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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
BISHOP Of ST. CLOUD THE MERGER INCIDENTPO
REPORT FROM ROME PURPoRTs
TO GIVE AN AUTHENTIC .Ac-
COUNT or THE AFFAIR.

1t is hard to get at the truth in re
gard to what is now known as the
MERCER incident. In last weeks is
sue we published the denial issued by
the German military government oil
Belgium that His Eminence Cardinal
Mercier Of Malines had been arrested
because he issued al pastoral letter in
which he was said to have advised Bel,
gian civilians not 10 recognize the
authority of the German administra-
ton of Belgium.
According to a report from Rome, a
special messenger from the Cardinal
is said to have delivered to Pope Bene-
dict this week an account of the af-
fair, from which the following are de-
clared to be authentic extracts:
Notwithstanding efforts of Ber-
lin to suppress the affair, the truth has
begnn to be known regarding the treat
ment of which Cardinal Mercier is the
victim The facts subioined may be
considered absolutely exact.
First, the Germans seized from the
printer Dcssian at Malines $4,000
copies OF Cardinal Mercier's pastoral
letter.
Second, the Germans fined the
printer $125.
Third, the Germans forbade the
reading of the pastoral letter in q
large number of parishes.
Fourth, three German officers called
at the Archbishop's palace in Malines
January and compelled him to SUBJ
nit TO Interrogation.
Fifth, Cardinal Mercier was pre-
vented January 3 from presiding at a
religious ceremony. That morning he
received from Gov Gen. Won Bissing a
telegram inviting him not to go to
this service, which was TO take place
in q church in Antwerp.
Sixth, on January A, Cardinal Mer.
cier was detained in his palace all day.
During the morning Won Stroempel,
aid on the staff of Gen. von Bissing, ar
rived in an automobile, accompanied
by soldiers, to bring a letter from Gen.
Won Bissing. Won Stroempel demand.
ed an immediate reply. The Cardinal
offered to send a renly in the course of
the day to Brussels, l5nt Won Stroem-
pei, after telephoning from the head
quarters Of the local Commandant to
the Governor General in Brussels, re.
ported to the Cardilal that he had
been ordered to remain in the Arch.
bishopric until the Cardinal had given
him the reply demanded. Won Stroem.
pei remained until evening with the
soldiers who accompanied him.
Seventh. on January 6, the Ger.
mans presented the Cardinal with the
text of form of retraction which they
demanded that he sign. The Cardinal
refused
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
FOR BELGIAN SOLDIERS
CATHOLIC CEMETERY PROVIDED
AT ST. MARYs KENsAL GREEN
IN LONDON.

An arrangement has been made
whereby a small Catholic cemetery
for Belgian soldiers has been provid-
ed close to London, and those of them
who die in this country as a result
of wounds or exposure win be brought
to rest at st. Mary's Kensal Green,
together. This is the great. city of the
Catholic dead on the northern heights
of London. The ground is the prop
erty Of the Secular Clergy Common
Fund, which provided for aged and
infirm or invalid priests. Through
the instrumentaIity of Cardinal Bourne
and by the kindness. of the admins
traitor of the fund a piece of ground
has been set aside as campo santo''
for the Belgian army. 1t is proposed
to raise later by public subscription
a beautiful calvary in the midst of
the little cemetery. AT present a
plain wooden cross has been set up
with the inscription: Here rest Bel
gian soldiers who died to defend the
honor and independence OF their eoun.
try. May God give them eternal rest
and Belgium be ever mindful OF
them." The inscription is in French
English and Flemish,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
THE CHURCH AND THE BIBLE

