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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
THE CHURCH. AND PEACE

to submit their dispute to court of
arbitration or council of concilation.
How weighty would be letter from
the Pope urging this course, read be-
fore the assembled people in all the
Catholic Chapels of the world! 1t
seems unnecessary to insist on this
point, and all disinterested friends of
peace, agnostic or Protestant, must
wish the Church to put her interna
tional influence at the service of or
ganized peace.
The only point that may seem doubt
full is whether the Church really pos
sesses in her doctrine theories whose
application to contemporary facts
leads, by a process of logical deduc-
tions, to the adoption of international
machinery analogous to that of the
League to Enforce Peace. Prolonged
study of the question has convinced
me that Catholics, by their doctrines
and given the circumstances of the
moment, are morally bound to adhere
to the principles that form the basis
of the League to Enforce Peace.
My opinion received experimental
verification in an amusing incident
that occurred few days ago. asked
one of my friends, Belgian professor,
a devout Catholic but very reaction
ary in politics and by instinct rather
opposed than otherwise to pacifist ef
forts, what he thought of President
Wilson's latest speeches. He replied:
His speeches are interesting, but
what annoys us (Catholics) is that it
was not Catholic who uttered them.
For, after all, it is the Catholic doc
trine that this democrat Wilson is pro-
claiming to the world
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
TALO-BRITISH PACT
BRITISH SUBJECTS IN ITALY AND
coNsCRIPTIoN.

After having devoted nearly three
weeks to putting into execution the
terms of the Italo-British compact,
whereby those British subjects domi-
ciled in Italy are bound, if coming
within the terms of the law, either
to join the Italian forces or to return
to England, the English Embassy in
Rome has brought matters to a con-
clusion. The following are a few
points of interest connected with the
matter No ecclesiastical student or
clergyman in any of the English
speaking colleges in Rome is affected
by the law, and therefore the English.
Scots and Beda Colleges retain the
strength with which they commenced
the academic year The students of
the Irish College also are in no way
disturbed. In the case of one or two
Irish laymen in Rome of military age
the Embassy found they had not ac-
quired a domicile in Italy, and there
fore did not come within the law.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
Father Langlard Appointed
FORMER ST. PAUL PROFESSOR
GOING TO FRANCE AS X. C.
CHAPLAIN.

Two Oregon priests, Rev. Henri
Langlard, of Seaside, and Rev. M. j..
De Neaf, of Mt. Angel College, have
been accepted as chap1ains. Father
Langlard will leave for France on
April 2, as a Knights of Columbus
chaplain, assigned to work with the
Oregon troops at the front. Father
De Neaf has gone to Palo Alto, where
he has been assigned as an army
chaplain with the rank of lieutenant.
Father Langlard passed his exam
ination for chaplain's commission
some months ago, and has been await
ing an assignment to active service.
For some years past he has been
pastor at Seaside. oregon, Before
that he was professor of the French
language and literature at st. Thomas
College, st. Paul.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30

Under the heading of Catholic Doc
trine and the League of Nations an
important article by Prof. Ferdinand
Deschamps appears in a recent num-
Der of the London Nation
The professor, responding to the re-
quest to discuss whether Catholics are
likely to take an active and cordial
part in the campaign to found a
League to Enforce Peace, writes:
However one may view the religious
and political aspect of the Catholic
Church, it is impossible to deny her
very great international influence.
The Catholic Church is by far the
largest and most powerful information.
al society. In spite of the differences
of the race, climate and political or
ganization that divide them, the Cath
olics of the whole world profess the
same religious faith, practice the same
cult, are bound to the same religious
center by an identical hierarchy, speak
the same ritual language.
Suppose the peace of the world were
threatened and it became necessary
to exert moral pressure on the gov
ernments, in order to persuade them
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY
1T WILL SUPERVISE SCHOOL FOR
RETARDED CHILDREN.

