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questions and the entire short
five years of communist do
mination of China kept going
through my mind. How had
it. happened? What did we do
wrong? Were we too compla-
cent?
Only five years earlier I
had . busy, steadily growing
seminary. the Church in China
was progressing. the future
was promising. Now in five
short years. it was all over.
Catholic churches and mission
property taken over by the
government; native seminar
lest and converts closed;
priests and nuns imprisoned,
tortured, expelled or exeevf.
ed.
The reality of it all was
agonizing. Here l was sitting
in a dingy cell, not even allow
ed to talk to my fellow pris-
oners. We had to sit straight
from morning until night. In
the heat of day and without
sufficient air I became drow-
sy and occasionally nodded
my head only to be severly
scolded by guards.
Since I've come home peo-
pie have asked me how we
managed to lie down at night
to sleep in a cell so small.
Of course we could never lie
down, we had to sleep sitting
with our heads against the
wall. And from the mark of
the wall behind the heads of
each prisoners you could tell
the length of time he had
been there.
Two months after my ar
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forgetfsbIe, like MerIyn fhe
Magician and Gawaine, the
blunt, rough knisht--bvt only
three hold the stage through
OUT.
And so, with his mixture of
fine scholarship and love for
the middle ages with a not UNI
pleasant whimsicality - and
always with exquisite writing,
White spins out the life and
death of Arthur.
The fault, as / have said,
lies in the incompieteness of
the view of life held by t. H.
White; over-simply, this is bis
denial of the doctrine of orr
ginal sin. And so, as Arthur
is dying, he (whom Merlyn has
convinced of the unreality of
original sin) has no explana-
ton for the ills of the world.
He has seen . brief era Of
peace. prosperity, and bro.
therIy Iove-but before and
after il were centuries Of war,
cruelty, injustice and the gen.
eral run Of mars %inhvmanity
to man.
Although Mr.. White has
many pages in praise of the
Church boon to mankind land
some few pages in which he
has fun with individual
churchmen, perhaps not in
the best of taste), the fact is
that he does not really under
stand what might be called
the religious facts Of life. And
finally, there is only One to
Whom can be applied the title
of The Once and Future King;
it is not Arthur, and the CEN
trail flaw in Mr.. Whites book
is that he does not know this
King.
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being welded for a long time,
feel are more essential" for
an ideal marriage. .
This was brought out Ut a
convention Of the American
Psychological Assoc iafion
here. II came to light about
the same time publicity was
given to studies made in three
different states which showed
that divorces and separations
were three times higher in
mixed marriages than in mar.
riages where both parties were
Of the same faith.
At the meeting here, Prof.
E. Lowell Kelly of the Uni
versity of Michigan, a former
APA president, told of an
alyzing the attitudes of 116
men and women who had re-
manned married for 20 years.
He tested them first between
1885 and 1888, shortly before
they married, and again after
two decades. He studied the
changes in their attitudes to-
ward certain items.
Prof. Kelly said that after
70 years of married life the
couples looked mere f~avorabiy
on religion. But he noted that
Studies made by others made
out this trend toward higher
religious values to be not the
result Of aging but the reflee-
fion Of . shift in values in
American culture during the
period covered by the study.
He found that the couples,
after 20 years, in general
gave more middle-of-the-road
answers on most items about
which they we're questioned.
But regarding some matters
he found a significant shift
toward the belief that these
matters were more essential
for an ideal marriage. These
included.
That the husband and wife
be Of fhe same religion; that
children should be given re.
Iigiovs instruction; that chill
dren should be held in strict
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took five pictures of this
phony scene. | knew exactly
what they intended. | saw the
same type of pictures in the
papers after they arrested the
Internuncio. / was supposed
to be the Big American Grim
inal resisting the Chinese
guards. They then put mt be-
tween two very young lads in
uniform and took five more
pictures. All the time in
Chinese they were screening:
Don't lay a hand on him!
Don't touch him." These pic
lures would show that the
American criminal had been
subdued and now two little
fellows. could control him.
They led me TO a waiting
police car which i noticed was
made in America. Even today
nearly all vehicles in use have
been made in ,Americs-oId
makes Of course, but they try
to keep them running.
When we arrived at the pris-
on / was stripped-my clothes
were torn off me and searched
again. Then they gave me back
my shirt, trousers and shoes,
without laces. I was then TAX
en- by the back of the neck
by a big fellow who preceded
to push, shove and half carry
me to a cell door, where with
one final shove he sent me
sprawling into the darkened
cell. ! surely would have land
ed on my face were it not
for a Chinese prisoner who
caught me and placed me gent
ly beside him. This was to be
my home for the next year.
and-a-half-the first Of a long
line of cells ! was to occupy.
Let me describe = typical
cell. II was six feet by four
and one-half feet. about the
size Of an aparfment house
elevator. occupied It with
four other prisoners. all
Chinese. nicknsmed the
room. "Ths pissfy." but aetU-
ally my father wouldn't keep
pigs in the filthy, mssgoty
place. The lack Of sanitation
was beyond description. There
/ was to sit on the bare floor
Sitting hot in the summer
and unbearsbIy cold in fhs
winfer-nof allowed to make
the slightest movement, even
to brushing q fly Or bug off
my face.
During the first few days
of my confinement | kept
wondering to myself why ]
had been arrested. Was / to be
shot any minute? What had ]
done? Was / the only Ameri'
can priest arrested or were
they all picked up? These
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Mass OrdO-
LITURG
Of The
E X
SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER ~
SAINT MATTHEW, APOSTLE
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY
Aztec pENTEcOsT


