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Inspection and Trials by Arrangement
connected with the came Vatican all his life.
His father, Ernesto Pa. celli, a lawyer, served the Vatican as Consistorial Ad- vocate. Both his parents are long since dead.
member of the Papal Mission which to be a parish priest, and they made)
for the Coronation of King him a seminary professor. He be- George V.
gun to seitle at that when they took film away and made him an eccle-
institnl diplomat.
He
Germany intimately, knows He went there first during the worki war, as Nunclo to Munich-a forty- one-year-old Archbishop thrust into
one of the most difficult posta in' Europe
AFTER his days as a Nunelo he hoped for the reward of an appointment to a diocese, pre- ferably a country diocese, where he
HONGKONG HOTELeisen. He, too, was a Consistorini He went on to Berlin and suc- let skull-cap. ("Little children bless
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AFTER the war he showed could go among the people, preach- great courage in remaining in their churches, tulking to Ing at his post when Communism them in their fields, letting children: He had one brother, Fran- was quining the upper hand.
tall cardinal's gold play with the chalo and cross and try on hile sear-
Advocate and was chief agent ceeded in negotiating a Concordat everything they touch," he says.)
Several times he appealed to Plus of the Vatican in the negotia.. between the Holy See and Prussia. Stubbs Rd. I tions which resulted in the sign- pietro Gasparri in the Vatlean had Vatican to quiet pastoral duties. Cardinni X, to allow him to go from the been keeping a special eye on the The Pontiff said no. Pacelli obeyed. man whom he had chosen Ra his
He has been obeying all his life. principal assistant when he was but And, having obeyed, having learned young and newly ordained priest. to be ever faithful, he has fitted him- When age forced Gasparri to re- self to command. sign his office ns Papal Secretary of State he proudly watched his pro- tege take over his desit. A few
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ing of the Lateran Treaty, which brought the new State of the City of the Vatican into be ing; and which gives to Pius XII. freedom he might not otherwise have enjoyed to leave
what for fifty-nine years had been a self-imposed prison. His health makes this opportunity for change very necessary.
WILL Plus XII. come to war
weeks before, h December 1020, he had seen Pius XI. place the Red Hat Nazism?
upon the Nuncio.
with Fascism? Or with
He is a Man of peace. He will
The Pupe knows the United States seek peace with Mussolini and H- fairly well. He spent several weeks lor. there at the latter end of 1936. It was no ordinary visit. In six days he crossed and recrossed the United
But on his terms.
Only a few weeks before his death Pope Plus XI. said publicly that Francisco Pacelll-who was States by air, covering 1,000 miles tolerated. The State must not usurp INSTEAD OF air raids on
Marquis bad day, attending many ceremonies and # Papal London and Paris and counter shortened his life by his devotion to making speeches during, most of his
waking hours.
made
many
The heresy of racism cannot be the rights of the family. The in- eldant has rights--freedom to wor- ship, freedom to marry, freedom to raids on Berlin we have had, in
the Holy See. For several years,
He knows France from
have his children educated in his night as well as day, he spent his the first month of war, high- whole
time on those negotiations, visits. He has been to several South religion-which the State must res powered diplomacy.
American counteles; to Spain, Aus- pect. Those rights are being denied) For the often meeting the Pope and Signor tria, Hungary.
and attacked. German dictator is no longer right in secrecy.
Mussolint for long hours after mid-
The voice of Pius XII. will be not SEVERAL times be has gone less severe upon the enemy than dealing with Poland. He is
Als as Papal Legate, was the voice of predecessor. dealing with two countries who
are two more that is. as the direct personal re- Pius XI. told the Duce he was pre- THERE
pared for the abolition of the Vatican can match terrorism with ter-
Pacellis in the Vatican presentative of the Pope.
