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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

ism. This means the breaking
down of national barriers, the
abolition of existing governments,
and the reunion of the whole hui
man race as one family. Theoreti-
cally, this might be an ideal con
summation; practically, however,
it seems as far away of realization
as the end of the world.
Even if Christian charity should
so far triumph as to effect uni
versal brotherhood of man in
every sense Of the term, still So
cialism would be impractical. For
according to the teachings of this
system, not only national lines
would be wiped out but family
ties and bonds would be complete
ly shattered. The child would be
mere asset of the State. The
sanctity of marriage, Of the home,
would be blotted out. The whole
world would become more or less
like a great stock farm: human
traits and tendencies would be re-
duced to the level of animal
instinct. Initiative would be
crushed out at it's source. Talents
would be useless possession. The
spur of legitimate ambition would
be thoroughly blunted. The spir-
itual, merged in the material,
would disappear. God would be
unknown, morality would become
mere selfish propriety and conven-
tionality In a word, although
some Of the teachings Of Socialis-
tic doctrine, if applied to existing
conditions, might better these con-
ditions, it nevertheless remains
true that these selfsame principles
are not by any means the outcome
Of Socialism, but have been taken
bodily from the tenets of the
Christian religion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
DOMAIN OF TEMPERANCE
ARMY OFFICERS AND ALCOHOL.

Grenfell, Kitchener and Roberts
Germany and Wahlberg of Finland
have testified that, from their keen
observation of soldiers engaged in
warfare, abstainers from alcohol can
stand up under hard work better than
non-abstainers, even though they
drink in so-called moderation.
A certain doctor took. two gangs Of
soldiers and set them to work at the
same kind of manual labor. To one
gang he gave an alcoholic beverage.
To the other gang he gave none. The
gang without the alcohol did far more
work than the gang with it.
The next time he tried the same
experiment he shifted the gangs.
Again the gang without the alcohol
did the most work, showing that the
result of the first experiment was not
due to a superiority of the men,
Arthur Hunter, president of the
Actuarial Society of America, and ac-
tuary of the New York Life Insur-
ance Company, says that "The Ia
borer who gains his livelihood by the
strength of his arm destroys by the
use of alcohol the very foundation of
his efficiency"
Yet it is the laboring man who sup
ports the saloon.
Alcohol is also the same handicap to
mental workers that it is to physical
workers. Experiments have been
made with translating one language
into another, with rifle shooting, with
memory, etc.-all showing a marked
loss of power to think after the use
of alcohol.
The alcoholist is a poor surgical pa
tient. Surgeons dread to tackle the
patient who has been a steady drink
er. He has less than the normal pow
ers of regeneration.
The man in the liquor business is a
poor life insurance risk. The expert
| ence of life insurance companies has
been SO unfortunate with this class of
people that they are now classified
along with people engaged in "haz-
ardous occupations" To deal with
| liquor is indeed a hazardous occupa-
| ton, for the barkeeper is likely to be
constantly tempted, and the constant
use of liquor undermines the health.
The death rate of the saloon propri-
! etors is said to be 1872 per cent OF
the regular death rate.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
FAILURE OF SOCIALISM.

Since the days of Carl Marx,
Socialists the world over have
clamored for a practical hearing
from the public at large. Their
principles, based upon the control
by the people of all sources of pro-
duction and distribution, have
been aired from the platform, in
the press, and in numerous pub
locations. Socialism claimed that
a fair chance given to it's votaries
would prove to the world the
truth and the practical adaptable
ity of it's basic principles. Exper-
iments have been made in various
parts Of the world on both large
and a small scale; in every case
Socialism as remedy for admit
ted existing evils has proven a
failure.
Recently, tremendous change
has come over the great Russian
Empire. Before the astounding
gaze Of the nations the iron rule
OF the Romanoffs came suddenly
to an end. The Car was dethron-
ed. A republican form Of govern
ment was declared, and Russia,
the great unwieldy child, was bid
den to stand erect and to walk
alone. A competent teacher was
selected to guide the steps Of the
struggling child This teacher
was Kerensky, who was appointed
Premier. Kerensky is a Socialist.
Here was the great opportunity,
the greatest that possibly could be
afforded for practical demon
stration as to whether Socialism
was or was not adaptable to a
great nation. Unfortunately for
the Socialists, Kerensky is a prac-
teal man. He saw at once that
Socialism, at least as it is known
through its. teachings, could not
be desirable form of government
for Russia. One of the reasons
why this doctrine is not applicable
is TO be found in the fact that So
cialism is based on International
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
Archbishop Kennedy Dead
RECTOR OF AMERICAN COLLEGE
IN ROME SuccUMBs TO
LONG ILLNESS.

