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The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
ARCHBISHOP
REPLIES TO
CRITIcS0FlRISH
Noted Irish Preiate Issues Address
Which Speaks for Attitude of Entire
Hierarchy in Present Crisis.

Dublin, July lit was announced
today by the All-Ireland Conference
that the National Defense Fund had
reached e295,O00, according to the
audit completed up to June Is, and
that the receipts for the past month
have doubled that of the previous
month, but that the complete audit is
not yet made.
Another announcement made was
that the petition to the President of
the United States sent through AM
bassador Page to Washington was sup.
posed to have reached America or
would do so within few. days. The
daily papers here have leading edito-
rials on the subject, discussing the
probable answer of the President to
the petition which is said to embrace
most important suggestions of world
wide interest.
An important address of Archbishop
Harty of Cashel, delivered to the Tip.
perary County Council in reply to a
vote of congratulation, is said to voice
the feelings of the entire Hierarchy
of Ireland on the present situation.
The Archbishop is quoted in the Free
mans Journal as follows:
1--WE care very little for these at.
tacks so long as we are conscious that
Continued on page 81
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
British and American Opinion on the
Collapse Of the Lloyd George Gov
ernment's Irish Home Rule Policy
Is Ably Summed Up in the Current
Literary Digest.

The Home Rule salient. observes
the writer of a London dispatch to
the New York World, has been sur
rendered through flank attacks OF
Sir Edward Carson on the other. 1t
is a signal victory for the allied revo-
lutionary forces of Sim Feinism and
Orangeism." The Liberal and Radi-
Cal press of England, as represented
by the Manchester Guardian and the
London Daily News, find the proce-
dure discreditable, and the latter
paper sees but one result: ''the de-
struction of the power of the con-
stitutional party and the enthrone-
ment of the anarchy of the Sim Fein. -
In this country the New York Post
makes much of the Humiliation,
stupidity" "vacillation," and mad
ness" Of the Premier, and concludes
striking editorial by saying that:
1T was against the Irish nation
that the English Government threw
itself in a heavy-footed and pachy-
dermatous and blear-eyed way, and
it is not the Irish nation today which
cOnfesses defeat"
The New York World, with rather
less bitterness, considers the Pre-.
mier's act confession that "the
Irish question is in a more hopeless
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
WANT CONTINUOUS
PRAYERS FoRsoLDlERs
Mothers of Soldiers Organizing Ma
tion-Wide League to Pray
For Victory.

An effort to mobilize legions of
women to maintain continuous pray
er for American victory in war and
protection of American soldiers is be-
ing made by the National Association
for Mothers of Defenders of Democ-
racy, with the approval of Cardinal
Gibbons and of DR.. Mcfarland, secre-
tary of the Council of Churches of
Christ.
Each person joining will contribute
one minute at an assigned hour in the
day to silent prayer.
Registration and assignment to
duty is being arranged at headquar
ters of the association at New York
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
The 'sUMMA"
IN ENGLISH
Great Work Of St. Thomas BEING
Translated Into English by
Dominican Fathers.

Slowly but steadily, despite the
war, the English translation of the
"Summa Theological" of St. Thomas,
by the Fathers of the English Domin-
ican province, progresses towards it's
completion. The latest volume (the
eleventh so far published) contains
the concluding instalment of Part III
and the first XXXIII Questions of
the Supplementary, regarding which a
PREDATORY note informs the reader that
it is not the work of the Angelic Doc
tor himself, but was compiled by a
disciple, probably Fra Reginald of
SO068-1RISH- H-Twenty-three Obie
Piperno, from the commentary on
the Sentences of Lombard, and must
be compared with the respective pas
sages of the "Summa" in order to as.
certain the more mature teachings of
St. Thomas.
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20

HARVEST CROPS
Catholic College Students to Study
and Work in Harvest Fields

Archbishop Mundelein carried into
execution another OF >his patriotic
works when the scminarians and pre-.
paratory students of the Cathedral
College went to the farms at Area
and Des PLANES.
Some months ago when there was
considerable agitation to induce high
school and college students to consent
to spend their summer vacations
working on the farms, SO that the
huge crops might be harvested and
not allowed to rot in the fields for
want Of laborers, Archbishop Munde-
lein announced that the students OF
Cathedral College would be provided
with an opportunity to do the same
patriotic and necessary work on the
two large farms owned by the Arch
diocese, the one at Area, the other
connected with the ST. Mary's Train
ing School at Desplaines, Ill.
IIighty-fve students of Cathedral
College left for Desplaines, where
during the summer months they will
continue some of their studies, but at
the same time lend considerable aid
toward the cultivation Of the farm
lands there.
The students of the Quigley Pre-
paratory Seminary went to St. Mary's
Training School, Desplaines, to assist
ming the war.
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
If Well Supported Becomes a Power
for Good-Read the Inspiring
Message Of Convert to
the Faith.