Red vestments, Gloria, Second
Prayer of the Seventeenth Sun
day after Pentecost, Creed, Pref
ace Of the Apostles.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER n
ST. THOMAS or vILLANovA
White vestments, Gloria, Sec
ond and Third Prayers Tin Low
Mass only of Saint Mauritius
and his Companions and for
Peace, Common Preface.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER u
SAINT LINUS. POPE AND
MARTYR
Red vestments, Gloria, Second
and Third prayers lin Low Mass
only of Saint Thecla and for
Peace, Common Preface.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER "A
OUR LADY OF MERCY
White vestmentS, Gloria, Sec
ond Prayer Gin Low Mass only
for Peace, Greed, Preface of the
Blessed Virgin Mary.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER Is
FERIAL THURSDAY
Green vestments, Mass OF the
Seventeenth Sunday after Pen
tecost. no Gloria, Second Prayer
lin Low Mass only for Peace, no
Creed, Common Preface.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER rs
SAINTS ISAAC JoCUES AND
COMPANIONS
Red vestments, Gloria, Second
and Third Prayers Tin Low Mass
only of Saints Cyprian and JUS
tina and for Peace, Common
Preface.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ~
SATURDAY OF OUR LADY
White vestments, Gloria, Sec
ond and Third Prayers Tin Low
Mass only of Saints Cosmas and
Damian and for Peace, Preface
of the Blessed Virgin.
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Books of the Hour
Latest King Arthur
Volume Has Flaws
by FIR. ID. Bernard Theall, O.S.B.

Back in 1910, a great
many readers in England
and in this country, tired
of the usual kind of love
story between covers,
sick to death of historical
novels initiative of Anthony
Adverse, and eager for some
thing new and fresh, were
charmed by a novel called
The Sword on the Stone.
The author was an English
man, I. H.. White and he wrote
Of the period Of King Arthur
and his Round Table, telling .
story thar every schooIboy
knows. but telling ii in IN
arresfinsly new way. ScIieiy
grounded in the Arthvrisn
story IS we get it in Mallory
and his successors, this book
yet played fast and loose with
time. making Meriyn the Ma
gieian = reader Of the New
York Times" and Arthur a
visionary into fhe centuries TO
come.
During the next few years
appeared The Witch in fhe
Woods and The lll-Made
knight, carrying on the story
Of the first book which had
ended with Arthur'S being
made King. We were givenlto
understand that a fourth and
final volume would round off
the series, but is did not come,
and Mr.. White went off into
new fields of writing.
COMPLETED WORK
Now he has completed the
work, having rewritten much
of the first three books (the
second is now called The
Queen Of Air and Darkness)
and has added the final in
stallment, The Candle in the
WInd-and the whole is now
published in one volume with
the overall title The Once and
Future King putnam, $4.95)
I think it is a fine book and a
beautiful one, though married
by the incompleteness of Mr..
Whites own vision of the
world and its meaning.
II is not 50 easy to simplify
what literary experts fechnic.
ally call 1.-THE matter Of Bri.
fsin"-thst Is, fhe very Old
and very often re-toId and a.
tered story Of Arthur and his
knights, and there is even
much argument about the sx'
act amount Of reality with
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ~
SATURDAY or OUR LADY

