The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-02-10

x SzssR v zf> i1ts. government, organized by Gen Francisco Franco. A Vatican broad cast on August 29, 1936, asserted that multitudes of the faithful il Spain were praying for the triumph of the good cause an expression which typified the attitude of tn, Church toward Franco and repre- sented too the resentment over anti church rioting under the leftist gov ernment of. the republic.
 World Immortality
 Plus found much to condemn il what he saw as growth of work immortality. Tightening of marriag, ties by making divorce easy, ant the era of high skirts and low neck in women's fashions, were de, nounced. In fact he deplored ever, manifestation of tendencies tt change the ioncept of motherhood as the chief privilege of women, in. cluding in his denunciations beauty shows, athletic meets for girls anc modern dancing. At one time he of. fered prize for design of a mod est dress, the medal going to 6 model with high neck, long sleeve. and o,,Lla Io,,o{1, ei,jrt
 Plays and musical comedies marked by risque situations ano lines, sexy novels and indecent films also reused his wrath. On July 9, 1886, he ordered Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world tc censor films shown in their dioceses and to admonish members of the Church from attending those which fell under the ban. Less than three months later he said world pictures had become morally better"
 Apostolic Blessing
 He strove for a better world ir both material and immaterial af- fairs and urged progress by example as well as by precept. His first act as Pope was to bestow the apostolic blessing on the multitude awaiting word of his election in the square outside St. Peters, the first time the benediction had been given ir the open since 1870. His predeces- scrs back to that year had given the blessing ito the city and the world" from inside the great cathe- ~ral as protest of usurpation of temporal power by the united king dom of Italy. He repeated the act six days later, after his coronation when he appeared again on the out side loggia, wearing the tiara.
 Thus he signified that he hoped to make his reign an era of peace. He came to power when postwar burdens weighed heavily upon Eu- rope and aimed from the start to closer relationships be- tween the Church and these troub- led states.
 System of Relief
 He instituted an effective system of relief, giving more than S1, ,000,- 900 from his privy purse in the first l9 months of his reign Impover- ished Austria, Germany, Ireland, Greece. Asia Minor and Russia were recipients of this bounty and he paid special attention to the state of the Russian Orthodox Church.
 For European Cancellation
 Aiming to conciliate peoples still lnder the spell of war time propa- sanda, he urged his views upon the international conference which as- sembled in the spring of 1922 at Genoa. He expressed them in a etter to the bishop of that city, sending the missive through the for eign affairs department of the Vati- ,an. The conference embraced 29 European governments, including he Soviet Union, the first time that he bolshevik regime had been seat I'd at an international council table. The significance of this from the Church viewpoint was that the con- 'erence was the. first to approach oost-war questions from a recon ;truction angle. instead of from the of reparations or other penalties. The fact that it eventu- lily broke down because Belgium, backed by France. insisted upon restitution for all foreign owned confiscated or destroyed in Russia, did not erase the signifi- eance of the Pope's letter.
 Early Official Act
 An early official act that gratified in the Americas was de- rec that heightened the interval hat must elapse between the death If a Pope and the converting of the College of Cardinals to elect suc- ,essor. This resulted from a protest y William Cardinal OConnell, archbishop of Boston, who after the ieath of Pope Benedict XIV, sailed 'n the first steamer for Italy but cached the Vatican just two hours liter the election of Plus.
 Rigid church law at that time fixed 10 days as the maximum inter- 'egnum period. Pope Plus, on March 5, 1922, signed an order making he minimum 15 days and allowing hree days of grace. This total Of 8 days insured the attendance of