh Rai lway Yard. There , un t i l midn igh t approaches , n igh t is t u rned into day. Singing and p r a y i n g incessant ly is t h e o rde r of t h e day—or, pe rhaps , t h e order of t h e n ight . T h e feeble voices of children of t ender yea rs blend wi th t h o s e of the i r pa ren t s . One h u t m a y sing a verse while t h e neigh­bour ing one would t a k e up t h e chorus .

Midnight Res t . I t is only as midn igh t approaches

t h a t t he s t r a ins of song die out, and pilgrims th ink of re t i r ing . And for the sleep of t h e n ight , does a u g h t seek t h e soft downy bed he is wont to use in normal life a t home, No , t h e ba re ground serves for bed, t h e s t a r s tudded sky is t h e canopy, F a t h e r s h u g t h e i r children for w a r m t h , mo the r s nest le sucklings closer to them­selves. And for a few hours t h e r e comes on the va s t camp a hush , a luli only relieved by t h e occasional hoot of an owl or t h e chi rp of a cr icket . And pi lgr ims w a n t not prolonged sleep for t h e n igh t , for t h e y long for ano the r day in t he glorious camp.

Ano the r D a y Begins . Scarce has dayl ight begun to

appear , t h e va s t camp is aga in one g r e a t scene of life and animat ion . E a r l y Masses in t h e g r o t t o of t h e camp and in var ious nooks, a t t r a c t t h e ear ly waker , while l a t e r ser­vices a r e a t t ended by t h e res t .

Then begins a n o t h e r day of joy. I t does good to one 's hea r t to do a tou r ofl t h e v a s t c a m p and observe for h imsel f t h e wonderful feeling of humi l i t y t h a t prevails among the h u g e cosmopoli tan crowd that is assembled t h e r e . Men, who! are wont t o live in luxury , may be seen s i t t ing on a n up tu rned empty box and m u n c h i n g a slice of bread for breakfas t , in place of t h e bacon and eggs of h is daily life. Everybody's fair is plain, a s befits life in camp in t h e jung le .

Camarade r i e a t t h e Ba th . B u t a v e r y s t r i k ing feature of

life in t h e camp is t h e feeling of un i ty t h a t s t a n d s ou t in bold relief. Ceylon is a coun t ry still observing dis t inct ions of <?as?te. One caste m a y no t assoc ia te wi th ano ther in normal life, bu t all those distinc­t ions a r e forgot ten in t h e jungle home of t h e Holy Mother. The r ich and t h e poor al ike meet on one common ground of fellowship. The commercial m a g n a t e may be seen f r a t e rn i s ing wi th h is clerk, the d is t inguished legal practit ioner wi th his peon. B u t i t is a t the huge b a t h i n g t a n k s of t h e camp t h a t one sees t h e feeling of cama­rader ie a t i t s he igh t . There a re no dis t inct ions , all are brothers alike. Women, a t the i r t anks , are s i s te rs all. F r o m t h e early hours of t h e day t h e ba th ing t anks are patronised. They a r e filled with filtered w a t e r d rawn from the mons t e r t a n k h a r d by t h e Shrine, and a r e avai lable t o all and sundry-alike. Thousands m a y b a t h e to­ge the r , f o r t h e t anks fill auto­matical ly a s t h e y are emptied. He re one m a y see t h e new fledged ba r r i s t e r , w i th memories of call n igh t still f resh in his mind, lend his cake of f r a g r a n t s o a p ' t o the cooly bady ba th ing beside him, in exchange for t h e loan of the l a t t e r ' s e m p t y bar ley t in to serve as a b a t h i n g pail. Here one may see t h e r i ckshaw puller of normal life holding h igh confab witli the luxurious mo to r owner. Here the employer of thousands ba the with t h e cooly, t h e Company Director wi th t h e j un io r clerk. The bathing t a n k s a r e indeed a s ight worth seeing. T h e tropical sun is fierce in t h e e x t r e m e in t h a t p a r t of the country , where in s tands t h e Shrine, bu t t h e thousands of pilgrims sca t te red t h r o u g h o u t t he vast camp, ref reshed by a ba the in t h e cool and p u r e w a t e r of t h e tank, feel a s if by a mag ic touch a pecu­l iar coolness t h a t las ts throughout t h e day. (To be continued)

M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1935. 15

SPORTS NOTES CATHOLICS IN THE LIMELIGHT.

(By Our Own Correspondent . )

CRICKET.

F M S BEAT COLONY WITH FOUR * * WICKETS TO SPARE

By 4 wickets the F.M.S. cricket team triumphed over the Colony XI in Singa­pore during the holidays. Handicapped bv having to take the field with 5 re­serves and by having to play away, the winners fully deserved their success.

Pearse was unfortunate in the first innings to have been dismissed through a catch off a bump ball, for he is a potential menace to any opposition. In the second innings grim bad luck dogged him and he was caught off a really good smack at a loose ball. Ponniah was lucky to see 21 in the first innings for he should have been out earlier.

His dismissal in the second adventure was an error as the ball came off his pads it appears.

Reed's inability to make even a half century score was a sad blow to colony hopes. This fine batsman is popular everywhere because h§ attacks the bowl­ing and seldom sends the spectators to sleep. Hewan did not impress much even though he managed to collect 37, runs Dr. Hopkins could do little right. Malaya's best batsman only scrap­ed together 5 runs in 2 innings on a perfect pitch. He captured 1 wicket for 14 runs but should have had a couole more if Pearse had accepted the chances given. To blame Pearse would be un­fair for this splendid cover point fields­man has had scanty nractice in slip fielding in Sngapore while Reed who, was placed in the country is an excellent slip man.

Thompson was a bowling disappoint­ment. 1 lor 34 and 0 for 19 make poor reading but the Colony skipper preferred him to Jansen on the fateiul Monday morning when every run was valuable. Thompson however scored 37 runs at a time when runs meant a great deal. Ashworth made 13 and 18. Brooke's form as wicket keeper was no better than what we are accustomed to expect from Evan Wong who is a potential run getter and just as classy behind the stumps. Brooke is a poor batsman while Wong has every stroke in the game and is in good form at present.

Samson de Silva who was preferred to Sullivan did nothing of note. His analysis was 3 wickets for 49 runs.

J. Andres, the Ex-Xaverian of Penang, must be praised for his fine bowling.

It was his first big match and he conducted himself with credit. One bad moment he had when he shied at the wicket and missed thus giving L. de Silva his second escape. In both innings he captured in all 7 wickets for 67 runs and was not out on both occasions. His best ball was the one that bowled Van-derholt and broke a stump.

Jansen as usual hit out gallantly and made a glorious 22 runs and then 11 runs. He bowled exceedingly well and took 3 for 40 and 1 for 8. He kept the score down and dismissed Lall Singh with a corker.

Taken in all the better side won. Miller proved to be the better of the

two skippers. Mayo batted poorly but bowled efficiently. F. de Silva did not enhance his fine reputation by making only 18 in both attempts. Lall Singh w a s not quite fit and really ought not to have played. Against Thomson on Monday he was severe and punished the Penang man but when his old rival Jansen came on the scene Sint?h paid the penalty for attempting to hit Jan-ser. R eood length balls.

Bahaudin has a neat style of batting wt must have been suffering from nerves.

Laurence de Silva's 94 runs could have ? L r e a c h e d t h e C € n t u r y , so set was «*• The tragedy was in that his own r £ w e , h a d t 0 ^ v e h i m t h e walking «<*et when 6 short of the coveted total. ™ all round display was most credi-

a i n d t h o u ^ h h e h a d W « share of c a ^ C k ^ 0 n t c a n n o t h e l P saying that he

L f F ' M - S - s i d e o* h i s shoulders. ab£ f a ' t h e h e r o o f t h e Same, was for J? S e C U r e 8 ""ckets in botlr innings two hJa T l S~~"t r u l y remarkable. He had nothing e s c a p e s b u t l a t e r * a v e away

At?h-0lt^roved a s o l i d ^ r f n e r for

• ^ r t ^ j i . * * * a n d m u s t U

Dr. Moreira who made the winning hit showed us some splendid fielding. He ran well, picked up and threw in accurately and in this department of the game more than pulled his weight. Canagasabai gave us glimpses of his ex­cellent artistry with the gloves but when batting could not get going. Huntor was just Hunger, daring and powerful. In the F.M.S. 2nd innings he might have gone in to bat before Bahaudin when a few hard cracks would have won the match earlier. His bowling was always dangerous. Whitaker like Andres bowied consistently well, taking in all 7 for 81. The latters* style is however finer and he ought to go very far if he maintains his interest in Cricket.

Congratulations to the F.M.S. Hard luck to the Colony. The Catholics in the 2 teams were, as

far as we know. Colony XI: J. Andres. F.M.S. XI: F. de Silva; L. de Silva,

and Dr. W. Moreira.

HENDREN IN 'CENTURY MOOD* AGAIN.

Patsy Hendren is in the cricket news again. Yet another century has he scored, this time against Somerset at Taunton.

In making 114 he assisted his team to win the game, and is fast on the track of Hobbs who holds the record for the greatest number of centuries in first class cricket.

MR. IGNATIUS CAPTURES *FOUR JOHORE WICKETS.

Mr. Ignatius, Headmaster of the Telok Kurau English School, captured 4 Johore wickets for 28 runs when the C.S.C. were defeated by the Johore Asiatics on Saturday Well done hardy veteran!

SOCCER.

H.M.S. MALAYA CUP FINAL

SINGAPORE ELEVEN PROBABLES? The Singapore side for the H.M.S.

Malaya Cup Final against Selangor at the stadium, Kuala Lumpur, on August 10th includes the following. Catholics: A. G. Valberg; N. Hay; and Chia Keng Hock. After the poor show put up by Taylor and Dolfattah against the Ser­vices one hopes to see the fol owing, combination do duty for the Southern Settlement.

1 Said bin Sidek (goalkeeper) Fall Backs

2 Chua Boon Lay 3 Abdul Rahman

Halves 4 Hor Khoon 5 N. Hay

Forwards. 6 Chwee Chua 7 Choy Khun Onn 8 A. G. Valbenr 9 Chia Keng Hock

10 Mat Noor 11 Mahmood Hay or Boon Lay could skipper the

side.

* * * * * R.A.F., BEAT S J t C .

Last Thursday the S.R.C. were unable to maintain their 2-0 lead over the R.A.F. and were beaten finally by 4 goals to 2. Edwards (in goal), Collick (full back), Windsor, and Albuquerque (halves), A. G. Valberg, M. Valberg, Reutens and P. d'Almeida (forwards), represented the Recs.

ATHLETICS.

MEDICAL COLLEGE CARRIES • K AY-MOUAT SHIELD'

The 3rd Annual Inter College Sports were held at Raffles College ground on Saturday before a very large and enthusiastic crowd of supporters. The Medical College won the Kay-Mouat Challenge Cup by 55 points to 31.

Low Kee Pow, Ex-champion of St. Joseph's Institution, almost single handed strove gallantly to bring points to the Raffles College. He won the 100 yards flat race, the Long Jump with 21 feet 11 ins.; and the 220 years flat.

Paul Chang was 2nd in the 440 yards event.

(Continued on page 19 Col. 1 & 2)

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14 M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1935.

TWENTY-TWO NEWLY ORDAINED PRIESTS RE-CEIVED B Y T H E HOLY

FATHER. Vat i can Ci ty .—Included in a

g r o u p of t w e n t y - t w o newly orda in­ed p r i e s t s f rom P r o p a g a n d a College w h o m H i s Holiness P o p e P i u s X I received in audience on Tuesday we re s ix Chinese, t w o New Zea landers , five I n d i a n s , one J a p a ­nese , o n e Jugos lav , t h r e e Aus t r a l i ­ans , one Dane , one Hol lander , one Lebanonese , and o n e A n n a m i t e .

H i s Hol iness , a d d r e s s i n g t h e m , rejoiced in t h e mul t ip l ic i ty of coun t r i es t h e y r ep re sen t ed , blessed t h e m a n d p rayed t h a t a b u n d a n t f ru i t s a n d graces will flow from t h e i r o rd ina t ion t o t h e pr ies thood. T h e Holy F a t h e r a lso expressed t h e w i s h t h a t t h e i r apos to la tes in t h e i r o w n coun t r i e s show t h e prec ious f ru i t s of t h e i r p r e p a r e -t ion in Rome for t h e i r p r i e s t ly and mi s s iona ry work. (N.C.W.C.)

S T . X A V I E R ' S C O L L E G E S H A N G H A I D I A M O N D J U B I L E .

Shangha i .—In connect ion wi th t h e commemora t i on t h i s y e a r of t h e 60 th a n n i v e r s a r y of i t s foundat ion , St . F r a n c i s Xavie r ' s College, Nanz ing Road , h a s pub­lished a souvenir a lbum replete w i t h p h o t o g r a p h s , reminiscences and accounts of i t s p resen t -day ac t iv i t ies . This a t t r a c t i v e volume of severa l hund red pages , which ca r r i e s a foreword b y t h e Apostolic Delega te and is p re faced w i t h a l e t t e r f rom t h e Vica r Ap. of S h a n g h a i , fu rn i shes a splendid record of t h e ach ievemen t s of S t . Xav ie r ' s f rom t h e t i m e of i t s first Rector , F a t h e r Bassu i au , in 1874, down t o B r o t h e r s F a u s t and Antonin , t h e well-known Di rec tors of r ecen t years .

Founded by t h e Venerable Benedic t Champagnac in 1817, t h e I n s t i t u t e of t h e M a r i s t B r o t h e r s , who direct St . Xav ie r ' s , is act ive a t t h e p re sen t d a y in 32 countr ies and n u m b e r s 9,232 m e m b e r s , dis­t r i b u t e d among 622 schools, 8 mis ­sions, 24 novi t ia tes , 48 j u v e n a t e s and 21 scholas t icates . T h e schools a r e a t t ended by 188,334 pupils .

In China t h e M a r i s t B r o t h e r s r u n 20 e s t ab l i shmen t s w i t h 190 B r o t h e r s and abou t 8,000 s tuden t s . S t . Xavier*s College alone h a s abou t 1,500 s t u d e n t s and, in ad­di t ion to lay professors , a staff of 34 B r o t h e r s of 7 different na t ion­al i t ies—18 F r e n c h , 6 German , 3 Chinese, 3 - Span i sh , 2 I r i sh , 1 P o r t u g u e s e and 1 Swiss . ( L u m e n ) .

U. S. HIERARCHY'S WORK PRAISED BY CARD.

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Washington.—"Well -mer i ted con­gra tu la t ions on t h e zeal a n d charac te r i s t ic energy" wi th which t h e Archbishops and Bishops of t h e United S t a t e s promote welfare of souls a r e called for by a s tudy of t h e r epor t of t h e mee t ing of t h e Bishops of t h e Uni ted S ta t e s held a t t h e Catholic Univers i ty of America las t November, His Eminence Ju l ius Cardinal Serafini, Prefec t of t h e Sacred Congregat ion of t h e Council, s t a tes in a l e t t e r received by t h e Most Rev. T h o m a s F . Lillis, Bishop of Kansas Ci ty and Ac t ing Chai rman of t h e Admin i s t r a t ive Commit tee of t h e Nat ional Catholic Welfare Con­ference.

T h e r epo r t to which Cardinal SerafinPs l e t t e r refers included a review of t h e work of t h e N.C.W.C. in t h e preceding year .

T h e l e t t e r t o Bishop Lillis follows:

"The Sacred Congregation of t h e Council h a s received t h e m i n u t e s of t h e annua l mee t ing of t h e Bishops of t h e United S t a t e s held in Wash ing ton , November, 1934, which you sen t us, wi th t h e a t t a ch ­ed repor t s .

"Af te r carefully examining them, it is mos t pleasing to me to ex tend to Your* Excellency and t o t h e o the r Bishops our well-merited congra tu­lat ions on t h e zeal and charac te r i s ­t ic e n e r g y w i t h which, in v iew of t he ac tua l c i rcumstances and conditions, you s t r ive t o p romote t h e welfare of souls.

*T cher ish t h e firm hope t h a t w h a t you h a v e in common council decided, will, by t h e grace of God, bear t h e desired f r u i t / '

(N.C.W.C.)

New York.—The Catholic Wor-| ker , month ly newspaper published

and edited by Doro thy Day and Doro thy Weston, h a s increased in circulation from 2,500 t o 110,000 in t h e shor t space of two yea r s . Moreover, repor t s indicate t h a t i t s influence is far from merely local. T h e number of suppor te rs of T h e Catholic Worker a l ready compares very favourably w i th those of T h e Daily Worker , i t s communis t ic op­ponent , though t h e l a t t e r h a s been published for m a n y years .