Last ST. Valentines Day an
eight-year-old coed at st. AL
bert's parochial school received
a beautiful heart-shaped box of
chocolates from her current boy
friend. On the enclosed card
was the tender inscription: ITO
Helen-with all my allowance"
Catholic Digest-October
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Part Il Arrest, Imprisonment
Cell iSir BY -Four Pig Sty'

This is the second in .
series Of five articles by Mary
knoll Father Joseph P. Ne
cormick, who was imprisoned
five, years by the Chinese
Reds. He was released in
June. In this article he des-
eribes the events attending
his arrest and imprisonment
BY FIR. Joseph P. m.
Mccormack. MN.
Terror is the backbone
of communism. That's why
they sent an army of 80
police, soldiers and politi-
. cal workers to arrest me.
They thought they would prop
erly prepare me for their
indoctrination of terror.
Ny communist csptors
swarmed an over my house
in Shanghai that summer eve
ming. I thought the whole
place had exploded as they
came charging into my room.
They. all seemed to sereeeh
at once: Put UP your hands,"
A soldier pointed a machine
gun in. my face. One of the
/. women soldiers asked me in
English: "Are you Joseph r.
cCormick?" 81 guess / am"
! answered. To which she re-
piled, "You are under arrest
for your destructive actiYi-
ties!" / asked what this
meant and she snapped,
mo questions asked. No
answers given!"
They pushed me to the
floor and told me to remain
there. When they saw that
! was in their way while
searching the room they drag
ged me across the floor and
put me in a chair. That was
at $50 at night. They went
over the whole house, even
tearing up the floor boards.
They pulled the flowers out
BY the roots and shook them
to see if r were hiding any
thing.
Sometime during The night.
! big fellow Of more Than 200
pounds sat opposite me. Just
staring at me in an attempt
10 scare me. After an hour or
50 he got up and went into
my bedroom and drank my
Mass. wine and then fell
asleep in rny bed. Soon he wa,
snoring loudly, nice and com
Portable, in my bed, where
should have been.
About $50 in the morning
they stood me up between two
! big Chinese soldiers who twist
. ed my arms behind my back
and shook me back and forth
to give the impression / wa.
struggling. A photographer
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Spouses Need Same
Faith Survey Shows
by M. J.
Copyright 1888. N.cw.c. News seryie'

WASHINGTON - Husbands and wives should
be of the same religious faith.
Children should be given religious instruction.
These are among the things that couples, after
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-02-27

JAMES E. LOWDEN, world trave-
Ter, lecturer and internationally
known evangelist will be the speaker
at Bluffton-Pandora Youth for
Christ Rally Saturday evening, March
l, at 7:45 p. m. in st. Johns Memo
mite church.
During 1948 Mr.. Lowden was in
Greece for more than six months at
the peak of the communist civil war.
He has been in Europe six times or
missions and once each to the Middle
East and Africa. He was one of the
first evangelical Christians to have
audience with Marshal Tito.
Formerly director of the FindlaJ
Youth for Christ, radio preacher foi
several years, and co-organizer o.
one of the strongest Bible conference
and missionary churches in North
wester Ohio, Lowden is now travel
ing in the interest of Missionar.
evangelism in Europe.
Mr.. Lowden often illustrates hi
messages with colored pictures made
on his missionary journeys.
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Richland Center

