The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-06-13
OLD V'3RLD NEWS.

To Uphold Government.-Co mmuni-
cations have been sent to Mr.. Devlin
and other members of the Irish Party
requesting them to assure the Premier
that 5000 drilled and armed men In
Derry are ready to afford all assist
ance in their power to the forces of
the crown.
Naval Corps In Derry.-Reports
from all parts of Ireland continue to
bring news of great activity in the
Irish National Volunteer movement,
numerous corps being formed daily.
A naval corps has been formed in
Derry. The local Executive of the
National Volunteers in Derry report
that, as the result of recent impetus
to recruiting, the strength of the Der
ry battalion is now about 5000. Drill
ing is taking place in the early morn
ing as well as at night. There are
many eX-naval men in the ranks, so
many, indeed, that their numbers have
justified the formation Of a naval
corps, the first of the kind, it is
claimed, in Ireland.
Centenary of Magma Charta.-The
seven hundredth anniversary of the
grant of Magma Charta occurs on June
Is, 1915. The Royal Historical So.
ciety is organizing commemoration
of the event and has invited English,
American and foreign scholars and
others to form general committee
The general committee will appoint
an executive committee to supervise
the arrangements necessary.
Widening Stream of Converts.-Miss
Jessie Southwell, who has for the past
two years acted at Zanzibar as Secre
tary to the Universities Mission to
Central Africa" has been received
into the Catholic Church. Miss South.
well accompanied the Bishop of Fan
z1bar upon his journey from Africa
but whilst DR.. Weston came to Eng
| land, the lady made straight for Rome
She was there Instructed by the Sis
tiers of a ConyC / in the Via San Sc.
bastiano, and vas subsequently re
ceived into tie Church by Father
Hinde (late of Brighton, of the Acad
emia del Nobili Ecclesiastical Last
month the Bishop of Southwark con.
| firmed forty converts at st. Gregory s
Church, Earlsfield. The godfather, Mr.
Burgess-Bayley, was at one time, An.
glican curate at Raynes Park, Wimble
don. Fifteen persons are under in
struction at Clacton-on-Sea, as the re
suit of mission to non-Catholics.
St. Demands Hospice.-The hospi
| tality of the monks of the famous st
Bernard Hospice, which has beer
freely bestowed to all corners for goo
years, is in these modern days being
taken mean advantage of. 1t appears
that their guests number nearly 10000
year, and that, though many of them
arrive in motor cars, the donations re
ceived average less than a penny g
day. In the circumstances it is hardly
surprising that the kindly monks are
finding that it is impossible to con
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tinue dispensing hospitality on it's ira
ditiona1 basis unless some means are
found of supplementing their funds.
Floral Games in Spain.-Spain has
just celebrated the ancient fetes o.
| the Floral games at Barcelona. They
were presided over by the Bishop o
Pernignan, Monsignor de Carsalade
DUPONT. He was escorted through
the streets to the immense hall of the
Palace of Music, where the great meet
ing of the Floral Games was held
He made a speech in Catalan
in which he evoked the memory q
the two great Catholic poets which
France and Spain had lost one aftei