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DISCHARGE


IN the matter of Omer Manlove, bank
rupt No. 5003, in Bankruptcy
Dlstrlct OF Indiana, SIS:
IN On this 18Th day Of May. A. D., 1922.
rupt for his charge, it is ordered by
me court, that hearing be had upon
me same on the Goth day of June A.
y, 1922, before said court, at Indian
apoLs, IN said district, at 8 o'clock in
the forenoon, and that notice thereof
be published twice in the Palladium
ana sun Telegram, newspaper print
ed in said district, and that al known
creators and other persons in interest
may appear at the said time and place
and show cause, if any they have, why
the prayer Of the said petitioner should
And it is further ordered by the
court, that the clerk shall send by mail
to all known creditors copies Of said
petition and this order, addressed to
stated
ANDERSON
Judge Of said court and the seal there
the 18th day of May. A. D., 1922.
NOBLE c. BUTLER,
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| Il for its own purposes; it is under
the complete control and direction
OF "a most anti-Christian and athe-
istical Government which has never
lost an opportunity of harrying re-
ligion," and the real object of it is
TO destroy the Russian Church by
the process known as boring from
within"
II this impious plot is to succeed,
II the Soviet Government is TO ac-
conplish its ayowed purpose to de-
stroy religion. if through force and
fraud the Russian Church itself is
to be subverted, and il, in conse-
quence, the masses of the Russian
people are to pass, in the words of
De Maistre quoted by your corre-
spondent, from superstitution into
atheism" the result will be one
with which the whole world will
have to reckon.
One fact this article should help
us TO keep in view and that is that
Bolshevism is the declared enemy
Of Jesus Christ, and that the tri-
umph of Bolshevism would mean,
and is intended TO mean, the de-
struction of religion, of morality
and of Christian civilization.
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
FOREWORD

culated that he has sbaicated lis
Office Should deceive no one. The
truth is that he i5 silenced. held IN
prison, shasnesuiiy misrepresented
and deprived By the Government Of
ali opportunity 20 exercise his Of
flce. Few aen IN any age have
borne such witness for Christ as
this faithful Bishop, who for years
lived here n America and is known
TO many among Us.
A chuFcn witch can show such
fruits as these deserves the prayers
and help OF Cliristendom, and their
ancient church IS the one strong
force for religion among the Rus
sian people.
An assault upon il is now being
made, however. far more insidious
than tic open persecution which it
has aireGdy endured. An organiza-
tion has been formed which bears
the name OF the-"Living Church
and which is heralded as the Re-
formed Church of Russia. This or
ganization, your correspondent
states, has drawn to its service cer-
tain renegade bishops and priests;
1t is proposing to take the ancient
church into its own hands and use
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
!, WARRING ON RELIGION, OVERTHROW RUSSIAN CHURCH
THE RIGHT REVEREND WILLIAM T. MANNING, D. D.,
BISHOP OF NEW YORK.

r HOPE the following article, di-
rect from Moscow, describing
the present situation Of the
church in Russia, will be widely
read.
II presents facts which in large
part have been skillfully kept from
view and as to which clear under
standing is most important.
These facts are OF the gravest
concern to all Christians OF what
ever communion IN the United
States and elsewhere. Trustworthy
information. which I have secured
from several sources, confirms the
statements contained in this article.
The Russian Church has had its
shortcomings. as this writer recog-
nizes, but 1t has kept alive deep
faith among its people, and in these
days OF its fierce trial it has shown
its power to produce saints and
martyrs. ALI who have come into
contact with the Patriarch Tikhon
testify to his noble character, to his
spiritual power and to the heroic
part he has played in this tersAble
period. The statement widely cir-
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

