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Pastoral Visitation to Sitiawan

P H O T O T A K E N on t h e e v e of the D e p a r t u r e of Fr . Ladis laus

Left to r ight—Rev. Frs . Edmond, F o u r g s , Ladis laus , Cordeiro.

C A N T E B U R Y P I L G R I M S A T O P E N - A I R B E N E D I C T I O N .

G R O U P P H O T O G R A P H taken a f ter Confirmation S e r v i c e at St . Franc i s De Sa le s ' Church—Sit iawan.

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B I S H O P OF MALACCA !

A PRELATE OF RARE PARTS & PIETY A veil of gloom has been drawn over the Catholics of

Malaya (both clergy and la i ty) by t h e death of Mgr. Barillon the ers twhi le Bishop of Malacca a t t h e r ipe age of 75. His Lordship had been in failing heal th for some y e a r s ; and his condition was such in recent yea r s as to accelerate his re t i rement from all active diocesan duties in 1932. Pr io r to t h e rel inquishing of h i s pastoral labours about t h r e e yea r s ago, H i s Lordship ' s episcopal dut ies were carr ied on in la rge measure by t h e late Mgr. L. Perrichon, Coadjutor—Bishop of Malacca.

The late Mgr. Barillon, by reason cf his indifferent hea l th , was compelled to lead a life of v i r tua l r e t i r ement for near ly a decade, t h o u g h still being t h e incumbent of t h e See of Malacca. He was temperamenta l ly of a reserved and re t i r ing disposition and apar t from his pastoral v is i ta t ions to t h e many par i shes under his jur i s ­diction he did not appear la t te r ly in public too often.

Mission Penang, of which he was the founder (1888-89), Par i sh of Ba tu Gajah (1889-90), Ipoh where he founded the mission (1890-92). Then came a break in his mission­a r y labours in Malaya, when his services were required in F rance . He went as Seminary Director in Pa r i s (Rue du Bac. 1892-1902) and

A f t o A t H TOBACCO- Co . , t r o . L o n r v o t f

officiated as Superior a t Bievres (1902-04). As a proven missioner

of piety, ta lent and t ac t , he w a s raised to the Episcopate of Malacca in 1904. His nominat ion was made on 10th May 1904 a n d he was duly consecrated Bishop in Par i s on 18th September of t h e same year .

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A recent photograph of the ia te Mgr. Cr. E. B A R I L L O N Retired Bishop of Malacca

His Life and Career . Born in F rance on 18th October

I860, he received his education m Char t rcs and Par i s , and took Holy Orders on 20th September 1884. The following yea r (1885) he ar -

rived in Malaya, and was stationed a t the following par i shes :—Pe­nang and Taiping (1885), Cathe­dral of the Good Shepherd Singa­pore (1885-86), The Assumption Church Penang (1886-88), Chinese/

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O u r L a d y o f M a d h u 1 o

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[Ceylon's Hallowed Wonder Shrine of the Jungle]

by

D. E. T . Jayakoddy {SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR THE MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER)

In t roduc t ion . T h e beaut iful l i t t le Is land of

Ceylon is compara t ive ly a t iny speck in t h e va s t I nd i an Ocean. To t h e g r e a t and m i g h t y Br i t i sh E m p i r e s h e is t h e m o s t cher ished Colonial Possess ion. She is oft descr ibed a s t h e b r i g h t e s t jewel on B r i t a i n ' s d iadem. She is t h e P e a r l on t h e brow of India . Mid­w a y be tween E u r o p e a n d t h e F a r E a s t , she is a convenien t half-way house t o t h e tour i s t , who in he r gorgeous sp lendour and h e r lavish n a t u r a l b e a u t y finds ample com­pensa t ion for t h e t e d i u m of a voy­a g e ou t E a s t . T h e majes t ic liners t h a t p lough t h e ocean may not p a s s h e r by . E ' en f rom t h e dis­t a n c e , t h e palm-fr inged shores of t h e Is land, where t h e drooping b r a n c h e s of t h e s t a t e ly cocoanut p a l m bend low, as if in silent admi­r a t ion , t o kiss t h e surf-fringed waves below, g ree t t h e t ravel ler w i t h a subt le smile of welcome and exac t f rom him a willing' t r ibu te of admira t ion . As m u c h a s she can lay claim t o wordly g rea tness , she also occupies a posi t ion unique in ! t h e Anna ls of t h e Cathol ic Church. 1

If Ceylon holds out i n t e r e s t to t h e tour is t , t o t h e shipper , or to t h e t r a d e r i t is because of h e r na tu ra l beau ty and her g r e a t resources. But t o t h e hea r t of t h e Catholic, and viewed a t f rom a Catholic s tandpoin t , Ceylon is a country wi th glorious Catholic t radi t ions . Ceylon h a s been t h e scene of m a n y a cruel m a r t y r d o m — m a n y a rel i-r^cus persecution. A bloodthirs ty t y r a n t k ing has laid low, a t t h e point of t h e bayonet , 700 m a r t y r s , a t one s t roke, and t h e i r blood h a s consolidated the- foundat ions of Catholicism in Ceylon. While reli­g ious fervour in t h a t coun t ry can justif iably be said t o b e second to n o w h e r e else in t h e Catholic world, 'Catholics t he r e a r e no t t h e proud possessors of vas t Ca thed ra l s of s t r u c t u r a l beau ty o r of Basilicas of wonderful magnificence or of a n y such a s m a y on t h a t account alone a t t r a c t t h e p a s s e r by. B u t Catholics in Ceylon and Catholi­cism a r e proud a t t h e presen t day t o possess t h a t glor ious hallowed s h r i n e of t h e jungle , which forms t h e subject of t h i s a r t i c l e — " O u r L a d y of Madhu , " which, in t h e y e a r 1924, received from His Holiness t h e Pope official recogni­t ion, by i t s Madonna being sole­mnly crowned by a P a p a l Legate .

Origin Of T h e Shr ine . Hav ing i ts incept ion almost

s imul taneously w i t h t h e da te of t h e m a r t y r d o m above referred to t h e Shr ine is to-day t h e Glory of t h e Catholic Church in Ceylon. F a r away from ci ty and from civi­l isation, i t is s i t ua t e in t h e l i t t le known Village now called Madhu in one of t h e most a r id p a r t s of t h e N o r t h e r n Province of Ceylon. Be­ing in t h e h e a r t of t h e jungle , i t is t h e home of t h e m o n s t e r elephant a n d t h e fierce chee t ah , t h e wild b o a r and t h e buffalo, t h e fox and t h e monkey. R e g a r d i n g t h e ac­t u a l d a t e and or igin of t h i s shr ine , t h e genera l consensus of opinion

a n d the t rad i t ional belief is t h a t i t was founded about the yea r 1670, in peculiar circumstances, which m a y now be r ight ly te rmed blessings in disguise. E a r l y Po r tuguese Missionary Work

I n t h e year 1505, t h e Por tuguese invaded and took possession of cer ta in pa r t s of t h e Island of Cey­lon from her own Sinhalese Kings. W i t h t he i r invading armies came Franc iscan Missionaries, w h o planted t h e seed of Catholicism in Ceylon, where Buddhism had been t h e Religion of k ings and people alike for centur ies . While t h e Por tuguese were in t h e enjoyment of t he possession of t h e mar i t ime d is t r ic t s of Ceylon, the i r endea­vours t o spread t h e Fa i th were helped by o ther Missionary bodies. T h e Dominicans, t h e Augus t in ians

S t a t u e of Our Lady of Madhu.

and t h e Je su i t s came over to join hands wi th t h e i r Franciscan b re ­th ren , and Catholicsm began to t a k e root bi t by bit . P rogress though slow was sure .

Dutch Invasion. A cen tury l a t e r i t fell to t h e

happy lot of t h e Dutch to establish themselves in cer ta in pa r t s of t h e Island. To t h e m Catholicism was a n a t h e m a . They se t on foot per­secution af ter persecut ion aga ins t those who had embraced the F a i t h . In cer ta in p a r t s of t h e country , i t h e Sinhalese themselves were in power. Both na t ions being alike averse to t h e spread of Catholi­cism, t h e Sinhalese joined hands in these persecut ions .

A Cruel Persecut ion. Fo r long y e a r s these persecu­

t ions cont inued, bu t t h e most cruel one on record said to have been carr ied out by Sangili, King of Jaffna ( the N o r t h e r n Province of Ceylon) will find few parallels. I t m u s t be here ment ioned t h a t in t h e N o r t h e r n p a r t s of t he country t h e Tamils were in power, and t hey themselves took p a r t in these reli­gious persecut ions . Supported by an a r m y of 5,000 soldiers, King Sangili is said to have had all Catholics a r r e s t ed in t he town of Mannar . As m a n y baptised per-

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sons as were found, w i thou t dis­t inct ions of age , sex, or s t a t u s , were pu t to t h e sword. In t h e i r Confession of F a i t h , p a r e n t s spoke for themselves , a s well a s for t h e i r children, who h a d not y e t received t h e power of coheren t speech. All yielded readily to t h e sword of t h e executioner. Seven hundred men . women and chi ldren including in­fan t s in a r m s t h u s sacrificed t h e i r lives, and these " M a r t y r s of Man­na r , " as His to r ians call t h e m now, added a page in l e t t e r s of gold to t h e Martyrology of Chr i s tendom.

The Fl igh t To Safe ty . While these persecut ions were

on foot, a s m a n y a s were able to flee to safe ty did so. In t h e Dis­t r i c t of Manta i , in t h e N o r t h e r n Province, a t t h i s t ime , s tood a l i t t le Church dedicated to t h e Honour of t h e Blessed Virg in Mary . I t con­ta ined a n I m a g e of h e r rough ly carved in wood. T h e Holy Vi rg in was depicted c a r r y i n g t h e I n f a n t J e s u s in Her a r m s . I t was no work of a r t or t h e hand iwork of a m a s t e r sculptor, b u t j u s t a wooden s t a t u e scarcely t w o feet in he igh t , carved out by an unknown h a n d for venerat ion by devout conver t s . The Dutch soldiers sna tched t h e Church from t h e conver t s and t u r n e d it in to a mee t ing hall . P ious Catholics w h o worshipped t h e r e succeeded in sec re t ing and c a r r y i n g away t h e I m a g e in ques­t ion. They~flew t o s a f e t y beyond t h e bounds of D u t c h Dominion.

Refuge B y T h e Tank . They t r ave r sed t h r o u g h wide

r a n g e s of rough coun t ry , p e n e t r a t ­ed into jungles , b raved t h e r a v a g e s of t h e denizens the reof and ul t i ­mate ly a r e said t o h a v e se t t led alongside a n a t u r a l lake or t a n k (in Tamil called " M a d h u " ) a round , which grew a profusion of t h e t r ee botanically known a s " t e r m i -nalia g labra . " T h e t r e e being called in t h e ve rnacu la r " m a r u t h a " t h e place was called " M a r u t h a madhu . " Here t h e refugees im­provised a l i t t le she l t e r for t h e m ­selves and the i r t r e a s u r e d posses­sion t h e Image of t h e Blessed Virgin, litt le t h i n k i n g however , t h a t a few cen tur ies l a t e r t h e place was dest ined for universal fame and renown. The L i t t l e shel ter of t h a t d a y is t h e Grea t and Glorious S h r i n e of to-day. The Image t h a t stood wi th in i t t h a t day is t h e s a m e which to-day solemnly crowned by a Papa l Le­ga te , a latere, receives t h e venera ­t ion annual ly of lacs of devotees who assemble t h e r e from all p a r t s of t h e count ry .

Persecut ions Cont inue And Re­fugees Inc rease .

As t ime went on, t h e s e persecu­t ions continued, and among la te r refugees to t h e secluded sh r ine of safe ty was Helena , t h e pious d a u g h t e r of a P o r t u g u e s e Genera l then in Ceylon. H e r amiable

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quali t ies , h e r devotion and holi­ness, h e r zeal in t h e cause of reli­gion won for he r t h e admiration of h e r fellow devotees, who loving­ly called h e r "St . Helena." Whe­t h e r o r no t t h e Shrine—which then began to be called Silena Maruthu Madhu was named af ter her, Silena being a corrupt ion of St. Helena, is not qu i te clear, for there is ano­t h e r belief t h a t p a r t of t h a t coun­t r y belonged to a Mohamedan woman by n a m e Silaina, and the name Silena M a r u t h a Madhu was associated wi th her . Such, a t any ra te , is t h e t radi t ion . In later years , popular usage transformed the n a m e Silena Maru tha Madhu into " M a d h u " for brevi ty 's sake, a n d t h e appelat ion remains to this day t h e s h o r t and sweet nomen­cla ture of a g r e a t and historic shr ine . T h e zealous band who numbered about twenty families braved m a n y a danger and with­stood m a n y a hardship . They were cons tan t ly being joined by o thers , w h o fled for safety.

(To be continued)

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Walking to Wais ingham. In medieval t imes pi lgrims visi t­

ing English shr ines did not jour­ney in wheeled comfort . Some, like Chaucer 's famous company to Canterbury, were horse- r iders : but the bulk wen t on foot. Con­ditions have so changed with t he differences in modern ways and means t h a t t h e Engl ish newspa­pers are recording, a s a m a t t e r of surprised in teres t , t h e feat of a score of Catholic pi lgrims who set out, a week or so ago, from t h e outskirts of London to walk to Waisingham, upwards of six score miles away, in honour of Our Lady. They accomplished t h e journey, near ly all of them walk­ing the whole way, and the tale of their doings is on m a n y lips.

It was a very mixed as well a s an entirely un t ra ined band which made up the r anks of t he walkers'; and between t h e m they represent­ed many classes. There were a nriest. an invalid lady who had to be wheeled in a chai r—the only literally "non-walker" in the com­pany—several Catholic wr i te rs , some manua l workers , and a counle of young folk. In front of t h e m they proudly bore a banner of Our Lady of Wais ingham. Their ad­venture, and t h e line of route, had been announced beforehand in t h e Catholic papers , so t h a t Catholics living in towns and villages along the way went out to meet t h e m and escort t h e m in as t h e centra l figures in a l i t t le spectacle of de­votional pagean t ry . T h u s men and women who had known nothing of one ano the r until t h a t moment were d rawn toge the r as fr iends, bound closely by a link of t he i r common fa i th .

Footsore bu t happy, the pilgrim band reached t h e i r goal, in t ime to join forces wi th a large pi lgri­mage which had journeyed from London by t ra in . On t h e lone: road the walkers had accepted, in t h e true pi lgrim spir i t , wha tever sleeping accommodation offered, and on t h e whole they had not fared so badly. Nex t year, t h e Walk to Wais ingham may easily be a ven ture of much la rger dimensions.

* * * * * Sectar ian Violence.

Not Catholics alone, bu t all who care for orderly life and good re­lations, a re pe r tu rbed by tenden­cies over he r e in Great Br i t a in which t h r ea t en to make some of our large centres t h e scene of an t i -Catholic violence. These notes do not deal, ordinari ly, wi th events in Ireland; bu t i t m a y be noted t h a t a recent orgy of r iot and des t ruc­tion in Belfast, which has produ­ced a veri table p rog ramme aga ins t Catholics in one quar te r of t h e city, seems in danger of h a v i n g its periodical counterpar t in Edin­burgh in Lancashire , too, in t h e neighbourhood where Orangeism is s t rong—Mersevside—there h a v e lately been a t t acks on the Ca tho­lic Motor Chapel workers , so t h a t lor safety, on police advice, t h e meetings were suspended. B u t t h e scots capital is j u s t now the chief "anger spot. Readers of t h e Reader know w h a t hardened re ­cently on the occasion of t h e E u ­charistic Congress. Since then , }1A a n t T - C a t h o l i c firebrand who teads the P r o t e s t a n t opposition

™">Iicly Proclaimed t h a t t h e Jmy beginning", and t ha t he in­

tends to t r y to influence employers campaign aga ins t Catholics "is of labour agains t hav ing Catholics m thei r employ. A t r enchan t and dignified le t ter of p ro tes t has been issued by t h e Archbishop of St . Andrews and Edinburgh , t h e Most

I Rev. Dr. McDonald. His Grace j instances t h e s t a t e of insult and

calumny to which Catholics " a r e | exposed in t h e s t r ee t s of t h e city,

and warns t h e au thor i t ies aga ins t allowing th is s t a t e of th ings to continue.

The mer i t s of t h e case, a s bet­ween Catholic and P ro te s t an t , a re fully recognized by every law-abiding citizen and also by the Scottish press . The city 's leading daily, t he Scotsman, comments , for example t h a t "if the Roman Catholics had re ta l ia ted—and they deserve credit for the i r r e s t r a in t —-the Ed inburgh dis turbances might have assumed a much more serious aspect ." T h e paper also u t t e r s a warn ing from wha t has been happening in Belfast .

* * * * Dr. Thorman Be t te r .

The Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, whose serious s t a t e of heal th was mentioned in these notes a week or two ago, is now well on the wTay to recovery. His Lordship ga ins s t r e n g t h ' slowly but steadily. There is good news also as to ano the r Catholic bishop whose condition gave cause for anxie ty lately, t h e Bishop of Leeds. He, too, is well on t h e way to complete recovery ; in fact, he has already made a re-appearance among his flock.

* * * * A Notable Catholic L ib ra ry . In a room nea r Wes tmins t e r

Cathedral t h e r e is now a process of re -ar rangement , in a new home, an impor tan t l ib rary of which Ca­tholics in London know very little —the Gillow Lib ra ry . When t h e late Mr. Gillow, b iographer of the English Catholics, died, he left th i s valuable collection of volumes to t he Catholic Record Society. For a number of yea r s t h e books have been housed a t Kens ing ton ; now, however, t h e y will be in a more central s i tuat ion, easier of access to those enti t led to use them. The Gillow Libra ry is r ich in works on Catholic h i s tory and genealogy in England. Mr. Gil-low's principal l i t e ra ry monument is his famous Biographical Dic­t ionary of t h e Engl ish Catholics.

* * * * * Shor tening T h e Link.

At th i s end of t h e world, a s also in Malaya, pleasurable in teres t will have been aroused by the an­nouncement t h a t t h e r e is a likeli­hood of a twice-weekly a i r service in place of t h e once weekly depar­tu re by which th i s corresoondence a t present wings i t s flight to Sin­gapore. If t h e a r r a n g e m e n t s only ma tu re , and the l ink between t h e two countr ies is t h u s shortened, it will be possible, of course, to keep t h e Catholics of Malaya Au Cou-ran t wi th t h e l a rge r happenings in the Catholic world over here in a still more up-to-date manner . So many functions take place a t t he week-end. t h a t it is a lways a little tan ta l i s ing to feel t h a t t he channel of communication by post is closed on Sa tu rday morning. A second dispatch will therefore j great ly help.

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D E A T H OF SIR HAROLD BOULTON.

Boston.—C a t h o 1 i c women were warned aga ins t follow­ing the pagan tendencies in wo­men 's dress and fashions, in a dis- j course delivered by His Eminence | William Cardinal O'Connell, Arch- j bishop of Boston, yesterday, a f t e r i he had adminis tered the Sacra- j men t of Confirmation to more t h a n 600 women conver ts in t he Cathe­dral of t h e Holy Cross.

"All over t h e world," His E m i ­nence said, " t h e dress and fash­ions of women a re signs of t h e paganism of t h e t ime. You have t h e Christ ian Fa i th , and the con­firmation in t h a t Fa i t h is to give you s t r eng th not to follow t h e foolish th ings of t h e day.

"Again and again our Holy Fa ­ther , the Pope, has given a w a r n ­ing to women of th i s day abou t *what they shall wear . Thousands upon thousands have paid no a t ­tention to t h a t voice, or any o ther . They have kept on paint ing t h e i r faces and even the i r fingernails, like so many savages , merely be­cause it is popular and the f a sh ­ion of t h e day ."

For Catholic women the Blessed Virgin should be t h e ideal of wo­manhood, His Eminence said add­ing t h a t " t h a t means modes ty is your ideal."

London.—A u t h o r o f t h e Engl ish version of " O Canada ," of t he popular song " Glorious D e v o n " and many o thers , S i r Harold Boulton has died he re a t t h e age of 75. He w a s buried af­t e r Requiem Mass a t F a r m - s t r e e t church.

S i r Harold, who w a s a conver t to the . Catholic Church, was p ro ­minen t in social work in t h e E a s t -end of London. W i t h his f a t h e r he founded t h e Dominion T a r and Chemical Company, of which h e was cha i rman, a n d for several yea r s he was pres ident of t h e A s ­sociated T a r Disti l lers. (N.C.W.C.)

APOSTOLIC D E L E G A T E L E A V ­E S FOR T A I Y U A N F U , S H A N S I .

Pe ip ing .—Archbishop Z a n i n l e f t h e r e recent ly for Taiyuanfu where he will m a k e a canonical visit l a s t ing approxi­mate ly t w o weeks . M a t t e r s r e ­la t ing to t h e Seminar ies of Shansi and Shensi Provinces will be dis­cussed in a ser ies of impor tan t conferences a r r a n g e d to be held in presence of t h e Apostolic Delegate.

Msgr . Zanin plans to r e tu rn here directly shor t ly a f t e r t he conclu­sion of t h e deliberations.

— (Lumen.)

M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , S A T U R D A \ \ 3 r d AUGUST, 1935.

O u r L a d y o f M a d h u 1 o

\

[Ceylon's Hallowed Wonder Shrine of the Jungle]

by

D. E. T . Jayakoddy {SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR THE MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER)

In t roduc t ion . T h e beaut iful l i t t le Is land of

Ceylon is compara t ive ly a t iny speck in t h e va s t I nd i an Ocean. To t h e g r e a t and m i g h t y Br i t i sh E m p i r e s h e is t h e m o s t cher ished Colonial Possess ion. She is oft descr ibed a s t h e b r i g h t e s t jewel on B r i t a i n ' s d iadem. She is t h e P e a r l on t h e brow of India . Mid­w a y be tween E u r o p e a n d t h e F a r E a s t , she is a convenien t half-way house t o t h e tour i s t , who in he r gorgeous sp lendour and h e r lavish n a t u r a l b e a u t y finds ample com­pensa t ion for t h e t e d i u m of a voy­a g e ou t E a s t . T h e majes t ic liners t h a t p lough t h e ocean may not p a s s h e r by . E ' en f rom t h e dis­t a n c e , t h e palm-fr inged shores of t h e Is land, where t h e drooping b r a n c h e s of t h e s t a t e ly cocoanut p a l m bend low, as if in silent admi­r a t ion , t o kiss t h e surf-fringed waves below, g ree t t h e t ravel ler w i t h a subt le smile of welcome and exac t f rom him a willing' t r ibu te of admira t ion . As m u c h a s she can lay claim t o wordly g rea tness , she also occupies a posi t ion unique in ! t h e Anna ls of t h e Cathol ic Church. 1

If Ceylon holds out i n t e r e s t to t h e tour is t , t o t h e shipper , or to t h e t r a d e r i t is because of h e r na tu ra l beau ty and her g r e a t resources. But t o t h e hea r t of t h e Catholic, and viewed a t f rom a Catholic s tandpoin t , Ceylon is a country wi th glorious Catholic t radi t ions . Ceylon h a s been t h e scene of m a n y a cruel m a r t y r d o m — m a n y a rel i-r^cus persecution. A bloodthirs ty t y r a n t k ing has laid low, a t t h e point of t h e bayonet , 700 m a r t y r s , a t one s t roke, and t h e i r blood h a s consolidated the- foundat ions of Catholicism in Ceylon. While reli­g ious fervour in t h a t coun t ry can justif iably be said t o b e second to n o w h e r e else in t h e Catholic world, 'Catholics t he r e a r e no t t h e proud possessors of vas t Ca thed ra l s of s t r u c t u r a l beau ty o r of Basilicas of wonderful magnificence or of a n y such a s m a y on t h a t account alone a t t r a c t t h e p a s s e r by. B u t Catholics in Ceylon and Catholi­cism a r e proud a t t h e presen t day t o possess t h a t glor ious hallowed s h r i n e of t h e jungle , which forms t h e subject of t h i s a r t i c l e — " O u r L a d y of Madhu , " which, in t h e y e a r 1924, received from His Holiness t h e Pope official recogni­t ion, by i t s Madonna being sole­mnly crowned by a P a p a l Legate .

Origin Of T h e Shr ine . Hav ing i ts incept ion almost

s imul taneously w i t h t h e da te of t h e m a r t y r d o m above referred to t h e Shr ine is to-day t h e Glory of t h e Catholic Church in Ceylon. F a r away from ci ty and from civi­l isation, i t is s i t ua t e in t h e l i t t le known Village now called Madhu in one of t h e most a r id p a r t s of t h e N o r t h e r n Province of Ceylon. Be­ing in t h e h e a r t of t h e jungle , i t is t h e home of t h e m o n s t e r elephant a n d t h e fierce chee t ah , t h e wild b o a r and t h e buffalo, t h e fox and t h e monkey. R e g a r d i n g t h e ac­t u a l d a t e and or igin of t h i s shr ine , t h e genera l consensus of opinion

a n d the t rad i t ional belief is t h a t i t was founded about the yea r 1670, in peculiar circumstances, which m a y now be r ight ly te rmed blessings in disguise. E a r l y Po r tuguese Missionary Work

I n t h e year 1505, t h e Por tuguese invaded and took possession of cer ta in pa r t s of t h e Island of Cey­lon from her own Sinhalese Kings. W i t h t he i r invading armies came Franc iscan Missionaries, w h o planted t h e seed of Catholicism in Ceylon, where Buddhism had been t h e Religion of k ings and people alike for centur ies . While t h e Por tuguese were in t h e enjoyment of t he possession of t h e mar i t ime d is t r ic t s of Ceylon, the i r endea­vours t o spread t h e Fa i th were helped by o ther Missionary bodies. T h e Dominicans, t h e Augus t in ians

S t a t u e of Our Lady of Madhu.

and t h e Je su i t s came over to join hands wi th t h e i r Franciscan b re ­th ren , and Catholicsm began to t a k e root bi t by bit . P rogress though slow was sure .

Dutch Invasion. A cen tury l a t e r i t fell to t h e

happy lot of t h e Dutch to establish themselves in cer ta in pa r t s of t h e Island. To t h e m Catholicism was a n a t h e m a . They se t on foot per­secution af ter persecut ion aga ins t those who had embraced the F a i t h . In cer ta in p a r t s of t h e country , i t h e Sinhalese themselves were in power. Both na t ions being alike averse to t h e spread of Catholi­cism, t h e Sinhalese joined hands in these persecut ions .

A Cruel Persecut ion. Fo r long y e a r s these persecu­

t ions cont inued, bu t t h e most cruel one on record said to have been carr ied out by Sangili, King of Jaffna ( the N o r t h e r n Province of Ceylon) will find few parallels. I t m u s t be here ment ioned t h a t in t h e N o r t h e r n p a r t s of t he country t h e Tamils were in power, and t hey themselves took p a r t in these reli­gious persecut ions . Supported by an a r m y of 5,000 soldiers, King Sangili is said to have had all Catholics a r r e s t ed in t he town of Mannar . As m a n y baptised per-

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sons as were found, w i thou t dis­t inct ions of age , sex, or s t a t u s , were pu t to t h e sword. In t h e i r Confession of F a i t h , p a r e n t s spoke for themselves , a s well a s for t h e i r children, who h a d not y e t received t h e power of coheren t speech. All yielded readily to t h e sword of t h e executioner. Seven hundred men . women and chi ldren including in­fan t s in a r m s t h u s sacrificed t h e i r lives, and these " M a r t y r s of Man­na r , " as His to r ians call t h e m now, added a page in l e t t e r s of gold to t h e Martyrology of Chr i s tendom.

The Fl igh t To Safe ty . While these persecut ions were

on foot, a s m a n y a s were able to flee to safe ty did so. In t h e Dis­t r i c t of Manta i , in t h e N o r t h e r n Province, a t t h i s t ime , s tood a l i t t le Church dedicated to t h e Honour of t h e Blessed Virg in Mary . I t con­ta ined a n I m a g e of h e r rough ly carved in wood. T h e Holy Vi rg in was depicted c a r r y i n g t h e I n f a n t J e s u s in Her a r m s . I t was no work of a r t or t h e hand iwork of a m a s t e r sculptor, b u t j u s t a wooden s t a t u e scarcely t w o feet in he igh t , carved out by an unknown h a n d for venerat ion by devout conver t s . The Dutch soldiers sna tched t h e Church from t h e conver t s and t u r n e d it in to a mee t ing hall . P ious Catholics w h o worshipped t h e r e succeeded in sec re t ing and c a r r y i n g away t h e I m a g e in ques­t ion. They~flew t o s a f e t y beyond t h e bounds of D u t c h Dominion.

Refuge B y T h e Tank . They t r ave r sed t h r o u g h wide

r a n g e s of rough coun t ry , p e n e t r a t ­ed into jungles , b raved t h e r a v a g e s of t h e denizens the reof and ul t i ­mate ly a r e said t o h a v e se t t led alongside a n a t u r a l lake or t a n k (in Tamil called " M a d h u " ) a round , which grew a profusion of t h e t r ee botanically known a s " t e r m i -nalia g labra . " T h e t r e e being called in t h e ve rnacu la r " m a r u t h a " t h e place was called " M a r u t h a madhu . " Here t h e refugees im­provised a l i t t le she l t e r for t h e m ­selves and the i r t r e a s u r e d posses­sion t h e Image of t h e Blessed Virgin, litt le t h i n k i n g however , t h a t a few cen tur ies l a t e r t h e place was dest ined for universal fame and renown. The L i t t l e shel ter of t h a t d a y is t h e Grea t and Glorious S h r i n e of to-day. The Image t h a t stood wi th in i t t h a t day is t h e s a m e which to-day solemnly crowned by a Papa l Le­ga te , a latere, receives t h e venera ­t ion annual ly of lacs of devotees who assemble t h e r e from all p a r t s of t h e count ry .

Persecut ions Cont inue And Re­fugees Inc rease .

As t ime went on, t h e s e persecu­t ions continued, and among la te r refugees to t h e secluded sh r ine of safe ty was Helena , t h e pious d a u g h t e r of a P o r t u g u e s e Genera l then in Ceylon. H e r amiable

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quali t ies , h e r devotion and holi­ness, h e r zeal in t h e cause of reli­gion won for he r t h e admiration of h e r fellow devotees, who loving­ly called h e r "St . Helena." Whe­t h e r o r no t t h e Shrine—which then began to be called Silena Maruthu Madhu was named af ter her, Silena being a corrupt ion of St. Helena, is not qu i te clear, for there is ano­t h e r belief t h a t p a r t of t h a t coun­t r y belonged to a Mohamedan woman by n a m e Silaina, and the name Silena M a r u t h a Madhu was associated wi th her . Such, a t any ra te , is t h e t radi t ion . In later years , popular usage transformed the n a m e Silena Maru tha Madhu into " M a d h u " for brevi ty 's sake, a n d t h e appelat ion remains to this day t h e s h o r t and sweet nomen­cla ture of a g r e a t and historic shr ine . T h e zealous band who numbered about twenty families braved m a n y a danger and with­stood m a n y a hardship . They were cons tan t ly being joined by o thers , w h o fled for safety.

(To be continued)

On X i P r n g s f r o m . A l b i o n (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT)

Walking to Wais ingham. In medieval t imes pi lgrims visi t­

ing English shr ines did not jour­ney in wheeled comfort . Some, like Chaucer 's famous company to Canterbury, were horse- r iders : but the bulk wen t on foot. Con­ditions have so changed with t he differences in modern ways and means t h a t t h e Engl ish newspa­pers are recording, a s a m a t t e r of surprised in teres t , t h e feat of a score of Catholic pi lgrims who set out, a week or so ago, from t h e outskirts of London to walk to Waisingham, upwards of six score miles away, in honour of Our Lady. They accomplished t h e journey, near ly all of them walk­ing the whole way, and the tale of their doings is on m a n y lips.

It was a very mixed as well a s an entirely un t ra ined band which made up the r anks of t he walkers'; and between t h e m they represent­ed many classes. There were a nriest. an invalid lady who had to be wheeled in a chai r—the only literally "non-walker" in the com­pany—several Catholic wr i te rs , some manua l workers , and a counle of young folk. In front of t h e m they proudly bore a banner of Our Lady of Wais ingham. Their ad­venture, and t h e line of route, had been announced beforehand in t h e Catholic papers , so t h a t Catholics living in towns and villages along the way went out to meet t h e m and escort t h e m in as t h e centra l figures in a l i t t le spectacle of de­votional pagean t ry . T h u s men and women who had known nothing of one ano the r until t h a t moment were d rawn toge the r as fr iends, bound closely by a link of t he i r common fa i th .

Footsore bu t happy, the pilgrim band reached t h e i r goal, in t ime to join forces wi th a large pi lgri­mage which had journeyed from London by t ra in . On t h e lone: road the walkers had accepted, in t h e true pi lgrim spir i t , wha tever sleeping accommodation offered, and on t h e whole they had not fared so badly. Nex t year, t h e Walk to Wais ingham may easily be a ven ture of much la rger dimensions.

* * * * * Sectar ian Violence.

Not Catholics alone, bu t all who care for orderly life and good re­lations, a re pe r tu rbed by tenden­cies over he r e in Great Br i t a in which t h r ea t en to make some of our large centres t h e scene of an t i -Catholic violence. These notes do not deal, ordinari ly, wi th events in Ireland; bu t i t m a y be noted t h a t a recent orgy of r iot and des t ruc­tion in Belfast, which has produ­ced a veri table p rog ramme aga ins t Catholics in one quar te r of t h e city, seems in danger of h a v i n g its periodical counterpar t in Edin­burgh in Lancashire , too, in t h e neighbourhood where Orangeism is s t rong—Mersevside—there h a v e lately been a t t acks on the Ca tho­lic Motor Chapel workers , so t h a t lor safety, on police advice, t h e meetings were suspended. B u t t h e scots capital is j u s t now the chief "anger spot. Readers of t h e Reader know w h a t hardened re ­cently on the occasion of t h e E u ­charistic Congress. Since then , }1A a n t T - C a t h o l i c firebrand who teads the P r o t e s t a n t opposition

™">Iicly Proclaimed t h a t t h e Jmy beginning", and t ha t he in­

tends to t r y to influence employers campaign aga ins t Catholics "is of labour agains t hav ing Catholics m thei r employ. A t r enchan t and dignified le t ter of p ro tes t has been issued by t h e Archbishop of St . Andrews and Edinburgh , t h e Most

I Rev. Dr. McDonald. His Grace j instances t h e s t a t e of insult and

calumny to which Catholics " a r e | exposed in t h e s t r ee t s of t h e city,

and warns t h e au thor i t ies aga ins t allowing th is s t a t e of th ings to continue.

The mer i t s of t h e case, a s bet­ween Catholic and P ro te s t an t , a re fully recognized by every law-abiding citizen and also by the Scottish press . The city 's leading daily, t he Scotsman, comments , for example t h a t "if the Roman Catholics had re ta l ia ted—and they deserve credit for the i r r e s t r a in t —-the Ed inburgh dis turbances might have assumed a much more serious aspect ." T h e paper also u t t e r s a warn ing from wha t has been happening in Belfast .

* * * * Dr. Thorman Be t te r .

The Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, whose serious s t a t e of heal th was mentioned in these notes a week or two ago, is now well on the wTay to recovery. His Lordship ga ins s t r e n g t h ' slowly but steadily. There is good news also as to ano the r Catholic bishop whose condition gave cause for anxie ty lately, t h e Bishop of Leeds. He, too, is well on t h e way to complete recovery ; in fact, he has already made a re-appearance among his flock.

* * * * A Notable Catholic L ib ra ry . In a room nea r Wes tmins t e r

Cathedral t h e r e is now a process of re -ar rangement , in a new home, an impor tan t l ib rary of which Ca­tholics in London know very little —the Gillow Lib ra ry . When t h e late Mr. Gillow, b iographer of the English Catholics, died, he left th i s valuable collection of volumes to t he Catholic Record Society. For a number of yea r s t h e books have been housed a t Kens ing ton ; now, however, t h e y will be in a more central s i tuat ion, easier of access to those enti t led to use them. The Gillow Libra ry is r ich in works on Catholic h i s tory and genealogy in England. Mr. Gil-low's principal l i t e ra ry monument is his famous Biographical Dic­t ionary of t h e Engl ish Catholics.

* * * * * Shor tening T h e Link.

At th i s end of t h e world, a s also in Malaya, pleasurable in teres t will have been aroused by the an­nouncement t h a t t h e r e is a likeli­hood of a twice-weekly a i r service in place of t h e once weekly depar­tu re by which th i s corresoondence a t present wings i t s flight to Sin­gapore. If t h e a r r a n g e m e n t s only ma tu re , and the l ink between t h e two countr ies is t h u s shortened, it will be possible, of course, to keep t h e Catholics of Malaya Au Cou-ran t wi th t h e l a rge r happenings in the Catholic world over here in a still more up-to-date manner . So many functions take place a t t he week-end. t h a t it is a lways a little tan ta l i s ing to feel t h a t t he channel of communication by post is closed on Sa tu rday morning. A second dispatch will therefore j great ly help.

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D E A T H OF SIR HAROLD BOULTON.

Boston.—C a t h o 1 i c women were warned aga ins t follow­ing the pagan tendencies in wo­men 's dress and fashions, in a dis- j course delivered by His Eminence | William Cardinal O'Connell, Arch- j bishop of Boston, yesterday, a f t e r i he had adminis tered the Sacra- j men t of Confirmation to more t h a n 600 women conver ts in t he Cathe­dral of t h e Holy Cross.

"All over t h e world," His E m i ­nence said, " t h e dress and fash­ions of women a re signs of t h e paganism of t h e t ime. You have t h e Christ ian Fa i th , and the con­firmation in t h a t Fa i t h is to give you s t r eng th not to follow t h e foolish th ings of t h e day.

"Again and again our Holy Fa ­ther , the Pope, has given a w a r n ­ing to women of th i s day abou t *what they shall wear . Thousands upon thousands have paid no a t ­tention to t h a t voice, or any o ther . They have kept on paint ing t h e i r faces and even the i r fingernails, like so many savages , merely be­cause it is popular and the f a sh ­ion of t h e day ."

For Catholic women the Blessed Virgin should be t h e ideal of wo­manhood, His Eminence said add­ing t h a t " t h a t means modes ty is your ideal."

London.—A u t h o r o f t h e Engl ish version of " O Canada ," of t he popular song " Glorious D e v o n " and many o thers , S i r Harold Boulton has died he re a t t h e age of 75. He w a s buried af­t e r Requiem Mass a t F a r m - s t r e e t church.

S i r Harold, who w a s a conver t to the . Catholic Church, was p ro ­minen t in social work in t h e E a s t -end of London. W i t h his f a t h e r he founded t h e Dominion T a r and Chemical Company, of which h e was cha i rman, a n d for several yea r s he was pres ident of t h e A s ­sociated T a r Disti l lers. (N.C.W.C.)

APOSTOLIC D E L E G A T E L E A V ­E S FOR T A I Y U A N F U , S H A N S I .

Pe ip ing .—Archbishop Z a n i n l e f t h e r e recent ly for Taiyuanfu where he will m a k e a canonical visit l a s t ing approxi­mate ly t w o weeks . M a t t e r s r e ­la t ing to t h e Seminar ies of Shansi and Shensi Provinces will be dis­cussed in a ser ies of impor tan t conferences a r r a n g e d to be held in presence of t h e Apostolic Delegate.

Msgr . Zanin plans to r e tu rn here direct ly shor t ly a f t e r t he conclu­sion of t h e deliberations.

— (Lumen.)

4 M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935.

CAN'T IS T H E W O N T OF PEOPLE W H O D O N T .

E V E R Y O N E T O HIS T A S T E

If you should t r ave l around t h e world , you would l ea rn to ea t y o u r d inne r in a good m a n y ways . J n T u r k e y you would learn to sit on t h e floor, cross legged, and ea t off a round t r a y , w i t h o u t knives o r fo rks , glasses o r napk in s . All t h e g u e s t s ea t w i t h t h e i r fingers ou t of t h e same d ish . If you dined w i t h t h e Arabs , you would see no kn ives o r f o r k s ; a n d if your hos t offered you a choice bit of mea t , you would be expected t o open your m o u t h and let h i m p u t it in. T h e A r a b s use only t h e r i g h t hand in e a t i n g ; and, w h a t i s still m o r e funny , they will pull a p a r t o r ca rve tu rkeys o r fowls wi th only one hand and w i t h o u t a knife. If i t is ha rd to s e p a r a t e , one of t h e g u e s t s will lend h i s r i g h t h^nd. In S iam you would be t r e a t e d to a n t s ' e g g s ; and in B u r m a h to locusts , stuffed and f r ied . All our y o u n g folk, I a m sure , would like t o ea t in J a p a n ; for t h e Japanese serve c a n d y and sweet t h i n g s very of ten, a n d w h a t one can ' t ea t one is per ­mi t t ed to t a k e home wi th one. A t all g rand feas t s g u e s t s a r e expect­ed t o br ing s e r v a n t s , wi th baske t s , t o t ake back t h e choice leavings.

In Abyssinia i t is a m a r k of good breeding t o smack t h e lips while ea t ing ; a n d I 'm sure you'll no t be surpr ised t o h e a r t h a t Abys -s in ians eat t h e i r mea t raw. In South America you would ea t l izards and snakes , and among the American Ind i ans you would be t rea ted to roas ted grasshoppers . In Otahei te you would have your d inner alone, se rved in a b a s k e t ; and if you were in t h e fashion you would si t down on t h e floor, t u r n y o u r back to everybody and ea t in silence. I t is t h e r e considered very improper t o e a t wi th o the r s . Snai ls and horseflesh would g ree t you in F rance .

B u t t he funnies t dish you would see, I think, would be in China, where they s e rve up lit t le c r a b s — al ive! J u s t a s t h e y sit down to d inne r the t i n y c rabs a re pu t in a d i s h of vinegar , wh ich makes t h e m ^very lively. T h e n t h e y a re p u t in-ix> a covered d i sh and placed on t h e table . When everyone is r eady t h e lid is sna tched off, and ins tan t ­ly t h e table is covered wi th scam­p e r i n g crable ts , r u n n i n g for the i r l ives. Now comes t h e fun ! The

C H A R I T Y .

Speak for the tongue that is silent, Plead for the voice that is mute,

Heal the heart that is broken When life offers bitter fruit!

Christ on the highways healed. Christ in the Garden prayed,

Christ on the Cross revealed Love unpriced and unafraid.

They who are strong should gladden,

They who are wise should teach; To lives misfortune sadden

Kind, loving arms should reach! •

Would you fancy ea t ing roas ted a n t s by t h e handful , a s you ea t suga r -p lums? T h e y t a s t e l ike sweetened cream, so t ravel lers say, — I never t r i ed t h e m . B u t really, when you come to t h i n k of i t , none of t he se insects t h a t we con­s ider so d i sgus t ing and horr ible look a n y worse t h a n lobsters and crabs , which we ea t freely. I t is a good deal a m a t t e r of fashion, a f t e r a l l ; and I da re say if you had been b r o u g h t up in India you would enjoy d igging u p a centi­pede e ighteen inches long and eat ­ing I t l ike a st ick of candy, a s chi ldren do the re , according to Von Humbold t .—S.R.

( F r o m t h e Dowry of Mary )

A C H I L D ' S SERMON.

T h e famous Pass ion Play is re­gular ly rendered in many cit ies du r ing lent. One of t he tenses t a n d most t r ag ica l p a r t of t h e play is t he scene of J u d a s ' despair , when he piercingly cries o u t : "To whom shall I g o ? I have be t rayed m y Lord!" A t one of t h e rendi t ions of t he touching play, a little gi r l of seven years w a s s i t t ing w i th he r m o t h e r in t h e audience. W h e n t h e ac tor who represen ted J u d a s came t o t he despair scene, and screamed frantically "To whom shall I go? I h a v e be t rayed m y Lord ! " The audience was b rea th less w i th sus­pense. Suddenly t h e little gir l 's voice r ang clear and sweet t h r o u g h t h e audi to r ium, a s she cried, cling­i n g convulsively to he r m o t h e r : "Mama , tell h i m to go to M a r y ! " Indeed, had J u d a s bu t gone to M a r y , she would have obtained forgiveness fo r h i m ; and to-day he would be a s h i g h in heaven, a s he now m a y be deep in hell.

S A L U T E OUR K I N G .

Many of us pass t he church door every day . If we m a y not t h e n pause even for a shor t visi t t o t h e Blessed Sac rament , do we show o u r respect for the Tabernacle K ing by some s l ight ac t of ex ter i ­o r devot ion? Unobt rus ive indeed is t h e s l ight bow of t h e head or a l i f t ing of t h e ha t , b u t such an ac t Is p leas ing t o our Lord, and His blessing accompanies t h e Indul­gence of 100 days g ran ted for t h e ac t itself.

M I R T H .

A m a n w i t h o u t mir th i s l ike a w a g o n w i t h o u t spr ings , in which one is caused d i s a g r e e a b l y to jo l t by every pebble over which i t r u n s . — H e n r y W a r d Beecher .

* * * # • N o s t r e a m from its source flows sea ­

ward, h o w e v e r lone ly i t s course , b u t t h a t s o m e iand is g laddened. N o s t a r ever rose and set wi thout influence s o m e ­where . N o l i fe can be pure in i t s pur­pose and s t r o n g in i t s s tr i fe and al l l i fe no t be purer and s tronger thereby.

Owen Meredith.

gues t s , wi th both hands , g r ab r i g h t and left, and stuff into the i r m o u t h s t h e s e lively, wr iggl ing c r abs and ea t t h e m down wi th g r e a t relish.

Whi le you ' r e on your journey , pe rhaps you would like to " sk ip" New Caledonia; for the re , if people were polite t o you, t hey would serve—up roas ted or even raw spiders . " H o r r i d ! " did you say Well, i t does seem disgus t ing to us, b u t people who have eaten t h e m s a y t h e y t a s t e like nu t s . I 've read of one young 1 lady in Europe who neve r saw a spider in i ts web bu t s h e caugh t it and a t e it a t once, a s you would ea t a cher ry . I don ' t know t h a t spiders a re a n y worse t h a n g rubs , which a re large, fa t w o r m s , a s b ig as a man ' s t h u m b . In India you see t h e m roas ted and served ins tead of f rui t a t deser t .

I Will. I will s t a r t anew th i s morn ing

and be loyal to my creed, I will cease t o sit repining o'er

m y ruthless ne ighbour ' s g reed ; I will waste no moment whin ing

and my hear t shall know no fear. I will look somet imes about me

for t h e things t h a t mer i t praise, I will search for hidden beauties

t h a t elude the grumbler ' s g a z e ; I will t r y to find contentment in

t h e pa ths t h a t I mus t t r ead I will cease t o have resen tment

when another moves ahead. I will not be swayed by envy

when my rival 's s t r eng th is shown, I will not deny his meri t , but will

t r y t o prove m y own ; I will t ry t o see t he beauty

spread before me , rain or sh ine : I will cease t o preach your duty ,

and be more concerned wi th mine.

CEASE ! T H E H E A R T O F IESUS I S WITH ME.

| This is t he mot to which sur-| rounds the image of t he Sacred

H e a r t on t h e flag and on t h e b reas t s of the Pontifical Louaves and the Breton soldiers.

I t is said t h a t t hese words, so suggest ive of courage and calm­ness , were t h e inspirat ion of a mother .

She blessed her kneeling son, w h o was about se t t ing out for Rome to fight in defence of P ius IX, and courageously, t hough writh emotion, bidding him a las t adieu, placed a medal of t h e Sacred H e a r t on his neck. F o r a moment t h e poor mother was overcome; she t rembled violent ly; pe rhaps a vision of blood passed before h e r e y e s ; t hen , a s if inspired, she cried: " C e a s e ! t h e H e a r t of J e sus is with m e . " Her face re ­sumed i ts wonted calm, and, em­brac ing her son, she said, "Go f o r t h ; I am reassu red . "

These eloquent words should be t h e mot to of every soldier of J e sus Chris t , and when tempted to neg­ligence, idleness, self love, or rebellion the lips should m u r m u r a s a p rayer for diligence and courage : 'Cease t h e H e a r t of J e sus is with me. '

STUDY T H E H I D D E N L I F E .

Le t us in our love towards the Sacred Hear t , endeavour to become more in t imate ly acquainted with i t s life a t Naza re th , so tha t , charmed wi th t h e marvels we shall t h e r e discover, we may be filled wi th desire t o act and suffer with t h e same motives and intent ions t h a t led to t h e actions and suffer­ings of Jesus , and t h u s a r r ive in t ime a t a more j u s t appreciat ion of t h e t rue cha rac t e r and blessed f ru i t s of a life formed on the model of t h e Hidden Life of

I Nazare th . Do you wish to know t h e value

of your soul? Then th ink of t he price of your redemption. I t is not the world wi th all i ts gold nor t h e world itself wi th all i t contains, bu t God Himself who is t h e price of our ransom.

* * * * There are people who do not love

God, who never p r a y to Him, and ye t prosper. I t is a bad sign. They have done some li t t le good amid a g rea t deal of evil, and God is re­paying them for i t in th i s life.

St. John Bapt i s t Vianney, Cure d 'Ars .

* * • * • There a r e two easy p a t h s to

heaven. T h e y shor ten t h e dis­tance immense ly ; t h e p a t h for t he poor is Pat ience , and t h a t for the rich, Char i ty .

"Every child needs milk every day."

MILKMAID MILK

L A U G H S Eyebrows .

The little girl a t school was not qu i te skilled in t h e shaping of her l e t t e r s .

"May ," said t h e teacher, "when you m a k e your " i ' s " you forget to p u t in something , wha t is i t ?

"Oh, I know," said May, "I for­got to pu t t he eyebrows on."

* * * * None.

One day an inspector said to a school-boy. "If t h e r e were 82 blackbirds on a t r e e and I fired and sho t 24 of them, how many would r ema in ?"

The boy answered, "none of t h e m would r emain because ' the r e s t would fly a w a y . "

-r * fr »:•

T o m m y ' s Answer. T h e bishop was coming to visit

t h e school. The teacher warned all h e r pupils t o be sure and add-

. r e s s h im as "My Lord." But when i t h e Bishop asked li t t le Tommy his

age , T o m m y gulped and gazed at t h e t eache r and blur ted out, "My God, I 'm seven."

* * * * Fine Prescr ip t ion B u t . . . .

"And he re , " said t h e physician, " a r e some pills for your th roa t and some for your digestion and some for your h e a r t . "

" T h a t ' s fine, doctor," said the old lady. "Bu t how will those pills know where to s top, once they get inside m e ? "

* * * * A Br igh t Lad.

Li t t le J i m m y who was barely six yea r s old, was paid by his m o t h e r a penny pe r dozen for pins

, picked up from t h e carpet, to keep | t h e baby from ge t t i ng them.

" N u r s e , " said J immy, as his stock of pennies increased, "do you know w h a t I a m going to do when I have s ixpence?"

" N o " answered the nurse. "I a m going to buy a packet of pins and sca t t e r t h e m about , all on the carpet , and then pick t hem up."

* * * * The R igh t One.

A man discovered some small boys seated in a r ing round a little dog. " W h a t a r e you boys doing T he inquired.

"We ' r e bavin ' a competition.' said an urchin. "Whoever tells t h e biggest lie wins th i s here do."

The man t h o u g h t to improve t h e occasion, and began : "When I was a li t t le boy I never told un­t r u t h s . . . "bu t he was inter­rupted by a voice: Give the gent t h e dog, Alf."

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B A C K E D B Y S O U T H A F R I C A N T E A C H E R ' S C O N F E R E N C E .

A Nat iona l S c h e m e C o m i n g ? The Nat iona l Council of Social S e r ­

vice, which f o r m e r l y has m e t only a t Oxford or Cambridge , this y e a r held i t s meet ings a t Bris to l , and it w a s announc­ed tha t York would be the centre n e x t year.

The Social and Theological S u m m e r Schools which w e st i l l cont inue to run at t h e U n i v e r s i t i e s , should note that a travel l ing circus i s the m o d e m idea, but that is by the w a y .

W h a t i s of in teres t f r o m Bris to l mee t ings i s the h int g iven b y P r o f e s s o r Scott W a t s o n tha t there i s a chance of a nat ional s c h e m e of land s e t t l e m e n t .

T h e professor said that w e m a y e x ­pect in the f u t u r e a d imin i sh ing con­sumption of p la in t h i n g s , l ike bread, bee f and pota toes , a n d an increas ing con­sumption o f ch ickens , green p e a s , a s p a ­ragus , e g g s , and fru i t , and t h a t in th i s changeover t h e Br i t i sh farmer m u s t look for h i s f u t u r e m a r k e t .

W e cannot be l i eve that subs i s t ence farming would lead to a fa l l in t h e con­sumption of pla in th ings , but ra ther t h e reverse. P r e s e n t exper iments under t h e a e g i s of t h e Land Se t t l ement A s s o c i a ­tion should be directed t o subs i s tence , and no t market , farming .

* * * * * H u m a n N e e d s the Standard .

Our sex-r idden p r e s s has concentrated at tent ion on the L.C.C. and marr ied w o m e n , because the General P u r p o s e s Commit t ee has recommended t h a t cer­ta in married doctors and t e a c h e r s be a l l o w e d to reta in the ir pos t s .

F e w n e w s p a p e r s , though , reported a n I impor tant recommendat ion of the L.C.C. t H o s p i t a l s and Medical S e r v i c e s Com- I

H u m a n N e e d s and F a m i l y Needs . W e should find i n the end t h a t i t i s

cheaper , that , a s the L.C.C. Report s a y s w i t h r e g a r d to hospi ta l accommodat ion , if the comfort and w e l l - b e i n g of human be ings i s considered " a l l o ther con­s iderat ions and all theoret ica l formulas can be d i sregarded ."

