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THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMEN’S ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
APRIL 17, 1920
Foreign Affairs Committee Told
About Mexican Fight on Religion
N. C. C. M. PROGRESS
Gaelic Sermons Feature St.
Patricks Day in Ireland
(B.v N. C. W. C. News Service.)
Dublin—A feature of llic celebra
tion of Saint Patrick’s Day in Dublin
was the number of Catholic Churches
in which prayers were recited and
sermons delivered in Irish.
Gaelic University Proposed.
The appointment of the Dew Gov
erning Body of University College,
Galway, for the period 1926-1929,
has again raised the question wheth
er the activities of the College should
be carried on entirely in Irish, and
the policy of this new assembly is
eagerly awaited by the world of
higher education. The proposal to
create an out and out Gaelic Univer
sity in Galway is not by any means
beyond the bounds of possibility,
since about 40 percent of the inhab
itants of ttie town do their business
through the medium of the Inin
language.
Irish Dance Revival.
Supported by the Rev. .Tames
Flynn, S. J.. who presided, Mr. J. M.
Long, an eminent authority on Irish
dancing, appealed for more teaching
of Irish dancing in the schools and
colleges at a meeting held in the
ball attached to the Jesuit Church
in Gardiner Street.
American-Dublin Engineer.-
General approval is expressed at
the arirval in Ireland from Amer
ica of Dr. P. W. Sothman, to take
charge of the electrical engineering
work in conection with the Shannon
scheme. Dr. Sothman who has been
a resident of the United States for
20 years, was engaged on the con
struction of the hydro-electric plant
at Niagara Falls for the Government
of Ontario. There is gratification
that an American engineer is em
ployed on so important a part of
the Shannon scheme.
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speak freely of her treatment, when
she returned to the United States,
aud added: “I thought I could say
things he couldn’t. The United
States officials in Mexico did every
thing they could for us, but llieir
hands are tied.”
Mother Semple concluded her
statement in these words:
“The law of 1917 is the basis of
it all. As long as that law exists,
there will be no living in Mexico for
Catholics, Protestants or anyone
else.”
Constitution Begot in Bigotry.
Judge Talley charged that “the
Constitution of 1917 was begot in
bigotry and for the purpose of driv
ing God out of the nation”;d enied
that the Constitution was ever
■sanctioned by the Mexican people,
and cited instances where in pasi
years the United States has taken
cognizance of religious persecution
in other countries.
“The present constitution of Mexi
co was never submitted for adop
tion byt he Mexican peoplcb ut was
imposed by a military convention
controlled bjf Carranza”, said Judge
Talley. “Before the United States
gave its recognition, it asked Mexi
co if it would grant religious tolera
tion. Mexico answered yes, it would
abide byt he constitution of 1857.
Carranza arbitrarily suspended that
constitution and imposed tlie con
stitution of 1917 which destroyed
all religious toleration. Under it
the Church may not hold property,
ministers and priests, even native,
may not vote nor teach nor enter
a primary school. There is no trial
by a jury for priests. No minister
may criticize the laws of the coun
try. Charitable institutions, hospi
tals, orphanages, seminaries, all arc
under control of the State. The
State legislatures may prescribe the
number of priests allowed to func
tion within this State. Priests and
bishops are never allowed to meet
together. Forego born priests '^.e
been summarily driven out, alrfCay
to tlie number of 202. Forego born
nuns have suffered the same fate,
and native religious have been de
prived of their homes and schools.
Tlie schools have been made atheis
tic.”
