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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
THE REAL PAPAL NEUTRALITY

other matters afterwards" This arg
if those who employ it are ready to
stand by their premises. Are they
willing to restore the Pope to the po-
sition he held in the Middle Ages and
to something more-for it was only
with difficulty that he enforced his
will even then? Which of those who
blame the Pope for not arbitrating is
prepared to accept him unreservedly
in the role of arbitrator?
Moreover, if the Pope were to have
come forward as arbitrator, it was
necessary that not private individ-
uals but the Governments concerned
should invite him to undertake the
Office, and agree to accept his award.
is surely exorbitant to maintain that
the Holy See, unlimited and unassured
of welcome, should have interviewed
on the outbreak of hostilities with
some Illuminating encyclical directed,
say, against the Central Powers,
which would have imposed upon mil
lions of Catholic soldiers in the very
agony of mobilization the cruel task
of choosing between their loyalty to
their Church and their loyalty to their
country. Such an act would have
been as uncharitable as it would
have been senseless, quite apart from
the fact that an arbitrator is bound
to undertake long and Impartial
study of the pleas advanced by both
sides. Neither then nor since has the
Pope had the material for such an in
vestigation. We here have, of course,
a general conviction of the rightness
of our cause, but an arbitrator re-
quires not a general conviction but a
point-by-point proof. Evidence of
that kind as to the origins and char
acter of the war will never be forth
coming till the Chancellories of Eu-
rope consent to unlock their secrets.
Benedict XIV is, therefore, fully justi-
fed when, after referring to his ef-
forts to alleviate the sufferings caused
by the war, he concludes.
ITO do more, today, is not in the
power given Us by Our Apostolic
charge" He cannot do more today.
In saner Europe, restored to the
unity OF the Faith, he might do very
much more indeed. The way is plain
for those who desire the arbitration
of the Pope. They see that his power
is too weak, let them labor to
strengthen it.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
KEEPING UP THE TRADITIONS OF
THE REGIMENT OVER THERE
DEEDS OF HERoIsM ARE MULTI
Piled,

Officers and men of the One Hun
dred and Sixty-fifth Infantry (the old
Sixty-ninth Regiment of New York;,
have been conspicuous the past week
in the news from the battlefield in
France. The present members of the
famous regiment have more than up
held the glorious traditions of the
heroic Sixty-ninth which is practically
all Catholic. .
From Paris comes press despatch
that the Sixty-ninth's chaplain, Rev.
Francis P. Duffy, pastor of the Church
of Our Saviour, has been recommend
ed for the French Legion of Honor for
1T hours of continuous work on the
field of battle during the recent
Franco-American drive. Chaplain
Duffy is praised for his work among
the wounded, hearing confessions,
bearing stretchers and taking last
messages.
According to the press dispatches
the Sixty-ninth boys have met the best
troops among the Germans, the Ba-
varians and defeated them. An illu-
stration of their heroic conduct is fur.
nished by Edwin l.. James despatch
in last Wednesdays New York Times
James Hyland, Brooklyn law clerk
and graduate of Catholic parochial
school, was one of platoon of fifty
| men who were ordered to go into
Sergy, hold certain street, and re
| main there until relieved. Caught un
| Ter the fire of machine guns on the
outskirts of the village, they kept or
| going. Twenty-odd of them reached
| Sergy and got into a poor shelter
where they were raked by machine
/ guns and snipers.
From the windows of a German
Red Cross building three machin'
guns kept picking them off. The Amer
! leans fired nearly all their ammunition
! trying vainly to get those guns. Tho
i they rushed them. bit hHl TO corr
ban1- -Gc4ie-s and watoricss, tle
/ stayed tHc"n. and The gallant bant
grew smaller and smaller. All tn
i officers had been killed, and the pr
Yates elected commanders, who one b
j cne were shot down.
! When relief reached them at
O'Clock Hyland and one comrade wer
left of the fifty who had started. II!
land was in command, and the tW
were shooting their last bullets at tn
] machine gunners up the street the
| had hoan told tn hold
Michael Foody, another member
the cid Gallant Sixty-ninth, jealol
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
SISTERS OF CHARITY
NEW ORLEANS WOMAN GIVES
100000 TO FINANCE HoSPl-
tai CORPS OF NUNS.

