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Some Hong Kong people, not including ourselves, had Vice-Admiral that kopes Madden's conference with the Press, reported yester-
- THE CHINA MAIL, TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 1949.
PART IV: ROAD TO CALVARY
THE MINDSZENTY STORY
"To the Clergy,
The
Cardinal's Arrest
BY THE VERY REV. DR. NICHOLAS BOER
garlan ancestors was not an easy difficulty he had obtained paimis- ; gent condition. We do know, how-| one. The Apostle St. Paul, the slon for frie mother, now in her ever, that whatever methods werd man of auferings. tho chosen early seventies, to visit him for used on him have resulted in the vessel of the Lord, proclaims to Christmas, Mother and the Cardinal Primate of our own age, to va: For what simple peasant woman and the forgotting Apw to spell. Something scover things were hidden afore Cardinal, spent five minutes over happened behind the walls of No. time were written for our learn- dinner and a quarter of an hour 60 Andrassy ut that made kim ing, that wo through patience and in prayer in his private chapel. forgot the comfort of the Scriptures might Then he accompanied his mother Hungarian have hope. Rom., 15, 4.).
emotions of
rules of (far
WDO
Good
Our favourite nowa agoncy cama up yesterday with a report that Admiral Badger "refrained from
word using the
"blockado recognised by international law.'” That suro some word. I'd havo avoided using It mysell.
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A "love rackotter" alleged to have fleeced many women of their savings, is reported to have said he "Just looked up their Dun and Bradstreet rainīgs.”
A rat ko that should have got,
nix.
*L! we tell you her name is Antonina Gregorlovna Sasik Entis, you'll widerstand why everybody calls her Toaca."
We will?
•
It is not yet known whether America minted all those millions or silver dollars for the Nailon- alists on a token of esteem or for funeral expenses,
our Lord Jesus and as an Am- of course, applies to no repoRCYy about mothers and whose master of Hungarian style, inado was married here today to Fank
to the guest-roum on the ground atmpler than English spelling, for Stand Firm
floor, and it was there that the Hungarian is a phonetic langu- police, who had called to arrostage). The same Primate who wont the matter of sigulag him, found the Primate of Hun-over every letter, speech or article Reverend Brethren,
I bring various petitions and documents gary. It would be hard to describe which he had previously dictated you a serious warning befitting against me, I have cased the the
Poignant
with a meticulous
precision, serious times in the name of conscience of the faithful. This devoted pair; of the son who had checked, like a schgetmaster, overy
written
book of several hundred comma and full-stop, who was a bassador for Christ. (2nd Cor., monk er nun. In the future 5. 20.) Whatever may befall us, will be hardly any such possibility many hundreds of formons and no fewer than fifty-nine apolling it can happen only if ordained of leniency even for the layman; speeches Invariably contained a mistakes in the six and a and permitted by God. Without we must stand our of the face reference to his mother, and of Dages of his self-written "con His knowledge not a hair of our Virgin sinli telp us as
mercy of the Year of the Holy she who hod already seen this feasion" reproduced photostatically serve happen twice before: onco when in the "Yellow Book." For much head shall perish. (St. Luke, 21,
of strength.
To boar testimony the young priest was imprisoned errors a ton-year-old Hungarian 18.)
After so many other things the for Jesus (St, Matt., 10, 18), to be the first Communists in 1910, shild would be falled in grammar set an example, to stand firm, and again when her Bon, then
spelling. Let any fureign task world might take from us this or the first
priests and Bishop of Veszprem, was arrested reader, without knowing a single, Jesus members of religious orders, The that, but not our faith in
by the Hungarian Nazis and she word of Hungarian, compare the of their faith Christ. Who can separate us from confession
must
Cardinal's Christ?
ແຕ
raserve
and
half
Nelther life, nor death, Leave no room for doubt in the sent him the brave message: "If "confessions" in the
you had learned to suffer im- own handwriting with taxt re- day, might clarify Britain's nor any other thing shall be able minds of the faithful, those of prisonment in your youth, my produced in print, and he will
attitude towards the current Nationalist blockade of the coastal ports. Careful con- sideration of the published to indicate
versions seems
a
as far as possible.
In fairness to Admiral
that in all probability he was not at liberty to reveal the full facts of our policy at this time.
Knowing
of
Moral Death
And
.4
which belong to-
A contemporary printed a story from London yesterday that "partly blind girl from Chicago
Smith."
Surely she could have fanked him some other way. She didn't have to frow herself into his arma like that,
•
The company has suspended operations because of what it described as lack of revenue."
1 sympathise. Frequently I find my liquid assets are not nearly as available as one would wish.
