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SHIP BILL DUE TO
PASS HOUSE TONIGHT
Continued from First PaxeD

CONTINUED from First Page.)
and went through the formality of re-
porting the rule. The rule was reported
from the committee on n strict party
vote.
As soon as the House convened.
chairman Henry presented the rule
y. I'D by his committee, Just as Il
was introduced several days ago by
Congressman Padgett and approved in
tho early morning hours today by the
party caucus.
simultaneously. Majority Leader Tn
oer"ood asked unanimous consent to
set aside the business Of the regular
calendar ed nesday.
is not the pension appropriation bill
Minority Leader Mann.
II 10. but the majority has decided
Underwood
We'll; II the majority intends to set
pension bill today do not think I can
agree at this time to dispensing with
Calendar Wednesday," retorted the RE-
publican floor leader. and the first
clash between the Republican and
Democratic sides was staged
There was then a colloauy over the
time for debate on the rule. Mr.. Henry
wanted to consider the previous oues-
ton on the rule AS ordered at the end
Of an hour. The Republicans objected.
Demand Roll Call.
Mr.. Henry then moved arbitrarily to
order the previous question and three
Republicans. Mann, Madden and Camp
bell. jumped to their feet with demands
for the roll call. This was ordered and
the Administration forces won out In the
first real skirmisn Of the day by a vote
Of ISL to l26. with sixteen recalcitrant
Democrats voting with the minority.
The only privilege given the opposi-
ton Is that OF offering a motion to re.
commit the bill before it's final passage
tonight.
The vote on the previous question on
the rule was a test vote presaging the
passage Of the bill tonight by com.
majority. although It was ap-
parent that the Republicans would
make an attempt to delay action.
House filibustArs. however. are short
lived as compared with those in the
Senate because the lower body has al
ways invoked. no matter what party
may be in power. the gag" rule to cut
OFF long discussion.
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Cabinet meeting that the State De-
psrtment was considering the de-
mands which Japan has made on
China: demands which. IL has been
pointed out, are at variance with tho
policy long ago proclaimed by the
united states fevoring the open door
In China. While Mr.. Bryan would not
say that representations had been or
would be made to Japan on the sub.
Ject. 1t is understood that some point.
ed Inquiries have been made OF the
Tokyo government.
Regarding the situation in Mexico.
Mr. Bryan was able TO inform the
cabinet that practically all the Euro
pean diplomats have been djrectad
as a result of conditions in the Mexi,
can capital and their strained rela-
tions with Carranza. to leave the
country whenever the situation be.
comes intole able.
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Thank Wilson For
immigration Veto
Foreign Language Newspapers
Send Resolutions Framed
in Silver.

Framed in silver. n set OF resolu-
tiong was received at the White House
today from the Association OF Foreign
Language Newspapers OF the United
States. warmly commencing the ac-
tion OF President Wilson in vetoing
the immigration bill.
Accompanying the resolutions was
q request from the organization for
an engagement at which a committee
might call at the White House and
formally present the resolutions.
An appointment will be made.
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DEMOCRATS WHO
BOLTED CAUCUS

The eighteen Democrats who
told the caucus today that
they could not abide by the
caucus action supporting the
ship bill are Fitzgerald,
Kitchin, Bartlett, Sisson,
Jones, Witherspoon, Slay-
den, Galloway, Brockson,
Gallivan, Whitacre, Patten,
Of New York; Stevens, Of
New Hampshire; Beall,
Gerry, Davenport, Page and
Saunders.
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GERARD is NOT ALARMED.
Says Dispute With Germany Will BE
solved Satisfact0rily.

BERLIN (via Amsterdam), Feb. 10
According to the Lokal Anzeiger,
James ". Gerard. the American am
bassador. sees no cause for alarm In
connection with the present ncgotia-
tions between the United States and
Germany growing out of the subma
rine blockade.
$50 far as the present relations be-
tween our countries are concerned"
tho newspaper quotes the ambassador
II regard them with the most COM
in dispute will. with the existing good
Will on both sides. certainly be solved
satisfactorily to both parties"
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TresSi Rehearsal.

