The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-02-19
OLD WORLD NEWS

ULD WUkLD NEWS
Paris Young Men.-The General
Council of the French Catholic Young
Mems Association has announced the
reconstruction of all its groups dis
persed by the war, the number of
groups in 1920 being increased from
1920 to $500.
Poland Thanks France.-Archbish
op Giuseppe Teodorowicz of Lemberg
and Prince Bishop Sapieha, of era.
COW, have arrived in. Paris to thank
the French government and the Cath.
Ollie hierarchy for material and moral
assistance given to Poland.
Pope Receives Austrian Archduke.
Pope Benedict the other day re.
ceived Joseph Francis of Austria, to
whom the honors due royalty were
accorded. The archduke was accom-
panied by his gentleman in waiting,
Count Somszich, Minister to the Holy
See, and Secretary of Legation Boro.
PapaI Plea to League.-The vati-
can has requested the league of ma.
lions to intervene for the protection Of
the Christian population of Cilicia,
Asia Minor. The Christians, it is set
forth, are menaced by the Turks after
the falling back of the French troops
that have been occupying interior pc.
sitions in that area.
Manuscripts Of Music.-Italy has
laid claim to the famous collection
of medieval musical manuscripts
made by Johann Hinderbach, an Aus
trian priest, who late in the fifteenth
century became Bishop of Trent.
This collection was bought by Aus
tria from Trent Cathedral in 1890, and
comprises 1853 pieces of the earliest
known French, German, English,
Italian and Latin scores, forming a
history Of music from 1000 to 140O A.
D.
+ Dutch Ministry at Vatican.-The
Netherlands government has decided
to raise the rank of it's diplomatic
representation at the Vatican from
the status of temporary to perma-
nent. On a vote of credit for 10000
forms being put to the Chamber for
this purpose, the measure was passed
by Sc votes in favor as against IL in
opposition. The Netherlands Minis
ter to the Vatican is Jonkheer o. van
Nispen, who has held the post since
1915.
New British Taetics.-The Irish In
dependent, the most widely circulated
Catholic daily in Ireland, gives prom
inence to long message from its spe-
cial correspondent in Rome, which
states that Irish affairs have reached
a crisis in the Roman Curia. British
pressure, it declares, is becoming
more and more insistent, and is be-
ginning to tell. Only the recent prov
idential arrival in Rome of Archbish-
op Clune, of Perth, and the ever just
and generous Bishop Amigo, of South.
wark, averted disaster. An attempt
has been made to repeat the tactics of
condemnation of the Parnell testi.
monial and Land League Campaign.
Catholic Franee.-Recent investiga-
tons in Brittany have proved conclu-
sively that most parents there prefer
sending their children to the paro-
chial schools, rather than to the State
official schools. The Catholic Nouvel-
liste de Bretagne published the result
of an inquiry, conducted particularly
with reference to the district of Nor
delles, which shows there are 61O chill.
dren in the Catholic schools against
1853 in the state schools. At Neuvry-
en-Mauges, village of Anjou, only
one pupil was educated in the state
school for the past twenty-five years.
All the rest attended parochial
schools.
Trappists in Annam.-A Trappist
monastery was recently founded in
AMMAN, at Phnoe Son, China. Al
ready dozen young monks are OBJ
serving the rule with enthusiasm and
are evidently in love with their aus.
tere life. They recite the short Office
in Latin. One of the monks is
a converted bonze, son of the fero-
cious prosecutor of Christians, Mimi
Mang, veritable Annamite Nero.
This bonze is the most devout mem
Der of the community, and works hard
at clearing the forest, for the monas.
terry is situated in the midst of the
jungle. But soon the wilderness will
bloom, after the manner of La Trappe,
and bear fruit wherewith the poor
community can support itself.
Benedict XIV Is Art Patron.-Al.
though the Popes of today cannot af
ford to spend enormous sums on ar
lists, sculptors and decorators as did
the pontiffs Of the Renaissance, Bene
dict XIV is patron Of the arts, and
has allowed two artists to have stu
dos and work on the grounds of the
Vatican. They are Quadroni, the
sculptor, who at the Pope's expense
is modelling more than life-size stat.
ue of the late Cardinal Rampolla for
his monument in the Church of Santa
Cecilia and the artist Antonelli, who