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ISSUED SEjMI-M
Charge Belfast
Murderers Are
Being Protected
Protestant Former Member
of Parliament Says Soldiers
Were Rebuked for Killing
Gunmen.
Bv J. H. Cox.
(N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Dublin.—The situation in Belfast
and the six counties has become
graver and more menacing than ever
for Catholics.
All Sinn Fein or Nationalist or
ganizations have been proclaimed as
unlawful by the Belfast government.
While Catholics were being driven
from their employment or homes
and massacred by day and by night,
no effort whatever was made by the
Belfast government to afford them
protection or to bring the Orange
perpetrators of crime to justice.
Since the vendetta against Catho
lics began in July, 1920, the casu
alties in Belfast arc 380 killed and
1,504 wounded. The Belfast majori
ty of these were Catholics. Day
after day Catholic districts in Bel
fast have been attacked by groups
of armed men, Catholic school
houses have been burned to the
ground and congregations leaving
Catholic churches have been fired
upon.
Nothing whatever has been done
by Sir James Craig’s government to
check the cruel and merciless cru
sade against the Catholic minority.
In fact, by its latest repressive ac
tion, that government has openly
associated itself with the policy of
extermination directed generally
against Catholics.
British Troops Puzzling.
One of the anomalies and puzzles
of the situation is that there are
20,000 British troops in the north
east corner, quite a sufficent force
to preserve order and to control
the Orange gunmen. What is the
role played by these troops? Mr.
Stephen Gwynn, a Protestant writer
and former member of Parliament,
has made the following remarkable
statement:
“The imperial troops are charged
with maintaining order. I believe
they could do it if they were al
lowed. But they are not. I have
every right to trust that troops
were ordered to fire high. Now and
then a man shoots to hit. He is
taken off the streets. One private
of the Norfolks had bis comrade
shot beside him. He saw a figure
on the house-top, fired and brought
down a man whose rifle fell with
him. He proved to be an Orange
man and the official report record
ed his death as due to his accident
ally having got into the line of
fire. The soldier was sent hack to
barracks. Word was conveyed that
three lives of the Norfolks would
be taken in return. The Norfolk
were withdrawn from the streets.”
Part of the agreement between
Mr. Collins and Sir James Craig
was that there should be an im
partial search for and seizure of
arms. The duty was entrusted to
British troops. Mr. Gwynn reveals
that in the first step of their search
they found a Protestant arsenal.
After that discovery, all search for
arms was stopped. He also states
that special constables organized
by the Belfast government were
crushing the Catholics out of the
quarters which they inhabit.
Instance of Partisanship.
Five members of one Catholic
family were assassinated in their
own home during curfew hours
when nobody hut forces of the gov
ernment were permitted to be
abroad. A reward was offered by
the Belfast government for informa
tion that would lead to the appre
hension of the perpetrators of the
murders. It is commonly reported
that sufficient information was per-
fered to establish the identity of
the men who assassinated the Catho
lic family in question. Still the
Belfast government has taken no
action. This case is typical of its
partisanship.
In a statement sent to Mr. Churc
hill, minister in the British govern
ment, the Belfast Catholics Protec
tion partisanship.
“From the 12th to the 22nd of
CATHOLICS IN CHINA
Now Number More Than Two
Millions.
Washington. — The Catholic
population of China, according to
recent missionary statistics, has
passed the two million mark, the
number being given as 2,056,338
There are fifty-six bishops and
2,414 priests of whom 998 are
Chinese.
An important addition to the
Catholic educational system in
China is to be made shortly at
Wenohow. Bishop Reynaud of
Chekiang has received fifty
thousand francs from the French
government for the purpose of
erecting a new Catholic College
and it is expected that this In
stitution will mean much for the
Catholic education of China.
cm OF POPE
High Time for Scrapping
Prejudice Says Protestant
Correspondent of Church
Paper.