OF Normandy" under the direction of
Joseph Andre Tressi will take place at
the Tress Studio. l4O7 Massachusetts
avenue. on Friday evening at s O'Clock.
Instead Of Thursday evening.
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CABINET TAKES Up
EUROPEAN WAR AND.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Copies Of British Supplement.
tary Reply to American Pro.
test Read at Meeting Today.

All international problems confront
ing the United States with reference to
the war in Europe and conditions In
Mexico were gone into at todays meet
ing Of the Cabinet.
Before the Cabinet were copies Of the
British supplementary reply to the
American protest against detention OF
American cargoes: the German note re-
ceived yesterday relative to Germany's
offer to modify her war gone decree.
provided England would permit food
stuffs to 60 to Germany; the demand
Of Mayor Mitchell, Of New York. for the
esta ablishment of an embargo on the
shipment Of foodstuffs to the warring
nations; Information received at the
State Department relative to Japans
demands on China: and the latest re-
ports from Mexico regarding the hos
tility existing between General Carran-
"a and members Of the foreign Giplo-
matte corps at Mexico City.
Discuss Shipping Probe.
Senator Burton's resolution calling for
an investigation OF negotiations which
Secretary Of the Treasury McAdoo was
alleged to be making for the purchase
OF foreign steamships. also was DIS
cussed.
81.
reiterate, It Is understood. England $
determination to continue seizing Ameri-
can ships suspected of transporting con-
traband to Germany. 1t Is understood
that rejoinder will be sent to London
shortly by this Government repeating
its protest.
In considering the German note re-
garding the war zone decree the Cabi-
net had before 1t press reports con-
cernins the announcement made In
parliament yesterday by Winston
which Is interpreted generally In Wash
ton as fiat defiance of Germany
and a determination to prevent by
means of a general blockade all food
stuffs from reaching Germany.
Interpreted in this light the Churchill
speech tends further to complicate the
situation. Neutral shipping and par
Is moro than ever between the mill
stones Of the oposing policies of Ger
many and England
Embargo May Come.
In this connection the fact that the
Cabinet considered the request Of Mayor
Mitchell is regarded as significant.
While Congressional action would be
necessary to establish an embargo, end
while President Wilson is still under
stood to be opposed to this extreme
measure, an embargo Is regarded. new
ertheless. as one Of the steps which the
United States may Yet be forced to
take. not only to conserve her own food
the United States being forced into the
war by the attitude Of both England
and Germany toward neutral shipping.
Secretary Bryan admitted after the
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TIDE TABLE.
High tide-?.50 a. m. and l0.ll p. m,
Low tide--3:54 n. m. and 4l6 D. m.
Sun TABLE.
Sun rises. Sun sets...5:41
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

The forecast for the District of CO.
lumbia- Partly cloudy and cooler to-
night: Wednesday fair.
Maryland-Partly cloudy and cooler
tonight; Wednesday fair; moderate var
liable winds.
Nirginia-Cloudy tonight, probably
rain IN southeast portion; Wedne sday
partly cloudy; moderate northeast
winds.
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TEMPERATURES
The temperature today as registered
nj the United States Weather Bureau
and .Af1ecks:
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-01
CONDITIONS IN MACEDONIA.

From Bishop Scianow, Vicar Apos-
tolic of the Bulgarian Catholics of
Macedonia, Greece, comes letter de-
scribing the condition of these poor
people. There seems to be little peace
for our Armenian and Bulgarian
brothers in the Faith wherever they
may set their feet; the Greeks, from
this account, are treating them as
badly as the Turks:
81 have been very much occupied
with our Bulgarians, who find them
selves obliged to emigrate, on account
of the tyrannical rule of the Greeks
who make their situation insupport-
able. 1t was heart-rending to see these
poor creatures, Gods children, robbed
and despoiled of everything, and at
last obliged to leave their houses and
lands and seek elsewhere liberty, and
the right to live as men and not as
slaves.
'"The secular hatred nourished by
Greeks against Bulgarians inspired the
authorities to place thousand diff
culties in the way of their departure.
GAS to the Catholics who, in spite of
all the difficulties and the painful stu
alton in which they found themselves,
had decided to stay in Greek territory,
the Greeks seized their schools and
churches, drove away the priests by
force of arms, and then forced the
population to submit to the schismatic
Greek patriarch.
Meanwhile all this takes place be-
fore the eyes of the European consnls
in the goth century of light and civili-
cation which should give to all peoples
social and individual liberty. Unhap-
PLY we see, on the contrary, the re-
turn of barbarism and tyranny more
terrible than in the times of Nero.
Il am more than ever convinced
that from unbelievers, inf1dels and sec
tarians we can expect nothing but
evil"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-01
NOT INTERESTED IN THEOLOGY.

