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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
DOES ENGLAND APPROVE !?
SIN OF SACRILEGE ADDED TO
ENGLISH ABUSES IN ERIN
CHI u r II RANSACKED AND
SACRED VESSELS THROWN ON
FLOOR BY THIEVES.
(By N. C. w. C. News Service

e Wy ~. ~. w. ~. A>C"o oCl NlSC.J
Dissertation of churches and perse-
cution of priests have been added to
the repertory of outrages which the
agents of the British Government are
perpetrating daily in Ireland. 1t
seems probable that Catholic worship
may become difficult, if not dangerous,
as a consequence of British military
aggressions. . .-.. -.......
The sacrilegious search in the beau
tiful church of st. Joseph on Berkeley
road has stirred Dublin. The sinister
work was stealthily carried out. Dur
ing the period of curfew, when no
civilian dare be out, the church was
entered by one of the windows and
havoc was wrought. When the dam
age was discovered next day it was
had come with specially prepared
tools. They forced the Yale locks,
smashed and rifed the collection
boxes, and ransacked the contents of
the vestry safe.
Threw ChaIices on Floor.
From this safe the despoilers took
two gold chalices of great intrinsic
value, unscrewed the pieces, and
threw them on the ground. The leav-
ing of these sacred vessels is a cir.
cumstance showing that robbery was
| not the main object
1t is noteworthy that a private
| room, known to few except the parish
| clergy, was entered and papers kept
there infinitely examined. The desc.
Grafton was carried out by hands that
| were not in hurry. 1t was obviously
search for documentary information
And it brought to light nothing save
parochial correspondence
Military interference with Catholic
congregations grows more and more
frequent. An armed body of soldiery
held up the parishioners coming away
from Mass at Athea, near Listowel
County of Kerry. The military
searched every male member of the
congregation, process that occupied
an hour and half. People attending
Mass at Millstreet, County of Cork
were similarly searched by soldiers
Later in the day badges of Archbishop
ManniX were forcibly removed from
buttonholes of young men.
During the last few days a number
of we'll known Catholic business mer
in Belfast have received anonymous
notices to vacate their premises imme
diately. A movement is afoot in
Orange quarters to put Protestants
into the premises from which Cath
olics were forcibly elected in July and
August last.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS
CZEcHO- SLOVAklA STRUGGLES
TO MAINTAIN RELIGIOUS IN.
STRUCTION Sc p A r A e
SCHOOLS NOW FAVORED BY
: CZECH CATHOLICS.
(By N. G.. w. G.. News Service. }

(By N. c.. w. C. News Service.)
Ultimate benefit to Catholic educa-
ton in Czecho-Slovakia is expected to
result from the loss of the states
support for religious schools, though
the immediate effects are detrimental
and discouraging. Separate schools,
such as those conducted by the Catho-
lie Church in the United States. with
assistance from the Government, are
now favored by large majority of
the clergy.
The hierarchy Of the Republic have
decided that all pupils of public
schools shall have the opportunity to
make catechism voluntary study. In
deciding this question of teaching
catechism in the public schools, the
Bishops have been Influenced by the
expense involved in establishing and
maintaining private parochial schools.
The Government has already an
nounced it's determination to withhold
assistance from sectarian schools, an
the Catholics of Czecho-S lovakia, long
| dCCuSCOluCu W lOOh " lAC StdtC LII CiAS
upkeep of their educational institutes
of all kinds, will not at first be ready,
even if able, to assume the new bur
den.
1t is felt that there will be revival
of the true Catholic spirit in that
country only when Catholics are able
and willing to maintain their own
schools. All recent Catholic conven-
tions and meetings have recognized
and acknowledged this fact. The Cath.
Ollie children now in the public schools
are endangered from two different di-
rections-from the tutelage of athe.
istic teachers and from association
with pupils of anti-Catholic families
At present but two hours a week
are devoted to the study of religion
and catechism in the public schools
During these periods of study there is
evident spirit of antipathy toward
religion This is the condition the
Government prefers and promotes, fol
in this atmosphere all sentiments OF
religion would be smothered. The
catechist would labor in vain to offset
the influence of a school in which re
ligion was ignored or ridiculed.
Priests are uniting to demand fol
the people absolute freedom of relig
! ious teaching. They hold that the
private schools should be placed upon
| a footing of efficiency equal to that OF
the public schools, and at the same
time derive support from the state as
In Holland. !. ~
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04

