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Member of the National Catholic Welfare Con ference News Service 'Tjfot Buiittitt Official Organ of the Catholic Laymens Associati on^Geor^ia “TO BRING ABOUT A FRIENDLIER FEELING AMONG GEORGIANS. 1RRESPEC TIVS OF CREEP** j The Only Catholic I News paper Between j B al t i m o re and New | Orleans. TEN CENTS A COPY. VOL. X, NO. 24. AUGUSTA, GA., DECEMBER 21, 1929 ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY—$2.00 A YEAR BOSTON’S CARDINAL HEARTY AT SEVENTY Dean of American Hierarchy- Reaches Three Score and Ten in Perfect Health (By N. C. W. C. News Service) BOSTON—His Eminence, William Cardinal O’Connell, Archbishop ol Boston, in anticipation of the seven tieth anniversary of his birth Sun day, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, granted an interview to a group of newspapermen, with whom he looked back over his ex ceptionally busy life, and recounted incidents and achievements that are at once interesting, illuminating and inspiring. “My 70th birthday,” said His Em inence in response to the first ques tion, “finds me in the very best of health, thank God. Literally, I nev er felt better in my life than I do today. Thirty years ago, in 1900 it was. I made a walking tour through Switzerland, walking day after day for a full month, covering about 15 to 20 miles a day. A few days ago the memory of this came back to me, and just for my own satisfac tion I started out after breakfast, about 7:30, and I walked continuous ly until 1 o’clock in the afternoon. I imagine that I covered about 12 miles, and at the end I did not feel the least fatigued. Not bad for a man of 70, I think. That speaks for itself as far as my physical con dition is concerned. Another Priest a Hero as Prisoners at Auburn Riot Bishop-Elect Albers American Prelate Nuncio to Ireland Father Donald M. Cleary Pleads Vainly With Men in Effort to Halt Slaughter “I am never so happy as when I have a full day’s occupation before me. I go through the work to the best of my ability, and when it is done and I close the door against worry and find delightful compan ionship in my books and my music. I have no eight-hour law to observe I work until the work is done every single day. At the end of the day my work table is clean. Of course, the amount of correspondence of real importance, and the number of in terviews, serious interviews, often times involving difficult problems waiting for solution, are of such a nature and quantity as to demand all my time and all my effort. And they get it without stint.” Continuing, the Cardinal said: ‘I rise at 6 punctually and retire if possible, also punctually, at 10:30. I take no siesta after lunch, but a good long walk instead, and then go back to my workshop.” Asked what he considered the best and most permanent accomplishments of his lifetime, the Cardinal said: “Well, to my mind, the best and most lasting achievement that I have accomplished is the establish ment of 100 new parishes, because by that I have brought to 100 communi ties spiritual aid and the facilities which they had not had before. To me that work alone is worth a life time of labor, because of the im mense comfort and consolation it brings to thousands upon thousands of souls. “After that I consider my work for the seminary also of great im portance. Having been a rector once of the North American College in Rome, the work is particularly fam iliar and very dear to me. Prepar ing young ievites for their ministry is a real apostolic work, and my heart is in it so much that I have built the permanent residence of the Arch ie Continued on Page Ten) The Most Rev. Paschal Robin son, an American Franciscan and former Apostolic Visitor to Pales tine, who has just been named Papal Nuncio to Dublin, Ireland, by Pope Pius XI. Archbishop Rob inson, who is of English descent, was born in Dublin and cal £ e to America before entering the priesthood. Except when pontifi cating at ceremonies and on special occasions, His Grace still wears the Franciscan habit. Archbishop Robinson, born in Dub lin in a literary family, studied for the bar but gave up law for litera- tuie. He did journalistic work on London newspapers and then became associate editor of the North Ameri can Review. Deciding to embrace the religious life, he entered Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., to study Latin and Greek preparatory to entering the Franciscan Order. Hev. Michael Earls, S. J., vice-president of Holy Cross and a student with Archbishop Robinson there, in an interview in the Boston Traveler at tributes to the literary efforts of the new Papal Nuncio to Ireland much of the current appreciation of St. Francis and Franciscan life as dis tinguished from the misinformation about the subject so general a gen eration ago. Twelve Franciscans Leave for Far East (By N. C. W. C. News Service.) VANCOUVER, B. C.