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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
BRITAIN PLEASED
WITH j. s. PLAN; 8.
RE DISARMAMENT
London Shows Great Interest In
Scnate's Farley Proposal
SEES SUPREMACY WANE
Pact With Japan Promises to
Trouble Statesmen at Coming
Conference of Empire

London, May 27.--An o1icia' inyi
tat.on from the United States to Great
Br.tain to participate II conference
on naval di armament will be enthu
sasticaly welcomed here On both
sides Of Downing street the foreign
Office and the prime min ster house
the greatest interest was shown yoster
day in the senates adoption of Senator
Borah's proposal for an Anglo Japan
se-Amerlcan conference.
Sea Supremacy Endangered
Great Britain has been deeply stir
red by the prospect that the supremacy
Of the seas would pass across the AT
lantic in 1926 accord ng to American
and British naval programmes, and
speaking from purely practical view
po nj taere is large section of opin-
ion here wh.ch wou ke to see an
agreement to limit naya armaments
before this supremacy actually passes.
On the other hand there is undouot
edly large opinion believing that dis
the world Is to be secured,
VIII lie responsible statesmen decline
to be quoted, there is no mistaking
The strong sentiment favoring the cor
dial acceptance of an invitation to any
sclt OF conference for naval disar-
mament. l. has been their unwaver.
ling position that the FIRST move In this
quest on was up to the United States 3
Anything we inflated N ght be
used by our enemies Ia your country
20 arouse suspicion as to our mo.
tiyes" said one Intimate adviser to
the p me minister to-day But we
VIII welcome the first move from your
ide and wi.i prove the genu:neaess OF
our Willingness to cooperate
That japanese. Pact
I The Borah plan is also welcomed as
a poss bic solution OF the problems
lconnecied with the renewal of the
AngloJapanese treaty which viii form
lone OF the most dlspdtatods subjects
at the coming empire conference. In
4uch 10 ut move for disarmament
British statesmen sre the germs of a
new alliance or understanding among
lhe three Powers whereby the peace Of
5lAs'a ana the Pacific will be assured
mat such a conference might be
strewn with dificu ties is likewise rec.
oenzod.
! For instance ii was asked to day
whether the United States might
prihg up the Shantung question il
Japan entered such conference.
Many British statesmen hope that the
ohantung question will be stra ghten
ed out before conference is possible
ana it Is known here that informal
representations already have been
made by London to Japan on this sub
lect and also concerning Yap in order
TO smooth the way for Anglo-America7
cooperation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
CONDITIONS IN CHINA
SAID TO BE APPALLING
10000 Die Every Day From Starva.
ton; Relief Committeeman
For Vermont Declares


Former Lieut,Governor Mason s.
Stone calls Montpelier his home, but
the worlds really his abiding pace.
Any one who has traced the gentle
man pereginations over map of
the globe will read ly agree with this
statement, even though Mr.. Stones
patriotism to Vermont and the capi.
tai city would deny the assertion. Mr..
Stone has been in almost every place.
but nowhere is he ever accorded a
more hospitable welcome than in Ben
nlneton. He was here Thursday and
while in the first village of the state
paid an appreciated sit to The Ban
ner office.
During a pleasant running CONVEX
sation that touched upon a variety Of
topics, ranging from Y NJ c. A. his.
tory to the conditions of Asia, Mr..
Stone incidentally limited that he s
one of Nermonts committeeman for
the relief of the starving Chinese.
Yes; Mr.. Stone has sited the far
east, having passed some time in
China and Japan
The Chinese, said he. are dying
from starvation at the rate of 10000
Il day Think of that Something
must be done to help these unfortu-
nate people Why, my latest inloema-
ton from that area is that the govern.
mont authorities have had to send
forces to the agricultural districts to
stop the natives from eat ng the rice
seed now N the ground. The situa.
tion there is appalnng'
Mr., stone said a nationwide appeal
for contributions to help these peo.
pie will be made in the immediate fu.
turc
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
RHODY'S PATRIOTISM TO
BE OBSERVED SUNDAY
SmSi est State to Ee Given Place In
Galaxy at Historic Camp at
Valley Forge