Mrs. John Dibert, Of New Orleans,
has given 100000 to the Red Cross
for the financing of the Loyola Unit,
consisting of 100 Sisters of Charity,
all trained nurses. Ten of these Sis
ters arrived in New York lately,
whence, with ninety other nurses, they
will sail for Italy. The Sisters are
from Birmingham, Ala. When the
unit arrives in Italy, it will be divided
into groups of ten, each in charge of
a Sister of Charity.
eve hope to do our full duty in
bringing the American boys back to
health and happiness" said Sister
Chrysostom, who is in charge of the
expedition. Asked if the Sisters were
volunteers, she answered that, as the
whole membership Of the Sisterhood
had volunteered, these were selec-
tions.
The Sisters of Charity, with many
other communities of American relig-
ious, rendered distinguished service
in the military hospitals during the
Civil war. Sister Chrysostom, of the
band destined to nurse our soldier
boys in Italy, saw service in the Span
ish-American war
Two other communities have al
ready sent nurses to the front since
the entrance of America into the war
The European nuns have been work
ing with the Red Cross since the be-
ginning of the war, and the American
nuns will work in the same associa-
tion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
Brave Nun Imprisoned
BELGIAN NUN SENTENCED TO
PENAL SERVITUDE.

The Belgian newspaper, La Metro
pole, publishes a report that Nine. He
-lene de Burlet, Superioress General
of the Nuns of the Sacred Heart, of
Berchem, at Antwerp, has been SEN
fenced to two and half years of
penal servitude, after already having
spent eight months in prison in Ant.
werp.
Nine. de Burlets crime consists OF
having shown great energy and cour
age, and she appears to have incurred
the ill-wilI of her judges by the fine
spirit and ardent patriotism she dis
played. She was condemned to i'm
mediate deportation, and it is abso
lutely unknown to which prison II
Germany this valiant nun has beer
sent for the crime of being true t.
her king and country She has three
brothers who are fighting in the arm
les Of the Allies.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
K, OF {. DONORS BLESSED BY POPE

American Catholic opinion on the sub
ject. And the whole situation has no.
where been better expressed than in
leading editorial in the current is
sue of America
Union Effort Needed.
THE great results obtained by the
agencies engaged in helping the men
behind the guns are attributed to
united effort. From the front-line
trenches to the camps at home Choir
done by the different organizations oc-
cupied in soldier and sailor welfare
work. All have labored together as
one man. The first menace to this
splendid union has come with the an.
nouncement that there are to be two
separate drives for funds to finance
the work of the different organiza-
tions. According to the press notices
from Washington the reason given for
separate drives is due to different f.
nancial year periods. This all the more
surprising, as the fiscal-year difficulty
was not mentioned at the recent meet
ing of the representatives of all the
organizations in Washington when the
Knights of Columbus put themselves
on record as favoring a joint drive at
such time as seemed best to the
Government
AT this meeting DR.. John R. Mott,
speaking for the Y. NJ. c. A. and the
Y. w. c. A., declared that these, or
| ganizations were opposed to a joint
drive because those who supported the
Y. M. c. A. and the public to whom the
| Y. M. C. A. looked for it's support after
the war were unwilling to enter COM
bined drive in which two of the organ
| izations engaged in war work were in
cluded. At another meeting of war
work agencies nationwide joint
| drive was again discussed and DR.
| Mott was asked if there had been any
change in the attitude of his organiza.
ton. He answered that he could re
port no change.
/ "An official protest against two
drives has been entered by BishoI
Hayes and Bishop Muldoon in the
name of the National Catholic Wal
Council, the body that directs all war
work in America.
"The Supreme Knight of the knight:
of Columbus has also voiced the opin
ion of the Order deprecating the sep
arate-drive proposal in a telegram tt
the Secretary of War:
81 earnestly trust that the rumol
that you are to order two joint drives
for recreation funds-one for the Cath
olics and Jews and the other for tn,
Y. M. C. A. and three other agencies
lis not true. This would be DRAWN!
religious line in time of war tha
cannot fail to cause great criticism
! and disturbance throughout the cour
: try. am sending a copy of this wir
to Chairman Fosdick. -.
lcoptiaued on Page a.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
THE GALLANT SIXTY=NINTH

of the exploit of Private "Broc" Hill,
Of Gadsden, Ala, who shot down
German airplane with his rife, a feat
of craftsmanship to which nothing
comparable had been recorded in the
four years Of the war, jumped to the
trench parapet with his automatic rife
and began shooting. In few seconds
down tumbled another German air
plane. This so startled the covey of
enemy fliers that they turned tail and
flew away like frightened quail, with
the result that those American
trenches were not bothered any more
by airplanes. Foody also got the Croix
de Guerre, and also, as a mark of dis
tinction conferred upon him by his
comrades, he. gets first place in the
chow line.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
VICTIMS OF TURKS
POPE REVIEWS EFFORTS ON BE-
HALF OF ARMENIANS.

