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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
SCENES IN AUSTRIA
DESCRIBED BY DR.. PETER
GUILDAY CATHOLIC UNIVER-
SITY PROFESSOR FIRST AMER
lCAN PRIEST TO VISIT THE
FAMINE AREA-GRATITUD TO
AMERICA AND TOUCHING FAITH
OF SUFFERERS.

Rev. Dr. Guilday writes as follows
from Vienna, Austria:
After seeing the battlefields of
France, one would imagine he had
seen Europe at it's worst. By no
means! Here, and here of all places
in the world, can the real horrors or
the war be seen. Ninetyseven per
cent of the young girls of fourteen
cannot live because of the malnutri-
ton of the past five years. Tubercu-
losis is rampant among all between
fourteen and twenty.
Vienna, outwardly, is not indeed
much different from when I last saw
it in 1908. But away from the center
of the city the sights are beyond be-
lief
Albert Halstead, chief of the Amer
lean High Commission to Austria,
told me I was the first American
priest to come to the city and that
he would give me every opportunity of
witnessing the distress of the people
Lieutenant Stockton, U. S. A, ar
ranged for the trip.
Praised God for American Aid.
The poverty, the horrible poverty, is
appalling. In one of the hospitals g
whole ward of bed-ridden women
starved to the bones, raised theil
gaunt arms to Heaven when the Sis
ter told them | was an American, an(
praised God that America had proved
itself the land of charity. Wome1
| crowded around me in the center.
where food is distributed and raised
their hands with a praised be Jesus
Christ" for America.
Two questions were uppermost il
my mind. l wanted to know how ia
| the distress was a reality, and wheth
| er or not we were doing wrong tt
carry on our charity on such a cOlos
| sal scale. | wanted to know whethe
or not the Austrians could do any
| thing for themselves.
| That the distress is reality I hav
no further doubt. 1t is in fact almOs
| beyond belief. I watched table afte
table of little children eating the foo
and drinking the milk and wearing
| the clothes furnished by the God-feal
| ing Christians of the United States
1t was pointed out to me that it wa
not merely a question of whethe
Americas charity would continue, bu
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
NO IRISH SOCIALISTS

The Irish Trades Union Congress
has declined to affiliate with the In
ternational Socialist Bureau. This
decision is mainly attributed to aIti-
cles by Rev. Peter Finlay, S. j., Dub
lin, very distinguished theologian
in which he showed that Catholics
could not without sin be associated
with the objects of continental so
cialism. The congress viewed with
disgust" the attacks on Catholic
workers in Belfast shipyards, and on
non Catholic trade unionists.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
MEXICAN ARCHBISHOP
DENIES ABSOLUTiON AND CON-
MUNlON TO WOMEN iMMOD-
ESTLY DRESSED.

Most Rev. Francisco Mendoza,
Archbishop of Durango, Mexico, has
lately addressed a circular letter to
all the regular and secular priests of
his archdiocese, ordering them to
emphatically deny absolution and
Holy Communion to any and all la,
dies who dare to approach the sacra
ments immodestly dressed.
While he strongly denounces the
abuses Of modern fashions, the aged
prelate earnestly appeals to the par
ents and husbands, to use their infiu
ence to counterfeit the carelessness
of young women.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
CATHOLIC GENEROSITY.