Mr. and Mrs. John Thomas and
daughter Betty and son Jack spent
Saturday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilford Gratz and daughter Sharon.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Amstutz spent
Thursday evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
William AmstutZ. Mr.. and Mrs. Rich
ard Olt and family were Sunday af-
ternoon callers.
Mrs. Ella Dillman was Sunday
dinner guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Don
Dillman and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Woodhead were
Sunday supper guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Galberach of Lima.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Grant and son
Carey were Sunday dinner guests of
Mrs. j. l. Luginbuh.
MIR. and Mrs. Otis Fett and Mr..
and Mrs. ElWood Brauen were Sat
urday supper guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Paite IN honor of the birth
days of Mrs. Fett and Mrs. Brauen
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Matter
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. w.
H. Cool in Springfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Marquart and
daughter and Mr. Ray Hirshtield were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Marquart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt Knight and
daughters Janet and Phyllis of Find
| lay were Sunday dinner guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Matter and son
Vernie.
MIR. and Mrs. Robert Marquart and
daughter, Mrs. Ella Dillman and Mrs
Don Dillman and children called Sun.
day afternoon on Mrs. Amos and Mr.
and Mrs. Weldon Luginbuhl.
| Mrs. Walter Schaublin spent Frida,
night and Saturday at the Emanue
Boutwell, home. Sunday she was ;
dinner and supper guest of Mr. anS
Mrs. Russell Schaublin and family.
Mrs. Kenneth Leedy and daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Gerber and sol
David and Miss Shirley Robson spen
Friday evening with Mrs. Amos Ger
Der and Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Hoch
stettler and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Hendrick
spent Friday night and Saturday witt
Mr.. and Mrs. Hilary Bunger ant
sons of Battle Creek, Michigan.
II Mr.. and Mrs. Wilford Gratz ant
daughter Sharon and Mr.. and Mrs
Reno Gratz spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Carrier and family o
Sandusky. Mr. and Mrs. WilforC
GratZ and Reno Gratz also called OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto AmstutZ and Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Stevens and daugh
ters in the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Eikenbary spen
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs
Guy Eikenbary.
Dick and Gene Kohler called Sun
day evening on their grandmother
Mrs. Sam Kohler and daughter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don Dillman and sol
Jim and Mrs. Ella Dillman called OF
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Pleasant Hill

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Gratz were
Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Gratz at Avon Lake.
Mr.. and Mrs, Oscar Zimmerman
and family were Sunday afternoon
callers in the home of MIR. and Mrs.
Dale Herr and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Bell were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger Bell and fam.
lily were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Maurice Bell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Huber visited
Mr.: and Mrs. ]. B. Maynard in Col
umbus.
MIR. and Mrs. Maurice Bell and
son Tom called on MIR. and Mrs.
Russell Huber Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Huber called
on Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Montgomery
Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Watt and
children and Mr.. Avery Watt were
Sunday afternoon callers in the home
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Jennings.
Mrs. Carl Kimmel called on Mrs
Ira kimmel of Bluffton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Barnes were
Sunday dinner guests of MIR. and Mrs
Leonard Theis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Hess and
granddaughter, Beth, were THURSDAY
supper guests of Miss Nellie Huber
ana Mrs. Lille Fett.
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ANNOUNCE SQUARE DANCE

The Junior Civic League of Ada
has announced a round and square
dance (Western Style) Saturday eve-
ming in the Ada Armory. Proceeds
will go to the Ada Youth Center.
Buss Gratz will be the caller.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1958-02-27

Mr.. and Mrs. John Barnhart Sunday
evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Woodhead
called on Mrs. Walter Schaublin
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Amstutz
spent Saturday evening with MIR. and
Mrs. Floyd Smith of Findlay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Smith, Mr..
and Mrs. Odes Sherer, Mr.. Dan
Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. Dick Oglesbee
and daughter and Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lis Sherer and children spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs Richard Smith and
sons.
Mrs. Sam Kohler and daughter
called Saturday on Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Fridley of Lima
LEGAL NOTICE
Case No. A4757
In the Court of Common Pess of Allen
County. Ohio, Mabel Jean Hager, an infant
under the age of twenty-one Fears Of age,
and Hensy Rechsi. ,ker father and natural
dress is R. +. yMora Loasiana: viii take
sss ss Gies sss s se La, sS aassr s
mon Pleas oi Allen County, Ohio, praying for
divorce ans aaitaels relief o. ,tf the grounds grounds
from the paintiff o. more than one year.
Said cwf will be for hearing on on and after
ey Lynn. his next of friend. Plain
py Bennett & Bennett
His Attorneys
Dol National Bank Building
Lima Ohio
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LEGAL NOTICE
Gaaa NJ. AAaan

LEGAL NOTICE
II Case No. 44743
Iheo4ore X. Parker. whose last Known place
OF resdence was the Miner Hotef in Lima
OHIO <is hereby notified that Lois Claire
Parkfr has fiIed her petitiQM aganst him for
o alyoFee and Der persoaai properly and other
sene for more than ore yasr III Case Number
447fB of the Court Of Common Pleas of Allen
SSou9ty. Ohio. and that said cause will be
Tor hearing on or after six weeks from the
dateNof the first publication of this notice.
>~K. s. Navarre
Durbin. Navarro, Rzor & Dapore
Attorneys for Plaintiff
602 Cook Tower. Lima Ohio
Feb. Ii, 90. q. Mar 6. 13 90
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-04
Allies Told
u. S. Policy
On Quemoy

