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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29
SUBMARINE ONLY AN
ADJUNCT, SAYS NAVY
Destructive Ability Recognized.
but Battleship Is the Hit
ting Power.
TEST NOT COMPLETE YET

wAsuiNdroN. Nov. es-Fear IA ex-
pressed NJ the Navy Department that ite
attitude toward subma rir,,s be misinter-
preted IA a result OF the refusal OF the
Department TO join tho declaration That
the submarine has made battleship con-
structivn useless.
The destructive power ~ the sub
marine has long been recognized by the
Quilted states navy. 6; is declared here,
with the result tins the navy is az well
equipped with submarines as any nation
in proportion to It's strength and better
equipped proportionatciy than several ~
the leading navics Of the world.
This fact proves. officers point out. that
there Is no attempt on the part OF tho
American navy to dIscredit the submarine
or minimize IS usefulness. What is in
sisted on. however. Is that The submarine
Ia an adjunct. an auxiliary weapon ana
should be regarded. rs such, the battlesh'p
strength. the hitting power of the big
guns OF the fleet. being regarded as the
ultimate. decisive test Of naval force.
This, il Is declared. has always been
true since the beginning of the history
OF sea mower and SO far as anything that
has happened IN the present war IS con-
Cerned Is still true.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29
SAYS ENGLAND
WILDE RUINED
EVEN IF VICTOR
German Financipr Points Out
How War Will Cripple
Britain.
WILL. TAKE DECADES
To REPAIR HARM DONE
,p>.,f co-e.popd,nc. 10 rat STU.

ps.,,N. via London, nov. 2.-"The
Economic Consequences OF the World
WA, 81. sine title Of an Interesting pam
.,,o. writ, 10y A. i.ohmann. presiden,
., tho chamber OF Commerce Of Bremen
and ono Of the .oydins dnanriers Of north
,u Germany.
tatmtuuS CHEF contention : that the
a.. .yl mean the end ~ Eugand's
s,,,.,.Il supremacy. no matter whether
-,,. conflict results ttvurahlv or unfaNor-
.l., Tor the island Kingdom. VI the
s.ir, um, ho shows. 10y means of compre-
rs-,Iys comparative tables. the enormous
damage German commerce Is suife ing as
. result of an" var.
"Euclaud.' says the author Of the pam
rh.,t. cannot ruin the German export
,-ide without st TN" same time leading
her own cu.uuIes, the overs'a countries.
and. in ;Dc last analysis, her own nation
toward financial ruin
4, viii take many decades, Lohmann
f.'l. m't the oN,r~,l countries, tho
c.'nu.ss which ave producing rtV ma
-sr.a.s can repair the damage which they
ar, ~ift.rlur as t consequence uf the war
IL adds prophctically that the yellow
rAre "a i 10, tine great Beneficiary of TINS
damsg,. he emphasizes repeatedly the
.,ct That shortly h. fore the outbreak uf
w. "the thermometer or finance" the
Discount rate iu London. had reached the
tcutrk..plc height of ]" per cent. This
fact ne says. should hsv" warned Sir
edward G~cN against dragging his couu-
-, rtl tn' war without its knowledge
and consent Ou August =. he continues,
EuultId was couprll.d 30 dcclar" q mora
,oriii,u. e measure which thus FAR had not
l,4,ou'r o. .csslry IN Germany.
The following H.. in substance th- CON
tent 90 Herr I.ohmauus pamphlet.
"Rsf,r. %. hrgiuniug Of IN" war the
scutn American countries were in bad
financial straits. Tire W. made c"ndi e
'.rus >fU' worse and everywhere in the
south American States moratorium had
o a, debated. Fa! iucuts Tor shipments
p. t.u,, countries will he affected by this
and c..dI' to them undoubtedly must bee
extended indefinitely
"Tu.se South American countries. on
n. other hlId. are exporting mostly raw
materials and agricultural products t.
ru-o,,. primarily TO England, aud SEQ
ondar.ly 70 Germany. but Also to France.
Bel-ium and the other European countries
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29
SUBMARINES RAISE WAR RISK.
sinking of Two british ships Again
Alarms Underwriters.

