The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1919-08-09

four great towers of the magnificent
Basilica of Notre Dame de Fourvieres,
which overtops the city. Each tower
represents in sculptured groups
cardinal virtue, and the necessary
funds have been subscribed as a
thanksgiving for the armistice.
Golden Mayence.-M yence or
Mainz, on the Rhine, about 60 miles
from Coblenz, comes down in history
as Golden Mayence." A Roman
bridge was built across the Rhine
from there. At the extremity of the
city there is a Roman round tower
erected in memory of the Roman Gen
eral Drusus. The great Cathedral con-
tainS many monuments. At Mayence
on June s, the Solemn Fete of Joan
of Arc was celebrated. The music
was magnificent.
Catholic Treasures SoId.-Some
wonderful Catholic treasures passed
through London salesrooms during
June, where the Yates-Thompson col
lection of Books of Hours, Missals,
ETC., was disposed of. The Book of
Hours of Jeanne, Queen of Navarro,
fetched G11,300, the Verdun Missal
just $4,000 and wonderfully illumi-
mated MSS. of the tenth, twelfth and
fourteenth centuries made their owner
a profit of 200 per cent. Most of the
lots fell to dealers, but it is hoped
that some Of them may again find
their way into Catholic hands.
Italian Cathedral CoIIapses.-The
recent earthquake in Italy was most
severe in the district of Florence,
Sienna and Arezzo. The shock, which
lasted several seconds, created intense
terror. Mugello was the center of the
seismic movement. At Borgo San
Lorenzo, the cathedral collapsed and
the railway station was destroyed.
Catholics in Cabinet.-Two Catho-
lies have posts in the New German
Cabinet. Matthias Erzberger, head of
the Armistic Commission and Centrist
leader, becomes Vice Premier and
Minister of Finance, and Herr Gies-
berts, the labor leader who visited
this country few years ago, contin-
ues as Minister of Posts and Tele-
graphs. Erzberger's job will be no
easy one; but he seems to be man
capable of putting big things over.
Americans Buried in France.-In
the American Cemetery at Suresnes,
France, on the banks of the Seine and
facing the Boulevard Washington, is
the last resting place of 95S Officers,
enlisted men and war welfare workers
of the American Expeditionary Forces
Four members of the knights of Col
umbus who gave their lives to the
cause are buried in that cemetery.
All these heroic Americans in united
spirit gave all they had for their
country's service and even in death
they were not divided"
Pope and Americans.-An excep-
tlonal honor and manifestation of
affection were accorded our soldiers in
Rome by His Holiness the Pope. He
gave fifty audiences to 5000 of them,
conducted to him by the knights of
Columbus. He received them, not in
the formal audience chambers, but in
his private apartments and library.
He said: "the Knights are his chill
dren and they must return again to
Toll
knights of Columbus. Such Papal
audiences are unprecedented.
Priests in Peace AssembIy.-It is a
tradition in Poland that there should
| always be some priests in the legisla-
tive assembly. Religion and nation
atty have always been strictly united
in that country; and the ecclesiastics
have always shown themselves
amongst the most devoted defenders
of their people. Under the German
and Russian yoke, the parish priests
contributed most, as they did in
Alsace, to maintain the language and
nationality of their people, In the
elections, which have just taken place,
this tradition was continued and
tWenty-three priests were elected.
English Priest as x-Ray Expert
The Rev. w. Bradley who has gone
from st. Benets, Monkwearmouth, to
st. Marys, Chaplain, London, has
valuable record of war work as a
radlologlst at various hospitals in
Sunderland, at the Jeffrey Hall V. A.
d. and at the Monkwearmouth and
SouthWick Hospital, where for some
time he has held the post of official
radiologist and where he was instru-
mental in having installed a new