A private school for retarded chill
dren will be opened by the Benedic-
tine Sisters at ST. Gertrude's Con-
vent, Richmond, Va, September /,
1918. The method of instructions will
be based on sensory and motor train
ing, as means of stimulating the
interest and awakening the dormant
powers of the backward child. Two
Sisters, with experience in teaching,
have been under training in New
York since the fall of 1917, making a
special study of the modern meth
DDS of educating the backward child.
A biochemical laboratory for the
testing of vital functions, the activity
of the glands of internal secretions,
ETC., will be opened under proper med
ical supervision, so that no case that
might be alleviated by medical treat
ment will be left without proper
therapeutic aid.
The school will be under the direct
supervision of the department of psy-
chology of the Catholic University of
America.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
ROMAN AFFAIRS
THE CAUSES OF VEN. OLIVER
PLUNKET AND OTHERS.

For a considerable time no more
interesting causes have been before
the Sacred Congregation of Rites than
those which were discussed recently,
namely, the Cause of Beatification of
the Venerable Oliver Plunket, Arch
bishop of Armagh and Primate of Ire
land, and that of the ,Canonization of
Blessed Margaret Mary Alacoque.
There were present his Holiness the
Pope, and all the Cardinals, Prelates,
and theological Consultors of the Sa-
cred Congregation, as well as the Pro-
moters of both processes. The spe-
#cial subjects of the discussions that
proof of the martyrdOm of the Ven
cradle Oliver Plunket and the signs
and wonders wrought in that case,
and also the doubt as to the advis-
ability of declaring proved and sue
cessfully concluded the case for the
solemn Canonization of the Blessed
Margaret Mary Alacoque, professed
religious of the Order of the Vista
tion of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Z Other famous Processes before the
Sacred Congregation of Rites at pres
ent are those of the Cure of Ars, of
Blessed Joan of Arc, and of the Irish
martyrs, including about two hundred
Irishmen Archbishops, Bishops,
priests belonging to the diocesan and
regular clergy, and members of the.
nobility of both sexes. The Bishop of
Nevers has announced in Pastoral
Letter to his people the opening Of
the Apostolic Process for the Beatifi-
cation of Bernadette Soubirous, to
whom the Blessed Virgin appeared at
the Grotto of Lourdes.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
BISHOP OF LINCOLN
BISHOP o'REILLY OF BAKER CITY
is TRANSFERRED TO
NEBRASKA SEE.

Press dispatches have brought news
of the appointment of Right Reverend
Charles j. O'Reilly of Baker City
Ore, to the diocese of Lincoln
Nebraska, made vacant by the trans.
fer fof Bishop Tihen to Denver, Colo
Bishop O'Reilly, who is at Oakland,
CAL, was notified of his appointment
by Archbishop Bonzano. Apostolic
delegate in Washington. 1t will prob
ably be. several weeks before the Off
cial documents arrive from Rome, and
it is unlikely that the Bishop will be
installed in his new see until they ar
rive.
Bishop O'Reilly was appointed to
the new see of Baker City fifteen
years ago. At that time he was a pas
tor in Portland, Ore, and editor OF
the Catholic Sentinel there. He
was consecrated on August 25, 1908.
He is a native of st, Johns, New
Brunswick, Canada, and was born in
1860. He studied theology in Montreal
and was ordained in June, 1890.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
AN APPRECIATION OF THE PER-
FoRMANcE, THE UPPER ROOM
APPROVAL VOICED BY MRS.
r. M. SEYMOUR.

Among those who witnessed the
presentation, by st. Luke's parish
performers, of Mgr. Benson's, The
Upper Room, in ST. Paul last week,
was Mrs. Robert M. Seymour, acting
director of the St. Paul Institute.
Mrs. Seymour is we'll known in ST.
Paul for her splendid work along all
lines conducive to the artistic life of
the city. She kindly consented to-
write the' following opinion for The
Catholic Bulletin.
Mrs. Seymour's Criticism.
| saw the performance of the
Upper Room as presented under
the auspices of the Church of St.
Luke, and | was deeply impressed by
the spirit of reverence and sincerity
which was expressed throughout the
play. The setting was beautiful, SIM
pie and dignified, and in thorough
harmony with the tone of the per-
formance. The actors seemed moved
by the desire to present worthily the
impressive nature of Mgr Benson's
drama, rather than by any personal
desire to excel The whole presenta-
ton carried the spirit of reverence
and simplicity, which must have
marked the plays of the middle ages,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30