Tho sinking OF mo British steamers
Primo and Malachite or Havrs lrae had
tho effect Of raising war risk rates on
ships and cargo"9 FOR London. Though
specific rates tro naturally dependent
upon special 90 'tipns IN each case pre-
scented for insurance" the general rate e.
London advanced from 'hr-"-uuarters ~
per cent. 10 ! per cent. and N somo
cases 20 7 y pc- cont.
The ability Of German Submarines 20
penetrate the British patrol 70 the e,-
tent of sinking steamers OFF HHvre gave
underwriters son"tuiug Of shock.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29

. n'i oversea imports into Ger
'.l~ were IN 1919 S1,t6S,25o. 400,
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iron the rest " Africa Germany IN
IA. Imported 'i@.2.0.op0 worth. Tho
tois' imports from Asia into Germany
s'rour.ed 20 s95l ju0uoo. From this
amount there must again he deducted tho
Imports from the British colonies, as
'-'OW.
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tbs MAKES The tota' imports INTO Gcr-
many from nor British Asia siO2, goo
FROM Its own colonies In AustrdNi
srd N,v Zealand ,icrmany's imports
amounted TO 10000 From the son
',errusn parts ~ Australia and New Xea-
's.d ,i,ruan imports We're s1",IIo 5000.
r.s nr..s. tho total oversee Imports %
.,nr,.- outside IA. British colonies %
tE-I.5.u.ooo
7rsn~'~ into Germany from British
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Grrn,aRy's Imports.

"TH. following table shows tho Imports
int Germany from America. excepting
the I'uitrd States and the British colonies.
- 1912:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-24
WHY THIS SILENCE?

Last year when a Jew was pros
ecuted in Russia for an alleged
ritual murder, the public press of
this country was loud in it's pro-
testations against the injustice
done to the Jewish people by this
recrudescence Of an exploded
calumny against the race. Why
are these same papers so silent
now, when priests are being muir
dered and nuns ravished by the
brutal soldiery of Villa and Car
rama in Mexico? Is this change
Of attitude to be attributed to Sec
tartan bias? Or is it because these
brigands who are in control of
the political situation in Mexico
enjoy the friendship Of the Amer
lean Government whose unWar-
ranted intervention in Mexican
affairs makes it responsible for
the iniquities perpetrated against
Mexican Catholics by the so-called
Constituencies? 1t would be
interesting to know just why the
public press is so silent in regard
to a matter of such grave impor-
lance. If they do not know the
facts they can easily find them
out. Let them withdraw some of
their correspondents from the
European fields of carnage and
send them down to Mexico to tell
the world the truth about the
atrocities perpetrated against de-
fenceless religious in the name of
liberty. 1t is time to let the pub
lie know the real facts about the
situation in Mexico.
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Secretary of State Bryan is so
busy signing peace treaties with
foreign nations that he cannot
heed the call Of the Catholics Of
the neighboring Republic. 1t
would rebound more to the honor
of the Wilson regime if he would
devote his time to the establish
ment of a stable government in
Mexico which would be represen-
tative of the Mexican people and
not Of a lawless clique, rather
than to boosting the administra-
ton in places where he is afraid
that it's friends will not rally to
it's support The intelligent peo-
pie of this country, irrespective
of religious affiliations, will not
suffer themselves to. be much
longer hoodwinked by the futile
attempts which the Government is
making to show that its watch
full waiting" policy has been a
success south of the Rio Grande.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-24
FEAR AS A MOTIVE.

"The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom. :" Fear
Him Who can destroy soul and
body in He'll" Work out your
salvation in fear and trembling. !"
These are only a few of the many
concentrations Of Holy Fear
which we find in the Bible. They
are addressed to us all. Every
thoughtful man who is honest
with himself will admit that he
needs them.
Yet the Rev. S. G.. Smith in the
course Of last Sundays sermon in
the Peoples Church, st. Paul,
said: Fear is survival of the
struggle for existence. 1t is the
wisdom of the weak and ignorant.
" A writer recently re-
marked that the fear of death is
dying out: and so it should. We
are wiser and we have larger
faith in the wisdom and goodness
at the heart of things"
This is painful reading. The
world of today has no need of a
Christian preacher to encourage it
in ignoring the sombre realities of
sin and the woes it brings upon
mankind. The world has it's own
prophets in abundance to lull it
to slumber by pompous and boast
full rhetoric about our fancied SUI
periority over the sinners who
persisted in the Deluge and amid
the ruins of Sodom and Gomorrha.
Men protest against fear just
as boys whistle passing a grave
yard at night. Every honest man
recognizes in himself the POSSIBLE
ity of an outbreak of passion which
would mean the loss of reputa-
ton, position, fortune, health, life
itself. How many men are kept
straight in the very crisis of temp
tation, by the fear of being found
out, being publicly branded, los
ing the job? The law threatens
punishment in order to save men
from their own worse selves by the
prospect of suffering caused by in
diligence in our lower propensi-
ties. And herein the law mere
ly crystalizes honest and enlight-
ened public opinion, expresses
and enforces the dictates of the
social conscience. There may be
need for reform in prisons, but
till Utopia is realized and men
are men no longer, the evil con-
sequences of evil, deeds must be a
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-24