Myrtle's small sister likes to write notes. One day hor mother found one on her dressing table; -
whent out to play. Be black BOON,"
·
The wife of ono of our staff does up parcels in a stora.
She's very quick, averaging, 100 knots an hour.
•
Mrs. Stewart'o' the Braes was telling a niece now getting on In years that sho'd have been much happier "mairret.""
“Oh," "kay, Joan, "I did hac a Inað alnco, but ma mither chased him wl'
A benom."
Marshal Tito bas evidently
1
to separate us from the love of
or unbe- 01 other denominations
beson, do not hesitate to sacrifico asily discover how great They must feel more even your life now." God which is in Jesus Christ our lovers.
difference there is between the for we are The stillness which already ir printed text in which the errors Lord (Rom., 8, 39,) He said, and strongly than ever, His words apply to this very day made a spectacle unto the world, November had fallen
оп the have been corrected and the long Take thought for
no
your
(1st palace of the Primate deepened hand script fall of spelling mis and to angels, and to mon." shall Cor. 4, 9.) t yo what yo shall eat or what
And became even more oppressive, takes. For
The Cardinnt pprese divided words
example "You must be beacons of Hghtl drink; nor yet for, your body what
noise which broke the The only that such optimism was 2 Our Heavenly Fat
shall put on.
Matt. 6. Let us work according (91
to our silence was the commotion made gether into several parts, evidence Father taketh talents, care of us. Therefore we cannot bur behovincially in our lives and by the police who returned day of his broken, tortured mind, the justified. The distinguished 25.
for the country of after day to search. to carry off unhingcing of his mental balance sea lord, who was in charge
auch a Jesus Christ our King which is account-books, files and papers, and the loss of his self-control, cannot behave in be and during the Yangtse incidents
way as those who have no hope the world of truth and mercy, of April 20 et seq., apparent and no faith. (1st Thess., 4, 12.) On our rond to this happy land to bully, and try to intimidate the the iron self-control which never
living there. ly followed the lead given If there should be among you some we do not forget the words of or two priests who were still normally deserted him.
whom
brought the times have wearled, Tertullian; the charge
A Dictated Confession by Mr. A. V. Alexander,
who have tormented themselves nga
against us by certain accusers is the a triumph
h for us.
What wo do,
There arg other documents Minister of Defence, during with rumours and
and fears, aceing
Cardinal Mindszenty of Hun-written in the Cardinal's hand- for the of the freedom
anke visit his recent
anxiety to Hong
the companions of
of our wo do
gary began his prison life. He, writing reproduced in the "Yellow life and faith, let us pray for of our
Burch, the salvation of
like everybody in Hungary, know Book. These ho composed while Kong, to treat the Press as
them of
people and the our
our
that the prison of the Hungarian he was free. They show how often necessary evil which them and remind
peace; Saviour, youth, for greater
physical he changed, corrected and decided to be neutral in the cold should be kept in the dark cam question of our sweet day our lo from spiritually higher motives, political police meant
upon the stormy sen: Why are is,
words and passages, war. yo so fearful? How is it that yo and not for the reasons alleged, and moral death after tortures erased
pondering weighing every Ho intends to exchange goods have no faith?" (St. Mark, 4. The eyes enlightened by faith beyond the imagination of every Madden, it should be said 40.) Let H words.cclfo in their give us a clear vision of things normal, docent person. This full turn of phrasa; but the so-called with the democratle powers and
tormented, disturbed souls
as and events. Today, among the harness of the fate in store for "confession" shows no signs of epithets with, Moscow.
him guidance and reassurance: let chlof shopherds and
his arrest the Cardinni
single correction. It is It's almost as diffioult these days St. Cyprian pro Primate addressed to the us pray that this inspiring ques- of the flocks and the shepherds before bably the reason why thought or consideration. There
Arch- not
to live within, an income "The Imbue their hearts
this clear vision: tion should
from bishops and the Chapter of Esz-vous that this was dictated, and
without even being hand-writing used to be live without one. with the peace of St.
o Him the Church is nothing but clares t
According to a college student's persecution Him
conclusion. As for a exam paper, "An aquatic plant be produced confcasion that might of the world placed a heavy cross the people united with a priests in any conspiracy and that any to the flock clinging to ita
have been sent, the least such exs is as plant entirely surrounded by upon his shoulder:
under this and
later, purporting to shopherd. The
may would be that the Therefore
its own environment." in cross he spoke to his followers know that the Chief Shepherd imado by him, even if it should writer of these "confessiona" was with his own a man whose hand trembled, a harbour Constantinople:
of
the Chelgnature, must be considered null man completely broken, a shadow do I know anybody who over Bishop,
and void.