Philadelphia, May 27t Rhode Is.
land will take its place N the galaxy
of colonial states in the Wash ngton
Memorial chapel at the historic Val
ley Forge camp ground on Sunday
when the bay presented by the Ma
tional Society OF Colonial Danes, SO.
ciety of Colonial Wars and Daughters
Of the American, Revolution from that
state will be dedicated in the cloister
of the Col nies.
1t will be the nth bay to be ded
Gated. Two more remain to be erect
cd--North Carolina and Georgia. The
money for these is now being raised
The bay will be presented on behalf
of the Rhode Island societies by Bis
hop James DeWolf Perry OF that state
and will be accepted by Suffragan Bis
hop Thomas J. Garland, of Phladel-
phia The Rev Dr. NJ. Lord, of Provi-
dence, will deliver the principal ad-
dress. The singing of patriotic hymns
win be feature of the dedication.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
Renenhe

Little Margery wanted to tNlk over
the telephone with hr, mother who
was visiting u friend 81 her elder sis
ter gave her The phone unmher aud
let her call CcntruL A cpw days after
this conversation. when the mother
was paying another visit TO The same
friend, the older sister overheard Mar.
gerry at the telephone. Central evi.
IDENTIFY had heen asking for the mum.
Der, and Margerv was explaining vehe-
mently: Central want the mum.
Der | had Thursday. Don't ynu nm
derstand? The same number"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
Today's Edition
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BASEBALL GAME TOMORROW

Mon tors Of Green island to Oppose
X. of c. Nine at Morgan Park.
The Monitors of Green Island will
be the opposing team in the game Of
baseball to be played at Morgan Park
tomorrow, beginning at 4 o'clock.
There have been a few minor
changes In the X. of c. team which
should create an Improvement. The
battery will consist of Costello and
Brazell and the remainder of the line
up will be as follows: Scott, h.;
NBeyis, I'd Shaw or Bryant, SIS. Min.
-er, 3D.. Greenwood, Moran and Leon.
ard in the field. Mooney VII be on
the bench in case a second pitcher Is
required,
The committee has made arrange
ments to provide seats on the field.
The Bennington high school team
will play Hoosiek Falls high school on
Morgan park tomorrow afternoon.
The game will be called at 1889 in or
der to complete the contest before the
beginning Of the X. of C.-Mon tor
game,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
ABOUT SHORT SKIRTS
New York Expert Declares They're
Ju The Thing

Cambridge Mass. May 27.-The
young women of America should be
congratulated for winning the battle
of the short skirt" DR. Woods Hutch
inson of New York declared in an ad
dress on new freedom here late to.
day.
Addressing the gra lation class Of
the Sergeant Schol of Physical Educa-
tion, Or. Hutchinson said:
1--WE should be grateful for the
new freedom of dress especially in
the more important sex The cos
tune OF the young women Of today
is extraordinarily healthful and a
pleasing departure from old skirt
which was much like a blanket.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
MISCELLANEOUS SHOWER
Young Woman Given, Surprise b
Twenty o. He' Friend.

4 miscellaneous shower was. given
for Miss Victoria Temple Wednesday,
evening iii honor Of her approaching
marriage at the home Of Mrs W, c.
Carey =
Upon Miss Temples arrival at the
Carey home she was taken to the liv'
ing room and when the lights were
turned ON saw 20 Of her fr ends wait
ing for her Miss Geraldine Carey
then wheeled in a cart which was dec
Grated and contained many handsome
and useful gifts for the bride to be.
The rest Of the evening was spent
in playing games, music and dancing
A buffet lunch was served.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
PsoPERrYas SEIZED
AlicH Property Custodian Takes over
ReradolIs Estate.

Philadelphia. MAY 27--All the prop.
eyty in this city of Grover Cleveland
Borgdoi, the convicted draft eyader
and army dcserter now in Germany,
valued at about e ght hundred and
fftt thousand dollars today was
seized by Colonel Miller, alien proper
h custodian Oh theSunitcd States. 1t
consists of real estate and money on
donosit N four local banking ihstitu-
tioqs The property was held oy Berg
dolf's mother under power OF attorney.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
"AolNo HOME BREW
Grape Juice Makes Appeals To Con.
Aress For Help.