State rather than give way on the --Ase new Pope's nephews. Both He is still not strong physically, religious principles involved in thef rorism, raid with raid, gas with
are Noble Cuards. The younger, it may be that the Sacred College concordat between the Holy See 'and] Giullo, came to London with Car- have condemned him to an earlier Italy. Those, too, will be the words Hitler's bluff has been called. King George VI.
dinat Pizzardo for the Coronation of death.
of Pius XII. He Is, it is true. able to go to the Pius X is gentle. His voice is Papoi Villa at Castel Gandolfo, some soft. He loves all his fellow men, The Pope of "Intrepid Faith" is fourteen miles outside Rome and in and that includes any who wish to Chater Road.
in his Reichstag speech, issued followed by the "Angelle Pastor" the Alban 1s. But Castel Gan- be his enemies. He is slight, pate. threats and promises. But the of the Prophecies of St. Malachy: dolfo is not a perfect substitute for But if any one is tempted to attack
the Swiss mountains.
Mother Church he will find Pope ***.............................. days of persuasion and threat who hus learned, while standing at gentle pastor, certainly, but a man
But Plus XII. a happy as the Pius XII., Vicar of Christ, a rod of Chief Pastor. All his life he has fron. are finished. Daily, despite the ride of Pius XI., to face and Hitler's speech, despite the con-
weather storms from every quarter, quest of Poland, it becomes He has a tremendous advantage clearer that there have been mis-over Plus XI,~~II!s ̈predecessor was calculations in Berlin. French
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| "GOD SAVE THE KING" Manthern since the war began. HORE people sing the National
You hear them at the cinema or ut the Gripps. Do you know every verse? Here they are:-
God save our gracious King. Long live our noble King,
God save the King." Send him vittorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us;
God save the Ring.
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O Lord our God, arise. Scatter our enemies
And make them fall, Confound their politics, Frustrate their knäviah tricks; On Thee our hopes we fx; God save us all.
Thy choices gifts in store On him bo pleased to pour; Leng may he relen.
May he defend our laws. And ever give us cause To sing with heart and voice.
God save the King.
The LOW-down On
LONGEVITY
ONGEVITY is always remark- Labic.
Centenarians Among human beings are not uncommon, er.. Thomas Parr, of 158, and Zaro Ara, of 182 years' fame.
The plant world holds the gold medal for long Vic.
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Redwood trees In Canada Ilve for 4,000 years and more;
Animals and birds come next. with the crocodile at 200 years:
Parrots, tortoises and elephants
be 100; Crows ilve to 80;
live
Lions, bears, herons and camels to 50:
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But dogs are old at 20; Cats al 15:
Snakes at 10.
The usual fly exista a bare four months;
Lime:
The average butterfly half that
The mayfly only 1 hour. Blo transit...
LEAVE ME!
At home there is, the family. In the streets and in trains there are prople who want to talk and be nice and civilised. If I go into the coun-
J'lus XII. is Roman-born. His and British solidarity have tor-health was poor, so poor that 28 a
JUDGING from what i see and I cannot remember ever having, I know some people require advice, pedoed "Mein Kampf",
youth he had to leave the tomon hear around me most people seem to craved for company,
but many n consolation, companionship In the War is hateful to
seminary where he was studying for have a horror of being alone. They time I have hungered for few minutes critical Umes of their lives. I appre every
ordination. But careful nursing by crave company in everything they of absolute solltude. I can rearrange clate their needs, but I must be alone British man and woman, and his mother home kept him strong do. They play and pray in crowds. my thougnts when I am alone. I to make decisions and prepare plans. no-one desires the trial of armed enough to go on with his studies. They work and walk in groups. And can balance up recent happenings After a few hours in the solitude of so great is the hunger for company and see them in their proper pro- mountain or moor I can face fe force with Germany that has
Since his ordination as a priest that when left alone they switch on portions when I am alone. can with energy and meet, people with But, unfortunately, soll- been forced upon us. Neverthe-
at the age of twenty-three he has the wireless and Haten to any voice think more deeply and consecutively, pleasure.
