O L # i E R O E


i i b V E R T I S E R


a n d


iP E ID A Y , O C T O B E R 2 9 , SIGNIIIOANT QUOTAT!


the polh Parker.


l i m i t e d . i '


HEAD OFFICE: 54, )ver 2,000 B


: ' N E W HAS BElj ILico HoYriEjKS.


he Jlahslgeinent of]j|r. 2, Market. jPlace,


I ’piK' V-'v i i W(


lacts‘al sliowy


c is to f


comd state pltaty;0*:.>iitostog U tHolmirits otjOnt'OoHeb: coiUd


and nie,f loniidal i GIVE


; ,1 U


^ s in i Fitting


r( 11 testiinonials—teler you to satisfied !;s^ho are giatafiil forjUie comlort ,f butWok ih e y ^ e s s ib y wearing on garments: THAI BEALLY DO bEjQUATE SOPPOETI


pou’ve not yet visited iua yon are till) Imeiits 'ia t Expert Corset can render to yon.


El ) i attendili


lerieiced ;Cors*etiere always in iceJ


! EE [bIATERNITY HOME.


1 Sir.-Lwe would again ask for space in .^m i Letter Brig to, refer to the above matter,


c tod regret itjwould appear that this, f<»!“ m6 onsiderable'time, must be our. last reference


|%tode^the!question.of a was broached, considerable effort t o been


TELEPHONE 6774.


1 We pay our respects to these.'gentlemen and t all others who have treated


pathy with the project and .toayq at least hato the matter subjected to informal, dlscusslpu.


M'ayorfCtouhclUor.G.'Hargreaves), cUlor Rushton have toown a Pyqbfi®?},


ttusnwjn imvc duww** «


he thought and consideration it tatoto-. • b : Whilst we deeply regret to h av ^^ ab ^d ra


'• sIll i!: : I — d e t s p l s l e e j ^ i s n a t u r e ’ s cur.


4 f o r m a n j r l i l l L I I t i s i n d u c e d b y c i t h e r


w <r | i * d s | t h ^ I d i f d Si 'e r a /


or 2 se b y I t s rdiahle makers,


lorne lane inspect heir products! here PBMCr^


i M "TheHei:


SIAPlISM flTffiSS The Depth o f Comfort" I the scheme] ■: 1 Clitheroe, ■ ■ I : I ■ ^


’ Secretary, Knights of St. Uolumba. j ; ■


OMISSION. i ' ,


! c ir—R'would be'very Interesting to know pn w to p S c u la r potet “A. Voter” went to priqt. Htong behind a Pen riame. didtoe


wish to have a sly dig at A.B.,


“JR ” whose Identity is probably known to h S ’or d^d he wish to’glorlfy Mr, E. Parker I have not yet seen or heard any adverse oreference-regarding the intell^t or


ana


sav'that siickhess may be added to tnose nne K S t i c s . I refer to the reported speech


f the gentleman in toestlon but nowl wo^^


of Mr. Parker wherein it Is stated that to has accepted the constitution of fb? Labour Party, at the same tUne omitting to mention that he has not vet dropped the Qommunist con­ stitution. ilhis may or may not be clever, but rathollcs and. Indeed, all religlous-mlritod voters inside and outside the! Labour Party, will take the omission uf ffs true , value. “K.W.,” With his unscrupulotis observations,


shoiiid also make hUnself acquamted with this material point.


VOTER. WHAT IS COMMUNISM?


ahsivered I by ‘‘A Voter” ..whei) he says: ,My m r n a i i tells me that Conimunism means


' Sir—This is a question asked, tod


cmnmunlty of property among all peoples. Then If ‘,‘Voter” owned two houses—the one he lives In and the. one next'jdogr-would he still believe to “the community of property? Would hb heck as like!'


!ln all toy con-espondence, or conversation I never deal with the character of the man


.


1|} I1:1 !■ p w e


g6od or bad-only his policy: If he says,, ) am a So6lalist.or,Communist,” then I say It Is only a romance on industiy, vfrriten bj


tV-i m m m iN o s A lw a y s p i t


i fI fill


! • 1'


CONERON t m i i .