T h e Catholic Worke r a roused so much in teres t in Canada t h a t a Canadian Catholic Worker was s t a r t ed in Toronto last win ter . In England t h e Catholic Social Guild issued the first n u m b e r of i t s Catholic Worker on May 5, and in Aus t ra l i a plans a r e now going for­ward for t h e publication of a simi­lar paper in t h e nea r fu ture . [Lumen-NCWC]

CATHOLIC HOSPITAL F O R M E N T A L DISORDERS O P E N E D .

S h a n g h a i — " W e now recognize t h a t mos t menta l disorders can be cured. So t h e necessi ty h a s deve­loped t o change t h e asy lums for t he insane to real hospi tals for menta l diseases ." Thus , according to The Catholic Review of Shan­ghai , spoke Dr . F a n n y G. Halpern . professor of neurology and psychi­a t r y a t t h e Shanghai Nat ional Medical College and Direc tor of t he new Mercy Hospital for Nerv­ous Diseases, when t h e l a t t e r inst i ­tu t ion was officially opened recent ly in .presence of Bishop Haouisee . V i c a r Ap . of Shanghai , Mr . Lo Pa-hong, i t s founder and promotor . and an in teres ted group of about 1.000 persons . Chinese Boy scout? formed a gua rd and a band played s t i r r ing a i r s as t h e ga t e s were th rown open and a t o u r of t h e premises made by t h e vis i tors .

T h e hospital , which occupies an a rea of about 25 acres and can ac­commodate 600 pa t i en t s t o begin wi th , w a s made possible b y con­t r ibu t ions from t h e City Govern­m e n t of Grea te r Shangha i , t h e Shangha i Municipal Council, t he F rench Municipal Council, and by funds collected by Mr. Lo Pa-hong.

T h e nu r s ing will be under t he direction of Bro thers of Char i ty from Tr ie r , Germany, for t h e male depa r tmen t , and Foreign Mission Sis ters of St . Dominic, of Mary-knoll. New York, for t h e women. T h e y will be assisted by men and women g radua te nurses f rom t h e Shangha i National Medical College, for whom t h e new hospital will also se rve as a t r a in ing school. (Lumen-The Catholic Review) .

Mosquitoes And Malaria. Like many other evil-doers, the

malarial mosquiti keeps under cover I' during the day and sets out upon her

wicked work after sun-set. Then she proceeds to inject a few malarial germs into each person she bites, and

I unless the blood of her victim is pure enough, and strong enough, ti destroy these germs, they rapidly multuply, and an attack of malaria is the result.

What then is your surest method of defence? Obviously it is in keeping

I your bloid stream rich and red and 1 good. This can best be done with the

iid of Dr. Williams, Pink Pills, be-; cause these pills rapidly increase both red corpuscles and iron in the

I blood, and thus are an extraordinarily jfine blood tonic and blood builder. Chemists every-where sell them.-

COMMANDANT O'DWYER W I N S ' H O R S E S H O W CUP.

Commandan t O'Dwyer, a Catho­lic of t h e I r i sh F r e e Sta te Army, won t h e championsh ip cup a t the In te rna t iona l Horse Show at Olympia.

OUR LADY OF MADHU. (Continued from page 2)

count ry followed by t h e Benedic­t ion of t h e Blessed Sacrament . I t is a most in te res t ing s ight to see t h e va s t camp a t n igh t . Af t e r t h e evening service is over in t h e square , every pi lgr im repa i r s t o h is h u t . Then m a y be seen devotion t h e like of which one seldom sees. F a t h e r s , Mothers , chi ldren, al ike s ing hymns , c h a n t l i tanies, t h r o u g h ­out a goodly p a r t of t h e n igh t . Nobody- desires sleep, and i t is seldom t h o u g h t of till pe rhaps mid­n i g h t is nigh. E v e r y h u t h a s i t s l ight . Por tab le gas gene ra to r s m a y be seen in one h u t while i t s ne ighbours b u r n a candle. One h u t m a y have a huge Kerosene F l a r e , while a n o t h e r is satisfied wi th t h e mellow l ight of a small l an te rn . Taken aH%in all, t h e scene is one of unique brilliance.

N igh t Turned into Day. T h e t h r ee hund red acres of

g round which fo rms t h e camping g round will compare favourably in bril l iance a t n i g h t wi th t h e bes t l i t Engl i sh Rai lway Yard. There , un t i l midn igh t approaches , n igh t is t u rned into day. Singing and p r a y i n g incessant ly is t h e o rde r of t h e day—or, pe rhaps , t h e order of t h e n ight . T h e feeble voices of children of t ender yea rs blend wi th t h o s e of the i r pa ren t s . One h u t m a y sing a verse while t h e neigh­bour ing one would t a k e up t h e chorus .

Midnight Res t . I t is only as midn igh t approaches

t h a t t he s t r a ins of song die out, and pilgrims th ink of re t i r ing . And for the sleep of t h e n ight , does a u g h t seek t h e soft downy bed he is wont to use in normal life a t home, No , t h e ba re ground serves for bed, t h e s t a r s tudded sky is t h e canopy, F a t h e r s h u g t h e i r children for w a r m t h , mo the r s nest le sucklings closer to them­selves. And for a few hours t h e r e comes on the va s t camp a hush , a luli only relieved by t h e occasional hoot of an owl or t h e chi rp of a cr icket . And pi lgr ims w a n t not prolonged sleep for t h e n igh t , for t h e y long for ano the r day in t he glorious camp.

Ano the r D a y Begins . Scarce has dayl ight begun to

appear , t h e va s t camp is aga in one g r e a t scene of life and animat ion . E a r l y Masses in t h e g r o t t o of t h e camp and in var ious nooks, a t t r a c t t h e ear ly waker , while l a t e r ser­vices a r e a t t ended by t h e res t .

Then begins a n o t h e r day of joy. I t does good to one 's hea r t to do a tou r ofl t h e v a s t c a m p and observe for h imsel f t h e wonderful feeling of humi l i t y t h a t prevails among the h u g e cosmopoli tan crowd that is assembled t h e r e . Men, who! are wont t o live in luxury , may be seen s i t t ing on a n up tu rned empty box and m u n c h i n g a slice of bread for breakfas t , in place of t h e bacon and eggs of h is daily life. Everybody's fair is plain, a s befits life in camp in t h e jung le .

Camarade r i e a t t h e Ba th . B u t a v e r y s t r i k ing feature of

life in t h e camp is t h e feeling of un i ty t h a t s t a n d s ou t in bold relief. Ceylon is a coun t ry still observing dis t inct ions of <?as?te. One caste m a y no t assoc ia te wi th ano ther in normal life, bu t all those distinc­t ions a r e forgot ten in t h e jungle home of t h e Holy Mother. The r ich and t h e poor al ike meet on one common ground of fellowship. The commercial m a g n a t e may be seen f r a t e rn i s ing wi th h is clerk, the d is t inguished legal practit ioner wi th his peon. B u t i t is a t the huge b a t h i n g t a n k s of t h e camp t h a t one sees t h e feeling of cama­rader ie a t i t s he igh t . There a re no dis t inct ions , all are brothers alike. Women, a t the i r t anks , are s i s te rs all. F r o m t h e early hours of t h e day t h e ba th ing t anks are patronised. They a r e filled with filtered w a t e r d rawn from the mons t e r t a n k h a r d by t h e Shrine, and a r e avai lable t o all and sundry-alike. Thousands m a y b a t h e to­ge the r , f o r t h e t anks fill auto­matical ly a s t h e y are emptied. He re one m a y see t h e new fledged ba r r i s t e r , w i th memories of call n igh t still f resh in his mind, lend his cake of f r a g r a n t s o a p ' t o the cooly bady ba th ing beside him, in exchange for t h e loan of the l a t t e r ' s e m p t y bar ley t in to serve as a b a t h i n g pail. Here one may see t h e r i ckshaw puller of normal life holding h igh confab witli the luxurious mo to r owner. Here the employer of thousands ba the with t h e cooly, t h e Company Director wi th t h e j un io r clerk. The bathing t a n k s a r e indeed a s ight worth seeing. T h e tropical sun is fierce in t h e e x t r e m e in t h a t p a r t of the country , where in s tands t h e Shrine, bu t t h e thousands of pilgrims sca t te red t h r o u g h o u t t he vast camp, ref reshed by a ba the in t h e cool and p u r e w a t e r of t h e tank, feel a s if by a mag ic touch a pecu­l iar coolness t h a t las ts throughout t h e day. (To be continued)

M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1935. 15

SPORTS NOTES CATHOLICS IN THE LIMELIGHT.

(By Our Own Correspondent . )

CRICKET.

F M S BEAT COLONY WITH FOUR * * WICKETS TO SPARE

By 4 wickets the F.M.S. cricket team triumphed over the Colony XI in Singa­pore during the holidays. Handicapped bv having to take the field with 5 re­serves and by having to play away, the winners fully deserved their success.

Pearse was unfortunate in the first innings to have been dismissed through a catch off a bump ball, for he is a potential menace to any opposition. In the second innings grim bad luck dogged him and he was caught off a really good smack at a loose ball. Ponniah was lucky to see 21 in the first innings for he should have been out earlier.

His dismissal in the second adventure was an error as the ball came off his pads it appears.

Reed's inability to make even a half century score was a sad blow to colony hopes. This fine batsman is popular everywhere because h§ attacks the bowl­ing and seldom sends the spectators to sleep. Hewan did not impress much even though he managed to collect 37, runs Dr. Hopkins could do little right. Malaya's best batsman only scrap­ed together 5 runs in 2 innings on a perfect pitch. He captured 1 wicket for 14 runs but should have had a couole more if Pearse had accepted the chances given. To blame Pearse would be un­fair for this splendid cover point fields­man has had scanty nractice in slip fielding in Sngapore while Reed who, was placed in the country is an excellent slip man.

Thompson was a bowling disappoint­ment. 1 lor 34 and 0 for 19 make poor reading but the Colony skipper preferred him to Jansen on the fateiul Monday morning when every run was valuable. Thompson however scored 37 runs at a time when runs meant a great deal. Ashworth made 13 and 18. Brooke's form as wicket keeper was no better than what we are accustomed to expect from Evan Wong who is a potential run getter and just as classy behind the stumps. Brooke is a poor batsman while Wong has every stroke in the game and is in good form at present.

Samson de Silva who was preferred to Sullivan did nothing of note. His analysis was 3 wickets for 49 runs.

J. Andres, the Ex-Xaverian of Penang, must be praised for his fine bowling.

It was his first big match and he conducted himself with credit. One bad moment he had when he shied at the wicket and missed thus giving L. de Silva his second escape. In both innings he captured in all 7 wickets for 67 runs and was not out on both occasions. His best ball was the one that bowled Van-derholt and broke a stump.

Jansen as usual hit out gallantly and made a glorious 22 runs and then 11 runs. He bowled exceedingly well and took 3 for 40 and 1 for 8. He kept the score down and dismissed Lall Singh with a corker.

Taken in all the better side won. Miller proved to be the better of the

two skippers. Mayo batted poorly but bowled efficiently. F. de Silva did not enhance his fine reputation by making only 18 in both attempts. Lall Singh w a s not quite fit and really ought not to have played. Against Thomson on Monday he was severe and punished the Penang man but when his old rival Jansen came on the scene Sint?h paid the penalty for attempting to hit Jan-ser. R eood length balls.

Bahaudin has a neat style of batting wt must have been suffering from nerves.

Laurence de Silva's 94 runs could have ? L r e a c h e d t h e C € n t u r y , so set was «*• The tragedy was in that his own r £ w e , h a d t 0 ^ v e h i m t h e walking «<*et when 6 short of the coveted total. ™ all round display was most credi-

a i n d t h o u ^ h h e h a d W « share of c a ^ C k ^ 0 n t c a n n o t h e l P saying that he

L f F ' M - S - s i d e o* h i s shoulders. ab£ f a ' t h e h e r o o f t h e Same, was for J? S e C U r e 8 ""ckets in botlr innings two hJa T l S~~"t r u l y remarkable. He had nothing e s c a p e s b u t l a t e r * a v e away

At?h-0lt^roved a s o l i d ^ r f n e r for

• ^ r t ^ j i . * * * a n d m u s t U

Dr. Moreira who made the winning hit showed us some splendid fielding. He ran well, picked up and threw in accurately and in this department of the game more than pulled his weight. Canagasabai gave us glimpses of his ex­cellent artistry with the gloves but when batting could not get going. Huntor was just Hunger, daring and powerful. In the F.M.S. 2nd innings he might have gone in to bat before Bahaudin when a few hard cracks would have won the match earlier. His bowling was always dangerous. Whitaker like Andres bowied consistently well, taking in all 7 for 81. The latters* style is however finer and he ought to go very far if he maintains his interest in Cricket.

Congratulations to the F.M.S. Hard luck to the Colony. The Catholics in the 2 teams were, as

far as we know. Colony XI: J. Andres. F.M.S. XI: F. de Silva; L. de Silva,

and Dr. W. Moreira.

HENDREN IN 'CENTURY MOOD* AGAIN.

Patsy Hendren is in the cricket news again. Yet another century has he scored, this time against Somerset at Taunton.

In making 114 he assisted his team to win the game, and is fast on the track of Hobbs who holds the record for the greatest number of centuries in first class cricket.

MR. IGNATIUS CAPTURES *FOUR JOHORE WICKETS.

Mr. Ignatius, Headmaster of the Telok Kurau English School, captured 4 Johore wickets for 28 runs when the C.S.C. were defeated by the Johore Asiatics on Saturday Well done hardy veteran!

SOCCER.

H.M.S. MALAYA CUP FINAL

SINGAPORE ELEVEN PROBABLES? The Singapore side for the H.M.S.

Malaya Cup Final against Selangor at the stadium, Kuala Lumpur, on August 10th includes the following. Catholics: A. G. Valberg; N. Hay; and Chia Keng Hock. After the poor show put up by Taylor and Dolfattah against the Ser­vices one hopes to see the fol owing, combination do duty for the Southern Settlement.

1 Said bin Sidek (goalkeeper) Fall Backs

2 Chua Boon Lay 3 Abdul Rahman

Halves 4 Hor Khoon 5 N. Hay

Forwards. 6 Chwee Chua 7 Choy Khun Onn 8 A. G. Valbenr 9 Chia Keng Hock

10 Mat Noor 11 Mahmood Hay or Boon Lay could skipper the

side.

* * * * * R.A.F., BEAT S J t C .

Last Thursday the S.R.C. were unable to maintain their 2-0 lead over the R.A.F. and were beaten finally by 4 goals to 2. Edwards (in goal), Collick (full back), Windsor, and Albuquerque (halves), A. G. Valberg, M. Valberg, Reutens and P. d'Almeida (forwards), represented the Recs.

ATHLETICS.

MEDICAL COLLEGE CARRIES • K AY-MOUAT SHIELD'

The 3rd Annual Inter College Sports were held at Raffles College ground on Saturday before a very large and enthusiastic crowd of supporters. The Medical College won the Kay-Mouat Challenge Cup by 55 points to 31.

Low Kee Pow, Ex-champion of St. Joseph's Institution, almost single handed strove gallantly to bring points to the Raffles College. He won the 100 yards flat race, the Long Jump with 21 feet 11 ins.; and the 220 years flat.

Paul Chang was 2nd in the 440 yards event.

(Continued on page 19 Col. 1 & 2)

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of the Week. REV. RRO. DGSITHEUS CON­

FERRED <LES PALMES ACADEMIQUES.'

Rev. Bro. Dos i theus , a t one t ime a t t ached t o t h e staffs of St. Joseph ' s , S ingapore , and St. F r a n ­cis 's , Malacca, b u t now a t St . Joseph ' s College, Beulah Hill, Lon­don, received L e s Pa lmes Acade-miques las t m o n t h .

Professor S a u r a t , head of t h e In s t i t u t e F r a n c a i s du Royaume Uni , conferred t h e decorat ions in t h e name of t h e F r e n c h Govern­m e n t . He said t h a t Bro. Dosi theus had w a r and l i t e r a ry records t h a t Government wished t o recognise. S i r H e n r y McAuliffe, head of t he firm of McAuliffe. Davis and Hope, presided a t t h e Field Day a t Beu-l a b Hill and dis t r ibuted t h e prizes. Those p re sen t numbered 2.000. T h e presen ta t ion to Bro. Dosi theus was m a d e a t the dinner which concluded t h e Field Day.

CARD. H L O N D AS F I R S T PA­PAL L E G A T E T O YUGOSLAVIA.

The a r r iva l of t h e first Papal Legate t o Yugoslavia was a s ta le ­ly scene, when Church, nbvern-m e h t and A r m y uni ted to do hom­age to Cardinal Hlond, P r i m a t e of Poland, sent by t h e Pope as Car-djna] Lega t e t o represen t His Holiness a t t h e Grea t National Euchar-s t ic Congress .

