The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-04

on their brutal instincts, and they are
daily committing unspeakable atroci-
ties, not only against the Greeks but
the Armenians also.
English Benedictine President is
Elected.-At the General CHAPTER OF
the English Benedictine Congregation,
held at Belmont Abbey, Hereford, DR..
Joseph Smith was elected Abbot Presi-
dent of the Congregation, in success
sion to Abbot President Butler. who
was the successor of Cardinal Cas-
quet. DR.. Smith is Abbot of Ample
forth, in Yorkshire, and this communi-
ty is lineally descended from the last
monks of Westminster, who with Dr.
Feckenham, their Abbot, were expelled
from Westminster by Queen Elizabeth.
Catholic Editor Honored.-King
Alfonso of Spain conferred signal
honor on the Catholic press when,
few weeks ago, he summoned the edi-
tor of Ell Universe, Senior Rufino
Blanco, to the Royal Palace, and be-
slowed on him the insignia of the Or
der of Alfonso XII. Ell Universe,
while not the chief of the Catholic
dailies of Spain, nevertheless occupies
very high position, and its editor is
we'll known throughout Spain as one
Of the foremost pedagogists Of the
day. The King accepted a copy of his
book "Ano Pedagogical Hispanoameri-
cano,' and at the same time EXPORTED
him to go on with the good work of
the Catholic press, in whose cultural
work Senior Blanco has borne so i'm
portant part.
Able HuIsemanni Charity Worker
Dead.-Abbe Hulsemann, director of
the College of ,Echternach, Luxem-
bourg, recently succumbed to blood
poisoning. He was a jealous priest
and an ever ready charity worker. It
was he who took care of the orphans
of the Belgian city of Rossigno,, where
SO many family heads had been mas
sacred by the enemy; it was ne who
collected food in the grand duchy for
four trainloads which, he personally
distributed among the suffering Wen
nese children; it was he who found
temporary homes for 5000 Vienna
children in Luxembourg.
In o-Slovakia.-Two apostate
priests and ten of their abettors in
Czecha- Slovakia, who were convicted
of Selling Catholic churches and rec
tories for use by the schismatics, are
now serving sentences in prison. and
others are likely to be prosecuted for
similar offenses. This punishment of
these violent aggressors against Cath
Ollie rights comes as the result of the
Interpolation of the Government by
Czech Catholic members Of the Nation
al Assembly. DR.. Cerny, of the min
istry, was compelled to answer that
the former priests and their accom-
plies were guilty of criminal acts, and
he accordingly directed the local au-
thorities to cause their arrest and
prosecution. The county officials of
Mlada Boleslav placed the radicals on
trial, charged with unlawful coTfisca-
ton of property in the towns OF Pre-
pesich and Turnov. The leaders of
the violence there were the apostate
priests Hofer and Procjaska The
former was sentenced to three months
of severe Imprisonment and the lat
ter to a light" Incarceration for a
like period. Their ten confe0erates
in the outrages were penalized by con:
finement for two months each in the
common Jail.
Secular Schools Discouraged in
Westphalia.-The city and Official ad-
ministrations of the Rhineland West.
phalian industrial territory have been
flooded with proposals from the free
school" authorities for the establish
ment of secular schools. The munich
pal administrations were unanimous in
deciding that the establishment of
these schools would be injurious to
the family, the community and to the
State, since they would destroy chart
ty, offend the rights of human society
and undermine the foundations of
justice and authority. Much against
their will they we're compelled to con-
slider the claims of a minority and
sanction the establishment of one
secular school, This decision could
not be carried out in many communi-
ties because the teachers-who, with
very few exceptions, are good Catho-
lics-absolutely refused to teach in
these schools. This stand of the
teachers has wen the praise of all
Christian parents.
Pope Gives Proof Of Friendship.-;
The friendly relations which have
always existed between Bavaria and
the Holy See have been greatly
strengthened by the present Nuncio,
| Mgr. Pacelli, and have found many
expressions, as, for instance, in the
New Year letter from the Holy Father
| to the Bavarian Bishops. Information
has just been received of other, more
private and personal expressions of
friendliness which up to the present
time, we're not generally known. On
, the occasion of the elevation of Arch
bishop DR.. Won Faulhaber to the Car
dinalate, the Prime Minister Won Kahr
sent communication to the Pope ex.
pressing the joy and deep gratitude
of the Bavarian Catholics for this