V'S'’ i’


IT, MMRi lAflE. CLITHEROB


NatioBsl HsalUi Insorwet OpUclant QU/ S IG H T - T E S T in O P T I C I A N S


& LEEMING F.B.0A.


tOliK STREET '& COMPLETE


iierh f o r th 6 \ a sM n g— i f i t s m m u s t th in k o f ; ,


Satterlliiraite & Soh, ltd tlS rtE STREET, CllTHERO


fu r n ish e r s


Karl Marx to sell his .books.! . ILhe says am a-PrM Trader,” then I say-we-never hac free trade-only-the-foreigners.; , . ^ I What is wanted ■ is not Labour, Sqciahsti,


but Labohr Conservatives. Tliey are^toe mer tb stand lup for the wage payers to toe .wagi; earners in producing factories, the source o all wealth. Arid why? Because nothing caq be'distributed, consumed,; or [exported befon it be first produced by the wage Payers am Wage earners in the factories and the, lane Therefore, “A Voter” is advising people tb vote lorja policy that is destructive., It ta only fair,, then, to , advise people to vote fo: a toicylthat is constructive, viz:, Labour- Conservatives, and work for all. A. TATTERSALL


A. ANb’THER bate INCREASE ?


! Sir,-It is already hinted to the imer clrcl bf our llocal administration that another inbrease our rates is inevitable next yeai. Ttis is not surprising to those who hav: taken nitlce how the money is.,being squan­ dered. Members of toe CoUncU admit th ^ toe different departments ard competitive onh


With another. These men wbuld not “ ndug their own business on theselltoss.; Is it ngt time there was a co-ordination of these


t Why should the gas department Lreak ub


he Iroad:J)i6t made good bji tho-electricity departmem?;,. And why should the highways department' 'seem to work Independent tjf both?! The regular hacking up of the streets Is a matter of general comment. ^


may be advisable to attend sbnie, but surdy It was hardly necessary to ssnd two men to York to view [equipment for toe playing fielto, ir to sendlfour men to Soutojport to order a


Again] take the matter, of* conferences.^ ■. t . I


paper,- Mr] E. Parker suggested that .toe Catholic Dbbatirtg Society should be addre^d by the Communist iFlarty in order that they may be told the truth. Now that Mr. Parker has accepted the cbnstltutjon of the Labour Party we 1


CATHOLICS AND THE ELECTION. Sir,—Sbuie months ago; writing ui toe local


tell us the ‘‘truth”! about that ato. It is thought! that the artful dodgUig of . the Com­ munist Party (or Left Book Club) has been successful n throwing dust in the eyes of the. Labour iPaity in Clithe'roe, ■in.;otoe)”-,wor^,,


must presume that he would like to


is to encourtge' Communists to obtam pqsl-. tions to iri-ade Unions, local Labour Parties,- and so pn.f This has been achieved in Chthe- roe, arid this with the help of the local Labour ipafty. It Is no use Ithe real Laboiu.


'One of the.bbjects.'of the Moscow brigade; ^


candidate? saying that they do not agree with, the fusion] as they! have loudly appraised it, (Vide local Press; 22/10/37). J t should also


c On toes'! ground, then, the Labour Party \ ^


be .stated that the Labour.Party invited a. Catholic'gmtleman, to represent them at .the forthcomirg election, but he was out-voted at the 'executive meeting, doubtless a Com­ munist 'being preferred.


class hatred,, not love of peace qc .™ Rather; do we accept to e ; Christian plan, where Christian personalism is reflected m toe dignity of labour, a re gn of Christian;


cannot [accept Communism: it is opposite to every Christian Ideal and was,born out of


aimot I expect.,toe 1'Catholic: vote. Catholics peace-t-nov on class war or dlotatorsm^ana ember 1st.