Regent Pr ince Paul has taken t h e g rea te s t in te res t in t h e m*epa-ra t ions for t h i s manifestat ion of F a i t h by one half of t h e nomina­t ion of Yugoslavia and he sent a representa t ive t o welcome His Eminence to Liubliana while a mil i tary sruard of honour was al­lotted.

Cardinal Hlond preached and addressed t h e reonle in t h e Cathe­dral and in t h e guard stadium in t h e Slav tongue .

DR. H . S T T T ^ ^ m - - N P * ^ VIEWS

o n S t e r i l i s a t i o n , The £an?oiss Catholic sn°-^sl*s.t.

Dr. Hs n-*dav S*ffcher%nd, give?,, as his opinion t h a t "voluntary ste?>!i-

ic; illogical, tm SC* ^nt?^ anti-social and of no general utili­t y , " bu t hi? c o n c i s i o n is fe# barb­ed on t h e ii^dlvidual case bul on g e ^ r a l n^^c^nles and obs^'Xalvon

T h e E d i t o r ^vf- t h e C a t h o ^ Times savs . "THe t a i n t of i n s a m ' v c«n and d.oe<* d*e out. T n i e i f >s kf?!ed bv ster i l isat ion, bu t so is t h e whole line of d ° sce"^an t s . Fur­ther , very l i t t le JinfSamtv r ^ d r^p-n. ta l deficiency is propagated . Near ­ly rf] of it b r e a k s ou t swmongst t h e children cf aonaren t lv sar><* r w n l e . How lit t le improvement therefore will be achieved bv s ter i l i sa t ion!

Final! v and most impor tan t , c o n f e r how much could be done bv d^ssuadmg h igh grade mental deficients f rom marrviner. The low grade ones ra re ly ge t marr ied in any case.

CUP A *T D T I > T ^MA TTO RKL A-TIONS WITH VATICAN.

Cuba h a s establ ished diplomatic re la t ions w i t h t he Vatican. F o r t h e p r e sen t one of t h e diplomatic r ep resen ta t ives of Cuba in Europe

be au tho r i s ed to represent t h e Cuban Gove rnmen t a t t h e Vat ican.

DOM. FREDERIC D U N N E O.C. S.O. FIRST AMERICAN

TRAPPIST.

An Order of Complete Self-Surrender.

T h e first Amer ican Trappist Abbot is t he t i t le borne bv Dom Freder ic Dunne, O.C.S O.. blessed as Abbot of t h e Gethsemani Monas te ry in Kentucky, U.S.A., on Mav 1st 1935 bv t h e Bishop of Louisville. He is 61. y e a r s of age and h a s been 34 y e a r s a priest . There a r e 76 members of t h e com­mun i ty a t Gethsemani , 35 a re pro­fessed religious p r i es t s and 10 choir novices. The ' av h r o t ^ ^ ^ and the i r novices n u m b e r 31 . The Trapp is t monks a r e separa ted by del iberate choice f rom the <*our of commerce and compete• on. Thev dwell apa r t absorbed in raif ir cons tant pursui t of spir i tual per­fection.

Chan t ing of t h e Divine Office and daily High Ma*2* o^cunv 6 hours in each dav. T h e Trappis t s reci te t h e Lit t le Office of th? Blessed Virgiis daily. A Trappis t devotes 5 hours each day to eccle-sfest^cal studies and spiritual read^ner. The l ib ra ry of Gethse­mani contains 40.000 volnmes. rich m Chnrch T r ^ f o r ^ . TheoVx^v. rianon I aw and L i t u r g y , in many languages .

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Nev/s has been received from our beloved Vicar General. R igh t Reverend P. Ruanda], Vicar of t he Cathedral of t h e Good Shepherd. Singapore, who is" spend':ncr a well-earned res t in France wi th his bro­ther . Both he and F a t h e r Per is -soud of K. Lumpur , v&d a visit to t h e Holy Land and found much to in teres t t h e m in th i s pi??rriniage centre.

F a t h e r Ku.audel means to tour t h e South of F rance f^o-tly. The doctor whom he consulted repor t s him free from any complaint bu t in need of much res t . V.7e w":sh him t h e verv best of heal th and a very enjoyable and beneficial vaca­tion.

1 o 'c lock Perr>etual s^jer^ce is observe-'] as

j r tr 'H' lv P S nosstble. The monks never converse with

' H i c v TT>P.V s^ealc t o th i"** Ah ho* o r <57Tr>erioT*s v/hen need Arises. A n u m b e r of conventional s*sros com-ix?tin*c?.tes rocessa ry information and suggest ions.

Each o-rive a t Gethsemani is m a r k e d vnih a s imn T e iron cross and nernvir-kle sn^eads i t s green •oveh'ne^s over t h e mounds . Ab­bot Dunne 's hobbv is Ast ronomv. H e i* a member of t h e Astronomi­cal Society of t h e Pacific.

EELGIA N MO^ T A R C H ? S FA L L ^ TO " DEATH! "

Over 15.000 pr imrose roots , ga thered from all n a r t s of F>r<r-land, have 'been nlanted around t he snot where Kinnr Albert of t h e Belgians met his t r a d e death last year . On th i s si te a^so will be erected a boa^d TJe^efordshiro oak, carved b7~ a TTerefor^ C^af^s-m?.n and bear ing t h e following in-°oription comnosed h ' 7 t he Poet L^nre^to . -John ^Taspf^eld. < < rThese •P#vfT»*>VD9-j?r£ t^*e Bri t ish tr*^^* t c Albert , t he v.*^!-beloved. Iv"-;^ j ; >b t pernetnr^ ^ - ; r o irpon them."

SGR- M f T < 5 9 < > T . T ^ | a PRISTS A T T H R E S H I N G W H E A T .

Siflm.cr Mn*c.o}ini assi.^^ed rfv--son?!Iy in t h e th>*eshinsr of t he fiv&t whea t g»*own in t h e r»^/*vr-

hourhood of t h e former Pont ine ?-a"shes. Bishop N a v a r r a of Ter racina, solemnly blessed t h e cor-ners tone of t h e suerar rf>^"p^rv b ° -fo^e i t was laid by Signor Mus­solini.

Pres ident Cardenas of Mexico • who h a s m a d e some changes in ! t he format ion of h i s new Cabinet i offers grounds of hone to Mexican j Catholics for t h e a b a t e m e n t of the

religious persecution. Three pro­minent modera tes have been given Cabinet Onices. T h e notorious Tomas Canabal h a s been dismis­sed.

A renort f rom Mexico City | s t a t e s t h a t P res iden t Cardenas has I c r an t ed an amnes ty to nersons ac-! cused of revolut ionary activities ! du r ing the pas t 29 years . This | means t ha t t housands of religious I fugit ives may now r e t u r n to the i count ry .

A . 'cjpORT' TN T H E R E A L S E N S E O F T H E WORD.

A certain Joe Su^ivan, latelv de-rrrvrn czvtnin of N^t rp "O^rpo's 1934 football eleven, should be an

He ^OHPQTCS ar»d Univers i t ies . Durin0* t h e ^ast ChHs tm^s holi-

<?P.vs in New "Vork one of JVv^s fr iends invited h im to a nisrht c*"b. XJripri-' PIC;! i ^ t P ( { ,Toe innocently accented t h e invi ta t ion, not know­ing wha t he was going to run in­to, wh^n t h e floor show come on, w*tb i t s bevv of undressed chorus gi r ls . Joe prompt lv reached for h ; s h a t and coat and qui t t he scene in r h^irry. T h a t s imnly was ro t Joe/s idea of w h a t consti tuted en-

r.rtainment and he refused

INDUSTRY M A G N A T E .

A n d r e C'troen, t h e N^no'a^^ of F r e n c h industry, died last month , and hv his death F rance has lost* a t r u ly g rea t son. He was a fine snor t sman and of course was fa­mous for his wonder car. which he bui l t t o suit t h e cost and running p ^ e n s e s of t h e m a n of average m e a n s .

A>pjTTAL METOTN** O T ? CON-' V E R T S ' AID SOCIETY.

The a^nu^.l meetin^r o * t h e ^"o^-ver t s ' Sovietv wa«5 h^ld in West­mins te r Cathedral Hall test month . A message from t h e Holv F a t h e r bestowing h is sneeia! blessing on the work was read bv Archbishop Hinsley, who presided. Othei" s roakers were t h e Arehh\shoo of Edinhurp-h and Mr. Arnold Lunn.

Lord Fi tzalan of Derv;<>nt, K.G.. Chai rman of t h e Execut ive Com­mit tee , welcomed Arr>>bishop Hin­sley as t h e new Pres ident .

to have any n a r t in I t t akes some-thmp: g rea t in a bov to smash his own curiositv, to br$>ve t th e

*ng scorn of sophis t ica tes and the disanr)omtmer»t of so cabled "good*" f n e n d s . in ord^r t o s t a^d man^ullv for an Im^ort^t r>r?ncin?p. I t is only in a h e a r t t h a t loves God truly to.at prir?cip^e can seem so TR**eci-ous. Joe's f a t h e r is Lieut . Timo­t h y Sullivan of t h e New York Police Depar tment .

L A N C A S T E R PILGRIMAGE FOR L O U R D E S .

The Lancas te r Diocesan Pi lgn-ma*?e left En<?J»r>d fn* T in <^^r)v July, pract ical ly 300 forming t h e par ty .

A I/ondon tuberculosis sufferer should have joined t h ° ^ l o r i m ^ ^ pt Folkestone >>nt in t imat ion same t h a t c b o had died.

Dr. Peanson. P i shon o^ La r o s ­te r , was t h e leader of t h e group.

MALAYA CATHOLIC gATUHDAYi W* AUGUST, 1935. 17

The Lack of Honour HERE -3D T H E R E

AN INFIDEL AND THE CATECHISM STAMPS OF ST. ANTHONY

Our Serial Story ( F O U R T H I N S T A L M E N T )

Honor "was t h e "honour s tu­dent" of her class . She was vale­dictorian and took first and double first in t h e 'belles l e t t r e s ' branches of her course, whi le rank ing well in sciences and mathemat ics .

It seemed t o Mr. Griscom, lis­tening to her w i t h a pr ide in her and love for h e r which had silently grown wi th h e r g rowth , i t s depth unguessed by a n y one, t h a t i t was not th is pa r t i a l i ty t h a t made he r valedictory different from t h e platitudes of t h e ordinary b r igh t graduate. Honor ' s skill in words was an a r t i s t ' s , h e r intui t ions so true t ha t t hey amounted to wis­dom ; s t r eng th of purpose and pro­found capacity t o do and t o bea r were revealed by her , as qualit ies of soul a re revealed in wr i t ing be­yond analysis.

After t h e g r a d u a t i n g exercises and t h e luncheon t h a t followed them, Honor took "he r family," as she called t hem, around t h e beautiful wrooded acres of t h e con­vent grounds. She showed t h e m the Lourdes g ro t t o , t h e l i t t le syl­van shrines of pa t ron sa in ts , t h e saints deares t to youth , a s simply sure of sympa thy as if t hey were not t he children of Mrs . Griscom's u l t ra-presbyter ianism. ^

"This is t he sh r ine of t he Three Kings ," Honor explained a t last . " I t is a t t he ext reme, limit of t he grounds. We all go here for t h e first t ime when we become r ib­bons. We call i t going on a pilgrimage—don' t you see? Like the Wise M e n ? I was a ribbon ages ago ? but I still feel t h e thri l l with which I se t out here . "

"A ribbon, H o n o r ? You were a ribbon? W h a t a r e you ta lk ing about " Lillie cried.

"Talking convent Engl ish , Lil-sie," Honor laughed. "The blue ribbon of mer i t , like t h e red rib­bon of t h e Legion of Honour . The 'ribbons' a re t h e girls who a re al­lowed to become Enfants-Chi ldren of Mary. We m u s t t r y to deserve it. you know. I t ' s a g rea t t h ing in our world. Oh, t h e dear world that it i s ! F m afraid to leave i t . So busy, so happy , so t ru s t ing , so innocent and s a f e ! Dear Uncle Griscom, don ' t you th ink you'd better go away a n d forget t o t ake me—like a b u n d l e ? "

"No, Honor child, I th ink t h e larger wor ld—tha t is not near ly so innocent, nor so safe^—needs you to show it w h a t you've learned here. I t will be becoming to t h a t big outside world to have a ribbon

in and on i t ." Mr. Griscom smiled a t Honor, but t h e r e was pi ty in his far-seeing eyes .

Honour sighed, t hen smiled. "Of course, I know! T h e dea r nuns work hard to fit us to wear

T H E GOLDEN S I D E . There is many a rest in the road of

life If we only would stop to take it;\

And many a tone from the better land If the querulous heart would make \

it.\ To the soul that is full of hope,

And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth,

The grass is green and the flowers are bright, I

Though the winter's storm pre-1 vaileth.

Better hope, though the clouds hang low,

And to keep the eyes still lifted, | For the sweet blue sky will soon peep

through When the ominous clouds are lifted.

There was never a night without a day, I

Or an evening without a morning, And the darkest hour, as the proverb

goes, Is the hour before the dawning.

There is many a gem in the path of life

Which we pass in our idle pleasure, • That is richer far than the jewelled \

crown: O r the miser's hoarded treasure;

It may be the the love of a little child,

Or a mother's prayer to Heaven, Or only a beggar's grateful thanks

For a cup of water given.

Better to weave in the web of life A bright and golden filling.

And to do God's will with a cheerful heart \

And hands that are ready and will-l ing,\

Than to snap the delicate, minute thread

Of our curious lives asunder, And then blame Heaven for tangled

ends, And sit and grieve and wonder.

Geoffroy, one of t h e representa­tives of infidel philosophy, could not but a d m i r e t h e catechism. These are t h e words he made use of whea address ing a numerous audience of t h e Sorbonne on the resumS of Catholic doctr ine con­tained in t h e catechism.

T h e r e is a l i t t le book which children a r e t a u g h t , and about which they a r e quest ioned in church and school—read th i s little book which is t h e catchism, and yoq will find there in t h e solution of all t h e quest ions t h a t I have t reated, of all wi thout exception.

"Ask t h e Chr is t ian whence comes t h e hy ipan race, he knows ; whi ther i t goes, he k n o w s : how it goes, he knows . Ask t h i s little child why i t is he re below, what

V y i l l happen t o it a f t e r dea th , he will give you a t ru ly subl ime ans­wer which he does no t fully un­derstand, b u t which is none t h e less admirable.

"Ask h im how t h e world has been created, and for w h a t pur­pose; why God has placed animals and plants t h e r e o n ; how t h e ear th has been peopled, whe the r by one family or by m a n y ; why people speak, in d ivers tongues, why they suffer, w h y t h e y s t ruggle and how will all t h i s end—he knowrs the answer.

"The or igin of t h e world, the origin of species, m a n ' s dest iny in this life a n d in t h e next , man ' s re-

! A poor woman in Spain whose hus -j band was in South America, and ! who had had no news of him for

a long t ime suddenly decided, one • day while praying before a s t a t u e

of St . Anthony in h e r church, to place a le t ter to he r husband in t h e hands of the s t a tue and ask St . An thony to deliver i t for her.

On r e tu rn ing to t he church t h e nex t day she was much disappoint­ed t o see t h e le t te r still in t h e h a n d s of t h e s ta tue , bu t on t a k i n g it dawn she found it was not t h e l e t t e r she had pu t t h e r e but ano­t h e r one addressed t o herself.

I t was a reply from he r husband, who s ta ted t h a t he r le t ter had been handed to him by a Franc is ­can f r ia r and t h a t he was sending h i s reply by t h e same good pr ies t .

W h e n th i s miracle became known people began to place t he i r correspondence under t h e care of t h e sa in t in var ious ways, bu t chiefly by pu t t ing t h e words " S t .

I A n t h o n y Guide," or the ini t ials ; "S.A.G.", on t h e outer covers of j t he i r le t te rs .

! la t ions to God, man ' s duty to h is I fellow man, man ' s r igh t s over crea-| t ion—he is ignorant of none of

these th ings . " T h a t is wha t I call a grand r e ­

l igion: I recognise i t by th is s i gn : t h a t it does not leave unanswered any of t he questions t h a t in teres t human i ty . "

our r ibbons in t h e world, in our hea r t s , when we can' t wea r t h e m across our b reas t s any longer. W e mus t go back to t h e convent . I 've some las t t h ings t o do . I'll leave you w i th S is te r Mar ia Angela while I change my gown and lock

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my t runk . She is my favouri te nun. I neve r could s t and i t to go, even to go home wi th you, if I weren ' t su re I 'd come back!"

Mr. Griscom looked thoroughly miserable. No one had told Honor t h a t she was to begin an indivi­dual existence on he r re tu rn .