H u m a n needs and f a m i l y needs are the t h i n g s to w h i c h t h e P o p e s a l w a y s cal l a t t en t ion w h e n s e e k i n g the clue to sane social re form. In t h i s country w e t ry , b y social s erv i ce s , f r e e education, s ta te insurance , s t a t e medical aid and so on , t o d i sregard t h e f a m i l y bas i s of reckoning , to i g n o r e t h e primary s tandard, f a m i l y w e l l - b e i n g and comfort .

The bureaucrat ic mind w a n t s nat ional s tandards for e v e r y t h i n g , and imposes r ig id f o r m u l a s b a s e d o n a v e r a g e s , whe** the p la in f a c t i s t h a t t h e r e i s no average m a n , b u t on ly indiv iduals , w h o v a r y in­finitely in the ir out look a n d needs .

The shor t c u t t o s a n i t y h a s been dis­covered b y one L.C.C. Commit t ee , and if the Labour P a r t y o n c e b e c o m e s imbued w i t h the s tandards of t h i s commit tee , it wi l l r e - m a k e t h e country , b u t i t wi l l have ceased t o s e e k i t s insp ira t ion in Soc ia l i sm.

D r a g g i n g The P o p e In. N o doubt w i t h t h e b e s t in tent ions , the

Sunday R e f e r e e appea led la s t w e e k to the P o p e to in tervene in the I ta l ian-A b y s s i n i a n d ispute , but w e cannot bel ieve tha t the a p p ea ! w a s wel l -con­sidered.

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mittee , s crapp ing standards o f accom­modat ion in the hospital w a r d s based on such cons iderat ions a s air pol lut ion, etc .

"They had no real scientific founda­t ion," s a y s t h e Report . "Exper ience has proved t h a t t h e comfort and w e l l -b e i n g of the pat ient a n d h i s efficient t r e a t m e n t should be t h e d e t e r m i n i n g fac tors ."

This l i t t l e breath of s h e e r common s e n s e is t h e kind of th ing w e a r e con­s tant ly advocat ing . In al l depar tments of l i fe le t us consider t h e c o m f o r t and wel l -be ing of m e n and w o m e n , n o t s o m e abstract formula , into w h i c h h u m a n be ­i n g s are made t o fit, w i th t h e s a m e un­h a p p y resu l t s a s a t tended t h e Chinese women w h o cramped their f e e t .

Man's needs are the m e a s u r e of things , and not vice versa , but w e m u s t i l lustrate .

* * * * * W a g e s and H o u s e s .

The modern idea i s to build h o u s e s t o a price, not to the requirements of a normal fami ly . Such h o u s e s p u t a pre ­mium on contraception, and w e cannot a lways avoid t h e suspic ion t h a t t h a t i s w h a t they are m e a n t to do.

Instead of f o u r good b i g bedrooms , which a n y normal f a m i l y wi l l require in t ime, w e find the two-bedroom t y p e v e r y common, and w h e n there i s a third bed­room, i t i s o f t en no b i g g e r t h a n a de­cent rabbit hutch .

Complain, and you are told t h a t b ig ­g e r houses are uneconomical , wh ich means only t h a t the r e n t s would have to be h igher . But w h y should t h e rent govern the f a m i l y ? W h y should no t a big fami ly h a v e a big h o u s e and pay a big r e n t ?

Because, w e are told, indus try cannot afford h igher w a g e s , t h e b i g g e s t l ie of all . W a g e s and costs are but a rat io , in any case , but industry's b e s t friend is the b i g f a m i l y , the c o n s u m i n g f a m i l y . Children are non-producers but grea t consumers .

Why not s tar t with the a s s u m p t i o n that the on ly s tandard f o r w a g e s and rent and pr ices i s the w e l l - b e i n g of t h e r o ^ a l and normal ly e x p a n d i n g f a m i l y until ?

T h e na t ions do n o t w a n t men o f re l ig ion t o in ter fere in pol i t i cs , and a n y a t t e m p t b y t h e H o l y F a t h e r t o express a n op in ion publ ic ly o n a pol i t ical m a t t e r w o u l d c a u s e t h e ant ic ler ica l Dations and g o v e r n m e n t s to c lo se t h e ranks a g a i n s t h im. R e m e m b e r the P a c t o f London.

The rather puer i le a n d s i l l y modern idea i s t h a t educat ion h a s n o w fitted t h e l a y m a n to do al l h i s pol i t ical bus iness w i t h o u t the a id o f m e n o f God. A f e w centur ies a g o the l a y m a n w a s too proud t o do a n y t h i n g b u t fight. Le t t er s and t r e a t y - m a k i n g w e r e on ly fit f o r pr ies t s . S o h e thought . N o w a d a y s t h e l a y m a n has g r o w n u p . H e k n o w s more t h a n h i s old tutor , and b y J o v e , h e wi l l ^o t suffer h i s in t er f erence !

H e wi l l g r o w out o f th is mood. I n fact he is a l ready g r o w i n g out of i t . H e is b e g i n n i n g to call in h i s tutor a t l eas t e v e r y t i m e he m a k e s a m e s s of i t himself .

Sp i e s in Spa in . S p a i n w a s t h e l a s t country to b e

affected by nat iona l i s t fever , but u n ­doubtedly i t is c a u s i n g her to run a h i g h t e m p e r a t u r e j u s t a t present . T h e E n g l i s h " m i s s 9 9 is a s b i g a b o g y there a s t h e German g i p s i e s w e r e over here before the w a r .

A f e w u n p l e a s a n t inc idents have o c ­curred. W o m e n h a v e been fired a t b y patr io t ic p e a s a n t s , and Miss Court w a s imprisoned on t h e ev idence o f a m a n w h o k n e w pract ica l ly n o E n g l i s h , f o r cr i t ic i s ing t h e S p a n i s h government . She w a s acqui t ted o f the charge , a n d her accuser w a s fined f o r not appear ing a t the trial .

The s ever i ty of t h e sentence passed on Captain K a n e i s a s surpr i s ing a s i t i s exces s ive . N o doubt i t wi l l be r e ­duced, or perhaps remi t t ed a s a re su l t of representat ions b e i n g made to t h e Span i sh g o v e r n m e n t .

Lord Cas t l erosse w r o t e on S u n d a y about Captain Kane , and censured t h e

Salisbury, (Southern Rhodesia, Afr ica) .—Rev. Bernard Huss , of t h e Mariannhill Missionaries, who for many years has been engaged

in social work among t h e nat ives of South Africa, has been proposed a s an au thor i ty to draw up a sur­vey of the conditions and possibili­t ies of co-operative organisa t ion in South Africa. The proposal was expressed in a resolution passed a t t h e Inter- terr i tor ial Conference on African Village Development and Education, held at Sal isbury in June .

The Chai rman of t h e Confer­ence, Dr. C. T. Loram, Professor of Educat ion a t Yale Univers i ty , formerly Chief Inspector of Nat ive Educat ion in N a t a l and for ten years a member of t h e Nat ive Affairs Commission of South Af­rica, said t h a t F a t h e r Huss ' s ef­for ts to improve t h e economic position of the South African Ban tu were well knowrn in Amer i ­c a ; he also said t h a t P r o t e s t a n t missionaries should not be afraid of h im because he is a Catholic pr iest .

F a t h e r H u s s read a paper on ' T h e Significance of t h e Co­operative Movement in African Village Development." Af te r a discussion on this subject , a re ­solution was formulated and ap­proved by t h e Conference, worded t h u s : "An impetus t o t h e advance­men t of t h e co-operative move­men t in Africa would be given if a survey, under taken wi th t h e help of t h e governments concerned, were made of the conditions and possibilities of cooperative organi­sat ion in t h e different ter r i tor ies , , and such a survey would prove most successful by enl is t ing t h e services of experienced au thor i t i ­es, such as Mr. Str ickland and t h e Rev. F a t h e r Bernard H u s s . "

The Governor of Southern Rhodesia, His Excellency Sir Her­be r t Stanley, was p re sen t a t t h e Conference.—(Fides)

" decadent d a g o e s " w h o m D r a k e , or a n ­other of o u r pirates , s o deservedly chast ised. S u c h ex tremes o f speech are regret table . T h e y are due t o E n g l i s h arrogance .

W h a t i s m o r e important , t h e y cause some of our people t o b e h a v e in a d i s ­g u s t i n g manner in S p a i n and other countries .

Siwantze, (Mongolia) .—The pro­vincial government of S h a n t u n g has s t a r t ed a movement of mass emigrat ion to Chahar . T h e drought in S h a n t u n g has crea ted a sho r t age of food, while Chahar ,

j owing to a long era of out lawry and several yea rs of bad crops, h a s been grea t ly depopulated and in need of inhab i t an t s . I t is planned to set t le 30 families for every group of 20 families a l ready dwelling in t h e province. E i g h t villages have been organized so fa r but t h e difficulties a re many . The people from Shan tung have not t h e m e a n s t o buy food supplies, live stock, f a rming tools, & c , and, moreover , t h e y find t h e climate .of Mongolia ve ry severe. Mission­ar ies expect t h a t t h i s movement of colonization m a y have a good effect in ex tend ing t h e Church, be ­cause t h e new arr iva ls will find m a n y Catholic chapels in t h e region b u t few pagan pagodas .—

RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION MENACE TO PEACE.

London.—Persecut ion of rel igion is declared a menace to peace in a resolution passed by t h e E x ­ecutive Commit tee of t h e L e a g u e of Nat ions Union here .

Af te r considering a unan imous repor t of i t s Chr is t ian Organisa­t ions Commit tee , which eonsits of representa t ives of t h e Church of England, t h e Catholic Church, t h e F r e e Churches and the Salvation Army, t h e Execut ive Commit tee adopted th i s resolut ion:

"The Execut ive Committee of t h e League of Nat ions Union }s concerned about t h e religious in­tolerance a t present shown in cer­t a in countr ies . I t believes t h a t BO government t h a t denies to i ts s u b ­jec t s t h e free exercise of religious pract ice and teaching can-hope t o secure t h e real fr iendship of t h e people of t h i s country.

"The Execut ive Committee sees in th i s s t a t e of affairs a ser ious h indrance to good internat ional r e ­lations, and reques t s His Majes ty ' s Government t o t ake any s teps it th inks possible, whe the r by p r i ­va te representa t ions or by public action a t Geneva or elsewhere, to influence such governments to gran t religious freedom."

CATHOLIC FOR RADIO P O S T I N BRITAIN.

O P P O S I T I O N FROM M E M B E R S O P F R E E C H U R C H E S G R O U P .

The Hector ing Bri ton Abroad.

Peop le brought up on the Capta in Ket t le tradit ion, the modern vers ion of t h e D^ake—Rale igh buccaneejr s tor ies , are ap t to b e h a v e w i t h insolence towards " decadent dagoes ," b u t t h e y would b e we l l advised to think t w i c e be fore e m u ­la t ing Captain Kett le to -day .

The I ta l ians certainly wi l l n o t to lerate it , and t h e Spaniards a r e b e c o m i r g equal ly sens i t ive w h e r e nat iona l pride is concerned. Our peop le should be warned t h a t the o ld- fashioned w a y of bu l ly ing Lat ins is n o w reaUy dangerous . Th ey have learnt h o w to re ta l ia te in kind.

Natura l ly none of t h e s e remarks ap ­p l y to Captain Kane or M i s s Court. They are sugges t ed b y the a g g r e s s i v e ­ness of Lord Cast lerosse 's c o m m e n t s , and because w e have ourse lves seen E n -l ish people hector ing and s tr ik ing both I ta l ians and Spaniards , a s t h e readiest w a y of end ing an a r g u m e n t . W e f e l t ashamed o f them.

It w a s a l w a y s the w r o n g w a y , and is especia l ly s o now t h a t na t iona l i sm is rampant . I t would be b e t t e r t o encour­a g e our people to l earn t h o r o u g h l y the l a n g u a g e and cus toms of t h e countr ies t h e y intend to vis it , and to* b e h a v e there a s t h e y w o u l d in decent s o c i e t y a t home. (Cathol ic T i m e s , J u l y 19 ) .

London.—Opposition to t h e a p ­poin tment of a Catholic a s Con­troller of P r o g r a m m e s of tife Br i t i sh Broadcas t ing Corpora t ion —vir tua l ly a government depa r t ­m e n t — h a s been raised by a grotfp of m e m b e r s of Par l i ament in t h e name of t h e F r e e Churches .

The appoin tment of Capt . C e d l Graves to be Director of P r o g r a m ­mes—he was former ly a s s i s t en t d i rec tor—has been announced. I

I t i s s t a t ed t h a t t h e p a r l i a m e n ­t a r y g roup which opposes t h e ap­poin tment will make r e p r e s e n t a ­t ions t o t h e P o s t m a s t e r General* to t he Board of t h e B.B.C., and, possibly, in t h e House of Commons.

The assumpt ion of t h e pro tes t ­e r s is t h a t Capta in Graves, being

I a Catholic, will not be able t o al-I low t h e f reedom of t h o u g h t and

broadminded censorship which is considered desirable.

Broadcas t ing in Great Br i t a in is state-control led. The B.B.C. exer­cises a monopoly, working und^r l icense from t h e government .

4 M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935.

CAN'T IS T H E W O N T OF PEOPLE W H O D O N T .

E V E R Y O N E T O HIS T A S T E

If you should t r ave l around t h e world , you would l ea rn to ea t y o u r d inne r in a good m a n y ways . J n T u r k e y you would learn to sit on t h e floor, cross legged, and ea t off a round t r a y , w i t h o u t knives o r fo rks , glasses o r napk in s . All t h e g u e s t s ea t w i t h t h e i r fingers ou t of t h e same d ish . If you dined w i t h t h e Arabs , you would see no kn ives o r f o r k s ; a n d if your hos t offered you a choice bit of mea t , you would be expected t o open your m o u t h and let h i m p u t it in. T h e A r a b s use only t h e r i g h t hand in e a t i n g ; and, w h a t i s still m o r e funny , they will pull a p a r t o r ca rve tu rkeys o r fowls wi th only one hand and w i t h o u t a knife. If i t is ha rd to s e p a r a t e , one of t h e g u e s t s will lend h i s r i g h t h^nd. In S iam you would be t r e a t e d to a n t s ' e g g s ; and in B u r m a h to locusts , stuffed and f r ied . All our y o u n g folk, I a m sure , would like t o ea t in J a p a n ; for t h e Japanese serve c a n d y and sweet t h i n g s very of ten, a n d w h a t one can ' t ea t one is per ­mi t t ed to t a k e home wi th one. A t all g rand feas t s g u e s t s a r e expect­ed t o br ing s e r v a n t s , wi th baske t s , t o t ake back t h e choice leavings.

In Abyssinia i t is a m a r k of good breeding t o smack t h e lips while ea t ing ; a n d I 'm sure you'll no t be surpr ised t o h e a r t h a t Abys -s in ians eat t h e i r mea t raw. In South America you would ea t l izards and snakes , and among the American Ind i ans you would be t rea ted to roas ted grasshoppers . In Otahei te you would have your d inner alone, se rved in a b a s k e t ; and if you were in t h e fashion you would si t down on t h e floor, t u r n y o u r back to everybody and ea t in silence. I t is t h e r e considered very improper t o e a t wi th o the r s . Snai ls and horseflesh would g ree t you in F rance .

B u t t he funnies t dish you would see, I think, would be in China, where they s e rve up lit t le c r a b s — al ive! J u s t a s t h e y sit down to d inne r the t i n y c rabs a re pu t in a d i s h of vinegar , wh ich makes t h e m ^very lively. T h e n t h e y a re p u t in-ix> a covered d i sh and placed on t h e table . When everyone is r eady t h e lid is sna tched off, and ins tan t ­ly t h e table is covered wi th scam­p e r i n g crable ts , r u n n i n g for the i r l ives. Now comes t h e fun ! The

C H A R I T Y .

Speak for the tongue that is silent, Plead for the voice that is mute,

Heal the heart that is broken When life offers bitter fruit!

Christ on the highways healed. Christ in the Garden prayed,

Christ on the Cross revealed Love unpriced and unafraid.

They who are strong should gladden,

They who are wise should teach; To lives misfortune sadden

Kind, loving arms should reach! •

Would you fancy ea t ing roas ted a n t s by t h e handful , a s you ea t suga r -p lums? T h e y t a s t e l ike sweetened cream, so t ravel lers say, — I never t r i ed t h e m . B u t really, when you come to t h i n k of i t , none of t he se insects t h a t we con­s ider so d i sgus t ing and horr ible look a n y worse t h a n lobsters and crabs , which we ea t freely. I t is a good deal a m a t t e r of fashion, a f t e r a l l ; and I da re say if you had been b r o u g h t up in India you would enjoy d igging u p a centi­pede e ighteen inches long and eat ­ing I t l ike a st ick of candy, a s chi ldren do the re , according to Von Humbold t .—S.R.

( F r o m t h e Dowry of Mary )

A C H I L D ' S SERMON.

T h e famous Pass ion Play is re­gular ly rendered in many cit ies du r ing lent. One of t he tenses t a n d most t r ag ica l p a r t of t h e play is t he scene of J u d a s ' despair , when he piercingly cries o u t : "To whom shall I g o ? I have be t rayed m y Lord!" A t one of t h e rendi t ions of t he touching play, a little gi r l of seven years w a s s i t t ing w i th he r m o t h e r in t h e audience. W h e n t h e ac tor who represen ted J u d a s came t o t he despair scene, and screamed frantically "To whom shall I go? I h a v e be t rayed m y Lord ! " The audience was b rea th less w i th sus­pense. Suddenly t h e little gir l 's voice r ang clear and sweet t h r o u g h t h e audi to r ium, a s she cried, cling­i n g convulsively to he r m o t h e r : "Mama , tell h i m to go to M a r y ! " Indeed, had J u d a s bu t gone to M a r y , she would have obtained forgiveness fo r h i m ; and to-day he would be a s h i g h in heaven, a s he now m a y be deep in hell.

S A L U T E OUR K I N G .

Many of us pass t he church door every day . If we m a y not t h e n pause even for a shor t visi t t o t h e Blessed Sac rament , do we show o u r respect for the Tabernacle K ing by some s l ight ac t of ex ter i ­o r devot ion? Unobt rus ive indeed is t h e s l ight bow of t h e head or a l i f t ing of t h e ha t , b u t such an ac t Is p leas ing t o our Lord, and His blessing accompanies t h e Indul­gence of 100 days g ran ted for t h e ac t itself.

M I R T H .

A m a n w i t h o u t mir th i s l ike a w a g o n w i t h o u t spr ings , in which one is caused d i s a g r e e a b l y to jo l t by every pebble over which i t r u n s . — H e n r y W a r d Beecher .

* * * # • N o s t r e a m from its source flows sea ­

ward, h o w e v e r lone ly i t s course , b u t t h a t s o m e iand is g laddened. N o s t a r ever rose and set wi thout influence s o m e ­where . N o l i fe can be pure in i t s pur­pose and s t r o n g in i t s s tr i fe and al l l i fe no t be purer and s tronger thereby.

Owen Meredith.

gues t s , wi th both hands , g r ab r i g h t and left, and stuff into the i r m o u t h s t h e s e lively, wr iggl ing c r abs and ea t t h e m down wi th g r e a t relish.

Whi le you ' r e on your journey , pe rhaps you would like to " sk ip" New Caledonia; for the re , if people were polite t o you, t hey would serve—up roas ted or even raw spiders . " H o r r i d ! " did you say Well, i t does seem disgus t ing to us, b u t people who have eaten t h e m s a y t h e y t a s t e like nu t s . I 've read of one young 1 lady in Europe who neve r saw a spider in i ts web bu t s h e caugh t it and a t e it a t once, a s you would ea t a cher ry . I don ' t know t h a t spiders a re a n y worse t h a n g rubs , which a re large, fa t w o r m s , a s b ig as a man ' s t h u m b . In India you see t h e m roas ted and served ins tead of f rui t a t deser t .

I Will. I will s t a r t anew th i s morn ing

and be loyal to my creed, I will cease t o sit repining o'er

m y ruthless ne ighbour ' s g reed ; I will waste no moment whin ing

and my hear t shall know no fear. I will look somet imes about me

for t h e things t h a t mer i t praise, I will search for hidden beauties

t h a t elude the grumbler ' s g a z e ; I will t r y to find contentment in

t h e pa ths t h a t I mus t t r ead I will cease t o have resen tment

when another moves ahead. I will not be swayed by envy

when my rival 's s t r eng th is shown, I will not deny his meri t , but will

t r y t o prove m y own ; I will t ry t o see t he beauty

spread before me , rain or sh ine : I will cease t o preach your duty ,

and be more concerned wi th mine.

CEASE ! T H E H E A R T O F IESUS I S WITH ME.

| This is t he mot to which sur-| rounds the image of t he Sacred

H e a r t on t h e flag and on t h e b reas t s of the Pontifical Louaves and the Breton soldiers.

I t is said t h a t t hese words, so suggest ive of courage and calm­ness , were t h e inspirat ion of a mother .

She blessed her kneeling son, w h o was about se t t ing out for Rome to fight in defence of P ius IX, and courageously, t hough writh emotion, bidding him a las t adieu, placed a medal of t h e Sacred H e a r t on his neck. F o r a moment t h e poor mother was overcome; she t rembled violent ly; pe rhaps a vision of blood passed before h e r e y e s ; t hen , a s if inspired, she cried: " C e a s e ! t h e H e a r t of J e sus is with m e . " Her face re ­sumed i ts wonted calm, and, em­brac ing her son, she said, "Go f o r t h ; I am reassu red . "

These eloquent words should be t h e mot to of every soldier of J e sus Chris t , and when tempted to neg­ligence, idleness, self love, or rebellion the lips should m u r m u r a s a p rayer for diligence and courage : 'Cease t h e H e a r t of J e sus is with me. '

STUDY T H E H I D D E N L I F E .

Le t us in our love towards the Sacred Hear t , endeavour to become more in t imate ly acquainted with i t s life a t Naza re th , so tha t , charmed wi th t h e marvels we shall t h e r e discover, we may be filled wi th desire t o act and suffer with t h e same motives and intent ions t h a t led to t h e actions and suffer­ings of Jesus , and t h u s a r r ive in t ime a t a more j u s t appreciat ion of t h e t rue cha rac t e r and blessed f ru i t s of a life formed on the model of t h e Hidden Life of

I Nazare th . Do you wish to know t h e value

of your soul? Then th ink of t he price of your redemption. I t is not the world wi th all i ts gold nor t h e world itself wi th all i t contains, bu t God Himself who is t h e price of our ransom.

* * * * There are people who do not love

God, who never p r a y to Him, and ye t prosper. I t is a bad sign. They have done some li t t le good amid a g rea t deal of evil, and God is re­paying them for i t in th i s life.

St. John Bapt i s t Vianney, Cure d 'Ars .

* * • * • There a r e two easy p a t h s to

heaven. T h e y shor ten t h e dis­tance immense ly ; t h e p a t h for t he poor is Pat ience , and t h a t for the rich, Char i ty .

"Every child needs milk every day."

MILKMAID MILK

L A U G H S Eyebrows .

The little girl a t school was not qu i te skilled in t h e shaping of her l e t t e r s .

"May ," said t h e teacher, "when you m a k e your " i ' s " you forget to p u t in something , wha t is i t ?

"Oh, I know," said May, "I for­got to pu t t he eyebrows on."

* * * * None.

One day an inspector said to a school-boy. "If t h e r e were 82 blackbirds on a t r e e and I fired and sho t 24 of them, how many would r ema in ?"

The boy answered, "none of t h e m would r emain because ' the r e s t would fly a w a y . "

-r * fr »:•

T o m m y ' s Answer. T h e bishop was coming to visit

t h e school. The teacher warned all h e r pupils t o be sure and add-

. r e s s h im as "My Lord." But when i t h e Bishop asked li t t le Tommy his

age , T o m m y gulped and gazed at t h e t eache r and blur ted out, "My God, I 'm seven."

* * * * Fine Prescr ip t ion B u t . . . .

"And he re , " said t h e physician, " a r e some pills for your th roa t and some for your digestion and some for your h e a r t . "

" T h a t ' s fine, doctor," said the old lady. "Bu t how will those pills know where to s top, once they get inside m e ? "

* * * * A Br igh t Lad.

Li t t le J i m m y who was barely six yea r s old, was paid by his m o t h e r a penny pe r dozen for pins

, picked up from t h e carpet, to keep | t h e baby from ge t t i ng them.

" N u r s e , " said J immy, as his stock of pennies increased, "do you know w h a t I a m going to do when I have s ixpence?"

" N o " answered the nurse. "I a m going to buy a packet of pins and sca t t e r t h e m about , all on the carpet , and then pick t hem up."

* * * * The R igh t One.

A man discovered some small boys seated in a r ing round a little dog. " W h a t a r e you boys doing T he inquired.

"We ' r e bavin ' a competition.' said an urchin. "Whoever tells t h e biggest lie wins th i s here do."

The man t h o u g h t to improve t h e occasion, and began : "When I was a li t t le boy I never told un­t r u t h s . . . "bu t he was inter­rupted by a voice: Give the gent t h e dog, Alf."

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 3 r d AUGUST, 1 9 3 5 .

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B A C K E D B Y S O U T H A F R I C A N T E A C H E R ' S C O N F E R E N C E .

A Nat iona l S c h e m e C o m i n g ? The Nat iona l Council of Social S e r ­

vice, which f o r m e r l y has m e t only a t Oxford or Cambridge , this y e a r held i t s meet ings a t Bris to l , and it w a s announc­ed tha t York would be the centre n e x t year.

The Social and Theological S u m m e r Schools which w e st i l l cont inue to run at t h e U n i v e r s i t i e s , should note that a travel l ing circus i s the m o d e m idea, but that is by the w a y .

W h a t i s of in teres t f r o m Bris to l mee t ings i s the h int g iven b y P r o f e s s o r Scott W a t s o n tha t there i s a chance of a nat ional s c h e m e of land s e t t l e m e n t .

T h e professor said that w e m a y e x ­pect in the f u t u r e a d imin i sh ing con­sumption of p la in t h i n g s , l ike bread, bee f and pota toes , a n d an increas ing con­sumption o f ch ickens , green p e a s , a s p a ­ragus , e g g s , and fru i t , and t h a t in th i s changeover t h e Br i t i sh farmer m u s t look for h i s f u t u r e m a r k e t .

W e cannot be l i eve that subs i s t ence farming would lead to a fa l l in t h e con­sumption of pla in th ings , but ra ther t h e reverse. P r e s e n t exper iments under t h e a e g i s of t h e Land Se t t l ement A s s o c i a ­tion should be directed t o subs i s tence , and no t market , farming .

* * * * * H u m a n N e e d s the Standard .

Our sex-r idden p r e s s has concentrated at tent ion on the L.C.C. and marr ied w o m e n , because the General P u r p o s e s Commit t ee has recommended t h a t cer­ta in married doctors and t e a c h e r s be a l l o w e d to reta in the ir pos t s .

F e w n e w s p a p e r s , though , reported a n I impor tant recommendat ion of the L.C.C. t H o s p i t a l s and Medical S e r v i c e s Com- I

H u m a n N e e d s and F a m i l y Needs . W e should find i n the end t h a t i t i s

cheaper , that , a s the L.C.C. Report s a y s w i t h r e g a r d to hospi ta l accommodat ion , if the comfort and w e l l - b e i n g of human be ings i s considered " a l l o ther con­s iderat ions and all theoret ica l formulas can be d i sregarded ."

H u m a n needs and f a m i l y needs are the t h i n g s to w h i c h t h e P o p e s a l w a y s cal l a t t en t ion w h e n s e e k i n g the clue to s an e social re form. In t h i s country w e t ry , b y social s erv i ce s , f r e e education, s ta te insurance , s t a t e medical aid and so on , t o d i sregard t h e f a m i l y bas i s of reckoning , to i g n o r e t h e primary s tandard, f a m i l y w e l l - b e i n g and comfort .

The bureaucrat ic mind w a n t s nat ional s tandards for e v e r y t h i n g , and imposes r ig id f o r m u l a s b a s e d o n a v e r a g e s , whe** the p la in f a c t i s t h a t t h e r e i s no average m a n , b u t on ly indiv iduals , w h o v a r y in­finitely in the ir out look a n d needs .

The shor t c u t t o s a n i t y h a s been dis­covered b y one L.C.C. Commit t ee , and if the Labour P a r t y o n c e b e c o m e s imbued w i t h the s tandards of t h i s commit tee , it wi l l r e - m a k e t h e country , b u t i t wi l l have ceased t o s e e k i t s insp ira t ion in Soc ia l i sm.

D r a g g i n g The P o p e In. N o doubt w i t h t h e b e s t in tent ions , the

Sunday R e f e r e e appea led la s t w e e k to the P o p e to in tervene in the I ta l ian-A b y s s i n i a n d ispute , but w e cannot bel ieve tha t the a p p ea ! w a s wel l -con­sidered.

j£$*g. Ckatt Cta* C ttfe a itag

mittee , s crapp ing standards o f accom­modat ion in the hospital w a r d s based on such cons iderat ions a s air pol lut ion, etc .

"They had no real scientific founda­t ion," s a y s t h e Report . "Exper ience has proved t h a t t h e comfort and w e l l -b e i n g of the pat ient a n d h i s efficient t r e a t m e n t should be t h e d e t e r m i n i n g fac tors ."

This l i t t l e breath of s h e e r common s e n s e is t h e kind of th ing w e a r e con­s tant ly advocat ing . In al l depar tments of l i fe le t us consider t h e c o m f o r t and wel l -be ing of m e n and w o m e n , n o t s o m e abstract formula , into w h i c h h u m a n be ­i n g s are made t o fit, w i th t h e s a m e un­h a p p y resu l t s a s a t tended t h e Chinese women w h o cramped their f e e t .

Man's needs are the m e a s u r e of things , and not vice versa , but w e m u s t i l lustrate .

* * * * * W a g e s and H o u s e s .

The modern idea i s to build h o u s e s t o a price, not to the requirements of a normal fami ly . Such h o u s e s p u t a pre ­mium on contraception, and w e cannot a lways avoid t h e suspic ion t h a t t h a t i s w h a t they are m e a n t to do.

Instead of f o u r good b i g bedrooms , which a n y normal f a m i l y wi l l require in t ime, w e find the two-bedroom t y p e v e r y common, and w h e n there i s a third bed­room, i t i s o f t en no b i g g e r t h a n a de­cent rabbit hutch .

Complain, and you are told t h a t b ig ­g e r houses are uneconomical , wh ich means only t h a t the r e n t s would have to be h igher . But w h y should t h e rent govern the f a m i l y ? W h y should no t a big fami ly h a v e a big h o u s e and pay a big r e n t ?

Because, w e are told, indus try cannot afford h igher w a g e s , t h e b i g g e s t l ie of all . W a g e s and costs are but a rat io , in any case , but industry's b e s t friend is the b i g f a m i l y , the c o n s u m i n g f a m i l y . Children are non-producers but grea t consumers .

Why not s tar t with the a s s u m p t i o n that the on ly s tandard f o r w a g e s and rent and pr ices i s the w e l l - b e i n g of t h e r o ^ a l and normal ly e x p a n d i n g f a m i l y until ?

T h e na t ions do n o t w a n t men o f re l ig ion t o in ter fere in pol i t i cs , and a n y a t t e m p t b y t h e H o l y F a t h e r t o express a n op in ion publ ic ly o n a pol i t ical m a t t e r w o u l d c a u s e t h e ant ic ler ica l Dations and g o v e r n m e n t s to c lo se t h e ranks a g a i n s t h im. R e m e m b e r the P a c t o f London.

The rather puer i le a n d s i l l y modern idea i s t h a t educat ion h a s n o w fitted t h e l a y m a n to do al l h i s pol i t ical bus iness w i t h o u t the a id o f m e n o f God. A f e w centur ies a g o the l a y m a n w a s too proud t o do a n y t h i n g b u t fight. Le t t er s and t r e a t y - m a k i n g w e r e on ly fit f o r pr ies t s . S o h e thought . N o w a d a y s t h e l a y m a n has g r o w n u p . H e k n o w s more t h a n h i s old tutor , and b y J o v e , h e wi l l ^o t suffer h i s in t er f erence !

H e wi l l g r o w out o f th is mood. I n fact he is a l ready g r o w i n g out of i t . H e is b e g i n n i n g to call in h i s tutor a t l eas t e v e r y t i m e he m a k e s a m e s s of i t himself .

Sp i e s in Spa in . S p a i n w a s t h e l a s t country to b e

affected by nat iona l i s t fever , but u n ­doubtedly i t is c a u s i n g her to run a h i g h t e m p e r a t u r e j u s t a t present . T h e E n g l i s h " m i s s 9 9 is a s b i g a b o g y there a s t h e German g i p s i e s w e r e over here before the w a r .

A f e w u n p l e a s a n t inc idents have o c ­curred. W o m e n h a v e been fired a t b y patr io t ic p e a s a n t s , and Miss Court w a s imprisoned on t h e ev idence o f a m a n w h o k n e w pract ica l ly n o E n g l i s h , f o r cr i t ic i s ing t h e S p a n i s h government . She w a s acqui t ted o f the charge , a n d her accuser w a s fined f o r not appear ing a t the trial .

The s ever i ty of t h e sentence passed on Captain K a n e i s a s surpr i s ing a s i t i s exces s ive . N o doubt i t wi l l be r e ­duced, or perhaps remi t t ed a s a re su l t of representat ions b e i n g made to t h e Span i sh g o v e r n m e n t .

Lord Cas t l erosse w r o t e on S u n d a y about Captain Kane , and censured t h e

Salisbury, (Southern Rhodesia, Afr ica) .—Rev. Bernard Huss , of t h e Mariannhill Missionaries, who for many years has been engaged

in social work among t h e nat ives of South Africa, has been proposed a s an au thor i ty to draw up a sur­vey of the conditions and possibili­t ies of co-operative organisa t ion in South Africa. The proposal was expressed in a resolution passed a t t h e Inter- terr i tor ial Conference on African Village Development and Education, held at Sal isbury in June .

The Chai rman of t h e Confer­ence, Dr. C. T. Loram, Professor of Educat ion a t Yale Univers i ty , formerly Chief Inspector of Nat ive Educat ion in N a t a l and for ten years a member of t h e Nat ive Affairs Commission of South Af­rica, said t h a t F a t h e r Huss ' s ef­for ts to improve t h e economic position of the South African Ban tu were well knowrn in Amer i ­c a ; he also said t h a t P r o t e s t a n t missionaries should not be afraid of h im because he is a Catholic pr iest .

F a t h e r H u s s read a paper on ' T h e Significance of t h e Co­operative Movement in African Village Development." Af te r a discussion on this subject , a re ­solution was formulated and ap­proved by t h e Conference, worded t h u s : "An impetus t o t h e advance­men t of t h e co-operative move­men t in Africa would be given if a survey, under taken wi th t h e help of t h e governments concerned, were made of the conditions and possibilities of cooperative organi­sat ion in t h e different ter r i tor ies , , and such a survey would prove most successful by enl is t ing t h e services of experienced au thor i t i ­es, such as Mr. Str ickland and t h e Rev. F a t h e r Bernard H u s s . "

The Governor of Southern Rhodesia, His Excellency Sir Her­be r t Stanley, was p re sen t a t t h e Conference.—(Fides)

" decadent d a g o e s " w h o m D r a k e , or a n ­other of o u r pirates , s o deservedly chast ised. S u c h ex tremes o f speech are regret table . T h e y are due t o E n g l i s h arrogance .

W h a t i s m o r e important , t h e y cause some of our people t o b e h a v e in a d i s ­g u s t i n g manner in S p a i n and other countries .

Siwantze, (Mongolia) .—The pro­vincial government of S h a n t u n g has s t a r t ed a movement of mass emigrat ion to Chahar . T h e drought in S h a n t u n g has crea ted a sho r t age of food, while Chahar ,

j owing to a long era of out lawry and several yea rs of bad crops, h a s been grea t ly depopulated and in need of inhab i t an t s . I t is planned to set t le 30 families for every group of 20 families a l ready dwelling in t h e province. E i g h t villages have been organized so fa r but t h e difficulties a re many . The people from Shan tung have not t h e m e a n s t o buy food supplies, live stock, f a rming tools, & c , and, moreover , t h e y find t h e climate .of Mongolia ve ry severe. Mission­ar ies expect t h a t t h i s movement of colonization m a y have a good effect in ex tend ing t h e Church, be ­cause t h e new arr iva ls will find m a n y Catholic chapels in t h e region b u t few pagan pagodas .—

RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION MENACE TO PEACE.

London.—Persecut ion of rel igion is declared a menace to peace in a resolution passed by t h e E x ­ecutive Commit tee of t h e L e a g u e of Nat ions Union here .

Af te r considering a unan imous repor t of i t s Chr is t ian Organisa­t ions Commit tee , which eonsits of representa t ives of t h e Church of England, t h e Catholic Church, t h e F r e e Churches and the Salvation Army, t h e Execut ive Commit tee adopted th i s resolut ion:

"The Execut ive Committee of t h e League of Nat ions Union }s concerned about t h e religious in­tolerance a t present shown in cer­t a in countr ies . I t believes t h a t BO government t h a t denies to i ts s u b ­jec t s t h e free exercise of religious pract ice and teaching can-hope t o secure t h e real fr iendship of t h e people of t h i s country.

"The Execut ive Committee sees in th i s s t a t e of affairs a ser ious h indrance to good internat ional r e ­lations, and reques t s His Majes ty ' s Government t o t ake any s teps it th inks possible, whe the r by p r i ­va te representa t ions or by public action a t Geneva or elsewhere, to influence such governments to gran t religious freedom."

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O P P O S I T I O N FROM M E M B E R S O P F R E E C H U R C H E S G R O U P .

The Hector ing Bri ton Abroad.

Peop le brought up on the Capta in Ket t le tradit ion, the modern vers ion of t h e D^ake—Rale igh buccaneejr s tor ies , are ap t to b e h a v e w i t h insolence towards " decadent dagoes ," b u t t h e y would b e we l l advised to think t w i c e be fore e m u ­la t ing Captain Kett le to -day .

The I ta l ians certainly wi l l n o t to lerate it , and t h e Spaniards a r e b e c o m i r g equal ly sens i t ive w h e r e nat iona l pride is concerned. Our peop le should be warned t h a t the o ld- fashioned w a y of bu l ly ing Lat ins is n o w reaUy dangerous . Th ey have learnt h o w to re ta l ia te in kind.

Natura l ly none of t h e s e remarks ap ­p l y to Captain Kane or M i s s Court. They are sugges t ed b y the a g g r e s s i v e ­ness of Lord Cast lerosse 's c o m m e n t s , and because w e have ourse lves seen E n -l ish people hector ing and s tr ik ing both I ta l ians and Spaniards , a s t h e readiest w a y of end ing an a r g u m e n t . W e f e l t ashamed o f them.

It w a s a l w a y s the w r o n g w a y , and is especia l ly s o now t h a t na t iona l i sm is rampant . I t would be b e t t e r t o encour­a g e our people to l earn t h o r o u g h l y the l a n g u a g e and cus toms of t h e countr ies t h e y intend to vis it , and to* b e h a v e there a s t h e y w o u l d in decent s o c i e t y a t home. (Cathol ic T i m e s , J u l y 19 ) .

London.—Opposition to t h e a p ­poin tment of a Catholic a s Con­troller of P r o g r a m m e s of tife Br i t i sh Broadcas t ing Corpora t ion —vir tua l ly a government depa r t ­m e n t — h a s been raised by a grotfp of m e m b e r s of Par l i ament in t h e name of t h e F r e e Churches .

The appoin tment of Capt . C e d l Graves to be Director of P r o g r a m ­mes—he was former ly a s s i s t en t d i rec tor—has been announced. I

I t i s s t a t ed t h a t t h e p a r l i a m e n ­t a r y g roup which opposes t h e ap­poin tment will make r e p r e s e n t a ­t ions t o t h e P o s t m a s t e r General* to t he Board of t h e B.B.C., and, possibly, in t h e House of Commons.

The assumpt ion of t h e pro tes t ­e r s is t h a t Capta in Graves, being

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broadminded censorship which is considered desirable.

Broadcas t ing in Great Br i t a in is state-control led. The B.B.C. exer­cises a monopoly, working und^r l icense from t h e government .

SYNTHETIC HUMAN VOICE

F R A N C I S C A N ' S L A B O R A T O R Y E X P E R L M E N T S P R O V E

S U C C E S S F U L

Vatican City.—The s tudy on "Elec t ro -Acous t ic Analyses of Speech" j u s t published by t h e Rev. A u g u s t i n e Gemelli, t h e Rector Magnificus of t h e Catholic Univer­s i t y of Milan, h a s called fo r th t h e fullest approval of scientific men.

T h e learned F ranc i scan has been in terv iewed by t h e Intercine Review, t h e official o rgan of t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e for Educa­t ive C inema tog raphy which is. in turn, t h e agen t of t h e League of N a t i o n s in t h e field of c inemato­g r a p h y . H e expressed h i s ideas concern ing t h e problems of t h e sound films and c inematography in genera l .

"By w a y of in t roduct ion ," F a ­t h e r Gemelli said, " I m u s t men­t ion t h a t a t t h e first exhibi t ion of sound films I publ ished a n article in t h e Journal de Psychologie in wh ich I affirmed t h a t t h e ta lk ing film would not prove a success. I w a s qu i t e mi s t aken . I t seemed to m e t h a t t h e c lumsy and forced re-

vocal in tone respectively ascend­ing and descending, va ry ing from individual t o individual. So far we have finished the s tudy of 12 subjec ts . Of course we also regis­t e r each ph rase on a disc so as to have a cons tan t oppor tuni ty for comparison.

"One of m y books on the t imbre of t h e h u m a n voice shows how useful these sonorous documents a r e for a profound s tudy of h u m a n types . The technique of my labo­r a t o r y has been so perfected in these four years of research , t h a t i t is possible to recognize an indi­vidual who has pronounced a cer­t a in p h r a s e by a glance a t t h e dia-g r a m m e of his voice. These re ­searches , in which I believe t h e Univers i ty of t h e Sacred H e a r t is t h e first, have aroused t h e u tmos t in te res t abroad. In fact , we have a l ready been visi ted by German and Amer ican scholars . Sonorous reg i s t ra t ion is now used for t h e purpose of psychological research .

product ion of t h e h u m a n voice m i g h t d i s tu rb t h a t sor t of a ma­gic d r e a m which was being deve­loped in a half-shadow ext remely propi t ious to sugges t ion ."

Speak ing of t h e technical s tu­d ies on t h e h u m a n voice a t t h e Unive r s i ty over which he presides, F a t h e r Gemelli sa id :

" I n four y e a r s of ass iduous work in m y labora tory in t h e Uni­ve r s i ty of t h e Sacred H e a r t , I used sound reg i s t r a t ion for t h e analy t i ­cal s t udy of t h e h u m a n voice. I t w a s possible for me, t h r o u g h some artifices t o obta in a reproduct ion of some simple p h r a s e such as to allow t h e analysis of t h e sonorous cu rves in t he i r e lements and t o isolate t h e cons tan t f rom t h e var i ­able . T h e emission, of a simple exclamat ion, for example, which h a s an apparen t ly precise and de­finite sound, analyzed by these m e t h o d s reveals some p h r a s e s p re ­ceding and following t h e centra l

" A n o t h e r miracle also was per­formed in our l abo ra to ry : avai l ing ourselves of tjie p rogress of elec­t ro-acoust ics we have constructed a h u m a n voice: we had no o the r a im by t h i s me thod t h a n to t e s t t h e exac tness of ou r analysis , r e -composing t h e e lements . W e have , in fact , const ructed a syn the t i c voice. The boundar ies of science, a t leas t in t h i s field have been cer­ta in ly reached.

" B u t t h e h u m a n syn the t i c voice lacks a n d will a lways lack some­th ing , a cer ta in l iving and essen­t ial pecul iar i ty which will r ender i t perfect ly and profoundly differ­en t f rom a na tu ra l h u m a n voice; we a r e not capable of reproducing t h o s e very li t t le individual var ia­t ions which my s tudies of t h e ana lys i s of t h e voice show to be t h e cha rac t e r s of individual t im­bre . T h a t is, t h a t individual charac te r i s t i c r ende r ing h u m a n movemen t s alive a n d personal , is lacking." (N.C.W.C.)

BODY OF ITALIAN MIS­SIONARY MURDERED A

YEAR AGO FOUND.

Rome.—A telegram from Bi­shop Gae tano Mignani, head of the Vicar ia te Apostolic of Kianfu, Kiangsi , China, has been received at the provincial headquar t e r s of the I ta l ian Vincentian F a t h e r s in l u r i n which bears t h e following message, brief but full of signifi­cance: "Body of F a t h e r Anselmo found. Killed a year ago."

Rev. J a m e s Anselmo was ab­ducted f rom his mission a t Lin-kiang, Kiangsi , on Chr i s tmas E v e 1933. In t h e last le t te r received from him, dated J a n u a r y 8, 1934 he said t h a t he was not well, coughing constantly, t h a t probably he had an a t tack of bronchi t is . All news thereaf te r came indirect­

l y , and conflicting repor t s were received about his s t a t e of hea l th and his whereabouts .

On May 2 1 , th i s year , t h e Chi­nese Minis te r of Foreign Affairs delivered a note to t h e I ta l ian A m ­bassador a t Nanking , which said t h a t , a l though still in t h e hands of t h e Communis ts , F a t h e r An­selmo w a s in good heal th and was being well t rea ted , and t h a t a de­t achmen t of regular t roops would be sent out , guided by an ex-Communis t , to rescue t h e pr ies t .

The k idnapping and m u r d e r of F a t h e r Anselmo br ings to 29 t h e total of missionaries in Kiangs i Province alone who have been vic­t ims of Communis ts du r ing t h e las t t en years . Of these 29, six were p u t to death . F r o m Kianfu, F a t h e r Anselmo's Vicariate , 13 missionaries have been cap tured and four killed.

The missions of Kiangsi a r e staffed by t h e I tal ian, F rench and American Vfncentians. T h e I r i sh Missionaries of St . Columban also began work here in 1932. (Fides)

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F a t h e r Gallagher, Redemptor i s t Missionary from Manila, is in Singapore, p repar ing to begin h is round of Missions t h roughou t

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N E W LIFE MOVEMENT IN CHINA.

Principles of Confucius Instilled.

Shangha i .—The scope of t h e New Life Movement is to be attained, say i t s promoters , by combining t h e doctr ines of Dr . Sun Ya t Sen, founder of t h e Republic, wi th the teach ings and mora l maxims of Confucius. The F o u r Grea t Vir­tues , Educat ion, Jus t ice , Temper­ance, Modesty, called t h e Four Columns of the S t a t e , will have a major pa r t in t he p rog ramme.

The following e igh t points sum up t h e fundamental principles of t h e New Life Movement : (1) Consider t h e pas t a s dead, the p resen t as l iving; root out all old abuses and build up a new nat ion; (2) Accept th is g r a v e responsibi­l i ty and m a k e t h e na t ion live once a g a i n ; (3) Obey t h e law and hold on to fa i th , hones ty and modesty; (4) Adopt simple s t a n d a r d s in the food you eat and in t h e clothes you w e a r ; in society a lways act as one well b r ed ; (5) Face t h e battle of life wi th courage and modera­t i o n ; (6) As cit izens s t r ive after a p roper cul ture and mora l integ­r i t y ; (7) Be b rave and ready in your decisions; (8) Be loyal a lways .

In his t ravels abou t China to p romote t h e movement , General Chiang Kai-Shek h a s a lways made a point of soliciting t h e co-opera­t ion of missionaries . Dur ing a recent visit to Chungking , Szech-wan, he called a mee t ing of all the miss ionar ies of t h e city, Catholic and Pro tes t an t , and asked them to help him, "To succeed in my work , " he said, " I m u s t be helped by missions and miss ionar ies ; in fact , only Chr is t ian t each ing can be of effective help in realizing my plan of recovery because i t alone conta ins and can communicate the moral force needed to b r ing about t h e desired re format ion in the spi r i t of t h e people and to put life into poor count rymen." (Fides) .

HOSPITAL SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS IN CHINA.

150,000 Cases Handled Annually. Tsinanfu, (Shan tung , China) .—

The Hospital S i s t e r s of St . Fran­cis, from Springfield, Illinois, who took over St . Joseph ' s Hospital, Tsinanfu, ten yea r s ago, a t tend to more t h a n 150,000 cases annually in t h e hospital and a t t he i r dis­pensar ies in four suburban towns. Two doctors, one German and the o t h e r Chinese, a r e a t t a ched to the hospi tal .

Since t h e Hospital S is te rs of St. F r anc i s took up work in Tsinanfu, e igh t Chinese S is te rs have been re­ceived into the i r communi ty ; five Chinese candidates a r e preparing to join. There a r e 12 American S i s te r s .—(Fides )

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935.

DEATH OF REVEREND MOTHER ST. EMILE. Book Review I t is wi th deep r e g r e t t h a t we

record t h e dea th of Reverend Mo­ther St. Emile , former Super ior of The Convent, Se remban .

The la te Reverend Mother was born in F rance in 1874 and af te r joining t h e S i s t e r s of t h e Holy In­fant Jesus , a t t h e i r Mother-House in Par is , worked for several years in France and Spain. H e r ardent zeal, for t h e spread of t h e King­dom of God, inspired h e r to volun­teer for mission work, and in 1923 she ar r ived in Malaya . S h e was at first a t t ached t o T h e Convent, Kuala L u m p u r and in 1924 was named Super ior of T h e Convent, Seremban. H e r e , he r g r e a t char i ly and kindness of h e a r t endeared her to one and all. T h e poor and distressed a lways found in h e r tHe reh'ef and consolation t h e y needed

While she w a s Super ior he r zeal and act ivi ty showed themselves in the much needed extensions made tc the Seremban Conven t : a special wing, added to t h e ex is t ing orpha­nage, a beautiful house for poor babies, and a spacious block of classes, were successively under her able direction.

In t h e beginning of 1934 he r health gave way , and seeing t h a t

j her illness was serious, it was I proposed t h a t she should r e t u r n to I Europe , hoping t h a t a cooler clime | m igh t prove beneficial; bu t t h e

good Religious expressed the desire to die on t he Mission-field she ioved so well, and for which she had made the sacrifice of home and country. In October she came to Singapore where medical skill did much to prolong her l i fe ; but evidently it was not p a r t of God's plan for t h e energetic and devoted Missionary t h a t she should recover.

On the morning of Sunday, 28th Jury, i t was clear she w a s s ink ing fast . His Excellency, Bishop Devals, kindly came himself to adminis ter t he last Sacraments , and as t he Reverend Mother was fully conscious a t the t ime, she joined in t he prayers wi th he r well-known spir i t of piety and deep fai th . The kind Reverend Mother became unconscious a t about 4 o'clock, and passed away peacefully a t 7.30 p.m. * a t The Convent, Singapore, surrounded by t h e members of t h e communi ty .

R.I .P.

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P. J. R. IYER

The m o m e n t y o u m o v e w e s t w a r d be­yond P o r t Said a n i n v i g o r a t i n g d u l l n e s s pervades in and around you , you f ee l that a n e w and v i g o r o u s l i f e i s in fused into you, and y o u b e g i n to wonder t h a t when you are so m u c h affected in an instant, w h a t w o u l d b e t h e effect on those born and l i v i n g in t h i s wonderfu l ly bracing c l imate . Whi l e y o u are in th i s s tate of w o n d e r m e n t y o u r e y e s fal l on the majest ic s t a t u e above the sea , o f Ferdinand de L e s s e p s , w h i c h seems to invite s t e a m e r s t o the Suez Canal—the w o r l d s m o s t i m p o r t a n t w a t e r w a y — which the f a m o u s E n g i n e e r ingen ious ly brought into b e i n g , and w h i c h te l l s y o u the marve l lous effect of t h i s c l imate on human be ings a s L e s s e p s , and y o u no more wonder. A s y o u proceed across t h e Mediterranean, y o u not ice w i t h admira­tion t h a t e v e r y approachable spot on islands or m a i n l a n d h a s been perfected. You cannot s e e a n y w a s t e land in E u ­rope.

The w e s t e r n e r s are m a s t e r s of N a t u r e and the E 7 e m e n t s . T h e m o r e a place offers difficulties f o r improvement , the better i t i s m a d e t o b e c o m e . Ins tances are leg ion. T o m e n t i o n o n e o r t w o : — Trieste i s on a v e r y u n e v e n spot , and a spot l ike t h a t in t h e E a s t would have been an uninhabi ted and dangerous waste. W h e r e a s t h i s marve l lous c i ty i s one of t h e m o s t t h r i v i n g por t s of I ta ly , day and n i e h t . and a f e a s t t o t h e e y e s b y night. The s h a l l o w l a e o o n whereon t h e world-famous a n d t ime-honoured Venice graceful ly s t a n d s , wou ld h a v e been out -Ride Europe , p a r t l y covered b y w a t e r and nart ly b y aquat ic v e g e t a t i o n and probably a s e t t l e m e n t of p irates . But on this difficult s n o t t h e h is tor ic "Queen of the Adriat ic S e a " h a s been drawing the whole w o r l d t o i t .

Take a n y a r t or sc ience . T h o u g h i t may not perhaps be sa id t h a t all the arts and sc i ences h a d the i r origin in

Europe , i t has to be certainly admit ted t h a t t h e y are all wel l nursed and per­f e c t e d there . Y o u are not on ly con­v inced of t h i s w h e n y o u g o to the var ious univers i t ies , ins t i tut ions , m u s e u m s , p ic ­t u r e ga l ler ies , public bui ldings , e tc . in a n y c i ty in Europe , but also y o u are los t i n admirat ion, wonder and a m a z e m e n t , j W h e n you have s e e n all these , y o u g r a n t j w i t h no g r u d g e that this port ion of mankind i s decidedly of a superior stuff.

