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al  of  fact,  hope  and  courage 


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PubUshea  Every 
Other  Wetlnesday 

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VDt.  XX     No.  A3S 

9 

OEtober   19,   1938 


■  DEMOCRACY  OF  DEMOCRACIES      -^"^  ««"*"- «"«>' 

THE  LEAGUE  DANCES  °"'  ""'T ' ''"'' 

RELIGIOUS  SERVICE  ''f^rZ^^Tullt:' 


Contents 


Thrcsits  of  the  Tot;ilitiifi;m  Monslroaity  3 

The  Domnftfiicv  oJi  Dtimooraoips  3 

Fascist  Control  of  l,li(i  World  6 

The  r.ea^ie  Uaiieos  8 

The  T.eague  God's  Khigdoml  9 

Bules  of  Machiavelli,  Italian  Statesman  10 

ConditiiHis  in  Cawnpore  11 

I'hL'  New  tiovpromcnt  {C/mlMvefl)  12 

Kingdom  Priviliigos  in  Noar  Ea^t  12 

New  York  II) 

Counsel  by  ,1.  F.  Rmlicrford 

Bclitrioufi  Service  17 

Polter2;oi5t  in  Blue  Island  18 

Undei-'the  Totalitarian  Flag  {Cont.)  ^Q 

The  Pope  as  a  Man  of  War  20 

For  "Freedom  of  Faith"  Temple  22 

October  Night  23 

Britain's  Fascist  Premier  25 

Stoiy  of  the  aiarkt't-House  2() 

''Anli-BIasphemy  Bill"  27 

Briliali  Comment  3y 

Mnssotiuj  iind  Britain  28 

Maniifaeturci's'  and  Distributors' 

ProJlts  29 

Spring  Green — Cover  Design  31 


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Appetizers 


Sad  Jokes  from  Britain 

And  the  Poor  Guy  Was  Bflldl 

■  Joshua  Brush,  a  travfling  man 
"Who  sailed  the  briny   main, 

Was  ;Mist<T  Brush  in  England, 

Antl  St'iiiir  Brush  in  J^pain, 
The  I'renehmon  enllcd  liim  Monsieur  Brush, 

Ent  the  (-iumians  were  liis  bane-. 
For  they  always  called  him  TTer?'  Brush, 

"Which  filled  his  soul  with  pain. 

Nm  Guilty 

B  Mafristrate  {to.man  aPeused  of  beffging) : 
""What  hsve  ymi  to  say?"' 

Prisoner:  "It  wa.sn't  my  fault,  sir.  1  just 
held  out  my  iiand  to  see  if  it  was  raiiiinu. 
and  the  gent  dropped  a  penny  in  it." 

Ominous 

^  ''Hoclor.  I'm  sorry  to  drag  you  so  far  out 
in  the  country  on  sticIi  a  hm]  night." 

"Oh,  jfa  quite  all  I'ight,  beeausti  I  iia.ve  an- 
other patienlnear  here,  so  I  can  kill  ttvo  birds 
with  one  stone," 

Profilable 

0  I\In,sic  Instrut'tor:  "Pm  surprised  to  hear 
yon  admit  you  haven't  been  practicing,  Susie. 
What  can  you  get  out  of  your  music  if  you 
don't  practice?" 

Suaio :  "Sixpence  an  cvenintr  from  my  dad." 

ft  Simply  Isn't  Dane! 

■  Foreman:  -nVot's  up.  Bill,  'urt  j-oiirselfr' 
Rill:  "No,  i^ot.ta  nail  in  me  boot." 
Foreman  :  '"'Why  doreher  tahe  it  out,  then?" 
Bill;  "Wot!   in  me  dinner  hour?" 

A  Warning 

■  I\I;iKislrate:  "Yon  were  witness  of  ting  mat- 
rimonial dispute.  What  wen?  your  thoughts?" 

Witness:  "Never  to  get  married!" 

No  Doubt! 

■  Marjory:  "Munmiy,  wore  you  at  homo  when 

1  was  bom?" 

Molhcr:  "No.  ilarling,  I  was  staying  with 
grandma  in  the  country.''' 

"Weren't  you  .iwfully  surprised  when  you 
heard  about  it?" 

CONSOLATION 


CONSOLATION 

"And  in  His  name  shall  the  nations  hope."— Matthew  12:21,  A.R.V. 


Vulume  XX 


Brooltlyil.  N,  v.,   WeSnesday,   Octotier  19.   193S 


Number  49B 


Threats  of  the  Totalitarian  Monstrosity 


The  Democracy  of  the  Democracies 

'^jj^^-s;  THEKE  is  a  slogan  going  the 
rounds  today,  "Collefitive  Securi- 
ty"; the  way  to  maiiitaiT)  pnacc  is 
_^  through  Collective  Security.  With 
""^  tho  idea  of  Colleetive  Sccimty  no 
one  can  tjuarrel.  It  is  a  desire  of  the  human 
rafie-  fnr  which  we  are  all  strivuig  iu  our  hearts, 
but  to  say  ^■"Collective  St'curity"  ioduy  mejuis 
one  and  only  one  thing,  and  that  is,  an  alliauce 
between  the  democratic  coiuitries,  "England, 
France,  and  Ihe  United  States,*  against  the 
Fa»;i9t  countries,  Italy,  Germsiiiy,  and  Jfi.tian. 

This  alliance  is  supposed  to  start  out  by 
imposinjr  economic  sanctions ;  its  more  real- 
istic proponents  admit  that  it  will  end  up 
with  militai'y  sanctions.  This,  then,  is  what 
iL  meant  by  Collective  Security  toihiy:  we 
arc  asked  to  join  in  an  alliance  with  the  de- 
mocracies of  France  and  England,  in  oi'dcr 
to  prevent  the  gi-owth  of  Fascism.  The  con- 
certed action  of  these  tiiree  governments  will 
defend  democracy  and  retard  the  a.ggresaion 
of  the  Fascist  governments. 

Let  us  examine  in  some  detail  IJUflt  how 
much  enamored  of  democ-racy  these  three 
countries  are,  Let  ns  firsl  of  all  take  France. 
France  is  a  democracy,  that  is,  on  the  main- 
land, but  through  the  vast  stretches  of  North 
Afriea  and  the  more-distant  lauds  of  Frent'h 
Indo-China  the  word  democracy  is  unknown. 
These  people  urc  held  in  subjection  hy  ihe 
French  imperialists  and  have  no  say  in  tJieir 
destiny.  Do  you  remember  with  what  univer- 
sal condemnation  and  loalMiig  the  Gennauf^ 
were  held  during  the  World  War  when  they 
bombai'ded  and  partially  destroyed  that  mon- 
ument of  French  art  and  religion,  the  eathe- 
dral  at  Rhoims?  Do  you  recall  that  we  were 
capedally  indignant  because  this  outrago  M-a.y' 
pejpetrated  n|ion  the  French,  Ihe  guardian 
of  light  and  culture  for  Europcl  I  am  siire 
you  remember  this,  but  do  you  remember  that 
after  the  war,  after  the  world  had  been  made 

OCTOBER  19.  1938 


safe  for  dcmoerafy  and  culture,  the  Frenoh 
decided  they  would  lake  over  the  ebuntry  of 
Syria,  and  in  fiu'therancc  of  this  laudable  pur- 
pose they  bombed,  not  a  cathedral,  but  the 
oldest  inhabited  city  on  the  face  of  the  earth, 
the  city  of  Damtispus?  Do  you  recall  that 
they  destroyed  one  of  the  'iioliest'  places  of 
"Christendom",  a  street  in  Damascus  called 
'the  street  culled  Straight,'?  Even  today,  while 
BareeEoua  is  being  bombed  thii  French  will 
not  help  the  legally  constituted  government 
but  rather  continue  the  farce  of  non-interven- 
tion and  even  go  so  far  as  to  use  the  plight 
of  the  Spanirth  loyalists  as  a  method  of  wrinj?- 
ing  concessions  from  the  British  to  protect 
the  French  possessions  in  North  Africa,  also 
EUiiopia. 

Then,  the  second  cmmtry,  Great  Britain. 
Today  Great  Britain  is  wajnus;  a  war,  and 
has  been  waging  it  for  years.  Not  a  very  big 
war,  it  is  true,  hut  that  is  only  because  the 
people  againsL  whom  she  is  waging  it  afe  not 
able  to  carry  on  a  greater  stniijgle.  I  am  re- 
ferring to  the  north  western  frontier  of  India, 
where  an  independent  and  courageous  people 
are  trying  lo  throw  olT  the  yoke  of  British 
imperialism.  Do  yon  remembei'  one  of  the 
catch  phrases  of  the  British  premier,  Lloyd 
George,  during  the  wai',  "Self  determination 
for  small  nathms''? 

It  was  a  beautiful  phrase  when  applied  to 
Austro- Hungary  or  Tui'key,  but  it  was  differ- 
ent when  applied  to  the  heroic  Irish  nation 
which  tried  to  gain  its  freedom  from  800  years 
of  British  oppression.  Do  you  remember  how 
Lloyd  George  sent  into  Ireland,  in  1919,  1920, 
and  11121,  regiment  after  regiment  of  vicious 
storm  troopers  knoviii  a.s  "Black  and  Tans", 
whose  principal  occupation  consisted  of  burn- 
ing a  number  of  eo-o|icrative  creameries  and 
cari'ying  out  reprirsals  upon  unarmed  men. 
women,  and  ehiklren  in  retaliation  for  the 
loas(>s  which  the  Irish  caused  while  fighting 
for  Ireland's  freedom  I 


Rominsr  flown  to  date  again,  do  you  rcmem- 
bei-  that  it  was  Great  Britain  that  imposed  the 
farce  at'  nun -i  lit  erven  tian  upon  Spain,  wliich 
i-esultt'd  ip  the  rebels'  receiving  all  the  ammu- 
nition a.nd  guns  thi-v  required  from  Italy  and 
Gei-raanv,  while  the  duly  elected  government 
of  Spain  was  ref^ised  this?  T>n  yon  realize 
that  it  is  this  policy  of  Great  Britain's  whieh 
has  nourished  and  kept  alive  Fascism  m 
Spain? 

And  now,  eomiuji-  to  ourselves.  Let  us  see 
how  miH'h  onr  government  loves  democracy. 
Today,  in  the  Dolawarc  river,  boats  are  loaded 
witli  "aeriiii  bombs  for  Ihe,  civilian  population 
of  Barcelona  and  the  Chinese  citieK,  These 
bombs  are  bought  by  Germany  and  Japan 
and  they  can  be  bought  by  any  other  coun- 
try ;  that  is,  any  other  couutrj'  except  Spain. 
'D'q  you  realiz('  that  tho  one  eountiy  in  the 
world  that  iw  JiKhtiiig  for  democracy  is  pro- 
hibited by  law  from  purchasing  supplies  in 
this  country  i  Our  government  went  so  far 
in  showing  its  teeth  to  those  forces  that  were 
fi^iiting  for  democracy  as  to  especially  pro- 
hibit tlie  Spanish  loyalists  from  pm-chasing 
supplies  in  this  couiitiy. 

Keed  I  reca.ll  to  you  bow  we  have  kept  die- 
tiitoi-s  in  power  in  Central  and  South  Ameri- 
can countries?  and  did  you  read  last  wi;ek 
the  speech  of  Jlr.  McNutt,  the  high  commis- 
sioner of  the  Philippines?  He  stated  that  we. 
iiTO  not  going  to  give  the  Philippines  their 
indeptindence.  but  that  wo  are  soing  to  keep 
tlu'm  as  a  base  to  protect  our  imperialistic 
interests  in  the  "Far  Eaat. 

What  does  all  this  mean?  Does  it  mean 
that  life  in  England,  France,  and  the  United 
States  is  not  fieer,  is  not  better  than  life  in 
Italy,  Germany,  and  Japan?  Of  course  not. 
Life  is  a  huutli'ed,  a  thousand  times  bettor 
in  the  democracies  than  it  is  in  the  Fascist 
countries.  Does  it  mean  that  the  people  in 
control  of  the  dcmocratii;  countriea  are  vicions, 
malicious.  (ivU-miuded5  It  does  not.  It  means 
simply  this:  that  any  one  of  these  nations 
will  go  to  war,  will  enforce  sanctions  for  only 
una  piu'pose,  and  that  is,  to  T>rotcct  their  omi 
intei'ests.  France  remained  cold  to  Great  Brit- 
ain's plea  when  Italy  invaded  Ethiopia,  be- 
cause her  toes  were  not  being  stepped  on. 
England  remained  cold  when  approached  by 
France  to  gua,rantee  Czechoslovakia's  indepen- 
dence, beMiusc  her  toes  were  not  being  stepped 
on.  We  remained  cold  about  both  Ethiopia 
and  Spain,  but  were  aroused  by  the  Far  East. 
Is  tliere  something  finer  about  democracy  in 

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China  than  about  democracy  in  Spain  or  Ethi- 
opia ?  I  tliink  you  wili  asTcc  with  me  when 
I  say  there  is  not.  But  there  a.re  American  in- 
vestments or  American  spheres  of  influence 
in  China  where  there  are  not  tn'Ethiopia  or 
Spain,  and  coiisecpiontly  we  are  now  prepar- 
ing ourselves  to  defend  democracy  against 
Fuseisni  in  the  Far  East.  Do  you  thnik  for 
one  moment  that  it  is  tenderness  for  the  Chi- 
nese that  prompts  this  action  — the  Chinese, 
whom  we  do  not  even  respect  enough  to  allow 
them  to  try  their  owu  oases  and  insist  upon 
having  our  own  courts  in  their  country?  The 
question  answers  itself. 

