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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-03
Missionaries Imprisoned
AS A RESULT, CATHOLIC MIS-
sIoNs IN TOGO, WEST AFRICA,
ARE A PREY TO DEcAY-WoRK
OF YEARS MAY BE WIPED OUT.

The following touching letter,
which tells us of the destruction of
work truly humanitarian, flourish
ing Catholic mission, has just
reached the Society of the Divine
Word at Techny, Ill. 1t is addressed
to a confrere of the writer, and was
peDned in an English detention camp:
London, May %, 1918.
Dear Confrere-
after a six-year stay in Togo,
have been led into British captivity
together with II other missionaries,
on the 18th of October of last year.
With a bleeding heart l babe farewell
to the beloved Togo country. The
parting was made doubly bitter by
the order to board the steamer with
in two hours. Now all the mission
aries have been led away from there.
The churches and chapels are now
empty and desolate, the perpetual
lights have been extinguished
throughout Togoland, and more than
$4,000 Christians, who, thanks to
much hard work, had been won over
to Christianity, al now left to re-
lapse into paganism. The last Faith
ers and Sisters are expected to land
in England this very week. With this
short notice will conclude the letter
and remain
your confrere,
"B. e. Togo, Missionary"
The Catholic Mission in Togo, West
Africa, was founded in 1892 by the
Society of the Divine Word, of which
the Motherhouse is in Steyl, Holland.
Being a mission in tropical climate,
it had many difficulties to struggle
with. Thanks to the perseverance
and the zeal of the missionaries,
many of whom had to sacrifice their
young lives in fulfillment of their sa-
cred duties, the mission had reached
flourishing and most promising
stage before the war
Before the outbreak of the war, the
mission numbered l Bishop, 81
priests, II Brothers, 81 Sisters, PIT
teachers, 8,460 pupils, $4,000 baptized
Christians, II churches, 16 chapels.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-03
Georgetown Soldiers

The last number of the Georgetown
College Journal prints the names of
1O4 more students of that Jesuit insti-
tuition who have joined the army or
navy. This puts the total of the stars
in the service flag of Georgetown Uni
versity to over 1900.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-03
K. Of c. Bonds

D. J. Callahan, supreme treasurer
of the Knights of Columbus, Informed
Secretary McAdOO that the supreme
board of directors of the order had
authorized him to subscribe for $780,
600 worth of fourth Liberty Loan
bonds
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-03
New ChiId-Labor Law

Another child-labor law, designed to
take the place of the act recently de-
clared unconstitutional by five of the
nine judges of the supreme court, will
soon be introduced in congress.
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Fairbanks Will I

Among the institutions remembered
in the will of the late Hon. Charles
w. Fairbanks, ST. Vincent Hospital of
Indianapolis, Ind, receives $4,000.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-03

1876 prayer houses. Now all that is
left prey to decay through the ex-
pulsion of all the missionaries.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-03

God does not ask me to find time for
action; but action for the time
Bernard Coping.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-03

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet
how dearly we pay for its counterfeit
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-08-03

opinion that the sin is forgiven. Such
a case would be extremely rare.
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PRINCE BORGHESE DEAD
PRACTICAL CATHOLIC AND MEM
Der OF OLD PATRIc1AN
FAMILY.

Prince Giovanni Borghese, who died
last week in Rome, was one of the
most remarkable figures among the
Catholic aristocracy of Italy. One of
five brothers and belonging to one of
the most illustrious families of patri-
clan Rome, he had a French mother,
Therese de la Rochfoucauld, and a
Belgian wife, the Princess Alice of
Caraman Chimay, who survives him.
He was alike famous for his civic zeal,
his charity, his learning and his piety.
He was president qk several literary
and artistic societies, took a large
share in the government of his native
city and the country surrounding it,
inaugurated and financed establish
ments for The poor and was a persona
grata among the Black Society of
Rome. He died surrounded by his
family, fortified with the last rites of
the Church and the special blessing
of the Holy Father.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-25
BISHOPS AND LORDS
CATHOLIC BISHOPS MAY SIT IN
HOUSE or LORDS.