Most Rev. Archbishop Thomas Ken
nedy, for ten years rector of the
American College in Rome, died on
August %, after a long illness. Three
years ago Mgr. Kennedy took i'll, and
although he later recovered tenn
porarily, he never fully regained his
health, and year ago took a serious
relapse and was, at the time, reported
to be at the point of death. He re-
covered, however, from that attack,
but it was so evident that his vitality
was Slapped and that the arduous
duties of his position were telling on
him that Pope Benedict appointed
Mgr. Charles A. O'Hearn, of the Chi
cago diocese, coadjutor to Archbishop
Kennedy and vice-regent of the
American College with the right of
succession to the rectorship.
Archbishop Kennedy was born at
Conshohocken, Pa, March %, 1858,
and after passing through st. Mat
thew's parochial school there, he
studied at fremont Seminary, Norris.
town, Pa, st. Charles Seminary
Overlook, the American College in
Rome and the College. of the Propa.
ganda of the Eternal City. He was
ordained, at Rome, July "A, 1887, and
was, on June Is, 1907, appointed rec.
tor of the North American College in
Rome. On December 20 following
he was consecrated titular Bishop OF
Adrianople, and was promoted to the
titular archiepiscopal see of Seleucia
d'Isauria, June II, 1915. The body
was inferred in the tomb of the Amer
lean College in Rome.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
NEW SCIENTIFIC WORK.

The fact is beyond all question that
the armies of drink and drug takers
that will appear in the future are be-
ing born and bred now. Like the
germs of typhoid fever slowly drip
ping down through the watershed into
the reservoir to appear in typhoid
fever in distant town, SO the germs
of the alcoholic evil are accommodating,
growing, developing, and passing on
into the future, to be kindled by the
saloon into an army of degenerates.
What are these germ causes and germ
soils that are growing in all grades of
society from the highest to the lowest,
that will break out in the future in
inebriety, criminality, pauperism, and
all the evils that follow and are asso-
ciated with it?
The Scientific Research Foundation
at Hartford, Conn, is organized to
inquire into these early causes and
point out the conditions that give the
saloon place and tolerate it's exist
ence.
In other words, Why do men drink?
What are the causes that develop the
periodic drinker, the constant drinker,
and all the varied phenomena that
arise from the use of alcohol? There
is here realm of physical and psy-
chical forces that move with the same
exactness as in any other field of ma
ture. No one has yet explored this.
This Research Foundation has
started this work independent of all
theories and opinions, simply a gath
ering OF facts and a study of their
meaning. That such new world
exists there is abundant evidence.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
To Benedict XIV.
1917.

Is there no voice to speak in Gods
dread name,
No voice to war-mad nations crying,
Cease?
Where are the angels that on earth
sang peace
That night of nights when God from
heaven came?
Grown silent now they bend their
heads in shame
Der war-swept lands where miseries
increase.
"Time was, alas, that time has passed
away,
When at the voice of him who holds
the keys,
Earth's kings and peoples falling on
their knees
Would cease from war and Gods for
giveness pray"
Thus gentle Plus; and he died that
day,
Sad day that dawned upon wars
cruelties.
Speak, Benedict, from highest noun
tain peak,
For thine a vision is, beyond our ken.
Gods voice is in thine ears; the talk
of men
Who, without wisdom, in the valleys
speak,
Is but to thee sound far off and
weak.
Speak with that voice that saves the
world again!
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
FIRST TOTAL ABSTI.
NENcE ORGANIZER.

