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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-31
WAR IN THE PAST
CUSTOMS OF THE "AGES OF
FAITH" WHICH HISTORIANS so
FREQUENTLY TERM OZARK"

In these days, when the thoughts of
all are centered in the terrible strife
being waged so close. to us, when ma
ton is contending against nation and
the clash of arms is ever sounding in
our ears, it may be well to consider
the way in which war was entered
upon in the Ages of Faith, writes
Marion Nesbitt in the London Cath
Ollie Times" Dionysius, the Carthusian,
says that an army is Ito defend the
country from external enemies, from
those who would cause internal sedi-
tions, or from those who would OPP
press the weak and the poor" and,
after much more on the duties of mon
archs in this matter, he adds: "Conse-
quently, before a war, Prince will
diligently enquire from men who fear
God whether there be really a just
and sufficient cause"
Again: Kings and Princes" before
making war, were bound to confess; "
and before engaging in battle or en-
tering upon the invasion Of some
country, we find numberless examples
of visits paid to famous shrines by
royal personages, not only to implOre
protection upon their arms, but to
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give evidence of their charity towards
God and man and their firm belief
that their cause was just; thus Louis
lie Gros, though a bold and valiant
warrior, wept when he went to receive
the orifiamme in the Abbey of st.
Denis, before engaging in war.
During the Ages of Faith curious
custom prevailed in Switzerland of
giving notice to the adversary before
beginning hostilities and publishing
the laws of war. These consisted in
a. solemn oath taken by the contend
ing powers, by which they bound
themselves not to plumber or burn
any church, to injure no woman, child
or man consecrated to the service of
God in religion, and not to spoil the
vanquished without permission.
Pilgrims, too, were under the spe-
cial protection of the Pope, and might
accomplish their vows in any country
throughout Christendom. Equally
secure are they in war or peace or
time or truce" says the author of a
famous manual for warriors And in
this all laymen have the same privilege
as churchmen."
Laborers also were allowed to pur-
sue their various occupations in per.
feet security without any molestation
or injury either to themselves or their
animals, whilst a soldier who touched
any poor unarmed peasant was looked
IIDOn mot as a knight hut a wolf and
unworthy of all knighthood."
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LOUVAIN UNIVERSITY
ACCEPTS INVITATION OF CAM
BRIDGE UNIVERSITY AND WILL
TRANSFER ITS THEOLOGICAL
AND PHILOSOPHICAL COURSE
THITHER.

Every university in the United
States and Canada, writes the Mar
quise de Fontenoy in the Chicago
Tribune, will be gratified to learn that
the English University of Cambridge
has dispatched through King Albert's
minister plenipotentiary in London to
the Belgian primate, Cardinal MERCER,
and to the authorities of the ancient
University of Louvain an invitation
to migrate, with it's faculty and stu
dents, to Cambridge, and to continue
there it's work of lecturing and teach
ing in it's own language. The Cam
bridge University undertakes to pro-
vide all the necessary facilities of lee
ture rooms, laboratories, and libraries,
and also to put all her own lectures
and other facilities at the disposal of
her guests, so far as the difference of
language and scope of studies enable
these to be of practical use.
Such an invitation extended from
one great university to another is
probably unique in history, and it de-
serves especial note in view of the
fact that the University of Louvain
has for the last 500 years been famous
throughout the old world as a seat of
Roman Catholic learning and theology,
whereas Cambridge shares with OK
ford the reputation of having been
since the days of the Reformation the
headquarters of Anglican orthodoxy.
/ understand that the invitation has
been accepted by Cardinal MERCER and
by the officers and faculty of the Lou
vain University in the same broad
minded manner which characterized
it's offer by the chancellor, vice
chancellor, and dons of Cambridge.
To take in as guests the whole of
the University of Louvain in normal
times would be a colossal task and
one that would strain even the re
sources of Cambridge itself. But as
the larger part of the undergraduates,
and even several of the professors, are
serving in the ranks of the Belgian
army, it is only about half of the
faculty and third of the under
graduates who are holding together
and who are keeping up their studies
1t is principally the theological and
philosophical divisions of Louvain
University, along with the rector and
governing body, who are availing them
selves of the invitation, and in this
way there will be no interruption in
the continuity of Belgium's principal
university.
Meanwhile it will be of great in.
terest and value to Cambridge to have
once more in her midst, for the first
time since the Reformation, courses
of Catholic philosophy and theology,
and it may be hoped that the coming
of Louvain to the banks of the River
Cam will prove of as much benefit to
the great English university as to the
guests to whom it has so generously
offered it's hospitality.
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RARTENDER's DRINKS.

