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THE FRANCISCAN JUBILEE.
CLOSE OF THE ROMAN CELEBRATIONS.
TUESDAY,
·HIGHEST DIVORCE
RATE.
THREE TO EVERY FOUR MARRIAGES IN RUSSIA.
The Russibh divorce rate, which MUSSOLINI AND THE CHURCH. has been growing steadily higher over since the Bolsheviks came into power,,has now become the highest in the world.
Rome. The two years given up to celebrating the seventh cen- tenary of the death and canonisa- tion of St. Francis have cloned. All the ceremonies are over, but
the writer in
Osservatore Romane expresses the hope of many people in the world who are not, necessarily Roman Catholics
↓
Francia! To-day, no less than in
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In Leningrad, for instance, oficial statisties show, that there are three divorces to every four marriages. The recently avall able figures Tor the first five months of this year record 9,681 marriages and 7,256 divorces. During the same period of 1926 and 2,126 divorces; the average
NOVEMBER
15,
1927.
QUEEN AND A BLIND SOLDIER.
WINNING THE HEARTS OF
THE U.S. LEGION.
"BULLDOG DRUM- 'MOND."
HEAVY BOOKINGS ENSURE ANOTHER SUCCESS.
Last night the A. D. C's forth- coming production was played PALACE INCIDENT.. through in its ontiraty. It can be safely anid that it will maintain When the King and Queen re- the high traditions of the Club. ceived at Buckingham Palace Last week rehearsals wore cur Colonel. Howard
tailed owing to the fact that the P.. Savage, National Commander of the cast were "rotten perfect." An American Legion, and more than explanation of this expression is 200 members of that body, a slighe, perhaps necessary. A cast which fair-headed young man seemed to has worked as this one has done he too embarrassed to take his almost every day for over two Majesty's proffered hand.
months has a tendency to get state, and the expression "rotten" This, sir," said Col. Savage, perfect" simply implies that apart
when he says: "Stay with us, oh, the numbers were 8,472 marriages introducing him, "Is Lieutenant from one or two minor details, thy time; thy presence is urgent for the whole year was about one "Frank Schoble junior, of Philadel-nothing can be done to improve |
ly needed lest humanity be sub. merged."..
divorce for five marriages.
to
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Either party is now permitted obtain the annulment of a The Church and others point out marriage, merely for the asking. that the prosent century The same facility of divorce period of industrialism and scep- exists, though for men only, in tidism-is repeating the same Egypt. It costs an Egyptian hus errors, as the thirteenth century, band practically nothing to only on a vaster scale. "The same obtain a divorce, but a wife has is nagd the same remedies; here to bring suit against her spouse lies the actuality of the Francis in the courts he has to prove that can ideal," continues the writer. he has left her or been cruel to her. But even Egypt has not nearly so high a rate as has developed in Leningrad. į The English divorce rate has been increasing very rapidly of The average yearly late years. number of suits, considered in of recent five-years periods, was 563 in 1001-5; 624 in 1906-10; 656 in 1911-15; 1,510 in 1916-20; and 2,734 in 1921-25. The publication of the lists for the Michaelmas law term show that, by the end of this year, 1927 will have seen about 3,500 divorce
S.
Fifty thousand pilgrims have visited the Franciscan basilicas on the hill, and in the plain,,some from Japan and South America. The chief ceremonies in honour of the jubilee were the inauguration of the new motor road to La Verna, the mystical midnight pro- cession to the Church of Francesco, where the saint is buried, the blessing of the "peace hells" of the Communal palace, and the commemoration of the Canticle of the Sun in S. Damiano by the National Association of the Blind. The visit to Assist at the opening of the Jubilee of the Papal Legate, who was given a special train by the Government and met by the Mayor of Assisi and the Minister of Education, showed the change in the relations between Church and State.
groups
suits.
RENUMBERING BERLIN,
NEW AND UNIFORM SYSTEM
TO BE IMPOSED. . ·
Berlin. The zeal for reforma-
the production.