London.—It is not often that the
Methodist stake to quarrelling
amongst themselves over the Pope
and the Catholic Church; but the
“Methodist Recorder,” the chief or
gan of Methodism in Great Britain,
unfortunately admitted to its col
umns a letter on the recent Papal
election, in which some highly im
proper things were said about the
new Pope and the Church in gen
eral.
Greatly to the surprise of the
Methodists, there has arisen from
amongst that body a stern critic,
who replies to the unjust insinua
tions mentioned above, and proceeds
to demolish the statements of the
unfaworded critic. /
“We have no just reason,” says
this Methodist champion of the
Pope, “for doubting the honesty,
sincerity, and personal integrity of
character of the new Pope, who ap
parently is a high-minded Christian
man of the best type, his letter on
the Genoa Conference undoubtedly
revealing him as such.”
This broad-minded Methodist then
proceeds to pluck the beam out of
the eyes of his fellow believers.
“Is it not high time,” he says, “that
we cleared our decks of prejudice
regarding Roman Catholic institu
tions and the Roman Catholic faith?
Ought we not in fairness to judge
that Church in the light of what
we find and see in our midst, where
we know she is playing her part in
the uplift of humanity and the ex
tension of the Kingdom of God?”
Vatican Backs
Liberty Demand
Made to Soviet
Communication Reveals Holy
Father Firm in Support of
Religious Liberty and Prop
erty Rights.
ORDAIN YALE EDUCATOR
Dr. Riggs of Noted Family
Becomes Priest.
MURPHY ENTERTAINED BY
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
(Continued on Page 11)
Indianapolis, Ind.—That “Jimmy”
Murphy can make a rapid get-away
in an after dinner speech as well as
in a speed-way motor race was de
monstrated yesterday afternoon at
the Spink-Arms Hotel, when the
youth victor of the great Decoration
Day motor race was the guest of the
Knights of Columbus of Indianapolis
at the noon-day lunch. Murphy is a
member of Los Angeles (California)
Council, 863, of the Knights of Col
umbus, and of course he was per
fectly at home amongst his brother
Knights when he was introduced yes
terday afternoon as a special guest
by B. A. Worthington, who is also a
Californian.
With characteristic modesty Mur
phy said: “Brother Knights, I don’t
see why Mr. Worthington made such
a big fellow out of me in his speech.
It wasn’t a hard race and there was
no high pressure. I thought it was
about as easy a race as I ever drove
Indianapolis is a good place to come
and I am especially glad to be here
as the guest of my brother Knights
of Columbus."
Washington, D. C.,—Charges made
In the “neutral” and anti-clerical
press of some countries of Europe
and repeated in the United States
that the Vatican is “flirting” with
the Soviet Government of Russia
are exposed as wholly false by the
text of the Pontifical note which
Pope Pius XI directed Monsignor
Pizzardo, his personal representa
tive, to deliver to the recent Genoa
Conference. This note not only mani
fests no disposition to compromise
with the policies of the Soviet Gov
ernment, but is characterized by in
sistence on that government’s com
plete recognition and guaranty of the |
freedom of conscience of all the peo
ple of Russia, both citizens and
aliens; the liberty of religious wor
ship, public and private, and the re
stitution of real property which the
Soviets took from various religious
denominations and “nationalized.”
An authentic text of the Holy
Father’s letter on the subject has
been brought to the United States by
a priest who recently returned from
Russia. A translation of the letter
follows:
In the letter addressed by the
Holy Father on April 29, last,
to His Einence the Cardinal Sec
retary of State, the latter was
charged to communicate to the
powers with which the Holy See
is in diplomatic relations, the
wishes formed by His Holiness
for the happy outcome of the
Genoa Conference, especially in
what concerns the Russian na
tion.
Since the development of
events docs not leave time to
communicate with each Chan
cellery through the ordinary
channels of the Pontifical Re
presentatives accredited to the
various nations, the Holy See
takes advantage of the presence
in Genoa of the delegation of
States with which it entertains
diplomatic relations, to deliver
to them directly the text of the
Pontifical document above-men
tioned and to call their attention,
and through them that of the
Conference, to some points of
particular importance.