In a recent Commonwealth" was
the question, why do saloonkeepers
demand that bartenders be not drink
ing menu" While not attempting to
answer the question, it occurred to me
that the following may throw little
light on the subject, and at the same
time help others as it did the man
referred to. In a talk some time ago
with resident of Wissahickon on the
folly of drinking he made this state
ment: at is a great and a costly
folly. l used to delight in spending
my Saturday nights with the boys in
a saloon and generally went home in
toxicated. One Sunday morning while
suffering from a severe headache got
to thinking. l wondered how it was
that the bartender drank every time
any of us treated, but never showed
any effect of his drinking. The next
Saturday night when was treated I
asked for whisky and told the bar
tender | would take mine out of his
bottle. You will not like it, he re-
piled. I, however, insisted, and he
reached under the bar and winked as
he handed it to me. Then found he
had all the while been drinking moth
ing but cold tea. That is all | drank
that night, and l went home sober
The next morning l had another at
tack of thinking, and l concluded that
if cold tea was good enough for bar
tender it was good enough for me, and
that is all l have since drunk, and do
not have to go to saloon and pay
ten cents a drink for it, either"
Another man, a former policeman,
was led to quit drinking very much
like the one who was told: Buy your
own cherries" | met him one day
on the street and complimented him
for looking SO well. do you know
the reason?" he asked. well, will
tell you. l used to spend my leisure
time and a great deal of money in the
saloons. Now l am spending my Off
time at home and am using my money
to make home comfortable and the
family happy. / had my eyes opened
last Christmas. When l went into a
saloon, the proprietor showed me a
handsome diamond stud in a velvet
case, saying he had bought 1t as a
Christmas present for himself. l said
to him: L guess l helped to pay for
it. of course, you did, old fellow
was his reply. bought cigar that
day and left the saloon with the deter
mination that would use my money
for better purpose than buying dia-
mond studs for saloonkeepers, and that
is why l am now on the water wagon,
where I intend to stay."-R. Roberts
ShrOnE in Baptist Commonwealth.
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Some Catholics do not believe
i'll the sanctifcation OF the Sun
day by attending Vespers, Bene-
diction or any other service ex-
cept Mass itself to which they are
obliged to go under pain of griev-
Gus sin. They forget that the
obligation of going to Mass on
Sunday is the minimum imposed
upon them by the Church. 1t does
not mean that the other Sunday
services are to be regarded as of
no value in the work of personal
sanctifcation. Many who cannot
find time to attend Vespers and
Benediction on Sunday have no
difficulty in setting apart an even
ing or two during the week for
the purpose of attending a NOV
ing picture show or going to the
theatre.
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ALL SAINTS AND ALL SOULS

