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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20
THE TURK TO REMAIN?

Advices from London quote the
French Premier as saying that an
agreement has been reached by
the Supreme Allied Council to per-
nit the Sultan to maintain his
court in Constantinople. Accord
ing to the report Turkey must
give guarantees, especially rela-
tive to the Dardanelles, and must
not have an army.
For more than three hundred
years the cry has been persistent
in Europe that the Turk must go.
For more than a thousand years
that same Turk has been an incu-
bus on the peace and prosperity Of
European nations. The complete
victory Of the allies in the last
war has placed the supreme power
i'll their hands to GUST the Turk
bag, baggage and court, and to
send him back to the place whence
he came. Now we are told that the
Powers intend to allow this enemy
Of all Christian civilization to re-
main at the old stand.
When the followers of the
Prophet rallied round the stand
ards of that super-fanatic. the gist
Of the commands given them was
to destroy the "Christian dogs
With a fidelity not often found
among the members Of other re-
ligious denominations, the Turks
set themselves to the task Of rid
ding the world Of Christians. For
centuries they had struggled for
an entrance through the Eastern
gates Of Europe, but repeatedly
were they hurled back by the val
liant 1lungarians and their allies.
The Turk then formed on paper
the magic ring. He would con
tlnue to batter down the defenses
Of Hungary. At the same time he
would move in a westerly direc-
ton, conquering and destroying
all in his path. In this way would
he seize on the Mediterranean
ports, cross Gibraltar into Spain,
vault the mountains into France,
and then. attacking Europe in the
center, would meet the victorious
hordes which would by this time
have gained entrance into Hun
! 9arV. This WAS the 1reau
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20
THE FIVE SOCIALISTS.

Considerable stir has been
aroused by the fact that recently
five elected members of the New
York legislature were refused adj
mission to that august body on
the ground that the five men were
Socialists. Writers and public
men have taken opposite sides in
the controversy and attacks and
rccriminations have been hurled
with vim.
Rev. DR.. Ryan Of the Catholic
University has declared strongly
for the seating of these men, while
other Catholic writer's, including
a member of the hierarchy, have
opposed this act with bitterness.
The question is purely a politi-
cal one, and hence it can interest
us directly only in such light.
At the same time, indirectly. it
has a bearing on possible prob
lens that may affect the Church
most intimately.
According to the laws Of the
country it is permissible for man
to run on the Socialist ticket.
True. the teachings Of Socialism
are III many respects opposed to
the principles of a free govern
mcnt like ours. If, nevertheless,
Socialists are allowed to seek po-
litical office, if the people are per-
mitted to vote for them. it seems
paradoxical to hold that they may
not be seated in the position
which they have won by right of
popular vote. 1t were surely
more desirable that Socialism and
it's votaries be barred entirely
from participation i'll affairs of
government. But until such a
measure becomes a law of the
country it is dangerous to dis
criminate where the law itself
makes no distinction. AS DR..
Ryan points out, for one thing it
may set a precedent III blgOted
communities to attack men on ac-
count of their creed. This has
been done time and again, even
within recent years; it is being
done at this very moment in more
than one section Of the country.
Hence it would appear more
advisable to try such elected Of
ficials on their personal records
rather than on the fact Of their
affiliation to party which is per-
mitted to live and thrive under
the laws. Such a policy is not by
any manner Of means a defense
Of Socialism, but rather a broad
principle upon which to act to
save the rights of other minorities.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

thing beyond her intention for i'll
this case the only apparent rea-
son for such African taste in dress
is to conform to the fashion-a
fashion originated by the dress
makers abroad for the delectation
of denizens of the demi-monde.
We wonder if Catholic girls
who are guilty of this sinful prac-
tice ever think to mention the
matter in confession, for it surely
is matter Of confession. Some
Bishops have ordered their priests
to refuse Holy Communion to
women who approach the holy
table with too liberal a display of
the physical element in their ma
ture. Would that the rule were
universal. Perhaps the day of
Judgment will reveal the huge
amount of evil occasioned by such
heathenish customs, whether they
be found on the street, in the Of
flee or on the ballroom floor.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