but the piety of the faithful sees no
reason why the Poor Souls who are
members of the Church Suffering may
not assist those who belong to the
Church Militant. The Poor Souls are
near and dear to God; they live life
of grace; there is no reason why they
should not be able to pray for us !;
there is no reason why God could not
make known to them our petitions for
their help. That is the attitude and
pious belief of the faithful, and the
body of faithful are not apt to go
astray in matters of this nature. In
conclusion: the Church does not i'm.
plore the intercession of the Poor
Souls and has never defined that they
should be implored; but we may pious
ly believe that God will make our
prayers known to them.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
JOHN Nc C0RMACK
NOTED TENOR BALkS AT THE
BRITISH ANTHEM.

John Mccormack, the opera singer,
has abandoned his Australian tour,
the prominent cause of the trouble be-
ing his refusal to sing God Save the
King"
Other artists did. not, so l declined
to make it general rule" said the
singer. Il sang it at Melbourne and
Sydney when the governors were
present, also on the ship on Armis-
tice day. l hurt nobody's feelings in
Australia unless it be by the fact that
l am an American citizen, of which
l am proud
Mccormack sings in London in Feb.
ruary, returning to New York next
winter after visiting European CAPT.
tails
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
ITALY AND IRELAND

Deputy Mauri has introduced the
following resolution in the Italian par
lament: sah
'The Italian Chamber of Deputies
expresses deep sympathy for Ireland
in her fight for self-determination and
national emancipation, and wishes for
the noble Irish people future liberty,
prosperity and peace -
The vote of sympathy for Ireland,
passed by the National Council of the
Popular Party, has been received with
great satisfaction by all Italian Cath
olics.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
SCOTT IS HoNoRED
PAPAL HoNORS CONFERRED
UPON CATHOLIC ATTORNEY.

CALIFORNIA; distinguished citizen,
Joseph Scott, has been signally hon.
ored by being decorated as a Knight
of Saint Gregory by order of Pope
Benedict XIV. He is the first person
on the Pacific slope to be so honored.
Mr. Scott was delegated as a spe-
cial commissioners of the Knights of
Columbus, going overseas in the dark
days of the summer of 1918. He re-
turned in time for the Supreme Coun-
Gil, which was held in New York in
August of that year, fresh from the
front with news about the perilous
condition of the Allied forces, and
particularly as, to the desperate need
Of help for chaplains and Knights Of
Columbus secretaries. h
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
new MOTION PICTURES
PRIESTS PICTURES OF THE
WORLDS STRANGEST RACE
IMPRESSIVE FILMS OF CHRIS
TAN WORK AMONG AFRICAN
TRIBES.
(By N. G. w. G. News Service.)

