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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-16
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, NOV. Is, 1912.

From present indications moth
ing but the direct intervention of
the great powers of Europe can
prevent Constantinople from fall
ing into the hands Of the allies.
Already they are at it's very gates
and the world awaits with interest
the announcement that this glo-
rious stronghold of early Chris
,tianity is once more in the hands
of Christians. 1t is true that the
majority of the Christians in the
Balkan States are not subject to
the Church of Rome, but members
of the Orthodox Greek Church,
that is, of the Greek Church which
many centuries ago threw off the
authority of Rome while retaining
most Of the doctrines and prac-
tices of the Catholic Church.
Among these Christians, however,
there are many thousand Catho-
lies who belong for the most part
TO thaI portion OF the creek
Church which remained faithful
to the Holy See, and who are to-
day Catholic in the fullest sense
Of the word.
The sympanthy Of Christians,
therefore, should go out to their
oppressed brethren under the
Moslem rule who are now engaged
in a war which, according to
present indications, is not un-
likely to bring them that full
measure Of religious liberty to
which they are entitled and for
which they have so long struggled.
No one will regret the close of
Turkish misrule in Europe. 1t
should not have been tolerated so
long; it would have ceased many
decades ago were it not for the
jealousies Of the great European
powers, each of which would like
to number among it's possessions
the renowned city on the Bos-
phorous.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-16

out the policy Of his predecessor
and thus came into conflict with
the Holy See. He took measures
to limit the number Of religious
orders without consulting the
Vatican, and this violation Of the
Concordat naturally led to the
suspension Of all negotiations as
matter of course, because it
could not be expected that the
Holy See would discuss a matter
that had already been definitely
disposed Of by the Spanish Gov
eminent.
Premier Canalejas succeeded in
securing the passage of the so
called paddock Bill' prohibiting
the introduction Of any other re-
ligious order into Spain and thus
inaugurated a campaign of per-
secution and spoilation against
the Church along lines similar to
those followed in France and
Portugal. Notwithstanding this
opposition to the wishes Of the
Holy See, he continued to be a
good Catholic and took a prom
inent part in the Eucharistic Con-
gress held last year in Madrid.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-16
THE DEATH-KNELL OF TURK.
ISH TYRANNY.

From present indications it is
not improbable that the death
knell Of Turkish tyranny is about
to sound in Europe. The allied
Balkan States have succeeded in
forcing their hereditary enemy,
the Turk, from most Of his strong
holds in Southern Europe, and bid
fair to destroy forever every
vestige of Turkish supremacy in
the Balkan Peninsula.
When the allied states of
Servia, Montenegro and Bulgaria,
assisted by Greece, issued a declar-
alton Of war against Turkey about
month ago, no one dreamed
that they would be able to rout
the enemy so completely as they
have done Indeed, there were
many who looked upon their
temerity in attacking the Ottoman
army as little short of suicidal.
The allies, it is true, could not
muster as large a force as the
Turks brought into the field; but
they have proved themselves more
than a match for them in the
science of war. Their officers have
out-generaled the Moslem leaders
in every engagement, and with
surprising rapidity and success
have driven the enemy from every
vantage ground until now they
menace the very seat of Moslem
rule at Constantinople.
IL one seek the cause of the
war he will find it to be largely
religious. The Christians in the
Balkans have suffered untold
atrocities at the hands Of their
Turkish overlords; and all the
hatred of Moslem rule engendered
by centuries of persecution has
been concentrated, as it were, in a
final determined effort to drive
the ruthless enemy of Christianity
from Europe or perish in the
attempt. It is a struggle for
supremacy between the Cross and
the Crescent and all who are
familiar with the traditional atti-
tude of the Turk towards the
Christian can utter no other
prayer than that victory may
perch upon the standard Of the
allies.
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BETTER THAN RESOLUTIONS.