What may be regarded, says the
London Tablet, as the latest illus
tration of religious unrest outside
the Church is what is called the
Society of Free Catholics. 1t APP
pears to be body of dissatisfied
Churchmen and members Of the
Free Churches who, having recog-
nized the bankruptcy Of modern
Professionalism, are seeking to sat-
isfy their religious needs with a
compound of Nonconformity and
Anglicanism. At the same time
they are prepared to consider the
Catholic view of what is essential
to Christianity and the Church.
for the London branch invited Fa-
Their Adrian Fortescue to address
them at the Kings Weigh House
Church Hall, Thomas St., London.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20
FASHION VERSUS MODESTY

It has become the custom the
past few years to inveigh against
the styles of womcn's raimcnt.
Moralists and the judiciary as
we'll as cartoonists and special
writer's have raised their voices or
welded the pen in an effort to
convince woman Of the want of
taste or modesty in her attire. The
net result has been close to zero.
Usually the authorities of the
Church refrain from sitting in
judgment on matters that concern
such personal question as the
adornment or the covering Of the
human form. But when things OF
the flesh enter the domain of
morality the voice of the Church
is heard in clear and unmistakable
terms. Such is the case with re,
gard to prevalent styles OF
women s dress.
This voice has been heard from
Paris to Quebec, from Dublin to
Brazil, and it's accents have been
the same without equivocation OF
hesitancy. The Supreme Pontif1
himself has felt compelled to ut
ter the severest condemnation oil
these eXtravagances. 81.
Now the law of the Churcl
with respect to this evil is in neeC
of no defense. This law states Elk
plicitly that immodesty in act is
a transgression against the virtue
of modesty. Christian usage
holds that indecent exposure 0.
certain parts Of the human body
constitutes a violation of tina
moral uecorum which is known az
modesty. Not only is the ex
posture itself sinful but it become.
proximate occasion Of sin II
others. A girl, therefore, who 81
arrays herself as to incite impur.
feelings in others cannot abso
]utely escape the faint Of sin. No
can she adduce valid reason fol
! such a. mode of dress, and alleg,
.. that the occasion Of sin is some
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

For nearly a thousand years
Europe has struggled against this
terrible apparition. The battle Of
Lepanto finally shattered the
Turk s dream, broke his power,
and left him a fugitive on the
shores Of the Bosphorus. Since
that time he has continually OPP
pressed his Christian subjects, has
aimed at their humiliation, and
has made repeated forays into the
surrounding countries. His pres
ence on European soil has ever
been a stencil in the nostrils Of the
nations. Now the time for his
final departure has arrived, and
still he is hidden remain.
Even while the Supreme Coun-
Gil is considering with leniency his
future fate, the unspeakable Turk
is Strengthening Christians by the
thousands. Just the other day
came a report Of the massacre of
$4,000 Christians.
1t is facts like these which make
upright souls thoroughly disgust
ed with the insincerity of the So
called Peace Conference. 1t be-
gins to look more and more as if
the war was simply business
proposition in which one group Of
competitors was completely
smashed. and now the remaining
firms, disre garding justice and
right, are looking about simply
for more customers.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20
JUDGE. CONDEMNS FAD.
1T BREEDS MADMEN-NEW YORK
~ ST STRONG LY DE-
NOUNCES SPIRlTISM.

Demons in the atmosphere near
the earth, not spirits of the dead, are
behind the wave of spiritualism delug-
ing the country; they contravene the
teachings of Christ and use foolish,
yielding mortals to spread their evil
and deceit in a world yearning to
hear from it's departed ones"
Judge J. F. Rutherford of the New
York bar told this to an assembly of
nearly 5000 persons who packed
Clune's Auditorium, Los Angeles, re-
Gently, to hear his address, Talking
With the Dead
1.-TWO years ago. said Judge Ruther-
ford, from this platform l told of a
great pestilence that would come upon
the world. 1t came in the influenza
epidemic and cost millions of lives.
LET me make another prophecy to-
day.
"Within the next twelve months
there will be such spread of spirit
ism over the world that millions of
work terrific and potent forces of evil
such as the world little dreams of.
Il warn the people now
Does Not Deny Mystery.
The demons are playing on the
heart strings of mothers who lost
their sons in the war and they are
playing to a world griefstricken be-
cause Of its dead.
at is a great abOminatiOn in Gods
sight.
LET the people hear.'
Judge Rutherford entered no denial
of the mysteries of spiritism. He rec
ognized their occurrences. But he
explained them in another than con
ventional way. He asked:
rs it not true mediums make tables
walk; that the onija board answers
questions, and there is automatic writ
ing, and that mediums hear voices de
not all this power and influence eXer
ciscd by the spirits of the dead?
The spirits say it is. Sir Conan
Doyle admits that some of the spirits
lie. ! tell you they all lie. They are
not The voices of the dead
Audience Kisses.
There was some subdued kissing
| when the speaker so vigorously de
| nounced spiritism and used the words
'mediums' and "witches,' one for the
| other, and when he almost shouted:
"Sniriticm iS tho DEVILS own faith -
| Judge Rutherford said that the war
social unrest and spiritism's new as
condency are all parts of the eternity
old struggle between Jehovah and The
angel Lucifer, who on his fall became
| Satan, the devil.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

