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will amount 10 some $4,500,000, but
Mr.. Massey, the Prime Minister,
states that an Improvement in the fl
lancial situation warrants them. 1t
is also proposed to permit business
losses to be set off against profits for
three succeeding years.
Kn}iy Act-Americans travel
ling in Germany have been liberal
in heir donations to ease the SAT
fayinos Of German children in the
poorer sections Recently the Berlin
onera singer Leo Schutzendorf, was
dining in hotel in Baden when a
party OF Americans recognized him.
One Of them asked him to sing a GER
tain song which he has made famous.
He consented on the condition that a
collection be taken up for the benefit
OF the poor children of Berlin. The
donations thus received, at the cur
rent rate of exchange, amounted to
100000 marks.
Blind Priests Still Laboring.-Eng
fish newspapers have been devoting
considerable attention to the activi-
ties of the Rev. Philip Crafty, a blind
priest, who, despite his infirmity, is
busy with authorship, preaching, lee
turing and many other activities. A
remarkable fact is that Father Graty's
own brother and brother priest, Fa-
Their Leo Crafty, also is blind, and he
too has been overcoming that handi-
cap and labcring vigorously for the
good of souls The Rev. Father Kane,
S. J., is another blind priest we'll
known in England and Ireland for
both his sermons and writings.
German Protestants to Use Title of
Bishop.-The title of Bishop, to
designate the head of the Evangelical
council of that Church, although a
proposal to create other Bishops to as
sist in the government of the Church
was rejected. Under the old monarchy
the Emperor was the head of the es-
tablished Church but under the re-
publican regime it has been necessary
heretofore to confide it's supreme di.
rection to an official known as the
General Superintendent" The mat.
ter of the creation of other Bishops
has been referred to the next General
Synod.
Synod in PoIand.-His Eminence,
Cardinal Kakowsky, presided over the
Catholic Synod lately held in War
saw, the first that has assembled all
Bishops and clergy of Polish nation
ality since the partition of Poland
nearly two centuries ago. One of the
principal tasks Of the Synod was the
application of the new Canon Law to
the legislation of resuscitated Poland.
The Polish press, commenting on the
religious revival among the people,
gives three millions as the fihmber
of pilgrims to the Calvary at Ze-
bridovicz during August. These fig
ures are unprecedented in the history
of the shrine.
Nancy Passion PIay.-The Passion
Play at Nancy this year drew many
thousand spectators. It's production
is relatively recent in origin, having
been inaugurated only few years be.
fore the Great War by Able Petit,
parish priest of St. Joseph at Nancy
who is now Monsignor. The, under.
taking was interrupted by the war
but was resumed in 1920, and has been
given again in 1921 and 1922. The
recent attendance figures have fa1
exceeded two hundred thousand Last
year the Papal Nuncio and Their
Eminences, Cardinals MERCER and
Lucon, attended and expressed warm
| approval. There are some seven
hundred players, all belonging to Mgr
Petit's parish Of st. Joseph. Among
those who have been taking part in
the performances have been many
former officers. The service given is
entirely voluntary. At first Mgr. Petit
presented the play in the open air
Later he erected theater, which was
destroyed by shell in 1917. After
the war he built another theater.
When London was Roman.-Recent
excavations in London have led to the
discovery of a number of relics of the
Roman period. As result archaeol
ogists think the ancient church of St
Peter's-upon-C ornhill may have beer
built inside what was once a Roman
fortress. 1t is expected that future
| investigations will show that this was
the first fortified camp of the Romans
and, if so, it is possible that it was
built Immediately after the re-estab
lishment of order following Boadicea's
revolt. Mr.. W. C. Edwards, a we'll
known archaeologist, who has beer
largely responsible for these discover
les, says that during the next few
years more Roman discoveries may be
made in the City than have beer
made for centuries. The old Roman
wall of London lies mainly about Ii
feet to Is feet below the present street
level, but in some places is, only
feet below street level. Modern build
ings are going down to such a deptf
| that unsupported remains of ancient
London are being revealed, and al
theories may have to be reeast ant
modified
War Memorial of Bretons.-Mgr
Cerretti, Papal Nuncio, blessed the
cornerstone of the monument being
erected by Catholic Brittany, at Sainte