A student of h is tory loses h imse l f in R o m e — t h e Eterna l City, a commercia l t rave l l er loses his w a y in t h e b u s y s t r e e t s of London—the hear t o f t h e world's commerce , a town planner i s los t i n admirat ion in Par i s , a un ivers i ty man i s absorbed in contemplat ion i n Oxford o r Louvain and a lover of N a t u r e i s los t in admirat ion in t h e bewi tch ing lake of Lucerne.

Y o u never come across w i t h idle on­lookers . Turn where you wi l l , y o u s e e people m o v i n g in grea t hurry a s i f t h e y v a l u e t i m e more than money . E v e r y one in a n y s ta te of l i fe does cheer fu l ly w h a t he h a s to do, and enjoys h i s we l l earned r e s t f r o m the toi ls o f t h e day. The convict ion that man is made to work and be happy , s e e m s to r e i g n supreme everywhere . N o indignity i s a t tached t o any trade, profess ion or bus iness . Labour i s respected.

The boundless City of London defies y o u to i m a g i n e h o w i ts e i g h t mi l l i ons and odd are da i ly fed and carried about f o r the ir var ious avocat ions b y convey­ances above or under the ground—the tube is a marvel . Paris comes next .

N o one can fa i l to be imnressed b y t h e splendour and beauty of P a r i s , t h e marvel lous i m m e n s i t y of London, t h e a m a z i n e industrv of the B e l g i a n s . N a ­ture in h e r grandeur in Swi tzer land and the glories of t h e dead pas t o f Rome .

"Chr is t ian i ty is C h r i s t / ' By C. C. Mart indale, S.J. (Sheed & Ward,

pp. 310, 5s.) "We preach Chr is t crucified,

un to t h e Jews indeed a s tumbling block and unto t h e Gentiles foolish­ness , " said St . Pau l (1 Cor. 1, xxi i i ) , and the fundamenta l point is t h a t we do p reach Chris t in Chr is t iani ty . This t r u t h goes to t h e very roots of Catholic teaching. Submission to t h e Way , t h e T ru th and the Life is by way of cruci­fixion. Wi th Chr i s t , aga in in t h e words of St. Paul , we a r e crucified to t h e Cross—His way , His t r u t h and His life m u s t be a crucifixion t o all and it is j u s t he r e t h a t many "pu t the i r hand to t h e plough arid look back" (Luke xi , 62) . Those who a re not of t h e fold follow in His pa th , in m a n y cases, as long as t he way pleases t h e m ; they fellow His t r u t h , again , as long as t h i s t r u t h goes not agains t the i r idiocyncrasies; t h e y live His life as long a s t h a t life does not in any way mean dea th to self. In o ther words, so many a r e worshipping self in mind and in h e a r t while a t t h e s ame t ime, professing to be followers of t h e Master .

Li t t le worry if t h i s concerned only those outside t h e fold! With Pe t r ine impetuosi ty , * resolution is m a d e to "follow Thee whitherso­ever Thou goes t , " bu t human na tu re , not infrequent ly , fails, and a p a t h of one's own choosing is selected.

How s t r ange t h e r emark to the effect t h a t "we ough t to r e tu rn t o Chr i s t i an i ty as preached by Chr i s t . " A p u r e Chr i s t ian i ty is sought out. The Sermon on the Mount is set up a s t h e s tandard of l iving—when t h e principles there­in enunciated a r e no t agains t the gra in .

B u t He who said "Love your enemies" also said "Thou shal t nojt commit adul te ry ." A purer form of Chr is t iani ty indeed! Many who a re proclaiming on t h e housetops t h a t t hey desire a r e tu rn to t he t each ing of Chr i s t in all it$ simpli­city set aside t h e daily acceptance of t h e cross—a condition laid down as essential for discipleship.

Does not Chr is t ian i ty preach w h a t Chr is t p reached? Catholic Chr is t iani ty undoubtedly does so. If we, as Catholics confine our­selves t o t h e ba re fulfilling of t h e le t te r of t h e law, if we ge t £b Heaven by squeezing in somehow, we can hard ly call ourselves Chris­t ians . Catholic Chr is t ian i ty insists upon the observance of Chr is t ' s pr inciples; t h e Church never did th ink t h a t t h e sav ing of one's soul was an easy m a t t e r . She intends, a s Chr is t did, t h a t life should be a continuous d e a t h t o self.

His way, His t r u t h , His life imply losing one 's life so as t o save it . Too m a n y refuse, in t he i r foolish pride, t o die intellectually. We all r emember t h e dear old dog in t h e fable. H e stood on t h e bridge and contemplated t h e bone reflected in t h e w a t e r and dropped t h e real i ty of h is own choice, t o find himself b i t t e r ly disappointed. This is be ing done all t h e world over by reasoning c rea tu res . How­ever, in t h e s e days m a n y a r e clinging t o t h e bone of p resen t real i ty , so t h e y th ink , and in t h e i r agnost ic p r ide a r e t u r n i n g away

f rom d reams and fancies, a s they ^escribe them.

All th i s t h e wr i te r of these se rmons has made unmis takably clear. Once more, the words of t he prophet a re fulfilled t o t h e l e t t e r—"My people have done two evil t h i n g s : they have left Me t h e founta in of wa te r and have buil t to themselves cis terns t h a t hold not w a t e r " ( J r . ii, 12). "Be a s ­tonished, O ye heavens ," says t h e prophet . I t would seem t h a t life, w i th so many, is a continuous com­promise . And yet t he r e can be no compromise with Chr is t t h e King .

" I , if I be lifted UD, will d raw all t h i n g s to Myself" (John xii, 32 ) . Th i s ha s happily been fulfilled in t h e lives of countless thousands because Chr is t iani ty is Chr i s t and h a s proved itself to be no one else.

W e cannot recommend too s t rong ly t h e above series of ser ­m o n s which go down r i g h t t o t h e roo t of t h ings and leave n o s tone u n t u r n e d t o prove conclusively t h a t Chr is t offers Chr is t ians t h r e e t h i n g s : real i ty, suffering and ser­v i ce ; real i ty and not shadows, suffering as pa r t and parcel of life on ea r th , and service wi th no reserves , wi th no compromises.

N o question here of ideals t h a t cannot be r e a l i ^ d : "My grace is sufficient for thee, for power is m a d e perfect in infirmity" (2 Cor. xi i , 9 ) . God would not be God were He to demand the impossible of frail human na ture .

R. T. A.

Be quick to pract ise t h e perfec­t ion you preach to o thers , r emem­ber ing t h a t t h e best lesson is t a u g h t by deeds, not b y words . How often i t is t r u e t h a t t h e y who have vas t s tores of v i r tue on t h e tongue have lit t le in t h e h e a r t !

* * * * While goodness and grea tness

m a y *be, and a t t imes a re , round toge ther , too often is i t t r u e t h a t v i r t ue is sacrificed for some m a t e ­rial advancement . Men of t h e world, wi th a shallow appreciat ion of moral wor th , ca ter t o t h e ack­nowledged leaders in social, com­mercial and political life, forgetful of t h e old saying t h a t a l though i t is good t o be grea t , i t is g r e a t t o be good.

St . John Chrysostom.

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F R A N C I S C A N ' S L A B O R A T O R Y E X P E R L M E N T S P R O V E

S U C C E S S F U L

Vatican City.—The s tudy on "Elec t ro -Acous t ic Analyses of Speech" j u s t published by t h e Rev. A u g u s t i n e Gemelli, t h e Rector Magnificus of t h e Catholic Univer­s i t y of Milan, h a s called fo r th t h e fullest approval of scientific men.

T h e learned F ranc i scan has been in terv iewed by t h e Intercine Review, t h e official o rgan of t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e for Educa­t ive C inema tog raphy which is. in turn, t h e agen t of t h e League of N a t i o n s in t h e field of c inemato­g r a p h y . H e expressed h i s ideas concern ing t h e problems of t h e sound films and c inematography in genera l .

"By w a y of in t roduct ion ," F a ­t h e r Gemelli said, " I m u s t men­t ion t h a t a t t h e first exhibi t ion of sound films I publ ished a n article in t h e Journal de Psychologie in wh ich I affirmed t h a t t h e ta lk ing film would not prove a success. I w a s qu i t e mi s t aken . I t seemed to m e t h a t t h e c lumsy and forced re-

vocal in tone respectively ascend­ing and descending, va ry ing from individual t o individual. So far we have finished the s tudy of 12 subjec ts . Of course we also regis­t e r each ph rase on a disc so as to have a cons tan t oppor tuni ty for comparison.

"One of m y books on the t imbre of t h e h u m a n voice shows how useful these sonorous documents a r e for a profound s tudy of h u m a n types . The technique of my labo­r a t o r y has been so perfected in these four years of research , t h a t i t is possible to recognize an indi­vidual who has pronounced a cer­t a in p h r a s e by a glance a t t h e dia-g r a m m e of his voice. These re ­searches , in which I believe t h e Univers i ty of t h e Sacred H e a r t is t h e first, have aroused t h e u tmos t in te res t abroad. In fact , we have a l ready been visi ted by German and Amer ican scholars . Sonorous reg i s t ra t ion is now used for t h e purpose of psychological research .

product ion of t h e h u m a n voice m i g h t d i s tu rb t h a t sor t of a ma­gic d r e a m which was being deve­loped in a half-shadow ext remely propi t ious to sugges t ion ."

Speak ing of t h e technical s tu­d ies on t h e h u m a n voice a t t h e Unive r s i ty over which he presides, F a t h e r Gemelli sa id :

" I n four y e a r s of ass iduous work in m y labora tory in t h e Uni­ve r s i ty of t h e Sacred H e a r t , I used sound reg i s t r a t ion for t h e analy t i ­cal s t udy of t h e h u m a n voice. I t w a s possible for me, t h r o u g h some artifices t o obta in a reproduct ion of some simple p h r a s e such as to allow t h e analysis of t h e sonorous cu rves in t he i r e lements and t o isolate t h e cons tan t f rom t h e var i ­able . T h e emission, of a simple exclamat ion, for example, which h a s an apparen t ly precise and de­finite sound, analyzed by these m e t h o d s reveals some p h r a s e s p re ­ceding and following t h e centra l

" A n o t h e r miracle also was per­formed in our l abo ra to ry : avai l ing ourselves of tjie p rogress of elec­t ro-acoust ics we have constructed a h u m a n voice: we had no o the r a im by t h i s me thod t h a n to t e s t t h e exac tness of ou r analysis , r e -composing t h e e lements . W e have , in fact , const ructed a syn the t i c voice. The boundar ies of science, a t leas t in t h i s field have been cer­ta in ly reached.

" B u t t h e h u m a n syn the t i c voice lacks a n d will a lways lack some­th ing , a cer ta in l iving and essen­t ial pecul iar i ty which will r ender i t perfect ly and profoundly differ­en t f rom a na tu ra l h u m a n voice; we a r e not capable of reproducing t h o s e very li t t le individual var ia­t ions which my s tudies of t h e ana lys i s of t h e voice show to be t h e cha rac t e r s of individual t im­bre . T h a t is, t h a t individual charac te r i s t i c r ende r ing h u m a n movemen t s alive a n d personal , is lacking." (N.C.W.C.)

BODY OF ITALIAN MIS­SIONARY MURDERED A

YEAR AGO FOUND.

Rome.—A telegram from Bi­shop Gae tano Mignani, head of the Vicar ia te Apostolic of Kianfu, Kiangsi , China, has been received at the provincial headquar t e r s of the I ta l ian Vincentian F a t h e r s in l u r i n which bears t h e following message, brief but full of signifi­cance: "Body of F a t h e r Anselmo found. Killed a year ago."

Rev. J a m e s Anselmo was ab­ducted f rom his mission a t Lin-kiang, Kiangsi , on Chr i s tmas E v e 1933. In t h e last le t te r received from him, dated J a n u a r y 8, 1934 he said t h a t he was not well, coughing constantly, t h a t probably he had an a t tack of bronchi t is . All news thereaf te r came indirect­

l y , and conflicting repor t s were received about his s t a t e of hea l th and his whereabouts .

On May 2 1 , th i s year , t h e Chi­nese Minis te r of Foreign Affairs delivered a note to t h e I ta l ian A m ­bassador a t Nanking , which said t h a t , a l though still in t h e hands of t h e Communis ts , F a t h e r An­selmo w a s in good heal th and was being well t rea ted , and t h a t a de­t achmen t of regular t roops would be sent out , guided by an ex-Communis t , to rescue t h e pr ies t .

The k idnapping and m u r d e r of F a t h e r Anselmo br ings to 29 t h e total of missionaries in Kiangs i Province alone who have been vic­t ims of Communis ts du r ing t h e las t t en years . Of these 29, six were p u t to death . F r o m Kianfu, F a t h e r Anselmo's Vicariate , 13 missionaries have been cap tured and four killed.

The missions of Kiangsi a r e staffed by t h e I tal ian, F rench and American Vfncentians. T h e I r i sh Missionaries of St . Columban also began work here in 1932. (Fides)

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F a t h e r Gallagher, Redemptor i s t Missionary from Manila, is in Singapore, p repar ing to begin h is round of Missions t h roughou t

! Malaya in Augus t . He addressed t h e Sodal i ty members of St . Jose­ph 's Ins t i tu t ion las t Sunday on "The Presence of God." He is cer­tainly a most effective and a t t r a c ­t ive p reacher and is bound to prove ve ry popular and successful.

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N E W LIFE MOVEMENT IN CHINA.

Principles of Confucius Instilled.

Shangha i .—The scope of t h e New Life Movement is to be attained, say i t s promoters , by combining t h e doctr ines of Dr . Sun Ya t Sen, founder of t h e Republic, wi th the teach ings and mora l maxims of Confucius. The F o u r Grea t Vir­tues , Educat ion, Jus t ice , Temper­ance, Modesty, called t h e Four Columns of the S t a t e , will have a major pa r t in t he p rog ramme.

The following e igh t points sum up t h e fundamental principles of t h e New Life Movement : (1) Consider t h e pas t a s dead, the p resen t as l iving; root out all old abuses and build up a new nat ion; (2) Accept th is g r a v e responsibi­l i ty and m a k e t h e na t ion live once a g a i n ; (3) Obey t h e law and hold on to fa i th , hones ty and modesty; (4) Adopt simple s t a n d a r d s in the food you eat and in t h e clothes you w e a r ; in society a lways act as one well b r ed ; (5) Face t h e battle of life wi th courage and modera­t i o n ; (6) As cit izens s t r ive after a p roper cul ture and mora l integ­r i t y ; (7) Be b rave and ready in your decisions; (8) Be loyal a lways .

In his t ravels abou t China to p romote t h e movement , General Chiang Kai-Shek h a s a lways made a point of soliciting t h e co-opera­t ion of missionaries . Dur ing a recent visit to Chungking , Szech-wan, he called a mee t ing of all the miss ionar ies of t h e city, Catholic and Pro tes t an t , and asked them to help him, "To succeed in my work , " he said, " I m u s t be helped by missions and miss ionar ies ; in fact , only Chr is t ian t each ing can be of effective help in realizing my plan of recovery because i t alone conta ins and can communicate the moral force needed to b r ing about t h e desired re format ion in the spi r i t of t h e people and to put life into poor count rymen." (Fides) .

HOSPITAL SISTERS OF ST. FRANCIS IN CHINA.

150,000 Cases Handled Annually. Tsinanfu, (Shan tung , China) .—

The Hospital S i s t e r s of St . Fran­cis, from Springfield, Illinois, who took over St . Joseph ' s Hospital, Tsinanfu, ten yea r s ago, a t tend to more t h a n 150,000 cases annually in t h e hospital and a t t he i r dis­pensar ies in four suburban towns. Two doctors, one German and the o t h e r Chinese, a r e a t t a ched to the hospi tal .

Since t h e Hospital S is te rs of St. F r anc i s took up work in Tsinanfu, e igh t Chinese S is te rs have been re­ceived into the i r communi ty ; five Chinese candidates a r e preparing to join. There a r e 12 American S i s te r s .—(Fides )

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935.

DEATH OF REVEREND MOTHER ST. EMILE. Book Review I t is wi th deep r e g r e t t h a t we

record t h e dea th of Reverend Mo­ther St. Emile , former Super ior of The Convent, Se remban .

The la te Reverend Mother was born in F rance in 1874 and af te r joining t h e S i s t e r s of t h e Holy In­fant Jesus , a t t h e i r Mother-House in Par is , worked for several years in France and Spain. H e r ardent zeal, for t h e spread of t h e King­dom of God, inspired h e r to volun­teer for mission work, and in 1923 she ar r ived in Malaya . S h e was at first a t t ached t o T h e Convent, Kuala L u m p u r and in 1924 was named Super ior of T h e Convent, Seremban. H e r e , he r g r e a t char i ly and kindness of h e a r t endeared her to one and all. T h e poor and distressed a lways found in h e r tHe reh'ef and consolation t h e y needed

While she w a s Super ior he r zeal and act ivi ty showed themselves in the much needed extensions made tc the Seremban Conven t : a special wing, added to t h e ex is t ing orpha­nage, a beautiful house for poor babies, and a spacious block of classes, were successively under her able direction.

In t h e beginning of 1934 he r health gave way , and seeing t h a t

j her illness was serious, it was I proposed t h a t she should r e t u r n to I Europe , hoping t h a t a cooler clime | m igh t prove beneficial; bu t t h e

good Religious expressed the desire to die on t he Mission-field she ioved so well, and for which she had made the sacrifice of home and country. In October she came to Singapore where medical skill did much to prolong her l i fe ; but evidently it was not p a r t of God's plan for t h e energetic and devoted Missionary t h a t she should recover.

On the morning of Sunday, 28th Jury, i t was clear she w a s s ink ing fast . His Excellency, Bishop Devals, kindly came himself to adminis ter t he last Sacraments , and as t he Reverend Mother was fully conscious a t the t ime, she joined in t he prayers wi th he r well-known spir i t of piety and deep fai th . The kind Reverend Mother became unconscious a t about 4 o'clock, and passed away peacefully a t 7.30 p.m. * a t The Convent, Singapore, surrounded by t h e members of t h e communi ty .

R.I .P.

DOGMA.

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THE GLORIES OF THE WEST. B y

P. J. R. IYER

The m o m e n t y o u m o v e w e s t w a r d be­yond P o r t Said a n i n v i g o r a t i n g d u l l n e s s pervades in and around you , you f ee l that a n e w and v i g o r o u s l i f e i s in fused into you, and y o u b e g i n to wonder t h a t when you are so m u c h affected in an instant, w h a t w o u l d b e t h e effect on those born and l i v i n g in t h i s wonderfu l ly bracing c l imate . Whi l e y o u are in th i s s tate of w o n d e r m e n t y o u r e y e s fal l on the majest ic s t a t u e above the sea , o f Ferdinand de L e s s e p s , w h i c h seems to invite s t e a m e r s t o the Suez Canal—the w o r l d s m o s t i m p o r t a n t w a t e r w a y — which the f a m o u s E n g i n e e r ingen ious ly brought into b e i n g , and w h i c h te l l s y o u the marve l lous effect of t h i s c l imate on human be ings a s L e s s e p s , and y o u no more wonder. A s y o u proceed across t h e Mediterranean, y o u not ice w i t h admira­tion t h a t e v e r y approachable spot on islands or m a i n l a n d h a s been perfected. You cannot s e e a n y w a s t e land in E u ­rope.

The w e s t e r n e r s are m a s t e r s of N a t u r e and the E 7 e m e n t s . T h e m o r e a place offers difficulties f o r improvement , the better i t i s m a d e t o b e c o m e . Ins tances are leg ion. T o m e n t i o n o n e o r t w o : — Trieste i s on a v e r y u n e v e n spot , and a spot l ike t h a t in t h e E a s t would have been an uninhabi ted and dangerous waste. W h e r e a s t h i s marve l lous c i ty i s one of t h e m o s t t h r i v i n g por t s of I ta ly , day and n i e h t . and a f e a s t t o t h e e y e s b y night. The s h a l l o w l a e o o n whereon t h e world-famous a n d t ime-honoured Venice graceful ly s t a n d s , wou ld h a v e been out -Ride Europe , p a r t l y covered b y w a t e r and nart ly b y aquat ic v e g e t a t i o n and probably a s e t t l e m e n t of p irates . But on this difficult s n o t t h e h is tor ic "Queen of the Adriat ic S e a " h a s been drawing the whole w o r l d t o i t .

Take a n y a r t or sc ience . T h o u g h i t may not perhaps be sa id t h a t all the arts and sc i ences h a d the i r origin in

Europe , i t has to be certainly admit ted t h a t t h e y are all wel l nursed and per­f e c t e d there . Y o u are not on ly con­v inced of t h i s w h e n y o u g o to the var ious univers i t ies , ins t i tut ions , m u s e u m s , p ic ­t u r e ga l ler ies , public bui ldings , e tc . in a n y c i ty in Europe , but also y o u are los t i n admirat ion, wonder and a m a z e m e n t , j W h e n you have s e e n all these , y o u g r a n t j w i t h no g r u d g e that this port ion of mankind i s decidedly of a superior stuff.

A student of h is tory loses h imse l f in R o m e — t h e Eterna l City, a commercia l t rave l l er loses his w a y in t h e b u s y s t r e e t s of London—the hear t o f t h e world's commerce , a town planner i s los t i n admirat ion in Par i s , a un ivers i ty man i s absorbed in contemplat ion i n Oxford o r Louvain and a lover of N a t u r e i s los t in admirat ion in t h e bewi tch ing lake of Lucerne.

Y o u never come across w i t h idle on­lookers . Turn where you wi l l , y o u s e e people m o v i n g in grea t hurry a s i f t h e y v a l u e t i m e more than money . E v e r y one in a n y s ta te of l i fe does cheer fu l ly w h a t he h a s to do, and enjoys h i s we l l earned r e s t f r o m the toi ls o f t h e day. The convict ion that man is made to work and be happy , s e e m s to r e i g n supreme everywhere . N o indignity i s a t tached t o any trade, profess ion or bus iness . Labour i s respected.

The boundless City of London defies y o u to i m a g i n e h o w i ts e i g h t mi l l i ons and odd are da i ly fed and carried about f o r the ir var ious avocat ions b y convey­ances above or under the ground—the tube is a marvel . Paris comes next .

N o one can fa i l to be imnressed b y t h e splendour and beauty of P a r i s , t h e marvel lous i m m e n s i t y of London, t h e a m a z i n e industrv of the B e l g i a n s . N a ­ture in h e r grandeur in Swi tzer land and the glories of t h e dead pas t o f Rome .

"Chr is t ian i ty is C h r i s t / ' By C. C. Mart indale, S.J. (Sheed & Ward,

pp. 310, 5s.) "We preach Chr is t crucified,

un to t h e Jews indeed a s tumbling block and unto t h e Gentiles foolish­ness , " said St . Pau l (1 Cor. 1, xxi i i ) , and the fundamenta l point is t h a t we do p reach Chris t in Chr is t iani ty . This t r u t h goes to t h e very roots of Catholic teaching. Submission to t h e Way , t h e T ru th and the Life is by way of cruci­fixion. Wi th Chr i s t , aga in in t h e words of St. Paul , we a r e crucified to t h e Cross—His way , His t r u t h and His life m u s t be a crucifixion t o all and it is j u s t he r e t h a t many "pu t the i r hand to t h e plough arid look back" (Luke xi , 62) . Those who a re not of t h e fold follow in His pa th , in m a n y cases, as long as t he way pleases t h e m ; they fellow His t r u t h , again , as long as t h i s t r u t h goes not agains t the i r idiocyncrasies; t h e y live His life as long a s t h a t life does not in any way mean dea th to self. In o ther words, so many a r e worshipping self in mind and in h e a r t while a t t h e s ame t ime, professing to be followers of t h e Master .

Li t t le worry if t h i s concerned only those outside t h e fold! With Pe t r ine impetuosi ty , * resolution is m a d e to "follow Thee whitherso­ever Thou goes t , " bu t human na tu re , not infrequent ly , fails, and a p a t h of one's own choosing is selected.

How s t r ange t h e r emark to the effect t h a t "we ough t to r e tu rn t o Chr i s t i an i ty as preached by Chr i s t . " A p u r e Chr i s t ian i ty is sought out. The Sermon on the Mount is set up a s t h e s tandard of l iving—when t h e principles there­in enunciated a r e no t agains t the gra in .

B u t He who said "Love your enemies" also said "Thou shal t nojt commit adul te ry ." A purer form of Chr is t iani ty indeed! Many who a re proclaiming on t h e housetops t h a t t hey desire a r e tu rn to t he t each ing of Chr i s t in all it$ simpli­city set aside t h e daily acceptance of t h e cross—a condition laid down as essential for discipleship.

Does not Chr is t ian i ty preach w h a t Chr is t p reached? Catholic Chr is t iani ty undoubtedly does so. If we, as Catholics confine our­selves t o t h e ba re fulfilling of t h e le t te r of t h e law, if we ge t £b Heaven by squeezing in somehow, we can hard ly call ourselves Chris­t ians . Catholic Chr is t ian i ty insists upon the observance of Chr is t ' s pr inciples; t h e Church never did th ink t h a t t h e sav ing of one's soul was an easy m a t t e r . She intends, a s Chr is t did, t h a t life should be a continuous d e a t h t o self.

His way, His t r u t h , His life imply losing one 's life so as t o save it . Too m a n y refuse, in t he i r foolish pride, t o die intellectually. We all r emember t h e dear old dog in t h e fable. H e stood on t h e bridge and contemplated t h e bone reflected in t h e w a t e r and dropped t h e real i ty of h is own choice, t o find himself b i t t e r ly disappointed. This is be ing done all t h e world over by reasoning c rea tu res . How­ever, in t h e s e days m a n y a r e clinging t o t h e bone of p resen t real i ty , so t h e y th ink , and in t h e i r agnost ic p r ide a r e t u r n i n g away

f rom d reams and fancies, a s they ^escribe them.

All th i s t h e wr i te r of these se rmons has made unmis takably clear. Once more, the words of t he prophet a re fulfilled t o t h e l e t t e r—"My people have done two evil t h i n g s : they have left Me t h e founta in of wa te r and have buil t to themselves cis terns t h a t hold not w a t e r " ( J r . ii, 12). "Be a s ­tonished, O ye heavens ," says t h e prophet . I t would seem t h a t life, w i th so many, is a continuous com­promise . And yet t he r e can be no compromise with Chr is t t h e King .

" I , if I be lifted UD, will d raw all t h i n g s to Myself" (John xii, 32 ) . Th i s ha s happily been fulfilled in t h e lives of countless thousands because Chr is t iani ty is Chr i s t and h a s proved itself to be no one else.

W e cannot recommend too s t rong ly t h e above series of ser ­m o n s which go down r i g h t t o t h e roo t of t h ings and leave n o s tone u n t u r n e d t o prove conclusively t h a t Chr is t offers Chr is t ians t h r e e t h i n g s : real i ty, suffering and ser­v i ce ; real i ty and not shadows, suffering as pa r t and parcel of life on ea r th , and service wi th no reserves , wi th no compromises.

N o question here of ideals t h a t cannot be r e a l i ^ d : "My grace is sufficient for thee, for power is m a d e perfect in infirmity" (2 Cor. xi i , 9 ) . God would not be God were He to demand the impossible of frail human na ture .

R. T. A.

Be quick to pract ise t h e perfec­t ion you preach to o thers , r emem­ber ing t h a t t h e best lesson is t a u g h t by deeds, not b y words . How often i t is t r u e t h a t t h e y who have vas t s tores of v i r tue on t h e tongue have lit t le in t h e h e a r t !

* * * * While goodness and grea tness

m a y *be, and a t t imes a re , round toge ther , too often is i t t r u e t h a t v i r t ue is sacrificed for some m a t e ­rial advancement . Men of t h e world, wi th a shallow appreciat ion of moral wor th , ca ter t o t h e ack­nowledged leaders in social, com­mercial and political life, forgetful of t h e old saying t h a t a l though i t is good t o be grea t , i t is g r e a t t o be good.

St . John Chrysostom.

A SYMBOL If is difficult to express the reverent Jove w e feel fof those who are gone. A funeral here and a Symbol of remembrance aid and

comfort the bereaved.

SINGAPORE CASKET C O PENHAS ROAD. SINGAPORE.

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935.

Woman's Page I S I T L O A D E D ?

Nine of every t e n people a r e intensely in te res ted in t h e i r ne igh­bour—in h is comings and goings , h is fo r tune , h i s fa i lure . B i r t h s , dea ths and m a r r i a g e s will a lways be new, a lways se rve as a n infer-e s t ing subjec t for convensa t ions .

We a r e all m e m b e r s of one

Our ne ighbour is sacred. He belongs t o God. W e m u s t not d a r e to judge , a s j u d g m e n t belongs to God. We t a l k of t h e faul t s of o the r s and condemn t h e m . W h a t do we know about t h e m ? How often have we been misjudged, h a v e our act ions been misunder-

fami lyTahd i t is qu i t e na tu raT th~a t~^s tood i—How—gr ieved we were, we should have t h i s in te res t , t h i s cur ios i ty abou t o the r s . T h e dan­ge r comes when we probe too far , when we dissect ou r ne ighbour ' s charac te r , d iagnose h i s case, prescr ibe h i s cure , p red ic t h i s downfall . W e flatter ourse lves t h a t w e u n d e r s t a n d t h i s ne ighour — we k n o w w h a t he t h i n k s , w h y h e a c t s a s h e does, h i s mot ives a r e qui te c lear to u s , - and only t oo often we ascr ibe a n y t h i n g b u t t h e bes t mo t ive s t o h i m . P o o r fools t h a t we a r e ! :

We c anno t even u n d e r s t a n d our­selves, we cannot diagnose our own case, canno t cure ourselves . We sai l on t h e sea of life seeing no f a u l t i n ourselves , bu t onlv t h e fau l t s of t h i s ne ighbour , who is t o u s a s an open book conta in ing a s t o r y in s implest words t h a t p resen t no difficulty t o u s . Blind­ed by self-love, we find good motives for eve ry th ing we do, a n d indifferent, or even bad mot ives , for w h a t ou r neighbour does. I t is oaly when t h e good God, in His Mercy, holds u p before our eyes the m i r r o r of H i s sufferings, H i s Humil i ty , t h a t we begin t o realize wha t poor c rea tu res we a re , and t h a t possibly our ne ighbour is no worse t h a n ourse lves ; h e m a y b e (we never even t h o u g h t of i t before) be t t e r .

I t is Chr i s t i an cha r i t y to b e in te res ted in our ne ighbour . I t is a sin aga in s t char i ty : Jo r a s h - j u d g e him, t o place h i m before t h e t r ibuna l of ou r own p u n y m i n d s a n d sen tence h i m ; i t is w o r s e still to condemn h i m t o o t h e r s . W e do N O T know our ne ighbour .

T h e r e i s gossip A N D gossip. Some goss ip is perfect ly ha rmless , as h a r m l e s s a s an unloaded g u n — it clicks, b u t no th ing happens , nobody is h u r t . The re i s malicious gossip—Oh, d e a r ! The t o n g u e is a t roublesome m e m b e r which m u s t be kep t well bridled or i t wfll run a w a y wi th us, bol t down tho hill, and c r a sh u s a t t h e b o t t o m ! Venial s ins aga ins t cha r i t y lead very quickly downhill . "He t h a t c o n t e m m e t h smal l t h i n g s falls l i t t le by l i t t le .^ One of our g r e a t S a i n t s ( I t h ink S t . F r a n c i s de Sales) used t o s a y :

" O u r devotions too of ten resem­ble a pot of honey, w i th a buzz of venial s ins, l ike clouds of flies, hover ing a round and u t t e r l y defil­ing i t .

Daily Mass and daily goss ip : Rosar ies and t h e spir i t of personal c r i t i c i sm; enormous w a s t e of t ime and a predilection for Benedic t ion ; a tas te for vespers and a t a s t e for dress and l u x u r y ; a snappish t e m p e r and a love f o r se rmons . With all this we ne i the r evangelize ourselves rnor own ne ighbours

How sad to t h ink t h a t a f t e r assist ing at Holy Mass , a f te r , perhaps, partaking of t h e Divine Bread of Love, we c a n let ou r tongues become vipers.

how disappointed wi th those who m a d e themselves our judges . Le t us t hen spare o u r ne ighbour w h a t we have suffered t h r o u g h gossip, and be ever, 'Swift t o hear , but slow t o speak / Swift t o h e a r t h e small voice of conscience, t h e inspi ra t ions of t h e Holy Ghost , t h e voice of d u t y , t h e appeal for help , bo th sides of a s tory , and t h e n we shall find scan t t ime to load our guns wi th our neigh­bours ' faults . *Slow t o speak is no t t h e usual charac ter i s t ic of youth , except when t h e y a re

M Y B E A D S

Sweet, blessed beads! I would not part With one of you for richest gem \ That fleams in kingly diadem;

Ye know the history of my heart. Tor I have told you every grief

In the days of twenty years, And I have moistened you with\

tears, \ And in your decades found relief.

Ah! time has fled and friends havej failed, i

And joys have died; but in my < needs J

Ye are my friends, my blessed^ bead*! <

And ye consoled me when I waihd. *

For many and many a time in grief, My weary fingers wandered round i The circled chain, and always <

found< In some "Hail Mary" sweet relief.

How many a story you might tell Of inner life, to all unknown; J trusted you and you alone,

But ah! ye keep my secrets well. Ye are the only chain I wear—

A sign that I am but a slave, In life, in death, beyond the grave, \

Of Jesus and His mother fair.

indulging in t h e expensive luxury of a fit of sulks . W e m u s t be slow to speak of a n y t h i n g which would be to t h e d i sadvan tage of our neighbour, of unkind repor ts o r scandals. This i s . n o t a lways easy, for t h e knowledge of a secre t gives u s a ce r t a in import­ance in our own eyes and makes us long to disclose i t .

I s it loaded wi th kind words? If t h i s is impossible let us look for our neighbour ' s good qual i t ies and s h u t our eyes t o w h a t appears to be his fai l ings. W e can never know t h e t r i a l s a n d inward s t ruggles of our neighbour . He m a y be fighting divers temp­ta t ions , while we s t and by and pass j udgmen t . Silence is a s t rong for t ress in combat , and a sure pledge of victory, while ta lkat ive­ness is the m o t h e r of sloth, t he door of s lander, t h e minis te r of falsehood a n d t h e des t royer of fervent devotion. W i t h which of these is I t loaded?

Each one's life belongs t o him­self—and God. God gives g race as H e wills, w h e r e H e wills. To

"Every child

needs milk

every day."

MILKMAID MILK HOUSEHOLD HINTS .

H O U S E C L E A N I N G .

To wash up after a meal.—1. Have plenty of w a r m water . 2. A place to drain t h e china. 3 . Clean d ry tea cloths. Collect t h e knives and place t h e m blades downwards in a j u g of w a r m wa te r and t hen scrape t h e dishes and p la tes and empty away all liquid such a s tea or wa te r . Then wash well, leaving t h e more greasy t h i n g s to t h e last and changing t h e w a t e r as i t gets d i r ty . Be sure t o wash each plate or dish on both sides, and when each is washed place it to drain and dry well. Spoons and forks should be washed separa te ly and any fishy th ings should always have w a t e r to t hem­selves. The knives should be dried and cleaned and every th ing be pu t away . Then t h e s ink should be cleaned out, t h e refuse bu rned and t h e cloths well scalded and hung t o d ry . The k i tchen is of necessity a w a r m room, never theless a i r m u s t be freely admit ted, par t icular ly if a n y food has to be s tored in i t .

The larder or storeroom mus t be a lways well vent i lated. I t i s a good plan t o cover t h e window w i t h fine wire ne t t i ng or zinc gauze and leave i t a lways open. A n y vermin such as mice o r cock­roaches should be exterminated , a n d in t he summer food m u s t be mos t carefully protected f rom flies. I t is a good plan to use a l i t t le sani tas , which is a g rea t dis­infectant , in scrubbing down t h e shelves of t he pan t ry .

T h e best way to g e t r id of cock­roaches or beetles is t o sprinkle t h e walls and floors w i t h powdered borax .

Fl ies can be t rapped on flypaper, and a bunch of cloves h u n g in t h e la rder wiH keep t h e m off. Never­theless , it is well t o cover milk wi th muslin and mea t with muslin which has a few drops of v inegar

\ sprinkled on i t . A large muslin bag , into which dish, m e a t and all will fit, makes a m o s t useful and economical safe.

I n a larder always keep the dif-I f e ren t classes of goods sepa ra te to

themselves and not mixed u p ; and soap, candles etc., should be kept f a r apa r t from the food. Vege­tables always need a cool place, and if possible a wire vegetable rack.

those who receive much, much is expected.

The malicious gossiper loads his gun , and m a n y a man , m a n y a woman, is shot in t h e back and mortal ly wounded; t h e y know not t h e i r murderer .

RECIPES

B R E A D P U D D I N G . Cut one pound o f s t a l e bread into

smal l p ieces . S o a k unt i l s o f t in cold w a t e r , p r e s s off w a t e r , a n d b e a t up wi th a fork. W a s h and d r y quarter-pound of currants . B r e a k a n e g g in a basin, beat u p , a n d add t o the bread wi th the Currants a l i t t l e sp ice , quarter pound s u g a r , t w o o u n c e s o f sue t , and salt . M i x wel l . I f l iked, ha l f -p in t milk may be used. T u r n into a we l l greased tin or dish and b a k e f o r o n e hour or s team in a g r e a s e d b a s i n f o r one hour and a half .

T R E A C L E P U D D I N G . Take three -quar ter s pound of flour,

one t e a s p o o n f u l o f b a k i n g powder, g r a t e d g i n g e r , a tab lespoonfu l of. sugar , quarter -pound o f s u e t finely chopped, p u t into a b o w l and m i x . M a x e a hallow in t h e middle , pour in half-pound of treac le and a b o u t quarter -p int of milk, s t i r i t quick ly w i t h a w o o d e n spoon until we l l mixed . P u t i n t o a greased mould or bas in , c o v e r w i t h g r e a s e d paper and p u t into a s a u c e p a n o f boi l ing water , t a k i n g care t h a t t h e w a t e r does not come w i t h i n an i n c h of t h e t o p of the mould. S t e a m the p u d d i n g f o r t w o hours and a half.

TO V A R Y B R E A D OR C U S T A R D P U D D I N G S .

H a v e s e m e s l i ces o f bread cut thin and buttered; l a y t h e m in the dish s ing ly; p o u r in t h e cus tard , and b a k e gent ly , or p lace in a p a n , w i t h a l i t t le w a t e r in it .

T h e s e m a y be a l t e r e d b y introducing a n y one o r m o r e o f t h e fo l lowing:— currants , r a i s i n s , French prunes, cherries , a n y kind o f j a m , stewed rhubarb, a p p l e , or a n y other frui t accord ing t o f a n c y .

Wel l -boi led r ice , macoroni , vermicelli etc . , m a y be u s e d ; t h e custard a lways b e i n g poured o v e r , and s i f ted sugar on the top . F o r cus tard , b e a t u p two e g g s , add t w o t a b l e s p o o n f u l s o f flour, and three -quarters of a p in t o f milk.

A N O T H E R S O L U T I O N .

St. Augus t ine p resen ts another solution t o t h e ha rdsh ips tha t t h e yoke of Chr is t entai ls . "Ama et fac quod v i s . " "Love and do what thou wil t ," he says , going deeper still into h u m a n n a t u r e . And th i s solution is based on very solid g round : on t h e same words of Je sus Chr i s t whose main command­ment was "Love towards God and Love towards our neighbour." In th i s way t h e ten commandments of God and t h e six commandments of t h e Church will be a natural se­quence flowing gent ly from th i s source of L O V E and the i r fulfill­men t will be a s easy and as natural a s love is t o t h e hea r t . Men of good will have chosen th i s second solution and t h e y have succeeded. They r e g a r d J e s u s ' yoke as t h e sweetest in t h e world. Why shan ' t w e ?

9

RELIGIOUS SITUATION IN RUSSIA IMPROVES

MEXICAN PERSECUTION CONTINUES

INDIAN CHRISTIANS SEEK SAFEGUARDS

GODLESS MAGAZINE D I S C O N T I N U E D

UNBIASED REPORT FROM MOSCOW

Berl in .—Reports r each ing h e r e from an unimpeachable source in j Moscow s t a t e t h a t recent ly t h e special corners devoted to an t i - j religious p ropaganda in t h e inst i ­tut ions t h e r e for t h e r ea r ing of young in fan t s have been abolished.

This is in te rpre ted t o mean a slight t u r n for t h e b e t t e r in t h e I religious s i tua t ion in Soviet Russia, i

I t can now also be confirmed that t h e r e is a t least some t r u t h in j the recent repor t t h a t t h e Godless I magazine, Bezbojnik, h a s been dis- j continued. The Godless organiza- ! tion published two different issues, I one a mon th ly and one a weekly. The publication of one of these, i t seems, h a s been suspended, and i t j is U u e ' t h a t t h o editorial offices of j the pape r in Moscow have been j closed. T h e publication of t h e re-maining paper , however, is being \ continued.

Indicat ive of t h e prevai l ing t rend of mind is a recent publica­

tion by a Moscow daily of t h e pic­tu re showing His Eminence Michael Cardinal Fau lhaber , of Germany, blessing t h e airplane which was recently dedicated to the missions there. The caption undernea th t he picture explained it a s "a proof of t h e Church ' s means of hostile propaganda ."

Marsha l Pilsudski 's dea th af­forded t he Soviet Capital a r a re oppor tun i ty . to witness t h e splend­our of Catholic l i turgy. A t t h e re­quest of t h e Polish E m b a s s y in Moscow, Bishop P ius Eugene Neveu, Apostolic Admin i s t r a to r of t h e Moscow Province, s ang a Pon-tificial Requiem Mass a t t h e Polish Catholic Church of SS. P e t e r and Paul in t h e presence of t h e ent i re diplomatic corps. T h e Russian au thor i t ies were not represented. The Rev. Leopold Braun , an American pr ies t in Moscow, was subdeacon.

(N.C.W.C.)

N O T E W O R T H Y E V E N T S I N j N U N FORMS GIRL GUIDE T H E S U A N H W A VICARIATE. TROOP IN UGANDA.

Suanhwafu , Charar .—About a thousand persons par t ic ipated in a g rand procession of t h e Blessed Sac rament on t h e grounds of t h e communi ty of t h e Disciples of t h e Lord, n e a r he re . Hundreds of Chr is t ians f rom t h e vicinity, also the seminar i s t s and s tuden ts of Catholic schools in Suanhwa and about t w e n t y m e m b e r s of t h e clergy we re present . This be ing the first t i m e t h e Congregat ion organized t h e Corpus Chris t i p ro ­cession on such a la rge scale, a commemorat ive booklet is be ing prepared which will contain, be­sides pho tog raphs , t e n or more articles on t h e subjec t of t h e E u ­charist .

An 8-day R e t r e a t for t h e Major Seminar is ts began J u n e 23. I t was preached by F a t h e r John Niu , General Sec re ta ry of Catholic Ac­tion. Six seminar i s t s who com­pleted t h e i r s tudies recently were ordained to t h e pr iesthood on June 29, 5 of t h e m for Suanhwa, the 6 th for t h e Apostolic Prefec­ture of I tuhs ien , Shan tung .

— ( L u m e n ) .

T W O A F R I C A N P R I N C E S S E S J O I N .

A N E W CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION I N BORNEO.

Miri, (Sarawak, Borneo) .—A Catholic medical mission h a s been started a t Kanowit , 90 miles up the Re jang River, Sarawak, by t h e Mill Hill F a t h e r s and t h e Franc i s ­can Sis ters of St . Joseph, of P a t -ricroft, England. T h e Ra jah of Sarawak, H.H. Sir Charles V y n e r Brooke, who has a l ready given t he Sisters a vacant bungalow a t Ku-ching for t h e i r medical work, h a s promised to cont r ibute to the pro-Posed hospital .

The mission a t Kanowit was founded 50 years ago by t h e late Msgr. Edmund Dunn, Prefec t Apostolic of Sarawak, when head­hunting among t h e savage Dyaks ^ a s still more or less common.— (Fides)

N e w Y o r k .—Two African pr incesses , daughte rs of Dowdi Chwa, K i n g of Uganda, have been invested as Girl Scouts , or Girl Guides, a s the organisa t ion is known in Bri t ish Africa, according to a repor t which has come to na­tional Girl Scout headqua r t e r s here , f rom Sister M. Anna , a Franc iscan nun who was formerly a Bal t imore Girl Scout leader. The princesses a re members of Sis ter Anna ' s t roop of 12 African girls "near ly all betrothed to nat ives who w a n t thei r wives to be up to the t a sk of conducting a household a la Bulaya, or European s tyle ." she wr i t e s .

S is te r Anna, formerly of t he convent of Our Lady of St . F ranc i s in Bal t imore , introduced t h e pro­g r a m m e on her arr ival a t t h e Con­vent of Our Lady of Peace a t Nkokonjeru, Lugazi, Uganda . She had a lways been an en thus i a s t in t h e m a t t e r of Girl Scouting, and found t h a t the Br i t i sh encouraged t h e p rogramme in t h e var ious schools. Fou r of S is te r Anna ' s prirls a r e s tudying in t h e Normal School, and four in t h e Hospital Tra in ing School for Nurses , which co-operates with h e r in teaching first-aid. She also ge t s help from t h e local school for wives in teach-

| ing t h e a r t of cooking. (N.C.W.C.)

MASS EDUCATION MOVEMENT I N SHANGHAI.

Shanghai .—The instruct ion of , t h e i l l i terate classes of Shanghai j h a s been undertaken by a Commit-j t ee headed by Wu T'ieh-ch'eng. j Mayor of Greater Shanghai , and • Mr. Pan , Director of t h e Bureau i of Educat ion. Competit ive exami-I nat ions for positions as ins t ructors | were held a t the Jesu i t Unversi ty , j T h e Aurora . Out of 900 apnii-j can ts , 200 proved successful and

a re being engaged as teachers .— (Lumen-Fides.)

2 6 5 C H U R C H E S B E S I D E S C O N V E N T S A N D S E M I ­

N A R I E S C L O S E D .

Balt imore.—A list of 265 churches and rectories t ha t have been re t i red from w o r s h i p " by decree of t h e Pres ident of Me­xico since November 11, 1931, h a s j u s t been made public by the do­cumenta ry section of t he Bal t i ­more Catholic Mexican Bureau under t h e auspices of t he Bal t i ­more Archdiocesan Confederation for the Defence of Religious Li­ber ty in Mexico.

The list gives t h e name of t h e church, i t s location, and the da t e of the official decree of i ts re t i re ­ment as reported in t h e Diario Of­ficial. I t contains t h e name? of P ro t e s t an t as well a s Catholic edi­fices, and also l ists convent and seminary propert ies . The proper­t ies are located in t h e Federal Dis­t r i c t and in var ious S ta tes in dif­ferent p a r t s of Mexico.

The s t a t emen t also announces t h a t th i s year, up to March 14, a total of 25 propert ies had been confiscated from pr iva te individu­als, under t h e supposition t h a t t hey belonged to t h e Church.

The s t a t emen t also savs t h a t El Nacional candidly s t a ted on Sep­tember 27, 1934, " t h a t the Gov­e rnment had recent ly seized p ro ­pert ies wor th no less t h a n $6,000,-000." I t also says t h a t " the Dia­rio Official announces daily new propert ies seized." (N.C.W.C.)

STERILIZATION CAUTION U R G E D BY PSYCHIATRIST.

New York.—According to t h e Journa l of t h e American Medical Association, Dr . Charles Rankin , a psychia t r i s t , in an address t o t h e Manchester and Salford branch of t he National Council of Women in England, urged t h e need of caution before coming to conclusions on t h e steril ization of mental defec­tives.

The recent repor t of the com­mit tee appointed h v the Br i t i sh Government had recommended t h e legalisation of voluntary steri l i ­zation in persons suffering from hered i ta ry forms of mental dis­order or defect or from grave here ­d i ta ry forms of psysical debility. Dr. Rankin doubted whether t h e s e were scientific recommendat ions. Half t h e mental deficiency, he said, was due not to hered i ta ry bu t to e n v i r o n m e n t a l causes ,yet on t h e la t t e r t h e commit tee had little t o say. I t admit ted t h e need for r e ­search into hered i ta ry factors in mental and physical disability, he pointed out.

He believed t h a t of no menta l disorder was t h e exact na tu re of t he inher i tance known. All t h a t was known, he said, was t h a t in­her i tance proceeded through men-delian laws.

"No doubt heredi ty was a fac­tor ," Journa l ' s account goes on, "but t h e question was as t o i t s assessment compared with racial poisons, such as tuberculosis, syphilis and alcohol. Only a small proportion of defectives had defi­nitely certifiable pa ren t s . H e also objected to steril ization on mora l grounds, as it would, encourage ir­responsibility in sex behaviour and t h e propagat ion of venereal dis­ease."— (N.C.W.C.)

! resume of t he la test available i s ta t is t ics for each vicariate, p re-I fecture and independent mission is j given ,although the re is no t a j general recapitulat ion of s ta t i s t ics

of China as a whole .—(Fides)

U N I T E D M E E T N G S T O i R E V l E W C O N S T I T U T I O N A L

R E F O R M S

Tranvancore.—Of t h e nearly 400,000,000 persons in India near ly two per cent are Chr i s t ians , half P ro tes tan t s and half Catholics. The vast majori ty of t h e Indian Christ ians live in t h e Madras P r e ­sidency and in the Na t ive S ta t e s of Travancore and Cochin.

Now t h a t consti tut ional Re­forms are due immediately, t h e Christ ian communities t h rough ­out India a re busily engaged in considering ways and means of safeguarding the i r individual and corporative r igh t s as members of the Chris t ian religion.

There is an organizat ion known as the All-India Catholic League, which watches t h e in t e re s t s of the Catholic religion in India and of the civic r igh t s of Catholic communit ies. The non-Catholic Indian Chr is t ians also have an organization, and t h e two groups occasionally co-operate t h r o u g h thei r delegates for t h e i r common communal r igh ts .

A joint representa t ive assembly of the Catholic and non-Catholic Chris t ians of Tranvancore m e t t o ­gether a t Kozencherry under t h e presidency of the i l lustr ious con­ver t to Catholicism, George Joseph.

Mr. Joseph, in h i s pres ident ia l address, spoke at l eng th on a few of the Chr is t ians ' disabilities in India, chiefly those re la t ing to t h e erec­tion of churches and cemeter ies .

La te r resolutions were unani­mously passed, p ray ing for t h e im­mediate repeal of legislation ad­versely affecting Chr i s t i an inter­ests in t h e State, and demanding a legit imate share of t h e civil and mili tary services of t h e s t a t e .

The Congress also requested t he ins tant dissolution of t h e present legislatures in t h e S t a t e on t he ground t h a t they were not fully representa t ive of t h e chief sec­tions of Tranvancore citizens.

—(N.C.W.C.)

PILGRIMAGES TO LOUGH DERG.

C R O W D S A T T E N D A T E R I N ' S I S L A N D S H R I N E .

Dublin.—The season of pilgri­mages to Lough Derg h a s opened and will close on A u g u s t 15.

As a rule, t he re a r e fewer pil­gr ims in t h e first week of J u n e t h a n a t o ther t imes, bu t t h i s y e a r t h e Legion of Mary decided to m a k e its pi lgr image ear ly . T w o hund­red and twenty Legionnai res and the i r fr iends arr ived on t h e island, having been joined en rou te by pilgrims from Belfast a n d Limer­ick, m a k i n g an a g g r e g a t e of 500 people following t h e peni tent ia l exercises. This is a l a rge n u m b e r for t h e resources of t h e small island, which is filled t o capaci ty with hostels and co t t ages besides the two churches .

The 500 pilgrims including t h e Legionnaires were succeeded by another p a r t y of 300 a r r i v i n g t h e day the former left.

11TH EDITION O F L E S MIS­SIONS D E C H I N E .

Peking.—The 11th edition of Les Missions de Chine, wi th com­plete s ta t i s t ics and o t h e r useful informat ion on each of t h e 122 ecclessiastical t e r r i t o r i e s in China, has j u s t been published by t h e

I Chuan Hsin Press , Peking . I t is j a book of 800 pages , in F rench . A

(Continued at foot of col. 3.)

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935.

Woman's Page I S I T L O A D E D ?

Nine of every t e n people a r e intensely in te res ted in t h e i r ne igh­bour—in h is comings and goings , h is fo r tune , h i s fa i lure . B i r t h s , dea ths and m a r r i a g e s will a lways be new, a lways se rve as a n infer-e s t ing subjec t for convensa t ions .

We a r e all m e m b e r s of one

Our ne ighbour is sacred. He belongs t o God. W e m u s t not d a r e to judge , a s j u d g m e n t belongs to God. We t a l k of t h e faul t s of o the r s and condemn t h e m . W h a t do we know about t h e m ? How often have we been misjudged, h a v e our act ions been misunder-

fami lyTahd i t is qu i t e na tu raT th~a t~^s tood i—How—gr ieved we were, we should have t h i s in te res t , t h i s cur ios i ty abou t o the r s . T h e dan­ge r comes when we probe too far , when we dissect ou r ne ighbour ' s charac te r , d iagnose h i s case, prescr ibe h i s cure , p red ic t h i s downfall . W e flatter ourse lves t h a t w e u n d e r s t a n d t h i s ne ighour — we k n o w w h a t he t h i n k s , w h y h e a c t s a s h e does, h i s mot ives a r e qui te c lear to u s , - and only t oo often we ascr ibe a n y t h i n g b u t t h e bes t mo t ive s t o h i m . P o o r fools t h a t we a r e ! :

We c anno t even u n d e r s t a n d our­selves, we cannot diagnose our own case, canno t cure ourselves . We sai l on t h e sea of life seeing no f a u l t i n ourselves , bu t onlv t h e fau l t s of t h i s ne ighbour , who is t o u s a s an open book conta in ing a s t o r y in s implest words t h a t p resen t no difficulty t o u s . Blind­ed by self-love, we find good motives for eve ry th ing we do, a n d indifferent, or even bad mot ives , for w h a t ou r neighbour does. I t is oaly when t h e good God, in His Mercy, holds u p before our eyes the m i r r o r of H i s sufferings, H i s Humil i ty , t h a t we begin t o realize wha t poor c rea tu res we a re , and t h a t possibly our ne ighbour is no worse t h a n ourse lves ; h e m a y b e (we never even t h o u g h t of i t before) be t t e r .