for the girl who has lost the
power to blush. - Such lack
generally indicates the loss of that
bloom and fragrance that ever ac-
company innocence and purity of
heart. After reading and study
ing the filthy Educational trea-
tlses' that are so 'plentifully scat
tered in the path of our children,
1t would be miracle if our girls
or boys still retained the power to
summon the slightest flush to their
youthful cheeks at the mention or
even the sight Of exhibitions of
lust that would sicken a heather.
Whatever may be the aim of
these pamphlets, therefore, one
thing is certain. If children are
permitted, yes, and urged to study
them, we may expect a wave OF
unnatural evils, of impurity and
degeneracy that can be equalled
only by decadent Rome in the
fourth and fifth centuries. At that
time stage performances were
given absolutely in the nude: the
present tendency of the stage.
aided by this new education, "
will combine to sweep away the
last vestige of Christian purity
from an unbelieving world: it will
tend to corrupt even the elect.
"A word to Catholic teachers and
parents should be sufficient.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

1t is not necessary to rehearse
the dreadful records of the d.
vorce courts. says Bishop Drumm
of Des Moines. That Blue Book is
open to everybody every day in
every paper, here in Des Moines,
in Iowa. all over the United States.
But few pay much attention to
such common occurrences except
when some sensational or salacious
case makes good 90 news story.
Roughly speaking, there is a di-
vorce granted in the United States
every eight minutes, eight every
hour, two hundred every day,
fourteen hundred every week, and
10000 every year! That record
puts this country at the head Of
the list Of divorcing nations, eX-
cept Japan. An unsavory record.
a national scandal.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20
SANTA SOPHIA
SCHISMATICS ASK POSSESSION
OF FAMOUS CHURCH..

Archbishop MeletiOs. Metropolitan
of Athens and Primate of Greece,
speaking on behalf of the Orthodox
Church, has put forward strongly
worded protest against the claims adj
vanced by the Holy See for the resto-
ration to Catholic hands of the Church
of Santa Sophia in Constantinople.
The archbishop takes the stand that
this historic church, which the Turks
have turned into a mosque, belongs
by right to the Greek Orthodox
Church, to which Church it belonged,
SO the Archbishop says, for ten cen
turtles before the Turks seized it in
right of conquest.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20
truth ABOUT MEXICO
OFFICIAL INVESTIGATIONS RE-
VEAL REVOLVING CON.
DTTIONS.

Investigation which has been made
at the instance of the Senate's For
eign Relations Committee regarding
affairs in Mexico discloses conditions
that are not as bright as some diplo-
mats would have had us believe them
to be. In his testimony to the Com
mittee, Mr. NJ. A. Spellacy reported:
Il saw a party of nuns from a con-
vent up near TorreOn or GOrmez Pa
lacio, who had been outraged by these
devils (the revolutionists). Ninety
six of them had been assaulted
brutally. * x * 1t was the most
pitable thing | have ever known. |
can't talk calmly about it." The rev.
elation of this official prompts the
editor of the Extension Magazine to
reminisce.
"We were called some very bad
names-including liar with enlarg-
ing qualifications" he notes, for say
ing something like that, but in a
milder way, about four years ago-and
by very distinguished persons, too. In
fact, we rather suspected that a ia
nous statement concerning a large
class of liars about Mexico made
by the President of the United States,
was intended to include our own
humbleness. Since then the old proc.
ess of washing has been going on, and
everything you know, is supposed to
come out in the wash. That Senate
investigation is getting to be a very
interesting operation
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