Will you allow recent convert,
writes Eva Dorsey Carr, who is vitality
interested in literature, to express
her appreciation Of Catholic journal
ism? In contrast with general non-
Catholic literature, with which have
been closely associated, as reader
and writer, I am forcibIy impressed
with the eIevating tone, the loftiness
of thought, the bright moral atmos-
phere of even secular Catholic publi-
cations.
The Catholic press is sane, healthy,
red-bIooded, pure-souled, high-minded,
and unafraid. 1t is utterly fearless
and independent, thank God. 1t is
fearless Of the popular mind that de-
mands sensation and fIeshiness in
its literary food! 1t is independent
of the supposed aII-powerful and con-
trolling dollar! Independent of money
in these days and times. 1t seems in
| credible, does it not?
Apropos, ! have before me letter
from an editor of large secular non-
Catholic magazine, to whom ! have
occasionally sold a literary effort. It
is in reference to story he returned.
He said: "Put some pep into this
story, it has spicy possibilities, and
let US have another look at it. There
! is no money in stories containing
raw sermons; the public wants to be
| entertained, not preached to. We
must give the public what it wants,
or go bankrupt. An author cannot
! expect to make money at the literary
game unless he is willing to turn out
the kind of story that is devoured by
magazine readers in every city, town
and village in the country" etc, etc
| At that time was not Catholic; !;
did not expect to become one; but
was taking the instruction. Shortly
before, in spirit Of arbitration and
dissatisfaction, | had called at ST.
Mary's church, Annapolis, to learn
from priest the Roman side Of the
argument. ! was still unsettled, but
very favorabIy impressed. did not
know what my ultimate decision
would be, as we had much furthe,
ground to cover, but knew If
should become Catholic, | could not
conscientiousIy introduce the element
the editor had suggested to make my
story saleabe. So ! discussed the
matter with the good priest with whom
was studying Catholicism. He ex
planned thoroughly the Catholic idea
in literature. laid the story aside
until had decided whether or not t.
become Catholic. When fnal,
came to a decision and was received
into the Church, resolved to live ur
to the literary ideals of the Catholic
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
THE HOME RULE FIASC0
DISCUSSED BY PRESS

muddle than ever" 1t seems to The
World that the British Government
has displayed both "indecision" and
impotence" AS it tells the story,
Lloyd George was solemnly pledged
to Home Rule, then
Under the rash impulse that
prompted him suddenly to tie up to
Irish conscription he plunged head
long into disaster. The Government
at once forfeited all credit for having
acted in good faith in Offering the
Irish Home Rule. In the circum-
stances Home Rule was suspected as
a bribe, and as a threat conscription
carried no weight. Ireland rose like
one man to fight the menace of COM
pulsory military service. In their
violence of speech there was little
to choose between the clergy, Nation
alists and Sim Feners, and the Gov
ernment was intilsfdated into doing
nothing
"There was still one chance of saw
ing the situation. BY shelving con-
scription and establishing without de-
lay Home Rule along tho lines recon-
mended by the Irish Convention, pos
sibly Ireland might have been con-
ciliated But the Government let the
opportunity slip by, and with the ar
rest of dozens Of Sim lFein leaders
the situation was beyond repair
Many Irish Nationalists, we read
in an Associated Press dispatch from
| London, are not dissatisfied, bcliev-
conscription is dead, while Home Rule
has only been shelvcd.
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
Catholics and Jews Will Maintain
Recreation Hall for Soldiers at
Smiths Point.