I t is Chr i s t i an cha r i t y to b e in te res ted in our ne ighbour . I t is a sin aga in s t char i ty : Jo r a s h - j u d g e him, t o place h i m before t h e t r ibuna l of ou r own p u n y m i n d s a n d sen tence h i m ; i t is w o r s e still to condemn h i m t o o t h e r s . W e do N O T know our ne ighbour .

T h e r e i s gossip A N D gossip. Some goss ip is perfect ly ha rmless , as h a r m l e s s a s an unloaded g u n — it clicks, b u t no th ing happens , nobody is h u r t . The re i s malicious gossip—Oh, d e a r ! The t o n g u e is a t roublesome m e m b e r which m u s t be kep t well bridled or i t wfll run a w a y wi th us, bol t down tho hill, and c r a sh u s a t t h e b o t t o m ! Venial s ins aga ins t cha r i t y lead very quickly downhill . "He t h a t c o n t e m m e t h smal l t h i n g s falls l i t t le by l i t t le .^ One of our g r e a t S a i n t s ( I t h ink S t . F r a n c i s de Sales) used t o s a y :

" O u r devotions too of ten resem­ble a pot of honey, w i th a buzz of venial s ins, l ike clouds of flies, hover ing a round and u t t e r l y defil­ing i t .

Daily Mass and daily goss ip : Rosar ies and t h e spir i t of personal c r i t i c i sm; enormous w a s t e of t ime and a predilection for Benedic t ion ; a tas te for vespers and a t a s t e for dress and l u x u r y ; a snappish t e m p e r and a love f o r se rmons . With all this we ne i the r evangelize ourselves rnor own ne ighbours

How sad to t h ink t h a t a f t e r assist ing at Holy Mass , a f te r , perhaps, partaking of t h e Divine Bread of Love, we c a n let ou r tongues become vipers.

how disappointed wi th those who m a d e themselves our judges . Le t us t hen spare o u r ne ighbour w h a t we have suffered t h r o u g h gossip, and be ever, 'Swift t o hear , but slow t o speak / Swift t o h e a r t h e small voice of conscience, t h e inspi ra t ions of t h e Holy Ghost , t h e voice of d u t y , t h e appeal for help , bo th sides of a s tory , and t h e n we shall find scan t t ime to load our guns wi th our neigh­bours ' faults . *Slow t o speak is no t t h e usual charac ter i s t ic of youth , except when t h e y a re

M Y B E A D S

Sweet, blessed beads! I would not part With one of you for richest gem \ That fleams in kingly diadem;

Ye know the history of my heart. Tor I have told you every grief

In the days of twenty years, And I have moistened you with\

tears, \ And in your decades found relief.

Ah! time has fled and friends havej failed, i

And joys have died; but in my < needs J

Ye are my friends, my blessed^ bead*! <

And ye consoled me when I waihd. *

For many and many a time in grief, My weary fingers wandered round i The circled chain, and always <

found< In some "Hail Mary" sweet relief.

How many a story you might tell Of inner life, to all unknown; J trusted you and you alone,

But ah! ye keep my secrets well. Ye are the only chain I wear—

A sign that I am but a slave, In life, in death, beyond the grave, \

Of Jesus and His mother fair.

indulging in t h e expensive luxury of a fit of sulks . W e m u s t be slow to speak of a n y t h i n g which would be to t h e d i sadvan tage of our neighbour, of unkind repor ts o r scandals. This i s . n o t a lways easy, for t h e knowledge of a secre t gives u s a ce r t a in import­ance in our own eyes and makes us long to disclose i t .

I s it loaded wi th kind words? If t h i s is impossible let us look for our neighbour ' s good qual i t ies and s h u t our eyes t o w h a t appears to be his fai l ings. W e can never know t h e t r i a l s a n d inward s t ruggles of our neighbour . He m a y be fighting divers temp­ta t ions , while we s t and by and pass j udgmen t . Silence is a s t rong for t ress in combat , and a sure pledge of victory, while ta lkat ive­ness is the m o t h e r of sloth, t he door of s lander, t h e minis te r of falsehood a n d t h e des t royer of fervent devotion. W i t h which of these is I t loaded?

Each one's life belongs t o him­self—and God. God gives g race as H e wills, w h e r e H e wills. To

"Every child

needs milk

every day."

MILKMAID MILK HOUSEHOLD HINTS .

H O U S E C L E A N I N G .

To wash up after a meal.—1. Have plenty of w a r m water . 2. A place to drain t h e china. 3 . Clean d ry tea cloths. Collect t h e knives and place t h e m blades downwards in a j u g of w a r m wa te r and t hen scrape t h e dishes and p la tes and empty away all liquid such a s tea or wa te r . Then wash well, leaving t h e more greasy t h i n g s to t h e last and changing t h e w a t e r as i t gets d i r ty . Be sure t o wash each plate or dish on both sides, and when each is washed place it to drain and dry well. Spoons and forks should be washed separa te ly and any fishy th ings should always have w a t e r to t hem­selves. The knives should be dried and cleaned and every th ing be pu t away . Then t h e s ink should be cleaned out, t h e refuse bu rned and t h e cloths well scalded and hung t o d ry . The k i tchen is of necessity a w a r m room, never theless a i r m u s t be freely admit ted, par t icular ly if a n y food has to be s tored in i t .

The larder or storeroom mus t be a lways well vent i lated. I t i s a good plan t o cover t h e window w i t h fine wire ne t t i ng or zinc gauze and leave i t a lways open. A n y vermin such as mice o r cock­roaches should be exterminated , a n d in t he summer food m u s t be mos t carefully protected f rom flies. I t is a good plan to use a l i t t le sani tas , which is a g rea t dis­infectant , in scrubbing down t h e shelves of t he pan t ry .

T h e best way to g e t r id of cock­roaches or beetles is t o sprinkle t h e walls and floors w i t h powdered borax .

Fl ies can be t rapped on flypaper, and a bunch of cloves h u n g in t h e la rder wiH keep t h e m off. Never­theless , it is well t o cover milk wi th muslin and mea t with muslin which has a few drops of v inegar

\ sprinkled on i t . A large muslin bag , into which dish, m e a t and all will fit, makes a m o s t useful and economical safe.

I n a larder always keep the dif-I f e ren t classes of goods sepa ra te to

themselves and not mixed u p ; and soap, candles etc., should be kept f a r apa r t from the food. Vege­tables always need a cool place, and if possible a wire vegetable rack.

those who receive much, much is expected.

The malicious gossiper loads his gun , and m a n y a man , m a n y a woman, is shot in t h e back and mortal ly wounded; t h e y know not t h e i r murderer .

RECIPES

B R E A D P U D D I N G . Cut one pound o f s t a l e bread into

smal l p ieces . S o a k unt i l s o f t in cold w a t e r , p r e s s off w a t e r , a n d b e a t up wi th a fork. W a s h and d r y quarter-pound of currants . B r e a k a n e g g in a basin, beat u p , a n d add t o the bread wi th the Currants a l i t t l e sp ice , quarter pound s u g a r , t w o o u n c e s o f sue t , and salt . M i x wel l . I f l iked, ha l f -p in t milk may be used. T u r n into a we l l greased tin or dish and b a k e f o r o n e hour or s team in a g r e a s e d b a s i n f o r one hour and a half .

T R E A C L E P U D D I N G . Take three -quar ter s pound of flour,

one t e a s p o o n f u l o f b a k i n g powder, g r a t e d g i n g e r , a tab lespoonfu l of. sugar , quarter -pound o f s u e t finely chopped, p u t into a b o w l and m i x . M a x e a hallow in t h e middle , pour in half-pound of treac le and a b o u t quarter -p int of milk, s t i r i t quick ly w i t h a w o o d e n spoon until we l l mixed . P u t i n t o a greased mould or bas in , c o v e r w i t h g r e a s e d paper and p u t into a s a u c e p a n o f boi l ing water , t a k i n g care t h a t t h e w a t e r does not come w i t h i n an i n c h of t h e t o p of the mould. S t e a m the p u d d i n g f o r t w o hours and a half.

TO V A R Y B R E A D OR C U S T A R D P U D D I N G S .

H a v e s e m e s l i ces o f bread cut thin and buttered; l a y t h e m in the dish s ing ly; p o u r in t h e cus tard , and b a k e gent ly , or p lace in a p a n , w i t h a l i t t le w a t e r in it .

T h e s e m a y be a l t e r e d b y introducing a n y one o r m o r e o f t h e fo l lowing:— currants , r a i s i n s , French prunes, cherries , a n y kind o f j a m , stewed rhubarb, a p p l e , or a n y other frui t accord ing t o f a n c y .

Wel l -boi led r ice , macoroni , vermicelli etc . , m a y be u s e d ; t h e custard a lways b e i n g poured o v e r , and s i f ted sugar on the top . F o r cus tard , b e a t u p two e g g s , add t w o t a b l e s p o o n f u l s o f flour, and three -quarters of a p in t o f milk.

A N O T H E R S O L U T I O N .

St. Augus t ine p resen ts another solution t o t h e ha rdsh ips tha t t h e yoke of Chr is t entai ls . "Ama et fac quod v i s . " "Love and do what thou wil t ," he says , going deeper still into h u m a n n a t u r e . And th i s solution is based on very solid g round : on t h e same words of Je sus Chr i s t whose main command­ment was "Love towards God and Love towards our neighbour." In th i s way t h e ten commandments of God and t h e six commandments of t h e Church will be a natural se­quence flowing gent ly from th i s source of L O V E and the i r fulfill­men t will be a s easy and as natural a s love is t o t h e hea r t . Men of good will have chosen th i s second solution and t h e y have succeeded. They r e g a r d J e s u s ' yoke as t h e sweetest in t h e world. Why shan ' t w e ?

9

RELIGIOUS SITUATION IN RUSSIA IMPROVES

MEXICAN PERSECUTION CONTINUES

INDIAN CHRISTIANS SEEK SAFEGUARDS

GODLESS MAGAZINE D I S C O N T I N U E D

UNBIASED REPORT FROM MOSCOW

Berl in .—Reports r each ing h e r e from an unimpeachable source in j Moscow s t a t e t h a t recent ly t h e special corners devoted to an t i - j religious p ropaganda in t h e inst i ­tut ions t h e r e for t h e r ea r ing of young in fan t s have been abolished.

This is in te rpre ted t o mean a slight t u r n for t h e b e t t e r in t h e I religious s i tua t ion in Soviet Russia, i

I t can now also be confirmed that t h e r e is a t least some t r u t h in j the recent repor t t h a t t h e Godless I magazine, Bezbojnik, h a s been dis- j continued. The Godless organiza- ! tion published two different issues, I one a mon th ly and one a weekly. The publication of one of these, i t seems, h a s been suspended, and i t j is U u e ' t h a t t h o editorial offices of j the pape r in Moscow have been j closed. T h e publication of t h e re-maining paper , however, is being \ continued.

Indicat ive of t h e prevai l ing t rend of mind is a recent publica­

tion by a Moscow daily of t h e pic­tu re showing His Eminence Michael Cardinal Fau lhaber , of Germany, blessing t h e airplane which was recently dedicated to the missions there. The caption undernea th t he picture explained it a s "a proof of t h e Church ' s means of hostile propaganda ."

Marsha l Pilsudski 's dea th af­forded t he Soviet Capital a r a re oppor tun i ty . to witness t h e splend­our of Catholic l i turgy. A t t h e re­quest of t h e Polish E m b a s s y in Moscow, Bishop P ius Eugene Neveu, Apostolic Admin i s t r a to r of t h e Moscow Province, s ang a Pon-tificial Requiem Mass a t t h e Polish Catholic Church of SS. P e t e r and Paul in t h e presence of t h e ent i re diplomatic corps. T h e Russian au thor i t ies were not represented. The Rev. Leopold Braun , an American pr ies t in Moscow, was subdeacon.

(N.C.W.C.)

N O T E W O R T H Y E V E N T S I N j N U N FORMS GIRL GUIDE T H E S U A N H W A VICARIATE. TROOP IN UGANDA.

Suanhwafu , Charar .—About a thousand persons par t ic ipated in a g rand procession of t h e Blessed Sac rament on t h e grounds of t h e communi ty of t h e Disciples of t h e Lord, n e a r he re . Hundreds of Chr is t ians f rom t h e vicinity, also the seminar i s t s and s tuden ts of Catholic schools in Suanhwa and about t w e n t y m e m b e r s of t h e clergy we re present . This be ing the first t i m e t h e Congregat ion organized t h e Corpus Chris t i p ro ­cession on such a la rge scale, a commemorat ive booklet is be ing prepared which will contain, be­sides pho tog raphs , t e n or more articles on t h e subjec t of t h e E u ­charist .

An 8-day R e t r e a t for t h e Major Seminar is ts began J u n e 23. I t was preached by F a t h e r John Niu , General Sec re ta ry of Catholic Ac­tion. Six seminar i s t s who com­pleted t h e i r s tudies recently were ordained to t h e pr iesthood on June 29, 5 of t h e m for Suanhwa, the 6 th for t h e Apostolic Prefec­ture of I tuhs ien , Shan tung .

— ( L u m e n ) .

T W O A F R I C A N P R I N C E S S E S J O I N .

A N E W CATHOLIC MEDICAL MISSION I N BORNEO.

Miri, (Sarawak, Borneo) .—A Catholic medical mission h a s been started a t Kanowit , 90 miles up the Re jang River, Sarawak, by t h e Mill Hill F a t h e r s and t h e Franc i s ­can Sis ters of St . Joseph, of P a t -ricroft, England. T h e Ra jah of Sarawak, H.H. Sir Charles V y n e r Brooke, who has a l ready given t he Sisters a vacant bungalow a t Ku-ching for t h e i r medical work, h a s promised to cont r ibute to the pro-Posed hospital .

The mission a t Kanowit was founded 50 years ago by t h e late Msgr. Edmund Dunn, Prefec t Apostolic of Sarawak, when head­hunting among t h e savage Dyaks ^ a s still more or less common.— (Fides)

N e w Y o r k .—Two African pr incesses , daughte rs of Dowdi Chwa, K i n g of Uganda, have been invested as Girl Scouts , or Girl Guides, a s the organisa t ion is known in Bri t ish Africa, according to a repor t which has come to na­tional Girl Scout h e a d q u a r t e r s here , f rom Sister M. Anna , a Franc iscan nun who was formerly a Bal t imore Girl Scout leader. The princesses a re members of Sis ter Anna ' s t roop of 12 African girls "near ly all betrothed to nat ives who w a n t thei r wives to be up to the t a sk of conducting a household a la Bulaya, or European s tyle ." she wr i t e s .

S is te r Anna, formerly of t he convent of Our Lady of St . F ranc i s in Bal t imore , introduced t h e pro­g r a m m e on her arr ival a t t h e Con­vent of Our Lady of Peace a t Nkokonjeru, Lugazi, Uganda . She had a lways been an en thus i a s t in t h e m a t t e r of Girl Scouting, and found t h a t the Br i t i sh encouraged t h e p rogramme in t h e var ious schools. Fou r of S is te r Anna ' s prirls a r e s tudying in t h e Normal School, and four in t h e Hospital Tra in ing School for Nurses , which co-operates with h e r in teaching first-aid. She also ge t s help from t h e local school for wives in teach-

| ing t h e a r t of cooking. (N.C.W.C.)

MASS EDUCATION MOVEMENT I N SHANGHAI.

Shanghai .—The instruct ion of , t h e i l l i terate classes of Shanghai j h a s been undertaken by a Commit-j t ee headed by Wu T'ieh-ch'eng. j Mayor of Greater Shanghai , and • Mr. Pan , Director of t h e Bureau i of Educat ion. Competit ive exami-I nat ions for positions as ins t ructors | were held a t the Jesu i t Unversi ty , j T h e Aurora . Out of 900 apnii-j can ts , 200 proved successful and

a re being engaged as teachers .— (Lumen-Fides.)

2 6 5 C H U R C H E S B E S I D E S C O N V E N T S A N D S E M I ­

N A R I E S C L O S E D .

Balt imore.—A list of 265 churches and rectories t ha t have been re t i red from w o r s h i p " by decree of t h e Pres ident of Me­xico since November 11, 1931, h a s j u s t been made public by the do­cumenta ry section of t he Bal t i ­more Catholic Mexican Bureau under t h e auspices of t he Bal t i ­more Archdiocesan Confederation for the Defence of Religious Li­ber ty in Mexico.

The list gives t h e name of t h e church, i t s location, and the da t e of the official decree of i ts re t i re ­ment as reported in t h e Diario Of­ficial. I t contains t h e name? of P ro t e s t an t as well a s Catholic edi­fices, and also l ists convent and seminary propert ies . The proper­t ies are located in t h e Federal Dis­t r i c t and in var ious S ta tes in dif­ferent p a r t s of Mexico.

The s t a t emen t also announces t h a t th i s year, up to March 14, a total of 25 propert ies had been confiscated from pr iva te individu­als, under t h e supposition t h a t t hey belonged to t h e Church.

The s t a t emen t also savs t h a t El Nacional candidly s t a ted on Sep­tember 27, 1934, " t h a t the Gov­e rnment had recent ly seized p ro ­pert ies wor th no less t h a n $6,000,-000." I t also says t h a t " the Dia­rio Official announces daily new propert ies seized." (N.C.W.C.)

STERILIZATION CAUTION U R G E D BY PSYCHIATRIST.

New York.—According to t h e Journa l of t h e American Medical Association, Dr . Charles Rankin , a psychia t r i s t , in an address t o t h e Manchester and Salford branch of t he National Council of Women in England, urged t h e need of caution before coming to conclusions on t h e steril ization of mental defec­tives.

The recent repor t of the com­mit tee appointed h v the Br i t i sh Government had recommended t h e legalisation of voluntary steri l i ­zation in persons suffering from hered i ta ry forms of mental dis­order or defect or from grave here ­d i ta ry forms of psysical debility. Dr. Rankin doubted whether t h e s e were scientific recommendat ions. Half t h e mental deficiency, he said, was due not to hered i ta ry bu t to e n v i r o n m e n t a l causes ,yet on t h e la t t e r t h e commit tee had little t o say. I t admit ted t h e need for r e ­search into hered i ta ry factors in mental and physical disability, he pointed out.

He believed t h a t of no menta l disorder was t h e exact na tu re of t he inher i tance known. All t h a t was known, he said, was t h a t in­her i tance proceeded through men-delian laws.

"No doubt heredi ty was a fac­tor ," Journa l ' s account goes on, "but t h e question was as t o i t s assessment compared with racial poisons, such as tuberculosis, syphilis and alcohol. Only a small proportion of defectives had defi­nitely certifiable pa ren t s . H e also objected to steril ization on mora l grounds, as it would, encourage ir­responsibility in sex behaviour and t h e propagat ion of venereal dis­ease."— (N.C.W.C.)

! resume of t he la test available i s ta t is t ics for each vicariate, p re-I fecture and independent mission is j given ,although the re is no t a j general recapitulat ion of s ta t i s t ics

of China as a whole .—(Fides)

U N I T E D M E E T N G S T O i R E V l E W C O N S T I T U T I O N A L

R E F O R M S

Tranvancore.—Of t h e nearly 400,000,000 persons in India near ly two per cent are Chr i s t ians , half P ro tes tan t s and half Catholics. The vast majori ty of t h e Indian Christ ians live in t h e Madras P r e ­sidency and in the Na t ive S ta t e s of Travancore and Cochin.

Now t h a t consti tut ional Re­forms are due immediately, t h e Christ ian communities t h rough ­out India a re busily engaged in considering ways and means of safeguarding the i r individual and corporative r igh t s as members of the Chris t ian religion.

There is an organizat ion known as the All-India Catholic League, which watches t h e in t e re s t s of the Catholic religion in India and of the civic r igh t s of Catholic communit ies. The non-Catholic Indian Chr is t ians also have an organization, and t h e two groups occasionally co-operate t h r o u g h thei r delegates for t h e i r common communal r igh ts .

A joint representa t ive assembly of the Catholic and non-Catholic Chris t ians of Tranvancore m e t t o ­gether a t Kozencherry under t h e presidency of the i l lustr ious con­ver t to Catholicism, George Joseph.

Mr. Joseph, in h i s pres ident ia l address, spoke at l eng th on a few of the Chr is t ians ' disabilities in India, chiefly those re la t ing to t h e erec­tion of churches and cemeter ies .

La te r resolutions were unani­mously passed, p ray ing for t h e im­mediate repeal of legislation ad­versely affecting Chr i s t i an inter­ests in t h e State, and demanding a legit imate share of t h e civil and mili tary services of t h e s t a t e .

The Congress also requested t he ins tant dissolution of t h e present legislatures in t h e S t a t e on t he ground t h a t they were not fully representa t ive of t h e chief sec­tions of Tranvancore citizens.

—(N.C.W.C.)

PILGRIMAGES TO LOUGH DERG.

C R O W D S A T T E N D A T E R I N ' S I S L A N D S H R I N E .

Dublin.—The season of pilgri­mages to Lough Derg h a s opened and will close on A u g u s t 15.

As a rule, t he re a r e fewer pil­gr ims in t h e first week of J u n e t h a n a t o ther t imes, bu t t h i s y e a r t h e Legion of Mary decided to m a k e its pi lgr image ear ly . T w o hund­red and twenty Legionnai res and the i r fr iends arr ived on t h e island, having been joined en rou te by pilgrims from Belfast a n d Limer­ick, m a k i n g an a g g r e g a t e of 500 people following t h e peni tent ia l exercises. This is a l a rge n u m b e r for t h e resources of t h e small island, which is filled t o capaci ty with hostels and co t t ages besides the two churches .

The 500 pilgrims including t h e Legionnaires were succeeded by another p a r t y of 300 a r r i v i n g t h e day the former left.

11TH EDITION O F L E S MIS­SIONS D E C H I N E .

Peking.—The 11th edition of Les Missions de Chine, wi th com­plete s ta t i s t ics and o t h e r useful informat ion on each of t h e 122 ecclessiastical t e r r i t o r i e s in China, has j u s t been published by t h e

I Chuan Hsin Press , Peking . I t is j a book of 800 pages , in F rench . A

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PRAYER. N o t h i n g p roc l a ims t h e p r a c t i ­

cal C a t h o l i c so m u c h as t h e salu­t a r y h a b i t of p r a y e r . I n t e m p ­t a t i o n , i n each surpr i se of danger ,

. i n fear , anguish , o r grief p r a y e r is t h e o n l y r e m e d y t h a t b r ings relief a n d solace t o each hapless soul. L ike a conf id ing chi ld r u n ­n i n g t o t h e p r o t e c t i n g a rms of its m o t h e r , t he soul t h a t is h a b i ­t u a t e d t o p raye r , wil l i n s t inc ­t ive ly t u r n t o G o d . Since O u r L o r d has repea ted ly p o i n t e d o u t t he need for l i f t ing u p o u r hear ts in suppl ica t ion t o H e a v e n , t o p r a y o f t en a n d a lways m u s t necessarily appea r t o us as the m o s t i m p o r t a n t p a r t of Chr i s t i an life a n d discipline.

P r a y e r for t h e C a t h o l i c is t h e a r m o u r of the soul w h i c h f r o m c o n s t a n t use is k e p t c lean and b r i g h t ; i t is t h e ever present shield against w h i c h t h e fiery da r t s of enemies s t r ike , b u t are powerless t o h a r m . I t is as n a ­t u r a l fo r the good Ca tho l i c t o p r a y as t o b r ea the , a n d p r a y e r will a lways sp r ing spontaneous ly t o l^is h e a r t and lips, w i t h even t h e J f i r s t i n t i m a t i o n of danger . I f he be v ic tor ious over t e m p t a ­t i o n ; if he be successful i n over ­c o m i n g an inc l ina t ion to evil, if h e is t o accompl i sh a n y good wha t soever , i t is t raceable always t o p r a y e r . W h e n p r a y e r ceases, t h e sp i r i tua l life of t h e Ca tho l i c ceases, and w h e n t h e sp i r i tua l and p rac t i ca l p a r t of t h e Ca tho l i c life is laid aside, all m e r i t - g a i n i n g w o r k s are likewise laid or fo r ­g o t t e n . Ca tho l i c life w i t h o u t p r a y e r and good w o r k s becomes weakened and t h a t f a i th w h i c h is n o t s t imula ted b y good works soon becomes a dead fa i th .

I t is m e a n t f o r us t o ask in o rde r t h a t we m a y receive, and i t h on ly t h r o u g h this means of h u m b l e , earnest ask ing in p r a y e r t h a t G o d is pleased t o bes tow H i s g race u p o n us a n d t o g u a r d t h a t t reasure of the t r u e F a i t h w h i c h in H i s goodness H e has en t ru s t ed t o us. T h e i ndex of Ca tho l i c f ami ly life is t h e p rac t i ce of f ami ly p rayer . W e m i g h t do well t o enlarge u p o n this splendid h a b i t of t h e m e m b e r s of a family u n i t i n g in p r a y e r .

T h e essence of t h e Ca tho l i c f ami ly is t h a t sp i r i t of u n i o n t h a t

m u s t ever and anon be backed u p by the blessing and g race of God . N o w , w e m a y readily g r a n t t h a t God 's g race is a lways for o u r good, a n d family u n i o n is a good, n e t on ly for ourselves, b u t also for t h e wrhole c o m m u n i t y . If, then , t h e family u n i t e in p r a y e r for u n i o n , they can be sure of a f avourab le hear ing. Besides, the f o r m a l r e -un ion of the m e m ­bers c f a family in p r a y e r is in itself a p ledge and an o u t w a r d exercise of union. W h e n we kneel t oge the r before o u r Fa the r , we r e n e w f r o m day t o day o u r profession, r emain ing t oge the r in hear t a n d love.

I t m a y sometimes h a p p e n t h a t the h o u r s of w o r k in o u r m o d e r n life are so various t h a t t he full mee t ing of the fami ly c a n n o t of ten t a k e place a t r egu la r t imes for p r a y e r . Even in such a case, the rest of the family m i g h t join toge ther , b o t h for themselves and for t h e absent ones. B u t w h e t h e r such a c t u a l meet ings can t ake place o r n o t , each m e m b e r will also be fai l ing in his chief d u t y unless he f requen t ly p r ays fo r t he rest, a n d fo r God 's g u i d a n c e in his o w n c o n d u c t t o w a r d s t h e m .

H u s b a n d and wife, b y the ve ry

F O R T U N E H I N D E R S F A I T H — F A D S A N D FOIBLES

M A L A Y A N E D U C A T I O N — Q U A L I T Y O F STAFF.

Fortune hinders Faith.

The s t r ik ing me taphor of Our Lord emphasis ing t h e danger of r iches has become a p a r t of our everyday speech. " I t is easier for a camel to pass t h r o u g h t h e eye of a needle t h a n for a rich m a n to e n t e r into the Kingdom of God." To realise t h e wisdom of t h i s t r u i sm one has only to come in touch wi th people of weal th , pa r t i ­cularly t h e 'parvenu9 t ype t h a t have come by a wind-fall of 1 easy money 9 as we s a y in famil iar par ­lance. The rich m a y readily fulfil t h e i r own whims and fancies, as t h e y have the means to gra t i fy t h e i r desires, and consequently g r e a t e r opportuni t ies of falling in­to sin. However i t cannot be al­ways held t h a t weal th necessari ly spells ruin . The re have been some examples of Sa in ts who have been possessors of weal th, and it is j u s t because t hey could have done evil and did not do i t t h a t t hey became Sa in t s . Moreover, those who have g r e a t possessions a re prone to t r u s t in the i r r iches and the reby t h e y become proud and self-suffi­cient and tend t o forget t h e i r need of God. We m a y reasonably as ­sume , however^ t h a t Our Lord was

s ac r amen t of mar r i age , solemnly i r e fe r r ing to r iches in t h e b roader sense and not merely to c o n t r a c t before God t o he lp each

o the r t o a h igher p lace in heaven a t a n y cost to themselves. Th i s aspect of t h e c o n t r a c t m a y best be fulfilled, b y giving t h e p r i m a r y place in the i r t h o u g h t s t o t h e combined d u t y of a d o r i n g the i r Crea to r . Aga in , p a r e n t s a re res­ponsible for the we l fa re of the i r chi ldren, fo r their m a i n t e n a n c e , c lo th ing and educa t ion . C a n they h o p e t o p rov ide for the i r l i t t le ones, if they do n o t cons ­t a n t l y r e c o m m e n d the i r needs t o H i m W h o has given r a i m e n t t o the lily a n d food to t h e spar rows? Ch i ld ren c a n do ve ry l i t t le , espe­cially whi le still y o u n g , fo r t he mater ia l good of the i r pa r en t s . T h e y c a n r e t u r n love for l o v e — which is indeed all t h a t t h e p a ­rents a s k — b u t the chi ld himself yearns t o do more . H i s de l ight is to he lp m o t h e r or t o give f a t h e r some l i t t le present as a t o k e n of love. B u t b y p raye r , he can secure an a lmigh ty H e l p e r for m o t h e r , and f rom his heavenly Fa the r he can ob ta in the mos t excel lent gifts for his e a r t h ly fa ther .

F inal ly , good read ing is a k i n t o p rayer . W h e n we p r a y , we speak t o God , and w h e n w e read God speaks to us. Pious a n d edifying reading t ends t o t h e spir i tual a d v a n c e m e n t of the soul, fo r just as t h e b o d y is nour ished b y mater ia l b read , so also is t h e in ter ior m a n nour ished and enabled t o love b y the D i v i n e W o r d . W e are all encompassed wi th h u m a n frai l ty , and o f ten fall sho r t of o u r d u t y t o o u r b ro thers , b u t un ion in p r a y e r will r ec t i fy all errors and b r i n g peace and reconcil iat ion, so t h a t ' lovely and comely in life, even

money. The principle H e laid down applies equally t o all k inds of wea l th viz. power, influence, personal charm, j social popular i ty , physical s t r eng th , | a n d intellectual g i f t s .

* * * * Fads and Foibles.

I t is one of t h e commonplaces of t h e Gospel t h a t Our Lord constant ­ly u rged t h e supreme need of pos­sess ing a child-like hea r t . "Un-less you be converted, and become a s ' l i t t le children, you shall not en t e r into t h e k ingdom of heaven ." T h e child-like h e a r t alone is cap­able of fa i th t h a t will f r i t t e r away o u r idle fads and inna te foibles. If men could for a moment realise t h a t t hey a r e no th ing bu t children b u t of a l a rger mould, all t h e miser ies and iniquit ies t h a t beset modern society will vanish away like t h e morn ing dew wi th t h e first r a y s of t h e sun. Our a r rogan t self-reliance and over-bear ing men ta l a t t i tude defy t h e discovery of a 'cure-air for t h e ills which we h a v e brought upon ourselves by f lagrant violation of first pr inciples t h a t s tand rooted in t he divine exhor ta t ion to act t h e child a t h e a r t . A ref reshing example of t h e r i g h t menta l a t t i t ude was fur-

j wrong wi th Malayan Education ; appea r ing in t h e Malaya Tribune | of Ju ly 20th . We do not have a j p r e d i c t i o n to r ide a hobby-horse

to d e a t h by discussing the subject of educat ion wi th a pertinacity t h a t is wel l -n i^ i incorrigible; but t h e r e a r e cer tainly some mislead­ing and unwar r an t ed remarks in t h e ar t ic le in quest ion. Referring t c a recent speech made by His Lordsh ip t h e Anglican Bishop of Singapore , our cri t ic r emarks "the s t a n d a r d of education in grant-in-aid schools is not sufficiently high to fit t h e boys who leave these schools for any o the r calling." (than clerks in offices)—The Ital ics a r e ours . This is certainly a d i spa rag ing and uncharitable opinion which reflects prejudice aga ins t mission schools. No well-informed person will credit this wild asser t ion , and our critic 's im­press ion of mission schools (and we a r e par t icu lar ly concerned with Catholic schools) is hard ly worth t h e paper i t is wr i t t en on. If the resu l t s obtained in public examina­t ions a r e an index to go by, we m a y r igh t ly asse r t t h a t the Bro­t h e r s ' Schools and Convents in Malaya have a lways set up a s t a n d a r d of work which compares favourably wi th t h a t of Govern­m e n t Schools.

* * £ * Qual i ty of Staff.

B o t h Government and Aided Schools depend for much of their spade work on locally trained t eachers , who undergo identical t r a i n i n g e i t he r in t h e Normal Classes or a t t h e Raffles College. I t cannot be a rgued t h a t t h e pick of t h e pedagogues a r e specially in-draf ted for service in Government Schools or t h a t the 'mediocres' or 'misfi ts ' a r e t u rned over to aided Schools. T h e r e is however a spr inkl ing of European teachers for h ighe r work on t h e staffs of Government and Aided Schools, and t h e y will readily admit tha t t h e bulk of t h e groundwork is handled by locally t ra ined hands. Besides t h e r e is a splendid spiri t of co-operation prevai l ing in the B r o t h e r s ' schools between the lay and religious members of t h e staff. Aga in t h e r e could be no appreci­able difference in t he menta l make­up of t h e two sets of pupils at­t end ing t h e Government and Mis­sion Schools; and the re is one Educa t ion Code for all schools m Malaya. Furthermore^ t h e r e ap­pea r s to be a g r e a t e r keeness on t h e p a r t of Mission Schools, (and

nished by t h e world-famous i . scientist , Pas teu r , who, when he | w e m a y speak wi th an air o fce r t a i -became a Catholic, learned his catechism as any child would have done and accepted humbly all t h a t t h e Church t a u g h t on m a t t e r s of F a i t h and morals even though his mass ive scientific knowledge and experience was f a r super ior to t h a t of h is religious t eachers .

* * * * Malayan Education.

Our a t ten t ion is d rawn to a cri­tical ar t ic le encaptioned " W h a t is

in dea th we shall no t be divided (2 Kings 1. 2 3 ) b u t shall again be un i t ed before the heavenly t h r o n e , there t o f o r m p a r t of t he g rea t Roya l fami ly . " A n d if sons, heirs also: heirs indeed of G o d , and joint heirs w i t h C h r i s t . " ( R o m : V I I I . 1 7 ) .

j n i t y wi th r ega rd t o our Catholic Schools) to do someth ing bet ter t h a n h i t t h e 'second best ' cate­gory . This ha s repeatedly been testified to in official repor ts where h igh t r i bu te s have been p&id to t h e selfless labours of t h e religious t e a c h i n g bodies. If t he old boys of our Schools a r e no t equally for­t u n a t e in ge t t i ng 'catch-penny jobs ' , t h a t is no reason to describe t h e schools from which t hey come a s second r a t e . Securing jobs does no t entirely depend on intrinsic mer i t . T h e r e m u s t also be an ele­m e n t of luck o r influence, and the B r o t h e r s of t h e Catholic Schools do not have occasion to brush shoulders wi th business employers in club pavilions, where a friendly recommendat ion may produce the desired effect in finding billets for pupils .

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER. SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935. 1 1

POPE'S IMPARTIAL ATTITUDE IN ITALO—ABYSSINIAN

H D I S P U T E .

Vatican City, 28-7-35.—The Pope referred to t h e Italo-Abyssi-nian dispute for t h e first t ime today on t h e occasion of the beat i ­fication of J u s t i n de Jacobis on t h e 75th ann iversa ry of Jacobis ' dea th in Abyssinia w h e r e he was Apos­tolic Delegate. T h e Pope express ­ed t h e keen hope t h a t peace will be main ta ined bu t took no side in the dispute . T h e declaration is favourably received in I ta l ian poli­tical q u a r t e r s w h e r e some had feared the Pope m i g h t make some pronouncement not a l toge ther favourable to I ta l ian policy.—

Reu te r .

NAZI P E R S E C U T I O N S S T I L L R A M P A N T .

Berlin, 29 -7 -35—The campaign against t he Jews and Catholics suspected of political act ivi t ies continues. T h e well-known Ca­tholic organisat ion, t he Windhorst League in Baden and two o the r Catholic organisa t ions have had their p roper ty confiscated for "activities inimical to the people and t h e S ta t e . " T h e Catholic pas ­tor, Ludwig Roth , has been sen­tenced at F r a n k f o r t to e ight mon ths ' impr isonment for s t a t i n g in t h e pulpit t h a t German Catho­lics faced persecut ion like t h a t in Russia. All J e w s have been com­pelled to leave t h e lakeside resor t of Lychen nea r Berl in while t h e official Volkischer Beobachter an­nounces dozens of a r r e s t s of A r y a n girls and Jewish m e n in Munich and south Germany.

—Reu te r .

OLDEST CATHOLIC DAILY TO CLOSE.

Berlin, 27-7-35.—Germany's old­est Catholic daily Augsbu rge r Posizitung is closing down and henceforth will only be publishing weekly.—Reuter.

SISTER F R E D E R I C K F R O M P H I L I P P I N E S D E A D .

Maryknoll . N.Y. , A Marykncl l Sister who h a s laboured e igh t years in t h e Phi l ippines h a s j u s t been buried f rom t h e mothe rhouse of h e r congregat ion here . She was Sis ter Mary Freder ick (Mar­gare t Mary Bourgu ignon) , born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1902.

Sis ter F reder ick entered Maryk­noll in 1921. She went in 1927 to Manila, where she nursed t h e sick until she herself became a vict im, developing a t u m o r of the bra in . Brought back to t h e Sta tes in the hope of a cure, she died a t Provi­dence Hospital, Seat t le , where she had trained.

SEA B L E S S E D BY BISHOP ON COAST O F E N G L A N D .

London.—The ancient ceremony of blessing t h e sea was received on t h e n o r t h e a s t coast of E n g ­land for t h e first t ime s ince the Reformation dur ing t h e cele­bration of t h e fiftieth ann ive r sa ry of the church a t Sta i thes , York­shire fishing village.

Two thousand fisher-folk and visitors escorted t he Blessed Sa­crament in procession from the village to t h e t op of t h e cliff over­looking the N o r t h Sea. The Bishop of Middlesbrough, t h e Most Rev. Thomas Shine, gave the bless ing with the Sacred Hos t dur ing Bene­diction a t a t empora ry wooden altar. (N.C.W.C.)

G O S P E L f o r

EIGHTH S U N D A Y A F T E R PENTECOST. (Luke XVI, 1—9).

A t tha t t ime, Je sus spoke to his disciples th i s parable. There was a certain r ich man who had a s t e w a r d ; and the s a m e was accused unto h im t h a t he had wasted h i s goods : and he called him, and said to h im, How is it t ha t I h e a r t h i s of thee? g ive an account of thy s tewardship , for now thou canst be s teward no longer. And t h e steward said within himself, W h a t shall I do, because my lord t ake th away from the s tewardsh ip? To dig I a m not ab l e : to beg I am ashamed. I know what I will do, t h a t when I shall be removed from the s tewardship , t hey m a y receive me in to the i r houses . Therefore calling toge the r every one of h i s lord's debtors , he said to the first, How much dost thou owe m y lord? But he said, A hundred barre ls of oil. And he said to h im, Take t hy bill, and sit down quickly, and wri te fifty. Then he said to another , And how much dost thou owe? Who said, A hundred q u a r t e r s of whea t . He said to him, Take t h y bill, and wr i te e igh ty . And the lord com-ir.ended the unjus t s teward, forasmuch a s he had done wisely; for t h e children of t h i s world a re wiser in t he i r generat ion t h a n t h e t h e children of l ight . And I say to yofc, Make unto you f r iends of t h e mammon of iniquity, t h a t when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlast ing dwellings.

COMMENTARY.

DIOCESE OF MALACCA. Calendar for t h e Week.

This Gospel recalls to our minds a scene, perhaps close upon us, in which we shall hea r t h e words t h a t t he lord said to t h e unjust s te­ward :—"give an account of t hy s tewardship ." The end of the economical year

I t wrill be like t h e closing da te of our economica1 career. Our accounts will be presented before t h e J u s t Judge "who, wi thout res­pect of persons, j u d g e t h according to every one's work ! (I Pe t . 1,17.) What shall we do? W h a t shall we h e a r ? What will be our final sen­tence ?

If, according to St . Bernard , one feels gnawing grief a t t h e pros­pect of leaving behind h im a world so tenderly loved—dolor in exi tu

- , if his pass ing away is filled wi th t h e horror of uncer ta in fu­tu re—hor ro r in t r a n s i t u — w h a t will be his feelings when th rown before Jesus Chr i s t h is J u d g e ? H e will s t and aghast , a cold sweat will aonvince him of t h e t remendous scene in which he is going to hea r his life sentence,—sudor in cons-pectu Dei.

J e sus will be our Judge . Bu t i J e sus Victor, Jesus King, Jesus

not hidden any more under t h e appearances of bread and v/ine. Jesus in t he robe of His infinite majes ty . Jesus whom we offended so many t imes and so grievously. Jesus , aga ins t whom we fought in life. Jesus , ha ted , abhorred by us on account of m a n y sacrileges. This circum­stance will render t he occasion more painful s t i l l Jesus offended is going to judge His offenders. We know that God is pat ient be­cause He is eternal . He has eter­ni ty before Himself to have His j u s t revenge. Jesus too has eter­n i ty in which to avenge His Dig­ni ty so outraged by us. If we had not offended our Judge we would not fear His Just ice so much. Joseph 's brothers who went to E g y p t for corn looked a t t h e Governor ( their own bro ther ) wi th fear, because he had power

Augus t 4. SUNDAY—8th Sun­day After Pentecost . . . . Mass and Vespers of t h e Sunday.

Augus t 5. Monday—Dedication of St . Mary of t h e Snows.

Augus t 6. Tuesday—The T r a n s ­figuration of our Lord.

Augus t 7. Wednesday—St. Caje-tan , C.

Augus t 8. Thursday—Ss . Cyria-cus & Comp., Mm.

Augus t 9. Fr iday—St . John Mary Vianney, C. Vigil of St . Lawrance, M.

A u g u s t 10. Sa tu rday—St . Law­rence, M. Double of t h e 2nd Class with Octave Day.

all over t h e country. They were under his sway. He could i|end them to prison as spies. When, however, t hey heard him say t h e words, " I a m Joseph" t h e y were terrified a t t he utmost , "being s t ruck wi th exceeding g rea t fear. ' They had sinned against h im. He would t ake his revenge now.

A t t h a t occasion, then , " W h a t shall guilty I then

plead? Who for m e will intercede, When t h e sa in ts shall comfort

need? King of dreadful majes ty , W h o dost freely just i fy , F o u n t of p i ty , save thou me . "

Give ah Account. Our books will be opened, then ,

before Him. And we shall give an acount (1.) Of t h e thousand and one graces rece ived:—(a) we have been chosen by Him from e te rn i ty to t h e t r u e fold of His church , in preference to so m a n y o thers , (b) actual g races received all t h r o u g h our life in order to pract ise v i r tue and avoid s in . . . these graces have been e i ther despised or ignored, (c) flowing graces have washed our soul now and t hen . . . t he sacra­men t s . . . and yet, t h e poor soul is so stained, so unclean, t h a t Jesus will not know wha t to do wi th it, (d) inspirat ions, good books, good friendships, every th ing will s tand aga ins t us . . .

2. Of t h e commandments of God and of His Church. T h e sins agains t t hem are so numerous . . . remember not, O Lord, t h e sins of my you th . . .

3. Of our own duties towards ourselves, our God and our neigh­bour.

"Lo, thy gracious face I seek; Shame and grief a re on my

cheek; Sighs and t ea r s my sorrow

speak. Severed from the guil ty band. Make me with thy sheep to

s tand, Placing me on t h y r igh t hand.

DIOCESE O F MACAO. CHURCH O F ST. J O S E P H .

Calendar for t h e Week.

A u g u s t 4. S U N D A Y — E i g h t h Sun­day af ter Pentecos t . Green vestments . P rope r of t h e Mass in t h e "Small Misall" p . 205. Second collect of St . Dominic, t h i rd "O God" p . 60. Preface of t h e Bl. Tr in i ty . Benediction of t h e Bl. Sacra­ment af ter High Mass . No Evening Service To-day.

Augus t 5. Monday—Our Lady of t h e Snows. Grea te r Double.

Augus t 6. Tuesday—The T r a n s ­figuration of Our Lord. Double of t h e 2nd cl.

Augus t 7. Wednesday—St . Gaje-t anus . Double.

Augus t 8. Thur sday—Sts . Cyria-cus, Largus and Smaragdus , Mar tyrs . Semi-double.

Augus t 9. F r iday—St . John Bap­t i s t Vianney, C. Double. Abstinence* E v e n i n g service a t 5.30.

Augus t 10. S a t u r d a y — S t Law­rence, Mar ty r . Double of t h e second class wi th simple oc­tave.

M A N BECOMES J E S U I T LAY BROTHER A S W I F E JOINS

CARMELITES.

YOUNG PRIEST ASSISTED AT F I R S T MASS BY HIS

BROTHERS-Fort Wayne, Ind.,—A newly

ordained priest h a s j u s t been ass is ted in his first solemn Mass he re by two of h is brothers , both pr ies ts .

The young priest is the Rev. Carl Herold, who was ordained at

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St. Meinrad 's Abbey. He celebrat­ed his first solemn Mass in SS. Pe te r and Paul Cathedral on Sun­day and the Rev. Mat thew Herold, pas tor of St . Franc is Church, Henryville, and the Rev. John Herold, of Vincennes, h is b ro thers , served as Ass is tan t P r ies t and Deacon respectively.

A cousin of Fa the r Herold, t he Rev. J e rome E lmer Bar te l , of Cincinnati , wasrsubdeacon.

Balt imore.—A dramat ic scene of separat ion and sacrifice, which five yea r s ago sent Alfred Oswald, prominent musician, to t he bro­therhood of t h e Jesu i t Order and

i h is wife to t h e cloistered life of a Carmeli te convent, was re-enacted a t t h e Carmelite communi ty here when Sister Beatr ice , t h e former Mrs . Oswald, took her final vows and drew the screen of Carmeli te renunciat ion between herself and th<- world forever.

Prominent in t h e musical world for many years , Mr. and Mrs . Oswald quietly decided 5 years ago to devote the r ema inde r of t he i r days to the service of God in reli­gion.

According to Carmeli te rule, S is te r Beatrice was permi t t ed t h r e e final days, a f t e r t ak ing he r vows, t o see and converse wi th h e r f r iends—through an iron grill .

5 Among those who ta lked wi th | S i s t e r Beatrice w a s Bro the r Os­

wald. And when t h e final recep­t ion days were over, he re tu rned

I t o Georgetown P r e p a r a t o r y School, i w h e r e he is an ins t ruc to r in music,

and Sis ter Bea t r ice re t i red in to t h e recesses of t h e convent to de­vote he r life to p r aye r and con­templat ion. They will never see

i each o ther again in life and if they ; speak to each o ther it will be

t h r o u g h a par t i t ion.

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935.

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PRAYER. N o t h i n g p roc l a ims t h e p r a c t i ­

cal C a t h o l i c so m u c h as t h e salu­t a r y h a b i t of p r a y e r . I n t e m p ­t a t i o n , i n each surpr i se of danger ,

. i n fear , anguish , o r grief p r a y e r is t h e o n l y r e m e d y t h a t b r ings relief a n d solace t o each hapless soul. L ike a conf id ing chi ld r u n ­n i n g t o t h e p r o t e c t i n g a rms of its m o t h e r , t he soul t h a t is h a b i ­t u a t e d t o p raye r , wil l i n s t inc ­t ive ly t u r n t o G o d . Since O u r L o r d has repea ted ly p o i n t e d o u t t he need for l i f t ing u p o u r hear ts in suppl ica t ion t o H e a v e n , t o p r a y o f t en a n d a lways m u s t necessarily appea r t o us as the m o s t i m p o r t a n t p a r t of Chr i s t i an life a n d discipline.

P r a y e r for t h e C a t h o l i c is t h e a r m o u r of the soul w h i c h f r o m c o n s t a n t use is k e p t c lean and b r i g h t ; i t is t h e ever present shield against w h i c h t h e fiery da r t s of enemies s t r ike , b u t are powerless t o h a r m . I t is as n a ­t u r a l fo r the good Ca tho l i c t o p r a y as t o b r ea the , a n d p r a y e r will a lways sp r ing spontaneous ly t o l^is h e a r t and lips, w i t h even t h e J f i r s t i n t i m a t i o n of danger . I f he be v ic tor ious over t e m p t a ­t i o n ; if he be successful i n over ­c o m i n g an inc l ina t ion to evil, if h e is t o accompl i sh a n y good wha t soever , i t is t raceable always t o p r a y e r . W h e n p r a y e r ceases, t h e sp i r i tua l life of t h e Ca tho l i c ceases, and w h e n t h e sp i r i tua l and p rac t i ca l p a r t of t h e Ca tho l i c life is laid aside, all m e r i t - g a i n i n g w o r k s are likewise laid or fo r ­g o t t e n . Ca tho l i c life w i t h o u t p r a y e r and good w o r k s becomes weakened and t h a t f a i th w h i c h is n o t s t imula ted b y good works soon becomes a dead fa i th .

I t is m e a n t f o r us t o ask in o rde r t h a t we m a y receive, and i t h on ly t h r o u g h this means of h u m b l e , earnest ask ing in p r a y e r t h a t G o d is pleased t o bes tow H i s g race u p o n us a n d t o g u a r d t h a t t reasure of the t r u e F a i t h w h i c h in H i s goodness H e has en t ru s t ed t o us. T h e i ndex of Ca tho l i c f ami ly life is t h e p rac t i ce of f ami ly p rayer . W e m i g h t do well t o enlarge u p o n this splendid h a b i t of t h e m e m b e r s of a family u n i t i n g in p r a y e r .

T h e essence of t h e Ca tho l i c f ami ly is t h a t sp i r i t of u n i o n t h a t

m u s t ever and anon be backed u p by the blessing and g race of God . N o w , w e m a y readily g r a n t t h a t God 's g race is a lways for o u r good, a n d family u n i o n is a good, n e t on ly for ourselves, b u t also for t h e wrhole c o m m u n i t y . If, then , t h e family u n i t e in p r a y e r for u n i o n , they can be sure of a f avourab le hear ing. Besides, the f o r m a l r e -un ion of the m e m ­bers c f a family in p r a y e r is in itself a p ledge and an o u t w a r d exercise of union. W h e n we kneel t oge the r before o u r Fa the r , we r e n e w f r o m day t o day o u r profession, r emain ing t oge the r in hear t a n d love.

I t m a y sometimes h a p p e n t h a t the h o u r s of w o r k in o u r m o d e r n life are so various t h a t t he full mee t ing of the fami ly c a n n o t of ten t a k e place a t r egu la r t imes for p r a y e r . Even in such a case, the rest of the family m i g h t join toge ther , b o t h for themselves and for t h e absent ones. B u t w h e t h e r such a c t u a l meet ings can t ake place o r n o t , each m e m b e r will also be fai l ing in his chief d u t y unless he f requen t ly p r ays fo r t he rest, a n d fo r God 's g u i d a n c e in his o w n c o n d u c t t o w a r d s t h e m .

H u s b a n d and wife, b y the ve ry

F O R T U N E H I N D E R S F A I T H — F A D S A N D FOIBLES

M A L A Y A N E D U C A T I O N — Q U A L I T Y O F STAFF.

Fortune hinders Faith.

The s t r ik ing me taphor of Our Lord emphasis ing t h e danger of r iches has become a p a r t of our everyday speech. " I t is easier for a camel to pass t h r o u g h t h e eye of a needle t h a n for a rich m a n to e n t e r into the Kingdom of God." To realise t h e wisdom of t h i s t r u i sm one has only to come in touch wi th people of weal th , pa r t i ­cularly t h e 'parvenu9 t ype t h a t have come by a wind-fall of 1 easy money 9 as we s a y in famil iar par ­lance. The rich m a y readily fulfil t h e i r own whims and fancies, as t h e y have the means to gra t i fy t h e i r desires, and consequently g r e a t e r opportuni t ies of falling in­to sin. However i t cannot be al­ways held t h a t weal th necessari ly spells ruin . The re have been some examples of Sa in ts who have been possessors of weal th, and it is j u s t because t hey could have done evil and did not do i t t h a t t hey became Sa in t s . Moreover, those who have g r e a t possessions a re prone to t r u s t in the i r r iches and the reby t h e y become proud and self-suffi­cient and tend t o forget t h e i r need of God. We m a y reasonably as ­sume , however^ t h a t Our Lord was

s ac r amen t of mar r i age , solemnly i r e fe r r ing to r iches in t h e b roader sense and not merely to c o n t r a c t before God t o he lp each

o the r t o a h igher p lace in heaven a t a n y cost to themselves. Th i s aspect of t h e c o n t r a c t m a y best be fulfilled, b y giving t h e p r i m a r y place in the i r t h o u g h t s t o t h e combined d u t y of a d o r i n g the i r Crea to r . Aga in , p a r e n t s a re res­ponsible for the we l fa re of the i r chi ldren, fo r their m a i n t e n a n c e , c lo th ing and educa t ion . C a n they h o p e t o p rov ide for the i r l i t t le ones, if they do n o t cons ­t a n t l y r e c o m m e n d the i r needs t o H i m W h o has given r a i m e n t t o the lily a n d food to t h e spar rows? Ch i ld ren c a n do ve ry l i t t le , espe­cially whi le still y o u n g , fo r t he mater ia l good of the i r pa r en t s . T h e y c a n r e t u r n love for l o v e — which is indeed all t h a t t h e p a ­rents a s k — b u t the chi ld himself yearns t o do more . H i s de l ight is to he lp m o t h e r or t o give f a t h e r some l i t t le present as a t o k e n of love. B u t b y p raye r , he can secure an a lmigh ty H e l p e r for m o t h e r , and f rom his heavenly Fa the r he can ob ta in the mos t excel lent gifts for his e a r t h ly fa ther .

