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OSSERVATORE ROMANO' ON TERMS OF CONCORDAT

(By N.C.W.C. News Service.)

Vatican City.—In a long ar t ic le dealing with t h e present s i tuation in Germany and t h e Concordat between t h a t count ry and t h e Holy See, "Osservatore Romano ' ' s a y s t h a t while here tofore the g r ave molestat ions suffered by Catholics were a t t r ibu ted t o p r iva te ini t iat ive incited by Rosenberg ' s neo-pagan propaganda , t h e Government being too tolerant but not consent ient , t h e speech by Home Minister Fr ick a t Muenster las t m o n t h i s a new fact caus ing belief t h a t i t is desired to give a cha rac t e r of official host i l i ty t o t h e religious a t t a c k s h i the r to developed in a m o r e or less disguised form.

Osservatore repor ts t h e declaration by Home Minister Fr ick t h a t the Catholic Church, even according to the Concordat, has t h e du ty to consider as binding upon members of t h e Catholic Church those laws which a r e binding upon all in the Sta te . Besides, he said, an official s t a t ement explained t h a t the law of steril ization m u s t also be respected by every German Catholic according to t h e disposition of t h e Concordat. T h a t affirmation and t h a t i n t e rp re t a tion a re juridically and morally absurd, Osservatore says , because Article One of the Concordat guaran tees Catholics l iber ty in t h e profession and public exercise of the Catholic religion wi thou t any limitation. The final protocol of the Concordat, Osserva tore adds, expressly s ta tes t h a t it places no limitation on pr ies ts and religious with regard to t h e public teaching and explaining of t h e doctr ines and m a x i m s of t h e Church , not only dogmat ic but also moral . Therefore, Osservatore continues, there is no doubt t h a t t h e speech by Home Minis ter Fr ick is impossible of being reconciled to the provisions of the Concordat .

The Home Minister, Osservatore s tates , also asser ted t h a t it is

necessary to laicize all G e r m a n pubVc life, including Catholic professional and you th associat ions. This s t a t emen t , t h e paper adds , is con t ra ry to Art ic le 31 of t he Concordat , which assures these organizations t h a t they will be p rotected in the i r inst i tut ion and in the i r work.

The Home Minis ter is f u r t h e r reported as say ing t ha t he desires ne i ther a Catholic nor a P ro te s t a n t daily press , but only a German press . This s ta tement , Osserva tore says , is contrary to t h e principle gua ran teed by t h e Concordat r ega rd ing religious l iber ty , and t h e r igh t of Catholics to avail themselves of all means of sp i r i tual ac t iv i ty for t h e defence and diffusion of the i r fa i th . I t is a sad fact, Osservatore continues, t h a t while full l iber ty is allowed t h a t press which makes propaganda of ant i -Chris t ian theories and a t t a cks the Cathoic P re s s in every way, efforts a re made to suppress t he Catholic P ress which must defend t r u t h .

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Tha t this engagement failed of application does not need to be commented on, Osservatore says in conclusion.

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A PRISONER QF THE REDS THE CAPTURE A N D RESCUE OF

FATHER HENRY BUSH, M.M. o — —

BY R E V . F R . P . JOY, S.J. ( F r o m T H E ROCK.)

Concluded from last week. The going was slow for t h e un

d e r g r o w t h w a s thick- Some t w e n t y m i n u t e s a f t e r t h e escape a sho t r a n g ou t . T h e whole camp below was alive in a mom e n t a n d t h e p u r s u i t began. Crouching low so a s not to be observed, F r . B u s h h a d near ly gained t h e b row of t h e hill when a voice r a n g o u t which told h im he h a d been observed. In one last r u s h h e cleared t h e hill, j u s t as a sho t followed h i m — b u t a l a s ! he found h e could see l i t t le ahead of h im, and, p u t t i n g up h is hands , he" discovered t h a t , in t h a t spu r t t h r o u g h t h e unde rg rowth , he ha<} l o s t . h i s glasses.

W h a t w a s to b e done? Being near -s ighted , f a s t t rave l l ing wi tho u t g lasses was impossible. Only one hope remained . H e lay down on clear ing t h e hil l top and allowed himself t o roll down t h e o the r side a s f a r and a s f a s t a s h e could. A f t e r a while he lay still and hoped t h e u n d e r g r o w t h would she l te r h i m from s ight .

Now, t h e Reds h a d topped t h e hill. He , hea rd one of t h e m make t h e r e m a r k t h a t t h e capt ive was gone beyond recovery. H e heard t h e a n g r y c r y of t h e leader to ge t busy wi th a search of t h e underg r o w t h i H e h e a r d . t h e o the r plead t h a t t h e r e was no clue. H e hea rd t h e leader poin t ou t t h a t t h e r e m u s t be a clue.

' T h e ground is w e t ( i t h a d been ra in ing a l i t t le t ime ) so he m u s t have left a t r a c k , " shouted t h e capable Red leader.

' T h e r e is- no t r a c k , " shouted back t h e less zealous followers.

A m o m e n t l a t e r h e hea rd t h e leader 's voice: "Look. There is h is t r a ck j u s t bes ide you. Follow i t down and find h i m . "

Some dreadful m o m e n t s followed. Then a s tep d rew nea r t h r o u g h t h e unde rg rowth . A mom e n t l a t e r t he foot of t h e pu r sue r landed on F r . B u s h ' s shoulder. Wi th supreme self-control, he yielded q u i e % unde r t h e m a n ' s full weight , on F r . Bush ' s body, and in a m o m e n t h e was once more a pr i soner of t h e Reds .

About t h e s a m e t i m e he ' left t h e camp, the s t u d e n t also made his bid for l iber ty . W i t h be t t e r luck, h e go t to a place of h id ing before t h e search began, remained till nightfal l and t h e n made his way in safe ty back to l iber ty.

The Reds real ised t h e consequences of t h e s t u d e n t ' s escape. The soldiers would now have definite informat ion of t h e i r whereabouts , and no sooner would t h e s tudent make contac t wi th them* t h a n t h e pu r su i t would begin in earnes t . Hence t h e y broke camp again t h a t n igh t and a long march pu t as much dis tance a s possible between them and t h e place where t h e s tuden t escaped.

Never theless t h e s tuden t ' s informat ion, as t h e Reds feared, enabled t h e soldiers t o ge t quickly in pursu i t . E v e n t h e night ly movement from camp to camp failed to shake t h e m off. As t hey got neare r , i t became impossible for e i the r capt ives or Reds to ea t . Then a sack of unmilled rice appeared in t h e camp and some nou r i shmen t could be had by chewing t h e g ra in . Final ly, some

one though t of t h e leaves of t h e sweet pota to and they were pilfered by n ight f rom the peasan t s ' ga rdens . The f a rmers and t h e soldiers noticed t h e evidence, and from it two conclusions became app a r e n t : t he first, t h a t t h e Reds were n e a r ; t h e second, t h a t t h e y were s tarv ing.

I n the Red camp th ings were g e t t i n g desperate . The mil i tary cordon was closing round t hem and t h e effect of food shor tage w a s tel l ing.

Cases of Conscience. One day i t was decided to a t

t e m p t to ge t loose from t h e pur sue r s . The Reds shouldered t he i r g u n s and bid t h e i r captives, who were a t t h i s t i m e nine, ge t r eady for t h e march once more. By some mishap , t h e ma in body go t a w a y w i t h five of t h e nine captives before t h e r ema in ing four (amongs t t h e m F r . B u s h ) were ready t o move. When t h e y got moving t h e y were four prisoners in t h e cha rge of t w o gua rds . Meanwhile outposts on d u t y watched t h e movements of t h e soldiers who were closing in on t h e hill below.

Af te r t ravel l ing for some t ime , one of t h e two guards made up t h e hill t o establ ish contact wi th t h e main group, leaving one gua rd w i t h four capt ives. This g u a r d t u r n e d to F r . B u s h :

' T h e r e is one guard on outpos t d u t y j u s t over the re , " he said. "Shal l I kill h im, and then we can all escape t o t h e soldiers?"

I t was a nice point of mora l i t y ! F r . Bush sh rugged his shoulders and left h im to solve it for h imself. He t u rned to t h e o ther t h r e e captives and h is question received an unanimous "Yes . "

" V e r y well ," said th is pen i ten t thief, "I will go forward. In two minu tes you will hea r a shot . Then you will know t h a t the outpost is dead. Run s t r a igh t for t h e vall e y ! "

A shot r a n g out. The capt ives r a n forward j u s t in t ime to see t h e i r ers twhile guard fling t h e body of t h e outpost into a di tch and, bear ing wi th him his own and t h e dead man ' s guns , make down t h e hill.

In a few minu tes contact wi th t h e soldiers was established. The Red guard dropped his guns on t h e ground before approaching t h e m . A t the order given, he faced t h e sun , put out h is hands and swore h i s allegiance t o the principles of Sun Yat Sen.

The pockets of the capt ives were tu rned out , and t h e soldiers were amused to find t h a t t h e y were filled with unmilled rice stolen by t h e captives from the i r Red capt o r s .

In a few minu tes more F r . Bush w a s on his way to safety. The peni tent Red guard was leading a t roop of soldiers in pusui t of h is former companions in inqui ty. I t is said t h a t t hey captured them all, and those who know the law of China will realise w h a t t he i r end was.

"How did you find t h e R e d s ? " someone asked, as F r . Bush finished his tale.

"They were all r igh t , " was t h e replv. "many of them as fine fel-

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T H E OPENING OF LO PA HONG'S N E W HOSPITAL AT

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FOR TREATMENT OF NERVOUS DISEASES.

Shanghai . — The new Mercy Hospital for Nervous Diseases at Shanghai was opened J u n e 29 in t h e presence of Bishop August Hoouisee, Vicar Apostolic of Shanghai , Mr. Lo P a Hong founder and proprie tor of t h e hospital, and a group of about 1,000 visi tors. The hospital , s i tua ted on a 25-acre t r a c t of land, can accommodate 600 pat ients .

T h e nurs ing in t h e men's section will be under t h e direction of the Bro the r s of Mercy of Treves, Germany, and in t h e women's section, under t he Fore ign Mission Sisters of St . Dominic, or Maryknoll Sist e r s .

Dr . F a n n y G. Halpern, Professor of Neurology and Psych ia t ry at t h e Shangha i Nat ional Medical School is t h e Director of the new Mercy Hospital . Speaking a t the opening, she said, "We now recognise t h a t mos t menta l disorders can be cured. So t h e necessity has developed of changing t h e asylums for t h e insane into real hospitals for t h e t r e a t m e n t of mental diseases." (Fides.)

PEDESTRIAN'S PLUCK SAVES SISTERS FROM GRAVE

INJURIES. Two lit t le s i s te rs of t h e poor

v/ere involved in an a larming s t reet accident in Liverpool lately when t h e horse d rawing t h e van in which t h e sis ters were r iding bolted. The van came in to collision wi th a t r a m c a r and h u r t by a piece of wood, t h e horse began a mad career t h rough a crowded through-fare.

The dr iver was t h rown from his sea t by t h e force of t h e impact and a pass ing pedestr ian held on

I t o t h e horse 's head for a long t ime j before he was able to br ing it to a \ s tand still. i A policeman who tr ied to help I t h e pedes t r ian was hurled on to | t h e road and t h e horse and van | s t ruck him. The Sisters and the I dr iver were not seriously injured.

PRESBYTERIANS DECREASE !N CANADA.

Montreal .—Present ing the s ta t istical and financial report a t t he sixty-first General Assembly of t h e Presby te r ian Church in Canada, the Rev. J . M. McNamara, of Toronto, s ta ted t h a t the membership of t he church was 179.548, a decrease of 524 in the last year.

All t h e synods had decreased the i r s t ipends, he said. The most serious decrease, he reported was in contr ibut ions to missionarv work. (N.C.W.C.)

ABBOT SCHMIDT DEAD. Vienna.—The Rt . Rev. Abbot

Leopold Schmidt has died a t the ; age of 51 years . He was taken to ! h is res t ing place in the Abbey of • Zwettl , Aus t r i a , in t h e presence of ' m a n y Abbots .

The funeral was at tended by t h e Pres ident of Austr ia , Wilhelm Miklas ; t h e Governor of Lower

; Aust r ia , B a a r von Baarenfels ; t h e Pres ident of t h e Federal Diet.

I Count Hoyos, and many personalit ies of public life.

In Augus t , 1923, in t h e Abbey of I Zwett l , h e joined the Order of St .

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lows as you would wish to m e e t / ' Ju s t once in his na r r a t i ve did

he make ment ion of bea t ing with t h e but t end of rifles. But a t once he glossed it over and went on to tell us the in te res t ing side of his tale. A s he finished. I noticed how weary he was . and one of the F a t h e r s told m e :

Yes. He finds it difficult to s leep!"

But the impression left on me as I iourneved home from Stanlev was t h a t he re indeed was s man transfigured bv t h e char i ty of Chris t . "Cbar i tv is na t ient . Cha r i ty is k ind ," St . Pau l tells us. Most of us read it and t r v t o remember i t s lesson in a t least +^e smaller annovances of iife. But here was a man who had for two months been wearv wi th journey* bv n ieh t . onlv to lie down for a few honrs . manacled bv dav, with wretched fond and no iw>fp<»+ ;^r' from t h e insects t h a t abounded. At last he rpfurns to P P ^ + V

O T H while he still bea r s on h im the marks of t h e shackles on hi* wounded leo*s, he can find nothm<r worse to say of his cantons rhw t h a t they were all r i>ht . " m a n v of them as fine fellows as you would care to mee t . "

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On Wings from Albion (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT)

THE BISHOP OF MENEVIA. The Holy F a t h e r h a s made his

choice of a Bishop of Menevia in succession to the la te Dr. Franc is V a u g h a n ; and t ha t choice makes good h e a r i n g for t h e Catholics of Welsh-speaking member s of h is the r ec to r of Bangor, F a t h e r Michael McGra th , M.A.—is a dist in- ) guished Welsh scholar and will I thus be able to p reach to t h e Welsh-speaking members of his flock in t h e i r own tongue .

F r . McGra th is not himself a Welshman, as may be ga the red from h is name, but he h a s been for many y e a r s a hard-working pr ies t in Wales , both as p a r i s h pr ies t i and teacher . His na t ive place is Kilkenny, Ireland, and h is appointment t h u s adds a n o t h e r to t he company of gifted and esteemed I r i shmen in t h e r a n k s of t h e episcopate in Great Br i t a in . Among his fel low-countrymen in t h e Hierarchy a r e t h e Archbishop of Liverpool, who also is a Ki lkenny m a n ; t h e Bishop of P o r t s m o u t h (Cloy-n e ) , t h e Bishop of Middlesbrough ( T i p p e r a r y ) , and t h e Bishop of Clifton (Mitchelstown, Co. Cork ) .

T h e Bishop-elect was ordained | in 1908, not for Wales b u t for t h e diocese of Clifton. H e served for a n u m b e r of years in Bris tol and the vicinity, and then , in 1920, in t h e diocese of Menevia. A t A b e r y s t w y t h he was for some t ime par ish pr ies t , and for ano ther period rec tor of St. M a r y ' s College. From t h a t town h e w a s t rans fe r red to Bangor .

den opinions for his work for education.

* * * * • Typhoid Mys te ry In P i lg r image

Ranks. Recently t h e Scott ish Nat ional

Pi lgr image, upwards of a thousand s t rong, r e tu rned from Lourdes . Since then, t h e r e has been a mysterious and a la rming ou tb reak of enteric ( typhoid) fever in t h e Glasgow distr ict , which has extended by cases reported also from other p a r t s of Scotland, t h e vict ims being from the ranks of those who took p a r t in the pi lgr image. The public hea l th author i t ies have t aken p rompt action, and widespread inquir ies are being made. As t h e ou tbreak declared itself among t h e pilgrims, i t is t hough t t h a t t h e infection was received somewhere in France , perhaps by injudicious water -dr inking dur ing a t r a in stop a t some point of the journey . But so far noth ing definite h a s been discovered to account for t h e outbreak. At t h e t ime of wr i t ing , more t h a n sixty cases have declared themselves , but for tunate ly no fatal i t ies a r e reported.

* * * £ * ENGLAND'S HELP FOR IRELAND.

The fund which t h e Universe opened so promptly for t h e relief of t h e sufferers by the recent ant i -Catholic ou tbu r s t s in Belfas t h a s already b rough t in upwards of a thousand pounds . In a l e t t e r to t he editor , t h e Bishop of Down and Connor (Dr . Magean) expres-

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The diocese of Menevia is one of the m o s t in teres t ing of t h e Catholic Sees in Great Br i t a in , if only because it re tains, in i t s t i t le , t he name of t h e ancient diocese. For-merely t h e Vicariate of Wales , was erected into the diocese of Menevia, by Pope Leo XI I I , fo r ty years ago. T h e diocesan t e r r i t o r y includes t h e whole of Wales wi th the exception of Glamorgansh i re in South Wales . T h a t county is pa r t of t h e Archdiocese of Cardiff. But Menevia has the principal Welsh-speaking dis t r ic ts , a s t hese a re chiefly in t h e nor th .

I t is s t a t ed t h a t F a t h e r McGrath already speaks six l anguages— Irish, English, Welsh , French, German, and I ta l ian, and t h a t he is now learning Russ ian .

* * * • * A SCOTS TRAGEDY.

A terr ib le dea th h a s over taken one of t h e best-known pr ies t in t h e West of Scotland. F r . J o h n Donnelly, t h e Vice-Rector of St . Peter ' s College, New Kilpatr ick, Glasgow, was r iding in a motor-car , which ano the r p r i e s t was driving, when t h e car h i t t h e side of t h e road wi th such force t h a t it was overset, and F r . Donnelly was thrown nearly s even ty feet into a glen and died sho r t l y a f t e rwards . The pr ies t who was d r iv ing had a remarkable escape f rom d e a t h ; he sustained only m i n o r in jur ies , but suffered a g rea t shock. F r . Don-jel ly 's t rag ic end depr ives t h e Col-tege of a priest w h o had won gol-

ses his g ra t i tude . This help, his Lordship wr i tes , "man i fes t s a generosi ty far beyond all expectat ions ; and we appreciate more than we can say not only t h e gift , but the sympa thy , char i ty and goodwill t h a t prompted t h e g iv ing."

THE "TIMES" REBUKED. While t h e subject of ant i -

| Catholic violence is under notice, let it be recorded t ha t in r ega rd to the ou tbreak in another country, Scotland, The Times ha s brought upon itself a dignified le t te r of refutat ion and rebuke from the

! Archbishop of St. Andrews and | Ed inburgh . The London daily,

comment ing, by its correspondent, on t h e recent scenes in t h e Scots capital minimised them as having

; been mainly "Street brawls in i poorer a r e a s , " adding t h a t " the J one or two s t ree t fights t h a t have I taken place .were over in a ma t t e r I of minu tes . " The Archbishop ! gives details , cooiy and dispas-

sionately, showing t h e ex ten t of | t h e anti-Catholic manifes ta t ions j and t h e peril to which Catholics in j Ed inburgh were subjected. Dr. j McDonald asked The Times to ; give t h e same publicity t o his let-I t e r as wras given t o t h e corres-\ pondent ' s s ta tements .

* * * * * DOWNSIDE ABBEY CHURCH.

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ing early in September to perform the ceremony of consecrat ing t h e Abbey Church a t Downside, one of the handsomest monast ic buildings in t h e Kingdom. The church conta ins m a n y t r ea su re s of a r t ,— beautiful tombs, pictures , and stained-glass. Dov/nside is visi ted yearly by m a n y hundreds of persons, by no means all of t h e m Catholics.

* * * * * DOUAI ABBEY.

To mention t h e word "Douai" to j most men in England would prob-; ably make them th ink only of j France . If one asked t h e ques-| t ion : "Where is Douai A b b e y ? " I t he answer m i g h t easily b e : ; "France , of course ; where e l se?" I But while it is t r u e t h a t Douai is | a town across t h e Channel, wi th I many historic Catholic associa-j t ions, Douai Abbey is on Engl ish I soil, i ts name alone connecting it,

nowadays, with foreign p a r t s . : There was a t ime when the Bene

dictine communi ty now a t Wool-hampton, Berks , was indeed a t Douai ; bu t they were forced to leave France a t t h e t ime of t h e government crusade agains t t h e Religious orders , and they found a new home in t h e diocese of P o r t s mouth. There , in a quiet pa r t of t h e countryside, t h e y have an extensive block of buildings, and conduct one of our best known Catho

lic schools. Above all t hey have

already achieved, in par t , a g rand church which, when completed, will be a noble as well a s a spacious fabric. The abbey church at Douai is being built from plans by J. Arnold Crush. Already, from the eas tern portion, one can realize what t h e church will be like in i ts finished glory, some yea r s hence.

* * * * * A SHRINE BY THE SEA.

One of t h e most p ic turesque of England 's many annual pi lgr im-

I ages has j u s t been enacted a t Hast ings , a popular r e so r t on the South Coast. On a h e i g h t above the town is t h e ruin of Has t ings Castle, pa r t of which is w h a t remains of an ancient chapel of Our Lady to which the re was wide devotion in Catholic t imes . Many years ago the Guild of Our Lady of Ransom revived th i s devotional

j interest by a p i lgr image to the ; spot and a shor t service in the • r u in s ; and t h a t p i lgr image , an-i nually repeated, is now one of the

features of t h e holiday seasons at Has t ings . Th i s year about a thou-

; sand persons took p a r t in t h e pro-; cession which wended i t s w a y from

the old town by t h e c l imbing pa th | to t he Cas t l e ; thousands more lin

ed t h e sidewalks as in te res ted specta to rs . Beautiful w e a t h e r prevailed, and when t h e processionists assembled on t h e he igh t t h e scene was a cha rming as well a s an impressive one.

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 31st AUGUST, 1935.

WHEN THE ICE GAVE WAY.

T h e r e was g r e a t exc i t ement a t St . H u g h ' s , for t h e f ros t had set in and all t h e ponds we re changed in to shee t s of ice. T h e C h r i s t m a s hol idays were soon t o begin, and a f r iend of F a t h e r Rec to r ' s had promised to give pr izes t o t h e boys w h o ska ted bes t . T w o beautiful pa i r s of ska tes were offered, one for boys under t h i r t e e n and t h e o t h e r for those f rom t h i r t e e n to fifteen.

Gera rd Sinclair a n d h i s cousin J a c k h a d both en te red t h e i r names in t h e second class, fo r J e r r y was twelve yea r s old, a n d J ack was p a s t eleven, and eve ry momen t t h e y could spa re f rom school t h e y spen t upon t h e ice.

A t first J e r r y w a s by f a r t h e best , for he was a n o r t h count ry lad, whi ls t J ack h a d only come up from t h e sou th a few m o n t h s before, so he h a d no t h a d near ly as m u c h pract ice a s h i s cousin, bu t h e was very keen and did h i s bes t t o m a k e up for lost t i m e .

W h a t a t r i u m p h if h e won, and t hen h e would h a v e a p a i r of ska tes of h i s own ins tead of h a v i n g to wear old ones be longing t o J e r r y .

The races were t o t a k e place on t h e first half holiday a f t e r school 1 re-opened in J a n u a r y , and t h e C h r i s t m a s holidays w e r e spent by all t h e boys upon t h e ice. On the morn ing of t h e event fu l day J e r r y and J ack fell out, and t h o u g h they w e n t down t o t h e pond af ter school, Jack.offered t o m a k e i t up, J e r r y declared he would never speak t o such a sneak aga in . Such a n insul t was h a r d t o bear , and J a c k marched h o m e t o d inner in ind ignant silence.

H e had j u s t gone off when F a t h e r Wilfred, t h e jun io r class mas te r , came up t o t h e boys who had ga the red to h e a r t h e resul t of t h e cousins ' quar re l .

" I should advise all you boys," h e said, " t o see t o t h e s t r a p s of y o u r ska tes , for a l i t t le snow has fallen off t h e t r e e s a t t h e bend and i t h a s got frozen in. If any of y o u r s t r aps gave w a y you migh t h a v e a n a s t y fall a t t h e pace you will be going, so m i n d not t o ge t off t h e course ."

"Yes , Sir . T h a n k you, S i r " ; and t h e m a s t e r passed on.

A s J e r r y began t o p u t on h is ska te s he wondered t o himself w h e t h e r h e should tel l J ack about t h e fallen snow.

"I don' t see w h y I need," h e m u t t e r e d ; " i t is h i s own look ou t if he didn ' t h e a r abou t i t himself, and a fall would j u s t serve h im r i g h t . "

A t t h i s point h i s schoolfellows broke in upon his med i t a t ions and he p u t t h e t h o u g h t of J ack f rom him, wi thout deciding w h e t h e r h e would warn h im o r not .

I t happened t h a t J ack only go t back t b ' t h e pond a couple of minu te s before t h e race began so hef l id not h e a r of F a t h e r Wilfred 's advice from anyone , t hough when Jerry skvt h im h e hes i ta ted aga in fo r a m o m e n t ; b u t he h a d publicly said he wtmld no t speak to Jack again and h e w a s too proud t o seem to go back on h is word.

Everyone knew t h a t J a m e s McAllister, the champion s k a t e r

of t h e school, would ca r ry off the first prize, bu t no one agreed as t o who would win in t h e second race . About fifteen boys 'were compet ing, and a t last t h e signal came for t h e m to s t a r t . Joe Baker t h e " favour i t e" leading, wi th J e r r y Sinclair next and all t h e o thers following in a group.

The second t ime t hey passed t h e s t a r t i n g point Mar t in Fielder was leading, wi th Jack , J e r r y and Joe Bake r almost in a line. There had been some cracking of t h e ice a s t h e y tu rned t h e bend, but F a t h e r Wilfred 's advice h a d been followed, and all had avoided any roughness on t h e ice.

The t h i rd t i m e Jack was in front, t h o u g h t h e o the r boys pressed him closely. A s t h e y tu rned t h e corner h e felt one of his ska tes loosening, a n d feeling t h a t he could no t go on racing, h e shot off t h e course on to t h e very piece of rough ice t h e o the r s h a d been warned agains t . They were all go ing a t full speed and a s Jack ' s foot s t ruck

J E S U S , CONVERT E N G L A N D ! ;

< • J°y of the Martyr band, \\End Thou our woeful plight— <>Save this beloved land < I Unveil it from its night! \ \ So may it wake to Truth's clear day

Casting its heresies away! Onward Thy servants send Ne'er heeding struggles grim— Verily proud to spend E'en the last breadth for Him— Ready to die for Him— Treading the thorny brake,

Eyes ever fixed above, Nought let their courage shake, God of transcendent love! Let England now bestir— And heed the urgent call, No task too great for her— Dear Lord, convert us all!

Rose A. Carter. |

aga ins t a piece of frozen snow h e fell wi th a t remendous crash . The t h r e e nex t boys could no t s top themselves and w h a t was t h e ho r ro r of t h e specta tors t o see all four suddenly disappear , t h e res t hav ing j u s t managed t o save themselves before t h e y came to t h e dark , yawning hole w h e r e t h e ice had given way under t h e other boys . Ropes and ladders were a t h a n d and soon t h r e e of t h e boys were lying on t h e bank , b u t Jack had not been found. Stunned by h is fall he had sunk a t once, and several moments passed before t h e y were able to ge t h im out.

"Poor l i t t le chap , " sa id one bys t a n d e r a s h e was car r ied past , h is face ghas t ly wh i t e aga ins t t h e da rk sleeve of his rescuer . " I am afra id h e is done for. H e was down for so long."

" I t was his going off t h e course t h a t did i t , " said ano the r . " T h e ice under t h e t r ees is ro t t en and he ough t t o have known i t ."

"Yes , indeed," said one of t h e boj r s , " F a t h e r Wilfred warned us t h i s morning^ I suppose h e could not s top himself."

A s J e r r y heard t h i s a feeling of ho r ro r crept over h im. If J ack

(Continued on Col. 4)

LAUGHS. REINFORCEMENTS.

The b ro the r s h a d more or less trouble wi th t h e boy n e x t door, a n d hadn ' t a lways come out victors . In fact, t h e boy nex t door was so much bigger t h a t h e seemed t o have t h e best of i t invariably.

So it wasn ' t an unusual t h i n g when one of t h e b ro the r s came into the house wi th a badly b ru i s ed eye. Moreover, h e was c ry ing when h is aun t stopped him m t h e hall.

"Hush , Willie," she said: you mus tn ' t make any noise."

" W h a — w h a t ' s t h e m a — t t e r / he asked, between h i s sobs.

"You may d i s tu rb your new bro the r , " said his aun t , soothingly. He dried his eyes in a minu te

"Have I got a new b r o t h e r ? " he asked.

His a u n t nodded. "Hooray!" he exclaimed. "You're glad of i t ? " she asked. " R a t h e r ! " he fair ly shouted.

"If J im and me and t h e new one can ' t lick t h a t fellow next door we'd be t t e r move."

* * * * * DETACHABLE.

Doctor : "Well, w h a t ' s the m a t te r wi th your son to -day?"

Mothe r : " I t ' s his head, sir, and he has i t off and on ever since h e was a little fellow."

* * * • * SMACK.

Barbe r : "Have you been he re before, s i r ? "

Cus tomer : "Yes . once." Ba rbe r : " I don ' t seem t o r e

member your face." Cus tomer : "Oh, i t ' s healed up

since t hen . " * * * * *

THOUGHTFUL. A lawyer and h is friend were

r id ing home from a h u n t one day, when t hey reached cross-roads, t he lawyer said " I t h ink this is t h e shor tes t wav h o m e . "

"Well ," renlied h i s friend. "I'll eo th i s o ther road, as advice from you coats ten shi l l ings."

* * * * * LAZIER STILL.

T o m : "You're so lazy you won ' t lauerh. when you hea r a funhv joke ."

J i m : "Tha t ' s n o t h i n g ; You're so : lazy you won' t ache when you

have a pain ." * * * * *

MISS-PRINT. F i r s t Detec t ive : "We are on t h e

wrong t rai l , th i s is t he p r in t of a I ladv's foot.

Second Detec t ive : "Then i t m u s t be a miss-pr in t . " _

* * * * MUCH OBLIGED.

Policeman (ye l l ing) : " H e y t h e r e ! Don' t you know this is only a one-way s t r e e t ? "

Boy : "Tha t ' s all r ight , I 'm not coming back."

* * * * MISCALCULATION.

Cashie r : " I figure I ough t to have a r ise s ir ."

B o s s : "Oh, you do, well I 've no use for a cashier who figures wrong ."

* * * • ; j* " GENTLEMAN 9 9 SICKNESS.

Doctor ( to p a t i e n t ) : " W h a t is your profess ion?"

Pa t i en t (pompous ly) : " I ' m a gent leman."

Doctor : "Well, m y man, go home and t r y someth ing else, it does not

J seem to agree wi th your ne rves . "

"Every child needs milk every day. 19

M I L K M A I D

M I L K

was dead i t was h is faul t . He knew tha t h i s cousin h a d not heard t h e m a s t e r ' s warn ing , a n d he also knew t h a t t h e s t r a p s of h i s skates were old a n d would no t bea r any e x t r a s t ra in , bu t he had been too ang ry and too proud t o speak.

His clothes we re all we t and stiff, but he refused to let anyone help him h o m e ; a n d h e r ema ined standing where h e was , till a t las t the boys went a w a y and left him alone.

"Oh w h a t shall I do, w h a t shall I d o ? " he cried aloud. " I can ' t go home if J a c k is dead. Oh God, don ' t let h i m die, Oh save him, save h i m ! " And h e t h r e w himself down and bur ied his face in the snow. J ack ' s face a s k i n g for forgiveness c a m e back t o him, and t hen the l imp figure t h a t had been carr ied p a s t and t h e h o r r o r of it made him fa in t a w a y .

When he came t o himself he was ly ing on h i s own bed and his mo the r was bending over him.

"Take th i s , m y dea r boy," she said, m a k i n g h i m swallow some hot milk. "You will b e all r ight soon." She moved as ide to let his f a the r come to h im and a s she did so J e r ry s a w t h a t J a c k ' s bed was empty.

"Where is h e ? Oh m o t h e r ! " he cried clinging to her , " I have killed h im."

"Hush, hush , m y dar l ing . " cried Mrs . Sincla i r ; " J a c k is asleep on m y bed and you will wake him."

On h e a r i n g t h a t h i s cousin was safe J e r r y b u r s t i n to t ea r s and sobbed ou t h is confession. When he had finished h is f a t h e r wrapped him in a b lanke t and carr ied him into the n e x t room, where , lying by the s ide of Jack , w h o was now awake, h e repea ted h i s s to ry and begged fo r forgiveness . Then the o thers w e n t downs ta i r s and the two boys left alone t o g e t h e r talked gravely, and each of t h e m promised the o ther never t o keep up a quarrel aga in . They had had a lesson t h a t would l a s t t h e i r lifetime and they agreed if ever they did fall out aga in t h e y would remind each o the r of t h a t day , and tha t come w h a t m i g h t in t h e i r after lives they would be f r iends always.

YOU C A N T MISS IT. "Did you b a t h e m u c h t h i s sum

m e r ? " !f>-"Yes, I b a t t e d several t imes a t

t he Isle of Man . " "How did you find t h e w a t e r ? " "Find t h e w a t e r ? W h y you can't

miss i t , . i t ' s all round t h e island/*

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Press Gleanings b$ Air Mail

POLITICAL NON-CATHOLIC CHURCHES.

CATHOLIC MISSIONARY KILLS

H I S N I N T H T I G E R LOSSES IN GERMANY.

Some people are inclined to forget that persecution is an evil. Loose talk about the blood of the martyrs being the seed of the Church should not blind us to the fact that it is seed sown on ground made barren by the persecution, seed that may take a long time to germinate, and seed that is often sparsely sown.

In Germany there have already been defections amongst Catholic Youth owing to the Nazi persecution. The loss was admitted by the Bishop of Trier (Mgr. Bornewasser), in his eloquent sermon at Limburg very recently.

"It was a matter of sore grief," he said, "and a painful wound for the Catholic Church that a part of its youth had become alienated." These young people would have grown up in the Faith but for the present persecution. Now they are lost, perhaps for ever.

We in this country can sing no praise of persecution. We lost the nation through it, and have not won it back, a>id that hardens our hearts against any political system which fosters persecution of any race, class or creed.

* * * * CHEMICAL PROBLEMS.

In the event of a poison-gas air-raid bleaching powder and ammonia in great quantities will be required to decontaminate affected areas, but will the civil authorities be able to get hold of a chemical which is also of primary importance in the manufacture of explosives? In wartime military needs are given preference.

The area of conflict between the two authorities has been widened recently by the adoption in this country of an American process for the production of chemical solvents from sugar molasses.

"Some of the solvents," says the Times, "are indispensable to the manu- ! facture of explosives and to the air-craft industry, and the new factory" j (at Bromborough Port, Cheshire) "will therefore add to the resources of na- | tional defence."

In the last war shortage of sugar did perhaps as much harm, especially to the young, as the poor quality of bread, but sugar was short only for lack of shipping. In the next war imported molasses will be wanted for munitions, so it is as well *that the Government should subsidise beet

POPULATION PROBLEMS. The next ten years will see the po

pulation of Great Britain rise to its oeak and then fall. By 1976 it may have fallen to 33,000,000. If emigration ; were to be resumed at once at its old j rate the population would fall by i 5,000,000 by 1940.

These figures, taken from a thought- j ful leader in the Times of last Satur- j day, are serious indeed. Italy, Germany j and Japan are all overcrowded, and two \ of them are doing their utmost to in- ! crease their populations. All of them j are clamouring for colonies, and we pos- [ sess in our Dominions and colonies [ ?ome of the most fertile and expansive empty spaces in the world.

Nature abhors a vacuum, and we j shall be in trouble unless we either po- j pulate these places ourselves or open | the doors to foreign immigrants. In- t stead of fostering normal families we [ have given countenance and favour to i propaganda for contraception.

We have frustrated and violated the natural fertility of our race, mainly be- j cause we have made the economics of industry our first and greatest commandment. We shall pay for it.

I may yet be found; but wre are not the • only members of the League, and we | cannot defend its dictates unaided by I the other members.—Catholic Times,

August, 16th. * * * *

AT THEIR POST. The petty disputes of men may con

tinue, wars may be fought, and nations j ; may rise and fall, but the work of God j goes on. For those who dedicate their I lives to Him there is no nation, no race, i no homeland. And so we find, while j the war-clouds gather ever thicker over ; Ethiopia, a devoted band of Italian | i missionaries—priests, bothers and sis- t

ters, of the Consolata Mission of Turin ! ! —sticking to their posts in Addis Ababa j | and Kaffa, facing the troubled future i i with serenity and a calm resignation to I ! the will of God. Surely no more won- I | derfui example of the true apostolic f j spirit could be discovered. At a time i | when even white people who are citi- j j zens of neutral States are fleeing before ! I the threat of war, this little group j I stands fast in the very heart of what j j is already an enemy country to all | their race. But they know no race, ' they know no kingdom except the | Kingdom of God; and whatever terrors I the future may hold matter nothing to | them if only the frontiers of that

Kingdom can be extended.—Dublin ! Standard, Aug. 16th.

KEEP CALM OVER ABYSSINIA. The fire-eaters and Italophobes would

like to drive us to war in defence of the League and Abyssinia. Let us keep calm. The Abyssinians are Certainly net worth dying for, though there might be some sense in a fight for the principle embodied in the Pact of Paris.

What case has Italy for resorting to arms? Nobody knows, because Mussolini has not spoken. We have been allowed to know, unofficially, Italy's case against Abyssinia, but the British retort to that is that it does not justify w a r , and Mussolini has made no answer to this.

Perhaps he has no answer, or perhaps the belated offer of the Negus to raake territorial concessions to Italy is the justification of the Duce's policy of strenuous preparation for an immediate war.