Sister Mar ia Angela proved to be a gracious lady whose deeply-graven face revealed experience

I sweetened and se rene ; h e r years | w e r e more t h a n half a century I and her pal lour was of a t in t t h a t | declared t h e hai r hidden by her j

coif was g r a y . "We a r e giving you back the

f lGwer of ou r garden, Mr. Gris­com," S is te r Angela said. "We hold for a t ime and relinquish many, lovely and beloved girls,

; but Honor is a little more than tha t . Honor has in h e r g rea t pos­sibilities. Don ' t you th ink a capa­city t o bear , to do, to suffer is a certain prophecy of opportuni ty for these t h i n g s ? Houor will be a noble woman. We h a v e a l i t t le school jest.< The giris quote : 'How poor is he t h a t h a t h not Honor. ' You will impoverish us to-day by our lack of Honor, but w e are enr iching you."

"I know w h a t Honor is, Sister Maria Angela ," said Griscom.

But S i s t e r Angela was ftoting t he proud gleam in Rober t ' s eyes as she pra ised Honor.

"I know you all," she said. "Lillie, and t h a t Anna is marr ied and has left you, and Wally. But this is Rober t—isn ' t it ?"

"Yes, S i s te r , " Robert answered for himself. " E a s y to tell u s apart , if Honor has talked about us ."

"As she surely h a s , " smiled t h e nun. "Honor has been especially my girl f rom he r coming. And you are R o b e r t ! I see, I see." She smiled a t h im with g r e a t kindness . Something in he r pene t ra t ing , motherly look made Rober t say, unexpectedly to himself : "Honor shall a lways be safe and happy if I can secure i t—fa the r and I . "

j "Indeed I am sure of it. I have ! no fear for Honor in your hands . " | S is ter Angela said so heart i ly t h a t I Rober t drew a long brea th , feeling j a t once summoned to a t ru s t and ; brevet ted for it . | I t was a tearful, t remulous Ho­

nor whom t h e Griscoms bore away I to t h e t ra in , bu t i t was not in i you th to resis t t h e influence of | movement and the excitement of I coming for th into i ts kingdom. ; Honor cheered up into her own | lively self before t h e sparkl ing I d inner in t he dinkig-care a t n igh t , | which, like a t rue girl , she tho -| roughly enjoyed. | Mr. Griscom bore he r off a f te r I d inner to t he observation car , I bidding his young people wai t for i t he i r re tu rn . I t was long before • he and Honor got back and in t h a t

t ime t h e girl had changed. T h e r e was a shadow over h e r br igh tness , responsibil i ty in he r m a n n e r ; H o ­nor had suddenly grown older.

T h e young Griscoms knew t h a t t he i r l a t h e r had told he r of Mrs . Griscom's determinat ion t h a t Ho­nor should begin life on he r own account, no longer an inmate of the i r home. They felt sure t h a t h e had made he r feel t h a t t h i s was not done in unkindness , t h a t i t was best in every way, even t h a t he acquiesced in it, for then Honor would know t h a t it was not m e a n t unlovingly. H e m u s t have h in ted t h a t Wally 's love-making had call­ed for th t h e decision: Rober t t h o u g h t t h a t he detected a shade of self-consciousness in Honor ' s m a n n e r to his bro ther , bu t no t h im. His wise f a t h e r had not be­t r ayed to he r more t h a n Wally had al ready revealed.

Mr. Griscom had a r ranged for Honor ' s going a t first to a small boarding-house where she would be well cared for unt i l she should choose h e r pe rmanen t abode. T h e choice was ha rd for Honor to make , f r ightened and bewildered a s she was by th i s unforeseen en­t r a n c e upon an adul t world.

(Continued on page 19 Col. 3 & 4 )

16 MALAYA fcXllfOLib tJSAflfefc, § i l 4 j R U A T , lM A t l b t S T , 19&>.

of the Week. REV. RRO. DGSITHEUS CON­

FERRED <LES PALMES ACADEMIQUES.'

Rev. Bro. Dos i theus , a t one t ime a t t ached t o t h e staffs of St. Joseph ' s , S ingapore , and St. F r a n ­cis 's , Malacca, b u t now a t St . Joseph ' s College, Beulah Hill, Lon­don, received L e s Pa lmes Acade-miques las t m o n t h .

Professor S a u r a t , head of t h e In s t i t u t e F r a n c a i s du Royaume Uni , conferred t h e decorat ions in t h e name of t h e F r e n c h Govern­m e n t . He said t h a t Bro. Dosi theus had w a r and l i t e r a ry records t h a t Government wished t o recognise. S i r H e n r y McAuliffe, head of t he firm of McAuliffe. Davis and Hope, presided a t t h e Field Day a t Beu-l a b Hill and dis t r ibuted t h e prizes. Those p re sen t numbered 2.000. T h e presen ta t ion to Bro. Dosi theus was m a d e a t the dinner which concluded t h e Field Day.

CARD. H L O N D AS F I R S T PA­PAL L E G A T E T O YUGOSLAVIA.

The a r r iva l of t h e first Papal Legate t o Yugoslavia was a s ta le ­ly scene, when Church, nbvern-m e h t and A r m y uni ted to do hom­age to Cardinal Hlond, P r i m a t e of Poland, sent by t h e Pope as Car-djna] Lega t e t o represen t His Holiness a t t h e Grea t National Euchar-s t ic Congress .

Regent Pr ince Paul has taken t h e g rea te s t in te res t in t h e m*epa-ra t ions for t h i s manifestat ion of F a i t h by one half of t h e nomina­t ion of Yugoslavia and he sent a representa t ive t o welcome His Eminence to Liubliana while a mil i tary sruard of honour was al­lotted.

Cardinal Hlond preached and addressed t h e reonle in t h e Cathe­dral and in t h e guard stadium in t h e Slav tongue .

DR. H . S T T T ^ ^ m - - N P * ^ VIEWS

o n S t e r i l i s a t i o n , The £an?oiss Catholic sn°-^sl*s.t.

Dr. Hs n-*dav S*ffcher%nd, give?,, as his opinion t h a t "voluntary ste?>!i-

ic; illogical, tm SC* ^nt?^ anti-social and of no general utili­t y , " bu t hi? c o n c i s i o n is fe# barb­ed on t h e ii^dlvidual case bul on g e ^ r a l n^^c^nles and obs^'Xalvon

T h e E d i t o r ^vf- t h e C a t h o ^ Times savs . "THe t a i n t of i n s a m ' v c«n and d.oe<* d*e out. T n i e i f >s kf?!ed bv ster i l isat ion, bu t so is t h e whole line of d ° sce"^an t s . Fur­ther , very l i t t le JinfSamtv r ^ d r^p-n. ta l deficiency is propagated . Near ­ly rf] of it b r e a k s ou t swmongst t h e children cf aonaren t lv sar><* r w n l e . How lit t le improvement therefore will be achieved bv s ter i l i sa t ion!

Final! v and most impor tan t , c o n f e r how much could be done bv d^ssuadmg h igh grade mental deficients f rom marrviner. The low grade ones ra re ly ge t marr ied in any case.

CUP A *T D T I > T ^MA TTO RKL A-TIONS WITH VATICAN.

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DOM. FREDERIC D U N N E O.C. S.O. FIRST AMERICAN

TRAPPIST.

An Order of Complete Self-Surrender.

T h e first Amer ican Trappist Abbot is t he t i t le borne bv Dom Freder ic Dunne, O.C.S O.. blessed as Abbot of t h e Gethsemani Monas te ry in Kentucky, U.S.A., on Mav 1st 1935 bv t h e Bishop of Louisville. He is 61. y e a r s of age and h a s been 34 y e a r s a priest . There a r e 76 members of t h e com­mun i ty a t Gethsemani , 35 a re pro­fessed religious p r i es t s and 10 choir novices. The ' av h r o t ^ ^ ^ and the i r novices n u m b e r 31 . The Trapp is t monks a r e separa ted by del iberate choice f rom the <*our of commerce and compete• on. Thev dwell apa r t absorbed in raif ir cons tant pursui t of spir i tual per­fection.

Chan t ing of t h e Divine Office and daily High Ma*2* o^cunv 6 hours in each dav. T h e Trappis t s reci te t h e Lit t le Office of th? Blessed Virgiis daily. A Trappis t devotes 5 hours each day to eccle-sfest^cal studies and spiritual read^ner. The l ib ra ry of Gethse­mani contains 40.000 volnmes. rich m Chnrch T r ^ f o r ^ . TheoVx^v. rianon I aw and L i t u r g y , in many languages .

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Nev/s has been received from our beloved Vicar General. R igh t Reverend P. Ruanda], Vicar of t he Cathedral of t h e Good Shepherd. Singapore, who is" spend':ncr a well-earned res t in France wi th his bro­ther . Both he and F a t h e r Per is -soud of K. Lumpur , v&d a visit to t h e Holy Land and found much to in teres t t h e m in th i s pi??rriniage centre.

F a t h e r Ku.audel means to tour t h e South of F rance f^o-tly. The doctor whom he consulted repor t s him free from any complaint bu t in need of much res t . V.7e w":sh him t h e verv best of heal th and a very enjoyable and beneficial vaca­tion.

1 o 'c lock Perr>etual s^jer^ce is observe-'] as

j r tr 'H' lv P S nosstble. The monks never converse with

' H i c v TT>P.V s^ealc t o th i"** Ah ho* o r <57Tr>erioT*s v/hen need Arises. A n u m b e r of conventional s*sros com-ix?tin*c?.tes rocessa ry information and suggest ions.

Each o-rive a t Gethsemani is m a r k e d vnih a s imn T e iron cross and nernvir-kle sn^eads i t s green •oveh'ne^s over t h e mounds . Ab­bot Dunne 's hobbv is Ast ronomv. H e i* a member of t h e Astronomi­cal Society of t h e Pacific.

EELGIA N MO^ T A R C H ? S FA L L ^ TO " DEATH! "

Over 15.000 pr imrose roots , ga thered from all n a r t s of F>r<r-land, have 'been nlanted around t he snot where Kinnr Albert of t h e Belgians met his t r a d e death last year . On th i s si te a^so will be erected a boa^d TJe^efordshiro oak, carved b7~ a TTerefor^ C^af^s-m?.n and bear ing t h e following in-°oription comnosed h ' 7 t he Poet L^nre^to . -John ^Taspf^eld. < < rThese •P#vfT»*>VD9-j?r£ t^*e Bri t ish tr*^^* t c Albert , t he v.*^!-beloved. Iv"-;^ j ; >b t pernetnr^ ^ - ; r o irpon them."

SGR- M f T < 5 9 < > T . T ^ | a PRISTS A T T H R E S H I N G W H E A T .

Siflm.cr Mn*c.o}ini assi.^^ed rfv--son?!Iy in t h e th>*eshinsr of t he fiv&t whea t g»*own in t h e r»^/*vr-

hourhood of t h e former Pont ine ?-a"shes. Bishop N a v a r r a of Ter racina, solemnly blessed t h e cor-ners tone of t h e suerar rf>^"p^rv b ° -fo^e i t was laid by Signor Mus­solini.

Pres ident Cardenas of Mexico • who h a s m a d e some changes in ! t he format ion of h i s new Cabinet i offers grounds of hone to Mexican j Catholics for t h e a b a t e m e n t of the

religious persecution. Three pro­minent modera tes have been given Cabinet Onices. T h e notorious Tomas Canabal h a s been dismis­sed.

A renort f rom Mexico City | s t a t e s t h a t P res iden t Cardenas has I c r an t ed an amnes ty to nersons ac-! cused of revolut ionary activities ! du r ing the pas t 29 years . This | means t ha t t housands of religious I fugit ives may now r e t u r n to the i count ry .

A . 'cjpORT' TN T H E R E A L S E N S E O F T H E WORD.

A certain Joe Su^ivan, latelv de-rrrvrn czvtnin of N^t rp "O^rpo's 1934 football eleven, should be an

He ^OHPQTCS ar»d Univers i t ies . Durin0* t h e ^ast ChHs tm^s holi-

<?P.vs in New "Vork one of JVv^s fr iends invited h im to a nisrht c*"b. XJripri-' PIC;! i ^ t P ( { ,Toe innocently accented t h e invi ta t ion, not know­ing wha t he was going to run in­to, wh^n t h e floor show come on, w*tb i t s bevv of undressed chorus gi r ls . Joe prompt lv reached for h ; s h a t and coat and qui t t he scene in r h^irry. T h a t s imnly was ro t Joe/s idea of w h a t consti tuted en-

r.rtainment and he refused

INDUSTRY M A G N A T E .

A n d r e C'troen, t h e N^no'a^^ of F r e n c h industry, died last month , and hv his death F rance has lost* a t r u ly g rea t son. He was a fine snor t sman and of course was fa­mous for his wonder car. which he bui l t t o suit t h e cost and running p ^ e n s e s of t h e m a n of average m e a n s .

A>pjTTAL METOTN** O T ? CON-' V E R T S ' AID SOCIETY.

The a^nu^.l meetin^r o * t h e ^"o^-ver t s ' Sovietv wa«5 h^ld in West­mins te r Cathedral Hall test month . A message from t h e Holv F a t h e r bestowing h is sneeia! blessing on the work was read bv Archbishop Hinsley, who presided. Othei" s roakers were t h e Arehh\shoo of Edinhurp-h and Mr. Arnold Lunn.

Lord Fi tzalan of Derv;<>nt, K.G.. Chai rman of t h e Execut ive Com­mit tee , welcomed Arr>>bishop Hin­sley as t h e new Pres ident .

to have any n a r t in I t t akes some-thmp: g rea t in a bov to smash his own curiositv, to br$>ve t th e

*ng scorn of sophis t ica tes and the disanr)omtmer»t of so cabled "good*" f n e n d s . in ord^r t o s t a^d man^ullv for an Im^ort^t r>r?ncin?p. I t is only in a h e a r t t h a t loves God truly to.at prir?cip^e can seem so TR**eci-ous. Joe's f a t h e r is Lieut . Timo­t h y Sullivan of t h e New York Police Depar tmen t .

L A N C A S T E R PILGRIMAGE FOR L O U R D E S .

The Lancas te r Diocesan Pi lgn-ma*?e left En<?J»r>d fn* T in <^^r)v July, pract ical ly 300 forming t h e par ty .

A I/ondon tuberculosis sufferer should have joined t h ° ^ l o r i m ^ ^ pt Folkestone >>nt in t imat ion same t h a t c b o had died.

Dr. Peanson. P i shon o^ La r o s ­te r , was t h e leader of t h e group.

MALAYA CATHOLIC gATUHDAYi W* AUGUST, 1935. 17

The Lack of Honour HERE -3D T H E R E

AN INFIDEL AND THE CATECHISM STAMPS OF ST. ANTHONY

Our Serial Story ( F O U R T H I N S T A L M E N T )

Honor "was t h e "honour s tu­dent" of her class . She was vale­dictorian and took first and double first in t h e 'belles l e t t r e s ' branches of her course, whi le rank ing well in sciences and mathemat ics .

It seemed t o Mr. Griscom, lis­tening to her w i t h a pr ide in her and love for h e r which had silently grown wi th h e r g rowth , i t s depth unguessed by a n y one, t h a t i t was not th is pa r t i a l i ty t h a t made he r valedictory different from t h e platitudes of t h e ordinary b r igh t graduate. Honor ' s skill in words was an a r t i s t ' s , h e r intui t ions so true t ha t t hey amounted to wis­dom ; s t r eng th of purpose and pro­found capacity t o do and t o bea r were revealed by her , as qualit ies of soul a re revealed in wr i t ing be­yond analysis.

After t h e g r a d u a t i n g exercises and t h e luncheon t h a t followed them, Honor took "he r family," as she called t hem, around t h e beautiful wrooded acres of t h e con­vent grounds. She showed t h e m the Lourdes g ro t t o , t h e l i t t le syl­van shrines of pa t ron sa in ts , t h e saints deares t to youth , a s simply sure of sympa thy as if t hey were not t he children of Mrs . Griscom's u l t ra-presbyter ianism. ^

"This is t he sh r ine of t he Three Kings ," Honor explained a t last . " I t is a t t he ext reme, limit of t he grounds. We all go here for t h e first t ime when we become r ib­bons. We call i t going on a pilgrimage—don' t you see? Like the Wise M e n ? I was a ribbon ages ago ? but I still feel t h e thri l l with which I se t out here . "

"A ribbon, H o n o r ? You were a ribbon? W h a t a r e you ta lk ing about " Lillie cried.