—Twelve Fran ciscan Missionaries of Mary embark ed in the steamer here for the mission field of the Far East. They were destined for China and the Philip pines, where their Institute is rep resented by forty houses in the for mer and eight in the latter country. Some will devote themselves to teaching in schools and others to the care of sick and orphans in hospitals, dispensaries and sylums. AUBURN. N. Y.—Another Catholic priest has become a hero in.a prison riot. He is the Rev. Donald M. Cleary, one of the chaplains at Auburn Prison here where 25 long-term prisoners started a riot December 11th in an effort to gain their free dom. The rioting started with hand- to-hand combat between prisoners and guards and ended only when National Guardsmen had tear bomb ed the jail and surrounded the walls. Eight died in the riot, one of them Principal Keeper George R. Durnford. The other seven were prisoners. The prisoners captured the warden, General Edgar S. Jennings, and held him as hostage several hours. Father Cleary was one of those who pleaded with the men to abandon their hope less attempt to gain freedom and give up the fight. The story of Father Cleary’s heroism, is told by the warden in the following words: “Later they became more threaten ing and soon Father Cleary came up bravely under their guns and started to plead with them. He asked them in all decency to drop the effort to escape, which was doomed to. fail- | ure.” One of the mutineers, however, re- i plied that the riot had gone too far ; for the men to recede. After the rioting subsided. Father i Cleary was quoted as describing his j visit to the cellhouse in the follow- j ing words: ' “I knew most of those boys and I knew if I had a chance to reason with them they would see how their foolish attempt would bring only death and failure. And I knew they wouldn’t fire on me. “When I got to the door of the cell- house and started talking to them, however, I could see that they were still full of hope that their desperate attempt would succeed. They were sure, and told me so, that the authori ties would be forced to let them out, because they had the warden and those guards there, shackled and helpless. “As far as I was concerned they were very gentle and made no threats. Four or five of them gave some indications of weakening after I had talked to them through the door, but the leaders argued them out of it. “Apparently they suspected a gas attack was coming, because three or four of them, behind the door, fixed handkerchiefs over their faces. “I remained at the cellhouse fog about ten minutes, telling them that the riot couldn’t possibly succeed and urging them to surrender and, save any further bloodshed. "As far as I could determine there v JiT MONSIGNOR RUIZ DISCUSSES PEACE Apostolic Delegate Answer ing Rubio Recalls Calles’ Admission of Right of Peo ple to Amend Laws MONSIGNOR ALBERS AUXILIARY BISHOP Chancellor of Archdiocese of Cincinnati Elevated to Episcopacy for That See Cardinal O’Connell Recalls Noted Persons He Has Met Asked concerning men he has met during his lifetime and who have impressed him, Cardinal O'Connell said that he had known all of the Presidents since McKinley personal ly and rather well, and mentioned among the other impressive charac ters he has known, Tom Reed of Maine; Senator Hale, also of Maine; Major Higginson; James J. Storrow; Prince von Buelow, once chancellor of Germany; Prince Ludwig Ferdi nand of Bavaria, and M. Tardieu, the present Premier of France. “In the ecclesiastical world.” His Eminence said, “there are three men whose memory I shall never forget. Each impressed me in his own way as being of the very first rank. Of these I have no hesitation in placing first my own predecessor, Archbishop Wil liams. years brought a calming equanimity that, it seems, nothing could dis turb. Continuing, His Eminence said that men seeing Archbishop Williams in his later years thought that he was stoical, cynical, too aloof. In reality said the Cardinal, he was none of those, and “to those who understood him he had the loftiest and most no ble character.” (By N. C. W. C. News Service.) WASHINGTON—The Very Rev. Msgr. Joseph H. Albers has been named by the Holy Father to be Titular Bishop of Lunda and Auxi liary Bishop to His Grace, the Most Rev. John T. McNicholas, O. P., Archbishop of Cincinnati, according to word just received at the Apostolic Delegation here from Rome. Bishop- Elect Albert is Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and pastor of St. Louis’ Church. Cincinnati. Monsignor Albers was born in Cincinnati, March 18, 1891, and studied