Washington, May q Home brew
and soft drinks OF cereal origin are
cutting deeply the grape juice bus.r
ness, John r, Welch, head of the COM
pany that bears his name, told the
senate finance committee today in
plead ng for reduction of taxes. 81 aa
He named the beverages, includr
ing home brew, which he said inter
fered with grape juice markets.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
TRuckMAN KILLED
North Adams Man Is Fatally Crushed
Between Motor Cars.

North Adams May 27-Merritt Il.
Wheeler, 35, - member of the truck.
ing firm OF Wheeler G. Amell. was
almost instantly killed when he was
jammed between one of his own
trucks and another on Mohawk trail
about 4 yesterday afternoon.
Wheeler met his death after he had
stopped his truck to put water in the
radiator. He had gone to the rear
of his machine, which was facing
up The Mohawk trail, to block the rear
wheel, and just as he stepped from
behind 1t "a large oil-distributing
truck, owned by the state h ghway
commission and driven by Geroge
Capen of Everett, came along on its
way down the trail Capen did not
see Wheeler. The latter was caught
between the two trucks.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
Many Mtssino.

Every ycnr uo fewer than S00o0
persons are reported missing in Lon
don alone Some Of theu are never
seen nor heard OF. ugain; others. after
weeks or months of absence. return
aud take up the threads Of their FOR
mer life as IL they had never left It,
GrUoAlya Eagle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
LEGION PROTESTS.
Tells Congress to Keep Hands, Off
Forces In Germany.

Washington, May 27~-A resolution
disappearing the proposal in Congress
for immediate withdrawal of Ameri-
can forces from Germany was adopt
ed last night by the National Commit
tee on VI litary Policy Of the American
Legion Referring to the resolution
the committee went on record against
the withdrawal of American forces
on the Rhine by congressional resolu-
ton and declared the quest'o on as to
when they properly should be with
drawn should be left to the d secretion
of the president.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
t2o YEARS OLD

But Deaths Not Due to Advanced
u. Age, .,,,,
Reading, Call, May 81 Tom Delta,
a yenerab e. Wintoop Indian, died re.
Gently near Antler, northern California
The coroner's inquest returned yer-
dict. of death due to lack of nourish-
ment and care and fixed Deltas age
at ABOUT l20 years"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27

latrimOny would be great deal
easier II she would liltp his felix's and
he could see anything to admire in
her folks
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
ARLINGTON

See slader, optometrist, at the Arco
tomorrow Adv,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-05-27
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight and warmer Satur-
day unsettled
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
FAITHFUL IN ADVERSELY.

Father Baerty B. F. NJ, of North
kslansu, calls the. Chinese the first
among pagan nations. Not only do
they readily learn Christian doctrine,
but they often show wonderful tenac.
ity to its principles in the most adj
verse circumstances. He cites as an
example Of this one woman who pre-
served her faith forty-two years with
out seeing priest or scarcely a
Christian during that period She had
never missed her daily prayers and
when brought in contact with the mis-
.sionaries took up the practice of her
religion with ease. ~
Another case worthy of attention
was that of a young woman who when
twenty-six years old had been baptized
at Shens. She practiced her religion
faithfully, but unhappily her husband
did not enter the church. His influ-
ence was not beneficial to his wife,
but she remained mistaken in her de-
votion to her church.
She even installed little altar in
her home, with d statue and two, can.
dlesticks.
She was SO assidnous in her relig.
ious practices and SO intolerant OF
pagan superstitions, that the neigh.
bors soon realized that she was a
fearless Christian.
The evil one, vexed at this zeal, in
famed the anger of the pagans, who
accused the husband and wife oil
adopting the strangers religion.
! The mandarin Of this province was
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
BISHOP EULOGlZEs WHITE
FATHERS.

The Archbishop of Algiers availed
of the recent occasion of the golden
jubilee Of the religious Congregations
of the White Fathers and the Mis-.
sionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa
to send circular letter to his clergy
in which he recalls the good work
performed by these Jealous men and
women. In his letter his Grace says
that in the far-off regions of Central
Africa the Goodness of God has
worked miracles by means of the
White Fathers. AT the end of 1915
the total number of the faithful in the
district of the Great Lakes was 273,
206, and that of the Catechumens
139,281. The Archbishop also states
that the reports of the different mis-
sions prove that the practices Of re
ligion are everywhere held in honor
The number of Communions rose be
tween June, 1917, and June, 1918, tt
4,450,61S.
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
THE CHINESE AND JAPANESE
COMPARED.