A noted person having said recently,
81 am very little interested in dog
matte theology, but very much inter-
ested in its practical application,
The Chicago Standard (Baptist), with
a commendable dislike of such vague
ness, replies:
One might as we'll say: 81 am not
interested in gravity, but l am much
interested in its practical application
to the lifting of blocks of stone, for
am a builder No one can be a
builder without being interested in
"dogmatic gravity His practical ap.
plication of its laws depends upon a
knowledge of what they are .
A dogma is merely clear-cut express
sion of a truth. Those that want
truth left at loose ends, so that they
can palm off as truth their whim OF
the movement, hate dogma; but the
sincere truth-lover loves dogma OF
necessity. Dogmatic theology is sim
ply scientific theology, theology with
no guesswork about it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-01
sTENoGRAPHERs' CHAPEL FUND
GROWS.

The idea of letting the Catholic ste
nographers of the country build cha
pei in some poor missionary priests
station seems to have taken hold upon
the stenographers in many places in
America, and contributions have come
in even from Canada. The thought
CAME from the brain of a Boston ste
nographer She sent in her dollar ito
start the ball a-rolling," as she said;
she also suggested that the chapel be
called The Chapel of Jesus and Mary.
The other day New York stenogra-
pher sent in $25 with the suggestion
that the chapel be called The Chapel
of the Blessed Virgin; and other more
modest donations though welcome
gifts are daily received.
The fund, though only a few weeks
old, is creeping up to the 500 mark.
When $500 is reached it will be used
for the building of missionary chapel.
OF course donations are not limited to
stenographer's gifts. Others may send
in to their contribution chapel fund if
they desire. Donations may be sent to
the Catholic Church Extension Society
Mccormick Building, Chicago.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-01
VOLCANIC ERUPTION IN
ocEANIcA. I,

The Island of New Hebrides have
also had some terrible volcanic erup-
tions. Father Gallon, Marist mis-
sionary, tells of the havoc that has
been wrought in the island of Ambrym.
There much loss of life and devasta-
ton to homes were caused by the
latest eruption, and the three mis-
sions of the district are constantly
menaced by new craters which have
been opened.
The principal one, which dominates
the whole island, continues to pour
forth torrents of smoke and cinders,
and at times, the blackness of night
prevails.
The mission at Craig-Cove has been
abandoned, but the Christians of Sesivi
are so attached to their native soil
that they have returned to it, after a
hasty flight to other shores, and estab
lished themselves two miles from the
newly-formed crater, where they are
still in great danger.
Notwithstanding the seeming reck
lessness of this act, Father Gallon has
followed the Christians, as it is hi:
duty to watch over the souls that have
been entrusted to his care, regardless:
of personal peril.
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saints and angels. Our poor Tommy,
not from any fault of his own, but
from our neglect, is quite unconscious
of most of this as a reality. Some one
wrote to me, the other day, these
words: This war should make diff
ferent manhood for the Church of the
future. Men can not live by the
French churches for nothing. Their
eyes must be opened" My friend
meant that this great company of An
glicans-soldiers, orderlies, doctors,
nurses, chaplains, etc.,-living in a
Catholic country day by day, feeling a
need for religion, as they must, in the
midst of such critical experience,
will ask themselves: Does Anglican-
ism give us what these Catholic Allies
of ours find in their religion?" Here
we have churches crammed day by
day with Roman Catholics doing just
the same work we are doing. They
find time to pray to make their con-
LESSONS and Communions. Why do
not we? Why do not we want these
things?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-01
PREACHING IN NON-CATHoLIC
COLLEGES.