Cooperation among the K. of c., the
Y. M. G. A. and the Jewish Board
since the opening of Camp Upton has
been sincere and cordial, but it re-
mained for the Catholics and Hebrews,
the Knights of Columbus and the Jew
ish Board Of Welfare Work to actually
unite in business pact for the bene-
fit of the soldiers there.
The heads of the two organizations
recently agreed to obtain, by COM
bined effort, a recreation house at
Smiths Point, the newly seelcted can
tonment bathing beach on Great South
Bay and the ocean, and run it jointly
for the soldiers who frequent the re-
Sort
A place has been chosen and lease
is now being negotiated. The ex-
pense of operation will be shared, as
will the equipping of the building.
The furnishings include combina-
tion reading and writing room, suit
ably furnished. 1t is possible that
dancing will be arranged for, and the
building will have all the appurte-
nances of shore recreation place.
Smiths Point was chosen recently
as the spot where soldiers from the
camp may seek relief from the exces-
sive summer heat and dust. The men
will hike from camp in companies and
battalions in the late afternoon to the
point, about eight miles distant, and
will have the freedom of the ocean
and bay to lave and refresh them.
selves after the dusty march.
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20

fronting On Logan Square. The cere-
mony of enforcement began at 10
o'clock.
The procession started at $3.50
o'clock. The Cardinal, the Archbish-
op, the Bishops and Monsignori and
members of religious orders and secu-
lar clergy, including virtually all of
the Archdiocesan priests, vested in
the chapel, whence they moved west
on Summer street to Logan Square
and thence south to the main door of
the Cathedral.
Cardinal Gibbons officiated at the
enthronement of the Archbishop.
Bishop Hoban Pontifcates.
D. D. Bishop of Scranton, was the
celebrant of the solemn pontifical
Mass. The Rt. Rev. Thomas J. Sha-
han, Bishop of Germanicopolis, and
Rector of the Catholic University of
America, Washington, D. c., preached
the sermon.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Nevin F. Fisher
rector of the Church of St. John the
Evangelist, was the notary. He read
the Papal Bulls appointing Bishop
Dougherty the Archbishop of Phila
delphia.
Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edmond j. Fitz
Maurice, D. D., Chancellor, was the
assistant priest at the Pontifical Mass
Rev. P. J. DAILY, rector of the Church
of Our Lady of the Rosary, the dea
con, and Rev. James A. Holahan, rec
tor of st. Gabriel's, subdeacon.>
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
HONOR FOR BISHOP scHREMBs
Toledo PreIate Appointed Member of
the Catholic War Board
Committee.

Rt. Rev. Joseph Schrembs, Bishop
of Toledo, has been appointed on a
board of four bishops to represent the
Catholics of America in war issues.
The appointment is regarded as one
of the highest honors of the church
in the United States.
Bishop P. J. Muldoon, Rockford,
ILL.,, is chairman of the board. The
other members are Bishop Patrick
Hayes, New York, Catholic army
chaplain, and Bishop William T. Rus
sell, Charlestown, N. C.
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
Value of Catholic Press

Church, to be guided by the Voice of
Faith, to seek inspiration from the
Holy Ghost, and write only with Pen
tecostaI Fire, cost what it may.
And so have mated poverty with
my Muse! But they are happy pair.
The beautiful house in which we live
is full Of priceless treasures whose
source is inexhaustible. Life for US
spells unutterabIe sweetness and
boundless freedom. Poverty and the
Muse! What soul, with such compan-
ions, is not braved to defy the world!
What soul, with such companions, may
not conquer the world!
But sometimes my feet faIter on
the narrow, hard road, my spirit weak
ens-l need the money-then ! am
inspired and encouraged by the stand
the Catholic press takes against the
world. The Catholic press is undaunt-
ed, and it is facing tremendous
struggle; it is engaged in an unending
strife, but God, who has promised to
His Church an immortal strength, an
infalIibIe guidance, will not leave dumb
and suffering her organ Of speech.
He will endow the Catholic press with
tongues of fire!
The future Of the Catholic press,
in steadfastIy giving the public what
it needs, rather than what it wants,
thrills me. The Catholic Iitterateur
has more potential opportunities for
training the nascent mind in this and
the coming age than at any time in
history.
This is an opportune moment for
the Catholic Church. Saturated with
blood and tears, faint with spiritual
| despair, the harried world cries out
! for help. What shall we do? arises
from the yearning heart of the pas
sion-torn human race. Nothing is Sc
cure, the ground trembIes beneath
our feet. Where, in this day of risk,
is our help?
This upheavaI is the attendant Of
| d new lIIIiux OF lEc OlVlNIty lI'tO Lie
worlds mind; it is the shock of a
'new' generalization; it is the throes
of new dispensation. The Catholic
Church is alone secure; it is the only
safeguard, the only refuge. The world
of atheism, Of agnosticism, of Prot
estantism, of natural theism, is learn
ing its lesson. 1t is on its knees; its
hands are raised, seeking help.
We who are blessed with the divine
gift of Catholicism, we'll know where
and where alone, ultimate help can be
obtained. Let US redouble our pray
ers and good works: let us fling wide
our arms of Iove-the world is yet
obdurate, but it is despairing and in
need.
Knowing, as do, from intimate as
sociation, the power Of the press, and
the potencies of Professionalism, see
in the Catholic pen, not only po
tent factor in public opinion, but
virtual leadership.
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
america MUST
PREPARE FOR
HER W0UNDED
Paul l.. Benjamin States That an Ef-
fort Should Be Made to Take Care
of $4,000 Disabled Soldiers Each
Year While War Lasts.