himself of
heard him say, "I am a Hungarian The waves roar, and fearful of the Church, just as the Church be authenticated the ater; but we are not afraid is in the
Sinco I left Hungary almost someone does not stand with
We have no
nobleman"— photographs or nob
strange of going under, for we stand up Bishop, with the Chief Shepherd, everyone I have met has asked me amidavits attested by a publie which occurs in the "confessions."
phrase Rock, Let the sea rage how it
дз to what wil, it cannot shatter this Rock, he la no longer of the Church.
the samo question and wanted to netary force
happened at These pages. were not written by "Should,
of circum
know the same thing. Ecclesiastics No.
at the ond but there the same man who, Let the tempest assail :
60 Andrassy ut laymen allko were
shocked,
ted are hundreds of Indientions that of mighty pro
procession on St. the ship of Jesus stances, an interruption occur in
Pastoral and sequence of my
was something terrible and Stephen's Day, in front of"
of 100,000 regard newspaper correspon-founder. Truly, of what should he dents as repositories for in- we be afraid? Of Death? For Letters, we have been given full fascinated and deeply perturbed it was
For direction in the Papal Encyclles by this one problem: what hap unprecedented. We may say with people gathered in the Square
and Pastoral Letters of the recent Mindszenty the old patriach Isaac: "The Heroes, and in the presence of formation which the public me to live is Christ
between the day be
of his arrest and voleo (Phil die
Jacob's voice, but the is gain."
the whole Hungarian Government, his trial? is the years; let us make use of them
drugged? hands has a right to know.
Of Exile?, "The
the hands of Esau fearlessly denounced the crimes earth
as occasion arises. Lord's and the fulness thereof," To find a life of grace in the Hypnotised? Beaten? Had the The handwriting is
public life. They were not writ Cardinal Russians and their Hungarian Mindszenty's but who composed ten by the same man whe (Psalm 24, 1.) of the confiscation plentiful source of the Sacred
some new the words? Were the "confessions" Czelldomaik, when poilco Jeeps ***Sacraments is more of our property? For we brought
important Batellites discovered else. Therefore informal method to break tho will composed by Gabriel Poter,. the and lorries were bent on breaking than anything nothing
of oven, D. man of iren? What all-powerful ogre of nothing into this world, and it
No.
the religious procession. by is certain we can carry
teach: Wash your make and themelet Tim., 6., 7.) The threats cleant daainh, 1, 16) and thus exactly to
pince behind the Andreary ut, or were they the force and almost ran him down, the large Rom.. 13, facade of
building stand-o laugh
hiraself, stood firm and deflant, This is not
Boul
claims
Bustom. This peace fill. Chry. Church never moves away from tergom a lotter in which to de expert the vericst tyro in full something of the bungling nd spirit when the his Christ, for the Church belongs to lared that he had not participated of the facts must come |
secrecy and ultra-sensitive ness of the plumbers and coal miners now elevated to the Cabinet, we should think this highly likely, but it should not be forgotten that the Services in general will require another world war before they fully come to
the
cannot malce
It is not sufficient, in res- ponse, for the authorities or the publicists who speak in their favour to talk about delicate situations need to be careful. Admiral of the world I despise: I Madden, to the best of our
It
and to 1, 21.)
by
must We
the
Hlm and
in
a.ne
of
the
AIRWAYS knowledge, was not asked tempt me. I bid you in love to through Him we can grow into fare, the broad, milo-and-a-half- the uncrowned king of Hungary, the man who, when he was warned
at that with which it tries to be one body in Christ. (Rom..ing on Budapest's main thorough-} work of Matthias Rakosi
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10.) In the possession of Christ
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оп
With Him, In 14.) and unshakable fire-breathing lions. In the posses-long Andrassy ut? But there is to butt-headed gauleiter whom just as he was about to start
to fill this role? by the Press to give a con-
Or were they to be wrecked by the Communists," "Be not, therefore, solicitous sion of the life and grace we shall no brief and clear-cut answer to Moscow had trained so aedulously a provincial tour that 'his car was.. these questions. No one stood at drafted by the Cominform? Fer replied to anxious friends: "Then ference, any more than Mr.
never forget the one thing neces- the keyhole and brought out three years I met Cardinal Mind
A Alexander
(St. Neither for tomorrow.
Matt, 25sary (St. Luke, 10, 42): against
we will certainly take that road." Those who know-the 34.) Be careful for nothing. Its strength, temptation can never t was obliged to receive re-
There are (Phil., 4, 6.)
shall Communist leaders and their chief szenty at least once every week. For many ensnare us: porters, but both offered to lessons to learn of the world and
Gospel come in My Name, saying, I am executioner, Felice General Gabriel Yet I never heard him say, nor
Potor are certainly not going to do so, and the net result of our nation from the
Christ and shall deceive many." was a dodging of vital issues and the history of the Church.