The Catholic National Welfare
Council desires to gather all in
formation possible about the part
taken by Catholic people of Amer
lea in the recent world war, so
that a complete historical record
of their activities and achieve,
ments may be made and published.
In this connection it is pointed
out that in the past adequate ac-
counts of what Catholic citizens
have done as servants and patri-
otic fighters for this Republic have
not been preserved nor, as a conse-
quence. automatically published as
a part of the history of our coun-
try. individuals everywhere are
requested to lend what assistance
they may be able in furnishing
data, about soldiers. sailors, nurses
and all others who so nobly did
their parts i'll winning glory Tor
this land, in the cause of freedom.
justice and humanity. The record
is a proud one, and it is a duty to
help make it complete.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

The Rev. DR.. Charles Meade. of
Denver, who opened his church a
few weeks ago to the Ulster cler-
"ymcn who fought Irish independ-
cncc and tried to arouse anti-Cath-
Ollie bigotry, officiatcd on Monday
at the wedding of society wom-
an who was given her final di-
vorce decree only ten days before.
Shame !! eXclaims a writer.
Jesus Christ, when asked whether
divorce was to be permitted, ex-
plicitly declared: "What there
fore God hath joined together let
no man put asunder." And, speak
ing Of divorced women, He said
"IIe that shall marry her that is
put away, committeth adultery"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20
A GOOD Thief
RETURNED POOR BOX WITH Elk.
PLANATORY NOTE TO DE-
SPOILED CHURCH.

A package, wrapped in heavy brown
paper, and addressed to Rev. l.. F..
Kelly, st. Mary Catholic Church, Al
exandria, Va, was found last week at
the electric railway station at Penn
sylvania avenue. Opened by Father
Kelly, it revealed the poor-boX of his
church. which had been stolen sew
eral days before In the slot for the
deposit of coin was a note from the
thief, in which he asked to be for
given, saying that he was an eX-soldier
and down and OUT and promising
to return the full amount stolen when
God puts me in a position to pay my
debts
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

Now that the railroads are in
the hands of their rightful owners.
the holders of clerical orders are
wondering how long and how
broad will be the generosity of the
railroad owners, muses. Valerian.
There would never be any hesita-
ton about clerical rates if the
regular ordained clergy and real
nuns were i'll question, but the
welfare workers and Y. NJ. C. A.
clerks who sell books as a side
line make the authorities angry at
their abuse of this time honored
privilege to the clergy.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20
TO CURE INFLUENZA
POPE WARDS OFF FLU BY WALK
ING.

gardens proved a successful Influenza
preventive for Pope Benedict XIV, al
though the papal physician had adj
vised medicinal measures instead.
During the influenza epidemic the
disease spread to the Vatican and
several prelates of the papal court
were stricken, with members of the
famous Swiss guards and the gendar-
merle. After the death of Cardinal
Rinaldini the Pope began to suffer
from chills and influenza was feared.
The Pontiff refused to rest, but length
ened his daily walks in the Vatican
gardens which he considers warded
off the sickness.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

The first religious pilgrimage
ever held in Southern California
took place Sunday, March H.,
when a group of Catholic pilgrims
wendell their way to st. Rita $
Shrine at Sierra Madrc. The en-
tire day was spent in prayer, and
the pilgrims assembled about the
grounds of the little church, which
is located on a hill overlooking the
valley. st. Rita's Shrine was re-
Gently dedicated by the Rt. Rev.
Bishop John J. CantWcll. st. Rita
is one of the most recent of the
saints to be canonized in the Cath
Ollie church. and she is called "the
Saint of the Impossible. - Her
canonization took place in 1900, al
though she had lived in the
twelfth century in Italy, where
she was noted for her good deeds
and miracles.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20
CANADIAN BISHOP DEAD
YOUNG PRELATE is VICTIM OF
PNEUMONIA.