A new vista is opened to Catholics
in England by the majority report on
the reform of the House of Lords,
which does away with the hereditary
privilege. This portion which con
Germs Catholics is the recommends
ton that bishops of the Catholic
Church and leaders of the Protestant
sects should have the right to be
elected to the upper chamber. Nat
r1raIIv tho T1:--E-
u s-rrorrNrEr7 T~frtr INV
sit sit there do 50 bg benefit of the Cath
olic Lords Spiritual" of the past,
whose places they have usurped. but
hitherto the upper chamber has
been closed to our. own bishops. Ii
Lord Bryc plan is adopted it be
comes evident that we may yet see
a cardinal and some archbishops sit
ting in the House of Lords and TAX
ing care of Catholic interests there.
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K. OF C. AND RED CROSS
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS MEN Of
FER SERVICES TO RED CROSS
TO AID REFUGEES.

The Knights of Columbus forces,
about a dozen, already in Paris, Of
fered their services to the American
Red Cross organization in caring for
the thousands of refugees from the
evacuated towns at the battle front.
A steady stream of these refugees
poured through the railway stations
on their way to places of refuge pro-
vided for them to the south. As they
came in on the trains, with their
hastily assembled personal effects,
they made a spectacle only less sad
and distressing than the havoc of the
battlefieIds. They were the advance
guard of the allied retreat, which
had been reversed. This became ap-
parent by the steadily diminishing
ranks of the refugees. The last night
stream sJraggIed In towards SIX Ia
the morning.
The labors of the Red Cross, as
sisted by the Y. NJ C.. A. and the
Knights of Columbus. consisted OF
meeting these detrainiRg flies of fef
ngeas. assisting the her1t ARD age.,
women with their bundles. helping
the toddling children aud cheering the
mcn-one felt more like it, for tho
men seemed to feel the burden ol
war more than the women aud chill
dTen. and were more silent and help
less in their 5oTTcw
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Mgr. Zachmann Invested
PASTOR AT ADRIAN, MINI, RE.
cEIVES INSIGNIA OF DO
MESTIC PRELATE.

On Tuesday, May q, Right Rever-
end Monsignor Otto NJ. Zachmann, pas
tor of st. Adrian's Church, Adrian,
Mimi, was invested with the insignia
of Domestic Prelate in his parish
church.
Mgr. Zachmann was born in st.
Michael, Mimi, March 20, 1870. He
was educated in the parochial school
OF that town. He took UP the study
of classics at st. Thomas College, st.
Paul, for one year, and completed his
course at st. Francis de Sales, st.
Francis, Wis, in 1893. His studies in
philosophy and theology were made at
st. Johns University, Collegeville,
Mimi, where he was ordained on
June "A, 1896, by the Right Reverend
Bishop Marty for the Diocese of Wi
mona.
His first appointment was as pastor
Of the Church of All Saints at New
Richland, Mimi. In 1897 he was ap-
pointed pastor of ST. James, Mimi,
and in this place he built a school
and parsonage. In 1909 he became
pastor at Adrian, where he built a
house for the Sisters, and also school
which cost $40,0 900. He was appointed
a Domestic Prelate by Pope Benedict
XIV in brief dated December II,
1917. Rev. James Zachman, pastor of
Belvidere, Mimi, is nephew of the
new Monsignor.
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MOTU PROPRIO OF HOLY FATHER

the charity of Jesus Christ, nothing
has been left uninterrupted to remedy
these affections. He recalls the words
Of King Jehosaphat, praying:
Lord God of our fathers, Thou art
God in heaven and rulest over all
kingdoms and nations. In Thy hand is
strength and power; and no one can
resist Thee We will cry to Thee in
our Affections; and Thou wilt hear
and save us, our God! as we know
not what to do, we can only turn our
eyes to Thee
The Pope urges the world to trust
in God, Who is the Arbiter of the will
of men and human events, and to trust
His mercifulness to put a speedy end
to so many storms, Fastening peace
and restoring among men reign Of
justice and charity. Above every
thing, God, Who is wrathful at such
persistent sins, must be placated:
Humble entreaties and persevering
prayers are the best means to do this.
This purely religious appeal from
our common Father to the priests and
Catholic people of the world is well
come here as an opportune refutation
of rumors, current in certain quarters,
about the Popes intention to issue an
important political pronouncement.
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MOTHERS TO MOTHERS
A TRIBUTE FROM MOTHERS OF
FRANCE - TOUCHING LETTER
SENT BY NINE. JoFFRE AND
NINE. PoINcARE.