In past ages the CathOllc people
have in many ways manifested
their spirit Of generosity towards
the works of religion. The Won
drous temples of faith that thickly
dot the countries Of Europe stand
as mute but ever eloquent testi-
of the great heart Of our
ancestors. The realization that a
church enshrines the Lord God OF
all acted as a stimulus on the be-
levers Of all countries and all
times. AS a result, they opened
heart and Golfers and poured out
the abundance Of their material
means in order that the edifices OF
religion might be in a manner
worthy of the Supreme Object OF
their faith. g..
AS if to prove that Catholic gen
crosby is not a characteristic OF
any particular time or place, the
past few years have witnessed a
new impetus in this direction.
True, the various appeals in war
times have taught most wildly the
lesson Of generous cooperation :
but the Catholics Of our country
have given a delightful turn to
the lesson so we'll practiced in per-
iods of national distress.
1t would be difficult to count all
the various campaigns for relig-
ious purposes that have been
staged in this republic during the
past four years. To the, writer's
personal knowledge the number
of these appeals in the cause of
faith and religion is far in excess
of the hundred mark: how much
more it is not easy to say. So far
as statistics are available, but one
campaign in this time has proved
a failure, and local conditions in
the far western town were respon.
sible for that.
During these past four years
parishes have completely wiped
out colossal debts; hospitals have
sprung into existence as if by
magic; schools, colleges and sem
inaries have issued modest appeals
only to be swamped by the gener
Gus avalanche Of responses. In not
a few instances diocesan cam
paigns have ben inaugurated
with almost unbelievable results
One ordinary diocese asked for
million dollars and received more
than eight millions. And thu
everywhere have our genuine
Catholic people appreciated thu
efforts that are continually beins
made in the cause of religion b,
Jealous Bishops, energetic priest
and self-sacrificing religion
teachers. The whole outlook
therefore, is most gratifying t.
the Church at large. 1t proves t.
the world that our Catholic Amer
lean people emulate to the full ex
tent the generosity that distin
guished their ancestors in, tn
faith. A dollar given to the caus
of religion is the best possible in
vestment for, in a way, it make
the Lord ones creditor. True
God has given whatever we pos
; sess: but when we freely dispos
of this gift and turn part Of
back to the cause Of the Giver,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

Probably there is not another
government on the map, not even
ours, which could have handled
the Mannix affair so maladroitly
as the English government, says
a writer. The art Of muddling
though cannot be acquired; it is
a gift, bestowed only upon the
Anglo-Saxon race. 1t is the ordl-
nary business of government to
know what is going on, but it is
part of the art of government APP
parently to forget or ignore GER
tain things which are happening.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
WESTMINSTER ABBEY

body of Saint Edward as it lies in it's
shrine, still attracts them year after
year on the feast day Of the Confessor.
And it was in Westminster Abbey
that Cardinal Reginald Pole, Papal
of Canterbury, in the presence of the
Abbot and monks of Westminster, of
Queen Mary Tudor and the Lords and
Commons of Parliament, absolved
England from the sin of schism and
reconciled the nation to the Roman
Church.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
EFFECT OF COERCION

Mr.. Austin Harrison, a noted Eng
lish publicist, stated that the latest
British coercion bill for Ireland, sub
shutting military courts for-trial by
jury, will result in Catholic-Pr
tant struggle IF we choose to force
the way" he writes, then it will be
Catholic war-and Lenine will
offer a prayer to that old-fashioned
bigot, Carson, who will have split the
Anglo-Saxon world. :" ss1
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
A PRECIOUS STONE
HATEAU-THIERRY WELCOMES
x. OF G.

ChateauThierry, at the request of
it's mayor, was the first town in the
battle region to welcome the Knights
of Columbus delegates who went to
France to attend the dedication of the
Knights of Columbus Lafayette statue
at Metz, August Fl.
Mayor Flament on August 10 pre-
scented Supreme Knight James A.
Flaherty of Philadelphia with stone
taken from the famous Chateau
Thierry bridge, which the American
Marines defended. Mr. Flaherty will
make gift of the stone to the Amer
lean Legion.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

The total losses in killed and
missing suffered by the German
army and navy in the great war
were, on August II in Berlin, set
for the first time at ., 243, 1854 in an
announcement of semi-oficial ma
ture. Of this number 100000 men
are termed missing and most
likely dead" Fatalities in the
army were said to number 1,718,-
COS and in the navy 24,756.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

1t is a great many years since
a presidential campaign has clio
tied less interest or enthusiasm on
the part of the public than is TAX
ing place this year, About the
only issue is the league Of nations,
and the average American seems
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

