The San Francisco call., 1910-11-20

, erous sprinkling of men and women
distinguished for nobility of birth.
high intellectual attainments and So
| cial prominence. To meet the social
needs of his people the venerable
vicar apostolic. who has presided over
this interesting mission for so years,
has succeeded in building up fedora
tion of Catholic societies, based, in the
main, on the lines followed by the
Catholics of Germany, and which Till
be of invaluable help in the future
! spread of Catholicism in Denmark
Congressman julius Kahn of San
Francisco is in favor of having, in
the national capitol, statue of Father
Junipero Sierra. He says: "I have al
ways contended that one of the two
statues from California should be that
/ of Father Junipero Sierra. He blazed
the way for Caucasian civilization on
the Pacific coast; and it would be emf
pently fitting that his statue should be
| one of those selected by California
1t may seem strange that a German
Jew should be so outspoken in behalf
| of Franciscan father: but those who
hiOW congressman hann Will not De
surprised at his advocacy of the claims
of the great missionary.
The record of bigotry made by those
who opposed the acceptance of the
Marquette statue makes the stand taken
by this unprejudiced Israelite all the
more noteworthy.
Archbishop Bourne of Westminster.
London, speaking of his recent visit TO
America to attend the Eucharistic con-
! gress, rema rked: zone thing that
struck me was the comparative ease
with which persons in various positions
of life seem able to meet one another.
Glass distinction, as we know it in
1 England, seems to be lacking.
For instance, on board the boat on
which / travelled from Toronto TO
Niagara, the purser was law student
who was earning money in this way
| during vacation to help him during
term time. The Grand Trunk railway
kindly put a private car a my dis
posal; and the porter, a black boy, was
a medical student in the States, who
also was spending his holiday in earn
ing something toward his fees.
This struck me as admirable, and
highly creditable to the country
viscount Ito of Tokyo. Japan. had q
private audience with Plus X recently.
| the fact that, in 1858, an ancestor of
his formed part 4of a mission from the
ulikado to Pope Gregory XIII His
! holiness expressed the hope that the
| friendly feeling shown might help to
maintain the good relations existing
between Japan and the holy see.
Secretary of War Dickinson who re-
Gently visited the Philippine islands on
| his round the world trip, highly COM
mended the work being done by the
Jesuit fathers at the Manila observs-
tory. He expressed his own appreci-
| alton and that of his government of
the services of these men. who gave
| up their Spanish citizenship to serve
! the United States as its official weather
forecasters in the Philippines. At the
time of American assumption of, the
| reins Of government there the Jesuit
fathers were the only men in the
| islands capable of carrying on scien-
tifc weather Investigations.
The Scientific American, speaking OF
the observatory of the Ebro, near Tor
tosa. Spain, which is. under the direc-
ton of the Jesuits, says that it is
probably a unique example of a
great institution devoted entirely to
the study of the interrelatons of So
lar and terrestrial phenomena II
adds that this fine institution is an
embodiment of an idea that is every
day gaining ground among progressive
meteorologists. viz, that fluctuations
in the activity of the sun find a. more
phenomena, of the earth's atmosphere
in addition to the effects long since
recognized upon the earths magnetic
| field