"Talking convent Engl ish , Lil-sie," Honor laughed. "The blue ribbon of mer i t , like t h e red rib­bon of t h e Legion of Honour . The 'ribbons' a re t h e girls who a re al­lowed to become Enfants-Chi ldren of Mary. We m u s t t r y to deserve it. you know. I t ' s a g rea t t h ing in our world. Oh, t h e dear world that it i s ! F m afraid to leave i t . So busy, so happy , so t ru s t ing , so innocent and s a f e ! Dear Uncle Griscom, don ' t you th ink you'd better go away a n d forget t o t ake me—like a b u n d l e ? "

"No, Honor child, I th ink t h e larger wor ld—tha t is not near ly so innocent, nor so safe^—needs you to show it w h a t you've learned here. I t will be becoming to t h a t big outside world to have a ribbon

in and on i t ." Mr. Griscom smiled a t Honor, but t h e r e was pi ty in his far-seeing eyes .

Honour sighed, t hen smiled. "Of course, I know! T h e dea r nuns work hard to fit us to wear

T H E GOLDEN S I D E . There is many a rest in the road of

life If we only would stop to take it;\

And many a tone from the better land If the querulous heart would make \

it.\ To the soul that is full of hope,

And whose beautiful trust ne'er faileth,

The grass is green and the flowers are bright, I

Though the winter's storm pre-1 vaileth.

Better hope, though the clouds hang low,

And to keep the eyes still lifted, | For the sweet blue sky will soon peep

through When the ominous clouds are lifted.

There was never a night without a day, I

Or an evening without a morning, And the darkest hour, as the proverb

goes, Is the hour before the dawning.

There is many a gem in the path of life

Which we pass in our idle pleasure, • That is richer far than the jewelled \

crown: O r the miser's hoarded treasure;

It may be the the love of a little child,

Or a mother's prayer to Heaven, Or only a beggar's grateful thanks

For a cup of water given.

Better to weave in the web of life A bright and golden filling.

And to do God's will with a cheerful heart \

And hands that are ready and will-l ing,\

Than to snap the delicate, minute thread

Of our curious lives asunder, And then blame Heaven for tangled

ends, And sit and grieve and wonder.

Geoffroy, one of t h e representa­tives of infidel philosophy, could not but a d m i r e t h e catechism. These are t h e words he made use of whea address ing a numerous audience of t h e Sorbonne on the resumS of Catholic doctr ine con­tained in t h e catechism.

T h e r e is a l i t t le book which children a r e t a u g h t , and about which they a r e quest ioned in church and school—read th i s little book which is t h e catchism, and yoq will find there in t h e solution of all t h e quest ions t h a t I have t reated, of all wi thout exception.

"Ask t h e Chr is t ian whence comes t h e hy ipan race, he knows ; whi ther i t goes, he k n o w s : how it goes, he knows . Ask t h i s little child why i t is he re below, what

V y i l l happen t o it a f t e r dea th , he will give you a t ru ly subl ime ans­wer which he does no t fully un­derstand, b u t which is none t h e less admirable.

"Ask h im how t h e world has been created, and for w h a t pur­pose; why God has placed animals and plants t h e r e o n ; how t h e ear th has been peopled, whe the r by one family or by m a n y ; why people speak, in d ivers tongues, why they suffer, w h y t h e y s t ruggle and how will all t h i s end—he knowrs the answer.

"The or igin of t h e world, the origin of species, m a n ' s dest iny in this life a n d in t h e next , man ' s re-

! A poor woman in Spain whose hus -j band was in South America, and ! who had had no news of him for

a long t ime suddenly decided, one • day while praying before a s t a t u e

of St . Anthony in h e r church, to place a le t ter to he r husband in t h e hands of the s t a tue and ask St . An thony to deliver i t for her.

On r e tu rn ing to t he church t h e nex t day she was much disappoint­ed t o see t h e le t te r still in t h e h a n d s of t h e s ta tue , bu t on t a k i n g it dawn she found it was not t h e l e t t e r she had pu t t h e r e but ano­t h e r one addressed t o herself.

I t was a reply from he r husband, who s ta ted t h a t he r le t ter had been handed to him by a Franc is ­can f r ia r and t h a t he was sending h i s reply by t h e same good pr ies t .

W h e n th i s miracle became known people began to place t he i r correspondence under t h e care of t h e sa in t in var ious ways, bu t chiefly by pu t t ing t h e words " S t .

I A n t h o n y Guide," or the ini t ials ; "S.A.G.", on t h e outer covers of j t he i r le t te rs .

! la t ions to God, man ' s duty to h is I fellow man, man ' s r igh t s over crea-| t ion—he is ignorant of none of

these th ings . " T h a t is wha t I call a grand r e ­

l igion: I recognise i t by th is s i gn : t h a t it does not leave unanswered any of t he questions t h a t in teres t human i ty . "

our r ibbons in t h e world, in our hea r t s , when we can' t wea r t h e m across our b reas t s any longer. W e mus t go back to t h e convent . I 've some las t t h ings t o do . I'll leave you w i th S is te r Mar ia Angela while I change my gown and lock

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my t runk . She is my favouri te nun. I neve r could s t and i t to go, even to go home wi th you, if I weren ' t su re I 'd come back!"

Mr. Griscom looked thoroughly miserable. No one had told Honor t h a t she was to begin an indivi­dual existence on he r re tu rn .

Sister Mar ia Angela proved to be a gracious lady whose deeply-graven face revealed experience

I sweetened and se rene ; h e r years | w e r e more t h a n half a century I and her pal lour was of a t in t t h a t | declared t h e hai r hidden by her j

coif was g r a y . "We a r e giving you back the

f lGwer of ou r garden, Mr. Gris­com," S is te r Angela said. "We hold for a t ime and relinquish many, lovely and beloved girls,

; but Honor is a little more than tha t . Honor has in h e r g rea t pos­sibilities. Don ' t you th ink a capa­city t o bear , to do, to suffer is a certain prophecy of opportuni ty for these t h i n g s ? Houor will be a noble woman. We h a v e a l i t t le school jest.< The giris quote : 'How poor is he t h a t h a t h not Honor. ' You will impoverish us to-day by our lack of Honor, but w e are enr iching you."

"I know w h a t Honor is, Sister Maria Angela ," said Griscom.

But S i s t e r Angela was ftoting t he proud gleam in Rober t ' s eyes as she pra ised Honor.

"I know you all," she said. "Lillie, and t h a t Anna is marr ied and has left you, and Wally. But this is Rober t—isn ' t it ?"

"Yes, S i s te r , " Robert answered for himself. " E a s y to tell u s apart , if Honor has talked about us ."

"As she surely h a s , " smiled t h e nun. "Honor has been especially my girl f rom he r coming. And you are R o b e r t ! I see, I see." She smiled a t h im with g r e a t kindness . Something in he r pene t ra t ing , motherly look made Rober t say, unexpectedly to himself : "Honor shall a lways be safe and happy if I can secure i t—fa the r and I . "

j "Indeed I am sure of it. I have ! no fear for Honor in your hands . " | S is ter Angela said so heart i ly t h a t I Rober t drew a long brea th , feeling j a t once summoned to a t ru s t and ; brevet ted for it . | I t was a tearful, t remulous Ho­

nor whom t h e Griscoms bore away I to t h e t ra in , bu t i t was not in i you th to resis t t h e influence of | movement and the excitement of I coming for th into i ts kingdom. ; Honor cheered up into her own | lively self before t h e sparkl ing I d inner in t he dinkig-care a t n igh t , | which, like a t rue girl , she tho -| roughly enjoyed. | Mr. Griscom bore he r off a f te r I d inner to t he observation car , I bidding his young people wai t for i t he i r re tu rn . I t was long before • he and Honor got back and in t h a t

t ime t h e girl had changed. T h e r e was a shadow over h e r br igh tness , responsibil i ty in he r m a n n e r ; H o ­nor had suddenly grown older.

T h e young Griscoms knew t h a t t he i r l a t h e r had told he r of Mrs . Griscom's determinat ion t h a t Ho­nor should begin life on he r own account, no longer an inmate of the i r home. They felt sure t h a t h e had made he r feel t h a t t h i s was not done in unkindness , t h a t i t was best in every way, even t h a t he acquiesced in it, for then Honor would know t h a t it was not m e a n t unlovingly. H e m u s t have h in ted t h a t Wally 's love-making had call­ed for th t h e decision: Rober t t h o u g h t t h a t he detected a shade of self-consciousness in Honor ' s m a n n e r to his bro ther , bu t no t h im. His wise f a t h e r had not be­t r ayed to he r more t h a n Wally had al ready revealed.

Mr. Griscom had a r ranged for Honor ' s going a t first to a small boarding-house where she would be well cared for unt i l she should choose h e r pe rmanen t abode. T h e choice was ha rd for Honor to make , f r ightened and bewildered a s she was by th i s unforeseen en­t r a n c e upon an adul t world.

(Continued on page 19 Col. 3 & 4 )

18

AROUND THE PARISHES SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE

PENANG, KUALA LUMPUR, SEREMBAN, KLANG.

Entertainment by Pupils of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus ( in aid of the abandoned Babies ) .

T h e pupils of t h e convent of t h e Holy I n f a n t J e s u s offered a n ex­cellent occasion t o t h e publ ic of en joying a v e r y p leasant even ing a s well a s of helping t o w a r d s t h e welfare of t h e abandoned babies by g iv ing a well per formed en te r ­t a i n m e n t in t h e Convent Hal l on F r i d a y t h e 2 n d of Augus t .

I t w a s m u c h r eg re t t ed t h a t H . E . t h e Governor and L a d y T h o m a s could not be p resen t , as t h e y w e r e absen t f rom Singapore . T h e audience however counted m a n y d i s t ingu ished vis i tors , a m o n g whom H . E . Bishop A . Devals , t h e Su l t an a n d Sul tkna of J o h o r e occupied t h e first r a n k .

T h e m a i n f ea tu re of t h e en te r ­t a i n m e n t w a s a P l ay—Li t t l e Lord Faun t l e roy—wel l known to all and ever welcome on t h e s t age , espe­cially w h e n rendered w i th such perfect ion of elocution and sent i ­m e n t a s i t was on F r i d a y las t . E a c h one of t h e young ac t resses did h e r p a r t excellently and wi th t h e g r e a t e s t simplicity a n d ease . T h e pupils w h o took p a r t in t h e play w e n t t h r o u g h the i r r e spec t ive roles w i t h o u t any cubby-hole p rompt ing or ' s t age - shyness / The h igh mora l s t anda rd of t h e d r a m a could no t h a v e been b e t t e r convey­ed t h a n i t w a s b y t h e combined ac­t ions and words of t h e l i t t le Lord arid h i s Mothe r and b y t h e change for t h e b e t t e r wrough t in t h e mind and h e a r t of t h e old ear l of Dor in-court b y t h e i r benign influence.

T h e less p rominent i t ems " T h e Balloon Sel ler" and t h e " s t a t u e " showed a rea l t a len t of s ing ing and danc ing on t h e p a r t of t hose l i t t le ones who performed t h e m , a n d call fo r h igh pra ise of t hose who under took t h e t e a c h i n g and t r a i n i n g of t h e graceful ac t resses .

T h a n k s t o t h e generous offer of Mr. de Souza, t h e in tervals of t h e play were mos t pleasant ly filled up by some choice selections f rom h is o rches t r a . H i s music and c h a r i t y were t ho rough ly appreciated.

T h e L a d y superior begs t o t h a n k all t hose who , so kindly, responded to h e r appeal by a t t e n d i n g t h e concer t and cont r ibu t ing t o w a r d s t h e fund for t h e poor bab ies . A sum of abou t $550 will be in hand a f te r all expenses a r e paid.

* * • • * * MARRIAGE.

MORRANDO—OLIVEIRO. Kingsley Morrando, a c r i cke te r of

promise, w h o performed v e r y well wi th ball and b a t for St . Joseph ' s Ins t i tu t ion , Singapore, and fo r t h e Combined Schools, was quie t ly mar r i ed on S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g t o Miss Madeleine Oliveiro of P e n a n g . Rev. F a t h e r Maury celebrated t h e Nupt ia l Mass a t a side a l t a r a s t h e main a l t a r had j u s t before been used for a Solemn Requiem H i g h Mass for t h e la te Bishop Bari l lon. The recept ion was held a t T ive r ton Lane . T h e bes tman was Gunboa t Jack , t h e boxer .

* * * * * Church of the Sacred H e a r t .

Annual Picnic. T h e m e m b e r s of t h e choir , of

S t . Grego ry and t h e a l t a r boys, had a n enjoyable annual picnic a t Ponggol on Monday, 5 th Augus t . The success of t h e picnic is due to Mr. Seow Seet Yong, t h e Choir M a s t e r .

Dr. Bertram Ess to go shortly a s Radiologist to Malacca.

Dr. B e r t r a m J . E s s of the X r a y D e p a r t m e n t of t h e Tan Tock Seng Hospi tal will leave for Malacca shor t ly on t r ans fe r . A new Xray plant h a s been installed in t h e Malacca General Hospital and Dr . Ess will be in charge. His m a n y fr iends will miss " B e r t r a m " ve ry much as he was very popular and very sociable. His pat ients in t h e Hospi ta l will feel h is loss most of all for h e was extremely kind and pains t a k i n g . Dr . Es s af ter g r a ­dua t ing a t t h e local College of medicine fu r the red his studies suc­cessfully in Ed inburgh and Dublin. His younge r brother, Winston is a t . p re sen t in Edinburgh t a k i n g his finals. Singapore 's loss will undoubtedly be Malacca's gain .

* * * * * Very Rev. Fr. Brennam C.SS.R.

Addresses Catholic Actionists. F a t h e r Brennan C.SS.R. on Sun­

day twice appealed for suppor t for the Malaya Catholic Leader. To t h e congregat ion a t t h e High Mass in t h e K a t o n g Chapel and t o t h e member s of t h e Catholic Action Society he made special appeals and pointed out how vitally im­por t an t i t was for a Catholic to-day to r ead t h e Catholic paper. By purchas ing and t h e n reading a Ca­tholic periodical, h e said, was one way of pe r fo rming Catholic Action..

A t K a t o n g t h e good F a t h e r ' s words bore immedia te f ru i t s for not a single copy remained unsold.

L e t u s hope th i s en thus iasm will be p e r m a n e n t .

* # * * * MR. Y E E < CHEOK WAH ' S

MOTHER CELEBRATES 61st BIRTHDAY.

Mr. Yee Cheok Wah ' s m o t h e r celebrated h e r 61st b i r thday r the 31s t Ju ly . A dinner was held in h e r honour a t t he E m p r e s s Hotel in Middle Road and a very la rge g a t h e r i n g assembled t o p a y the i r respec ts . Mr. Cheok W a h is a f amous figure in local spor t t h o u g h one r eg re t s t h e m a n y calls of bus iness t h a t remove him from more ac t ive part icipat ion in games .

* * * * * Acknowledgment.

T h e two photos of t h e late Bishop Barillon which appeared in our las t N u m b e r a r e by courtesy of Messrs . Paul & Co.

* * * * * MRS. SALMOND CELEBRATES

6 2 N D BIRTHDAY. Mrs. Salmond, wife of Mr. J .

Salmond of E a s t Coast Road , celebrated he r 62nd b i r thday on F r i d a y t h e 2nd Augus t .

Still ve ry hale and hea r ty Mrs . Salmond was visited by a hos t of fr iends by whom she is loved and respected.

KUALA LUMPUR

PENANG C h a t i t y Carnival.

T h e Catholic Actionists of the< Church of t h e Assumption in con­junct ion wi th t he Lady Benefac­t resses of t h e Society of St . Vin­cent de Pau l will hold a carnival -on t h e 5 th of October in aid of t h e ! B u t t e r w o r t h Chapel and t h e ; Society of St . Vincent de Paul . Donat ions and prizes from a n y pa r t of Malaya will be grateful ly! received by the Rev. F a t h e r Sou-hai t , Church of the Assumption, ; Penang .

CATHOLIC ACTION SOCIETY. Church of t h e Holy Rosary .

Office beare rs and member s as from 1st Augus t , 1935:

Spir i tual Director—Rev. Fr . R. Girard.

Pres ident—Mr. Lian Woon Sin. Vice-President—Mr. Kok Fa i

Yin. Hon. Secre ta ry—Mr. N g Tarn

Siew. Hon. Treasure r—Mr. Heng Siew

Hong. Special P ress Correspondent—

Mr Joseph Berna rd Bong (on l e a v e ) ; N g See Foon ( a c t i n g ) ; Liew Phok (Chinese) .

Members . Messrs . Low Tsen Siang, Lim

Tarn Chong, P h t m g A h Tan, Val-lentine Lee, Lum Teek Hock, J . M. Bong, Chin Fook Onn, Choo Kon Hee and Cheng Mun Yoke.

Aspi rants .—Messrs . P h o n g Tehu Fui , P e t e r Chang, Kong Fook Kee, Loo A h Kow and Paul Chang (on leave) .

To be more efficient for t he 2nd half y e a r of i ts inaugura t ion i t is essential for members of t h e So­ciety to abide by t h e rules and be faithful t o t h e i r solemn promises]" made a t t h e t ime of admission.