Christian solidarity, toe community of com- tnunitiesi If we can accept toat plan,, then we must oppbse Communism and its aiders and abbettors at the jDollUig, booths on Nov-


'political ! STUDENT. - fd t the present, a t , any, rate-the public


advocation [of such an important measure, w S l l b e W happy ‘P Alve our ^ P H j to' toy . other body who may wish to .further


1 niade for some definite . Indicatipn from the responsible


every riESCRIPTibN o p B' I' ■ IBUSINESS


and HOURS ol BtlS lAYS 1(l]0


ilitheroji A.ljl


J.


SBITISB tlRAN


LOMBM^D s i 'BEET, LONDON, E.C.3 llranches la Enfianil and.Wate. j '


1 ; >!enkd a t ,1 G I S B U iR N


B R A N C H ' •!


S. Bubb (also Manager 1, Lancs., Branch), i


IS: iMONDAYS and ^ u


to 2-0 P.AJJ I


Allp FOREIGN BANKING SACTED.


i A REJOINDER.


Press is, to say the least, rather pathetic., HO admits, very generously, they have an axe to arind, but fails to give an alternative, toi grindlngiit. Sdrely, "K.W.,” If.t(ie Catholics nave a grumble, it is a fairly rational thing! for them to . voice it through their’ Press. The ipiestloni.whether It has a big clrcula-!


Slr,—“K.W.’s' i reference to the I Catholic.]


; d S T |d n ,O c t o b e r ,m t o ^ t e ^ 1937, 'inferences have cost us; £212.16s gd.;


alth department. If firm ur that a vehicle is needed, bring any number M the view It is Inot surpr^ing


f 4 r ' t o n e m b l K W . f t ^ l4s['8d. This'ls nearly sgual ,to a twopenny, % .(Coronatiore^ito^^^^


I interest "K.W.'i’ to know that circulation m rapidly Increasing, so If nobody buys a'Catn-. olic paper-“K.W.’' for example-lt ’Js evident


o B m m A *PUBLIC DENIAL.;


, Sir - i wish !to deny a rumour which Ts in circulation toiithe effect that 1 1 ^ b e ^ ftaanclaUy .assisted in. the municipal election. Neltheripafty hor-lndividual Is helping-me to bear any expeitae; I shall personally pay a 1 accounts incuired. As a ratepayers candl-


I date, I fully expected to be questioned about oreanlsdtlon. 'Having' given my promise to a good many ratepayers to contest for a seat on the'Tovro Council, ?!'am keeping tbat.promiM in tbe interest 61; all ratepayers and nQt lor any sell-aggrandisement or gratlflcatipn qi


tionior not is beside the-pointp what does' matter is that';lt is read In most . Catholic, homes, and that is what it is for. It^might


itilmy optaiorl,:'|thls ban;quetlng, Pjc-nifdng if j i^ t r a t lQ i i ; needs a ,repito>anq, arid by '


protested vigorojisly,


are the opinions of A MAN ABOUT TqWN,


..V 'RED star: over j china.”


rei31r-One of the boolteTe^tly select to for b o to h en ^


frbm' a review b f Mr.'-Show's bool^by RiittenbUry; :B.A.,,' will 'be


fo'flowing, Riittenbury; ;


, ..earnestly serve as a ratepayers’ representative 1 i-and.'I want to stress this.


mere personal desire. Should L be ro for­ tunate as to be e'ooted, I wUl assiduously aM


feeding' the-pubiic for , the sake of -.vot^ catching. My sole wish In this'campaign Is that tte electors shall MrofdUy: weigh .up d their own minds the hierlta of those cartdl-


suggestion from any ratepayer, of- w h a le r party or creed. . I don’t believe ■ in s[iw^


T should be at aU times open to receive any


1 in that v/ay can Clitheroe be controlled by men who have its best interests and welfare


ates whom they think will fearlessly tewe the .interests of the town as a whole ,Oidy


at heart.-Yours respectfully, ' I


! ■ isj PimllcQ, Road, Clitheroe, 'WALTER LEITH.


Adopted Mr, l^ow as their publicity apnt, and in thlslbobk are set down his flret-hand of Mao Tse-Tung, .Chu leh. Ho


niswry.' .Jvu. puun


Vqswell. It !he .s?es their: imperfections he I iocs hot write! them .down.”