In any case the resources of diplomacy are not yet exhausted. The Three Powers have to meet in Paris, and, should the Negus really be ready t 0 yield territory to Italy, a solution

The non-Catholic Churches, loudest always in complaints against the political Papacy, are finding that "the Christian Churches as a whole are far from exerting their full strength in the international field," and the international council of the World Alliance, for international friendship through the churches, is in session at Chamby-sur-Montreaux to discuss political questions affecting their welfare, with a view to action.

For our part we think they are wise to admit frankly that certain political questions have a religious side, and that men of religion must therefore have a keen eye for politics at times. But why, then, was it wrong for the Papacy to be engaged in political struggles?

We ask the question, not to justify the Papacy, but to open the eyes of its detractors and enemies. After all, the medieval Popes were right in wanting the one Christian Church "to exert its full strength in the international field," exactly as the World Alliance desires to-day.

The Popes were, moreover, the equivalent to some extent, of the League of Nations, so they had not only a right but a duty to interfere in politics. »

Dumberpa t , Chota Nagpur , Ind ia .—Father Kujur , of this place,

j has j u s t killed his n in th t iger.

Wi th F a t h e r Phil ip of th is mis-j sion F a t h e r Ku ju r se t out to rid

t h e vicinity of two t igers which have been roaming out of the Fores t Preserve and killing live stock sorely needed by the poor peasant families for t he i r farming. A beat was a r r anged and F a t h e r Kuju r was selecting a perch in a

| t ree when one of t h e t igers appeared. A t first, t h e t iger ran toward the pr iest , t h e n cautiously began to creep p repara to ry to a spring. The miss ionary took care-

' ful aim and fired, dropping the animal. Examin ing t h e t iger af ter

j t h e kill, F a t h e r K u j u r said tha t it was the la rges t he had ever seen, to da te . He has m a n y other wild beas ts to his credi t . I t was t h e n in th t iger h e h a s killed.

(N.C.W.C )

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VISITS TO TWO CHURCHES IN JAPAN

A J O H O R E P E D A G O G U E ' S S H R E W D

I M P R E S S I O N S -

TERCENTENARY OF ERIN'S FAMOUS

'ANNALS'

NATIONWIDE CELEBRATION EXPECTED.

B y J. W. M.

F o u r y e a r s ago on a very cold S u n d a y m o r n i n g in J a n u a r y T found myself in Kobe. This p a r t i cu la r p a r t of J a p a n does no t a s a ru le experience ve ry cold w e a t h e r b u t t h e t i m e of m y visi t coincided w i t h one of t hose exceptionally cold spells b r o u g h t about by a b - ' no rma l b a r o m e t r i c p ressure in Siber ia . Kobe h a d more t h a n h e r f a i r sha re of b u r s t pipes, and p lumbers a n d fuel vendors w e r e doinsr a r o a r i n g t r a d e whils t poor r i ck sha pu l le r s sh ivered r o u n d smal l fires which, t o me , gave b u t poor w a r m t h for t h e fuel consis t ed of any old t h i n g picked u p in t h e ne ighbourhood and even old boots .

On a s igh t - see ing expedit ion on t h e previous d a y I had (spotted t h e locality of t h e Roman Catholic Church . T h e church was abou t a mile a w a y f rom where I s t ayed and , a s I w a s in no h u r r y on t h a t S u n d a y m o r n i n g I decided to walk . Traffic in t h e crowded s t r e e t s of J apanese towns is a n i g h t m a r e and those in S ingapore who g r u m ble and g rouse a t t h e crowded condi t ions prevai l ing in our t r a m s a n d buses , should go t o J a p a n and t h e n t h e y will real ise w h a t real crowdi n g and s t r ap -hang ing is. My impress ion of J a p a n e s e taxi dr ivers *s t h a t t h e y a r e very efficient b u t never the less ext remely reckless . A r ide in a t ax i in a n y of t h e towns is no n e r v e tonic a n d a s I w a s on a h e a l t h t r i p because of nervous b reakdown, a good d-eal of t h e benefits of t h e t r i p were nul lified by t h e shocks and f r i g h t s experienced in t ax i s .

T h e R o m a n Catholic Church in Kobe is a subs tan t i a l brick s t ruc t u r e t h o u g h not v e r y large. Kobe, I w a s informed, is no t so l iable to severe e a r t h n u a k e shocks a* is t h e case w i th Tokio and Yokohama a n d hence t h e br ick church. T h e Convent in Kobe is also a br ick bui lding.

I pushed open t h e small g lass s ide door and walked in.

T h e scene in a Japanese chu rch is qui te different f rom a n y t h i n g I h a d seen before . The a l t a r and i t s vic ini ty a r e m o r e or less t h e s a m e as in a n y Catholic chu rch in a n y p a r t of t h e world bu t i t w a s t h e sea t ing accommodation fo r t h e congregat ion t h a t d rew my a t t e n t ion. T h e m a s s of t h e J a p a n e s e , l ike all Asia t ics , a r e not cha i r u se r s and hence t h e r e w e r e no pews except a na r row r o w on e i the r s ide nex t t h e walls. These pews a r e for t h e fore igners and t h o s e J a p a n e s e w h o have adop ted wes te rn me thods . The m a j o r i t y of t he congregat ion was sea ted cross-legged on t h e floor, t h e wom e n occupying t h e left half which w a s separa ted from the section occupied by m e n by a n a r r o w centra l pas sage .

The J a p a n e s e nat ive c le rgy is g rowing s teadi ly , bu t on t h i s occasion t h e p r i e s t was a E u r o p e a n . A s soon a s service s t a r t ed I received a n o t h e r surpr ise fo r t h e cho i r w a s composed of women and g i r l s a n d ve ry sweet ly t h e y s ang too. M y t h i r d surpr ise w a s re g i s t e red w h e n I noticed t h a t t h e collection w a s be ing made by two

gir ls . The Japanese Catholic women appear to have a good deal of control in t h e r u n n i n g of t he i r church.

My second visi t to a Catholic church in J apan was in Tokio Tokio is one of t h e la rges t cities in t he world wi th a population in t h e neighbourhood of four million and in t h i s vas t ocean of non-Chr is t ians , i t is not an easy ma t t e r for t h e foreigner to find t h e location of t h e Catholic Churches, —some five or six I w a s told.

The mos t ou t s t and ing Chris t ian edifice is t h e Russ ian Orthodox Church . I did not know of i t s existence until I saw it from t h e top of one of t he sky-scrapers and t h e Byzant ine a rch i t ec tu re made it a prominent l andmark because of i ts uniqueness . I noticed no o the r dome, spire or tower signi-fving Chr is t ian places of worship. Eve ry Chr is t ian sect is, however, represented in Tokio and I even noticed a m e m b e r of t h e Salvation A r m y s tanding on a soap box in t h e b i t ing cold. His pi tch was a t t h e en t rance to Uenyo P a r k bu t he had no audience for, I believe, t h e cold was too in tense even for budding Chr i s t ians .

I bough t a copy of 'A Guide to Tokio' b u t the m a p showed no roads bu t a jumble and ne twork of all manne r of lines t h a t , instead of being a help to a s t ranger , it added t o my confusion. On t h e Sunday I asked t h e hotel clerk if he knew t h e locality of t h e Catholic Church . He knew t h e locality of every church in Tokio and as each and every one was a Christ i an Church, h e was somewhat puzzled when I informed h im t h a t only one of these would sui t m y requ i rements . Wi th a view to making no mis take wha teve r he b rough t out a typed list of churches and somewhere in t h e middle I r ead—Roman Catholic Church. The Japanese address followed bu t I cannot r emember i t .

A t ax i was called and t h e dr iver was given the address . Now t h a t taxi was like h i s b r e t h e m in all p a r t s of t h e world for he followed the I r i shman ' s shor t cut and t h e me te r regis tered Y 2.50 when he dumped m y wife, m y li t t le son and myself a t a place where the re were no signs of a church wha t ever. My r e t u r n cost Y 1.50 and th i s was not because t h e me te r had prone wrong, b u t because t he priest , whom 1 eventually met . had informed the d r ive r t h a t he would repor t h im to t h e author i t ies .

We asked several people as to t h e direction to t he Catholic Church bu t as t h e y knew no English and we no Japanese , it seemed t h a t our chances of hear ing Mass t h a t Sunday were remote indeed. After wander ing aimlesslv we had decided to r e t u r n when we heard bells r inging. We were qui te nea r to t h e Church but as i t was s i tua ted on a side s t r ee t and as it was a wooden building with no spire or tower , i t is not surpr i s ing why we were not able to locate i t . The wooden building and lack of sp i re a r e because of ea r thquakes .

(Continued in Col. 4.)

Dublin,—There is in contemplation a plan for a national celebration next year mark ing t h e t h i rd centenary of the completion of t h e Annals of the F o u r Mas ters in t h e Franciscan Abbey of Donegal.

A special correspondent of t h e Ir ish Independent records how t h e Annals came to be composed.

One day in t h e year 1623, he relates , a s t r anger knocked a t t h e door of St. Anthony ' s College, conducted by t h e exiled Franc i scans in Louvain, and said t h a t he had gone the re to renounce t h e world. He was a professional b a r d c chor-nicler named Teig O'Clery, born in t h e Castle of Kilbarron, on t h e wild Donegal coast. H e was admit ted as a lay b ro ther and took t h e name of Michael. The Guardian of St. Anthony ' s College in 1626, F a t h e r Highward , conceived the idea of compiling t h e lives of t h e I r ish Saints , and sen t Bro the r Michael to Ireland, t o tou r t h e land and copy or collect old Gaelic and Lat in records.

Bro ther Michael spent several years t hus engaged, and in J a n u ary , 1632, wi th th ree o the r scholars , he sat down in a Franciscan convent near Donegal t own to wr i t e t he "Annals of t h e Kingdom of Ireland," as h e named t h e work. F o r four years t h e four scholars laboured and the i r t a sk was completed in Augus t , 1636. A cent u r y ago the i r manuscr ip t , wr i t t en in difficult old Gaelic, wras published with an Engl ish version, filling 10 large volumes. These devoted scholars owed safe ty from persecution to t he pa t ronage of Ferga l O'Gara, Pr ince of Coolavin, a powerful and rich P r o t e s t a n t gent leman who provided t h e m wi th funds th roughou t t h e yea rs of the i r labour. O'Gara was a g radua te of Tr in i tv College, Dublin.

An impor tan t book h a s recent ly been deposited in t he Royal Academy Library , here. I t is a dict ionary in Gaelic publ ished a t Pa r i s in the e ighteenth cen tury by Bishop O'Brien, of Cloyne. I t was bought a t an auction. On inspect ion it proved to have been t h e proper ty of H u m p h r e y O'Sullivan, one-time Ir ish scholar and Gaelic speaker. O'Sullivan had copiously annota ted t h e dict ionary, embodying innumerable words and phra ses which otherwise would have been lost forever. Th is work is now being edited by F a t h e r George McGrath, who is carefully recording all t h e words, ph ra se s , and verses which O'Sullivan left on record.

I t is belived t h a t t h e F ree S ta t e Government will i naugu ra t e t h e Tercen tenary and t h a t t h e universi t ies will be asked to part icipate. (N.C.W.C.)

Catholic Publications published by-Examiner Press.

Obtainable from their Malayan Agents,

PETER CHONG'S Priests and People in Ireland, Wrhat the Catholic Church is and what

She teaches, Adventiste Doctrines, Archaic Religions, Galileo and his Condemnations, Hackel's Frauds & Forgeries, The Arch Liar Froude, Man's Great Concern, etc.

L E A G U E O F P R A Y E R FOR CANONIZATION CAUSE.

F A T H E R GSELL R E C E I V E S O.B.E.

F a t h e r F . X. Gsell of t h e Missionaries of t h e Sacred Hear t , who is in charge of the Catholic Mission among the aborigines of B a t h u r s t Island, Commonweal th Nor the rn Terr i tory , ha s been honoured with t h e O.B.E. He was

| born in Alsace-Lorrain and has I been a missionary in New Guinea land Austra l ia for 30 yea r s .

The League of P r a y e r has been established in I re land for the canonization of Blessed Oliver P lunket t . T h e r e a r e 5 o ther Irish candidates for t h e honours of the a l tar . These a r e M a t t Talbot, Mother M a r y Aikenhead, Fa the r William Doyle S. J. , L i t t le Nellie of Holy God and M a r g a r e t Kirwan.

The scene in t h e Church was a repet i t ion of t h a t in Kobe with the exception t h a t t h e pr ies t was a Japanese . The service we at tended was intended for t h e foreigners and the sermon w a s preached in Engl ish by a Canadian priest. I t was a very good se rmon indeed but why Engl ish w a s chosen as t h e medium I do not know, for the foreigners who a t t ended represented every Eu ropean country.

One incident before Mass stands out clearly in m y mind and I shall not forget i t t o m y dying day. There was a ve ry old European pr ies t a t tached to t h a t Church and before Mass he walked in along t h e central passage . As he walked along the l i t t le Japanese children ran up to h im and clung on to his robes and he pe t ted and tapped them and t h e smal ler ones were lifted up and kissed. This procession was continued r i g h t up to the a l t a r rai ls . I h a d never experienced a scene like this in church and I immedia te ly recalled Our Lord 's words , "Suffer the li t t le children t o come unto Me." This spontaneous and natural display of love and affection by t h e little innocent chi ldren towards t h a t old pr ies t who was undoubtedly a living sa int , and th is in the solemn precincts of t h e Church itself and in t h e presence of t he whole congregat ion, was a lesson be t te r t h a n all t h e sermons I have ever heard.

I would have liked to have met t h a t old sa in t a f t e r service but I wTas not able to do so. I, however, met the Canadian pr ies t who happened to be a m e m b e r of the Catholic Univers i ty of Tokio. Yes, t he re is a Catholic Universi ty in Japan . I was invi ted to visit the universi ty bu t unfor tunate ly as I was leaving Tokio t h e next day I was unable to avail myself of ano ther phase of Catholic developmen t in J a p a n .

The s t ronghold of Catholicism in Japan is in Nagasak i and its neighbourhood, for it was in th is region t h a t St . Franc is Xavier laboured when h e brought the Gospel t o J apan . I was informed t h a t the Church in J apan will soon be run ent irely b y nat ive clergy under Japanese bishops.

As a snows torm was threatening and as we all had other engagements to a t t e n d the kindly priest led us t o t h e main road and. as s ta ted previously, his admonition to t he d r ive r saved us a yen.

MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 31st AUGUST, 1935.

NEW COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK. F I L M E D BIOGRAPHY O F ST. B E R N A D E T T E .

ABDUCTED FRANCISCANS STILL MISSING.

MISSION HEALTH SISTERS."


New York .—Estab l i shment by His Eminence Pa t r i ck Cardinal Hayes , Archb ishop of New York, of a new communi ty of S is te rs , who will co-operate wi th t he work of t he Catholic Medical Missions and will a id a t t h e headquar t e r s of t h e Catholic Medical Mission Board here, is announced in the issue of The Medical Mission News w7hich has j u s t made i ts appearance. The name chosen for the new Communi ty , t h e announcement says , is D a u g h t e r s of Mary, Heal th of the Sick, "and for shor t they will probably be called 'Mission Hea l th S i s t e r s . "

"The idea of a new Communi ty of S is te rs dedicated to th i s work had been gradual ly developed because of t h e increasing needs of the work, and t h e impossibil i ty of mee t ing t h e s e needs in any o the r way ," t h e announcement s t a t e s . "The work a t headqua r t e r s calls for devoted specialists, who will perfect t h e i r knowledge of t h e best medical aid for t he missions and will acqui re skill in p r epa r ing for sh ipmen t and sending out to t he m a n y different missions j u s t w h a t i each one needs. This requi res yea rs of devotion and s tudy . "

The Pres iden t and Director, Rev. E d w a r d F . Garesche, S.J., it is s t a ted in t h e announcement , found t h a t "ex i s t ing communit ies have a l ready so m a n y t a sks to per form t h a t t h e v a r e natural ly unwilling to commit themselves permanent ly to so g r e a t a work and i ts developmen t in addi t ion to w h a t t h e y have a l ready unde r t aken . " " F o r th i s reason, a f t e r t ak ing counsel wi th o the r m e m b e r s of t h e Execut ive Commit tee of t he Board. F a t h e r Garesche submit ted to His Emi nence t h e plan for a new Communi ty and was directed by h i m to p repare t h e Const i tut ion and Rules. As Super ior of t he new Communi ty His Eminence is des igna t ing a Religious who is professed of perpetual vows, who will b r ing to her

work much previous experience as Superior ."

Among the several reasons "why it is desirable to have religious women in charge of t h e office work, the s torerooms and shipping and packing rooms of t h e Medical Mission B o a r d , ' \ a r e listed t h e s e : such Catholic works of mercy a re specially blessed by the consecrated lives and fervent p rayers of women entirely consecrated to God; those who t h u s devote themselves to cha r i ty as religious secure much more m e r i t for t he i r personal efforts t h a n t hey would wi thout th is consecration of t he vows; the i r p rayers a re as effective as the i r work in drawing down the blessing of God; Sis ters require much less for the i r support and the funds t h u s saved m a y be used for t he relief of t h e suffering poor ; " t h e fact t h a t a religious Communi ty h a s under taken t h e care of the work is a gua ran tee of i ts permanence."

The habi t of t h e Sis ters is described as "a very beautiful one, the veil be ing of da rk blue wi th tunic, scapular and cord of l ighter blue, and w i th a whi te rosary and a silver crucifix on a blue cord about t he neck."

T h e Motherhouse and novi t ia te will be in New York City, and " the Communi tv will be under t h e direction of His Eminence Cardinal Hayes , and will in no way be subject to or affiliated w i th t h e Catholic Medical Mission Board . "

The first class of appl icants will be received on t h e F e a s t of t he Na t iv i ty of t h e Blessed Virgin, Sep tember 8, of t h i s year . "Under the direction of t h e ecclesiastical Super iors , " i t is s ta ted , " t h e members of t h e Communi ty will of course be free to unde r t ake such o ther work for Medical as seems bes t hereaf ter . The t r a in ing of t h e novices will requi re some years before they can be employed ac- ! t ively in Medical Mission work." 1

(N.C.W.C.) |

Authent ic Atmosphere Prese rved .

Nevers , France .—A "filmed biog r a p h y " of Bernade t te Soubirous,

j showing her ascension from a i humble shepherd girl of Lourdes

to a Saint of t he universal church, has jus t been completed, and will

j be shown throughout F rance beginning th i s month.

P a r t s of t h e film were made a t Lourdes, where Bernadet te is pict u r ed tending her sheep ; o t h e r s were taken, by special permission of Bishop Pa t r ick Flynn, in Nevers within t h e convent where t h e Pyrenean Saint spent t h e final years of he r life. Indeed, t h e Sis ters of Nevers , for t h e first t ime in t h e i r century-old h i s to ry , became "film ac t resses" for several days , so t h a t t h e a tmos phere of t h e film could be a s authent ic a s possible.

The s to ry of Bernadet te ' s life is unfolded wi th a charming sob r i e ty ; all a t t e m p t a t theat r ica l ism h a s been b a r r e d ; and since B e r n a d e t t e alone saw t h e Virgin, t h e l a t t e r nowhere appears in the film. Bernade t t e is played by a youthful French gir l whose name will never be revealed; she played t h i s role nei ther for money nor publici ty, simply for love.

T h e film ends with some incomparable visions of Lourdes du r ing an in terna t ional pi lgr image. T h e n ight ly torchl ight parade , wi th the basilica illuminated wi th floodl ights , is an impressive spectacle t h a t those who view the film will have difficulty in forget t ing.

(N.C.W.C.)

LEPER ASYLUM NEAR TIBETAN BORDER INVADED BY REDS.

A MEDICAL MISSIONARY A N D TWO N A T I V E COTHOLICS

HONOURED.

Receive t h e King 's Silver Jubilee Medal.

B A P T I S T C O N F E R E N C E ON M E X I C A N P E R S E C U T I O N .

Colorado Spr ing.—B a p t i s t s should be " a s outspoken in p ro tes t w h t a ^constraint is pu t upon Ca-

*«ttiolics"in Mexico by t h e S t a t e as when in Russ ia or Germany it is laid upon our fel low-Baptis ts ," i t was s t a t e d by Dean Char les W. Gilkey of t h e Univers i ty of Chicago in a n address delivered a t t he N o r t h e r n Bap t i s t Convention here.

"We live in a t ime when Bap t i s t s mus t r a i se again the i r ancient banner of rel igious l iberty, a n d the r igh t t o worsh ip God according to t h e d ic ta tes of t he i r own conscience—not simply or even chiefly on our own behalf, bu t on behalf of o the r s to whom t h a t r i g h t is being denied by S ta tes t h a t claim absolute sovereignty over t h e souls of men . " Dean Gilkey said. "Two nat ions in the Old World, and one here on our own continent , a re mak ing t h a t claim and denying t ha t l iber ty before our e y e s : and when t h a t is happening a n y w h e r e in t h e world, Bapt i s t s cannot be t rue to t h e i r mos t dis t inct ive heritage unless t h e y lift up t h e i r voices in p ro te s t and affirmation.

The S t a t e m a y hes i t a t e for diplomatic reasons to in ter fere in the affairs of a friendly ne ighbour ; but

Bukoba, (Tanganyika Ter r i to ry , Afr ica) .—A Catholic medical miss ionary and two Catholic Nat ives of the Vicar ia te of Bukoba a r e among those honoured wi th t h e King 's Silver Jubilee Medal.

Mrs . A d a m s Clark, a Doctor of Medicine and Licentiate in Sur-

| gery , a t t ached to the Lying-in Bap t i s t s of all Chr is t ian bodies a r e I Home conducted by the Whi t e Sis-bound by the i r he r i t age to speak j * e r s a t Kagenda , has received t h e

Wuchang, (Hupeh, China)—No news h a s been received from the two Franciscan Missionaries abducted from the Catholic Leper Asylum at Mosimien dur ing t h e Communist invasion of western Szechwan in June , and it is believed t h a t they a r e still pr isoners of t h e Reds. A le t ter from Bishop Pe te r Valentin, Coadjutor of Tatsienlu, b r ings the first details of the incident.

When the Communist hordes, presumably under Chu Toh and Miao Tso-tung, descended upon the villages in t he valey of Mosimien, four Franciscans , all a t tached t o t h e Catholic Leper Asylum, were t aken prisoner. The Sis ters were not mplested, a l though the lepers were roughly handled. For tunately, some of t he more serious cases had been removed before t h e Reds appeared.

The four f r iars t aken pr isoner were F a t h e r Placido, t he Superior, F a t h e r Pegoraro, Bro the r Nazaire and Bro ther Pascal . Bro the r Nazai re was se t free almost immediately and allowed to r e t u r n to t h e lepers. F a t h e r Placido was released a f te r e ight days when i t w a s found t h a t he was so exhaus ted t h a t he migh t die a t any moment . T h e o ther two were t aken to t h e mountains .

The re were more t h a n 30,000 Reds in t h e band, including a l a rge number of women. They ransacked t h e village, ca r ry ing away every th ing movable and edible, and now t h e people of t h e dis t r ic t are wi thou t means of subsistence. The lepers a re in t h e same plight.

T h e t iny valley of Mosimien lies on t h e ex t reme wes tern front ier of China, under t h e shadow of a m igh ty range of perpetual ly snow-clad mounta ins whose summi t s tower to 25,000 ft. The Franc i s can F r i a r s and t h e Franciscan Missionaries of Mary have charge of t h e Leper Asylum which, a f t e r Sheklung, is t he largest of all Catholic leper colonies in China. (Fides)

up and speak out when religious l iber ty is th rea tened or interfered wi th anywhe re on ea r th . And if we a r e consistent about our own proudes t principle, we m u s t be as outspoken in p ro tes t when const r a i n t is pu t upon Catholics in Mexico by the S ta te , as when in Russ ia or Germany it is laid upon our fellow-Baptists. T h a t will be a real t e s t as to whe the r we really care about t h e principle itself—or only pro tes t i ts infr ingement when Bapt i s t in teres ts a re involved."

CATHOLIC P R E S S E X H I B I T IN WARSAW.

medal in recognition of he r work on behalf of t h e native mo the r s in t h i s p a r t of Tanganyika.

Mr. Ruhinda, Sultan of Ihangi ro , received t h e decoration a t Dar-es-Sa laam from His Excellency Sir Harold MacMichael, Governor of Tangany ika Terr i tory.

Mr. F ranc i s Rwamugi ra , Head Secre ta ry in the Nat ive Affairs Office a t Bukoba, is the t h i r d Catholic of Bukoba thus honoured.

(Fides.)

MASS SAID FOR F R E N C H L A W Y E R S IN MONUMENT E R E C T E D FOR ST. LOUIS.

Warsaw.—An exhibition of Catholic Press and l i te ra ture was held recently here . His Eminence Alexander Cardinal Kakowski, Archbishop of Warsaw, officiated a t t he opening of the exhibit in the presence of His Excellency the Most Rev. Francesco Marmaggi , Papal Nuncio to Poland, and the Most Rev. Joseph Gawlina, Ti tular Bishop of Mar iamme and Bishop of t h e Polish Army. A feature of t he exhibit was the booth of the K A P . the Catholic Polish Press Agency. (N.C.W.C.)

TRUST IN PROVIDENCE. When a t t imes you m a y seem to

see someth ing which t o our l i t t le unders tand ing appears i l l-regulated in t h e government or order of t h e world, recall to mind t h e warning of t h e Apostle St. Paul , " Judge not before the t ime, until t h e Lord comes!" Only then will t h e wise order ing of Providence be perfectly appa ren t in all t h a t may now seem disorder, j u s t as a piece of tapest ry , which, if seen on t h e reverse side, seems to be a confusion of ill-ordered s t i tches and t ex tu re , proves, when seen on i ts r i g h t side, to be a most art ist ically a r r anged piece of work. Those who t r u s t in Divine Providence shall not only never be abandoned, bu t shall experience a special h e l p . — ( T P .

Par is .—Saint Chapelle, t h e m a g nificent Gothic monument built by the King of France , St . Louis, t o serve as a rel iquary for the Holy Crown of Thorns , and which is inclosed within the buildings of t h e Palace of Jus t ice a t Pa r i s , is no t customarily used for worship. B u t it was recently opened for a solemn Mass celebrated a t t h e r e -aues t of Catholic a t to rneys of Par i s in honour of St. Ives, pa t ron of t he Bar, who was himself a lawyer.

Among those in a t tendance were Minister of Jus t ice Georges Per -not and the Academician Leon Berard. who was his predecessor in the Minis t ry . M. Thorp , president of t h e B a r Association, headed i ts delegation. The Facul ty of t h e School of Law, t h e Chamber of Notar ies and t h e Chamber of Advocates were p resen t in a bodv,

His Eminence Jean Cardinal Verdier, Archbishop of Par is , p re sided at t h e Mass dur ing which a large number of those present re ceived Holy Communion.

(N.C.W.C.)

6

VISITS TO TWO CHURCHES IN JAPAN

A J O H O R E P E D A G O G U E ' S S H R E W D

I M P R E S S I O N S -

TERCENTENARY OF ERIN'S FAMOUS

'ANNALS'

NATIONWIDE CELEBRATION EXPECTED.

B y J. W. M.

F o u r y e a r s ago on a very cold S u n d a y m o r n i n g in J a n u a r y T found myself in Kobe. This p a r t i cu la r p a r t of J a p a n does no t a s a ru le experience ve ry cold w e a t h e r b u t t h e t i m e of m y visi t coincided w i t h one of t hose exceptionally cold spells b r o u g h t about by a b - ' no rma l b a r o m e t r i c p ressure in Siber ia . Kobe h a d more t h a n h e r f a i r sha re of b u r s t pipes, and p lumbers a n d fuel vendors w e r e doinsr a r o a r i n g t r a d e whils t poor r i ck sha pu l le r s sh ivered r o u n d smal l fires which, t o me , gave b u t poor w a r m t h for t h e fuel consis t ed of any old t h i n g picked u p in t h e ne ighbourhood and even old boots .

On a s igh t - see ing expedit ion on t h e previous d a y I had (spotted t h e locality of t h e Roman Catholic Church . T h e church was abou t a mile a w a y f rom where I s t ayed and , a s I w a s in no h u r r y on t h a t S u n d a y m o r n i n g I decided to walk . Traffic in t h e crowded s t r e e t s of J apanese towns is a n i g h t m a r e and those in S ingapore who g r u m ble and g rouse a t t h e crowded condi t ions prevai l ing in our t r a m s a n d buses , should go t o J a p a n and t h e n t h e y will real ise w h a t real crowdi n g and s t r ap -hang ing is. My impress ion of J a p a n e s e taxi dr ivers *s t h a t t h e y a r e very efficient b u t never the less ext remely reckless . A r ide in a t ax i in a n y of t h e towns is no n e r v e tonic a n d a s I w a s on a h e a l t h t r i p because of nervous b reakdown, a good d-eal of t h e benefits of t h e t r i p were nul lified by t h e shocks and f r i g h t s experienced in t ax i s .

T h e R o m a n Catholic Church in Kobe is a subs tan t i a l brick s t ruc t u r e t h o u g h not v e r y large. Kobe, I w a s informed, is no t so l iable to severe e a r t h n u a k e shocks a* is t h e case w i th Tokio and Yokohama a n d hence t h e br ick church. T h e Convent in Kobe is also a br ick bui lding.

I pushed open t h e small g lass s ide door and walked in.

T h e scene in a Japanese chu rch is qui te different f rom a n y t h i n g I h a d seen before . The a l t a r and i t s vic ini ty a r e m o r e or less t h e s a m e as in a n y Catholic chu rch in a n y p a r t of t h e world bu t i t w a s t h e sea t ing accommodation fo r t h e congregat ion t h a t d rew my a t t e n t ion. T h e m a s s of t h e J a p a n e s e , l ike all Asia t ics , a r e not cha i r u se r s and hence t h e r e w e r e no pews except a na r row r o w on e i the r s ide nex t t h e walls. These pews a r e for t h e fore igners and t h o s e J a p a n e s e w h o have adop ted wes te rn me thods . The m a j o r i t y of t he congregat ion was sea ted cross-legged on t h e floor, t h e wom e n occupying t h e left half which w a s separa ted from the section occupied by m e n by a n a r r o w centra l pas sage .

The J a p a n e s e nat ive c le rgy is g rowing s teadi ly , bu t on t h i s occasion t h e p r i e s t was a E u r o p e a n . A s soon a s service s t a r t ed I received a n o t h e r surpr ise fo r t h e cho i r w a s composed of women and g i r l s a n d ve ry sweet ly t h e y s ang too. M y t h i r d surpr ise w a s re g i s t e red w h e n I noticed t h a t t h e collection w a s be ing made by two

gir ls . The Japanese Catholic women appear to have a good deal of control in t h e r u n n i n g of t he i r church.

My second visi t to a Catholic church in J apan was in Tokio Tokio is one of t h e la rges t cities in t he world wi th a population in t h e neighbourhood of four million and in t h i s vas t ocean of non-Chr is t ians , i t is not an easy ma t t e r for t h e foreigner to find t h e location of t h e Catholic Churches, —some five or six I w a s told.

The mos t ou t s t and ing Chris t ian edifice is t h e Russ ian Orthodox Church . I did not know of i t s existence until I saw it from t h e top of one of t he sky-scrapers and t h e Byzant ine a rch i t ec tu re made it a prominent l andmark because of i ts uniqueness . I noticed no o the r dome, spire or tower signi-fving Chr is t ian places of worship. Eve ry Chr is t ian sect is, however, represented in Tokio and I even noticed a m e m b e r of t h e Salvation A r m y s tanding on a soap box in t h e b i t ing cold. His pi tch was a t t h e en t rance to Uenyo P a r k bu t he had no audience for, I believe, t h e cold was too in tense even for budding Chr i s t ians .

I bough t a copy of 'A Guide to Tokio' b u t the m a p showed no roads bu t a jumble and ne twork of all manne r of lines t h a t , instead of being a help to a s t ranger , it added t o my confusion. On t h e Sunday I asked t h e hotel clerk if he knew t h e locality of t h e Catholic Church . He knew t h e locality of every church in Tokio and as each and every one was a Christ i an Church, h e was somewhat puzzled when I informed h im t h a t only one of these would sui t m y requ i rements . Wi th a view to making no mis take wha teve r he b rough t out a typed list of churches and somewhere in t h e middle I r ead—Roman Catholic Church. The Japanese address followed bu t I cannot r emember i t .

A t ax i was called and t h e dr iver was given the address . Now t h a t taxi was like h i s b r e t h e m in all p a r t s of t h e world for he followed the I r i shman ' s shor t cut and t h e me te r regis tered Y 2.50 when he dumped m y wife, m y li t t le son and myself a t a place where the re were no signs of a church wha t ever. My r e t u r n cost Y 1.50 and th i s was not because t h e me te r had prone wrong, b u t because t he priest , whom 1 eventually met . had informed the d r ive r t h a t he would repor t h im to t h e author i t ies .

We asked several people as to t h e direction to t he Catholic Church bu t as t h e y knew no English and we no Japanese , it seemed t h a t our chances of hear ing Mass t h a t Sunday were remote indeed. After wander ing aimlesslv we had decided to r e t u r n when we heard bells r inging. We were qui te nea r to t h e Church but as i t was s i tua ted on a side s t r ee t and as it was a wooden building with no spire or tower , i t is not surpr i s ing why we were not able to locate i t . The wooden building and lack of sp i re a r e because of ea r thquakes .

(Continued in Col. 4.)

Dublin,—There is in contemplation a plan for a national celebration next year mark ing t h e t h i rd centenary of the completion of t h e Annals of the F o u r Mas ters in t h e Franciscan Abbey of Donegal.

A special correspondent of t h e Ir ish Independent records how t h e Annals came to be composed.

One day in t h e year 1623, he relates , a s t r anger knocked a t t h e door of St. Anthony ' s College, conducted by t h e exiled Franc i scans in Louvain, and said t h a t he had gone the re to renounce t h e world. He was a professional b a r d c chor-nicler named Teig O'Clery, born in t h e Castle of Kilbarron, on t h e wild Donegal coast. H e was admit ted as a lay b ro ther and took t h e name of Michael. The Guardian of St. Anthony ' s College in 1626, F a t h e r Highward , conceived the idea of compiling t h e lives of t h e I r ish Saints , and sen t Bro the r Michael to Ireland, t o tou r t h e land and copy or collect old Gaelic and Lat in records.

Bro ther Michael spent several years t hus engaged, and in J a n u ary , 1632, wi th th ree o the r scholars , he sat down in a Franciscan convent near Donegal t own to wr i t e t he "Annals of t h e Kingdom of Ireland," as h e named t h e work. F o r four years t h e four scholars laboured and the i r t a sk was completed in Augus t , 1636. A cent u r y ago the i r manuscr ip t , wr i t t en in difficult old Gaelic, wras published with an Engl ish version, filling 10 large volumes. These devoted scholars owed safe ty from persecution to t he pa t ronage of Ferga l O'Gara, Pr ince of Coolavin, a powerful and rich P r o t e s t a n t gent leman who provided t h e m wi th funds th roughou t t h e yea rs of the i r labour. O'Gara was a g radua te of Tr in i tv College, Dublin.

An impor tan t book h a s recent ly been deposited in t he Royal Academy Library , here. I t is a dict ionary in Gaelic publ ished a t Pa r i s in the e ighteenth cen tury by Bishop O'Brien, of Cloyne. I t was bought a t an auction. On inspect ion it proved to have been t h e proper ty of H u m p h r e y O'Sullivan, one-time Ir ish scholar and Gaelic speaker. O'Sullivan had copiously annota ted t h e dict ionary, embodying innumerable words and phra ses which otherwise would have been lost forever. Th is work is now being edited by F a t h e r George McGrath, who is carefully recording all t h e words, ph ra se s , and verses which O'Sullivan left on record.

I t is belived t h a t t h e F ree S ta t e Government will i naugu ra t e t h e Tercen tenary and t h a t t h e universi t ies will be asked to part icipate. (N.C.W.C.)

Catholic Publications published by-Examiner Press.

Obtainable from their Malayan Agents,

PETER CHONG'S Priests and People in Ireland, Wrhat the Catholic Church is and what

She teaches, Adventiste Doctrines, Archaic Religions, Galileo and his Condemnations, Hackel's Frauds & Forgeries, The Arch Liar Froude, Man's Great Concern, etc.

L E A G U E O F P R A Y E R FOR CANONIZATION CAUSE.

F A T H E R GSELL R E C E I V E S O.B.E.

F a t h e r F . X. Gsell of t h e Missionaries of t h e Sacred Hear t , who is in charge of the Catholic Mission among the aborigines of B a t h u r s t Island, Commonweal th Nor the rn Terr i tory , ha s been honoured with t h e O.B.E. He was

| born in Alsace-Lorrain and has I been a missionary in New Guinea land Austra l ia for 30 yea r s .

The League of P r a y e r has been established in I re land for the canonization of Blessed Oliver P lunket t . T h e r e a r e 5 o ther Irish candidates for t h e honours of the a l tar . These a r e M a t t Talbot, Mother M a r y Aikenhead, Fa the r William Doyle S. J. , L i t t le Nellie of Holy God and M a r g a r e t Kirwan.

The scene in t h e Church was a repet i t ion of t h a t in Kobe with the exception t h a t t h e pr ies t was a Japanese . The service we at tended was intended for t h e foreigners and the sermon w a s preached in Engl ish by a Canadian priest. I t was a very good se rmon indeed but why Engl ish w a s chosen as t h e medium I do not know, for the foreigners who a t t ended represented every Eu r opean country.

One incident before Mass stands out clearly in m y mind and I shall not forget i t t o m y dying day. There was a ve ry old European pr ies t a t tached to t h a t Church and before Mass he walked in along t h e central passage . As he walked along the l i t t le Japanese children ran up to h im and clung on to his robes and he pe t ted and tapped them and t h e smal ler ones were lifted up and kissed. This procession was continued r i g h t up to the a l t a r rai ls . I h a d never experienced a scene like this in church and I immedia te ly recalled Our Lord 's words , "Suffer the li t t le children t o come unto Me." This spontaneous and natural display of love and affection by t h e little innocent chi ldren towards t h a t old pr ies t who was undoubtedly a living sa int , and th is in the solemn precincts of t h e Church itself and in t h e presence of t he whole congregat ion, was a lesson be t te r t h a n all t h e sermons I have ever heard.