NATo and SEATo have been
hriefed on the United States
policy toward Chinese Com
munist threats in the Quemoy-
Matsu area but no indication
was given whether Nationalist
Chinese defenders viii get
American aid.
Secretary Of State Dulles
called in the ambassadors of
the Southeast Asia Treaty Or
ganization nations for a brief
ing yesterday after a similar
session had been held with the
North Atlantic Council in Paris
on Tuesday.
On both occasions it was
made clear that President Els
enhower would make no Amer
lean commitment in the Chi
iiese offshore islands until the
Reds make their move, The
already publicized character
ization of the Communist Chi
nese threats as serious" was
repeated in the SEATO and
NATO briefings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-04

bardment has already proven
effective in preventing all but
a few small ships from landing
supplies on Quemoy.
. Quenoy has only one port
on its southeast side suitable
for larger ships. Any approach
by such ships could be easily
spotted by the Reds and a
landing prevented with con-
centrated artillery FIRE.
8. Small ships able to land
elsewhere under cover Of dark
ness could not furnish enough
supplies for the estimated &C, O0C
troops and $1,000 civilians on
the tiny island, and the artillery
bombardment has closed the
airfleld on Quemoy.
According to information
available to these sources Cue
moy has enough food stocked
to last three months.
They said in peacetime the
islands agriculture provided
food for its inhabitants for only
10 months Of the year. The
rest was brought in from out
side.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-04

nor have they had such q con-
centration any time since they
began Smelling the islands a
couple weeks ago." he asserted.
The Pentagon official. who re-
Iquested anonymity. pointed out
that while the Reds have not
concentrated their forces in the
strength thought necessary to
assault Quemoy and Matsu they
could do SO without much effort.
He said they have plenty Of
warplanes, troops and invasion
craft In Fukien province-in or
near Foochow and other bases
for q big push. And. he added.
they probably have enough
forces in adjacent coastal areas
to try to take a few Of the
smaller, more lightly defended
offshore islands held by the Ma
tionalists.
Defense Secretary McElroy,
in a polite warning to the
Chinese Reds, said yesterday
that IF they are wise" they
will not start a war in the
Far East.
Mr.. McElroy made it clear
late yesterday that the United
States hopes to prevent a con-
flict with the Reds. Asked for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-04
GAO Prods Formoso
On Economic Policies

port for the military forces. has
emphasized the development of
Ia self-sustaining economy in
Taiwan (Formosa) by en-
couraging increased industrial
and agricultural production,
particularly in the private Sec
tor.
Maintain Industry Controls
1.-THE Chinese government is
inclined to give greater en-
|phasis to the military building
Iup on Taiwan. -.
Because Of its concern with
strengthening the military es-
Establishment and orienting the
economy toward this objective.
the Chinese government has
maintained substantial control
over many Of the vital indus
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-04

campaign begins TO put across
the new French constitution.
the issues being holly debated
here 60 far beyond simple ac-
ceptance or rejection OF the
formula for reorganizing the
government along the lines rec
commended by Premier de
Gaulle.
There are two reasons for
this state Of affairs. The first
is the fact that the French.
being at once the most sophis-
ticated and the most skeptical
electorate in the world. are
simply incapable Of giving q
simple answer to q simple ques-
ton. The other is that the
question as Gen. de Gaulle has
been propounding 1t is not
really simple at all.
In the course of his recent
15,000-mile swing round
Frances African possessions,
the General made eloquently
clear the meaning Of the vote
scheduled for September 2S.
For in these areas, which in
clude the vast majority Of
Frances overseas possessions,
the people viii vote for or
against future association with
France. AS the General spelled
it out. a Eyes" vote will mean
that the territory will enter
into French community" OF
nations IAN association still
largely underlined but presum-
ably highly flexible and pat
termed somewhat after the Brit
lsh Commonwealth. A mo" vote,
on the other hand, says Gen. de
Gaulle, will mean immediate
disassociation from France or,
as the General put it to his
hecklers in Dakar last week:
IF you want independence,
take it on September g."
This then win be the real is
sue Of the vote that viii be cast
by q respectable proportion Of
those who 60 to the polls at the
end Of the month.
Although the size Of this over
seas vote is highly problemati-
cal. the total population of these