With the ascension to the throne of
the Ottoman empire of the new sultan
hopes have been revived at the Vati-
can that something at last may be ac-
complished for ameliorating the con-
dition of the Armenian population of
the Turkish empire.
During the early part Of the war
Pope Benedict succeeded in establish
ing diplomatic relations with the sub
lime porte, and Monsignor Dolci was
sent to Turkey as the Papal diplo-
matte representative. Since then, at
the request of His Holiness, repeated
representations have been made on
behalf of the Armenians, but without
success.
Hope that different policy may be
followed by new sultan has in.
spired Pope Benedict to have Mon
signor Dolci renew the Papal efforts
on behalf of the Armenian nation.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
POSITION OF HOLY FATHER DOES
NOT PERMIT HIM TO DO MORE
THAN HE HAS ALREADY AT
TEMPTED.

The Roman Pontiff is the supreme
head of a great religious commun-
ion, the members of which live dis
persed among all the nations Of the
earth. There is no state of any i'm
portance today which does not count
numerous Catholics among its sub
jects. 1t follows that if the Pope in
policy of war were to support any
one Power or group of Powers against
their opponents, he would be favoring
one section of the Church at the eX-
pense of another, writes a former
diplomat.
1t can scarcely, therefore, need argu-
ment to prove that at all times politi-
cal neutrality is required of the Holy
See, on grounds of elementary justice,
not to say necessity. An exception
may be imagined in the case of re-
hgious war i. e.. war in which the
rights or existence of Catholicism as
such were at stake. The present con-
f1ict, however, is not of that nature. 1t
would show too great an ignorance of
political realities to imagine that the
Central Empires went to war for or
against the Catholic Church, or for
any purpose other than the acquisi-
tion of territory. AS for the Entente,
Protestant and Anti-Clerical influ-
ences have fortunately not succeeded.
so far in making the crusade against
Prussianism a campaign against the
Catholic religion. We may, then, dis
miss the notion that this is a religious
war, and assert that it is in conse-
quence a struggle of the kind in which
neutrality is demanded by the princi-
Piles of the Holy See.
But this conclusion fails to satisfy
all objectors. We are often remind
ed that in the Middle Ages the Popes
were in some sense the arbiters Of
right and wrong in Europe. Who"
it is asked, is better fitted to vindi-
cate justice than the head of the larg-
est and most powerful of the Chris
tian communities? Ever if no relig-
ious principle is at stake, morality
has at least been outraged by Ger
many. Let the Pope begin by de-
nouncing that, and we shall be all the
more ready to accept his decision on
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
FOR STARVING BELGIAN CHILDREN

of the Committee for Relief of Bel
gium you have Immediately given the
advice not to abandon us as long as
the authority in power allowed them
to look after our subsistence. Accept
our thanks for your generosity, Mon
sieur le President receive the heart
felt gratitude of the Belgian nation,
and allow us to tell you that we pray
God to bless your noble country and
it's very noble President.
An American priest, Father de
Vile, is kindly bearing this modest
message to your address.
Believe me, Monsieur lie President,
with renewed expressions of graft
tude.
Yours very truly,
D. J. CARDINAL MERCER,
Archbishop of Malines (Belgium),
Malines, February 9, 1917.
The Presidents Answer.
5 July, 1917.
The White House, Washington.
Your Eminence:
l am deeply touched by your per-
sonal communication of the ninth of
February, 1917, which recently
reached me at the hands of Father De
Vile.
The sincere sympathy of the people
of the United States for the people of
Belgium in their sore affliction has
been manifested in many ways since
the very outbreak of the war, and this
government has set it's seal of appro-
baton upon this national sentiment
by sending it's chosen forces to the
Belgian front, there to fight the COM
mon enemy. l trust that the efforts
of the American people towards the
relief of suffering among the stricken
people Of Belgium may soon be re-
sumed under happier auspices which
will attend the liberation of Belgium.
With assurance of my high personal
consideration,
Faithfully yours,
WOODROW WILSON.
st. Paul has taken an active and
most patriotic part in everything
touching upon war. The Committee
for Belgian Relief is engaged in one
of the greatest possible acts of char
ity and humanity. Every donation of
fered in this cause will be to keep
body and soul together in the starv-
ing Belgian children who have been
buffeted about in the terrific struggle
and made the innocent victims of un-
mitigated cruelty.
Donations may be sent to the Bel
gian Relief Fund, First National Bank,
st. Paul.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
Holy See and China