When the first American Temper
ance Society was organized in Boston
in the early part of 1926, to promote
abstinence from distilled liquors,
there was toddling about the home of
small shopkeeper in Stavenger,
Norway, little two-year-old boy who
was destined to be the founder of a
great national total abstinence society
in that country, the first in all Scan
dinavia.
The growth of this boy from child
hood to youth ran parallel with, the
growth of the idea in the American
temperance societies, that to combat
intemperance, abstinence from rum,
beer, wine and cider is as necessary
as abstinence from whisky and
brandy.
The year that the Stavenger boy,
Asbjoern Kloster, was ten years old
temperance convention in Philadel-
phia voted down a proposition to in
clude beer and wine in the temperance
pledge, but three years later 1886 at
great convention in Saratoga, at
tended by prominent philanthrOpists,
clergymen and Representatives from
many of the 5000 American temper
ance societies then in operation, the
total abstinence pledge was recon-
mended
The same year in the home town
of the Norway boy, now approaching
his thirteenth year, the first tenn
perance society in Norway was or
ganized on little more liberal basis
than the first ones in America, namely
moderation in the use of spirits. At
that time every householder in Nor
way was permitted to distill spirits
for his own use and from the time
the permission was given, 1916 to 1888,
the consumption rose from 6.8 liters
per capita to 16 liters.
He organized in Stavenger in De-
cember, 1859, the first total abstinence
society in Scandinavia, one that has
continued to grow in numbers and
educational activity and has been a
preponderating influence in the pres
ent strong anti-alcohol sentiment of
that country.
Scientific TEMPERANCE Journal
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
THE AMERICAN SOLDIER
SPEAKS.

The following patriotic solilo-
guy appeared in the Minneapolis
Tribune:
wear the uniform. From head
to foot my Country has marked
me. Chosen as fit among millions,
dedicated to the service of man
kind, connote the past, [ am the
present, [ hold the future in my
hand.
What the fathers builded with
blood and sacrifice, with peaceful
toll and honest good will, it is for
me to maintain. [ am minute
man Of today, master Of myself
and the servant Of all. | believe
this nation is one of liberty and
equality and opportunity, made so
by the consecrated devotion not
only Of great leaders but Of gen
erations of men and women who
wrought for the vision without
which a people perishes. | believe
not only must it be preserved as
such but all the world must come
to know that wherever the colors
fly, America is.
| know that what [ am doing
is right. [ know it in my fathers
hand on my shoulder, in the look
in my mothers eyes. | know it in
the softened speech of men in
street and office, in their warm
handclasp and frank caress, re
vealing the depth of the brother
hood, that passes all family ties.
/ know it in the strained voices Of
friends and in their sudden tears
that spring at sight Of that which
| wear-the uniform Of the Re-
public.
Life is very sweet and hate is
far away. | bear no man i'll will.
But, as [ know there are things in
this world that count more than
ease-duty and honor and the
the rights of men-I gladly serve
as | am called. What is life that
a man should place it above the
things that make it lovely? What
though a man die before his time,
if he may leave a deathless heri-
tage to the land he loves?
Where [ go, | go willingly.
Though | never come back, [ can
say that. For know that ever in
the hearts Of my own folk, Of my
friends and of my countrymen my
memory will be green. They will
rear for me a monument of re-
membrance that shall be more
precious than gold and more
lasting than granite. Children
will cherish my name, and hand it
down with pride and thankfulness
as that Of one who played man s
part in the Great War. 1 am
ready.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

The American Federation of
Catholic Societies in their recent
convention passed the following
patriotic resolution: "We renew
assurance of fidelity already Of
fered to the President of the ma
ton by the Catholic Archbishops,
and we pledge without reserva-
ton our blood and our treasure
for the defense and the perpetual
ton of our beloved country which
offers the fullest measure of re-
ligious, political and economic lib
erty, not only to it's own people
but to the oppressed of every
land"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