™ j-v


lung,' Hsu Hal-Pung, Perig Teh'-Huai ahd a host of otheij big and little Red leadeta-men Who, whatever the end; of the' story may be, have aheadyi Written .their names onJChina’s history, ' Mr. Snow set-himself to be their


.“ If ihe, bopk were ;ju8t. a storyJof four iionths’ 'adventure it would be interesting, f unche'ckable, reading. Mr.-Snoyi, however, m 'the basis, of his experience, and, on the .nforination I which the chief -actors gave to aliri, has written a,Communist account of (ihina diiflngfth^ieairs 1927-1937. hot necessarily history,


propagandist,hnd exaggeration of fact did not bother them In the least. I t was eyen evan­ gelical (sic) I in a way, with niaterlals selected


' ‘'The whole session was] crudely : A no uuic ocociuu noo wu..,....,


10 prove ouigic ,?.ucoij3. J. iriight notibhfalrly be'.'takeh a sh dtscrlptiori


to .prove .B'lins!^


" H e Is cicreless aborit a great many details. 'He. flings I about nuiribers a s ' easily, as an astronomer when there Is Uttle evidence that the said I numbers were even checkable. People who do not belong to the Reds, are Just bourgdota This is merry prtpaganda but, as histoi'y, sheer! nonsense. Iri- a word,


of the author’s own work.”'! , ^ ' single thesis/”,


Yet. Mr. . fsets ** i ‘


•Indicate the Red armies


“ Tenibie things are set down of the cruel­ ties of Nationalist troops:,nothing is said m


I , ' ,


reviewer has Spient' lnany years to ,China, 'is a I comueLcuu-vumcov/


.f, w u i o i bf


iiApartlal as'he IS. competerit.' He iwifttes:--- "Mr. 'Snow. liys claim to h unique experi-


competent r.dlhese . scholar,: arid is aP -A. .


seervlce| Uo .nr


iv ^ , , n c " ,


ehce. • A few Imdnths'ibefore. that strange Sisode.of December, ■1936, in which Gfeneral- i&imo .Chlang'KalTShek j was' captured by-the


, WUUW IWJ,* UAM,*,* vw M .,^7 U * •


heart 01 .'ttea-, oneiusi. , months-he met and'lntervlew^.all the Robin;


Hoods. of .'(hilnese Cpipmuntsm^men . who over a^pefoidioi ten years have-struck .terror liito the heart-pl many.a.provlhce .anfi fpr a


ffiUe' time selzW' and qeld parts, of ffl^gsl ahd'other Central Chipa provinces, redistri­ buted the lahd and governed. If not after the


I . . . In n o iY n n fV vO t


dtniatise of the Subject t a ; :ltod Star f i n a ” bv. Mr. Edgar Snow,l (Qollanc2 iat'the'dtattocNon betyieen propaganda and;


iiriprs in the Left< Book ClUb and neartuy,' ah'’;authorite^^


h S r S o S t o 'H t o w s wh^.has en vigorously,. against | this expense.,


ing against Itne dominant I party on Nqv- K wVou wl 1 make .themlslt up anc take


' spending the rates cot id be


a Voter!” seems to hi ve; m ls s^ r,_ 1,1- —f—V.-0 to Mrd®'


personal qilal..— ,— the gentleman In auestlon, . objection liras beeii well state 1 recetil^^y bv a leadln ; Imember of tpe; Labour


[ InThere! Is no questl in; ql the t'ioi ties land the shcerltylof


his reference , The real


' riot eW o n e i Is defence of- Cot imuiilspi. It is because My. ;Parker Is £ Communtat th a t i a ir loyal - - - - imist;thlilki cE.teMly before y< ting. ,


party In tlies i words: “ E.P. inay be b W g o n pf[al. the; virtues, bui ;that does


. 'Po'es Parker favour (jotamunlsm? Last Marph, cohunentlng on a Communism In! the Catholic Wrote: ‘I I v'as particularly Phased to note the tble 'ant Way in whim the, sub­ ject was disc issfed.”


