The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-06-11

the church bells, heard confession. |
said Mass, preached sermon and
then left Immediately to say Mass
in another parish whose prizes: was
also in the army. One day the miss
ionary bishop" arrived in village
where the church was without hosts.
i. He went into cottage. had the
inhabitants bring him some wheat
-four. and with his own hands knead-
ed the paste. He then asked for hot
iron and succeeded in making the
hosts"
Roman Changes. Important
changes in Vatican representatives
are announced: Monsignor Fumasoni-
Biondi. Apostolic Delegate to Japan,
now in Rome, has been appointed
Secretary OF the Congregation Of the
Propaganda. Monsignor Trocchi. Del
egate Apostolic to Cuba, has been
named Internuncio to Bolivia Arch
bishop Pietropaoli has been selected
as envoy extraordinary to represent
His Holiness at the celebration Of the
centenary of the Independence Of
Peru. He left Rome May Is, accom-
janied by Prince orsini, OF the Noble
Guard. Monsignor Borgia, as auditor.
and Father de Giovanni, as secretary,
Foreign Missions Eleetion,-The
Catholic Missions announces that the
delegates of the Society of Foreign
Missions of Paris, which met at Rome
to consider certain modification to be
made in the statutes OF the society
to make them conform with canon
law, have decided on the appointment
OF a Superior General and Of two
assistants. The votes were counted
at the end of last March in Hong
Knog. Mgr. de Guebriant was elect
ed Superior General, and the assistants
are Mgr. Robert and Mgr. Delmas, who
is now the superior Of the Seminary Of
the Rue du BAG In Paris. Mgr. de
Guebriant is Visitor Apostolic for
China and adjoining countries.
School Question In German Re-
publie.-The prediction OF the great
Catholic leader, Windthorst, that the
next fight would be on the school
question is being fulfilled. The first
signs appeared four Gays after the,
revolutionary Minister Of Cults, Adolf
Hoffman, issued his school decree.
Since then the movement tor the
esta blishment of secular schools has
continued, although the installation
80 Sc - vat NYA0al
From Westphalia, the Rhineland and
other places comes the information
that in contradiction to Art. 174 OF
the national constitution, secular
schools in which no religious instruc-
ton will be given, are to be establish
ed in the very near future, and that
teachers will be compelled to teach IN
these schools, in direct opposition to
their liberty of conscience.
Catholic Vote OF Amsterdam.-Cath-
olics and Socialists we're the princi'
pal benehciares of the extension Of
the suffrage to women in the recent
municipal elections in Amsterdam.
according to reports found In Het
volk. The total vote increased from
III los. in 1919 to 275,6s4. The Social
Democratic Labor Party increased its
strength from 35,240 to a4.127, and
the Catholic Party from 1851 to 49,
OIL. The Communists only rose from
1920 to 1s,13s,while the Anti-Revolu-
tionary Party advanced from $3.50 to
2O,s7s. The other IL parties profited
in varying degrees through the wo.
mems votes OF the forty-fve Alder
men, the Socialists elected fourteen,
gain of one the Catholics 8, gain
Of one; the communists 3. a loss OF
three; and the Anti-Revolutionists 4.
a gain of one. The other seats were
divided among the smaller groups.
Priest In China Honored.-Father
FROG, S. J.-says one Of the Shanghai
daily papers-has received the Cross
of the Legion of Honor. Behind this
bald statement is concealed story
| of scientific labor that ought not be
hidden from the world. Father Froc is
the director Of Siccawei Observatory.
Shanghai. For more than . quarter OF q
century he has engaged in creating and
perfecting q system Of forecastins
the tracks Of typhoons. It would b
impossible to estimate the mum.
Der OF lives and the value Of
property which have bean saved IN
the past twenty years ana more By
the tireless energy OF this priest Of
of the Society Of Jesus. He has or.
ganized along the Pacific coas. and
across It wonderful system Of re.
porting, by means Of which the obser.
vatory can plot the curve OF any
typhoon, and warn vessels in the
track Of the approaching storm; which
way to steer; and how to avoid OF
minimize dangers. <,
Tribute To Ensland's Martyrs.--The
annual Tyburn Walk or Pilgrimage
of the Martyrs Way which takes place
through London. is one Of those ad.
mirable acts Of poetic justice that
furnish q valuable object lesson to
the Englishman Of today. The walk
is organized by the Guild Of our Lady
+: of Ransom, and it goes over the exact
route followed by the martyrs on their
way to execution from NewsAte
Prison to what was at one time the
fields Of Tyburn. The way Of shame
has now become the way Of glory.
The walk from Newgate to Tyburu
;s al Fafher TIAfeIAr the venerable