F inal ly , good read ing is a k i n t o p rayer . W h e n we p r a y , we speak t o God , and w h e n w e read God speaks to us. Pious a n d edifying reading t ends t o t h e spir i tual a d v a n c e m e n t of the soul, fo r just as t h e b o d y is nour ished b y mater ia l b read , so also is t h e in ter ior m a n nour ished and enabled t o love b y the D i v i n e W o r d . W e are all encompassed wi th h u m a n frai l ty , and o f ten fall sho r t of o u r d u t y t o o u r b ro thers , b u t un ion in p r a y e r will r ec t i fy all errors and b r i n g peace and reconcil iat ion, so t h a t ' lovely and comely in life, even

money. The principle H e laid down applies equally t o all k inds of wea l th viz. power, influence, personal charm, j social popular i ty , physical s t r eng th , | a n d intellectual g i f t s .

* * * * Fads and Foibles.

I t is one of t h e commonplaces of t h e Gospel t h a t Our Lord constant ­ly u rged t h e supreme need of pos­sess ing a child-like hea r t . "Un-less you be converted, and become a s ' l i t t le children, you shall not en t e r into t h e k ingdom of heaven ." T h e child-like h e a r t alone is cap­able of fa i th t h a t will f r i t t e r away o u r idle fads and inna te foibles. If men could for a moment realise t h a t t hey a r e no th ing bu t children b u t of a l a rger mould, all t h e miser ies and iniquit ies t h a t beset modern society will vanish away like t h e morn ing dew wi th t h e first r a y s of t h e sun. Our a r rogan t self-reliance and over-bear ing men ta l a t t i tude defy t h e discovery of a 'cure-air for t h e ills which we h a v e brought upon ourselves by f lagrant violation of first pr inciples t h a t s tand rooted in t he divine exhor ta t ion to act t h e child a t h e a r t . A ref reshing example of t h e r i g h t menta l a t t i t ude was fur-

j wrong wi th Malayan Education ; appea r ing in t h e Malaya Tribune | of Ju ly 20th . We do not have a j p r e d i c t i o n to r ide a hobby-horse

to d e a t h by discussing the subject of educat ion wi th a pertinacity t h a t is wel l -n i^ i incorrigible; but t h e r e a r e cer tainly some mislead­ing and unwar r an t ed remarks in t h e ar t ic le in quest ion. Referring t c a recent speech made by His Lordsh ip t h e Anglican Bishop of Singapore , our cri t ic r emarks "the s t a n d a r d of education in grant-in-aid schools is not sufficiently high to fit t h e boys who leave these schools for any o the r calling." (than clerks in offices)—The Ital ics a r e ours . This is certainly a d i spa rag ing and uncharitable opinion which reflects prejudice aga ins t mission schools. No well-informed person will credit this wild asser t ion , and our critic 's im­press ion of mission schools (and we a r e par t icu lar ly concerned with Catholic schools) is hard ly worth t h e paper i t is wr i t t en on. If the resu l t s obtained in public examina­t ions a r e an index to go by, we m a y r igh t ly asse r t t h a t the Bro­t h e r s ' Schools and Convents in Malaya have a lways set up a s t a n d a r d of work which compares favourably wi th t h a t of Govern­m e n t Schools.

* * £ * Qual i ty of Staff.

B o t h Government and Aided Schools depend for much of their spade work on locally trained t eachers , who undergo identical t r a i n i n g e i t he r in t h e Normal Classes or a t t h e Raffles College. I t cannot be a rgued t h a t t h e pick of t h e pedagogues a r e specially in-draf ted for service in Government Schools or t h a t the 'mediocres' or 'misfi ts ' a r e t u rned over to aided Schools. T h e r e is however a spr inkl ing of European teachers for h ighe r work on t h e staffs of Government and Aided Schools, and t h e y will readily admit tha t t h e bulk of t h e groundwork is handled by locally t ra ined hands. Besides t h e r e is a splendid spiri t of co-operation prevai l ing in the B r o t h e r s ' schools between the lay and religious members of t h e staff. Aga in t h e r e could be no appreci­able difference in t he menta l make­up of t h e two sets of pupils at­t end ing t h e Government and Mis­sion Schools; and the re is one Educa t ion Code for all schools m Malaya. Furthermore^ t h e r e ap­pea r s to be a g r e a t e r keeness on t h e p a r t of Mission Schools, (and

nished by t h e world-famous i . scientist , Pas teu r , who, when he | w e m a y speak wi th an air o fce r t a i -became a Catholic, learned his catechism as any child would have done and accepted humbly all t h a t t h e Church t a u g h t on m a t t e r s of F a i t h and morals even though his mass ive scientific knowledge and experience was f a r super ior to t h a t of h is religious t eachers .

* * * * Malayan Education.

Our a t ten t ion is d rawn to a cri­tical ar t ic le encaptioned " W h a t is

in dea th we shall no t be divided (2 Kings 1. 2 3 ) b u t shall again be un i t ed before the heavenly t h r o n e , there t o f o r m p a r t of t he g rea t Roya l fami ly . " A n d if sons, heirs also: heirs indeed of G o d , and joint heirs w i t h C h r i s t . " ( R o m : V I I I . 1 7 ) .

j n i t y wi th r ega r d t o our Catholic Schools) to do someth ing bet ter t h a n h i t t h e 'second best ' cate­gory . This ha s repeatedly been testified to in official repor ts where h igh t r i bu te s have been p&id to t h e selfless labours of t h e religious t e a c h i n g bodies. If t he old boys of our Schools a r e no t equally for­t u n a t e in ge t t i ng 'catch-penny jobs ' , t h a t is no reason to describe t h e schools from which t hey come a s second r a t e . Securing jobs does no t entirely depend on intrinsic mer i t . T h e r e m u s t also be an ele­m e n t of luck o r influence, and the B r o t h e r s of t h e Catholic Schools do not have occasion to brush shoulders wi th business employers in club pavilions, where a friendly recommendat ion may produce the desired effect in finding billets for pupils .

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER. SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935. 1 1

POPE'S IMPARTIAL ATTITUDE IN ITALO—ABYSSINIAN

H D I S P U T E .

Vatican City, 28-7-35.—The Pope referred to t h e Italo-Abyssi-nian dispute for t h e first t ime today on t h e occasion of the beat i ­fication of J u s t i n de Jacobis on t h e 75th ann iversa ry of Jacobis ' dea th in Abyssinia w h e r e he was Apos­tolic Delegate. T h e Pope express ­ed t h e keen hope t h a t peace will be main ta ined bu t took no side in the dispute . T h e declaration is favourably received in I ta l ian poli­tical q u a r t e r s w h e r e some had feared the Pope m i g h t make some pronouncement not a l toge ther favourable to I ta l ian policy.—

Reu te r .

NAZI P E R S E C U T I O N S S T I L L R A M P A N T .

Berlin, 29 -7 -35—The campaign against t he Jews and Catholics suspected of political act ivi t ies continues. T h e well-known Ca­tholic organisat ion, t he Windhorst League in Baden and two o the r Catholic organisa t ions have had their p roper ty confiscated for "activities inimical to the people and t h e S ta t e . " T h e Catholic pas ­tor, Ludwig Roth , has been sen­tenced at F r a n k f o r t to e ight mon ths ' impr isonment for s t a t i n g in t h e pulpit t h a t German Catho­lics faced persecut ion like t h a t in Russia. All J e w s have been com­pelled to leave t h e lakeside resor t of Lychen nea r Berl in while t h e official Volkischer Beobachter an­nounces dozens of a r r e s t s of A r y a n girls and Jewish m e n in Munich and south Germany.

—Reu te r .

OLDEST CATHOLIC DAILY TO CLOSE.

Berlin, 27-7-35.—Germany's old­est Catholic daily Augsbu rge r Posizitung is closing down and henceforth will only be publishing weekly.—Reuter.

SISTER F R E D E R I C K F R O M P H I L I P P I N E S D E A D .

Maryknoll . N.Y. , A Marykncl l Sister who h a s laboured e igh t years in t h e Phi l ippines h a s j u s t been buried f rom t h e mothe rhouse of h e r congregat ion here . She was Sis ter Mary Freder ick (Mar­gare t Mary Bourgu ignon) , born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1902.

Sis ter F reder ick entered Maryk­noll in 1921. She went in 1927 to Manila, where she nursed t h e sick until she herself became a vict im, developing a t u m o r of the bra in . Brought back to t h e Sta tes in the hope of a cure, she died a t Provi­dence Hospital, Seat t le , where she had trained.

SEA B L E S S E D BY BISHOP ON COAST O F E N G L A N D .

London.—The ancient ceremony of blessing t h e sea was received on t h e n o r t h e a s t coast of E n g ­land for t h e first t ime s ince the Reformation dur ing t h e cele­bration of t h e fiftieth ann ive r sa ry of the church a t Sta i thes , York­shire fishing village.

Two thousand fisher-folk and visitors escorted t he Blessed Sa­crament in procession from the village to t h e t op of t h e cliff over­looking the N o r t h Sea. The Bishop of Middlesbrough, t h e Most Rev. Thomas Shine, gave the bless ing with the Sacred Hos t dur ing Bene­diction a t a t empora ry wooden altar. (N.C.W.C.)

G O S P E L f o r

EIGHTH S U N D A Y A F T E R PENTECOST. (Luke XVI, 1—9).

A t tha t t ime, Je sus spoke to his disciples th i s parable. There was a certain r ich man who had a s t e w a r d ; and the s a m e was accused unto h im t h a t he had wasted h i s goods : and he called him, and said to h im, How is it t ha t I h e a r t h i s of thee? g ive an account of thy s tewardship , for now thou canst be s teward no longer. And t h e steward said within himself, W h a t shall I do, because my lord t ake th away from the s tewardsh ip? To dig I a m not ab l e : to beg I am ashamed. I know what I will do, t h a t when I shall be removed from the s tewardship , t hey m a y receive me in to the i r houses . Therefore calling toge the r every one of h i s lord's debtors , he said to the first, How much dost thou owe m y lord? But he said, A hundred barre ls of oil. And he said to h im, Take t hy bill, and sit down quickly, and wri te fifty. Then he said to another , And how much dost thou owe? Who said, A hundred q u a r t e r s of whea t . He said to him, Take t h y bill, and wr i te e igh ty . And the lord com-ir.ended the unjus t s teward, forasmuch a s he had done wisely; for t h e children of t h i s world a re wiser in t he i r generat ion t h a n t h e t h e children of l ight . And I say to yofc, Make unto you f r iends of t h e mammon of iniquity, t h a t when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlast ing dwellings.

COMMENTARY.

DIOCESE OF MALACCA. Calendar for t h e Week.

This Gospel recalls to our minds a scene, perhaps close upon us, in which we shall hea r t h e words t h a t t he lord said to t h e unjust s te­ward :—"give an account of t hy s tewardship ." The end of the economical year

I t wrill be like t h e closing da te of our economica1 career. Our accounts will be presented before t h e J u s t Judge "who, wi thout res­pect of persons, j u d g e t h according to every one's work ! (I Pe t . 1,17.) What shall we do? W h a t shall we h e a r ? What will be our final sen­tence ?

If, according to St . Bernard , one feels gnawing grief a t t h e pros­pect of leaving behind h im a world so tenderly loved—dolor in exi tu

- , if his pass ing away is filled wi th t h e horror of uncer ta in fu­tu re—hor ro r in t r a n s i t u — w h a t will be his feelings when th rown before Jesus Chr i s t h is J u d g e ? H e will s t and aghast , a cold sweat will aonvince him of t h e t remendous scene in which he is going to hea r his life sentence,—sudor in cons-pectu Dei.

J e sus will be our Judge . Bu t i J e sus Victor, Jesus King, Jesus

not hidden any more under t h e appearances of bread and v/ine. Jesus in t he robe of His infinite majes ty . Jesus whom we offended so many t imes and so grievously. Jesus , aga ins t whom we fought in life. Jesus , ha ted , abhorred by us on account of m a n y sacrileges. This circum­stance will render t he occasion more painful s t i l l Jesus offended is going to judge His offenders. We know that God is pat ient be­cause He is eternal . He has eter­ni ty before Himself to have His j u s t revenge. Jesus too has eter­n i ty in which to avenge His Dig­ni ty so outraged by us. If we had not offended our Judge we would not fear His Just ice so much. Joseph 's brothers who went to E g y p t for corn looked a t t h e Governor ( their own bro ther ) wi th fear, because he had power

Augus t 4. SUNDAY—8th Sun­day After Pentecost . . . . Mass and Vespers of t h e Sunday.

Augus t 5. Monday—Dedication of St . Mary of t h e Snows.

Augus t 6. Tuesday—The T r a n s ­figuration of our Lord.

Augus t 7. Wednesday—St. Caje-tan , C.

Augus t 8. Thursday—Ss . Cyria-cus & Comp., Mm.

Augus t 9. Fr iday—St . John Mary Vianney, C. Vigil of St . Lawrance, M.

A u g u s t 10. Sa tu rday—St . Law­rence, M. Double of t h e 2nd Class with Octave Day.

all over t h e country. They were under his sway. He could i|end them to prison as spies. When, however, t hey heard him say t h e words, " I a m Joseph" t h e y were terrified a t t he utmost , "being s t ruck wi th exceeding g rea t fear. ' They had sinned against h im. He would t ake his revenge now.

A t t h a t occasion, then , " W h a t shall guilty I then

plead? Who for m e will intercede, When t h e sa in ts shall comfort

need? King of dreadful majes ty , W h o dost freely just i fy , F o u n t of p i ty , save thou me . "

Give ah Account. Our books will be opened, then ,

before Him. And we shall give an acount (1.) Of t h e thousand and one graces rece ived:—(a) we have been chosen by Him from e te rn i ty to t h e t r u e fold of His church , in preference to so m a n y o thers , (b) actual g races received all t h r o u g h our life in order to pract ise v i r tue and avoid s in . . . these graces have been e i ther despised or ignored, (c) flowing graces have washed our soul now and t hen . . . t he sacra­men t s . . . and yet, t h e poor soul is so stained, so unclean, t h a t Jesus will not know wha t to do wi th it, (d) inspirat ions, good books, good friendships, every th ing will s tand aga ins t us . . .

2. Of t h e commandments of God and of His Church. T h e sins agains t t hem are so numerous . . . remember not, O Lord, t h e sins of my you th . . .

3. Of our own duties towards ourselves, our God and our neigh­bour.

"Lo, thy gracious face I seek; Shame and grief a re on my

cheek; Sighs and t ea r s my sorrow

speak. Severed from the guil ty band. Make me with thy sheep to

s tand, Placing me on t h y r igh t hand.

DIOCESE O F MACAO. CHURCH O F ST. J O S E P H .

Calendar for t h e Week.

A u g u s t 4. S U N D A Y — E i g h t h Sun­day af ter Pentecos t . Green vestments . P rope r of t h e Mass in t h e "Small Misall" p . 205. Second collect of St . Dominic, t h i rd "O God" p . 60. Preface of t h e Bl. Tr in i ty . Benediction of t h e Bl. Sacra­ment af ter High Mass . No Evening Service To-day.

Augus t 5. Monday—Our Lady of t h e Snows. Grea te r Double.

Augus t 6. Tuesday—The T r a n s ­figuration of Our Lord. Double of t h e 2nd cl.

Augus t 7. Wednesday—St . Gaje-t anus . Double.

Augus t 8. Thur sday—Sts . Cyria-cus, Largus and Smaragdus , Mar tyrs . Semi-double.

Augus t 9. F r iday—St . John Bap­t i s t Vianney, C. Double. Abstinence* E v e n i n g service a t 5.30.

Augus t 10. S a t u r d a y — S t Law­rence, Mar ty r . Double of t h e second class wi th simple oc­tave.

M A N BECOMES J E S U I T LAY BROTHER A S W I F E JOINS

CARMELITES.

YOUNG PRIEST ASSISTED AT F I R S T MASS BY HIS

BROTHERS-Fort Wayne, Ind.,—A newly

ordained priest h a s j u s t been ass is ted in his first solemn Mass he re by two of h is brothers , both pr ies ts .

The young priest is the Rev. Carl Herold, who was ordained at

(Continued at foot of next Col.)

St. Meinrad 's Abbey. He celebrat­ed his first solemn Mass in SS. Pe te r and Paul Cathedral on Sun­day and the Rev. Mat thew Herold, pas tor of St . Franc is Church, Henryville, and the Rev. John Herold, of Vincennes, h is b ro thers , served as Ass is tan t P r ies t and Deacon respectively.

A cousin of Fa the r Herold, t he Rev. J e rome E lmer Bar te l , of Cincinnati , wasrsubdeacon.

Balt imore.—A dramat ic scene of separat ion and sacrifice, which five yea r s ago sent Alfred Oswald, prominent musician, to t he bro­therhood of t h e Jesu i t Order and

i h is wife to t h e cloistered life of a Carmeli te convent, was re-enacted a t t h e Carmelite communi ty here when Sister Beatr ice , t h e former Mrs . Oswald, took her final vows and drew the screen of Carmeli te renunciat ion between herself and th<- world forever.

Prominent in t h e musical world for many years , Mr. and Mrs . Oswald quietly decided 5 years ago to devote the r ema inde r of t he i r days to the service of God in reli­gion.

According to Carmeli te rule, S is te r Beatrice was permi t t ed t h r e e final days, a f t e r t ak ing he r vows, t o see and converse wi th h e r f r iends—through an iron grill .

5 Among those who ta lked wi th | S i s t e r Beatrice w a s Bro the r Os­

wald. And when t h e final recep­t ion days were over, he re tu rned

I t o Georgetown P r e p a r a t o r y School, i w h e r e he is an ins t ruc to r in music,

and Sis ter Bea t r ice re t i red in to t h e recesses of t h e convent to de­vote he r life to p r aye r and con­templat ion. They will never see

i each o ther again in life and if they ; speak to each o ther it will be

t h r o u g h a par t i t ion.

12 MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935.

P E N S I O N N A T NOTRE D A M E ON CAMERON

HIGHLANDS O P E N E D BY BRITISH RESIDENT

OF P A H A N G EUROPEAN GUESTS ATTEND FUNCTION

On S a t u r d a y l a s t , 2 7 t h J u l y , t h e " P e n s i o n n a t N o t r e - D a m e , " o n t h e C a m e ­r o n H i g h l a n d s , w a s f o r m a l l y o p e n e d b y t h e B r i t i s h R e s i d e n t o f P a h a n g , t h e H o n . M r . C. C. Brown .

H i s Lordship B i s h o p D e v a l s w h o w a s e x p e c t e d t o g r a c e t h e occas ion b y h i s p r e s e n c e h a d t o b e c a l l e d a w a y b y t h e m u c h r e g r e t t e d d e m i s e of M g r . Bar i l l on , t h e re t i red B i s h o p o f Malacca .

A m o n g t h e officials w h o had c o m e t o p a y a t o k e n of e s t e e m a n d a d m i r a t i o n t o t h e splendid w o r k done b y t h e S i s t e r s o f t h e H o l y I n f a n t J e s u s s i n c e t h e i r a r ­r i v a l a t t h e H i g h l a n d s w e r e Mr. W . F . Churchi l l , D.O. o f K u a l a Lapis, Mr . C. W . A . S e n n e t t , D .O . o f K i n t a , Mr. H e n -n i n g t o n A . D . O . o f L o w e r P e r a k , M r . J . H . Creer A . D . O . o f K u a l a L i p i s , Mr. Fa irch i ld , S t a t e E n g i n e e r o f P a h a n g .

I n s i p t e o f t h e t h r e a t e n i n g w e a t h e r o n t h e u p l a n d s t h e p r o g r a m m e w a s g o n e t h r o u g h w i t h o u t a h i t c h .

B e f o r e dec lar ing t h e school f o r m a l l y o p e n t h e H o n . Mr. C. C. B r o w n a d d r e s s e d t h e audience a s f o l l o w s : — L a d i e s and G e n t l e m e n ,

I t i s a p r i v i l e g e a n d a p l e a s u r e f o r m e t o pres ide a t t h i s o p e n i n g o f t h e P e n s i o n n a t N o t r e - D a m e , Cameron H i g h ­l a n d s . I t i s a p r i v i l e g e because I h a p p e n t o b e a c t i n g a s R e s i d e n t o f t h e S t a t e in w h i c h th i s beaut i fu l school h a s b e e n bu i l t : and it i s a p l e a s u r e because I can ,

s e n d t h e i r chi ldren to the P e n s i o n n a t N o t r e - D a m e , Cameron High lands wi l l n o t b e d i sappointed . I a m n o t g o i n g t o g i v e y o u t h e de ta i l s about t h e school w h i c h wi l l be found in i ts prospec tus , a n d I a m n o t g o i n g to g i v e a w a y s tab le s e c r e t s and te l l y o u w h a t it a l l cos t , t h o u g h I k n o w I a m r i g h t in s a y i n g t h a t i t i s a g o o d e x a m p l e of t h e French g e n i u s f o r produc ing t h e bes t poss ible re su l t s on t h e l o w e s t poss ib le expendi ture .

Y o u wi l l I a m sure a g r e e w i t h me t h a t t h i s sp lendid bui ld ing i s a cred i t to i t s arch i t ec t and builder, Mr. N a t h a n , a n d t h a t i t s equ ipment defies the cr i t i c i sms o f e v e n t h e m o s t e x a c t i n g of p a r e n t s .

L a d i e s and Gent lemen, le t u s w i s h t h i s school m a n y y e a r s of use fu l and h a p p y l i fe . I h a v e v e r y g r e a t p leasure in dec lar ing i t open.

T h e n t h e H o n . Br i t i sh R e s i d e n t cut t h e w h i t e r ibbon across the en trance to t h e port ico , and p a r e n t s and g u e s t s m a d e t h e i r w a y to t h e hall w h e r e t h e y w e r e to be g i v e n a del ightful en ter ta in ­m e n t b y the pupi l s o f the school .

" S w i n g i n g in t h e Orchard" and " N u r s e r y R h y m e s " acted and s u n g by t h e ' t iny t o t s ' proved t o be a t r e a t b o t h to t h e e y e s and ears . A s for the narra ­t i o n " U n e Habi l e Couturiere," told in F r e n c h , t h e s t o r y of a c lever l i t t l e g ir l w h o proudly boas ted h a v i n g c u t a n d s e w n a d r e s s f o r her dolly, w h e n s h e k n e w n o t h i n g about i t ,—ended in

P E N S I O N N A T " N O T R E - D A M E 9 9

Opened at t h e Cameron Highlands by the Ladies of Saint Maur for young European Children, '

I hope , cal l m y s e l f a n old fr iend o f the c o m m u n i t y t h a t h a s b u i l t i t .

T h i s i s t h e th ird school t h a t h a s been o p e n e d a t a hill s t a t i o n in P a h a n g . T h e first w a s t h a t s t a r t e d a t F r a s e r ' s Hi l l by Mrs . McCall w h i c h i s b e i n g carr ied on b y Mrs. D a v i d s o n . T h e s e c o n d w a s t h a t opened b y M i s s Griff ith-Jones on t h e s e H i g h l a n d s l a s t y e a r , and t h i s i s t h e third.

T h e s e t h r e e s c h o o l s are h e l p i n g , each admirab ly in i t s o w n w a y , t o s u p p l y a n e e d t h a t h a s l o n g b e e n f e l t in M a l a y a . T h e c l imate of t h i s country , in the m a j o r i t y , o f p l a c e s w h e r e E u r o p e a n s h a v e to earn t h e i r d a i l y bread, i s not g o o d for chi ldren b y t h e t i m e t h e y a r e old e n o u g h t o g o t o school , a n d i t h a s been neces sary h i t h e r t o for E u r o p e a n s t o send the ir ch i ldren h o m e to b e e d u ­cated and so to l o s e t o u c h w i t h t h e m w h i l e t h e y are s t i l l v e r y y o u n g : w h i c h i s not good e i t h e r for t h e ch i ldren or f o r t h e parents .

T h e opening o f t h e s e schools h a s comple te ly a l t ered t h e pos i t ion , afford­i n g E u r o p e a n s a s t h e y do t h e c h a n c e of g e t t i n g the ir ch i ldren we l l educa ted a t a reasonable cos t i n a favourab le c l i m a t e a n d a l t h e s a m e t i m e of s e e i n g t h e m re­g u l a r l y in the ir h o l i d a y s , thus p r e s e r v ­i n g w h a t I am o ld - fash ioned e n o u g h to ca l l the i n e s t i m a b l e benefit o f h o m e in­fluence.

T o c o m e n o w t o th i s school , I need o n l y s a v t h a t g o o d w a r e s need no puff­i n g , and the record of educat ional work t h a t the Convent o f t h i s Order c a n s h o w j f o r m a n y y e a r s t h r o u g h o u t M a l a y a i s a n adequate g u a r a n t e e t h a t p a r e n t s w h o I

I t h u n d e r i n g a p p l a u s e ; w h i l e , " K i n g J H i l a r y and t h e B e g g a r m a n " roused j p e e l s o f l a u g h t e r f r o m the audience .

T h e l a s t and m o s t i m p o r t a n t i t e m "A M a s q u e o f t h e S l e e p i n g B e a u t y " w a s finely rendered by t h e pupi ls , b o y s and g i r l s .

T o crown t h e enter ta inment , Mrs . F . H . G r u m m i t kept t h e audience under t h e c h a r m of a Musical Rec i ta l " T h e Self ish G i a n t "

Mrs . Chasser iau ably pres ided a t t h e p i a n o f o r al l mucica l i t e m s . A f t e r M i s s M a r y G r u m m i t had read a c o m p l i m e n t t o the H o n . t h e Br i t i sh Res ident , Mr. F . H . G r u m m i t , on behal f of H i s Lordship B i s h o p D e v a l s del ivered t h e f o l l o w i n g a d d r e s s : — S p e e c h de l ivered by Mr. F . H. Grummit .

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A c c o r d i n g to the p r o g r a m m e , t h i s i s t h e t i m e w h e n H i s E x c e l l e n c y B i s h o p D e v a l s g r e e t s t h e audience , but , a s y o u al l k n o w , he w a s ca l led a w a y to S i n g a ­pore y e s t e r d a y to p a y his l a s t r e s p e c t s t o t h e ret ired Bi shop Mgr. Bari l lon w h o p a s s e d a w a y y e s t e r d a y morning . Great a s i s t h e d i sappo in tment of the Mother V i s i t o r and o f all of us , I k n o w t h a t n o b o d y i s m o r e disappointed t h a n Bi­s h o p D e v a l s h imsel f .

H i s Lordship h o w e v e r has l e f t m e his n o t e s o f w h a t he intended to say th i s a f t ernoon .

H e first w i s h e s t o compl iment the chi ldren on the i r p lay . I th ink he m u s t h a v e had a p e e p a t t h e rehersa ls . There i s n o t h i n g more charming than to w a t c h t h e efforts of these l i tt le ones—and I

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W e m u s t t h a n k the Br i t i sh Res ident of P a h a n g , t h e Hon. Mr. C. C. Brown, v e r y s incerely for h a v i n g come here to open the School . The S t a t e he admini s ­t e r s i s indeed for tunate in h a v i n g such a wonderful h i l l - s ta t ion a s th i s , and i t i s no wonder there are so m a n y plots t o t a k e i t a w a y . A s l o n g a s w e h a v e a Res ident of P a h a n g w i t h t h e v is ion and e n e r g y of Mr. Brown, t h e r e is no need to take Cameron H i g h l a n d s out of P a h a n g and p u t i t under Federa l Con­trol . B u t I m u s t confine m y s e l f to the Bishop's notes and no t s t r a y a long the p a t h of local pol i t ics .

The Bishop w i s h e s m e to thank on his behal f all t h o s e who h a v e contributed in w h a t e v e r w a y to the foundat ion of th i s School . He reca l l s t h e first v i s i t to the H i g h l a n d s in April 1930 w h e n Rev. F a t h e r Perr issoud and Rev. F a t h e r F o u r g s came u p to s p y o u t t h e land. T h e road w a s only e o m p l e t e d a s far as R ing le t , and t h e Rev. F a t h e r s had to walk the rest o f the w a y . The journey ended c lose t o the hill on which th i s School s tands , for F a t h e r F o u r g s fe l l in to the s t r e a m jus t be low here and broke h i s col larbone. T h e n e x t t i m e — a month l a t e r — F r . D e v a l s c a m e h imse l f w i t h Fr . Perr issoud and t h e s e three s i tes w e r e selected definitely in 1931.

I t i s one t h i n g to s e l ec t a s i te and quite another t o g e t i t approved. Every ­one, however , Official and Unofficial s e e m s to have combined to as s i s t . There w a s the Hon. Mr. Leonard , the Brit ish Res ident , w h o came out here to per­sonal ly inspect the s i t e . Mr. H. T. Cock-m a n w h o w a s then D.O. a t Kuala Lipis and Mr. J. H e n n i n g t o n , the A.D.O. a t Cameron Highlands .

The present Officials have been equal ly h^Tvful. part icularly t h e A.D.O. and the S t s t e E n g i n e e r who h a v e rendered ser­v ice during t h e construct ion of the School .

W e are part icu lar ly gratefu l to Mr. N a t h a n , the archi tect , w h o i s responsible f o r all des ign and f o r s u p e r v i s e e the construction o f the buildinsr, Mr. N a t h a n , I see . i s w i t h us t o - d a y and he must , indeed, be a proud m a n w h e n he sees w h a t he has accompl ished.

Thanks are a l s o due to Messrs . Dre-w i t t and Irv ing f o r h a v i n g taken care o f the roads and excavat ion work, to M e s s r s . R. Y o u n g w h o have taken charge o f the san i tary ins ta l la t ion and t o Mr. Kennieson f o r a l l t h e supply of cement blocks and t i les .

But there is one person w h o m the Bishop has f o r g o t t e n to ment ion in his no te s , and that i s H i s Exce l l ency Bishop D e v a l s . I a m s u r e tha t the Rev. Mother of P e n a n g wi l l a g r e e w i t h m e that her ta sk has been m a d e eas ier for her by t h e h i g h e s t e e m and universal favour in which our B i shop is held by everyone. T h e goodwi l l o f everybody is so impor­t a n t in an under tak ing o f th i s nature! A n d w e are f o r t u n a t e in tha t wi th a Bishop l ike ours w e are as sured of the goodwi l l and suppor t of t h e h ighes t a s w e l l a s the h u m b l e s t in t h e land.

T h e School wi l l be a l a s t ing monument to the g r e a t work in this country of the Rev . Mother S t . Tarc is ius , and I think s h e has j u s t l y e a r n e d the t i t l e of Mother Vi s i tor of the Order. The success of the School , which i s a lready assured , wil l be t h e bes t reward t o her for the many y e a r s of l ov ing labour and cease l e s s self-sacrifice she has devoted to Malaya .

I shal l l ike, therefore , on behalf of t h e European p a r e n t s of M a l a y a to ex­p r e s s our t h a n k s to the Rev. Mother Superior and, t h r o u g h her, to the Mo­t h e r General and t o all t h e other mem­bers of the Order o f the S i s t er s of Holy In fant J e s u s f o r t h e crowning achieve­m e n t of the ir m a n y years o f noble work, in the cause of educat ion in th i s country.

One of the c h i e f drawbacks of Euro­pean l i fe in M a l a y a w a s the fac t that w e have to be par ted from our children w h i l e t h e y are st i l l quite y o u n g ; and mothers have t o spend the ir t ime be­t w e e n the ir husbands out here and their chi ldren a t h o m e — n o t a very s a t i s f ac ­t o r y a r r a n g e m e n t for e i ther of them,

The School t h a t is formal ly opened to -day , therefore , suppl ies a very long f e l t need, and, a s a parent m y s e l f I know the difference i t wi l l make to our lives here , a n d - t h a t w e will b e able t o keep our l i t t le ones f o r some years longer than has h i therto been possible . I t is a v e r y b ; g under tak ing , but w e know t h a t

(Continued on page 19 Cols. 1 # 2 )

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935. 13

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' Philadelphia.—The opinion t h a t the activities of the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, pas to r of t h e Shr ine of the Li t t le Flower at Royal Oak, Mich., "cons t i tu te direct violations of exist ing Canon Law," is ex­pressed in an art icle by t h e Rev. Dr. Edward V. Dargin, pas tor of St. Joseph's Church, Croton Falls , N.Y., in t he Ju ly issue of t h e Ame­rican Ecclesiastical Review, which appeared recently.

"Whether h is activities a r e or are not political is a quest ion of fact," Dr. D a r g i n says. " I t is m y conviction t h a t they a r e political and this conviction is based on h is organization of a nat ion-wide league, wi th a direct and open threat to use i t s voting power for or against cer ta in nat ional poli­cies, laws, and elective officials; on his appearance a t mee t ings in Detroit and Cleveland, speaking from the p la t form with polit icians on political m a t t e r s , jandt on h is announced plan to hold s imilar meetings in t h e principal cit ies of the na t i on ; on many s t a t e m e n t s contained in his se rmons—sta te ­ments too numerous to quote within t h e limited space of t h i s paper bu t which can be cited for t h e asking .

"The direct law governing th i s m a t t e r is contained in No. 83 of the I I I P l ena ry Council of Bal t i ­more. This legislation express ly commands pr ies t s to abs ta in from the public discussion of political or secular m a t t e r s , ei ther in or out­side of a church, and forbids clerics to inject themselves in judgements of t he faithful in ques­tions of a civil na ture .

Law Retains Force. "This legislation of Bal t imore ,

by v i r ture of Canon 6, No. 1, of the new Code of Canon Law, re ­tains i ts force and is b ind ing in this country. Moreover, since it is the law of a plenary council, ap­proved by t h e Holy See, t h e indi­vidual bishop is limited in t h e extent to which he can dispense from it. Even though a cleric's proper Ord inary has g r a n t e d a dispensation, within t h e scope of the l imitat ions placed on his po­wer by Canon Law, t h e cleric would have to ask and receive fur­ther dispensat ions from t h e Ordi­naries of o the r jur isdic t ions in which he, a s an extern, wishes to carry on h i s activity. Th i s cer­tainly is t h e case when one speaks by a means which reaches o ther dioceses. B u t there is someth ing more t h a n t h e Council of Balt i ­more, namely, general legislation, concerning ecclesiastical discip­line."

Saying t h a t " i t is well to point out tha t F a t h e r Coughlin a t t e m p t s to just i fy and defend h i s ac t iv i ty on the ground tha t he, as a citizen, has the same freedom as any o the r citizen, and t h a t he has t h e same right to discuss publicly, na t ional Personalities and policies and plat­forms as a n y doctor, lawyer , sol­dier or citizen of any o the r p ro­fession," Dr . Dargin declares t h a t

this a rgumen t is fallacious."" "Fa the r Coughlin's freedom h a s

been limited directly and express­ly, not by civil law it is t r ue , bu t by Canon Law," he cont inues .

| " Jus t a s t h e r e is Canon Law to ' limit t h e freedom of a priest-

citizen to engage in t h e practice of medicine or business , so t he r e is Canon Law to l imit t he freedom

j of a priest-cit izen to engage in political act ivi ty. And t h e basis

j of these expressed l imitations of ; t he r i gh t of clerics t o mix in mat -i t e r s of themselves good is tha t , \ despite the i r goodness and praise-| worthiness in a layman, t hey are ! not becoming t h e dignity and ! mission of t h e priesthood."

Legislation's Necessity Evident. " T h e necessity of canonical le-

j gislation aga ins t a pr ies t engaging | in politics m u s t be evident," Dr. ; Dargin says . "A pr ies t who des-! cends from t h e pulpit , where he | has t h e r i gh t and du ty to preach ; t he principles of social jus t ice , and ; s teps into t h e a r ena of politics by

urg ing par t icu lar political methods of applying these principles or by publicly engaging in personalit ies

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m u s t be prepared to be t rea ted a s a n y layman or a n y other politi­cian. In doing so, he cannot di­vorce himself from his own priest­hood or from t h e body of his fellow-priests. He mus t neces­sari ly become t h e object of t h e criticism, v i tupera t ion and ridicule which is t h e lot of any politician.

. These do not merely affect h im a s | an individual, but they lessen t h e

d igni ty of t h e office of t h e pr ies t ­hood, a d ign i ty which t h e Church has a lways guarded jealously. In he r desire to pro tec t them she will not permi t pr ies ts to renounce cer ta in privileges which she h a s g ran ted to t h e priesthood as a

! body, or to violate laws which she \ ha s imposed on t h e body of t h e | pr iesthood to safeguard i ts honour j and d igni ty ."

Declaring t h a t " the re is a lways t h e danger t h a t a cleric who en­gaged in politics will s t i r up t h e flames of religious b igot ry ," Dr . Dargin says t h a t " to avoid these evils and t o remain within t h e res t r ic t ion imposed by Canon Law, a cleric m u s t a lways make a clear-cut dist inction between the princi­ples of social jus t ice and the par ­t icular political methods to b r ing these principles into legislative real i ty . As a priest , he mus t preach t h e former in season and out of season, bu t mus t leave t h e l a t t e r to t h e layman whom he h a s thoroughly t ra ined in t h e princi­ples ."

(Continued at foot of Cols. 3 & 4 )

New York.—Thomas C. Quinn. ve teran publisher, died he re recently a t t h e age of 70.

Mr. Quinn, who is credited wi th being the a u t h o r of t h e pract ice of displaying t h e American flag on public schools and buildings, had a long career in t h e newspaper publishing field, formerly owning and publishing the old New York Daily News. He purchased t h e paper from F r a n k A. Munsev in June, 1904. F r o m 1908 to 1916 he published t h e New York Led­ger, af ter which he was des ignated S ta te Supervisor of Public Records for a four-year t e rm. He was pre­sident of t h e Accura te Biographi­cal Service, a member of t h e American Historical Association, and a former secre tary of t h e Ca­tholic W r i t e r s ' Guild of America.

Mr. Quinn wro te an art icle while on t he New York Press advocat ing the enforced display of American flags on all public schools and buildings. T h e art icle, which was published on June 29, 1889, re ­sulted in t h e national adoption of the suggest ion. -<N .€ .W.C.)

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Received Decorations For Courage & Bravery.

New York.—Funera l services for Mrs. H a r r i e t Bard Squiers up­on whom France conferred t h e Croix de Guer re for service as head ; of a w a r hospital a t Mont-mirail in t h e Marne and for bravery in car ing for t h e wounded in t he ba t t le of Chateau Thier ry , were held a t t h e Church of N o t r e Dame here .

Mrs . Squiers , who died recent ly a t St . Luke 's hospital, had lived in France from t h e dea th of he r hus ­band, Herbe r t Goldsmith Squiers , noted American diplomat, in 1912 until he r r e t u rn here about a yea r ago. Mr. Squiers was first sec­r e t a ry of t h e American Legat ion a t Peiping dur ing t h e Boxer up-rising, and played a conspicuous pa r t in t h e defense of t h e Lega­tion. In 1902, he was named first American Minister to t h e Republic of Cuba, serving unti l la te in 1905. The following year he was named Minister to Panama .

Mrs. Squiers built t he hospital a t Montmirai l , financed it and was active in i t s management . The citation accompanying t h e Croix de Guerre decoration s t a t e s t h a t she and two ass i s tan ts cared for more t han 600 wounded soldiers a t t h e Batt le of Chateau Th ie r ry unti l she went, under fire, to the French mil i tary staff for medical and sur­gical assis tance. She also received the Medaille de Reconnaissance de La France in recognition of he r civilian services.

Vatican City.—The seventy-nin th b i r thday of His Holiness Pope Pius XI has served to em­phasize fu r the r t h e s t reng th and g rea t energy which the Pontiff r e ­ta ins in spite of his advanced age .

He never shows the sl ightest fat igue despite t he extraordinar i ly intense act ivi ty of t he 14 years of Pontificate. And th i s activity h a s consisted not only of under tak ings to which he has given impetus and development but also t h e direct and personal work he ac­complishes himself.

The cha rac te r of the activity of Pius XI is a lways t he same. He is not content merely with proposing ideas and giving directions, but is closely associated with every pro­ject from pre l iminary studies of t he questions involved to the ful­fillment of them, even to the v e r y details of applying the decisions taken. Those who work with h im in t h e g r e a t act ivi ty of the Roman Congregations and the Secre tar ia t "of "State h a v e t h i s "daily exper ience and admire such a demonst ra t ion of s t r eng th , assiduity, and energy day af ter day wi thout a sign of advanced age or the sl ightest indi­cation of weakness .

Many a re anxious over the Holy Fa the r ' s hea l th . Actually he alone is never troubled about i t . And when he is advised to t a k e bet ter care of himself and to save his s t r eng th or consult some doctor to s ee .whe the r , in his ad­vanced age, i t would not be neces­sary for h im to t ake some precau­tions and to moderate his daily work in some way, Pius XI replies t h a t such is not a t all necessary and t ha t he has no need of doctors because all t h e world prays for h im and the Lord will give him t h e s t reng th and grace necessary for his s ta te .

The answer he gave his nephew, Count Franco Rat t i , whom he call­ed to his side t h r ee years ago to be the Pres ident of t h e Central Council of t h e Vatican City, is typical. One day, when Pius XI had given, a s is his daily cus tom, th ree or four discourses, h i s nephew told h im he should t a k e grea ter care of his heal th and no t fat igue himself so much: T h e Pope looked smilingly a t him, a n d then sa id : "You may give me t h i s advice when I a m 90 years old, b u t not now."

And really, to all who approach the Pope, such an answer does no t seem presumtuous , because t h e freshness and s t r eng th shown by Pius XI a t 79 yea r s of age, is such as to pe rmi t one reasonably t o ex­pect t h a t he migh t well live to be 90 and more.—(N.C.W.C.)

Having preached and t a u g h t t he principles and t ra ined t h e lay-sons of t h e Church, Dr . Dargin continues, "pr ies t s should leave entirely to these lay-sons political activity to decide w h e t h e r t h e N.R.A. is to be modified, continued or discontinued; w h e t h e r t h e F e ­deral Reserve Bank is t o be replaced by a new form of Na­tional B a n k ; whe the r t h e Har r i son or P a t m a n or Vinson Bonus plan represents t h e bes t in te res t s of the nat ion and t h e v e t e r a n ; Pres ident Roosevelt is wor thy of re-election and w h e t h e r t h e in te r ­es ts of t h e workingman and t h e principles of social jus t i ce a r e bes t represented by t h e p la t form of t h e Republican P a r t y or t h e Domocra-tic P a r t y or a Thi rd P a r t y . "

" In t h e degree in which F a ­the r Coughlin has preached t h e principles of social jus t ice , t o t h a t extent he h a s t ra ined t h e sons of t he Church and those outside t h e fold in these principles," Dr. Da r ­gin says in conclusion. " H i s fellow-priests yearn , a s he does , t o see t h e day when as a r esu l t of our teaching , under t h e direct ion of our Holy F a t h e r and o u r Bi* shops, t h e s e principles m a y per ­meate individuals and ins t i tu t ions and con t r ibu te to t h e ini t ia t ion of a be t t e r social order. In order , however, t h a t act ivi ty m a y b e 'under t h e guidance and direct ion of t h e Church , ' a pr ies t ' s zeal should never lead h im to o v e r s t e p t h e res t r ic t ions imposed upon h i m

by Canon L a w . " (N.C.W.C.)

12 MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935.

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On S a t u r d a y l a s t , 2 7 t h J u l y , t h e " P e n s i o n n a t N o t r e - D a m e , " o n t h e C a m e ­r o n H i g h l a n d s , w a s f o r m a l l y o p e n e d b y t h e B r i t i s h R e s i d e n t o f P a h a n g , t h e H o n . M r . C. C. Brown .

H i s Lordship B i s h o p D e v a l s w h o w a s e x p e c t e d t o g r a c e t h e occas ion b y h i s p r e s e n c e h a d t o b e c a l l e d a w a y b y t h e m u c h r e g r e t t e d d e m i s e of M g r . Bar i l l on , t h e re t i red B i s h o p o f Malacca .

A m o n g t h e officials w h o had c o m e t o p a y a t o k e n of e s t e e m a n d a d m i r a t i o n t o t h e splendid w o r k done b y t h e S i s t e r s o f t h e H o l y I n f a n t J e s u s s i n c e t h e i r a r ­r i v a l a t t h e H i g h l a n d s w e r e Mr. W . F . Churchi l l , D.O. o f K u a l a Lapis, Mr . C. W . A . S e n n e t t , D .O . o f K i n t a , Mr. H e n -n i n g t o n A . D . O . o f L o w e r P e r a k , M r . J . H . Creer A . D . O . o f K u a l a L i p i s , Mr. Fa irch i ld , S t a t e E n g i n e e r o f P a h a n g .

I n s i p t e o f t h e t h r e a t e n i n g w e a t h e r o n t h e u p l a n d s t h e p r o g r a m m e w a s g o n e t h r o u g h w i t h o u t a h i t c h .

B e f o r e dec lar ing t h e school f o r m a l l y o p e n t h e H o n . Mr. C. C. B r o w n a d d r e s s e d t h e audience a s f o l l o w s : — L a d i e s and G e n t l e m e n ,

I t i s a p r i v i l e g e a n d a p l e a s u r e f o r m e t o pres ide a t t h i s o p e n i n g o f t h e P e n s i o n n a t N o t r e - D a m e , Cameron H i g h ­l a n d s . I t i s a p r i v i l e g e because I h a p p e n t o b e a c t i n g a s R e s i d e n t o f t h e S t a t e in w h i c h th i s beaut i fu l school h a s b e e n bu i l t : and it i s a p l e a s u r e because I can ,

s e n d t h e i r chi ldren to the P e n s i o n n a t N o t r e - D a m e , Cameron High lands wi l l n o t b e d i sappointed . I a m n o t g o i n g t o g i v e y o u t h e de ta i l s about t h e school w h i c h wi l l be found in i ts prospec tus , a n d I a m n o t g o i n g to g i v e a w a y s tab le s e c r e t s and te l l y o u w h a t it a l l cos t , t h o u g h I k n o w I a m r i g h t in s a y i n g t h a t i t i s a g o o d e x a m p l e of t h e French g e n i u s f o r produc ing t h e bes t poss ible re su l t s on t h e l o w e s t poss ib le expendi ture .

Y o u wi l l I a m sure a g r e e w i t h me t h a t t h i s sp lendid bui ld ing i s a cred i t to i t s arch i t ec t and builder, Mr. N a t h a n , a n d t h a t i t s equ ipment defies the cr i t i c i sms o f e v e n t h e m o s t e x a c t i n g of p a r e n t s .

L a d i e s and Gent lemen, le t u s w i s h t h i s school m a n y y e a r s of use fu l and h a p p y l i fe . I h a v e v e r y g r e a t p leasure in dec lar ing i t open.

T h e n t h e H o n . Br i t i sh R e s i d e n t cut t h e w h i t e r ibbon across the en trance to t h e port ico , and p a r e n t s and g u e s t s m a d e t h e i r w a y to t h e hall w h e r e t h e y w e r e to be g i v e n a del ightful en ter ta in ­m e n t b y the pupi l s o f the school .

" S w i n g i n g in t h e Orchard" and " N u r s e r y R h y m e s " acted and s u n g by t h e ' t iny t o t s ' proved t o be a t r e a t b o t h to t h e e y e s and ears . A s for the narra ­t i o n " U n e Habi l e Couturiere," told in F r e n c h , t h e s t o r y of a c lever l i t t l e g ir l w h o proudly boas ted h a v i n g c u t a n d s e w n a d r e s s f o r her dolly, w h e n s h e k n e w n o t h i n g about i t ,—ended in

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I hope , cal l m y s e l f a n old fr iend o f the c o m m u n i t y t h a t h a s b u i l t i t .

T h i s i s t h e th ird school t h a t h a s been o p e n e d a t a hill s t a t i o n in P a h a n g . T h e first w a s t h a t s t a r t e d a t F r a s e r ' s Hi l l by Mrs . McCall w h i c h i s b e i n g carr ied on b y Mrs. D a v i d s o n . T h e s e c o n d w a s t h a t opened b y M i s s Griff ith-Jones on t h e s e H i g h l a n d s l a s t y e a r , and t h i s i s t h e third.

T h e s e t h r e e s c h o o l s are h e l p i n g , each admirab ly in i t s o w n w a y , t o s u p p l y a n e e d t h a t h a s l o n g b e e n f e l t in M a l a y a . T h e c l imate of t h i s country , in the m a j o r i t y , o f p l a c e s w h e r e E u r o p e a n s h a v e to earn t h e i r d a i l y bread, i s not g o o d for chi ldren b y t h e t i m e t h e y a r e old e n o u g h t o g o t o school , a n d i t h a s been neces sary h i t h e r t o for E u r o p e a n s t o send the ir ch i ldren h o m e to b e e d u ­cated and so to l o s e t o u c h w i t h t h e m w h i l e t h e y are s t i l l v e r y y o u n g : w h i c h i s not good e i t h e r for t h e ch i ldren or f o r t h e parents .

T h e opening o f t h e s e schools h a s comple te ly a l t ered t h e pos i t ion , afford­i n g E u r o p e a n s a s t h e y do t h e c h a n c e of g e t t i n g the ir ch i ldren we l l educa ted a t a reasonable cos t i n a favourab le c l i m a t e a n d a l t h e s a m e t i m e of s e e i n g t h e m re­g u l a r l y in the ir h o l i d a y s , thus p r e s e r v ­i n g w h a t I am o ld - fash ioned e n o u g h to ca l l the i n e s t i m a b l e benefit o f h o m e in­fluence.

T o c o m e n o w t o th i s school , I need o n l y s a v t h a t g o o d w a r e s need no puff­i n g , and the record of educat ional work t h a t the Convent o f t h i s Order c a n s h o w j f o r m a n y y e a r s t h r o u g h o u t M a l a y a i s a n adequate g u a r a n t e e t h a t p a r e n t s w h o I

I t h u n d e r i n g a p p l a u s e ; w h i l e , " K i n g J H i l a r y and t h e B e g g a r m a n " roused j p e e l s o f l a u g h t e r f r o m the audience .

T h e l a s t and m o s t i m p o r t a n t i t e m "A M a s q u e o f t h e S l e e p i n g B e a u t y " w a s finely rendered by t h e pupi ls , b o y s and g i r l s .

T o crown t h e enter ta inment , Mrs . F . H . G r u m m i t kept t h e audience under t h e c h a r m of a Musical Rec i ta l " T h e Self ish G i a n t "

Mrs . Chasser iau ably pres ided a t t h e p i a n o f o r al l mucica l i t e m s . A f t e r M i s s M a r y G r u m m i t had read a c o m p l i m e n t t o the H o n . t h e Br i t i sh Res ident , Mr. F . H . G r u m m i t , on behal f of H i s Lordship B i s h o p D e v a l s del ivered t h e f o l l o w i n g a d d r e s s : — S p e e c h de l ivered by Mr. F . H. Grummit .

R e v . M o t h e r Vi s i tor , Hon. Mr. B r o w n , L a d i e s and Gent l emen ,

A c c o r d i n g to the p r o g r a m m e , t h i s i s t h e t i m e w h e n H i s E x c e l l e n c y B i s h o p D e v a l s g r e e t s t h e audience , but , a s y o u al l k n o w , he w a s ca l led a w a y to S i n g a ­pore y e s t e r d a y to p a y his l a s t r e s p e c t s t o t h e ret ired Bi shop Mgr. Bari l lon w h o p a s s e d a w a y y e s t e r d a y morning . Great a s i s t h e d i sappo in tment of the Mother V i s i t o r and o f all of us , I k n o w t h a t n o b o d y i s m o r e disappointed t h a n Bi­s h o p D e v a l s h imsel f .

H i s Lordship h o w e v e r has l e f t m e his n o t e s o f w h a t he intended to say th i s a f t ernoon .

H e first w i s h e s t o compl iment the chi ldren on the i r p lay . I th ink he m u s t h a v e had a p e e p a t t h e rehersa ls . There i s n o t h i n g more charming than to w a t c h t h e efforts of these l i tt le ones—and I

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W e m u s t t h a n k the Br i t i sh Res ident of P a h a n g , t h e Hon. Mr. C. C. Brown, v e r y s incerely for h a v i n g come here to open the School . The S t a t e he admini s ­t e r s i s indeed for tunate in h a v i n g such a wonderful h i l l - s ta t ion a s th i s , and i t i s no wonder there are so m a n y plots t o t a k e i t a w a y . A s l o n g a s w e h a v e a Res ident of P a h a n g w i t h t h e v is ion and e n e r g y of Mr. Brown, t h e r e is no need to take Cameron H i g h l a n d s out of P a h a n g and p u t i t under Federa l Con­trol . B u t I m u s t confine m y s e l f to the Bishop's notes and no t s t r a y a long the p a t h of local pol i t ics .

The Bishop w i s h e s m e to thank on his behal f all t h o s e who h a v e contributed in w h a t e v e r w a y to the foundat ion of th i s School . He reca l l s t h e first v i s i t to the H i g h l a n d s in April 1930 w h e n Rev. F a t h e r Perr issoud and Rev. F a t h e r F o u r g s came u p to s p y o u t t h e land. T h e road w a s only e o m p l e t e d a s far as R ing le t , and t h e Rev. F a t h e r s had to walk the rest o f the w a y . The journey ended c lose t o the hill on which th i s School s tands , for F a t h e r F o u r g s fe l l in to the s t r e a m jus t be low here and broke h i s col larbone. T h e n e x t t i m e — a month l a t e r — F r . D e v a l s c a m e h imse l f w i t h Fr . Perr issoud and t h e s e three s i tes w e r e selected definitely in 1931.