Father Hugh Blunt, the author
and poet, has just been made an
honorary doctor Of laws. Which
leads the Denver Catholic Register
to inquire, why it is that our
Catholic colleges almost invariably
make a man a doctor of laws when
they want to honor him as a
writer? Just what the connec-
ton is with literature" says our
confrere, nobody except the col
lege men themselves have ever
been able to figure out" Can
even they figure it out?
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

Did YOU ever stand in ceme-
terry and look down on the peace
ful dead. and then wonder just
what good it has done them when
in life to quarrel and squabble, to
berate and belittle and run all
over one another while in life. A
cemetery is a useful place for
crankS-lving and dead.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

One of the pleasing surprises Of
the Olympic games at Antwerp
was the entrance Of an athletic
team directed by the Paulist Faith
ers Of New York City. This pleas
ure was increased by the fine
showing made by the Paulist
proteges, several Of them win
ming out in competition with the
worlds best amateur athletes.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

unwilling to enter a league that
is going to cause our young men
to be sent hither and thither over
the face of the globe whenever a
crafty foreign government calls
for help. Another league might
be acceptable, but not one that is
damned by an Article \.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1920

From early reports it would
seem that our Catholic schools and
colleges are to witness another
very successful year Gradually
Catholic parents are awakening to
their opportunities, not to say
their duty.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28
PRIESTS AS CANDIDATES
PRIESTS ELIGIBLE TO ITALIAN
PARLIAMENT.

The Committee on Electoral Reform
in Italy has decided that henceforth
priests are eligible as members of
Parliament. Of course, the approba
ton of the Holy See would be needed
in the case of all candidates. 1t is
interesting to note that this measure
has been proposed by Signor Zurati
the recognized chief of the Socialist
Parliamentary Party.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

Mr., Wilson has done a noble
deed in ordering American NUM-
tiOns, now in foreign ports, to be
shipped Immediately to the heroic
Poles. After all, the Poles are
fighting the battle of civilization.
England and Italy deserve repro
baton for their cowardlv and self
ish manner of treating these
valiant Poles.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

AS somebody has quantity OBJ
served, the right road is not near
~ so narrow as many folks would
have us believe. 1t is a bit mar
row in one or two places, but,
having passed these, you will find
it wide enough for every right de-
sire and laudable ambition.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

Archbishop Mannix was "cap-
tured" on the high seas by bril-
liant naval maneuver on the part
of four British destroyers. The
prelate characterized this feat
so full of daring and high pur,
pose-as the noblest British naval
victory since the battle Of Jut,
land. Yes, and not a man was
lost Glory be!
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1920-08-28

One delightful effect of the war,
so far as this country is con-
cerned, will be the shrine Of the
Immaculate Conception which is
now taking shape and form in
the national capital. 1t is beau
tiful tribute to Our Blessed Lady,
the patroness Of the United States.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-21

crowded out the old patrons from
the parquet, and the respectable old
Geheimrate and their wives are
now seen only in the third or fourth
gallery. In the parquet somebody
actually opened a lemon pop bottle
and drank the contents during the
singing! / went during the long in
PERMISSION into foyer, and such
feet as those men and women had !.
And such a crowd of common look
ing people!"
The night life Of the streets is
more subdued than formerly; the
outward show is far less brilliant.
Lights are scarce. Even on Inter
den Linden there is only one incan-
descent lamp at intervals of more
than one hundred yards. In the
restaurants and hotel dining rooms
all gas and electric lights must be
turned out at $50 o'clock and oil or
acetylene lamps or candles substi-
tuted.
Restaurant life, in fact, has been
Notwithstanding exists in the
old sense,
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Between this new element and Ger
many's home product of "Schieber"
and war profteers social amenities
have deteriorated, just as the
human show has become coarser in
appearance.
An American woman who recent
ly visited the state opera remarked
to me:
II was at the opera the other
night, and such change | never
saw before. All the parquet and
even the Court box were occupied
hy psop3s thse loolnsd HE schieber-
- eeassse.Yepgh esenA Thsy haWs
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scene can be observed nowhere to
better advantage, perhaps | should
say with stronger feelings of re-
pugnance. than in the lobhlea Of
the great hotels. These are now the
haunta Of newly rich people Of
particularly unsympathetic type
the "Schieber" and war profteers-
class of people whose money has
Tar outrun their culture and man.
ners. One sees at a glance that
they have not long been in these
sutsoundinsss and thsy ara not yet
fully aS thetr ease hs,e. So much
-. ssll-sa&isAsd eoaxsanass r have
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All Germany Prayed at Elbows and Run Down at Hees
Visitors Miss Cleanliness and Order of Pre-war Da7