I false ;polltlcal| kystem bu; j because “Icommim s ri lis! by i ts ' nature anti


Last week Mr. Parker was reported as tsaying M t “ heFbellVed In edualitjy of


l‘ectlbiiiuuic _ui yu *uv : - I - :• i trreatmehtf-lietwqen


gatils'atlbns ghd ho.dles.” , 'TMs;lS|in,llne Mth the'-Ritaslahllattltude, o: course, for all religlpu^d^les have' peei persecuted


eatmehtj -l tyvee


Tfiered to members of the aboveOlub-for 2/6. withequarfirbclty. f ^ t be ’m ato t^rt.-'to e


'H.:B,' The


alln , re reig gliousi or- o : Mr. Phrke ’ dppealed for_£ h e a r^ ^ ^ !' J *,i


” the Boyiet polpt of vieiw , last March s and he klBOjWiqte: “


in m gdvtot'iUnlbn is! the sw e J ? pre-levolutlbnary days,: exce ?t, th ak nqiv the Cbmmuhist policy Is In oporaWon. TOat is 'th is policy? ii ThC [ i^ iC . of CbhimuplSmf’’,stated It clear! y; “Religion


hip oflCoriunurllsm tojrellfelon to-day


i s , the opium iof !t?ie peopK. ; I t l^ th e task 'of itliel Communist Pa'ty-to.Jm^k.e


THIS UUWI,


possible! tofbles., ! . . . BfiBshn andv,v|;^.. munlsm' are! Incompatible.” Lenri said f th a t “ Mrirmsm Is materlalli m! We]must


' T —,


neefessartiy: Includes thb pr ipkganqa of atlielsni.”i I t Is unnecessaryi to | state th a t the iGomnuinlst policy las.been put;


ight;rel®on.: , | . . . -llOm progrbraipe


in to ■ylgoiov B;bpfef atloffiln Russia, as Mr. Parker so naively, stated las t MMoh. - fNor need we waste time in recallihg the


new tactics of international Communtaro throughout the world-^the policy rof the '! United,! Front.” T h e h teSt Labour Party Conference exposed and rejected


I ln CUt|itoobrde^^^


ranks 'yarlpub shades bf o p lilo n jo 'fa r as the working;class, mbvemqnt was con-1 cemedl”! I Mt. Parker’s de lnltlqh Is the best I have met).


mbh Ol


■ .It sdeinsicertaln th a t, M'. Parker was a fervent Coriuriimlst in Mi rch. 1 Has he I


, ■ ! [ ' ! c h a n g k n s bpbts?.


Snow, In describing a meeting of Red soldiers, remarks:


' On page 299, Mr. This, is


Labbuh d


th(


Ing to 'i ■ I 'M eW t ihlm from (hanging back | again, 'TJS lie] using the Labour party


machlieifpr election purpe ses oqly? I t ill


.ijio uc, utu..5 v....


thb M o u r p a rty . to r mudlkte HP. Labour ju] iporters should rm ^ r ^ tm e e .


BUiq uu wic


•Mr Bnow'm'ay be good at Marxian qnd Lenin ideologies|but, to quote his own words,die: s a little 'evtogelical as to facts and his materials iaplpear to be .‘selected to prove a


reasons for the terror that the spread' over the countryside. Snow must know some of these


strangely'! wrong-headed ahd , oft-repeated assertion;tokt.it was Chiang Kai-Shek who, ln l927, 'by! a ‘ coup d'etat ’ led the revpiutlon astray. Eyew'one knows that S.un Yat Sen.


“ The greatest tratosty in the book is the


definitely! bkt aside ithe Marxian Socialism, and that for the Nationalists in 192'7 to have’ submitted itb the Communists would have been to betray the “Three People’s Principles


and toe Nationaist feyoltoion.'.’ i "To the student of Chinese Communism


this book Isrcertalnly a'contribution, To the student of GhUiese history, or of the Chtoese revolution; it is of little value. Propaganda is not fact,! and unless Japan drives Chma u to Karl Mabc the Red star that has hovered JUU W UB Ui UUC


soon to be jn the atohdant again.” iCts


The above extracts from a writer whose knowledge kf the siibject is based on more


•


toan’a '‘(’fo(lr months’; adventure wU.l be of use to the re


. . ij ■ » 1. __ 1.1_I. > mill no nf


inate betwden truth and fiction and to form an honest and unprejudiced opinion,__ ' ROLAND HOLT.


