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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09

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observed the laws of Nature She
would not have required SO many
allies to push back the German adj
vance. Had not half the civilized
world united against her, Gers
many would have swept France
and England into the ocean in less
than year. Race suicide and di-
vorce are the twin evils that inn
peril any nation, and Of these two
divorce seems the worse. America
is still a youthful country, but
were it!not for the steady stream
of Catholic immigration the east
ern states today would be but a
comparative wilderness; and these
twin evils would be the cause of
the desolation.
With nearly 10000 divorces in
the United States during the past
year; with all the courts crowded
with applications for legal separa-
ton and the right to re-marry ;
with orphan asylums congested to
overflow, and with the putrid
stream gathering strength as it
flows onward towards perdition, it
does not require an expert econo-
mist, let alone a churchman, to in
form us of the final result.
The legislators of the country
pretend to be alarmed at the men
ace of this evil. Public leaders are
shocked at the contemplation of
an,America fifty years hence. The
denominations now realize the
enormity of the crime committed
by the apostate priest of the six
teenth century who unlocked the
f1oodgates of sensuality and conse-
Equent divorce. How many OF
these Wanted leaders Of the ma.
ton will stand forth with clean
hands and stamp out this plague
They must perforce begin in the
national capital and carry their
campaign down through the ranks
OF the wealthy and powerful into
the novels Of the poor, who, after
all, but initiate the manners and
customs Of those lin society.
Against this avalanche, this tor
rent of iniquity, the Catholic
| Church alone of all the moral
forces in the nation dares to point
the finger of condemnation and tc
plllory the yiolators Of the law OF
God. She alone has the courage
to cry out as did the Baptist tc
Herod, ut is not lawful. !" In the
meantime, legislators and minis
tiers and so-called leaders talk
weakly Of the evil, while then
own hands are red with the sigr
Of the beast.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
CARE FOR IMMIGRANTS
BOSTON ARCHDIOCESE FORMS
IMMIGRANTS WELFARE DE-
PARTMENT.

(By N. G. w. C. News Service.)
Organization of an Immigrants Wei.
fare Department to care for the thou,
sands of immigrants who are passing
through the port of Boston each year
has been completed by the Catholic
Charitable Bureau of the Archdiocese
under the supervision of His Emf
nence, Cardinal O'Connell
The department will coordinate and
unity Catholic efforts in behalf of i'm.
migrants, eliminating needless dupli.
cation of effort and expanding present
programs.
A representative committee OF
priests of the Archdiocese has been
appointed by His Eminence to act as
an advisory board for the work. Com.
petent trained workers are already in
the field, many of them equipped with
a knowledges of the language of the
newcomers, and these will greet them
and assist them in the anxious hours
following their arrival in a new coun-
try and assist them to find homes and
employment. The department will
supplement and assist the work of es-
tablished government agencies.
Immigrants arriving in the port of
Boston are increasing in number each
week and already fruitful work is be
ing carried out.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09

lis working out nicely through the
efforts Of the black and tans.
We're all the figures available, the
total for 1920 would run into
many hundreds, as for example, in
the city of Belfast alone last
August Sc persons were killed.
And thus the sorry tale. goes on
from month to month and from
place to place.
The most ardent Anglophile
surely must blush with shame at
the record of a nation that has
done so much for civilization and
that aims to stand before the
world as the champion of fair
play. Usually a hypocrite takes
on an air of innocence in order to
conceal his real despicable char
acter. The world cannotq but
judge that England is playing the
arch-hypocrite in thus dealing
murderously with the Irish people
"Poor little Belgium" had to be
defended from s'the cruel Ger
MANS" so England declared, and
with Jealous spirit Of CONNER
cial) righteousness she entered the
lists to protect injured Belgium.
The English government acts
like a man who makes great pre-
tense of defending a strange
female in distress and then goes
home and beats up his own family.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09

The late Bishop Farrelly OF
Cleveland had been wealthy in his
own name, says the Winona Cour-
Ter. When he died, he had not a
penny to bequeath in his last will.
AS the head of a large and
wealthy diocese, the Bishops in
come must have been considerable,
At his death he had no debts and
he had no money. In one part of
the city of Cleveland there is a
Latin school for boys. Out be-
yond there is all orphan asylum
There are other schools and char.
liable works in the great and bus.
thing city. Perhaps you could
learn where his money went. il
you care to know. The promoters
Of thrift would look for a bank
account and dividends accrued
There is a bank account, but il
is where moth and rust do not cor.
rode, nor robbers enter in to steal
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
JUSTIN THE APOLOGIST.