(St. Mark, 15, G.) Ye shall know tell. But at the same time the question can be answered, fully
know what which left the public if pos- The life of our Christian Hun sible more befogged than
licate one,
and we do not we can rise to the heights of the happened to others; we know a they were before.
who could ven be good deal of, the methods of the even Communist secret police; and The Admiral said that intend to comment
on the Apostles,
happy rojoleing that they were to counted general policy regarding the remarks made, except
"that something blockade is being decideti in say that they will not add for the world of the Cardinal Mindszenty-something London, and an official an- to our prestige.
Sermon on the Mount; Blessed
Inhuman, terrible,
Doep in the bowels nouncement is expected soon. The role of HMS Black
are yo wh
who are persecuted for For our part, however keen Swan and Alacrity in the righteousness sako; for theirs in prison, as it might be in socret a soul, a character, was trans- on the timeliness of news, Yangtse area is still not the kingdom of Heaven. Blessed laboratory of sorro avil sorcerer. there are yo when men shall revilo you formed into molten wax. It was a They are we would have preferred to clarified.
and persecute you and shall say for
and charactor whose pear in wait until Whitehall had "to prevent illegal interfer all manner of evil against you
th
and resistanco Hun pondered enough on the ence with merchant shipping falsely, for my sako. (St, Malt.,
garian history in all ita thousand matter to put its considered and see that it is protected 10, 11.3
years has never. known. Truly, Fate Fulfilled when humanitarian rights
without And opinions into circulation.
exaggeration, we Therefore, be vigilant, praying might compare him with the desert The nationalisation-bemus- are involved." No doubt a
St. John the Baptist. The at his spirit that ya may be
worthy to suffer shame their is ample de wood to
name
This is
5,
of his
ed politicians in power injurist could make something | always. "Watch ye therefore, and peniten moitle_ London obviously know of this, but the plain man pray always,
counted worthy to cacape all had to be made pliable, this man
little about government, but must regard it as answering those things that shall come to of steel turned into a wax puppet they know even less about none of his questions. Will pass, and to stand before the Son so that in front of the "Indepen- of the "Peoples the Itandling of an empire, the warships intervene if of Man (St. Luke, 21, 26.) Let dont judgos
shepherds and flock, Democracy" the weak and abject especially in times of stress. one of our vessels is inter- us
inccantly for each other.
figure of a common conspirator The most flagrant example cepted? Will they return "Let us live in hope of eternal could be presented to the world. of their incompetence hither fire if an incident like that life, which God that cannot lie, It seems as if the ghost of Dr. Goebbels were haunting Hungary to has been Malaya, and we concerning the Anchises is promises before the world began."
(Titus, 1, 2.) 'Be of good ther: Goobbels, who, cynically
are
sincerely hope it is not to repeated? Just why I have overcome the world. (Bt. marked: "Wir machen keine Mar
be exceeded in futility by they stationed in these John, 16 80.)"
the China coast and Hong waters?
and
tyrer eendern Verbrecher ("We On the evening of December create no martyrs, but criminals"). The Hungarian Government Kong.. We feel that Ad- If the Cabinet is taking an 20, 1948, the second day af
notorious"Yallow Hund of the · Hungarian Book.” This
autoral colaina miral Madden might have long to discuss every facet Christmas, the fate of the Primate produced
Ohurch was fulfilled, ↑ "confessions" in the Cardinal's beon far more outspoken, of each situation that the Catholic
copies handwriting. These and given an encouraging timely opportunity for pub. Cardinal Mindszenty had already own lead to all loyal Britons in lication in lost, we would learnt of the arrest, of Justin sions prove the sad relity of & summer torture and the devilish techniqus this part of the world, had like to suggest most carn-Baranyay at Erd, he been toon to do so. In estly to London that com-holly ort not dar from the employed by the daithful imitators
capital. The aged and famous
Law had Goshbels and of Himmler. Yot
once in the Communist for stead, his hands were preplete silence be observed, Professor of Canon sumably tlod, and zuore instead of vague statements been dragged from the midst of turer and forgers, have bben damage than good was done by responsible persons which his darlly on Christmas ave: The rather careless. We do not know Tho question of the leave matters in worse stato Frimate knew that the time was for Foertain what druga what approaching when bla own Calvary abominations were teed to reclude Amethyst is no doubt a de.. than they were before. would, begin, With considerable Cardinal Mindesanty, fo-his-pre-
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