I t i s one t h i n g to s e l ec t a s i te and quite another t o g e t i t approved. Every ­one, however , Official and Unofficial s e e m s to have combined to as s i s t . There w a s the Hon. Mr. Leonard , the Brit ish Res ident , w h o came out here to per­sonal ly inspect the s i t e . Mr. H. T. Cock-m a n w h o w a s then D.O. a t Kuala Lipis and Mr. J. H e n n i n g t o n , the A.D.O. a t Cameron Highlands .

The present Officials have been equal ly h^Tvful. part icularly t h e A.D.O. and the S t s t e E n g i n e e r who h a v e rendered ser­v ice during t h e construct ion of the School .

W e are part icu lar ly gratefu l to Mr. N a t h a n , the archi tect , w h o i s responsible f o r all des ign and f o r s u p e r v i s e e the construction o f the buildinsr, Mr. N a t h a n , I see . i s w i t h us t o - d a y and he must , indeed, be a proud m a n w h e n he sees w h a t he has accompl ished.

Thanks are a l s o due to Messrs . Dre-w i t t and Irv ing f o r h a v i n g taken care o f the roads and excavat ion work, to M e s s r s . R. Y o u n g w h o have taken charge o f the san i tary ins ta l la t ion and t o Mr. Kennieson f o r a l l t h e supply of cement blocks and t i les .

But there is one person w h o m the Bishop has f o r g o t t e n to ment ion in his no te s , and that i s H i s Exce l l ency Bishop D e v a l s . I a m s u r e tha t the Rev. Mother of P e n a n g wi l l a g r e e w i t h m e that her ta sk has been m a d e eas ier for her by t h e h i g h e s t e e m and universal favour in which our B i shop is held by everyone. T h e goodwi l l o f everybody is so impor­t a n t in an under tak ing o f th i s nature! A n d w e are f o r t u n a t e in tha t wi th a Bishop l ike ours w e are as sured of the goodwi l l and suppor t of t h e h ighes t a s w e l l a s the h u m b l e s t in t h e land.

T h e School wi l l be a l a s t ing monument to the g r e a t work in this country of the Rev . Mother S t . Tarc is ius , and I think s h e has j u s t l y e a r n e d the t i t l e of Mother Vi s i tor of the Order. The success of the School , which i s a lready assured , wil l be t h e bes t reward t o her for the many y e a r s of l ov ing labour and cease l e s s self-sacrifice she has devoted to Malaya .

I shal l l ike, therefore , on behalf of t h e European p a r e n t s of M a l a y a to ex­p r e s s our t h a n k s to the Rev. Mother Superior and, t h r o u g h her, to the Mo­t h e r General and t o all t h e other mem­bers of the Order o f the S i s t er s of Holy In fant J e s u s f o r t h e crowning achieve­m e n t of the ir m a n y years o f noble work, in the cause of educat ion in th i s country.

One of the c h i e f drawbacks of Euro­pean l i fe in M a l a y a w a s the fac t that w e have to be par ted from our children w h i l e t h e y are st i l l quite y o u n g ; and mothers have t o spend the ir t ime be­t w e e n the ir husbands out here and their chi ldren a t h o m e — n o t a very s a t i s f ac ­t o r y a r r a n g e m e n t for e i ther of them,

The School t h a t is formal ly opened to -day , therefore , suppl ies a very long f e l t need, and, a s a parent m y s e l f I know the difference i t wi l l make to our lives here , a n d - t h a t w e will b e able t o keep our l i t t le ones f o r some years longer than has h i therto been possible . I t is a v e r y b ; g under tak ing , but w e know t h a t

(Continued on page 19 Cols. 1 # 2 )

MALAYA CATHOLIC LEADER, SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935. 13

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' Philadelphia.—The opinion t h a t the activities of the Rev. Charles E. Coughlin, pas to r of t h e Shr ine of the Li t t le Flower at Royal Oak, Mich., "cons t i tu te direct violations of exist ing Canon Law," is ex­pressed in an art icle by t h e Rev. Dr. Edward V. Dargin, pas tor of St. Joseph's Church, Croton Falls , N.Y., in t he Ju ly issue of t h e Ame­rican Ecclesiastical Review, which appeared recently.

"Whether h is activities a r e or are not political is a quest ion of fact," Dr. D a r g i n says. " I t is m y conviction t h a t they a r e political and this conviction is based on h is organization of a nat ion-wide league, wi th a direct and open threat to use i t s voting power for or against cer ta in nat ional poli­cies, laws, and elective officials; on his appearance a t mee t ings in Detroit and Cleveland, speaking from the p la t form with polit icians on political m a t t e r s , jandt on h is announced plan to hold s imilar meetings in t h e principal cit ies of the na t i on ; on many s t a t e m e n t s contained in his se rmons—sta te ­ments too numerous to quote within t h e limited space of t h i s paper bu t which can be cited for t h e asking .

"The direct law governing th i s m a t t e r is contained in No. 83 of the I I I P l ena ry Council of Bal t i ­more. This legislation express ly commands pr ies t s to abs ta in from the public discussion of political or secular m a t t e r s , ei ther in or out­side of a church, and forbids clerics to inject themselves in judgements of t he faithful in ques­tions of a civil na ture .

Law Retains Force. "This legislation of Bal t imore ,

by v i r ture of Canon 6, No. 1, of the new Code of Canon Law, re ­tains i ts force and is b ind ing in this country. Moreover, since it is the law of a plenary council, ap­proved by t h e Holy See, t h e indi­vidual bishop is limited in t h e extent to which he can dispense from it. Even though a cleric's proper Ord inary has g r a n t e d a dispensation, within t h e scope of the l imitat ions placed on his po­wer by Canon Law, t h e cleric would have to ask and receive fur­ther dispensat ions from t h e Ordi­naries of o the r jur isdic t ions in which he, a s an extern, wishes to carry on h i s activity. Th i s cer­tainly is t h e case when one speaks by a means which reaches o ther dioceses. B u t there is someth ing more t h a n t h e Council of Balt i ­more, namely, general legislation, concerning ecclesiastical discip­line."

Saying t h a t " i t is well to point out tha t F a t h e r Coughlin a t t e m p t s to just i fy and defend h i s ac t iv i ty on the ground tha t he, as a citizen, has the same freedom as any o the r citizen, and t h a t he has t h e same right to discuss publicly, na t ional Personalities and policies and plat­forms as a n y doctor, lawyer , sol­dier or citizen of any o the r p ro­fession," Dr . Dargin declares t h a t

this a rgumen t is fallacious."" "Fa the r Coughlin's freedom h a s

been limited directly and express­ly, not by civil law it is t r ue , bu t by Canon Law," he cont inues .

| " Jus t a s t h e r e is Canon Law to ' limit t h e freedom of a priest-

citizen to engage in t h e practice of medicine or business , so t he r e is Canon Law to l imit t he freedom

j of a priest-cit izen to engage in political act ivi ty. And t h e basis

j of these expressed l imitations of ; t he r i gh t of clerics t o mix in mat -i t e r s of themselves good is tha t , \ despite the i r goodness and praise-| worthiness in a layman, t hey are ! not becoming t h e dignity and ! mission of t h e priesthood."

Legislation's Necessity Evident. " T h e necessity of canonical le-

j gislation aga ins t a pr ies t engaging | in politics m u s t be evident," Dr. ; Dargin says . "A pr ies t who des-! cends from t h e pulpit , where he | has t h e r i gh t and du ty to preach ; t he principles of social jus t ice , and ; s teps into t h e a r ena of politics by

urg ing par t icu lar political methods of applying these principles or by publicly engaging in personalit ies

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m u s t be prepared to be t rea ted a s a n y layman or a n y other politi­cian. In doing so, he cannot di­vorce himself from his own priest­hood or from t h e body of his fellow-priests. He mus t neces­sari ly become t h e object of t h e criticism, v i tupera t ion and ridicule which is t h e lot of any politician.

. These do not merely affect h im a s | an individual, but they lessen t h e

d igni ty of t h e office of t h e pr ies t ­hood, a d ign i ty which t h e Church has a lways guarded jealously. In he r desire to pro tec t them she will not permi t pr ies ts to renounce cer ta in privileges which she h a s g ran ted to t h e priesthood as a

! body, or to violate laws which she \ ha s imposed on t h e body of t h e | pr iesthood to safeguard i ts honour j and d igni ty ."

Declaring t h a t " the re is a lways t h e danger t h a t a cleric who en­gaged in politics will s t i r up t h e flames of religious b igot ry ," Dr . Dargin says t h a t " to avoid these evils and t o remain within t h e res t r ic t ion imposed by Canon Law, a cleric m u s t a lways make a clear-cut dist inction between the princi­ples of social jus t ice and the par ­t icular political methods to b r ing these principles into legislative real i ty . As a priest , he mus t preach t h e former in season and out of season, bu t mus t leave t h e l a t t e r to t h e layman whom he h a s thoroughly t ra ined in t h e princi­ples ."

(Continued at foot of Cols. 3 & 4 )

New York.—Thomas C. Quinn. ve teran publisher, died he re recently a t t h e age of 70.

Mr. Quinn, who is credited wi th being the a u t h o r of t h e pract ice of displaying t h e American flag on public schools and buildings, had a long career in t h e newspaper publishing field, formerly owning and publishing the old New York Daily News. He purchased t h e paper from F r a n k A. Munsev in June, 1904. F r o m 1908 to 1916 he published t h e New York Led­ger, af ter which he was des ignated S ta te Supervisor of Public Records for a four-year t e rm. He was pre­sident of t h e Accura te Biographi­cal Service, a member of t h e American Historical Association, and a former secre tary of t h e Ca­tholic W r i t e r s ' Guild of America.

Mr. Quinn wro te an art icle while on t he New York Press advocat ing the enforced display of American flags on all public schools and buildings. T h e art icle, which was published on June 29, 1889, re ­sulted in t h e national adoption of the suggest ion. -<N .€ .W.C.)

HIS HOLINESS STILL STRONG A N D ACTIVE.

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Received Decorations For Courage & Bravery.

New York.—Funera l services for Mrs. H a r r i e t Bard Squiers up­on whom France conferred t h e Croix de Guer re for service as head ; of a w a r hospital a t Mont-mirail in t h e Marne and for bravery in car ing for t h e wounded in t he ba t t le of Chateau Thier ry , were held a t t h e Church of N o t r e Dame here .

Mrs . Squiers , who died recent ly a t St . Luke 's hospital, had lived in France from t h e dea th of he r hus ­band, Herbe r t Goldsmith Squiers , noted American diplomat, in 1912 until he r r e t u rn here about a yea r ago. Mr. Squiers was first sec­r e t a ry of t h e American Legat ion a t Peiping dur ing t h e Boxer up-rising, and played a conspicuous pa r t in t h e defense of t h e Lega­tion. In 1902, he was named first American Minister to t h e Republic of Cuba, serving unti l la te in 1905. The following year he was named Minister to Panama .

Mrs. Squiers built t he hospital a t Montmirai l , financed it and was active in i t s management . The citation accompanying t h e Croix de Guerre decoration s t a t e s t h a t she and two ass i s tan ts cared for more t han 600 wounded soldiers a t t h e Batt le of Chateau Th ie r ry unti l she went, under fire, to the French mil i tary staff for medical and sur­gical assis tance. She also received the Medaille de Reconnaissance de La France in recognition of he r civilian services.

Vatican City.—The seventy-nin th b i r thday of His Holiness Pope Pius XI has served to em­phasize fu r the r t h e s t reng th and g rea t energy which the Pontiff r e ­ta ins in spite of his advanced age .

He never shows the sl ightest fat igue despite t he extraordinar i ly intense act ivi ty of t he 14 years of Pontificate. And th i s activity h a s consisted not only of under tak ings to which he has given impetus and development but also t h e direct and personal work he ac­complishes himself.

The cha rac te r of the activity of Pius XI is a lways t he same. He is not content merely with proposing ideas and giving directions, but is closely associated with every pro­ject from pre l iminary studies of t he questions involved to the ful­fillment of them, even to the v e r y details of applying the decisions taken. Those who work with h im in t h e g r e a t act ivi ty of the Roman Congregations and the Secre tar ia t "of "State h a v e t h i s "daily exper ience and admire such a demonst ra t ion of s t r eng th , assiduity, and energy day af ter day wi thout a sign of advanced age or the sl ightest indi­cation of weakness .

Many a re anxious over the Holy Fa the r ' s hea l th . Actually he alone is never troubled about i t . And when he is advised to t a k e bet ter care of himself and to save his s t r eng th or consult some doctor to s ee .whe the r , in his ad­vanced age, i t would not be neces­sary for h im to t ake some precau­tions and to moderate his daily work in some way, Pius XI replies t h a t such is not a t all necessary and t ha t he has no need of doctors because all t h e world prays for h im and the Lord will give him t h e s t reng th and grace necessary for his s ta te .

The answer he gave his nephew, Count Franco Rat t i , whom he call­ed to his side t h r ee years ago to be the Pres ident of t h e Central Council of t h e Vatican City, is typical. One day, when Pius XI had given, a s is his daily cus tom, th ree or four discourses, h i s nephew told h im he should t a k e grea ter care of his heal th and no t fat igue himself so much: T h e Pope looked smilingly a t him, a n d then sa id : "You may give me t h i s advice when I a m 90 years old, b u t not now."

And really, to all who approach the Pope, such an answer does no t seem presumtuous , because t h e freshness and s t r eng th shown by Pius XI a t 79 yea r s of age, is such as to pe rmi t one reasonably t o ex­pect t h a t he migh t well live to be 90 and more.—(N.C.W.C.)

Having preached and t a u g h t t he principles and t ra ined t h e lay-sons of t h e Church, Dr . Dargin continues, "pr ies t s should leave entirely to these lay-sons political activity to decide w h e t h e r t h e N.R.A. is to be modified, continued or discontinued; w h e t h e r t h e F e ­deral Reserve Bank is t o be replaced by a new form of Na­tional B a n k ; whe the r t h e Har r i son or P a t m a n or Vinson Bonus plan represents t h e bes t in te res t s of the nat ion and t h e v e t e r a n ; Pres ident Roosevelt is wor thy of re-election and w h e t h e r t h e in te r ­es ts of t h e workingman and t h e principles of social jus t i ce a r e bes t represented by t h e p la t form of t h e Republican P a r t y or t h e Domocra-tic P a r t y or a Thi rd P a r t y . "

" In t h e degree in which F a ­the r Coughlin has preached t h e principles of social jus t ice , t o t h a t extent he h a s t ra ined t h e sons of t he Church and those outside t h e fold in these principles," Dr. Da r ­gin says in conclusion. " H i s fellow-priests yearn , a s he does , t o see t h e day when as a r esu l t of our teaching , under t h e direct ion of our Holy F a t h e r and o u r Bi* shops, t h e s e principles m a y per ­meate individuals and ins t i tu t ions and con t r ibu te to t h e ini t ia t ion of a be t t e r social order. In order , however, t h a t act ivi ty m a y b e 'under t h e guidance and direct ion of t h e Church , ' a pr ies t ' s zeal should never lead h im to o v e r s t e p t h e res t r ic t ions imposed upon h i m

by Canon L a w . " (N.C.W.C.)

14 M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935.

WORLD COTTON GROW­ERS IN AUDIENCE WITH

HOLY FATHR.

Vatican Ci ty .—An impor t an t audience of a n in te rna t iona l cha­r a c t e r was g r a n t e d by Hi s Holiness Pope P ius X I t o m e m b e r s of t h e In te rna t iona l Cot ton Congress . T h e delegates and members of t h e i r famil ies numbered about 350 persons, of whom 50 were I ta l ian , 50 F rench , 50 German , 100 Eng l i sh and 100 f rom 17 o the r S ta t e s .

M. Brasseur , Belgian, ac t ing a s spokesman, expressed t h e i r sen t i ­m e n t s in a n i m p o r t a n t speech which m a d e d i rec t reference t o pontifical t e a c h i n g in social m a t ­t e r s , con t r a s t i ng t h i s w i t h t h e doleful consequences of t h e egoist i­cal and diffident policy prevai l ing a m o n g na t i ons .

" O u r assembly" , said M. B r a s ­seur , " a i m s a t t h e objects which Your Hol iness approved in t h e Encyclical Quadrages imo Anno . Alas , t h e pa r t i cu l a r i n t e re s t s of t h e na t ions place m a n y obstacles in t h e w a y . . B u t o u r mee t ings , if n o t h i n g else, fac i l i ta te t h e un­d e r s t a n d i n g of t h e s i tua t ion ."

" T h e world h a s gone f a r f rom t h e prec ious t each ing t h a t Your Holiness offers i t in Your pa te rna l solicitude. B u t t h e day will come — w e hope for i t and invoke it w i th all our h e a r t s — w h e n t h e na t ions will u n d e r s t a n d a t las t t h a t sp i r i ­tua l and mora l values have an in-constable pr imacy, t h e forget ­t i n g of which m a y b r ing abou t serious and painful consequences. The Encyclical which I have j u s t c i ted t r a c e s our dut ies for us . I t will be t h e su re s t gu ide t o he lp u s conquer difficulties and overcome obstacles ."

In reply ing, t h e Holy F a t h e r expressed h is g r ea t p leasure in seeing before h im such an in te ­re s t ing delegation, r ep resen t ing so m a n y na t ions . H e was h igh ly delighted,, he said, a t t h e commu­nion of ideas r ega rd ing t h e incon­tes table p r imacy of moral and spir i tual values over all o the r e lements influencing t h e life of man, a n d t hanked t h e m in a spe­cial m a n n e r for t h e sen t imen t s recorded in t h e address where in were echoed t h e words in wh ich he had wished t o r emind t h e world of t he t each ings of t h e Church for sccial p rospe r i ty and t h e common weal.

The In t e rna t iona l Cot ton Fede ­ra t ion w a s formed more t h a n t h i r t y y e a r s a g o and today includes 21 na t ions in Eu rope and Africa. A Sec re t a r i a t provides a pe rma­n e n t bond be tween t h e diverse na t iona l associat ions, and a genera l Commi t t ee mee t s f requent ly t o s tudy ques t ions affecting t h e in­dus t ry . E v e r y two y e a r s a Con­gress i s held in some capi tal .

(Lumen-N.C.W.C)

R E M A I N S O F MISSIONARY M U R D E R E D B Y R E D S

I D E N T I F I E D .

Peip ing.—There is no longer a n y doubt r ega rd ing the f a t e of F a t h e r Giacomo Anselmo, I ta l ian Vincent ian captured by Communis t s a t L i n k i n g , Kiangsi , on C h r i s t m a s Eve , 1933.

A t e l eg r am received here t h i s morn ing f rom Bishop C. Mignani , C M . , Vicar Apostolic of Kian , Kiangs i , s t a t e s t h a t i t is now clear t h a t F a t h e r Anselmo was killed l a s t y e a r a t a place called SiushuL H i s r ema ins have been identified and have been b r o u g h t t o Kian for burial , t h e dispatch a d d s . — ( L u m e n . )

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LILLE

F A C U L T Y O F M E D I C I N E . Lille, ( F r a n c e ) . — T h e Facu l ty

of Medicine of t h e Catholic Univer­s i ty of Lille h a s completed i t s p lans for t h e 10th Annual Course of Medicine for Missionaries, to be held a t t h e Univers i ty f rom Sept­ember 2 t o October 12. Besides a t t end ing a series of lectures on subjec ts of special in teres t and value for missionaries , t hose who follow t h e course will acquire pract ical experience in t h e hospital and dispensar ies . S tuden ts , who a r e p resen t for t h e ent i re course and a r e successful in t h e examina­t ions , will receive a diploma. T h e course is g ra t i s .—(Fides )

EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE MEETS TO CONSIDER SEMINARY REPORT.

S A L E S I A N S ' N E W INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL I N HONGKONG

S P L E N D I D L Y E Q U I P P E D .

Hong Kong.—Erected a t a cost of $203,000 Hong Kong dollars, t h e new Aberdeen Indust r ia l School, in operat ion since April 2, is a model modern s t r uc tu r e of reinforced concrete, t h r e e s tor ies h igh , and well equipped for i t s work.

T h e 1st floor contains a large aud i to r ium and dining room, car­p e n t r y ta i lor ing and shoe shops, exhibit ion room, k i tchen and laundry .

The 2nd floor comprises 2 s tudy hal ls , reception room, 12 class rooms, supplementary dining room, music and p r in t ing es tabl ishment . T h e t h i r d floor provides dormitor i ­es , d r y i n g room and weaving room.

A chapel and rooms for exercise a n d recrea t ion a r e also included in t h e building. All t h e accessories a r e up-to-date . The si te was pro­vided by t h e Government ; gener­ous donors provided t h e money.— ( L u m e n ) .

I N D I A N PILGRIMS R E C E I V E D BY HOLY F A T H E R .

Vat ican City.—Led by t h e Most Rev. Will iam Kalacherry , na t ive Bishop of Changanacher ry , an Ind ian p i lgr image was received in audience on May 23 by Hi s Holi­ness Pope P ius XI . The pilgri-g r i m s were dressed in p ic turesque na t ive cos tumes and b rough t wi th t h e m 80 g i f t s i l lus t ra t ing Indian a r t and products , which t h e Pope announced would be placed in t h e Mission Museum.

W h e n impar t i ng h is blessing up­on t h e pi lgr ims. His Holiness said t h a t he included there in t h e m a n y res iden ts of t he i r vas t country .

The p i lgr image g roup was t h e same t h a t a t t ended t h e Tr iduum a t Lourdes in April .

(Lumen-N.C.W.C.)

V A T I C A N W I R E L E S S CON­N E C T E D W I T H I P A L E S T I N E .

T h e Vat ican wireless s ta t ion has been connected directly wi th t h e Wireless Cent re a t Beyrouth , t h u s affording Communicat ion wi th Syr ia , Lebanon, Palest ine, Egyp t , I ran , I raq , Pe r s i a and t h e Philli-pine Is lands .

HOLY F A T H E R D O N A T E S $20,000 TO CHINA FLOOD

R E L I E F .

The Apostolic Delegate t o China, Mgr . Zanin, ha s received ins t ruc­t ions f rom t h e Vat ican to donate $20,000 for relief work in t h e flood a reas . In addition, t h e delegate h a s ins t ruc ted t h e various missions to mobilise all Catholics to t ake p a r t in relief work and to contri­bu te towards t he relief funds.

Peiping.—A number of Ordina­ries of Hopei Province, who send the i r clerical s tudents to St . Vincent 's Regional Seminary a t Chala, in t h e suburbs of Peiping, for t he i r ecclesiastical education, met in conference here yes terday morning to hea r and discuss t h e j annual financial, scholastic and dis­ciplinary r epor t of t h e Rector, t h e Very Rev. O. Fer reux , C M .

The Ordinar ies present a t t h e meet ing w e r e : Bishop Paul Mon­taigne, C M . , of Pe ip ing ; Bishop Jean de Vienne, CM. , of T ien t s in ; Coadjutor Bishop Eugene Lebou-ille, C M . , of Yungpingfu; Bishop Melchior Soun, C M . , of A n k w o ; Bishop Joseph Chow, C M . , of Pao t ingfu ; and Msgr. Igna t ius Krause, C M . , Prefect Ap. of Shun-tehfu. T h e Very Rev. F ranc i s Desrumaux, C M . , Lazar is t Visit­or, also a t t ended .

H. E . Archbishop Zanin, Aposto­lic Delegate to China, enter ta ined t h e Bishop of Peiping and his dis­t inguished vis i tors a t dinner in t h e Apostolic Delegation a t noon.— (Lumen.)

OFFICIALS IN HONAN HONOUR CHINESE S E C U L A R PRIEST.

Chumat ien , (Honan Province, Ch ina) .—The Chief of Police, t h e Distr ict Magi s t r a t e and o t h e r ' civil and mi l i ta ry author i t ies cf Tungpehhsien, Honan, recent ly presented an honour scroll t o Rev. James Kouo, par i sh priest of t h a t town, t o show the i r appreciat ion of his good work among t h e people of the region. F a t h e r Kouo, who belongs to t h e Chinese secular clergy, also received a number of practical g i f ts , household art icles, &c , f rom his Chris t ian and non-Chr is t ian friends. The occasion was t h e opening of t he newly res tored Church in t h e impor tan t m a r k e t town of Pingshihchen in t he s a m e par i sh .

The officials of Tungpehhsien speak h igh ly of F a t h e r Kouo's work and t h e y have shown the i r esteem in a pract ical way by pro­tect ing h i s mission several t imes dur ing t h e troubled period of recent y e a r s . — (Fides)

REV. F R S . DIAS AND LAW­R E N C E R E V E R T TO T H E I R

R E S P E C T I V E P A R I S H E S .

Rev. F a t h e r Dias of the Church of St . Joseph, Singapore, who e r - j changed places for a month wi th Rev.. F a t h e r Lawrence of t h e Church of St . Pe ter , Malacca, h a s r e tu rned to Singapore.

B I S H O P OF KAYING. Mgr. F r a n c i s Ford, of t h e Mary-

knoll F a t h e r s of t h e U.S.A. h a s been appointed Bishop of Kaying , China.

B I S H O P OF SUCHOW.

Mgr . Phi l ip Cote, Canadian Jesui t , h a s been appointed first Bishop of Suchow, China.

P R O P O S E D A.A.~ASSOCIATION.

Mr. Marcus Rex, act ing Chief Secre tary F.M.S., presided over t h e Malayan A m a t e u r Athlet ic Asso­ciation's Championship mee t ing held a t Kua la Lumpur las t week end, and m a d e some very impor t ­ant announcements concerning fu ture Malayan spor ts in h is add­ress a t t h e close, before calling upon L a d y Thomas to d is t r ibute t he pr izes .

N o t Like Othe r Girls. The lot of the girl who *s " not like

other g i r l s" in the fact that she cannot participate in outdoor games because she lacks the strength and energy to da so is indeed hard. When she does overcome her nervous dis­inclination, and attempts to play, she quickly gets iut of breath, her heart, thumps appallingly, her face becomes flushed and her head dizzy, she feels hot and distressed and soon has to stip, completely exhausted.

To such a girl Dr. Williams' Pink Pills—so-called because of their pink sugar coating—give immediate help, containing, as they do, just the elements necessary to build up the blood, to fill it with red corpuscles, to enrich it with energy-producing, brain, nerve and muscle feeding haemoglobin. And persevered with for from 30 to 60 days their bene­ficent results are astinishing.

FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES T A K E N BY R E D S FROM L E P E R

ASYLUM I N T I B E T A N MARCHES.

Pek ing .—Fa the r Epiphanius Pe-goraro and Bro the r Pascal Nadal, t he two Franc iscan missionaries carried off by Communis t s during-the recent invasion of western Szechwan Province, were , until t he t ime of t he i r capture , in charge of t h e Catholic Leper Asy­lum a t Mosimien near t h e Tibetan border. Th is asy lum which, after Sheklung, is t h e la rges t of t h e five smaller colonies for lepers main­tained by Catholic missionaries in China, ha s 105 inmates .

No fu r the r detai ls have been re­ceived about t h e fa te of t h e two Franciscans , and it is believed tha t they a re still in t h e hands of the Reds.

Bishop Louis N . Renaul t , Vicar Apostolic of Suifu, in t h e same province, uncer ta in of t h e out­come of t h e s t ruggle between the regular t roops and t h e Red forces, has closed his seminary and has had t h e seminar i s t s sent to their homes. (F ides ) .

LONDON POLICE GUILD OB­S E R V E COMING-OF-AGE

F E A S T .

After 21 years of gradual g rowth in numbers , t h e London Police Guild me t in t h e Lady Cha­pel of Wes tmins t e r Cathedral to keep the i r coming-of-age feast in Common.

DOCTOR T R A V E L S BY AIR­P L A N E TO A T T E N D SICK NUN.

Nanchang , Kiangs i .—The Chin­ese a i rways were ins t rumenta l in saving t h e life of t h e Sis ter Superior of St . Louis Catholic Hos­pital he re when she was taken seriously ill recently. Dr . Santelli, eminent surgeon of Shangha i , res­ponded to t he t e legram of Rev. Paul Monteil, C M . , Director of St. Louis Hospital , by flying to Nan­chang via Kiuk iang and complet­ing in a few hour s a j ou rney t h a t requires four days b y land.— —(Lumen-Fides . )

M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935. 15

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SPORTS NOTES CATHOLICS IN THE LIMELIGHT.

(By Our Own Correspondent . )

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SOCCER.

SERVICES TROUNCE SINGAPORE ELEVEN.

Civilian Combination Poor.

The Services deieated Singapore at Soccer at ihe Anson Road .btauium on lueoua-y a n a uiorougniy earneu their 4-1 victory. Our local staiwarts were unable to ao anything right. Said and the two backs resisted the attack of tne five opposing forwards and three halves, as best they couxd and really cannot be blamed too much for the aefeat. Two saves that Said made were gems Of hign merit ana have raised the reputa­tion of this humble little Malay custo­dian: Both Boon Lay and Rahman though i o n plussed at times had a most gruelling hour but were not disgraced. j.nese uiree deienders should not be tampered with because they took a lot of beating. It was the half back trio that reany fell far below the standard of the Services, intermediates. Hay, a great spoiler, has yet to learn to feed his forwards. Where were the glorious passes that Rogers and his merry flank-men provided right throughrthe game? Singapore does miss and badly too the sterling half back play of John Then. But Hay can only be held responsible for failing to supply his forwards with the opportunities that they expected to receive and utilise. Otherwise he must not be called a failure: Chwee Chua was below form and although at times as tricky as ever appeared hardly able to hold Fahy. Taylor was a failure and ought to be dropped- One would like to paint a favourable picture of this perfectly good sportsman but justice must be satisfied. The team's skipper could not last the pace, and in fairness to him it must be said that he was put off his game by unfair criticism and un­savoury jibes. Taylor played because he was selected. Surely he should not be made the target for cheap offensive-ness. We now realise in some measure from the shortcomings of Singapore's halves why the forward line proved so utterly innocuous. Mahmood, always a potential scorer was rather starved and at the end lost position time and again through disgust and dissatisfaction at being so badly cold-shouldered.

And now we have to ask our readers if they too noticed very queer happen­ings in the centre and inside left berths of the forward line, who was actually centre forward and who inside left? Keng Hock and Dolfattah were so con­stantly altering their positions that one never knew who was here and who there. The interchange, if a part of some special scheme of attack, scarcely bothered the Services' defence because of the palpable weakness of Dolfattah who was once more tried out in place of Valberg or Madon. Dolfattah has been in the past a star of the first magnitude, and may with practice recover his lost form, but he is a shadow of his former self and is a burden to the other four forwards. He really should go. Khun Onn should have performed better. One expected far more from this ex-Josephian and trusts that he will centre more accurate­ly with either foot-

Mat Noor has twice been completely subjugated by the Services but on this occasion made greater efforts to beat off the strict policing he was undergoing. He played a poor game however, and must learn to overcome difficulties. -Never once did he drop back to help the defence that so sorely needed assist­ance. When will Noor bring himself 1 0 Play the perfect inner forward? And new to Keng Hock, who found the net .and thus reduced the margin of defeat, l wo open goals were missed by this usually accurate player, because he would not take first time the chances he got. rf*** 2 ° a l s would have made a world fL 5 e r , e n c e to t h e r € S u l * but they never lourid their billets and we are left to ^ourn the defeat.

anH 1 !? ^ 0 u l d n o t f o r 2 € t the stubborn

Hn Persistent watch kept on Keng Hock th» -J^gers, who invariably reserves

c h a r g e n g e r ° U S g ° a l S C O r e r f o r ^ s p e c i a l

The selectors however will not rush into a panic for they will after deliberate consideration come to the conclusion that the substitution of one half and one forward will suffice to restore balance and greater efficiency. Valberg and Hutchison (if fit) could be tried with advantage.

* * * * Mr. Lim Yong Liang as Trainer to

Singapore XI. It will interest our readers to know

that Mr. Lim Yong Liang, whose name is a household word in local football circles, is the trainer of the Singapore Soccer XI which will meet Selangor at K. L. in the final on August 10th. What Mr. Lim does not know in the realm of football is not worth knowing and he brings to bear upon his valuable work an unsurpassed knowledge of the finer points of the game and of true sports­manship. He was the cleanest of players in his day and possessed mar­vellous ball control. Every Singaporean has entire confidence in the team's trainer. Mr. Lim Yong Liang is a de­vout parishioner of the Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Queen Street.

* * * * St. Patrick's Inter-house Football

Competition. The tfnter House Football 'Competi­

tion at St. Patricks-by-the-Sea has just been completed. The results are as follows:

DIVISION I. 1st—St. Francis's House

Mr. F. Sobrielo. 2nd—St. Charles's House

Mr. A. Nazareth. 3rd—St. Jame's House

Mr. F. James. 4th—St. Bernard's House

Mr. B. Nicholas. 5th—St. Arthur's House

Mr. A. Phillips. DIVISION II.

1st—St. Francis's House Mr. F. Sobrielo.

2nd—St. Charles's House Mr. A. Nazareth.

3rd—St. Bernard's House Mr. B. Nicholas.

4th—St. James's House Mr. F. James.

5th—St. Arthur's House Mr. A. Phillips.

* * * .< Mr. Hogan As Football Coach.

Mr. J. Hogan, the manager of Ful-ham Football Club, England, has accepted his old position as Coach to the Australian National Football Team.

* • • * CRICKET.

S.R.C. Draw with S.C.C. for Third Time This Season.

When the S.R.C met the S.C.C. in a cricket fixture last Friday, Saturday and Sunday, time did not permit of a decision being reached.

J. Edwards 20. H. Balhetchet 81. N. Sullivan 27, P. d'Almeida 53, M. Valberg 17, and E. Lemercier 14 were the con­tributions of the Catholic members to the S.R.C. total of 263 runs in the first innings. Edwards captured 4 for 41, Sullivan 2 for 38, D'Almeida 2 for 45, Balhetchet 1 for 17 and Orr 1 for 12 in the Europeans' first attempt.

M. /Valberg 15, Balhetchet 38, and Sullivan 26 had time to make runs be­fore the declaration at 134 for 5 wickets.

Sullivan took 1 wicket for 16 runs in the S.C.C.'s second innings.

* * * * Selangor Rangers Defeat Negri

Sembilan Club. The Selangor Rangers met and de­

feated the Negri Sembilan Club at cricket in K. L. on July 29th. Clem de Silva batted well for his 53 but Law­rence de Silva was next highest scorer with only 18. Felix de Silva took 2 wickets for 50 runs. The N.S. Club col­lapsed for 65 runs. L. de Silva taking 4 for 16, Shepherdson 2 for 25 and C. de Silva 3 for 9.

* * • The Stonor Cricket Shield, played for

annually in Kuala Lumpur, rests bet­ween the Selangor Indians and the Selangor Rangers. Last week the Selangor Eurasians drew with the Kilat Club. P. J. Johnson made 27, A. L. de Silva 16, C. R. Martin 26 for the Eurasians. D. E. Martin topscored for the Kilat XI with 23 runs.

TICKS/? SPORT

D I / T R I B U T O R / F O R

TIGER B E E R FRA/ER&

MtAVC L™

14 M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935.

WORLD COTTON GROW­ERS IN AUDIENCE WITH

HOLY FATHR.

Vatican Ci ty .—An impor t an t audience of a n in te rna t iona l cha­r a c t e r was g r a n t e d by Hi s Holiness Pope P ius X I t o m e m b e r s of t h e In te rna t iona l Cot ton Congress . T h e delegates and members of t h e i r famil ies numbered about 350 persons, of whom 50 were I ta l ian , 50 F rench , 50 German , 100 Eng l i sh and 100 f rom 17 o the r S ta t e s .

M. Brasseur , Belgian, ac t ing a s spokesman, expressed t h e i r sen t i ­m e n t s in a n i m p o r t a n t speech which m a d e d i rec t reference t o pontifical t e a c h i n g in social m a t ­t e r s , con t r a s t i ng t h i s w i t h t h e doleful consequences of t h e egoist i­cal and diffident policy prevai l ing a m o n g na t i ons .

" O u r assembly" , said M. B r a s ­seur , " a i m s a t t h e objects which Your Hol iness approved in t h e Encyclical Quadrages imo Anno . Alas , t h e pa r t i cu l a r i n t e re s t s of t h e na t ions place m a n y obstacles in t h e w a y . . B u t o u r mee t ings , if n o t h i n g else, fac i l i ta te t h e un­d e r s t a n d i n g of t h e s i tua t ion ."

" T h e world h a s gone f a r f rom t h e prec ious t each ing t h a t Your Holiness offers i t in Your pa te rna l solicitude. B u t t h e day will come — w e hope for i t and invoke it w i th all our h e a r t s — w h e n t h e na t ions will u n d e r s t a n d a t las t t h a t sp i r i ­tua l and mora l values have an in-constable pr imacy, t h e forget ­t i n g of which m a y b r ing abou t serious and painful consequences. The Encyclical which I have j u s t c i ted t r a c e s our dut ies for us . I t will be t h e su re s t gu ide t o he lp u s conquer difficulties and overcome obstacles ."

In reply ing, t h e Holy F a t h e r expressed h is g r ea t p leasure in seeing before h im such an in te ­re s t ing delegation, r ep resen t ing so m a n y na t ions . H e was h igh ly delighted,, he said, a t t h e commu­nion of ideas r ega rd ing t h e incon­tes table p r imacy of moral and spir i tual values over all o the r e lements influencing t h e life of man, a n d t hanked t h e m in a spe­cial m a n n e r for t h e sen t imen t s recorded in t h e address where in were echoed t h e words in wh ich he had wished t o r emind t h e world of t he t each ings of t h e Church for sccial p rospe r i ty and t h e common weal.

The In t e rna t iona l Cot ton Fede ­ra t ion w a s formed more t h a n t h i r t y y e a r s a g o and today includes 21 na t ions in Eu rope and Africa. A Sec re t a r i a t provides a pe rma­n e n t bond be tween t h e diverse na t iona l associat ions, and a genera l Commi t t ee mee t s f requent ly t o s tudy ques t ions affecting t h e in­dus t ry . E v e r y two y e a r s a Con­gress i s held in some capi tal .

(Lumen-N.C.W.C)

R E M A I N S O F MISSIONARY M U R D E R E D B Y R E D S

I D E N T I F I E D .

Peip ing.—There is no longer a n y doubt r ega rd ing the f a t e of F a t h e r Giacomo Anselmo, I ta l ian Vincent ian captured by Communis t s a t L i n k i n g , Kiangsi , on C h r i s t m a s Eve , 1933.

A t e l eg r am received here t h i s morn ing f rom Bishop C. Mignani , C M . , Vicar Apostolic of Kian , Kiangs i , s t a t e s t h a t i t is now clear t h a t F a t h e r Anselmo was killed l a s t y e a r a t a place called SiushuL H i s r ema ins have been identified and have been b r o u g h t t o Kian for burial , t h e dispatch a d d s . — ( L u m e n . )

CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LILLE

F A C U L T Y O F M E D I C I N E . Lille, ( F r a n c e ) . — T h e Facu l ty

of Medicine of t h e Catholic Univer­s i ty of Lille h a s completed i t s p lans for t h e 10th Annual Course of Medicine for Missionaries, to be held a t t h e Univers i ty f rom Sept­ember 2 t o October 12. Besides a t t end ing a series of lectures on subjec ts of special in teres t and value for missionaries , t hose who follow t h e course will acquire pract ical experience in t h e hospital and dispensar ies . S tuden ts , who a r e p resen t for t h e ent i re course and a r e successful in t h e examina­t ions , will receive a diploma. T h e course is g ra t i s .—(Fides )

EPISCOPAL CONFERENCE MEETS TO CONSIDER SEMINARY REPORT.

S A L E S I A N S ' N E W INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL I N HONGKONG

S P L E N D I D L Y E Q U I P P E D .

Hong Kong.—Erected a t a cost of $203,000 Hong Kong dollars, t h e new Aberdeen Indust r ia l School, in operat ion since April 2, is a model modern s t r uc tu r e of reinforced concrete, t h r e e s tor ies h igh , and well equipped for i t s work.

T h e 1st floor contains a large aud i to r ium and dining room, car­p e n t r y ta i lor ing and shoe shops, exhibit ion room, k i tchen and laundry .

The 2nd floor comprises 2 s tudy hal ls , reception room, 12 class rooms, supplementary dining room, music and p r in t ing es tabl ishment . T h e t h i r d floor provides dormitor i ­es , d r y i n g room and weaving room.

A chapel and rooms for exercise a n d recrea t ion a r e also included in t h e building. All t h e accessories a r e up-to-date . The si te was pro­vided by t h e Government ; gener­ous donors provided t h e money.— ( L u m e n ) .

I N D I A N PILGRIMS R E C E I V E D BY HOLY F A T H E R .

Vat ican City.—Led by t h e Most Rev. Will iam Kalacherry , na t ive Bishop of Changanacher ry , an Ind ian p i lgr image was received in audience on May 23 by Hi s Holi­ness Pope P ius XI . The pilgri-g r i m s were dressed in p ic turesque na t ive cos tumes and b rough t wi th t h e m 80 g i f t s i l lus t ra t ing Indian a r t and products , which t h e Pope announced would be placed in t h e Mission Museum.

W h e n impar t i ng h is blessing up­on t h e pi lgr ims. His Holiness said t h a t he included there in t h e m a n y res iden ts of t he i r vas t country .

The p i lgr image g roup was t h e same t h a t a t t ended t h e Tr iduum a t Lourdes in April .

(Lumen-N.C.W.C.)

V A T I C A N W I R E L E S S CON­N E C T E D W I T H I P A L E S T I N E .

T h e Vat ican wireless s ta t ion has been connected directly wi th t h e Wireless Cent re a t Beyrouth , t h u s affording Communicat ion wi th Syr ia , Lebanon, Palest ine, Egyp t , I ran , I raq , Pe r s i a and t h e Philli-pine Is lands .

HOLY F A T H E R D O N A T E S $20,000 TO CHINA FLOOD

R E L I E F .

The Apostolic Delegate t o China, Mgr . Zanin, ha s received ins t ruc­t ions f rom t h e Vat ican to donate $20,000 for relief work in t h e flood a reas . In addition, t h e delegate h a s ins t ruc ted t h e various missions to mobilise all Catholics to t ake p a r t in relief work and to contri­bu te towards t he relief funds.

Peiping.—A number of Ordina­ries of Hopei Province, who send the i r clerical s tudents to St . Vincent 's Regional Seminary a t Chala, in t h e suburbs of Peiping, for t he i r ecclesiastical education, met in conference here yes terday morning to hea r and discuss t h e j annual financial, scholastic and dis­ciplinary r epor t of t h e Rector, t h e Very Rev. O. Fer reux , C M .

The Ordinar ies present a t t h e meet ing w e r e : Bishop Paul Mon­taigne, C M . , of Pe ip ing ; Bishop Jean de Vienne, CM. , of T ien t s in ; Coadjutor Bishop Eugene Lebou-ille, C M . , of Yungpingfu; Bishop Melchior Soun, C M . , of A n k w o ; Bishop Joseph Chow, C M . , of Pao t ingfu ; and Msgr. Igna t ius Krause, C M . , Prefect Ap. of Shun-tehfu. T h e Very Rev. F ranc i s Desrumaux, C M . , Lazar is t Visit­or, also a t t ended .

H. E . Archbishop Zanin, Aposto­lic Delegate to China, enter ta ined t h e Bishop of Peiping and his dis­t inguished vis i tors a t dinner in t h e Apostolic Delegation a t noon.— (Lumen.)

OFFICIALS IN HONAN HONOUR CHINESE S E C U L A R PRIEST.

Chumat ien , (Honan Province, Ch ina) .—The Chief of Police, t h e Distr ict Magi s t r a t e and o t h e r ' civil and mi l i ta ry author i t ies cf Tungpehhsien, Honan, recent ly presented an honour scroll t o Rev. James Kouo, par i sh priest of t h a t town, t o show the i r appreciat ion of his good work among t h e people of the region. F a t h e r Kouo, who belongs to t h e Chinese secular clergy, also received a number of practical g i f ts , household art icles, &c , f rom his Chris t ian and non-Chr is t ian friends. The occasion was t h e opening of t he newly res tored Church in t h e impor tan t m a r k e t town of Pingshihchen in t he s a m e par i sh .

The officials of Tungpehhsien speak h igh ly of F a t h e r Kouo's work and t h e y have shown the i r esteem in a pract ical way by pro­tect ing h i s mission several t imes dur ing t h e troubled period of recent y e a r s . — (Fides)

REV. F R S . DIAS AND LAW­R E N C E R E V E R T TO T H E I R

R E S P E C T I V E P A R I S H E S .

Rev. F a t h e r Dias of the Church of St . Joseph, Singapore, who e r - j changed places for a month wi th Rev.. F a t h e r Lawrence of t h e Church of St . Pe ter , Malacca, h a s r e tu rned to Singapore.

B I S H O P OF KAYING. Mgr. F r a n c i s Ford, of t h e Mary-

knoll F a t h e r s of t h e U.S.A. h a s been appointed Bishop of Kaying , China.

B I S H O P OF SUCHOW.

Mgr . Phi l ip Cote, Canadian Jesui t , h a s been appointed first Bishop of Suchow, China.

P R O P O S E D A.A.~ASSOCIATION.

Mr. Marcus Rex, act ing Chief Secre tary F.M.S., presided over t h e Malayan A m a t e u r Athlet ic Asso­ciation's Championship mee t ing held a t Kua la Lumpur las t week end, and m a d e some very impor t ­ant announcements concerning fu ture Malayan spor ts in h is add­ress a t t h e close, before calling upon L a d y Thomas to d is t r ibute t he pr izes .

N o t Like Othe r Girls. The lot of the girl who *s " not like

other g i r l s" in the fact that she cannot participate in outdoor games because she lacks the strength and energy to da so is indeed hard. When she does overcome her nervous dis­inclination, and attempts to play, she quickly gets iut of breath, her heart, thumps appallingly, her face becomes flushed and her head dizzy, she feels hot and distressed and soon has to stip, completely exhausted.

To such a girl Dr. Williams' Pink Pills—so-called because of their pink sugar coating—give immediate help, containing, as they do, just the elements necessary to build up the blood, to fill it with red corpuscles, to enrich it with energy-producing, brain, nerve and muscle feeding haemoglobin. And persevered with for from 30 to 60 days their bene­ficent results are astinishing.

FRANCISCAN MISSIONARIES T A K E N BY R E D S FROM L E P E R

ASYLUM I N T I B E T A N MARCHES.

Pek ing .—Fa the r Epiphanius Pe-goraro and Bro the r Pascal Nadal, t he two Franc iscan missionaries carried off by Communis t s during-the recent invasion of western Szechwan Province, were , until t he t ime of t he i r capture , in charge of t h e Catholic Leper Asy­lum a t Mosimien near t h e Tibetan border. Th is asy lum which, after Sheklung, is t h e la rges t of t h e five smaller colonies for lepers main­tained by Catholic missionaries in China, ha s 105 inmates .

No fu r the r detai ls have been re­ceived about t h e fa te of t h e two Franciscans , and it is believed tha t they a re still in t h e hands of the Reds.

Bishop Louis N . Renaul t , Vicar Apostolic of Suifu, in t h e same province, uncer ta in of t h e out­come of t h e s t ruggle between the regular t roops and t h e Red forces, has closed his seminary and has had t h e seminar i s t s sent to their homes. (F ides ) .

LONDON POLICE GUILD OB­S E R V E COMING-OF-AGE

F E A S T .

After 21 years of gradual g rowth in numbers , t h e London Police Guild me t in t h e Lady Cha­pel of Wes tmins t e r Cathedral to keep the i r coming-of-age feast in Common.

DOCTOR T R A V E L S BY AIR­P L A N E TO A T T E N D SICK NUN.

Nanchang , Kiangs i .—The Chin­ese a i rways were ins t rumenta l in saving t h e life of t h e Sis ter Superior of St . Louis Catholic Hos­pital he re when she was taken seriously ill recently. Dr . Santelli, eminent surgeon of Shangha i , res­ponded to t he t e legram of Rev. Paul Monteil, C M . , Director of St. Louis Hospital , by flying to Nan­chang via Kiuk iang and complet­ing in a few hour s a j ou rney t h a t requires four days b y land.— —(Lumen-Fides . )

M A L A Y A CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935. 15

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SPORTS NOTES CATHOLICS IN THE LIMELIGHT.

(By Our Own Correspondent . )

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SOCCER.

SERVICES TROUNCE SINGAPORE ELEVEN.

Civilian Combination Poor.

The Services deieated Singapore at Soccer at ihe Anson Road .btauium on lueoua-y a n a uiorougniy earneu their 4-1 victory. Our local staiwarts were unable to ao anything right. Said and the two backs resisted the attack of tne five opposing forwards and three halves, as best they couxd and really cannot be blamed too much for the aefeat. Two saves that Said made were gems Of hign merit ana have raised the reputa­tion of this humble little Malay custo­dian: Both Boon Lay and Rahman though i o n plussed at times had a most gruelling hour but were not disgraced. j.nese uiree deienders should not be tampered with because they took a lot of beating. It was the half back trio that reany fell far below the standard of the Services, intermediates. Hay, a great spoiler, has yet to learn to feed his forwards. Where were the glorious passes that Rogers and his merry flank-men provided right throughrthe game? Singapore does miss and badly too the sterling half back play of John Then. But Hay can only be held responsible for failing to supply his forwards with the opportunities that they expected to receive and utilise. Otherwise he must not be called a failure: Chwee Chua was below form and although at times as tricky as ever appeared hardly able to hold Fahy. Taylor was a failure and ought to be dropped- One would like to paint a favourable picture of this perfectly good sportsman but justice must be satisfied. The team's skipper could not last the pace, and in fairness to him it must be said that he was put off his game by unfair criticism and un­savoury jibes. Taylor played because he was selected. Surely he should not be made the target for cheap offensive-ness. We now realise in some measure from the shortcomings of Singapore's halves why the forward line proved so utterly innocuous. Mahmood, always a potential scorer was rather starved and at the end lost position time and again through disgust and dissatisfaction at being so badly cold-shouldered.

And now we have to ask our readers if they too noticed very queer happen­ings in the centre and inside left berths of the forward line, who was actually centre forward and who inside left? Keng Hock and Dolfattah were so con­stantly altering their positions that one never knew who was here and who there. The interchange, if a part of some special scheme of attack, scarcely bothered the Services' defence because of the palpable weakness of Dolfattah who was once more tried out in place of Valberg or Madon. Dolfattah has been in the past a star of the first magnitude, and may with practice recover his lost form, but he is a shadow of his former self and is a burden to the other four forwards. He really should go. Khun Onn should have performed better. One expected far more from this ex-Josephian and trusts that he will centre more accurate­ly with either foot-

Mat Noor has twice been completely subjugated by the Services but on this occasion made greater efforts to beat off the strict policing he was undergoing. He played a poor game however, and must learn to overcome difficulties. -Never once did he drop back to help the defence that so sorely needed assist­ance. When will Noor bring himself 1 0 Play the perfect inner forward? And new to Keng Hock, who found the net .and thus reduced the margin of defeat, l wo open goals were missed by this usually accurate player, because he would not take first time the chances he got. rf*** 2 ° a l s would have made a world fL 5 e r , e n c e to t h e r € S u l * but they never lourid their billets and we are left to ^ourn the defeat.

anH 1 !? ^ 0 u l d n o t f o r 2 € t the stubborn

Hn Persistent watch kept on Keng Hock th» -J^gers, who invariably reserves

c h a r g e n g e r ° U S g ° a l S C O r e r f o r ^ s p e c i a l

The selectors however will not rush into a panic for they will after deliberate consideration come to the conclusion that the substitution of one half and one forward will suffice to restore balance and greater efficiency. Valberg and Hutchison (if fit) could be tried with advantage.

* * * * Mr. Lim Yong Liang as Trainer to

Singapore XI. It will interest our readers to know

that Mr. Lim Yong Liang, whose name is a household word in local football circles, is the trainer of the Singapore Soccer XI which will meet Selangor at K. L. in the final on August 10th. What Mr. Lim does not know in the realm of football is not worth knowing and he brings to bear upon his valuable work an unsurpassed knowledge of the finer points of the game and of true sports­manship. He was the cleanest of players in his day and possessed mar­vellous ball control. Every Singaporean has entire confidence in the team's trainer. Mr. Lim Yong Liang is a de­vout parishioner of the Church of SS. Peter and Paul, Queen Street.

* * * * St. Patrick's Inter-house Football

Competition. The tfnter House Football 'Competi­

tion at St. Patricks-by-the-Sea has just been completed. The results are as follows:

DIVISION I. 1st—St. Francis's House

Mr. F. Sobrielo. 2nd—St. Charles's House

Mr. A. Nazareth. 3rd—St. Jame's House

Mr. F. James. 4th—St. Bernard's House

Mr. B. Nicholas. 5th—St. Arthur's House

Mr. A. Phillips. DIVISION II.

1st—St. Francis's House Mr. F. Sobrielo.

2nd—St. Charles's House Mr. A. Nazareth.

3rd—St. Bernard's House Mr. B. Nicholas.

4th—St. James's House Mr. F. James.

5th—St. Arthur's House Mr. A. Phillips.

* * * .< Mr. Hogan As Football Coach.

Mr. J. Hogan, the manager of Ful-ham Football Club, England, has accepted his old position as Coach to the Australian National Football Team.

* • • * CRICKET.

S.R.C. Draw with S.C.C. for Third Time This Season.

When the S.R.C met the S.C.C. in a cricket fixture last Friday, Saturday and Sunday, time did not permit of a decision being reached.