On the first Of November the
Church calls upon us to comment
crate all the saints who rejoice
with God in heaven. In the Cos
pei for the Mass of the Feast she
puts before us for our meditation
the eight beatitudes, in order that
we may learn how men become
saints, and that we may endeavor
to share in the blessings of the
saints by following in their foot
steps and initiating their virtues.
One of the beatitudes is: BLESSED
are the merciful for they shall OBJ
tain mercy.
From PurgatOry comes at all
times the cry for pity and for
mercy. Have pity on me! have
pity on me at least you, my
friends, for the hand of the Lord
hath touched me.
This touching appeal was heard
by the saints while they lived on
earth and their sympathy and
pity for Gods prisoners of love
had not a little to do with making
them saints.
We are all brothers and sisters
in Christ and members of His
Mystical Body. Union with Christ
makes us sharers in the super
natural life of grace and love
which the spirit of God infuses
into our souls. This common
supernatural life creates a spir-
itual relationship, a mutual love
and sympathy, and willingness
to help one another, which we
call the Communion of Saints. The
saints help us and we honor them
by keeping their festivals, initial
ing their virtues and asking then
prayers. Divine charity urges
them, and it ought to urge us
to help our suffering brethren il
Purgatory.
On All Saints Day we honor
all the hidden, unknown servants
of God who lived heroic lives OF
earth, whose names are writer
in the book of life, but not in thu
pages of the Church s public his
tory. On All Souls Day we ough
to pray for the poor souls in Pur
| gatory who are friendless ant
have none to think of them a
Iother times. IL we have forgotten
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people to live beyond the good
and evil Of this slave-morality; he
wished some people to be leaders
of the slaves and he wished these
to learn the good and evil of a
master-morality He
proposed the raising of new
caste of rulers from the best ele-
ments Of all European nations
alike, a caste freed from the fet-
tiers Of slave-morality, but observ-
ing q morality Of it's own"
This advocate Of freethinking
wants to bring back the aristoc-
racy, the oligarchies Of paganism
and to make us all Z" slaves" under
their feet that they may rule us,
not according to the "slave-mor-
atty Of Christ, with it's "degrad-
ing doctrines" Of charity and
mercy and humility and justice,
but according to a morality of
their own!'
1t is the logical outcome Of in
fidelity and Of heresy and it is
satisfactory to find it stated in all
it's blunt and naked horror. The
English Reviews disciple of
Nietzsche calmly tells us that this
revival Of paganism is the only
way to establish peace upon
earth! And we are told this is in
a periodical which processes to
speak on behalf Of the best
thought of the day, but whose
every page betrays the blindest,
the narrowest and most ferocious
national hatred against Metz
sche's fellow-countrymen! Here
surely is one Of the most amazing
follies of wartime.
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FUTILE REPRESENTA-
TIONS."

We have in our possession a
number of replies sent by the De-
partment of State, Washington,
D. c., in answer to letters adj
dressed to the President by promi-
nent Catholics of Minnesota, re-
questing the administration to ex-
ercise it's good offices in behalf of
religious liberty in Mexico. They
are couched in such language as
to suggest form letter kept on
file as model to be used by the
clerk who prepares them.
These replies state that the De-
partment ''has repeatedly made
representations Cor interposed its
good Offices in behalf of persons
and properties belonging to relig-
ious orders in Mexico. =
This is how the matter stands
at present, according to official
documents. Just think of it! The
Government of the United States
has made representations to
the brigands and cut-throats now
in power In Mexico asking them
to please desist from looting Cath
Ollie churches, numbering helpless
priests and outraging defenseless
nuns! Something more than the
interposing of good Offices is neces-
sary in view of the anarchistic
conditions which prevail in Mex
leo. If this Government were sim
cere in its desire to stop the I'M
warranted persecution of relig-
ious in Mexico, it would not be
content to make representa-
tions, or it would make them so
strong that they would have eff
feet. No one believes that Car
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-31
FATHER MALONE MEMORIAL
BRONZE TABLET ERECTED IN
BROOKLYN CEMETERY.

Handsome bronze memorial tablets
to the late Rev. Sylvester Malone and
his brother, DR.. Edward Malone, were
unveiled in Calvary Cemetery, Brook
Ign, N. Y, on October IL in the pres
ence of a large crowd of people Many
of Father Malone's former parishion-
ers were in the throng Funds for the
tablet to his memory were collected
ten years ago, but the project was
forgotten until recently.
Father Malone was one of the
pioneer priests of the diocese of
Brooklyn. He was rector of IS. Peter
and PauPs Church, Williamsburgh, for
fifty-fve years, holding that post dur
ing the troublous Know-Nothing days,
when his church was the center of
many riotous events. The Know
Nothings made more than one at
tempt to burn it to the ground. Father
Malone died fifteen years ago. His
estate, amounting to about $4,000,
went to establish a church for the
negroes in Manhattan. During Civil
War times, Father Malone was one of
the champions of abolition.
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DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE.
EDUCATION AND TEMPERANCE.