(By N. C. w. c. News Service.)
Private exhibition was given in
Washington last week of motion pic
lures of the Catholic missions in the
Congo, taken under the direction of
Rev. Leonard Vandenbergh, who
headed the expedition to Africa for
that purpose. The pictures, some of
which are views of the worlds smallest
people, the pygmies of interior Africa,
are to be exhibited throughout the
United States for the benefit of the
missions. The films are remarkably
impressive, particularly those depict
ing the work of the White Sisters
among the lepefs, these being por-
trayal of Christian charity and hero
ism which is bound to stir deeply the
heart Of every Christian beholder.
Father Vandenbergh, who is now at
tached to the San Francisco Archdio-
cese and whose plan of thus exploiting
missionary work was given the appro-
baton of Archbishop Edward J. Hanna
before he set out on his expedition,
travelled ten thousand miles in the
darkest continent and has brought
back with him fifteen thousand feet of
film, one-third of which>is devoted to
missionary activities. ~-.-
The Views of the Pygmies.
Notable among the scenes presented
is that showing the first attempt to
introduce the idea of Christianity
among the pygmies of the Congo,
whose average height is about four
feet, whose chief article of diet is the
largest banana that grows, and who
have the lowest culture but the high
est ethical principles of any known
tribe on the African continent.
The members of the pygmy race, &C
cording to DR.. Vandenbergh in an in.
terview given to the N. C. w. G. News
Service, do not lie or steal are abso.
lutely homogeneous in their marriage
relations and remain single after one
party to a union has died.
Strictly speaking, declares Father
Vandenbergh, these people have no
homes. They are nomadic, wandering
about the recesses of the forest, from
which few of them ever stray. The
members of the Vandenbergh party
which included Dr. George B. Shat
tuck, formerly of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, visited two of the temporary
camping sites in which these strange
people are abiding. They found the
people peaceful in disposition, with nc
| warlike weapons, although the bow
and arrow is used for hunting. Their
minds are apparently SO undeveloped
that they have. only faint idea OF
time and distance. They know nc
agriculture and live on whatever they
| can find in the forest, diet that con
sists chiefly of a large-sized banana
but which may vary from ants te
elephants. The elephants they hunt
| by leaping from tree to tree, using
their bows and arrows.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
ENGLISH MARTYR POETS
COLLECTION OF BALLADS 6Y
sAiNTED WRITERS is PUBLISH.
ED BY UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR.
(Bv N. C, w, G. News seMice,

w A>' ~ w ". ->S" ASANiSS.J
One of the most striking things
about the confessors for the Faith in
England is the number of poets that
is found among them, more particu-
larly among the Elizabethan Martyrs.
Although simple people and yeomen
farmers and small squires are num-
bered among the English Martyrs, for
the most part the martyrs were the
product of the English Universities
and some of them distinguished schol-
sars of their day. One of the finest
pieces of religious verse in the Eng
lish language, long hymn entitled
Jerusalem, My Happy Home the
original of which was discovered in
the British Museum, is the work of
one ''F. B.. P" who, it has been dis
under Elizabeth, and whose poem was
written while the poet lay rotting in
a dungeon in the Tower Of London.
Another of these English martyr poets
was the Jesuit confessor, Blessed Ed
mund Campion.
That the work of these martyr poets
when collected, should form a distinct
period in the history of English lit
erature, seems very much to have been
overlooked, until DR.. Hyder f. Rollins,
Assistant Professor of English in New
York University, undertook the collec-
ton of unpublished English ballads
covering the period 1853 to 1925. This
series of ballads is printed from the
original manuscripts, and one section
is entirely filled by fifteen unique
Catholic martyr ballads, which repre-
sent thirty years of persecution at the
hands of Protestants, covering rough
ly from 1886 to 1916.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
POPULAR PARTY STRONG

(By n. G.. w. G. News Service.)
The Italian Popular Party scored
decided successes in the recent COM
mune elections. According to esti-
mates of party leaders the voting
strength of the party has increased
by $4,000 during the past twelve
months and there are now 1850 town
organizations whereas year ago there
were scarcely more than eighty.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
PROTECT THE UNIONS
DRIVE. AGAINST LABOR UNIONS
Is CONDEMNED BY CATHOLICS
-NEED OF THESE ASSOCIA-
TONS AS SAFETY VALVE FOR
LABOR.