ject OF their religion as they are on
every other subject save drinking,
dancing and playacting. They would
perhaps accept, Slavonic Bibles pre-
sented TO them by pious Americans,
but they would never pay for them
and never read them. Hence the as
sertion that Slavonic Christianity is
losing ground very fast in Russia AS
the teaching OF religion is prohibited
in all public and private schools. and
q sentence OF one year at hard labor
is imposed for each breach of this
regulation, the new generation prob
ably will grow up without any religion.
In forty years Russia viii thus have
gone much further in the direction Of
agnosticism than western Europe has
gone in 400 years.
The orthodox in Moscow were for
merly free from any feeling OF self
consciousness or human respect in the
public exescise of their religion. In
that they we're like Mohammedans,
who. In their own countries. pray as
openly as If there were nobody in the
world save Allah and themselves. Ger
tainly there was nothing like that
complete unconsciousness of onlookers
some OF them possibly enemies
others armed with cameras-in any
other Christian country.
This is nearly all gone. When 4
tram passes the Iversly gate, you can
only see a couple OF old women cross
ing themselves Afurtively in g corner.
! am told, however, that there is Il
great revival. os devotion among the
young ladies' and gentlemen OF the
intellectual" classes who formerly
looked on their national church with
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
Bolshevist Bishop and Renega d Q
Priests Now Control Religious Des-
tinies Of Scores Of Millions Gov
ernment, Openly Preaching Atheism,
Forbids Religious Instruction, De-
stroys Shrines, Terrorizes Faithful

SLOW they are at any work of repara-
tion or reconstruction. They have
been tinkerlng for months past al the
former German Consulate and at a
great number of other slightly dam
aged houses which an English or
American building contractor could
make habitable in a few weeks, but
winter will probably catch them with
this task uncompleted, so that they
may have TO begin IL all over again
next spring; but when it comes 10 bat
tering down a beautiful religious shrine
they can do 1t in few dsys. In the
same way itsonly took them couple
OF years TO shatter the whole eco
nomic structure of Russia. but at their
present rate of progress 1t Will take
them century TO rebuild that struc-
ture.
one would not expect TO finF the
same iconoclastic spirit in the country
districts; but it Is to be feared that
many OF the MgShiks are allowing
shrines and even churches to fall into
decay, since they are no longer COM
PEELED or persuaded by law, by custom
or by ecclesiastical eXhortations 10
keep them in repair.
Non-Christian tribes and non-Ortho-
COX communities are everywhere en-
couraged by the local Soviets TO pull
down or appropriate Orthodox cmolems
and shrines erected, and In this way
an enormous number OF such eunblens
and shrines have. disappeared or
changed hands.
The monasteries and nunneries will
almost certainly be confiscated next
year, probably TO be used as hospitals,
81 chools, barracks and Government in
stitutions. What is going on under
our eyes, but without exciting any
particular attention on the part of the
press, is a stupendous ecclesiastical
decay not less extensive or significant
than the subsldence of the Eastern
Church in Asia Minor and northern
Africa under the attacks of the medie-
val Mohammedans. One night a
few weeks ago l sat at a window Of
the former Hotel Astoria (now the
Bolshevik headquarters), in st. Isaac's
Square, Petrograd, and looked out at
the mighty church after which the
square is named Noticing the direction
OF my glance. one Of the commissars,
turned and said to me with smile:
"It seems solid. Doesn't it? But all. the
architects who have recently exam
ined II assure US that the foundations
are giving way, for it is built. as you
know, on piles driven into a swamp.
It is alHeady out Of perpendicular.
IT. is doomed. II may last ten twenty
years; but nothing can save it.
The Moscow Fiolsheviks complain
that sometimes even the Communist
newspapers in the provinces arc too
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

one can well imagine. But outside the
hremlin the Soviet Government is be-
ginning TO demolish no less than twen-
ty-hve street shrines. containing holy
ikons, with lamps burning day and
night before them. The largest OF
these was I'm Moses Square, near the
end of Tverskaya street. A month
ago it was surrounded with a wooden
fence, AZ the Cars house at Ekaterin-
burg was sfrouded from the public
gaze, and behind this fence the sedge
hammers of Communist worlSrnen
smashed altar stones and ikons. cruel
fixes and carved texts OF scripture.
When j. left Moscow q few days ago
this beautiful shrine had completely
disappeared. 1t was larger than the
stone cross at Charing Cross station,
London. and. being situated in the
middle of very wide and busy thor
oughfare, infested by furious motor
cars. II was great help to foot pas
sengers crossing the street, permit
ting them as il did TO take breath for
moment in place OF safety before
attempting the rest of their Journey
On the other hand. it did not inter-
fere with the wheeled traffic.
The remaining twenty -four shrines
will soon be pulled down. One OF
them, huge church. tower standing in
Great Nikinskaya Street, near the
headquarters OF the 4. L. Az has al
ready been surrounded With the fatal
wooden fence behind which the work
Of demolition will rapidly be accom-
plished. It is surprising, indeed. how
'apidly the Bolsheviks accomplish any
work OF desecrauon and destruction to
which they put their hands and how
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
The Boisheviks See Plot
BY the Church for Revolt