There is a world of meaning in the
old dictum, knowledge is power"
which is verified in every order Of
things. In the physical world knowl-
edge of the forces of nature has called
into existence powerful machines, from
the steam engine to the acceptance
and knowledge can effect stranger
things in the moral and religious
world To know God is to love Him.
To know your enemy is to avoid him.
But the knowledge we desire to see
flourish luxuriantly is keen mental
grasp of the baneful consequences OF
alcoholic drinking in every phase of
life. Could we but convince men and
women today of the evil effects or
drink on the physical, social and re.
ligious lives they lead, victory should
be ours, easy and complete.
The social customs of an ignorant
past and the superficial and transitory
excitement of strong drink have
dimmed the mental vision of mankind
on this fearful evil. 1t is to the school
and to the young minds that are being
moulded therein that we must look
if we hope to see strong, healthy
view of this vital scourge. Parents
and teachers have a tremendous re-
sponsibility before God and their coun-
try in the education of youth on this
question of drink; so, too, have the
authorities that determine and super
intend the system of education in pri-
mary schools. Save the child and the
nation will work out it's own salvation
in due course. The education of the
fully-grown generation is too fraught
| with difficulties to be perfect or COM
| plete. 1t is only grudgingly that men
abandon in ripper years the false i'm
| pressions received in childhood. Group
the children into Juvenile temperance
guilds, feed them mentally on sound,
simple temperance literature, teach
them to display temperance badge on
all occasions until they associate total
abstinence with religion, self-respect
and success in life. The work Is
tedious, but it can be done during the
years our little boys and girls are
being equipped for life.-Fdther Mat
he10 Record.
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The jury which tried Rev.
Joseph A. Gotham of Dearborn,
Mich, charged with setting fire
to his parsonage last winter,
brought in a verdict of not guilty.
When the fire took place Gotham
declared that it was the work of
the "Romanists" but an investi-
CATION conducted by the citizens
of Dearborn confirmed their sus-
picions as to the origin of the fire
and Gotham was indicted as the
incendiary. 1t is not an easy mat
ter to convict in a case where
plans are carefully laid to throw
the blame on others; but no one
except the Menace readers be-
lieves that the Catholics had any
thing to do with the affair.
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rama or Villa who have received
such support from the present
administration would dare for a
moment to oppose even the "rep-
reservations" of their friends in
Washington, if they thought these
representations were to be
taken seriously.
No sane man who knows what
has taken place in Mexico since
the United States interviewed in
it's affairs, will maintain that this
Government is not morally respon-
sible for the present regime in
that Republic. Nothing short of
definite and immediate action to
put an end to the anti-C Catholic
persecution inaugurated by
those whom it has placed in
power in Mexico will save this
country from the scorn and con-
tempt Of self-respecting nations.
Nothing short of the removal of
Carranza and his henchmen from
executive control and the restora-
ton of peace will wipe away the
stain put upon the escutcheon Of
our national honor by the leaders
of the Government.
Imagine the consummate wis
dom and diplomacy displayed in
the following paragraph from one
of the letters to which we have
already referred: "For your
further information, you are in
formed that the Department on
Sept. 23d despatched a telegram
to the Brazilian Minister at Mex
leo City, requesting him to call
to the attention of General Ven.
Carranza the situation Of the
priests and sisters now at Vera
Cruz, and to express to him the
earnest hope of this Government
that he be willing to announce
that the authorities Of the Mexican
central government will not coun-
tenance or permit any wanton
mistreatment of these people, but
will assure them Of adequate pro-
tection.' If Carranza has any
humor in his makeup how he
must have chuckled over this evil
dence Of our Government s inten-
ton to protect the religious of
Mexico at any cost! AS a sample
of official Representations" it is
a gem!
People who have lived in Mex
leo and who understand the po-
litical conditions existing in that
Republic are unanimous in declar-
ing that Huerta would have paci-
fed that country were it not for
the unjustifed interference Of the
United States. Now that the
United States has put bandits in
the rulers chair it must do some
thing more than expostulate with
them, or make representations, y
in order to safeguard the lives of
those who are being prosecuted
on account of their religion. If
this Government shirks the moral
responsibility ginyolaed in this
matter, it must take the conse-
quence when it appeals once more
to the public for an endorsement
Of it's official conduct. and it must
be prepared to abide by the result
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THE BROTHERHOOD OF MAN