Wisdom from Israel is found in
the following, observation from
the American Israelite: If
love Of truth did not count with
us, which we are far from in
sinuating, ordinary Yankee bust
ness shrewdness ought to induce
us to discourage the bigoted pro-
paganda against Latin-Amerl-
cans and the Catholic faith
which they profess. For the
rest, the shameful tactics to
which some Of the sects resort
in their attempt to seyangelize'
South America, are a sad COM
mentary on the spirit of Chris
tian charity, which is supposed
to be the actuating motive.
There are plenty Of pagans in
The world (and in these United
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
AMERICAS POSITION.

President Wilson, in answering
the proposals Of peace made re-
Gently by Pope Benedict XIV, sum-
married the reasons Of America S
refusal to talk peace at this time.
1t must be noted that the Presi-
dent spoke in the highest terms
Oh respect of the Holy Father and
OF the proposals emanating from
the Vatican. At the same time
Mr.. Wilson made clear and en-
phatic the position which America
has assumed on this point. He ex-
presses the hope that America
might take the path Of peace
which the Holy Father points out.
The President determination,
however, to see the war through
to a decisive conclusion seems to
be summed up in the words, "This
agony must not be gone through
with again, and,it must be mat
ter OF very sober judgment that
Will ensure us against it. "
The Chief Executive Celebrates
this idea when he says: 1.-The OBJ
Ject OF this war is to deliver the
free peoples Of the world from the
menace and the actual power of a
vast military establishment" He
makes a telling point-in fact, a
point that should not be over
looked in other countries-be-
tween the government and the
people, when he says: This pow
er is not the German people. 1t is
the ruthless master Of the German
people. 1t is no business of ours
how that great people came under
It's control or submitted with tenn
porary zest to the domination of
its purpose; but it is our business
to see to it that the history Of the
rest OF the world is no longer left
to it's handling"
The President places his finger
firmly upon some of the points at
issue when he says that, mo peace
can rest securely on political or
economic restrictions meant to
benefit some nations and cripple or
embarrass others, on vindictive
action of any sort, or any kind Of
revenge or deliberate injury. "
The President looks deeply into
the inner life Of humanity when
he asserts with the American peo-
pies that "peace should rest upon
the rights Of peoples, not the
rights Of governments - their
equal right to freedom and secur-
ity and self-government and to a
participation upon fair terms in
the economic opportunities Of the
world III
When all the nations engaged in
the present conflict have formulat-
ed their answers to the peace pro-
posals of the Holy See, Pope Ben
edict will possibly be in a better
position to speak at greater
length. Conjectures on the one
hand or the other as to what he
may possibly say or do are en-
tirely irrelevant at this time, as
no mixing Of the Holy Father s
views have been given to the pub
lie OH this subject. Now, however,
that the successor of Peter has the
ear Of the nations it is not too
much to presume that he will be
again heard from ON this vital
matter.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

From January l until the end
of July, 4,268 children were in
jured on the streets Of New York,
says the New York Evening Mail.
OF these, IT'S died before reach
ing the hospital or while under
treatment there
We shudder, in these days of
enlightenment, when we read the
legendary tale of the religious
frenzy that prompted pious Hin
dus. to throw themselves before
the wheels Of the car that bore
the efigy of the heather god,
Juggernaut, at the festivals of
Puri. And yet the above fact
scarcely evokes a sigh.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

The postal authorities will for
ward any newspaper or magazine,
on which a one-cent stamp is affix-
ed, to American soldiers and sailors
in Europe. The reading matter
does not have to be wrapped OF
addressed. Catholics might do a
great deal of good by taking adj
vantage Of this and send Catholic
literature to the soldiers. Papers
and magazines which have been
read and are Of no further use
might be utilized to good advant-
age in this way.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