I would have liked to have met t h a t old sa in t a f t e r service but I wTas not able to do so. I, however, met the Canadian pr ies t who happened to be a m e m b e r of the Catholic Univers i ty of Tokio. Yes, t he re is a Catholic Universi ty in Japan . I was invi ted to visit the universi ty bu t unfor tunate ly as I was leaving Tokio t h e next day I was unable to avail myself of ano ther phase of Catholic developmen t in J a p a n .

The s t ronghold of Catholicism in Japan is in Nagasak i and its neighbourhood, for it was in th is region t h a t St . Franc is Xavier laboured when h e brought the Gospel t o J apan . I was informed t h a t the Church in J apan will soon be run ent irely b y nat ive clergy under Japanese bishops.

As a snows torm was threatening and as we all had other engagements to a t t e n d the kindly priest led us t o t h e main road and. as s ta ted previously, his admonition to t he d r ive r saved us a yen.

MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 31st AUGUST, 1935.

NEW COMMUNITY IN NEW YORK. F I L M E D BIOGRAPHY O F ST. B E R N A D E T T E .

ABDUCTED FRANCISCANS STILL MISSING.

MISSION HEALTH SISTERS."


New York .—Estab l i shment by His Eminence Pa t r i ck Cardinal Hayes , Archb ishop of New York, of a new communi ty of S is te rs , who will co-operate wi th t he work of t he Catholic Medical Missions and will a id a t t h e headquar t e r s of t h e Catholic Medical Mission Board here, is announced in the issue of The Medical Mission News w7hich has j u s t made i ts appearance. The name chosen for the new Communi ty , t h e announcement says , is D a u g h t e r s of Mary, Heal th of the Sick, "and for shor t they will probably be called 'Mission Hea l th S i s t e r s . "

"The idea of a new Communi ty of S is te rs dedicated to th i s work had been gradual ly developed because of t h e increasing needs of the work, and t h e impossibil i ty of mee t ing t h e s e needs in any o the r way ," t h e announcement s t a t e s . "The work a t headqua r t e r s calls for devoted specialists, who will perfect t h e i r knowledge of t h e best medical aid for t he missions and will acqui re skill in p r epa r ing for sh ipmen t and sending out to t he m a n y different missions j u s t w h a t i each one needs. This requi res yea rs of devotion and s tudy . "

The Pres iden t and Director, Rev. E d w a r d F . Garesche, S.J., it is s t a ted in t h e announcement , found t h a t "ex i s t ing communit ies have a l ready so m a n y t a sks to per form t h a t t h e v a r e natural ly unwilling to commit themselves permanent ly to so g r e a t a work and i ts developmen t in addi t ion to w h a t t h e y have a l ready unde r t aken . " " F o r th i s reason, a f t e r t ak ing counsel wi th o the r m e m b e r s of t h e Execut ive Commit tee of t he Board. F a t h e r Garesche submit ted to His Emi nence t h e plan for a new Communi ty and was directed by h i m to p repare t h e Const i tut ion and Rules. As Super ior of t he new Communi ty His Eminence is des igna t ing a Religious who is professed of perpetual vows, who will b r ing to her

work much previous experience as Superior ."

Among the several reasons "why it is desirable to have religious women in charge of t h e office work, the s torerooms and shipping and packing rooms of t h e Medical Mission B o a r d , ' \ a r e listed t h e s e : such Catholic works of mercy a re specially blessed by the consecrated lives and fervent p rayers of women entirely consecrated to God; those who t h u s devote themselves to cha r i ty as religious secure much more m e r i t for t he i r personal efforts t h a n t hey would wi thout th is consecration of t he vows; the i r p rayers a re as effective as the i r work in drawing down the blessing of God; Sis ters require much less for the i r support and the funds t h u s saved m a y be used for t he relief of t h e suffering poor ; " t h e fact t h a t a religious Communi ty h a s under taken t h e care of the work is a gua ran tee of i ts permanence."

The habi t of t h e Sis ters is described as "a very beautiful one, the veil be ing of da rk blue wi th tunic, scapular and cord of l ighter blue, and w i th a whi te rosary and a silver crucifix on a blue cord about t he neck."

T h e Motherhouse and novi t ia te will be in New York City, and " the Communi tv will be under t h e direction of His Eminence Cardinal Hayes , and will in no way be subject to or affiliated w i th t h e Catholic Medical Mission Board . "

The first class of appl icants will be received on t h e F e a s t of t he Na t iv i ty of t h e Blessed Virgin, Sep tember 8, of t h i s year . "Under the direction of t h e ecclesiastical Super iors , " i t is s ta ted , " t h e members of t h e Communi ty will of course be free to unde r t ake such o ther work for Medical as seems bes t hereaf ter . The t r a in ing of t h e novices will requi re some years before they can be employed ac- ! t ively in Medical Mission work." 1

(N.C.W.C.) |

Authent ic Atmosphere Prese rved .

Nevers , France .—A "filmed biog r a p h y " of Bernade t te Soubirous,

j showing her ascension from a i humble shepherd girl of Lourdes

to a Saint of t he universal church, has jus t been completed, and will

j be shown throughout F rance beginning th i s month.

P a r t s of t h e film were made a t Lourdes, where Bernadet te is pict u r ed tending her sheep ; o t h e r s were taken, by special permission of Bishop Pa t r ick Flynn, in Nevers within t h e convent where t h e Pyrenean Saint spent t h e final years of he r life. Indeed, t h e Sis ters of Nevers , for t h e first t ime in t h e i r century-old h i s to ry , became "film ac t resses" for several days , so t h a t t h e a tmos phere of t h e film could be a s authent ic a s possible.

The s to ry of Bernadet te ' s life is unfolded wi th a charming sob r i e ty ; all a t t e m p t a t theat r ica l ism h a s been b a r r e d ; and since B e r n a d e t t e alone saw t h e Virgin, t h e l a t t e r nowhere appears in the film. Bernade t t e is played by a youthful French gir l whose name will never be revealed; she played t h i s role nei ther for money nor publici ty, simply for love.

T h e film ends with some incomparable visions of Lourdes du r ing an in terna t ional pi lgr image. T h e n ight ly torchl ight parade , wi th the basilica illuminated wi th floodl ights , is an impressive spectacle t h a t those who view the film will have difficulty in forget t ing.

(N.C.W.C.)

LEPER ASYLUM NEAR TIBETAN BORDER INVADED BY REDS.

A MEDICAL MISSIONARY A N D TWO N A T I V E COTHOLICS

HONOURED.

Receive t h e King 's Silver Jubilee Medal.

B A P T I S T C O N F E R E N C E ON M E X I C A N P E R S E C U T I O N .

Colorado Spr ing.—B a p t i s t s should be " a s outspoken in p ro tes t w h t a ^constraint is pu t upon Ca-

*«ttiolics"in Mexico by t h e S t a t e as when in Russ ia or Germany it is laid upon our fel low-Baptis ts ," i t was s t a t e d by Dean Char les W. Gilkey of t h e Univers i ty of Chicago in a n address delivered a t t he N o r t h e r n Bap t i s t Convention here.

"We live in a t ime when Bap t i s t s mus t r a i se again the i r ancient banner of rel igious l iberty, a n d the r igh t t o worsh ip God according to t h e d ic ta tes of t he i r own conscience—not simply or even chiefly on our own behalf, bu t on behalf of o the r s to whom t h a t r i g h t is being denied by S ta tes t h a t claim absolute sovereignty over t h e souls of men . " Dean Gilkey said. "Two nat ions in the Old World, and one here on our own continent , a re mak ing t h a t claim and denying t ha t l iber ty before our e y e s : and when t h a t is happening a n y w h e r e in t h e world, Bapt i s t s cannot be t rue to t h e i r mos t dis t inct ive heritage unless t h e y lift up t h e i r voices in p ro te s t and affirmation.

The S t a t e m a y hes i t a t e for diplomatic reasons to in ter fere in the affairs of a friendly ne ighbour ; but

Bukoba, (Tanganyika Ter r i to ry , Afr ica) .—A Catholic medical miss ionary and two Catholic Nat ives of the Vicar ia te of Bukoba a r e among those honoured wi th t h e King 's Silver Jubilee Medal.

Mrs . A d a m s Clark, a Doctor of Medicine and Licentiate in Sur-

| gery , a t t ached to the Lying-in Bap t i s t s of all Chr is t ian bodies a r e I Home conducted by the Whi t e Sis-bound by the i r he r i t age to speak j * e r s a t Kagenda , has received t h e

Wuchang, (Hupeh, China)—No news h a s been received from the two Franciscan Missionaries abducted from the Catholic Leper Asylum at Mosimien dur ing t h e Communist invasion of western Szechwan in June , and it is believed t h a t they a r e still pr isoners of t h e Reds. A le t ter from Bishop Pe te r Valentin, Coadjutor of Tatsienlu, b r ings the first details of the incident.

When the Communist hordes, presumably under Chu Toh and Miao Tso-tung, descended upon the villages in t he valey of Mosimien, four Franciscans , all a t tached t o t h e Catholic Leper Asylum, were t aken prisoner. The Sis ters were not mplested, a l though the lepers were roughly handled. For tunately, some of t he more serious cases had been removed before t h e Reds appeared.

The four f r iars t aken pr isoner were F a t h e r Placido, t he Superior, F a t h e r Pegoraro, Bro the r Nazaire and Bro ther Pascal . Bro the r Nazai re was se t free almost immediately and allowed to r e t u r n to t h e lepers. F a t h e r Placido was released a f te r e ight days when i t w a s found t h a t he was so exhaus ted t h a t he migh t die a t any moment . T h e o ther two were t aken to t h e mountains .

The re were more t h a n 30,000 Reds in t h e band, including a l a rge number of women. They ransacked t h e village, ca r ry ing away every th ing movable and edible, and now t h e people of t h e dis t r ic t are wi thou t means of subsistence. The lepers a re in t h e same plight.

T h e t iny valley of Mosimien lies on t h e ex t reme wes tern front ier of China, under t h e shadow of a m igh ty range of perpetual ly snow-clad mounta ins whose summi t s tower to 25,000 ft. The Franc i s can F r i a r s and t h e Franciscan Missionaries of Mary have charge of t h e Leper Asylum which, a f t e r Sheklung, is t he largest of all Catholic leper colonies in China. (Fides)

up and speak out when religious l iber ty is th rea tened or interfered wi th anywhe re on ea r th . And if we a r e consistent about our own proudes t principle, we m u s t be as outspoken in p ro tes t when const r a i n t is pu t upon Catholics in Mexico by the S ta te , as when in Russ ia or Germany it is laid upon our fellow-Baptists. T h a t will be a real t e s t as to whe the r we really care about t h e principle itself—or only pro tes t i ts infr ingement when Bapt i s t in teres ts a re involved."

CATHOLIC P R E S S E X H I B I T IN WARSAW.

medal in recognition of he r work on behalf of t h e native mo the r s in t h i s p a r t of Tanganyika.

Mr. Ruhinda, Sultan of Ihangi ro , received t h e decoration a t Dar-es-Sa laam from His Excellency Sir Harold MacMichael, Governor of Tangany ika Terr i tory.

Mr. F ranc i s Rwamugi ra , Head Secre ta ry in the Nat ive Affairs Office a t Bukoba, is the t h i r d Catholic of Bukoba thus honoured.

(Fides.)

MASS SAID FOR F R E N C H L A W Y E R S IN MONUMENT E R E C T E D FOR ST. LOUIS.

Warsaw.—An exhibition of Catholic Press and l i te ra ture was held recently here . His Eminence Alexander Cardinal Kakowski, Archbishop of Warsaw, officiated a t t he opening of the exhibit in the presence of His Excellency the Most Rev. Francesco Marmaggi , Papal Nuncio to Poland, and the Most Rev. Joseph Gawlina, Ti tular Bishop of Mar iamme and Bishop of t h e Polish Army. A feature of t he exhibit was the booth of the K A P . the Catholic Polish Press Agency. (N.C.W.C.)

TRUST IN PROVIDENCE. When a t t imes you m a y seem to

see someth ing which t o our l i t t le unders tand ing appears i l l-regulated in t h e government or order of t h e world, recall to mind t h e warning of t h e Apostle St. Paul , " Judge not before the t ime, until t h e Lord comes!" Only then will t h e wise order ing of Providence be perfectly appa ren t in all t h a t may now seem disorder, j u s t as a piece of tapest ry , which, if seen on t h e reverse side, seems to be a confusion of ill-ordered s t i tches and t ex tu re , proves, when seen on i ts r i g h t side, to be a most art ist ically a r r anged piece of work. Those who t r u s t in Divine Providence shall not only never be abandoned, bu t shall experience a special h e l p . — ( T P .

Par is .—Saint Chapelle, t h e m a g nificent Gothic monument built by the King of France , St . Louis, t o serve as a rel iquary for the Holy Crown of Thorns , and which is inclosed within the buildings of t h e Palace of Jus t ice a t Pa r i s , is no t customarily used for worship. B u t it was recently opened for a solemn Mass celebrated a t t h e r e -aues t of Catholic a t to rneys of Par i s in honour of St. Ives, pa t ron of t he Bar, who was himself a lawyer.

Among those in a t tendance were Minister of Jus t ice Georges Per -not and the Academician Leon Berard. who was his predecessor in the Minis t ry . M. Thorp , president of t h e B a r Association, headed i ts delegation. The Facul ty of t h e School of Law, t h e Chamber of Notar ies and t h e Chamber of Advocates were p resen t in a bodv,

His Eminence Jean Cardinal Verdier, Archbishop of Par is , p re sided at t h e Mass dur ing which a large number of those present re ceived Holy Communion.

(N.C.W.C.)

8

Woman's Page I MOTHER OF A FAMILY OF TEN.

" BIG FAMILIES BRING HAPPINES AND THEY LEAVE TIME FOR OTHER INTERESTS" SAYS

MRS- J. A. LYONS.

I In te rv iewed Mrs . J . A. Lyons wife of A u s t r l i a ' s P r i m e Minis ter , qpw in London for t h e Royal Jubi -tifr h u t t h a t ' s not right: I should p u t "Mrs . Lyons and I in te rv iewed each o the r ! "

"Let us t a lk t o one ano the r a s <H# Cathol ic m o t h e r to t h e o the r , please?" she asked when I sat 1

$ojpn in t h e b ig easy cha i r she pulled f o r w a r d fo r me.

So we did. W e (Ji^cussed b ig families and

t h e happ ines s t h e y b r ing , and also t h £ h a r d s h i p s one endures i n r e a r i n g t h e m . W e were both qualified t o ta lk , b u t Mrs . Lyons more t h a n I !

I h a d five children, b u t I lost one. Stye h a d eleven children and lost one. I h a d four children i n less t h a n five y e a r s , b u t she wen t one better-—she had five in less t h a n five y e a r s ! A n d did eve ry th ing for ihem he rse l f ! " T h e only t h i n g t h a t kept me

sane , " she said, "was my choir w o r k ! I loved i t . I s ang every S u n d a y l I t w a s t h e only t i m e of the week I go t away from t h e house and the work . "

**How did you manage t h a t ? " I asked.

' W e l l , " she replied. "My hus band w e n t t o ear ly Mass, and when h e c a m e h o m e I went to t h e la te r one a n d sang . H e minded t h e five chi ldren and cooked t h e dinner for m e . "

W h a t a n example t o Cathlic husbands , or any o thers .

"Un t i l ve ry recent ly ," continued th i s indomitable woman, " I looked a f t e r h u s b a n d and home and children myself, wi thou t help. B u t our posit ion lately ha s made i t impera t ive t o h a v e somebody a t home."

S h e w e n t on to remind m e t h a t i t is difficult t o find people in Aust r a l i a wil l ing t o do housework, so m o s t of t h e housewives t h e r e have per force t o do every th ing t hemse lves .

"But it doesn ' t m a t t e r nea r ly so much t h e r e , " Mrs . Lyons concluded. " T h e r e i sn ' t so much class dist inct ion, a n d keeping up of appearances, and keeping maids . One is more f ree t o do a s one l ikes, and as one finds convenient , ins tead of doing w h a t cus tom demands of <?ne here," s h e added wi th a smile.

She was continuously smi l ing— a n d for a woman wi th a son of e igh teen s h e looks r emarkab ly young. S h e h a s a lovely p ink and white complexion, and t h e most beaut iful blue eyes I have seen for a long t ime . H e r chin is pointed and de termined. The sor t of t h i n g which would belong t o a woman who sees w h a t wan t s doing, and sees that i t ge t s done.

She is a g r ea t st ickler for xwo-men's r i g h t s , and mos t of all for the r i g h t s of mo the r s . S h e t h i nks that women ough t t o m a k e more of their oppor tuni t ies t o help shape the future of t he i r children.

She was r ead ing a l e t t e r when I went in, from a p r ies t in Manchester, asking Mr. Lyons o r herself to lay the foundat ion s tone of a n e w Catholic school for 500 children.

"I don ' t know whe the r t h e Pr ime Minis ter will be able to , " she said, ! smiling, "bu t we shall be in Man- | Chester."

"You, as mother , be t te r do it then." I said, and she agreed. "Yes, I dare-say I shall ." j

She th inks mo the r s a re much more alive to t h e i r responsibilities i t h a n f a the r s , and t h a t to-day a lot | is w r i t t e n about women sh i rk ing the i r job and not nearly enough about m e n doing t he same. i

She says most women sensibly face t h e facts t h a t if they get married t h e y have to be prepared to give up much, have children, rea r them, perhaps wi th little or no help and often w i th inadequate financial ass is tance and they do it, well.

But men, she th inks expect life to go on ju s t t h e same, whe the r t he wife is well, o r ailing, and whet h e r she has had a ha rd day with t he children, or not—it's all t h e same to t he men.

"You can' t >ave children," Mrs. Lyons went on, "and have everyt h i n g j u s t t h e same. No two children a r e alike, and as each needs special t r e a t m e n t , i t is no l ight m a t t e r for a "mother to deal with t hem all adequately, let alone running a house and often doing other work too ."

"Look at you," she continued, "you r un your home and do l i terary work of various sor t s—I run my home wThen I 'm a t home and make speeches, and car ry out various offices, and a t t end functions as well. And even now I am wri t ing a series of art icles for t h e Aus t ra lian papers and magazines. I accompany my husband, and I coax him in to a good mood when he is a l i t t le out of gear—but if a man was expected to do t h e same he would th ink it t e r r ib le ! "

I agreed! Can you imagine a mere m a n wr i t ing an art icle with one hand and nurs ing the baby wi th t h e o t h e r ? No, men, we though t , were one-way-minded. They couldn't do two th ings at once! Pe rhaps i t ' s j u s t as well! P e r h a p s two alike in a family wouldn't work.

Mrs . Lyons was convinced tha t God knew w h a t He was about when He made women. "He made t h e m much more unders tanding," she said, "because He knew they would have to unders tand the i r

| husbands , and unders tand each of j t h e i r children, and make ma t t e r s j smooth for all of t h e m ! Qh! I 1 am sure He knew wha t He was

doing when He made women the way He d id!"

Mrs . Lyons is a convert of t w e n t y yea r s s tanding, and became a Catholic on t h e 25th March. Our Lady 's Day. She was nferried. before she was e ighteen, and has

' had eleven children, t en of whom a re living, and to whom she is

J ve ry devoted. She th inks t h e hardes t pa r t of

! he r duties a s wife of P r ime Minist e r of Austra l ia , is to leave he r family behind! Her baby was fifteen months when she left it. and

(Continued at foot of Col. 4j

"Every child

needs milk

every day."

4 4 MILKMAID" MILK HOUSEHOLD HINTS. R E C I P E S .

How to clean.

Lamps .—Burner should daily be wiped well wi th paper and then with a duster . Occasionally it should be placed with a small lump of soda and cold wate r in an old pot and be brought to t h e boil. Lamp chimneys should be washed as seldom as possible, and should then be thoroughly dried. Clean generally wi th t issue paper and chamois. The reservoir should be well emptied out now and again to ensure t h e oil in i t being clean, for t h e impurit ies all set t le to t he bottom of t h e oil. The wick should be t r immed level to t h e bu rne r with paper, and scissors should not be used to remove t h e char red pieces. The wTick should also be

washed occasionally by br inging to t h e boil in a li t t le soda water . When it is dry it should be dipped in vinegar and dried again before pu t t ing into t h e lamp. More than any th ing a lamp repays t he trouble of cleaning it, as t he l ight is so much be t te r the re is less oil used and it has no disagreeable smell.

Leather .—Chairs and upholstery are cleaned by rubbing with a cloth dipped in a li t t le egg white . Bookbindings can also be renewed in th i s way. Slightly beat up the whi te of an egg so t h a t it will not clog toge ther and be sticky. Apply thinly and then polish off with a clean cloth.

Linoleum or oilcloth shoud not be scrubbed, but j u s t wiped over wi th a damp cloth. Then shred 1 oz. of bees ' wax into a j a r , cover it wi th V'l pint of tu rpent ine and allow to melt by t he side of the stove. A little of th i s rubbed on the oilcloth gives a nice polish and preserves it.

Marble should be washed with warm w a t e r and marble cream, made by mixing *4 lb. wash ing soda wi th *4 lb- whi t ing . Then r inse well and polish wi th fresh milk.

Mat t ing should be well dusted, and then scrubbed wi th a small b rush and salt and wate r . Cocoa-nu t m a t t i n g can be scrubbed wi th soap, which would make t he o ther m a t t i n g yellow.

Mirrors .—Lay on a th in pas te of whi t ing and water . Leave th is for a li t t le while and then rub off wi th a soft dry cloth and polish wi th chamois. Be careful not to let t he whi t ing too nea r t he edge of t he glass, as i t ge t s caugh t in the f rame and looks ugly.

BOILED APPLE DUMPLINGS. Pare and core eight fine apples and

i cut them into quarters. Roll a nice suet j crust half an inch thick, cut it :nto round } pieces, and lay in the centre of each j piece as many pieces of apple as it *vill | contain. Gather the edges up, and pinch ! them together over the apple. When ' all the dumplings are made, drop them

into a saucepan of boiling water, and let them boil gently for an hour, then take each one carefully out, place them on a dish, cut them open and put sugar and butter inside chem.

FRUIT AND BREAD PUDDINGS. Cut the half of a six cents loaf into

thin slices, line a buttered basin with it. half fill with fruit, put in two ounces of sugar, then the rest of the fruit, cover over with bread, put, a buttered paper over it, steam for one hour and a half to two hours.

\ is seventeen mon ths now. "I ; ha te losing six mon ths out of his I life," she remarked wistfully, "Oh, | i t 's d readfu l ! We changed the I subject then and spoke of other : t h ings .

Mrs. Lyons th inks t h a t women ought to have a be t t e r share in the

j spending of public money, and also in pr iva te finances too.

"Eve ry wife," she averred, "who ; does he r work to t he best of her . ability, and br ings children into | the world, and cares for them, | earns her keep as much as the | husband does, and ough t to have : an equal sha re with him in the

spending 0 f i t . " Things have improved in the

, last few years , but need still more improvements according to her,

| and she would like to see every j husband and wife, no m a t t e r whe-| the r t he i r means were la rge or | small, facing th ings on a fifty-; fifty basis .

"When t h e household bills and expenses a r e paid," she said, " the remainder ought to be equally divided, and let each spend their shares as t hey liked. I don ' t see

| why husbands should have money j in t he i r pocket, and wives often , have to go and ask for some either ! for the i r person or to spend.

She t h o u g h t th i s obtained just the s ame if t h e balance when the household budge t was met was ei-

: t he r a shill ing or two, or a large amount .

" I have a g rea t admira t ion for i my own sex ," she said, "and 1

th ink they a re clever, courageous. f hard work ing and wi t ty . I think

most women a re wonderful !" T h e r e is a bouquet for you, wo

men readers , t h rown by one of the g rea t e s t women of our t i m e s -wife, mother , s t a teswoman, public speaker , and even s inge r ! Best of all a good pract ical Catholic—an example t o us a l l !

9

PACT BETWEEN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE VATICAN. — O

PRAGUE MEETING ADVANCES TERMS.

By Myslivec.

P r a g u e . — A t a meet ing of the Council of Cabinet Ministers held here , t h e Foreign Minister, Dr. E d w a r d Benes, submit ted a detailed repor t on t h e negotiat ions tending towards t h e functioning of the provisions of t h e Modus Vivendi a g r e e m e n t between t h e Czechoslovakia S t a t e wi th the Vat ican. The r epo r t was unanimously approved.

The Modus Vivendi pact was signed in Rome, in December, 1927, by Dr . Krof ta , t hen Czechoslovak Minister P lenipotent ia ry and Mon-signor Borgongini Duca, sec re ta ry of the Congregat ion for Ex t rao rd i nary Ecclesiastical Affairs. In Februa ry , 1928, official notice t h a t t h e Czechoslovak Government had ratified t h e Modus Vivendi was sent t o t h e la te Cardinal Gaspar r i by Dr . Benes. All t h e provisions of t he Modus Vivendi were accepted by Czechoslovakia.

Clauses Now In Effect. Of t h e calauses joi t he Modus

Vivendi t h e following appear to have been b rough t m t o effect.

Clause I provided t h a t no pa r t of t h e Republic should be subordina ted to an Ordinary res id ing beyond t h e f ront iers of t he S t a t e and t h a t no diocese should extend beyond Czechoslavakian boundaries. Dur ing t h e five years which have expired since t h e s igning of t h e pact t h i s impor tan t clause has been pract ical ly applied, t h e negot ia t ions involved (with Germany and H u n g a r y ) hav ing been b rought to a successful end, as re ported by t h e Fore ign Minis ter to the Minis ter ia l Council.

Likewise t h e provisions made in Clause III a r e fully functioning and Religious Orders and Congregations in Czechoslovakia hav ing communit ies in th i s count ry a r e no longer subordinated to prefec ts of provincial houses of such Congregat ions in t h e neighbour ing Sta tes .

Religious Orders have e i the r established independent provinces in Czechoslovakia or where th i s has been found impracticable, such religious houses have been placed under t h e jur isdic t ion of t h e general mo the rhouse of t h e congregation concerned.

Clause I V is also functioning. The impor t an t r i g h t of nomina t ing Archbishops , Bishops, Coadjutors wi th r i g h t of succession and the Ord inary of t h e Army, is solely reserved to t h e Holy See which only apprizes t h e Czechoslovak Government of t h e names of t h e relative candidates so t h a t it may be assured t h a t i t has no objections of a political n a t u r e to t he appointment .

As provided in Clause V t h e ecclesiastical officials enumera ted in Clause IV t a k e upon the i r nomination an oath of feal ty to t h e Czechoslovak S ta t e . This oa th is t h e following: " I swear and promise tha t I will be loyal to t h e Czechoslovak Republic, as becomes a Bishop, and t h a t I will do no th ing against t h e welfare , secur i ty and integr i ty of t h e Republic ."

Boundar ies of Dioceses. W h a t r emains to be set t led is

the internal delimitation of dioceses within t h e Czechoslovak boundaries and the i r endowment

wi th movable and immovable proper ty in such a way t h a t the new dioceses shall be economically self sufficient and shall not be dependent upon S t a t e support and maintenance .

According to la tes t repor ts t he establ ishment of a Slovak Archbishopric seems to be quite certain but t h e seat of t h e new Archbishop has not yet been fixed. Bishop Paul Jan tausch , Adminis t ra tor Apostolic of Trnava , Slovakia, has j u s t completed his discussions wi th Vatican officials and has submi t t ed to the Czechoslovak (government t he outcome of his negotiat ions. Three Slovak cities are being proposed as sea t s of the New Archbishopr ic : Brat is lava , Trnava and Nove Zamby. A major i ty of Slovak clergy seems to be inclined in favour of t h e seat a t Brat is lava, t he west Slovak capi-tl, where there a r e available the necessary buildings.

The Catholics in th is country hope t h a t t he successful functioning of the pact will be crowned by t h e nomination of a new Nuncio Apostolic to t h e Czechoslovak Government . (N.C.W.C.)

W H E N " C A L L E D H O M E " Throughout t h e world every

day , according t o t h e s ta t is t ic ians , t h e r e a r e 200,000 men, women and children who a r e "called h o m e " In o the r owrds, on an average, a q u a r t e r of a million people die every day.

T h e figures m a y seem fantast ic , but they are likely as accurate a s mor ta l m^n can es t imate . They serve to remind us t h a t death is as inevitable a s t h e se t t ing sun. Wre cannot escape dea th . Wha t , t hen a re we to do about i t ?

W o r r y ? No, for God does no t w a n t us to wor ry . All he asks of us is t h a t we be prepared. H e speaks th rough His Church, u rg ing u s to live a s we should wan t to die.. Tha t m e a n s we should live in grace, since all of us hope to die in grace.

Living thus is not difficult. I t requi res a li t t le will power, a lot of de terminat ion and t h e help of God- The l a t t e r we can always have for the ask ing . Will power and determinat ion to persevere in grace are directly our own concern. God gives all of us a free will. A r e you exercising yours t h a t when you a re called home you will be p repa red?

APOSTOLIC DELEGATE HONOURED BY THE GOVERNOR OF SHANSL

FUNCTION ON THE SPOT WHERE CATHOLICS WERE MASSACRED IN 1,900.

By Fides Service.

Taiyuanfu, (Shansi, China) — | A colourful reception a t t he palace | of Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, Taiyuan-| fu, given by the Marshal in honour j of t h e Apostolic Delegate, con-t t r a s t s sharply with an event which | occurred on t h e same spot in 1900 \ dur ing t h e Boxer upris ing. At ' seven o ' clock in the evening of

Ju ly 9 a fleet of five luxurious motor-cars accompanied t h e papal representa t ive , His Excellency Archbishop Mario Zanin, and his

• pa r ty , to Marshall Yen 's palace, i Exact ly 35 years before to t he : very day and even to t h e very \ hour, two bishops of Taiyuan , two

priests , seven sisters, one bro ther | and 14 Chinese Catholics were led I t h rough t he same portal into t h e | some cour tyard and horribly mas

sacred-

Yen Hsi-shan, i t will be recalled, | became Commander-in-Chief of t he { Revolut ionary Army of Nor th j China in 1927. He is t he Mili tary I Governor of the "Model Province," | t h e Director of Peace Preserva t ion | in Shansi , and a member of t he i S tand ing Committee of t he Na-I t ional Mil i tary Council. Marshal ! Yen h a d a first-class ra i lway _car-I r i age pu t a t t h e disposal of the

Apostolic Delegate for t h e journey I to t h e Capital of Shans i and he

J f was a t t h e s ta t ion to mee t t he j Delegate and his pa r ty when t h e y | arr ived.

Governor Hsu Yung-ch 'uan, Cha i rman of t h e Shansi Provincial Government , gave a dinner in honour of t h e Apostolic Delegate July 11. Not being able to be present personally, owing to a sudden indisposition, he delegated General Chao Tai-won to represent him. Speaking a t t h e dinner General Chao said, "Whils t t h e peoples of t h e ea r th regard one ano the r wi th ha t red and seek means to des t roy one another , a God in Heaven regards all men as His children and bestows His blessings on all indiscr iminately. I t is t he delegate of him who on ea r th represen t s th i s God who has come among us today to encourage peace and f ra te r nal love." The General also commented on t h e happy coincidence of t h e ra in which fell while t h e Delega t e was en te r ing t h e city, t h e first ra in to fall in ten mon ths in th i s sun-scorched region.

The purpose of Archbishop Zanin 's t r i p to Taiyuanfu was to preside a t a meet ing of t h e Bishops. His proposed visi t to t he h e a d q u a r t e r s of t h e Taiyuanfu Branch of Catholic Action was made impossible by the crowds

I which blocked the s t ree t s wai t ing I to catch a gl impse of him. (F ides ) .

P R I E S T R E L A T E S TRYING E X P E R I E N C E S IN T H E

ARCTIC.

W E A T H E R SIGNS.

MONKEY A N D PARROT IN B R A Z I L .

In Brazil monkeys and par ro t s have interests in common. They not only roost in t h e same t rees , bu t work for mutua l benefit. T h e monkeys cannot easily pick t h e big Brazil n u t husks from t h e t rees , so the pa r ro t s gnaw them loose, allowing t h e m to drop, fall to t h e ground spl i t t ing them. Then t h e monkeys t e a r t h e cracked husks asunder , g a t h e r t he n u t s and divide t h e m with t h e parrots-Sometimes when t h e husks fail to split , the monkeys car ry them up to t h e highest l imbs of the t r ee and let them drop again. Monkey and par ro t enjoy the i r harvest side by side.

Churchill , (Mani toba)—A let ter from a missionary pr ies t of t he Oblates of Mary Immacula te wr i t t en last winter a t his s tat ion 100 miles north of the Arct ic Circle when t h e therometer regis tered 70 degrees below zero is being read by fr iends and relatives in Europe and America sweltering in the hea t of midsummer. Rev. Armand Clabaut left his mission on the shores of Repulse B a y in November and travelled t o Commit tee Bay, 650 miles nor th of Churchill , where he baptized a group of Not-chiliks. Next year he and his companion will a t t emp t to reach the res t of this eskimo t r ibe dwelling about Pelly Bay, King William Land and the Magnetic Nor th Pole.

I celebrated Chr is t ians 'w i th my new Christ ians in the i r snow houses ," wri tes F a t h e r Clabaut. " I am convinced from experience t h a t one does not get th in on th is fare of frozen fish and r a w caribou meat bu t it is hard on the teeth especially when the t empera tu re is 60 or 70 degrees below zero. Then I mus t beat t h e fish between two rocks until it is in a condition to be swallowed.

"When it is 70 degrees below zero one is in jus t t h e r igh t mood for arct ic poetry, provided t he wind is on your back; if it is blowing in your face, it is a different s tory.

"The oil froze in m y lamp. Five or six of my fingers froze, also pa r t s of my face, my feet, but the

An "old sa l t " gives t h e following s igns for weather , and he claims they will come t r u e five t imes out of six.

Rainbow a t n ight , sa i lors ' de-lilght.

Rainbow in t h e morning, sa i lors ' t ake w r arning. .

If t h e sun ' s red in t h e West , next day ho t t e r t h a n t he las t .

Ris ing sun followed r>y ra in , you'll not see t h e sun aga in .

If t h e ra in comes before t h e wind, furl your topsails snugly in.

If t h e wind comes before t h e rain, soon you can make sail again .

If t h e ra in comes wi th t h e se t t ing sun, soon the showers will be done.

A s t r eak of red, then a s t r eak \ of grey, and you will get a gloomy I day. : ====================================

consequences a re no t ser ious ." F a t h e r Clabaut 's Bishop, t he

Most Rev. Arsenius Turquet i l , Vicar Apostolic of Hudson Bay, is a t p resen t aboard h i s motor launch, t he P ius XI, t ak ing advantage of t h e summer m o n t h s to

I visit h is missionaries sca t te red j t h roughou t t h e nor th . If possible j he will cont inue a s f a r a s Fox

Channel and Baffin Land where 1 F a t h e r Bazin, a young pr ies t

whose mission among t h e Igleo-liks w a s des t royed by fire over a

| yea r ago, h a s been l iving alone since 1930, completely cu t off from the r e s t of t h e world and his fellow miss ionar ies of Hudson Bay. A jou rney of 1,400 miles by w a t e r s epa ra t e s Bishop Turquet i l from F a t h e r Bazin. (Fides.)

8

Woman's Page I MOTHER OF A FAMILY OF TEN.

" BIG FAMILIES BRING HAPPINES AND THEY LEAVE TIME FOR OTHER INTERESTS" SAYS

MRS- J. A. LYONS.

I In te rv iewed Mrs . J . A. Lyons wife of A u s t r l i a ' s P r i m e Minis ter , qpw in London for t h e Royal Jubi -tifr h u t t h a t ' s not right: I should p u t "Mrs . Lyons and I in te rv iewed each o the r ! "

"Let us t a lk t o one ano the r a s <H# Cathol ic m o t h e r to t h e o the r , please?" she asked when I sat 1

$ojpn in t h e b ig easy cha i r she pulled f o r w a r d fo r me.

So we did. W e (Ji^cussed b ig families and

t h e happ ines s t h e y b r ing , and also t h £ h a r d s h i p s one endures i n r e a r i n g t h e m . W e were both qualified t o ta lk , b u t Mrs . Lyons more t h a n I !

I h a d five children, b u t I lost one. Stye h a d eleven children and lost one. I h a d four children i n less t h a n five y e a r s , b u t she wen t one better-—she had five in less t h a n five y e a r s ! A n d did eve ry th ing for ihem he rse l f ! " T h e only t h i n g t h a t kept me

sane , " she said, "was my choir w o r k ! I loved i t . I s ang every S u n d a y l I t w a s t h e only t i m e of the week I go t away from t h e house and the work . "

**How did you manage t h a t ? " I asked.

' W e l l , " she replied. "My hus band w e n t t o ear ly Mass, and when h e c a m e h o m e I went to t h e la te r one a n d sang . H e minded t h e five chi ldren and cooked t h e dinner for m e . "

W h a t a n example t o Cathlic husbands , or any o thers .

"Un t i l ve ry recent ly ," continued th i s indomitable woman, " I looked a f t e r h u s b a n d and home and children myself, wi thou t help. B u t our posit ion lately ha s made i t impera t ive t o h a v e somebody a t home."

S h e w e n t on to remind m e t h a t i t is difficult t o find people in Aust r a l i a wil l ing t o do housework, so m o s t of t h e housewives t h e r e have per force t o do every th ing t hemse lves .

"But it doesn ' t m a t t e r nea r ly so much t h e r e , " Mrs . Lyons concluded. " T h e r e i sn ' t so much class dist inct ion, a n d keeping up of appearances, and keeping maids . One is more f ree t o do a s one l ikes, and as one finds convenient , ins tead of doing w h a t cus tom demands of <?ne here," s h e added wi th a smile.

