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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Italian Government Sends Ancient
Bible to Pope for His Inspection
CONDITIONS IN INDIA
EXTREMELY APPALLING
Misery of Natives Revealed
By Father Sequicria, Jesuit
Missionary.
New York.—When Father R. D.
Seqneira, S. J., went to the miser
able natives dwelling in South Kan-
ara and Malabar, Southern India,
with the idea in mind that he could
try to better their conditions, he
realized that he had a very diffi
cult and trying problem to wrestle
with. Just how much of a problem
he faces may be pictured from a
letter which he sent to the head
quarters of the Society for the
Propagation of the Faith, New York.
“The inhabitants of this part of
India,” he writes, “live in a social
state truly appalling. They feed on
dead animal carcasses, move about
from place to place with grown-up
children practically in a nude state,
and exist without the least thought
of the morrow; in short, they live
like cattle.
“Slavery has been abolished by
the British government, but the
same continues under some shape or
other in interior parts of India. The
landlord sways almost a despotic
power, as if he were master of life
and death. No native can possess
land in his own name. The husband
and wife have to work all the year
round on the landlord’s farm for
a daily pittance, while the children
tend cattle. On great festivals they
are entitled to a few cakes, and
once a year to a bit of cloth each.
“These Indians can be Tffilifted. by
education and by the raising of
their domestic standards. They
should have permanent homes and
school life. It will take a long time
to do this, perhaps. My idea is to
secure land and build small houses
on the colony plan, but, while the
houses are relatively inexpensive,
they will cost more than the mis
sion can afford.”
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Modena.—Learning that His Holi
ness Pope Pius XI had expressed a
desire to see the famous Bible of
Borso d’Este which has been restored
to Italy after many years absence
and will henceforth be preserved in
the library at Modena, the Italian
Government has charged Commen-
datorc Arduino Colasanti, Director-
General of Fine Arts with the- mis
sion of carrying the precious volum
es to the Vatican. Pope Pius XI,
as is well known, has a scholarly in
terest in ancient illuminated volum
es and published .many interesting
monographs on the subject while lib
rarian of the Ambrosiana and of the
Vatican library.
The volumes which have aroused
the interest of His Holiness have an
interesting history. They are an an
cient text of the Bible, in two vol
umes of 700 pages each, written on
parchment and illuminated with
wonderful patience and skill by the
scholarly Prince of Este who, in
1452, bore the title of Duke of Mod
ena and Reggio. Each page is sup
erbly illuminated. The work was ex
ecuted between 1450 and 1400 and is
in a splendid state of preservation.
The d’Este Bible is considered one
of the most valuable sources of in
formation on the history of costum
es of that period.
The famous work was carried out
of Italy at the time of the Italian
war of unity and became the prop-
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partiality and : curacy, the limits
of his own solvability.’
Quotes German Paper.
“It is thus that' a German paper,
the ‘Vorwaerts’ also understands it,
and secs, on the part of the Pope
an invitation to cease ‘passive re
sistance.”
“The Holy Father then turns to
the conquerors, the creditors of the
conquered. He proclaims the jus
tice of ‘guarantees proportionate to
the size of their debt,’ and he recog
nizes that the recovery .of this debt
is a matter of vital interest to them.
“If there were any need of it, is
this not the support of the highest
authority given to the policy follow
ed by the allied nations? And in
this case, instead of compla'ining
about the Pope, should we not be
grateful to him for sanctioning in
a sovereign manner the principles so
often proclaimed and so invariably
followed by the French government?
“In full knowledge and full liber
ty, France and Belgium have wished
to guarantee, by the occupation of
the Ruhr, the recovery of, the debt
owed them by Germany and prac
tically eluded up to the present time.
Has the Pope the slightest criticism
for this operation? None. Ho, ad
mits its legitimacy, in principle—
which is thus recognized for the
first time, officially, outside of the
allied governments.
“Furthermore, the occupation of
the Ruhr being a mutter of fact, Pius
XI does not wish to judge it. And,
in this connection if his attitude re
sembles that of the British and Ita
lian governments and the opinion of
.practically all the neutral powers,
what reason can there be for re
proacliing him for it?
“The pontifical letter therefore
contains nothing which can offend
our patriotism, nothing which can
not be defended publicly, even in the
tribune of the French Parliament.
