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THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1949.
PART II: THE CONSCIENCE OF HIS PEOPLE
an
The
natural.
THE MINDSZENTY STORY
Parts Peace
the
The
dock nat
British
This was
A Festival Year
BY THE VERY REV. DR. NICHOLAS BOER
15, 1947, Cardinal Mindszenty an- 92030 part as
year.
and of
It was
ancient
D
well
camps
their leaders,
miles
powerful
at
from
the new an1
of
a great
Good Morning!
Judging by reports, It appears that foreigners are allowed to leave and returni to Shanghai, but they haven't got around to
all
agencies the nows telling about it yet.
When that Eisler escape ship arrived back in New York, it was a case of a satt and Latory. The "tral oil lady" who was still collecting alimony at the age of 12 had obviously married into the right business.
I see that another marshal hus
a Yen to fight to the bitter end.
1
•
It seems to be question of water, water everywhere, but not a drop in Causeway Bay.
plane Thai "glabe-girdling" has turned out to be more of a mispender..
When opera singers are stabbed in the bath, what the jury will obviously want to know is how often they were warned,
Bince man is an animal savage
"from birth,
Improve
wo havd posted warning on Earth:
We'll never
OUT
condition
Untli
E
"No huntin',
no shootin',
по
Kicsion.
W
*
are
dread the parted from their chlidren by marring.e
has
An American naturalist discovered a parasite which can cat its way through the hardest metals. The Russians, having rung down the curtain, are sald to be frantically searching for antidote,
an
in
At a Communist trial America, a chap said that mem- bers of the Party in the U.S. had to take a pledge of loyalty to Stalin.
Presumably they faced towards Moscow and said "By Joe!"
among them in Hungary-ruled as they are by Communist pup- pata of the Soviet Government,
the paths of the future in the light the Orthodox Church and living factor.
the complete merely a figment of the imagina Constitution of the Soviet stands really
and as an ideal to be followed and reverence upon its ancestors and this was
State on or only a symbol of the atheistic
We have to regard in evil, is expected by non that larger perspective the parse- Church, takes to heart the great lessons triumph of
believers, Satan is not the bagy- of Providenco; we wish to walk power over the
the
realised.
ander will take notice of these That is why the succession states ther, before the ending of Thy legislation binding law, Soviet God, and that when Man giddily to creato in the satellite states
This
For over its sick-bed there watch- tichrist. Prince of the World, Alexei in order that he should
life-saving mother: ed a
the who would come and mixtend oven. hornoss the satellite Balkan stated, Great Patronens of Hungary, and] tho just. The Third Rome of the with the adlitional rein of the if there is anything to Rustain Orthodox Church, ever since the "oplum of religion," into the and console the Hungarians of statute concerning the organisa-political service of the USSR. It 1940, it must be only this his- tion of the Ruselan Orthodox must be clear, therefore, that it torical reflection."
Church was made and accepted. is not Orthodox Moscow-the Great Decision On January 31, 1945, by the Pan Third Rome--which confronts the the motive of his Russian Synod which elected, the netual Rome-the Eternal City- great decision when, on August Patriarch Alexel, the Patriarch of of world Catholicism, but
wishes to play the san capital
of the city In the Baallica of
she played as gigantically powerful harcay of I have read somewhere the nounced
presence of an opponent of Rome before the the 20th century, that of dialectic. Esztergom, in the that statement
In July al mnterinlism Bench of Bolshevik Revolution.
and organised interesting
the whole Hungarian
1947 the Patriarch of Moscow in- atheism. Catholicism spreads quickest Hishops, that 1948 would be ob and deepest in those countries served as the Year of the Blessed vited the leaders of the Orthodox
Ideological Battle and wine where whent
are Virgin. In his powerful neron Church of Eastern Europe to at-
conference and synod, The battle is between two ideo- tion of Hong Kong some say
grown, the substances trans-he explained what Hungarian tend a
Intended by this whose most important object was logles which both claim the uni- in the control of their own formed Into Christ's Holy Body Catholicism
tho July Оп
27, the relation of Hun-festiv
festival
Orthodox versality of countries, races and
have Both of the them thousand deported Rome. The Patriarch of Moscow time. community affairs. It is the and Blood. Well,
three stated policy of the British garlan soit is the soil of wheat 1947.
for gathered
and his emissaries were received strong international organisations Hungarians government to implement this and wine, of the Eucharist; the Hungarian Mass in the Capuchin with great consideration in Cairo, the analogies of which it would In both Ilungarian people are farmers
Czecho- Landon, Porls, Prague, Sofia and be at Karlshad, Church progressively throughout our
millions of people look and wine growers, the people slovakia. It was the 8th Sunday) and Belgrade, and after the statute interesting to show. colonial territories, and the
of the Eucharist, as Car after Whitsun: the sermon dealt of January 13, 1045, the Patriar with faith and confidence towards
chate of Moscow assumed a now hard lesson has been learned
dinal Mindszenty stated in one with the tears Jesus shed over his that where difficulties, how-of his memorable and
mov-
may or The Jerusalem. city.