She was continuously smi l ing— a n d for a woman wi th a son of e igh teen s h e looks r emarkab ly young. S h e h a s a lovely p ink and white complexion, and t h e most beaut iful blue eyes I have seen for a long t ime . He r chin is pointed and de termined. The sor t of t h i n g which would belong t o a woman who sees w h a t wan t s doing, and sees that i t ge t s done.

She is a g r ea t st ickler for xwo-men's r i g h t s , and mos t of all for the r i g h t s of mo the r s . S h e t h ink s that women ough t t o m a k e more of their oppor tuni t ies t o help shape the future of t he i r children.

She was r ead ing a l e t t e r when I went in, from a p r ies t in Manchester, asking Mr. Lyons o r herself to lay the foundat ion s tone of a n e w Catholic school for 500 children.

"I don ' t know whe the r t h e Pr ime Minis ter will be able to , " she said, ! smiling, "bu t we shall be in Man- | Chester."

"You, as mother , be t te r do it then." I said, and she agreed. "Yes, I dare-say I shall ." j

She th inks mo the r s a re much more alive to t h e i r responsibilities i t h a n f a the r s , and t h a t to-day a lot | is w r i t t e n about women sh i rk ing the i r job and not nearly enough about m e n doing t he same. i

She says most women sensibly face t h e facts t h a t if they get married t h e y have to be prepared to give up much, have children, rea r them, perhaps wi th little or no help and often w i th inadequate financial ass is tance and they do it, well.

But men, she th inks expect life to go on ju s t t h e same, whe the r t he wife is well, o r ailing, and whet h e r she has had a ha rd day with t he children, or not—it's all t h e same to t he men.

"You can' t >ave children," Mrs. Lyons went on, "and have everyt h i n g j u s t t h e same. No two children a r e alike, and as each needs special t r e a t m e n t , i t is no l ight m a t t e r for a "mother to deal with t hem all adequately, let alone running a house and often doing other work too ."

"Look at you," she continued, "you r un your home and do l i terary work of various sor t s—I run my home wThen I 'm a t home and make speeches, and car ry out various offices, and a t t end functions as well. And even now I am wri t ing a series of art icles for t h e Aus t ra lian papers and magazines. I accompany my husband, and I coax him in to a good mood when he is a l i t t le out of gear—but if a man was expected to do t h e same he would th ink it t e r r ib le ! "

I agreed! Can you imagine a mere m a n wr i t ing an art icle with one hand and nurs ing the baby wi th t h e o t h e r ? No, men, we though t , were one-way-minded. They couldn't do two th ings at once! Pe rhaps i t ' s j u s t as well! P e r h a p s two alike in a family wouldn't work.

Mrs . Lyons was convinced tha t God knew w h a t He was about when He made women. "He made t h e m much more unders tanding," she said, "because He knew they would have to unders tand the i r

| husbands , and unders tand each of j t h e i r children, and make ma t t e r s j smooth for all of t h e m ! Qh! I 1 am sure He knew wha t He was

doing when He made women the way He d id!"

Mrs . Lyons is a convert of t w e n t y yea r s s tanding, and became a Catholic on t h e 25th March. Our Lady 's Day. She was nferried. before she was e ighteen, and has

' had eleven children, t en of whom a re living, and to whom she is

J ve ry devoted. She th inks t h e hardes t pa r t of

! he r duties a s wife of P r ime Minist e r of Austra l ia , is to leave he r family behind! Her baby was fifteen months when she left it. and

(Continued at foot of Col. 4j

"Every child

needs milk

every day."

4 4 MILKMAID" MILK HOUSEHOLD HINTS. R E C I P E S .

How to clean.

Lamps .—Burner should daily be wiped well wi th paper and then with a duster . Occasionally it should be placed with a small lump of soda and cold wate r in an old pot and be brought to t h e boil. Lamp chimneys should be washed as seldom as possible, and should then be thoroughly dried. Clean generally wi th t issue paper and chamois. The reservoir should be well emptied out now and again to ensure t h e oil in i t being clean, for t h e impurit ies all set t le to t he bottom of t h e oil. The wick should be t r immed level to t h e bu rne r with paper, and scissors should not be used to remove t h e char red pieces. The wTick should also be

washed occasionally by br inging to t h e boil in a li t t le soda water . When it is dry it should be dipped in vinegar and dried again before pu t t ing into t h e lamp. More than any th ing a lamp repays t he trouble of cleaning it, as t he l ight is so much be t te r the re is less oil used and it has no disagreeable smell.

Leather .—Chairs and upholstery are cleaned by rubbing with a cloth dipped in a li t t le egg white . Bookbindings can also be renewed in th i s way. Slightly beat up the whi te of an egg so t h a t it will not clog toge ther and be sticky. Apply thinly and then polish off with a clean cloth.

Linoleum or oilcloth shoud not be scrubbed, but j u s t wiped over wi th a damp cloth. Then shred 1 oz. of bees ' wax into a j a r , cover it wi th V'l pint of tu rpent ine and allow to melt by t he side of the stove. A little of th i s rubbed on the oilcloth gives a nice polish and preserves it.

Marble should be washed with warm w a t e r and marble cream, made by mixing *4 lb. wash ing soda wi th *4 lb- whi t ing . Then r inse well and polish wi th fresh milk.

Mat t ing should be well dusted, and then scrubbed wi th a small b rush and salt and wate r . Cocoa-nu t m a t t i n g can be scrubbed wi th soap, which would make t he o ther m a t t i n g yellow.

Mirrors .—Lay on a th in pas te of whi t ing and water . Leave th is for a li t t le while and then rub off wi th a soft dry cloth and polish wi th chamois. Be careful not to let t he whi t ing too nea r t he edge of t he glass, as i t ge t s caugh t in the f rame and looks ugly.

BOILED APPLE DUMPLINGS. Pare and core eight fine apples and

i cut them into quarters. Roll a nice suet j crust half an inch thick, cut it :nto round } pieces, and lay in the centre of each j piece as many pieces of apple as it *vill | contain. Gather the edges up, and pinch ! them together over the apple. When ' all the dumplings are made, drop them

into a saucepan of boiling water, and let them boil gently for an hour, then take each one carefully out, place them on a dish, cut them open and put sugar and butter inside chem.

FRUIT AND BREAD PUDDINGS. Cut the half of a six cents loaf into

thin slices, line a buttered basin with it. half fill with fruit, put in two ounces of sugar, then the rest of the fruit, cover over with bread, put, a buttered paper over it, steam for one hour and a half to two hours.

\ is seventeen mon ths now. "I ; ha te losing six mon ths out of his I life," she remarked wistfully, "Oh, | i t 's d readfu l ! We changed the I subject then and spoke of other : t h ings .

Mrs. Lyons th inks t h a t women ought to have a be t t e r share in the

j spending of public money, and also in pr iva te finances too.

"Eve ry wife," she averred, "who ; does he r work to t he best of her . ability, and br ings children into | the world, and cares for them, | earns her keep as much as the | husband does, and ough t to have : an equal sha re with him in the

spending 0 f i t . " Things have improved in the

, last few years , but need still more improvements according to her,

| and she would like to see every j husband and wife, no m a t t e r whe-| the r t he i r means were la rge or | small, facing th ings on a fifty-; fifty basis .

"When t h e household bills and expenses a r e paid," she said, " the remainder ought to be equally divided, and let each spend their shares as t hey liked. I don ' t see

| why husbands should have money j in t he i r pocket, and wives often , have to go and ask for some either ! for the i r person or to spend.

She t h o u g h t th i s obtained just the s ame if t h e balance when the household budge t was met was ei-

: t he r a shill ing or two, or a large amount .

" I have a g rea t admira t ion for i my own sex ," she said, "and 1

th ink they a re clever, courageous. f hard work ing and wi t ty . I think

most women a re wonderful !" T h e r e is a bouquet for you, wo

men readers , t h rown by one of the g rea t e s t women of our t i m e s -wife, mother , s t a teswoman, public speaker , and even s inge r ! Best of all a good pract ical Catholic—an example t o us a l l !

9

PACT BETWEEN CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND THE VATICAN. — O

PRAGUE MEETING ADVANCES TERMS.

By Myslivec.

P r a g u e . — A t a meet ing of the Council of Cabinet Ministers held here , t h e Foreign Minister, Dr. E d w a r d Benes, submit ted a detailed repor t on t h e negotiat ions tending towards t h e functioning of the provisions of t h e Modus Vivendi a g r e e m e n t between t h e Czechoslovakia S t a t e wi th the Vat ican. The r epo r t was unanimously approved.

The Modus Vivendi pact was signed in Rome, in December, 1927, by Dr . Krof ta , t hen Czechoslovak Minister P lenipotent ia ry and Mon-signor Borgongini Duca, sec re ta ry of the Congregat ion for Ex t rao rd i nary Ecclesiastical Affairs. In Februa ry , 1928, official notice t h a t t h e Czechoslovak Government had ratified t h e Modus Vivendi was sent t o t h e la te Cardinal Gaspar r i by Dr . Benes. All t h e provisions of t he Modus Vivendi were accepted by Czechoslovakia.

Clauses Now In Effect. Of t h e calauses joi t he Modus

Vivendi t h e following appear to have been b rough t m t o effect.

Clause I provided t h a t no pa r t of t h e Republic should be subordina ted to an Ordinary res id ing beyond t h e f ront iers of t he S t a t e and t h a t no diocese should extend beyond Czechoslavakian boundaries. Dur ing t h e five years which have expired since t h e s igning of t h e pact t h i s impor tan t clause has been pract ical ly applied, t h e negot ia t ions involved (with Germany and H u n g a r y ) hav ing been b rought to a successful end, as re ported by t h e Fore ign Minis ter to the Minis ter ia l Council.

Likewise t h e provisions made in Clause III a r e fully functioning and Religious Orders and Congregations in Czechoslovakia hav ing communit ies in th i s count ry a r e no longer subordinated to prefec ts of provincial houses of such Congregat ions in t h e neighbour ing Sta tes .

Religious Orders have e i the r established independent provinces in Czechoslovakia or where th i s has been found impracticable, such religious houses have been placed under t h e jur isdic t ion of t h e general mo the rhouse of t h e congregation concerned.

Clause I V is also functioning. The impor t an t r i g h t of nomina t ing Archbishops , Bishops, Coadjutors wi th r i g h t of succession and the Ord inary of t h e Army, is solely reserved to t h e Holy See which only apprizes t h e Czechoslovak Government of t h e names of t h e relative candidates so t h a t it may be assured t h a t i t has no objections of a political n a t u r e to t he appointment .

As provided in Clause V t h e ecclesiastical officials enumera ted in Clause IV t a k e upon the i r nomination an oath of feal ty to t h e Czechoslovak S ta t e . This oa th is t h e following: " I swear and promise tha t I will be loyal to t h e Czechoslovak Republic, as becomes a Bishop, and t h a t I will do no th ing against t h e welfare , secur i ty and integr i ty of t h e Republic ."

Boundar ies of Dioceses. W h a t r emains to be set t led is

the internal delimitation of dioceses within t h e Czechoslovak boundaries and the i r endowment

wi th movable and immovable proper ty in such a way t h a t the new dioceses shall be economically self sufficient and shall not be dependent upon S t a t e support and maintenance .

According to la tes t repor ts t he establ ishment of a Slovak Archbishopric seems to be quite certain but t h e seat of t h e new Archbishop has not yet been fixed. Bishop Paul Jan tausch , Adminis t ra tor Apostolic of Trnava , Slovakia, has j u s t completed his discussions wi th Vatican officials and has submi t t ed to the Czechoslovak (government t he outcome of his negotiat ions. Three Slovak cities are being proposed as sea t s of the New Archbishopr ic : Brat is lava , Trnava and Nove Zamby. A major i ty of Slovak clergy seems to be inclined in favour of t h e seat a t Brat is lava, t he west Slovak capi-tl, where there a r e available the necessary buildings.

The Catholics in th is country hope t h a t t he successful functioning of the pact will be crowned by t h e nomination of a new Nuncio Apostolic to t h e Czechoslovak Government . (N.C.W.C.)

W H E N " C A L L E D H O M E " Throughout t h e world every

day , according t o t h e s ta t is t ic ians , t h e r e a r e 200,000 men, women and children who a r e "called h o m e " In o the r owrds, on an average, a q u a r t e r of a million people die every day.

T h e figures m a y seem fantast ic , but they are likely as accurate a s mor ta l m^n can es t imate . They serve to remind us t h a t death is as inevitable a s t h e se t t ing sun. Wre cannot escape dea th . Wha t , t hen a re we to do about i t ?

W o r r y ? No, for God does no t w a n t us to wor ry . All he asks of us is t h a t we be prepared. H e speaks th rough His Church, u rg ing u s to live a s we should wan t to die.. Tha t m e a n s we should live in grace, since all of us hope to die in grace.

Living thus is not difficult. I t requi res a li t t le will power, a lot of de terminat ion and t h e help of God- The l a t t e r we can always have for the ask ing . Will power and determinat ion to persevere in grace are directly our own concern. God gives all of us a free will. A r e you exercising yours t h a t when you a re called home you will be p repa red?

APOSTOLIC DELEGATE HONOURED BY THE GOVERNOR OF SHANSL

FUNCTION ON THE SPOT WHERE CATHOLICS WERE MASSACRED IN 1,900.

By Fides Service.

Taiyuanfu, (Shansi, China) — | A colourful reception a t t he palace | of Marshal Yen Hsi-shan, Taiyuan-| fu, given by the Marshal in honour j of t h e Apostolic Delegate, con-t t r a s t s sharply with an event which | occurred on t h e same spot in 1900 \ dur ing t h e Boxer upris ing. At ' seven o ' clock in the evening of

Ju ly 9 a fleet of five luxurious motor-cars accompanied t h e papal representa t ive , His Excellency Archbishop Mario Zanin, and his

• pa r ty , to Marshall Yen 's palace, i Exact ly 35 years before to t he : very day and even to t h e very \ hour, two bishops of Taiyuan , two

priests , seven sisters, one bro ther | and 14 Chinese Catholics were led I t h rough t he same portal into t h e | some cour tyard and horribly mas

sacred-

Yen Hsi-shan, i t will be recalled, | became Commander-in-Chief of t he { Revolut ionary Army of Nor th j China in 1927. He is t he Mili tary I Governor of the "Model Province," | t h e Director of Peace Preserva t ion | in Shansi , and a member of t he i S tand ing Committee of t he Na-I t ional Mil i tary Council. Marshal ! Yen h a d a first-class ra i lway _car-I r i age pu t a t t h e disposal of the

Apostolic Delegate for t h e journey I to t h e Capital of Shans i and he

J f was a t t h e s ta t ion to mee t t he j Delegate and his pa r ty when t h e y | arr ived.

Governor Hsu Yung-ch 'uan, Cha i rman of t h e Shansi Provincial Government , gave a dinner in honour of t h e Apostolic Delegate July 11. Not being able to be present personally, owing to a sudden indisposition, he delegated General Chao Tai-won to represent him. Speaking a t t h e dinner General Chao said, "Whils t t h e peoples of t h e ea r th regard one ano the r wi th ha t red and seek means to des t roy one another , a God in Heaven regards all men as His children and bestows His blessings on all indiscr iminately. I t is t he delegate of him who on ea r th represen t s th i s God who has come among us today to encourage peace and f ra te r nal love." The General also commented on t h e happy coincidence of t h e ra in which fell while t h e Delega t e was en te r ing t h e city, t h e first ra in to fall in ten mon ths in th i s sun-scorched region.

The purpose of Archbishop Zanin 's t r i p to Taiyuanfu was to preside a t a meet ing of t h e Bishops. His proposed visi t to t he h e a d q u a r t e r s of t h e Taiyuanfu Branch of Catholic Action was made impossible by the crowds

I which blocked the s t ree t s wai t ing I to catch a gl impse of him. (F ides ) .

P R I E S T R E L A T E S TRYING E X P E R I E N C E S IN T H E

ARCTIC.

W E A T H E R SIGNS.

MONKEY A N D PARROT IN B R A Z I L .

In Brazil monkeys and par ro t s have interests in common. They not only roost in t h e same t rees , bu t work for mutua l benefit. T h e monkeys cannot easily pick t h e big Brazil n u t husks from t h e t rees , so the pa r ro t s gnaw them loose, allowing t h e m to drop, fall to t h e ground spl i t t ing them. Then t h e monkeys t e a r t h e cracked husks asunder , g a t h e r t he n u t s and divide t h e m with t h e parrots-Sometimes when t h e husks fail to split , the monkeys car ry them up to t h e highest l imbs of the t r ee and let them drop again. Monkey and par ro t enjoy the i r harvest side by side.

Churchill , (Mani toba)—A let ter from a missionary pr ies t of t he Oblates of Mary Immacula te wr i t t en last winter a t his s tat ion 100 miles north of the Arct ic Circle when t h e therometer regis tered 70 degrees below zero is being read by fr iends and relatives in Europe and America sweltering in the hea t of midsummer. Rev. Armand Clabaut left his mission on the shores of Repulse B a y in November and travelled t o Commit tee Bay, 650 miles nor th of Churchill , where he baptized a group of Not-chiliks. Next year he and his companion will a t t emp t to reach the res t of this eskimo t r ibe dwelling about Pelly Bay, King William Land and the Magnetic Nor th Pole.

I celebrated Chr is t ians 'w i th my new Christ ians in the i r snow houses ," wri tes F a t h e r Clabaut. " I am convinced from experience t h a t one does not get th in on th is fare of frozen fish and r a w caribou meat bu t it is hard on the teeth especially when the t empera tu re is 60 or 70 degrees below zero. Then I mus t beat t h e fish between two rocks until it is in a condition to be swallowed.

"When it is 70 degrees below zero one is in jus t t h e r igh t mood for arct ic poetry, provided t he wind is on your back; if it is blowing in your face, it is a different s tory.

"The oil froze in m y lamp. Five or six of my fingers froze, also pa r t s of my face, my feet, but the

An "old sa l t " gives t h e following s igns for weather , and he claims they will come t r u e five t imes out of six.

Rainbow a t n ight , sa i lors ' de-lilght.

Rainbow in t h e morning, sa i lors ' t ake w r arning. .

If t h e sun ' s red in t h e West , next day ho t t e r t h a n t he las t .

Ris ing sun followed r>y ra in , you'll not see t h e sun aga in .

If t h e ra in comes before t h e wind, furl your topsails snugly in.

If t h e wind comes before t h e rain, soon you can make sail again .

If t h e ra in comes wi th t h e se t t ing sun, soon the showers will be done.

A s t r eak of red, then a s t r eak \ of grey, and you will get a gloomy I day. : ====================================

consequences a re no t ser ious ." F a t h e r Clabaut 's Bishop, t he

Most Rev. Arsenius Turquet i l , Vicar Apostolic of Hudson Bay, is a t p resen t aboard h i s motor launch, t he P ius XI, t ak ing advantage of t h e summer m o n t h s to

I visit h is missionaries sca t te red j t h roughou t t h e nor th . If possible j he will cont inue a s f a r a s Fox

Channel and Baffin Land where 1 F a t h e r Bazin, a young pr ies t

whose mission among t h e Igleo-liks w a s des t royed by fire over a

| yea r ago, h a s been l iving alone since 1930, completely cu t off from the r e s t of t h e world and his fellow miss ionar ies of Hudson Bay. A jou rney of 1,400 miles by w a t e r s epa ra t e s Bishop Turquet i l from F a t h e r Bazin. (Fides.)

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SOULLESS LITERATURE.

The quality of literary art in recent times reflects, as in everything else, the modernism of a puny world which has lost its capacity to appreciate that grandeur and sublimity which characterised the works of the master minds of old. Critics and reviewers, a few decades ago, were more intent on making writers produce something with a sublime touch; whereas, the literary tastes of the present day call for the portrayal of life on its squalid and ribald side. The cult of the sublime appears to one as a lost art, judging from the text books and modernised classroom lectures. This lofty element in literature is not only neglected, but has :ome to be regarded as archaic. The popular writers of modern fiction that find a ready market as 'best-sellers' make it a point to avoid sublimity which is labelled generally as *high-brow stuff/

The standard of our modern literature shows that we are more busied with gadgets and trivial fancies which are usually associated with the backstage of things. The wonderful vistas that loftiness of thought reveals to the mind afre no longer regarded as literary virtues. Professor Francis Talbot in deploring the absence of grandeur in literature aptly remarks thus: "In our literature, we pick at life as a sparrow snaps up each particle of grain; we do not absorb nor do we embrace nor do we manifest life with the grand gesture, with a sweep and a grace and the expansiveness of an eagle soaring under a deep-blue sky above the mountains. The best definition we may recall of 'sublimity' in writing is that of Longinus who says, "it is a quality which elevates the mind above itself, and fills it with higher conceptions and noble pride/'

There are however two aspects of this literary virtue; the first, that of something physically or morally sublime, considered objectively; second that of reproducing the thing already sublime so that it arouses a lofty emotion. The ancient scholars thought that something vast and limitless like

the firmament, the ocean, the Alps were suggestive of the sublime. Moral sublimity is connected with what is noble, heroic and preternatural, and is instanced by the pursuit of an astounding ambition or in the sacrifice of every personal ambition or gain. To portray grandeur emotionally, calls for the genius of a great-souled artist. Among our famous publicised writers of to-day, one can hardly find this exalted element.

The first element that is lacking in the modern writer is the supernatural. Homer believed in the gods of Greece and Virgil in the deities of Rome, Dante in the true God while Milton adored Cromwell as a national saviour. From their beliefs they drew their sublime inspiration. Divinity is the natural basis for sublimity which pictures to your mind all the nobler impulses of the soul. Once the conception of Divinity is taken away from a man's view, the faculty of the sublime will naturally cease to exist.

Classical writings which usually centred round the idea of Divinity have gone out of vogue with the advent of romantic novels. The sensational novels that flood the markets to-day cannot have any sublime touch because the incidents and ideas embodied in them belong to the petty affairs of everyday life. The novel, as we have remarked, has produced a destructive influence in lowering literary taste. Besides the crop of popular magazines and newspapers with screaming headlines, sensational gossip and suggestive illustrations have a ready response among a great majority of readers in these days.

Finally, the motion pictures are responsible for wiping out the last traces of sublimity in our literature. The movies or talkies have unfortunately proved

[ to be a poor form of human ex-; pression, in which the delights of

the soul are not reckoned with. The temper and outlook of our times have changed considerably. Our writers for the screen are keener on telling their readers what they imagine things to be than what they really are. We are inclined to regard such attitude as literary dishonesty or poltroonery. The author who hopes to write sublime literature must erase himself; he must identify himself with the sublime object, whether it be physical or moral; he must not identify that object with himself.

under-cooked s t e a k / F u r t h e r m o r e , it is gra t i fy ing to see from th i s magazine t h a t the physical and recreative side of education is also receiving a t ten t ion . We a re s t rongly in favour of girls in our convents being t ra ined sufficiently to a t ta in physical efficiency, wi thou t going to t he excess of being made pugilists, by losing t h a t grace and suppleness t h a t m u s t charac te r i se the i r sex.

BELFAST R I O T S - F R E N C H H O N O U R S -'PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY-

THE TARCISIAN. Belfast Riots.

The news t h a t has j u s t reached us th rough the 'Dublin Standard ' shows a sad s t a t e of affairs in Belfast . Beginning on July 12, and cont inuing for a whole week, the Orangemen of Nor the rn Ireland bur s t into violent r io ts culminating in anti-Catholic persecution. In celebration of the anniversary of t he Bat t le of the Boyne which resulted in the firm establ ishment of Pro tes tan t i sm in t h e past, the Orangemen held a mammoth parade . Vitriolic speeches, and frenzied waving of banners , inciting ha t red of Catholics were the crude feature of the day. Mock bat t les were s taged in the outsk i r t s of Belfast and fights were wantonly provoked along York Street , near the business section of t h e city. Missiles were hurled about and shots fired killing three persons and wounding about forty o thers . The same spiri t of bigotry and anti-Catholic ha t r ed which sullied t he fair name of Edinburgh recently have ac tua ted the Irish p ro tes tan t s of Belfast . The author i t ies , however had to rush soldiers and police to t h e disturbed a r eas , ' and managed to quell the r is ing before it assumed more a la rming proportions. A mob of p ro tes tan t fanat ics , believing tha t Catholics were responsible for some shots fired in the melee, scoured the Catholic sections of t he city, bu rn ing down homes, b reak ing into s tores and looting them. One of the most dastardly ae ts was perpetrated, when infuria ted r ioters set fire to the bed in which lay a mothe r and a one-day-old baby beside her . The judicial findings against these bigoted miscreants will be awaited with wistful concern not only by t h e Catholic world, but by all who a re fair-minded.

* * * * * French Honours .

T h e recent honour conferred on Mgr. Gerlier, Bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes will be acclaimed with pleasure by the Catholics the world over, and more part icular ly by the Lourdes pilgrims who at tended the 'Peace Tr iduum' a few months back. His Excellency has been made an Officer of t he Legion of Honour, and we feel sure t h a t a distinction of th i s na tu re could not have found a more wor thy recipi-

: ent . I t may not be out of place to sketch the in teres t ing career of th i s prelate who has been a brill iant lawyer, a mi l i tary officer of h igh merit , and the President of 'La Jeunesse Cathol ique , (Catholic Y o u t h ) , the nucles of the present day Catholic Youth movement . During the Great War he served as an officer, was wounded and taken prisoner and on being exchanged, he was sent to Switzerland, where he began his studies for the priesthood. In 1921 he was ordained, and henceforward L'ab-be Gerlier was to make a mark as a zealous and talented preacher. Wi th in eight years he had t h e honour of being raised t o t he Episcopate. As Bishop of Lourdes, His Lordship has endeavoured to make th i s grea t shrine of p u r Lady more and more distinguished as a world centre of piety

; and pledge. Another distinguish-! ed priest , savant and educationist

] ra ised to t h e honour of Chevalier of | t h e Legion of Honour by t h e French

Government is Rev. F r . M. J . Le Goc ; O.M.I., M.A., Ph.D. , B.Sc. Rector ; of St. Joseph ' s College, Colombo.

Rev. F r . Le Goc's n a m e is almost j a household one in Ceylon, and he j is g rea t ly respected both for the ! dep th of his erudi t ion and the | sanc t i ty of his life. He has held j professorial cha i r s both in the | Ceylon Medical College as well as >: t h e Univers i ty College, Colombo.

His many pas t pupils, of whom | t h e r e are a good few in Malaya, j will be very glad to learn of the ! honour conferred on the Reverend

F a t h e r .

Pa ren ta l Responsibil i ty. These days of depression and

| curtai led salar ies have unhappily become a s tanding excuse for blaming off a n y t h i n g and everything on them. Ins tances have beerj?

; b rough t to our notice of schoolboys idling a n d loafing about with s t r ee t Arabs because the i r parents

I have not seen to t h e i r fees being | paid for months . The School j au thor i t i es cannot be blamed for ! sending boys home, a f t e r making I reliable inquries as to t h e financial

position of t he i r f a t h e r s . We arc-personally aware of cases where

! t h e f a the r s a re d r awing a fairly decent sa lary to keep the i r fami-

I lies in reasonable comfort . No ex-• t enua t ing c i rcumstance can be i cited in such cases to jus t i fy the

wasteful ways of p a r e n t s who will I t h r o w away money on idle luxuries : and look upon t h e paying of I school-fees as the least important ! or negligible i tem of the i r monthly ; budget . We appeal to t he sense of j parenta l responsibi l i ty in provid-| ing for the educational needs of i t he i r children. I t is a du ty tha t ! pa ren t s cannot sh i rk , for the obli-i gat ion to children in t he i r tender j and helpless years , is a heaven-; appointed one, and no self-respect-I ing paren t will eve r th ink of ig-I nor ing it.

The Tarcis ian. We acknowledge wi th thanks

' The Tarc i s ian / t h e newly published Annual of the P e n a n g Convent.

| A review of th is tas teful ly got up magazine fully endorses t he claim in i ts Edi tor ia l r e m a r k s . ' T h e Tarcisian will be t h e ral lying voice

| for the thousands of old s tudents ; dispersed t h roughou t the length I and breadth of Siam, China and

the E a s t Indies, a s well as an edu-' cational o rgan for those who arc

still shel tered by t h e genial roof of t he Alma Mate r . " The pages of th i s organ are replete with a var ie ty of in te res t ing and informative m a t t e r , pleasingly in-terspered by copious i l lustrat ions. As a maiden effort of i t s kind, it certainly reveals much latent l i terary ta lent and reflects great credit on all responsible for the production of th i s Annual . We are pleased to find ment ion of a 'Convent Debat ing Society ' and hope t h a t the girls will develop their forensic powers in t h i s direction, and have the i r l as t ' say ' in every domestic debate in a f te r life, whe-

. t h e r the subject be t h e 'Einsteim-an Theory of Rela t iv i ty ' or 'an

{Continued at {oof of Col. 2)

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 31st AUGUST, 1935. 11

DRAMATIC MOMENT IN GERMAN CATHOLIC

CONFERENCE. RELICS OF ST. BONIFACE

H E L D OVER H E A D .

SYMBOLIC OF HEROIC STAND FOR CHURCH,

Fulda (Bavar ia ) 22nd Augus t .— A d rama t i c moment occurred during t h e p rayers concluding the Catholic conference when the relics of Saint Boniface were held over t h e head of each Bishop. This was intended to be symbolic of t h e fac t t h a t t h e German Bishops a r e determined, if necessary, to follow t h e Sa in ts ' s heroic fight and d e a t h for t h e cause of t he Fa i th .

It is understood t h e resolution passed by the Conference will be contained only in circular le t te rs to t h e clergy and will follow the lines of 2 years ago, express ing loyalty t o t h e Reich.

Clerical circles i n t ima te t h a t the Pope desired the conference to adhere s t r i c t ly to t h e s t ipula t ions of t h e G e r m a n Concordat. (Reuter . )

20,000 P A P U A N S J O I N CHURCH. o »

MISSIONS' RAPID PROGRESS.

I DIOCESE OF MALACCA. | g Calendar for t he week. I September 1. SUNDAY—12th ij Sunday After Pentecost . Mass g and Vespers of the Sunday. | September 2. Mondav—St. Ste-1 phen, K. and C. I Setpember 3. Tuesday—Of the ^ Fer ia . 1 S teptember 4. Wednesday—Of the

At t h a t t ime, J e sus said to his disciples, Blessed are the eyes | j Fer ia tha t see t h e th ings which you see. For I say to you, tha t many | September 5 . Thursday—St . Law-prophets and kings have desired to see t h e t h i n g s t ha t you see, and g rence Jus t in ian , B. and C. have not seen them; and t o hear the t h ings t h a t you hear, and i S e p t e m b e r 6. Fr iday Of t he have not heard them. And behold a cer ta in lawyer stood up, § Fer ia . t empt ing him, and saying, Mas te r what mus t I do to possess e ternal 1 September 7. Sa tu rday Of the life? But he said to him, W h a t is wr i t ten in t h e law; how readest | B.V.M. Simple, t hou? He answering, said, Thou shal t love t h e Lord t hy God with r

G O S P E L f o r

T W E L F T H S U N D A Y A F T E R (PENTECOST

(Luke , X«, 23-37)

DIOCESE OF MACAO. t h y whole hear t , and wi th t h y whole soul, and with all t h y s t r eng th , j and with all t hy mind; and t h y neighbour a s thyself. And he said [| to him. Thou h a s t answered r igh t ly : th i s do and thou shalt live. | But he, willing to jus t i fy himself said to Je sus , And who is my g ne ighbour? Jesus , answer ing , said, A cer ta in man went down from 1 Jerusa lem to Jericho, and fell among robbers , who also str ipped him, | a n d hav ing wounded him, went away, leaving him half dead. And | j it chanced t h a t a cer ta in pr iest went down t h e same way, and g September 1. SUNDAY.—Tw

CHURCH OF ST. J O S E P H .

Calendar for the week.

Sydney, N.S.W. A u g u s t 20—Bishop Joseph Bach, of t h e Gilbert I s lands , w h o called a t Br i sbane in t h e Montoro on S a t u r d a y Augus t 17, on h is way back to Sydney, has been back to t he headqua r t e r s of t h e Sacred Hear t Mission a t Yule Island, 60 miles west of Por t Moresby, for t h e jubilee celeb ra t ions of Roman Catholic missions in Papua .

Bishop Bach came to Sydney from F r a n c e in 1899, and for two years t a u g h t in t h e Sacred Hea r t College a t Kensington. On January 1, 1902, he wen t t o Papua as a mission priest , and s tayed the re 25 years . His first few years on t he is land were spen t in opening up a new stat ion a t Kuni , 30 to 40 miles inland from t h e headquar t e r s at Yule Island, and then the f a r t he s t mission inland. F o r seven years he was appointed Bishop of the Gilbert Is lands. Ill heal th forced h im to w i t h d r a w from the active miss ionary work recently, and he h a s been living a t Bowral, New Sou th Wales.

Great P r o g r e s s . When he went to Yule Island

for t h e jubilee h e found the re had been amaz ing progress . The number of church m e m b e r s in Papua bar! increased from about 4,000 in 1902 to 20,000 and t h e na t ives had advanced wonderfully, moral ly and spiri tually, a l though material ly there had been l i t t le change in their method of living. The abolition of infant m u r d e r and the passing out of t r iba l fighting with the advance of t h e missions had changed a declinnig to an increasing population, despi te the ravages of epidemic diseases, such as dysen te rv and influenza, introduced by wh i t e m e n : —

(Reuter.)

RUSSIANS REPORTED PLANNING TO RESTORE CATHEDRAL OF KIEV.

^ Par is .—According to a report tha t h a s reached here , t he Cathedral of St . Sophia a t Kiev is to be restored instead of demolished by the Soviet Government of t he Ukraine as t h e resu l t of unanimous protes ts by t he p res s of all countries. The Cathedra l da tes from the eleventh cen tu ry . (N.C.W.C)

seeing h im, passed by. In like manner also a Levite, when he w a s near t h e place and saw him, passed by. But a cer ta in Samar i tan , being on his journey, came near h im; and seeing him, was moved with compassion; and going up to him, bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine; and se t t ing him upon his own beast , brought him to an inn, and took care of h i m ; and t h e next day he took out two pence, and gave to t h e host, and said, Take care of him, and whatsoever thou shal t spend over and above, I, a t my re tu rn , will repay thee . Which of t h e s e th ree , in t h y opinion, was neighbour to him t h a t fell among robbers? But he said, He t h a t showed mercy to h im. And Jesus said to h im. Go, and do thou in like manner .

elfth Sunday After Pentecost . Green ves tments . Semi-Double. Proper of the Mass in t h e "Small Missal p. 213. Second collect of St. Aegidius th i rd of the Twelve Brothers Mar ty r s , four th for t he Pope, p. 60. Preface of t he Bl. Tr in i ty .

Vespers of the Sunday a t 5 p.m. September 2. Monday—St. S te

phen, King. Semi-double. September 3. Tuesday—Bl. Ant -

§ hony Ixida and Comp. Mar-COMMENTARY. | t y r s . Double.

This Gospel has its cen t r e a round latives, or to our friends and 1 September 4 Wednesday—Of the {this question, "who is m y neigh- benefactors . I t should extend to j t e n a . Simple. }bour?" The lawyer who t empted every man , because we are bound I S e p t e m b e r s . Thursday—St . Law-i Je sus heard the parable of t he to love God above everything and | r e n c e Jus t in ian , Bishop and 1 good Samar i t an and a t t h e end of our neighbour as ourselves, for 1 Confessor. Double, j i t , was bound to confess t h a t t h e God's sake . | September 6. Fr iday—Of the j Samar i t an had been ne ighbour i indeed to t h e one who h a d fallen J ~ . — ~ g ivict im to t h e robbers on his way if r am Je rusa lem to Jer icho .

F rom Jerusa lem to Je r icho .

I t does begin indeed a t home. The* law of bro ther ly love is not §j only a divine law, it is also a [| na tu ra l one. Therefore, not everv %

As soon as one leaves Je rusa l em m a n h a s t h e s a m e r i g h t s t o m | to Jer icho he is sure to find robbers char i ty . God has bound me to j on his way Because Je rusa l em is, several c rea tures bv sacred t ies " so to say, t h e sweet yoke of Chris t , a n d therefore I cannot break t h e m and Je r icho represents t h e busi- j n order to help others The ness-mad world. The road from theologians have divided h u m a n Je rusa lem to Jericho is infested needs or necessi tv into th ree k i n d s : wi th th ieves who a r e anxiously ex t reme, gr ievous and ordinary , awai t ing those who ven tu re on j n c a s e o f ex t r eme necessity we such a t r ip . And the i r fa te is a r e bound by th is law of brother lv sealed: t h e y shall be robbed of j c v e t o r e l i e v e it, even a t the cost every th ing , of the i r innocence o f a g r e a t sacrifice. In case of first, of the i r honour secondly. g r j e v 0 u s necessity we are not The th ieves shall leave t h e m be- required to have t ha t g r e a t hind, and if not for t h e kind s a c r i f i c e incurred. In case of Samar i tan , Jesus Himself, they ordinarv necessi tv a sl ight sacrifice would p e r i s h . . .for ever. i s required on our par t . E x t r e m e

Who is my neighbour t h e n ? necessity implies danger of dea th . m l . £ . . . ~ i • 4.1, Grievous necessity implies, na tu r -The soul of this Gospel is the a „ d i r e n e e d f h e , o r d f a a r v

question who is my ne ighbour? n e c e s s i t v . K e s c o m m o n

Tnis question implies, in a most s u f f e r i o r difficulty, unmis takable manner , an active principle of chari ty. If I ask my- A s t o t h e o r d e r w h i c h o n e m u g t

self the same question, I shall see f o l I o w i n t h e p r a c t i C e of this com-a t once t h a t my neighbour is not m a n d m e n t of brother ly love, we the one who lives close to me, who s h o u I d b e a r i n m i n d t h e p a r t i c u i a r

occasionally comes to m y house, conditions of every individual, who professes ' to be my friend, but P a r e n t s , husband or wife, children, who, in t h e hour of t r ia l , leaves bro thers or s is ters and other re-me alone. Fr iendship! How does ] a t i 0 n s s tand first, naturally, in he dare to claim my friendship, t h i s o r d e r o f char i ty . But t h e when he does not fulfil the condi- comandment of brother ly love is t ions to be my neighbour? He is n o t t h u s limited to them only, not my neighbour and he wishes Everv one is our neighbour and to be m y friend! My neighbour s t P a u I t e I I s u s : i f t h y e n e m v b e is t he one who helps me in my hungry , give him to eat, if he be needs, both spiritual and temporal , th i r s ty , give him to drink, mv neighbour is the one who is not afraid of going into g r e a t trouble My hea r t mus t be a burn ing for my sake, when I a m in ex t reme furnace of love, like the Sacred necessitv. This is my neighbour Hear t of my Divine Master . Eve ry and I may call him m y friend too. comes to me must feel

i ts l ight, i ts wa rmth , its burn ing This neighbourship, t hen , is not char i ty . And I shall live, then ,

limited to ourselves, or to our re- if I t h u s do.

feria. Simple. Abstinence. F i r s t »Friday of t he month . General Communion in the Morning Service. H O L Y HOUR from 5.30 to 6.30 p.m.