and I can think more kindly thoughts tude is not cuslly attained. kept his health by visits to Switzer-which breaks the silence. lese, no single person in the land-ant by refusing ever to be
Now, I do not think that I am an when there is no voice in my ear. British Empire is shrinking furried or worried. He has a most eccentric person. I can enjoy most Solved in Solitude
even temper, his working life flows things which other people enjoy. from waging war to the end, and strongly but smoothly, He is not like company if the company, is in- If I cannot get away from other try numerous bands of hikera force
only approachable, but when no-one will accept the terms, feels him he has obviously, so it and hearing, Interesting people. But myself becoming cynical. The cans-
one teresting, and I enjoy speaking to, human beings periodically I And humanity upon me, or I meet some
one who insists on going with me such they can be called, out- seems, been looking forward just to above all, I do like to be alone at tani sight and sound of people forces and talking about the beauties of
that very meeting. lined by Hitler.
times. And it is becoming increa- all their bad points on my notice. I
Nature. be alone in this can almost come to hate soine people For twenty years
Large crowds going to see him singly dimeult to Britain
Just because I want to be alone!
A Necessary Tonic my tire him temporarily, but they modern world. strove to establish pence and will be giving him his greatest outlaw war.
pleasure-meeting his fellow men. She has failed. In
He is the first Pope ever to inve Germany, where the doctrine town in an airplane; he has also that war is no calamity but a
been down coulmines and in a suli- murine. desirable thing is preached, the principles of liberty, of thought and expression
ARDINAL
PACELLI was
in March last been by world-wide ballot they would have made him Pupe on the first count.
are derided, by Roman Catholics in every part of Hitler has suppressed all indivi. the world. Had his election as Pope | dual freedom, demanding a blind obedience to the few who with him seized power, and who last he speaks in at least seven languages, The Pope is a splendid linguist: night made a mockery of every has actually done so on one occasion
at a Press conference in Rome. thing that should be near and i
English visitors in the Vatican dear to the German people by are able to talk to him in their own. their vociferous support of Hit- tongue. And doubtless he has re- called to them that brief visit he ler's outburst.
Hitler's threats cannot affect this: that the British people will great American, Emerson, near- fight this war to a finish in suply eighty years ago." "Do thy port of civilisation: Britain has duty of the day. Just now the not risked untold wealth and supreme public duty of all think- millions of Ilves by entering this ing men is to assert freedom. wor to fight for Poland in Go whore it is threatened and particular, as Hitler suggested. say, 'I am for it, and do not wish She has risked everything to re-to live in the world a moment tain the decencies of inter- national behaviour and to fight longer than it exists.'"
No ordinary man or woman in against the monster which seeks
to impose its will upon and to England would use such drama-| dominate weaker neighbours by tic phrases, but all endorse the
brute force.
The British people believe in principle HO arrestingly ex- the principle onunciated by the pressed.
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"Really, I have a terrible tima convincing my husband that I'm
̈"always" right!”
I think it is a splendid thing for anyone to appreciate Nature's beauty because I do myself. But I do not want to talk about it. I admit I am the speechless lover as far as Nature la concerned. I remember once sit- ting on stone in Glen Lyon looking at the torrent of water below. I do not know what I was thinking, but I could not describe my thoughts even if I remembered their substaner, I was divinely happy until I heard a voice say: "Absolutely gorgeous, Isn't it" Words are ridiculous things at timest
I know that some people think I am abnormal in my desire for soli- tude. I remember saying to some- one that I wished there were more people like me who wanted to be alone. "There must be a good many people like you," he said.
"You should get together and form a club." Whatever other people may think about me, I am convinced that other people would be better off with n le solitude. A person who cannot enjoy the company of his own thoughts eller hor nono worth speaking about or bad ones. ::
I am almost certain that everyone's best thoughts and kindest thoughts were the fruit of a little solitude, When people have to depend on their own company they take paina to malce it good. And they will be all the better company for other people in the intervals between the creative solitude.
I can do many things in publle, but I am only truly grateful in private. And when I cannot get off on my own. I becoms seur,
And in case you think I am a dour hermit, I may add that I know und speak to everyone in the district, And am known to my friends as "Smileri"