With regard to the preaching in the
non-C Catholic colleges, President Fitch
of the Andover Theological Seminary
Congregationalist) has this to say in
The Harvard Graduate Magazine:
1--WE need, both in the daily and the
Sunday services, more authoritative
and comprehensive Interpretation of
religion. There is, indeed, believe, a
growing satisfaction with the present
type of college preaching. 1t is adj
dressed largely to boys rather than
men. 1t is narrow in the range of
human thought with which it deals,
being either vaguely mystical and in
spirational, or else being wholly con-
fined to the ethical, the practical and
the immediate. 1t needs to be lifted
to a higher and more serious level.
One of the reasons why we are losing
some of the best boys out of our
chapels is because we are not minis
tering sufficiently to their minds
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-01
MY NEW CONVERT

One night, while returning from a
visit to my mission at lakewood,
was hailed by tall, distinguished in
dividual, in the following manner:
Say, are you Catholic priest?" ]
replied that had the honor to be such,
and awaited further interrogatives
from my distinguished, hut uncertain
friend. WELL" he said, 81 am not
Catholic, and | hope to goodness /
never will be one. But, say, l like
you priests, though do hate your be-
lief in many ways. There is one thing
about you; you are not afraid to talk,
and you generally happen to know
how to talk"
I was glad to hear this compliment,
though l felt that he might meet a
setback in his humble servant.
do you know" he continued, "that
there is a number of your people up
this way who work in the mines, and
who never go to Church? Yes, there
are Irish, Dutch, Poles, and a few
other nationalities."
WELL" replied, II have not been
coming here very long, and as yet,
have not had an opportunity to meet
all my congregation; but be sure am
grateful to you for the information.
Would you kindly give me your name?'
am Father Watson"
We'll, am plain John Pine, and
they call me the lawyer of this coun-
| ty. l don't belong to any church at
present, but have been Methodist,
Presbyterian, Baptist, and have had a
TASTE of few other sects; but have
come to the conclusion / am as good
as some of them, and better than most
of them. The Lord will teach me with
out their assistance. But / must adj
nit there is one thing l admire you
Catholics for, and that is the way you
respect the Virgin Mary as the Mother
of Cod can see clearly why she
should be honored, since it was she
who gave birth to the Son of God,
our Redeemer, and as His Mother, is
worthy of honor due her from His fol-
lowers. My last visit to church was
about six months ago. [ was then a
Methodist; at least l thought | was
until one night preacher got up, and
used the vilest and most scandalous
language about the Virgin Mary.
We'll, / always felt love for Mary
and / would be queer fellow if did
not love and respect the Mother of my
Redeemer. How could love Him if
III did not have some regard for His
Mother? / waited till that preacher
got through with language not fit for
Fuse in the toughest society. Then
arose and asked permission to say a
flew words. The congregation looked
la little puzzled to see John Pine arise,
land no doubt wondered what he would
have to say. Well, / turned square
lat that preacher, and said to him:
See here, my man, you know every
Iword you say is lie; and If the same
words you have just said about the
VIRGIN Mary were uttered by you
Eabout my mother, would shoot you
Edead on the spot You think you can
Egull people by, your vile harangue
(which you know to be false. But l
know few things about the Catholic
/ worship of the Virgin, and I know she
was the Mother of the purest of Men.
For that reason she must necessarily
have been the purest of women, and
know you lie when you speak as you
do. Now my friends, from this night
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-01
LESSONS OF THE WAR.

The war is teaching many lessons.
Among others it is impressing on the
honest observer what the Catholic
Church has done to instruct her chill
dren and prepare them for the crises
of life. "A Chaplain at the Front,
writing to the Church Times, Can
glican) gives frank account of what
he noted personally. He says with
conviction:
The almost entire ignorance of the
average soldier of the elements of re-
ligion, the paucity of confirmed men
or regular communicates is simply ap-
palling. A Roman Catholic soldier
knows at once what to do-he asks
for a Rosary to help him say his
prayers; he asks you to get him a
priest; he wants his Communion or to
make his confession. He knows the
Gospel of Christ; he. understands
about repentance, about grace, about
the presence of the unseen army OF
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sEMINARIANs TEST vocATIoNs.