In the early ages of Christianity
the Church frequently found un-
looked-for aid in those great
minds that were won from pagan
ism or unbelief. Augustine, Am
brose, Tertullian and a host of
other lights brought the strong
and purified brightness Of their
shining to bear upon the Christian
Church, and they thereby illumi-
mated her doctrines and illustrated
her teachings by the uprightness
Of their own lives.
Among these luminaries must be
mentioned Justin, surnamed the
Martyr, whose memory is recalled
on April A. He was one Of the
earliest Apologists. Born in Syria
Of Greek ancestry in the year 100,
at thirty years Of age he had ruin
the gamut Of the various and
varied sects of the day. Brilliant,
highly educated, clever and i'm
petuous, Justin was a fair type of
the average high-class pagan of
his time. In some mysterious
manner he acquired a knowledge
Of the Christian religion and, like
another Augustine, he felt 'the
scales of doubt dropping from his
eyes. =" AT once the brilliant man
of the world entered into the spirit
of the newly acquired cult. Throw
ing the force Of his talents and
intellect into the defense of the
prosecuted creed, Justin com
PEELED the attention Of the learned
and Of the highest officials Of the
state.
Believing in the value Of pub
licity, Justin addressed two Apol-
ogies to the emperors Of his time
He also wrote a clever and con
vincing work to Tryphon the Jew
In these and other works now lost
the intrepid convert outlined the
beliefs of the Christians; he ex.
coriated the vices of the pagans
and upbraided the civil power fo1
its brutal persecution Of the most
law abiding citizens in the whole
empire. When a high official de.
manded that he disclose the meet.
ing place of the Christians, Justin
knowing that such knowledge in
the hands of a pagan would result
in a murderous raid on his breth.
rem, stoutly refused the desired
information. For this was he put
to painful death, the while the
great philosopher thanked Jesus
Christ for the privilege Of suffer
ing for His Name.
i
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
THE DIVORCE MILL.

Reports from every part Of this
country continue to indicate
growing prevalence of laxness
with regard to the marriage bond.
A generation ago the Divorce
was a thing contaminated and un-
clean; he or she was ostracized
among respectable people. Today,
with one in nine or one in seven
married couples separated before
the law, it is difficult to observe
the ban Of ostracism, and hence
usually no distinction is made.
From the common nature Of the
evil, however, it is not logical to
argue in its favor. The God Who
thundercd forth the denunciation
towards separating what He had
united still looks upon this out
rage of His law in the same I'M
dimmed light. Adultery is the
same crime before God, even if
man-made laws seek to mitigate
he7offense.
1t is an economic truth that the
forces that tend to impair the fam
lily will eventually ruin the nation.
unless they are checked. The law
OF Nature is no respecter of4per-
sons or peoples: it works inexor-
ably and irrevocably wherever it
is denied or violated. A certain
famous European actress who was
lsnubbed by New York society be-
cause she had a son out Of we'd
lock, threw back this sheer:
Which is worse, to have children
out OF marriage or to refuse to
have children in marriage. While
there is fallacy contained in the
challenge, it points to an evil
which made New York society
blush In shame.
| Had Rome maintained the integ-
rity of the family the harbarians
of the North would have swept
southwark in vain, Had France
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The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
IN CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE ESSAY CONTEST.

