The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-03-26

q large part OIL the WOIh VI I0CoASIA W.
ton in Lorraine. The cooperative"
of Lorraine calls conferences of archi-
tects, builders and contractors, divides
the work among them, files orders for
materials of all kinds and then floats
a loan. The necessary funds for the
repayment of the debt are then col
,lected. The French Government has
awarded the Cross of the Legion of
Honor to Monsignor Thouvenin in
recognition of his work in Lorraine.
Indian Village Seeks to Join Church.
Archbishop Goodier, having just
completed visitation of the Gujerat
Mission, which, having been formerly
stated by German and Alsatlan
priests, was greatly affected by war
measures, has found conditions to be
much more favorable than expected.
At Anand, one of the poorest of the
stations, the Archbishop found that
there were ATS Catholics scattered in
eleven villages and that mission
building was serving as a chapel for
Sunday and morning Mass and as a
central school for the district the re-
mainder of the time. While Monsignor
Goodier was administering confirma-
ton, delegation of twenty men came
from a village eight miles away to beg
him to receive all the inhabitants of
their community into the fold.
Black and Tans Raid Jesuit Head
quarters.-The headquarters of the
Jesuits in Ireland, spacious build
ing in the suburbs of Dublin, were
raided by military, who made search
of the premises extending over ten
hours. At 3 o'clock in the morning.
$50 fully equipped soldiers, accompan
led by armored cars, entered the
grounds and surrounded the buildings
| Thep spent three hours in erecting bar
| ricades around the house. The com
munity, including % priests, as wei
as so students in residence, "a gentle
| men on retreat for the weekend, ant
a staff of 16 persons, were ordered tt
go into the chapel, In addition the
| residents of an adjoining terrace, sew
eral of them Protestants, were round
| ed up and marched into the chape
and there temporarily interned. Mel
| Their the Rector nor any other one was
allowed to accompany the military OF
their search. Every priest, studen
| and layman was questioned as to hi!
| identity and occupation. One of thu
| laymen, well-known Dublin official
was arrested. No one was allowed tt
1 leave during the raid, not even thu
| chaplains to a neighboring convent.
| French Bishops views.-Discus
sions of the question whether thu
Church in France should organize thu
cultual associations prescribed by thu
Law of Separation as a condition pre-
| requisite to the administration o
church property and the enjoyment o
other rights, have been renewed b.
the circular letter written by Monsig
nor German, Archbishop of Toulouse
to his clergy and diocesans. ''The as
sociations which some people woult
have us form to provide for the FREE
exercise of worship would be irrecon
cilable with the rights of the Cath
Ollie Hierarchy" Monsignor German
! declares. eff we should venture OF
such path we should meet insu1
mountable practical difficulties. It i
therefore in no way surprising tina
sincere and impartial Protestants hav
said that the great mistake made b.
the Government was the attempt t.
4 impose on a hierarchical Church
Protestant constitution Cardina
Maurin, Archbishop of Lyons, hold
that the suggestion for attempting al
experiment with the association
would bring no improvement in tn
J. difficult position of the clergy withou
many and important amendments o
the Law of Separation.
Archbishop Forces Concessions
Monsignor Sramek,. new Archbishop
of Olomouc, and leader of the Catholi
party, has forced the Czecho-Sloval
government to vote appropriations TO
the needs of the Catholic Church, b.
threatening the defeat of the bulge
unless this support were given. Whel
Catholic leaders began to oppose tn
budget in the National Assembly, j
became apparent that 1t would fai
if they persisted. The result was
proposal by the spokesman of the gov
eminent that the non-Catholics woul'
give their votes to the appropriation
made through the Ministry of Educa
ton and Culture if the Catholic mem
bers would withdraw their opposition
to the entire budget. Monsigno
Sramek's elevation to the see of Ole