for the priesthood at Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary of the West. Fol lowing his ordination he was for six years secretary to the late Arch bishop Moeller of Cincinnati. During the World War, Monsignor Albers served as a chaplain. He was appointed Chancellor of the Cin cinnati Archdiocese in 1924. but in 1926, went to Rome to pursue a two- year course in Canon Law at the Appollinaire, from which he received the Doctorate in Canon Law. In 1928. he returned to Cincinnati and re sumed his duties as Chancellor. (Continued on Page Ten) WINNER OF NOBEL PRIZE IS CATHOLIC Prince Louis Victor Gets Award in Physics, Although But 37 Years of Age PHILIPPINE DISPENSARY ‘ MEMORIAL (By N. C. W. C. News Service) NEW YORK.—The dispensary to be established at Mindanao. Philippine Islands, by the Catholic Medical Mis sion Board is to be named the Mona han Memorial Dispensary, it has been announced, since the fund was do nated to the Medical Mission Board for this specified purpose, the dona tions amounting to $2,500. This sum will be used to provide equipment and supplies for the dispensary, ac cording to the wishes of the donors. (By N. C. W. C- News Service) WASHINGTON. D. C.—In an inter view granted upon his arrival in New York, on a visit to the United States. Pascual Ortiz Rubio, President-elect of Mexico, gave the impression that he considers the religious controversy in Mexico as a closed issue. The President-elect of Mexico said, in effect, that there would be no dif ficulty in this respect, as long as the Church obeys the laws and respects the provisions of the Constitution as it is doing now. This interview came to the atten tion of the Most Rev. Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores, Apostolic Delegate to Mex ico, in Mexico City. His Excellency immediately transmitted the following telegram to the N. C. W. C. News Service here; N. C. W. C News Service: “The statements made by the President-elect of Mexico, Mr Pascual Ortiz Rubio, in which he refers to the religious conflict and which he made to American newspaper report ers at New York, seem to me to be very opportune but incomplete. He said ‘the arrangement between the Church and ifie Government is alto gether closed because the Church has accepted the laws that are in force.’ “There is no doubt whatever but that the arrangement that has been reached should be considered closed but the fact should not be attributed alone to the tolerance or the con descension of the Church, but chiefly to the official statements of President Portes Gil. In that statement I rec ognized the basis that was necessary for resuming worship and for work ing legally and peacefully for tue amendment of the present laws. From the beginning, everything that has | been done in arranging the conflict l has been done on the basis of mutual good will and thus the result that has been attained must be attributed to both parties to that conflict and not to one party alone. The ac ceptance of the laws on the part of the Church does not signify the ap proval of these, but only a tolerance made necessary by existing condi tions accepted in accordance with the rules of Catholic morality but with out signifying that the Church gave up the right which she has to seek the solution of this conflict through the amendment of the laws. I believe , that this explanation is necessary in order to avoid the scandal and mis understandings which might arise ior Catholics, if we attribute the arrange ment solely to the condescension of the Church, and especially, if we de scribe this condescension simply and unconditionally an acceptance of the laws- Sight must not be lost of the fact that in the official statements of the Apostolic Delegate, it was clearly stated that worshin would be resumed in accordance with the laws in view of the official statements that had been made by the President of the Republic, and I deem it to be my duty at this time to express my grati- iniprpst wliirh the “He was the noblest character I have ever had the privilege to know. I think the most gruelling test of pa tience and faith in humanity is to find that those upon whom you have relied, whom you have trusted, have deceived and disappointed you. Arch bishop Williams bore the test with i nobility of soul worthy of a saint. 