At the historic hour in which
the readmission of Russia into
the consortium of civilized na
tions is treated, the Holy See de
sires that religious interests,
which are the basis of all true
civilization, should he safeguard
ed in Russia. In consequence,
the Holy See asks that in the
^agreement which will be estab
lished between the Powers re
presented at Genoa, there should
be inserted in some fashion, hut
very explicitly, the three follow
ing clauses:
1. Full freedom of conscience
for all, Russian citizens or for
eigners, is guaranteed in Russia.
2. There is also guaranteed the
private and public exercise of re
ligion and worship. This second
clause is in conformity with the
declarations made at Genoa by
the Russian delegate, M. Chich-
erin).
3. Real estate which belonged
or still belongs to any religious
. denomination whatsoever, will
he restored and respected.
The Pope’s moral authority at the
Genoa Conference was recognized by
Cliicherin, who subsequently mani
fested an intention to discuss with
the Holy See the subjects of the
Papal note. It is noteworthy that
the Pope’s stipulations for the re
stitution of private property “nation
alized” by the Soviet Government
were afterwards practically reiter
ated by the French, Belgian, and
American governments
JAIL FOB GRADUATE BURGLAR.
Providence, R. I.—Charles E. Ben
son, who, when arrested for break
ing into St. Patrick’s church was
found to carry a diploma from a
safe-breaking school, has been sent
enced to 14 years in State Prison.
Benson had broken into churches at
Hartford, Conn., and El Paso, Texas.
Hartford, Conn.—Rev. Thomas
Lawrason Riggs former professor
of English at Yale University,
member of the Yale Mobile Hos
pital Unit No. 35 and an officer
of the inter-allied intelligence
bureau in France during the
World War, was ordained last
Saturday in St Joseph’s Catherdal
here.
Father Riggs Is the scion of a
prominent Washington family,
founders of the Riggs National
Bank of Washington, I). C. He
was graduated from Yale in 1910,
later taking a four-year’s past-
graduate course at Harvard. He
served as professor of first-year
English at Yale until called to
France. On his return he pursu
ed his studies for the priesthood
at St. Joseph’s Seminary, Dun-
woody, N. Y.
T
Birmingham oa
Association Is
Fighting Klan
Adopts Resolutions Con
demning Ku Klux Principles.
Protestant Organizations
Condemn Outrages.
Episcopalian Asserts That
Condition of World Is Due,,
to Its Departure from Cath
olicism.
Boston.—“The mess you see in
world today, in our modern world,
is not the result of 15 centuries of
Christianity; it is the result of 500
years of Protestantism.”
This sentiment comes not from
the lips of a Cathplie. It was put
forward here in a Protestant church
by a Protestant minister, the Rev.
Selden P. Delaney, associate rector
of the church of St. Mary the Virgin
New York City. His remarks were
made in a jubilee sermon at St.
Johns Episcopal Church, Roxbury,
where he served some years ago as
a curate under the then rector, Dr.
Codman, now Episcopal Bishop of
Maine.
“The great trouble”, said he,
speaking of world condition, “is not
with religion, hut with the way in
which we use it.
“We do not accept and practice
the whole Catholic religion as God
established it. We cannot expect
that it will work if we pick and
choose and use what we like from
God’s plan and throw the rest away.
“The world today Is full of sects
which arc .practicing only a part
of the religion which God estab
lished. Some of them have cast
aside the priesthood; some will
have nothing of the episcopate, and
sacraments; some say, We don’t be
lieve in confession’, or ‘We don’t
believe in the Mass.’ So you have
hosts of people who call themselves
Christians who are using incom
plete pieces of religion, which are
not at all the religion which God
sent into the world to redeem the
world. And they say, ‘Of course
Christianity has failed.’