Ohio Editor Approves
Cincinnati.—Under tjie title of
“The Pope’s Plea,” the Cincinnati
Enquirer prints Uic following edi
torial ;
“If Mr. Bok can find a more ef
fective, plausible or essential'y all-
inclusive proposal for the assur
ance of restoration of .genuine and
permanent world peace than is dis
coverable in the plea of Pope Pius,
lie will indeed be lucky.
“But Pope Pius is not a contender
for Mr. Bole’s prize. Such things as
Mr. Bok proposes to give $100,000
for are not purchaseable; they come
—when they do come—hot from the
soul of some inspired lover , of hu
manity, some unselfish, earnest and
benevolent disciple of eternal justice
and righteousness. Hence the Vati
can is not interested in Mr- Bok’s
picturesque, though sincerely offer
ed, "honorarium.
erty of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
of Austria, and later of Emperor
Froncis Joseph. Indeed, the ancient
volumes formed part of the imperial
treasure of the House of Austria.
With the fall of the monarchy the
late Emperor Charles I, was driven
by necessity to sell the Bible to a
dealer in antiquities in Paris. This
spring an antiquary of Florence hap
pened to learn that the famous Este
Bible was to emigrate to America.
Desiring the return of the volumes
to Italy, he went to Paris on his
own initiative and succeeded in per
suading the dealer to wait thirty
days before taking any action. From
there he rushed back to Rome and
placed the matter before the Italian
Government. Unfortunately, the
Government, which is facing many
difficulties, financial and otherwise,
did not feel in a position to purchase
the valuable code and it might have
been lost to Italy forever had not
one of her loyal sons, Commenda-
tore Trcccani, who already has many
similar acts to his credit, volunteer
ed to purchase the volume and pre
sent it to the nation. This lie did,
the purchase price being 3,300,000
French francs or, at the prevailing
rale of exchange, four and a half
million lire.
Commcndatore Trcccani immedi
ately turned the volumes over to the
Italian Government, and it has been
decided to preserve them in the li
brary" at Modena.
“The Pope desires‘to see the na
tions reconciled. He speaks as a
moral force, though in his recom
mendations are to be found the wis
dom that surpasses that of the sin
uous and mercenary dipolmacy of
this and all other days.
“It is in the hope that his pro
posals may serve to save Europe
from a new and deadly competition
of hatred, greed, ambition and ven
geance that Pope Pius begs the na
tions to heed his programme of san
ity and humanity.
“With unswerving acumen his
holiness nominates as the matter of
first consideration the devastating
controversy between Germany and
France. He does not chide, does not
condemn, but calls for. the cessation
of this world tragedy, assuming that
Germany should pay all that it is
possible to pay, and that France
would be willing to accept such pay
ment, demanding, no more.
“To compass this end the Pope
urges Secretary Hughes’s proposal
of a half year ago, that this adjust
ment be intrusted to an impartial
commission. And there is no other
proper and adequate way success
fully to get at and compose this es
sentially important initial situation.
“Naturally, perhaps, France does
not take kindly to this proposition.
But her arguments topple before the
plain common sense of the plan. For
the Pope goes on in a second sug
gestion to denounce the crime and
sabotage in the Ruhr for which Ger
many is held to be responsible; and
be pleads with Germany to end
them. This attitude took the wind
out of the sails of France and Bel
gium and forced them into a singu
lar position—they have attempted
to forestall credit due the Pope by
formulating his benevolent plea into
an arrogant and stern demand 1
“Finally, the great man of the
Vatican has proceeded, with invin
cible moral appeal, to beg France
and Belgium to refrain from repris
als against sabotage and crime. He
pleads with both sides to cease from
acts of evil and retaliation.
“Can anyone dare say that if the
Pope’s plea were heeded and crystal
lized into benevolent practice that
peace would not hasten to brood
over Europe and the world?”
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London Scientific Society
Elects Chicago Priest
Chicago.—Rev. Daniel J. Mc
Hugh, C* M., head of the depart
ment of astronomy at DePau
University, has received the rare
distinction to be elected a fel
low in the Royal Astronomical
Society of London. There are
only 76 fellows of the society in
the United States, and besides
Father McHugh, only one priest.
Father McHugh’s election came
as a surprise to him. Member
ship in the society is conferred
on the recommendation of oth
er members after a formal and
rather intricate method, during
which the right of the nominee
to recognition ,is rigidly exam
ined.
It is believed that the reason
for Father McHugh’s election
was particularly his work in
•connection with the studying of
the Halley Comet in 1909.
Statistics of Boy Scouts
Show Catholic Growth
1,600 Troops Formed in
Years Under Catholic Aus
pices, Convention Reveals.