Elsewhere in this issue we re-
cord the action Of the Knights of
Columbus Of St. Andrews Coun-
Gil, Fairfax, MINI, who, at the
close Of the initiation ceremony
last Sunday, presented the Editor
Of The Catholic Bulletin with a
list Of sixty-two subscriptions to
this paper accompanied by a
check in prepayment thereof. This
Council is one Of the youngest in
the State It was organized about
six months ago and many Of the
older members had already sent in
their subscriptions. This addi-
tional list practically insures that
every member of the Council will
receive The Catholic Bulletin for
the next year. The credit for this
is due to Father Goergen, pastor
of the parish of Fairfax and Chap
lain of st. Andrews Council, at
whose suggestion the matter was
taken up by the local knights. .
We commend this action on the
part of the Fairfax Council to
other Councils of the Order
throughout the State. The Knights
Of Columbus, as we'll as other
Catholic organizations, have often
passed resolutions at their conven.
lions commencing the Catholic
press but these have never
emerged from the resolution stage
st. Andrews Council is the only
one in Minnesota that has done
anything, as a Council, to put into
practical operation the recommen.
dations adopted at the National
Conventions of the Order in favor
Of the Catholic press. We hope
it's example will be contagious, ano
that other Councils in the State
and elsewhere will follow it's LEAD
and thus give tangible evidence
Of their personal interest in the
spread Of Catholic literature by
subscribing to a Catholic paper
We hope that the Fairfax Council
will not long stand alone in its
unique support of The Catholic
Bulletin. ~.
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Ireland has set an example
which ought to be followed in
America. The Catholic Truth So
ciety and the Dublin Vigilance
Committee on Evil Literature
have formed national organiza-
ton, whose duty it will be not only
to exclude immoral literature from
the country, but to see that the
home journals and magazines con-
tain nothing that is indecent or
demoralizing. Such a committee
would be kept quite busy in the
United States, but would it re
ceive from Catholics the cordial
support and cooperation to which
it would be entitled?
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WHY DO THE "GUARDIANS''
RAGE?

The New York News, comment
ing on the malicious activity dis
played by the so-called Guardians
Of Liberty in their attempts to
arouse anti Catholic prejudice,
says:
s'Let the Guardians Of Liberty
hold public meetings. The more
vigorously they campaign upon
such lines the more certain. is the
quick ending Of their falsehood,
overstatement and appeal to re-
ligious intolerance before the
plain sense and the inevitable ridi-
cule Of the great American peo-
pie. The citizens Of this land who
have seen Catholic soldiers fight
in war against a Catholic foreign
power; who see the highest judi
cial Office in the land administered
by a Catholic, appointed by a
Protestant; who know that Cath
Ollie governors, such as John
Burke Of North Dakota and Aram
J. Pothier of Rhode Island, are
honorable executives, the choice
Of their states by the elective
franchise; who see the admins,
tration Of justice, and the protec.
ton Of the rights Of non-Catholics
as well as Catholics sustained by
Catholic judges, enforced by Cath,
Ollie mayors and officials; who wit.
ness the demonstrations Of relig.
ious feeling and observe the con
slant preachments against divorce
and for the maintenance of home
who see in a thousand forms the
benefcent influence Of Catholic.
ism as force for order and de,
cency in American life-such citi.
zens, and they are the overwhelm.
ing majority Of the land-wil]
watch, with an amused contempt
and an indifference fatal to anti
Catholic prejudice, the pitifu]
malice of the Guardians Of Lib.
erty."
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SPANISH PREMIER ASSAS-
SINATED.