The outcome of the essay contest,
conducted by the Cincinnati Chamber
of Commerce through the Civic AMI
Vocational League of Public and Pa
rochial Schools, established last year
by Mr.. James A. Reilly, President OF
the Chamber, was as follows:
Lowell Baurichter a student, OF st.
Xavier High School, was awarded the
first prize; Eugene Logan, of st. Mary
High School, Hyde Park, won the SER
ond prize; and George Cunning, of
Peaslee Public School, carried off the
third prize.
The subject of the essays was I'm
land Waterways" and the prizes were,
respectively, fifty dollars, thirty dol
lars, and twenty dollars.
The contest was open to all high
school and eighth grade students of
the public and parochial schools of
Cincinnati; and more than one thou
sand papers were submitted.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09

Viviani, the French atheist
statesman, who once declared his
intention of driving Christ over
the border, is now in this country
on a visit of courtesy" to the
president, observes an editor. The
real purpose of his visit, it is be
lieved, is to find out what modifi
cations of the League of Nations
covenant would be acceptable tc
America. He should be told courte
ously enough that the people Of
America decided by an overwhelm
ing majority, last November, thai
they did not want to enter thu
League of Nations. Then he
should be told to take an early de,
parture in order to lose no time il
conveying that information tc
those who sent him.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
v|v|ANrS MESSAGE
FRENCH STATESMAN SENDS NOTE
OF COINCIDENCE ON cARDl
NAILS DEATH,

His EmineDce William Cardinal
O'Connell, Archbishop of Boston
while attending the funeral services
of the late Cardinal Gibbons, received
from Marcel Knecht, representative
of Rene Viviani, Extraordinary Envoy
to the United States, the following
message:
To His Emfnence William Cardinal
O'Connell, Archbishop of Boston:
May respectfully express to Your
Eminence and to the American Hier.
archy the profound grief of President
Rene Viviani, Extraordinary Envoy of
the French Republic, for the great
loss of a noble American patriot and
most pious and spiritual figure. The
President respectfully informs Your
Eminence that he will have the great
honor of attending the funeral of His
Eminence James Cardinal Gibbons, 6
faithful friend of France and a grand
officer of the Legion of Honor.
MARCEL KNECHT.
Rene Viviani gets his title Oh Pres
ident from the fact that he was Pres
ident of the Council of Ministers Of
France in the early days of the war
Marcel Knecht. who signed the tele
gram to Cardinal O'Connell, was &
liaison officer of the French Govern
ment in the United States during the
war.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
K. OF c. SCHOLARSHIP
FIFTY SCHOLARSHIPS IN cATHo-
Lie UNIVERSITY OFFERED AT
CARDINAL GIBBONS REQUEST.

Examinations for so postgraduate
scholarships are announced by the
Knights of Columbus in the Catholic
University of America established at
the request of the late Cardinal Glib
bons, Archbishop of Baltimore. These
scholarships are granted in perpetuity
to the K. of C. in consideration of
100000 of the private funds of the
Knights raised as an endowment for
the University under the auspices of
Cardinal Gibbons.
"These are the only X. of C. scholar
ships limited to men of the Catholic
faith" Supreme Secretary William J.
Mckinley states. Five hundred other
scholarships have been thrown open
to men of all creeds or none, and more
will follow.
These scholarships were instituted
by the late Cardinal Gibbons, chancel-
lor of the Catholic University, and
financed by the Knights of Columbus
from private funds
The examination which will be held
under the direction of Rev. Edward A.
Pace, director of studies at the Uni
versity, is to take place on April 16
in various parts of the country. 1t is
open to students who have received
the bachelors degree in Arts, Sciences
or Letters, and to those now in senior
class at college. All candidates are
required to take examination in Eng.
lish, history and mathematics
physics, chemistry or biology and
Latin or Greek. The scholarship en-
titles the holder to board, lodging and
tuition in the Catholic University at
Washington during the academic year
for a. postgraduate degree.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
THE WINDS OF IRELAND
In memory of the two hundred who
died for freedom in 1920.

(By Helen Hughes Hielscher)
The brown winds, the fair winds,
They carry in their breast
The souls of Irelands martyrs
Too grieved for sanity rest
Too grieved for joys eternal,
They crowd from heavens porch
In robes of flowing crimson,
And in their hands torch.
They seek for Freedoms altar,
Der hill and dale and wood,
To feed the fires that tyrants
Still dream to quench in blood.
o soft winds of Ireland,
Your cheek is wet with tears;
You weep the brave and faithful
For 40, these many years.
O four winds, o sad winds.
Fold gently to your breast
The souls of Irish Martyrs
Upon their holy quest.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
IRISH COMMISSION REPORT.