The total receipts Of the Amer
lean Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions, for the year
ending August 81 amounted to
81, 1852, 218, according to the report
of the treasurer, Frank H. Wig
gins of Boston, submitted at the
one hundred and fifth annual
meeting of the organization which
opened in Detroit, Mich, on Octo-
Der 13. The total cost of the mis-
sions was 1892, 1925, an increase of
$25,57O. This goes to the support
of 615 American missionaries in
the field, 312 native pastors in
charge of native churches, 565
evangelists, and 2,722 trained ma
tive teachers, making the total
working force of the Board $500.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-24
FAKE COLLECTORS.

From time to time we find it
necessary to warn our readers
against unauthorized collectors,
usually Orientals, who make it a
business to fleece the charitably
disposed on the plea Of soliciting
aims for some worthy institution
in the Orient. Two such col
lectors visited the Twin Cities
lately and may be at work now
in other parts of the Northwest.
They claim to represent the "Our-
miah Catholic Mission" of Our
miah, Persia, and are begging
funds for an asylum of some kind.
When challenged for credentials
they present papers which are evil
IDENTIFY forgeries, as the Catholic
Patriarch who has jurisdiction
over that region has already
warned the Bishops Of America to
be on their guard against them
and not listen to their appeal
for permission to collect from the
faithful.
It should be borne in mind by
Catholics that every collector who
appeals to them on behalf of any
religious project should have the
written approval Of the Bishop of
the diocese in which he solicits
and those who cannot produce
such credentials when called upon
to do so should be regarded as
unworthy of support. This ap-
plies in a special manner to all
Oriental collectors who must have
written authority from the Propa-
ganda Eide before they are per-
mitted to come to this country
to solicit funds. We are reliably
informed that there is at least one
place in the United States where
fake Oriental collectors can obtain
forged credentials. Hence Cath
olics should be very careful to as
sure themselves that those who
solicit aims from them have the
written permission of the Bishop
of the diocese.
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powerful motive to turn them
back from the downward path.
DR.. Smith says: "The strug-
Cling Christian is torn between
hope and fear. But the developed
saint, who has fought his way up
ward through tribulations, has
learned to love with all his heart. y
But the developed saint is a
rare individual. Don't tell Tom,
Dick and Harry to look upon him
self as a developed saint. just
now the poor fellow feels he is
no such thing. If he be the right
sort of a fellow you cannot get
him to believe he is so much a
better man than his father and
grandfather. And if you do get
him going by means of your
rhetoric till he imagines that his
vague unhealthy sentiments are
just the same thing as the pure
emotions of Gods saints, you are
simply perpetuating in this scep-
teal age the very scandal of
Pharisaism which made religion
odious in the past in New England
and in old England and in Ger
many.
The saints love of God is bal
anced by utter self-contempt. His
favorite prayers are the "Mis-
erere" and the "Domine, non sum
dignus. Even on his deathbed he
will cry out, "Oh God! be merci-
full to me sinner Life is
battle, the air is thick with the
fiery darts Of He'll, the enemies of
Christ and Of His Cross are
everywhere, the triple alliance of
the world, the flesh and the devil
ceases not from assault by day
or by night.
Deep IN his heart the saint fears
lest he become a castaway and
in fear and trembling he works
out his salvation. Wars without,
fears within. Thus does ST. Paul,
the apostle of faith and courage
and burning zeal, join with St.
John, the apostle of love, in assur-
ing us that while this life lasts
we can never dispense with holy
and wholesome fear.
Not brave man but lunatic
denies the existence of danger,
the reality Of pain and misery.
Not manliness but upstart vul-
garity makes a man deny his bet
tiers the respect that is their due.
And surely in the presence of Al
mighty God, as we always are, our
fitting attitude is that Of the
noblest of the spirits Of Heaven,
trembling awe and reverence.
And today more than at other
epochs men need to be taught the
lessons of reverence and holy fear.
1t is sad to witness a Christian
preacher even seeming to encour-
age our shallow generation in it's
orgy OF irreverence against Al
mighty God, and utter careless
ness about the dread realities of
human existence.
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his people because of his great re-
forms. When he became ruler of the
country it had been a battle-ground
for many years and was sadly retro
grade. The land was in the hands
of a few persons. His agrarian re-
forms, his work for education and his
other laws for the advancement of
education and progress among his
people endeared him in a manner that
has scarcely ever been paralleled in
European history. The Orthodox
Church is the state church of Rou-
mania, having declared it's independ-
ence of the Patriarch of CONSTANT
nople in 1859 Other churches are
permitted in the country, but get no
state aid. Theer are 144,677 Roman
Catholics, 5,451,787 Greek Catholics,
266,652 Jews, 22,749 Professionals, A.
1872 Mohammedans and about $4,000
persons of other faiths in Roumania.
The state does not interfere with the
election of the clergy in any church,
but the Orthodox Bishops are men,
bers of the upper house of the legisla-
ture.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-24