E n g a g e m e n t . The engagement is announced!

between Mr. Chong Mun Yoke, sonf of Mr. Chong A h Foh , and Miss Cecilia Chin, younges t d a u g h t e r of) Mrs. R. Chin, and a s i s te r of Mr. A. P . Chin. T h e par t ies a re of] Kuala L u m p u r .

Mr. Chong Mun Yoke is thei Vice-Prefect of t h e Sodalists and a member of t h e Catholic Action Society, Church of t h e Holy Ro sary , Kua la Lumpur .

I n a r d D'Souza, Percy P . Scully, S. J . Aru lna then , C. A. Pinto, J . R. S t a Maria , Fel ix Michael, A. Mar i ana then , A. J . do Rozario, J . Lourdes Arul , Soosay, John Games,

; H igg ins Fe rnandez , Oswald Fer­nandez, Gomes, Gilbert Fernandez,

I I . Fernandez , S. A. Martyn, J a m e s Weller, F . A. Dawson, A. S t a Maria , Henry Sta Maria,

l /A. J . Pere i ra , R. J . Galistan, Ro-4 b e r t Lopez, P e t e r Bast ian, G. Ste­

phens , Simon Bas t i an and several o the r s .

Mr. Benedict Ponniah left Pe-\ n a n g on A u g u s t 3 by the P . & 0 .

Rawalpindi . H e will join St. j J o h n ' s College Cambridge to study

law. Mr. Ponniah , is t h e second son of Mr. and Mrs . A. B. Ponniah well-known Catholics of Seremban. Mr. Ponniah ' s elder b ro ther is Mr. E d w a r d I. Ponn iah of t h e tutorial

! staff of St . Pau l ' s Inst i tut ion, Seremban . A n o t h e r member of t h e family is s tudying for the

; pr ies thood in Ceylon. The Rev. • B r o t h e r Phi l ip S.S.J, of Rangoon,

fo rmer Super ior of the Brothers j of St . Joseph is a grand uncle of I t h e young s tuden t .

We wish Mr. Ponniah all success \ in his s tudies in England.

KLANG

SEREMBAN

Obituary . The dea th took place of Joseph

Siow T h a m a t his residence :

Seremban, on Tuesday, Ju ly 23rd, 1935, aged 61 yea r s . Fortified by r i tes of Holy Church . Mr . Siow T h a m was a re la t ive of t h e late| Towkay Siow Kow Chiah .

ST. JOHN'S QUEEN SCHOLAR] ENTERTAINED AT

SEREMBAN. Left Last Saturday for England

by P. & O. Rawalpindi. Mr. Benedict Ponniah , cricket

captain of St . J o h n ' s Ins t i tu t ion, Kuala L u m p u r and winner of the Queen's Scholarship in t h e Malay S ta tes w a s t h e gues t of honour at several farewell functions orga­nised in h i s honour in Seremban— his home town and elsewhere. The Negri Sembilan Catholics were hosts a t a d inner a t N a m Chun Hotel when covers were laid for nearly seventy persons .

Mr. A. Loriez presided and the others present wer^ .—Messrs . Benedict Ponniah , A. B . Ponniah and E d w a r d I . Ponniah , J a m e s Franc is , N . X a v i e r ^ J . Jacob, R. D. Brown, Chong A h Kai , Chan Voo Sen, Ambrose Dai r iam, A r t h u r Chamman, Fel ix de Silva, R. V. Chapman, Sa ram, Santhiapil lay, Swampillay, E . Alexander , Leo-

Obi tuary .

Mrs . Especiosa Philomena Van Wier ingen , passed away a t Klang fortified by t h e ri tes of the Church , on t h e morn ing of Friday, t h e 2nd day of Augus t , 1935 aged 83 yea r s . The funeral took place on t h e evening of Sa turday the 3 rd in s t an t . The re was a good a t t endance of friends and rela­t ions a t t h e funeral service, which was conducted by Rev. F a t h e r E. M. Belet, t h e pa r i sh priest .

In addit ion m a n y floral t r ibutes , l e t t e r s and te legrams of condo­lences were received.

T h e deceased was t h e wife of J o h n Van Wier ingen, who pre­deceased h e r about 9 yea r s ago. She was a long and respected resi­den t of Klang, hav ing come from Malacca in 1901.

T h e deceased h a s left behind 3 sons and a d a u g h t e r and a number of g rand children to mourn her loss.

A requiem H i g h Mass for the repose of t h e soul of the deceased will be s u n g on Fr iday , t h e 8 th in­s t a n t a t t h e Church of Our Lady of Lourdes , Klang .

" E t e r n a l r e s t give un to her O' Lord and m a y perpetual Light sh ine upon he r . "

CYMA the Countries.

WATCHES and

CHRONO­METERS

acknowledged the BEST

in all Agent;

RENE ULLMANN,

SINGAPORE.

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1935. 19

REDEMPTORISTS TO FOUND HOUSE IN SINGAPORE.

VERY REV. FR. B R E N N A N OSS.R.

HERE A S FIRST SUPERIOR. In response t o t h e invi tat ion of

His Lordship , R i g h t ^ R e v . Dr . Devals, F a t h e r Provincial of t h e Redemptoris ts in Aust ra l ia h a s accepted a foundat ion in Singapore. Very Rev. F a t h e r A. J . B rennan , who arr ived on Ju ly 30th , is Superior of t h e new foundation. Through t h e kindly in teres t of Bishop Devals a sui table dwell ing has been secured a s a t empora ry residence unt i l t h e monas te ry will be constructed. I t is s i tua ted a t 339 Thomson Road j u s t before t h e junction of Bales t ier Road. To­wards t h e end of September or early in October, F a t h e r B r e n n a n will be joined by F a t h e r Bor th is te l and two lay b r o t h e r s who wil help in a r r a n g i n g t h e house in Monas­te ry shape . Shor t ly af te r t h e y will be joined by F a t h e r s Green

and Moran. T h u s t h e r e will be four F a t h e r s ready for Missions and R e t r e a t work. All a r e experienced Missioners . F a t h e r Brennan h im­self h a s done mission work in both I re land and Aus t ra l i a . H e made his h ighe r s tud ies in Ireland and Belgium, being ordained by R igh t Rev. Mgr . Nommesch , Bishop of Luxembourg . F o r several yea r s he w a s Ass i s t an t t o t h e Mas te r of Novices in Aus t ra l ia . L a t e r on he w a s appointed Superior of t h e Monas te ry in Br isbane . F r o m Br i sbane he comes t o Singapore b r ing ing zeal and experience to t h e new work en t ru s t ed to h im. The new foundat ion will be dedicated to S t . Alphonsus Liguori , t h e founder of t h e Redemptor i s t Congregat ion. D u r i n g t h e com­ing m o n t h F a t h e r Brennan will be occupied in g iv ing R e t r e a t s t o t h e B r o t h e r s a n d N u n s in Kua la L u m p u r and Sigapore .

BEATIFICATION CAUSE OF 11 YEAR OLD FRENCH BOY

EXHUMATION OF REMAINS POSTPONED.

Paris.—The exhumat ion of t h e body of Guy de Fontgal land, t h e 11-year-old boy who died 10 y e a r s ago and whose cause for beatifica­tion is unde r consideration, h a s been postponed until t he Eccle­siastical Tr ibunal of Pa r i s can complete i t s labours . The Com­mission of t h e Diocese of Velence h a s finished i t s work on t h e cause.

Since the Pa r i s Tribune h a s t o examine 829 lengthy documents

-dealing wi th t h e purpor ted cures , i t will be some months before a conclusion is reached.

Sta t i s t ics compiled up to May 1, 1935, on t h e subject of t h e cause a re a s follows 2,000,889 s igna tu res sent t o Rome ask ing for t h e h a s ­tening of t h e beatification of Guy de Fon tga l l and ; 99 books in dif­ferent languages dealing w i t h t h e life of t he b o y ; 88 t rans la t ions of ' T h e Soul of a Chi ld" ; 829 cures at tested and certified; 736 voca­t ions—young men and boys who have entered seminar ies and novi­tiates to become pr ies ts or Rel igious to fulfill t h e wish of the boy who <3ied a t t h e age of 1 1 ; 155,208 graces and favours obta ined; 6,044 articles on Guy published in pape r s and magaz ines ; 1,009,658 r eques t s for rel ics; 26 missionaries , 19 priests and 12 Religious a t t r i b u t e their vocations t o t h e boy ; 166,892 letters or cards received seeking information about t he cause.

(N.C.W.C.)

MOHAMMEDANS HONOUR THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

IN A CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION.

Yenchowfu, (Shan tung , China) —Civil and mi l i t a ry officials, to­g e t h e r with m a n y P a g a n s and Mo­hammedans , jo ined wi th t h e Chr i s t i ans of Yenchowfu in ho­nour ing the Blessed Sac rament on the feas t of Corpus Chr is t i . This yea r for t he first t ime a Corpus Chris t i procession was held in t h e s t r ee t s of t h e ci ty.

T h e Commandan t of t h e local mi l i t a ry post sen t an escort of soldiers, and t h e Mandar ian sent a de t achmen t of policeman to main­ta in order a long t h e route . Pagans , Mohammedans and Chr is t ians sa­luted t h e procession wi th t h e ex­plosion of firecrackers. A t a point near t h e mosque where t h e pro­cession was t o pass , t h e Moham­medans erected an a l t a r and decorated i t w i th flowers and candles.

T h e r e were absolutely no un­pleasant incidents to m a r t h e cele­bra t ion . ( F i d e s ) .

CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES REMAIN IN ETHIOPIA.

Rome.—Cont ra ry to recent news­pape r repor t s , t h e Consolata

j Missionaries of Tur in have not | wi thdrawn from Ethiopia . Al­

though four S is te rs of t h e Con­solata Society r e tu rned to Europe recent ly on account of ill heal th , t he P r i e s t s , B ro the r s and Sisters of t h e Society a t Addis Ababa and in t h e province of Kaffa a re re­ma in ing a t t h e i r pos ts . (F ides ) .

SPORTS NOTES. {Continued from pagt 15)

KENG HOCK WINS SECOND PLACE IN JAVELIN THROW.

Chia Keng Hock of Singapore won 2nd place in the Javelin Throw at the Chinese Olympiad held in Penang dur­ing August holidays. Had he put in sufficient practice he might have done even better. The Winner Established a new Malayan Chinese record.

* * * * CATHOLIC SCHOOLS REPRESENTED

IN AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.

At the Second meeting of the Singa­pore Amatuer Athletic Association held "2* the S.CC on Thursday, August 1st, •Mr. F. J. Rappa and Mr- J. A. Snodgrass ^presented St. Joseph's and St. Patrick's Schools respectively. Mr. J. S. de Souza is one of the joint Secretaries.

BOXING.

FRISCO OUTPOINTS GUNBOAT JACK young Frisco, fighting at his proper

**i£ht, proved too good for the famous Trtmboat Jack at the Great World Sta­

dium on Friday night, August 2nd. Of course Frisco was nearly a stone heavier and only won by a narrow mar­gin of points.

TENNIS.

MISS JANSZ RETAINS JUNIOR SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP.

Miss Diana Jansz, of Ipoh, retained the title in the Girls' Section of the Perak junior tennis championships.

* * * *

S.R.C. TOURNAMENT The S.R.C. Tennis Tournament has

just ended. . -Mr. G. Lowe, of Johore Bahru, is

Tennis Champion. Dr. W. Balhetchet is runner-up.

Dr. W. Balhetchet and N. E. Ess won the Champion Doubles from Messrs S. Stewart and N. Hoean. S. Stewart was runner up in the Handicap Singles. In the Handicap Doubles. Mr. C. B. W<-bb and partner were successful, with Dr. W. Balhetchet and N. Ess as second. Dr W, Balhetchet and partner were runners up in the mixed Handicap Doubles.

THE LACK OF HONOUR. {Continued from page 17)

A t las t a place was found for h e r wi th a solitary woman who would give up to t h e girl h e r se­cond floor, glad of t h e money-aid Honor ' s coming gave he r and of he r presence in t h e house, while he r gua rd iansh ip would enable Honor to enter ta in h e r young friends, a s well as to feel t h a t she was not alone.

Es tab l i shed thus , sat isfactori ly, in a sense, yet inevitably wi th a sense of being cast off, Honor be­gan to look about her, g roping for guiding ropes which life w a s pu t ­t i n g into he r hands .

Lillie Griscom haun ted h e r rooms, fascinated anew b y Honor herself and by t h e in te res t ing fact t h a t one of he r b ro the r s was in love wi th Honor, and t h a t Honor knew it and t h a t she was expelled from t h e Griscom paradise because of it. B u t t h a t Robert was in love wi th h e r qui te as much a s Wally, Honor did not know. Yet if Honor were not a Catholic, e i t h e r of them, or both of t h e m , migh t blamelessly, if not advantageously love Honor . Lillie ceaselessly in­ves t iga ted t hd Iromance, cjear to her e ighteen years , and vainly t r ied to see how Honor, t h e Ca­tholic, differed from tlte boys ' P re sby te r i an girl f r iends except in be ing about a million t imes nicer ," Lillie decided.

Mr. Griscom rare ly le t a day pas s wi thou t dropping in t o see Honor, on his way to or from bu­siness, t o t a k e he r out w i th Lillie in t h e evening.

Mrs . Griscom came once or twice, t o fulfil he r du ty a s she had a lways done, bu t he r m a n n e r made i t plain to Honor t h a t she consid­ered h e r a menace to you th , and to b lame for Wally 's in fa tua t ion ; Honor was glad t h a t t h e visi ts were few. Mrs. Griscom had solemnly ordered Wally by every obligation he owed to his God, h is country , and his mother , to avoid seeing Honor Shaw until h is fancy was cured. Wally implied t h a t he had no intention of wooing Honor, ye t came as often as he dared to see he r and made love t o her by every indirect method his g rea t ingenui ty in t h a t direction could devise. Honor would not ^allow h im to speak of love, nor would she let Wally come to see her , when s h e could prevent i t .

"Even if your f a the r does know and not mind, your m o t h e r th inks you do not come, and I won ' t be a p a r t y t o you deceiving he r , " she declared.

When Mrs . Griscom had tr ied to ge t a promise from Rober t not t o see Honor, Robert had answered f rank ly :

" I shall go to see Honor j u s t as often as she will let me in, mother , and if I don' t ask h e r to m a r r y me i t will be because I know she cares for Wally and I'll t r y to keep h e r s is ter ly confidence in m e . "

So Rober t was a f requent visi tor in Honor ' s p re t ty si t t ing-room and a g r e a t comfort to t h e girl by his s t a lwar t t rus twor th iness and teas ing affection.

Mr. Griscom, watching a t t imes, wondered t h a t Robert could so completely keep out of s ight h is hopes and feelings.

"I 've been reading up t h e Ca­tholic Church. Honor ," Rober t an­nounced one night . "It 's wonder­ful how little we unders tand Tier. She's—well. I can see t h a t one migh t ge t beyond s t a t i n g wha t he though t h e r ! I'm surpr ised to find so l i t t le in her actual t each ing one could logically deny. I t all s t r ikes one as bigger than what h e k n e w ; t h a t ' s about t he main dif­ference."

Honor looked a t Robert amazed, delighted, r emember ing his mo­the r , a little f r ightened.

" I never ta lked of i t , " she gasped.

Wally, who was present , inter­vened.

" A s far as I am concerned, I'd j u s t a s lief be a Catholic a s any­th ing . The only t h i n g about i t is t h a t i t ' s no religion for a lazy m a n . Even if you ' re not pious it keeps you hus t l ing . Long ser­vices, kneeling and all t h a t , o r else ear ly r is ing a n d prole tar ia t cong­rega t ions on S u n d a y s ; no m e a t on Fr iday , w h e t h e r the re ' s a business luncheon on, or a b a n q u e t ; confes­sion once a year , a t l eas t—it ' s no religion for a lazy m a n ! B u t I r a t h e r th ink i t ' s all r igh t . I 'd j u s t a s lief have it m y family fa i th , r a t h e r , in fact . Catholic t r a in ing produces t h e best resul t Fve ever s een ! " — *

Honor looked a t Wally and laughed. "You' l l never be a Ca­thol ic ," she said.

T h e n he r eyes rested on Rober t . " T h e confessors were m e n , " she said involuntari ly.

I t was not long af ter t h i s t h a t Wally came t o announce to Honor a change of employment . H e waxed eloquent over i t s advan tages .