The Report Of the American
Commission on conditions in Ire
land makes a book Of nearly $50
pages. 1t is composed Of testi-
mony Of eyewitnesses, both Irish
and American, together with a
number of full-page illustrations
depicting scenes of destruction
and savagery .perpetrated by the
English Crown forces in Ireland
during the past few years. The
commentary throughout the book
is temperate and free from pas
sionate vindictiveness; the object
is merely to present facts in their
simple truth.
Perusal of this work brings one
back in spirit to the days when
inhumanity and torture were the
ordinary weapons of a superior
force. The atrocities common in
the reign Of Elizabeth seem to have
returned to life, and they become
commonplace by their reiteration.
The British government appar-
emily is back of all the outrages
that are committed by police,
cadets, soldiers or the unspeakable
black and tans. These latter ruff
fans are melted to further activity
by the so-called Weekly Summary,
a paper which purports to give an
account Of all Sim Fein activities,
true and imaginary, against the
government. The black and tan
is taught that every 1rishman is a
potential, if not an actual, enemy,
and that to destroy this enemy i'll
the quickest manner possible is to
rid the government of one more
danger and to lessen, by just that
much, the peril to himself. Hence
the indiscriminate shooting OF
non-combatants; the wanton muir.
der of innocent people the raid
ing of peaceful homes and the
shooting Of old men and boys, the
reckless destruction Of cattle,
homes and industries, the laying
waste Of whole villages; in d
word, a repetition of~the slaughter
that has marked English aggres-
siveness in Ireland for centuries
and in India, Africa and the
American Colonies in both oul
wars with Great Britain.
The statistics of known killings
of innocent people in the past foul
years is as follows: 1917, sever
persons; 1918, six persons; 1919
eight, and in 1920, two hundred
persons, including six women
twelve children and two priests
These were all cold-blooded muir
ders and do not include those
killed in battles or skirmishes OF
in indiscriminate fringa thing
which has accounted for many
more unjust killings.
! From these figures it easily may
be seen that the plan of repression
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
CATHOLICS IN PRUSSIA
NEW ASSEMBLY HAS CHRISTIAN
MAJoRITY-cATHoLIc SCHOOLS
GAIN IN PRESTIGE.
(By N. C. w q Naws cor,,;

(By N. c. w. c. News Service.)
The outcome of the elections for
the Prussian National Assembly has
one aspect which has not been suffi-
GENTLY >emphasizeds About 43O depu-
ties were elected, of whom IS are from
the Center. The Socialist parties. in.
Guiding the Democratic parties. have
199 deputies. Opposing the 1879 repre-
sentatives of a policy hostile to Chris
tian culture, there are 231 representa-
tives of the Christian policy.
This significant change in the
strength of the respective parties will
make further rule, by the Socialist
Minister of Cults impossible, as any
measures taken by him against the
religious schools would have major
ity OF the Assembly against them.
II the present government groups
continue to control national affairs
without the addition Of other political
parties, it will be impossible to have
Democrat or a Social Democrat as
Minister of Cults.
AS regards cultural policy, therefore
the outcome of the elections is quite
satisfactory to Catholics. Although
they cannot expect complete under.
standing with the German National
lists and the German Popular Party in
regard to many questions of cultural
policy which are dear to them, never
theless, they feel sure that the worst
dangers threatening Christian policies
and, above all, religious schools, nc
longer exist in the new Prussian par
lament.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09

= Says the True Voice: Atroci
ties in Ireland still go on, though
it seems that the report of the
American commission on relief has
curbed reprisal burnings some
what. But murder by orders OF
British officials are reported near
ly every day. The papers, the 9th
er day, carried a singing letter tc
Lloyd George given by. an Irish
priest whose niece, a young girl
was foully murdered for giving
the alarm on the approach of q
raiding party All the water in
the Thames cannot wash youl
hands of the blood Of this limo
cent girl!' wrote the priest. We
believe that that blood will have
to be burned off the premier. II
cannot be washed off.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
K. C. OFFER REFUSED