The question of the establishment
of diplomatic relations between the
Holy See and China now rests entirely
with the latter. The Holy See, which
accepted China's proposal to that ef-
feet, has clearly explained that the
presence of nunciature in Pekin will
not in the slightest degree affect the
rights enjoyed by France through the
treaty of Tiensin, and it is now simply
waiting to see if China will carry out
its original proposal or allow itself to
be deferred from it by the pressure OF
foreign power.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
Vincentians In Army

Five Vincentian Fathers have re-
ceived commissions as army chap
lains. The Rev. Francis J. Dodd, G.
NJ, is at present in the trenches, and
the Rev. James H. Eding, c. M, is
also in France. The Reys. Casper
Hafner C. NJ, Vincent Dougherty, G.
NJ, and John L. Miller, c. NJ, were
commissioned recently A call was
issued for four members Of the Or
der, but the five priests Immediately
responded and were accepted, aI
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
BISHOP OF DULUTH

Very Rev. John T. McNicholas, O.
P, who was consecrated bishop of
Duluth, Mimi, at Rome last Sunday,
will arrive in Duluth to take charge
of the diocese in October or Novem-
her. In cablegram to Mgr Joseph
Buh, administrator of the diocese, the
bishop-elect said:
Grateful for message. Holy father
is much pleased that choice is accept
able. Arrive in Duluth in October or
November. Hope to do most and best
/ can, asking prayers of clergy, nuns
and faithful
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
BISHOPS URGE ONE JOINT DRIVE
FOR FUNDS-NECESSIT POINT
ED OUT FOR CONTINUED UNITY
IN ALL WAR WORK HERE AND
ABROAD.

Replying to the message sent to
him by Supreme Knight James A. Fla
herty of the Knights of Columbus at
the Supreme Convention of the Or
der in New York, His Holiness Pope
Benedict sent the following cable from
the Vatican:
Rendering heartfelt thanks for the
solemn sentiments of homage, fidelity
and attachment rendered by the Su-
preme Council of the Knights of Co.
lumbus, the august Pontiff blesses
with all his heart the members of the
Order and all charitable persons CO.
operating in your noble work.
sODALIZIo."
President Wilson, also, through his
secretary, Joseph Tumulty replied to
the pledge of answering loyalty
made to him by the Supreme Conven-
ton of the K of c. His reply reads:
my dear Mr.. Flaherty:
"The President genuinely appreci-
ates the heartening assurances that
YOU give him in your telegram in the
name of the knights of Columbus of
the United States. Such messages do
much to keep him in heart and he
asks me to convey to you one and
all an expression of his cordial
thanks"
Bishops Telegraph Fosdick.
The Order has clearly defined it's
nosition in the matter of further ap-
meals to the public for funds to sup
port it's work and it is cordially sup
Dorted in it's attitude by Bishops Null
doom and Hayes of the Administrative
Committee of the National Catholic
War Council. On hearing of the de.
cision that two separate drives be
made for funds, one by the Y. M. G. A
and kindred organizations and the
other by the K. of c., the Jewish Wei
fare Board and the Salvation Army
Bishops Muldoon and Hayes jointly
telegraphed Chairman Raymond B
Fosdick of the War Department.
Commission on Training Camp Activ
tiles, their telegram reading:
1--WE most sincerely hope that the
announcement of the divided drive does
not reflect the final judgment of tht
Government For unity, economy ant
Americanization, let us have only on'
drive, which, without doubt, would b.
an immense success from every view
point. One drive prevents any posi-
bic misinterpretation."
This telegram puts the, case for
Joint drive in nutshell, Following
Supreme Knight Flaherty's recen
statement In the press it crystallize
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
Hollands Catholic Premier
APPOINTED BY THE QUEEN, is
NOTED JuRIST.