america should be prepared to care
for $4,000 disabled soldiers every year
as long as the war lasts, and give
them vocational training to fit them
to enter civil life again" says Paul
l.. Benjamin, secretary Of the local
Anti-Tuberculosis committee. Mr.. Ben
jamin has just returned from q trip
east, in the course of which he at
ence of the National tuberculosis as
sociation. 1t was at this conference
that a former local man, DR.. A. G..
Prosser, made the startling statement
quoted by Mr.. Benjamin. Dr. Prosser,
who was head Of the DunWoody Insti-
tute here, before being called to Wash
ington to act as secretary of the Fed
eral Board for Vocational Education,
based his assertion on figures COM
piled from the averages of all the
belligerent armies. These show that
for every million men moblized, 10,-
900, or one per cent, each year, will
be sufficiently disabled to need re-
training. On the basis of an army Of
100000, we should have $4,000 such
men the first year Of active warfare,
100000 the second year, and SO on.
Fifty per cent of the disabled men
would need medical rather than sur
gcal care, DR.. Prosscr said. They
will have tuberculosis, heart trouble.
kidney disease, and functional disor-
ders. The remaining fifty per cent
will need some kind of surgical atten-
! tion. Ten per cent Of these latter
cases will have lost at least one arm
or leg. The figures show an aston
ishly small percentage of blindness,
was DR.. Prosser's reassuring discov~
cry. Out of the 41,O00 men returned
to Canada, only 81 were blinded.
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
WORK OF cHAPLAINs' AID.

The Chaplains' Aid Association has
furnished during the past month:
Eighty-seven chaplains' outfits, 26,479
New Testaments, 56,239 prayer books,
45,146 rosaries, $1,000 scapulars, 49,
1854 scapular medals, 10,373 Cate.
chisms, $3.50 pamphlets and tracts,
474 religious books, 400 hymn books,
1850 hymn cards, $3.50 sacred heart
badges, 1902 small crucifixes, 44,55s
Altar Breads.
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
K. OF c. have
new HEADQUARTERS
Greatly Increased War Relief and
Big War Plans Require
More Room.

Due to the greatly increased war
relief work and enlarged plans for
the future, the headquarters of the
Knights of Columbus Committee on
War Activities in New York City
have been moved to the Wahnetah
Building at Fourth avenue and 31st
street, where they will occupy the en-
tire seventh floor.
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
The POPE WILL REMAIN
The Holy Father Has No Intention
of Leaving the Vatican.

OF CedVIH9 tne Vatican.
The Pope has no intention to leave
Rome, either during or after the war,
according to the opinion expressed at
the Vatican, where denial was made
of a report which appeared in Spanish
newspapers to the effect that the Holy
See might be transferred to Spain.
At the beginning of the war Spain
offered its hospitality to the Pope If
it should be necessary to leave Rome,
but the Vatican replied declining the
offer, although expressing appreci-
alton Of the spirit which prompted it.
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
WILL SHARE BOYS EXPENSES

They will pitch their shelter halves
mess, the K. of CD. b. w. w. recrea-
tion house will plug up hole which
an evening of nothing to do always
makes in a soldiers consciousness.
The Irish standard., 1918-07-20
Solemn ENl <Es%oNEMENT
foF ARcHBlsHo. S,oUeHERTY