To  sum  up :  Collective  Security  today  means 
a  niilitaiy  alliance  lictween  ihree  powers  who 
will  not 'fight  for  democracy  but  will  only 
ti"-ht  to  protect  what  they  consider  to  be  their 
interests.— David  H.  H,  Felis,  Philadelphia 
attorney,  in  an  address  in  Baltimore,  Md. 

Is  It  True? 

Is  it  true  that  Lewis  and  the  C.T.O. 
are  but  pawns  in  that  game  of  the 
president's  a.dviser.s,  described  by 
Ba.inbridgti  Colby,  the  distinguished 
aeei'etaiy  of  state  in  AVdsou's  cabi- 
net, who,  in  ]fi34.  said: 

So  eonipletfly  lias  the  nilministTa.tion  turned  ita 
intarest  ami  its  energies  away  from  busmcBS  re- 
covery that  it  is  openly  charged,  and  indeed  admit- 
ted, that  a  substantial  miralrer  of  the  pTesideats 
immediate  iidvisers  arc  not  desirous  ol  hiismeas 
revival,  iaAiitg;  that  to  prolong  Ihii  de^pvpssiOD  wili 
produce  a  better  psycliologicfll  hiickgrouTid  for 
the  pvosceution  of  their  revoliitititiniT  designs.  Tm 
overtnrn  of  oni  institutions,  inchidhig  the  Consti- 
tntion,  is  their  avowed  goal. 

That  the  C.I.O.  is  interested  in  something 
more  than  the  betterment  of  labor  has  been 
demonstrated  by  its  conduct. 

In  Michigan  it  not  only  closed  factories  and 
violated  the  law  with  ijnpunity,  defied  the 
law-enforcing  officers,  but  it  seized  :md  held 
possession  of  the  Statu  capitol  at  Lansing, 
Mioh.,  for  a  day,  and  for  no  otlier  purpose 
than  to  demonstrate  its  i)Ower. 

For  a  like  purpose,  although  it  had  a  signed 
contract  with  Consumers  Power  Co.,  in  the 
Saginaw  Valley,  it  pulled  the  switches  in  the 
power  plants  and  threw  a  i^oodly  portion  of 
the  State  into  darkness. 

It  is  backed  bv  high  authority.  Otlicrvnse 
it  would  not  dare  to  defy  the  law-enforcing 
officers.  — Representative  Cinre  E.  tlolfraan, 
Michigan,  in  an  address  in  the  House  of  Rep- 
resentatives  in   Washingt.on,  May   27,   1938. 

CONSOLATION 


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Sheep  Control 

The  Unitod  States  is  a  -woiKaerful 
eoimtry  for  societies,  Orgamzations 
exist  for  every  purpose  of  which 
tlie  liuman  mind  can  ('onceive.  One 
of  tlie  hittsl  is  a  society  to  study 
the  methods  by  which  the  Miass  mind  is  moved 
— a  society  to  study  what  we  call  "methods 
of  propaganda".  This  society  has  classified 
under  names  well'imderstood  across  the  At,- 
lantic  the  methods  adopted  by  propagandists 
to  influeucc  public  opinion.  Tlierc  is,  for  ex- 
ample, the  Name  Cjilling  device.  That  is  the 
practice  of  calling  by  nnplcasant  names  a  doc- 
trine or  a  proposal  which  the  organizei-s  wish 
to  defeat.  We  shoidd  call  it  "slanging-"'.  -An- 
other method  is  diaf^nosed  as  the  Glittering 
Generalities  device.  This  succeeds  by  the  em- 
ployment of  phrases  so  brilliant  that  they  daz- 
zle those  who  possess  tlie  little  leiU'uing  that 
is  dangerous.  The  Transfer  Method  involves 
the  employment  of  a  flag  or  a  similar  symbol 
to  escite  emotion.  The  Testimonial  device  is 
obviously  the  familiar  one  oi  carrying  some- 
thing to  success  by  tfie  use  of  a  testimonial. 
Finally,  there  is  the  Plain  Folk  method,  which 
rests  on  the  assumption  that  anything  that  is 
plain  and  homely  is  by  that  fact  alone-  made 
glorious  and  worthy  of  acceptance.  Methods 
are  numerous  and  very  ingenious,  b;it  exami- 
nation shows  that  all  have  the  same  aim.  That 
common  aim  is  to  prevent  people  from  exam- 
ining for  tliemselves  the  facts  upon  which  they 
ought  to  judge  the  matter. 

The  Glittering  Generalities  blind  people  to 
the  facts.  The  flag  or  symbol  drags  patriotism 
across  the  trail.  The  Testimonials  create  the 
feeling  that  the  evidence  has  been  examined 
by  better  minds.  And  the  Plain  Folk  appeal 
stirs  class  consciorisness.  The  great  thing,  you 
see,  is  to  keep  the  mass  mind  from  gelling 
to  grips  with  the  evidence.  That  might  be  fatal 
to  the  ijurpose  which  the  propagandirf  has 
in  view.  It  is  all  very  cunning,  ami  to  some 
folk  very  amu.sing.  It  is  droll  to  see  these  poor 
sheep  heriied  away  from  the  pastures  they 
protend  to  .seek.  From  the  point  of  view  of 
human  progress,  however,  it  is  profoundly 
tragic — tragic  because  the  future  of  human- 
ity depends  so  muph  upon  right  judgment  by 
democracy,  and  because  demoeraey  is  so  ready 
to  be  spared  the  exertion  of  thinking  for  itself. 
In  that  last  fact  lies  the  chief  weakness  of 
democracy.  Men  and  women  ■■"don't  want  to 
be  bothered".  They  cm  read,  but  they  won't 
reail.  It  is  too  much  like  work.  Speeches  at 

OCTOBER  19,1938 


meetings,  talks  on  the  radio  — these  things, 
they  say,  are  enjoyed  only  by  the  spcaltei's. 
"We  don't  want  speeches.  Cut  out  the  talk-_ 
ing,"  is  the  familiar  plea  of  people  aiTanging 
social  functions.  So  it  comes  about  that  nimble 
minds  set  out  to  supply  demoeraey  with  ready- 
made  opinions,  and  to  shepherd  them  to  those 
folds  where  heads  arc  counted. -Sober t  Power, 
in  the  JCast  AnyliaH  Daily  Times. 

Questions  on  Fascism 

••■■■■■  r.  An  Italian,  in  the  Pittaburgh  Prr.^x, 
Ip*:  ^  ■'  asks  the  following  questions  with 
|"i£'V'  ■  jL  refef enf-e  to  Fascism :  If  it  uplifts 
lflrS''^^B  the  clas.scs,  why  is  it  necessary  that 
'  ■'  i^H  (iverj'  tiiird  peif^on  in  Italy  lie  a  po- 
liceman, a  guard  or  a  spyl  -If  it  celebrates  a 
new  enlightenment,  why  does  Mussolini  say, 
'■"We  must  furnish  the  brains  of  our  people 
less  sumptuously  in  order  (o.  bui'd  tip  their 
character,"  and  then  si)end  money  intended 
for  schools  to  the  building  of  battleships?  If 
it  corrects  our  institutiotis,  why  has  MiLssolini 
found  it  nceessaiy  to  unnounee  five  times  the 
establishment  of  tiie  corporative  state  officially, 
and  yet  no  .such  corporative  state  exists?  If  it 
means  a  frank  facing  of  facts,  why  is  there 
such  a  tight  censorship  of  news  from  Italy, 
so  that  we  hear  of  the  many  peasant  revolts 
and  farmers'  uprisings  by  letter  only  morLl.ha 
later?  If  Fascism  inspires  the  re^ipect  of  the 
masses  of  Italian  people  (and  I  have  far  too 
great  faith  in  my  own  people  to  believe  that), 
why  floes  Mussolini  find  it  important  that 
when  the  people  vote  they  vote  "'yt^s"  for  Mus- 
solini on  a  blue  ballot  and  "uo"  on  a  pink  as 
guards  watch  1— American  Guaniia'n,, 

Progress  of  the  Racket 

♦  In  mis  there  wa;.  one  Communist  country. 
In  1924  there  was  still  imly  one  ;  in  19:^0  there 
was  one;  and  in  1D3S  there  prolwhiy  isn't 
any,  because  most  experts  think  Russi.  is  no 
longer  Communistie.  In  Iftlfi  there  was  no 
Fascist  country.  In  1924  there  was  one,  Italy, 
Now  there  a,rc  Italy,  Germany,  Austria,  Po- 
land and  Hungary.  Spain  probably  will  go 
Fascist,  and  England  is  virtually  a  Fascist 
country  now.  There  is  an  example  of  real  pa- 
tency for  you.  Fascism  has  nol  suffered  a 
single  SL'tliack,  and  I  firmly  believe  that  when 
it  comes  to  dominjjlc  Europe  there  will  be 
no  hope  for  us. — Professor  John  Ise,  of  tho 
TJnivei'sjty  of  Kansas,  in  an  address  in  Kan- 
sas City. 


Fascist  Contiol  of  World 

II  Ihe  foriiign  policy  of  Great  Rrit- 
ain,  tlip  Tnited  States  imd  Fmiice 
had  tieen  dittieted  liy  morons  anil 
imbecili'fi  during  the  past  six  yfiiirs, 
it  conld  not  Imve  been  any  worse, 
Thi;y  have  all  been  following  bliudly  tiie  pol- 
icy of  Mitia-wber  tliat  "sonu'lhin;?  would  turn 
up".  Tlicy  have  been  fii'raid  tn  aU^n  them- 
selves ivith  Moscow  asiiiiust  Fa^'ism,  i'earing 
Conuimnism.  They  hiive  been  afraid  1o  mate" 
agreements  with  Hitler  and  MiisNolini,  sinee 
every  time  tliey  do  tiicy  lose  aoniething.  In 
their  dilemma  all  they  can  think  oi'  to  do  is 
increase  ariiiamcjits ;  and  for  what?  They  aay 
they  do  not  want  war. 

The  demoiiratie  powers  hiive  acceded  to 
every  demand  miidi;  upon  tliem  by  the  Paa- 
eist  'nations  until  if  they  yield  another  point 
they  will  "lose  their  shirt"  and  beeome  second- 
er third-rate  powers.  All  they  ean  do  now  is 
to  fight.  If  Hitler  and  Mussolini  are  permit- 
ted to  complete  the  conquest  of  Spain,  Franco 
will  be  exposed  to  Fascist  (jermanf  on  three 
sides,  rendering  her  helpless.  It  will  then  be 
an  easy  matter  for  Hitler  to  move  on  into 
Ozpelioslovakia  ajid  annex  the  colonies  of 
France,  brinjiing  the  French  empire  to  an 
end. 

Britain  will  he  finished  also,  becaiwe  a  Fas- 
cist Spain  will  make  her  position  in  the  Medi- 
terranean strategical  ly  impossible.  Ay  for  J;i.- 
pan.  she  will  be  free  to  complete  the  conrpiest 
of  all  China,  and,  with  tiiose  vast  resources 
at  her  disposal,  will  be  unbeatable  in  the 
Orient.  The  United  States  stands  to  lose  what 
outlying  possessions  she  ha.s.  includine,'  the 
Philippines,  the  Aleutian  islands  and  (luam, 
and  might  eventually  be  at  the  mercy  of 
Japan  on  the  west  eoa,st.  Tho  Soviet  imiou 
would  be  incapable  of  alone  combating  Japan 
and  would  lose  Siberia,  the  Ukraine  ajid  her 
other  possessions. 

The  turning  point  has  come.  The  liberal 
nations  must  decide  immediately,  tomorrow, 
what  they  consider  worth  lighting  for.  They 
can  continue  to  accede  to  the  demands  of  the 
Fa,scist  eouutriea  and  thus  "commit  suicide". 
It  has  never  happened  in  history  that  empires 
have  given  up  their  possessions  without  a 
struggle,  although  the  past  six  yeni-s  might 
seem  to  indicate  that  ii  what  they  are  going 
to  do  now. — Dr.  Frederick  L.  Sehuman.  pro- 
fessor of  political  science  at  Williams  College, 
Massachuaetts,  in  an  address  in  Springfield, 
Mass. 