The English Review" edited
by Austin Harrison, son Of Fred
erie Harrison, the famous English
positivist, is a striking example
of the fatuousness and loss OF
mental balance which seize upon
even intelligent men when they
fall victims to the war-fever. This
Review is, of course, intensely
anti hristian which, as it's read
ers are able to see, means in
tensely anti-Catholic. 1t INDUCES
in bitter sneers at every manifes-
tation of religion among the Eu-
ropean belligerents. In an article
on christianity" the following
statement occurs:
"The peace-making forces of
the modern world are not relig-
ious; they are humanitarian, finan-
cial, commercial and intellectual.
The civilized world is building
up a system of international
morality without any direct in
SEPARATION from religious ideas"
The fippancy and the shallow
ness of these statements are as
characteristic of the discredited
Positivist school as their arrogant
tone.
The real peace-making force of
the world is Christian brother
hood, derived from the Incarna-
ton, from the example of our Di-
vine Lord and from the elevation
of man to the Sonship Of God
which is the fruit Of redemption
and sanctifcation by grace. This
brotherhood in Christ manifests
itself in mutual charity among
brethren, and in the characteristic
Christian virtues of humility and
self-denial. Pride and selfshness
are the causes of all quarrels
among men.
Now, humility and self-denial
are the especial objects of the
scorn and contempt Of modern in
fidels. The unbelieving world is
even less capable of approaching
those beautiful virtues than was
the world of heresy from which il
is derived. The infdel scheme OF
morals has no better name fol
them than slave-morality.
Nietzsche, a man of German
birth who hated everything Ger.
man, gave currency to this ex.
preston. A writer in the Eng.
fish Review" upholds Nietzscht
as follows: 1t is a complete false.
hood to say that Nietzsche denied
morality; he only denied slave
morality, which he thought al
Iontcome of Christian morality
land he did not even deny slave
morality so long as it was confined
Ito slaves. But he wished some
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NOT A FREAK DECISION.

Total abstinence from alcoholic
stimulants," runs a cable dispatch
from London, will be strictly OBJ
served during Sir Earnest Shackle-
toms trip across the South Polar con-
tinent. He and his men propose to
work long hours, including eight hours
marching every day, but for stimulants
they will rely on nothing stronger
than tea or cocoa" This is not the
freak of an enthusiast, but a common
sense decision, based upon the facts
concerning alcohol. For maximum
efficiency, the explorer cuts out the
booze. The question is: Shall the
rest of us be equally efficient in
shouldering share of the worlds
work?
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our own dead let us try to make
up for our forgetfulness and turn
over a new page of memory on
which we shall read the names of
our beloved dead every day. Pity
for the holy souls coupled with
prayers to lessen and shorten
their suffering is true charity. 1t
is one of the practices that make
saints. 1t helped to bring the
saints to heaven. AS it helped
them, so will it help us to earn
the promise of the Beatitude,
BLESSED are the merciful, for
they shall obtain mercy"
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The so-called patriotic" or
carnations whose members pirate
about the liberty guaranteed by
the Constitution of the United
States would destroy the value of
that document and undo the work
of the founders of this Republic
by providing religious test for
all candidates for public Office.
They would like to shut out from
official life not only Catholics but
all decent self-respecting and fair
minded citizens who abhor the
un-American tactics of these
braying bigots. Every American
citizen worthy of the name is
justified in using his rights as
voter to teach these patriots
mueh-needed lesson in patriot
ism.