sum per inmate for definite quantity
and quality of care and service. OBJ
viously there should be a system of
public inspection reasonably and fair
ly operated, and adequate to assure a
proper return to the State for the
money that it expends. The possibil-
ity of friction in the relations between
the giyer and the receiver of the SUBJ
ventiOn will always remain, indeed,
but it is a smaller evil than the pos
sibility of inferior service in the pub.
licly managed institutions More
over, the occasions of friction would
be considerably diminished if the con-
tract system were always accepted
and carried out in good faith, and in a
spirit of honest cooperation by both
parties to the arrangement.
There is suncient distress in the
world to call for the best efforts and
the most disinterested service of all
genuine lovers of their kind, Catholics
and non-Catholics. Every man should
be willing to let every other man do
his best for the relief of suffering in
his own way, so long as that way is
not wrong in principle nor defective
in method. None of us is justified in
denouncing or obstructing the method
| of others on mere doctrinaire grounds.
We Catholics do not object to fair
and legitimate criticism of our char
liable work. Indeed, we welcome it,
| for we are we'll aware that we are not
infallible, and we do want to improve
and progress. But we refuse to dis
card a method or an institution of
charity simply because it does not con-
form with an a priori theory of fitness,
| however fondly and firmly that theory
may be held by those who differ from
us. In this situation we prefer to be
fundamentally scientific, measuring
/ the worth of our methods and institu-
tions solely by the tests of efficiency
and expediency.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
MGR. DE WIART


Mgr. Maurice Carton de Wiart,
Secretary to Cardinal Bourne, of Lon.
don. and brother of the Belgian Min
lister of Justice, has been awarded the
Medail1e de Reconnaissance by the
French Government. The family, one
of great distinction in Belgium, won
additional lustre from the fact that
the wife of the Minister of Justice
deliberately chose to remain with her
children in Belgium throughout the
German occupation. rather than es-
cape with them to England, in order
that she and they might share in
their country's sufferings. She spent
several months in prison in the early
part Of the occupation
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
PASSION PLAY REVIEWED

through which the Church taught re-
ligion to the unlettered populace, and
appealed to the higher spiritual emo
tions of war-torn world.
1t is my belief that at this time
throughout our country we need just
such an, appeal, and for that reason
l feel it privilege to express my
sincere appreciation of the fine work
done and the noble idea back of this
performance of the Upper Room.
1t was the answer from the past to
the problems that confront the pres
ent
The third act was something not
soon to be forgotten, with the back
ground that in the darkness limited of
majesty and conveyed to that great
and reverent audience the mystery
and meaning of the greatest tragedy
in human history
1t is the object of the National
American Pageant Association to
stimulate the celebration of our holi-
days and Church Festivals with plays
and pageants which shall worthily ex-
press the great spiritual values which
such drama and pageantry may bring
into the life of the communicated
only in the significance of the play
itself but the manner in which it is
given. AS member of the Board of
Directors of this association it gave
me special pleasure to see 4 play SO
thoroughly in harmony with the ideals
for which the association is striving.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
THE CHURCH OF ST. QUENTIN

began in 1114, and the choir was
completed in 1857 The nave was fin
ished 200 years later, and the south
portal in 1477.
Strikingly beautiful features of the
building were the seven apsidal
chapels and the wonderful stained
glass windows in the principal tran
sept.
In the eleventh century crypt Gre
built in the thirteenth century, were
the tombs and stone sarcophagi of st.
Quentin and his fellow martyrs, Vic
toricus and Gentianus. Until Caius
Quintinus came to preach Chris
tianity here in the third century and
suffered death at the hands of the
Prefect Rectius Varus, the town was
known as Augusta Vermanduorum
In destroying the church the Ger
mans in all probability also razed
Langlet's splendid statue of Quentin
de la Tour, which stood Immediately
in front of the church. De la Tour
was the famous pastelist, a native
son Of st. Quentin, who received the
title of Painter to the King in 1850,
and who retired to this city at the
age of 80 to spend the remaining four
years OF his life in the distribution of
his fortune to. the worthy charities of
the community. This La Tour was
not the soldier La Tour D'Auvergne,
whose singular bravery and modesty
Won from Napoleon the title of First
Grenadier of France" and whose mem
ory is still kept alive in his regiment
of the guards, the Forty-sixth,i by hav-
ing his name called at all parades
when non-commissioned officer an
swers, Mort al champs d'honneur.
This is in compliance with a decree
issued by Napoleon more than cen
tury ago.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30

