The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1932-06-03
lBy FRANCls TALBOT. 81

| Wy E4N4hANOA0 AhkAOAp osVsg
| Never had he seen anything ito
equal the preparations made in
Dublin" was the comment of
Bishop Heylen. OF Namur, the
president, since 1901, of the perma-
nent committee Of the Interna-
tional Eucharistic Congresses, after
he had finished his offioiaf investi-
| cation OF the preparations for the
Thirty -F'irst International Euchar-
istic Congress TO be held this June.
That Irish genius for organization
| which has manifested itself In
every part of the world except Ire
land has at last blossomed on its
native soil. =.
For upwards Of two years, now,
the director of Organization, Frank,
| O'Reilly. and the various clerical
and lay committees, have been
| laboriously laying vast and minute
plans. have been deyising ingenious
methods of solving huge END irri.
tatingly small problems, ana have
been resolutely beating down all
the obstacles that might even in
the remotest fashion, mar me nuc-
ces. of the congress. As far as
paper plans and preparatory ac-
compliments hold In any human
event. the Eucharistic Congress OF
Dublin should tick Off with the
measured beat Of perfect clock.
with all alarms silenced. X
The political atmosphere was
cleared with the recent general
election; not that the small matter
of a government in ireland would
interfere with a tremendous spirit
ual event. but that politics might
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they were left unsettled. The last
government and the present under
canon De Valera are as alike as
two peas In their religious aspects
and their enthusiasm for the hon
oring of the Eucharistic King. Ire
land L. Catholic. And this con-
gress has to worry about nom
Catholic sentiment less than any
ever held, as 1t has to worry less
about national or civil authorities.
Christ will be given more unani-
nous and heartier hundred-thou-
sand welcomes in Ireland than
anywhere else In the world except,
perhaps, in the Vatican State.
There never has been day in
Ireland that will equal the days
from the twenty-second to the
twenty-sixth of June. And never
! has there been such a flock Of vis-
itors to 1.-THE little bit Of heaven
that dropped from out the sky" as
there will be to this paradise pre-
pared on earth for the coming OF
the King Of, Heaven. Cardinal
Lauri, as the Papa Legate, will be
in the midst of twelve and more
red ROBBED cardinals from the
United States. England, France.
Belgium, Italy, Hungary, Poland.
and possibly Germany and Spain.
About 200 archbishops and bishops
from almost every nation that can
be named have given notice OF
their coming. There Will be pres
ent Wears apostolic. some hfteen
of them, from China, Alaska, South
and West Africa, Zanzibar, and
the Fiji Islands. There will be ABB
bots. and superiors general Of
religious orders, monsignori IN
great numbers, and more than
1000 priests from the world over.
Despite the economic blight that
made many cancel their plans and,
as a consequences, made the organ
izing committee revise its estimates.
the actual bookings to date have
passed. beyond the 100000 mark,
The greatest national delegation Is
that Of the United States, which
will number, according. to the last
reports, about 10000. under the
auspices Of some sixty pilgrimages.
England and Scotland, doubtless,
will rival the American total on
the concluding day of the congress
In the way Of proportional repre-
sentation, Poland, Holland. France,
Canada, and Australia would seem
to rate highly. Italy has gracious
iv granted q 'fifty-per cent reduc-
ton to pilgrims on the state rail-
ways. Despite its turmoil, Spain
is valiantly sending one vessel over
the sea, though 1t planned more.
SO that thirty.two nations. at least.
will meet with Christ in Dublin.
How is Dublin, with It's 100000
people tightly packed In their own
homes, going to make room Tor an
additional hundred-thousand per,
sons from across the water ana
several more hundred thousands
from the rest of Ireland? The Or
ganizers emphaticaly state that-
there will be a bed for everyone;
they have been preparing the BEDS
for more than two years, with q
principle ito utilize the available
observation-disclosures w H000O kAhS llb~<&-
imum number Of visitors" They
have listed every possible lodging
place, public and private. within
a thirty-mile area Of Dublin that
has easy facilities for travel to and
from the city,. In addition to the
hotels and boarding houses and
private homes, they have arranged
for the occupation Of colleges and
schools and academies, are ready
to set up hostels for men and wo-
men In halls, and, under state and
private supervision. have laid out
large plots for the erection of
camps. In addition, some twenty
thousand visitors from abroad will
have the comforts Of an ocean
liner, six miles from the city. an
chored in, Dublin Bay. The hous-
ing problem was stupendous for a
city that had not a large turnover
in transients, but 1t has been
solved, and no question Of 1t, ac-
cording to the committee Of organ
ization.
There will be more than double
and triple the number Of mouths
to feed during this half week, and
they will all be feeding at the
hours! BY expert manipulation,
the organizing committee mas out
lined plans for the accumulation
of the food (by definite contracts.
Irish food as far as possible). for
its strategical distribution, and for
service. which will involve mechan-
ical devices. There Will be no
sfipshod methods, 30 It has been
arranged. The caterers OF ireland
have been mustered together for Q
supreme EFFORT. and supplemented
from England only so far as was
necessary.
With a million visitors on the
move, the problem Of transport
| doomed up large. Many OF the WIS.,
itors will be lodged out IN the
suburbs or the surrounding towns;
and when they; and the Dubliners
and their country cousins are In
the city, they will all be going and
coming at the same time In the
same direction. The inadequacy
Of the existent public carrying
1 service companies almost, caused