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Published Catho men's Association of Georgia. ‘To Bring About a Friendlier Feeling Among Neighbors Irre spective of Creed” VOL. XIX. No. l. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 29, 1938 Bishop Gannon Issues Press Month Message Bulletins MSGR. FULTON SHEEN is giving the current Catholic Hour series sponsored by the National Council of Catholic Men over the NBC network each Sunday evening from 6 to 6:30, Eastern Standard Time. FRANK H. SPEARMAN, famed novelist, and Laetarc Medalist of the University of Notre Dame for 1935, died at Hollywood, Cat, early in January at 78. A native of Buffalo, Mr. Spearman published his first nov el, “The Nerve of Foley”, in 1900. Many of his books were made into motion pictures. JAPAN'S first native Archbishop, Msgr. Peter Tatsuo Doi, Archbishop- elect of Tokyo, will be consecrated there February 5. Born on Christmas Day in 1892, he was educated at Sen dai and Rome, ordained in Japan, and served as secretary of the Apostolic Delegation there. GENERAL LUDENDORFF, one of the outstanding German military leaders of the World War, and in re cent years best known for his anti- Catliolic and anti-Jewish campaign, died late in December in a Catholic hospital near Munich, attended by Catholic nuns. FATHER COUGHLIN in resinning his radio broadcasts the first Sunday of the year stated that he was return ing to the air under the same condi tions prevailing when he withdrew, that he accepted wholeheartedly the declaration of the Holy See through the Apostolic Delegate, and that he deeply regretted the intemperate lan guage of many of the protests occa sioned by his withdrawal from the air and “the unjust accusations made in them against Church authority.” THE CATHOLIC PRESS Associa tion will meet in New Orleans May 5-7, President Vincent de Paul Fitz patrick, managing editor of the Cath olic Review of Baltimore, announces. ADMIRAL WILLIAM STORY, the only English Admiral in Canada, died in Montreal last week at 79. Two of his daughters are religious, one in a convent in Montreal and the other in Halifax. HON. JOHN MILTON, the newly- appointed United States Senator from New Jersey, is a member of St. Aloy- sius Parish, Jersey City. ST. CHARLES BORROMEO Sem inary near Philadelphia was damaged to the extent of ?25,000 by fire in the old refectory building last week. EIGHT SHIPS of seven lines will carry American pilgrims to the Thir ty-fourth International Eucharistic Congress at Budapest in May. The Very Rev. Joseph E. Moylan, V. F., rector of the Co-Cathedral of Christ the King, Atlanta, is diocesan director for Georgia. Archbishop Curley Praises Work of Laity of Georgia His Excellency at Annual Banquet of Retreatants in Washington, D. C., Pays Tribute to Laymen’s As- ciation’s Labors to Mitigate Bigotry (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON. — The Catholic Press is an aid to meditation, which is “a primary requisite in the inter ior life of a Catholic layman,” Rich ard Reid, Editor of The Bulletin of the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia, declared here January 18, addressing the ninth annual banquet of the Washington Section of the League for Laymen’s Retreats, at the Mayflower Hotel. Enumerating several aids to in terior recollection, Mr. Reid said “the streams of splendid Catholic books coming from the press, our Catholic magazines and last but foremost ouv diocesan newspapers” are “an un failing source of subjects for medi tation and application of the fruits of th’ meditation to our daily lives. ’ The Most Rev. Michael J. Curley, Archbishop of Baltimore, in whose honor these annual mid-winter din ners are given, said he wanted to take the occasion to pay tribute to the Catholic Laymen’s Association of Georgia. Directing the attention of the 600 men present to the success the Association has had “in clearing (Continued on Page Seven) Chinese Priest Slain, Others Scattered, Bishop Is Advised CLASHES IN MEXICO BRING EIGHT DEATHS Many Wounded in Recent Radical Disturbances There MEXICO CITY. — A clash between the Confederation of Mexican Work ers (C. T. M.) and the older and more conservative Regional Confederation of Mexican Labor (C. R. O. M.) re sulted in the killing of six workers at Orizaba and of two at Jalapa, and the wounding of many in both of these Vera Cruz cities. So serious is the situation that President Laz- aro Cardenas has gone in person to Orizaba to take charge of the inves tigation. Upon his arrival at Orizaba, Pres ident Cardenas publicly deplored the fact that the accord which the inter ests of the workers demand has not been restored. He said it would be impossible to say who are the re sponsible parties until the authori ties have completed their investiga tions. He appealed to the workers to remain calm and to avoid futile agitations and struggles, and assured them that the government is deter mined to prevent further fighting between labor organizations. At a conference held in the city hall, the C. R. O. M. and the C. T. M. accused one another of being re sponsible for the state of affairs at Orizaba. After a prolonged discus- sien, President Cardenas intervened, declaring that the workers them selves are responsible because of the attitude they have assumed. Bishop Yu-Pin in Washing ton Deplores Japanese Actions -— Denies Chinese Are Communistic (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON.—A native Chi nese Bishop visiting in this country has ben advised by cablegram that one of his 17 priests has been killed in the present struggle in that coun try, and that the remaining 16 priests have been scattered and that there is no news of them. The Bishop is the Most Rev. Paul Yu-Pin, Vicar Apostolic of Nanking, who also has been advised by cable gram that his Cathedral is safe but that “other churches are wrecked.” The Bishop does not know whether this means that just some, or all oth er churches in his Vicariate have been destroyed. Holy Father Again Deplores Nazi Persecution of Church (Radio, N. C. W. C. News Service) VATICAN CITY.—In one of the most vigorous statements he has made to date relative to the con dition of the Church in Germany— a statement which he termed one “of protest, very high protest,” His Hol iness Pope Pius XI assailed the Nazi regime, definitely charging persecu tion of religion in. the Reich. The statement was made when the Pontiff responded to the Christmas greeting extended to him by the Sacred College of Cardinals. The address of the Cardinals was deliv ered by His Eminence Granito Car dinal di Belmonte, Dean of the Sacred College, in the presence of the Papal Court. Twenty-nine Car dinals were present. First expressing his thanks to the Cardinals, the Pope with emphasis said he wished to speak out “before the whole world” with regard to Nazi Germany and in “plain words.” He then made the vigorous assertion that persecution exists, and with equal vigor denied the Church has “played politics” in Germany. A semi-official Vatican statement on the Holy Father’s words was given out, as follows: “After thanking the Cardinals for their good wishes, the Holy Father said he wished to add two precise words of fact and principle. “The word of fact consisted of af firming that real religious persecu tion exists in Germany and declar ing that one wished he might say otherwise. “The word of principle consisted in denying the accusation made against the Chur ch that it is not do ing its religious duties, but is play ing politics. “Agairst this accusation the Pope protested solemnly, reaffirming that the Church in all its activities does not play politics, but promotes re legion. “The Pope illustrated all this by referring both to accusations made before Pilato against Jesus Himself, and replies the Redeemer made to those accusations. With regard to persecution, the Holy Father said: “We shall not hesitate to give the true name to things in Germany', where there has been in existence for some time religious persecution. This persecution has been denied. But we know there is persecution, and persecution which has hardly ever been so frightful and grave. “In Germany there is real, actual religious persecution desipte efforts to present a contrary impresison.” With regard to charges of the Church interferring in politics, he said: “We solemnly protest against charges that the Church practices politics. The Church does not prae- This information was revealed by Bishop Yu-Pin in an interview at the Catholic University of America here. He has departed on an itinerary that will take him across the United States and back, and into Canada, before he sails on February 23 for Europe. Firmly denying any intention to mix in political matters, but “speak ing solely in the name of justice, of . truth and of morality,” Bishop Yu- Pin said he must protest against the immoralities that have accompanied the conquest of some of the cities of China. He is reliably informed, he said, that the Japanese troops have slaughtered innocent young Chinese on the pretext that they were sol diers, plundered homes, brutally at tacked Chinese women, and com mitted other depredations. “Such flagrant immorality will be punish ed,” he said. Asserting that it is very clear what the outcome of the present struggle in China will be. Bishop Yu- Pin said the invasion of his country was a great mistake on the part of the Japanese and that it will lead to the ruin of Japan. China is neither Communist nor Pro-Communist, and if the Japanese say they are fighting Communism they have no reason for fighting the Chinese, the Bishop de clared. The Japanese are exhausting themselves in the invasion of China and “will suffer from their weak ness tomorrow,” he said. Exhausting themselves, he added, the Japanese will leave themselves prey to their enemies abroad. Even if Japan should succeed in conquering all of China, a process that will take at least two years, it would require a force of at least 7,- 000,000 soldiers to police China, the Bishop said. In every village there would be hundreds of Chinese ready to rise to free their country. African Missionary Yellow Fever Victim (Special Correspondence, N. C. W. C. News Agency) DUBYIN. — The Society for Afri can Missions has sustained another loss among its young missionary priests in the death of the Rev. Eamonn Murphy from yellow fever. (This is the Society laboring among the colored people in the Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta, — Editor. The Bulletin). Bishop of Owensboro The Most Rev. Francis R. Cotton, Bishop-elect of Owensboro, Ky.. for merly chancellor of the Diocese of Louisville. Bishop of Camden The Most Rev. Bartholomew J. Eustace, Bishop-elect of Camden, N. J., formerly professor of St. Joseph’s Seminary, Yonkers, N. Y. BISHOPS ARE NAMED FOR NEW DIOCESES (By N. C. W. C. News Service) WASHINGTON, D. C.