September 7. Sa turday—Bl. John Gabriel Perboyre, Thomas Tzugi, Michael and Companions, Mar ty r s . Double.

N E W CATHOLIC W E E K L Y FOR INDIA.

Allahabad, ( India)—Pre- issues of a new Catholic weekly, enti t led The Social Order, which will commence publication November 1, a r e being circulated th roughout India. The magazine will deal wi th social and economic problems of India from the point of view of Catholic principles and Indian cul tural t radit ion.

A notice sent with t h e first sample copy says t ha t The Social Order will base its p rog ramme on the words of Pope Leo XIII , The powerful influence of t h e Church has ever been manifested in t h e custody and prelection of t h e civil and political liberties of th^ people." The review will be "pract ical Catholic Lay-Action; in accordance with t h e papal pronouncements . I t will be an honest effort, inspired by t rue Fa i th , to reach t h e Indian intelligensia, and make known to them t h e Catholic t each ing on social problems."

In t h e list of contents of t h e Ju ly issue a r e art icles on " A n E x p e r t Analysis of Modern Economic Evils ," "Ownersh ip , " "Capi ta l is t Cannoneers ," and "New Social F ron t i e r s . "

The Edi tor of The Social Order is Mr. B. S. Gilani, of Allahabad.

3j£2JSJAISJ2F2I2J2JC (Fides)

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GERMAN CATHOLICS' ANSWER TO NAZI PERSECUTORS.

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WHOLE CITY PARTICIPATES IN CATHEDRAL ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.

MUNICH PROPAGANDA FUTILE.

REVOLTING STAGE PRODUCTION IN DUBLIN.

Evidence i s daily coming t o hand that the Nazi campaign against Catholicism in Germany may yet be broken by t h e very force of its own intolerance. Last week-end in Limburg, when the 700th anniversary of St . George's Cathedral was celebrated, the Nazis did not dare to interfere, although not a single Party flag was flown or a s ingle Party uniform worn.

In Munich, too, the projected anti-Catholic propaganda "drive" proved a failure, and Nazi insults to the Catholic Church were deli-livered before a sullen and unenthusiastic crowd.

Persecution continues, however. Rev. Dr. Holzer, a well known Bavarian priest, has been debarred from all educational activities by the Nazis^ for h is refusal to accept the Nazi "philosophies," while a Bavarian Catholic woman has been given the savage sentence of five years' imprisonment for tearing down anti-Catholic posters.

BISHOP'S COURAGEOUS SERMON. pas t , m i g h t remain a n abode of N o t a single Naz i flag or uni

form was to be seen in L imburg on Sunday , when a h u g e Catholic Congress took place t h e r e in celeb ra t ion of t h e 700th ann ive r sa ry of t h e foundat ion of St . George 's Ca thedra l . T h e s t r e e t s and houses were gaily decorated, papal and rel igious emblems mingl ing w i t h t h e old black, w h i t e and red colours of Germany .

His Excellency t h e Papa l Nuncio, Mgr . Orsenigo, who was t o h a v e a t tended , w a s unable t o t r a vel f rom Berlin owing to a s l ight indisposition, and h is Eminence Cardinal Schulte , Archbishop of Cologne, celebrated t h e Pontifical H igh Mass .

Remarkable scenes were wi t nessed in t he c i ty s t r e e t s when t h e h u g e procession of t h e Blessed Sac ramen t took place. Hundreds of Catholic o rgan i sa t ions , including t h e Catholic Y o u t h Organisation, marched w i t h t h e i r banners , while t h e . e n t i r e populat ion of L i m b u r g and t h o u s a n d s of pi l g r ims t o the ci ty lined t h e procession's rou te a n d jo ined fervent ly in t h e p r aye r s and h y m n s .

T h e Se rmon . H i s Lordsh ip t h e Bishop of

Tr ie r began h i s se rmon by expla ining t h a t t h e g r e a t Ge rman ca thedra l s of t h e Middle Ages h a d been buil t for t h e honour of God, which was t h e u l t ima te end of t h e world 's h is tory , b u t t h e false p h i losophy of t h e las t few centur ies up t o t h e p re sen t day had subs t i t u t ed t h e c r e a t u r e for t h e Crea tor and h a d made m a n t h e centre a n d chief a im of t h e whole world a n d of all ser ious t h ink ing .

T h e holy f a i t h in God, continued his Lordsh ip , was t h e g r e a t e s t asse t in life for b ishops and pr ies ts , and all Catholics, a n d t h e y would be wil l ing to die for i t a t a n y moment . T h e y were g r a tified to observe a cons tan t expansion of Catholicism, whose " l iving m e m b e r s of t h e l iving body of C h r i s t " were a lwkys seeking n e w fo rms of expression in t he i r des i re for a closer connection with God.

Th i s was no t a lways unders tood and in some places i t was a t t r i b u t ed to o ther mot ives which w e r e insu l t ing and un jus t , and poison for t h e t r ue peace of t h e Ge rman na t ion . I t w a s a m a t t e r of s o r e g r ie f and a painful wound for t h e Cathol ic Church t h a t a pa r t of i t s y o u t h had become alienated, b u t if Cathol ics ra i sed t h e i r hands in p r a y e r to God t h e y would be convinced t h a t H e would never fors ake t hem.

T h e Bishop p r a y e d t o God t h a t t h e L i m b u r g Ca thed ra l , a s in t h e

love, consolation, power, and courage for Catholics in t h e i r daily fight for existence, especially in t h e presen t difficult t imes , when t h e Catholic Church was sys temat ica l ly being defamed in several countr ies in a horr ible m a n n e r in o rder to diver t t h e people f rom i t s t r u t h and holiness.

Insults in Munich. In Munich, despite a mos t fren

zied campaign of prepara t ion , t h e Nazi anti-Catholic p r o p a g a n d a drive on Sunday proved a complete fa i lure . For four hour s lorr ies of S to rm Troopers pa raded t h e principal s t ree t s exhib i t ing insul t ing pos te r s and p lacards , a typical one of which depicted a Catholic p r i e s t shaking h a n d s w i t h Moscow.

Before t h e parade uniformed Nazis vis i ted every house and dist r ibu ted leaflets order ing t h e inhab i t an t s to decorate the i r homes and then to t h r o n g the s t r ee t s so as t o give an appearance of spontane i ty to t h e demonstra t ion. In spi te of t h i s , however , few houses were beflagged, and even less t h a n t h e o rd inary Sunday crowd was in t h e s t r ee t s when t h e propagandis t s paraded. I t was remarked , too, t h a t t h e crowd was unenthus ias t ic , and even sullen.

The Pope's Concern. T h e Holy F a t h e r ' s concern

about t h e position of Catholics in Germany continues. L a s t week His Holiness received in audience Count Preys ing , Bishop of Berlin, wi th whom t h e s i tuat ion was discussed.

The Osservatore Romano aga in a t t acked German methods of s te r -l isation and , in par t icu la r , t h e recen t speech of Dr . Fr ick , t h e Minis ter of t h e Inter ior , aga ins t Catholics .

The ar t ic le s t a t e s : "Slavery is execrable, no t only when it makes m a n a cha t te l , but when i t m a k e s h im a s ter i le b ru t e . "

T h e ar t ic le proceeds to s t a t e t h a t t h e Catholic Church preaches " t h e noble v i r tue of renuncia t ion . T h e t eache r of s ter i l isat ion, on t h e o the r hand, does not believe in t h e spir i tual n a t u r e , in conscience or in will. H e believes only in compulsion and t h e surgeon ' s knife, and t h e opera t ing t ab le acqui res a nat ional significance.

"Ster i l isat ion is based on ma te r ial ism. I t does not believe in education or in man. I t is an arduous under tak ing unless heal th can be identified wi th hygiene. Nat ions a r e not hospitals and convalescent wards . "

(Dnblin, S tandard 16-8-35)

PLAY STAGED A T THE ABBEY THEATRE.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF IT WERE FILMED.

In the article below a prominent dramatic critic gives his impressions of the production which has been staged very recently at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, and which has drawn so many protests from Catholics.

Since the Abbey Theatre reopened in Horse Show Week the words "Smoking Permitted" have appeared on the programme. Apparently, however, the Abbey has made up its mind to permit many things in addition to smoking.

Judging from the performance of Sean O'Casey's four-act offensive and hysterical jumble, "The Silver Tassie," this week, it has decided to permit the Church to be mocked, the name of God to be insulted, immorality to be flaunted as a matter of course, and the foulest language of the gutter to be used before audiences which are wverwhelm-ingly Catholic.

But then we will be told that if we object to this sort of thing we definitely put ourselves outside the literary Pale, because this is the most up-to-date form of dramatic art. (Queer, how a penchant for dirt, has been regarded by little cliques of every generation in almost every country as a sign of literary superiority and up-to-dateness).

I understand that when a prominent member of the company was asked why it was considered necessary to use foul language and bestial expressions in the dialogue, he replied: "Why not; don't you hear it every day in the street?"

But does he hear it in his home? Or does he hear it in 'bus or tram or train (save very rarely), despite his assertion that it can be heard every day in the street? And, in any case, does the fact that the Liffey is still capable of a smell at low tide justify the pollution of the city's drinking water?

Really, if the National Theatre Society takes that point of view one can only wonder how it is that they did not give us the whole vocabulary of the gutter while they were about it. And why they were content to leave anything to the imagination.

The Play i s . . . N o t the Thing. As a play—though this seems beside

the point now—the production is sheer trash. Ordinary stage technique has been thrown overboard by the author and the construction is hopeless. The characters are sketchy, save in one or two instances where they are simply old figures dressed up in new garments. The dialogue where it is not obscene

ranges from Mr. 0'Cas$y's Dublinese to stilted English—frequently in the same character. The "plot" is almost non-existent.

One thing is quite certain—the Film Censor would never permit a film version of this play to be shown in the Saorstat unless it departed so far from the original as to be utterly unrecognisable. He would have to cut out many hundreds of feet out of the dialogue even if he did not cut out the second act altogether because of its chanting travesty of sacred music.

He would also have to omit some of the more "powerful" scenes, including one particularly disgusting episode in the last act. What would be left after Mr. Montgomery had dealt with it would not make a curtain raiser.

Nothing teven remotely approaching the dirtiness and stupidity of this wretched attempt at drama would be permitted to be shown on the screen. Why then should it be permitted on the stage—and particularly in a "National" Theatre subsidised by Government ?

Not a Protest. The saddest part of the whole busi

ness is that the theatre was booked out in advance for the opening performance, any many were turned away from the doors on the second and third evenings of production. On the opening night the stalls held one of the most "distinguished" audiences the Abbey has seen for many years—members of the Diplomatic Corps, prominent politicians of all Parties, men who have achieved fame in art and literature, occupants of important Government posts, ladies well-known in Dublin Society. And they not only raised no protest at the degrading fare presented, but, for the most part laughed uproariously at the coarse farce, and were thrilled into hushed silence by the stark irreverences with which the play abounds.

The Producer of the play, speaking in response to numerous curtain calls at the close of the performance, expressed himself delighted with the reception—as well he might. Possibly he did not hear the gallant few who were hissing. At any rate, they were in a minority that night and could safely be ignored.

"The Silver Tassie" is being taken off at the end of this week. Will they ever have the audacity to put it on again ?

(Dublin Standard 16-8-35)

CONVERT AFRICAN CHIEF

Former Rival as Godfather.

A N E W MIDDLE SCHOOL OF T H E B R O T H E R S O F MARY IN

H A N K O W .

Mugera, Belgian Urundi , Cent ra l Africa.—Ludoviko N d u w u m -we who is t he uncle of the p re sen t King of Urund i and was for several yea r s head of the Nat ive Government and la ter on Chief of a large province, was received into the Church by the White F a t h e r s April 23. The baptism of t he chief and his wife, Veronika Mu-jandi , marked the end of a period of ins t ruct ion and probation begun several yea rs ago.

All were surprised when they saw t h a t Nduwumwe had chosen for h is godfa ther a certain Pe t ro Baranyanka . Relations between Nduwumwe and Baranyanka had not been of t he best, as t h e y represent rival lines of royal ty and the re had been a terr i tor ial dispute between thei r respective provinces. I t was learned to t he general edification tha t all difficulties between the two had been settled pr ior fo t h e baptism and t h a t Pe t ro ' s pa r t in the ceremony was the express wish of both men.

[Lumen-Fides . ]

Hankow, ( C h i n a ) — T h e Brothe r s of Mary, whose headquar te r s in t he Uni ted S t a t e s a r e a t Dayton, Ohio, have accepted an invitation to open a Boy's Middle School a t Hankow in September . I t will be called t h e " S a n g t s e Middle School" and will follow t h e educational p r o g r a m m e of t h e Government .

Bro the r Joseph F . Jann ing , at present Director of t h e Middle School of t h e Mar is t Bro the r s in Tsinanfu, S h a n t u n g Province, will have charge of t he Hankow institut ion and h e will be assis ted by three members of his order and a lay personnel of Chinese teachers . The new school will be dedicated to the Sacred H e a r t of Jesus .

The Li t t le B r o t h e r s of Mary, founded in 1817 a t Lavalle, France, by t h e Venerable Benedict Champagna t , now have 9,232 members a t work in 32 different count r ies ; 1,452 B r o t h e r s conduct schools in miss ionary lands. Their schools in China have 8,000 students . ( F i d e s ) .


Browsing Among Books

A NOTE OF APPRECIATION FROM REV. FR. A. F. DAY, O.B.E., S.J.

We have just received the following letter from Rev. Fr. A. F. Day, O . B . F . , S . J . , ex Rector of St. Aloysius, Oxford, who served as a Chaplain to the forces during the Great War. It will no doubt, prove a powerful incentive to our Catholic readers in giving the M.L.C. their most staunch support, namely by subscribing to it. As for the praises which good Father Day showers down upon the staff, well, we accept them without the least blushing, but with the will to do better still in the future, and thus to merit them.—[The Editor}

Dear Sir, The M.C.L., each t ime it a r r ives ,

fills me with admira t ion . T h a t a Catholic Weekly should come out so regular ly and so admirably equipped, from a count ry so different and so d i s t an t , is, a t least to m y insular mind , one of t h e real, though lesser, glories of ou r universal Church . The impression made on me is t h a t i t h a s by nowr

- ^outgrown i t s g r o w i n g p a i n s : t o die young and nobly is r o m a n t i c ; t h e M.C.L. m u s t face, in t h e f a r fu ture , the more mer i tor ious fa te of rheumat i sm and old age .

Malaya needs i t s Catholic review and t h e outer world to which, by a kind fortune, s t r a y numbers a r e wafted, will be s t imula ted not t o lag too far behind in t h e ca r ry ing on of like-minded l i t e ra ry ventures . To Malayans it is bo th a necessi ty and a luxury and t h e y a r e doubtless showing t h e i r appreciat ion in every way in t h e i r power. Wi th a glorious Cathol ic h i s to ry behind them, it will be a solid sat isfact ion to them, and an hones t pride, to main ta in in i t s efficiency th is Catholic l ighthouse t o illumine t h e Peninsula. Succeeding genera t ions will secure t h a t i t a t t a i n s to a ha le and hea r ty an t iqu i ty .

A good d inner in a Chinese r e s t a u r a n t is a m e m o r y to be t r ea sured for a l i fet ime. (I am indebted for t h i s experience to a good friend who bears t h e honoured name of P i l l ay ) . But t h e enjoyment of t h i s or any o the r choice repas t is . or shor t lv enhanced by a careful s tudy of t h e menu. The composer of such a document, be he Chinese or P a r i sian, mus t be in some elemental degree, poet and musician. I t m u s t be t h e outcome not only of profound technical knowledge, b u t also of imaginat ion . I t mus t h a v e colour, r h y t h m and due cadence. And now to come to t h e point of our pa rab le : a s w i th bills of fa re , so with t h e devis ing and edi t ing of newspapers . There must* be the stuff t h a t provides t h e foundation, the e labora t ion thereof, t h e t r imming and embro ide ry : t h e r e mus t also be t h e skilful presenta^ tion of i t all unde r appet i s ing labels. This l a s t f ea tu re is conspicuous—by i t s p resence ! in t h e M.C.L. Take a lmos t a t random a few samples of t h i s cunning c r a f t s m a n s h i p : " On Wings f rom Albion," " Brows ing a m o n g Books" " Chips a n d Chops " — s u g gestive of c h o p s t i c k s ! — "Winged Words" " L a u g h s " . Who could show a def te r t ouch ?

In one p a s s a g e t h e Edi to r s ays t r u ly :—"A Cathol ic paper may not be snappy. " T h e snappiness t h a t is a t var iance wi th t h e e ternal background, t h a t belies t h e say ing of the Apostle t h a t "Our conversation is in heaven , " such would indeed j a r on your r eade r s and would

never flow from your pen. But At t i c salt , such as you supply, is qui te a different quest ion.

Nor is t h e m a t t e r a t fault . Here a re a few subjects t h a t remain in my m e m o r y : — C h a p t e r s on the h i s to ry of Henry VIII , Welsh Saints , Baining M a r t y r s , Chained Bibles, F r . Browne, S. J . my dist inguished colleague, on Teresa Hig-ginson, t h e last La t in poem composed by Leo XIII a t t h e age of n ine ty- three , t rans la ted into E n g lish verse .—Here is a set of subjec t s fit to be set before the most exac t ing critic. If some of t hem are rechauffes— one or two a t mos t—they are a t any r a t e wor thy to be rechauffed!

One is liable now to t ake it for g r an t ed t h a t papers should be i l lustrated. This was not so t w e n t y years ago. To provide pict u r e s m u s t add considerably to t ne labour and expense of t h e management . In th is case t h e resul t seems most sat isfactory. Seldom, if ever have I seen a more s t r iking por t ra i t t han t h a t of F r . Morscheuser, murdered by savages . The date of t he issue I cannot give because t he paper has been passed on, which should be t h e fa te of all such Catholic publ ications.

P a p e r and p r in t cont r ibute towards mak ing t h e read ing of your parser a positive del ight .

The casual r eader of t h i s le t te r m a v suspect me of be ing a share holder. The S. J . a f t e r my name will help to allay t h a t suspicion. I t is for several unselfish reasons t h a t m v earnest n r a v e r goes tin to heaven t h a t the M.L.C. m a y flour i sh more even t h a n t h e bav- t ree . Ad. multos Annos.—vivat , floreat!

Yours faithfully. A. F . D A Y S. J.

LONDON.

D A N G E R S O F W E A L T H .

To T h e Edi tor of t h e Malaya Catholic Leader, Singapore.

Sir, Allow me to m a k e a few obser

vat ions about g r ea t weal th which some people now-a-days a re ever chas ing after . Some will willingly under take to t rave l miles t o seek fo r tune ; some even by unlawful m e a n s ; while o the r s undergo g r e a t hardships to add a little to the i r wealth, a l though they have had enough for the i r sustenance. The more money t h e y have t h e greedier they become be ing intoxicated by t h e lure of fame and for tune . Whenever t h e r e is g r e a t weal th the re a r e m a n y to consume it. As an example, of th i s , when a man acquires a g rea t fortune whe the r by inher i tance or by much labour or by chance, he will, as a m a t t e r of course t r y t o live in luxury o r keep up a very h igh s tandard of life. Such unnecessary i tems will be a drain on his general income, which in o ther words, would be t h e use of his r iches by others .

In all walks of life, t he insat iable love of r iches to r tu res t he soul and t h e anx ie ty of looking af te r wealth is indeed a constant n i g h t m a r e and only t he poor a re blessed with t h e freedom from such anxiety.

Possession of r iches means

The Catholic Church under Henry VIII .

(B.O. &W. Ltd. , pp. 40, I s . 6d.) F a t h e r Newdigate , S.J., here

j edits a series of ex t rac t s from Stow's "Annals of Eng land / ' con-

\ fining himself to those passages i which concern t h e history of t he j Church dur ing t h e reign of Henry I VIII . "Taken toge ther they form j a fairly complete contemporary ac

count of t h e early orthodoxy of Henry VIII, t h a n of the change brought about in him by his desire

: to rid himself of Queen Kather ine ; of Argon and to m a r r y Anne Bo-\ leyn, and of t h e consequent b reak

with Rome and t h e persecution of those who opposed i t ."

Coming from a P ro te s t an t of t he s ix teenth cen tury , th i s valuable tes t imony so remarkable for i ts love of t he old t radi t ions h a s a

I special appeal to a genera t ion which has witnessed t h e first canonizations of our glorious E n g lish M a r t y r s . J. H.

* * * * * DEVOTION.

A Primer of Prayer. By Joseph McSorley. (B.O. &

W. Ltd., pp. 118, 3s. 6d.) One sentence would sum up the

contents of th i s small volume: "To nray is as na tu ra l as to b r e a t h e . " Dealing wi th persons in t h e world we a r e not infrequently surpr ised a t t h e fact t h a t so many, even a t i t he m e r e suggest ion of prayer , im- | mediately t u r n the i r t hough t s to those who in a very special way

row-minded. You cannot tell wha t a th ing is like until you have e i ther had experience of it or given it a tr ial . We are only too famil iar with prejudice in connection wi th t he fai th. I t is a very common experience, though pe rhaps less so in these days of enl ightenment when people read more t h a n did the i r ancestors , say fifty or s ixty years ago.

However, t he fact remains t h a t too many look upon p raye r as someth ing foreign or as something entirely out of the i r range .

We mus t t u r n aga in to t h e Script u r e s : "But all men a re vain, in whom there is not t h e knowledge of God: and who by these good th ings t ha t a r e seen could not unders tand him t h a t is , ne i ther by a t t end ing to t he works have acknowledged who was t h e workm a n " (Wisdom 13. I ) .

This is our thes is . The logical deduction of t h e existence of God from the th ings t h a t a r e made m u s t lead to p raye r of adorat ion, thanksgiving, praise and peti t ion. To say, then, t h a t p r aye r is difficult seems like a contradict ion in t e rms . I t should come to us as natural ly as does walking, speaking or thinking. To p ray is easy. Once we establish t h i s fact, we have the subject in hand.

W h a t is our difficulty t h e n ? T h e answer to t h a t quest ion is to be found once again in t h e Word of God: "With desolation is t h e land made desolate because t h e r e is

W H A T IT INDICATES I F YOU DO NOT T A K E A CATHOLIC P A P E R .

I . 2. 3. 4.

T h a t you have not been asked to do so. T h a t you have l i t t le if any interest in Catholic affairs. T h a t you prefer not to be bothered wi th religious reading Tha t it is merely neglect. You haven ' t t hough t of i t .

5. T h a t you " take so many p a p e r s " you must economize by cu t t ing off t h e best and most necessary of them.

6. T h a t you will let t h e o ther fellow defend your religion. 7. T h a t you differed once with an editor and can ' t forgive

him, a l though you agreed wi th him in ninety-nine o the r instances. 8. T h a t such money as y o j pay for papers , you give to

dailies which occasionally insult your religion, refer to your Church cs " the Romish Church" and bring yellow immoral i ty and scandal into your family.

Now, reader , if you a r e not a subscriber to THIS CATHOLIC P A P E R and belong to t he first, fourth, fifth, seventh or e ighth class, you will subscribe a t once. But if you belong to the second, th i rd or s ix th , we can do nothing for you.

are consecrated to God. They appear to handle prayer as t h e old farm-hand handles a pen when asked to sign a form. Preconceived notions a r e peculiar t h ings to deal with. One may s tyle them as prejudices. The la t te r proceed from t h e minds of t h e nar-

years of labour or a lifetime of acquisition and the i r loss often br ings much grief. So a f t e r all weal th gives only a small percentage of enjoyment and very much more anxiety, grief and unres t . The rich man is nothing save t h e name. Almost everyone who is frank enough to himself o r herself will certainly admi t t ha t t h e sorrows of th i s life fa r exceed i ts joys . It is next to imposible for the rich man to enjoy life in th i s world without frequent in t e r ruptions by sorows and a mix tu re of grief and b i t t e r n e s s — T o those who long for weal th will find i ts illusive hopes tanta l iz ing as g r e a t wealth is only for the favoured few, but to t h e simple h e a r t s t h e r e is an ever ready vas t s tore of t h e hidden t r easures of peace, contentment and happiness.

Ipoh, Yours etc., 17-8-35. Ong Ghim Phoe .

no one tha t t h inke th a t t h e h e a r t " (Jer. 12, I I ) . The rat ional , thoughtful man logically p rays .

Our second though t is concerned with the subject of meditat ion. Here , again, t h e l a rge major i ty shudder and shr ink. Bu t w h y ? It would seem t h a t t he difficulty nowadays is to ge t our people out of t h e bad habi t of us ing o ther people's p rayers ins tead of the i r own. The trouble ar i ses from t h e erroneous idea t h a t we have to be unnatura l when we a re pray ing . T h e reverse is t he t r u t h . God wan t s us to be na tura l and as na tu ra l as possible. The a u t h o r of t he " P r i m e r " makes t h i s a s clear as noon-day. W e use our memory, our unders tanding and our will. As soon as we a r e moved to pray , our medi ta t ion is a success. God does not look for o r a to ry or eloquence, bu t j u s t conversation. T h i s implies a cer ta in a m o u n t of int imacy, r eve ren t a t t h a t . Nothing stilted o r out of t h e way, j u s t conversa t ion; fr iend to fr iend talk.

T h e g rasp ing of th i s principle would solve m a n y imaginary problems in th i s m a t t e r . P r a y e r then becomes in t e res t ing and not t h e burden we imagined it to be

R. T. A .

12

GERMAN CATHOLICS' ANSWER TO NAZI PERSECUTORS.

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WHOLE CITY PARTICIPATES IN CATHEDRAL ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.

MUNICH PROPAGANDA FUTILE.

REVOLTING STAGE PRODUCTION IN DUBLIN.

Evidence i s daily coming t o hand that the Nazi campaign against Catholicism in Germany may yet be broken by t h e very force of its own intolerance. Last week-end in Limburg, when the 700th anniversary of St . George's Cathedral was celebrated, the Nazis did not dare to interfere, although not a single Party flag was flown or a s ingle Party uniform worn.

In Munich, too, the projected anti-Catholic propaganda "drive" proved a failure, and Nazi insults to the Catholic Church were deli-livered before a sullen and unenthusiastic crowd.

Persecution continues, however. Rev. Dr. Holzer, a well known Bavarian priest, has been debarred from all educational activities by the Nazis^ for h is refusal to accept the Nazi "philosophies," while a Bavarian Catholic woman has been given the savage sentence of five years' imprisonment for tearing down anti-Catholic posters.

BISHOP'S COURAGEOUS SERMON. pas t , m i g h t remain a n abode of N o t a single Naz i flag or uni

form was to be seen in L imburg on Sunday , when a h u g e Catholic Congress took place t h e r e in celeb ra t ion of t h e 700th ann ive r sa ry of t h e foundat ion of St . George 's Ca thedra l . T h e s t r e e t s and houses were gaily decorated, papal and rel igious emblems mingl ing w i t h t h e old black, w h i t e and red colours of Germany .

His Excellency t h e Papa l Nuncio, Mgr . Orsenigo, who was t o h a v e a t tended , w a s unable t o t r a vel f rom Berlin owing to a s l ight indisposition, and h is Eminence Cardinal Schulte , Archbishop of Cologne, celebrated t h e Pontifical H igh Mass .

Remarkable scenes were wi t nessed in t he c i ty s t r e e t s when t h e h u g e procession of t h e Blessed Sac ramen t took place. Hundreds of Catholic o rgan i sa t ions , including t h e Catholic Y o u t h Organisation, marched w i t h t h e i r banners , while t h e . e n t i r e populat ion of L i m b u r g and t h o u s a n d s of pi l g r ims t o the ci ty lined t h e procession's rou te a n d jo ined fervent ly in t h e p r aye r s and h y m n s .

T h e Se rmon . H i s Lordsh ip t h e Bishop of

Tr ie r began h i s se rmon by expla ining t h a t t h e g r e a t Ge rman ca thedra l s of t h e Middle Ages h a d been buil t for t h e honour of God, which was t h e u l t ima te end of t h e world 's h is tory , b u t t h e false p h i losophy of t h e las t few centur ies up t o t h e p re sen t day had subs t i t u t ed t h e c r e a t u r e for t h e Crea tor and h a d made m a n t h e centre a n d chief a im of t h e whole world a n d of all ser ious t h ink ing .

T h e holy f a i t h in God, continued his Lordsh ip , was t h e g r e a t e s t asse t in life for b ishops and pr ies ts , and all Catholics, a n d t h e y would be wil l ing to die for i t a t a n y moment . T h e y were g r a tified to observe a cons tan t expansion of Catholicism, whose " l iving m e m b e r s of t h e l iving body of C h r i s t " were a lwkys seeking n e w fo rms of expression in t he i r des i re for a closer connection with God.

Th i s was no t a lways unders tood and in some places i t was a t t r i b u t ed to o ther mot ives which w e r e insu l t ing and un jus t , and poison for t h e t r ue peace of t h e Ge rman na t ion . I t w a s a m a t t e r of s o r e g r ie f and a painful wound for t h e Cathol ic Church t h a t a pa r t of i t s y o u t h had become alienated, b u t if Cathol ics ra i sed t h e i r hands in p r a y e r to God t h e y would be convinced t h a t H e would never fors ake t hem.

T h e Bishop p r a y e d t o God t h a t t h e L i m b u r g Ca thed ra l , a s in t h e

love, consolation, power, and courage for Catholics in t h e i r daily fight for existence, especially in t h e presen t difficult t imes , when t h e Catholic Church was sys temat ica l ly being defamed in several countr ies in a horr ible m a n n e r in o rder to diver t t h e people f rom i t s t r u t h and holiness.

Insults in Munich. In Munich, despite a mos t fren

zied campaign of prepara t ion , t h e Nazi anti-Catholic p r o p a g a n d a drive on Sunday proved a complete fa i lure . For four hour s lorr ies of S to rm Troopers pa raded t h e principal s t ree t s exhib i t ing insul t ing pos te r s and p lacards , a typical one of which depicted a Catholic p r i e s t shaking h a n d s w i t h Moscow.

Before t h e parade uniformed Nazis vis i ted every house and dist r ibu ted leaflets order ing t h e inhab i t an t s to decorate the i r homes and then to t h r o n g the s t r ee t s so as t o give an appearance of spontane i ty to t h e demonstra t ion. In spi te of t h i s , however , few houses were beflagged, and even less t h a n t h e o rd inary Sunday crowd was in t h e s t r ee t s when t h e propagandis t s paraded. I t was remarked , too, t h a t t h e crowd was unenthus ias t ic , and even sullen.

The Pope's Concern. T h e Holy F a t h e r ' s concern

about t h e position of Catholics in Germany continues. L a s t week His Holiness received in audience Count Preys ing , Bishop of Berlin, wi th whom t h e s i tuat ion was discussed.

The Osservatore Romano aga in a t t acked German methods of s te r -l isation and , in par t icu la r , t h e recen t speech of Dr . Fr ick , t h e Minis ter of t h e Inter ior , aga ins t Catholics .

The ar t ic le s t a t e s : "Slavery is execrable, no t only when it makes m a n a cha t te l , but when i t m a k e s h im a s ter i le b ru t e . "

T h e ar t ic le proceeds to s t a t e t h a t t h e Catholic Church preaches " t h e noble v i r tue of renuncia t ion . T h e t eache r of s ter i l isat ion, on t h e o the r hand, does not believe in t h e spir i tual n a t u r e , in conscience or in will. H e believes only in compulsion and t h e surgeon ' s knife, and t h e opera t ing t ab le acqui res a nat ional significance.

"Ster i l isat ion is based on ma te r ial ism. I t does not believe in education or in man. I t is an arduous under tak ing unless heal th can be identified wi th hygiene. Nat ions a r e not hospitals and convalescent wards . "

(Dnblin, S tandard 16-8-35)

PLAY STAGED A T THE ABBEY THEATRE.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF IT WERE FILMED.

In the article below a prominent dramatic critic gives his impressions of the production which has been staged very recently at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, and which has drawn so many protests from Catholics.

Since the Abbey Theatre reopened in Horse Show Week the words "Smoking Permitted" have appeared on the programme. Apparently, however, the Abbey has made up its mind to permit many things in addition to smoking.

Judging from the performance of Sean O'Casey's four-act offensive and hysterical jumble, "The Silver Tassie," this week, it has decided to permit the Church to be mocked, the name of God to be insulted, immorality to be flaunted as a matter of course, and the foulest language of the gutter to be used before audiences which are wverwhelm-ingly Catholic.

But then we will be told that if we object to this sort of thing we definitely put ourselves outside the literary Pale, because this is the most up-to-date form of dramatic art. (Queer, how a penchant for dirt, has been regarded by little cliques of every generation in almost every country as a sign of literary superiority and up-to-dateness).

I understand that when a prominent member of the company was asked why it was considered necessary to use foul language and bestial expressions in the dialogue, he replied: "Why not; don't you hear it every day in the street?"

But does he hear it in his home? Or does he hear it in 'bus or tram or train (save very rarely), despite his assertion that it can be heard every day in the street? And, in any case, does the fact that the Liffey is still capable of a smell at low tide justify the pollution of the city's drinking water?

Really, if the National Theatre Society takes that point of view one can only wonder how it is that they did not give us the whole vocabulary of the gutter while they were about it. And why they were content to leave anything to the imagination.

The Play i s . . . N o t the Thing. As a play—though this seems beside

the point now—the production is sheer trash. Ordinary stage technique has been thrown overboard by the author and the construction is hopeless. The characters are sketchy, save in one or two instances where they are simply old figures dressed up in new garments. The dialogue where it is not obscene

ranges from Mr. 0'Cas$y's Dublinese to stilted English—frequently in the same character. The "plot" is almost non-existent.

One thing is quite certain—the Film Censor would never permit a film version of this play to be shown in the Saorstat unless it departed so far from the original as to be utterly unrecognisable. He would have to cut out many hundreds of feet out of the dialogue even if he did not cut out the second act altogether because of its chanting travesty of sacred music.

He would also have to omit some of the more "powerful" scenes, including one particularly disgusting episode in the last act. What would be left after Mr. Montgomery had dealt with it would not make a curtain raiser.

Nothing teven remotely approaching the dirtiness and stupidity of this wretched attempt at drama would be permitted to be shown on the screen. Why then should it be permitted on the stage—and particularly in a "National" Theatre subsidised by Government ?

Not a Protest. The saddest part of the whole busi

ness is that the theatre was booked out in advance for the opening performance, any many were turned away from the doors on the second and third evenings of production. On the opening night the stalls held one of the most "distinguished" audiences the Abbey has seen for many years—members of the Diplomatic Corps, prominent politicians of all Parties, men who have achieved fame in art and literature, occupants of important Government posts, ladies well-known in Dublin Society. And they not only raised no protest at the degrading fare presented, but, for the most part laughed uproariously at the coarse farce, and were thrilled into hushed silence by the stark irreverences with which the play abounds.

The Producer of the play, speaking in response to numerous curtain calls at the close of the performance, expressed himself delighted with the reception—as well he might. Possibly he did not hear the gallant few who were hissing. At any rate, they were in a minority that night and could safely be ignored.

"The Silver Tassie" is being taken off at the end of this week. Will they ever have the audacity to put it on again ?

(Dublin Standard 16-8-35)

CONVERT AFRICAN CHIEF

Former Rival as Godfather.

A N E W MIDDLE SCHOOL OF T H E B R O T H E R S O F MARY IN

H A N K O W .

Mugera, Belgian Urundi , Cent ra l Africa.—Ludoviko N d u w u m -we who is t he uncle of the p re sen t King of Urund i and was for several yea r s head of the Nat ive Government and la ter on Chief of a large province, was received into the Church by the White F a t h e r s April 23. The baptism of t he chief and his wife, Veronika Mu-jandi , marked the end of a period of ins t ruct ion and probation begun several yea rs ago.

All were surprised when they saw t h a t Nduwumwe had chosen for h is godfa ther a certain Pe t ro Baranyanka . Relations between Nduwumwe and Baranyanka had not been of t he best, as t h e y represent rival lines of royal ty and the re had been a terr i tor ial dispute between thei r respective provinces. I t was learned to t he general edification tha t all difficulties between the two had been settled pr ior fo t h e baptism and t h a t Pe t ro ' s pa r t in the ceremony was the express wish of both men.

[Lumen-Fides . ]

Hankow, ( C h i n a ) — T h e Brothe r s of Mary, whose headquar te r s in t he Uni ted S t a t e s a r e a t Dayton, Ohio, have accepted an invitation to open a Boy's Middle School a t Hankow in September . I t will be called t h e " S a n g t s e Middle School" and will follow t h e educational p r o g r a m m e of t h e Government .