J. Edwards 20. H. Balhetchet 81. N. Sullivan 27, P. d'Almeida 53, M. Valberg 17, and E. Lemercier 14 were the con­tributions of the Catholic members to the S.R.C. total of 263 runs in the first innings. Edwards captured 4 for 41, Sullivan 2 for 38, D'Almeida 2 for 45, Balhetchet 1 for 17 and Orr 1 for 12 in the Europeans' first attempt.

M. /Valberg 15, Balhetchet 38, and Sullivan 26 had time to make runs be­fore the declaration at 134 for 5 wickets.

Sullivan took 1 wicket for 16 runs in the S.C.C.'s second innings.

* * * * Selangor Rangers Defeat Negri

Sembilan Club. The Selangor Rangers met and de­

feated the Negri Sembilan Club at cricket in K. L. on July 29th. Clem de Silva batted well for his 53 but Law­rence de Silva was next highest scorer with only 18. Felix de Silva took 2 wickets for 50 runs. The N.S. Club col­lapsed for 65 runs. L. de Silva taking 4 for 16, Shepherdson 2 for 25 and C. de Silva 3 for 9.

* * • The Stonor Cricket Shield, played for

annually in Kuala Lumpur, rests bet­ween the Selangor Indians and the Selangor Rangers. Last week the Selangor Eurasians drew with the Kilat Club. P. J. Johnson made 27, A. L. de Silva 16, C. R. Martin 26 for the Eurasians. D. E. Martin topscored for the Kilat XI with 23 runs.

TICKS/? SPORT

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16 MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935.

General Jottings of the Week.

IMPOSING C O R P U S CHRISTI PROCESSION A T MIDDLES-

BOROUGH.

35,000 people took p a r t in a p u b ­lic procession of t h e Blessed Sacra­m e n t in celebrat ion of t h e F e a s t of Corpus Chr i s t i in Middlesborough, E n g l a n d . Headed by a band, and escor ted b y moun ted police t h e p a g e a n t left t h e Ca thed ra l for t h e Convent . Boys in red sashes , in­f a n t girls, t i n y t o t s w i th golden, w r e a t h s and wh i t e dresses, child­r e n f rom a n o r p h a n a g e in w h i t e a n d blue, g i r l s f rom a Convent in long s a t i n gowns and ca r ry ing b a s k e t s of c ream roses , m a d e up t h e first g roups .

<Jirls f rom a n o t h e r Convent ca r r i ed w h e a t and grapes . The Chi ldren of M a r y came f rom all t h e pa r i shes a n d t h e r e was a g r o u p of Goan seamen from t h e docks . Girl guides and schoolboys marched on in seemingly endless n u m b e r s . Then came thousands of m e n march ing four deep. Long l ines of surpliced boys and massed choirs heralded t h e approach of t h e Blessed Sacrament . The Bi­shop escorted by numerous pr ies t s carr ied t h e Sacred Host under a beautiful canopy. The women of 1 t h e par i shes followed after .

T W E L V E MILLION S U F F E R ­E R S D U E TO C H I N A FLOOD.

F r o m Nank ing comes a sober repor t t h a t about 12,000,000 per­sons a re suffering from drought -induced famine conditions in 8 provinces of China and h u n d r e d s of thousands have been reduced t o ea t ing t h e ba rk of t rees , roots and even clay. Hunan , Anhwei and H u p e h provinces a re t h e mos t acute sufferers.

E A R T H Q U A K E DAMAGES MIS­SION P R O P E R T Y I N FORMOSA.

T h e ea r thquake of April on t h e is land of Fo rmosa killed 3,152 in­h a b i t a n t s and made 250,000 home­less . Grea t d a m a g e to t h e Ca tho­lic missions of F o rmosa was done. Catholic p r i e s t s h a v e been work ing t h e r e since 1859 ( t h e Dutch drove t h e m out in t h e 17th C e n t u r y ) . The re is a Catholic population of 7,000 a t p resent . E n t r u s t e d to t h e Dominions is t h e mission wi th 12 churches , 36 chapefc, 22 schools, a t r a in ing school for teachers , a medical d i s p e n s a r y ^ a p r i n t i n g es tab l i shment , college for girls and an orphan asy lum.

S T U D E N T S OF P R O P A G A N D A COLLEGE O R D A I N E D .

Nine nat ions were represented by t h e 22 newly ordained s tuden t s of P ropaganda College received in Special Audience by t h e Holy F a t h e r las t mon th . There were 6 Chinese, 5 Indians , 2 New Zea-landers , 1 Japanese , 1 Yugo Slav, 3 Aus t ra l ians , 1 Dane, 1 Dutch­m a n and 2 Annami tes .

E N G L A N D W I N S DAVIS C U P .

England has won the Davis Cup. Congra tu la t ions . G. P . Hughes , who wi th Tuckey, defeated t h a t mos t formidable pair—Allison and Van Ryn of America—is a Ca tho­lic. He h a s represented England in t h e Doubles for th ree years now.

R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S A T EDIN­BURGH EUCHARISTIC

CONGRESS.

A t t h e E d i n b u r g h Euchar is t ic Congress, Eng land was represent­ed by F a t h e r Mart indale , S.J. who preached. Cadets , marines and " J o b s " of t h e U.S.A. Navy who sailed up t h e F i r t h in t h e bat t le­ships A r k a n s a s and Wyoming to t h e i r first po r t of call on a world tour , also a t t ended . F a t h e r May of Melbourne, Aust ra l ia , repre­sented t h e "Neve r Never Land ." T h e demons t ra t ion of more t h a n 5000 Catholic men in t h e Waver-ley Marke t on t h e Sunday evening of t h e Congress was a demonst ra­t ion of Catholic manhood which h a s never been equalled in t h e h is tory of^post-Reformation Scot­land.

Members of t h e noble families rubbed shoulders wi th t h e tough Clydesiders. Sedate burghers of Edinburgh sa t side by side wi th unemployed miners .

Congress badges were forbidden except dur ing t h e Services and meet ings. I t was most ly the older folk—perhaps in whom t h e pr ide of the clans still holds s t ronger sway—who were seen going out in to t h e s t r ee t s w i th t h e Papal Colours still showing in t h e i r coats . I t was no t j u s t forgetful-ness . The womenfolk, 7,000 in all, held the i r own mee t ing t h e even­ing af ter t h e men did. They b ra ­ved the hosti le crowds and m a r ­ched to t h e rendezvous heroically.

Archbishop McDonald described t h e si tuat ion best when he sa\d to his audience; "To-day is t he anni ­versary of t h e Ba t t l e of Bannock-burn . Before t h e ba t t l e t h e Scots knelt down to p r a y : ' See / cried t h e Engl ish , ' t hey kneel to beg for mercy. ' ' Y e s / replied t h e Scots, t h a t we do, bu t i t is no t from you t h a t we ask for mercy ." T h e cowardly anti-Catholics were af­ra id to a t t a ck on t h e men ' s n igh t bu t t hey chose t h e women's meet ­ing for t he i r ignoble assaul t s . "

A BOOK T H A T E V E R Y CATHO­LIC < SHOULD READ.

"I t is our du ty" , says the Uni­verse of London " to recommend to the Chr i s t i an public a very notable book which h a s been pub­lished by t h e Bruce Publishing Co. of Milwaukee. U.S.A. I t is sold in England by Messrs . Coldwell (17 Red Lion Passage , London, W . C -1) a t 13s. The re should be no Catholic l ib rary wi thou t this book.

The a u t h o r is Bishop Francis Kelley, D.D., L.L.D., a prelate of g rea t diplomatic experience and ou t s tand ing l i t e ra ry a b i l i t y . "Blood-Drenched A l t a r s " as t h e volume is called tells t he s tory of Mexico f rom t h e beginning of t h e Country 's h i s tory . We suggest t h a t every Catholic should t r y t o read t h i s book."

E N G L I S H PILGRIMAGE TO L O U R D E S .

The larges t Engl ish pilgrimage to Lourdes th i s yea r left Liverpool on July 9 th . I t was led by Bishop Dobson, U. G. and consisted of 50 pr ies ts , 120 sick, including 25 s t re tcher cases, and more than 800 j pilgrims in all.

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About 200 Anglicans a t t ended Service in Rochester Cathedra l lately in honour of St . J o h n Fisher .

Lord Halifax, Minis ter for War , gave an oration. Dur ing t h e p ro ­ceedings a member of t h e P ro t e s ­t a n t Truth Society stood up in t h e nave and declared t h a t F i s h e r w a s a t ra i tor . He s t a t ed t h a t it w a s a shame for t h e Secre ta ry of S t a t e for W a r t o be t h e r e th / i t n igh t defending a t ra i to r .

The Anglican Bishop of Roches­t e r sternly told t h e i n t e r rup t e r to be silent but t h e l a t t e r refused to leave until the police were called.

Another member of t h e P.T.S. alsp rose and shouted, "How can F isher be called a Chr is t ian when he invited Spanish a rmies to in­vade this coun t ry? I a m here to protes t . " His p ro te s t was drown­ed in the s inging of a hymn .

SON OF MR. & MRS. F R E Y AR­R I V E S FROM S W I T Z E R L A N D .

Rendi Frey, eldest son of Mr . and Mrs. F rey of E a s t Coast Road arr ived on Sunday by t h e I ta l ian l iner from Switzerland where he h a s been res iding wi th his g r a n d parents . Young F r e y is looking very fit and a l though only 14 y e a r s of age is qu i te big and s t rong . Needless to s a y his pa r en t s a r e overjoyed to have him wi th t h e m af ter such a long period of separa­tion.

The la te Bishop Barillon's many fr iends will apprecia te the kind­ness of Bishop and Mrs . Roberts , of t h e Anglican Establ ishment , who very thoughtfu l ly sent a beautiful w r e a t h for t h e funeral. Such la rge hea r t edness is always very much apprecia ted and res­pected. The P r o t e s t a n t Bishop and h i s wife can r e s t assured of our g ra t i tude .

F R E N C H T E N N I S ' S T A R PASSES T H R O U G H TO JAVA.

Henr i Cochet, one of the great­es t Lawn Tennis players France ever produced, who is now a pro­fessional was not permit ted to meet t h e Singapore amateurs . This deprived h i s Singapore ad­mi re r s of the pleasure of watching th is g r e a t mas te r . Cochet is now in J a v a on a t enn is t o u r where his success is assured. How narrow t h e ru les governing A m a t e u r Sport can be has been proved over and over aga in bu t no change in them has ye t been a t t empted .

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CORPUS CHRISTI AT LIVER­POOL.

A t Liverpool 20,000 people a s ­sembled for t h e Corpus Chr is t i procession. Rain fell in t h e morn ­ing but the sun shone bri l l iantly dur ing the service. One hundred priests walked before t h e Blessed Sacrament and six pr ies ts carr ied t he canopy under which Arch­bishop Downey bore t h e Sacred Host .

Mr. H e n r y J o h n son of Mr.. A u g u s t u s John, t h e famous ar t is t , has d isappeared while staying wi tb an aun t in Cornwall. His car was found in a lane, and his dog on a cliff edge. I t is thought tha t he w e n t for a ba the and was swept away by the s t rong sea.

Mr. John, who is 28, entered the Society of Je sus , and studied at Oxford. He took h is degree a f t e r t h r e e years , bu t decided he had no vocation to t h e priesthood and left t h e Society.

CARD. F A U L H A B E R ' S SHREWD R E P L Y TO NAZI POLICE.

REMARKABLE EUCHARISTIC CLOCK.

A remarkable Euchar is t ic clock h a s been presented to t h e Pope by a Viennese lady.

I t is 2 feet h i g h and in t h e form of a world m a p : I t is o rnamen ted wi th 2 angels bear ing an inscr ip­tion, and represen ts all t he p a r t s of the world in which each 24 hours the Holy Sacrifice is offered daily.

Cardinal F a u l h a b e r of Munich pronounced a very nea t re tor t to the Secret Police authori t ies of Munich, when in the i r solicitude for religion t h e y recommended His Eminence to abandon the imme­morial Corpus Chr is t i procession th i s y e a r so a s to avoid trouble wi th t h e P r o t e s t a n t s and Commu­nis t s . The Cardinal replied t ha t he was in perfect understanding wi th t h e P ro t e s t an t Church autho­r i t ies , and t h a t t h e S ta t e no doubt would be able to protect t he Ca­tholic population from the Com­munis t s .

MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935. 17

HERE «> T H E R E M h The Lack of Honour THE PRIESTS BLESSING.

Our Serial Story <THIRD I N S T A L M E N T )

"I a lways t h o u g h t it would b e dreadfully solemn, but- i t i sn ' t , " Honor's soft al to voice came back to Anna. " I suppose i t ' s because it's you."

' 'Because i t ' s—Honor for p i ty ' s sake! Can ' t you see I mean i t ? Why should I be ridiculous to you ? Forget t h a t we g rew up t o g e t h e r ? no, don't forge t mousey lit t le g i r l ­hood. B u t t h ink of me as a m a n , as your lover, not a s Wally t h e little boy," Wally cried fervent ly .

"Oh, Wally, dear , t h a t ' s w h a t I can't do, "said Honor. "Of course I don't t h i n k of you as li t t le boy, but ne i ther can I qui te th ink of you as a man, and not a t all a s—as the o ther . "

"Your lover? B u t t h a t ' s w h a t I am, every pulse of me, every inch of me! T h a t ' s w h a t I 've been ever since vou came back th i s t ime , what shall I be till I d ie !"

Wally's shaky voice f r ightened Anna. She listened dismayed, dreading t h e effect of th i s s t rong emotion upon inexperienced l i t t le Honor.

"Oh, Wally, no, you won ' t ! " t h e girl replied. " I t ' s only because we're all so young and I 'm about all t h e t ime . Imagine a girl no t yet g radua ted , wi th a lover, and t h a t lover h e r a lmost -brother! . We're bo th too young to do m o r e than d r e a m of these t h i n g s , Wally. You'll ge t all r i g h t a g a i n after I 've gone back. About t h e summer a f t e r nex t , or t h e one a f t e r that , you'll show m e t h e p ic ture of t h e one gr i l ! ' I can ' t help t h ink ing i t ^ a l i t t le funny, Wally dear, b u t yoii m u s t n ' t be hur t . You know I always a m inclined to t h i n k things a r e a l t i t le b i t funny. I 'm glad t h a t I am. I t doesn' t do to take t h ings seriously. You m u s t n ' t be so serious now. You're not r e ­ally in love wi th me. I 'm nobody but your p laymate Honor. J u s t irragine t a k i n g th i s seriously, a boy of not twen ty , wi th all his way to make in t h e wor ld!"

"You a r e nobody but H o n o r ; that 's t rue , and nobody is anybody, but Honor," Wally 's voice took on such a note of seriousness t h a t Anna marveled. "If you th ink t h i s is a boy's folly, you a re qui te wrong. I 'm young, bu t I don ' t be­lieve older people can feel a s keenly as we do. Goethe said t h e first love was t h e best . As to m a k i n g 5p way, Honor, you know t h a t Bob and I a re going into the em­ploy of f a the r ' s cousin th i s fall and

t ha t we a r e both to have positions of t rus t . I 'm to handle large sums of money and in a yea r ' s t ime I shall h a v e t h e sort of sa la ry those positions command. I have a r igh t to ask you t o be engaged t o m e . '

"No, Wally, you haven ' t . I 'm going back to t h e convent to g r a d u a t e — t h e convent!" Honor in­t e r rup ted herself. "All so r t s of girls, P r o t e s t a n t s and J ews and girls of no fai th go t o convent schools, b u t do you realize t h a t I am a Cathol ic? A s t rong one. Wha t do you suppose your mothe r would say to a Catholic d a u g h t e r ? Wally, if I wanted t o l is ten t o wha t you tell me-and I don ' t - i t would be all wrong. So be m y old chum

VAIN REGRETS.

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When first He came in that still midnight hour,

The Holy Spirit, as the Maid replied Consenting, full of grace yet all -untried,

Softly He came as dew falls on a flower. •But now jcith rushing wind He comes in \

power, Shaking the house. His mighty flames

divide To touch ber^ brow and fill her heart

grown wide And deep with anguish borne. New grace

her dowtr. > »

For a new task is hers, not one fair Son To bear and cherish, but her Sons young

Bride, His infant Church through earliest days

to guide, Mould to His Will and love as He has

done. That Church, mature in growth, a debt

repays

When of its Mother-Queen it sings the praise. E. M. P.

again and pu t t h i s love for me, th i s kind of love for me, ent i rely out of mind.

"Do you suppose I d give you up for all t h e mo the r s in t h e wor ld?" demanded Wally.

" I would give you up for one, for your m o t h e r , " said Honor . "If I were to have her care and shel ter all t hese y e a r s and t hen stole you, I o u g h t no t to be called 'Honor ! But if ever I mar ry , Wally i t m u s t be a C a t h o l i c ' " "I 'd j u s t a s soon be a Catholic," cried Wally eagerly. " I a lways ha ted all mothe r ' s church bus iness ; you know t h a t Church wouldn,t bo ther me , but I believe I do like yours bes t of t h e lot ."

Honor laughed out r igh t . "Such a hopeful conver t ! " she cried. Oh, Wally, do be sensible! You ' re so horr ibly manly when you t r y t o

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"A good old nun," he tells us . "in a convent n e a r my place, w o r n out by age and toil, was t aken to the infirmary. Eve ry night I w e n t to say a few words to her and g ive her my blessing. On one occasion I had to go to Lulworth Castle, a t which she was sorely dis t ressed. 'What shall I do wi thout t h e bless­ing ' she exclaimed. So I sa id I would give it t o her all t he s a m e ; t h a t wi th God t h e r e is no space o r distance, and t h e n I took leave of her.

" I t was t h e cus tom a t t h e Cas t le to pay a visit t o t h e Blessed Sacra ­ment between t h e first and secofd bells for dinner , and it was d u r i n g t h a t visit t h a t I usually fulfilled my promise to Sis ter N — , and sent he r my blessing.

"But one day I was out late, h a d only j u s t t ime to prepare for din­ner before t h e second bell r ang , and so I omi t ted t h e v is i t ; fo rgo t to bless the old nun, and only re ­membered i t j u s t before g e t t i n g into bed. Then I collected m y though t s and gave her t h e bless­ing.

At t h a t ve ry t ime, the S i s t e r who waited on h e r heard h e r mov­ing, and going to her bedside, ask­ed if she wan ted anyth ing . 'No, ' she replied, ' i t is only the F a t h e r ' s good angel b r ing ing me his b less­i n g . ' "

Monsignor Weld's anecdotes were not , however, always wholly spir i tual , as wi tness the following story of Cardinal Wiseman, told

Do not cry over spilt milk. Do not dwell on the faults and mistakes of the past. Leave them alone; leave them to God. As soon as possible make an Act of Contrition and never think of them again. Often the despondence caused by sin is more wrong:, and keeps one away from God more than the sin itself. Don't waste time being discouraged. Get up and go to God. Draw near to Him. Do not stand back, hanging your head.

Some people always have one eye on the past and the other on the future, in­stead of both on the present. Don't waste time deploring the past and being apprehensive of the future. Grace will be given to meet each day the difficulties of that day. There are very few people who would not be good at their own job if they would only develop the power of concentration. It is this incessant worry over past and future ihat prevents the concentration. Leave the future in GodV, Hands.

Think of God in goodness. Have a good opinion of God. God loves us to think well of Him, to trust Him, to think lovingly of Him. Do not think God does not forgive easily. The more intimate a human friendship the less nervous one is of a chance word offending a friend. Friends are not lost forever by some little word or act displeasing them. Above all, remember that in darkness, gloom, dejection or depression God does not dwell. Do not even make acts of sorrow, if that depresses; make acts of love. Depression never comes from God; neither does any thought which makes His service difficult. Have al­ways the highest opinion of Our Lord

on one occasion by t h e Monsignor The Cardinal had been appealed to by a cer ta in Bishop, a g rea t fr iend of his , for points on which to base a discourse on " T h e Three Hour^s A g o n y " one Good F r iday , to which t h e Cardinal wrote back : "Preach yourself, and by t h e t ime you have finished, I have no doubt t he peo­ple will have had th ree hours ' agony."

talk about loving me, and so boyish about a t h i n g of so much m o r e im­portance as religion i s ! Come, Wally I 'm going back. You go back, too, back to my old-t ime comrade."

"I'll never give up, Honor , never ," declared Wally. "I'll m a r r y you, if I have to wait till I 'm eighty-or ca r ry you off by force a year from now."

Anna heard no m o r e ; she t u r n e d and has tened l ightly away in ad­vance of the i r coming. But t h e r e could no t have been much more, t o hear, for s h e had not been t en minutes in t h e house when she heard Honor ' s exquisite voice s ing­ing, half sadly, half humorous ly :

"Plais i r d amour ne dure qu 'un moment ,

Chagr in d 'amour dure tou te la vie ."

The pleasure of love las ts bu t for a moment , t he pangs of love last t h rough life.

Anna sought her mother t h a t night and poured out to h e r t h e story of w h a t she had suspected and t h e n overheard. I t did no t occur to e i ther of them t h a t t h e r e was any disgrace in such "over­hear ing."

Mrs. Griscom was as much dis­turbed as A n n a had foreseen he r being.

She seems to have answered quite properly, Anna, but t h e r e ' s no telling w h a t may come of it. Wally is so handsome, has such a way wi th h im t h a t Honor proba­bly will g row to be fonder and fonder of h im. How could she help i t . seeing no one else? m Didn ' t you notice t h a t she didn' t te l l h im she wasn ' t fond of h im? I t h ink she had b e t t e r not come h e r e a t Chr is tmas , and another sp r ing ,

a f te r she g radua tes , she mus t be sent for a summer somewhere else. I shall tell your f a t h e r t h a t when Honor is g radua ted our du ty to h e r is done and she m u s t leave us . A Cathol ic! One of m y sons mar r i ed

| to a Catholic! I wi th Catholic | grandchi ldren, if t h e r e were child-j r e n ! F o r Honor would insist on

he r children being Catholics. She m u s t cer tainly go away . And we m u s t all do our bes t to in te res t Wally in o ther t h i n g s th i s winter . I m u s t see to i t t h a t he meets cha rming girls. Oh, Anna , if only you d idn ' t want to be m a r r i e d and go away before C h r i s t m a s ! A d a u g h t e r can be such a help t o a mo the r ge t t ing gir ls to t h e h o u s e ! I m u s t speak to Rober t . I 'm going to tell about it . I t really seems as t hough you could do b e t t e r miss ionary work r i g h t here , m y d e a r ! "

Mrs . Griscom told h e r plaint ive ta le to Robert . She was no t p r e ­pared for i ts effect. H e l is tened wi th his face purp l ing red, h is eyes black w i th w r a t h . Then h e s t rode up and down t h e room.

"Merciful powers , mother , you don' t seem to see one point of t h e all-round m e a n n e s s ! A n n a eaves­dropping and you upholding h e r in

| i t ! Wally*, Wally, m y younger b ro ther , t a k i n g a d v a n t a g e of an inexperienced gir l , a n i nma te of t h e house her f a t h e r in t rus t ed he r to, t h e ward of Wal ly ' s fa ther , t r y ­ing to make the child care for h im, win h e r promise to someth ing she could not in t h e least realize w h a t ! Mother , do you see don' t you see t h a t A n n a and Wally a re des t i tu te of h o n o u r ? A Cathol ic ! Object t o a gi r l ' s religion, ye t spy uonn her . t r y t o e n t r a p h e r ! I t doesn ' t

(Continued on page 19 Col. 3 & 4)

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16 MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935.

General Jottings of the Week.

IMPOSING C O R P U S CHRISTI PROCESSION A T MIDDLES-

BOROUGH.

35,000 people took p a r t in a p u b ­lic procession of t h e Blessed Sacra­m e n t in celebrat ion of t h e F e a s t of Corpus Chr i s t i in Middlesborough, E n g l a n d . Headed by a band, and escor ted b y moun ted police t h e p a g e a n t left t h e Ca thed ra l for t h e Convent . Boys in red sashes , in­f a n t girls, t i n y t o t s w i th golden, w r e a t h s and wh i t e dresses, child­r e n f rom a n o r p h a n a g e in w h i t e a n d blue, g i r l s f rom a Convent in long s a t i n gowns and ca r ry ing b a s k e t s of c ream roses , m a d e up t h e first g roups .

<Jirls f rom a n o t h e r Convent ca r r i ed w h e a t and grapes . The Chi ldren of M a r y came f rom all t h e pa r i shes a n d t h e r e was a g r o u p of Goan seamen from t h e docks. Girl guides and schoolboys marched on in seemingly endless n u m b e r s . Then came thousands of m e n march ing four deep. Long l ines of surpliced boys and massed choirs heralded t h e approach of t h e Blessed Sacrament . The Bi­shop escorted by numerous pr ies t s carr ied t h e Sacred Host under a beautiful canopy. The women of 1 t h e par i shes followed after .

T W E L V E MILLION S U F F E R ­E R S D U E TO C H I N A FLOOD.

F r o m Nank ing comes a sober repor t t h a t about 12,000,000 per­sons a re suffering from drought -induced famine conditions in 8 provinces of China and h u n d r e d s of thousands have been reduced t o ea t ing t h e ba rk of t rees , roots and even clay. Hunan , Anhwei and H u p e h provinces a re t h e mos t acute sufferers.

E A R T H Q U A K E DAMAGES MIS­SION P R O P E R T Y I N FORMOSA.

T h e ea r thquake of April on t h e is land of Fo rmosa killed 3,152 in­h a b i t a n t s and made 250,000 home­less . Grea t d a m a g e to t h e Ca tho­lic missions of Fo rmosa was done. Catholic p r i e s t s h a v e been work ing t h e r e since 1859 ( t h e Dutch drove t h e m out in t h e 17th C e n t u r y ) . The re is a Catholic population of 7,000 a t p resent . E n t r u s t e d to t h e Dominions is t h e mission wi th 12 churches , 36 chapefc, 22 schools, a t r a in ing school for teachers , a medical d i s p e n s a r y ^ a p r i n t i n g es tab l i shment , college for girls and an orphan asy lum.

S T U D E N T S OF P R O P A G A N D A COLLEGE O R D A I N E D .

Nine nat ions were represented by t h e 22 newly ordained s tuden t s of P ropaganda College received in Special Audience by t h e Holy F a t h e r las t mon th . There were 6 Chinese, 5 Indians , 2 New Zea-landers , 1 Japanese , 1 Yugo Slav, 3 Aus t ra l ians , 1 Dane, 1 Dutch­m a n and 2 Annami tes .

E N G L A N D W I N S DAVIS C U P .

England has won the Davis Cup. Congra tu la t ions . G. P . Hughes , who wi th Tuckey, defeated t h a t mos t formidable pair—Allison and Van Ryn of America—is a Ca tho­lic. He h a s represented England in t h e Doubles for th ree years now.

R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S A T EDIN­BURGH EUCHARISTIC

CONGRESS.

A t t h e E d i n b u r g h Euchar is t ic Congress, Eng land was represent­ed by F a t h e r Mart indale , S.J. who preached. Cadets , marines and " J o b s " of t h e U.S.A. Navy who sailed up t h e F i r t h in t h e bat t le­ships A r k a n s a s and Wyoming to t h e i r first po r t of call on a world tour , also a t t ended . F a t h e r May of Melbourne, Aust ra l ia , repre­sented t h e "Neve r Never Land ." T h e demons t ra t ion of more t h a n 5000 Catholic men in t h e Waver-ley Marke t on t h e Sunday evening of t h e Congress was a demonst ra­t ion of Catholic manhood which h a s never been equalled in t h e h is tory of^post-Reformation Scot­land.

Members of t h e noble families rubbed shoulders wi th t h e tough Clydesiders. Sedate burghers of Edinburgh sa t side by side wi th unemployed miners .

Congress badges were forbidden except dur ing t h e Services and meet ings. I t was most ly the older folk—perhaps in whom t h e pr ide of the clans still holds s t ronger sway—who were seen going out in to t h e s t r ee t s w i th t h e Papal Colours still showing in t h e i r coats . I t was no t j u s t forgetful-ness . The womenfolk, 7,000 in all, held the i r own mee t ing t h e even­ing af ter t h e men did. They b ra ­ved the hosti le crowds and m a r ­ched to t h e rendezvous heroically.

Archbishop McDonald described t h e si tuat ion best when he sa\d to his audience; "To-day is t he anni ­versary of t h e Ba t t l e of Bannock-burn . Before t h e ba t t l e t h e Scots knelt down to p r a y : ' See / cried t h e Engl ish , ' t hey kneel to beg for mercy. ' ' Y e s / replied t h e Scots, t h a t we do, bu t i t is no t from you t h a t we ask for mercy ." T h e cowardly anti-Catholics were af­ra id to a t t a ck on t h e men ' s n igh t bu t t hey chose t h e women's meet ­ing for t he i r ignoble assaul t s . "

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E N G L I S H PILGRIMAGE TO L O U R D E S .

The larges t Engl ish pilgrimage to Lourdes th i s yea r left Liverpool on July 9 th . I t was led by Bishop Dobson, U. G. and consisted of 50 pr ies ts , 120 sick, including 25 s t re tcher cases, and more than 800 j pilgrims in all.

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About 200 Anglicans a t t ended Service in Rochester Cathedra l lately in honour of St . J o h n Fisher .

Lord Halifax, Minis ter for War , gave an oration. Dur ing t h e p ro ­ceedings a member of t h e P ro t e s ­t a n t Truth Society stood up in t h e nave and declared t h a t F i s h e r w a s a t ra i tor . He s t a t ed t h a t it w a s a shame for t h e Secre ta ry of S t a t e for W a r t o be t h e r e th / i t n igh t defending a t ra i to r .

The Anglican Bishop of Roches­t e r sternly told t h e i n t e r rup t e r to be silent but t h e l a t t e r refused to leave until the police were called.

Another member of t h e P.T.S. alsp rose and shouted, "How can F isher be called a Chr is t ian when he invited Spanish a rmies to in­vade this coun t ry? I a m here to protes t . " His p ro te s t was drown­ed in the s inging of a hymn .

SON OF MR. & MRS. F R E Y AR­R I V E S FROM S W I T Z E R L A N D .

Rendi Frey, eldest son of Mr . and Mrs. F rey of E a s t Coast Road arr ived on Sunday by t h e I ta l ian l iner from Switzerland where he h a s been res iding wi th his g r a n d parents . Young F r e y is looking very fit and a l though only 14 y e a r s of age is qu i te big and s t rong . Needless to s a y his pa r en t s a r e overjoyed to have him wi th t h e m af ter such a long period of separa­tion.

The la te Bishop Barillon's many fr iends will apprecia te the kind­ness of Bishop and Mrs . Roberts , of t h e Anglican Establ ishment , who very thoughtfu l ly sent a beautiful w r e a t h for t h e funeral. Such la rge hea r t edness is always very much apprecia ted and res­pected. The P r o t e s t a n t Bishop and h i s wife can r e s t assured of our g ra t i tude .

F R E N C H T E N N I S ' S T A R PASSES T H R O U G H TO JAVA.

Henr i Cochet, one of the great­es t Lawn Tennis players France ever produced, who is now a pro­fessional was not permit ted to meet t h e Singapore amateurs . This deprived h i s Singapore ad­mi re r s of the pleasure of watching th is g r e a t mas te r . Cochet is now in J a v a on a t enn is t o u r where his success is assured. How narrow t h e ru les governing A m a t e u r Sport can be has been proved over and over aga in bu t no change in them has ye t been a t t empted .

Cochet is accompanied by his wife.

SON O F N O T E D ARTIST DIS­A P P E A R S MYSTERIOUSLY.

CORPUS CHRISTI AT LIVER­POOL.

A t Liverpool 20,000 people a s ­sembled for t h e Corpus Chr is t i procession. Rain fell in t h e morn ­ing but the sun shone bri l l iantly dur ing the service. One hundred priests walked before t h e Blessed Sacrament and six pr ies ts carr ied t he canopy under which Arch­bishop Downey bore t h e Sacred Host .

Mr. H e n r y J o h n son of Mr.. A u g u s t u s John, t h e famous ar t is t , has d isappeared while staying wi tb an aun t in Cornwall. His car was found in a lane, and his dog on a cliff edge. I t is thought tha t he w e n t for a ba the and was swept away by the s t rong sea.

Mr. John, who is 28, entered the Society of Je sus , and studied at Oxford. He took h is degree a f t e r t h r e e years , bu t decided he had no vocation to t h e priesthood and left t h e Society.

CARD. F A U L H A B E R ' S SHREWD R E P L Y TO NAZI POLICE.

REMARKABLE EUCHARISTIC CLOCK.

A remarkable Euchar is t ic clock h a s been presented to t h e Pope by a Viennese lady.

I t is 2 feet h i g h and in t h e form of a world m a p : I t is o rnamen ted wi th 2 angels bear ing an inscr ip­tion, and represen ts all t he p a r t s of the world in which each 24 hours the Holy Sacrifice is offered daily.

Cardinal F a u l h a b e r of Munich pronounced a very nea t re tor t to the Secret Police authori t ies of Munich, when in the i r solicitude for religion t h e y recommended His Eminence to abandon the imme­morial Corpus Chr is t i procession th i s y e a r so a s to avoid trouble wi th t h e P r o t e s t a n t s and Commu­nis t s . The Cardinal replied t ha t he was in perfect understanding wi th t h e P ro t e s t an t Church autho­r i t ies , and t h a t t h e S ta t e no doubt would be able to protect t he Ca­tholic population from the Com­munis t s .

MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935. 17

HERE «> T H E R E M h The Lack of Honour THE PRIESTS BLESSING.

Our Serial Story <THIRD I N S T A L M E N T )

"I a lways t h o u g h t it would b e dreadfully solemn, but- i t i sn ' t , " Honor's soft al to voice came back to Anna. " I suppose i t ' s because it's you."

' 'Because i t ' s—Honor for p i ty ' s sake! Can ' t you see I mean i t ? Why should I be ridiculous to you ? Forget t h a t we g rew up t o g e t h e r ? no, don't forge t mousey lit t le g i r l ­hood. B u t t h ink of me as a m a n , as your lover, not a s Wally t h e little boy," Wally cried fervent ly .

"Oh, Wally, dear , t h a t ' s w h a t I can't do, "said Honor. "Of course I don't t h i n k of you as li t t le boy, but ne i ther can I qui te th ink of you as a man, and not a t all a s—as the o ther . "

"Your lover? B u t t h a t ' s w h a t I am, every pulse of me, every inch of me! T h a t ' s w h a t I 've been ever since vou came back th i s t ime , what shall I be till I d ie !"

Wally's shaky voice f r ightened Anna. She listened dismayed, dreading t h e effect of th i s s t rong emotion upon inexperienced l i t t le Honor.

"Oh, Wally, no, you won ' t ! " t h e girl replied. " I t ' s only because we're all so young and I 'm about all t h e t ime . Imagine a girl no t yet g radua ted , wi th a lover, and t h a t lover h e r a lmost -brother! . We're bo th too young to do m o r e than d r e a m of these t h i n g s , Wally. You'll ge t all r i g h t a g a i n after I 've gone back. About t h e summer a f t e r nex t , or t h e one a f t e r that , you'll show m e t h e p ic ture of t h e one gr i l ! ' I can ' t help t h ink ing i t ^ a l i t t le funny, Wally dear, b u t yoii m u s t n ' t be hur t . You know I always a m inclined to t h i n k things a r e a l t i t le b i t funny. I 'm glad t h a t I am. I t doesn' t do to take t h ings seriously. You m u s t n ' t be so serious now. You're not r e ­ally in love wi th me. I 'm nobody but your p laymate Honor. J u s t irragine t a k i n g th i s seriously, a boy of not twen ty , wi th all his way to make in t h e wor ld!"

"You a r e nobody but H o n o r ; that 's t rue , and nobody is anybody, but Honor," Wally 's voice took on such a note of seriousness t h a t Anna marveled. "If you th ink t h i s is a boy's folly, you a re qui te wrong. I 'm young, bu t I don ' t be­lieve older people can feel a s keenly as we do. Goethe said t h e first love was t h e best . As to m a k i n g 5p way, Honor, you know t h a t Bob and I a re going into the em­ploy of f a the r ' s cousin th i s fall and

t ha t we a r e both to have positions of t rus t . I 'm to handle large sums of money and in a yea r ' s t ime I shall h a v e t h e sort of sa la ry those positions command. I have a r igh t to ask you t o be engaged t o m e . '

"No, Wally, you haven ' t . I 'm going back to t h e convent to g r a d u a t e — t h e convent!" Honor in­t e r rup ted herself. "All so r t s of girls, P r o t e s t a n t s and J ews and girls of no fai th go t o convent schools, b u t do you realize t h a t I am a Cathol ic? A s t rong one. Wha t do you suppose your mothe r would say to a Catholic d a u g h t e r ? Wally, if I wanted t o l is ten t o wha t you tell me-and I don ' t - i t would be all wrong. So be m y old chum

VAIN REGRETS.

O U R LADY OF P E N T E C O S T

When first He came in that still midnight hour,

The Holy Spirit, as the Maid replied Consenting, full of grace yet all -untried,

Softly He came as dew falls on a flower. •But now jcith rushing wind He comes in \

power, Shaking the house. His mighty flames

divide To touch ber^ brow and fill her heart

grown wide And deep with anguish borne. New grace

her dowtr. > »

For a new task is hers, not one fair Son To bear and cherish, but her Sons young

Bride, His infant Church through earliest days

to guide, Mould to His Will and love as He has

done. That Church, mature in growth, a debt

repays

When of its Mother-Queen it sings the praise. E. M. P.

again and pu t t h i s love for me, th i s kind of love for me, ent i rely out of mind.

"Do you suppose I d give you up for all t h e mo the r s in t h e wor ld?" demanded Wally.

" I would give you up for one, for your m o t h e r , " said Honor . "If I were to have her care and shel ter all t hese y e a r s and t hen stole you, I o u g h t no t to be called 'Honor ! But if ever I mar ry , Wally i t m u s t be a C a t h o l i c ' " "I 'd j u s t a s soon be a Catholic," cried Wally eagerly. " I a lways ha ted all mothe r ' s church bus iness ; you know t h a t Church wouldn,t bo ther me , but I believe I do like yours bes t of t h e lot ."

Honor laughed out r igh t . "Such a hopeful conver t ! " she cried. Oh, Wally, do be sensible! You ' re so horr ibly manly when you t r y t o

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The following s tory related by Monsignor Weld, may help us to realise more t h a n many of us do, the grace a t t ached to a pr ies t ' s blessing.

"A good old nun," he tells us . "in a convent n e a r my place, w o r n out by age and toil, was t aken to the infirmary. Eve ry night I w e n t to say a few words to her and g ive her my blessing. On one occasion I had to go to Lulworth Castle, a t which she was sorely dis t ressed. 'What shall I do wi thout t h e bless­ing ' she exclaimed. So I sa id I would give it t o her all t he s a m e ; t h a t wi th God t h e r e is no space o r distance, and t h e n I took leave of her.

" I t was t h e cus tom a t t h e Cas t le to pay a visit t o t h e Blessed Sacra ­ment between t h e first and secofd bells for dinner , and it was d u r i n g t h a t visit t h a t I usually fulfilled my promise to Sis ter N — , and sent he r my blessing.

"But one day I was out late, h a d only j u s t t ime to prepare for din­ner before t h e second bell r ang , and so I omi t ted t h e v is i t ; fo rgo t to bless the old nun, and only re ­membered i t j u s t before g e t t i n g into bed. Then I collected m y though t s and gave her t h e bless­ing.

At t h a t ve ry t ime, the S i s t e r who waited on h e r heard h e r mov­ing, and going to her bedside, ask­ed if she wan ted anyth ing . 'No, ' she replied, ' i t is only the F a t h e r ' s good angel b r ing ing me his b less­i n g . ' "

Monsignor Weld's anecdotes were not , however, always wholly spir i tual , as wi tness the following story of Cardinal Wiseman, told

Do not cry over spilt milk. Do not dwell on the faults and mistakes of the past. Leave them alone; leave them to God. As soon as possible make an Act of Contrition and never think of them again. Often the despondence caused by sin is more wrong:, and keeps one away from God more than the sin itself. Don't waste time being discouraged. Get up and go to God. Draw near to Him. Do not stand back, hanging your head.

Some people always have one eye on the past and the other on the future, in­stead of both on the present. Don't waste time deploring the past and being apprehensive of the future. Grace will be given to meet each day the difficulties of that day. There are very few people who would not be good at their own job if they would only develop the power of concentration. It is this incessant worry over past and future ihat prevents the concentration. Leave the future in GodV, Hands.

Think of God in goodness. Have a good opinion of God. God loves us to think well of Him, to trust Him, to think lovingly of Him. Do not think God does not forgive easily. The more intimate a human friendship the less nervous one is of a chance word offending a friend. Friends are not lost forever by some little word or act displeasing them. Above all, remember that in darkness, gloom, dejection or depression God does not dwell. Do not even make acts of sorrow, if that depresses; make acts of love. Depression never comes from God; neither does any thought which makes His service difficult. Have al­ways the highest opinion of Our Lord

on one occasion by t h e Monsignor The Cardinal had been appealed to by a cer ta in Bishop, a g rea t fr iend of his , for points on which to base a discourse on " T h e Three Hour^s A g o n y " one Good F r iday , to which t h e Cardinal wrote back : "Preach yourself, and by t h e t ime you have finished, I have no doubt t he peo­ple will have had th ree hours ' agony."

talk about loving me, and so boyish about a t h i n g of so much m o r e im­portance as religion i s ! Come, Wally I 'm going back. You go back, too, back to my old-t ime comrade."

"I'll never give up, Honor , never ," declared Wally. "I'll m a r r y you, if I have to wait till I 'm eighty-or ca r ry you off by force a year from now."

Anna heard no m o r e ; she t u r n e d and has tened l ightly away in ad­vance of the i r coming. But t h e r e could no t have been much more, t o hear, for s h e had not been t en minutes in t h e house when she heard Honor ' s exquisite voice s ing­ing, half sadly, half humorous ly :

"Plais i r d amour ne dure qu 'un moment ,

Chagr in d 'amour dure tou te la vie ."

The pleasure of love las ts bu t for a moment , t he pangs of love last t h rough life.

Anna sought her mother t h a t night and poured out to h e r t h e story of w h a t she had suspected and t h e n overheard. I t did no t occur to e i ther of them t h a t t h e r e was any disgrace in such "over­hear ing."

Mrs. Griscom was as much dis­turbed as A n n a had foreseen he r being.

She seems to have answered quite properly, Anna, but t h e r e ' s no telling w h a t may come of it. Wally is so handsome, has such a way wi th h im t h a t Honor proba­bly will g row to be fonder and fonder of h im. How could she help i t . seeing no one else? m Didn ' t you notice t h a t she didn' t te l l h im she wasn ' t fond of h im? I t h ink she had b e t t e r not come h e r e a t Chr is tmas , and another sp r ing ,

a f te r she g radua tes , she mus t be sent for a summer somewhere else. I shall tell your f a t h e r t h a t when Honor is g radua ted our du ty to h e r is done and she m u s t leave us . A Cathol ic! One of m y sons mar r i ed

| to a Catholic! I wi th Catholic | grandchi ldren, if t h e r e were child-j r e n ! F o r Honor would insist on

he r children being Catholics. She m u s t cer tainly go away . And we m u s t all do our bes t to in te res t Wally in o ther t h i n g s th i s winter . I m u s t see to i t t h a t he meets cha rming girls. Oh, Anna , if only you d idn ' t want to be m a r r i e d and go away before C h r i s t m a s ! A d a u g h t e r can be such a help t o a mo the r ge t t ing gir ls to t h e h o u s e ! I m u s t speak to Rober t . I 'm going to tell about it . I t really seems as t hough you could do b e t t e r miss ionary work r i g h t here , m y d e a r ! "

Mrs . Griscom told h e r plaint ive ta le to Robert . She was no t p r e ­pared for i ts effect. H e l is tened wi th his face purp l ing red, h is eyes black w i th w r a t h . Then h e s t rode up and down t h e room.

"Merciful powers , mother , you don' t seem to see one point of t h e all-round m e a n n e s s ! A n n a eaves­dropping and you upholding h e r in

| i t ! Wally*, Wally, m y younger b ro ther , t a k i n g a d v a n t a g e of an inexperienced gir l , a n i nma te of t h e house her f a t h e r in t rus t ed he r to, t h e ward of Wal ly ' s fa ther , t r y ­ing to make the child care for h im, win h e r promise to someth ing she could not in t h e least realize w h a t ! Mother , do you see don' t you see t h a t A n n a and Wally a re des t i tu te of h o n o u r ? A Cathol ic ! Object t o a gi r l ' s religion, ye t spy uonn her . t r y t o e n t r a p h e r ! I t doesn ' t

(Continued on page 19 Col. 3 & 4)

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A R O U N D THE PARISHES SINGAPORE, PENANG, KUALA LUMPUR, 1POH.

SINGAPORE St . Jo seph ' s Church

B a p t i s m .

2 8 t h Ju ly . Joyce Ju l i ana Victo-r ina Lewis , born on t h e 9 th July, d a u g h t e r of J o h n Ansel-m u s Lewis and of E v a I rene Lewis . God-paren t s :—Aloy-sius J o h n Monte i ro and Jul ie Pere i ra .

M a r r i a g e . . 31s t Ju ly . J o h n Aloysius Tan

Meng Ong, son of Tan Toh Siong and of Liong H u a Sng

. to Miss D o r o t h y Lee Poh Lan , d a u g h t e r of Lee Choon Guan and of F a n n Inn Neo. Wi t ­nesses :—Pedro Ong Wee Hock and M a r y L a m .

unapproachable excellence. Thus in to touch Me with your hands ? Do you Architecture, Michael Angelo is consi- I wish to speak to Me words of consolat

S T . J O S E P H ' S INSTITUTION.

R E G I S T R A T I O N OF N E W BOYS F O R 1936.

Reg i s t r a t ion for t h e admission of new boys in 1936 will begin a t St. Joseph ' s In s t i t u t i on in Septem­ber , 1935, a f t e r t h e re-opening of t h e classes.

Rev. B r o . Director .

OBITUARY. Madam Cecilia H e n g S iang Boon,

a pious, popular and ha rdwork ing commit tee m e m b e r of t h e Women 's Section of t h e Chinese Catholic Action, passed away peacefully a t h e r residence a t 10 Recreat ion Road on t h e 2 9 t h of Ju ly . A Re­quiem High Mass was sung for t h e repose of h e r soul t h e nex t d a y ; and Rev. F a t h e r Becheras officiat­ed a t a burial service, both in t he Church and a t t h e Cemetery. Members of t h e C C A . a r e asked t o p ray for h e r depar ted soul.

R. I . P .

dered the acme of perfection. Shake­speare is considered the most perfect exponent of dramatic art. In painting, Raphael, in Music, Beethoven approached as near as men can hope to go to absolute perfection. Joubert in one of his pre­gnant phrases, calls St. Theresa, the' "Sappho of Devotion." Charity likewise, has its perfect embodiment, its Michael Angelo, its Sappho in the person of St. Vincent de Paul, the Patron of our Society, whose feast we celebrate to-day. His long life of 80 years was the con­stant exemplification of heroic charity. The title of to-day's paper, therefore is appropriate and in keeping with the occasion.

We propose, therefore in approaching this great subject, to put before you a text of Scripture, which you all no doubt have read, viz:—"Blessed is the man that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor." There seems to be so little mystery about them; we meet

X them everywhere; they force the sight T of their misery before our eyes. What

mystery, then is there in thq needy and the poor? What is the mystery, which is hidden in the needy and the poor, and in which we will be pronounced "blessed" if we can only understand it, and like true men act upon that understanding.

The Conference welcomes this opport­unity, to congratulate you, first, that whether you understand this mystery or not, your membership of this Society and your "presence here this morning attest that you wish to act upon it; that yours are the instincts of Christian Charity, that the poor and the needy have only to lay their claims before you, you are ready, in the compassion and tenderness of the heart, which is the inheritance of the children of Christ, to fill their hands.

It will interest you, therefore, to be led into a consideration of this mystery. The Apostle, S t Paul, in writing to his recently converted Chris­tians lays down this great rule for them:—That for the Christian, there are three virtues which form the very essence of his Christianity; and these are, not the virtues of prudence, nor of justice, nor of high-mindedness, nor of nobleness, nor of fortitude—but they are the supernatural virtues of Faith, Hope and Love. "Now, there remain to you," he says, "Faith, Hope and Charity, and the greatest of these is

ticn? Go, seek the poor and the naked, the sick and the afflicted and the heart­broken, and in them, you will find Me? for, whatsoever, you do unto them, you do unto Me." Thus, did Our Lord indentify Himself with the poor.

And so with the eyes of Faith, do we recognise Christ in His poor. There­fore, it follows that the man who thus sees God in the poor, who looks upon them with the eyes of faith, that man will approach them with tenderness and reverence, that he will consult their feelings, that he will seek to console the heart while he revives the body, while he puts meat and drink before the sick and poor man, he will not put away from his heart the source of his comfort.

How does Hope enter into these con­siderations? What are our hopes? Every man has his hopes. Every man hopes to attain some position in this world and gain a certain happiness, but our principal hope is to attain Heaven, and be happy forever in the contemp­lation of God. Although our Lord has premised this, and our hope is built on the fidelity with which He meets His word, no man can expect the reward unless He complies with the conditions He has attached to His promises of glory. If we look up the Scriptures, we will find numerous passages of Our Lord's sayings, which show clearly how largely the poor and the aflicted enter into these conditions. "Behold these, to these did you refuse your mercy, your pity your charity; and I swear to you, that as I am God, in the day that you refused to comfort, and, to. succour, and to console them, you refused to do it unto Me. Therefore, there is no Heaven for you." The golden key that opens the gate to Heaven is the key of mercy. It follows; that if we hope to obtain mercy and^ittain Heaven, we have to be merciful. Our Lord has said, "As often as you are merciful to the poor, you are merciful to Me."

Who, therefore, believing in these things, does not recognise Christ in His poor, and so succour them with vener­ation; who does not see that his hope is built upon the relations which are esta­blished between Him and the poor of God. Thus out of this faith, and out of this hope springs the charity, with which we must relieve them. This is the Catholic idea of Charity. It is not a mere temporary flash of enthusiasm:

Charity." The life of the Christian, there- ! it is not the mere passing feeling of fore, must be the life of the believer—a "man of Faith." It must be a hopeful life, a life that looks beyond the horizon of the present time to the far-stretching eternity that goes beyond it, but most of all it must be a life of Divine Love. These are the three elements of the Christian.

What is Faith? Faith is an act of human intelligence looking up for the light that comes from the eternal Wisdom of God. Recognising God in that light, Faith catches a gleam of Him, and rejoices in its knowledge. Hope is an act of the will, striving after God, clinging to His promises, and try­ing, by realising the conditions, to realise the glory, which is the burden of the promise to come. Charity alone succeeds in laying hold of God. The God, whom Faith catches a gleam of, the God, whom Hope strives after, Charity seized and makes its own. When the veil shall fall and we, shall see Him in Heaven, there shall be no more Faith. It shall be absorbed in vision. When that for which we strive

benevolence that influences the Catholic Church; but, it is these principles of Christian faith, recognising who and what we are, and our Christian hope, building up all the conditions of its future glory upon this foundation. And, nowhere, but in the Catholic Church is this Charity beautifully organized. What better examples of organized charity can we have than our own Con­vent here, our Brothers' Schools. In other countries—in India and Burma, there are the Sisters of Mercy who care for the sick; the Little Sisters of the Poor, who look after the aged and the infirm. In China, the Sisters of Charity. And, throughout the world, there are the Conferences of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Each and every one of these Conferences are faithfully

j adhering to these principles, from which spring the true spirit behind the work of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, of which we are members, and the mite

j that we give to-day, shall return to us 1 one day in the form of a crown of glory, j which will one day be set upon our

after shall be given to us there shall I ! * e a d s b e f o r e t h e throne of God, by the

in fruition. But the Charity, that seizes upon God to-day shall hold for all eter

Mr. & Mrs. Bong Nyan Shoon, who were married on 20th July, at the Church of the Sacred Heart, S'pore.

PENANG SOCIETY OF

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. Conference of The Assumption

"CATHOLIC CHARITY"' By the Hon. Secy.

It is remarkable how in every line of human activity a continued progress is noted, until the very perfection of achievement seems to be concentrated, and as it were, personified in some one individual. 'That person becomes the very essence and embodiment of his special art or achievement, and is looked up to by his successors as a model of

nity. Charity, alone shall remain the very life of the elect of God. Therefore, the greatest of these is Charity.

These being the three virtues that be­long to the Christian character, let us see how far the mystery concerning the needy and the poor enters into these considerations of Faith, Hope * and Charity.

Faith is the virtue by which we catch a gleam of God. Do we catch a gleam | £ of Him in His poor? The poor of God

day we may be able to exclaim, "Oh, Lord, of all the beauties of God, it is true, the greatest of these is Charitv."

KUALA LUMPUR FR. MILITARY M E D A L FOR

PERRISSOUD. We congra tu la te hear t i ly Rev.

F r . P . D. Perr issoud on his being decorated in F rance wi th the

Medaille Mil i ta i re" in recognition —the afflicted, the sick~ ancTthe "heart" I of his brill iant conduct dur ing the broken—represent Our Lord' upon tKis \ Grea t War .

t h e con t rac t ing par t ies being Mr. Phi l ip Liao Chao Lim, 3rd son of Mr. & Mrs . Liao Num Mow and Miss Cecilia Kok Sat Moi, eldest d a u g h t e r of Mr. and the late Mrs . Kok Choong Sun.

T h e Bridal couple belong to well-known families in Kuala Lumpur .

Mr. Phil ip Liao Chao Lim who had had his ear ly studies in the Go­ve rnmen t Eng l i sh School and the S h u n g W a h Chinese School, Kuala Kangsa r , h a s t h e Degree of B.A. f rom a un ivers i ty in China and is in bus iness a t Singapore.