The Social Action Department of
the National Catholic Welfare Council
makes the following statement:
The "open shop drive of certain
groups of American employers is be-
coming so strong that it threatens not
only the welfare of the wage earners,
but the whole structure of industrial
peace and order. Employers some
times favor the "open shop" because
they do not want to be limited in the
employment of men to union members
But the present drive is not of that
kind. The evidence shows that in it's
organized form it is not merely against
the "closed shop" but against union
ism itself and particularly against col
lective bargaining. Of what avail is
it for workers to be permitted by their
employers to become members of un-
ions, if the employers will not deal
with the unions? The workers might
as well join golf clubs as labor unions
if the~present "open shop campaign
is successful.
The "open shop" drive masks under
such names as "The American Plan
and hides behind the pretense of Amer
lean freedom. Yet it's real purpose is
to destroy all effective labor unions
and thus subject the working people
to the complete domination of the en-
ployers. Should it succeed in the
| measure that it's proponents hope it
will thrust far into the ranks of the
underpaid the body of American
working people.
The Bishops of the National Cath
Ole War Council who issued the pro.
gram of Social Reconstruction said:
| at is to be hoped that this right,-the
| right of labor to organize and to deal
with employers through representa-
tives, will never again be called into
question by any considerable group of
employers" The Archbishops and
Bishops of the United States in their
| Pastoral Letter proclaimed again "the
right of the workers to form and main.
tain the kind of organization that is
necessary and that will be most effect
ual in securing their welfare"
| During the war the National War
Labor Board recognized and protected
a genuine kind of open Shop one
which assured the non-union man free
dom and the members of the union
the right of collective bargaining.
This is not the kind of ''open shop
for which the drive is now being made.
! The unions were necessary even dur
| ing the war when working people
found their labor in great demand.
They are still more imperative now,
and they must keep their strength and
grow. Otherwise we shall see a repe-
tition of the old bad days when the
workers were utterly dependent upon
their employers.
There is great danger that the whole
Nation will be harmed by this cam
paign of few groups of strong en-
ployers. To aim now at putting into
Igreater subsection the workers in in
dustry is blind and foolhardy The
radical movements and disturbances
in Europe ought to hold a lesson for
the employers of America. And the
voice of the American people ought to
be raised in the endeavor to drive this
lesson home.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
F0CH At MASS

(By N. G. w. G.. News Service)
Marshal Foch assisted at a solemn
Mass Of Requiem celebrated in Paris
on Armistice Day, in the Chapel of
the Palace of the Invalides, for the
repose of the souls of the soldiers
who died for the country. The choir
was made up of the Cantoria of the
War Orphans Home, and the Mass
was followed by the singing of the
TIE Deum.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
INDIAN INDEPENDENCE

The first national convention to dis
cuss the cause of midas independ
ence will be held on Sunday, Deem
Der 5, in the grand ballroom of the
Hotel McAlpin, New York City. The
convention is being held under the
auspices of the Friends of Freedom
for India, of which Professor Robert
Morss Lovett of the Chicago Univer
sity is president. a.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
CHICAGO CHRISTIAN DAILY

by N. G. w. c. News Service.)
/ Establishment Of Christian daily
newspaper has been announced in Chi
cage, with publication to start January
1, 1921. The editorial policy, it is un-
derstood, will be in the hands OF. a
former Protestant minister, who has
declared his intention to eliminate
bigotry and endeayor to maintain
standards that will appeal to all Chris
tian readers, Irrespective Of religion
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-12-04
B|GOT ORGANIZATION
(By N. C. w. c. News Service.)

(By N. C. w. G. News Service.)
The Sons and Daughters Of Wash
ington, which carried on a campaign
against Governor Alfred e. Smith of
New York State on the grounds that
he is Catholic, expended s1,228 dur
ing the recent election, according to
a statement made by Jay w. Forrest,
supreme grand master of the organ
ization. The receipts Of the society
for the campaign fund we're 1884,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-21
RAILROADS LIKELY
TO OPERATE CARS
Trunk Lines Could Benefit Ma
teriaIIy by Running "Feeders"
on Regular Schedules