Bro the r Joseph F . Jann ing , at present Director of t h e Middle School of t h e Mar is t Bro the r s in Tsinanfu, S h a n t u n g Province, will have charge of t he Hankow institut ion and h e will be assis ted by three members of his order and a lay personnel of Chinese teachers . The new school will be dedicated to the Sacred H e a r t of Jesus .

The Li t t le B r o t h e r s of Mary, founded in 1817 a t Lavalle, France, by t h e Venerable Benedict Champagna t , now have 9,232 members a t work in 32 different count r ies ; 1,452 B r o t h e r s conduct schools in miss ionary lands. Their schools in China have 8,000 students . ( F i d e s ) .


Browsing Among Books

A NOTE OF APPRECIATION FROM REV. FR. A. F. DAY, O.B.E., S.J.

We have just received the following letter from Rev. Fr. A. F. Day, O . B . F . , S . J . , ex Rector of St. Aloysius, Oxford, who served as a Chaplain to the forces during the Great War. It will no doubt, prove a powerful incentive to our Catholic readers in giving the M.L.C. their most staunch support, namely by subscribing to it. As for the praises which good Father Day showers down upon the staff, well, we accept them without the least blushing, but with the will to do better still in the future, and thus to merit them.—[The Editor}

Dear Sir, The M.C.L., each t ime it a r r ives ,

fills me with admira t ion . T h a t a Catholic Weekly should come out so regular ly and so admirably equipped, from a count ry so different and so d i s t an t , is, a t least to m y insular mind , one of t h e real, though lesser, glories of ou r universal Church . The impression made on me is t h a t i t h a s by nowr

- ^outgrown i t s g r o w i n g p a i n s : t o die young and nobly is r o m a n t i c ; t h e M.C.L. m u s t face, in t h e f a r fu ture , the more mer i tor ious fa te of rheumat i sm and old age .

Malaya needs i t s Catholic review and t h e outer world to which, by a kind fortune, s t r a y numbers a r e wafted, will be s t imula ted not t o lag too far behind in t h e ca r ry ing on of like-minded l i t e ra ry ventures . To Malayans it is bo th a necessi ty and a luxury and t h e y a r e doubtless showing t h e i r appreciat ion in every way in t h e i r power. Wi th a glorious Cathol ic h i s to ry behind them, it will be a solid sat isfact ion to them, and an hones t pride, to main ta in in i t s efficiency th is Catholic l ighthouse t o illumine t h e Peninsula. Succeeding genera t ions will secure t h a t i t a t t a i n s to a ha le and hea r ty an t iqu i ty .

A good d inner in a Chinese r e s t a u r a n t is a m e m o r y to be t r ea sured for a l i fet ime. (I am indebted for t h i s experience to a good friend who bears t h e honoured name of P i l l ay ) . But t h e enjoyment of t h i s or any o the r choice repas t is . or shor t lv enhanced by a careful s tudy of t h e menu. The composer of such a document, be he Chinese or P a r i sian, mus t be in some elemental degree, poet and musician. I t m u s t be t h e outcome not only of profound technical knowledge, b u t also of imaginat ion . I t mus t h a v e colour, r h y t h m and due cadence. And now to come to t h e point of our pa rab le : a s w i th bills of fa re , so with t h e devis ing and edi t ing of newspapers . There must* be the stuff t h a t provides t h e foundation, the e labora t ion thereof, t h e t r imming and embro ide ry : t h e r e mus t also be t h e skilful presenta^ tion of i t all unde r appet i s ing labels. This l a s t f ea tu re is conspicuous—by i t s p resence ! in t h e M.C.L. Take a lmos t a t random a few samples of t h i s cunning c r a f t s m a n s h i p : " On Wings f rom Albion," " Brows ing a m o n g Books" " Chips a n d Chops " — s u g gestive of c h o p s t i c k s ! — "Winged Words" " L a u g h s " . Who could show a def te r t ouch ?

In one p a s s a g e t h e Edi to r s ays t r u ly :—"A Cathol ic paper may not be snappy. " T h e snappiness t h a t is a t var iance wi th t h e e ternal background, t h a t belies t h e say ing of the Apostle t h a t "Our conversation is in heaven , " such would indeed j a r on your r eade r s and would

never flow from your pen. But At t i c salt , such as you supply, is qui te a different quest ion.

Nor is t h e m a t t e r a t fault . Here a re a few subjects t h a t remain in my m e m o r y : — C h a p t e r s on the h i s to ry of Henry VIII , Welsh Saints , Baining M a r t y r s , Chained Bibles, F r . Browne, S. J . my dist inguished colleague, on Teresa Hig-ginson, t h e last La t in poem composed by Leo XIII a t t h e age of n ine ty- three , t rans la ted into E n g lish verse .—Here is a set of subjec t s fit to be set before the most exac t ing critic. If some of t hem are rechauffes— one or two a t mos t—they are a t any r a t e wor thy to be rechauffed!

One is liable now to t ake it for g r an t ed t h a t papers should be i l lustrated. This was not so t w e n t y years ago. To provide pict u r e s m u s t add considerably to t ne labour and expense of t h e management . In th is case t h e resul t seems most sat isfactory. Seldom, if ever have I seen a more s t r iking por t ra i t t han t h a t of F r . Morscheuser, murdered by savages . The date of t he issue I cannot give because t he paper has been passed on, which should be t h e fa te of all such Catholic publ ications.

P a p e r and p r in t cont r ibute towa rds mak ing t h e read ing of your parser a positive del ight .

The casual r eader of t h i s le t te r m a v suspect me of be ing a share holder. The S. J . a f t e r my name will help to allay t h a t suspicion. I t is for several unselfish reasons t h a t m v earnest n r a v e r goes tin to heaven t h a t the M.L.C. m a y flour i sh more even t h a n t h e bav- t ree . Ad. multos Annos.—vivat , floreat!

Yours faithfully. A. F . D A Y S. J.

LONDON.

D A N G E R S O F W E A L T H .

To T h e Edi tor of t h e Malaya Catholic Leader, Singapore.

Sir, Allow me to m a k e a few obser

vat ions about g r ea t weal th which some people now-a-days a re ever chas ing after . Some will willingly under take to t rave l miles t o seek fo r tune ; some even by unlawful m e a n s ; while o the r s undergo g r e a t hardships to add a little to the i r wealth, a l though they have had enough for the i r sustenance. The more money t h e y have t h e greedier they become be ing intoxicated by t h e lure of fame and for tune . Whenever t h e r e is g r e a t weal th the re a r e m a n y to consume it. As an example, of th i s , when a man acquires a g rea t fortune whe the r by inher i tance or by much labour or by chance, he will, as a m a t t e r of course t r y t o live in luxury o r keep up a very h igh s tandard of life. Such unnecessary i tems will be a drain on his general income, which in o ther words, would be t h e use of his r iches by others .

In all walks of life, t he insat iable love of r iches to r tu res t he soul and t h e anx ie ty of looking af te r wealth is indeed a constant n i g h t m a r e and only t he poor a re blessed with t h e freedom from such anxiety.

Possession of r iches means

The Catholic Church under Henry VIII .

(B.O. &W. Ltd. , pp. 40, I s . 6d.) F a t h e r Newdigate , S.J., here

j edits a series of ex t rac t s from Stow's "Annals of Eng land / ' con-

\ fining himself to those passages i which concern t h e history of t he j Church dur ing t h e reign of Henry I VIII . "Taken toge ther they form j a fairly complete contemporary ac

count of t h e early orthodoxy of Henry VIII, t h a n of the change brought about in him by his desire

: to rid himself of Queen Kather ine ; of Argon and to m a r r y Anne Bo-\ leyn, and of t h e consequent b reak

with Rome and t h e persecution of those who opposed i t ."

Coming from a P ro te s t an t of t he s ix teenth cen tury , th i s valuable tes t imony so remarkable for i ts love of t he old t radi t ions h a s a

I special appeal to a genera t ion which has witnessed t h e first canonizations of our glorious E n g lish M a r t y r s . J. H.

* * * * * DEVOTION.

A Primer of Prayer. By Joseph McSorley. (B.O. &

W. Ltd., pp. 118, 3s. 6d.) One sentence would sum up the

contents of th i s small volume: "To nray is as na tu ra l as to b r e a t h e . " Dealing wi th persons in t h e world we a r e not infrequently surpr ised a t t h e fact t h a t so many, even a t i t he m e r e suggest ion of prayer , im- | mediately t u r n the i r t hough t s to those who in a very special way

row-minded. You cannot tell wha t a th ing is like until you have e i ther had experience of it or given it a tr ial . We are only too famil iar with prejudice in connection wi th t he fai th. I t is a very common experience, though pe rhaps less so in these days of enl ightenment when people read more t h a n did the i r ancestors , say fifty or s ixty years ago.

However, t he fact remains t h a t too many look upon p raye r as someth ing foreign or as something entirely out of the i r range .

We mus t t u r n aga in to t h e Script u r e s : "But all men a re vain, in whom there is not t h e knowledge of God: and who by these good th ings t ha t a r e seen could not unders tand him t h a t is , ne i ther by a t t end ing to t he works have acknowledged who was t h e workm a n " (Wisdom 13. I ) .

This is our thes is . The logical deduction of t h e existence of God from the th ings t h a t a r e made m u s t lead to p raye r of adorat ion, thanksgiving, praise and peti t ion. To say, then, t h a t p r aye r is difficult seems like a contradict ion in t e rms . I t should come to us as natural ly as does walking, speaking or thinking. To p ray is easy. Once we establish t h i s fact, we have the subject in hand.

W h a t is our difficulty t h e n ? T h e answer to t h a t quest ion is to be found once again in t h e Word of God: "With desolation is t h e land made desolate because t h e r e is

W H A T IT INDICATES I F YOU DO NOT T A K E A CATHOLIC P A P E R .

I . 2. 3. 4.

T h a t you have not been asked to do so. T h a t you have l i t t le if any interest in Catholic affairs. T h a t you prefer not to be bothered wi th religious reading Tha t it is merely neglect. You haven ' t t hough t of i t .

5. T h a t you " take so many p a p e r s " you must economize by cu t t ing off t h e best and most necessary of them.

6. T h a t you will let t h e o ther fellow defend your religion. 7. T h a t you differed once with an editor and can ' t forgive

him, a l though you agreed wi th him in ninety-nine o the r instances. 8. T h a t such money as y o j pay for papers , you give to

dailies which occasionally insult your religion, refer to your Church cs " the Romish Church" and bring yellow immoral i ty and scandal into your family.

Now, reader , if you a r e not a subscriber to THIS CATHOLIC P A P E R and belong to t he first, fourth, fifth, seventh or e ighth class, you will subscribe a t once. But if you belong to the second, th i rd or s ix th , we can do nothing for you.

are consecrated to God. They appear to handle prayer as t h e old farm-hand handles a pen when asked to sign a form. Preconceived notions a r e peculiar t h ings to deal with. One may s tyle them as prejudices. The la t te r proceed from t h e minds of t h e nar-

years of labour or a lifetime of acquisition and the i r loss often br ings much grief. So a f t e r all weal th gives only a small percentage of enjoyment and very much more anxiety, grief and unres t . The rich man is nothing save t h e name. Almost everyone who is frank enough to himself o r herself will certainly admi t t ha t t h e sorrows of th i s life fa r exceed i ts joys . It is next to imposible for the rich man to enjoy life in th i s world without frequent in t e r ruptions by sorows and a mix tu re of grief and b i t t e r n e s s — T o those who long for weal th will find i ts illusive hopes tanta l iz ing as g r e a t wealth is only for the favoured few, but to t h e simple h e a r t s t h e r e is an ever ready vas t s tore of t h e hidden t r easures of peace, contentment and happiness.

Ipoh, Yours etc., 17-8-35. Ong Ghim Phoe .

no one tha t t h inke th a t t h e h e a r t " (Jer. 12, I I ) . The rat ional , thoughtful man logically p rays .

Our second though t is concerned with the subject of meditat ion. Here , again, t h e l a rge major i ty shudder and shr ink. Bu t w h y ? It would seem t h a t t he difficulty nowadays is to ge t our people out of t h e bad habi t of us ing o ther people's p rayers ins tead of the i r own. The trouble ar i ses from t h e erroneous idea t h a t we have to be unnatura l when we a re pray ing . T h e reverse is t he t r u t h . God wan t s us to be na tura l and as na tu ra l as possible. The a u t h o r of t he " P r i m e r " makes t h i s a s clear as noon-day. W e use our memory, our unders tanding and our will. As soon as we a r e moved to pray , our medi ta t ion is a success. God does not look for o r a to ry or eloquence, bu t j u s t conversation. T h i s implies a cer ta in a m o u n t of int imacy, r eve ren t a t t h a t . Nothing stilted o r out of t h e way, j u s t conversa t ion; fr iend to fr iend talk.

T h e g rasp ing of th i s principle would solve m a n y imaginary problems in th i s m a t t e r . P r a y e r then becomes in t e res t ing and not t h e burden we imagined it to be

R. T. A .

14 M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 31st AUGUST, 1935.

F R . H . A. R E I N H O L D E X P E L L E D BY R E I C H .

NO EXPLANATION GIVEN.

London.—The Apos to la tus Maris h e r e repor t s t h a t t h e Rev. H. A. Reinholds, po r t chapla in of H a m b u r g and nat ional o rgan izer of t h e Sea Aposto la te in Germany , was ordered to leave G e r m a n y wi thou t a n y explanat ion.

F a t h e r Reinhold has^ arr ived in t h i s city a f t e r d e m a n d was m a d e by t h e "Ges tapo , " Nazi Secret S t a t e Police, t h a t h e leave H a m b u r g and w a s forbidden t o en te r a n y por t a r ea in G e r m a n y .

Appointed po r t chapla in a t Bre -m e r h a v e n in 1929, F a t h e r Reinhold establ ished t h e Apos t lesh ip of t h e Sea Club in t h a t p o r t and began h i s work of o rganiz ing Aposto la tus Mar i s services in all Ge rman por t s , a n unde r t ak ing wh ich culminated in his being appoin ted nat ional organizer and p o r t chaplain a t H a m b u r g two y e a r s ago. As a

. resu l t of F a t h e r Reinhold 's work, e igh t i ^ r m a n iwr tsTiave"Been organized for Cathol ic seamen a n d t h e movement widely spread in Germnay .

The por t chapla in of Bremer -haven is se rv ing H a m b u r g in t h e absence of F a t h e r Reinhold.

F a t h e r Reinhold 's work h a s m a d e h i m widely known in mos t m a r i t i m e count r ies and especially in t h e Uni ted S t a t e s , which he h a s vis i ted m a n y t i m e s a s represen ta t ive of t h e Apost leship of t h e Sea.

(N.C.W.C.)

P A P E R R E C A L L S ONLY TIME BRITISH ROYAL P A I R AT

T E N D E D MASS.

London. According to a s tory publ ished in t h e Universe , t he first and only t ime t h a t King George a n d Queen Mary w e r e presen t a t a Mass was a t t h e funeral of t h e Empres s Eugen ie a t F ranborough Abbey, Ju ly 20, 1920.

The E m p r e s s Eugen ie was an in t ima te fr iend of Queen Victoria and dur ing h e r long yea r s of exile in England she enjoyed t h e affect ion of t h e family. A t he r funera l , wi th in t h e s a n c t u a r y and to t h e left of t h e catafalque, p r ie -Dieu were reserved for K i n e George and Queen Mary , t h e Duke of Connaught and Pr incess Beat r ice . On t h e Ep i s t l e side we re t h e King and Queen of Spain, t h e K i n g and Queen of Por tuga l a n d t h e Dowager Queen Amelia. T h e reau iem Mass w a s said by AJbfoot Cabrol, a fai thful f r iend and counsellor of t h e f o r m e r E m p r e s s .

The ar t ic le r e p o r t s t h a t all p r e sen t were edified b y t h e very r e s pectful a t t i t ude of t he . P r o t e s t a n t Sovereigns of G r e a t Br i t a in w h o followed t h e ceremonies wi th deference and knel t a t t h e Elevat ion.

(N.C.W.C.)

POLISH ARMY B I S H O P VISITS S A N ANTONIO.

San Antanio .—The Rev. Joseph Gawlina, t i tu la r Bishop of Mar i -amme and chaplain general t o t h e a r m y of Poland, par t ic ipated in ceremonies he re yes te rday m a r k i n g the si lver jubilee of t h e founding of L a k e Seminary a t Orchard Lake .

H e flew from Wash ing ton to t h i s c i ty . T h e Bishop holds the r a n k

• of genera l in t h e Polish a rmy. Th i s i s his first v is i t t o t h e Uni ted S t a t e s . H e will r ema in here sever a l days v i s i t ing Polish communit i e s . (N.C.W.C.)

BISHOP L Y S D E A T H IN SZECHWAN.

CONSECRATED BY HOLY FATHER

IN 1933.

Rome.—A message from Peking announces the dea th on Augus t 4 of His Excellency t h e Most Rev. M a t t h e w Ly-yun-ho, Vicar Apostolic of Yachow, Szechwan Province, China. The despatch gives no details .

Bishop Ly was raised to t he episcopate in St. Pe te r ' s , Rome, J u n e 11, 1933, when t h e Holy Fa t h e r Pope Pius X I consecrated t h r e e Chinese Bishops, one Indo-Chinese Bishop a n d an Indian Archbishop. He was born in Hinwanshien, sou thern Szechwan, Sep tember 7, 1877. H e was ordained to t he pr iesthood in 1910, made Prefec t Apostolic of Yachow in 1929, and named Vicar Apostolic a n d Ti tu lar Bishop of Tlos in March 1933.

The la te Archbishop de Guebria n t , Superior General of t h e Fo re ign Missions of Pa r i s , laboured a s a young man in Szechwan, and in 1899-1900 M a t t h e w Ly was a m o n g his s tudents of theology a t t h e seminary of Suif u. The Archbishop mentioned his former pupil in a l e t t e r to a fr iend wr i t t en a t t h e t i m e of Bishop Ly ' s consecrat ion in Rome. " D u r i n g 1904 and 1905, while still a young s tudent M a t t h e w Ly was a s catechist and Director of Schools, m y s t rong r i g h t a r m a t Wang-ta- tsoui , a new cen t r e of miss ionary labour from which I was t r y i n g to spread the f a i th in a region till t h a t t ime not evangelized. He g a v e proof dur ing t h a t period of g r e a t zeal, served by a f r ank and open intelligence, a g r e a t good sense and a thoroughly dis interes ted devotion."

Bishop Ly 's t e r r i t o ry , t h e Vicar i a t e Apostolic of Yachow, is one of t h e 22 ecclesiastical divisions staffed and directed by t h e Chinese clergy. (Fides)

M E E T I N G OF CATHOLIC PRESS W O R K E R S .

Internat ional Union Formed. A t a meet ing of Catholic press

workers of 15 countr ies in Marseilles, an In ternat ional Catholic Press Union was formed, grouping publ ishers , manager s and journal is ts , wi th Count Dalla Torre , of t h e Osservatore Romano a s president, r epor t s the Par i s correspondent of t h e Universe.

T h e Union will incorporate the two h i the r to exis t ing bodies, t he In te rna t iona l B u r e a u of Catholic Journa l i s t s and t h e Pe rmanen t Commit tee of Catholic Publishers , whose membership was confined to t he owners , publ ishers and managers of g rea t papers like t he Croix of Par i s , El Deba te of Madrid, and Germania of Berlin.

Final details of t h e consti tution of t h e Union will be set t led a t the Catholic Press Congress which is to be held, probably in April, in 1936 in the Vat ican City.

In reply to a message from t h e Union, Cardinal Pacelli said t h a t the Holy Fa the r , pa ternal ly sensible of t h e homage of t h e in ternational meet ing of Catholic journal ists , united to b r i n g about an ever more perfect concord between the journa l i s t s and t h e m a n a g e r s of those papers for t h e cause of Chr is t and His Church, implored the Divine light for t he i r work and sent his special Apostolic Blessing.

VOLUME ON ORDERS OF P R I E S T S IN GERMANY.

Da ta Prepared By Dominican.

Cologne.—The Rev. Ansgar Sin-nigen. O.P., general secretary of t he association .of, Religious Super iors , has dedicated his profusely i l lustrated book on the Religious Orders of Pr ies ts in Germany to His Eminence Karl Joseph Cardinal Schulte, Archbishop of Cologne, in honour of his episcopal silver jubilee.

T h e directory has as its frontispiece a por t ra i t of His Holiness Pope Pius XI, beneath which is quoted from the Holy F a t h e r ' s address delivered a t the dedication of t h e Vatican radio s ta t ion in F e b r u a r y , 1931, t h e special message to missionaries, "Our most dear sons and daughte rs in Chris t who, in t he mission fields of t he world, a r e labouring in p raye r to p ropaga te t h e Holy F a t h e r of

| Chr is t and to spread His Kingdom."

In recent years there h a s been a considerable growth in the number of Orders in Germany, t h e r e now being 25 Religious Orders of Pr ies t s with establishmen t s in th i s country, e ight having solemn vows, and 17 simple vows ; 13 are concerned wi th home mission, six wi th foreign missions and six with the pastorization of Germans living in o ther lands. Each Order is t h e subject of an art icle in F a t h e r Sinnigen's book, but because of t he diversi ty of the i r activities, t he art icles do not follow a set pa t te rn . In general , a shor t h is tory of t h e Order is followed by a sketch of t he present activit ies of the German branches .

The 25 Orders discussed in Fat h e r Sinnigen's book are t he Au-gus t in ians , t he Benedictines of St. Ottilien, the Dominicans, the Franciscans , the Minor Conventual Franc iscans , Capuchins, Jesui ts , Camillians, t he Society of the Divine Word, Mariannhill Missionar ies , Maris ts , Holy Ghost F a t h e r s , Holy Family Missionaries," Missionaries of the Sacred Hear t of Jesus , Vincentians, Oblates of Mary Immaculate , Oblates of St. F ranc i s de Sales, P iar i s t s , Picpus f a t h e r s , P r ies t s of t h e Sacred H e a r t oof Jesus , Redemptoris ts , Salesians, Salvatorians. Societv of t h e African Missions and the Sons of t h e Sacred Hea r t of Jesus (Verona African Miss ions) :

(N.C.W.C.)

VATICAN BROADCAST MOST IMPRESSIVE.

N e w York.—Fifty-four broad-: ca s t s devoted exclusively to t he | p rog rammes of religious groups,

of sacred music, were carr ied over and exclusive of boardcasts of I sacred music, were carried over

j t h e facilities of the Columbia ! Broadcas t ing Sys tem dur ing t h e I first six mon ths of th i s year, j according to a n announcement

m a d e here . The "Church of t h e A i r " period presented a differen t c lergyman each Sunday morning and each Sunday* afternoon, and "me t with an increasing public response dur ing the period,"

1 t h e announcement s ta tes , j T h e announcement also says • t h a t t h e Eas t e r p rogrammes ' in-\ a u g u r a t e d with an early morning

broadcas t t h a t b rought t he voice i of His Holiness Pope P ius XI and | t h e music of a Pontifical Mass

from St. Pe te r ' s Basilica, Vatican j City, to t he United S ta tes , "were

p e r h a p s t he most impressive ever a r r a n g e d for t h e radio audiences." j

(N.C.W.C.) !

A I D FOR T H E A G E I N G . To the no-longer-young life at

times is liable to present a dark outlook. Yet so long as you have a plentiful supply of pure red blood coursing through your veins there is no need for despondency, and such

blood is easily obtainable by means of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, the blood and nerve tonic which you remember as far back as your youthful days, and which is even more famous today.

If you are feeling your age, are rundown, listless, 'nervy', depressed, lack appetite and vitality, have rheumatic pains, or are conscious of any infirmity due to impoverished blood or weak nerves, why not try them yourself? You can do so with fullest confidence that they will do you good. Any chemist can supply.

Dr. Williams* P i n k Pills.

APOSTOLATE O F SOCIETY OF CATHOLIC M E D I C A L MISSION

A R I E S IN MOTION PICTURE.

Wash ing ton .—"The Good Samar i t an , " a sound mot ion pic ture has been produced to p re sen t t h e apostolate of the Society of Catholic Medical Missionaries, whose headq u a r t e r s a re her . I t is said to be t h e first religious p ic ture put dierctly on 16-mill imeter film.

Bishop Bernard J . Sullivan, S.J., of Pa tna , India, m a d e a special trip to Washington to pres ide a t ceremonies depicted in t h e film, and the Rt. Rev. Joseph O'Donohoe, Mill Hill. Prefect Apostolic of Kashmir and Kafr i s tan , photographed Rawalpindi scenes. F a t h e r Michael Mathis , C.S.C., spiritual director and co-founder of the Society, wrote and di rected t he pictu re , aided by F a t h e r J . Duross of Philadelphia. Special music was used, including Bengal i songs. The re is a pan tomime prologue and the picture itself is an India t ravelogue by F a t h e r Ma th i s on his la tes t t r ip to Ind ia . Dr . Anna Dengel, Superior of t h e Society and co-founder w i t h F a t h e r Math i s . appears in t h e film".

F i r s t showings of t h e new film are being ' made a t t h e Catholic Universi ty of Amer ica here .

(N.C.W.C.)

750 YEAR-OLD G I F T O F POPE HONORIUS IV.

Brussels .—The gif t by Pope Ho-norius IV to t he Dukes of Brabant . 750 years ago, a Madonna carved in ivory has j u s t been commemora ted a t Courtra i , w h e r e t h e venerable s ta tue was b r o u g h t by Countess Beatrice and e n t r u s t e d to the care and devotion of t h e nuns of the Groeninghe Monas te ry .

There was no his tor ical pageant, bu t the s t a tue was car r ied through the s t ree ts by t h e clergy headed by the Most Rev. H e n r y Lamiroy, Bishop of Bruges . Thousands of pilgrims, from all over Flanders, part icipated. (N.C.W.C.)

15

SPORTS NOTES CATHOLICS IN

(By Our Own THE LIMELIGHT.

Correspondent . )

SOCCER. S.C.F.A. BEAT S.R.C.

S.C.F.A. defeated the S.R.C. at Anson Road Stadium in a First Division game on Monday by 3 goals to nil. The S.R.C. had in their team A. B. Collick as left full back, L. Reutens, W. Gomes and C. Oliveiro as halves, and J. Reutens, M. Valberg, G. Valberg and T. Pliveiro in the forward line. John Then, the Chinese skipper, turned, out again for his side at centre half. For fifty minutes the S.R.C. resisted all attacks and then fell to pieces.

BOXING. DOYLE KNOCK'S OUT NEGRO

OPPONENT.

C R I C K E T . SELANGOR RANGERS DRAW

WITH INDIANS. The Selangor Rangers drew with the

Selangor Indians at Kuala Lumpur last Sunday. This was the vital match and will have to be replayed on the 31st to decide the winner of the Stonor Shield

For the Rangers Clement de Silva scored 50 runs, and C. de Souza 18. The side's total was 141.

The Indians replied with 79 for 5. De Silva captured 1 wicket for 18

T.P. C. A. BEAT KILAT CLUB. The T.P.C.A. of Selangor were too

good for the Kilat Club and won on Sunday last by 71 runs. For zhe winners D. Manuel made 15, and Dionysius 5 but the latter captured 6 wickets for 34 runs.

* * * * At Worksop on Tuesday M. J. Turn-

bull, Captain of Glamorgan County cricket team, scored 124 runs against Nottinghamshire who have Larwood and Voce as their bowling terrors.

Jack Doyle, the Irish Heavy Weight | scored his third successive convincing

victory in the United States by treating Bob Norton, a negro, as a human punching bag and disposing of him in the second round at Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.A. •. »

The big-muscled negro had a reputation as a rugged fighter and tough customer but was quite unable to stand up to Doyle's fast and heavy punching. Nortin was knocked out after 2 minutes 18 seconds in the second round.

Doyle has agreed to meet Buddy Baer, Max Baer's brother at Madison Square Gardens on August 22nd for a 10 round contest. So far Doyle has been matched against third raters and has not been able to show his real worth. His fight wtith Buddy Baer should be a real chance for him.

* * * * DOYLE SENDS OPPONENT

THROUGH ROPES.

A T H L E T I C SPORTS.

INTERNATIONAL ATHLETIC COMPETITION.

Britain Carries Honours. Great Britain beat France by 64

points to 56 at the White City in an International Athletic Competition.

Sweeney won the shorter sprint, the 100 yards in 10 seconds. R. Paul of France was 3rd.

France won the High Jump (6 feet) , Putting the weight (48 ft. 4 ins.), The Long Jump ((24ft. 3 ins.), The Pole Vault (13 f t . ) , The 3 miles race (14 min. 52 3/5 sees.), and Throwing the Discus (147 ft. 7% ins.)

Britain secured wins in the 100 yards (10 sees.), 2 miles steeplechase, 880 yards (1 min. 57 2/5 sees.), 120 yards hurdles (14 9/10 sees.), 220 yards (22 sees.), 440 yards (4&& sees,),., one mile (4 min. 19 sees.), one mile medley race.

Sweeney was second in the 220 yards race.

Jack Doyle made short work of his second American opponent, Jack Redmond, a negro, who had never previously been knocked out, by sending him through the ropes in the fourth round. The fight has caused American Sports writers to look with • certain degree of seriousness upon Doyle's chances. Doyle has splendid courage, fine physique and a two fisted punch

* * * * Jack Peterson, the Catholic Welsh

boxer, who holds the Title of British Empire heavyweight Champion, has given expression to the hope that one day he will wipe out with interest his two defeats at the hands of Walter Neusel, the German. He added that the fighting game is a hard, bitter road for it takes its toll of strength, sinew, brain —even of ambition.

Peterson has only lost three battles out of considerably more than 50 fights.

TENNIS.

C. E . Malfroy, New Zealand's Catho-I lie tennis champion, beat Nishimura of j Japan in the men's singles at Frinton-: on-Sea and he and his partner defeated

Nishimura and Itoh in the doubles final. * * * *

Mrs. E . C. Peters won the final of the I Women's singles at the New Forest j Tennis Tournament. Her husband Mr. I E . C. Peters won the men's singles, and

the men's doubles.

D I / T R I B U T O R / F O R

TIGER B E E

BALIK PULAU.

FISAVfc 17? ST. GEORGE'S SCHOOL SPORTS. The St. George's School, Balik Pulau.

held their Third Annual Sports on the Balik Pulau Football Field on Thursday afternoon. Ideal weather favoured the occasion. A considerable crowd of spectators representing the guardians of the boys and the friends of the school gathered to watch the sports, which consisted of 16 events in two of which the old boys were invited to participate.

Among several items provided for Infants, that designated Monkey Crawl evoked much fun and laughter. In the team events, three Houses competed for the coveted shield presented by Mr. A. H. M. Hussain, the A.C.L.R. of Balik Pulau. Lincoln House was again the Champion House with 60 points while the runner-up, Sun Yat-sen House was beaten by a narrow margin of 5 points.

During the interval, the guests were served with light refreshments at the Club-House of the Balik Pulau Volunteers. Both on the field and in the Club-House, the Boy Scouts of the school rendered invaluable assistance.

At the conclusion of the Sports, Mr. C. A. Kin, the Headmaster, expressed regret that Rev. Fr. J. Lee, the Director of the School, was unavoidably kept at home owing to a bad toe. After thanking the various officials, the spectators, the donors of .prizes and the competitors, he called upon Mr. A. H. M. Hussain to distribute the prizes.

Among those present were:—Mr. F. G. C. Curtis, Mr. A. H. M. Hussain, Messrs. C. S. Wong, N. M. Noordin, G. S. Denis, Y. S. Leong, A. C. David, E. G. Cullin, Che Ahmad, Mrs. S. Pas-ley, Miss J. S. Kee, Haji Haroun J.P., Messrs. Md. Hassan, Md. Saman, Mrs. C. K. Chong, Mrs. F. A. Chong, and many others.

The following are the results:-Event No.—1. 100 Yds. S t r a i g h t -

Che Din b. Daim 1st; Daud b. H. Tahir 2nd.

Event No.—2. Long Jump—Abdullah b. Karim 1st; Che Din b. Daim 2nd.

Event No.—S. Monkey Crawl (Infants)—Wong Siew Mun 1st; Saw Tong Poh 2nd.

Event No.—4. High Jump—Che Din b. Daim 1st; Abdullah b. Karim 2nd.

Event No—5. Finding the Coin (Infants)—Cheah Soon Cheng 1st; Saw Bee Geok 2nd.

Event No.—6. Throwing the Cricket Ball—Daud b. H. Tahir 1st; Abdullah b. Karim 2nd.

Event No.—7. 440 Yds. Track (Old Boys)—Muniandi 1st; Jalil b. Johar 2nd

Event No.—8. Shoe Race (Infants) —Foo Yet Kim 1st: Chow Tet Yen. 2nd.

Event No.—9. Egg & Spoon Race infants)—Yeoh Seng Eong 1st; Lim Ghim Hong 2nd.

Event No.—10. Scout Race—Lim Ee Choon 1st; Abdullah b. Karim 2nd.

Event No.—11. 75 Yds. Shuttle Race —Sun Yat-sen 1st; Lincoln House 2nd.

Event No.—12. Potato Relay—Lincoln House 1st; Sun Yat-sen House 2nd.

Event No.—13. Ball Relay—Sun Yat-sen House 1st* Bonapajrte House 2nd.

Event No.—14. 220 Yds. R e l a y -Sun Yat-sen House 1st; Lincoln House 2nd.

Event No.—15. Obstacle Race—Lincoln House 1st; Bonaparte House 2nd.

Event No.—16. Sack Football—Old Boys.

Winning House:—Lincoln House, 60 points.

Runner-up:—Sun Yat-sen House, 55 points.

Champion Athlete:—Din b. Daim.

16 M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 31st AUGUST,

Our Question Box A N E W BOOK OF MISSION STUDIES BY ARCHBISHOP

COSTANTINI.

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

Quest ion. I s not religious persecution a lways w r o n g ?

Answer . T h a t depends on w h a t is unders tood by "religious persecut ion." I t is a wide t e r m capable of cover ing a lmos t any k ind of behaviour in favour of a ce r t a in belief. If God gives a d ivine revelation, i t is t h e obvious d u t y of m a n t o receive i t and t o f u r t h e r i t s acceptance by o the r m e n by proper m e a n s . To f u r t h e r i t s acceptance by t h e infliction of phys i cal p u n i s h m e n t on t h o s e who re ject i t , is clearly not a proper m e a n s : for t h e in ternal a s s e n t of belief is beyond: t h e control of physical force, and it is plain from t h e Scr ip tu res and Tradi t ion t h a t Chr i s t does no t wish such physical force to be used in t he sp read or main tenance of t h e Gospel.

On t h e o t h e r hand it is r i g h t and proper t h a t t h e deniers of God's revelation should be r e s t r a ined in t h e a t t e m p t t o spread t h e i r e r ro r s and t h u s t h e i r outward behav iour be cohibited, if necessary and practicable, even by force. In m o d e m society, however, in which t h e u n t y of f a i t h has been broken, and in which vas t numbers re jec t e i ther p a r t or t h e whole of Chr i s t ' s revelat ion w i t h o u t any personal guil t (hav ing been thus e r roneously t a u g h t f rom childhood) t h e application of force is out of t he question, even for the prevent ion of t h e spread of error . Th i s is not because those who deny the whole or a p a r t of Chr i s t ' s revelation, possess an inalienable h u m a n r i g h t to sp read the i r opinions—for no one can have t h e r i gh t t o deny God's revealed t r u t h or t o make o the r people do so ; bu t because t h e applicat ion of force would defeat i t s own ends .

• * * * * Question. H a s not t h e Church

e r red in f o r m e r years in sanct ioning t h e persecut ion of h e r e t i c s ?

Answer . No. Cr imes were certa in ly commit ted in t he past . A notor ious example is t h a t of t h e b u r n i n g of St . J o a n of Arc as a here t ic . Churchmen have no doubt in several instances erred and sinned in becoming the tools of t h e s t a t e which punished heret ics a s d i s tu rbers of t h e public peace. On t h e o the r hand, churchmen a s a ru le exercised the i r influence for leniency and moderation, were often a protect ion against mob violence. T h e r e , exists no doctr inal decision of Pope or Council t each ing t h a t here t ics should be pu t t o dea th for personal denial of revealed t r u t h . Hence the Church h a s never erred, though some churchmen may h a v e been ru th less and sinned. (Answers by Rev. Dr . J . P . Arendzen, D.D., Ph.D., M.A.)

P O P E ' S A D D R E S S TO INTERN A T I O N A L PILGRIMAGE O F

N U R S E S .

Vat ican Ci ty .—The Pope in an address t o a n in ternat ional pilgrimage of nu r ses , a f t e r declaring t h a t every th ing m u s t be tried t o avoid war , said a w a r which is n o t h i n g bu t a w a r of conquest will be un jus t . On t h e o the r hand, I t a ly said i t was a w a r of defence and a necessary w a r for expansion and pro tec t ing h e r front iers and such a wa r is justified.

H i s Holiness added if t h e need for expansion is a fact to be taken in to considerat ion, t h e r i gh t of defence h a s l imi ts a n d m u s t be moder a t e d in o rder no t to be gui l ty .— Reu te r .

Rome.—A volume ent i t led "As pects of t h e Missionary P rob lem" (Aspett idel Problema Missionario) by Archbishop Celso Costant ini , former Apostolic Delegate to China has been issued by t h e P r o Famil ia Publ ishing House, Milan. T h e work contains two long t r ac t s , "The Divine Drama of t h e Miss ions" and "Cul ture and t h e New China," and four sho r t e r s tudies , "The Coadjutor Bishop in Mission Lands , " "The Religious Auxil iar ies of t h e Missions," "The P r i e s t s Auxil iaries of the Missions", and "Catholic Action in China ."