Jonkheer Ruijs de Beerenbrouck,
the Governor of Limburg, has been
appointed Premier of Holland, accord
ing to the Courant of Hertonenbosch.
A dispatch from the Hague on Au-
gust 80 said that Queen Wilhelmina
had asked Jonkheer Ruijs de Beeren-
brouck to form a cabinet. He is a
Catholic. and his sympathies are said
to lie with the Entente allies.
Jonkheer Ruijs de Beerenbrouck
was Minister of Justice from 1888 to
1891, and has been Commissioners in
Limburg since 1898. He is rs years
old
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
Ten Chaplains Selected

Ten priests of the Diocese of Buffa-
10, who have been selected as chap
lains for the army, have left for the
Chaplains' Training School at Camp
Zachary Taylor at Louisville, KY,
where they will receive special train
ing for their important work in the
army. The priests will attend the
school for a month, when they will
be commissioned by the War Depart
ment,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
Bells and Victory

! Although church bells, consecrated
for religious purposes, are not in
tended to be rung on secular occa-
sions. Archbishop Moeller of Cinein-
natl has granted permission to ring
them in Signalling patriotic events,
whenever requested by the proper au-
thorities. This permission holds for
the duration of the war.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
More Chaplains Honored

Three more Catholic chaplains in
France have received high honors for
heroism on the battlefield. The, Rev.
Lawrence Costello and the Rev. John
Brady, both Of New York. have re-
ceiyed the French war cross, and the
Rev. julius Bapst of Denver has been
cited BY General Pershing for BRAY
cry,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-09-14
Catholic Women's League

In response to the recent appeal
of an Albany chaplain for the men of
his regiment, the Catholic Women's
Service League of that city sent 700
pairs of socks and 1000 handker-
chiefs. Outfits were given by this
saEle organization to forty.seyen
rurses who were assigned to base
hospital, 5000 1a4F
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-04-11
Contrariness.

speaking of the kaisers contrary
or arbitrary attitude In this peace
talk" says well-known legislator,
reminds me of the Kansas farm
er who was elected in the state
legislature a few years ago. The farm
er was called to the chair during a
session to act as speaker pro TEN. A
motion was made to lay Il certain res.
olution on the table. The speaker put
the motion like this:
"'All those who want the resolution
to lay on the table say aye! All those
who want to be contrary say nor"
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-04-11
Lemons Whfen and
Beautify the Skin!
Make Cheap Lotion

The juice Of two fresh lemons strain
ed into bottle containing three ounces
Of orchard white makes a whole quar-
ter pint Of the most remarkable lemon
skin beautifier at about the cost one
must pay for small Jar Of the ordl-
nary cold creams. Care should be TAX
en- to strain the lemon juice through a
fine cloth SO no lemon pulp gets In,
then this lotion will keep fresh for
months. Every woman knows that lem.
on Juice Is used to bleach and remove
such blemishes as freckles, sallowness
and tan and Is the ideal skin softener,
smoothener and beautifer.
Just try 1t! Make up q quarter pint
Of this sweetly fragrant lemon lotion
and massage 1t daily into the face.
neck, arms and hands. II should natur.
ally help to whiten, soften, freshen and
bring out the hidden roses and beauty
Of any skin. tits wonderful for rough,
red hands.
Your druggist will sell three ounces
Of orchard white at little cost, and any
grocer will supply the lemons. ADV.
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shelI-cap Cigar Lighter.

Capt. John Corrigan Of the traffic
squad Of the police department has re-
ceived a souvenir from his son, v. r.
Corrigan. who is In France as men,
Der of base hospital No. %. and is dis
playing 1t to his friends. II Is cigar
lighter, made from a machine gun one
inch brass shell cap. After the shell
had been fred some enterprising
Frenchman made 1t into a lighter, to
be filed with, alcohol and wick,
which Is lighted by the friction Of
ystsel wheel against point Of steel
The Raymer enterprise., 1918-04-11

A large number stepped out; and now
nearly all the thermometers for use IN
France are made by these German
prisoners. Their workshop is one Of
the Old dismantled forts near Paris,
and apparently they are most happy
In their work. Possibly this Is In
part due to the fact that they are
teaching their art to a number Of
French women.-Joseph s. Amss, in
the Atlantic.
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Resented the Snuh.

An Irishman was at work on n hoist
ing machine that carried hods of
bricks to the top of a building, and
brought them down empty. Happening
to get caught, he was carried to the
top floor, and in the orderly but rapid
progress of the machine was brought
to the ground rather suddenly. A fel-
lOw-workman leaned from the second
story scaffolding and cried:
"Are you hurt, Pati"
"iou go TO the diyvle," shouted
Pat. II passed you twlcet and ye niver
spoke to me-"