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The Pope can
Do It!
TN the autumn of 1917 things were looking black for the Allies.
The armics of the Kaiser were. making a determined assault on the Western Front, which in a fow months gathered in intensi- ty and almost gained its object.
At this time, when things were brightest for Germany, a clergy- man forced his way into the presence of the German Chan- cellor, Bethmán-Hollweg, in spite of officialdom which tried to bar his way.
With high-pitched peremptory voice, the clergyman said, "I de- mand to ace the Kaiser!"
The German Chancellor repli- ed. "The Kaiser is on the Western Front, leading his armies to victory. You cannot see him."
By the Rev.
ROWLAND
JONES
VICAR OF, DENTON, Manchester.
He is a brave and daring man, caring nothing for personal risk.
I shall never forget meeting him. It was far casier than meeting an English Bishop.
We stood-men, women and children of every nation-and the Pontiff, clothed simply in white, passed between us with a word and a touch.
The clergyman insisted. The cold retort came back, "If you go, you will probably be killed, as you will deserve to be." He Found
The Kaiser Hongkong Telegraph. clergyman was on his way to the man--the
The
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BEGINNING OF THE END?
THE war in Europe and international interest in the
American Presidential elections have succeeded in overshadow ing the importance of the re- markable situation which has developed during the past month in China. The Japanese are on the retreat in and from a coun- try which they believed could be conquered so easily that they refused to take seriously the opposition until twelve months
ngo.
of human reason in the application of that code, his. duty is clear.”^---
What then, would I do, if I were Pope? I would Issue on order, and enforce it with all my authority, as well as with all the discipline available in the Church of which I was Head, and the terms of that order would be as follows:
Since it is clear that justice and right in this struggle are on one side; since it is clear that the Dictator countries have violated the fundamental prin- ciples of Christ and of His Church.
"I bid every Catholic in those.offending countries to cease to fight and to cease to assist in any way the immoral objects of the of those pagan Leaders countries; and moreover 1 declare that failure to obey this Papal command shall result in immediate excom- munication; I call upon my Bishops and clergy in all countries, rigidly to enforce this excommunication.”
NEW WEAPONS AT
SEA
by "Taffrail
(The Famous British
Naval Writor)
While warfare at sea has greatly changed with the gradual march of science, it is the fact that no weapon yet in- vented has not eventual- by its ly been met antidote. Yet with the advent of each new
weapon, its enthusiastic
not
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Then he spoke, and the crowd pressed around him. It was all
What would be the effect? I supporters have so homely and natural. I could picture a street in Jerusalem am convinced that Catholica failed to predict the
In a week the with the Master passing to and would obey it. fro, or the Sea of Galilee, with power of Mussolini would be complete obsolescence of
broken, and in less than a month this or that. the crowds thronging,
at most the war would be
Years ago, when riffed guns What an opportunity this finished. Within twenty-four hours, the
greatest of our Catholics would choose firing explosive shells were first Leaders-possesses! between their tyrants and their invented, many people visualised Western Front. Right into the religious danger zone he went, without There are seven hundred million
What happened was that the hesitation, until he found the Christians in the world, and half Pope, between their nation and the disappearance of battleships. of them are Roman Catholics, I do not doubt how that choice design of battleships changed,
Kalser.
peace.
"
their Church.
happened and Catholics in enemy
"I have come," he cried, "from under the leadership of this one would go. If the impossible the wooden sailing vessels giving Pope Benedict, to bid you end man.
Two qualities mark out the countries denied their Faith and way to armoured ships of Iron the war!"
The Kaiser did not drive him Roman Catholic religion from all chose their nation, it would be and steel propelled by steam. It adherents give un- Calvary for the Catholic Church The introduction of moored away, but listened to his plea for others.
questioned loyalty to the Pope but it would awaken in an un-mines and torpedoes, and, more actually They also value so much the imaginable Resurrection, recently, of submarines and air- Negotiations were
Why is it that the Sovereign craft, were also predicted by started, and although they did privileges of their religion that
does not take such their supporters to have rung not succeed, they at least showed they would sacrifice everything Pontif what a far-reaching effect that else rather than be cut off from action? He has himself spoken the death-knell of large surface in words just as clear as those vessels. The truth, of course, is bold act of the clergyman had. them.
These two characteristics of of Hilaire Belloc. What holds that the design of all classes of The name of that clergyman?
the Roman Catholic religion put him back?
warships have changed to meet Cardinal Pacelli.
Is it fear? I cannot believe it cach new menace to their exis- His present office in the unimagined power into the hands Church? Pope Pius XII, Bishop of one man-Pope Pius XII. No of such a man. Is it expediency?tence,
an
of Rome, Prince of the Apostles. other religious Leader in the Caiaphas for expediency crucif- In the war of 1914-18, in the My recent, article, "If I were world has anything like such ed Christ, but I cannot believe fighting on land, the use of that the Bishop who dared to tanks, gas and sundry other the Archbishop," produced some power.
Morcover, the- leaders of face Kaiser Wilhelm would quail weapons introduced new methods critical letters, but also
of warfare. For a few weeks enormous number of friendly Roman Catholicism have definite- before Adolf Hitler.
There can be only one reason, or months their users reaped the ones. Many of these are from ly stated that members of their
faith can have only one side in The College of Cardinals-which advantage of surprise. But Roman Catholica.
One sums up a suggestion this conflict, and that is the side is the House of Commons of the advantage was temporary.. contained in many of them, in of Great Britain and her Allies, which the Pope is Prime Minis When once their secrets became the
Hilaire Belloc, in a pamphlet teris composed of seventy known both tanks and gas were following terse words: Archbishop of Canterbury? entitled "The Catholic and the Bishops and Friesta. Of that taken into use by the other side asked what should number, thirty-one are Italians.and the necessary antidotes were Why not Pope? Would to God war,
be the attitude of the Catholic Only one is English. you were!"
towards the war, quite apart from his national allegiance.