The Assumptionists of Turkey in
Europe have suffered much at the
hands of the Turks. They had scarcely
passed through the painful experiences
of the recent Balkan conflict, when
once more the Turks are at war, and
all religious work is again made inn
possible. The priests and nuns are
scattered wherever they can find.
shelter.
Father Leandre, A. A., is now at
Athens. He had left France and was
hoping to regain Gallipoli, but was
obliged to remain in Greece. Some Of
the most advanced semirarians are
with him, and having set up their
abode in house given them by the
Archbishop of Athens, they are trying
to resume their religious life and
studies. The greatest economies are
practised, al the houseWoEk and the
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may receive his sight-if it would so
please the good God" Reader, say
the prayer he asks of you.
On the list of the applicants for
church goods there are many priests
calling for monstrances. Few mon
strances come in. One may be pur-
chased for $40. Do you want to send
one to poor missionary? Donations
may be sent to the Catholic Church
Extension Society, whose Offices are
located in the Mccormick Building,
Chicago.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1915-05-01
THOUSANDS FOR Philippine
MISSIONS.

---tfhe missions in the Philippine Is
lands have at last received a gift that
will go far toward setting many OF
them on a good solid basis. The check
brought great joy into the offices OF
the Catholic Church Extension Society,
and the size of it would bring joy to
most any missionary enterprise. 1t
was for $12,OO0.O0; and especially stip-
ulated that it go to the Philippine mis-
sionaries. The sad plight of these
brave priests in the Islands has long
been source of worry to the officials
of the Society. The missionaries
write in and tell the most pitiful tales
of their hardships, almost unbelievable
tales. One bishop told us of priest
who was starving to death, and an
other priest told us that the years of
exposure to the tropical rains would
kill him if he did not soon have roof
to cover him. Still another wrote that
his people were starving. He did not
mention about himself. Like other
priests there, proper nourishment was
unknown to him. And these are but
a few. Father Juergins, who is work
ing among the non-Christian tribes,
who in fact has established a flourish
ing mission there, recently wrote in
to the Society that unless help would
be forthcoming his missions would
have to be disbanded. And these men
and hundreds of others who are labor
ing on the Philippine mission with
little for today and only hopes for the
morrow have literally been storming
heaven with prayers that help would
come to them, and, Providence tried
them, but answered at last. The man
who gave this vast sum for the Philip
pine missions surely had at heart the
honor and glory of God, for parting
with money is a pretty good proof of
Faith. A few weeks before he sent
the Society this magnificent sum he
mailed in another check for $1,000.
That sum was for the missions of
Bishop O'Doherty of the Philippine
Islands, whom he heard speak about
his missions in the East few years
ago The man is an easterner. He
has made a place for himself forever
in the annals of the Church in the
Islands. At a time when money is
needed with a terrific need to Offset
the proselytizing influences of Protes-
tantism in the Islands he has come
forward and done much toward main
tanning the missions of those Islands.
The same day that the $12,O00.0O
check came in another pleasant sur
prise arrived. 1t was not check for
q thousand nor even a hundred dol
lars. 1t was the gift of a chalice-
paten and case-from blind young
man of twenty-three years. He is a
poor young man-without the means
of earning livelihood for himself, and
yet out of his weekly allowance dur
ing Lent he saved the money to make
this gift to the poor missions. Is il
any wonder that God blesses the eff
forts of the Society, when there are
those who make such noble sacrifices
in behalf of the missions? We only
have few words about him, but We
are going to tell them to you thai
every one reading this will say a little
prayer for him. Our correspondent
writes: "He is daily communican
of an exceptionally sanity character
He begs of you that you will say ;
prayer for his soul and also that b
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cooking is done by the little conmu-
nifty; the latter does not require much
skill as often there is nothing but a
few herbs to cook, while the supply of
bread is nearly gone with no hope of
renewing it.
The seminarians have great oppor-
tunity to learn the art of mortified
ton and have indeed expressed them
selves ready for any sacrifice in order
to save their vocation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-12-15

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