goods can be paid for only by the
rich. Foreign buyers have been
securing Berlin's shops and have
carried away everything that they
thought salable abroad at a profit.
and they found much that suited
them.
The butchers and bakers shops
are sad disappointment The show
windows of the forrner-once re-
markably attractive with their pat
terms worked in sausages-are now
almost empty; no ecarcasaes, of
slaughtered animals ere suspended
there; no aausages except a few
pale things made Of goat or rabbit
meat. The bakers wares show lit
tie variety and no attractiveness-
black bread and few
loaves of white bread sold only to
the invalid upon special certificate;
some dirty looking zwieback and I'M
appetizing looking gingerbread.
The crowds on the streets gen
orally make such an impression that
one feels instinctively like shrink
ing away from them-such unsym-
pathetic. hard, unaspiring features,
so few faces that show contentment
with life, friendly, humane feelings.
Nearly everybody looks nervous,
self-centered, soufed, unhappy.
Few are the persons that could be
called we'll dressed, many those that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-21

keeping close to them. For the
present they; have no occasion and
little inclination to show themselves
here, for Berlin under this. revolu-
tionary regime presents no attrac-
tions to them.
Another element strongly in eH-
dence at hotels, theaters, on the
streets, are the foreigners, chiefly
from countries to the east of Ger
many. There are now 10000 Rus
SLAMS in, Berlin, including Baltic
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-21

normal in size and appearance. Few
Of them, in, fact, look we'll nour-
lshed and husky. Pale faces, alb
normal wilderness about the eyes
and thin, bloodless lips are their
distinguishing marks. To see a
group Of such children listlessly
chasing each other about the streets,
making an effort to indulge the play
instinct, is thing to move one to
pity; j..
The changed aspect Of the human
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-21
ZTELD MARSHAL Won
4 HINDENBURG cheered
By the croWd as he leares
the Reichstag IN Berlin
did uniforms and top boots. attended

did uniforms and top boots, attended
by aid or funky? They seldom
come now, and the few who do
come move in and out like simple
commoners. evidently not in the
slightest bent upon impressing .peo-
pie with their Importance in the
world. That IL q change that de-
sssvss TO be noted. The CREST ne
.blss are .edsons 4hses. ssesAes aud a1e
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-21
S'Poor Mans Club

The restaurant or beer garden has
largely lost it's old function of be-
ing the poor mans club. The
"Stammtisch" has wellnigh disap-
peared. Its patrons were chiefly
drawn from the great middle class
Of moderate earnings; but for most
such persons prices have long been
too high for their purses, and they
had to forego the pleasure of
nightly interchange of small talk
with their cronies in coy corner
Of their favorite restaurant.
take my dinners in a room
whose walls are covered with the
pictures Of some hundred or more
actors, mostly Of a former genera
ton; and the name of the house adj
vertises the fact that it once catered
to theatrical people. But where are
the actors?" once asked my waiter.
"Oh, the prices got too high for
them several years ago and they
stopped coming"
According to the regulations, all
restaurants must close at II o'clock.
but there are many more or less
, disreputable places that keep open
till long after midnight. But thc
'bier-reise"-that vulgar swillne
visit from one restaurant to the
other till late into the nights sci
dom heard of now Perhaps it Is
because the beer has become pitiablv
thin.
Another institution that has prac-
tically passed out of existence is the
"zweck-essen," the big semi-public
dinner for promoting cause, cele-
brating an event or honoring some
distinguished guest Most persons
are non too poor to pay for such
pleasures. and very many hava nc
heart to enjoy them, II il no time
Tor ringing table eratory, the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-21
Go S'Dutch Treat"