In the meantime the Government
was dealing sternly with the clergy
opposing confiscation. The chief priest
OF the Moscow diocese, the Metropoli-
tan krutitsky- Evsevy. died early in
February and the Patriarch appointed
Archbishop Nilsander as his successor.
The Orthodox church in Russia is
ruled by bishops through senior
priests, who are called heads of dio-
ceses." n diocese is composed Of about
twenty parishes. Archbishop Nikan-
der, wishing TO acuuaint himself with
the condition of religious life in Mos
COW and to meet his clergy, summoned
a conference of the heads of dioccses
for February 81. II was after this
conference broke up that the confisca-
ton decree OF the All-Russian Cen
trail Executive Committee was pub
lished: and TO consider it Nikander
called a conference. II was decided
not to resist the Government by
or encourage the people TO do so, but
to point out 70 the faithful the legal
way OF defending the sacred vessels
and to petition the Government TO ex-
clude these or to agree 70 an ex-
change for unconsecrated objects OF
equal value and Of the, same metal.
The Government paid no attention
10 this offer, but ON the other hand
made wholesale arrests OF the Mos
cow priests. Among those still In
prison are Archbishops Nikander and
Seraphin. Bishop Ilarion. almost all
the members Of the Supreme Church
Administration and the Moscow
Eparchial Council, as we'll as many
distinguished priests. The general ex-
PLANTATION OF the sudden arrests was
that, being determined TO confscate
the sacred vessels and fearing oppo-
sition from tho faithful. the Govern
ment decided TO remove beforehand
those ecclesiastics who might have
headed such opposition.
Then the confiscation began. First
the church was SURROUNDED by cavalry
and infantry. Nobody was allowed In
side save the priests and the represen
tatives OF the people. AZ some dis
tance from the churches crowds would
collect: and TO judge from the cries
they were always hostile TO the Gov
ernment representatives. whom they
called atheists. plunderers and OPP
pressors. In some places boys threw
sticks and stones at the Red soldiers
and then ran away. Spies mixed with
the people, noted down those who we're
most outspoken in their criticism and
then denounced thom to the police, or
sometimes provoked men TO criticize
and then had them arrested.
Such scenes took place all over Rus
sia. and it seemed as IL a new terror
was to bo loosed. Most of the priests
sided with the Patriarch. but few
opposed him and even denounced him
IN the press. Among these were An
tonine. who had been living in retire
ment in Moscov: Bishop Evdoky OF
Nizhninoveorod a group OF Petrograd
priests led by Father Vedensky and
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
Persecution CiesnSed Church
Ard the Reds were Alarmed

Do The f,rs, year of its existence Tho
Commun!s; Government OF Rusaiu
looked on religion with contempt ami
underestima;ed its force. II Thought
that II il deprived the church OF it's
material resources and carried on
few religious discussions in pubuc the
roots which Eastern Christianity had
fixed IN tho soul OF the Russian people
would quickly die. \ great Russian
ecciesiastic informs Tus New Yos,-
HERALD correspondent that events
have proved The Government TO have
been wrong IN this estimate Religion
in Russia was cleansed and strength
ened by persecution and repression
Tho Government suddenly became
aware that the church was strong anu
we'll organized when il began TO take
away the church's possessions. 50 IL
Gecided either TO destroy the churoh or
70 Bring Il into subjection."
During tho trial of Tie hfty-four
ono frequently heard the president or
the court and the accuscrs spealiug
o. the ecclesiastical hierachys exist
cnce as illegal" Tic official Tsvcstia
read the same meaning into the oe
cree separating church and state.
"The very fact os the srchdeacoits
having met together AT Bishop Nj
Coutinucd on Pare Twelve
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
Soviet's Policy Called
Distinctly Anti Church