Patriotism  by  Compulsion 

♦  In  (Icrmiinv  the  grott-sque  gesture  at  sa- 
luting with  a,  ■■■Heil  Ilitiei-"  on  every  possible 
occasion  ha.s  liecome  an  international  ,ioke. 
None  suspi.'cts  that  the  millions  of  Germans 
who  luidcr  penalty  of  arrest  mimic  their  loy- 
altv  to  Dcr  Fui/hrer  sincerely  feel  any  devo- 
tion toward  him  or  his  policies,  Their  salute 
has  beeome  merely  a  convenient  sacrifice  to 
keeping  out  of  ,iail. 

Wo  want  none  of  tJiis  sort  of  patriotism 
in  Amei-iea,.  The  sincere  declaration  of  alle- 
giance by  one  citizen  would  mean  more  to  us 
than  the  spectacle  of  thousands  saluting  the 
Hag  because  Ihey  feared  being  arrested  should 
they  renege. 

Patriotism  in  this  country,  moreover,  springs 
from  the  knowledge  that  every  citizen  is  frpe 
to  exercise  his  o\vn  coiiscienee,  and  out  of  the 
knmvledge  that  liberty  is  the  first  law  of  the 
land  has  arisen  a.  spirit  of  national  devotion 
that  ciiu  never  be  emuLiled  in  countries  where 
saluting  the  ting  is  nothing  more  than  comply- 
ing with  the  laiv.  Under  such  a  system  the 
flag  salute  becomes  very  much  like  keeping 
on  the  risrht  side  of  the  road  or  observing  the 
parking  limit.  We  prefer  to  think  of  patriot- 
ism as  snmelliing  deeper  than  such  compulsory 
obedience  of  la-\v.  It  is  much  more  glorious 
when  it  appears  as  a,  voUmlaay  and  sincere 
conviction  of  allegiance. — Asbury  Park  (N.J.) 
Evening  Press. 

Too  Much  Fedeial  Legislation 

♦  No  one  knows  now  whether  our  Govern- 
ment will  endure.  There  come  times  when  the 
ledger  must  be  balanced.  This  is  the  hour  in 
which  the  American  people  must  answer  a.s 
to  their  capacity  for  weU'-goveruiuent. 

I  like  to  look  to  Virgin  in,  where,  a  decade 
before  tlie  Constitulion  of  the  United  States, 
Virginia  had  her  bill  of  rights.  The  time  has 
come  when  you  young  ciliaens  must  demon- 
strate that  you  are  worthy  of  your  ancestry. 

Listen  to  me.  Do  you  think  that  1  have 
come  down  here  just  to  make  a  speech  ?  I  tell 
you  T  was  never  more  serious  in  my  life.  We 
live  in  an  hour  when  ivc  must  decicle  whether 
we  will  w?ar  vhe  yoke  of  a  dictator  or  stand 
as  free  men  on  Virginia  soil,  I  have  seen  too 
many  States  bargaining  away  their  privilege 
of  government  at  Washington.  There  is  en- 
tirely too  mucl!  Federal  legislation  today.— 
Representative  llatton  W,  Siimnera,  of  Texas, 
in  an  address  at  Eielimond. 

CONSOLATION 


The  New  Religion 

V^Q  V  TJic  United  Stales  will  eontinUd  to 
r  ^^^^'  sell  munitions  to  its  prospective  en- 
*)C  emies ;  it  will  build  battiiwhips  with 
^^  JiJ  impcuiitraijlc  armor  iiiid  maniifac- 
^^-  -^^  tare  projwtiles  tliiit  will  pierce  that 
aj'mor ;  it  wiil  launch  -warsliips  to  be  destroyed 
by  bombing  planes  and  couatruet  anti-aifcrafl 
guns  to  destroy  those  bombers;  it  -will  mium- 
faetui'H  poison  ^as.  and  gas  nias^ks  to  protect 
against  it;  it  will  (h'noimed  imperialism  but 
refuse  to  abandon  its  special  privilcgL^;  its 
n mitral ity  will  be  ficMe :  it  will  sacrifice  a  thou- 
sand lives  to  avenge  one.  and  spend  biiiiuns 
of  dollars  to  save  thousands. 

The  time  appronclies  when  cviiry  Other  pur-  * 
suit  will  be  Niibordinatt!  to  warfare.  Infants 
will  be  supplied  with  eras  ina,sks  and  toy 
soldiers:  sehools  and  colleges  will  instrinit 
the  young  in  snnnery,  ballistics,  ordnance, 
flame- throwing,  ma,ehine  gunnery  and  bayo- 
net thrusting;  American  eili^ens  will  be  con- 
scripted and  trained  to  accept  the  riictum  of 
Hitler  and  Mussolini  that  tht!  chief  aim  of 
youth  in  life  is  to  fight.  The  glory  of  war  will 
heconie  oar  national  religion.-rfie  Arhitrator. 

No  Election  in  1940  (7) 

♦  Because  Parleyitea  are  buildiufT  politics  with 
the  exploitation  of  misery,  there  will  be  no 
presidential  election  in  1940.  1  don't  Icnow 
that  a  dictatorship  would  not  be  pi'eferable 
to  the  tyranny  of  Farley  and  his  satellites. 

But  building  a  political  machine  through 
exploiting  the  unfortunate  situation  of  Ihc  un- 
employed will  eventually  break  down  our  po- 
litical system. 

From  what  T  have  seen  enacted  on  the  jio- 
litical  stage,  I  cannot  help  agreeing  with  re- 
ports that  the  president  has  a  Napoleonic  com- 
plex, and  is  not  eager  to  abdicate  the  Llirone 
in  1940. ^Brigadier  General  I'clham  D,  Glass- 
ford,  U.S.A.,  police  chief  in  Washington,  D.C., 
at  time  of  the  Bonus  march. 

Law  and  Love 

♦  C'mon,  let's  pass  a  law  providing  so  many 
days  in  jail  and  a  fine  of  so-and-so  much  for 
people  unwilling  to  celebrate  Corislitution  day. 

Pshaw,  what  are  you  giving  tia? 

Well,  haven't  we  already  hoosegowed  chd- 
dren  for  not  saluting  the  flag? 

Anyhow,  love  of  country  enforced  by  law 
is  rape. — American  Guardian. 

OCTOBER  19,  1933 


Three  of  the  Modern  Religions 

♦  in  Germany,  January  30,  193S,  the  school 
children  were  required  to  iaidcl  iii  worship 
and  to  chant  Ihe  f ollovv'ing : 

We  tiu  not  wauL  rest.  "We  loathe  qniet.  Waitiog 
13  cirath.  He  who  i-^  Tin fehli fill  and  leaves  ILe  flag 
of  Der  Fiifhi-tr  hliall  lose  honor  forever.  UiifaiLii- 
lid,  be  accart;edl    fiwhrpr,  itc  Riihilc  tliRfil 

Tiie  prayei'  which  every  Italian  school  child 
is  taught  to  offer  at  Ills,  midday  rueal  is  ad- 
dressed to  another  murderer  and  aays; 

I]  Dut'e,  I  (haul;  you  for  what  yiia  yive  me  to 
mute  me  grow  ht'alLhy  suid  Strong,  O  Lord  God, 
proteid  II  Duce  so  that  he  may  lie  !(iiig  presei'ved 
to  Pastist  Italy. 

The  Russian  expression  of  faith  is  not  a 
l^rayor  t:x;ielly.  lilic  the  prayers  addressed  to 
Hitler  and  Mussolini,  but  has  the  same  intent. 
It  goes  thus : 

If  your  ffifhpr  or  your  mnLlier  is  not  loyal  to 
The  Ca.nse,  wporl  them  to  Stalin,  so  tlja.t  ikey  oiay 
be  aliut. 

The  Fascist  League 

♦  European  paper.i  pay  considerable  ;itton- 
tion  to  the  likelihood  that  a  definitely  Fascist 
league  of  nations  will  be  formwl  with  head- 
quarters at  either  Eome  or  Berlin.  Tf  such  U 
Ic'igue  is  formed,  the  logical  headquarters  of 
it  woiild  be  Vatiean  City,  which  is  the  actual 
center  in  the  earth  of  Fascism,  no  matter 
what  m«y  he  the  form  in  which  the  same 
ia  expres'n'ed.  The  fad  that  Moors,  Japanese, 
Aryan  pagans  and  otber  non-Christians  would 
be  in  the  league  would  mean  nothing  at  all 
to  the  managers  of  tlie  racket.  All  itould  be 
brothels  hi  one  "holy  cause",  that  of  grind- 
ing the  faces  of  ihe  poor  and  extoiting  from 
th.~r:^ie  last  nickel  obtiiinable.  by  fair  means 
oi'  fold,  to  keep  themselves  ul  thp  saddle. 

Variety  in  Human  Life 

♦  We  recognize,  welcome  and  prlac  the  dis- 
tinctive differences  in  personalities,  and  like- 
wise in  communitiea.  nations  and  rSces,  rea.l- 
jgior;  that  it  is  these  essential  unlikenesses  that 
lond  the  richness  of  variety  to  human  life.  Fas- 
cism represents  the  reverse  of  these  principles. 
.  .  .  Indeed,  it  is  quite  likely  to  appropriate 
the  term  "Americanism",  introducing  itself 
with  patriotic  fanfares  as  a  cloak  for  decid- 
edly un-American  violations  of  civil  liberties, 
and  ]ia,rticii!arly  for  either  subtle  or  overt 
attacks  upon  minority  races  and  political 
groups.  —  American  Ethical  Union,  Publie 
Afflaira   Committee  Resolution. 


league  of  Nation 


The  League  Dances 

,  THE  last  assembly  of  the  League! 
of  Nations  was  presided  oyri  by 
i  the  Indian  dclegu.le,  the  Aga  Khan, 
'  repiited  to  be  the  world's  richest 
_,-^  ^  man  This  potentate  did  his  best 
to  give  some  life  to  the  conference,  But  vain 
efi-'ml  Even  the- presence  of  thia  man,  whose 
fortnnc  is  rei-koned  in  millions,  was  not  sufli- 
cient  to  dispel  thij  iineasiuess  -which  hmig  over 
th(?  palaec.  „ 

'■{"oniTTifuee  vom>  procepdm^'9,  {gentlemen, 
.said  he  1u  the  delcffates.  But  none  was  able  _ 
to  deliver  his  farcical  speech  with  the  (^'^J^^J^- 
arv  case  Thf.  envoys  from  Spam  and  China 
were  the  only  ones  among  all  those  present 
whose  voices  raised  aJi  echo.  The  first  had 
rather  a  larsje  audience.  His  obsei-vatioiis,  how- 
ever, disturbed  his  colleainies  to  such  an  ex- 
tent that,  for  fear  of  hearing  the  representa- 
tive of  China  reveal  even  more  disturbing 
truths,  Ihev  pj-eferred  to  retire  to  their  lux- 
urious hotels  or  to  stifle  tlieir  conseieiices  m 
the  pleasure  vesorts  of  Geneva,.  With  broken 
heart  tlio  unhappy  Chinese  delegate  spoke  be- 
fore almost  empty  benches. 

The  Spanish  representative  m  his  couelud- 
in"  remarks  had  said:  "Open  your  eyes,  gen- 
tlemen It  is  no  lonniir  merely  a  question  of 
the  fate  of  mv  country.  The  f  ature  of  Europe 
is  iKiiu"  decided  on  Spanish  soil."  But  there 
waK  no  sign  of  reaction  on  the  part  of  hia 
audience.  n       j     u 

'  Then  the  delegate  from  China  also  awolt 
on  th<'  peril  which  threaten.^  humanity  in  the 
Par  Kast.  but  bis  few  auditors  wore  no  longer 
pavin"  attention.  ;Vii-eaiiy  in  other  halls  prep- 
arations were  being  made  to  brightim  up  this 
mmirnlnl  assembly.  The  Aga  Khan,  m  his  ca- 
pacity as  in'csident  of  the  iUus-trious  company, 
wished  to  can-v  out  an  aet  of  bi'illianee  that 
^^■onld  he-worthy  of  figuring  prominently  m 
the  annals  of  the  institution  of  Geneva,  He 
therefore  organized  at  the  Palaec  of  the  League 
a  banquet  for  two  thousand  giiests,_  of  whom 
sixty  wen?  ministei's  on  active  service. 

The  Association  of  the  Eriends  of  the  League 
of  Nations  protested  energetically  against  this 
ma(3  enterprise,  but  the  Aga  Khan  wouH  not 
give  way.  He  even  refused  to  accede  to  the 
wish  of  "the  delegates  from  Spain  and  Chma, 
who  rec|uested  him  to  at  least  abandon  the 
idea  oi  the  ball,  because  of  the  miseries  of 

8 


their  countries.  In  ease  the  dancing  were  ve- 
toed, he  would  immediately  order  tlie  ban- 
quet from  one  of  Geneva's  wealthiest  hotels. 
It  is  understood  that  such  a  ft'stivity  is  a 
windfaU  for  the  coffers  of  the  League,  ho, 
as  the  secretaiy  took  good  care  not  to  totego 
it  what  was  the  use  of  protestation! 