10 uiB reader who is anxious to discrim­ 'with


tack oijjtlie Left Book Cluq iri'i particularly fefble.


.MORE Slr.-^M:


Hogre, return n


bV:Mf]'McNulty. As ah meinber t f the Club, may I


, bhject i! bf th e Club Is to ;fe'asonab[e;prlce,_ books


"Sir^to tldS*e ipubiic to ha..„ .— 7—7- to thtaMpq of book: thad was ^bfevlously


lentlalialm is to ddi


lo


make it ijicisslbl We easier access


ABOUT THE CLUB


LEFT lOOR


to the . a t­ tacked up


. .^ I t to lhobably Well knDwn jtlia t the |


to!supply, at a polftlpal sub­


rjects'liyii cW express ;the yiew|pplnts p! 1 irogfesslve 'and’antl-reac tonary writers,


U.ltlrisRible 1


'^^Thljktozlrlg 'success off [the] (31ub has 'provddrtftaLltlldbesfulfll i wanto It.has ,'also i prayed;! as M,r, H6are,_Nlls.us, a sourde; of gtoit.anxiety td siichl organisa­ tions afe'Ihe Ecoilomic Leigue, whose sole


.


; ; 1 . 1 !


slderabl) mlddfe i i foundatlb:


built in: • anxiety similar


‘ faelng,! hiodwlnked by to i economic and pollUckllsyktom which 1 as brought the wbria !to the Ibflnk ipf, co npleteJeollapse.


purpose'ls]to Ptovent the;:mass of the people'fiToiri gaining a khowledge of toe way to I’ivtoch they have heeri, jaiid are


ncertainlylin Chlna-’s-heaven is not likely 1 by most beople Is due to one thing only— the ignorance, of [these people of toe


I The I complacent way , to: which the terrible t o d of toe wcrld is .accepted


causes, affair?.


•Left toe tain Eco:


It


,,Bodk Club is out to pierce and th a t Economic League iiitehds


is this Cloak 6f-.lgn)rance jthat toe "


ind |to e cure ! ■ i


I


eflectlve is to accuse toe Club, of being a Conimuulst T-orgahlsatlm—a whiinl may mean anytllng or nothing, Undoub'-edly the Club di es gfire, vital im


lomlc I League] thinrsi to The method which the


3f 'this! state of ':


Nils country of the i'ECi (irganisaljloms


THE SPANIS


S i r ,- ’ K.1V: ” is s of the tally press.


over thf ing toe


“ News courts regret f illowed.


In'g whJ nd


class. Is tl on ;w! ■


If.so, thereto notrt -p..


nimnn n ll


ana a Utioeasr;re ,'on the pa t of toembers 1 of bf


,bi MANJFACTDftED AT • • I ,■ i


. i J ■dVfertisei toe poUtlki


education of removing


:bh


thus, adding to iim


TRAGEDY.


recent uhfo rth— .Joy


Let us Ignore the Chronicle 'I; martial, 1 fpi


be nlost j men t” had offered a ■ Murcia to; IT


maln- _____at Barcelona, toe effect th a t to e . ’


I Consul Frenchlsupport. l |


formation oil the subjec of qAmunlsm - i t wdiildi partly fall ii. Its object If It did not. ! I'Wben one coislders,that oneT s ix th 'd i the' world Is organised on to e basis of Comimmlist thoi ght, and th a t in all othto! bouhtries ' tommu|nlsm >


'does, .iiiit It Is quite untttae;to;skj]_as_Mr.


a Left ?obk%lub [must - .............. . space] tVthlS'point of view.; ,


the United Front; which has,'quite properly, been turned down! by toe National Labour, Party, but has been accepted by the local; Labour :pafty., . : ,


is a Communist, Is one of: the commlttep which delects toe books to be published. This san e John Strachiy happens to be