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left its mark on the Invaders, who, often short of supplies, have con- stantly been harassed by fresh, well- fed troops, who have also enjoyed the assistance of a consoless Fifth Column among the Chinese peasants. There la evidence that the once exultant Japanese forces, are now nghting half-heartedly, on though for a fost cause, when that happens de rent la, inevitable:fit
Great
Opportunity-
He is a
To-Destroy
Outrage
By the side of the Pope I am a pigmy-in Intellect, in CX- perlerice, in ability. I am not of his Church, but I gladly pay him this tribute: great man, and a to one conclusion. humble follower of his Master. Although he is forced to live in the Vatican, his private apart- ments are simple and his habits frugal to a degree.
in
ap-
Although ascetic paarance, he does not live remote from the world. He is a profund' student of the world, of its literature, ancient and modern,
of its science, its Inventions, its discoveries.
"If I Were Pope"
invented.
are no
It is the same with "fifth column" activities and parachutists in this Can it be that this vast war. Britain having learnt lessons from Norway, Denmark, Holland, Church which uses the magnifi- Belgium and France, has already- cent word Catholic (it means taken the necessary precautions to Universal) is not universal at all, resist a form of warfare which was In closely reasoned phrase he but Italian? Can it be that this fully visualised a year ago. argues the matter out on moral vast Church which claims to be
novelty. Magnetic mines grounds, and comes emphatically above all the nations is only
the expression of one nationali-They were in existence In 1918. When they were first laid in this war, how- ty?
Can it be that there is one ever. Britain was caught rather un-
prepared. It took some time
of sweeping, loyalty for the Catholic in Eng-evolve the new methods of swe land, and another for the and the "de-gaussing" belts or girdles Catholic in Italy and Germany? with which ships are now flited for purpose of neutralising their
and
them rendering I leave Catholics to answer
magnetism these questions. As for me, I immune. But now that these anti- know what I would do if I were dotes have been invented, magnetic Submarines have been bereft of Pope. I know, too what Peternes have lost much of their terror.. would do. Above everything much of their potency against mer- else, I know what Peter's Lord chantmen by running British trade in and Master would do.
"We are fighting this war," he says, "not only to chastise and break Ger- many's contempt for honour, but also to destroy an outrage upon our com- mon and European civilisa- tion.
"To a Catholic, possessed of a clear and universal code, moral and social, to a Catholic specially respectful
NEGRO RALLIED COLONY
BEHIND
By VICTOR SCHIFF, Former "Daily Herald" Paris Correspondent
DE DE
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GAULLE
The
to
convoys protected by escort vessels provided with the detecting devises known as Asdics, and depth-charges for attacking the submarines when located.
The fast German molor-torpedo boats known as "E" boats, the lineal descendants of the coastal motor- boats of the last war, are best coun- tered by destroyers. Essentially fine weather craft, they posses a nuisance value, little more.
One, a pupil of the French,caused an enormous impression High School for Colonial Ad-among the coloured populations
Nor has air power in this war declatve ministration, was Eboue.
devoted to France.
shown itself to have any For more than a quarter of al
"My successor, M. Georges effects upon the movement of fleets, century I completely lost touch Mandel, was so satisfied with squadrons, convoys and ships operat
ing within easy striking distance of
·Chief part in rallying part of with him....
his services that he gave him German aerodromes. It is true that the French Empira to the cause Then, one day, I saw his name another promotion three years losses have been inflicted, as they of Canoral de Gaulla's Free in a list of colonial promotions. later as a Governor of the most have also by submariner, and mines, and that ships lying in harbour may I asked the former Socialist important part of French Equa be liable to attack: But it is not Frenchman, has been taken by Colonial Minister, M. Marius torial Africa, the Chad terri- true to say that aircraft have pre- a Negro,
Moutet, about him.
vented the British feet from carrying tory."" He is M. Eboue, Governor, of "Yes, it is the former Paris So popular is M. Eboue among on its normal functions. As is well- Chad Colony, in French Equa- Rugby player," M. Moutet told the natives that his decision is known, the chief task of the Royal
Navy
is to guarantee the continuance likely to have tremendous reper- of the oversca trade which brings in torial Africa, and the first me.
and "My attention was first drawn cussions throughout the French the food, the raw materials Negro to attain the rank of
munitions upon which the welfare of Governor in the French colonial to him by an English friend, a African Empire.
the British nation and the prosecution. former governor, of a British Its effects will be felt parti- of the war depend. This can only service.
colony, who told me that when cularly in the Cameroone, the be done by destroying or immobilising
trade. British touring through French African former German colony, now the naval forces which threaten
While Germany and Italy are. The natives there are deter- blockaded, with ΠΟ marchantmen. possessions, he had met an ex-under French mandate. tremely clever and distinguished colonial administrator who was mined to resist German annexa abroad in the wide oceans, British run. tion, for they remember the merchant ships continue to ja Negro.
cruelty of their former rulers. That is the proof, if proof be needed, Repercussions Thirty years ago I played in
that, neither the German fest, nor "I was so impressed by his The Chad colony is closely derman submarines, mines and air- the same Rugby team at the! Sporting Club Universitaire de intelligence that I promoted him connected with the Cameroona crafty nor any new wespon, have France, in Paris, with two or to the rank of a Governor in the and with British Nigeria by prevented the full use of British Sea three coloured students,
West Indies, a declalon which roads and regular air lines."
M. Eboue, acting jointly with the Chad military commandant, Coloniel Marchand, issued the proclamation of solidarity with General de Gaulle...
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