The sun., 1912-07-14
We ARE ALL CATHOLICS, :
SAYS FRENCH AUTHOR
Charles MOricp Sees Necessity
of Returning to Spirit Of
Middle Ages.
ENMITN AGAINST ClluMH
Cure Fined for Attacking in
Sermon the Sale Of Rclig.
ions Property.
ENMITI AGAINST CHURCH


Lcrbed the experiences hrist would have
if he earn" ,o Paris. IL one of the latest rep.
rcsentativcs of intellectual Franc" to pro-
claim conversion to Catholicism Iic is
another instance of the reaction that is
going on here ngiiust m1tcriilism. of
which the intense and rrowinc Interest in
Henri E"rss"n's 'Innoihoistic philosophy
In one of tn" most evident nrni"nsta,ion.
Morice's conversion might hlrdly siit
the orthodox, but i, is Il long way from the
atheism he preached not many v"irs ago
In discussing the rccrudcaccncn Of his
faith. for he was born of Catholic. parents.
he says:
To-day We are all Catholics for We y II
agree now upon the possibility of religion
The troulle with tho Catholic schools is
that they too often fail To teach the beauty
Of their faith. Utility and hciu,v ar"
twin arch1ngcs whom atheism hnS sep
arated. The Catholic religion must re-
unite them. Ny Catholicism is moro an
cicnt than Jesus. for you can find II in
Sophoclos's "O.dirus ut Coloucus," who
was redeemed by voluntary resignation
to suffering ~ proclaiming evangelical
truth. Fclenism and Catholicism are
identical.
"Materialism is n Guild of tha Renni--
eance. The Refornati ion and the Rennis-
sance have caused similar evils; they hive
produced individnnlism and disunion.
We need TO return to the spirit Of the
Middle Ages. the spirit of collectivity.
wherein all was sacrificed for the good Of
all. We need the religion Of heroism. II
is that which shall preach TO the end Of
my days; A new Renaissance that shall
overcome the evil evoked by the old.
CrRE FINED FOR HIS SERMON
Only occasionally does an incident oc-
cur to recall the struggle between the
Church and the State in France, from
which the Church has emerged poorer
but umques: onablv morr Influential
a story comes from Brittany. where the
Church always had tho strongest hold.
that NJ 1egofY. a scrtua gcnarian. bought
last October church property valued at
$4,000 for 81 $40 from the liouidator.
The cur.' of Languiiic denounced the
transaction in n sermon and for this he
was arrested and fined $500 by the civil
authorti ies. 4 violent local dispute then
arose and resulted in the Vi-comte Ker-
ret. son of the Mayor of Ianguidic. and
a supporter of the church. being fined
and imprisoned. NJ. IeSofr feeling that
he was nearing his end. summoned the
cure last Friday and offered to restore
the property To the Church i! h. were re-
imbursei for the full amount he had raii
The proposit ion was accepted and the
papers Of transfer were drawn. The
next day NJ. Iegcfr died. The whole
local clergy attended his funeral
SURE DEATH TO IoCrsrs.
A young French doctor. d Here lie. has
reported the discovery of a successful
method of fighting tn" locust Plague
While in M"Xioo il 1870 hr observed that
there was an epidemic among the iocusts
which was killing h"in hv he thousands
He spco"e'ei in discovering the bacillus
thai Cau,"d the epidemic AMI then in
vlted a South American STATE to test his
remedy. SwariHs OF locusi- that were
kent between barriers wer' eNter'rinat.h
. wthr! "A week after tNnv had eaten grass
which had ir'en sprinhl"5 with pr dJIar-
elle's preparation The infected insects
spread the di>ca-" In n great distance IN
short time and dead lrC'Ists were found
thirty mll.s from Tn" spr,nklsd grass
plot weei, after Tn" experiment Forty
days later dead !oCus's wer" found as far
away a. go miles. Ills spring Dr Il Her
ellie v'sit"l La kioia. Argentine Republic
where immense swarns If Young loc,is,s
threatened a plague worse than any ever
before experienced there. Mules wore
Used to carry the dS"as" spreading lipnid
TO he sprnklol over the fields Three
weeks later only one living swarm Of
locusts was to Lo found in the ent ire dis
trict. Cattl" ana sheep are not harmed
by eating the sprnklod grass
-. FRANCE CONFIRMS CARREL DISCOVERY.
Confirmation # the success If the ey-
reriments Of nr. Alexis Carrel Of the
Rockefell"r Institute in keeping tissues
alive when separated from the ,rigina
organism reached the Aca DENY OF Medi-
cine this week in a paper read by Pierre
Marie, describing researches by Drs
Marinesco and NIinea Bucharest scien-
fists who followed Dir. Carrcl's methods
They placed fragments Of the ganglia of
rabbits and kittens in the plilslna from the !
same animals. The same phenomena |
was recorded as had hoeu observed hy DR.. !
Carrel. Filamcnts Of various lengths |
grew from IN" fragments, the smaller
fragments being more prolific than the |
larger ones. Life remained in tho frag-
ments for twenty-sevcn days.
CRISIS IN FASHIONS.
The connection bot tween the Ministry /
of Commnrc" and the question of tight |
skirts is not imm"dafelv apparent, vet |
Ferdinand David was interviewed on the ,
skirt question this week, When asked for |
his opinion as 10 the cause Of the crisis |
marking the dressmasing and jewelry |
. fashion he said
There are many causes CompPtTTion |
is the first. Foreigners formerly sought |
French models, hnt to-day the opposite !
occurs, Our great dre,smakers imported |
ju,'es- -culeitos from America and when |
these failed they imported narrow skirts. !
which they Todiied but which never won |
the stamp uf French approval Tariffs |
are another cause, However, you can |
forthwith announce a coming reduction |,
Of tariffs, at least as far as the Un!tcd |
States is concerned, Whatever may re-
,nt from the election this autumn, the
President Of thc American Chamber of |
Commerce tells me ho has every reason to
believe that an Gnders, ,nding ns 10 u re-
ductioi! # the tariff will soon he reached "
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