I t isita fact th a t Johi'Strachey, who ' '


wrltem ofithe present day, of W^™ Spectiitof q has said: “ Mr. j Strachey


one 6f thb most brllllmt!


has established a range of social, In- lltellectuil lajid political contact th a t is


keiyl to remain a record,’’ ; | Howevef, it is riot dlf iculty-tiq see why Messrs'. Hbare and McNulty d o n t like hlm. l i l h l a recent boo c Stfachey says: “ The V hole! fpimldable apparatus of toe ruling'(lads Js perpetual y engaged In toe attemp ;,’first to Ignore (when, th a t be­ comes imbosslble, to distort), ahd then finally; tol sUrpress absclutely Ithe ois- coverlei .of Marx.” M issrs. Hoare and, McNulty have reached :he seepnd stage and ho dbubt yearn foi th e 'th ird .. Incldmtaliy, it wis; after 'John


Strachey had taken pirt: In k debate--not! on Commu ilsm; be It noted —that: M t Hoare deno meed the as belh 5 Under Commurlst influence.^ .


tion,'linwever. Hltleb, Mussolini, and toe other!Fascist dlctarars have^ found | th a t Ithe [essential reqi islte of Fascism Is . mass I support from: a middle-class polltlctolyi and economically j Ignorant. t « t iBpok Club, bv improving con-


Thbre Is another asp ict of tne situa­ The lamentable blUridef


coming [to; he-.accepted aS; toe hut of'OTr :trptibles,|lt wl! 1 be o.to lous that give'


one way


adequate This it


McNulty does, th a t toe 'jreponderance is eriormo isly on tori sid ; jof .Communist pUbllqwons,


. all the, details, beej Inf alllb e Reuter,


shortly


:cupled by afterward;.


‘ Febus


should destroy a!! to.be o:c-—"■


all-impprtant stateiri


British: dd itroyer ‘“ ’Baslllik.” ght 'mistake of toe


iJet Us pass quit kly ;linate slip regErd--


,os|^in admiratljqn


no proinlndhde was given to the ' ' ■ ■' ‘'ieit of! toe French „ MJ Tremoulet to Valencia “ Govi rn- (atalonla, Valencia


i Lee us be brief in ! sk-


over a h


. MMocci!) was also,oh[|Ofeer] but our 1‘v ell Informed and reh'il^le’f [dally 1 “ ■ — this sensatippal dl?closurej


Is i-thinker


^ c e In return for ’ las' even said ' hat


*^LeVu i'^pause, h6y|i^er,Tto exarnihe pa lers


the


................. _._ief|()ydr Cangas de (uls. The pahers told us ju h q d ' been bon bed


to bits' by Natlori'aitst I airmen. A i.eep. ™----- ^mlght havdlwotidered why t hey . ,»— whi ch was be and


_je it came from the Was! lit transpired


th a t oUr “ well-n been ted astray. i|


started by toe ‘‘ F( . Agency ; ,tu


I t Is “K.W.’ expres reader;


to toe to tell


Let


lelr owh troops lery I Still, we d ra n : In


lormed” prpss had ie| tale had been Agency,” but! toe


.‘‘ K.W.’ takes , som* which perhaps ougl


Pope bdfore loyaltf Puestloh Is a subtle one. our readm


.knowledge, of Cathoflif affairs. Cathillcs follow] ■ matter >i he Is the *


granted. He assu; loyalties could ar s could r ot; ta d he'"


W e 1.0 more ‘' d l i l l e ^ , . any Ai gUctas oriNU'Cotiformls ■ have to ind to.


7 , . these


State those Ibyaltles epume: they


the!


the latter first place Cathol cs, only that


„v.. .ilm whethler I put loyalty tpj the


relies oh ‘IK. luestlon Bo|


lardly ’neietaary .to relies o n t i v toe hope


expressloi. of toe Bilbao ______ ____ _ .


