El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-05

the morale Of enlisted men on the
Enine TO have deteriorated much
since the armistice was signed. and
they claim TO have been asked by
some one in authority in the govern
ment 10 send preachers in great num-
pers 10 bring the morale up again. In
] statement just issued under dfrac-
ZION OF the Presbyterian general as
! semoiy, u is stated that local irrita-
/ Llons an Rhine cities and villages have
arisen American men are kicking at
! Llelr own government over loss Of
I christmas boxes and delays in pay and
D IN mails, and Germans are kicking
\ over the structures laid BY the Paris
| conference The situation has be-
2 come acute, not 10 say alarming. so
!. these Bresbyteriaus announce.
To stem this tide, PRESBYTERIAN
ministers In considerable numbers.
some OF them Of national regulations
I nave quit their pulpits and sailed for
f EliE-anu IN lnelr way 20 Coblentz.
E Ireves and eastern France These in
Guide, so the announcement says. Rev.
I Dr. James L Vance. Of Nashville. REV
! Or. Cleland B. McAfee. Chicago: Rev.
/ Dr. Hugh Black. Of Union Theological
seminary; Rev DR.. J. J.. Bushnell. OF
] minneapolis, Rev. Dr. Chas r. F,rd-
man, OF Princeton. and Rev. Dr. VIII
I nam Carter, Of Brooklyn Additional
ministers are to be selected and to-
SAL forthwith So many are TO 20
+ e. 81
Lnat the statement concludes with the
assertion that shortage Of ministers
al home is alarming. and IS to be acte7
upon by the general assembly this
May, to get II possible. new recruits
Tor churches at home.
Pope Is Puzzled
Vatican sdvices give some idea Of
the difficulties which confront none
Benedict XIV. growing out Of chansed
nalonal1ties- The French Authorities
demand new bishops for the dioceses +
OF Metz and Strasburg. replacing the
Germans now occupying these sees. F
win DanZig given 90 the Poles the
iatler nave already asked Tor a Polish
bishop Of Danzig. Anticiuating the F.
changed national relations Of Cologne P
Coblentz and the Rhenish provinces
unrest obtains in these dioceses. Car
clnal Hartmann, the Cologne arch
9lsnop' during the war was a radical
Hun, and said so many things
against cardinal MERCER. the Belgian
ieduer OF Lalines, that some excuses
Tor failure TO attend a c0nsistorv had .
70 pc accepted by the vatican. In the
east where several different rites
acknowledged obedience to Rome, sim I
lar unrest is known to obtain. pend L
ing the national decisions at Paris.
Added TO these complications is n
what approaches a revolt by the
F'ranciscans over Jewish ascendencv Il
n Falesttne- E'ranciscans have had I
charge Of the Catholic shriues in he n
holy land for centuries. as everybody II
knows, and have enjoyed unusual n
freedom under Turkish rule UnderiI
Jewish rules with a Protestant nation n
as mandatory, It is different and not 4
wholly pleasant matter TO the Fran II
ciscans and the vatican TO accede TO N
the wishes Of the French. for durinc II
and since the war French people have \
returned 70 the church, and are 20 re- Il
place Austria as the church-s eldest II
daughter Yet attachments OF the I
people Of these various dfoceses for 4
their bishops, in spite OF nationalities. II
add much to vatican embarras sments. II
Every word now coming from Rome IS 1
TO the effect that the pope's difficult
ties are great and in no wise growing
lighter.
LHymea Organize.
In three dioceses the Episcopal law
men have risen within The last few
weeks, and on their own account have
formed organizations for practical
work These dioceses are Washing
ton. the national capital. not the
state; central New York, which means
chiefly the laymen OF the cities Of
syracuse and Utica, and Nassachu-
sets. which IS not the state OF the
name, but Boston and its immediate
vicinity IN the last named furisdic-
ton the incentive came from the
bishop. Rt Rev. Or. William Law
renee, who gained national fame by