Mgr. Michael F. Power, Bishop of st.
Georges de Terreneuve, succumbed to
pneumonia on March 6 at the age of
43. He was Bishop since 1911 and
had made his studies at the Univer-
sity of St. Francis Xavier, Antagonist.
He died at Sydney at the home OF
Mr.. Thomas CozZOlino following a
brief illness from pneumonia. Bishop
Power had been confined to his bed
since noon on the day previous only,
and retained consciousness until only
few moments before death. He had
suffered for some time from chronic
asthma and bronchial trouble, and
came to Sydney recently for treat
ment The body was taken to New
foundland for interment.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

We know of a parish in another
city, says an exchange, where the
men and women who are trying
to be faithful Catholics have
formed committee, the principal
purpose of which is to bring back
the "strayed sheep" to the prac-
ticc of their religion. Pastors are
always endeayOring to do this.
and missions are given with this
end in view and still there are
many wandering sheep. In some
ways laymen may often be more
successful, and some Of them are
saving souls, too.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20
IN JUGO-SLAv|A
CATHOLIC WOMEN ORGANIZE
NATIONAL CHURCH EFFORT
FAILS.

The Holy Father has been pleased
to send letter of appreciation and his
Apostolic Blessing to the Croat Cath
Ole WOmen's organization, which is
working for the enfranchisement OF
women in Jugo-Slavia, side by side
with nOn-CathOlic societies. Their
aims and objects are to participate
as far as possible in every cultural
and social movement. while maintain
ing and furthering the principles of
the Catholic Church. The Catholic
women of Croatia, like their sisters
Of SlOVenia, have been quick to real
ize that unless they beStir themselves,
political power and influence may
easily get into the hands of the eX-
tremiStS. The cooperation, on the
other hand, of Catholic women and
nOn-Catholics is already achieving a
great deal toward a joint and system
attic realization of endeavors to bet
ter the lot of this war-stricken people.
1t is also very gratifying to learn
from Zagreb that the tentative effort
of a small number to follow the ex-
ample of an insignificant group of
priests in Czecho-Slovakia by estab-
fishing a Croat National Church has
proved quite futile. Nor do the Ortho-
dOX Serbs favor such an attempt, the
bishops and priests seeking rather to
continue on the best of terms with
the Catholic episcopacy and clergy. A
short time ago Bishop Dositheus of
Nish, a leading Orthodox prelate, was
the guest at Zagreb Of Archbishop
Bauer, and gave an eloquent address
at the Catholic University Circle on
the need for reunion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

Herbert Hoover, in his recent
address at Baltimore, came out
>qUarrIy against the Smith-ToWn-
err bill. Our school SYSTEM" he
said, has gained its greatest lus-
tire as the development Of local
government and voluntary effort.
Its inspiration to community life
would be in large measure lost
il we imposed Federal bureau
cracy. Such measures can only
undermine a democracy that must
receive its inspiration from below,
and not from above"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

AIeSsandro Volta is to be hon
orcd with a monument in Rome on
the hundredth anniversary of his
death. The Catholic Encyclopc-
dla, III its volume XIV, has a good
article on this eminent scientist,
and reference to it reminds us that
three important electrical units
have been named in honor of Cath
oIic pioneers: the volt, the unit of
electrical pressure, in honor of
Volta; the couIomb, the unit of
electrical quantity, in honor of
ChaS. Augustine de Coulomb; and
the ampcrc, the unit of current,
i'll honor of Andre Marie Amperc.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20

The intcr-church world move
ment has announced that the 1920
budget of thirty American denom-
nations cooperating for world
wide extension of religious effort
would amount to $336,777,572, of
which $229,000,O0O would be ex-
pended in America. The money
to be expended will be divided as
follows: Foreign missions. $1O7,-
6G1, 4SS; home missions, O9,949,-
037; American education $7S.S37,-
431; American religious educa-
tion, 1921, 925; American hospi-
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-03-20
CONFERENCE ON FAITH
CATHOLICS NOT TO ATTEN
GATHERING AT GENEVA.

The committee of the World Con-
ference on Faith and Order announces
that there will be a meeting of dele.
gates in Geneva, Switzerland, on
August IL. of this year The business
of this meeting will be to draw up
plans for larger international gath
ering in which projects of religious
union will be discussed.
The delegates at the August confer
ence will be representatives of the
Anglican, United Lutheran, Reformed,
Greek, Armenian, and Bulgarian
Churches. Catholic delegates have
been invited, but according to the re-
cent ruling of the Holy See will take
70 part in this or further conferences.