The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-04-02
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

cent conditions that it is very un- wise to form snap judgment Evil is noticed more than good. I believe that the preponderance of the good over the evil is at least as great now as heretofore If not grandma, per hans grandpop can wise us up in this matter. I am leery of vice statis- ties. A Killarny boatman was told once by an American tourist, All vour facts are lies and all your real facts are damned lies" Nerbum sap. Read back in literature, especlaliy that of the pulpit. Things looked pretty bad often in I've olden time but were they as bad as pictured?"
 Tn regard to the unrest" in the world today-the NeNatloas, lions. and other diverting elements and whether it is up to the church as it were or the state, to correct these conditions, Father Kerrigan thus expressed himself;
 Among governments, common, open and above board honesty, frank ness and candor toward one another and more thought and action for the good of their subjects is absolutely necessary. Among the subjects of these governments, patience, forbear-
 
 one-should be the slogan. This fl observed conscienciously and as far as poor human nature will allow and speaking by and large, l think would help matters more than nearly any thing else. As far as the proper rela- tions between church and state Will allow, 1t is up to the church. and. as far as l have noticed, the church. as a general rule, is and always has been up to it. to assist in ameliorat- ing unhappy conditions In the world.
 "Tell me something about the new Pope, and your opinion of his quail fications for the highest office in your chureh?" I asked in conclusion.
 "Our present Holy Father Plus xI, Is well fitted by his hitherto expe- rienee to serve his church in the in tricate problems now facing 1t when the world is as it were in state of rebirth. Milan of which he was the recent archbishop, is one of the most important sees in Italy and being prominent as an industrial center re- quired in its spiritual head an un usual knowledge of social and po litical problems. As nuncio to Po- land his diplomacy was put to the test and stood 1t. for there he handled so masterfully an acute situation that the late Benedict KY showed his qualification thereat by conferring upon his nuncio the car dinalate. That Plus XI is a learned man is indicated by his former office of librarian of the famous Ambrosian library in Milan and his later and life position in the worlds greatest li brary-the Vatican. Moreover and all-important, Plus XI Is priest of burning zeal and of a piety simple and childlfke. His attitude toward this country is expressed by his words of unbounded admiration tc the cardinal-archbishop of Boston. After declaring his joy that our country at the Washington confer ence had taken the first step toward the decrease of the monstrous evil of armament he said. you Americans are young in years. but old in vision. worldly justice and peace; your great moral and spiritual stability and your infinite riches make you the hope and sheet-anchor of the world.
 Tn Plus XI we behold a coneentra- 1 tion of those magnificent qualities that presage a reign remarkable in it's achievements for the church that l he represents.r