New Britain herald., 1916-08-21
Big Weeks Convention Of Allied
 Societies Now in Session
CAUSES OF MEXIC0'S PLIGHT
Country Debauched by Anarchistic Literature Sent Over Border, Is Ex- pIanation-''Movies, Stage Uplift and Divorce Laws Discussed.

New York, Aug. 21.-BusineSs SeS- sions of the American Federation of Catholic Societies and Allied organ izations began here today with nearly 200 delegates attending. "Catholic week. with a series of meetings and ceremonials which are to continue to and including Friday, was inaugurated yesterday with bonifical high mass in St Patricl<'s Cathedral attended by three cardinals and the apostolic dele gate. This WAS followed by a mass meeting of the federation which brought out 15,0OO delegates in the evening to listen to addresses by | Cardinals Gibbons, O'Connell and Farley, and others.
 The opening session of the federa- l tlon today was devoted in part to hearing the reports of the national president John Whalen, and of the national secretary, Anthony Matre.
 An address was delivered by the Rt. Rev. M. J. Lavelle, rector of St. Patrick's Cathedral At the afternoon session the delegates will hear a re- port of the commission on public i morals of which Edward Feeny is chairman, and Jeremiah E. Burke of Boston will speak on ''The Catholic church and education"
 Social service problems will be con- s1dered at a mass meeting this eve- ming. The minimum wage scale and living wages for working women will be among the subjects discussed 1 Sessions of the Catholic Young 1 Mems National Union, the Catholic l Woman's Union and the state League or Catholic Societies were held this morning and afternoon and there will 1 be mass meeting of the Catholic 1 women tonight and a steamboat trip 1 on the Hudson for delegates to the l Young Mems National Union
 Work on Public Morals Suppression in many states of ob- | jectionable motion pictures and suc- 1 cessful efforts for more stringent di- l Vorce laws, a cleaner stage and the l control of indecent publications were 1 among the principal activities of the commission on public morals, accord ing to the annual report submitted today. Continuance of vigorous cam paigns against what were termed 'pcrniciOus cults and philosophies, ' among which was included birth con- trol, socialism and anarchy, was ad- {! Vocated
 American decency is still in the
 
 The committee also warned di- rectors of American universities and colleges mot to permit an alien radi- | calism to contaminate at the fount of the youth of our country" To such radicalism was attributed much of the present unrest in Mexi- GO.
 Tons of anarchistic literature sent across the Rio Grande during the past five years for which the radicals of the United States are said to have con- tributed as much as $1,OO0 month have debauched many Mexicans," the report continued "The pernicious propaganda spread until the bandit chiefs found themselves at the head of military nlObs bent upon hunting Christ from that so-called republic Aided by other revolutionary factions, a savage minority has terrorized and demoralized Q nation of 15,00O,0OO Christians
 Administration Pro-Ally, is Charge
 At the opening session of the Ger man Catholic Central Verein Charles Korz, president of the New York state body, charged that the federal ad- ministration has favored the entente allies and thus ''lengthened and en- bittered the war;
 The American citizenship of Ger man descent," he said in his report, has done relatively more for the development of our country than the Anglo-Saxon, and never yet did Ger man influence endanger the contn- uance of our union. For this reason we cannot reconcile the attitude of our national government in dealing with the warning nations, and we are of the opinion that the favoritism shown to the allied nations has heightened and embittered the war"