truth before Christ and after Him.
Before Him there was no continuous
tnfallible body, albeit there was for Il
time nation under special provi-
dence; since Christ there has been, to
preserve His truth, His mystic body
pervaded by His Spirit, namely, the
Church. A glance at the Old Testa-
ment will make clear what / mean.
We read: 'Henoch walked with God
and he was seen no more, because
God took him.N (Gen. s, 24) What a
marvellous impression he must have
made on the world that even this
much has penetrated to us through
the subsequent darkness! Yet we turn
over a page of the Bible and we read:
The earth was corrupted before God,
and filled with iniquity" Again we
read: God blessed Noe and his sons
and said: increase and multiply and
i'll the earth" We turn over the page
once more and we find that, at the
time of the call Of Abraham, all are
idolaters again. At this time on ac-
count of the great Faith of Abraham
and Gods promise, that in him all ma
tions would be blessed, the descend
ants OF Abraham became a specially
guarded nation. But not for this are
they able to keep the faith, meager as
| It was. After four hundred years in
Egypt, idolatry had so permeated the
| masses, that they had to be purified by
| poverty, slavery and hardship, they
had to be brought into the wilderness
and all, who came out Of Egypt save
| .wo, had to die there i'm the wilder
ness in order that purified people
! might again rise. Yet the taint of the
old worship Of Moloch was never
completely washed out Of them.
Moses indeed created a new people
/ and fortified it with ritual and law
and scripture and command. Surely
| one would think that he with his tow
| ering personality were able to give
Dermanency to the faith. But he
could not give the Spirit, that was
only lent to himself, and as great
| part of his legislation had to be put
in force in other times, and in new
country, and amidst a thousand new
interests, it is not surprising that
there are in Israel periods and places,
when and where it seems to be almost
unknown. Listen to the voice of Nehe-
4 mias: "Our kings. our princes, our
priests, our fathers have not kept thy
law and have not minded thy COM
mandments and thy testimonies e.
Els. Xxx. BAD But God raised up one
prophet after another, martyrs all in
their zeal for the Law, and the work
lof Moses was again and again reha-
biIitated after periods Of decay. I'M
tdoubtedly there was always remnant
iof true believers. In the course of
time the inspired writings Of the
Iprophets grew in volume. A tribunal
lof the highest authority and of the
most scrupnlous care took charge of
them. But all in vain. The letter
might be preserved, but the spirit OF
the writer's vanished, neither could
the great Council determine fully the
list Of sacred books. How often Our
/ Continued on Page 40
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
FATHER O'BRIEN RET|REs
PASTOR OF TOLEDO PARISH FOR
II YEARs-oRDAlNED IN 1872
PROMINENT IN CIVIC AFFAIRS.

After forty-two years service in the
priesthood, Rev. Patrick O'Brien Of
the Church of the Good Shepherd,
Toledo, Ohio, recently asked Bishop
Sehrembs to retire him from active
work and his request has been grant
ed lie will retire Saturday, Feb
Ftfary 30, his Neyenty-fifst birthday,
and on the Sunday following he will
preach his farewell sermon to the con-
gregation to which he has ministered
for seventeen years.
Advancing years and the heavy du-
ties that attend the work of growing
parish like that of the Good Shepherd
prompted him to ask for rest. A new
parish school will soon become a ne
cessity and the strenuous work at
tached to such an achievement would
be a greater demand on his strength
than he was equal to. He will prob
ably be made the chaplain of one Of
the diocesan institutions, having re-
quested this of the bishop.
Father O'Brien was ordained in
July, 1872, by Bishop GiImour. He
has served in Youngstown, Rockport,
Cleveland, Fremont and Toledo. He
was one of the members of the COM
mission that had charge OF the erec-
ton of the Mckinley monument. He
is an honorary member of Ford post,
G. A. r., and also Of the Toledo Press
Club.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE
THE cARRoLLTON CLUB ON
JANUARY 13, BY THE REV. j. C.
BYRNE, PASTOR OF ST. MARY's
CHURCH, ST. PAUL.

There is no better time to consider
this subject, The Church and the
Bible" than this Christmastime, in
which faith in the divinity of Christ
our Lord has been protested anew,
and, as we hope, deepened by that
profession. On our belief in the diyin
ity of Christ depends our belief in the
Church and in the Bible. For the
Church is divine society, not only
because Christ founded it, but be-
cause He is ever present with it: and
the Bible is a divine book, not only
because it was written at the dicta
ton of the Holy Spirit, but because it
thought, which passed through inspir.
ed minds and the divine mind of the
incarnate Son of God. Now we can
believe in the divinity of Christ in a
languid sort of way, which is only
step this side of denial of it, or we
can arrive at large, if not full reali-
ZatiOn Of it. He, who sees the flowers
bending before gentle breeze, knows
that there is power in the wind, but
he, who sees houses and forest felled
by the cyclone, realizes what that
power may be. 1t is this strong reali
cation and not a languid acceptance Of
the divinity of Christ, which is nee
essary preparation for a due consider
alton of Church and Bible.
Assuming then a lively faith in the
divinity of Christ, which through the
gift of God arises in us, when we have
presented to us Christ's work, | wish
you to recall the words of st. Paul to
the Hebrews: God, who at sundry
times and in divers manners spake in
| times past to the fathers by the proph-
| cts, last of all in these days hath spok-
en- to us by His Son, whom he hath
appointed heir of all things, by whom
also he made the world" (Heb. |, 1,
I2) The question here is not of writ
ings but of men, and there is a con-
trast made between all the inspired
men, who preceded Christ, and Christ
Himself. Just as there were many
sacrifices in different ways typifying
the sacrifice of the Cross, with which
the Mass is identified, SO there were
many men typifying in divers ways
the one man in whom the fulness OF
/ Godhead did dwell, and with whom
the Church is identified Now, where
as they all spoke by the same Spirit
there was this essential difference
/ that the Spirit was given to the
prophets of old, but the Spirit was
possessed by Christ; and those of old
could not bestow the Holy Spirit upon
their followers. whereas Christ could
lbestow the Holy Spirit and actually
did bestow the Holy Spirit on His
4 Church from His seat on high.
No InfalIibIe Body Before Christ.
Il From this fact arises the difference
lbetWeen the preservation Of revealed
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
LE0's GO0O OFFICES
LEO XIII SECURED EXCHANGE OF
PRISONERS IN 1906.

