The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
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terested in the Flemish question. and
is said to have expressed himself in
the strongest terms to the Bishop of
Liege. on the time being ripe for the
Belgian Government to do something
in the direction of settling this ques-
ton. ut is. better to give willingly
today" the Pope is reported to have
said, than have to bow to the pres
sure Of circumstances later on. have
always said this, and ! always shall
say the same"
Czech Catholic Papers In Difficulty.
Publication Of Catholic papers in
Czecho- Slovakia has been made ex-
ceedingly difficult by the high cost Of
paper. and many of these journals and
periodicals are facing the future with
concern. The crisis is so acute that
Archbishop Kordac called the pub
fishers into a conference to consider
the situation and find a remedy. The
most popular of the Catholic dailies,
Lid, with about $4,000 subscribers,
closed the last year with deficit of
100000 crowns. The Czech, a daily
for intellectual Catholics, had SINH
lar experience.
Swiss Catholics organize.-The
Catholics in Switzerland have awak-
ened to the need Of association. Hav-
ing prepared the ground, Mgr. Besson,
Bishop of Lausanne and Geneva, adj
dressed the French Cantons, urging
them to reorganize the Popular Cath
olic Union" after the manner Of the
"Volksverein," and other external as
sociations. This project was well
coined with enthusiasm, and 800 dele
gates from all parts Of French Switz-
erland, amongst whom were a hun
dred priests, assembled at Fribourg,
with representatives Of the Govern
ment at Fribourg, and Of the central
committee Of the Volksverein. After
solemn Mass celebrated by the
Bishop, the conference commenced its
labors. Mr.. Esseira sketched the
Catholic activity in Switzerland. and
set forth the work of the Volksverein
in it's four sections-the teaching, the
press, social and benevolent work
| showing what is being done in the
German Cantons. It was finally re-
solved that a branch of the Popular
Union should be established in every
| parish, to shape Catholic action and
| thought, and to keep the members in
formed of the work being done in the
country at large.
Echo Of Peace Note Of Pope Bene.
dict.-The Pope's Peace Note Of 1917
| was once more recalled, when DR.. Helf
ferich, the enemy of Matthias Erzber
ger, brought an action for Islander
against Editor Joel of the Charlotten
burg Neue Zeit, when Joel was fined
| 100 marks for slandering Helferich
Helfferich called as one of his wit
nesses Won Kuhlmann, who in the
course Of his evidence said that the
Papal Nucio at Munich, Mgr. Pacelli
had declared that in his opinion the
Peace Note issued by the Pope in 1917
was due to the action of the British
cabinet. According to Won Kuhlmann
following the statement Of the Nun.
| clio, a Crown Council was held on Sep.
TENDER 18th, 1917, at which the posi-
bilities of peace were thoroughly dis
cussed. It appeared to the council
that there was possibility of Eng
lands entering into conversations, and
| that the Kaiser had summed up by
saying: Nov you have got free
course; show what you can do, and
make peace by Christmas"
Hermann Roeren, Noted German
Catholic, Dead.-Hermann Roeren
Counsellor of the General Court OF
Justice, and the ardent defender Of
German Catholics in Parliament, died
at Cologne-Lindenthal. Roeren was
well known as the leader and founder
of the Society for Combating Open
Vice, which has branches in all the
largest cities of Germany. He be-
longed to the group which wanted the
| Center to be considered exclusively as
! Catholic party. On account of the
| bitter opposition of the Center, he
withdrew from the party and from
public life entirely, with the avowed
intention Of conducting the struggle
on behalf of the Rhine Catholics with
greater freedom. The World War
broke out about that time, and the
bitter struggle was INTERRUPTED.