That the time is coming when the
railway systems of the United States
will own more motortrucks than any in
dividuals or other corporations was an
opinion expressed at the tenth annual
truck owners conference, recently held
at Chicago.
1t was brought out in discussion at
the conference that Chicago already has
motortruck transportation company
which is co operating successfully with
the interurban lines entering that city
in the handling of freight The trucks
pick up outgoing freight for delivery to
the interurban cars at the city limits
and receive Chicago freight carried by
the interurbans and deliver it to con
siguees in the city. BY this arrange
ment large freight receiving and storage
houses are unnecessary, terminal con
gestion is avoided, and delivery is
speeded to the benefit of the consignee.
The motortruck functions most eff
GENTLY in the short haul transportation
are inclined to the belief that it can
carry freight to better advantage than
the expensively maintained light traffic
branch lines.
G. A. Morse, .of the United States
railway administration, assistant di-
rector of operation, is quoted as saying
recently that when the development of
the country for fifty miles on either
side of trunk line has required the
construction of light branch lines, il is
n question whether this policy should
be continued or whether the products
OF tine farm should rot be handled by
motorcar TO the niaiu lines
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-21
PASSENGER CAR
SHOW A SUCCESS.
Trade Association President
Says Exhibition This Year
Was Well Worth While
INCREASE IN ATTENDANCE

That all of the trouble, work and
expense of the 1920 passenger automo-
bile show was fully justified is attcsted
by the huge attendance all last week at
the Commercial Museum Building. On
Saturday evering the passenger car eX-
hibitiOn came to a close with q blare of
Third Regiment Band trumpets and Il
feeling of entire satisfaction among the
members of the Philadelphia Trade AS
sociation, whose vision made the show
such a remarkable success.
According to Louis G. Block, presi-
dent of the trade'association, there has
never been the interest shown in the
exhibition in previous years that could
compare with the present. Here is just
what he says of the show:
while it was not a radical show in
the way of new things offered. there
was enough improvement and change,
and new makes Of cars exhibited, to
have made it a well worth while show.
These annual exhibitions, while afford
ing an element of entertainment, un-
doubtedly are also an important busi-
ness stimulus at this season of the year,
and we have not fallen short in that re-
spect.
Mr. Block S fellow committeeman were
equally pleaSeu With Cne success OF tne
show, for which they had been direct
sponsors.
Not alone in attendance was it re-
markable show, but in volume of busi-
ness done, both wholesale and retail.
The retail selling did not become really
spirited until about mid week, but the
dealers from the outlying sections
seemed to pour in in regular stream
from the first day to the close of the
show, clamoring for cars and early ship
mpntS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-01-21
BUSINESS VOLUME
SHOWS INCREASE
Chicago Cooperage Man Greatly
Benefited by Use of Trucks,
He Declares

1--WE are doing three times the
volume of business we did four years
ago, mainly attributable to the fact that
we have new selling machine on the
job-the motortruck."
This statement, made by Daniel
Burkhartsmeier. president of a cooper
age firm of Chicago, indicates the posi-
ton gained by the motortruck today.
Mr.. Burkhartsmeier, who expert
mentally purchased five-ton truck in
1914. found that the vehicle multiplied
his business field cightfold. He now
operates one FIVE ton and six two ton
units. His factory, located about eight
miles south of the Chicago ''loop" dis
trict, limited deliveries to that distance
in the days of horses. Now deliveries
are made twelve miles north of the
loop and as far as South Bend, Ind. q,
sixty five miles, from the plant.
Trucks cover II much larger area
enable quicker deliveries, permit faster
turnover, effect the economy of larger
production fostered by them, and give
us direct advertising through their
presence on the Streets" said Mr..
Burkhartsmeier.
The iirm's larger truck has capacity
for 100 barrels. Formerly it was un-
economical to deliver less than a car
load lot, 800 barrels. Now. instead of
two, three or even five day freight serv
ice, barrels can be delivered the same
day they are ordered.
in fact, during the freight ear short
age of the winter of 1017-18, trucks
literally saved our business said Mr..
Burkbartsmeier.