Substantially all intelligent persons
are now agreed that the question OF
State Intervention in commerce and
industry depends entirely upon the
consequences to the common welfare
writes Rev. John A. Ryan, D. D.
The same principle holds good OF
public assistance to private charitable
institutions. Whether the State should
care for dependent persons in its own
institutions, or pay for their mainte
nance in establishments managed by
other agencies, is matter that should
ency of the two methods. If, all things
considered, the latter is as effective as
the former, it ought to be adopted.
No one has ever shown that the
as good care for the same outlay as
can Catholic institutions With the
same amount of expenditure, the
Catholic establishments will provide
at least as satisfactory material and
intellectual nurture, and in addition
they will give a moral and religious
training which is of fundamental i'm
portance in the making of good citi
zens. To be sure, there have been anC
still are defects and abuses connected
with the system of State subventions
The appropriation of lump sums out
of the public treasury is a wrong
method, and ought to have been dis
carded long ago.
1t should be replaced as soon as
possible by the contract plan, accord
ing to which the State pays a definite
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
ONE OF THE FINEST GOTHIC
STRUCTURES IN FRANcE-FouR
CENTURIES REQUIRED TO FIN
IsH NOBLE WORK. SUFFERS
GREATLY NOW FROM RAvAGEs
OF WAR.

While not of such worldwide fame
as the Cathedral of Rheims, and al
though it lacks the spectacular his
toric associations of the great struc-
ture which saw the elimination of
Joan of Arcs efforts, the collegiate
Church of st. Quentin, so recently
ravaged by the Germans, is one of
the finest gothic structures in all
France, says war geography bulletin
issued by the National Geographic So
ciety concerning the burning of the
St. Quentin structure after it had been
stripped of it's art treasures by the
invaders
Situated to the east of the Hotel
de Willie, the Church of st. Quentin
suffers from the fact that it is Cor
was) closely surrounded by numerous
smaller and unattractiye buildings,
making it impossible to gain a COM
prehensiye view of the structure. I'm
| like the Cathedral at Rheims, whose
west facade was it's chief glory, the
Church of st. Quentin has no West
facade, but terminates in this direc-
tion with a tower and portal of Ro-
manesque architecture. The statues
which formerly decorated the portal
have disappeared.
One of the odd features Of this
great structure, which is $40 feet LONG
and 130 feet high, is its double tran
septs, rarely found in gothic churches
The choir of the church closely re
sembled that of the Rheims Cathe
dral, and was quite elaborately deco
rated with polychromic paintings
while in bas relief on the beautiful
Ichoir screen was depicted the story ;0l
the martyrdom of st. Quentin.
1T took four centuries to complete
1.-THE St Quentin Cathedral and per
lhaps four hours to destroy il MoEl
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
CATHOLIC RED CROSS

Following is the report of the mum.
Der of surgical dressings made dur.
ing this period by each unit:
st. Mark, 5,238; st. Joseph's Acad
emy, 5,O58; st. Adalbert, 2,700; st.
Luke, 1864; Cathedral, 2,412; st. Jo-
seph's Alumnae, 2,25O; st. Matthew,
2,070; st. Stanislaus, LILO; st. Mi
chael, 1,476; ST.. Agnes, 1,368;. st.
John, 1878; Guild of Catholic Won
en-, 1906; ST. Vincent, LISP; Assump-
ton, 1862 ST. Francis de Sales, $40;
st. James, ia; st. Louis, TIA; Sacred
Heart, 720; C. o. Foresters, 702; Holy
Redeemer, 6S4; st. Andrew, $50;
Christ Child, 504; A. O.. H., 1856; st.
Patrick, 450; ST. Peter Claver, 342;
st. Mary, 1913; Sk Bernard, 1870; Ca
thedral Sodality, 1852; ST. Cecilia, 108;
st. Casimir, Sc; Tabernacle, Society,
1S; Volunteers, 7,S43; ST. GATHERINGS
College, 3,679; Good Shepherd Con-
vent, 1000; Notre Dame Convent,
1884; Visitation Convent, 1884; to-
tai, 56,162.
The number of hospital garments
made during the same period was dis
tributed as follows: st. Adalbert,
626; St, Mary of the Lake, 437; Cathe-
dral, 327; st. Mark, 315; ST. Louis,
29S; St Luke, 2S7; Good Shepherd
Convent, 1876; ST. Stanislaus, 1853; st.
Matthew, 131; A. o. H., 127; st.
James, Ill; Sacred Heart, 1O9; Christ
Child, 1O8; st. John, 1O6; st. Cast
mir, n; Tabernacle Society, rs; st.
Vincent, SO; Catholic Guild, 81; st.
Andrew, SO; st. Agnes, "A; st. Ce-
ella, Al; Assumption, 80; st. Colum-
ba, SO; st. Michael, 81; st. Bernard,
80; ST. Patrick, %; st. Mary, %; st.
Francis, IS; Blessed Sacrament, IL;
volunteer work, 1873; total, Alas.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
THE NEED OF CLASSICAL CULTURE