Announcement that the American
Legion and the Knights of Columbus
had been unable to reach an agree
.ment for the erection in Washington
of great war memorial for which
the latter organization was to furnish
the funds, was made at meeting of
the supreme board of directors of the
Knights in Washington last Tuesday.
The American Legion. it was stated,
had informed the Knights of Column
bus that it could not accept the offer
of $5,0O0,000, because of certain stip-
ulations, and the Knights in turn had
decided against modification Of its
original offer.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
RESULT OF RIVALRY
cRoATIAN CHURCH FIRE ATTRIB
UTED TO INcENDlARY CRIME.


st. Nicholas (Croatian) Church at
Millvale, Pa, suburb of-,Pittsburgh,
was partially destroyed by fire on
Good Friday night The fire, which
was discovered in various parts of the
edifice shortly after the conclusion of
the services, is believed to have been
of incendiary origin. The damage is
estimated at $4,000. The sexton has
been arrested and is being held on an
open charge.
The congregation was established
about twenty years ago by recalcitrant
members of ST. Nicholas Church in
Allegheny. A keen rivalry has exist
ed between the parishes, which has
led to frequent disorders,
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
HUNGARY PROHIBITS
IMMODEST DANCING

At the solicitation of, the Apostolic
Nuncio at Budapest, the Minister of
Home Affairs of Hungary has prohib
tied immodest American dances from
the public dance halls of the country
These dances are regarded as deca-
dent and injurious to the younger
generation. In place of the modern
American dances the dancing masters
have been officially requested to bring
into vogue the old Magyar dances,
which had fallen into disuse.
1t is understood that the Apostolic
Nuncio considered the regulation of
dances to come within ecclesiastical
authority.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
MODEST CATHOLIC WOMEN

The Observatore Romano praises
highly the initiative of the Catholic
women OF Santiago, Chile, who have
started a campaign against immodest
fashions in dress. The newspaper
says: VIZ
This will tell the world there still
are phalanxes of Christian girls who
can and will free themselves from
the yoke of immodest fashions which
lower the dignity of womanhood."
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-04-09
Prisoners Are Tortured.

Ambassador Geddes in his denial of
the proven findings by the American
Commission on Conditions in Ireland
declares: Reports of torturing of
prisoners have been completely dis
proved wherever an attempt was made
to bring forward tangible evidence"
On behalf of the Republic of Ireland,
am prepared to prove that the Brit
ish forces in Ireland have repeatedly
tortured helpless prisoners and nom
combatants. English officers have
pulled out the fingernails of prisoners
with pincers. They have manufac-
tured refinement of torture known
as the "crown of thorns," an instru-
ment with sharp protruding nails
which is pressed down upon the head
of the helpless victim to force him to
give information, and other atrocities
which are too revolving even to de-
scribe.
Blame Sim Feiners.
Ambassador Geddes also states:
| There are the strongest grounds for
| attributing to extreme Sim Feiners
the murders of prominent Republic
cans such as Lord Mayor MacCurtain
and the Mayor of Limerick" 1t will
not be forgotten that when questions
We're asked in the House of Commons
regarding the barbarous murder of
Father Griffin the British press re-
ported that Sir Hamar Greenwood,
hesitating for reply, was prompted
by whisper, Say the Sim Feiners
did it," loud enough to be heard in
| the press gallery According to the
newspaper accounts this prompting
whisper came either from Mr.. Wins
ton Churchill or from Premier Lloyd
George. Apparently this whisper,
Say the Sim Feiners did it," has
now become loud enough to be heard
across the ocean by the British Am
bassador.
Every paragraph in the Ambassa-
ing, but is sufficiently answered by
the cable dispatch of the Manchester
Guardian, one of the leading English
papers, in commenting upon the re-
port of the Commission: "The report
forces a note of accusation on several
points, but in the main the facts are,
unhappily, only too far past dispute"
Are Banks Safe?
| will comment further only upon
that part of the Ambassadors state
ment which refers to the increased de-
posits in the joint stock banks of Ire
land as an evidence of alleged pros
perity in country which has been
ravaged by the British forces. The
/ facts with regard to the increased de-
posts of the Irish banks are that the
Irish people have withdrawn their
funds from British banks and depos-
tied them in their own country, and
even more important, fearing the loot
ing and thieving by the British sol
diers,' the people of Ireland have de-
posted all their small boards of mon
ey in the banks in the hope that they
at least would be safe from robbery
by British officers and soldiers.