In the early part Of the week
well aimed bullet Of cowardly
assassin robbed Spain of it's Prime
Minister, Jose Canalejas y
Mendes. The shot was fired by a
supposed anarchist as the Premier
was on his way to attend Cabinet
meeting. His assailant attempted
suicide but, according to latest
reports, is still living.
All right-thinking men must
abhor this dastardly crime and all
similar exhibitions Of a spirit of
disregard for law and order and
social welfare. It is wrong for
any one, no matter what grievance
he may have, to take it upon him
self to redress wrongs which, In
very many cases, have no existence
outside Of disordered brain.
Public men are shining marks for
every irresponsible crank whose
mind has been unbalanced by
brooding over fancied wrongs, or
infamed by the utterances of
demagogues who would cure the
ills of the social body by destroy
ing all lawful authority. It is no
palliation Of the crime in this
instance to say that Canalejas was
the leader Of government that
prosecuted the Church in Spain
and, therefore, in the minds Of a
great many, deserved his fate.
Canalejas came into power in
February, 1910, in succession to
Prime Minister Moret under whose
regime an effort was made to
restrict the number of religious
orders in Spain. Prior to that
time the relations between Spain
and the Vatican were determined
by the provisions Of Concordat
which had been freely entered
into by both parties. This Con-
cordat defined the status Of the
Church and its rights in Spain
and made liberal concessions to
the Spanish Government in its
dealings with the Church.
As soon as Canalejas became
Premier he endeavored TO carry
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-16

are, Governor A. j. Pothier of
Rhode Island; Governor E. +.
Dunno Of Illinois; and, judging
by the name, Governor 7. M.
Monaghan Of Delaware.
The following Lieutenant Gov
errors are also Catholics: Glynn
of New York, O'Neill Of Indiana,
Walsh Of Massachusetts, and
O'Hara of Illinois. In Illinois the
six principal Offices on the State
ticket were won by Catholic can
didates.
Montana sends Thomas Walsh
to the United States Senate, thus
adding another to the four Catho-
lies already in that body, namely,
Senator O'Gorman of New York
Senators Ransdall and Broussard
of Louisiana; and Senator
Ashurst of Arizona.
AS far as we can judge from
the list of successful candidates
published in the press there will
be from fifty to seventy-five Cath
Ole Congressman in the House of
Representatives, among them the
Honorable James Manahan of St.
Paul who was successful in his
campaign for Congressman-at-
large from the State Of Mime
sofa.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-16
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
THE TIME OF TEMPTATION.

It was at the return of the year, the
sacred penman tells us, when kings
go forth to war, that David met his
great temptation. The return of the
year has come, writes Father Landing
in the Pittsburg Observer, when per-
sons wanting license to sell intoxicat-
ing liquors go forth for signers to
their application, who shall testify
that they are honest men and temper
ate, fit persons to whom such license
should be granted; and that the house
for which license is wanted is "neces-
sary for the accommodation of the
public and the entertainment OF
strangers and travellers" 1t is, con-
sequently, a time of temptation for
many, for they know that the houses
for which licenses are asked are not
all necessary for the accommodation
of the public and the entertainment
of strangers and travellers, but SIM
ply thought necessary by the appli-
cants as a means of making a living
without working, by catering to the
sensuality of people unwilling. to prac-
tice Christian self-denial.
Christian self-denial may be word
grating harshly on some ears, but as
the Apostle says. What have I to
do with those who are without?"
am writing for readers who believe in
the absolute necessity of such self
denial If those who do not want
license, let them get unbelieving sign
ers if they can. For Catholics to
sign applications for license does not
seem the proper thing, when the
Church wants her members to keep
out of the dangerous liquor business.
Inebriety, they tell us, is disease;
so is smallpox While insisting that
the individual shall be vaccinated, the
health authorities take every precau-
ton to keep the disease from spread
ing and to remove the cause of it.
A good example of this has been given
in Pittsburg, where there were less
than a hundred cases and only ABOUT
twenty deaths. Perhaps 100000 was
spent to rid the city OF the plague
Pledge the inebriate, but remove the
causes of inebriety. Infected springs
and wells are closed which cause ty-
phoid fever. Why continue drinking
places and places where drink can be
got? Why reopen them? for they
must close unless new license Is
granted. The community is not salts
fed with segregating cases OF dlpn-
iberia and scarlet fever; it goes on TO
remove the causes of them by clean
ing up the locality. Why not clean
ont the saloons by not re-openlng
them with new license But you
do not want to take an active part IN
that work? Very we'll; you don't have
to- lust take a passive one. Don't
sign any application for license. That
is EASY: at least it is no work. II you
don't want to remove the cause OF the
disease. let it remove itself; don't help
to perpetuate it. Is that hard, or ask,
ing too much of a Catholic gentleman?
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IRISH r. A. PRIESTS IN LONDON.

