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THE CHINA MAIL;," WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22,

1050.

REPORT ON RELIGIOUS

FREEDOM

IN CHINA

Rome March 20.

Two Catholic journalists who recently returned from China said in a de- tailed report that while religious freedom in the full senso does not. exist under the Chinese Communist Government, there is no direct religious persecution.

The Reverend Nicholas Maestrini, managing editor of the "China Missionary Bulletin, and Reverend Patrick O'Connor, National Catholic Welfare Conference correspondent, made the statement at the International Conference of the Catholic Press which met in Rome.

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"The government proclaims policy of guaranteeing religious freedom but explains this freedom of internal worship.

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not admit freedom to prop agate religion, while it guarantees appase freedom to criticise and

religion.

The

openly that it shows

many

religion at the opiate of the people. but of the actual Annoyances and restrictions imposed on the Church depend on the attitudo of local authorities."

Chine Church buildings

ması,

building can be used for though the frequent requisition- Ing by the Communists deprives the people of the hab.tual use of their church. This common- In did not begin with the Communists but has occurred frequently during ware. In some pinces, Communists have returned Churches to the inlesionaries, even after two years of occupa- Lion.

Hospitals-Very few Catholle hospitals have been taken

over. Their report follows:

main but the rest have not had

casy Freedom of Gellet--The direct-interference with freedom tings They are often adminis- of belief secem to Occur

with

tered by committess" "in" "witch" and Catholic Catholic students

Cathole staff members have little voice. They

Some Catholle hos- government employees. have to submit to intensive in-

pitals are more heavily taxed doctrination

especially than others and at least two of courses

general them prepared for them. In

have been subjected to rankly unfair prosecution and nobody in Communist China can indow- obligatory

penalties. excape some trination courses. The effects of these efforts at indoctrination.

A

of in- especially

Freedom of Worship-While widespread atmosphere timidation exists, Northern provinces

which have

been Communist-ruled for A longer period, Catholics are free to attend church services. In some places, the attendance has increased In spite of changed conditions. Frequently in North, where the Communist Oosition has been consolidated, they ban religious services during daylight hours on the plea of safeguarding productive work.

the

the

Dialectic materialism Freedom of Education-Fu Jen,

Welfare work

General Welfare Work-The Catholic Committee of China is

functioning still

through offices

of regional

In spite financial difficulties and şam. pering restrictions according to its excoutive secretary, Re-

office cently the Shanghal

of the Committee distributed more than US$27,000 Yor affec tive use by Catholic hospital and orphanages throughout 10 provinces.

Taxation-Catholic institution, puffer with everybody else under A general programme of heavy taxation.

There is no evidence that they are more heavily taxed

than others, neither is any con- Catholle university of Peking, and Aurora, the Catholicsideration shown for the religious, educational or charitable nature university in Shanghal, continite to function with some of their

work. religious faculty members.

In

spite of the imposed teaching of ialectic materialism, they enjoy Tskiku University some peace, in Tientsin is now having dimeul. Her and may soon pass out of Catholle control.

tow dozen

of their

obtain

aspect to their

Increase in Japanese population

Tokyo, March 20. Jupan's population increased by 1,773,298 last year in spite

an

of the largest abortion rate in Japan's history, a 10 per cent decline in marriages and increase in the divorce rate. ** The Welfare Ministry announce- Japanese ment today said one was born every 11.6 seconds in 1849 while Japanese died at the rate of one every 179 seconds. The announcement revealing a climbing birth rate and a declin- ing death rate. emphasised the "growing" "Heutchess of "d'upar's-por-

pulation problem.

The Ministry Bald births last year totalled 2,724,020, which was 14,000 more than the previous year. Denthx totalled 950,730, decline of 8,000 from

the-year before.

United Press..

Spender on co-operation in Pacific

- Melbourna,– March 20. Mr. Peray G. Opender.

Affairs Australian · External Ministar, called again today for closer relations between. "Australia and" "the. "Välted States beckyse of their com mon

interests in the Western

Pacific.

"We agree the situation in Bouth East

for Asla calls urgent action of a positive nature," Mr. Spender wald.

The United States and Aus- tralia, he continued, shoutä- work out together polloles and plana in relation to the West ern Pacific and South East. Asia.

Mr. Spender said'Australia la enger to draw, up plans of action and would watoome suggestions and "advice from the United States—Assoolated Preis.

RASH OF STRIKES IN ITALY

Ression

on

Rome, March 20, Communist-inspired strikes broke out in five key Northern Italian cities today following angry Communist-inspired The announcement Baid there rallies protesting against the were 103,001 stillbirths, miscar-new public security measures. rlages or abortions, of which The Communist-controlled abortiona accounted for 75,385. General Confederation of Labour Marriages declined by 114,000 in Rome called for an emergenny to 840,020 while divorces increos.

excutive ed by roughly 3,000 to 82,873.urther forms of action.

to decide

Thousands workers left their jobs in Genoa, Milan, Bologia, Florence nad Pisa and marched to centrul squares where Com- munist speakers told them the Government's new

Dublic

Security ineasures, which would ban such

allies, were not democratic,

Police riot squacis hemmed In demonstrators, but only the Innor' incidents were reported. These occurred at Milan and Pisu No arrests, were

made and no injuries reported."

