1937-10-18 — Page 5

THE CHINA MAIL OCTOBER 18, 1937.

CHINESE CATHOLICS AND THE WAR

Sir, With reference to Renter's in- formation, (published in your Paper), of the activities of Japanese Catholics, I crave for the favour of some space in your valuable Paper, in order to make clear the position of Catholics both in China and Japan in the pre- sent conflict.

It is the duty of all Catholics, im- posed by the teaching of Christ, to support their Country, to love and de- fend it to the best of their abilities. This is what: @Japanese Catholics are doing when they organise themselves to help Japan. It is their duty

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King Boris of yesterday opened a ne

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King Boris is well-known for his enthusiasm for driving loco- motives, a feeling which he has had to curtail since ascending the throne.-Trans-Ocean.

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However it is to be pitied that their Government keeps them in blindness. with regard to the true spirit and mo- tives of this inbuman war. It is very well known that to conceal, her bar- barism Japan tries to masquerade her activities under the appearance of a holy war against Communism in China and thus tries to gain the support of her own people and of nations abroad. We who live in neutral Comtries and The German Secretary of State for get news from both sides can see the Air, General Milch, arrived here truth, but those who live in Japan and read and know only what a strictly yesterday to return the visit paid to censored press lets them know and Germany some time ago? by - Air read, how can they possess the truth? Vice-Marshal C. L. Courtney, Direc- This is the reason why Japanese Ca-

London, To-day-

tholics support the barbarism of therror of Operations and Intelligence Government. They are misled. If theyland Deputy-Chief of Air Staff at could know the truth, I am sure, they the British Air Ministry. would act and speak differently.

General Milch, a London paper

What. I want to point out now, is that Chinese Catholics are doing much recently reported, will be shown more for their own Country. Since the beginning of hostilities, Pastoral?

RAF planes, hitherto, kept secret

Fast Air Mail

Berlin, To-day

A Lufthansa mail plane, which

lon Friday, arrived at Cologne at yesterday morning-Trans-

letters of all the Bishops in China have and not revealed to foreign officers. urged Chinese Catholics to do their duty. Practically in all Churches and Institutions collections have been made? in different ways for the war relief! fund, and Chinese Catholics; as I have been told by Mgr. Yn Pin, have large- ly subscribed to the National Loa Since last month a National Commit- tee presided by three Bishops has been formed in Hankow to organise there had left. South America for Europe lief work of the 4 million Catholics of China. Foreign missionaries who be long to over 19 different nationalities 8.30 have appealed to Catholics in their Ocean own respective countries, and money and clothing are slowly but steadily reaching Chins through these sources door-to-door collections which are still far It is true that all this has not been continuing and have yielded so published by Press Agencies, but these thousands of dollars, duly acknowledg are none the less-true facts.

ed through the Press: In the Catholic Mgr. P. Yu Pin, the Chinese Catholic Schools daily collections are made. The Bishop of Nanking, was the first to St. Teresa's Chinese Young Men's So- > urge Catholics to help China and tociety is now organising a grand con- donate his golden medals to Chang-cert with the co-operation of the Choral Kai Shek for the war relief-fund. He Group and the Band of the Conte Verde is now on a brief visit to the Holy in the Kowloon Tong Club, on Wednes Father in Rome, and he is sure today 27th inst. All receipts collected by lecture through Italy and Europe the CYMS. will be dully acknowledg pleading China's cause.

Ted through the Press and sent to the Hong Kong-Catholics have surely Red Cross in Nanking.br, done no less than their coreligionist in In conclusion I like to state that we, China "proper. Since early in August Chinese Catholics, pride ourselves in the St. Joan of Arce CYLA. under being in no way second to any other! the able direction of the Sisters of the in loving and defending our much tried Italian Convent and helped by school-Country, and this not only because we girls have started collections and ban- are Chinese, but also because as-Ca- dage work. The tiative was later tholics we have a sacred duty imposed taken up by the Diocesan Council of by our Religion to be loyal, to defend Catholic Action of HK and all other and to protect our Country with all numerous Associations have enthusias our means and our very lives.

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