A tribute from the mothers of France
to mothers of the United States
especially those whose sons are fight
ing alongside the French and British
armies overseas and with the allied
naval forces-has been received from
Nine. Joffre, wife of the famous COM
mander, and Nine. Poincare, wife of
the president of France, by Miss Anna
Jarvis, founder of Mothers day, which
was celebrated May r.
Our hearts are with yours, Amer
lean mothers, in this day set apart
to consecrate motherly love and this
sweet name of Mother" says Nine
Joffre's letter, which also assures the
mothers of this country that 'our ma
ternal hearts beat in unison with yours
notwithstanding the distance"
The letter from Nine. Poincare says:
AT the moment when the United
States, true to their very touching
custom, are about to celebrate Moth
er's day, allow me to say, in the name
of the three societies of the French
Red Cross, how earnestly we wish to
share in this demonstration of graft
tude toward the valiant mothers who
have reared the children Of noble
America, and how deeply our senti-
mentS are in unison with theirs on
this holy occasion. From the very
beginning of the war the American
mothers with tender care sent us our
own sons in that country. Then
they themselves came among us
and enlisted, and now they see
their husbands, brothers and sons
cross the ocean to France in order to
fight under the Star Spangled Banner.
In spite of distance, French women
will henceforth feel that they are
near to American women. For both
are closely united in the same duties
and the same patriotic aspiration"
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Italian Episcopate Loyal
CAUSE OF PATRIOTISM FINDS
CHAMPIONS AMONG CLERGY.

The Minister of Worship of the Ital-
ian government has issued a letter in
Rome to the various bishops of Italy
asking them to appeal to the clergy
for continued patriotic effort. The
bishops answered favorably, and prom
ised complete cooperation in this mat
ter. The cardinals, who preside over
the Dioceses near Rome, have also en-
phasized in an especial manner their
desire and intention to cooperate in
the work of their clergy in maintain
ing the people on a high patriotic
plane
1t is noteworthy that, in spite of the
strained relations between the Vati-
can and the Italian government, the
bishops and clergy Of Italy have given
many and continued proofs of loyalty
to their country. They have led Or
participated in every patriotic effort
made for the advancement of the Ital-
ian cause
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POLISH LEADER DEAD
DISTINGUISHED JOURNALIST DIED
SUDDENLY LAST WEEK

Stanislaw Sz=s53saaft, editor of the
Polish Daily News and one of the
most prominent Poles in the United
States, dropped dead on the street in
Chicago Nav Is.
Sir Stanislaus Szwajkart was born
in Lemberg sixty years ago and re
ceiyed his education there On De
cemher 2, 1889, Mr.. Szwajkart was
taken on the Polish weekly as editor
in-chief. On December Is, 1890, the
fret edition of the paper az 4 daily
appeared. Mr. Szwajkart fer many
years was alone. and the paper con
sisted Of but four pages. Now there
are SIX men getting out a paper oi
from eight to twelve pages.
Last August the late Journalist was
Nade chevalier OF the Order of Sc
Sylvester BY Pope Benedict w
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-25
TRIBUTE TO PRELATE
SENATOR PAYS GRACIOUS COM
PLIMENT TO BISHOP
BUSCH.

Cona4ar N-cI.o., ~
tribute to Bishop Busch Of St. Cloud
In a recent speech In the United
States senate:
"Tn my neighborhoCd, sixty miles
from where | live. is the small city
.of st. Cloud The Catholic bishop of
~ eE tfIsTU. ffU is ma
tive Of Minnesota, but OF German de-
scent. Bishop Busch. He is rs pa
Itriotic and as loyal as any man who
is descended from any pilgrim who
landed at Plymouth Rcck. Two months
ago he issued patriotic pastoral let
ter TO all the priests OF his diocese.
directing them to read IL at the morn
ing services on the ensuing Sunday.
He is publishing newspaper partly
in English and partly in GerHan, OF
which he has sent copies to me- That
bizhc1 has done More good with his
ae9er and through his actions than
any other man know OF i'm that CnTnr
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A LITTLE KNOWN BUT VALUABLE
INSTITUTION FOUNDED IN ROME
BY THE LATE POPE Plus x
HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTION
INVALUABLE WORK BEING DONE
THERE.