Theater and concert parties are
still kept up, but in a more limited
way, and they are always on the
Dutch treat" basis. Concerts in
particular are much attended by per.
sons of musical taste as a welcome
fight from cherries surroundings
into the ideal world. Music in the
family. too, is cultivated with mora
zest than ever. The many conserva-
tories of music are crowded with
pupils beyond all precedent. Con-
certs probably are moro numerous
than at any time in Berlin's exist
ence. Here is record Of them for
six weeks that somebody has made;
II orchestra concerts, 40 song re-
citals, 81 piano, 9 violin, 10 cham
Der music, 4 chorus concerts, 8 cello
and 3 composition concerts.
The talk of people met even 1T
dinners is likely to drop into the
minor key. The men discuss tho
latest fall Of the mark and its por-
tentous significance for Germany,
the rise of prices and the growing
difficulties of business, the wild gam
BILE on the Stock Exchange, the con-
fusion and conflicts dominating
labor and politics. Draw an elderly
matron into conversation under
four eyes" and pathetic note 10
struck: one son fell in battle, the
married daughter lost her husband
in the war and she has come back
home with her baby.
In these social evenings one comes
into contact with the hurly-burly
that the war has made of Germany.
There was the Ukraine pastor who
IS settling his little colony Of Rus
slan-Germans in Germany; there
was the Baltic German lady who lost
all her property and is now bravely
making her way here. At another
dinner was the former editor Of =
great Russian newspaper now
watching from Germany for the Boil
! sneviki TO play out their role, which
ne fears will not be soon. And there
was the Czecho- Slovak merchant,
many years in business in London
and only recently discharged from
his five years. internment.
And there was a foreign CORE
spondent of Berlin newspaper, ~
Gently called home because the drop
in the value of the mark made it I'm.
possible for his paper to keep him al
his old post 1t is thus that th>
fiotsam Of war lioa&s hy sua n 1
Bsahn Asawins room. -
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could not be called clean. Their
clothing is baggy and ill fitting, the
natural result of wearing shoddy
Of long pedigree. With that excep-
ton, however, the Germans are bet
ter clad than could have been ex
pected, in view Of the long lack Of
raw materials. Only occasionally
is workingman seen with a coat
frayed out at elbows or wrist, and
even the small boy hardly ever has
a patch on the place made for such
repairs.
Faces Faded and Emaciated
These restless crowds have their
fatuous diversions. They gather
with unfailing curiosity about a
fallen horse; they, line up to watch
the sale Of silver coins and orna-
ments to street buyers. They collect
in thick masses in front Of the mo-
ton picture shows and will wait
half an hour for turn to buy
ticket. Long lines are formed out
side the cigar stores waiting till
certain cheap brand of cigar is put
on sale, which occurs regularly at q
o'clock svsrY day. I have counted
one hundred persons thus standing
IN line, some Of them for at least
an hour. to buy one or two cigars.
The physical hardships Of life in
post-bellum Germany are written on
very many faces. The majority of
the people look more or less ill
tad. Particularly smons ths women
there are many faded, enaaoiaesd
taoas. 00d1szv ~ paaa5k aSAs3sswI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-03-21
Everywhere There Are Evi.
dences of the Country's Eco
nomic Deterioration

"A picture Of Germany today Is
o:pen IN this article tc~'sttem by the
Trib.u.e's correspondent an Berlin,
before DR.. kapp made his attempt
10 ouerthros0 the Ebert government