"Aspects of the Missionary Problem" is t h e first of a series of publications which will t r e a t missiological subjects in a clear, scientific manner , considering mission work from t h e points of view of his tory, e thnography , a r t , philosophy, linguistics, methods , e t c

Archbishop Costantini is Pres i dent of t h e Edi tor ia l Commit tee supervis ing t h e p repara t ion of t h i s series of s tudies which is intended pr imari ly for missionaries and those in teres ted in mission problem. Others on t h e Commit tee a r e Rev. J . B . Tragella, P . I. M. E., who is Sec re t a ry ; Msgr . J . Monti-cone, Archivis t of P r o p a g a n d a ; Msgr . V. Bar tocet t i Professor of t h e t h e College of P ro p a g a n d a ; Prof. H u g h Bert ini , Director of II Pens iero Missiona r io ; Msgr . B. CaselJi, Edi tor- in-Chief of Fides Service, F a t h e r Pascal D'Elia, S. J., F a t h e r Gentile Magonio, O. F . M. ; and F a t h e r Alfred J . Popoli, S. X.

(Lumen-Fides . )

GLASGOW CATHOLIC UNION'S A P P E A L TO KING GEORGE V.

Belfast Ou t r ages Cited.

Dublin. An appeal to King George V, on behalf of t h e 500,000 Catholics of N o r t h e r n Ireland to in tervene in t h e r iot ing in Belfast, which has cost the lives of five persons , was sent by te legraph by J. Campbell, sec re ta ry of the Catholic Union of Glasgow.

T h e Orange r iots have lasted t h r o u g h t h r e e days and t h e si tuation is t h e wors t since 1922. The casuali t ies have been heavy. In addit ion to t h e dead—one of which is a woman—many persons have been seriously injured. Troops have been ass i s t ing t h e a rmed police in patrol l ing the ci ty. Looting and des t ruct ion of p roper ty have been general in the Catholic sections of Belfast . Many of the Orangemen have been identified as hav ing come f rom Glasgow.

Catholics have been advised by a priest not t o a t t e m p t to a t t e n d the funeral of t h e woman victim of the r iot ing. Armoured cars , police and a mi l i tary escort will accompany the cor tege to t h e cemetery*

T h e I r ish Times published a front-page editorial condemning the vearly religious r io ts .

(N.C.W.C)

F O U N D R E S S O F S I S T E R S OF T H E MOST HOLY EUCHARIST .

FLOOD S U F F E R E R S A I D E D .

OBSCENE BOOK IN TAMIL P R O S C R I B E D BY GOVERNMENT

Madras , ( Ind ia )—A book in Tamil enti t led " T h e Pr ies t , Wom a n and t h e Confessional," published by an t i -Chr is t ians , has been proscribed by the Madras Governm e n t on t h e ground t h a t " i t cont a ins a disgraceful a t tack on Catholic pr ies t s and nuns . " T h e book is p resumably a t rans la t ion of s imilar publications by Chini-quy. T h e Indian Penal Code s t a tes t h a t a n y publication containing m a t t e r calcuated to create disaffection among t h e various communi t i e s of His Majes ty ' s subjects is punishable by law. (Fides)

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Peiping.—In response to appeals t r ansmi t t ed t h rough t h e Apostolic Delegation, Archbishop Carlo Salott i , Pres ident of t h e Pontifical Society for t h e Propaga t ion of t h e Fa i th , te legraphed on Ju ly 25, in t h e n a m e of the Pope, a sum of approximate ly $20,000 Mex. for t h e Vicar ia tes which suffered most severely in t h e recent floods.

Following the example of t h e Holy See, the Centra l Headqua r t e r s of Catholic Action, under t he direction of t h e Rev. Dr . Paul Yu Pin, also launched a campaign t h rough all branch associations to collect additional funds for t he relief of flood refugees. (Lumen.)

Mother M a r g a r e t Claire, S.SS.E., foundress of t h e S i s t e r s of the Most Holy Eucha r i s t left Br isbane for t h e Phil ippines ear ly t h i s year to confer wi th most of t h e members of t h e Hiera rchy of t h e Philli-pines. Among these were the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Piani , and t h e Archbishop of Manila, Dr . M. O'Doherty . She obtained t h e l a t t e r s ' permission to place her Sis ters in Rosario Heights , Manila, whe re t h e Society has acquired a proper ty .

She then proceeded to England where Archbishop Hinsley au thorised her to t a k e a house dur ing her s tay and look for suitable candidates for t h e s is terhood.

The missionaries of t h e Most Holy Euchar i s t have two organisat ions, one for pr ies t s and lay brothe r s , and t h e o ther for Nuns . T h e Mission Houses a r e in Brisbane, Aus t ra l ia ("Filipinos ")

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General Jottings of the Week.

A D A N I E L COME TO JUDG- F E D E R A T I O N OF CATHOLIC M E N T ! SCOUTS IN CANADA.

SUGGESTION O F R E M O V A L OF S I N G A P O R E C O N V E N T .

LORD B A D E N - P O W E L L P R E S E N T .

A Thi rd Eye Vision.

"Old T i m e r " in h i s art icle on j "Colony Cavalcade" for t he Sun- | day Times of t he 25 th August sugges t s t h a t t he removal of t he F rench Convent "should not very much longer be delayed." He gives a s his reason t h e excuse t ha t t h e Convent occupies " a very valuable piece of land which would be ideal for modern self-contained flats and shops ." H e concludes bv say ing t h a t " these Convent buildings were erected in 1852 and are probably among t h e oldest still s t a n d i n g in t h e h e a r t of Singapo re . " One cannot he lp th ink ing t h a t "Old T i m e r " penned his sugges t ion about t h e remova l of the | convent on " t h e m o r n i n g a f te r t h e n i g h t before ."

Lord Baden Powell, Founder of the Boy Scout movement, recently a t t ended an impor tan t meet ing of the boy scouts of Canada, a t which the Federa t ion of Catholic scouts of Quebec became associated wi th the Boy Scouts ' Association.

T h e Catholic Scouts of Canada while wear ing the same uniform as o t h e r Scouts will have the i r own dis t inct ive badge, a red Jerusa lem Cross and Maple Leaf, on his ha t , wi th t he F leur de Lys on his sh i r t .

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POWDER MAGAZINE EXP L O D E S N E A R MILAN.

MR. CHIA KENG HOCK I N J U R E D .

103 CATHOLICS K I L L E D IN Q U E T T A E A R T H Q U A K E .

55 KILLED AND MANY I N J U R E D .

H . E . BISHOP D E V A L S A T R.A.F . P A G E A N T .

A m o n g those p r e s e n t a t t he R .A.F . pagean t a t Se le tar las t S a t u r d a y were His Lordsh ip Bishop Devals, Rev. F a t h e r Maury, t h e F a t h e r s a t t a c h e d to t h e Church of St . Joseph, Por tuguese Mission a s well as t h e Belgian F a t h e r s of Nass im Road.

I t is revealed t h a t 103 Catholics were killed in t h e Quet ta e a r th quake. The Viceroy of India laid w r e a t h s on the g raves of t h e Cathol ic and P r o t e s t a n t vict ims of t h e t r agedy af ter t h e recital of s h o r t p r aye r s by t h e respect ive clergy.

A t least 55 people were killed and I many more were injured by an ex-! plosion a t a powder factory a t

V&rese, Italy, 30 miles from Milan. The report of t h e explosion

broke windows of houses several miles away. The remains of hum a n bodies were carr ied t remen-

| dous dis tances and a h u g e pall of j smoke and fumes h u n g over t h e j fac tory for a long t ime .

I N D E C E N T P A R A D I N G IS N O T ACTING SAYS MRS. L A R K I N .

BOMBAY L E A G U E O F CATHOLIC ACTION.

MR. E D W I N F O N S E K A ' S SUC-C E S I N ACCOUNTANCY.

Mr. Edwin Fonseka, a Catholic, was a successful cand ida te a t t he final examinat ion of t h e Ins t i tu t e of Cha r t e r ed Accountan ts , in England and Wales . H e is a son of t h e la te Mr. and Mrs . S tephen Fonseka of Moratuwa, Ceylon.

M r s . Mary L a r k i n of New York, w h o is a leading member of t h e Catholic D a u g h t e r s of America , now in convention in Seatle, declared. " I advocate t h e dismissal of those film s t a r s who a r e notor ious for t h e i r m a n y divorces and for t h e scandalous lives t hey lead." She also said t h a t film s t a r s who can act, ins tead of merely pa rad ing indecency m u s t be found.

! A League of Catholic Action is 1 to be Establ ished in Bombay. It

will secure t h e cooperation of the la i ty in defence of t he Church and in t h e spiri tual and temporal in te res t s of t h e Catholics of the archdiocese.

P e r h a p s our readers will be sur -| pr ised to learn t h a t Singapore 's I soccer cen t re forward, Chia Keng, | Hock, is, on t h e injured list a t

p resen t and has been ordered a mon th ' s complete res t a s t h e r e sult of a kick on the left knee by a Selangor man in t he Malaya Cup F ina l a t Kuala Lumpur . N o pape r s made mention of t h i s incident because K e n g Hock is t h e very l a s t person to crave for s y m p a t h y . Only t h e t r a ine r of t h e t eam, Mr. L im Yong Liang, knew t h e t r u e

I s t a t e of affairs. The in jury was I received in t h e first half of t h e

game and in spite of it Keng Hock s t rove h is utmost till t h e final whis t le blew.

P R E S I D E N T OF LONDON UNIVERSITY CATHOLIC

SOCIETY.

MISS ENA DE CRUZ C E L E B R A T E S 20TH B R I T H D A Y

SISTERS O F ST. F R A N C I S N U R S E D 150,000 C A S E S IN

T E N Y E A R S .

PROCESSION I N HONOUR OF OUR LADY I N MADRID.

Professor Pres tage , has been appointed President of t h e Univers i ty of London Catholic Society by Archbishop Hinsley.

Miss Ena , de Cruz, d a u g h t e r of Mr. and Mrs . J. W. de Cruz of St . Pa t r i ck ' s Road, Siglap celebrated he r 20th b i r thday on Sunday 18th Augus t . A par ty was held in he r honour a t which Rev. F a t h e r Maury was present .

A COURAGEOUS B E L G I A N B I

More t h a n 150,000 cases have been a t t ended annual ly by the Sis ters of S t . F ranc i s , from the U.S.A., who took over S t . Joseph 's Hospital , Tsinanfu, China, ten years ago.

They have dispensar ies in four ; suburbs and two doctors a r e a t tached to t h e hospi ta l .

Thousands of Catholics took p a r t in t h e first religious procession seen in t h e s t r ee t s of Madrid fcr 5 years , since before t h e estab l i shment of t h e Republic. The procession was in honour of Our Lady . Hundreds of balconies were decorated and crowded all along the route .

"Viva la Virgen del Carmen was shouted by the mul t i tudes in every s t r ee t a s t h e image appeared.

CURE OF LOUVAIN PROFESSOR'S DAUGHTER RECOGNIS

E D BY BUREAU.

Echoes Of The Great W a r .

Mile. F r a t u e r a Belgian, whose | cure a t Lourdes 2 yea r s ago has I been officially recognised by the I Medical Bureau, is one of t h e 13 1 children of Professor F r a t u e r of | Louvain University. Six of her ! b ro the r s are priests .

J A C K I E COOGAN'S FORTUNE.

FAMILY W I T H S E V E N SONS AND FOUR D A U G H T E R S N U N S .

BRITISH A E R I A L GLIDING RECORD BROKEN.

Mrs. A r t h u r Roy of Bellechase County, Montreal , Canada , has 7 sons in t h e pr ies thood and 4 daugh te r s a r e nuris. H e r fifth daugh te r left a conven t only b e - 1

cause h e r m o t h e r needed he r help when h e r husband died.

Mrs. Roy h a d 16 chi ldren, five of whom a r e dead, including on*.'of her p r ies t sons .

One of h e r sons is Mgr . E. D. Roy, Pre fec t Apostolic of Kago-shima, J a p a n .

Mr . John Neilan of Seaham Har bour , broke t h e Br i t i sh dura t ion gl iding record by nearly one hour . He remained in t he air for 13 h o u r s 7 minutes . Neilan is only in his twent ies and found it a bit bor ing .

P R O T E S T A N T PASTOR * CONVERTED.

Jackie Coogan, t he young Ca-| tholic film s tar , will be 21 years of

age in September and will then ; come into possession of a fortune ! of £200,000, t he proceeds of his i career as a child actor . Jackie I has been asked to make a picture i in England. Poor Mr. Coogan, ! Jackie 's fa ther , was killed in a

motor smash some month ' s ago.

D E A T H OF LADY SEMPILL.

Mr. H. Dwight McConnell, former ly a P ro t e s t an t pas tor a t Lowell, Massachuset ts , U.S.A., has been received into the Catholic Church toge ther wi th his wife and t h r e e children.

Lady Sempill, wife of the fa-• mous Master of Sempill, who was

in Singapore towards t h e end of 1934, died in July a t t h e age of 44. She was the only d a u g r t e r of Sir John Lavery, t he famous painter,

I and was marr ied to Lord Sempill in 1919. Her husband is a convert.

Burgomas te r Adolphe Max of Brussels whose actions were w a t ched by t h e world in b rea th less ad mira t ion in 1914, when t h e Germ a n a r m y was a t t he ga te s of h i s ci ty, is very much alive to-day. He is one of the few rema in ing g r e a t figures of the war .

When he met the Commander of t h e invading German A r m y he took from his pocket a t e l eg ram addressed to the Kaiser and said, " I wish th i s telegram t o be sent to t h e German Emperor . " T h e officer was dumbfounded.

T h a t same evening a mee t ing took place in the Hotel de Ville between the German Commander , t h e Spanish and Uni ted S t a t e s Minis ter and Adolphe Max.

The German drew a revolver and placed i t on t he table. T h e Spanish Minis ter <also d rew a revolver and plaeed i t on t h e t ab l e . M a x wi thou t ~a word drew f rom his pocket a pencil and laid i t . on t h e table . ,

To-day Max is p e r h a p s one of t h e bus ies t political execut ives in t h e world. He is P res iden t of t h e Ci ty Council, chief of t h e Police, chief of t h e F i r e Br igade and Member of Par l iament .

16 M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 31st AUGUST,

Our Question Box A N E W BOOK OF MISSION STUDIES BY ARCHBISHOP

COSTANTINI.

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

Quest ion. I s not religious persecution a lways w r o n g ?

Answer . T h a t depends on w h a t is unders tood by "religious persecut ion." I t is a wide t e r m capable of cover ing a lmos t any k ind of behaviour in favour of a ce r t a in belief. If God gives a d ivine revelation, i t is t h e obvious d u t y of m a n t o receive i t and t o f u r t h e r i t s acceptance by o the r m e n by proper m e a n s . To f u r t h e r i t s acceptance by t h e infliction of phys i cal p u n i s h m e n t on t h o s e who re ject i t , is clearly not a proper m e a n s : for t h e in ternal a s s e n t of belief is beyond: t h e control of physical force, and it is plain from t h e Scr ip tu res and Tradi t ion t h a t Chr i s t does no t wish such physical force to be used in t he sp read or main tenance of t h e Gospel.

On t h e o t h e r hand it is r i g h t and proper t h a t t h e deniers of God's revelation should be r e s t r a ined in t h e a t t e m p t t o spread t h e i r e r ro r s and t h u s t h e i r outward behav iour be cohibited, if necessary and practicable, even by force. In m o d e m society, however, in which t h e u n t y of f a i t h has been broken, and in which vas t numbers re jec t e i ther p a r t or t h e whole of Chr i s t ' s revelat ion w i t h o u t any personal guil t (hav ing been thus e r roneously t a u g h t f rom childhood) t h e application of force is out of t he question, even for the prevent ion of t h e spread of error . Th i s is not because those who deny the whole or a p a r t of Chr i s t ' s revelation, possess an inalienable h u m a n r i g h t to sp read the i r opinions—for no one can have t h e r i gh t t o deny God's revealed t r u t h or t o make o the r people do so ; bu t because t h e applicat ion of force would defeat i t s own ends .

• * * * * Question. H a s not t h e Church

e r red in f o r m e r years in sanct ioning t h e persecut ion of h e r e t i c s ?

Answer . No. Cr imes were certa in ly commit ted in t he past . A notor ious example is t h a t of t h e b u r n i n g of St . J o a n of Arc as a here t ic . Churchmen have no doubt in several instances erred and sinned in becoming the tools of t h e s t a t e which punished heret ics a s d i s tu rbers of t h e public peace. On t h e o the r hand, churchmen a s a ru le exercised the i r influence for leniency and moderation, were often a protect ion against mob violence. T h e r e , exists no doctr inal decision of Pope or Council t each ing t h a t here t ics should be pu t t o dea th for personal denial of revealed t r u t h . Hence the Church h a s never erred, though some churchmen may h a v e been ru th less and sinned. (Answers by Rev. Dr . J . P . Arendzen, D.D., Ph.D., M.A.)

P O P E ' S A D D R E S S TO INTERN A T I O N A L PILGRIMAGE O F

N U R S E S .

Vat ican Ci ty .—The Pope in an address t o a n in ternat ional pilgrimage of nu r ses , a f t e r declaring t h a t every th ing m u s t be tried t o avoid war , said a w a r which is n o t h i n g bu t a w a r of conquest will be un jus t . On t h e o the r hand, I t a ly said i t was a w a r of defence and a necessary w a r for expansion and pro tec t ing h e r front iers and such a wa r is justified.

H i s Holiness added if t h e need for expansion is a fact to be taken in to considerat ion, t h e r i gh t of defence h a s l imi ts a n d m u s t be moder a t e d in o rder no t to be gui l ty .— Reu te r .

Rome.—A volume ent i t led " As pects of t h e Missionary P rob lem" (Aspett idel Problema Missionario) by Archbishop Celso Costant ini , former Apostolic Delegate to China has been issued by t h e P r o Famil ia Publ ishing House, Milan. T h e work contains two long t r ac t s , "The Divine Drama of t h e Miss ions" and "Cul ture and t h e New China," and four sho r t e r s tudies , "The Coadjutor Bishop in Mission Lands , " "The Religious Auxil iar ies of t h e Missions," "The P r i e s t s Auxil iaries of the Missions", and "Catholic Action in China ."

"Aspects of the Missionary Problem" is t h e first of a series of publications which will t r e a t missiological subjects in a clear, scientific manner , considering mission work from t h e points of view of his tory, e thnography , a r t , philosophy, linguistics, methods , e t c

Archbishop Costantini is Pres i dent of t h e Edi tor ia l Commit tee supervis ing t h e p repara t ion of t h i s series of s tudies which is intended pr imari ly for missionaries and those in teres ted in mission problem. Others on t h e Commit tee a r e Rev. J . B . Tragella, P . I. M. E., who is Sec re t a ry ; Msgr . J . Monti-cone, Archivis t of P r o p a g a n d a ; Msgr . V. Bar tocet t i Professor of t h e t h e College of P ro p a g a n d a ; Prof. H u g h Bert ini , Director of II Pens iero Missiona r io ; Msgr . B. CaselJi, Edi tor- in-Chief of Fides Service, F a t h e r Pascal D'Elia, S. J., F a t h e r Gentile Magonio, O. F . M. ; and F a t h e r Alfred J . Popoli, S. X.

(Lumen-Fides . )

GLASGOW CATHOLIC UNION'S A P P E A L TO KING GEORGE V.

Belfast Ou t r ages Cited.

Dublin. An appeal to King George V, on behalf of t h e 500,000 Catholics of N o r t h e r n Ireland to in tervene in t h e r iot ing in Belfast, which has cost the lives of five persons , was sent by te legraph by J. Campbell, sec re ta ry of the Catholic Union of Glasgow.

T h e Orange r iots have lasted t h r o u g h t h r e e days and t h e si tuation is t h e wors t since 1922. The casuali t ies have been heavy. In addit ion to t h e dead—one of which is a woman— many persons have been seriously injured. Troops have been ass i s t ing t h e a rmed police in patrol l ing the ci ty. Looting and des t ruct ion of p roper ty have been general in the Catholic sections of Belfast . Many of the Orangemen have been identified as hav ing come f rom Glasgow.

Catholics have been advised by a priest not t o a t t e m p t to a t t e n d the funeral of t h e woman victim of the r iot ing. Armoured cars , police and a mi l i tary escort will accompany the cor tege to t h e cemetery*

T h e I r ish Times published a front-page editorial condemning the vearly religious r io ts .

(N.C.W.C)

F O U N D R E S S O F S I S T E R S OF T H E MOST HOLY EUCHARIST .

FLOOD S U F F E R E R S A I D E D .

OBSCENE BOOK IN TAMIL P R O S C R I B E D BY GOVERNMENT

Madras , ( Ind ia )—A book in Tamil enti t led " T h e Pr ies t , Wom a n and t h e Confessional," published by an t i -Chr is t ians , has been proscribed by the Madras Governm e n t on t h e ground t h a t " i t cont a ins a disgraceful a t tack on Catholic pr ies t s and nuns . " T h e book is p resumably a t rans la t ion of s imilar publications by Chini-quy. T h e Indian Penal Code s t a tes t h a t a n y publication containing m a t t e r calcuated to create disaffection among t h e various communi t i e s of His Majes ty ' s subjects is punishable by law. (Fides)

Cut here.

Peiping.—In response to appeals t r ansmi t t ed t h rough t h e Apostolic Delegation, Archbishop Carlo Salott i , Pres ident of t h e Pontifical Society for t h e Propaga t ion of t h e Fa i th , te legraphed on Ju ly 25, in t h e n a m e of the Pope, a sum of approximate ly $20,000 Mex. for t h e Vicar ia tes which suffered most severely in t h e recent floods.

Following the example of t h e Holy See, the Centra l Headqua r t e r s of Catholic Action, under t he direction of t h e Rev. Dr . Paul Yu Pin, also launched a campaign t h rough all branch associations to collect additional funds for t he relief of flood refugees. (Lumen.)

Mother M a r g a r e t Claire, S.SS.E., foundress of t h e S i s t e r s of the Most Holy Eucha r i s t left Br isbane for t h e Phil ippines ear ly t h i s year to confer wi th most of t h e members of t h e Hiera rchy of t h e Philli-pines. Among these were the Apostolic Delegate, Archbishop Piani , and t h e Archbishop of Manila, Dr . M. O'Doherty . She obtained t h e l a t t e r s ' permission to place her Sis ters in Rosario Heights , Manila, whe re t h e Society has acquired a proper ty .

She then proceeded to England where Archbishop Hinsley au thorised her to t a k e a house dur ing her s tay and look for suitable candidates for t h e s is terhood.

The missionaries of t h e Most Holy Euchar i s t have two organisat ions, one for pr ies t s and lay brothe r s , and t h e o ther for Nuns . T h e Mission Houses a r e in Brisbane, Aus t ra l ia ("Filipinos ")

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General Jottings of the Week.

A D A N I E L COME TO JUDG- F E D E R A T I O N OF CATHOLIC M E N T ! SCOUTS IN CANADA.

SUGGESTION O F R E M O V A L OF S I N G A P O R E C O N V E N T .

LORD B A D E N - P O W E L L P R E S E N T .

A Thi rd Eye Vision.

"Old T i m e r " in h i s art icle on j "Colony Cavalcade" for t he Sun- | day Times of t he 25 th August sugges t s t h a t t he removal of t he F rench Convent "should not very much longer be delayed." He gives a s his reason t h e excuse t ha t t h e Convent occupies " a very valuable piece of land which would be ideal for modern self-contained flats and shops ." H e concludes bv say ing t h a t " these Convent buildings were erected in 1852 and are probably among t h e oldest still s t a n d i n g in t h e h e a r t of Singapo re . " One cannot he lp th ink ing t h a t "Old T i m e r " penned his sugges t ion about t h e remova l of the | convent on " t h e m o r n i n g a f te r t h e n i g h t before ."

Lord Baden Powell, Founder of the Boy Scout movement, recently a t t ended an impor tan t meet ing of the boy scouts of Canada, a t which the Federa t ion of Catholic scouts of Quebec became associated wi th the Boy Scouts ' Association.

T h e Catholic Scouts of Canada while wear ing the same uniform as o t h e r Scouts will have the i r own dis t inct ive badge, a red Jerusa lem Cross and Maple Leaf, on his ha t , wi th t he F leur de Lys on his sh i r t .

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POWDER MAGAZINE EXP L O D E S N E A R MILAN.

MR. CHIA KENG HOCK I N J U R E D .

103 CATHOLICS K I L L E D IN Q U E T T A E A R T H Q U A K E .

55 KILLED AND MANY I N J U R E D .

H . E . BISHOP D E V A L S A T R.A.F . P A G E A N T .

A m o n g those p r e s e n t a t t he R .A.F . pagean t a t Se le tar las t S a t u r d a y were His Lordsh ip Bishop Devals, Rev. F a t h e r Maury, t h e F a t h e r s a t t a c h e d to t h e Church of St . Joseph, Por tuguese Mission a s well as t h e Belgian F a t h e r s of Nass im Road.

I t is revealed t h a t 103 Catholics were killed in t h e Quet ta e a r t h quake. The Viceroy of India laid w r e a t h s on the g raves of t h e Cathol ic and P r o t e s t a n t vict ims of t h e t r agedy af ter t h e recital of s h o r t p r aye r s by t h e respect ive clergy.

A t least 55 people were killed and I many more were injured by an ex-! plosion a t a powder factory a t

V&rese, Italy, 30 miles from Milan. The report of t h e explosion

broke windows of houses several miles away. The remains of hum a n bodies were carr ied t remen-

| dous dis tances and a h u g e pall of j smoke and fumes h u n g over t h e j fac tory for a long t ime .

I N D E C E N T P A R A D I N G IS N O T ACTING SAYS MRS. L A R K I N .

BOMBAY L E A G U E O F CATHOLIC ACTION.

MR. E D W I N F O N S E K A ' S SUC-C E S I N ACCOUNTANCY.

Mr. Edwin Fonseka, a Catholic, was a successful cand ida te a t t he final examinat ion of t h e Ins t i tu t e of Cha r t e r ed Accountan ts , in England and Wales . H e is a son of t h e la te Mr. and Mrs . S tephen Fonseka of Moratuwa, Ceylon.

M r s . Mary L a r k i n of New York, w h o is a leading member of t h e Catholic D a u g h t e r s of America , now in convention in Seatle, declared. " I advocate t h e dismissal of those film s t a r s who a r e notor ious for t h e i r m a n y divorces and for t h e scandalous lives t hey lead." She also said t h a t film s t a r s who can act, ins tead of merely pa rad ing indecency m u s t be found.

! A League of Catholic Action is 1 to be Establ ished in Bombay. It

will secure t h e cooperation of the la i ty in defence of t he Church and in t h e spiri tual and temporal in te res t s of t h e Catholics of the archdiocese.

P e r h a p s our readers will be sur -| pr ised to learn t h a t Singapore 's I soccer cen t re forward, Chia Keng, | Hock, is, on t h e injured list a t

p resen t and has been ordered a mon th ' s complete res t a s t h e r e sult of a kick on the left knee by a Selangor man in t he Malaya Cup F ina l a t Kuala Lumpur . N o pape r s made mention of t h i s incident because K e n g Hock is t h e very l a s t person to crave for s y m p a t h y . Only t h e t r a ine r of t h e t eam, Mr. L im Yong Liang, knew t h e t r u e

I s t a t e of affairs. The in jury was I received in t h e first half of t h e

game and in spite of it Keng Hock s t rove h is utmost till t h e final whis t le blew.

P R E S I D E N T OF LONDON UNIVERSITY CATHOLIC

SOCIETY.

MISS ENA DE CRUZ C E L E B R A T E S 20TH B R I T H D A Y

SISTERS O F ST. F R A N C I S N U R S E D 150,000 C A S E S IN

T E N Y E A R S .

PROCESSION I N HONOUR OF OUR LADY I N MADRID.

Professor Pres tage , has been appointed President of t h e Univers i ty of London Catholic Society by Archbishop Hinsley.

Miss Ena , de Cruz, d a u g h t e r of Mr. and Mrs . J. W. de Cruz of St . Pa t r i ck ' s Road, Siglap celebrated he r 20th b i r thday on Sunday 18th Augus t . A par ty was held in he r honour a t which Rev. F a t h e r Maury was present .

A COURAGEOUS B E L G I A N B I

More t h a n 150,000 cases have been a t t ended annual ly by the Sis ters of S t . F ranc i s , from the U.S.A., who took over S t . Joseph 's Hospital , Tsinanfu, China, ten years ago.

They have dispensar ies in four ; suburbs and two doctors a r e a t tached to t h e hospi ta l .

Thousands of Catholics took p a r t in t h e first religious procession seen in t h e s t r ee t s of Madrid fcr 5 years , since before t h e estab l i shment of t h e Republic. The procession was in honour of Our Lady . Hundreds of balconies were decorated and crowded all along the route .

"Viva la Virgen del Carmen was shouted by the mul t i tudes in every s t r ee t a s t h e image appeared.

CURE OF LOUVAIN PROFESSOR'S DAUGHTER RECOGNIS

E D BY BUREAU.

Echoes Of The Great W a r .

Mile. F r a t u e r a Belgian, whose | cure a t Lourdes 2 yea r s ago has I been officially recognised by the I Medical Bureau, is one of t h e 13 1 children of Professor F r a t u e r of | Louvain University. Six of her ! b ro the r s are priests .

J A C K I E COOGAN'S FORTUNE.

FAMILY W I T H S E V E N SONS AND FOUR D A U G H T E R S N U N S .

BRITISH A E R I A L GLIDING RECORD BROKEN.

Mrs. A r t h u r Roy of Bellechase County, Montreal , Canada , has 7 sons in t h e pr ies thood and 4 daugh te r s a r e nuris. H e r fifth daugh te r left a conven t only b e - 1

cause h e r m o t h e r needed he r help when h e r husband died.

Mrs. Roy h a d 16 chi ldren, five of whom a r e dead, including on*.'of her p r ies t sons .

One of h e r sons is Mgr . E. D. Roy, Pre fec t Apostolic of Kago-shima, J a p a n .

Mr . John Neilan of Seaham Har bour , broke t h e Br i t i sh dura t ion gl iding record by nearly one hour . He remained in t he air for 13 h o u r s 7 minutes . Neilan is only in his twent ies and found it a bit bor ing .

P R O T E S T A N T PASTOR * CONVERTED.

Jackie Coogan, t he young Ca-| tholic film s tar , will be 21 years of

age in September and will then ; come into possession of a fortune ! of £200,000, t he proceeds of his i career as a child actor . Jackie I has been asked to make a picture i in England. Poor Mr. Coogan, ! Jackie 's fa ther , was killed in a

motor smash some month ' s ago.

D E A T H OF LADY SEMPILL.

Mr. H. Dwight McConnell, former ly a P ro t e s t an t pas tor a t Lowell, Massachuset ts , U.S.A., has been received into the Catholic Church toge ther wi th his wife and t h r e e children.

Lady Sempill, wife of the fa-• mous Master of Sempill, who was

in Singapore towards t h e end of 1934, died in July a t t h e age of 44. She was the only d a u g r t e r of Sir John Lavery, t he famous painter,

I and was marr ied to Lord Sempill in 1919. Her husband is a convert.

Burgomas te r Adolphe Max of Brussels whose actions were w a t ched by t h e world in b rea th less ad mira t ion in 1914, when t h e Germ a n a r m y was a t t he ga te s of h i s ci ty, is very much alive to-day. He is one of the few rema in ing g r e a t figures of the war .

When he met the Commander of t h e invading German A r m y he took from his pocket a t e l eg ram addressed to the Kaiser and said, " I wish th i s telegram t o be sent to t h e German Emperor . " T h e officer was dumbfounded.

T h a t same evening a mee t ing took place in the Hotel de Ville between the German Commander , t h e Spanish and Uni ted S t a t e s Minis ter and Adolphe Max.

The German drew a revolver and placed i t on t he table. T h e Spanish Minis ter <also d rew a revolver and plaeed i t on t h e t ab l e . M a x wi thou t ~a word drew f rom his pocket a pencil and laid i t . on t h e table . ,

To-day Max is p e r h a p s one of t h e bus ies t political execut ives in t h e world. He is P res iden t of t h e Ci ty Council, chief of t h e Police, chief of t h e F i r e Br igade and Member of Par l iament .

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AROUND THE PARISHES SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, TA1P1NG, SEREMBAN,

BATU GAJAH, SUNGEI PATANI, KLANG.

SINGAPORE MARRIAGE.

Miss Suzanna Rodr igues , eldest d a u g h t e r of Mr . Anton io Remedios Rodr igues a n d Mrs . Terezinha P iedade Dour ado e Rodrigues , of Goa and Singapore , w h o sailed f rom Singapore for Timor-Dilly, on t h e . 9 t h Augus t , accompanied b y h e r fa ther , will be mar r i ed the re , on t h e 1st Sep tember , to Mr . Anselmo Bar tho lmeu de Almeida, of Goa, who for a sho r t period ac ted for t h e Consul General of P o r t u g a l in S ingapore , in 1933, a n d who is now on t h e staff of t h e Banco Nacional U l t r a m a r i n o (Port u g u e s e Bank) in Timor-:>illy.

* * * * Qn Fr iday , A u g u s t 23rd a t t h e

Ca thedra l of t h e Good Shepherd, Mr, J o h n W . S m a r t of Messrs . F r a s e r & Neave, younge r son of Mrs. B . S m a r t of Singapore, w a s m a r r i e d to B a r b a r a V a n der Klink, only d a u g h t e r of Mr . & Mrs. V a n de r Kl ink of Sourabaya , Java. Mr .

W. S m a r t i s a p a s t pupil of S t . Joseph ' s Ins t i tu t ion , Singapore.

* * * * * Baptism.

Clara Calalang born on the 12th Augus t , 1935. d a u g h t e r of Vincent Calalang and of M a r y Norona. Bapt ised, a t t h e Ca thedra l of t h e Good Shepherd, A u g u s t 25th Godp a r e n t s : Clara Piol and Angel Piol.

* * * * * Serangoon Baptism.

A group of ca techumens was received into t h e church on t h e 23rd of September . T h e g roup comprised 5 men 10 women 2 boys and 2 girls. T h e oldest among t h e m is a lady of 69 yea r s and t h e younges t is a boy of 3 . They h a d a week 's prepara t ion for Bapt ism wnich seems difficult bu t they wen t t h r o u g h the mill.

Death of Mrs. Rose De Rosario. The funeral of Mrs . Rose de

Rpsario, w h o passed away on _ t h e 21st A u g u s t a t t h e age of I 49 yea rs , took place a t Bidadari

Qemetry. Rev . F a t h e r Rego, of St . Joseph ' s Church , officiated.

The deceased leaves a h u s band and a n u m b e r of children.

R.I.P.

CHURCH O F SS. PETER A N D P A U L .

. Chinese Catholic Action. I n view of t h e impor tance

a t t ached to t h e Conference of representa t ives of all Catholic Act ions in t h e F a r E a s t to be held a t t h e Action 's Headqua r t e r s in S h a n g h a i f rom 8 t h Sept . t o t h e 15th. Sept. t h e Chinese Catholic Action of SS . P e t e r and P a u l ' s C h u r c h has unanimosly elected Mr. Kuah S im Yong a s the r ep re sen t a t i ve t o a t t e n d t h e Conference. H e will sail for Shangha i by t h e s.s, "Conte Rosso" on the 28 th inst.

W i t h h im goes Mr. Lim Joo Seng, second son of Mr. Lim S e n g Khoon, p ropr ie tor of Messrs. L im Khoon Heng , who has kindly

\ offered to accompany our r e p r e sen ta t ive a t h is own expenses.

CHURCH O F OUR LADY OF LOURDES.

o Catholic Action Society.

KUALA LUMPUR

CHURCH OF ST. J O H N .

A s announced in t h e columns of t h e pa r i sh news of las t week the pa t rona l feas t of Rev. F a t h e r Louis Burghoffer was celebrated on Sunday t h e 25th ins t .

Af t e r t h e High Mass was over member s of t he Catholic Action Society visi ted t h e Spir i tual Direct o r to offer t he i r g ree t ings . After gar landing , t h e Pres iden t on behalf of t he members , wished the Direc tor m a n y happy r e t u r n s . A small purse was also presented to h im. The reverend fa ther , in accept ing t h e gree t ings and the presen t , expressed joy to see so m a n y members of t h e Catholic Act ion Society and par ishioners receiving Holy Communion t h a t d a y and asked t h e Catholic Action-i s t s t o keep up t h e pious practice. H o added t h a t it was an encoura g e m e n t for him to see before m a s s began, a large ga the r i ng of worsh ippers in t h e church, as wi tnessed t h a t Sunday.

In t h e evening a g roup photo of t h e m e m b e r s of t h e Catholic Act ion Society, wi th t h e Spir i tual Di rec tor in t h e cent re , was taken.

CHURCH O F OUR L A D Y OF L O U R D E S .

Bapt ism. Enid Philomena Celine, infant

daugh te r of Mr. & Mrs. P . Lan-gham.—Born 6th July, 1935. Baptised 13th July, 1935. Godparents Mr. & Mrs . L. Rabel.

* * * * * Engagement .

Mr. Alexander Paul David, of Engineer ' s Office, Posts & Telegraphs , Kuala Lipis, son of the late Mr. David and Mrs. C. David of Malacca, is engaged to Miss Mabel Florence Alcantara , fourth | daugh te r of the la te Mr. & Mrs. Joanes Alcantara. The mar r iage will t ake place a t 7.30 a.m. on Sa turday , 7th September 1935 a t St. John ' s Church, Bukit Nanas , Kuala Lumpur . Miss Alcantara is now residing in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur with Mr. & Mrs . J. D. Per is .

She was a t t ended by t h e Misses. Marga re t Smi th and Gwendoline Westwood a s br idesmaids .

T h e flower girl was l i t t le Miss. Doro thy Westwood and t h e page was Mas te r H. Westwood.

The dut ies of be s tman were performed by Mr. L. G a w t h o r n whilst t h e sponsors for t h e bridegroom were Mr. and Mrs . P . Jayesuria .

Af ter t h e s inging of t h e register t h e newly-wedded couple walked down t h e aisle of t h e church to the S t r a in s of Mendelssohn 's Wedding March ."