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phia; he was blinded in the war." A these words the Queen
"Those taking part want the stepped forward, and, taking the blind man's hand, led him to the presence of an audience us King, who sympathetically ques-Incentive to the exertion of their tioned him as to when and where best endeavours. So good was the rehearsal last night that the he received his injury.
Lieut. Schoble, now gripping producer has decided to give the cast a day's rest this week, though the King's hand, told of how a fragment of shell had struck him there is, of course, a lot to do in in the head, blinding him instantly connexion with stage effects, and rendering him for some time It is not easy to give a realistic completely deaf and without sense representation on the stage of the of smell. "It happened on Octc-various sturits described in Sapper's exciting book, but it will ber 5, 1918," he added.
"OH, I'm so sorry," the Queen undoubtedly surprise many to find
"It what can be done. exclaimed with compassion. was very hard that, it should have happened just before the Armis- tice." And she clasped his hand
once more.
Effect of Sympathy. Lieut. Schoble said afterwards to a newspaper reporter:
What the Queen did and said affected me tremendously; it was so very human---so very beautiful,
I shall never forget it nor, I think, will my comrades who stood by and saw and heard.
I knew in that moment that both the King and the Queen were just like the pictures of them that I had seen before 1 was blinded that they were good, and kind, and altogether human.
Mr. Paul T. Winter, of Altoona,
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Heavy Booking. Unfortunately, Major Macready is leaving Hongkong before the A. D. C. can produce their next play, and it is therefore hoped that those who have in the past enjoyed his acting and his efforts as a producer will pay him the compliment of prompt attendance.
Their Excellencies the Officer Administering the Government and
the
General Commanding the Troops, as well as the Commodore, will be present on, the first night, and a visit to Anderson's yester day afternoon revealed the fact that booking is heavy, particular- ly for the first performance on Saturday next, for Wednesday the night when the interport teams will attend, and for the last per formance on Saturday the 26th
The play la crowded with in- cident and for proper appreciation From Buckingham Palace the of the plot it is absolutely neces Legionuries motored to the Guild- sary to be present at the rise of hall, where they were the guests the curtain, quite apart from the of the Lord Mayor, Sir Rowland fact that the first act contains Blades, M.P., and the Corporation some of the brightest and most of the City of London at luncheon humorous dialogue.
The jubilee has closed-with-an even more significant even which set the "peace bells" of Assisi ringing joyfully. On October 4, the feast day of St. Francis; after tien in all that applies to the out-Pennsylvania, who has neted as sixty-seven years, the Government ward and visible state of the city Lieut. Schoble's guide throughout has restored the great Convent in Burlin is now being extended the Legionaries visit to Europe, attached to the basilica en Mount to the numbering of houses. declared that the incident had Sahasio to the Friars Minors; and These are in future to be so adapt touched the whole party. the orphan children.of elementary ed to the needs of those seeking school masters were moved into an address that an even number their now orphanage which has on one side of the street will be been built in another part of the exactly opposite the odd numbers Should an open town by the Friars with a sub-on the other. stantial subsidy from the Govern.space occur on either side, the site ment, with a free site granted by will be regarded as occupied by Commune of Aasisi. This even is the number of houses that may This means only one of the many examples of some day be there. the Roodwill, shown by Signor the renumbering of practically the
Roman whole city. Mussolini towards the
Foreigners, who have been be- Catholic Church.
wildered in Berlin-and they are many-now learn to their amaze- ment that the polley hitherto fol- lowed by the civic authorities was to "begin" the street numbers at the point where the street traffic of awe. was thickest, so that "one" was often at a corner where nobody suspected it, but certainly not at the end of the road.
The divorce lists" for the Michaelmas Law sittings, show a total of defended, undefended, and jury cases of 796. The undefend ed petitions number 620; the divorce and probate actions to be beard before the judge sitting alone 134, and special and common jury suits 10 and 32 respectively. Of
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The enormous gaps in conseru-
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The venerable antiquity of the The curtain will be raised at great Banqueting Hall, with its 9.15 p.m. at every performance. quaint monuments, its stained- glass windows, its musicians' gal- lery, and especially the spectacle. of the two white-garbed carvers of the barons of beef standing high in their "pulpits"-all-com- bined to produce in the Americans WHY WHELHELM WITHDREW as many of them confessed, feel ings not of mere astonishment but
Linked by War.