POLAND FOLLOWS

THE PATTERN

Washington, March 20. Poland today asked the United States to reduce the size of the American military and air staff in Warsaw, the State Department announced.

Mr. Michael McDermott, the

A group of strikers halted a State Department spokesmun, said

note making the passenger train for one hour at that a Polish request was sent through the Abbiate Grasso, near Milan, until United States Embassy in War-Carabinieri dispersed them. Bein- forced police groups were station- ed'at all strategic points withla the city itself -United Press,

BGW.

Its tone was mild, he added. The note claimed that the size of military the present Amerlean and air staff is much larger than it was before the war and askea for a reduction.

Mr. McDermott said that there

is a very dednite pattern in the satellite countries to reduce the United States representation be hind the "Iron Curtain,"

Hungary made a similar re- quest some time ago. All United Slates oficials. left Bulgaria when the United States broke of that diplomatic relations with country last month.-Reuter.

CINEMA FIRE CAUSES PANIC

Athens, March-20.

ย

* Screshing Women with chil- redren in their arms battled with

police as

panic-stricken from a audience stampeded burning cinema here last night. Seven women and one 'old man were found dead whep the panic ended..

Personal Restrictions-No con- sideration is shown for religious work of

or for special necessity of constant travel to outlying" mis- sions and to attend sick calls. Missionaries move freely. in the large cities: in rural areas where most of China's Catholles dwell-foreign missionaries on- Indoctrination coursea

restrictions imposed on every school; public counter:

frequently Many and private.

but not misalon not everywhere.

pricots move -mozd schools have already boen Chinese

hom taken over by local Communist freely but they, too, are Authorities. In · Manchuria all pered. Wherever priests, Chinese the Catholic schoole except one or foreign, can show some ma- high school and the

primary terlally productive In Mukden, have beer journey-such as peddling goods school taken over by. All except a or giving medical service to the permission North sick they schools In China have been taken out of more easily, Foreign Catholic hunds and placed un

Missionaries are THAILAND KING IN allowed to leave China, but none SINGAPORE der state administration,

Presuma are allowed to enter.

would

Singapore, March 20. Religion may be taught. but ably permission to enter

depend Where only after school hours,

Aduldet of by

King Phumiphon on recognition

the the religious leachers have country of the missionary'a ori- Thailand Impatiently paced the the liner Selandia for mained

the and

Communists

Bind

The missionaries, Chinese deck have sometimes found necessaT? and foreign, experience-many-in half an hour today waiting to be

live welcomed to Singapore.

am not dead". and to retain them in order to keep tangible difficulties

under

They

The Danish ship docked a half

Flames.coming from the pro- constant suspense. the school going-they usually

hour earlier than expected. Sir Jection room scared the audience exert a stendying influence.

are at the mercy of the Commu

Patrick McKerron, Acting Gove of 450 people who rushed the Catholic Press -Nó newspapers

nist authorities who may at any

crnor of the Colony, did not ar main entrance. ignoring "People's Court or periodicals exist in Chinn Bro- time conveno a

rive at the wharf until the safety doorways.-Reuter, Manchuria ext

except those

the that follow the Communist Party

nounted docking time of Selandia. Bence the line

infant Catholic press of Chinn has disappeared.

Catholic boolt

and

pamphlet

per un

publishing continues.

Catholic

Buildings

In

rc-

the cities, Church bulldings are not molested but in the country they are often borrowed for Cominu. meetings. Usually the same nist

KING'S

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gin.

to try them on the most flimsy pretexts. Many have had to take farming or up manual labour,

themselves weaving, to support

in and justify their

presence China by Communist standards.

In Manchuria-the life of the Church has been practically

paralysed. In North China

But when the welcome did come off, the King and his functe, Heincess Sirikit Kitiya- kara, were greeted with all the pomp and ceremony for a king and his future queen. ro strictions are very serious, some mlasions in the centre and South more recently brought under Communist rule had had little real trouble so far.

Whether this difference is merely a mac- ler of time table, the coming months will say,

The Chinese people, in general, have not been won over by the Communists, Many who, with- out embracing Communism, had ooked hopefully to the change Government, have been alien- ted.-United Press.

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CALIFORNIA

Sacramento, March 20.

An earthquake shook the Sacramento Valley today but there were no reports of dam- agen

} .

Residents of valley towns called he police and newspapers to ré- Officinis port rattling windows,

1 Chico recalved only a few calls.

The fairly strong quake, cent- ring in the Chico-Sacramento- Reno area, was recorded a Byn seismographs at two universities. The University of California placed the epicentre about 167. miles North or North East of Berkeley It said, it should have been pretty strong In Chico

At Bend, the University of Nevada and the epicentre was Inlaced 120 milles West or Sou

West of Rend and was strong. Bolemologists Novada" said one noodle of their recording machinba was, "thrown, of the track by the quake.

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ley scientists - kald's the sted eight minutes ****

King Phumiphon Aduldet is on the way to Bangkok for his coro- nation

5.Associated Press.

תם

May

Twenty-seven people, mainly women and children, were taken to hospital badly injured.

When tho, police entered the building. more than 40 people were lying on the floor and a child, trampled in the rush for the doors, was crying, "Mummy

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SPENDER VISIT TO MANILA

Melbourne, March 19. The Australian minister of Ex- ternal Affairs, Mr. Percy Spen- der, said today that he will br the official guest of President Quirino. In the Philippines thir week United Press.

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