intrinsic merits. Classical culture is
more than a means to an end; it is
an end in itself. The arts of music.
painting, sculpture and architecture
are worth pursuing for themselves:
and as it would be- preposterous to
value them on any utilitarian scale
to the exclusion of their inherent ex-
cellence, SO it is futile to decide the
merits of a college course on it's US
ers, without regard for it's intrinsic
beauty and forcefulness. Surely the
breadth, intensity, poise and versatil-
ity OF mind the sureness of judgment,
the luminousness of imagination, the
warmth of feeling, Nthei delicacy and
rightness' of taste, the power of ex-
preston, which a college course 9pur.
poses to confer, stand in need of no
applicability to ulterior ends to rec.
ommend them to a discerning ap-
pralser of human worth. Even if
classical studies were not prepa.
ration for professional, technical and
business avocations, still their place
in e university could be abundantly
justified by reason of their influence
in the formation of a man. The for
nation of a man is, to speak moder
ately, as important as the formation
Of a business man or a lawyer, or a
physician or theologian. The mind
ought to be made master of itseli
before becoming the servant of a spe
cialty; and the emotional elements oi
the heart ought to be developed be
fore the stress and strain Of partic
iilar calling have. an opportunity 81
crRmp:ng them into stunted passivity
! Continued on page 81
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
AYSCOUGH RELICS
MANUSCRIPTS OF NOTED cATHo-
Lie AUTHOR WILL BE
PUBLICLY SOLD.

Owing to war-losses John Ayscough,
Mgr. Bickerstaffe Drew, has decided
to part with the collection of1his man
uscripts and relics intended to have
been left as heirl6oms to his family.
The collection will be dispersed as
prizes in drawing to take place on
June /. There will be over five hun.
dred prizes, consisting of holograph
manuscripts of novels. tales, essays,
reviews, poems, lectures, (including
unpublished novels, tales and diaries)
also ivory miniature portraits of the
writer, autograph letters, etc.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
FOR REDMOND'S SOUL
CARDINAL FARLEY PRESIDED AT
MASS IN NEW YORK.

Many persons were present in the
Cathedral, New York, on March IA, at
Solemn High Mass for the repose
of the soul of John E. Redmond, the
Irish leader, who died March g. Right
Rev. Mgr. Joseph F. Mooney was the
celebrant, with Cardinal Farley pre-
siding at the service.
Right Rev. Mgr. M. ]. Lavelle de-
livered the sermon. The chief mourn
ers were DIR. ]. e. Power, son-in-laW
of John Redmond, and the grand-chil.
dren of the Irish statesman, w. Red
mond Power, John E. Redmond Pow.
er, James P. Redmond Power and
Esther Redmond Power. :
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-03-30
Sacramento Wine

Secretary of the Navy Daniels, in
establishing, by General Orders, a
five-mile prohibition zone around GER
tain naval stations, which took effect
March 16, stated in the Order that:
Nothing contained in these regu-
lations shall be construed to prohibit
or restrict the procuring Or use of
wine, by any religious congregation or
church, for sacramental purposes in
the usual religious exercise of its de-
nomination"
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Pope Intercedes for Armeni-
ans

Immediately on learning of the re-
turn to Turkish domination of the Ar
menian provinces, under the terms of
the German-Russian treaty, Pope Ben.
edict telegraphed instructions to Mon
signor Pacelli, the Nuncio at Munich,
Bavaria, to do his best to induce the
German government to insure the vel
fare of the sorely-tried Armenian
people.