writer in the Dublin Leader, writ
ing of the temperance movement as II
is found among the Irish in British
cities. tells about the Father Mathew
Union of London, an organization or
total abstaining priests who are chief
Nv of Irish birth. It is under the pa
tonnage of the Cardinal Archbishop or
Westminster and the Bishops OF South
vark and Arindella, and has for It's
president Canon Murnane, one Of the
best known and best beloved priests
in London 1t has for secretary Mon
signor Cologan, president of the Ca
tholic Truth Society of England, and
the author of a well-known book on
temperance. Like it's prototype, the
Total Abstinence Society of Ireland,
which has done such noble work I'M
der the presidency of Father Cullen,
the Father Mathew Union lays special
stress on carrying the propaganda In
the ranks of the young Levites, whose
future attitude to the drink evil Is
necessarily of supreme Importance.
To this view lecture was delivered
last year at st. Johns Seminary, Won
ersh, by Monsignor Cologan, and a
substantial prize awarded to the stu
dent writing the best essay on the
subject This year similar course
has been pursued at st. Edmund's
Seminary, Ware, the lecturer being
Father George Newton, known through
the length and breadth of London for
he CD +r
lecturer on the temperance cause.
Next year the members Of the Union
contemplate holding an intercollegi-
ate contest between st. Johns and
st. Edmund's to stimulate interest in
the subject among the students.
"Thus," says the Leaders CORE
spondent, has the Union extended its
operations from very small begin
nings; and we who live In the home
land must view with entire satisfac-
ton the work of any such society
whose object is the betterment of
our exiled children, for I strongly
hold this view: No single unit of
our widely scattered race is. wholly
independent of the others; they act
and react on one another. The high
er we rise land we are beginning to
look up) at home, the more will our
children in other lands be disposed
to hold up their heads and demean
themselves as become members OF
noble and self-respecting race; and
the more our children prosper and
grow strong In other lands the more
self-reliance shall we gather, a quail
ity naturally much needed In land
long sick unto death"
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The Council Of Trent, voicing
the teaching of the Church, de-
clares that there is a Purgatory,
and that the souls there detained
can be helped by the prayers of
the faithful, and especially by the
most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.
How many Masses have you had
offered up for the souls in Pur-
gatory, or for your deceased rela-
tives, during the past year? Do
you make a daily profession of
faith in the fact that cit is a holy
and wholesome thought to pray
for the dead" by remembering
the holy souls in your devotions
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CATHOLICS ELECTED TO
OFFICE.

Despite the efforts made by
anti-Catholic papers and bigoted
organizations to prejudice the
voters against Catholic candidates
for Office during the late cam
paign, a large number of Catholics
were successful at the polls on
November 5.
Among the Catholics elected to
the foremost positions of response
bility in their respective states
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-16

The Appeal to Reason, Social
istic paper published in Kansas,
has lost it's founder and owner, J.
A. Wayland. During the week he
committed suicide by shooting
himself-an inglorious exit, but
not out of harmony with the
teaching which he inculcated. On
the day Of his death he was to ap-
pear before the Federal Court to
answer the charge of misusing the
mails. His death will not interfere
with the prosecution of the case
against the Appeal.
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KEEPING UP THE GOOD
WORK.