'The  most  famous  chefs  from  Pans  came  lo 
feverishly  prepare  this  banquet  .^mder  the 
direction  of  the  millionaire  Hindu  s  chei  de 
cuisine".  After  the  quests  had -partaken  oi 
the  choicest  dishes,  all  kinds  of  debcatc  and 
expensive  dessert  were  sei"ved.  and  two  ihou- 
■aand  bottles  of  champagne  were  opened. 
The  electrie  lusters  were  draped  m  gold, 
thousands  of  yaJ-ds  of  green  silli  adorned  the 
walls,  fifteen  thousand  roses  and  as  many  ear- 
nations  decorated  the  halls  and  the  tables,  and 
on  the  inlaid  floors  were  spread  the  most  mag- 
nificent carpets.      ■ 

Fourteen  of  the  finest  European  orchestras 
played  jovous  music  without  cessation ;  and 
forgotten  "were  the  cries  of  distress  of  tile 
Spanish  and  Chinese  populations,  boraba.rded 
bv  the  ■■'civilizing"  forces  of  tlieu'  enemies.^ 
'  The  revelers  gave  thcmselvra  up  to  dancing 
and  carousing  until  morning.  Fifteen  doctors 
and  fortv  nurses  were  on  the  spot  to  looH 
after  those  who  were  overcome  by  the  orgy. 
Oh  thev  were  magnificent,  those  representa- 
tives t.o"vihom  the  poor  i)Cople  had  entrusted 
theii-  fate!  and  incidentally  the  orgy  cost  the 
Aga  Khan  half  a  million  Smss  i^i'anes 

This  hanqiiot  reminds  us  of  the  old-time 
feast  which  Belshazzar,  king  of  Babylon,  gave 
to  the  thousand  lords  of  his  kmgdom.  After 
well  partaking  of  wine,  and  in  order  to  re^ 
proach  the  God  of  the  Hebrews,  the  monarch 
commanded  that  the  vessels  of  yold  and  sil- 
ver, which  his  father  Nebuchadnezzar  had 
taken  from  the  temple  in  JeriLsalcm,  should 
be  brought  forward  so  that  his  lords,  his  waves 
and  his  concubines  might  drink  therefrom. 

And  while  thev  were  di'biking.  mysterious 
humanlike  fingers  wrote  on  the  white  wall  of 
the  Tm&\  palace  the  words,  "Men*-,  Mene 
Teiel  '  LTphai-sin."  Seeing  this,  the  Saered 
Narrative  says,  ^'the  king's  countenance  was 
ehanned,  and  his  thoughts  troubled  him,  so 
that  the  joints  of  bis  loins  were  loosed,  and 
his  Imees  smote  one  against  another." 

Daniel,  the  prophet  of  God,  explained  to 
the  shaken  king  that  the  wonls  meant  "Num- 

CON  BO  I- ATI  ON 


bered,  wdglicij  jind  divided",  saving,  "God 
hath  mimbL'i'ed  thy  kingdoni.  BJid  finished 
it,  .  .  .  Thou  art.  weighed  in  thp  halantieH, 
and  riTt,  foimd  wanting.  .  .  .  Thy  hingdom  is 
(iividcd,  uml  giveji  to  the  Medes  and  Per- 
sians," 111  thill,  same  nig-ht  ivms  Belshazzar 
«Iain,  and  Darius  Lho  Mede  took  the  kingdom. 
The  same-  .iud^^ineiit  has  been  pronounced 
jiRainst  llio  Lcaijne  of  Nations,  ilthougli  its 
afts  a,re  an  alxHnination  to  the  Lord,  this 
vvoi'ldJy  organizalion  hd.s  been  described  as 
'"'the  {(oUtJt^al  expression  of  Clod's  kingdom 
oil  earlii'-'.  Hnon  it  will  perish  in  the  battlo 
-  of  Ai-mageddon,  f.ogftiifi'  witli  all  the  Devil's 
institutions,  after  whici  Christ  will  establish, 
aecordiny  to  the  Divine  method,  the  true 
league  of  nations,  making  ono  eountry  of 
a,ll  the  earth.  And  then  will  be  banished  for 
ever  wars,  pi'ofitecrs,  niisory,  tyrants,  kings, 
ministers,  Aga  Khans,  and  evwy  authority 
-but  that  of  Christ  Jesus,  earth's  rightful 
RuJer.^TransIated  from  the  French  edition 
of  Consolation. 

The  League  God's  Kingdom? 

♦  In  Jaiiuai-y,  1919,  sliortly  befor*!  the  League 
of  Nations  scheme  was  biought  to  completion, 
the  Federal  Council  of  Churches  of  Christ  in 
America  boldly  spou'ioi'ed  it  as  'the  political 
Dxpi'i-Ksion  of  Cod's  kiugdtJm  on  earth'.  In 
view  of  the  foregoing  artieh?,  "The  League 
DaneuN,"  the  signihcant-e  of  this  eager  ap- 
proval of  a  leiigue  of  sckflnh  nations  is  read- 
ily seen.  Some  who  were  not  connected  with 
Iho  Ffderai  Couneil  of  Churches  could  see 
tlie  thinsr  in  its  true-  light,  and  said,  "It  is 
true  that  the  darker  forces  of  the  world  tri- 
umphed at  Paris  when  the  unjust  treaty  of 
peace  was  \i-ritteu.'' 

But  the  professed  Christian  church  said, 
officially : 

The  Lime  has  Ciiruc  to  organizp  the  world  for 
tyntli,  ri^'ht.  jiistiee  siii\  hnmanity.  To  this  end  aa 
(Christians  «-p  m-ge  the  estahlishment  of  a  League 
of  Free  Nalioiis  at  the  coming  Ptace  Conference. 
SiiL'li'  a  leag-Lte  is  not  merely  a  peaee  expedient; 
it  hi  I'lither  the  poiitiea,!  expression  of  tile  Idngdora 
of  Clod  ou  eurLU.  Tht'  i.,ea£;ue  of  Xatirais  is  I'ooted 
in  the  gnspel.  Like  the  gdapel,  itw  objective  is  "Peace 
on  earth,  giiod  u-ill  to^rnirl  lueu.''  Like  the  gospel, 
its  appeal  is   miivei'sal. 

The  heroie  dead  will  ha.ve  (lied  in  vain  unless 
tint  of  victory  shall  eome  a  new  heaven  !i.nd  a  new 
ea.i'lh,  wheifliii  d«"cllcth  righteouaneaa.  —  2  Peter 
3:33. 

Thp  f-hiireh  ean  give  a  spirit  of  gDodwitl,  with- 
out which  no  League  of  Nwtiona  can  endure. 

OCTOBER  19,  1938 


In  this  manner  the  unfaithful  churches 
looked  to  scheming  politieiaus  and  diplomats 
to  establish  the  world  in  righteousness,  and 
hoped  to  see  thu  fniit  of  rightoouMiuss  spring 
from  a  eariiago  sueh  as  the  world  liad  never 
before  witnessed '. 

And  the  Roman  Hierarchy  wanted  a  seat 
in  the  League. 

Some  of  the  League  Withdrawals 

♦  Some  of  the  League  of  Nations  withdrawals 
ai-e  Germany,  Austria,  Japan,  Brazil,  Para- 
guay, and  the  five  Centra!  American  nations, 
Guatemala,  Honduras,  Costa  Puca,  Salvador 
and  Nicaragua.  Oddly  enough,  Guatoinala, 
Salvador  and  Honduras  are  as  thick  with 
Japan  and  Oei-many  as  peas  in  a  pud;  and 
cme  can  readily  catch  the  impression  that  the 
lot  of  them  think  what  a  great  excitement 
it  would  make  in  the  world  if  tiipy  fliould 
decide  to  try  to  take  over  the  Panama  canal. 
And  it  would,  too. 

Lloyd  George  Pans  the  League 

♦  This  is  the  fundamental  fact,  that  tlie  body 
that  was  set  up  wijli  conmnm  consent,  includ- 
ing Germany,  Italy  and  Japan,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  insuring  peace  in  the  world,  has  been 
ca.st  aside.  This  great  body  lia.s  been  Btricken 
with  palsy,  its  right  side  jiaralyzed,  its  right 
arm  W'ithered,  its  voice  foofale,  indistinct,  gib- 
bering, lying  huddled  on  its  fouch  in  its  fjreat 
palace  at  (lUiieva,,  no  longer  considti;d,  no 
longer  even  alluded  to,— Lkiyd  George,  at  a 
speech  in  Westminster. 

Mussolini's  Projected  League 

♦  With  Germany,  Austria,  Italy,  Japan,  Bra- 
zil, Costa  Rica,  Pai'aguay,  Guatemala,  Nic- 
aragua, Honduras  and  ^ialvador  out  of  the 
Leagire  of  Nations,  and  all  of  them  either 
openly  Fascist  or  inclined  that  way,  it  is 
quitfi  apparent  that  another  League  of  Nations 
is  under  way.  Fthiopia  is  still  in  the  League 
of  Nations  though  itself  no  longer  has  any 
existence.  Uncle  iSam  never  got  in. 

"Greatest  Thing:  Since  Pentecost" 

♦  Des]iite  its  manifest  failure  "Ucverend"  J. 
Bruce  Hunter,  B.l).,  W.D.,  LL.D.,  of  Jllontreid, 
Canadu,  in  an  address  at  London,  Ontario,  de- 
clared that  the  League  of  Nations  is— 

lie  viRihie  spirit  of  Jesus  Christ,  eipressing  his 
wiU  uoncoming  nations  and  peupld;  tlie  gieatpst 
thing  which  has  come  into  the  world  aintc  Pentooost. 


Italy 


Rules  of  Machiavelli, 
Italian  Statesman  (1469-1527) 

(■„■!■  "1.  Look  oiit  for  your  own  in- 
teresta":  MiipUiavelli  was  morally 
P-JR,  blind.  He  fijibd  to  w;e  tlic  woi-ld 
i„  ,i  an  a  iinit.  lligM  was  risbt;  tliere- 
'"^'-  fore,  the  sLrong  Timat  nhvays  assijrt 
tlieiv  strength  fi.nd  make  laws  for  their  own 
protection  iigalust  the  -wcalt. 

"2.  Honor  noboily  bat  yourseir :  Advance 
the  interests  of  others  so  long  as  you  can 
make  i,'ood  uso  of  tliom!  But  the  Tuoment 
they  tim^aten  to  heeome  popular,  kill  them! 
for'  aa  ambitioiH  man  eiin  afford  to  have  uo 
rivals.  All  the  rtst  mu.st  be  slaves. 

"3.  Do  evil,  ^3v.t  pretend  to  do  sood":  He 
sincerely  believed  in  the  value  of  insincerity. 
He  frankly  advised  statesmen  never  to  Iw 
fnink.  In  order  to  preserve  bis  powL-r,  atid 
jtiundor,  it  is  oftoii  necessary  for  a  diplomat 
to  act  in  opposition  to  justice,  charity,  and 
good  fi]ith.  Vet  his  subjects  must  not  be  awaro 
of  lids.  Ill  other  words,  fi  suecesrful  riibr 
should  make  his  subjects  .believe  he  is  pro- 
tecting them  at  the  very  moment  he  i-^  erash- 
ing  them. 

"4.  Covi^L,  and  get,  whatever  yoii  can'' :  ITave 
no  regard  for  the  rights  of  others;  plunder 
bU  you  can,  and  silence  those  who  make  com- 
plaints. Eob  the  weak  but  be  aware  of  the 
strong;  and  at  all  times  try  to  appear  liberal. 
'■"u.Be  miH{n'!y'-' :  Maehiavelli  advist^s  bis  pro- 
tcfffis  to  save  their  own  money  and  to  spend 
the  monpy  of  the  people. 

'•"6,  Be  iirntal" :  Only  a  brute,  be  writes,  can 
sueseed  in  ruling  Ids  people.  Ooodness  never 
pays.  A  prince  shoidd  stifle  the  man  in  bim 
and  develop  the  beast. 

"T,  Cheat  whenever  you  get  the  chance" :  Tie 
advises  his  prince  to  cultivate  the  ferocious- 
ness of  the  lion  and  1lie  cunning  of  the  fox. 
Force  is  greater  than  justice,  and  fraud  more 
powerful  than  truth.  Do  not  bolhec  about 
keeping  your  promises,  for  nobotly  does,  and 
most  mi?n  are  stupid,  and  the  world  is  always 
ready  to  he  fleeced. 