sears of historic significance, and a finan-
Myrtle warns: kisses In this gigantic clash of world And he went Jerus
the ever real. have slowed thising speeches.
bungarians clal, organisational and disciplin-historical, ideological forces, Car-
may not sprend germs, but they mingled. Then came the last nry strength greatly improved. dinal Mindsze saw at onen | certainly lower resistance. down, indigenous peoples in
Leading Light not the
the intuitive clarity of the soil Hungarian
is hymn.
Young couples anxious 10 the post-war era have forced
hymn of Mary, but the Hungar The Patriarchate, which hitherto prophets, that this was a trigl
marry are being urged by their the issue by demanding com- nothing but a huge chatice.
inns did not care that their song had been as insignificant as the strength between God and Satan. cup is the great Hungarian Plain,
until flats They ignored the candle under the bushel, had be- On September 15, 1947, the parents to wall was banned. plete independence.
The rim of the chalice the moun
available. Sorrowful Virgin, one Misfortune, Czech organist who replaced the
come a leading light all over the feast of the As a correspondent remark-tain chain around us.
wickedness have Hungarian. Three thousand voices
So many parents Its historic position and hundred thousand Roman Catholic world. ed in the "Sunday Herald." Injustice and
broken off the rim." (The Car were ratsed in the ancient hyme significance, however, is not the men made a
Blorm of
Mar Hong Kong needs not only pathians have been taken away, of Mary, born in the
centuries from the soul and nor- only one, namely, the propagation to the shrine on foot idea of not being Treaties.)
of Eastern Christianity which had several military strength but psy-by the chological defence. If our vast "The cup has remained as a vale row of the people; "Blessed Virturned its back on Rome and be where the Cardinal made a
our Anelent Mother,
came fossilised in its dogmatici speech on the significance of the Chinese majority feel that of blood and fears." It is a mys-gla. Our
tical yet true interpretation that Great Patroncks, do not forget us development, but a new and im-
Cross Holy
The men surround- the authorities here care noth- the Hungarian people are bound pour Hungarians!"
"What do we want?" the Car-portant support for the ambitionsing the Holy Cross," the Cardin- at home and abroad of the Godal said, "with their typical char- ing about their welfare, and to the faith of the Eucharist,
less, Communist Government of acteristics,
remain two Camps But the so-called State the Year of the Blessed Virgin the USSR. In connection are opposed to letting them bound to the world of the auper dinal asked in his sermon, "from
with forever throughout the course of General Agents:-Butterfield & Swire
share in the conduct of public idea of St. Tel. 30331 Ex. 14
and Stephen
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And when the history.
curtain We are all of the statute of 1046, which almost ever Holy
Virgin, lans of Karlsbad. roverence of the 50 Connaught Road, W.
affairs, they may easily fall
as the Great Patroncas of Hanus deporteen. Even if we had not meant a kind of concordate in the of history falls for the last tim
mutual relations of Church and and the Son of
of Man. appears on Communist pro- prey Peninsula Hotel
gary, have also represented on been uprooted from our homes, we
symbol, the paganda from
across the Hungarian soil for the last nine liave been evicted from our thou- State, the famous article 124 of the scene with his
Constitution of the border. After all, it can be hundred years an almost constity-sand-year-old past, our very be- the Stalin
USSR has undergone no change. Cross, then the same Holy Cross will put an end to the co-exis- "In order to said, the new regime appar- tionn! Conception. Not only in ings. Back! back! not to gature,
tence of Wheat and Chaff; that is, the liberty of mind of the pictures of the most famous but to the supernatural which has Article 124 says: ently about to achieve com-
painters and in the pletures of been banned under the slogan of ensure
history, no less than the history plete control of China is of the most famous painters and in historical materialism, back to the the Citizen, the existing Church ave and Hale, Until then, world their own race, and for the the stained-glass windows of the shining pinnacle of our feith, the in the USSR is separated from of Individual countries, must in
the from ancient flag Queen of Heaven." He repeated the time being at least seems will churches, but on
So far it has been exercise religious cults, ley of Tears.
the strongest and ing to allow private enter-and modern postage-stamps alike the words of the great Hunger the Church. The liberty of Will varying degrees remain the Val-
we can see the scene depicted of inn politician Desiderius Szilagyi, citizens to exe freedom of anti- Evil, Satan,
Hungary
as
of the fallen prise to continue as before.