Judge Talley quoted fronu be re
cent letter, of Elihu Root, written
supporting the action of the United
States in refusing recognition of
Russia, in which Mr. Root said “The
recognition of one Government by
another is not a mere courtesy. It
is an act having definite and speci
fic meaning, and it involves an ac
ceptance by the recognizing Govern
ment of the principles, purposes and
avowed intentions of the recognized
Government as being in conformity
with the rules which govern the
conduct of civilized nations toward
each other.. , .The immediate, effect
of such a course (recognition of
Russia) would be to give great en
couragement and strength to the
communist doctrines professed ' by
the Russian Government and to
make it seem to all the world that
the Government of the United States
regards as negligible the differences
between the principles underlying
American institutions, and the tlie-'
ories which support the- dictatorship
of tlie proletariat. Such a course by
the Government of the United States
would not only .give respectability
and credit to those who are carrying
on the cummunistic- propaganda in
the United States but it would tend
to the demoralization of public
opinion throughout the United
States among the people, who would
see that our Government makes no
difference between the two views of
liberty and order.”
Judge Talley argued that the same
principles applied to the recogni
tion by this country of Mexico, de
claring that by its fundamental law
it had so destroyed freedom of re
ligious belief and freedom of speech,
that it had put itsel| outside of the
recognized principles of humanity
and justice which are the basis of
all international law, that Mexicp
had shown itself to he unfit to be
a member of the family of nations.
Judge Talley insisted that he did not
suggest or consider for a moment
our interference with tlie Govern
ment and its own people by Mexico,
hut lie said that by extending the
hand of friendship by convenant or
treaty, by the recognition of Mexico
in any form, the United States
would effect a change of hands with
the nation that trampled upon the
most elemental principles of the
rights of humanity the most im
portant of which was the right to
worship one’s God according to one’s
conscience. He then cited several
instances in which the United States
in tlie past had taken official cogni-
zation of religious activities in
other countries. He cited the fol
lowing:
In 1866 Secretary of State Seward
wrote the United Slates diplomatic
representative in Japan instructing
him to work with representatives of
another nation to ameliorate the
laws against the practice of Christ
ianity in Japan.
Secretary of State Fish, in 1876,
instructed the American Charge
d'affaires at Madrid to inform the
Spanish Government that ilie United
States was deeply interested in the
religious liberty question then being
agitated in that country.
Secretary of State Frelinghuysen,
in 1884, wrote the American Minister
of Italy instructing him to make
representations concerning the
threatened sale of the American Col
lege, at Rome, and the Italian Gov
ernment acceded to the American
wishes.
Secretary of State Hay, in 1900,
took up with Portugal the question
of religious freedom under Its con
stitution.
Acting Secretary of Stale Adcc, in
1895, sept a letter .to the American
Ambassador to France dealing with
the adverse legislation of that coun
try toward the Mormon church.
Secretary of State Day, in 1898, in
a letter declared that the United
States Department of States efforts
had been directed to securing for
American citizens the same right to
pursue their vocation of preaching
and teaching, if such practices are
lawful in the country of their resi
dence, as any other American pro
fessional men or merchants have to
pursue their calling.”
In 1899 Secretary of State Hay
took up with the American Minister
of Bolivia the question of alleged
restrictions in that country on lib
erty of conscience, and the right of
freedom to teach.
Judge Talley read an account in
an affidavit of the incident of Feb.
23, 1926, when the Govermental
authorities seized the Church of the
Holy Family in Mexico City, and of
the resistance of 3,000 women, in
which was described the action of
the authorities in calling out tlie
fire department and deluging the
women with water, which resulted
in the calling out of the armed po
lice. He described the action of
the chief of police iu hprse-wliip-
ping some of the women who pro
tested. He also described tlie ex
pulsion of twenty-one Carmelite
nuns from their convent, telling the
Committee that they were Sisters
in religion of Sister Teresa, “The
Little Flower”. He explained to the
committee that these nuns were
cloistered, that they were put on the
train going to Mexico City with no
definite designation, and that before
their, arrival their guards, in a
quandary as lo what to do with
them, were overheard by two Mexi
can men on the train plotting to de
posit them in certain houses of ill-
fame in Mexico City. Tlie two men
protested and paid the guards 100
pesos to allow the nuns to get out
at Mexico City, and saw that they
were decently housed with Catholic
families in the city. Judge Talley
informed the committee that the
witnesses of both these episodes
were prepared to go before the
American Ambassador at Mexico and
make sworn deposition as to the
facts.