Miss Cecilia Kok Sat Moi is the principal of t h e Pi tchee Girls School, Pudu , and of her many bro­t h e r s , t h e mos t popular a re 0 . Y. Kok, t h e famous Press Photogra­p h e r and Mr . Kok Chin Yin, B a r r i s t e r - a t - L a w and a pract is ing m e m b e r a t t h e F.M.S. Bar .

I POH FOR CHRIST 'S POOR.

A n appeal, embodied in a pam­phle t , has been sent out by the Catholic Act ion Society to mem­ber s of t h e pa r i sh for contributions towards t h e relief of t h e poor. Rev. F a t h e r F o u r g s m a d e refer­ence to t h e appeal in Church on Sunday, s t rongly suppor t ing it and a sk ing t h e par ishioners t o do what t h e y can in aid of t h e poor.

Though Catholics he r e have shown generos i ty in suppor t ing unemployment and o the r relief funds in general , nothing has been done in t h e p a s t for t h e poor of t h e i r own par i sh . This project of t h e Catholic Action Society is h igh ly to be commended inasmuch as , besides mee t ing though in a ve ry small w a y t h e want of a St. Vincent de Pau l Society in the par i sh , i t p repa res the way for a conference of t h a t chari table So­ciety to be formed in t h e nea r fu­t u r e .

I t ha s t a k e n t h e Society half a yea r to launch t h e project. I t is hoped t h a t i t will be a g r e a t suc­cess from t h e beginning. Though t h e appeal was sent out a few days ago, t h e response so far ha s been encouraging—severa l hav ing sent in promises of fairly substant ia l month ly contr ibut ions.

* * * * BAPTISMS.

Rev. F r . F o u r g s baptised the following children on Sa turday evening :

W a n Lai Choon (15)—John. Wan Kank Ching (13)—Mary

Macrdalen. Yau Pak Yoong (14)—Anthony. L im Ah Fook (12)—Paul . L im Ah Min (10)—Peter .

earth. Our Lord declared He would remain upon this earth and would never leave it.- "Behold," He says, "I am with you all days unto the consummation of the world." To identify Himself with His Poor until the end of time, He says. "Do you wish to find me? Do you wish

MARRIAGE. LIAO-KOK.

The mar r i age was solemnized at t h e Church of t h e Holy Rosary, on 1st Augus t 1935, Kuala Lumpur .

CYMA t he Countr ies .

WATCHES and

CHRONO­M E T E R S

acknowledged the B E S T

in all Agent:

RENE ULLMANN,

SINGAPORE.

MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935. 19

SPORTS N E W S .

(Continued from page 15) ST. JOSEPH'S SECURE

SECOND PLACE IN TWO RELAY RACES.

St. Joseph's Institution won 2nd place in the Inter School Relay Race at the Raffles College Sports on Saturday.

They gave the winners a very hard fight.

Low Kee Pow, champion of St. Joseph's in 1933, won the championship title again—the second time.

Colin Deans won the obstacle Race with Louis Hon next.

Miss Molly Richards was first in the Egg- and Spoon Race for Women.

Paul Cheng was 2nd in the 100 yards. R. Hoffman was 2nd in the Long Jump

and 1st in the Cricket Ball Throw. Miss M. Richards and Miss E. da

Silva were 1st and 2nd in the Women's 75 yards Race.

Miss E. da Silva and A. Machado won the Thread and Needle Race.

Miss E. Norris and Low Kee Pow were second.

In the Relay Race open to Schools and Clubs at the Medical College St>orts on Saturday St. Joseph's Institution em­erged as one of the runners up, tieing with the P.W.D.

* * * * * " ATHLETICS.

SWEENEY WINS 100 YARDS DASH FOR BRITAIN.

Sweeney, of Britain, won the 100 yards dash for Britain in 10 2/10 sees, at the White City, London, on July 14th in the A.A.A. championships. Paul, of France, secured the Long Jump with 23 ft. 10 % ins.

* * * * * BOXING.

Battling Guillermo beat Neil Hemchit on points over 12 rounds at Ipoh, on July 26th at the Jubilee Park Stadium.

* * * * * Jack McAvoy, the Catholic holder of

the middleweight boxing championship of England, defeated Al Burke of London quite recently on points.

St. Joseph's Inter-School Relay Team which won The Shield At The A.C.C.S.

• Sports.

ANNUAL RIFLE MEET AT MALACCA.

The Annual B. R. A. Shoot took place in Malacca last Saturday and Sunday.

In the 600 yards Deliberate Sgt. F. Rodrigues was second.

In the Fire with movements Sgt. B. Frois was 1st and Sgt. W. Kruseman 2nd.

In the 300 yards Snap: Sgt. W. Kruseman won second place.

Sgt. B. Frois took the Lady Clifford Cup.

Sgt. W. Kruseman was runner up in the grand aggregate.

Cpl. V. Bateman of St. Francis's School won the Cadets Match.

* * * * * BARRETT—SHEPPARD TROPHY

COMPETITION. In the Barrett—Sheppard Trophy

Competition between Jasin and Alor Gajah, the former district annexed the billiards honours.

C. H. Theseira beat his A. G. opponent by 150—128.

L. Theseira and S. Fernandis defeated theirs bv 250—237.

At football which Jasin won B. Alcantara scored one of the 7 goals, C. H. Theseira 2, and L. Theseira 2.

St. Joseph's Inter-School Relay Team which won The Sir Arthur Young's Cup.

SPORTS. "THE QUINATK'S" SENTUL.

The Quinate's Shuttle Team held their First Anniversary Party on their Grounds at Lower Kovil Road, Sentul on 27th July, 1935.

The' weather being very promising there was a good gathering. After a group photograph, Mr. D. M. Arputahm. the Captain of the team outlined briefly the team's origin and its present stand­ing and proposed Mr. D. M. Rajaratnam to honour them by presiding at their humble party.

Mr. D. M. Rajaratnam, in a few words thanked the Team for proposing him to the chair and wished the Quinate's Team continued success and co-opera­tion and declared the Party open amidst loud applause.

The party concluded at about 6 ,p.m. with a vote of thanks to the Chair and three cheers for the future unity and success of the Team.

PENSIONNAT NOTRE DAME. (Continued from page 12)

courage is never lacking in the ardour of the Sisters of the Order, and the brave love of the Mother Visitor; and the deep affection in which she is held not only by the old pupils but by all sections of the public in Malaya has enabled her to achieve what would have been an impossible task to one less po­pular or less undaunted.

The aim of the Sisters is to impart secular education, based on Christian doctrine and morality, with due respect to all creeds. The decision to make the School entirely undenominational is typical of the boundless spirit of cjiarity of the Order which the Rev. Mother Visitor represents. The beautiful School, situated in ideal surroundings, and blessed with a temperate climate, so essential for the good health of the little ones, will be opened to all sections

the European community in Malaya and, I am sure, it is a privilege that will D« appreciated by all.

The Sisters will be glad, I know, to snow you over the School, the class­rooms and dormitories, and I have a suggestion to make. I suggest you peep "Jto the desks and open the exercise pocks and see what the children are do-

n £ , and I think you will be surprised J° see what has been done in the two ™c,n tJ?s since the School was started, and the sound education the children are R e i v i n g .

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am afraid I strayed somewhat beyond the

j Bishop's notes, so I will conclude by, i once again, thanking the British Resident

for his kindness in presiding here to­day, and in thanking you all for coming

The guests who were then shown round the building, class-rooms and dormitories were in complete accord that the ameni­ties afforded by the Pensionnat de Notre Dame were all that might be desired in a school of that nature. The function ended after a very enjoyable Tea party, and the singing of the National Anthem by nupils and guests.

The following guests were present at the function:—

Rev. Fathers H. M. Duvelle, R. Car-don, J. P. Baloche, M. Olcomendy, J. Oirard. Rev. Mothers St. Marcellin from Ipoh, St. Adele from Kuala Lum­pur. St. Etienne from Taiping, St. Pairine from Seramban. Mr. & Mrs. Cornwell, Mrs. Cormack, Mr. R. Dillon Corneck, Mr. E. P. Colgan, Mr. C. Cummings, Mr. C. M. Young, Mrs. Nixon, Mr. & Mrs. Booth, Mr. & Mrs. R. Patron, Mr. & Mrs. Bayley, Air. & Mrs. Taylor, Mr. W. M. Wallier, Mr. Y. M. Mankin, Mr. & Mrs. Magyer, Mr. & Mrs. Gilchrist, Mrs. Gachnang, Mr. Walter, Mrs. Burnet, Mr. & Mrs. R. Paton, Mr. & Mrs. Wert, Mr. & Mrs. Thorn, Mrs. Knight, Mr. Nathan, Mr. Milne, Mr. & Mrs. Piltio, Mr. & Mrs. Hardy, Mr. & Mrs. Footner, Dr. & Mrs. Hall, Mr. & Mrs. W. Elphinstone, Mrs. & Miss White, Dr. Serymgeons, Mr. Graham, J.P., Mr. Silley, Mr. & Mrs. Lander, Miss Griffith-Jones, Mr. & Mrs. Foster, Mr. & Mrs. Butler, Mr. Kenneison, Mrs. J. E. Kemp, Mr. O'Gready, Mr. & Mrs. Tortee.

T H E LACK OF HONOUR, (Continued from page 17)

requ i re religion to condemn or­d inary dishonour! And Wally k n o w s ; he ' s known f rom t h e first. Bu t he knew I'd as soon cut out m y tongue a s woo Honour wi th it while she is still a school girl , in our c a r e — "

"Rober t , wha t a r e you say ing? W h a t a r e you imply ing?" Mrs. Griscom in ter rupted h im agsas t .

"Do you mean t h a t you fancy yourself in love with t h e girl , t o o ? "

"Oh, no, mother , I 'm not imply­ing t h a t , " said Rober t , quitely. " N o t h i n g so uncer ta in as t h a t . I love Honor as much as I a m acp-able of loving and I a lways shall. I 'm not t h e sor t of ' fancy ' myself in love, no r to fancy a girl . I love Honor . W h y shouldn ' t I ? Did you ever see a face m o r e illusively i beautiful t h a n h e r s ? Is t h e r e a sweeter voice anywhere , a finer wit , a saner brain, a t r u e r hear t , a purer , more unselfish, humble r goodness? Is t he r e a gir l any ­where to compare wi th h e r ? W h y wouldn ' t I have loved h e r a n d w h y shouldn ' t I love h e r ? B u t I would not for worlds have told h e r so unt i l I could do so honorabyl . And Wally knew t h a t and took advan­t a g e of i t . And Anna eavesdrops! L i t t l e Honor, oh, my l i t t le Honor ! " Rober t ' s voice broke. H e migh t h a v e been c ry ing ou t upon Honor Shaw, or bewailing h i s b ro the r ' s lack of honor.

Mrs . Griscom w a s horrified, fur ious.

"Both of you! B o t h m y boys !" she gasped. "But i t is merely t h a t you a r e boys and t h e gir l happened to be at h a n d when you were a t t h e age for romance . I t i s nonsence t o speak a s t hough it would be^ last ing, Rober t . Bu t Honor shall go. S h e shall not come back he re a f t e r she g radua­tes. T h e r e would b e no reason for h e r coming, in any case. She mus t begin t o live her own life. H e r income is sufficient for he r to choose a n y reasonable m a n n e r of living. We've done enough. I t h a s been a tr ial t o m e from t h e first. I 'me r a t h e r glad th i s non­sense of you boys f ree us from Honor Shaw, though no one can ever say t h a t I have not done my d u t y by h e r ; I took care t h a t t hey couldn' t . I t is a relief to know t h a t henceforth m y du ty to my sons obliges me t o dismises he r from our circle. I command you t o do your du ty to m e and to your upbr inging and dismiss he r also f rom your fancy. I shall speak earnes t ly to Wally. H e always h a s been ha rde r to control t han you, Rober t . "

Robert smiled, " in precisely his f a the r ' s way ," his m o t h e r t h o u g h t wi th vexation, and wen t away wi thout otherwise replying.

Honor re turned to finish he r course a t h e r convent school and t h e Griscoms household resumed i t s rout ine, lullig Mrs . Griscom's anxie ty .

To be su re Wally had not taken her "ea rnes t speaking" a s calmly as Robert had received h e r ulti- I m a t u m . Wi th the u t m o s t fervor and wi th dramat ic effect Wally had sworn t h a t no th ing shold ever diver t his love from Honor , no one separa te him from her , by force, nor by seduction. B u t h is mothe r had fa i th and hope in t ime ' s effect, so much so t h a t s h e dispensed wi th t h e t h i rd of t h e theological v i r tues in th ink ing oi Honor .

Mr. Griscom in te r fe red not a t all in t h e course of e v e n t s ; h e made no comment on his sons ' first love affair, nor the i r m o t h e r ' s deal ing j with i t beyond one r e m a r k which j he dropped to Robert .

" I t ' s j u s t as well to let Honor set herself up separa te ly af te r she g r a d u a t e s ; she '11 see be t t e r a l i t t le dis tance off. But m a r k my words, Bob, Honor 's fa r too sensible t o fall in love wi th handsome Wally."

Robert deduced from th is one comment of his f a the r ' s t h a t he would not feel t h a t t h e Griscom family were t he losers if Catholic Honor Shaw mar r i ed into it. Fu r ­the r , t h a t Wally in par t icu lar was he r superior. Bu t Robert had long known t h a t h is f a the r felt un­easy doubt of his cha rming second son. Robert derived comfort and unexpressed encouragement from his f a the r ' s a t t i t ude .

Honor was to be g radua ted in J u n e , Anna Griscom's mar r i age was in May. Her miss ionary had delayed sai l ing till then , but was to s t a r t for San Francisco on t h e twenty-second. A n n a was mar ­r ied on t h e twenty-f i rs t and t h e preceding weeks were so crowded w i t h prepara t ions t h a t Mrs . Gris­com had some justif ication in pleading too g r e a t wear iness to go t o see Honor g radua ted , even a m o n t h la ter . F o r t h e Griscom wedding had been one to r emember and talk about A n n a had not en­te red upon her new life wi th t h e most r emote l ikeness to t h e apost­les, who dropped even the i r poor fishing ne t s when they went t o ' t each the hea then na t ions .

" I wan t to see Honor g radua te , papa ," Lillie Griscom begged.

Lit t l ie had he r full sha re of h e r mo the r ' s de terminat ion , not a lways of he r views. She had not lost h e r l i t t le girl admira t ion for t h e gir l two years h e r elder, whose sunny temper , genius for new games , unselffish readiness to com­fort , or to yield to o thers illumined the i r childhood.

" Y e s , of course you do," Mr. Griscom assented to t h e obvious. "You a r e going, a r en ' t you? T h e boys and I a r e go ing ; you can come wi th u s . "

Mrs. Griscom raised he r with a j e rk , opened her mouth-but s h u t i t again. A t r a r e intervals s h e had heard h e r husband say some­t h i n g in t h a t quiet tone t h a t made closing he r lips the only possible sequel t o opening t hem. F o r t u ­nate ly for his wife 's escape from apoplexy these in tervals were r a re .

So in t h e t h i r d week in J ime Mr. Griscom, his younger daugh­te r , and his two sons travelled a day and n igh t and reached t h e brick building, wi th i ts original central square and subsequent wings where , in spi te of Mrs . Griscom's prejudices , Honor Shaw had been developed into t h e girl whom all four held to be t h e i r ideal of exquis i te young woman­hood.

They passed under t h e wide cen­t r a l portal , benea th t h e figure of t h e Woman who has been t h e forma­t ive ideal of womanhood t h r o u g h ­out t h e Chr i s t ian ages . I t oc­curred to Rober t and his f a the r t h a t the ou ts t re tched hands , sca t ­t e r ing blessings, had someth ing t o do with w h a t Honor received in t h i s place, bu t Mrs . Griscom would have t h o u g h t t h e y were spreading snares—so much h a s t h e eye to do wi th wha t i t sees. Honor r a n to meet them, a lovely vision in h e r wh i t e gown, h e r face, wi th i t s beau ty t h a t seemed wi th in r a t h e r t h a n of face itself, r ad ian t w i t h j o y in see ing t h e m and wi th t h e exc i tement of t h e day . She m e t Wally w i thou t t h e least embar­r a s s m e n t ; plainly he r a t t i tude to­w a r d h i s love-making had been t h a t of h is m o t h e r — t h a t i t w a s merely a boyish episode of t h e i r g rowing up.

(To be continued.)

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A R O U N D THE PARISHES SINGAPORE, PENANG, KUALA LUMPUR, 1POH.

SINGAPORE St . Jo seph ' s Church

B a p t i s m .

2 8 t h Ju ly . Joyce Ju l i ana Victo-r ina Lewis , born on t h e 9 th July, d a u g h t e r of J o h n Ansel-m u s Lewis and of E v a I rene Lewis . God-paren t s :—Aloy-sius J o h n Monte i ro and Jul ie Pere i ra .

M a r r i a g e . . 31s t Ju ly . J o h n Aloysius Tan

Meng Ong, son of Tan Toh Siong and of Liong H u a Sng

. to Miss D o r o t h y Lee Poh Lan , d a u g h t e r of Lee Choon Guan and of F a n n Inn Neo. Wi t ­nesses :—Pedro Ong Wee Hock and M a r y L a m .

unapproachable excellence. Thus in to touch Me with your hands ? Do you Architecture, Michael Angelo is consi- I wish to speak to Me words of consolat

S T . J O S E P H ' S INSTITUTION.

R E G I S T R A T I O N OF N E W BOYS F O R 1936.

Reg i s t r a t ion for t h e admission of new boys in 1936 will begin a t St. Joseph ' s In s t i t u t i on in Septem­ber , 1935, a f t e r t h e re-opening of t h e classes.

Rev. B r o . Director .

OBITUARY. Madam Cecilia H e n g S iang Boon,

a pious, popular and ha rdwork ing commit tee m e m b e r of t h e Women 's Section of t h e Chinese Catholic Action, passed away peacefully a t h e r residence a t 10 Recreat ion Road on t h e 2 9 t h of Ju ly . A Re­quiem High Mass was sung for t h e repose of h e r soul t h e nex t d a y ; and Rev. F a t h e r Becheras officiat­ed a t a burial service, both in t he Church and a t t h e Cemetery. Members of t h e C C A . a r e asked t o p ray for h e r depar ted soul.

R. I . P .

dered the acme of perfection. Shake­speare is considered the most perfect exponent of dramatic art. In painting, Raphael, in Music, Beethoven approached as near as men can hope to go to absolute perfection. Joubert in one of his pre­gnant phrases, calls St. Theresa, the' "Sappho of Devotion." Charity likewise, has its perfect embodiment, its Michael Angelo, its Sappho in the person of St. Vincent de Paul, the Patron of our Society, whose feast we celebrate to-day. His long life of 80 years was the con­stant exemplification of heroic charity. The title of to-day's paper, therefore is appropriate and in keeping with the occasion.

We propose, therefore in approaching this great subject, to put before you a text of Scripture, which you all no doubt have read, viz:—"Blessed is the man that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor." There seems to be so little mystery about them; we meet

X them everywhere; they force the sight T of their misery before our eyes. What

mystery, then is there in thq needy and the poor? What is the mystery, which is hidden in the needy and the poor, and in which we will be pronounced "blessed" if we can only understand it, and like true men act upon that understanding.

The Conference welcomes this opport­unity, to congratulate you, first, that whether you understand this mystery or not, your membership of this Society and your "presence here this morning attest that you wish to act upon it; that yours are the instincts of Christian Charity, that the poor and the needy have only to lay their claims before you, you are ready, in the compassion and tenderness of the heart, which is the inheritance of the children of Christ, to fill their hands.

It will interest you, therefore, to be led into a consideration of this mystery. The Apostle, S t Paul, in writing to his recently converted Chris­tians lays down this great rule for them:—That for the Christian, there are three virtues which form the very essence of his Christianity; and these are, not the virtues of prudence, nor of justice, nor of high-mindedness, nor of nobleness, nor of fortitude—but they are the supernatural virtues of Faith, Hope and Love. "Now, there remain to you," he says, "Faith, Hope and Charity, and the greatest of these is

ticn? Go, seek the poor and the naked, the sick and the afflicted and the heart­broken, and in them, you will find Me? for, whatsoever, you do unto them, you do unto Me." Thus, did Our Lord indentify Himself with the poor.

And so with the eyes of Faith, do we recognise Christ in His poor. There­fore, it follows that the man who thus sees God in the poor, who looks upon them with the eyes of faith, that man will approach them with tenderness and reverence, that he will consult their feelings, that he will seek to console the heart while he revives the body, while he puts meat and drink before the sick and poor man, he will not put away from his heart the source of his comfort.

How does Hope enter into these con­siderations? What are our hopes? Every man has his hopes. Every man hopes to attain some position in this world and gain a certain happiness, but our principal hope is to attain Heaven, and be happy forever in the contemp­lation of God. Although our Lord has premised this, and our hope is built on the fidelity with which He meets His word, no man can expect the reward unless He complies with the conditions He has attached to His promises of glory. If we look up the Scriptures, we will find numerous passages of Our Lord's sayings, which show clearly how largely the poor and the aflicted enter into these conditions. "Behold these, to these did you refuse your mercy, your pity your charity; and I swear to you, that as I am God, in the day that you refused to comfort, and, to. succour, and to console them, you refused to do it unto Me. Therefore, there is no Heaven for you." The golden key that opens the gate to Heaven is the key of mercy. It follows; that if we hope to obtain mercy and^ittain Heaven, we have to be merciful. Our Lord has said, "As often as you are merciful to the poor, you are merciful to Me."

Who, therefore, believing in these things, does not recognise Christ in His poor, and so succour them with vener­ation; who does not see that his hope is built upon the relations which are esta­blished between Him and the poor of God. Thus out of this faith, and out of this hope springs the charity, with which we must relieve them. This is the Catholic idea of Charity. It is not a mere temporary flash of enthusiasm:

Charity." The life of the Christian, there- ! it is not the mere passing feeling of fore, must be the life of the believer—a "man of Faith." It must be a hopeful life, a life that looks beyond the horizon of the present time to the far-stretching eternity that goes beyond it, but most of all it must be a life of Divine Love. These are the three elements of the Christian.

What is Faith? Faith is an act of human intelligence looking up for the light that comes from the eternal Wisdom of God. Recognising God in that light, Faith catches a gleam of Him, and rejoices in its knowledge. Hope is an act of the will, striving after God, clinging to His promises, and try­ing, by realising the conditions, to realise the glory, which is the burden of the promise to come. Charity alone succeeds in laying hold of God. The God, whom Faith catches a gleam of, the God, whom Hope strives after, Charity seized and makes its own. When the veil shall fall and we, shall see Him in Heaven, there shall be no more Faith. It shall be absorbed in vision. When that for which we strive

benevolence that influences the Catholic Church; but, it is these principles of Christian faith, recognising who and what we are, and our Christian hope, building up all the conditions of its future glory upon this foundation. And, nowhere, but in the Catholic Church is this Charity beautifully organized. What better examples of organized charity can we have than our own Con­vent here, our Brothers' Schools. In other countries—in India and Burma, there are the Sisters of Mercy who care for the sick; the Little Sisters of the Poor, who look after the aged and the infirm. In China, the Sisters of Charity. And, throughout the world, there are the Conferences of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. Each and every one of these Conferences are faithfully

j adhering to these principles, from which spring the true spirit behind the work of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, of which we are members, and the mite

j that we give to-day, shall return to us 1 one day in the form of a crown of glory, j which will one day be set upon our

after shall be given to us there shall I ! * e a d s b e f o r e t h e throne of God, by the

in fruition. But the Charity, that seizes upon God to-day shall hold for all eter

Mr. & Mrs. Bong Nyan Shoon, who were married on 20th July, at the Church of the Sacred Heart, S'pore.

PENANG SOCIETY OF

ST. VINCENT DE PAUL. Conference of The Assumption

"CATHOLIC CHARITY"' By the Hon. Secy.

It is remarkable how in every line of human activity a continued progress is noted, until the very perfection of achievement seems to be concentrated, and as it were, personified in some one individual. 'That person becomes the very essence and embodiment of his special art or achievement, and is looked up to by his successors as a model of

nity. Charity, alone shall remain the very life of the elect of God. Therefore, the greatest of these is Charity.

These being the three virtues that be­long to the Christian character, let us see how far the mystery concerning the needy and the poor enters into these considerations of Faith, Hope * and Charity.

Faith is the virtue by which we catch a gleam of God. Do we catch a gleam | £ of Him in His poor? The poor of God

day we may be able to exclaim, "Oh, Lord, of all the beauties of God, it is true, the greatest of these is Charitv."

KUALA LUMPUR FR. MILITARY M E D A L FOR

PERRISSOUD. We congra tu la te hear t i ly Rev.

F r . P . D. Perr issoud on his being decorated in F rance wi th the

Medaille Mil i ta i re" in recognition —the afflicted, the sick~ ancTthe "heart" I of his brill iant conduct dur ing the broken—represent Our Lord' upon tKis \ Grea t War .

t h e con t rac t ing par t ies being Mr. Phi l ip Liao Chao Lim, 3rd son of Mr. & Mrs . Liao Num Mow and Miss Cecilia Kok Sat Moi, eldest d a u g h t e r of Mr. and the late Mrs . Kok Choong Sun.

T h e Bridal couple belong to well-known families in Kuala Lumpur .

Mr. Phil ip Liao Chao Lim who had had his ear ly studies in the Go­ve rnmen t Eng l i sh School and the S h u n g W a h Chinese School, Kuala Kangsa r , h a s t h e Degree of B.A. f rom a un ivers i ty in China and is in bus iness a t Singapore.

Miss Cecilia Kok Sat Moi is the principal of t h e Pi tchee Girls School, Pudu , and of her many bro­t h e r s , t h e mos t popular a re 0 . Y. Kok, t h e famous Press Photogra­p h e r and Mr . Kok Chin Yin, B a r r i s t e r - a t - L a w and a pract is ing m e m b e r a t t h e F.M.S. Bar .

I POH FOR CHRIST 'S POOR.

A n appeal, embodied in a pam­phle t , has been sent out by the Catholic Act ion Society to mem­ber s of t h e pa r i sh for contributions towards t h e relief of t h e poor. Rev. F a t h e r F o u r g s m a d e refer­ence to t h e appeal in Church on Sunday, s t rongly suppor t ing it and a sk ing t h e par ishioners t o do what t h e y can in aid of t h e poor.

Though Catholics he r e have shown generos i ty in suppor t ing unemployment and o the r relief funds in general , nothing has been done in t h e p a s t for t h e poor of t h e i r own par i sh . This project of t h e Catholic Action Society is h igh ly to be commended inasmuch as , besides mee t ing though in a ve ry small w a y t h e want of a St. Vincent de Pau l Society in the par i sh , i t p repa res the way for a conference of t h a t chari table So­ciety to be formed in t h e nea r fu­t u r e .

I t ha s t a k e n t h e Society half a yea r to launch t h e project. I t is hoped t h a t i t will be a g r e a t suc­cess from t h e beginning. Though t h e appeal was sent out a few days ago, t h e response so far ha s been encouraging—severa l hav ing sent in promises of fairly substant ia l month ly contr ibut ions.

* * * * BAPTISMS.

Rev. F r . F o u r g s baptised the following children on Sa turday evening :

W a n Lai Choon (15)—John. Wan Kank Ching (13)—Mary

Macrdalen. Yau Pak Yoong (14)—Anthony. L im Ah Fook (12)—Paul . L im Ah Min (10)—Peter .

earth. Our Lord declared He would remain upon this earth and would never leave it.- "Behold," He says, "I am with you all days unto the consummation of the world." To identify Himself with His Poor until the end of time, He says. "Do you wish to find me? Do you wish

MARRIAGE. LIAO-KOK.

The mar r i age was solemnized at t h e Church of t h e Holy Rosary, on 1st Augus t 1935, Kuala Lumpur .

CYMA t he Countr ies .

WATCHES and

CHRONO­M E T E R S

acknowledged the B E S T

in all Agent:

RENE ULLMANN,

SINGAPORE.

MALAYA CATHOLIC L E A D E R , SATURDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1935. 19

SPORTS N E W S .

(Continued from page 15) ST. JOSEPH'S SECURE

SECOND PLACE IN TWO RELAY RACES.

St. Joseph's Institution won 2nd place in the Inter School Relay Race at the Raffles College Sports on Saturday.

They gave the winners a very hard fight.

Low Kee Pow, champion of St. Joseph's in 1933, won the championship title again—the second time.

Colin Deans won the obstacle Race with Louis Hon next.

Miss Molly Richards was first in the Egg- and Spoon Race for Women.

Paul Cheng was 2nd in the 100 yards. R. Hoffman was 2nd in the Long Jump

and 1st in the Cricket Ball Throw. Miss M. Richards and Miss E. da

Silva were 1st and 2nd in the Women's 75 yards Race.

Miss E. da Silva and A. Machado won the Thread and Needle Race.

Miss E. Norris and Low Kee Pow were second.

In the Relay Race open to Schools and Clubs at the Medical College St>orts on Saturday St. Joseph's Institution em­erged as one of the runners up, tieing with the P.W.D.

* * * * * " ATHLETICS.

SWEENEY WINS 100 YARDS DASH FOR BRITAIN.

Sweeney, of Britain, won the 100 yards dash for Britain in 10 2/10 sees, at the White City, London, on July 14th in the A.A.A. championships. Paul, of France, secured the Long Jump with 23 ft. 10 % ins.

* * * * * BOXING.

Battling Guillermo beat Neil Hemchit on points over 12 rounds at Ipoh, on July 26th at the Jubilee Park Stadium.

* * * * * Jack McAvoy, the Catholic holder of

the middleweight boxing championship of England, defeated Al Burke of London quite recently on points.

St. Joseph's Inter-School Relay Team which won The Shield At The A.C.C.S.

• Sports.

ANNUAL RIFLE MEET AT MALACCA.

The Annual B. R. A. Shoot took place in Malacca last Saturday and Sunday.

In the 600 yards Deliberate Sgt. F. Rodrigues was second.

In the Fire with movements Sgt. B. Frois was 1st and Sgt. W. Kruseman 2nd.

In the 300 yards Snap: Sgt. W. Kruseman won second place.

Sgt. B. Frois took the Lady Clifford Cup.

Sgt. W. Kruseman was runner up in the grand aggregate.

Cpl. V. Bateman of St. Francis's School won the Cadets Match.

* * * * * BARRETT—SHEPPARD TROPHY

COMPETITION. In the Barrett—Sheppard Trophy

Competition between Jasin and Alor Gajah, the former district annexed the billiards honours.

C. H. Theseira beat his A. G. opponent by 150—128.

L. Theseira and S. Fernandis defeated theirs bv 250—237.

At football which Jasin won B. Alcantara scored one of the 7 goals, C. H. Theseira 2, and L. Theseira 2.

St. Joseph's Inter-School Relay Team which won The Sir Arthur Young's Cup.

SPORTS. "THE QUINATK'S" SENTUL.

The Quinate's Shuttle Team held their First Anniversary Party on their Grounds at Lower Kovil Road, Sentul on 27th July, 1935.

The' weather being very promising there was a good gathering. After a group photograph, Mr. D. M. Arputahm. the Captain of the team outlined briefly the team's origin and its present stand­ing and proposed Mr. D. M. Rajaratnam to honour them by presiding at their humble party.

Mr. D. M. Rajaratnam, in a few words thanked the Team for proposing him to the chair and wished the Quinate's Team continued success and co-opera­tion and declared the Party open amidst loud applause.

The party concluded at about 6 ,p.m. with a vote of thanks to the Chair and three cheers for the future unity and success of the Team.

PENSIONNAT NOTRE DAME. (Continued from page 12)

courage is never lacking in the ardour of the Sisters of the Order, and the brave love of the Mother Visitor; and the deep affection in which she is held not only by the old pupils but by all sections of the public in Malaya has enabled her to achieve what would have been an impossible task to one less po­pular or less undaunted.

The aim of the Sisters is to impart secular education, based on Christian doctrine and morality, with due respect to all creeds. The decision to make the School entirely undenominational is typical of the boundless spirit of cjiarity of the Order which the Rev. Mother Visitor represents. The beautiful School, situated in ideal surroundings, and blessed with a temperate climate, so essential for the good health of the little ones, will be opened to all sections

the European community in Malaya and, I am sure, it is a privilege that will D« appreciated by all.

The Sisters will be glad, I know, to snow you over the School, the class­rooms and dormitories, and I have a suggestion to make. I suggest you peep "Jto the desks and open the exercise pocks and see what the children are do-

n £ , and I think you will be surprised J° see what has been done in the two ™c,n tJ?s since the School was started, and the sound education the children are R e i v i n g .

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am afraid I strayed somewhat beyond the

j Bishop's notes, so I will conclude by, i once again, thanking the British Resident

for his kindness in presiding here to­day, and in thanking you all for coming

The guests who were then shown round the building, class-rooms and dormitories were in complete accord that the ameni­ties afforded by the Pensionnat de Notre Dame were all that might be desired in a school of that nature. The function ended after a very enjoyable Tea party, and the singing of the National Anthem by nupils and guests.

The following guests were present at the function:—

Rev. Fathers H. M. Duvelle, R. Car-don, J. P. Baloche, M. Olcomendy, J. Oirard. Rev. Mothers St. Marcellin from Ipoh, St. Adele from Kuala Lum­pur. St. Etienne from Taiping, St. Pairine from Seramban. Mr. & Mrs. Cornwell, Mrs. Cormack, Mr. R. Dillon Corneck, Mr. E. P. Colgan, Mr. C. Cummings, Mr. C. M. Young, Mrs. Nixon, Mr. & Mrs. Booth, Mr. & Mrs. R. Patron, Mr. & Mrs. Bayley, Air. & Mrs. Taylor, Mr. W. M. Wallier, Mr. Y. M. Mankin, Mr. & Mrs. Magyer, Mr. & Mrs. Gilchrist, Mrs. Gachnang, Mr. Walter, Mrs. Burnet, Mr. & Mrs. R. Paton, Mr. & Mrs. Wert, Mr. & Mrs. Thorn, Mrs. Knight, Mr. Nathan, Mr. Milne, Mr. & Mrs. Piltio, Mr. & Mrs. Hardy, Mr. & Mrs. Footner, Dr. & Mrs. Hall, Mr. & Mrs. W. Elphinstone, Mrs. & Miss White, Dr. Serymgeons, Mr. Graham, J.P., Mr. Silley, Mr. & Mrs. Lander, Miss Griffith-Jones, Mr. & Mrs. Foster, Mr. & Mrs. Butler, Mr. Kenneison, Mrs. J. E. Kemp, Mr. O'Gready, Mr. & Mrs. Tortee.

T H E LACK OF HONOUR, (Continued from page 17)

requ i re religion to condemn or­d inary dishonour! And Wally k n o w s ; he ' s known f rom t h e first. Bu t he knew I'd as soon cut out m y tongue a s woo Honour wi th it while she is still a school girl , in our c a r e — "

"Rober t , wha t a r e you say ing? W h a t a r e you imply ing?" Mrs. Griscom in ter rupted h im agsas t .

"Do you mean t h a t you fancy yourself in love with t h e girl , t o o ? "

"Oh, no, mother , I 'm not imply­ing t h a t , " said Rober t , quitely. " N o t h i n g so uncer ta in as t h a t . I love Honor as much as I a m acp-able of loving and I a lways shall. I 'm not t h e sor t of ' fancy ' myself in love, no r to fancy a girl . I love Honor . W h y shouldn ' t I ? Did you ever see a face m o r e illusively i beautiful t h a n h e r s ? Is t h e r e a sweeter voice anywhere , a finer wit , a saner brain, a t r u e r hear t , a purer , more unselfish, humble r goodness? Is t he r e a gir l any ­where to compare wi th h e r ? W h y wouldn ' t I have loved h e r a n d w h y shouldn ' t I love h e r ? B u t I would not for worlds have told h e r so unt i l I could do so honorabyl . And Wally knew t h a t and took advan­t a g e of i t . And Anna eavesdrops! L i t t l e Honor, oh, my l i t t le Honor ! " Rober t ' s voice broke. H e migh t h a v e been c ry ing ou t upon Honor Shaw, or bewailing h i s b ro the r ' s lack of honor.

Mrs . Griscom w a s horrified, fur ious.

"Both of you! B o t h m y boys !" she gasped. "But i t is merely t h a t you a r e boys and t h e gir l happened to be at h a n d when you were a t t h e age for romance . I t i s nonsence t o speak a s t hough it would be^ last ing, Rober t . Bu t Honor shall go. S h e shall not come back he re a f t e r she g radua­tes. T h e r e would b e no reason for h e r coming, in any case. She mus t begin t o live her own life. H e r income is sufficient for he r to choose a n y reasonable m a n n e r of living. We've done enough. I t h a s been a tr ial t o m e from t h e first. I 'me r a t h e r glad th i s non­sense of you boys f ree us from Honor Shaw, though no one can ever say t h a t I have not done my d u t y by h e r ; I took care t h a t t hey couldn' t . I t is a relief to know t h a t henceforth m y du ty to my sons obliges me t o dismises he r from our circle. I command you t o do your du ty to m e and to your upbr inging and dismiss he r also f rom your fancy. I shall speak earnes t ly to Wally. H e always h a s been ha rde r to control t han you, Rober t . "

Robert smiled, " in precisely his f a the r ' s way ," his m o t h e r t h o u g h t wi th vexation, and wen t away wi thout otherwise replying.

Honor re turned to finish he r course a t h e r convent school and t h e Griscoms household resumed i t s rout ine, lullig Mrs . Griscom's anxie ty .

To be su re Wally had not taken her "ea rnes t speaking" a s calmly as Robert had received h e r ulti- I m a t u m . Wi th the u t m o s t fervor and wi th dramat ic effect Wally had sworn t h a t no th ing shold ever diver t his love from Honor , no one separa te him from her , by force, nor by seduction. B u t h is mothe r had fa i th and hope in t ime ' s effect, so much so t h a t s h e dispensed wi th t h e t h i rd of t h e theological v i r tues in th ink ing oi Honor .

Mr. Griscom in te r fe red not a t all in t h e course of e v e n t s ; h e made no comment on his sons ' first love affair, nor the i r m o t h e r ' s deal ing j with i t beyond one r e m a r k which j he dropped to Robert .

" I t ' s j u s t as well to let Honor set herself up separa te ly af te r she g r a d u a t e s ; she '11 see be t t e r a l i t t le dis tance off. But m a r k my words, Bob, Honor 's fa r too sensible t o fall in love wi th handsome Wally."

Robert deduced from th is one comment of his f a the r ' s t h a t he would not feel t h a t t h e Griscom family were t he losers if Catholic Honor Shaw mar r i ed into it. Fu r ­the r , t h a t Wally in par t icu lar was he r superior. Bu t Robert had long known t h a t h is f a the r felt un­easy doubt of his cha rming second son. Robert derived comfort and unexpressed encouragement from his f a the r ' s a t t i t ude .

Honor was to be g radua ted in J u n e , Anna Griscom's mar r i age was in May. Her miss ionary had delayed sai l ing till then , but was to s t a r t for San Franc isco on t h e twenty-second. A n n a was mar ­r ied on t h e twenty-f i rs t and t h e preceding weeks were so crowded w i t h prepara t ions t h a t Mrs . Gris­com had some justif ication in pleading too g r e a t wear iness to go t o see Honor g radua ted , even a m o n t h la ter . F o r t h e Griscom wedding had been one to r emember and talk about A n n a had not en­te red upon her new life wi th t h e most r emote l ikeness to t h e apost­les, who dropped even the i r poor fishing ne t s when they went t o ' t each the hea then na t ions .

" I wan t to see Honor g radua te , papa ," Lillie Griscom begged.

Lit t l ie had he r full sha re of h e r mo the r ' s de terminat ion , not a lways of he r views. She had not lost h e r l i t t le girl admira t ion for t h e gir l two years h e r elder, whose sunny temper , genius for new games , unselffish readiness to com­fort , or to yield to o thers illumined the i r childhood.

" Y e s , of course you do," Mr. Griscom assented to t h e obvious. "You a r e going, a r en ' t you? T h e boys and I a r e go ing ; you can come wi th u s . "

Mrs. Griscom raised he r with a j e rk , opened her mouth-but s h u t i t again. A t r a r e intervals s h e had heard h e r husband say some­t h i n g in t h a t quiet tone t h a t made closing he r lips the only possible sequel t o opening t hem. F o r t u ­nate ly for his wife 's escape from apoplexy these in tervals were r a re .

So in t h e t h i r d week in J ime Mr. Griscom, his younger daugh­te r , and his two sons travelled a day and n igh t and reached t h e brick building, wi th i ts original central square and subsequent wings where , in spi te of Mrs . Griscom's prejudices , Honor Shaw had been developed into t h e girl whom all four held to be t h e i r ideal of exquis i te young woman­hood.

They passed under t h e wide cen­t r a l portal , benea th t h e figure of t h e Woman who has been t h e forma­t ive ideal of womanhood t h r o u g h ­out t h e Chr i s t ian ages . I t oc­curred to Rober t and his f a the r t h a t the ou ts t re tched hands , sca t ­t e r ing blessings, had someth ing t o do with w h a t Honor received in t h i s place, bu t Mrs . Griscom would have t h o u g h t t h e y were spreading snares—so much h a s t h e eye to do wi th wha t i t sees. Honor r a n to meet them, a lovely vision in h e r wh i t e gown, h e r face, wi th i t s beau ty t h a t seemed wi th in r a t h e r t h a n of face itself, r ad ian t w i t h j o y in see ing t h e m and wi th t h e exc i tement of t h e day . She m e t Wally w i thou t t h e least embar­r a s s m e n t ; plainly he r a t t i tude to­w a r d h i s love-making had been t h a t of h is m o t h e r — t h a t i t w a s merely a boyish episode of t h e i r g rowing up.

(To be continued.)

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DEMISE OF H.E. DR. EMILE BARILLON iContinned from page 1)

His L o r d s h i p Bishop Barillon took possess ion of t h e See of Malacca on t h e 21st November 1904. H a v i n g been absen t from Malaya for twelve y e a r s , he visi t­ed all p a r t s of t h e diocese in order t o get i n to touch w i t h t h e clergy a n d fa i thful of h is diocese and to see fo r h imsel f t he ' m o s t u rgen t needs of t h e Mission.

H e rea l i sed ve ry soon t h a t mos t of t h e s t a t i o n s a n d religious cen­t r e s w e r e depr ived of financial means for t h e suppor t of cate-chis ts a n d school t eache r s . Mis­s ionar ies we re handicapped in t h e i r work , be ing unable to extend the i r re l ig ious p ropaganda as fa r a s t h e y desired.

His Lordsh ip t h e n ins t i tu ted t h e Society of St . F ranc i s Xavier for t h e main tenence and progress of miss ionary work in t h e diocese. Thus , w i t h t h e funds collected by t h e m e m b e r s of t h e society, His Lordsh ip w a s able t o give an an­nual al lowance for t h e support of ca techis ts and school teachers , to open new chapels and new cent res of rel igious act ivi t ies . The appeal of t h e i r Bishop moved t h e h e a r t s of t h e Catholics t owards the i r in­fidel b r e t h r e n to help t hem by alms a n d p r a y e r s .

The r e su l t s of t h i s zealous en­deavour h a v e been every year in­creasingly evident, a s i t i s shown by t h e annua l r e t u r n s of adminis­t ra t ion . In 1904, t h e first r e t u r n s showed t h e number of Catholics of Malaya a t 22,847. In 1932, when His Lordsh ip resigned, t h e number of t h e Fa i th fu l in Malaya stood a t 66,465. Such wonderful r e su l t s w e r e a t t a ined in spi te of t h e lack of miss ionar ies , which was f u r t h e r intensified du r ing t h e w a r (1914-18) when all t h e younger m e m b e r s of t h e c lergy had to jo in t h e a r m y a n d no new recru i t s were sent ou t f rom F r a n c e .

T h e y e a r s of t h e w a r were a g rea t t r i a l for t h e head of t h e mission. H e was a t a loss to sup­ply p a s t o r s for t h e ever increasing n u m b e r of t h e fa i thfu l . Final ly however h e came to t h e conclusion t h a t i t w a s a necessi ty to recru i t na t ive p r i e s t s , in order to provide for t h e fu tu re welfare of t he Catholics of Malaya.

H a v i n g conceived t h i s project in his m i n d he could not set t h e plan afoot, pending t h e r e t u r n of t h e p r i e s t s from t h e war , to staff t he s emina ry h e had in view.

As i t w a s necessary to have a special school for t h e t r a in ing of young a sp i r an t s t o t h e priesthood, a s i te w a s selected nea r t h e Seran-goon Church and t h e first building was erected in 1928. Only a few s tuden t s joined t h e new seminary of S t . F r a n c i s Xavier dur ing t h e first y e a r s of i t s existence, bu t every y e a r God h a s sent more vocat ions. T h e n u m b e r of s tuden ts now a t t h e dea th of i t s founder is

17. Some previous pupils have al­ready been raised to t h e pr ies t ­hood while 18 of t h e m a r e prepar­ing for Holy Orders in t h e Penang College General.

I t may be affirmed t h a t t h e fu tu re of the mission has been m a d e secure t h r o u g h t h e zealous ini t ia t ive of i ts v ig i lan t pas tor .

Catholic Educa t ion . H i s Lordship took always a

keen interest in t h e p rogress and development of Catholic education. The steady advancement and g rowth of Catholic educational ins t i tu t ions a re amply evident from t h e following facts and fi-

increase his knowledge by regu­lar reading of t h e most up-to-date books and reviews.

T h e mission of Malacca h a s lost, by t h e dea th of His Lordship , la holy and zealous pas tor . E v e n dur ing t h e yea rs spent in re t i re ­ment , he never ceased to p r ay and offer his sufferings for t h e [welfare of t h e mission. His infir­mit ies had prepared his soul for t he eternal reward . We m a y now rejoice in t h e t h o u g h t t h a t we have a friend and a powerful protector in heaven, who will in­tercede for us .

Illness, Dea th & Burial .

AN EARLY PHOTO OF H.E. BISHOP BARILLON, WHEN HE TOOK OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE DIOCESE OF MALACCA.

g u r e s : — In 1904 N u m b e r of Catholic

Schools 39 Number of pupils 3893

In 1932 Number of Schools 72 Number of pupils 15,144

His Lordship Bishop Barillon rendered g rea t services to t h e clergy by his deep knowledge of Theology and Canon L a w which he acquired d u r i n g his twelve yea r s of professorship in t h e Seminary of t h e Fore ign Missions in Par i s .

His decisions were always based on sound religious science and his directions to t h e clergy a r e sum­mar ised in a d i rec tory for t h e Dio- | cese of Malacca, which was pub- j l ished in 1923.

He never ceased to s tudy and

His Lordship was t a k e n ill about a week before his dea th . He was confined to bed wi th sl ight fever and gradual ly lost s t r eng th .

I t was only on Thur sday 25th ul t imo t h a t pneumonia set in and t h e 'Las t Sac ramen t s ' were ad­minis tered to h im as his condition grew worse. He remained con­scious until t h e last moment . Though unable t o speak, he was answer ing by signs, those who ap­proached him. +

He expired peacefully on t h e 26th July a t 9.15 a.m. His body was laid out in s t a t e in t h e upper room of his residence where a g rea t number of Catholics came to p ray th roughou t t h e whole day .

T h e Chinese members of t h e Catholic Action Society s a t up

{Continued at foot of Col. 4)

THE LATE MGR. BARILLON'S WORK IN

IPOH AS PIONEER PRIEST.

x The news of t h e l a t e Monsignor Bari l lon 's demise was received by Ipoh Catholics no t so much with a sudden shock as w i th a deep sense of sad loss. The la te Pre la te was r ega rded here not only as the old Bishop of t h e Diocese but also as t h e founder of t h e Pa r i sh of St. Michael, which he founded in 1887, when th i s f lourishing town, the Capital elect of Pe rak , was only a collection of a t t a p - h u t s .

The re a r e still a number in the pa r i sh who r e m e m b e r t h e flimsy s t r u c t u r e , p u t up by F a t h e r Baril­lon in t he spot whe re now stand t h e magnificent buildings of the Convent, as a Church for t he hand­ful of Chinese Catholics, who were all ga rdeners .

F a t h e r Barillon laid t h e founda­t ion of a Catholic set t lement in t h i s p a r t of Ipoh by applying from t h e P e r a k Government some 100 acres of land and hav ing it allotted a m o n g several Catholic families. A s a resul t of t h e expansion of the town, most of t h e Catholic hold­ings have changed hands—about 50 ac res have been rever ted to the Government and now form a sub­u r b of Ipoh, known as Greentown, t h e residence of Government ser­v a n t s .

The late Bishop was personally known to m a n y in t h e parish, and a l though he had not visited Ipoh for over 20 yea r s , he was constant­ly in t h e lips of t h e older parishion­ers , who will a lways t reasure a loving rememberance of him. A Requiem High Mass was sung for t h e repose of his soul in church on Tuesday, a t which many at­tended.

t h r o u g h t h e n igh t in vigilant p raye r .

On t h e 27th a t 7 a.m. His body was removed to t h e Cathedral of t h e Good Shepherd where a Requiem Pontifical High Mass was chan ted by His Excellency Mgr. A. Devals assis ted by a chapter of p r ies t s , in t h e presence of the o the r clergy and a large atten­dance of t h e fai thful .

A t 5 p.m. Vespers of the dead were intoned aga in by His Excel­lency A. Devals. A last absolu-

I t ion was given in t h e presence of t h e whole clergy, accompanied by

1 t housands of Catholics. The cor­tege then wended i t s way to the Bidadar i cemete ry where t h e mor­ta l r emains of His Lordship were laid t o r e s t between his dear f r iends Bishop Bourdon and Mgr. E . Mar ie t te , his late Vicar-Gene­r a l : R.I .P.

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FOR V E N E R A T I O N AMID BRILLI­ANT RITES

Vat ican Ci ty .—The seventh cen tena ry of t h e Canonization of St . Dominic h a s ended wi th t h e t r ans l a t ion of t h e relic of t h e sa in t ' s head from Bologna t o Rome, where i t remained exposed for t h r e e days for t he venera t ion of t h e public. I t w a s then t aken to the Church of St. Sabina for a brief s t a y , and finally r e tu rned t o i t s place in t h e marbfe t o m b wherein repose t h e a s h e s of t h e sa in t a n d which Michel­angelo Buona r ro t i decorated wi th h i s f amous chisel.

The centennial fest ivals were celebrated w i t h special solemnity in all t he places whe re t h e Order of Preachers is es tabl ished afid particularly w h e r e t h e Congress of the Third O r d e r of St . Dominic was held in Apri l . T h e relic of t h e head of St. Dominic was t r anspor t ed in solemn procession t h o u g h the principal s t r ee t s of t h e ci ty. The coming of t h e relic t o Rome to end the centennia l observance was inspired b y a desi re t o commemo­rate the m a n y jou rneys to , and t h e

came wi th Bishop Diego, who for some t ime wished to have h im a t h i s side, hav ing admired h is wis­dom, v i r tue and apostolic a rdour . I t was on his r e t u r n from t h a t first v is i t to Rome t h a t Dominic, in­flamed by t h e memory of t h e Holy City, began preaching aga ins t he re sy a t Montpellier.

SPOKE OF PLAN TO POPE.

Ten yea r s la ter , S t . Dominic aga in w e n t t o Rome wi th t he Bishop of Toulouse, who hur r ied

APOSTLESHIP OF PRAYER

D E D I C A T E D TO T H E MOST P U R E H E A R T OF MARY Intent ion for t h e M o n t h :

The Apost leship of P r a y e r a m o n g t h e Blind and t h e Infirm. — H e a l t h and Consolation for Lepers .

hr<r sojourns in, Rome by t h e Pounder of t h e Dominicans .

Pominic of Guzman w e n t for t he first time t o Rome in 1205, when he was only 35 yea r s of age , and although h e w a s a l ready an imated with the m o s t a r d e n t apostolic zeal, ke had tint y e t m a t u r e d t h e plan of founding a new Order . He

t h e r e to t a k e p a r t in t h e L a t e r a n Council announced by Pope Inno­cent III . T h a t coming was deci­sive for t h e Order of P reachers . T h e saint , who had already begun to g a t h e r companions around him. e laborated his plan more thorough­ly and spoke of i t to the Pope. He m e t and embraced St. F ranc i s for

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SOLE AGENTS:

SIME D A R B Y & C O . LTD. S i n g a p o r e & branches

whom a t t h a t moment Providence was p repa r ing two chosen bands of defenders and apostles in t h e F r a n ­ciscans a n d Dominicans.

RETURNED TO PROVENCE. Full of his g r e a t plan, Dominic

re turned to Provence, assembled his companions, told t h e m of fife journey, adopted t h e rules of St. August ine , and aga in left for Rome to obtain t h e Pope 's definite aimro-val of t h e Order. He did not see Innocent m t h a t t ime , bu t his successor, Honorius I I I , who, in 1216, confirmed t h e Order of P rea ­ching F r i a r s wi th two Bulls.

Indefatigable, a lways on foot, Dominic r e tu rned t o h is b re th ren , radiant because of t h e solemn apostolic approval , and a t t h e end

of 1217 he T r e n t asrain to Rofffc p^companied by f r ia r s and novices. The Pope showed; h i m t h e u t m o s t favour and en t ru s t ed to hfttaf t h * Monastery a n d Church of S t Sfa* tus s t and ing on t h e Via Appifc, in f r o n t ' o f t h e ma jes t i c ru ins of t he B a t h s of Caracal l^, revoking t h e invi ta t ion t h a t h e h a d a l r e a d y ' sent to t h e Engl i sh Canons Regular of St . Gilbert t o come and officiate

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