St. Stephen.
the first holy king spoken in 1850 when These Ideas are already be of Hungary, offering his country celebrated the thousandth anni-religious propaganda, is accepted." most ing widely disseminated in the to the Mother of God on August vernary or her national existence: When at the synod the Russian angels, which has usurped with 16, 1038. And the State concep- "Profoundly conscious of the truth Orthodox Church accepted the supernatural strength the sover- Colony, and it is foolish to tion of St. Stephen does not mean that only that nation can reckon new statute, which includes arti eignty of the world of Man. We from the point of view of Church ignore them. Many people are coming out openly for the imperial thought. It
and certain mean solely that the Hungarian Communists,
the Holy Crown-like publicists
man of world history, but a real cution of the Church in Hungary, "gradually Commonwealth of Nations cam-
It is Satan's which destres apart from differ changing their tune. It is to bines in one empire the different
of experiences of the past." the resistance it had be hoped that Mr. A. V. Alex-nationalities of the Danabo Basin Deeply moving was his peroration: shown acceptinging on, Soviet plan to emancipate" Man from onces dictated by local conditions
under Hungarian supremacy.
beseech Thee, Blessed Mo- fact, but as
in Church affairs as belleves that, possessed of a limit the same situation as it has creat
power, he is framing the lawed in Soviet Russia herself. trends during his visit, and of the Austro-Hungarian monar year of 1948 to raise us up. Thy the basis of its constibution. Rus less
this theory with no ancient nation, stricken with the Rian-Orthodoxy has thus returned for his fellow men, then he shall clear recognition of the situation provide a spur for some kind chy eye of government reform. What-tility and distaste. No, it meant fate of Job, from this slough of to its centuries-old attitude and discover that he Man-is at the is the historic morit of Cardinal
willing the that after
has again become of despondency!" occupation ever course should be decid-Hungary and some Adventurous
among the slaves. Those who so faltor either when religious per Tragic Blows of Russian imperialism; with this bottom of the scale of humanity, Mindszenty, who did not. swerte or or when the difference that today the Czar has far have tried to assume great eccution decreased ed upon, there must be no campaigns in the West the Hun-
Who knows what plans divine been succeeded by a Government power and majesty independent Government had begun to talk of repetition of past delays. Bertroyed that by converting providence has with this nation? which is preaching atheism
garians were in danger of being
all at the Throne of God have always its readiness for peace, for the The world.
Roman fallen down to the level of slavery, simple reason that he did not wish When the
Prethem to Christianity, St. Stephen By the end of 1948. fresh tragic over the sents his findings to Lon- gave then a permanent home and blows had fallen upon Hungary Catholicism of the West has very Those who have bowed to God's to follow the example of the Rus
Orthodox Church have risen lan
and, acceptance She had lost her greatest son, the naturally no cause to rejoice over power and majesty Office obtained their final Colonial
his don, the
I am through
agreement, into the cultural community of voice of her conscience. Yet ag this when the final consequences with the dignity of Man.
through must treat this as urgent.istian Europe. Ever since that cording to the figure of May 23 of the Orthodox Church's apostasy never in fear of human dignity Orthodox Church and,
his own agreement, promote the attonded
historien from God; on the contrary. I am and reply to the proposals time
with 1948, 3,891,000 people the Hungarians,
are assuming world
slow death of his Church. Article historical the festivals, congresses and
pll- with the utmost despatch. Of the strength of this
a contradiction not only of Russian Church much as in because it is written in the Scrip- 124 is ficials must realise that a year experience in their blood and grimages in the first five monthe proportions. In the polley of the in fear of than because of man: or 18 months spent in casual nerves, bellove that Hungary can of the Year of the Holy Virgin. Soviet foreign policy the two con- tures, "Cursed be the man that Catholic principles on the liberty The above text of the Church, based on Christian only Burvive as long as it is Perhaps this figure alone shows verging lines of State and party trusts in man."
dogma as well as on natural law, deliberation could be fatal in Christian, That is why Cardinal the measure of enthusiasm, ploty are plain to see. If the State re- proves that the Cardinal had seen
Despite all dim-
ав religion
# private with the intuition of prophets the but also of those Western tradi
aro known the present circumstances, Mindszenty said: "Even the man and sacrifice.
tions which so Godiose, satanic element of our is not sense for the cullies, Hungarians came from dis affair, ali
the Party
democracy. and the usual civil service who has lost
regards Huntant villages, lonely farms and
towards the Church.time, which denies man's spiritual supernatural and
sand supernatural vocation. methods are quite unaccept-
As the Mblotski Bolshevik ways, garian history pureh from the forest holdings, travelling on foot, neutral
In tho Batellite Blates-and able.