"3.  TiilJ  yonr  enemies,  and,  if  nftcessHry, 
your  friends,*'  in  ordei»  to  attain  your  goal. 
Murder  is  but  a  means  lo  an  end,  and  the  bc- 
ti'ayal  of  a  friend  an  acceptiid  rule, 

"9.  Use  force  rather  than  kindness,  in  deal- 
ing with  others":  It  is  better  to  be  feared 
than  to  be  loved.  When  you  have  seized  a 

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state,  or  robbed  a  man,  you  miLSt  inflict  a.H 
your  injuries  at  once,  so  that  they  will  soon 
be  forgotten.  Tf  vou  must  confer  benefits,  con- 
fer them  little  hy  little,  so  that  they  will  be 
long  remembered,  but  try  to  avoid  eonferrmg 
them  altogether. 

•'10.  Think  of  nothing  but  war" :  War  is  to 
be  the  chief  busini'^s  of  the  superbrute.  -For 
war  is  the  sole  art  looked  for  in  one  who  rules.' 
In  time  of  peace  be  shoidd  prepare  himself 
for  war.— By  a  prominent  educator. 

A  "Comic  Election" 

♦  A  man  in  Jt^ilv  who  does  not  wish  his  iden- 
tity revealed  discloses  in  The  Spedaior  that 
iii'bis  part  of  the  counti-y  a  lad  was  thrown 
into  jail  for  calling  a.  llusaolini  election  & 
■'comic  election'-.  A  hotel  proprietor,  who  set 
a  good  table,  failed  because  his  guests  who 
were  FsKcist  officials  did  not  pay  their  bills. 
He  is  now  a  waiter  and  bis  family  is  in  straits. 
The  niiw  owners  of  a  textile  mill  were  about 
to  open  with  a  skeleton  stafE  when  tbey  were 
given  a  list  of  20  inexperienced  persons  for 
whom  thev  must  find  jobs;  they  did.  and 
failed.  A  fanner  bad  bis  farm  taken  away 
under  pret(?xl  that  he  was  not  working  it  to 
the  best  advantage.  Another  hotel  proprietor 
was  ordered  to  have  an  orchestra;  he  did,  and 
went  broke.  Auicrica  is  on  the  way. 

IVying  to  Sell  Himself 

♦  All  dictators  constantly  try  to  well  them- 
selves to  the  people  over  whom  they  tempo 
rarilv  hold  cimtrol;  Ihey  vrant  to  keep  their 
jobs  as  long  as  possible.  This  is  true  of  Stalin, 
Hitler,  Franco,  Mussoliui  and  others  that  are 
eilher  dictators  now  or  are  denying  that  they 
aspire  to  be  dictatnrs.  which  is  always  a  nec- 
essary stei)  just  before  the  actual  seizure  of 
power  takes  place.  :\Tussolini  is  one  of  the  fiig- 
gest  of  these  big  wiudbaas.  He  recently  had 
much  to  say  of  Italy's  9,000,000  soldiers,  pow- 
erful submarine  fleet,  eight  tirst-line  battle- 
ships, reconnoiterjng  andbombinjj  planes,  etc. 
The  f,'entlem;m  forgets  something.  He  forgets 
the  cool. ddcTTnincd,  fearless,  perfectly-triiined 
man  behind  the  gun.  Mussolini  is  an  ass  with 
a  loud  voice. 

Gasoline  in  Italy 

♦  In  Italy,  in  November,  1937,  gasoline  was 
.wiling  at  approximately  66e  per  gallon.  This 
was  after  a  40-percent  increase  in  the  taxes 
heretofore  laid  upon  it. 

CONSOLATION 


India 


pritish  Bombings  in  Waziristan 

Witliin  the  past  yeav  the  deatlis 
L'roiu  hombin^s  m  the  BriUsili  war 
against  tlie  Waziristfins,  noilhcni 
Tndia,,  liavo  cmiii'  to  TOO  dead  and 
more  tiiaii  350  sorioiisly  injured. 
India  is  beaimintr  increasintriv  difdi-ult  to  po- 
lice aud  to  jfnveiTi.  The  Itonisn  ITieranthy 
recently  staged  on*!  of  its  advertiKin^'  cam- 
paigns in  iladi'ua.  It  olaims  tJmt  in  a  liua- 
then  land  they  had  70,000  Catholics  in  Iheir 
proeossion,  i,uO0  of  wliora  were  ecclesiastics. 
On  the  way  they  marched  under  \5  triumiihal 
arehes.  Pandit  Jawa]i;i.rlal  Nehrn,  the  Ooii- 
gTOKH  leader,  sent  a  iiLOSsagii  cif  greiiting  on 
the  behalf  of  the  Indian  National  CongTCSs/ 
with  which  institution  the  firitish  antl^oritiiis 
in  India  are  at  pi-cseut  hitvini^  much  ti'oiihlt. 
The  Congress  sceina  sure  of  hut  one  thing, 
and  that  is,  that  it  wants  to  inaiie  &&  much 
trouble  i'ur  Bi-itain  as  it  can. 

Did  This  Man  Need  More  Religion? 

♦  A  villji!i-eT'  from  tlic  state  of  Sirniui',  who 
crawhid  300  miles  on  a  pilgrimage  to  Hai'dwar, 
in  fulfillment  of  a  tom'  lie  had  made  in  the 
event  of  Ihc  it'covciy  of  his  two  sons  from 
tyjjhoid,  has  ,i«st  died.  Both  flie  annn,  who 
aeeomiianied  hiro  when  he  stai'ti'd  last  Au^Mst, 
died  on  the  way.  They  were  just  convalescent 
when  they  startod,  ftJid  the  effort  wa-s  too  much 
for  their  frail  heallli.  Tlie  father,  who  had 
divided  t!ie  journey  into  liisty  stagu^  of  ap- 
proximateiy  five  miles  a  day,  completed  it  last 
Octofjer.  On  the  return  journey  hands  and 
knees  beeamc  swiitlen  and  eventually  £>an!;re- 
noiis.  The  infection  had  gone  too  far,  and  iie 
died  on  the  roadside. — Lonclon  Times. 

One  Less  Lawless  Policeman 

♦  There  is  one  le.'is  lawless  policeman  in  India. 
Engaged  in  the  ancient  and  more  or  le-S!^  hon- 
orflble  ocmpstion  of  torturing  a  prisoner,  the 
prisoner  killed  him,  and  wlien  the  case  came 
up  in  court  the  prisoner  was  exonerated.  There 
is  ii  chance  here  for  Pennsylvania  state  police 
to  learn  something.  In  thu  cas*!  in  India  the 
prisoner,  a  watchman  named  Kiroo,  had  beon 
beaten  and  tortured  in  public  in  the  military 
lines  for  six  hours  by  an  Indian  police  con- 
,stMi)le,  He  seized  the  weapon  by  which  he  was 
being  beaten  and  kilietl  his  tonnentor. 

OCTOBER  19,  1938 


Conditions  in  Cawnpore 

♦  Choose  any  slum  for  iuviistigntion,  the  eon- 
dition^i  differ  but  littlc:  a  Humbor  of  huta  in 
rarious  slages  of  dilapidation,  some  under  the 
street  level  and  some  above  it,  with  no  phm 
or  thought  for  drainage  or  sanitation.  The 
commonest  type  of  hut  is  ten  feet  by  eight, 
with  perhaps  no  window,  and  llie  doorway 
so  low  and  stobU  that  one  has  to  bend  in  order 
to  enter.  Into  this  four  to  eight  people  are 
squeezed,  with  a  goat  or  a  hali'-slarved  cow 
on  the  tiny  veranda.  No  wonder  it  is  reeorded 
in  tiiC!  municipal  report  that  infant  mortality 
in  working-class  ,^iresis  often  exceeds  400  per 
1,000  births  and  tul>ercn](isis  is  rapidly  on  the 
iuerea.se.  Rut  it  seems  to  make  little  impres- 
sion on  tho^R  responsible  for  the  adminiatrar 
tion  of  tlie  city. 

It  is  the  poor  worker  who  deserves  oae'8  un- 
qualifit'd  sympathy  and  support.  Yesterday  I 
found  at  the  gates  of  a  big  mill  stalwart  K.a- 
buli  money-lenders  with  ""'lathis"  [big  sticka) 
waiting  for  tlieir  victims  as  llioy  cami]  out  with 
their  wa^'e.s,  The  ordinary  rate  of  inlereat  is 
150  percent,  and  no  worker  will  dai-'e  to  evade 
the  moucyieuder.  It  is  a  common  feature,  it 
seems,  in  all  Oawnpore  mills,  though  the  Gov- 
ernment of  India  has  passed  a  scries  of  meas- 
ui'es  within  thR  last  two  yeai's  to  iiroteet  the 
indebted  worker  from  being  thus  harassed, 

'  The  employers  complain  about  tlie  low  elK- 
eieucy  of  the  worker.  The  wonder  is  that  he 
can  work  at  all  utider  these  terrible  conditions, 
with  no  provision  for  leave  or  sickness.  Day 
and  night  the  machines  hum  and  the  em- 
ployers make  enormous  dividends;  but  for 
the  woi'ker  there  is  no  escape.— Manchester 
Guardian. 

India  Weil  Traversed  by  Airways 

♦  India  is  now  well  traversed  by  airways 
running  in  every  direction  between  the  prin- 
cipal cities,  and  in  sidilition  is  crossed  by  the 
Dutch,  French  and  Biitish  lines  to  Java,  Aus- 
tralia and  Indo-Cliinaj  which  touch  here  and 
there  en  route. 

Humiliations  of  tlie  Untouchables 

♦  in  some  parts  of  India  the  poor  Untouch- 
ables may  not  own  even  a  do^.  If  the  shadow 
of  an  Untouchaljlc  falls  over  the  food  of  a 
high-easte  Hindu  the  food  is  thrown  away. 
In  many  places  fellow  Hindus  may  not  even 
talk  to  them  iram  a  distaney. 


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Kingdom  Privileges  in  Near  East 

(Continued  frrtm  No.  i97,  page:  IJ) 
♦  Tills  Syrian  priest  further  told  me  that  he 
was  going  to  free  himself  from  tiie  yoke  of 
that  devilish  oryynization.  Tiiiit  surely  did 
my  heart  g'ood.  Evun  though  oiif  feeble  efforts 
soaietimi's  do  not  seem  to  do  much  good,  as 
long  as  KO  iire  f-iitJiful  and  obedient  a.nd  per- 
form our  duties  Jehovah  will  give  the  increase. 

It  secm(?(i  every  time  I  turned  I  saw  the 
streets  [of  Palestine]  fiJlyd  with  nuiis,  priests 
and  other  Catholics.  They  seemed  to  be  every- 
wliei'e. 

I  had  itreviously  brought  two  pioneers  with 
me  from  Beirtit  to  Palestine.  The  two  pioneers 
and  I  toot  fourteen  cartons  of  books  and  went 
to  work,  Wt  w>vered  the  cities  of  Haifa,  Jaffa, 
NtjKareth,  Tiberiiis,  EamHllah,  Jerusalem  and 
Ttirshiha.  We  sui'cly  wero  bloasod  in  our  ef- 
fort-') and  left  a  largi;  number  of  hooks  and 
faooklels  and  found  many  people  who  were 
esiger  to  hear  the  mcssiige. 

By  the  way,  tiie  Armenian  priest  whom  I 
had  met  the  yc;ir  hefore  aud  with  whom  I 
had  phired  some  liteiutiu'e  had  been  in(iuir- 
■jijg  about  nie  at  the  home  of  a  German  wit- 
ntss  who  was  foi'murly  a  pioneer,  so  I  made 
it  my  business  to  call  on  him.  Hi;  told  me  how 
hiippy  he  was  to  have  the  tnitb,  and  that  when 
he  took  tliC!  book  Ruhefi  he  kept  it  in  tlie  slip 
cover  of  Ids  piliow.  One  of  the  nuns  discov- 
ered il  one  day  and  reported  it  to  the  arch- 
bishop. Of  course,  the  priest  was  put  on  the 
eurpct  and  warned  to  burn  the  book  or  be 
kicked  out.  Ho  he  requested  his  back  pay  and 
told  the  arciibisliup  that  he  would  rather  lose 
his  job  Than  jjive  iip  the  book.  In  fact,  he  took 
off  his  garmtmts  and  tlirew  them  into  the  face 
of  the  archbishop,  stating  that  ho  was  filad 
he  was  at  last  dres.scd  liko  a  man  and  free 
from  bondage. 