Count Soderini, who was entrusted
by Pope Leo XIII with the data from
which to write the history Of his pom
tificate, has made, in connection with
the exchange of prisoners, as pro-
posed by Pope Benedict, the interest
ing revelation that it was through the
efforts of Pope Leo with King Meme
lik of Abyssinia that an exchange of
prisoners followed the battle of
Adowa in 1906, in which the Italian
forces were cut to pieces by the tribes.
men.
Count Soderini says he was used by
Pope Leo as the intermediary to the
Abyssinian Negus. Pope Leo desired
not to lessen the prestige of King
Humbert with Menelik and requested
the King through Premier Rudini to
give his assent to the plan. King
Humbert, according to Count Solder
ini, was delighted at the proposal and
declared that if Pope Leo succeeded in
securing the release of the prisoners
the glory would be the Pope's.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP RYAN
REQUEST FOR DOCUMENTS TO
AID BIoGRAPHER.

The gathering of documentary
sources for the life of the late Arch
bishop Ryan, of Philadelphia has been
under way for several months, and
the time has arrived for public men,
ton of the fact, says the Catholic
Standard and Times" of Philadelphia.
The many friends of the venerable
prelate among our readers are re-
quested to submit for the proposed
biography any letters they have from
the deceased churchman All such
correspondence and kindred papers
should be addressed to the editor of
The Ecclesiastical Review" 1905
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa, who
undertakes to see that they will be
promptly returned after perusal, and
that only such use will be made of
them as is freely acquiesced in by
the senders.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
POLISH PATRIOT DEAD
COL. MILKoWSKI SPENT MOST OF
HIS LIFE FIGHTING FOR
POLISH LIBERTY.

Sigismond Milkowski, the Polish
patriot, died last week at Lausanne,
Switzerland. at the age of 80. Colonel
Milkowski fought on many battlefields
of Europe and was famous among his
conntrymen as a writer on Polish his
tory. He visited Chicago in 1900 to
raise money for the Polish national
defense fund
Colonel MilkoWski spent almost his
entire life. fighting for Poland's liber-
ty. He was active in the Polish and
Hungarian instructions of 1S4S and
1863. For this reason he was exiled
from Russia-P Poland and lived in
Geneva.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
POPE AND BRITISH ENVOY
TEXT OF SIR HENRY HoWARD'S
ADDRESS WHEN HE PRESENT
ED HIS CREDENTIALS TO BENE-
DICT XIV.

The following is the text of the
speech made by Sir Henry Howard
when he presented to Pope Benedict
XIV, his credentials as British Minis
ter to the Holy See. Addressing the
Holy Father, Sir Henry Howard said:
In delivering the letter which the
King, my august master, has address
ed to Your Holiness, / am charged
by His Majesty, in the first place, to
offer his cordial congratulations to
Your Holiness on your accession to
the Pontifcal Throne and to assure
you Of his sincere friendship More
over, in view Of the numerous
questions which have arisen, and
in which Your Holiness and
the King have common interest,
His Majesty has desired to place
himself in direct relations with
Your Holiness to facilitate the discus
sion OF these and any other question
that may arise, and has done be the
great honour to name me his repre-
sentative to Your Holiness. In COM
municatins to Your Holiness these
wishes on the Kings part, l desire
to assure you that | shall do all in
my power to fulfil the high mission en-
trusted to me-" The Pope, in most
cordial reply, said he highly appre-
ciated Great Britian's attitude to-
wards the Holy See, and he hoped
the presence Of the British Envoy
would further cement the good rela-
tions between the Catholic Church
and the great realm in which so many
Catholics lived in prosperity
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
BISHOP BUSCH, OF LEAD, SUc-
CEEDS BISHOP TRoBEc, WHO
RESIGNED SOME MONTHS AGO
ORDAINED IN 1s89--coNsEcRAT-
ED IN 1910.