angle of retrospective historical on bleycles and carts to take part the activity of the party rests on
parceive the
In the various in the celebrations
scientific foundation and there- Further, it is a grave re-materialism, must flection on their sense of deep basle current of our history cities. For their hearts respond-
which is contemporary with the od.to the call. They came, cager fore it is necessarily opposed to The review Bolshevik, public duty that the Unofficial beginnings of our national exis- to listen to the eternal and aver
on the other hand, in its issue of Hungary's accompanied us topical teachings of
fol- Members of the Legislative tenca and has
"Dialectical materialism Council seem to have ignored to this very day in light
lowing: sadly past and history. St. Stephen and August 10, 1048, writes the
the worship of the Holy Mother:
attitude la contrary as a scientifi the writing on the wail, and shadow, in happy and
thousand craving the encouraging, consola to the religious times. broken
attitude, which are continuing to uphold the rear endurance of our country of tory words of Cardinal Mindszenty gives a fantastic and absurd view
the greatest riddle. It did not who from the lowest depths utter- of the world. interests of the powerful or-
If the means of the break under
the volca of the conscience of his dialectical materialism are m ganisations with little attenhammer-blows of history. It re people.
ployed, the vital antithesis bo- tion to the welfare of the covered from its terrible wounds Defender Of Faith tween the materialistle and the masses. This newspaper is by though most of its blood was shed.
The great figure of Cardinal religious attitudo is apparent, and no means blindly critical of
be systematically Mindszenty and his importance, religion must
transcends the narrow made the object of criticism and the capitalist, but the con- ageous tilting at windmills which
.. the people frontlers of trollers of industry and com- could endear to
small country, the anti-scientific reactionary at into world perspective titude of religion in public life An article merce in every country in- those seven individuals who grows
work and his character in the 124 of the Constitution renders all variably ignore the warning came forward ostensibly to when we begin to scrutinise his must be exposed."
in public signs and tend in times of assist in a just administration gigantle atruggle which is taking expression of religion crisis to become more re- for the community in general. place in our time between god life Impossible, party discipline actionary than ever.
short, re- They may achieve honours less materialism on one hand and educates the citizens in an unit.
religion, chiefly tho. Roman Catho religious spirit,
The ligious berty in Russian means not butter, is their slogan. approved by senior bureau-le Church, on the other. The lessons of the French and crats in London, but they will two fronts are so clear that the that the Church is given freedom Russian revolutions, to give not be honoured by history, rival ideologies can be easily syn- to wither slowly away, a process that the mussen should achieve a Wo name Rome and Moscow. only two examples, are sim- at least for their past récord.bolised by the names of two cities: which must take place in order ply forgotten, not to mention In their private lives they are Moscow as one of the two poles, complete materialist, "illumina
Thus it is through the India, Burma and Ceylon. undoubtedly upright and res not only because after several
Just what have our Un-pectable citizens, but they hundred years we could begin to spastatie Patriarchate that the officials donc, for example, to- have fallen short of the public talk about that city as if it were Soviet Government is mobilising # "third Home," as if the new then still living in the darkness wards remedying the housing duties and responsibilities Moscow could claim for her now of superstition because they re- shortage or breaking key they were willing to assume. Ideology the sanction of the past signed themselves to a slow spiri- money rackets, or investigat- All the placating afterdinner or the symbol of oernal and in- tual death. The true mission at fallible truth, but because Moscow the Patriarch of Moscow and his ing the
disappearance of discussions by experts fami- today represents on the stage of priests is to give toplam to the the admittedly world history the strongest and people" in the service of, a God- cheap government rice into llar with
Its uses in the hands of speculators, the thorny problems will not almost powerful enemy of religion less dictatorship. This is its use
In general and that or the Roman in internal affairs adulteration of good quality ter these facts. The British Catholic Church in Darllular, the field of Soviet foreign policy, thie is as if the visions of some of however, are far moro important. grain, not to mention the pro- publle may not know vision of more schools and situation out here, but the the greatest thinkers of humanity The suggestive strength and influ- adequate playing flelds? British government should, were soon fulfilled in world perence of the old Ruslan Patriar
socelive and world mahalons: chato in still felt, like hot embers These are questions which. and. It is to be hoped, how-St Augustine's vision of the two under the ashow, within the Ortho any public-spirited body ever forlornly, that Mr. Alex-cities, the country of God and the dox congregations of Yugoslavia, would take in hand, in splie ander may be able to use his country of man: St. Tematiouns Bulgaria and Rumania. The Arward of the two camps, and the Soviet Government, therefore, is of all the difficulties of which influence to improve matters two, fings, of Christ and of Lasol- very keen to make use of the we know. Even some cour“ * in the interim period.
"far; Bt. John's vision of the As-obliging and sarrile. Patriarch.
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