Among those present were:—Mr. and Mrs. P. Jayesuria, Misses. W. C. and S. Jayesuria, Mrs. Lunberg, Miss J. Lunberg, Mr. George Lunberg, Mrs. G. Snel-ling, Mr. and Mrs. W. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Rankin, Mrs. G. Gawthorn, Misses. L. & R. Gawthorn, Mr. and Mrs. L. Rozario, Mr. M. Netto, Mr. R. Gawthorn, Mrs. Ghows and children, Mr. C. Aber-netty, Mrs. R. Fallon, Miss M. Ferrao, Mr. Mrs. & Miss Rodrigues, Mrs. and Miss Spooner, Mr. and Mrs. B. Periera, Mrs. and Miss Palmer, Mr.* and Mrs. C. L. Estrop, Mrs. and Miss Palsing,

Catholic Young Men 's Association. A t t h e Seventh Annual General

Meet ing of t h e above Association, held a t t h e Parochial Hall , Church of Our Lady of Lourdes , on Sunday 25th Augus t 1935, a t 6 p.m. t h e following office bea re r s were elected for t h e ensuing year .

Pres ident—Mr. V. G. P ragasam. (re-elected).

Vice-President—Mr. P . Gomez. Hon. Gen. Secre ta ry—Mr. G. V.

Santhou. Ass i s t an t Secre ta ry—Mr. V.

Govalam. Hon. Treasure r—Mr. C. An

thony. L i t e r a ry Secre tary—Mr. A. Pon-

nudura i . Music Secre ta ry—Mr. P . L. An

thony. Spor ts Secre ta ry—Mr. L. Joseph Council Member—Mr. A. R.

K a n a g a r a j . Mr. D. A. Raj was elected as

Hon. Audi tor for t h e year . I t was decided to reduce the

subscript ion from $1 to 50 cts . per mon th for working members , and 20 c ts . for schoolboys.

A t t h e close of mee t ing t h e President d is t r ibuted t h e prizes won a t t h e Annual T o u r n a m e n t s .

Af te r t h e meet ing, a sho r t Cinema show was held, a t which were present t h e Right Rev. Dr. A Devals, Bishop of Malacca, and about 12 members of the Clergy.

T h e Association will s tage a Comedy by Moliere ent i t led "The Miser," on Sa tu rday 31st ins tant , a t t h e Parochial Hall , a t 8.30 p.m.

I Tickets a re sold a t $ 1 / - each.

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Marriage. T h e Church of t he Sacred Hear t ,

Klian Pau, Taiping, was t h e scene of a p re t ty wedding on Sa turday

| when Mr. Michael Alexander Smi th of t he F.M.S. Railways Taiping, led to the a l t a r Miss. Eunice Beatrice Westwood, daught e r of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. West -wood who are also of Taip ing— t h e bride's fa ther being also of t h e Railways.

T h e Rev. F a t h e r Dupoirieux, v icar of the par ish officiated.

T h e bride arr ived a t t h e church leaning on the a r m of he r fa the r who gave her away. She looked charming in a dress of whi te sa t in

j w i th a cowl collar and a spray of o range blossoms on he r left shoul-

I der . Her pre t ty embroidered tulle veil was held in place by a coronet of orange blossoms. F o r her bouquet , she carried a sheaf of whi te flowers.

Mr. and Mrs. J. Herbert, Miss June D'Orville, Mrs. George Lessler, Misses. Z. & W. Lessler, Mr. P. Lessler, Mrs. Cheow Kang Yong, Mr. Fitgerald, Mr. and Mrs. Rodrigues, Mrs. Taveira, Mrs. J. Jeremiah, and Mr. E. Augustine.

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AROUND T H E P A R I S H E S (Continued from page 18 )

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PENANG CONVENT "FETE WEEK" SPORTS.

T A I P I N G .

CHURCH O F ST. LOUIS.

The pat ronal F e a s t of t h e Church of St. Louis was celebrated on t h e 25th ins t an t preceded by a Nevena and T r i d u u m t h e last t h ree days, wi th benedict ion of t h e Blessed Sacrement in t h e evenings.

On Sunday m o r n i n g a t 6 .30 a.m. there was a Low Mass followed by High Mass a t 8 a.m. I t was very pleasing to see t h a t du r ing t h e 2 Masses no fewer t h a n 300 approached t he Holy Table. The Vicar of t h e Church , F a t h e r Olcomendy offciated a t both Masses.

In t h e evening a t 5 p.m. Vespers were sung , followed by procession round t h e Church compound, wi th the s t a tue of t h e Saint . Af ter t h e close of t h e procession benediction of t h e Blessed S a c r a m e n t was given in t h e Church , which was fully packed and t h e l a t e a r r iva ls had the s t and ing accommodat ion near the windows a n d doors of t h e Church, a sign which is evident for immedia te expans ion of t h e present , o r bui lding of a n ent i rely new Church sufficient t o t h e needs of t h e Pa r i sh ioners .

Europe in May to f u r t h e r h is s tudies .

Hon. Secre ta ry :—Mr. N . Franc i s . Special Correspondent :—Mr. E . A.

Scully. Commit tee :—Messrs . R. S. Lopes,

C. R. de Costa, Yong A h Tee & Lee Yoke Kee. I t was resolved t ha t t h e in-com

ing Commit tee should s t a r t immediately wi th t h e collection of funds for t h e Society of St . F r a n cis Xavier and collect a b igger sum than t h a t of t h e previous yea r s .

BATU GAJAH.

CRICKET.

Bir th .

Rodr igues :—At Ulu Guroh Go-peng, on Sunday 21st Ju ly , t o Mrs . C. A. Rodrigues nee Marg a re t Mar i a August in , wife of Mr. Cyril Aloysius Rodrigues, a son, J a m e s Cyril Rodrigues. Baptized on 23rd Augus t , 1935, a t St. Joseph ' s Church , Ba tu Gajah.

IPOH.

TAMIL DRAMA.

SEREMBAN.

Prepa ra t ions for t h e formal blessing and opening of t h e Church of t h e Vis i ta t ion Seremban on the 22nd, Sep tember 1935 a r e well in hand . T h e Church is almost completed now. Mr. N a m Seng t h e o rgan is ing Secre ta ry and his a s s i s t an t s of t h e Catholic Ac-tionists Se remban a r e very busy prepar ing a full p r o g r a m m e of events. In addi t ion t o t h e t h r ee new bells which were Blessed r e cently, t h e following addi t ions a re presented t o t h e Church .

Organ—A n e w O r g a n by Messrs Menezies and Co., Seremban.

S ta tues—The Sacred H e a r t by Mrs. P . Chient of Seremban.

St. F ranc i s Xav ie r by Mr. & Mrs. L. G. Mar t in and family of Rinch-ing Es t a t e , Se remban .

St. Therese of t h e Child Jesus by Mr. L. G. Mar t in .

St. An thony de P a d u a by Mr. Mervyn A. J . M a r t i n of Seremban.

St. Phi lomena by Mr. & Mrs . R. V.-Chapman and family of Serem ban.

The High A l t a r — T h i s Main Altar tEe first of i t s kind in Malaya done in spun-concrete work by Messrs Kennieson Bros, of Kuala Lumpur, a gif t f rom t h e Chinese Community of N e # r i . T h e actual date will be formal ly announced in the Local P re s s a n d all a r e cordially invited to a t t e n d these ceremonies.

On Thursday, 8th inst. feast-^iay greetings were tenderea in the Convent

: Hall on the part of the Lower School, j The programme included the present -I ment of a Percussion Band composed of j 38 infants from the Primary Division. : Their repertoire included no less than I three tunes executed in faultless rhythm j by six different instruments. The j earnestness of the youthful musicians | and their already apparent mastery of • rhythmic principles speak well f̂or the ; talent of the children and the training, I which achieved such success in the short ; term of practice.

In the Cricket match on Thursday the Senior Greens were to regain the prestige temporarily lost in the Net Ball en-

' counters on the previous day. The ! innings fell to the Gold House, which

carried 27 runs. When the Greens took the field for the first innings, they scored 70 runs. Misses Lim Phaik Lin and

: Jennie Robless bowled well, while Miss j Marie Reutens carried off some triumphs I with the bat. In the second innings, | the Gold House registered 31 runs I making a total of 58. The Greens up

held the standard achieved in the first innings and left with a total of 106 runs, thus winning the Challenge Cup presented by Mr. and Mrs. Tan Ah Choy.

SENIOR CRICKET TEAM.

T h e Young Ama t eu r s of t h e Church of Our Lady of Lourdes , Ipoh, will s tage in Tamil a magn i ficent play entit led "Pr ince M a r c u s " o r F a i t h Personified, a t t h e Town Hall , Taiping, on S a t u r d a y , t h e 7 t h September , 1935.

T h e play which was so successfully s taged in Ipoh for t w o n igh t s , will, we hope be well pa t ron ised by our Catholic fr iends in Taiping.

Green House. Lim Phaik Lin Marie Reutens Jennie Robless Denise Au Clarice Mowe Beryle de Wind Majorie Duke Lim Beng Thean Mercie Duke Neoh Say Hun Anne Bain

Gold House. Lottie Reutens / Tan Ah Yeang Claire Chee Florence Wylde Joyce Duke Mavis Scully Anna Thexeria Winna Lesslar Lau Quee Wah Catherine Boudville Cora Magnus

S U N G E I P A T A N I .

Obi tuary .

The death took place of Mr. S tan is las Rayappan Bupath i , aged 54, on Monday, 19th A u g u s t a t 10.30 p.m. in his residence a t Sungei Pa tan i , Kedah. The deceased leaves behind a wife, his mother- in- law and 11 children besides many relatives in India to bemourn his loss. He was fortified by t h e r i tes of t h e Church.

The funeral took place t he following -evening a t 5 p .m.

Rev. F r . Bonamy conducted t he ceremonies both a t the Church and a t t h e cemeterv.

R.I.P.

F A R E A S T E R N MUSIC SCHOOL SINGAPORE.

Tr in i ty College Resuul t s .

Friday 9th inst. The closing for vacation was preceded by an assembly of the School to offer the Lady Superior Feast-day Greetings. An address was read in French and English by the Senior Girls who, on behalf of their companions thanked Rev. Mother for her patronage of the School Games and sports which this year have, registered a marked progress. The girls also expressed their gratitude among other things, for the organisation of Competitive Sports and the publication of the School Magazine.

In her turn, the Lady Superior addressed her children in terms of maternal affection and sollicitude wishing them happy holidays and exhorting them to be mindful of the moral principles, which they learn in the Convent School.

SPORTS MEETING. A very successful sports meeting took

place in the Convent grounds on Friday, August 9th at 5 p.m. The programme included feats by all the classes from the Primary to the Cambridge, as well as races and dances by the Teachers. Races of various kinds alternated with Drill Exercises and the spectators were treated to an ideal (Jjsplay of physical training.

There was a beautiful display of prizes enhanced by the crown of magnificent Cups, which were presented to the

Winners by Rev. Father Souhait and the Lady Superior. The presentation was as follows:—

Cricket Senior Challenge Cup presented by Mr. & Mrs. Tan Ah Choy, won by Green House.

Gricket Senior Term Cup presented by The Honourable Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe, won by the Green House.

Cricket Junior Term Cup presented by Mrs. Yeap Kim Hoe, won by the Blue House.

Net-Ball Senior Challenge Cup presented by Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Cheab, won by the Gold House.

Net-Ball Senior Term Cup presented by Mr. Bachee Chan,\won by the Green House. v

Net-Ball Junior Challenge Cup presented by Messrs. B. P. de Silva Ltd. in memory of the late Mudliar B. P. de Silva, won by the Blue House.

Net-Ball Junior Term Cup presented by the "Criterion Press" won by tffe Blue House.

The Lady Superior wishes to express many thanks to the generous donors who have helped in no small way in the furtherance of sports activities in the School.

INTER-HOUSE NET-BALL PLAYED. ON AUGUST 7TH.

SENIOR NET-BALL TEAM. Green House. (Lost To Gold House)

Jean Symons Chunechit Foobhol Jumpunoot Boonrath Boribun Annie Nissen Ourai Aroonlakes Patt Kim Yin Schu Quee Yap Ah Har.

Gold House. (Winners) Gaik Kim Madeline • Marie Davidson Chan Liew Chin Lim Phaik Sim Earla Gardner Bella Williams Claire Nutiprapha Nessie Reutens.

JUNIOR NET-BALL TEAM. *lue House. (Winners)

Chong Kooi Chin Tan Mui Ahye Francis Kridakara Suthin Ethel Felix Helen Augustin Rita de Wind Khoo Gim Phaik Nora Jones May Pereira Ng Kum Har.,

Red House. (Lost To Blue House) Sumitra Ruth Duke Betty Karchang Violet Faithful Fong Siew Yong Lim Cheng Hoe Tong Soo Nai Khoo Seok Tuan Gladys Baptist Ng Yoong Wah Khaw Saw Cheng.

K L A N G . Catholic Act ion Society.

The half-yearly mee t ing of t h e Klang Catholic Act ion Society w a s held a t t h e Pa roch ia l House on Sunday 18th A u g u s t a t 9 a.m. Mr. H. E . Nonis , t h e P res iden t was in the Chair. A f t e r t h e reading of the minutes and pass ing of t h e accounts for t h e hal f -year , t h e fol- j lowing were elected for office. President:—Mr. H. E . Nonis re - 1

nominated by t h e Spir i tual Director.

v*ce P res iden t :—Dr . M. A. Gabriel was nominated in place of Dr. j M. G. Dicum w h o proceeded to

The following candidates of the F a r Eas t e rn Music School, of Kirk Terrace , Singapore, presented for j t h e Tr in i ty College (London) Exa minat ion in Theory of Music, passed successfully. Advanced In termedia te Division

Mary Seek 65 Pass . Advanced Jun io r Division

Sornam Pak iana than 87 Hons. Denis Sobrielo 70 Pass .

J u n i o r Division Lily Yap 100 Hons. Rose Lee 97 Hons.

P r e p a r a t o r y Division Lee Nee Chia 99 Hons. Dorothy Hanam 98 Hons. Agnes J iannee 97 Hons. Isabel Low 97 Hons. Mary Wing 97 Hons. I

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AROUND THE PARISHES SINGAPORE, KUALA LUMPUR, TA1P1NG, SEREMBAN,

BATU GAJAH, SUNGEI PATANI, KLANG.

SINGAPORE MARRIAGE.

Miss Suzanna Rodr igues , eldest d a u g h t e r of Mr . Anton io Remedios Rodr igues a n d Mrs . Terezinha P iedade Dour ado e Rodrigues , of Goa and Singapore , w h o sailed f rom Singapore for Timor-Dilly, on t h e . 9 t h Augus t , accompanied b y h e r fa ther , will be mar r i ed the re , on t h e 1st Sep tember , to Mr . Anselmo Bar tho lmeu de Almeida, of Goa, who for a sho r t period ac ted for t h e Consul General of P o r t u g a l in S ingapore , in 1933, a n d who is now on t h e staff of t h e Banco Nacional U l t r a m a r i n o (Port u g u e s e Bank) in Timor-:>illy.

* * * * Qn Fr iday , A u g u s t 23rd a t t h e

Ca thedra l of t h e Good Shepherd, Mr, J o h n W . S m a r t of Messrs . F r a s e r & Neave, younge r son of Mrs. B . S m a r t of Singapore, w a s m a r r i e d to B a r b a r a V a n der Klink, only d a u g h t e r of Mr . & Mrs. V a n de r Kl ink of Sourabaya , Java. Mr .

W. S m a r t i s a p a s t pupil of S t . Joseph ' s Ins t i tu t ion , Singapore.

* * * * * Baptism.

Clara Calalang born on the 12th Augus t , 1935. d a u g h t e r of Vincent Calalang and of M a r y Norona. Bapt ised, a t t h e Ca thedra l of t h e Good Shepherd, A u g u s t 25th Godp a r e n t s : Clara Piol and Angel Piol.

* * * * * Serangoon Baptism.

A group of ca techumens was received into t h e church on t h e 23rd of September . T h e g roup comprised 5 men 10 women 2 boys and 2 girls. T h e oldest among t h e m is a lady of 69 yea r s and t h e younges t is a boy of 3 . They h a d a week 's prepara t ion for Bapt ism wnich seems difficult bu t they wen t t h r o u g h the mill.

Death of Mrs. Rose De Rosario. The funeral of Mrs . Rose de

Rpsario, w h o passed away on _ t h e 21st A u g u s t a t t h e age of I 49 yea rs , took place a t Bidadari

Qemetry. Rev . F a t h e r Rego, of St . Joseph ' s Church , officiated.

The deceased leaves a h u s band and a n u m b e r of children.

R.I.P.

CHURCH O F SS. PETER A N D P A U L .

. Chinese Catholic Action. I n view of t h e impor tance

a t t ached to t h e Conference of representa t ives of all Catholic Act ions in t h e F a r E a s t to be held a t t h e Action 's Headqua r t e r s in S h a n g h a i f rom 8 t h Sept . t o t h e 15th. Sept. t h e Chinese Catholic Action of SS . P e t e r and P a u l ' s C h u r c h has unanimosly elected Mr. Kuah S im Yong a s the r ep re sen t a t i ve t o a t t e n d t h e Conference. H e will sail for Shangha i by t h e s.s, "Conte Rosso" on the 28 th inst.

W i t h h im goes Mr. Lim Joo Seng, second son of Mr. Lim S e n g Khoon, p ropr ie tor of Messrs. L im Khoon Heng , who has kindly

\ offered to accompany our r e p r e sen ta t ive a t h is own expenses.

CHURCH O F OUR LADY OF LOURDES.

o Catholic Action Society.

KUALA LUMPUR

CHURCH OF ST. J O H N .

A s announced in t h e columns of t h e pa r i sh news of las t week the pa t rona l feas t of Rev. F a t h e r Louis Burghoffer was celebrated on Sunday t h e 25th ins t .

Af t e r t h e High Mass was over member s of t he Catholic Action Society visi ted t h e Spir i tual Direct o r to offer t he i r g ree t ings . After gar landing , t h e Pres iden t on behalf of t he members , wished the Direc tor m a n y happy r e t u r n s . A small purse was also presented to h im. The reverend fa ther , in accept ing t h e gree t ings and the presen t , expressed joy to see so m a n y members of t h e Catholic Act ion Society and par ishioners receiving Holy Communion t h a t d a y and asked t h e Catholic Action-i s t s t o keep up t h e pious practice. H o added t h a t it was an encoura g e m e n t for him to see before m a s s began, a large ga the r i ng of worsh ippers in t h e church, as wi tnessed t h a t Sunday.

In t h e evening a g roup photo of t h e m e m b e r s of t h e Catholic Act ion Society, wi th t h e Spir i tual Di rec tor in t h e cent re , was taken.

CHURCH O F OUR L A D Y OF L O U R D E S .

Bapt ism. Enid Philomena Celine, infant

daugh te r of Mr. & Mrs. P . Lan-gham.—Born 6th July, 1935. Baptised 13th July, 1935. Godparents Mr. & Mrs . L. Rabel.

* * * * * Engagement .

Mr. Alexander Paul David, of Engineer ' s Office, Posts & Telegraphs , Kuala Lipis, son of the late Mr. David and Mrs. C. David of Malacca, is engaged to Miss Mabel Florence Alcantara , fourth | daugh te r of the la te Mr. & Mrs. Joanes Alcantara. The mar r iage will t ake place a t 7.30 a.m. on Sa turday , 7th September 1935 a t St. John ' s Church, Bukit Nanas , Kuala Lumpur . Miss Alcantara is now residing in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur with Mr. & Mrs . J. D. Per is .

She was a t t ended by t h e Misses. M arg a re t Smi th and Gwendoline Westwood a s br idesmaids .

T h e flower girl was l i t t le Miss. Doro thy Westwood and t h e page was Mas te r H. Westwood.

The dut ies of be s tman were performed by Mr. L. G a w t h o r n whilst t h e sponsors for t h e bridegroom were Mr. and Mrs . P . Jayesuria .

Af ter t h e s inging of t h e register t h e newly-wedded couple walked down t h e aisle of t h e church to the S t r a in s of Mendelssohn 's Wedding March ."

Among those present were:—Mr. and Mrs. P. Jayesuria, Misses. W. C. and S. Jayesuria, Mrs. Lunberg, Miss J. Lunberg, Mr. George Lunberg, Mrs. G. Snel-ling, Mr. and Mrs. W. Taylor, Mr. and Mrs. Rankin, Mrs. G. Gawthorn, Misses. L. & R. Gawthorn, Mr. and Mrs. L. Rozario, Mr. M. Netto, Mr. R. Gawthorn, Mrs. Ghows and children, Mr. C. Aber-netty, Mrs. R. Fallon, Miss M. Ferrao, Mr. Mrs. & Miss Rodrigues, Mrs. and Miss Spooner, Mr. and Mrs. B. Periera, Mrs. and Miss Palmer, Mr.* and Mrs. C. L. Estrop, Mrs. and Miss Palsing,

Catholic Young Men 's Association. A t t h e Seventh Annual General

Meet ing of t h e above Association, held a t t h e Parochial Hall , Church of Our Lady of Lourdes , on Sunday 25th Augus t 1935, a t 6 p.m. t h e following office bea re r s were elected for t h e ensuing year .

Pres ident—Mr. V. G. P ragasam. (re-elected).

Vice-President—Mr. P . Gomez. Hon. Gen. Secre ta ry—Mr. G. V.

Santhou. Ass i s t an t Secre ta ry—Mr. V.

Govalam. Hon. Treasure r—Mr. C. An

thony. L i t e r a ry Secre tary—Mr. A. Pon-

nudura i . Music Secre ta ry—Mr. P . L. An

thony. Spor ts Secre ta ry—Mr. L. Joseph Council Member—Mr. A. R.

K a n a g a r a j . Mr. D. A. Raj was elected as

Hon. Audi tor for t h e year . I t was decided to reduce the

subscript ion from $1 to 50 cts . per mon th for working members , and 20 c ts . for schoolboys.

A t t h e close of mee t ing t h e President d is t r ibuted t h e prizes won a t t h e Annual T o u r n a m e n t s .

Af te r t h e meet ing, a sho r t Cinema show was held, a t which were present t h e Right Rev. Dr. A Devals, Bishop of Malacca, and about 12 members of the Clergy.

T h e Association will s tage a Comedy by Moliere ent i t led "The Miser," on Sa tu rday 31st ins tant , a t t h e Parochial Hall , a t 8.30 p.m.

I Tickets a re sold a t $ 1 / - each.

TO OUR CORRESPONDENTS.

The Editor will be pleased to consider manuscripts intended for publication in the M.C.L. Every reasonable care will be taken for their safe return when stamped and self addressed envelopes are enclosed. Manuscripts should be typewritten (double spaced) and on one side of the sheet only. The Editor reserves the right to accept or reject an article as he deems fit, and he cannot be responsible for the loss of any MSS.

All contributions intended for publication must be accompanied by the full name and address of the contributor; but not necessarily for publication.

Articles, short stories, poems etc; taken from other papers or periodicals should bear the name of the original paper or periodical as well as the name of the sender. No copyright article will be accepted for publication.

All Literary contributions and letters should be addressed to 73, Bras Basah Road, Singapore.

• Accounts of social and personal events should be as concise as possible, unless they are of general interest. Parish Correspondents are requested to forward all parish news, to reach us every Tuesday. Late news is liable to be held over for future publication.

TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

v ^ q U K fj>r Renewal or Discontinuance of Subscription, and ^ I I ° f C h a £ ? e 0 f Address should be made at least two S w « v A a d v a n c * ' ™e Previous as well as present address should always be mentioned.

TAIPING

Marriage. T h e Church of t he Sacred Hear t ,

Klian Pau, Taiping, was t h e scene of a p re t ty wedding on Sa turday

| when Mr. Michael Alexander Smi th of t he F.M.S. Railways Taiping, led to the a l t a r Miss. Eunice Beatrice Westwood, daught e r of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. West -wood who are also of Taip ing— t h e bride's fa ther being also of t h e Railways.

T h e Rev. F a t h e r Dupoirieux, v icar of the par ish officiated.

T h e bride arr ived a t t h e church leaning on the a r m of he r fa the r who gave her away. She looked charming in a dress of whi te sa t in

j w i th a cowl collar and a spray of o range blossoms on he r left shoul-

I der . Her pre t ty embroidered tulle veil was held in place by a coronet of orange blossoms. F o r her bouquet , she carried a sheaf of whi te flowers.

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T A I P I N G .

CHURCH O F ST. LOUIS.

The pat ronal F e a s t of t h e Church of St. Louis was celebrated on t h e 25th ins t an t preceded by a Nevena and T r i d u u m t h e last t h ree days, wi th benedict ion of t h e Blessed Sacrement in t h e evenings.

On Sunday m o r n i n g a t 6 .30 a.m. there was a Low Mass followed by High Mass a t 8 a.m. I t was very pleasing to see t h a t du r ing t h e 2 Masses no fewer t h a n 300 approached t he Holy Table. The Vicar of t h e Church , F a t h e r Olcomendy offciated a t both Masses.

In t h e evening a t 5 p.m. Vespers were sung , followed by procession round t h e Church compound, wi th the s t a tue of t h e Saint . Af ter t h e close of t h e procession benediction of t h e Blessed S a c r a m e n t was given in t h e Church , which was fully packed and t h e l a t e a r r iva ls had the s t and ing accommodat ion near the windows a n d doors of t h e Church, a sign which is evident for immedia te expans ion of t h e present , o r bui lding of a n ent i rely new Church sufficient t o t h e needs of t h e Pa r i sh ioners .

Europe in May to f u r t h e r h is s tudies .

Hon. Secre ta ry :—Mr. N . Franc i s . Special Correspondent :—Mr. E . A.

Scully. Commit tee :—Messrs . R. S. Lopes,

C. R. de Costa, Yong A h Tee & Lee Yoke Kee. I t was resolved t ha t t h e in-com

ing Commit tee should s t a r t immediately wi th t h e collection of funds for t h e Society of St . F r a n cis Xavier and collect a b igger sum than t h a t of t h e previous yea r s .

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Rodr igues :—At Ulu Guroh Go-peng, on Sunday 21st Ju ly , t o Mrs . C. A. Rodrigues nee Marg a re t Mar i a August in , wife of Mr. Cyril Aloysius Rodrigues, a son, J a m e s Cyril Rodrigues. Baptized on 23rd Augus t , 1935, a t St. Joseph ' s Church , Ba tu Gajah.

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TAMIL DRAMA.

SEREMBAN.

Prepa ra t ions for t h e formal blessing and opening of t h e Church of t h e Vis i ta t ion Seremban on the 22nd, Sep tember 1935 a r e well in hand . T h e Church is almost completed now. Mr. N a m Seng t h e o rgan is ing Secre ta ry and his a s s i s t an t s of t h e Catholic Ac-tionists Se remban a r e very busy prepar ing a full p r o g r a m m e of events. In addi t ion t o t h e t h r ee new bells which were Blessed r e cently, t h e following addi t ions a re presented t o t h e Church .

Organ—A n e w O r g a n by Messrs Menezies and Co., Seremban.

S ta tues—The Sacred H e a r t by Mrs. P . Chient of Seremban.

St. F ranc i s Xav ie r by Mr. & Mrs. L. G. Mar t in and family of Rinch-ing Es t a t e , Se remban .

St. Therese of t h e Child Jesus by Mr. L. G. Mar t in .

St. An thony de P a d u a by Mr. Mervyn A. J . M a r t i n of Seremban.

St. Phi lomena by Mr. & Mrs . R. V.-Chapman and family of Serem ban.

The High A l t a r — T h i s Main Altar tEe first of i t s kind in Malaya done in spun-concrete work by Messrs Kennieson Bros, of Kuala Lumpur, a gif t f rom t h e Chinese Community of N e # r i . T h e actual date will be formal ly announced in the Local P re s s a n d all a r e cordially invited to a t t e n d these ceremonies.

On Thursday, 8th inst. feast-^iay greetings were tenderea in the Convent

: Hall on the part of the Lower School, j The programme included the present -I ment of a Percussion Band composed of j 38 infants from the Primary Division. : Their repertoire included no less than I three tunes executed in faultless rhythm j by six different instruments. The j earnestness of the youthful musicians | and their already apparent mastery of • rhythmic principles speak well f̂or the ; talent of the children and the training, I which achieved such success in the short ; term of practice.

In the Cricket match on Thursday the Senior Greens were to regain the prestige temporarily lost in the Net Ball en-

' counters on the previous day. The ! innings fell to the Gold House, which

carried 27 runs. When the Greens took the field for the first innings, they scored 70 runs. Misses Lim Phaik Lin and

: Jennie Robless bowled well, while Miss j Marie Reutens carried off some triumphs I with the bat. In the second innings, | the Gold House registered 31 runs I making a total of 58. The Greens up

held the standard achieved in the first innings and left with a total of 106 runs, thus winning the Challenge Cup presented by Mr. and Mrs. Tan Ah Choy.

SENIOR CRICKET TEAM.

T h e Young A m a t eu r s of t h e Church of Our Lady of Lourdes , Ipoh, will s tage in Tamil a magn i ficent play entit led "Pr ince M a r c u s " o r F a i t h Personified, a t t h e Town Hall , Taiping, on S a t u r d a y , t h e 7 t h September , 1935.

T h e play which was so successfully s taged in Ipoh for t w o n igh t s , will, we hope be well pa t ron ised by our Catholic fr iends in Taiping.

Green House. Lim Phaik Lin Marie Reutens Jennie Robless Denise Au Clarice Mowe Beryle de Wind Majorie Duke Lim Beng Thean Mercie Duke Neoh Say Hun Anne Bain

Gold House. Lottie Reutens / Tan Ah Yeang Claire Chee Florence Wylde Joyce Duke Mavis Scully Anna Thexeria Winna Lesslar Lau Quee Wah Catherine Boudville Cora Magnus

S U N G E I P A T A N I .

Obi tuary .

The death took place of Mr. S tan is las Rayappan Bupath i , aged 54, on Monday, 19th A u g u s t a t 10.30 p.m. in his residence a t Sungei Pa tan i , Kedah. The deceased leaves behind a wife, his mother- in- law and 11 children besides many relatives in India to bemourn his loss. He was fortified by t h e r i tes of t h e Church.

The funeral took place t he following -evening a t 5 p .m.

Rev. F r . Bonamy conducted t he ceremonies both a t the Church and a t t h e cemeterv.

R.I.P.

F A R E A S T E R N MUSIC SCHOOL SINGAPORE.

Tr in i ty College Resuul t s .

Friday 9th inst. The closing for vacation was preceded by an assembly of the School to offer the Lady Superior Feast-day Greetings. An address was read in French and English by the Senior Girls who, on behalf of their companions thanked Rev. Mother for her patronage of the School Games and sports which this year have, registered a marked progress. The girls also expressed their gratitude among other things, for the organisation of Competitive Sports and the publication of the School Magazine.

In her turn, the Lady Superior addressed her children in terms of maternal affection and sollicitude wishing them happy holidays and exhorting them to be mindful of the moral principles, which they learn in the Convent School.

SPORTS MEETING. A very successful sports meeting took

place in the Convent grounds on Friday, August 9th at 5 p.m. The programme included feats by all the classes from the Primary to the Cambridge, as well as races and dances by the Teachers. Races of various kinds alternated with Drill Exercises and the spectators were treated to an ideal (Jjsplay of physical training.

There was a beautiful display of prizes enhanced by the crown of magnificent Cups, which were presented to the

Winners by Rev. Father Souhait and the Lady Superior. The presentation was as follows:—

Cricket Senior Challenge Cup presented by Mr. & Mrs. Tan Ah Choy, won by Green House.

Gricket Senior Term Cup presented by The Honourable Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe, won by the Green House.

Cricket Junior Term Cup presented by Mrs. Yeap Kim Hoe, won by the Blue House.

Net-Ball Senior Challenge Cup presented by Mr. & Mrs. W. H. Cheab, won by the Gold House.

Net-Ball Senior Term Cup presented by Mr. Bachee Chan,\won by the Green House. v

Net-Ball Junior Challenge Cup presented by Messrs. B. P. de Silva Ltd. in memory of the late Mudliar B. P. de Silva, won by the Blue House.

Net-Ball Junior Term Cup presented by the "Criterion Press" won by tffe Blue House.

The Lady Superior wishes to express many thanks to the generous donors who have helped in no small way in the furtherance of sports activities in the School.

INTER-HOUSE NET-BALL PLAYED. ON AUGUST 7TH.

SENIOR NET-BALL TEAM. Green House. (Lost To Gold House)

Jean Symons Chunechit Foobhol Jumpunoot Boonrath Boribun Annie Nissen Ourai Aroonlakes Patt Kim Yin Schu Quee Yap Ah Har.

Gold House. (Winners) Gaik Kim Madeline • Marie Davidson Chan Liew Chin Lim Phaik Sim Earla Gardner Bella Williams Claire Nutiprapha Nessie Reutens.

JUNIOR NET-BALL TEAM. *lue House. (Winners)

Chong Kooi Chin Tan Mui Ahye Francis Kridakara Suthin Ethel Felix Helen Augustin Rita de Wind Khoo Gim Phaik Nora Jones May Pereira Ng Kum Har.,

Red House. (Lost To Blue House) Sumitra Ruth Duke Betty Karchang Violet Faithful Fong Siew Yong Lim Cheng Hoe Tong Soo Nai Khoo Seok Tuan Gladys Baptist Ng Yoong Wah Khaw Saw Cheng.

K L A N G . Catholic Act ion Society.

The half-yearly mee t ing of t h e Klang Catholic Act ion Society w a s held a t t h e Pa roch ia l House on Sunday 18th A u g u s t a t 9 a.m. Mr. H. E . Nonis , t h e P res iden t was in the Chair. A f t e r t h e reading of the minutes and pass ing of t h e accounts for t h e hal f -year , t h e fol- j lowing were elected for office. President:—Mr. H. E . Nonis re - 1

nominated by t h e Spir i tual Director.

v*ce P res iden t :—Dr . M. A. Gabriel was nominated in place of Dr. j M. G. Dicum w h o proceeded to

The following candidates of the F a r Eas t e rn Music School, of Kirk Terrace , Singapore, presented for j t h e Tr in i ty College (London) Exa minat ion in Theory of Music, passed successfully. Advanced In termedia te Division

Mary Seek 65 Pass . Advanced Jun io r Division

Sornam Pak iana than 87 Hons. Denis Sobrielo 70 Pass .

J u n i o r Division Lily Yap 100 Hons. Rose Lee 97 Hons.

P r e p a r a t o r y Division Lee Nee Chia 99 Hons. Dorothy Hanam 98 Hons. Agnes J iannee 97 Hons. Isabel Low 97 Hons. Mary Wing 97 Hons. I

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CAMPAIGN AGAINST REACTIONARY. FORCES. — — 0

STEEL HELMETS AND STUDENTS. (From The Catholic Herald, London) .

D u r i n g last mon th a t h r e e fold drive h a s heen launched by the nazis in Germany . I t s main objective is the Jews , but i t also a t tacks w h a t t h e Nazis call Political C^ffpliclsm and reac t ionary forces.

The reac t ionary forces a r e mainly represented by t h e Steel Helmets and t h e S tuden t Corporat ions .

In Silesia, Baden, Brunswick, and some o the r provinces, t h e groups of t h e Steel Helmets have been dissolved, and some of t he i r leaders a r res ted . Elsewhere the i r activities have been severely res tricted. A cer ta in number of leading members were only able t o avoid a r r e s t by fleeing aboard.

The Steel He lme t s embody t h e pure form of old P rus s i an mil i tarism. T h e y w a n t t h e nat ion to be ruled by a mi l i t a ry ar is tocracy and according to a mil i tary s tandard of honour and values.

APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER.

DEDICATED TO THE SEVEN DOLOURS OF TJIE BLESSED VIRGIN.

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In October 1931 t h e famous "Harzburg f ron t " was founded, where Hit ler , Hugenbe rg and Sel-dte concluded an alliance for t h e common conquest of power. T h e three groups , na t ional socialists, German nat ional is ts , and Steel Helmets, were t o h a v e equal r i g h t s and duties. Pract ica l ly t h e F r o n t

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Rivalries Inevitable. A t t h e beginning of t h e Third

Reich, Nazi s t o n n t roops and Steel Helmets were considered a s equally impor tan t mi l i ta ry organisat ions. As everybody who wanted to make a career or to find a job was ob l iged ' to join one of them, many preferred t he Steel Helmets , who seemed to be more orderly

The Rt. Rev. Dr. Adrien Devals, D.D., Bishop of Malacca, who will celebrate his patronal feast on Sunday, £tfr Sept. The Clergy, Christian Brothers, Ladies of St-'Maur, and the Fajffcful o f the-Diocese extend His Lordship their hearty wishes on the occasion of his feast, and pray God that* theif beloved ' 'pasior* may be spared many more years to continue his pious and noble endeavours tb a fruitful end.

"Blessed is he that cometh, in the Name of the Lord!"

men, less demagogical, and less violent t han t h e s torm t roops .

Rivalries and conflicts were inevitable, and t h e Steel Helmets would have been dissolved long ago, unless they had t h e special favour and protection of the Reichswehr and unless H e r r Seldte


POPE'S SPEECH EXPLAINED. 1

When Expansion War Is Wroftg. Vat ican City, Sept . 2.

A special edition of t h e Romano h a s been published wi th quotat ions of several pa r t s of t h e Pope 's recent speech on the I ta lo-Abyssinian dispute.

An editorial points out t h a t t h e speech has been "incompletely re por ted by some p a p e r s " which seems to indicate t h a t t h e Vat ican is displeased wi th t h e publici ty given to t h e Pone's r e m a r k s on j his a t t i tude toward the Abyss in ian s t ruggle .

The Vat ican newspaper s t r e s ses t h a t in t he view of the Pope, t h e need for expansion j s p resen t in I ta ly, bu t a t t e m p t s t o force t h a t expansion a t t h e cost of o the r s cannot be jus t i f ied .—Aneta-Trans-OfceaW.

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