Last year the Knights of Colum-
bus undertook to promote the
spread Of sound Catholic literature
by reprinting DR.. James J.
Walsh's book on "The Popes and
Science" and disposing Of it to
members of the Order at the rate
of thirty cents a copy. In this
way an edition Of thirty thousand
copies was distributed, and
another important phase Of Cath
Ollie activity added to those al
ready to the credit of the Order.
The successful outcome Of that
effort to promote the spread Of
Catholic truth encouraged the
Knights of Columbus to under
take further work along the same
lines. This year the Catholic
Truth Committee of the Order, to
whom this work is entrusted, has
made arrangements with DR..
Walsh by which they are enabled
to offer a new edition of what
many consider his greatest work,
namely, "The Thirteenth, The
Greatest Of Centuries" at the
nominal price Of forty cents a
copy.
The Knights of Columbus
edition will be the same in matter
and illustration as the edition
gotten out by the publishers in
1910 which retails for three dol
lars and fifty cents. It will con-
tain about five hundred pages Of
reliable information in regard to
the activities of the Catholic
Church during the thirteenth
century. It is invaluable as ref
erence book and record of what
has been done under the inspira-
ton Of the Church during the
Middle Ages, a time when, ac-
cording to prejudiced non-Catholic
historians, the Church showed her
self opposed to educational prog
ress and enlightenment, and kept
her children in the darkness Of
Ignorance and superstition. Such
a work placed in the hands Of
Catholics will enable them to re-
flute the oft-repeated objections
along these lines and to prove to
the traducers Of the Church that
she was the source and inspiration
Of all the movements that occurred
during that remarkable century
for the promotion of human well
fare, material, spiritual and moral.
The edition of about fifty thou
sand volumes will be issued early
in December and should meet with
a ready sale. Members with
means should secure enough copies
to supply schools and libraries in
their neighborhood, and for pres
entation to their mont Catholic
friends who will be interested in
learning the extent of the Church S
activity during this important
epoch.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-16

In the current issue of the
"Acta Apostolicae Sedis" appears
a decree of the Holy Office which
comedies the remission of faults
that may have been committed
through human frailty in celebrat-
ing Mass to priests who recite the
prayer: "Obsecro tie, dulcissime
Domino Jesu Christie, ut Passio
Tua sit mihi virtus, qua muniar.
protegar atque defendar: vllnera
Tua STINT mihi cibus potusque, qui-
bus pascar, inebrier, atque delec-
ter: aspersio Sanguinis TUT sit
mihi ablutio omnium delictorum
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-16

The date upon which next
years International Eucharistic
Congress will open in Malta has
been definitely fixed. 1t will COM
mence ON April % and last till
April 27.
The selection of a date in the
early spring is somewhat Of an
innovation as, heretofore, the
Congress met in September.
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''All the tortures that one can
conceive Of in this world" says
st. Cyril of Alexandria, care re-
freshing compared with the least
pain of Purgatory." In view of
this, is it not well for us to do
what we can in this world to
shorten the period of our suffer
ings in Purgatory for unexpiated
sins?
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six hundred years, laying waste the
goodly land, wearing it down into
mire and single. At safe distance
it is easy to pass judgment on Servian,
Bulgarian, Albanian. But we shall
do better to help them with our pray
ers, to feel for their troubles, and to
guide the conscience of our nation so
that it may, at least, not fling itself
as hindrance across the path of
these dauntless crusaders.
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Read our grand premium offer
on the opposite page, and take ad-
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and a half to this office and get a
copy Of DR.. Roche's delightful
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This applies to renewals as well
as to new subscriptions.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1912-11-16

The Sacred Congregation of
the Propaganda has presented to
His Holiness the result of the la
test general census Of the Catholic
population all over the world,
which shows that the number of
Catholics is now 236,0O0,000.
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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER is, 1912.

This year the American College
at Rome has an enrolment Of one
hundred and sixty students, the
largest number it has registered
since the foundation of the insti-
tuition.
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Are you familiar with condi-
lions in the Orient? Read DIR.
Roche's book "Around the
World" and learn how "the
other half lives.
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meorum: Mors Tua sit mihi gloria
sempiterna. In his sit mihi refec-
ito, exsultatio, sanitas ct dulcedo
cords mel. Qui wis ct regnas in
saecula saeculorum. Amen
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Entered as second-class matter, Jan.
uary II, 1911, at the post ONCE, st
. Paul. Mimi. under Act Of March 3. 1879
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