Arrives in His New See to the Ring
ing of Church BelIs-Thousand
Escort His Grace to His New Resi-.
dence-cardinal Gibbons otficiates,
the Bishop of Scranton Celebrates
Mass and Bishop Shahan breaches
Sermon.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-26

eral peace is a long one, a. good be- ginning has been made, and I con- tidently trust that our victorious sword and steadfast unity in this seri- ous work will soon bring us within sight of the goal, which will give us the great peace. God grant it!'
 On March 29, after the great Ger man drive in France had begun, he wired Hindenburg: The army will not relax until, with Gods help, it has won for the homeland the good victory which 1t needs as the founda- tion for a future based upon 8 strong German peace"
 Again Grieves For France.
 A few days later he said to a Ger man author: "The German sword will regain us the respect of the world. In France the detestable word 'boche' is getting ever rarer. Things will become different. The sword makes us respected"
 On May Is, 1918, he addressed the Town Council of Aix-la- -ChapelIe, and here again his grief for France be- came vocal.
 1T inspected half a devastated France,'' he said. There, gentle men, one obtains the right impression of the awful state that has been spared the Fatherland. Whoever should grow faint-hearted ought to come to the front and see the devasta- ton. Then he would cease to lament his fate and be satisfied with his lot and bear patiently the hardships and privations of wars horrors. *
 Our opponents have had a bad time. They deserved nothing else. Our task in the west will be accom- plished, but we must be patient. We cannot settle in day armies of mill lions"
 A little before that, in 8 speech to the Second Army, the boastfulness came out when he said: '"The most gigantic feat ever accomplished by an army and one without parallel in his tory, has been accomplished by the German Army. do not beast. It is a fact and nothing else. Nothing can In any way place in the shade or sur pass what you have accom- piished, however great and overwhelming 1t may be. We do not know what is still in store for us, but you have seen how, in the four years of war, Gods hand has visibly prevailed, punished treachery and rewarded he roic persistence"
 In a telegram to the Sultan on Nov.
New Britain herald., 1918-11-26

6. 1917, he said; May our armies soon bring peace-our only aim in this righteous fight
 AS the German drive commenced last March, he sent a message to the Schleswig- -Holstein Provincial Coun- cil. saying: I've are at the decisive moment of the war and one of the greatest moments in German history" By August the best he hoped for, as he expressed 1t in a telegram to the Austrian Emperor, was ga good peace.'
 Is Now Width Has -Beens.
 At the same time he addressed the German Army and Navy, on Aug 1, 1918. with this not overconfident message; "The fourth year of the war has brought us peace in the east. Tn the west the enemy has been heav- fly hit by the force of your assault. The battles won in recent months
New Britain herald., 1918-11-26

vent the enemy from prostrating Us to the ground, and to stand firm against French insolence and British stubbornness. |" Even though it endures long and continues hard the Lord of Hosts is with you. Those at home have besought him and he has inspired you with strength and courage"
 Yet, only a week later on Octo- Der 31, he addressed his then Chan cellor, Bethmann Hollweg, saying: My dear Bethmann: I have since been turning our conversation over thoroughly in my mind. It is clear that the peoples in the enemy coun- tries who are kept in hard endur- ance of tne war by lies and frauds and deluded by fighting and hatred possess no men who arc able or who have the moral courage to speak the word which will bring relef-to pro- pose peace.
 What is wanted is a moral deed to free the world, including neutrals, from the pressure which weighs upon us all. For such a ded 1t is necessary to find a ruler who has the conscience, who feels that he is responsible to God, who has a heart for his own people and for those who are his ene- mics, who is indifferent to any possi- ble wilfu1 misinterpretation of his act and possesses the will to free the world from its sufferings.
 Have the Courage.
 'I have the courage. Trusting in God I shall dare to take this step. Please draft notes on these lines and submit them to me, and make all nec- essary arrangements, without delay"
 His Conscience is Clear.
 On Aug. 1, 1915, he said in a man. ifesto from Grand Headquarters: "One year has elapsed since l was obliged to call to arms the German people. An unprecedented time of bloodshed has befallen Europe and the world. Before God and history my conscience is clear. I did not will the war. Full of gratitude we oan say today that God was with US The enemy armies who boasted that they could enter Berlin within few months are driven far back east and west"
 It was not long before he resumed weeping (publtcly) for France. On oct. 12, 1915, he said to Socialist member of the Reichstag: France has been the greatest disappointment of my life and I am sincerely sorry for her because she is destined to