The autumn and winter course of
training for outside pupils at the Pa
pal School of Nursing, the London
Universe writes, has come to it's con-
clusion with the examinations at the
end of Lent, and after Holy Week the
spring course opened. The existence
of this school is still unknown to the
majority of Catholics, yet its insti-
tuition ranks easily among the great
est works of Plus KS Pontificate. As
the founder and organizer of the
school said to me on the morning
when she was kind enough to take
me over it: How many people are
aware of the fact that His Holiness
Plus x collected the Statutes and
Constitutions of every religious nurs-
study the best means of providing ia
ciIities for their members to follow
a modern training and pass up-to-date
examinations while yet living in ac-
cordance with their rule, and that the
record of this research is filed in the
secret archives of the Congregation
of Religious"
This is briefly the history of the
school: In 1904 during the first year
of Plus Ks Pontificate) certain
French lady who had devoted her life
to hospital organization in her own
country and had just completed the
foundation and equipment of the hos
pital of ST. Joseph in Paris, was pay
ing her annual visit to Rome. In a
private audience she asked blessing
on her work of which she gave an
account to His Holiness. The Holy
Father, after inquiring into every de
tail, asked her to stay in Rome and
take charge of a training school he
wished to organize in which members
of religious orders could obtain an
up-to-date training in the right spir-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1918-05-25
PRESIDENT NAMES DAY OF PRAY,
Err AND FAsTING-NATIoNAL
COMMUNICATION TO HAVE ADD
ED IMPORT.

National Memorial day, Thursday.
May 30, is designated by President
Wilson in proclamation issued last
Saturday as day of public humiEa-
tion, prayer and fasting The people
of the nation are asked to gather
that day in their places of worship
and pray for the victory of the Amer
lean armies which will bring a peace
founded upon mercy, justice and good
will
The proclamation, issued in response
to a resolution by congress, follows:
BY the President of the United
States. A Proclamation:
Whereas, the congress of the Unit
ed States on April last, passed the
following resolution:
Resolved, by the senate (the house
Of representatives coneurring) that it
being a duty peculiarly incumbent in a
time of war humbly and devoutly to
acknowledge our dependence on Al
mighty God and to implore His aid
and protection; the president of the
United States, be and he is hereby re-
spectfulIy requested to recommend a
day of public humiliation, prayer and
fasting, to be observed by the people
of the United States with religious
solemnity and the offering of fervent
supplications TO Almighty God for the
safety and welfare of our cause, His
blessings on our arms, and speedy
restoration of an honorable and last
ing peace to the nations Of the earth
And whereas, it has always beer
the reverent habit of the people OF the
United States to turn in humble ap
peal to Almighty God for his guild
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Manchester baseball game, the remain
| ing exercises were held indoors.
| The Fort Smelling band opened these
exercises with several military airs.
The large seminarian choir sang a
number of patriotic selections which
thrilled the audience to the last note.
Very Rev. DR.. Moynihan then intro
duced the speakers of the afternoon:
Governor ]. A. A. Burnquist, Mayor
Irvine of st. Paul, and Rev. James
Cleary of Minneapolis. The exercises
were brought to close when the audi
ence arose and sang America.
A large number of former students
had come from all parts of the country
to be present on this gala occasion.
As many of the old boys are now serv-
ing in the army and navy, the COM
manders at the various camps had
granted permission for these young
men to return to their Alma Mater for
this celebration. Wherefore, during
the remainder of the afternoon, the
home comers visited, renewed former
friendships, and indulged in happy rem
iniscences of by-gone days.
At $50 the guests, accompanied by
the student body and faculty and pre-
ceded by the Fort Smelling band, pro-
ceeded to the armory. Here a banquet
was served at which covers had been
laid for one thousand persons. The
armOry was completely filed
Mr.. Louis Henry, '05, Vice President
of the Alumni Association, introduced
the Toastmaster, Hon. George NJ. Nc
Kenna, SO, Ii. B. The District At
torney of Napoleon, N D., surpassed
himself as past master of wit and
humor on this occasion His brilIiancy
and fire vibrated around the banquet
board and fired the diners with emo
ton and enthusiasm Among the
speakers who paid tribute to their
Alma Mater were the following: Dr.
w. C. Carroll, '07; Rev. John Goergen,
90; Paul E. Daggett, IL; Fred ].
krebsbach, '13; Captain Ray Scallen,
II; Lieutenant J. B. Conmy. '15; Ma
jor A. v. Perkins, John A. Hartigan,
Rev. John Dunphy and Professor Hen
ry Funk of Manchester College. The
Very Rev. Rector of ST. Thomas Col
legess in beautiful symposium of
chaise and apnropriate thoughts, ak
ternated, in his felicitous style, the
sentiments of appreciation and lawful
pride which both he and the faculty
of the College experienced on this not
able occasion.
During the course of the banquet the
orchestra added Zest and entertain
ment to the atmosphere of joyousness
er, Tuesday, May 21, will be marked
in the annals of st. Thomas College
as the great red letter day
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Although the bishop will be given no
military rank. because of the absence
of any legislation providing for dis
tinctive rank to high Church digni-
taries engaged in the work with the
army, the war uel,af tirsenG welcomes
the appointment of Bishop Hayes and
will issue the proper credentials to
him when lie decides to visit the
front.
Bishop Hayes, who has represented
The Catholic hierarchy in the selection
of army and navy chaplsiEs since the
United States en6ered the war, has
.co-operated generously with the war
department IN psoviding sufficient
chaplains Of Catholic faith for the
troops. His contemplated visit to the
'front.' IS for i personal consultation
With tie army chaplalns there.
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FRENCH WAR ORPHANS
GOVERNMENT FEELS CHILDREN
WILL BE NEEDED AT HOME
AFTER THE WAR.