Mgr. Reiners, S. V. D., Bishop OF
Niigita; Japan, thus compares the
Japanese and Chinese character:
with regard to character and men
tai qualities, the Japanese are more
susceptible of Christian tenets than
the Chinese. In Japan, more so than
in China, is there real religious in
terest that draws the catechumens to
Christianity. Unselfshness is much
more pronounced in the Japanese than
in the Chinese The Japanese is more
self-sacrifcing than the Chinese. The
Japanese character reveals an emf
nent courage; heroism is, indeed, one
of the true characteristics of the
Japanese. The Japanese is mentally
more active than the Chinese. He ap
plies himself with keener interest tC
the solution of, intellectual, principally
of ethical, problems. In fact, one finds
the Japanese people, if one has grown
rightly to understand them, to be 6
very desirable object of mission activ
ity. The Japanese are clearly; they
are pleasant in temperament. They
are agreeable in conversation; they
have a sense of the beautiful and the
noble; they are intelligent; they are
possessed of an appreciation of ethica
and religious problems"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
NOT FORGOTTEN BY HER UNCLE
SAM.

Gardner, Massachusetts,, has sent
one of it's daughters as a missionary
nun to johannesburg, South Africa,
and the good old State is also gener-
Gus in its offerings to the field affair."
Sister Mary of st. John Berchmans,
in acknowledging some gifts, says:
1T is very pleasant to know that
the people of my Uncle SANS country
are SO rapidly developing an interest
in foreign mission work. There is a
wide field, for American hearts and
heads: and dollars, and the Catholic
missionary work of our people will
some day, with the blessing of the
God of nations, be power in lands
where now Protestant and American
are synonymous
'"The united work of the pastor and
people OF parish in the cause of our
Divine Lord is sure to bring a bless
ing upon the leader and those led, and
not the least, am sure, will be the
reactionary effect upon the parish it.
self. Honest-minded people cannot
look to Gods interests abroad with
out having an eve to those at home
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
A LITTLE BLACK HERO.

A little Catholic negro boy was tax
ing care of a flock of goats in the
mountains. Before he was aware of
it, he had strayed with them far from
his native village, and suddenly found
himself in the territory of a neighbor
ing Mohammedan tribe that was at
war with his own people. =
He was soon surrounded by hostile
menacing faces. His enemies deter
mined to make him apostatize.
''You are Christian" said one.
eyes, am a Christian" answered
the child. Don't you see the cross
on my breast?'
"Yes, but nevertheless, you are go
ing to renounce your religion"
Never" cried, the child. 4
eff you don't, we will cut off both
your hands"
The child drew himself up proudly
"You don't know what 1t is to be a
Christian. Give me sword"
A sword was handed to him, and
without moments hesitation he lap
ped off his left hand, and threw it al
the feet Of the chief, saying, "There
lis one! Take the other if you want
to-"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05

! a tyrant. He hailed the man before
him, but the coward repudiated Cathol-
ieism at the first accusation.
The wife, however, affirmed her com
version and offered to die in defense
thereof.
The mandarin, disconnected by this
loyalty. ordered the men to bring her
eprecious statue of the Blessed Mother
and burn it before the idol in the
temple of the town. The two candle
sticks were also destroyed.
The woman was allowed to return
to her home, however. There she
continued to pray far from church
priest or Christians alone in pagan
family. This situation lasted fol
thirty years, when Providence tool
pity upon her. Judge Of her joy wher
she learned one day that a Catholic
priest had arrived in the community
and would administer the Sacramento
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
A BEGGAR IN SEARCH OF AIMS