Then  1  proceeded  to  Bethlehem,  and  on  my 
way  1  had  to  pass  a  large  Latin  monastery 
and  1  was  instructed  to  dejour,  and  I  Siiw  a 
iarg'e  body  of  soldiers.  After  returning  from 
Bctldchem  I  went  to  the  radio  station  at  Jcru- 
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fialem  and  endeavored  to  buy  time  so  that  we 
eoidd  put  on  a  program.,  Mr,  Priy,  who  was 
the  manager,  informed  mo  that  he  was  sori-y 
he  could  not  give  me  any  time.  1  insisted  ojp, 
Imowiug  the  reason  for  his  I'ef u.'Md  to  give  me 
time,  and  he  then  opent'd  up  iLiid  told  me  that 
they  had  discovered  several  million  rounds  of 
animimition  and  hundreds  of  tliouvsands  of 
rifles  packtid  in  piano  boses  and  stored  at  the 
monastery ;  and  this  accounted  for  the  British 
soldiers  that  I  bad  seen,  as  they  had  confis- 
cated this  large  amount  of  arms  and  ammu- 
uition. 

When  anothei'  witness  and  myself  worked 
the  city  of  Tiberias  we  called  on  the  Gentile 
homes  and  were  able  to  leave  Ric/tes  and  six 
booklets  in  almost  every  home.  We  ran  out 
of  literature  in  two  days.  While  I  was  in  this 
'city  1  ran  across  the  metropolitan  of  the  Greek 
Catholic  Church  and  gave  him  the  witness. 
He  warned  me  not  to  try  to  tell  him  about 
the  Kingdom,  because  he  knew  all  about  it. 
Ho  became  very  indignant  and  put  his  hand 
in  his  poc-ket  and  handed  m^  u  .f;5  note,  Nat- 
urally, I  left  the  literature  with  him,  gave 
him  his  change,  and  ur<ied  him  to  read  the 
literature.  This  city  is  a  heauliful  place  sit- 
uated many  hundreds  of  feet  below  sea  level 
!ind  it  has  the  finest  hot  springs  found  any- 
where. 1  could  not  help  biit  remember  that 
the  Lord  Jesu.s,  together  with  liis  disciples, 
visited  this  famous  eity  on  many  different  oe- 
casious.  and  I  thanked  Jehovah  for  having 
tJie  opportiinily  to  wa.lk  over  the  same  spot 
where  Jesus  was. 

Then  we  w^ent  to  the  eity  of  Tiamallah, 
where,  working  two  days  with  five  other  wit- 
nesses, we  were  able  to  place  140  books  and 
4S0  booklets  and  also  placed  one  entire  set 
of  the  [recorded  lecture]  series  of  "Religion 
and  Chidstianity"  and  a  set  of  "Exposed'"'  as 
well,  and  one  phonograph. 

TN  OFlfiHT  LEDAXON 

The  Tripoli  company  has  distributed  tJie 
records  I  left  with  them.  The  pioneer  wit- 
nesses over  there  have  to  cover  their  territory 
by  foot  —  sometimes  spending  three  to  four 
hours  going  to  and  from  theii'  territory  each 
day,  which  time,  of  course,  Uiey  cannot  apply 
on  their  reports.  One  pioneer  witness  carried 
the  publications  on  his  back  and  witnessed 
in  towns  and  villages.  He  did  not  have  any 
money,  hut  wherever  he  went  the  people  were 
giad  to  give  him  food  and  lodging,  as  well 

CONSOLATION 


astaSe  iiteratTire  anrt  make  snme  c*aiitribntion.' 
OwiiL^  to  tlie  terrible  economic  conditions 
in  that  i^oimtiy,  the  .Syrian  pound  has  dTvjpped 
to  less  than  70c  iu  AmoricaH  money.  In  other 
words,  t(Klaj-  llie  piaster  Is  ivortb  leas  than 
Oiie-lialf  cent,  yuii  it  i.s  orifinarilv  worth  five 
ei'iits  or  mort!.  Sinco  !he  Syrian  pound  is 
backed  by  the  French  fraiic  and  the  franc 
today  is  worth  less  thjiu  two  tind  three-fourth 
(ients  in  American  money,  it  is  very  difficult 
for  the  witnesses  to  return  suilieiiint  money 
to  cover  the  coKt  of  the  publi  eat  ions, 

Tt  is  now  my  plcjisure  to  give  you  some  of 
my  experiences  willi  the  sound  car.  The  peo- 
ple in  these  gauntries,  of  course,  have  nuvtsr 
seen  a  car  cqui]3ped  \vith  bi'oadfiiiiting  facili- 
ties. The  first  town  we  vi.sited  was  called  Enfle 
and  which  has  a  population  of  about  5,000. 


Ttao.'*ei':ptiuu  Iw'ture,  Cuiieiiliajjcc,  JJunniiirk 


It  is  situated  on  the  sea  coast.  TJiert>  are  fivfl 
witnesses  in  this  town  who  are  really  charged 
■with  the  ?.eal  of  Jehovah. 

"Wt!  parked  l!ie  ciir  in  a  cemetery  wliit^h 
overlooks  Ilie  town  proper,  and  started  the 
progi'am  with  a  musi'-al  number:  "Hear  Me, 
O  People!"  \^e  then  pat  on  the  series  of 
"Rdiglou  and  Christianity''.  The  entire  pop- 
ulatiiJii  of  the  town  was  -so  surprised  they 
tliought  tiuit  Liahi-iel  had  blown  the  last  trum- 
pet. They  tried  to  tra^e  the  voice,  and  when 
the.y  found  it  was  coming  from  the  cemeter,y 
they  wei'e  really  <-ouvinecd  that  the  resurrec- 
tion had  begun.  They  were  afraid  to  eome  to 
the  eemcter,v  at  first,  but  when  thousands  of 
people  began  to  gather  some  sjot  the  courage 
to  come  a,  little  nearer  and  we  were  able  to 
platio  a  larcfo  number  of  books  and  booklets 
with  them  a,nd  they  invited  us  to  come  a^ain- 

Every  day  ive  had  esijeriences  of  a  similar- 
nature.  We  took  town  afte^'  town  by  surprise. 
Tilt!  people  were  ea^er  to  hear  the  message, 
and  in  some  instances  we  wei'e  forced  to  put 
on  the  records  again  and  agaiu.  We  made  on 

OCTOBER  19,  1938 


an  average  tve  or  six  towT^  a  day  and  out 
little  group  of  workers  called  at  the  homes 
of  the  people,  plating  u  large  amount  of  lit- 
eratur'e^. 

At  one  place  called'  Kisba.  Alkora,  \vc  cov- 
ered this  town  with  about  twenty  workers  and 
the  sound  equipment.  It  is  situated  on  an  ele- 
vation of  almost  six  thousand  feet  ti.bove  sea 
level,  overlooking  the  most  fertile  soil  on  earth 
and  the  largest  olive  jn'oves  found  anywhere. 
We  started  to  blast  with  the  sound  c(]uipment, 
using  the  "Exposed"  lectures  and  finisJilng 
with  reading  out  of  the  Annagi'ddon  booklet. 
The  entire  town  came  out  and  we  plai-t'd  an 
enormous  amount  of  literature,  the  people 
showing  keen  interest  in  tie  message.  The 
following  night  a  tornado  struek  that  entire 
district,  uprooting  hundreds  of  olive  trees, 
destroying  homes  ancl 
killing  many  farmers 
and  beasts.  Satan  at 
all  times  trici  to  bring 
injury  and  harm  to 
lionest  people,  so  they 
can  be  made  to  re- 
proach and  blaspheme 
■Ichovah's  name.  Tru- 
ly, the  peo]>le  thought 
ArmagFildon  had 
cotne  when  they  began 
to  count  the  damage 
the  next  day.  Two 
vreeks  later  wo  visited  the  town  agaiu  aiid 
the  people  were  troriblcd  and  fearful.  We  put 
on  the  lecture  "Peace  Messengci's"'  and  eutn- 
forted  them. 

We  eov(ired  the  enlii'e  diatri<.'t  of  Alkai'a. 
and  practically  ail  of  Lebanon  with  the  sound 
equipment.  The  iJeoi)le  received  the  message 
gladly.  They  ai'e  gi'eatly  perplexed  and  tiie 
conditions  are  lerrible.  The  people  arc  very 
much  dissatisfied  with  the  governments,  and 
especially  with  the  yoke  which  has  been  placed 
upon  them  by  their  I'eligious  leaders.  In  Syria 
and  Lebanon  the  two  main  branches  of  the 
Devil  religion  are  the  Roman  Catholic  and" 
Mohammedan.  1  was  sur])rised  to  learn,  after 
visiting  scores  of  Mohanuncdan  towns  with 
notfiing  but  Mohammedan  poimlation,  hiiw 
the  entire  commtmity  came  out  as  one  man, 
showing  intei'est  in  the  message.  Many  \veru 
glad  to  contribute  for  the  literature  even 
though  they  were  poor. 

Five  workers,  including  myself,  visited  a 
town  north  of  Tripoli  called  Minna.  It  haa 

13 


B  populalion  oi  sbout  eifiht  thousand  peflple. 
We  started  with  tlic  lectuve  "Kxposyd".  aiid 
■when  we  had  the  seeomi  i-ecord  oil  the  priest 
came  rumiing  tli.wn  wUli  a  staff  in  his  haud 
and  looking  a.s  though  ready  to  bll  Bomi!Oiie. 
He  stood  hcfoire  thu  loud-speaker  and  shouted : 
'"'Stop.  1  tell  yon!"  The  tt-itJu:ss  who  was  op- 
erating the  uquipmfm  turned  on  more  jiiiee 
when  he  wiw  what  the  priest  was  domil.  aud 
drowned  out  his  voie«^  hut  this  miidc  liun 
more  angry  tliuji  ever.  Not  being  ffatisfied  with 
trviug  to  pick  a  fij-ht  -^-ith  us,  calling  ns  eveiy- 
thmghe  fould  tliiuk  of,  he  turned  to  the  peo- 
ple a'nd  starlcd  cursinii'  tiiem  and  told  Uiem 
if  thej'  wei'c  intelligent  they  would  not  listciu 
to  us  and  that  they  w.re  Christians  and  not 
Mohammedans  and  that  we  on^lit  to  go  to  the 
Mohanuuedniis  with  our  mesNii.ge. 

The  people  tried  to  rea.Hon  with  him,  hut 
he  would  not  listen.  He  came  and  ordered 
mo  to  stop  and  1  took  the.micraplione  aud 
aslted  the  people  if  they  wanted  1,o  hear  tln^ 
remainder  of  the  program  and,  if  so,  to  sig- 
nify by  raising  thoir  light  hand.  Hundreds 
of  people  responded  and  ordf.red  the  priest 
to  leavu,  and  when  Ik-  refused  they  earried 
him  away  and  wero  re;uly  to  dump  him  into 
the  i-iver.  A  half  hour  later  he  s'eturned  and 
the  people  again  ordered  him  to  leave. 

When  we  finished  with  the  "Exposed"  lec- 
tures they  asked  us  if  \ve  had  anything  tilae, 
and  wo  gave  them  the  entii'o  series  of  "Reli- 
gion and  Christianily:'  and  plared  many  pieees 
of  literatui'e  with  them.  On  our  way  out  this 
priost  had  gotten  some  of  his  heiiohnien  aud 
thev  lay  in  wait  for  us,  hardly  leaving  room 
for'the'aiitoniohilc  to  pass  through.  Some  were 
armed  with  hatchets,  some  wifh  axes,  some 
with  elubs  iind  somo  with  guns.  They  stood 
with  their  armn  upraised  T6.i,dy  to  strike  us, 
but  Jehovah  withstood  them  and  it  seemed 
they  eould  not  move  their  arms.  We  passed 
through  unharmed  and  very  tliunltful  for  the 
lovius  protection  thiit  Jehovah  had  given  un. 
The  entire  four  mouths  were  spont  with  the 
sound  ecjuipmeut,  woi'king  around  fcmrteeJi 
hours  a  day,  and  in  some  instances  we  did  not 
get  through  with  the  lectures  until  eigljt  or 
ten  o'clock  at  ui^ht. 

In  one  town  where  the  archbishop  lives  in 
his  palaee  we  put  on  the  lectures.  He  was 
walking  in  his  garden  in  his  laee  ]3etticoat, 
and  wheal  he  heard  the  message  he  thought 
it  was  a  voice  from  heaven  and  he  ruahed  to 
U 


the  house  and  started  running  from  one  rooi  ^ 
to  another.  The  people  said  he  had  told  them 
he  surely  thonsi'ht  Annageddon  was  near,  and 
he  Qi-deVed  several  gendarmes  to  come  and 
atop  us.  However,  when  they  came,  we  gave 
tlicm  the  testimony  and  instead  of  harming 
us  they  went  back  with  some  of  the  literature. 
—Joseph  E.  Rahal,  Ohio. 