—The Rev. Bartholomew J. Eustace, rector of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, New Rochelle, N. Y., has been ap pointed Bishop of the newly created Diocese of Camden by His Holiness, Pope Pius XI, according to an an nouncement made here by His Ex cellency, the Most Rev. Amleto Gio- (Continued on Page Ten) EMPHASIZES SERVICE OF CATHOLIC PRESS IN RECENT MONTHS Chairman of N. C. W. C. Press Department Com mends Editors and Urges Support of Catholic Press BY THE MOST REV- JOHN MARK GANNON, (Episcopal Chairman, Press Depart ment, National Catholic Welfare Con ference) A year ago, my message to you took the form of a sharp cry of alarm:— that a strange wolf had entered the fold of America. ‘European Communism,” my mes sage rang, “has seeped into American soil, threatens a war against Amer ican Government and against Chris tianity. We must organize, encour age and strengthen our Catholic Press. The Catholic Press, support ed zealously in the Catholic pulpit, forms the most powerful weapon at the disposal of the Church.” During the year just closed, what a wealth of information has been ac cumulated on this evil of Commun ism! What a flood-light has been turned on the economic and social condition of the nation! What an un remitting and pitiless exposure of the perverted hearts, false principles and dishonorable practices of those who would subvert American Democracy and destroy Christianity! To this picture, no single agent has contributed more intelligently or more courageously than the editors and publishers of the Catholic Press. They have perfected their Christian thesis beyond all question of doubt. They have developed a form of Apol ogetics not found in any other field of the newspaper and magazine world. They have analyzed its com ponent parts, reduced to ridicule its Utopian promises, and exposed its dishonorable and unscrupulous pro paganda to the American public. Amid vast changes in current events, American democracy was threatened by an imported false phi losophy; a philosophy which, in prac tice, would kill that same freedom of the press which gave it issue. Never in the history of the Catholic- Press have its editors and publish ers accepted a challenge more spon taneously. Never have they risen to so high a level of journalistic abil ity, patriotic watchfulness and un compromising fidelity to our Amer ican heritage of Christian liberty. I extend to these gentlemen of the Catholic Press, my warm congratu lations and blessing- I am proud to be chairman of such a group. Let us examine some outstanding achievements of the past year: In the Spanish struggle, the Leftist wing threw on the pages of history a red blot never to be effaced. Con- posed of Communists and Anarchists, it brought war and chaos to its own people, and seeking to enlist our American sympathy, it spun a web of propaganda across our country, ensnaring public opinion with a dis torted and inaccurate view of the (Continued on Page Seven) Bishop Schrembs in Tribute to Late Newton D. Baker (By N. C. W. C. Nows Service) CLEVELAND.—Tribute was paid to the late Newton D. Baker, former Secretary of War, who died on Christmas Day, by the Most Rev. Joseph Schrembs, Bishop of Cleve land, as “a man of high principles, of a very noble character, a man true to his friends, a man who at all times stood for the things he believed were right.” “During the World War,” said the Bishop, “I was constantly in close touch with him while I served on the National Catholic War Council, and I learned to know his magnificent character at that time. He made it his duty to see that the mothers of the boys who went to war should feel satisfied that their boys were being looked after.” This is not the first tribute paid Mr. Baker by Bishop Schrembs, the prelate having lauded him on sev eral other occasions as an outstanding statesman and as friendly and co operative wherever the interests of the Chinch were concerned. It is also recalled that Mr. Baker was most friendly with the late Rt, Rev. Msgr. John J. Burke, C. S. P-. during the War when Monsignor Burke was General Secretary of the National Catholic War Council. Mr. Baker paid the following tribute to Monsignor Burke on the death of the latter: “In the intimacy which the World War gave to those who were working together at its tasks, I came to know, honor and love Monsignor John J. Burke. Our friendship has lasted until his_ lamented death. In every relationship of life he was devoted and distinguished as a scholar, citi zen and priest.” It is further recalled that it was through Mr. Baker s rulings on wel fare work among the soldiers that Catholic groups engaged in such ac tivity during the war were able to enjoy their necessary share in the funds secured for welfare add.