The Bishop Of Mangalore has had
the satisfaction of ordaining goodly
number of native priests and conse-
Guently the mission has been deVei-
oped in a manner impossible If he had
10 depend on European priests. He
sets forth his case in this communi-
cation:
I'm the course of the last ten years
| have established as many as fifteen
new stations with a resident priest in
each of them, and am now busy ar
ranging for the opening of three other
stations. At the next ordination in
December, my seminary will give me
six new priests and | am working to
omen up new fields for their zeal. But
have you an idea of the heavy finan
cial cost of founding station? The
acquisition of the plat, the building OF
a chapel, school, priests residence
and the necessary furniture make ur
4 heavy bill and the poor bishop must
go round like beggar in search Of
benefactors to help him to pay the
bill Ii is unpleasant, but there is nc
help" -.. ST..
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
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MhaAAM M MISSION E!E@RsA

we will all. be down sick on account
of it.
"One of my poor native Sisters is
dying of tuberculosis. Last week /
took her on long journey to see a
doctor, but he gave us little encour-
agement. AS we have no infirmary
where she could be properly cared for,
have given her my room and have
taken up my abode in one corner OF
the veranda-rather an exposed place
for nuns cell!
"On our recent journey to see the
doctor we met several Protestant mis-.
sion workers, men and women, and we
couldn't help noticing how very com
Portable they looked. Not that either
of us had any temptation to envy
them; it isn't luxuries that we want
but just the barest necessities of life;
for instance, some good pure drinking
water and plenty of rain water te
wash with and one room that we
could set aside for an infirmary sc
that the sick might retire from the
public view"
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05

49, .
On the Gold Coast, during the same
lapse of time. thirty-five chapels and
forty-five stations were built; In West
ern Nigeria, fifty-four churches and
thirty-six stations.
The piety of the converts is likewise
progressive. 4rt. u
In Dahomey, during the past year,
40. 900 confessions and 10000 COM
munions were registered.
To serve all these churches, sta.
tons. schools, native seminaries. dis.
pensaries. etc, one hundred mission.
aries are wanted in each vicariate and
just as many catechists and nuns, yet
only an average of twenty-five of them
are to be found-for instance, in the
Benin twenty-six priest missionaries
twenty-five catechists, twenty-eight
nuns Everywhere the proportion Is
the same. I'll aA us
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
A PAINFUL SIMILARITY.

To read one missionary letter now
is to read them all, for there is a re-
markable unanimity in the views ex-
pressed by priests in the foreign field
Therefore in presenting this com
munication from Rev. J. Delyvert, l.
AT. NJ, Of Waterloo, Liberia, West AT
RIGA, we set forth again the present
crises in the mission world
Liberia, the Negro Free State, is
nominally Protestant, but the Lyons
African Mission Society has beer
struggling valiantly there for a mum
Der of years.
Father Delyvert says:
''Ten years ago there was no Catho
lie chapel in this little city of 5000 in
habitants. Eight Protestant churches
had long occupied the town, their
work being made easy by the freec
slaves imported from various colonies
and already converted to Protestant
ism.
"Today we are 800 Catholics and VIZ
have a church owing to the liberalitS
of a Catholic American; but we havt
no dwelling house and no proper
school. We rent native houses which
do not fit the purpose at all, and w
are kept in a sdesolate state of in
I feriority in comparison with our long
( ago established rivals, The high COS
of living adds to our difficulties
Everything is paid high, even thu
hosts destined to become the Breat
of Life, We cannot keep an orphan
for less than $25 year; a bushel o
rice is S. These facts speak TO
themselves, and L hope eloquent.
enough to secure aid for Liberia
The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-05
FRENCH TRAINING PRIESTS FOR
THE AFRICAN MISSIONS.
(By N. C. VIC. News Service. /,

>(By N. C. VIC. News Service.)
The African Missions, organization
established at Lyons, during these
past six months has opened in France
seven new houses designed for the
training of missionaries; seminary
of philosophy, three preparatory sem
inaries and three novitiates for the
Brothers. All these various houses
are well provided with their person
mel, and studies are already begun,
Very important information regard
Ing the progress OF evangelization II
Africa and the needs of the apostle
ship is contained in the appeal pub
slished by the Missions for the recruit
ing of new missionaries.
In the Benin, many conversions arr
to be registered. Since 19l7,- twenty
new churches and twenty-five second
airy stations were built.