HIS APPROVAL. ·
Bonn, Nov. '14,' Riding pillion on her fiancee's motor cycle, is among the plea- Colonel Savage, when he replied joures indulged in by the sexagena- to the toast of the American rian Princess Vjetorja, Legion, pointed to the British and In an interview with Router, she
the 628 undefended petitions for tive numbers, either odd or even, American flags which festooned explained that the ex-Kaiser, who.
Husband petitioners for full relief number 190. Twelve wives and 8 husbands are claiming divorces of nullity; and four wives ask for the restitution of conjugal rights. The preponderance of woman peti- tioners for divorce has been very marked since the passing of the Act of July 1923 enabling wives to claim relief on the single ground of adultery.
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WHEN THE POPE WAS
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The Pops received the party of 100 London policemen, who were introduced by Monsignor Howlett
feeling
We Legionarics hope most earnestly that the symbol of these entwined flugs may be interpreted as evilence of the friendliness and cordiality existing between
our
two great nations. We desire that cordiality and that under standing to grow and increase.
Schaumberg-Lippe, family, with- drew his approval of her marriage in consequence of scandalous. newpaper articles. The Princess bitterly complained of the hundreds of insulting letters she received daily, many anonymous, "I am only too glad to have someone to protect and love me, and only too fulfil my husband's Wishes
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Colonel Savage made a refer ence to the great pilgrimage of British ex-Service men to France
Zoubkoff admitted the disparity next your to be organised by the in ages, but added, "Every woman British Legion.. e of the would like to be as young as the American Legion received a real
actually is in years." The Prin- to-day that Earl Haig had decided cass keeps it by dancing, tennis, After the Pope had gone about to take 5,000 members of the swimming and walking-Reuter.
British veteran forces back to re- [A Berlin message of November among the party, giving each man his hand to kiss, he turned to Mgr.will astound you, for the people Kaiser has informed his sister,
Your welcome
4 stated: It is stated that the ex- Howlett and exekimed, "Fine
Victoris, (aged 60) that if she
and Mr. Wallack, president of the thrill." he said, "when we learned Princess, no matter how old she
Catholic Police Association, at Rome last month.
visit old scenes..
men," regarding the police with of France and Belgium have not
admiration.
'forgotten.".
The Pope recalled that in the Raising his glass, Colonel marries the Kusalan dancer Zoub-
year that the association was found- ed he was for the second time in London-in your great, glorious. and powerful Island from which he bad brought back most plea- sant recollections..
Two souvenirs of that visit," he nald,"were particularly dear to him and they were both connected with the police. One day he wished to go to Westminster Cathedral, but boing uncertain about the direction he asked a policeman, who, with extreme courtesy, told him in de- tail how to get there,KA
He had gone part of the way · when he noticed someone was com» Ing after him and on-turning, saw the same policeman who, realising that he had not been quite correct In the informatfón He had given, wished to impress on the Pope that he had to "bear to the right and the left, EN TR
not
Another time, the Pope con- tinued, he stopped to admire the great paternal patience of the policeman watching and protecting a number of small schoolboys who had diapersed over, the park on leaving school.
"You représent," the Pope said, "the finest and noblest militia: be cause you aim at maintaining public tranquility, from which inestimable benefits are derived."
Savage cried:
"To the men of Great Britain!" and there was a reat responsive shout from the assembled Legionaries.
If you have a hot bead you'll get a cold shoulder.
koff, (aged 26) whose betrothal to the princess was announced re- cently, he will break off all tela-
tions with her.
A registry ceremony is expect ed to take place at Bönn on Novem- ber 24.3
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In a telegram congratulating Mr. Jim Larkin on his election to the Dail, the Irish Free State Parliament, the Red International nt Moscow states: We are now convinced that your election will be the starting point for the organisation of the Irish "pro- letariat and will be a first step
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THE MERAFIELD MYSTERY.
By R. A. J. WALLING. "(Author of "The Third Degree," "Futal
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