Referring TO the Bolshevik state
nent that there has been no attack
upon the church" high and impartial
authority writes TO me:
This statement is not in accordance
with fact. The Soviet Government
has from the outset pursued a def
u.tely anti-clerical policy and has
never lost an opportunity 10 hold
religion up 10 ridicule. The latest leg
lslation on the subject Of religion is
particularly Illuminating as showing
It's attitude in this connection. Clause
l21 OF the New Criminal Code runs
rs follows: The teaching of religious
beliefs in State or private educational
establishments and schools to children
of tender age and to minors is punish
sble by forced labor for a period not
exceeding one year
According 10 the same authority the
pyTlaging Of the church was quite un-
(nccesssry, for Il the Soviet Govern
ment wanted jewelry to sell it could
sell the jewels in the kremlin. These
they exhibited to former Gov. Good
rich of Indiana, when he was here, and
he agrees with the Bolsheviks that
the total value of these crown Jewels
docs not fall short of one milliard Of
gold 'rubles.
The Central Famine Committee,
which had called OH Tikhon for con-
tribution 20 the fund, was satisfied
with the offering OF unconsecrated
objects. But sntl-clericais such as
callsin tGorev) scoffed at the small
ness OF H. An article appeared in the
prdrdd over Gorav's signature, en-
titled The Mountain Brings Forth a
Mouse and this was followed by Bit
ernmcnt newspapers and en placards
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

The Patriarch said that he found
himself compelled, IN accordance with
the church's laws TO condemn the con-
fiscation; that in the event of conflict
between the civil law and the canon
law he considered it his duty 10 obey
the canon law, and that he took on
himself full responsibility for the
drawing up, publication and distribu-
ton OF his message.
Then the court, on the demand OF
the prosecution, at once ordered the
Patriarch to be tried as the principal
culprit II also ordered the trial OF
NikanGer and the arrest of those Mos
cow arcpdeacons who had attended the
meeting Of March and who. so far,
had not beer taken.
The result of the trial was that
eight priests and three deacohs were
condemned ia death. On learning this
the Patriarch at once wrote from his
prison three letters-one to the Coun-
Gil OF Peoples ComInissars, one to
Kalinine and one to Koursky, COM
missar for Justice. He protested that
the punishment did not correspond
with the charge: pointed out the in
justice Of condenning subordinates.
who were obliged to obey without
question the orders OF their ecclesias-
teal superiors; and. taking all re-
spons.bility OH himself, asked that he
he executed instead.
Eleven capital sentences were passed
upon laymen. some OF whom had done
| nothing more than sign a petition for
the exclusion of the sacred vessels
At Sudinsi four more laymen were
sentenced TO death, and at Rostov
Bishop Arsensius received n death
sentence, which later was commuted
10 ten years in prison.
An appalling impression was made
in ecclesiastical and Orthodox circles.
Nevertheless not one Russian Chris
tian dared to come forward 10 ask n
pardon. The only ones TO beg for a
remission We're some followers OF Toll
stoi, several schismatics and a few
Jews. Orthodox congregations were
the only ones to keep silent. They
feared a petition by them would do
more harm than good. Persons in
CLOSE touch with the Government
whispered 70 the faithful that the
more they pressed for a pardon the
more their insistence would testify TO
the influence OF the condemned men
over the masses. AS the Government
has an intense fear for any adverse in
fluence over the people il is pitiless
toward those who WELD such influence.
An appeal in Cessation having been
refused. the All-Russian Central Com
mittee commuted six of the death SEN
tences. The priests. Zaozerski, Soko-
Iov. Nadejdiu and Telegem and the
deacon, Titchimorov, were executed.
Death sentences we're only pro-
nounced at Shouyem Novsorod and
Ncyoeherkask. In other places the
bishops and priests we're thrown into
prison 70 await trial.
The OBJECT Of the Government was
attained. Tho priesthood was terror
ized. The average Church member
remained silent. paralyzed with fear.
Some bishops and priests even came
forward 20 bless "A cynical and goddess
Government and to start reforming"
and ''revivifying" the church.
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
Christianity in Russia
Is Fast Losing Ground