In the current issue of "The
Catholic Mind the Rev. Edward
Hawks gives an account of how
he made his parish school a social
center for his flock, by starting
catechism classes for public school
children, providing entertainment
and instruction for working boys
and girls, and offering courses in
domestic economy for wives and
mothers. Most readers will doubt
less agree that Father Hawks
ought to have many imitators.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

who is devoid of instruction in his
religion, who obeys not it's moral
commands, is neither a good
Catholic nor a good pagan: he is
a moral mongrel, if not an i'm
moral monster.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
Louisville Chosen

After twenty years Louisville has
again been chosen for the annual
meeting of the National Congress of
the ST. Vincent de Paul Society, it
having met there last in 1897. The
dates for the session have been set
for October IL, Is and IA.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

"PIace my pen at my side; put
my crucifix, my pride, on my
breast lay this volume at my
feet; then close my coffin in peace.
/ trust in Jesus. Here on earth
] have not been shamed of His
faith; and on the last day, when
/ stand before His Father, He will
not be ashamed of me- Thus
spoke the true type Of Christian
editor. L. Veuillot. How many of
the writer's of today, with their
eyes on the balance sheet, could so
express themselves?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
Cardinal Banished

Cardinal Anthony Mendes Bello. the
patriarch of Lisbon, has been given
five days by the anti-C Catholic Portu-
guese government to leave the capital.
A decree issued on Saturday forbids
the Cardinal to reside in Lisbon or the.
suburbs for one year.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

States !! to be converted to Chris
tianity, and efforts in the latter
direction would be more cred
liable performance than the at
tempt to ALLEVIATE South Ameri-
cans from their Catholic faith,
by having recourse to SANDER
and misrepresentation. ("
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

At the convention Of the Cath
Ollie Press it was said that
"heights of circulation hitherto
unknown can, with the assistance
of the Reverend Clergy, be reach
ed by the Catholic weekly pa
pers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
Appointed Auxiliary Bishop

Very Rev. D. M. Lowney, Vicar
General of the Diocese Of Providence,
R. l., has been appointed titular
Bishop of Adrianople and auxiliary to
dence.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

In September four festivals Of
the Blessed Virgin will be re-
called: Her Nativity, on the
eighth; The Holy Name Of Mary,
on the following day; the Seven
Dolors, OH the fifteenth; and Our
Lady Of Ransom, Oh the twenty
fourth.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

Rev. James Nj. ReardOn, EditOr-in-Chief.
Rev. c. f. McGinnis, Phi. D.,
Associate Editor.
Harry LOcheed, Advertising Manager.
Printed by WilIwerscheid & Roth.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
Capuchins to Build

The Capuchin Order is to arrange
shortly for building at the Catholic
University of America, Washington,
ID. O.. Father Venantius. Superior
General throughout the world. is to
select q site for the building next
week.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08
New Bish op Of Spires

Right Rev. DIR. Ludwig Sebastian.
aged 81, has been appointed Bishop
OF Spires, Germany, in succession to
the Most Rev. DR.. Faulhaber, now
Archbishop of Munich.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

The Irish convention will carry
the war into Macedonia. 1t has
gone to Belfast to hold it's sessions
there for a few days.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1917-09-08

Entered as second-class matter. jan
uary IL, 1911, at the post Office, ST.
Paul, Mimi, under Act of March 8. 1879.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1917

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The BUDGET system.

The budget system is not system OF
form Of government. but mode of pro.
cedure in certain matters. Primarily
a budget is bag or sack with its con.
tents, which may be anything from gar
den truck or cooked food to official
documents. In England, where the
word acquired its political or govern.
ment term, 1t means the annual finan-
cial statement or the facts and figures
which the chancellor of the exchequer
makes in the house of commons, sitting
as a committee of ways and means.
The term has never been much used in
this country, but it Is sometimes ap-
piled to the estimate of government
receipts and expenditures submitted
in the annual report of the secretary
of the treasury as basis for appropri.
atiOns to be made by the congress.
Briefly, the budget system or a ma
tional budget may be defined as the
statement of the government
for the next fiscal year. showing in
detail the services and expected
of revenue, and an itemized
estimate of expenditures in the differ
ent departments of government to be
covered by appropriations not to be
oyerrun.