The Alumnae Association of the
Nurses Training School of the
Northern Pacific Hospital at
Brainerd, Mimi, entertained its
guests with a "mock marriage"
at the annual meeting held on
October Is. If the guests enjoyed
this travesty of a ceremony which
ordinary Christians invest with a
certain amount of religious sig
nifcance, one cannot have a very
high opinion of their intelligence
and it goes without saying that
the nurses who have to resort to
such an exhibition in order to en-
terrain their guests have not mas
tered the elementary principles of
their profession. Very likely they
thought the performance smart
but it is just such smartness that
marks the difference between the
real lady and the counterfeit.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-24
THE PROCLAMATION OF THE
TIARA NATION ONCE AGAIN?
A CENTURY AND A HALF OF
POLISH HISTORY.
written for The Catholic Bulletin by
Cecil UNDERWORLD

Out of this war, in spite of its hor-
rors, much good may come 1t is
said among other things, a new era
will dawn for the smaller nations Of
Europe. Already it has accelerated
the passage of Home Rule for Ireland
British statesmen concede that the
war placed Home Rule on the statute
books. And the recent proclamation
of the Tar, no less significant than
lreland's measure of freedom, grants
a large measure of freedom to Po-
land, in fact reconstitutes Poland as
an Imperial State. Yet many are
asking the question, Is this offer
genuine? Or will Russia, after the
war, back down and find excuses for
delaying the promised gift? At any
rate, the proclamation turns our at
tention to one of the most tragic
stories in the history of the world.
Let us glance at the final acts in the
last hundred and fifty years.
A Tragic Story.
In the year 1772 the Kingdom of
Poland was still almost at that largest
extent which it had reached in the
fifteenth century under the Jagellons.
This powerful family had united Po-
land and Lithuania, and for time
held also the Bohemian crown. Their
successors began to lose the outlying
provinces, a part of which went to
the Hapsburgs while Silesia fell into
the hands of Frederick of Prussia.
Between the Prussian Frederick and
Catherine of Russia poor Poland re-
sembled tender lamb in the jaws of
lion. Russia appropriated the great
er part of Lithuania and Courland,
while Prussia took over not only all
the seaboard, but Posen, together
with the municipal republics of
Thorn and Danzig. This was the
great partition of 1893.
Still another division took place,
twelve years later, when Austria an
nexed Galicia, Russia helped herself
to the rest of Lithuania; and Prussia
took the remainder of the spoil, where
upon the historian wrote: fms Po-
laniae.
In vain Stanislaus called to his
embattled patriots and evoked the
most intense national feeling. In vain
the sword of Kosciusko, fresh from
American battlefelds, flashed on the
heights of Radon and Warsaw. In
vain did the Vanquished people follow
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-24
ANOTHERK. OF c. VINDICATION