“Thank God, there have been men
and women in this church, and in
other churches who have accepted
the whole Catholic religion. They
are the answer to these objections
which comes to us with such
tremendous force, against our re
ligion, that it doesn’t seem to do
the thing which it promisesc to
do.”
CATHOLIC COLLEGE CLUBS
TO MEET AT CLIFF HAVEN
New York.—It was announced at
the conclusion of the meeting of na
tional officers of the Federation of
College Catholic Clubs held here
Saturday, May 13, that the seventh
annual conference of the Federation
will be held at Cliff Haven, the Cath
olic Summer School on Lake Cham
plain, on July 3-8. Nine clubs were
admitted to membership in the Fed
eration at the meeting here, and the
Federation is in communication with
thirty-two Catholic clubs in other in
stitutions throughout the country.
It is expected that a considerable
number of these will be represented
in the coming conference.
Birmingham, Ala.—Aroused by a
series of outrages which culminated
In the brutal whipping of Dr. J. D.
Donnelly, of the county health
board, the Birmingham Bar Asso
ciation has adopted a series of reso
lutions intended to aid in stamp- ;
ing out masked lawlessness and
which are aimed directly at the Ku
Klux Klan and similar organiza
tions.
The resolutions, three in number,
were adopted by rising vote at au
indignation meeting of the Bar As
sociation during which Captain
Frank S. White, in a fiery address,
denounced the principles of the Ku
Klux Klan and challenged any mem
ber of the audience who belonged
to that organization to stand up and
avow his membership. The purport
of the resolutions adopted included:
Calling upon the state legislature
to enact such additional laws as
were necessary to restore the dig
nity and prestige of duly constituted
authority:
Requesting candidates for public
office to slute whether or not they
are connected with the Ku Klux
Klan.
Urging the city commissioners to
take action banning demon^tra tioils
by the Ku Klux Klan or other mask
ed organizations.
Klan Denounced.
The whipping of Dr. Donnelly,
who was lured from his home on
au errand of mercy, was followed
by an offer of a reward by Gov
ernor Kilby and by denunciatory re
solutions by the International Civi-
tan Club, the Civic association, the
Exchange Club, and various Prot
estant church and Sunday School
organizations, hut the resolution of
the Bar Association, although they
do not charge the Ku Klux Klan
with the outrage, are of such a char
acter as to link it with the commis
sion of the deed.
The resolution dealing with the
Ku Klux Klan was as follows:
Whereas, an organization known
as the Ku Klux Klan appears on
our public streets and highways in
masks, intimidating and terrorizing
a certain class of the population,
and is reputed to assume the func
tions of administering, clandestine
ly, punishment of those whom it al
leges guilty, and,
"Whereas, the existence of this
organization, whose membership is
unknown and whose activities are
always concealed under the cloak
of the mask, whether guilty or in
nocent of the many brutal crimes
in our community, Is an Invitation
and an incentive to the criminal
element to perpetuate the most das
tardly crimes against society, and,
“Whereas, membership in such an
organization by officers charged
with the duty of administering and
enforcing the law is inconsistent
with their sworn duty as such, and,
“Whereas, the people of the
county, who are about to elect their
public officials, are entitled to know
whether any candidate offering for
any public office is a member of
the Ku Klux Klan or owes allegiance
to the so-called Invisible Empire,
therefore,
“Be it resolved, that the Birming
ham Bar Association docs call upon
every candidate for public office to
publicly declare whether lie is a
member, or affiliated in any man
ner with the said Ku Klux Klan or
any other organization whose mem
bers parade under mask through
streets and highways.”
The resolution further orders that
u questionnaire be sent out by the
president of the Bar Association to
each candidate for public office and
that the results of this question
naire be ma-lc public.
Collusion of men is public office
with the perpetrators of various re
cent outrages, said to be more than
eleven in number, is hinted at by a
second rcsoluiton adopted by th»
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