A  WBBB  Fan's  Soliloquy  9 

♦  "You   Imow,  there   is  a  radio  station   in 
Brooklv-n  that  broadcasts  the  most  unusual 
stuff.  At  six-thirty  practieally  every  mornmg 
of  the   week   I   tune  to   1300  kilocycles  for 
J[oitNLVG  WoRSHii-.  Why  do  T  want  to  listen - 
to  a  radio  that  early  in  the  mornmg?  Well~- 
er_t!ial  is.  a  man  has  to  wiike  up  sometime! 
So  I  listen  to  ilonNixr,  Worship.  Musie  is 
rather  niee^ — oroau  and  sometimes  sinsiiig. 
I  doii'l  sing.  Anj-way,  not  "like  thftt.  But  this 
is  what  I  meant  to  tell  you :  A  man  reads  'the 
moming  test',  aome  verse  from  the  Bible  on 
the  most  unusual  matter— like  Philistines  and 
atuff.  Aud  on  my  word,  he  iJoosn't  sound  like 
a  preacher  at  all !   Then  he  gives  an  explana- 
tion: what  vou  nevi-T,  never  heard:  'Modern- 
dar  Philistines,   the  "ttornau   Catholic   Ilicr- 
archv,  ur*  certain  to  he  completely  wiped  out 
at  Armaseddon,  With  the  destriietion  of  reh- 
gion  G<xi  will  cleanse  tiie  earth  of  tho  greatest 
racket  ever  to  afSiot  mankind  .  .  .  '  I  tell  you 
it's  the  strangest  thing  you  ever  heard!    The 
worst  of  it  is,  it  rings  so  true  I  find  myself 
listiaiiiig  to  it  every  chance  1  have.  It's  the 
strangest  stuff! " 

Reverend  Harris  Made  a  Mistake 

♦  Reverend  narris,  St.  Andrews  Church, 
Carsliaiton.  England,  has  no  doubt  been  mak- 
ing mistakes  ail  his  life,  but  one  of  his  big- 
gest ones  was  made  when  he  warned  his  con- 
grej^ation  against  Jehovah's  witnesses.  With 
that.  lO.j  publishers  entered  his  hailiwielc, 
called  on  all  the  people  the  vicar  could  reach, 
and  more.  too.  brouffht  the  vicar's  remarlw 
to  the  attention  of  the  people,  told  the  people 
to  listen  to  records  explaining  the  Inith,  which 
they  did,  and  meidentally  left  more  than  3,000 
pieces  of  literature  behind.  The  viear  was 
called  on,  too  (a  copy  of  Giire  aud  Consolation 
havuig  been  mailed  to  him  in  advance).  He 
seemed  heated,  aud,  after  saying  he  did  not 
wish  to  hear,  slammed  tho  door,  Ta-ra-ra- 
boom-de-ay ! 

CONSOLATION 


New    York 


President  Isaacs  Was  Right 

♦  When  Stanliy  M,  Is.-iacs,  borough  president 
of  Man  halt  ait,  wiis  iiivitpd  to  inUlniss  1,750 
menibors  of  the  Jewish  Tearhcw  Association, 
he  aceeplL'd  the  invitation  and  told  the  teach- 
ers he  conld  see  no  reason  for  tlie  t^xistenpo 
of  their  orgaiiiaalioii.  And  he  was  right.  Pulilic- 
sdjoo!  teachers  should  not  umki*  IJidt  religion 
a.  ti?st  for  themselves,  their  pupils,  the  ptiblif 
or  anybody  ohne.  Let  them  keep  the  rabbis,  the 
priests,  the  oopes  mid  thi-  eiprgj'  out  of  it 
and  itttend  to  theit'  o\vii  business,  wliich  is 
loaching  the  children  tlie  mundane  thincrs  a 
child  iicuds  to  linow.  If  their  parents  want 
the  children  taught  religion,  let  it  he  taught 
to  them  tilsewhere,  at  the  parents'  expense. 

Score  One  for  Doctor  Godfrey 

♦  S«ore  one  I'lir  Dr.  Edward  S.  Gocli"rej',  Jr., 
New  Yorii  state  eomminsioner  of  health.  Hav- 
ing learned  BomelLing  about  isenims,  and  seen 
for  himself  that  iheir  usi\  to  say  the  very 
least,  has  not  been  an  unmispd  blessing  to 
himianity,  he  advises  hi.'*  fvUow  physicians 
against  rushiu^'  ]iell-mfll  info  the  uhi-  of  the 
new  rabbit  scrums  in  iho  ireatmeut  of  piiKU- 
monia  ""nnfil  careful  tests  [on  the  nnsuspeet- 
ing  public]  have  proved  their  viilue.  safety 
and  limitations''.  It  should  be  added  thsit  the 
Hew  liihhit  serum  was  ti-ied  out  last  yti;ir  on 
15,000  CCC  "volunteer". 

New  Yoik  Legislative  Serrice 

♦  Ls.wyers  and  others  find  iiurn-st  in  the 
unique  enterprise  establisiied  by  alxnit  fifteen 
coUej^e  hoys  Momiwhere  in  New  York  city,  of 
telling  customers  what  p;irticu!ar  knavei^'  is 
hack  of  ony  legi.slation  pending  at  Albany. 
The  service  is  said  to  be  nonpartisan  and 
jJays  no  favorites.  It  seems  like  a  fine  outlet 
for  honest  and  energetic  voting  men  who  wish 
to  learn  something  and  do  something  t'or  the 
benefit  of  theii'  fellow  men. 


Saved  by  an  Iluur 

♦  Nine  families  were  save 
tenements  on  Avenue  C,  X 
an  hour  before  tliey  i-oll 
ruins.  The  tenants  fled  w 
but  were  ba.vred  W  the  po 
save  their  furnitTire  and 
New  Yoi'k  is  two  der-;uies 
ita  rebuilding  pi'ogram. 

OCTOBER  19,  IB3S 


d  irom  t5-year-oId 
ew  York  city,  only 
iipsed  and  fell  in 
ith  llieir  cluUiin;;, 
iiee  from  trying  to 

other   belongings. 

behind  Britain  in 


Adult  Authorities  Needed 

♦  li!  a  man  deeidcH  that  iiis  religion  compels 
him  to  shoot  evei';\'  red-headed  jiede^itri^m  on 
Filth  Avenue,  there  are  enougii  Islwh  to  pre- 
vent him  from  carrying  out  his  deteraiination. 
No  religions  con^-iction  can  be  allowed  expres- 
sion when  its  expression  involves  harm  to 
others.  But'whcrc  the  issue  is  so  highly  theo- 
retical ;is  in  die  Hag  case,  the  authorities 
should  bt?  a  little  more  tolerant  ami  m  littlu 
more  a.dult.  It  is  insi.'itence  on  such  formal 
patriotism  as  Ibis  tiu-it  brings  patriotism  itself 
into  mockery  and  breeiLs  patrioteers  instead 
of  patriots.  We  are  saddened  to  see  that  the 
New  York  State  Department  of  Education  is 
expelling  Jehovah's  witnesses  for  non-salut- 
ing. A  tci.st  ease  should  be  brought  here.  Ex- 
pirlslon  is  not  the  way  to  teaeh  patriotism  and 
love  of  country .^New  York  Post. 

WPA  Educating  the  Foreign-ljorn  ^ 

♦  The  \V'PA  is  doing  a  good  work  in  New 
Y'ork  city  and  other  phices  educating  the 
foreign -born.  Of  New  York  city's  264,000  illit- 
erates. 242.000  are  forcigu-bom.  It  was  hoped 
in. the  first  half  of  1937  to  have  nt  leant  2.5,000 
of  these  in  elanses.  Of  the  12,223  in  classes  at 
lust  report,  one  f-tudent  was  S3  yearn  of  age. 
Some  of  the  claastis  are  held  in  homeH  where 
the  parents  cannot  conveniently  gel  out.  In 
most  instances  instruction  is  welcome. 

Good  for  New  York! 

♦  flood  for  New  York!  In  Ni-w  York  city 
a  German  boy,' a  Nazi,  accused  of  carrying 
a  concealed  -^peapon,  Wiis  defended  by  a  Jew- 
ish lawyer  before  an  American  war  veteran, 
and  found  not  guilty.  The  court  decided  that 
he  had  a.  riEiht  to  carry  his  knife  as  a  part 
of  his  uniform.  The  Atiierican  on  the  bench 
got  a  big  kick  out  of  his  share  in  upholding 
Amei'ican  law  and  American  common  sense 
under  the  unusual  conditions  presented. 

Gradually  Folding  Up 

♦  One  of  the  first  Episeopal  ehnrahcs  in  west- 
ern New  York,  the  St.  Jsimes  Episcopal  (-huieh 
of  Bidfalo,  folded  up  on  April  17,  lOlilS,  after 
an  existence  of  S4  years.  The  membership 
had  dwindled  until  the  sui'vivors  thouglit  it 
not  worth  while  to  try  to  keep  the  old  ship 
afloat,  The  pastor  will  now  hate  to  go  to  work, 
for  a  living.  Sad. 

15 


Bazaar  Did  Not  Get  the  Diamond 

♦  HaTpef'N  Bazaai',  calling  attwition  to  a 
special  i*aii-  oT  tiieir  insigaKine,  Ji'iivercd  what 
they  suppusod  were  homing  pigeons  to  100 
prospt'cl  ive  aclvcrtigers  in  New  York  city. 
Eacli  pitreon-  liad  an  alLmiinum  tube  attached 
to  its  k^^  The  advcrUser.TViis  supposed  to  re- 
leam  the  pigeon,  which  would  then  fly  back 
to  Harper's.  Marcus  &  Company,  jewelers, 
were  enthnsiH,stic  oi-er  this  original  advcrtia- 
ing  schome.  To  show  thoir  appfuclation  they 
sent  Harpers  a  wnitLll  mnnouuted  diamond  in 
the  ahiminiim  tube.  It  .inst  so  happened  that 
thfit  pai'liotilar  pigeon  was  not  a  homer:  for 
it  .ru-ver  showed  up.  &iinewher(i  that  pigeon, 
like  some  non-elect  Presbyterian,  is  wander- 
ing Ihroxigh  the  skies  not  blowing  where  he 
^Tiil  land,  or  what  kind  oi  reception  he  will 
get  when  he  lands,  or  who  will  get  the  dia- 
mond. 

Studies  in  Courtesy 

♦  Rludlew  in  courtesy  eondueted  by  the  de- 
'partinent  of  sanitation,  New  Vork  eity.  intli- 
eate  that  Brooidynilas  are  more  polite  than 
New  Torkiirs,  boys  are  more  polite  than  girls, 
the  poor  are  inorti  pniite  than  the  rieh.  and  the 
Chinese  are  the  most  polite,  with  Italifuis, 
French,  Ja|>anese,  Irish  juid  Americana  in  tlie 
anipv  named.  The  questio?]  was  conducted 
among  school  chililtBn  of  ages  6  to  18,  of  every 

.  jace,  color  and  condition  of  .society. 


Honest  Man  in  New  York  City 

♦  jYnother  honest  man  has  been  found,  tlii.'i. 
time  in  New  York  city.  He  is  a  colored  man, 
originally  from  SouUi  Carolina,  a  taxieab 
di'iver.  Mi'.  Casey  (that  is  the  genlleman'3 
name)  was  laid  up  in  thu  hospitui  fromTob- 
ruary  14  to  March  28.  and  dnring  that  time 
his  family  received  help  from  the  city  to' the 
amount  of  $49.10.  Now  he  is  back  on  las  feet, 
wants  to  have  the  relief  slopped,  and  wants 
to  know  to  whom  he  can  retnra  tlie  money. 
He  got  some  lelief  money  yeai's  ago,  and  when 
he  tried  to  find  out  how  to  pay  it  back  he 
could  not  get  any  iiifuriuatiou  ;  so  this  time 
he  swore  out  a  stalt^nicnl  of  what  ho  owed  and 
mailed  it  to  tlio  city  treasurer.  He  thinks  he 
might  need  relief  again  sometime;  and  if  hi 
should,  we  wants  the  eity  to  know  he  is  honest, 
The  city  knows  it. 

Automobiles  in  New  York  City 

♦  It  is  calculated  that  when  the  highway  tun- 
nel under  Xew  York  city  is  complet-ed  aboul 
11,000,000  automobiles  a  year  will  be  taket 
off  the  streets  of  the  big  city,  with  an  ininieusf 
saving-  in  lime  for  c-ar  owners  di'i^ing  betweei 
Long  Island  and  Xtw  .lersey  jaoints,  and  tin 
streets  of  the  city  will  be  safer  and  more  frei 
from  deadly  carlKin  inonosifie.  Incidentally 
it  is  less  than  foi-ty  years  since  the  first  mat 
that  drove  a  ■■liorsdess  carriage"  in  a  park  i 
thi;  big  city  wa.s  arrested  for  disorderly  coa 
duet, 


COUNSEL 

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Religious  Service 

TRK  North-Geniiaii  LloyJ  steamsiiip  pom- 
pany  adrertiscM  iu  its  folder  that  it  has 
erected  on  its  sliips  "altars  for  religions  serv- 
ice during  the  ocean  voyage.  Tliese  altars  arc 
so  ari'aiiged  tlint  tliey  can  be  nwed  by  Oatlio- 
lics,  Protostantfi  or  Jews".  This  ia  fnrther  cor- 
roborative and  very  strong  proof  that  the-  serv- 
ices iiidnlgetf  in  on  tlicsc  ships  are  not  to  the 
honor  ol  Jcliovah  God,  but  rather  to  tlic  dis- 
honor of  TTis  name.  Mark  this  fact,  that  this 
provision  for  I'eligious  serriee  is  made  by  tlie 
Nazis  who  hale  the  name  of  Jehovah  (jod  and 
viciously  persecute  and  iinpriaon  men  and 
women  who  speak  the  name  of  Jehovah  and 
who  have  in  possession  the  Bible  and  books 
explaining  the  Bible. 