The BolshevilSs certainly have been
victorious ia the first serious en-
counter with what was the greatest
other organized force in Russia. They
have failed in many things. even in
the main task of establishing Com
munism. But they have succeeded
-marvelously well in creating an anti
religious atmosphere in this country
which, five years ago. was intensely
religious. not to say superstitious.
Russian orthodox soldiers have
plundered churches at the bidding OF a
Government consisting wholly OF atho-
lists and anti-clericals. They have
thrown into sacks the chalices TO
which ten years ago they attributed
supernatural powers They have tied
up priests whom they looked upon. ten
years ago. as wonder workers. able 70
blast them with curse. They have
shot down fellow Christians for at
tempting 10 defend the churches: and
lastly they have executed priests.
Let us consider tho religious con-
duct Of the people. Despite the many
statements that have been made i'm
America about a religious revival iu
Russia one will fliid no trace of any
such revival. but. very clear proofs
that Christianity is fast losing ground.
People hardly ever cross themselves
In tho street; and those that knew
pre-war Russia will realize what
tremendous change this is. Moreover.
few OF the male sex go to church. in
the towns at least; and the obligation
TO confess and receive the sacrament
once year is no longer, Of course.
enforced by the state, as II once was
in the case of students, officers. SOL
diors and Government servants. ~
Government servant who exhibits de-
votion 70 religion is unlikely TO get OIL.
Tho DolshevilS Government for tho
last Eve years has carried on an anti
Christian propaganda by word OF
mouth rs well ss b. press. No re-
lieious books arc printed. The White
russians are as habby on the sub
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
Court Crowd Resents
Abuse of the Patriarch

On May : a sensation was caused
by the appearance of the Patriarch
and Archbishop Nikander as WITT
nesses. They had been summoned b.
tho prosecution, and the examination
of the Patriarch lasted for hours.
When he entered the overcrowded hall
every one present stood UP, and when
In the middle of the examination the
accuser rude fellow who had brow
beaten the accused a1the way through.
turned to him with an insulting ques-
ton there arose such loud protests in
the body OF the court that the trial
had TO be interrupted and some OF the
public turned away.
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

something ute contempt and who
were. in facs, "parlor BoishovilIs" at a
time when The Imperial Government
protected them against the real or
slaughter hOdsc Boishs viks These
bourgeois classes Gro NOW the main
stay OF the clergy o. elise (Which is
even better have had thcir eyes
opened to the shortcomings OF their
own variety of Christianity and arc
earnestly studying other varieties.
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
Destroying the ShTines
And Seizing MonsSteries

True, that innumcrable crosses still
glitter over the towcrs and spires of
the Kremlin, greatly 10 the delight OF
American visitors, who arc inclined to
favor Bolshevism. why, they haven't
removed single ipne Of their religious
emblems," said Mr.. Bloomfield. a Bos-
ton lawyer. whom I met IN the kreni-
lin some weeks ago, that shows them
TO be quito free from religious preiu-
dices. They tell me that they are 20
ing to preserve the kremlin as a great
historical museum and will not inter.
fcro with a single crucifix or church
or shriuo or ikoa or pious inscription.
Nov that Is exactly as Il should be-
AS q matter OF fact, the retention
Of tho NultitudinoIs crosses OF the
Nreml.n loes more harm than good 20
Christianity, for it associates tho re-
lEion OF Christ with the bloodstained
old Czarist system. which was about
as Cor removed from Christianity =.
The New York herald., 1922-12-03
c) stvsos ~ 80

Here is shown the destruc-
ton Of one of the finest shrines
in Moscow. dedicated by Alex
ander III. for deliverance from
death in a railroad accident.
The shrine has been completely
demolished.
The New York herald., 1922-12-03

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