" I never liked t o say much about it , I ha t e a whiner , bu t m y begin­n ing was un fo r tuna te , " h e said, "Canan t and Calkins didn ' t know how to apprec ia te a man , n o r how to t r e a t one. Talk about soulless corpora t ions! A corporation is an aggrega te of m e n ; I th ink i t s soul depends on t h e average souls of i t s members . Canan t and Calkins is a firm of two, bu t t h e i r two halves don' t m a k e one soul. I 'm glad I 'm out of i t . I shall b e able to m a r r y before long, H o n o r ! "

"Robert seems to like i t t he re , " Honor hinted, ignoring Wally 's suggest ion.

"Bob's all r igh t , " said Wally splendidly, "bu t he 's a grubber . You know howr he was as a boy. Bob's never going to ge t f a r ; he 's going to be satisfied to crawl along. No crawling in mine, t h a n k s ; I intend to soar. Bob does get on the re , yes , and no wonder ! C. & C. th ink he ' s ace h igh because he goes r i g h t along in t h e t r ack they 've laid out for h im. They couldn' t ha rnes s me to* the i r old p lough ; I 've got bigger a ims than t h e y offer."

Honor was too inexperienced to read correctly between these lines, bu t she saw t h a t t h e r e was wri t -ing^ there which she could not decipher. Wally 's largeness of s t a t emen t did not overwhelm her .

F r o m th i s t ime Wally seemed t o h e r changed, not in his devotion to her , but in himself, and Rober t surely was al tered, his f a t h e r less so. Robert came less often t o see Honor and was inclined to silence when he came.

Mr . Griscom came a s often a s ever to see "h is d a u g h t e r in t h e annex , " a s h e called Honor , bu t like Robert , h e looked troubled, fell into silence, watched Honor anxiously and, t h e girl t h o u g h t , seemed suddenly older.

Honor w a s busy since she had come out in to t h e world. S h e was much in demand for t h e p leasures of he r age and set and she had th rown hersel f into helpful la­bours , w i thou t reserve , for he r first w in t e r in society w a s t h e win t e r of t h e g r e a t w a r in Europe , when suffering a t home and ab­road made unl imited claims upon every one. So Honor ' s preoccupa­t ion combined with he r lack of experience t o keep h e r from cons t ru ing t h e al terat ion in Mr . Griscom and his sons, of which , never the less , she was conscious.

(To be continued)

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AROUND THE PARISHES SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE

PENANG, KUALA LUMPUR, SEREMBAN, KLANG.

Entertainment by Pupils of the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus ( in aid of the abandoned Babies ) .

T h e pupils of t h e convent of t h e Holy I n f a n t J e s u s offered a n ex­cellent occasion t o t h e publ ic of en joying a v e r y p leasant even ing a s well a s of helping t o w a r d s t h e welfare of t h e abandoned babies by g iv ing a well per formed en te r ­t a i n m e n t in t h e Convent Hal l on F r i d a y t h e 2 n d of Augus t .

I t w a s m u c h r eg re t t ed t h a t H . E . t h e Governor and L a d y T h o m a s could not be p resen t , as t h e y w e r e absen t f rom Singapore . T h e audience however counted m a n y d i s t ingu ished vis i tors , a m o n g whom H . E . Bishop A . Devals , t h e Su l t an a n d Sul tkna of J o h o r e occupied t h e first r a n k .

T h e m a i n f ea tu re of t h e en te r ­t a i n m e n t w a s a P l ay—Li t t l e Lord Faun t l e roy—wel l known to all and ever welcome on t h e s t age , espe­cially w h e n rendered w i th such perfect ion of elocution and sent i ­m e n t a s i t was on F r i d a y las t . E a c h one of t h e young ac t resses did h e r p a r t excellently and wi th t h e g r e a t e s t simplicity a n d ease . T h e pupils w h o took p a r t in t h e play w e n t t h r o u g h the i r r e spec t ive roles w i t h o u t any cubby-hole p rompt ing or ' s t age - shyness / The h igh mora l s t anda rd of t h e d r a m a could no t h a v e been b e t t e r convey­ed t h a n i t w a s b y t h e combined ac­t ions and words of t h e l i t t le Lord arid h i s Mothe r and b y t h e change for t h e b e t t e r wrough t in t h e mind and h e a r t of t h e old ear l of Dor in-court b y t h e i r benign influence.

T h e less p rominent i t ems " T h e Balloon Sel ler" and t h e " s t a t u e " showed a rea l t a len t of s ing ing and danc ing on t h e p a r t of t hose l i t t le ones who performed t h e m , a n d call fo r h igh pra ise of t hose who under took t h e t e a c h i n g and t r a i n i n g of t h e graceful ac t resses .

T h a n k s t o t h e generous offer of Mr. de Souza, t h e in tervals of t h e play were mos t pleasant ly filled up by some choice selections f rom h is o rches t r a . H i s music and c h a r i t y were t ho rough ly appreciated.

T h e L a d y superior begs t o t h a n k all t hose who , so kindly, responded to h e r appeal by a t t e n d i n g t h e concer t and cont r ibu t ing t o w a r d s t h e fund for t h e poor bab ies . A sum of abou t $550 will be in hand a f te r all expenses a r e paid.

* * • • * * MARRIAGE.

MORRANDO—OLIVEIRO. Kingsley Morrando, a c r i cke te r of

promise, w h o performed v e r y well wi th ball and b a t for St . Joseph ' s Ins t i tu t ion , Singapore, and fo r t h e Combined Schools, was quie t ly mar r i ed on S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g t o Miss Madeleine Oliveiro of P e n a n g . Rev. F a t h e r Maury celebrated t h e Nupt ia l Mass a t a side a l t a r a s t h e main a l t a r had j u s t before been used for a Solemn Requiem H i g h Mass for t h e la te Bishop Bari l lon. The recept ion was held a t T ive r ton Lane . T h e bes tman was Gunboa t Jack , t h e boxer .

* * * * * Church of the Sacred H e a r t .

Annual Picnic. T h e m e m b e r s of t h e choir , of

S t . Grego ry and t h e a l t a r boys, had a n enjoyable annual picnic a t Ponggol on Monday, 5 th Augus t . The success of t h e picnic is due to Mr. Seow Seet Yong, t h e Choir M a s t e r .

Dr. Bertram Ess to go shortly a s Radiologist to Malacca.

Dr. B e r t r a m J . E s s of the X r a y D e p a r t m e n t of t h e Tan Tock Seng Hospi tal will leave for Malacca shor t ly on t r ans fe r . A new Xray plant h a s been installed in t h e Malacca General Hospital and Dr . Ess will be in charge. His m a n y fr iends will miss " B e r t r a m " ve ry much as he was very popular and very sociable. His pat ients in t h e Hospi ta l will feel h is loss most of all for h e was extremely kind and pains t a k i n g . Dr . Es s af ter g r a ­dua t ing a t t h e local College of medicine fu r the red his studies suc­cessfully in Ed inburgh and Dublin. His younge r brother, Winston is a t . p re sen t in Edinburgh t a k i n g his finals. Singapore 's loss will undoubtedly be Malacca's gain .

* * * * * Very Rev. Fr. Brennam C.SS.R.

Addresses Catholic Actionists. F a t h e r Brennan C.SS.R. on Sun­

day twice appealed for suppor t for the Malaya Catholic Leader. To t h e congregat ion a t t h e High Mass in t h e K a t o n g Chapel and t o t h e member s of t h e Catholic Action Society he made special appeals and pointed out how vitally im­por t an t i t was for a Catholic to-day to r ead t h e Catholic paper. By purchas ing and t h e n reading a Ca­tholic periodical, h e said, was one way of pe r fo rming Catholic Action..

A t K a t o n g t h e good F a t h e r ' s words bore immedia te f ru i t s for not a single copy remained unsold.

L e t u s hope th i s en thus iasm will be p e r m a n e n t .

* # * * * MR. Y E E < CHEOK WAH ' S

MOTHER CELEBRATES 61st BIRTHDAY.

Mr. Yee Cheok Wah ' s m o t h e r celebrated h e r 61st b i r thday r the 31s t Ju ly . A dinner was held in h e r honour a t t he E m p r e s s Hotel in Middle Road and a very la rge g a t h e r i n g assembled t o p a y the i r respec ts . Mr. Cheok W a h is a f amous figure in local spor t t h o u g h one r eg re t s t h e m a n y calls of bus iness t h a t remove him from more ac t ive part icipat ion in games .

* * * * * Acknowledgment.

T h e two photos of t h e late Bishop Barillon which appeared in our las t N u m b e r a r e by courtesy of Messrs . Paul & Co.

* * * * * MRS. SALMOND CELEBRATES

6 2 N D BIRTHDAY. Mrs. Salmond, wife of Mr. J .

Salmond of E a s t Coast Road , celebrated he r 62nd b i r thday on F r i d a y t h e 2nd Augus t .

Still ve ry hale and hea r ty Mrs . Salmond was visited by a hos t of fr iends by whom she is loved and respected.

KUALA LUMPUR

PENANG C h a t i t y Carnival.

T h e Catholic Actionists of the< Church of t h e Assumption in con­junct ion wi th t he Lady Benefac­t resses of t h e Society of St . Vin­cent de Pau l will hold a carnival -on t h e 5 th of October in aid of t h e ! B u t t e r w o r t h Chapel and t h e ; Society of St . Vincent de Paul . Donat ions and prizes from a n y pa r t of Malaya will be grateful ly! received by the Rev. F a t h e r Sou-hai t , Church of the Assumption, ; Penang .

CATHOLIC ACTION SOCIETY. Church of t h e Holy Rosary .

Office beare rs and member s as from 1st Augus t , 1935:

Spir i tual Director—Rev. Fr . R. Girard.

Pres ident—Mr. Lian Woon Sin. Vice-President—Mr. Kok Fa i

Yin. Hon. Secre ta ry—Mr. N g Tarn

Siew. Hon. Treasure r—Mr. Heng Siew

Hong. Special P ress Correspondent—

Mr Joseph Berna rd Bong (on l e a v e ) ; N g See Foon ( a c t i n g ) ; Liew Phok (Chinese) .

Members . Messrs . Low Tsen Siang, Lim

Tarn Chong, P h t m g A h Tan, Val-lentine Lee, Lum Teek Hock, J . M. Bong, Chin Fook Onn, Choo Kon Hee and Cheng Mun Yoke.

Aspi rants .—Messrs . P h o n g Tehu Fui , P e t e r Chang, Kong Fook Kee, Loo A h Kow and Paul Chang (on leave) .

To be more efficient for t he 2nd half y e a r of i ts inaugura t ion i t is essential for members of t h e So­ciety to abide by t h e rules and be faithful t o t h e i r solemn promises]" made a t t h e t ime of admission.

E n g a g e m e n t . The engagement is announced!

between Mr. Chong Mun Yoke, sonf of Mr. Chong A h Foh , and Miss Cecilia Chin, younges t d a u g h t e r of) Mrs. R. Chin, and a s i s te r of Mr. A. P . Chin. T h e par t ies a re of] Kuala L u m p u r .

Mr. Chong Mun Yoke is thei Vice-Prefect of t h e Sodalists and a member of t h e Catholic Action Society, Church of t h e Holy Ro sary , Kua la Lumpur .

I n a r d D'Souza, Percy P . Scully, S. J . Aru lna then , C. A. Pinto, J . R. S t a Maria , Fel ix Michael, A. Mar i ana then , A. J . do Rozario, J . Lourdes Arul , Soosay, John Games,

; H igg ins Fe rnandez , Oswald Fer­nandez, Gomes, Gilbert Fernandez,

I I . Fernandez , S. A. Martyn, J a m e s Weller, F . A. Dawson, A. S t a Maria , Henry Sta Maria,

l /A. J . Pere i ra , R. J . Galistan, Ro-4 b e r t Lopez, P e t e r Bast ian, G. Ste­

phens , Simon Bas t i an and several o the r s .

Mr. Benedict Ponniah left Pe-\ n a n g on A u g u s t 3 by the P . & 0 .

Rawalpindi . H e will join St. j J o h n ' s College Cambridge to study

law. Mr. Ponniah , is t h e second son of Mr. and Mrs . A. B. Ponniah well-known Catholics of Seremban. Mr. Ponniah ' s elder b ro ther is Mr. E d w a r d I. Ponn iah of t h e tutorial

! staff of St . Pau l ' s Inst i tut ion, Seremban . A n o t h e r member of t h e family is s tudying for the

; pr ies thood in Ceylon. The Rev. • B r o t h e r Phi l ip S.S.J, of Rangoon,

fo rmer Super ior of the Brothers j of St . Joseph is a grand uncle of I t h e young s tuden t .

We wish Mr. Ponniah all success \ in his s tudies in England.

KLANG

SEREMBAN

Obituary . The dea th took place of Joseph

Siow T h a m a t his residence :

Seremban, on Tuesday, Ju ly 23rd, 1935, aged 61 yea r s . Fortified by r i tes of Holy Church . Mr . Siow T h a m was a re la t ive of t h e late| Towkay Siow Kow Chiah .

ST. JOHN'S QUEEN SCHOLAR] ENTERTAINED AT

SEREMBAN. Left Last Saturday for England

by P. & O. Rawalpindi. Mr. Benedict Ponniah , cricket

captain of St . J o h n ' s Ins t i tu t ion, Kuala L u m p u r and winner of the Queen's Scholarship in t h e Malay S ta tes w a s t h e gues t of honour at several farewell functions orga­nised in h i s honour in Seremban— his home town and elsewhere. The Negri Sembilan Catholics were hosts a t a d inner a t N a m Chun Hotel when covers were laid for nearly seventy persons .

Mr. A. Loriez presided and the others present wer^ .—Messrs . Benedict Ponniah , A. B . Ponniah and E d w a r d I . Ponniah , J a m e s Franc is , N . X a v i e r ^ J . Jacob, R. D. Brown, Chong A h Kai , Chan Voo Sen, Ambrose Dai r iam, A r t h u r Chamman, Fel ix de Silva, R. V. Chapman, Sa ram, Santhiapil lay, Swampillay, E . Alexander , Leo-

Obi tuary .

Mrs . Especiosa Philomena Van Wier ingen , passed away a t Klang fortified by t h e ri tes of the Church , on t h e morn ing of Friday, t h e 2nd day of Augus t , 1935 aged 83 yea r s . The funeral took place on t h e evening of Sa turday the 3 rd in s t an t . The re was a good a t t endance of friends and rela­t ions a t t h e funeral service, which was conducted by Rev. F a t h e r E. M. Belet, t h e pa r i sh priest .

In addit ion m a n y floral t r ibutes , l e t t e r s and te legrams of condo­lences were received.

T h e deceased was t h e wife of J o h n Van Wier ingen, who pre­deceased h e r about 9 yea r s ago. She was a long and respected resi­den t of Klang, hav ing come from Malacca in 1901.

T h e deceased h a s left behind 3 sons and a d a u g h t e r and a number of g rand children to mourn her loss.

A requiem H i g h Mass for the repose of t h e soul of the deceased will be s u n g on Fr iday , t h e 8 th in­s t a n t a t t h e Church of Our Lady of Lourdes , Klang .

" E t e r n a l r e s t give un to her O' Lord and m a y perpetual Light sh ine upon he r . "

CYMA the Countries.

WATCHES and

CHRONO­METERS

acknowledged the BEST

in all Agent;

RENE ULLMANN,

SINGAPORE.

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 10th AUGUST, 1935. 19

REDEMPTORISTS TO FOUND HOUSE IN SINGAPORE.

VERY REV. FR. B R E N N A N OSS.R.

HERE A S FIRST SUPERIOR. In response t o t h e invi tat ion of

His Lordship , R i g h t ^ R e v . Dr . Devals, F a t h e r Provincial of t h e Redemptoris ts in Aust ra l ia h a s accepted a foundat ion in Singapore. Very Rev. F a t h e r A. J . B rennan , who arr ived on Ju ly 30th , is Superior of t h e new foundation. Through t h e kindly in teres t of Bishop Devals a sui table dwell ing has been secured a s a t empora ry residence unt i l t h e monas te ry will be constructed. I t is s i tua ted a t 339 Thomson Road j u s t before t h e junction of Bales t ier Road. To­wards t h e end of September or early in October, F a t h e r B r e n n a n will be joined by F a t h e r Bor th is te l and two lay b r o t h e r s who wil help in a r r a n g i n g t h e house in Monas­te ry shape . Shor t ly af te r t h e y will be joined by F a t h e r s Green

and Moran. T h u s t h e r e will be four F a t h e r s ready for Missions and R e t r e a t work. All a r e experienced Missioners . F a t h e r Brennan h im­self h a s done mission work in both I re land and Aus t ra l i a . H e made his h ighe r s tud ies in Ireland and Belgium, being ordained by R igh t Rev. Mgr . Nommesch , Bishop of Luxembourg . F o r several yea r s he w a s Ass i s t an t t o t h e Mas te r of Novices in Aus t ra l ia . L a t e r on he w a s appointed Superior of t h e Monas te ry in Br isbane . F r o m Br i sbane he comes t o Singapore b r ing ing zeal and experience to t h e new work en t ru s t ed to h im. The new foundat ion will be dedicated to S t . Alphonsus Liguori , t h e founder of t h e Redemptor i s t Congregat ion. D u r i n g t h e com­ing m o n t h F a t h e r Brennan will be occupied in g iv ing R e t r e a t s t o t h e B r o t h e r s a n d N u n s in Kua la L u m p u r and Sigapore .