Bear Mountain, N. Y.—The thir
teenth annual meeting of the Na
tional Council of the Boy Scouts
of America was held in the Pali
sades Interstate Park, N. Y„ where
nearly 3,000 Boy Scouts are encamp
ed. Besides the members of'the Na
tional Council, the meeting was at
tended by General Pershing, Gover
nor Smith, of New York, and Gov
ernor Silzer, of New Jersey.
Charles A. McMahon, of Washing
ton, D. C., who represented the Na
tional Council of Catholic Men, re
ported the organization during the
past year of 1,600 Catholic Boy Scout
troops with a total membership of
35,000 boys under Catholic auspices.
He also told of the Summer School
for Catholic Scout Executives which
is being conducted at Notre Dame
University under the auspices of the
National Council of Catholic Men.
Among the forty men registered for
the course at Notre Dame this year,
according to Mr. McMahon’s report,
there are eleven priests representing
as many different parishes.-
The Rev. John J. Burke, C. S. P.,
General Secretary of the National
Catholic Welfare Council and Dr-
Michael J. Slattery, Executive Secre
tary of the National Council of
Catholic Men, were re-elected' as
mcmbers-at-large of the National
Hoy Scout Council. The Rev. John
F. White, representative of the Na
tional Council of Catholic Men at
Scout headquarters in New York, has
charge of the extension of the Boy
Scout movement under Catholic au
spices.
It was reported at the meeting
that the Boy gcout organization now
has a total membership of 598,335
Scouts and Scout officials.
BISHOP OF COVINGTON,
KY., IS CONSECRATED
Eight Bishops Assist at Ele
vation of Msgr. Howard to
Episcopal Dignity.
Covington, Ky.—St. Mary’s Cathe
dral here was filled to overflowing
July 15, on the occasion of the con
secration of the Rt. Rev. Francis
W. Howard as Bishop of Covington.
The Most Rev. Henry Moeller, Arch
bishop of Cincinnati, was the conse
crating prelate and was assisted by
the Rt. Rev. James Hartley, Bishop
of Columbus, and the Rt. Rev. John
Floersli, Coadjutor Bishop of Louis
ville. Officers of the Mass were:
Assistant Priest, the Very- Rev. J. A.
Flynn; Deacons of Honor, the Rev.
Dean Leick, and the Rev. Dean Ash-
mann; Deacon of the Mass, the Rev.
F. A. Kehoc; Sub-deacon, the Rev.
Thomas McCaffey. Chaplains of the
Bishop-elect, the Rev. T. J. O’Reilly
of Columbus, and the Rev. T. A.
Powers of Steubeneville, Ohio; Mas
ters of Ceremonies, the Revs. Jos.
Albers, Walter Frieberg, Louis
O’Harrcn and Herbert Hillcnmcyer.
Archbishop Glcnnon of St. Louis was
present. Altogether, eight Bishops,
twelve Monsignors and 150 priests
attended the ceremony. The sermon
was preached by the Rev. Peter C.
Yorke of San Francisco.
Arkansas Priest
Made Domestic Prelate by
Pope Pius XI
Little Rock, —The Very Rev- Dr.
W. H. Aretz, Rector of St. John’s
Seminary here and Chancellor of the
diocese has been named a Domestic
Prelate by Pope Pius XI. News of
His appointment has been received
from the Apostolic Delegation al
Washintgon.
Dr. Aretz has been rector of the
Seminary here for seventeen years.
The Seminary is a diocesan institu
tion which has recently affiliated
with the Home Mission Supply of
the Church Extension Society. Last
year fifty-two ecclesiastical, students
were registered at the seminary.
Dr. Aretz was the first priest or
dained by the Rt. Rev. John B. Mor
ris, Bishop of Little Rock. The date
for his investiture has not yet been
announced but it will probably be
some time in the early autumn.
TERTIARY MEETING
St. Louis, Mo.—The Rev. Constan
tine Bach, 0. F. M., spiritual director
of the Sacred Heart Tertiary Prov
ince, or Third Order of St. Francis,
the headquarters of which are at St.
Anthony’s Church here, has an
nounced that the third convcntibn
of the Sacred Heart Tertiary Prov
ince will he held in St. Louis, Oc-'
tober 7th, 8th and 9th. The Sacred
Heart Tertiary province was organ
ized six years ago, when the first
convention was held at Tautopolis,
111.; three years ago the second con
vention was held at Chicago.
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Pope y s Note Not Unfriendly to
France Says Archbishop of Paris