The Right Reverend Joseph F.
Busch, Bishop of Lead. S. d., has been
appointed Bishop of St. Cloud, in sue
cession to the Right Reverend Bishop
Trobec, who resigned that See some
months ago on account of failing
health. The announcement of Bishop
Busch's transfer to ST. Cloud was
made at the beginning of the week.
The Right Reverend Joseph F.
Busch is native of Red Wing, Minn.,
where he was born on April 16, 1866.
He completed his theological course
in Innsbruck, Austria, where he was
ordained in 1889 lie spent the next
two years at the Catholic University,
Washington, and on his return to st.
Paul, was appointed Secretary to the
Most Reverend Archbishop. He was
assistant at the Cathedral and at st.
Mary's Church, ST Paul, and after
wards served as pastor at South st.
Paul, lie Sueur, and St Lawrence par
ish, Minneapolis. He was head OF the
Diocesan Missionary Band from its or
ganization in 1902 until his consecra-
ton as Bishop of Lead on May 10,
1910 He was one of the six Bishops
consecrated. by the Most Reverend
Archbishop Ireland at ST. Paul Semi
nary.
The Diocese of st. Cloud, to which
he has been appointed, has an area Of
12,251 square miles and a Catholic pop
ulation of about $500, ministered to
by 13S priests, diocesan and regular.
1t is we'll equipped with churches, edu-
cationaI, charitable and other institu-
tions for the furtherance of the spir-
itual welfare Of its people.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
BIBLICAL INSTITUTE CLOSED
TURKS EXPEL RELIGIOUS FROM
PALESTINE.

Mgr Lagrange, the able and scholar
ly director of the Biblical Institute at
Jerusalem, says that all the religious
belonging to the countries which are
now engaged in the war have been
expelled; that it was the original in.
tention of the Turkish authorities to
cast them all into prison; but that,
owing to the vigorous insistence OF
the American Consul they were per-
mitted to leave Palestine unmolested
Their lives were at no time in danger
he states; but they have suffered a
good deal of hardship. The Biblical
Institute is closed; but he believes
that its valuable contents will not be
damaged.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
LETTER OF THE MOST REVEREND ARCHBISHOP

sacrifices of limb and Of life. We
shall prove our gratitude to the Sill
preme Lord, by coming. as means per-
nit, to the succor OF those of His
children elsewhere whom hardship and
affliction have overtaken.
AS the public press informs us, no
sooner was this terrible earthquake
heard of than the Holy Father, mind
ful OF the duties and prerogatives of
his high Office, set to work all the
agencies under his control to bring
to the sufferers consolation and relief.
We have the double pleasure in
our present act of generosity-that OF
aiding the unfortunate, and that of CO.
operating in the acts of charity
by the Holy Father.
The collection will be announced
the Sunday following the receipt OF
this letter, and taken up on the sub
sequent Sunday.
4 JOHN IRELAND,
Archbishop of st. Paul.
St Paul, January 18th, 1915.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
CATHOLIC NAVY CHAPLAINs
LARGE NUMBER OF PRIESTS AS
cHAPLAlNS IN THE BRITISH
NAVY.

We learn, on the authority Of the
London Tablet that there is Cath
olic chaplain for service a1oat for
each squadron of the Grand Fleet, and
that several additional chaplains have
been specially appointed for the dura-
ton of the war; that, in addition to
those serving with the Grand Fleet,
there are nineteen other Catholic
chaplains who are in receipt of fixed
allowances, some of them with squad
rons afloat, and others at naval sta
tions; and that, in addition to the
above, there are 13O priests who re,
ceive capitation grants from the Ad-
miralty.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
THE HOLY FATHER SETS APART
A SPECIAL DAY FOR PRAYERS
FOR PEACE THROUGHOUT
CHRIS END O OM-coMPoSES
SPECIAL PRAYER FOR THE PUR-
POSE.

His Holiness Pope Benedict XIV is
sued a decree this week in which he
calls for worldwide prayer among
Catholics for the restoration of peace
among the warning nations of Europe.
He sets apart two days to be devoted
to special service and prayer for that
purpose. This day of supplication for
peace is to be observed on Sunday,
February Z, in every Catholic church
in Europe; while Sunday. March q,
has been designated for that purpose
in all other parts of the world.
The Pope's letter exhorts priests
and people not only to attend special
services on this day, but by prayer,
modification, and self-denial, invoke
Almighty God to restore tranquility to
q world now suffering expiation for
its sins.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
JEW AIDS CHURCH
JOINS INTEREST CLUB" OF DEN
YER CATHEDRAL PARISH.