1 have never known him to act froih purely selfish motives. He always gave full credit where credit was due. and where discredit was due he said as little as possible. Though by na ture quick tempered and brusque, the until I can neither see nor do more.' “The greatest intellect I ever met,” Cardinal O'Connell continued, “in other words the man of the highest mental gifts, was Leo XIII. “Leo XIII was the statesman Pope and the philosopher as well. His successor'. Pius X was the most se rene, holiest man that I ever met. Saintliness beamed from his face. Though he never pretended to great statesmanship, nevertheless he was in a certain sense even a greater states man than Leo XIII. He cared little for diplomacy as it is practiced in the diplomatic world. His arm was a rugged, simple honesty, administered with the gentleness of Christ.” “With strength still vigorous, thank God, willing to face whatever the fu ture holds in store for me, my faith is as firm as a rock, my confidence in Providence is secure and strong.” His Eminence concluded. “Each day I look up to where the Eternal Light shines, and in that light I shall walk BY M. MASSIANI (Paris Correspondent, N. C. W. C- New Service). PARIS. —The French scholar who won the Nobel Prize for Physics this year, Prince Louis Victor de Broglie, belongs to one of the great Catholic families of Paris, many members of which have become illustrious in the fields of politics and letters. Four have been members of the Academie Francaise. Abbe Paul de Broglie, ex-naval of ficer. entered the priesthood after serving his term in the service, and became a professor at the Catholic Institute of Paris. He published nu merous works of apologetics and his tory of religion. A brother of the one just honored. Maurice Due de Brogiie, stood first among applicants upon entering the Naval School and graduated with first honors. He_ is a member of the Academie des Sci ence. He is the author of univer sally esteemed works on new radia tions; Rayons X. Rayons Gamma, etc. Prince Louis Victor, winner of the Nobel award, is 37 years of age. At first he specalized in the study of his tory but was attracted to mathematics and physics. % His discovery of the mecanique ondulatoire which permits the syn thesis of two opposing systems and which won for him the Nobel prize, was confirmed during the past year by English and American savants— Messrs. Davisson. Germer and M. G. P. Thomson. The discovery is of great importance to the future study of physics. fication for the interest which the question of the reporters shows the American people to have in the solu tion of this conflict which, in the opinion of that people, has not yet (Continued on Page Tent Reds Loot Chinese Missions- Government Troops Mutiny (By N. C. W. C.-Fides News Service) SHANGHAI. — South China, parti cularly the Provinces of Kwangtung and Kiangsi, is in the grip of a veri table reign of terror, with Com munists looting and murdering at will and mutineering soldiers of the Nat ional Army blazing a trail of blood and ruin from Pukow northward, presumably to give the Communists aid by not molesting them, accord ing to advices received here by Fiaes Service and other correspondents. A telegram from the Rt. Rev. John A. O’Shea. C. M„ of Philadelphia. Bishop Coadjutor of Kaneliow, Kiangsi Province, sent to the head quarters of the Lazarist Mission in Shanghai, reports the cities about Kanchow in the hands of the Com munists and the situations as “seri ous,” Bishop O’Shea’s telegram, dat ed November 30, reads: “Government troops are leavirfg the area and we are unprotected. Ap peal tc the Nationalist Government at Nanking to prevent the troops from leaving. Ask the assistance of the American and French authorities.” Further efforts by the local head quarters of the mission to com municate wtih Kanchow have been unsuccessful. The American legation at Peking has been informed of Bishop O'Shea’s plight, and has re quested the Nanking Government to take steps to have the troops remain there for the protection of the Ameri can missioners. This request, how ever. has not as yet been answered. (Note: Cable advices reaching Washington subsequent to this des patch state that the Chinese authori ties have now ordered the troops back to Kanchow.) A report from Amoy states that the Communist Army, which, in reality, is nothing but a bandit horde has been ravishing and looting the coun tryside for weeks, and last Sunday entered Kanchow, where it partici pated in an orgy of murder, slaying about 100 Chinese merchants. The American mission in Kanchow is staffed by /ibout 18 priests and Sis ters. all of whom ere in the gravest danger. Whether they were harmed in Sunday's attack has net been learned. Earlier reports from Fides Corres pondents in the affected area pre dicted the present outbreak. On" dis patch. stated that the revival of. Com munist activity in the vicinity of Canton (regarded as one of the most important cities in all South China' had resulted in widespread killing and pillaging. Twenty-four Spanis'r Dominican missions in Fukien, the report continued, had been destroyed and three priests and nine Sisters were captured, but later released un injured.