Ciub on d proposed congress]| wa s ! an.] Illuminating exhibition of tangtance a n d , intoleranbe. Who are hey | to try to forbid liberty of conscience! and speech, in a non-Cathollc country? TU®.


idd!


request toat all Christians should unite with them in such an object is Impudent; when oneiremembers th a t they


.Christians In ™rshlp pf_toe jUme^f^ol True enough, toe number of pfeople admit to being atheists are few m num­ ber, and toelr view of life Is emphatically not 'roinei >but to the Catholic Chilrcli people whqj are S , not


'Wthoiicsl a r e ’atheists in eff[ect, for to:


nractlcally . i-1. .VIT


all /sfKnRpfo {y\


of a muchness. Canterbury, nhri.stlan 1;


toem^toesy and atheism is fery niuch| Just- as thk Deah ofi


Christlanris stigmatised by some of;


them as toe “ Red Dean,” so are Bishop, Barnes ahd all modernist Churchmen regarded by them as guilty oi heresy or atheism. I There is a considerable body of people!In this country who would'get It In the!neck If toe Social Study Club


now leave itahy stories and turn ' ‘‘K.W.” wishes me


t i a t none o f : V.”l


lallylpress—a


'te my country. jThe ! lot! to say a crafty


1 will notice th a t it l in g : for granted t aot to be taken for, le i to a t a conflict of which in my ifiers from a la


■


dlfflcul ;y. Notice I h it he Is a, splr tual guide cnly—not !a temporal polltlcE, all


. —- r _


timporal one. I In £ nd.: these include ireifriee. Catobllcs


maimalivi loyalty tc the, conscience, ai d If


......... . For ■i'"''’’


tjhey are npt le h to I t la the same


give, with:


Aquihas' Wro'te,' ‘‘That ’lhe sUmts inay enjoy their beatitude more rlc ily, a ber- fect sight is granted them 0? the ever­ lasting torment of the dammbd. (The damned being the heretics o f ,'atheists.) Dean Inge says in his book,] Christian Ethics and Modem Problems; on page 182, “ Religious persecution hip now UQ' friends 'except .among Roman ;Cathoifcs, and goes I on to show scores of incidents of persecution even In modern tlmesj ■ Myself., I beUeve th a t CE thollcs ip


had* their way; their minds Reflect [the spirit of [the past when St). Thori


general are just as tolerant and muu- hearted as other practising jY^rlstiansil


but It behoves those of them whol are rushing into print In an effort] Ito furthp]] “ Catholic Action,” to have a dire, leit m f an excess of zeal they again ifouse that


When did suppression of frae speech prevent An Idea from gromng in end? When the early Christian driven Into toe catacombs did toe faith I from living? I '■


people honed had died for ever. • L , In any! case their attitude Ip childish


VIA MEDIA. ! ear and dislike of them whlch[all decent


___ 'ere: it prelient:


the: las' a non-Soclaiis; and a' ly refuse to Co-operate : with other; j absolute-'


-Bridgi ,'.',A:


'to e ■etsl gdd


ihu£ -streii wll at gijes on to I


' ,er theor tell himl


,ny time I ground 1


l a ^ h a v e ' ,’s terrific pointed wlj


matter


•■write:r In his a r f -TioW Chatburn i


PEr


'Weanraday a f t# ;pre:)aration fon ■ toil e held In.Dl


flncudlng all t i t HeEding Rooml drive m the III


' Qeitlemen: 1, | -J. Mftchell; ■Nu;tet. For e ■Mr i. (Jddie wen gei tlemen’s ri


' Co wp^rthwaita


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-tag There w l ifift I, and prize!


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, [Ro laid Lawsoijj members o f t i to the] Womenl


I I'jojable evenlnr


them, clean ■


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he nd


*^*Aiid ‘‘C:ul Vive” should te! Dean Inge.


the vagaries of private judge nent, ])ut have the guidance of the Churdh In cases of difficulty. Moreover, the ?/■"" capacity as Father of all the ; not a temporal sovereign a whplly a spiritual one; he Is sovereign [only over the tin,


temporal Vatican


Y’


DO In Ihls rithful is all, but


th a t to IITAS.


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