certaining whether or not a certain
bus, which has been printed and wide
3ly circulated, was in fact used by the
Order and whether, if it was not used,
any oath, obligation or pledge was
used which was or would be offensive
to Professionals or Masons, or those who
are engaged in circulating document
of peculiar viciousness and wicked
ness. We find that neither the alleged
oath nor any oath or pledge bearing
the remotest resemblance thereto in
matter, manner, spirit or purpose is
used or forms part of the ceremonies
Of any degree of the Knights of Column
bus. The alleged oath is scurrilous,
wicked and libelous and must be the
invention of an impious and venomous
mind. We find that the Order of
Knights of Columbus, as shown by its
rituals, is dedicated to the Catholic
religion, charity and patriotism. There
is no propaganda proposed or taught
against Professionals or Masons or per-
sons not of Catholic faith. Indeed,
Professionals and Masons are not re-
ferred to directly or indirectly in the
ceremonials and pledges. The cere-
monial of the Order teaches a high
and noble patriotism, instills love of
country, inculcates a reverence for
law ana order, urges the conscientious
and unselfish performance of civic
duty and holds up the Constitution of
our country as the richest and most
precious possession of Knight of the
Order. We can find nothing in the
entire ceremonials of the Order that
to our minds could be objected to by
any person"
MOTLEY HEWES FLINT, 33d De-
gree Past Grand Master of Masons
of California
DANA REID WELLER, 32d Degree
Past Grand Master of Masons of
California
"WM. RHODES HERVEY, 33d De-
gree Past Master and Master of
Scottish Rite Lodge.
SAMUEL E. BURKE, 32d Degree
Past Master and Inspector of Ma
sonic District"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-24
POLAND AND THE WAR

the star of Napoleon, which led them
| through seas of blood, not to the
Promised Land, but to ruin. In 1915,
when Napoleon had been overthrow,
and the great Powers of Europe sat in
council, the existence of Poland was
Ignored; she became tragic mem
DRY. No sadder picture can be found
in history than that of the three sur
rounding powers, as they sit down to
feast on the remains of a once proud
nation. Surely the hackneyed line of
the poet is true-"Freedom shrieked
when Kosciusko fell" For Poland
always loved freedom, as she loved
true nobleness and valour. And all
lovers of freedom throughout the
world will rejoice if by means of this
war she will be restored in full in
tegrity to her rightful place on the
map of Europe.
A Process of classification.
During the critical year 1848 Poland
was held too firmly for revolutionary
progress to make head The removal
of the iron hand of Nicholas reused
new expectations. Alexander ii set
on foot rapid reforms. His brother,
Constantine, took up strongly ma
tional attitude; the official use of the
Polish language was restored, and
serfdom was abolished But the
smouldering fires of insurrection broke
out, and after their merciless repres-
sion-they were quenched with the
best blood of Poland-all hope van
ished. A steady process of Russifica-
ton set in, process initiated in the
Prussian provinces, and to a milder
extent in Galicia. Except in the Aus
trian province, the religious problem
has figured prominently; SO that the
Poles have suffered quite as much for
creed as for country.
Poland of Today.
The Poland of today, to which the
Tar has made new promise of
autonomy, with the recovery of the
lost provinces, is in great measure a
land of peasantry and of industry.
The vast estate of the mobiles have
been divided among the peasants. The
repression of political activity has re-
suited in a concentration upon liter
airy, scientific and industrial pursuits
which has transformed the face of the
nation and is of rare promise for it's
future development.
Once more we ask, Is the Tar in
earnest? Does he mean all his
proclamation implies or is Poland
doomed again to follow an Ignis
Fatuus which will lead her farther
and farther into the quagmire? And
furthermore, even if he did mean it,
who knows as yet that the fortunes
of this war will give the Tar power
to fulfill his promise?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1914-10-24

One of the features of the celebra-
ton of Discovery Day." october IL,
by the knights of Columbus of Los
Angeles, California, was the reading
of the report of the committee of
Freemasons to whom the Hon. Paul
J. Mccormick, State Deputy of Cali
fornia, exhibited the ceremonial and
obligations of the Order. This action
was taken by Judge Mccormick with
the permission of the Supreme Council
on account of the wide circulation
given to the so-called knights of Co.
lumbus Oath
The following is the report of the
committee of prominent Masons who
examined the knights of Columbus
ceremonial:
eve hereby certify that by authority
of the highest officer of the Knights of
Columbus in the State of California,
who acted under instructions from the
Supreme Officer of the Order in the
United States, we were furnished a
complete copy of all the work, cere-
monies and pledges used by the Order,
and that we carefully read, discussed
and examined the same. We found
that while the Order is in a sense a
secret association, it is not an oath
bound organization and that its cere-
monies are comprised in four degrees,
which are intended to teach and in
culcate principles that lie at the foun-
dation of every great religion and
every free state. Our examination of
these ceremonials and obligations was
made primarily for the purpose Of as