A Jew recently sent letter to the
Rev. Hugh l.. McMenamin, rector OF
the Denver Cathedral, saying he had
heard that an interest club was being
organized in the parish, to handle the
interest for 1915; and that he wished
to join. lie sent check for $12, COW
ering 81 for twelve months, the mem
bership fee in the interest club.
The Jew declared he was disposed
to make his gift out Of appreciation
for the beautiful architecture in the
Cathedral
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
An OLD BIBLE

E. II. Carter of Wahpeton, n D.,
has an old relic Of bygone days in a
Bible published in Windsor, VT, in
1872. by Merrifeld C Cochran, at
The Sign of the Bible.
This book is 103 years old. 1t was
the property of a great uncle of Mr..
Carter, who evidently had made an
exhaustive study Of the Bible, as was
evidenced by the copious marginal
notes and references in old-fashioned
handwriting.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
ANGLICAN CONVERT 7

The Rev. B. H. Berlyn, lately act
ing Chaplain to the forces at Colches-
ter and Curate of the Church of st.
Alban the Martyr at Fulham. Eng
land, was with his wife, received into
the Catholic Church by the Right
Reverend Francis AIostyn. Bishop of
Menecia, at st. Brides Abbey, Mil
ford Haven, about the middle of last
December.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-01-23
ASKING FOR A COLLECTION IN
AID OF THE EARTHQUAKE SUI.
FERERs IN ITALY.
To the Clergy and the Laity of the
Diocese of st. Paul:
Beloved Brethren:

| beg leave to ask that collection
be taken up in the several churches
OF the Diocese, in aid Of the victims Of
the earthquake recently occurring in
Italy. The proceeds OF this collection
will be forwarded to the Holy Father,
Benedict XIV. to be disbursed as he
may wish and direct.
Nothing is needed, | am confident,
beyond the simple announcement OF
this collection TO enlist in it's favor
your generous and effective sympathy.
In America we are favored by Cod.
% earthquakes, no wars disturb our
eace, destroy our properties, impose
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-19
RAIlRoA lusT PA

Executive Council Decides That Assess-
nsnts Shall Stand-No chanos In
Telegraph Assessments OF Dig Cons
paniss Some Small Companies Are
Changed.
Dee Moines. July 1.-THE state
executive council has decided to make
practically no change In the assess-.
ments for taxation Of the railroads In
Iowa. Hearings were held this week
for the railroads to present any re-
quests or complaints they had to make
in connection with the present valu-S
alton. but after considering them the
council left things about AZ they were
last year. The value Of the main line
Of the Wabash was raised slightly, but
this was Offset by lowering OF the
assessment on some branch line prop
erty which leaves their general rate
practically as 1t was.
No change was made In the assees-
ments Of the large telegraph companiesx
The Western Union, the Postal and the
American were left as they were -.
sessed last year. Very little change in
the valuation Of the telephone property
in the state was made. What changes
were made were for the smaller COM
panies, of which there are number in
the state.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-19
A SCHOLASTIC FAMILY.
Six Daughters and One Son Teach
School,

Riyerton, July 19.-The Christensen
family of Riverton is a family Of school
teachers. There are six daughters ana
at different times all have taught.
There are two sons. One was teacher
for a number of years, the other VIII
graduate next year from the Riverton
high school, which already numbers
seven of these children among its
alumni, Seven teachers in one family
is something unusual. Three Of the
daughters - Frederick, Minnie ana
Grace-are still teachers. Grace VIII
be graduated this month from the Iowa
state normal at Cedar Falls. Three
daughters and one son are married
Helen has graduated from the Still col
lege of osteopathy in Des MONIES. She
married a fellow graduate and they
went into partnership as practitioners
as we'll as partners in the life sense
The Oldest son, Chris, is also an osteo-
pathic practitioner. He is located IT
Keokuk. One daughter. Mrs. Henry
Heaton, lives in Shenandoah and an
other, Mrs. Dahlgren, near PdVerton
The parents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Chris.
Jensen, are Danes. They came from
their native country thirty-four year:
ago and have ever since lived in River
/ ton. Mr.. Christensen owns farm ad
joining the town and has followed
farming since he came to America The!
are the kind Of people that make
country and make it great.