Judge Talley disclaimed advocat
ing interference with Mexico’s pure
ly internal affairs, but insisted that
the present situation in that coun
try is intolerable and that an im
mediate remedy must he found.
Mexico by her persecution and at
tempted destruction of all religion
has forfeited the right to claim the
friendship of the liberty-loving peo
ple of the United States, he assert
ed, and it is time this Government
spoke.
He said in concluding:
“If we believe iu our own princi
ples of government, with freedom of
conscience and religions worship
and other human rights, and then,
by comity, convenant, treaty or
convention give the support of this
great country of ours to this state
which has the Soviet as its basis,
fearful as we are of tlie Russian
idea, it should give us pause. It
should make us wonder if we are
not undermining our own form of
government by not telling the world'
we do not approve of this thing.”
Birth Rate of England Is
Now Lowest In the World
(By N. C. W. C. News Service)
London.—England’s birth rate has
fallen to 18.3 per thousand, and is
now the lowest in the world. The
alarming situation is revealed by
figures just issued by the Register
General, covering England and Wales
during 1925. For peace years the
new figure is a low record. .
Tlie French birth rate, which was
formerly the lowest in the world,
was 18.7 when last declared:
Whilst the birth rate in England
and Wales has dropped from 24.1 in
4913 to 18.3 in 1925, the. marriage
Vate has remained roughly the same.
In 1913 there were 15.7 marriages
per thousaind, and in 1924 there
were 15.3 per thousand. During tlie
war years the marriages averaged
about 19 per thousand.
Birth control encouraged by act
ive propagandists iu hooks and on
public platform, is undoubtedly a
large contributing cause to the de
cline. The other causes are generally
admitted to he insufficient nutrition
and wrong living conditions.
Income Grows, Expenses De
crease During Quarter
(By N. C, W. C. News Service)
Washington, D. C.—Efforts to
revitalize the National Council
of Catholic Men have resulted in
the last three months in the es
tablishment of a new and stable
plan of expansion, the enroll
ment of 175 new unit organiza
tions and a financial gain of
$6,400.
Beginning with the month of
December, 1925, a rigid pro
gram of economy was put into
effect by the national organiza
tion of the council. As a result,
in three months it has increased
its collections by $1,200 and ac
complished this at $1,500 less
than had been previously spent
for operation. In addition $3,700
were added to the treasury
through special contributions.
Five hundred new subscribers to
the N. C. W. C. Bulletin have
also been received in December,
1925. and January and February
of this year.
Usury, in its wider significance,
means all gain from the lending of
money. Now, however, it has come
to mean unjust gain on loans by
reason that the gain is not justified
by the loss or risk to the lender or
tlie benefit of the borrower, or be
cause ,the amount of the gain is ex
orbitant. In this latter case usury is
forbidden by both the natural law
and the Bible.
Father Walsh Has Lengthy
Conference With Pope
American Jesuit Finds Him
Much Affected by Death of
Archbishop Cieplak
By Msgr. Enrico Pucci
(Roome Corespondent, N. C. W. (',.
News Service) -
Rome— Father Edmund A. Walsh
S. J. had one March 15 the longest
private audiences with His Holiness
that lias been accorded for some
time. He was closeted with tile Holy
Father from 11 o’clock in the morn
ing until 12:25 p. m„ despite the fact
that numerous prelates were wait
ing to gain a few minutes of the
Pope's time.
I saw Father Walsh later in Hie
day and he told me of matters of
great importance which had been
dsicussed, but concerning which I
may not speak until announcement
lias been made by His Holiness. The
American priest free, however, to
describe the profound grief mani
fested by the Pope at tlie death of
one dear to himself and liis visitor
Archbishop Cieplak.
Father Walsh himself said lie had
taken leave of Archbishop Cieplak
in America, with a promise to meet
him in Europe, and had so arranged
his engagements in Europe as to
permit him to accompany the prelate
to Vilna when lie should take pos
session of his See. “Now,” he said,
“perhaps I shall accompany his dead
body.”
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