BEATIFICATION CAUSE OF 11 YEAR OLD FRENCH BOY

EXHUMATION OF REMAINS POSTPONED.

Paris.—The exhumat ion of t h e body of Guy de Fontgal land, t h e 11-year-old boy who died 10 y e a r s ago and whose cause for beatifica­tion is unde r consideration, h a s been postponed until t he Eccle­siastical Tr ibunal of Pa r i s can complete i t s labours . The Com­mission of t h e Diocese of Velence h a s finished i t s work on t h e cause.

Since the Pa r i s Tribune h a s t o examine 829 lengthy documents

-dealing wi th t h e purpor ted cures , i t will be some months before a conclusion is reached.

Sta t i s t ics compiled up to May 1, 1935, on t h e subject of t h e cause a re a s follows 2,000,889 s igna tu res sent t o Rome ask ing for t h e h a s ­tening of t h e beatification of Guy de Fon tga l l and ; 99 books in dif­ferent languages dealing w i t h t h e life of t he b o y ; 88 t rans la t ions of ' T h e Soul of a Chi ld" ; 829 cures at tested and certified; 736 voca­t ions—young men and boys who have entered seminar ies and novi­tiates to become pr ies ts or Rel igious to fulfill t h e wish of the boy who <3ied a t t h e age of 1 1 ; 155,208 graces and favours obta ined; 6,044 articles on Guy published in pape r s and magaz ines ; 1,009,658 r eques t s for rel ics; 26 missionaries , 19 priests and 12 Religious a t t r i b u t e their vocations t o t h e boy ; 166,892 letters or cards received seeking information about t he cause.

(N.C.W.C.)

MOHAMMEDANS HONOUR THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

IN A CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION.

Yenchowfu, (Shan tung , China) —Civil and mi l i t a ry officials, to­g e t h e r with m a n y P a g a n s and Mo­hammedans , jo ined wi th t h e Chr i s t i ans of Yenchowfu in ho­nour ing the Blessed Sac rament on the feas t of Corpus Chr is t i . This yea r for t he first t ime a Corpus Chris t i procession was held in t h e s t r ee t s of t h e ci ty.

T h e Commandan t of t h e local mi l i t a ry post sen t an escort of soldiers, and t h e Mandar ian sent a de t achmen t of policeman to main­ta in order a long t h e route . Pagans , Mohammedans and Chr is t ians sa­luted t h e procession wi th t h e ex­plosion of firecrackers. A t a point near t h e mosque where t h e pro­cession was t o pass , t h e Moham­medans erected an a l t a r and decorated i t w i th flowers and candles.

T h e r e were absolutely no un­pleasant incidents to m a r t h e cele­bra t ion . ( F i d e s ) .

CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES REMAIN IN ETHIOPIA.

Rome.—Cont ra ry to recent news­pape r repor t s , t h e Consolata

j Missionaries of Tur in have not | wi thdrawn from Ethiopia . Al­

though four S is te rs of t h e Con­solata Society r e tu rned to Europe recent ly on account of ill heal th , t he P r i e s t s , B ro the r s and Sisters of t h e Society a t Addis Ababa and in t h e province of Kaffa a re re­ma in ing a t t h e i r pos ts . (F ides ) .

SPORTS NOTES. {Continued from pagt 15)

KENG HOCK WINS SECOND PLACE IN JAVELIN THROW.

Chia Keng Hock of Singapore won 2nd place in the Javelin Throw at the Chinese Olympiad held in Penang dur­ing August holidays. Had he put in sufficient practice he might have done even better. The Winner Established a new Malayan Chinese record.

* * * * CATHOLIC SCHOOLS REPRESENTED

IN AMATEUR ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.

At the Second meeting of the Singa­pore Amatuer Athletic Association held "2* the S.CC on Thursday, August 1st, •Mr. F. J. Rappa and Mr- J. A. Snodgrass ^presented St. Joseph's and St. Patrick's Schools respectively. Mr. J. S. de Souza is one of the joint Secretaries.

BOXING.

FRISCO OUTPOINTS GUNBOAT JACK young Frisco, fighting at his proper

**i£ht, proved too good for the famous Trtmboat Jack at the Great World Sta­

dium on Friday night, August 2nd. Of course Frisco was nearly a stone heavier and only won by a narrow mar­gin of points.

TENNIS.

MISS JANSZ RETAINS JUNIOR SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP.

Miss Diana Jansz, of Ipoh, retained the title in the Girls' Section of the Perak junior tennis championships.

* * * *

S.R.C. TOURNAMENT The S.R.C. Tennis Tournament has

just ended. . -Mr. G. Lowe, of Johore Bahru, is

Tennis Champion. Dr. W. Balhetchet is runner-up.

Dr. W. Balhetchet and N. E. Ess won the Champion Doubles from Messrs S. Stewart and N. Hoean. S. Stewart was runner up in the Handicap Singles. In the Handicap Doubles. Mr. C. B. W<-bb and partner were successful, with Dr. W. Balhetchet and N. Ess as second. Dr W, Balhetchet and partner were runners up in the mixed Handicap Doubles.

THE LACK OF HONOUR. {Continued from page 17)

A t las t a place was found for h e r wi th a solitary woman who would give up to t h e girl h e r se­cond floor, glad of t h e money-aid Honor ' s coming gave he r and of he r presence in t h e house, while he r gua rd iansh ip would enable Honor to enter ta in h e r young friends, a s well as to feel t h a t she was not alone.

Es tab l i shed thus , sat isfactori ly, in a sense, yet inevitably wi th a sense of being cast off, Honor be­gan to look about her, g roping for guiding ropes which life w a s pu t ­t i n g into he r hands .

Lillie Griscom haun ted h e r rooms, fascinated anew b y Honor herself and by t h e in te res t ing fact t h a t one of he r b ro the r s was in love wi th Honor, and t h a t Honor knew it and t h a t she was expelled from t h e Griscom paradise because of it. B u t t h a t Robert was in love wi th h e r qui te as much a s Wally, Honor did not know. Yet if Honor were not a Catholic, e i t h e r of them, or both of t h e m , migh t blamelessly, if not advantageously love Honor . Lillie ceaselessly in­ves t iga ted t hd Iromance, cjear to her e ighteen years , and vainly t r ied to see how Honor, t h e Ca­tholic, differed from tlte boys ' P re sby te r i an girl f r iends except in be ing about a million t imes nicer ," Lillie decided.

Mr. Griscom rare ly le t a day pas s wi thou t dropping in t o see Honor, on his way to or from bu­siness, t o t a k e he r out w i th Lillie in t h e evening.

Mrs . Griscom came once or twice, t o fulfil he r du ty a s she had a lways done, bu t he r m a n n e r made i t plain to Honor t h a t she consid­ered h e r a menace to you th , and to b lame for Wally 's in fa tua t ion ; Honor was glad t h a t t h e visi ts were few. Mrs. Griscom had solemnly ordered Wally by every obligation he owed to his God, h is country , and his mother , to avoid seeing Honor Shaw until h is fancy was cured. Wally implied t h a t he had no intention of wooing Honor, ye t came as often as he dared to see he r and made love t o her by every indirect method his g rea t ingenui ty in t h a t direction could devise. Honor would not ^allow h im to speak of love, nor would she let Wally come to see her , when s h e could prevent i t .

"Even if your f a the r does know and not mind, your m o t h e r th inks you do not come, and I won ' t be a p a r t y t o you deceiving he r , " she declared.

When Mrs . Griscom had tr ied to ge t a promise from Rober t not t o see Honor, Robert had answered f rank ly :

" I shall go to see Honor j u s t as often as she will let me in, mother , and if I don' t ask h e r to m a r r y me i t will be because I know she cares for Wally and I'll t r y to keep h e r s is ter ly confidence in m e . "

So Rober t was a f requent visi tor in Honor ' s p re t ty si t t ing-room and a g r e a t comfort to t h e girl by his s t a lwar t t rus twor th iness and teas ing affection.

Mr. Griscom, watching a t t imes, wondered t h a t Robert could so completely keep out of s ight h is hopes and feelings.

"I 've been reading up t h e Ca­tholic Church. Honor ," Rober t an­nounced one night . "It 's wonder­ful how little we unders tand Tier. She's—well. I can see t h a t one migh t ge t beyond s t a t i n g wha t he though t h e r ! I'm surpr ised to find so l i t t le in her actual t each ing one could logically deny. I t all s t r ikes one as bigger than what h e k n e w ; t h a t ' s about t he main dif­ference."

Honor looked a t Robert amazed, delighted, r emember ing his mo­the r , a little f r ightened.

" I never ta lked of i t , " she gasped.

Wally, who was present , inter­vened.

" A s far as I am concerned, I'd j u s t a s lief be a Catholic a s any­th ing . The only t h i n g about i t is t h a t i t ' s no religion for a lazy m a n . Even if you ' re not pious it keeps you hus t l ing . Long ser­vices, kneeling and all t h a t , o r else ear ly r is ing a n d prole tar ia t cong­rega t ions on S u n d a y s ; no m e a t on Fr iday , w h e t h e r the re ' s a business luncheon on, or a b a n q u e t ; confes­sion once a year , a t l eas t—it ' s no religion for a lazy m a n ! B u t I r a t h e r th ink i t ' s all r igh t . I 'd j u s t a s lief have it m y family fa i th , r a t h e r , in fact . Catholic t r a in ing produces t h e best resul t Fve ever s een ! " — *

Honor looked a t Wally and laughed. "You' l l never be a Ca­thol ic ," she said.

T h e n he r eyes rested on Rober t . " T h e confessors were m e n , " she said involuntari ly.

I t was not long af ter t h i s t h a t Wally came t o announce to Honor a change of employment . H e waxed eloquent over i t s advan tages .

" I never liked t o say much about it , I ha t e a whiner , bu t m y begin­n ing was un fo r tuna te , " h e said, "Canan t and Calkins didn ' t know how to apprec ia te a man , n o r how to t r e a t one. Talk about soulless corpora t ions! A corporation is an aggrega te of m e n ; I th ink i t s soul depends on t h e average souls of i t s members . Canan t and Calkins is a firm of two, bu t t h e i r two halves don' t m a k e one soul. I 'm glad I 'm out of i t . I shall b e able to m a r r y before long, H o n o r ! "

"Robert seems to like i t t he re , " Honor hinted, ignoring Wally 's suggest ion.

"Bob's all r igh t , " said Wally splendidly, "bu t he 's a grubber . You know howr he was as a boy. Bob's never going to ge t f a r ; he 's going to be satisfied to crawl along. No crawling in mine, t h a n k s ; I intend to soar. Bob does get on the re , yes , and no wonder ! C. & C. th ink he ' s ace h igh because he goes r i g h t along in t h e t r ack they 've laid out for h im. They couldn' t ha rnes s me to* the i r old p lough ; I 've got bigger a ims than t h e y offer."

Honor was too inexperienced to read correctly between these lines, bu t she saw t h a t t h e r e was wri t -ing^ there which she could not decipher. Wally 's largeness of s t a t emen t did not overwhelm her .

F r o m th i s t ime Wally seemed t o h e r changed, not in his devotion to her , but in himself, and Rober t surely was al tered, his f a t h e r less so. Robert came less often t o see Honor and was inclined to silence when he came.

Mr . Griscom came a s often a s ever to see "h is d a u g h t e r in t h e annex , " a s h e called Honor , bu t like Robert , h e looked troubled, fell into silence, watched Honor anxiously and, t h e girl t h o u g h t , seemed suddenly older.

Honor w a s busy since she had come out in to t h e world. S h e was much in demand for t h e p leasures of he r age and set and she had th rown hersel f into helpful la­bours , w i thou t reserve , for he r first w in t e r in society w a s t h e win t e r of t h e g r e a t w a r in Europe , when suffering a t home and ab­road made unl imited claims upon every one. So Honor ' s preoccupa­t ion combined with he r lack of experience t o keep h e r from cons t ru ing t h e al terat ion in Mr . Griscom and his sons, of which , never the less , she was conscious.

(To be continued)

OFFICIAL O R G A N OF CATHOLIC ACTION PUBLISHED WEEKLY.

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(BY F I D E S S E R V I C E )

N E W YORK—It is generally es t imated t h a t t h e r e are at least two million lepers in the world to-day. A recent attempt to pre­pare a general survey met with considebale difficulty; local govern­ment and colonial authorities are not always willing that the world should know how many lepers are in their jurisdiction. But we may safely accept the calculations of careful students of the subject. Official figures for China a re not j t aken internal ly and also adminis -

available, bu t a t t e m p t s a t a su r ­vey seem to confirm t h e belief t h a t here a r e approximate ly 400,000 lepers in t h e count ry . In Ind ia and B u r m a t h e r e m u s t be between 200,000 and 300,000; perhaps even more. T h e r e a r e 75,000 persons afflicted w i t h leprosy in Japan and Korea. Cent ra l and South Ame­rica, Afr ica and t h e islands of t h e Pacific have , all toge ther , m o r e than a million. Cont ra ry to a common belief, leprosy is not con­fined to t ropical l a n d s ; in Siberia, Norway and Iceland t h e r e a r e many lepers .

Though i t is difficult to say j u s t how t h e disease is contracted, i t seems t h a t t h e g e r m s a r e taken m through t h e skin or t h rough t h e nostrils. I t m a y come form per­sonal contact , touching art icles t h a t a leper h a s touched. I t a lso comes f rom bi tes of infected in­sects. A weak const i tut ion ren­ders a person more liable to infec­tion. I t is p ra t t i caBy certain t h a t leprosy is no t hered i ta ry , and hence children of tapers can b e saved from t h e disease if isolated in t ime. The t r e a t m e n t of leprosy is a field of vas t exper imen t ; m u c h encouraging p rogress has been made since 1874. T h e more com­mon t r e a t m e n t is by use of oil made from seeds of t h e chatdmooara tree. Th i s is applied externally,

te red by injection. When t h e t r ea tmen t can be admin is te red a s desired, and when lepers a r e pro­vided wi th good living q u a r t e r s and proper nour ishment , t h e res ­ponse to t h i s t r e a t m e n t is good. Af ter a cer ta in period some of t h e lepers have been declared free of symptoms, and if, a f te r r e t u r n i n g to the i r normal way of life, t h e r e a r e no s igns of a r e t u r n of t h e disease, t h e y a r e considered cured.

Catholic missionaries care for I approximately 25,000 lepers in <va-! rious parts of the world.. .In the { 127 organized asylums directed by J missionaries there are some 14,000 J inmates, while almost a s many J again receive help and treatment J at Catholic missionary dispensa-I ries.

Africa leads in t h i s field of Catholic cha r i ty wi th 59 asy lms and 5,558 lepers directly under t h e care of missionaries . India, Cey­lon and B u r m a a r e nex t w i th 13 asylums and 2,330 lepers. Indo-China has 11 asylums and 2,226 inmates . T h e islands of t h e Paci ­fic, China, America, J a p a n and Nether land E a s t Indies follow in th i s order.

Heads of missionary ins t i tu tes , { part icular ly of ins t i tu tes of Sis-j te rs , say t h a t hundreds of the i r i members have expressed t h e de-' sire to work among lepers. Only

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a privileged few, however, can ac­tually engage in t h e work, owing to t h e l imitat ions placed on leper-relief activit ies by lack of funds . Though an excellent form of char­ity, i t s contr ibution in building up the Church mi l i tant is relat ively small, and miss ionary bishops feel they can allot i t only a small por­tion of the i r meagre resources.

The colony at Molokai, where F a t h e r Damien died a leper in 1889 and where Bro the r Dutton died in 1931, is supported by the Government. Likewise, several of the large asy lums of India and Africa receive important assis­tance from the local Government; their existence otherwise would be impossible. The large asylum at Culion, Philippine Islands, wi th 5,200 lepers, is a Government ins-

i t i tu t ion . The Jesu i t F a t h e r s and j t h e Sis ters of St . Pau l of Cha r t r e s I a r e a t work t h e r e and have a

large colony of Catholic lepers. An exception in t h i s respect

among t h e m o r e i m p o r t a n t asy­lums is Sheklung in Sou th China, wi th i t s 800 i nma te s , t h e world 's la rges t Catholic leper asylum. I t was founded in 1907 by F a t h e r Conrardy, a t one t i m e a missionary in Ind ia a n d l a t e r a companion of F a t h e r Damien a t Molokai. A subsidy is received from t h e Chi-

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