The French government is not in
ckned to allow its children to leave
France. There is, therefore, little like
lihood that French war orphans will
be placed in Catholic institutions of
this country. DR.. w. P. Lucas of the
University of California, head of the
chiIdren's bureau of the American Red
Cross in France, is authority for the
statement that the French government
is opposed to sending the children to
the United States.
The Red Cross has received hun
dreds Of letters from American moth
ers asking them to adopt French or
phans. Various Catholic institutions
have declared their Willingness to
care for as many children as posi-
bic, should the government decide to
bring them to this country.
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A PAPAL SCHOOL. OF NURSING

itual conditions. This she was unable
to do, but she promised to return the
following year, when she should have
finished the work she was engaged on
in France. She was true to her word,
and in 1906 the school was opened
on a very modest scale in temporary
quarters in the Pratt. 1t grew and
prospered,, and in 1912, funds being
assured, it's own building was begun
under the shadow of st. Peters, next
to- but Independent of, the Hospital
of Santa Marta. The outbreak of the
war has temporarily suspended the
progress of fitting up the building, as
the quarters which were destined for
the in-patients" have been handed
over to the Gross of Malta for the
wounded soldiers, but the work of the
dispensary is in full swing. There is
resident staff of trained nurses in
charge, working under some of the
best doctors there, and already repre-
sentatives of twenty-seven different
nursing orders have gone through their
training there. The dispensary is al
ways crowded with ''out patients" of
every age and sex, and suffering from
every variety of human complaint.
The operating rooms, sterilization
plant, bandage department, sanitation,
ETC., are irreproachable, and the names
of the doctors in attendance warrant
the excellence of the surgery. After
the war there will be accommo odation
for in-patients under medical and sur
gical treatment with large operating
theater and more extensive accOmmO-
dation for the subjects under training.
1t will then be possible to receive at
least two members of any given order
to insure the maintenance of their
religious life.
The attention of His Holiness Pope
Plus X was first drawn to- the need
of reform in the practical training OF
the older nursing orders by the fact
that, while he was still Patriarch of
Venice, surgeon in one of the hos
pitfalls there protested against the re-
moval of one of the nuns assisting in
the operating room, for the reason
that no one of the other sisters was
capable of replacing her in the work.
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DECREE IS IN FORCE
A DECREE AS TO ANTl-MoDERN-
IsT LEGISLATION.

The -Acta Apostolicae Sedis" con-
tains a decree of the Holy Office about
the anti-modernist legislation of the
late pontifcate 1t was asked whether
on the coming into force of the new
Code of Canon Law and in the con-
sideration of Canon N. 6, the pre-
scriptions contained therein remain in
force. The answer, approved by His
Holiness, is that The said prescrip-
tions, being given on account of the
modernist errors creeping in at the
time, are by their nature temporary and
transitory, and therefore could not
be included in the new Code of Canon
Law; but as the spread of the poison
of modernism has by no means ceased,
they should remain in full force until
the Holy See lays down other rules
on this matter"