Their  advei'tisement  says:  "The  ofileiating 
clergyman  of  winehever  denomination  he  may 
be  will  find  all  the  necessary  vestments,  re(|iii- 
sites,  ete."  Tiioso  who  indtiigi?  in  "pure  and 
holy  worshijj'',  as  defined  in  the  Sci'iptures, 
never  use  vestments.  On  the  contrary,  siich 
yestmeats,  as  shown  by  the  Bible,  ai^e  used 
only  by  those  who  indulge  ni  the  practice  of 
Baal,  meaning  Devil  religion.  As  a  slrilcirig 
example :  TUose  opposers  of  God  who  Inditlyed 
In  Baal  worship  assemljled  at  a  ]5oint  in  Pal- 
estine and  'vestments  for  all  that  worship 
Baal'  were  brought  forth,  anil  Uicy  put  on 
these  vestments,  and  when  they  were  tlius 
dressed  with  tlieir  vestments  Jehovah  God 
sent  Ilis  esueutioner  in  and  killed  every  one 
of  them,  boeause  they  were  indulging  in  the 
practice  of  Devil  or  Baal  religion,^'2  Kings 
10:21-24. 

When  Jesus  was  on  earth  the  Jewish  priusts, 
who  had  covenanted  to  do  God's  will,  turned 
away  from  obeying  God'w  commandments  and 
indulged  in  religion,  which  Jesus  told  ihcin  wils 
of  the  Devil.  (Jo!m  S:  44 ;  Matthew  23: 6-3-5) 
Men  wear  ve-stmenls  and  practice  religion  be- 
fore altars  prepared  for  that  purpose  to  be 
seen  of  men;  and  PonecTnin'!  such  Jesus  used 
these  words :  "But  all  theii-  works  they  do  for 
to  be  seen  of  men;  lh<Sy  make  broad  their  phy- 
OCTOBER  19,  i9aa 


lacteries,  and  enlarge  the  borders  of  their  gar- 
ment.s,  and  liivi;  the  uppermost  rooms  at  feasts, 
and-  the  chief  scats  in  the  synagogues,  and 
greetings  iu  the  markets,  and  to  be  ciiUed  of 
men,  Rabbi,  Tiahbi,''  and  l!ather,  and  reverend. 
(:5ratthew  23:0-7)  Phylacteries  are  frontlets 
worn  on  thi!  head,  made  of  strips  of  parch- 
ment, on  which  were  wriften  cert;iin  words  . 
to  be  seen  of  others.  Similar  thereto  clergy- 
men, particularly  of  the  Koman  Catholic  Mier- 
arcby.  who  i^raetice  at  such  alta.rs  as  adver- 
tised by  the  a.[oresaid  steamship  company, 
wear  peculiar  liats  on  their  lieads,  and  also 
vestments,  so  that  peoijle  may  be  able  to  rec- 
ogniue  them  and  call  tliem  '■""Father",  "Kev- 
erund,''  or  some  other  high-sounding  name. 

The  aforementioned  advpi-lisement  by  the 
steamship  company  to  aid  religious  services 
shows  that  religion,  politics  anil  commerce 
are  closely  allied  together,  with  the  avowed 
purpose  of  riiling  and  controlling  this  world. 
The  steamship  company  is  not  trying  to  wor- 
ship God-or  make  any  ari'angeuient  for  Tlis 
worship:  but  they  hold  forth  this  heathenish 
religious  practice  to  overawe  the  people  and 
afford  the  clergy  on  opportunity  to  rake  in 
the  shekels  and  tiius  cany  on  their  racket. 
Reasonable  and  sensible  persons  see  the  ab- 
surdity of  such  practice,  and  theyknmv  that 
there  is  no  sincerity  connected  "with  it,  that 
the  same  h  not  done  to  lienor  God  and  Christ 
Jesus,  but  ratlrer  to  dishonor  Them;  and  this 
is  furtlier  proved  by  the  fact  that  the  Naais 
have  made  this  arrangement  for  their  reli- 
gious allies. 

Bl  the  perfonnance  of  what  the  afore-men- 
tioned advertisement  designates  "the  conduct 
of  religious  .service",  the  ofliciat.ing  clergyman 
Si.ies  through  a  senseless  ceremony  and  often 
ullers  words  in  a  foreign  language  that  no 
one  pn>sent  midersttuids,  and  such  ia  dune  to 
impress  the  people  of  his  ;"goodness  and  great- 
ness". It  is  no  wonder  that,  Jesus  leferred  Xa 
sueh  as  hypocrites.  Those  men  Utter  wliat  they 
call  prav'ci-s,  but  their  prayers  never  get  out 
even  from  the  top  of  the  ship,  and  certainly 
tliev  never  reach  to  tlie  throne  of  heaven. 
These  ■'ofiieiating  clergymen"'  repeat  their 
■■prayers",  so  called,  over  and  <iver  again, 
hoping  by  sirch  means  to  put  them  across 
^nd  get  them  even  out  of  the  ship.  Fow  ridic- 
ulous this  whole  matter  apjjears  to  the  Lord, 
and  how  nauseating  it  is  to  Jehovah  God 
and  Christ  Jesus,  is  indicated  by  what  Jesus 
said  to  Bi-s  fiutliful  disciples  iidth  reference 
to  prayer.  Said  Jesns:  "And  when  thou  pray- 

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est,  thou  slialt  not  be  as  the  hypocrites  are; 
for  they  love  to  pray  stHndiiig  in  the  syna- 
gogues and  in  iJie  eornern  oX  tlie  streets,  that 
they  miiy  hii  seen  of  men.  Verily  I  say  niito 
you.  Thiiy  have  their  vcwcrd.  But  thou,  when 
tliou  pra^'est,  entur  into  thy  closet,  Hnd  when 
thou  hast  shut  thy  door,  pray  to  thy  Fathftr 
which  is  in  swrut;  and  thy  Father,  which  seelh 
in  secret,  shall  reword  thee  openly.  But  when 
ye  pray,  use  not  vain  repetitions,  as  the  hea- 
then do;  lor  they  think  that  they  shall  he 
heard  for  their  much  spealdng.  Be  not  yti 
therofore  like  unto  them;  for  your  Father 
knowi'th  what  things  yc  iiave  need  of  before 
ye  aalv  him." — Matth-aw  6 :  l>8. 

Thu.s  it  is  seen  that  Josuk  deiiouneea  such 
religious  practice  as  hypocrilica],  performed 
to  be  seen  of  men;  and  this  stamps  with  con- 
clusive proof  that  the  altai-s  ndvertised  in 
the  Nazi  ships  are  there  for  the  purpose  of 
helping  religionists  to  cany  on  thoir  racket. 

ITyjioci'ites  are  an  abomiuatiou  and  des[>i- 
cable  in  the  sight  of  tho  Lord,  and  hence  they 
are  doers  of  evil,  The  Lord  so  states.  (Mat- 
thew 24  :  48-51)  Do  the  prayci-s  of  these  hypo- 
crites get  out  of  the  top  of  the  ship  an.d  reach 
the  Lord  ?  The  apo?!tlo  Peter,  who  was  a  true 
follower  of  Chi-ist  Jesus  and  therefore  a  tiTie 
worshiper  of  God,  answers:  '-ITflving  your 
conversidion  honest  among  the  Gentiles;  that, 
wherciis  they  speak  aj!:ainst  you  as  evil  doiirs, 
they  mav  by  your  good  works,  which  they 
siiall  hehold,  glorify  God  in  the  day  of  visita- 
tion."—! Peter  2 :  12. 

It  is  stated  that  these  altars  arc  for  tho 
convenience  of  any  and  all  clergymen,  re(?ard- 
less  of  the  denomhiation.  The  .lews  hate  tho 
name  of  Jesu.s,  and  refuse  to  worship  Him, 


and  therefore  whon  the  Jewish  rvfafai  «n  li>«| 

altar  he  has  to  turn  it  iirouud  sni  a»  zhf 
other  side.  It  would  appear,  then,  th*t  whtn 
the  Catholic  clergyman  UM(;s  it,  he  would  have 
to  sprinkle  a  lot  of  'holy  water'  on  the  alUr 
to  rt-move  the  objectionable  things  put  thore 
by  the  Jews,  and  when  it  comes  to  the  Prot- 
estant preacher  he  would  have  to  close  his 
eyes  to  all.  The  whole  matter  appears  so  ah-  - 
.solutely  ridiculous  that  any  sensible  jierson 
can  see  tlmt  religious  practice  iridulsed  in. 
like  that  dcHcribed  by  the  advertisement  above 
mimlioned.  is  a  dishonor  lo  God  and  to  Christ 
Jesus,  ami  Jihould  lio  avoided  by  all  those  who 
love  righteousness  and  who  want  to  go  In  the 
riglit  way. 

Recently  the  ITierarcliy's  allianee  with  Na- 
zism has  been  exposed  by  this  and  kindred 
publkalioiis.  and  now  the  Hierarchy,  the  pope 
and  the  public  press  are  trying  to  camouflage 
tiieir  posilion  by  publishing  in  America  that 
the  pope  is  asains!  Nazism  and  Fascism.  By 
so  doing  they  fool  some  of  the  credulous  Cath- 
olic popuhslion  all  the  time,  and  thereby  hold 
them  in  subjeplioo.  The  statement  of  Abra- 
ham Lincoln,  however,  is  certainly  appropriate 
here:  "Vou  can  fi>ol  some  of  tho  people  all  the 
time,  and  all  the  peoiil«  some  of  the  time,  hut 
you  can't  fool  aU  the  people  all  the  time." 
The  time  is  here  for  ihi;  people  to  get  their 
eyes  opeji  lo  the  crooke<iness  3n<l  hypocrisy 
of  tiic  religions  raebeteers.  j-inctre  men  will 
see  that  their  hope  mns!  be  centered  only  ui 
Jehovah  God  asd  His  king-Jora  under  Christ 
Jesus.  The  people  of  px>d  will  will  readily 
turn  away  from  re!iKi<a»  and  become  true 
Christians  by  being  obedient  to  Jehovah's 
c  omm  andment& 


Illinois 


Poltergeist  in  Blue  Island 

♦  The  N(w  Standard  Dktiiinanj  definition 
of  poltergeist  is : 

A  ghnst  oi'  spirit  that  m.B.kes  its  presence  known 
hy  any  kinJ  tif  clatter,  siioli  as  knuekings  and  the 
noiBoe  of  moving  objects. 

The  New  International  Dictionary  dcfini-, 
tion  of  poUtrgeist  is: 

A  noisy  ghost;  a  spirit  assumed  as  the  explana- 
tion of  Tsppings  and  other  uc  ex  plain  I'd  noisps, 

A  Bible  aecoaut  of  a  ease  of  poltei'geist  fol- 
lows, but  dictionary-makers  hiivc  fallen  under 

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the  influence  of  the  elerey  an<l  heiv-i.-  have  no 
faith  in  the  Bible,  and  thfir  detiniti-ms  suf- 
fer on  That  account  P  ■  ::^:st  is  nothing  less 
than  physical  mani:-  -  -of  unseen  spirits. 

demons,  devils,  if  von  please. 

In  Blue  Island.  Ulinrts.  IS  persons  under- 
took lo  find  oat  why  beds  carefuUy  made  in 
their  j>resenc-e  were  all  tambled  up  and  the 
pillows  ihroiivn  on  the  floor  as  soon  as  tho 
d(wr  was  closed.  Meantime  all  windows  and 
other  means  oi  approach  to  the  room  were 

CONSOLATION 


earof  uUj'  locked.  The  newspapers  did  not  know 
how  to  tixpia.iii  it,  the  preachers  did  not  know 
how  to  exiilii.in  it ;  and  yet  see  how  simple  it 
is  to  explain  .sueii  a  iiheuomenon  when  one 
reads  and  believes  tlio  Wopd  oi  God: 

And  when  ha  ctime  to  his  clisciplea,  he  saw  a 
great  mulLihiilp.  about  them,  and  tbe  sei'ibos  C[v,es- 
lioniiig  willi  them.  And  ati-aightwiiy  fill  tho  people, 
wheu  they  bebeld  liim.,  wtre  groally  amazed;  aud 
running  Lo  him,  saluted  bim.  And  he  asked  tbe 
suribt's,  What  question  ye.  with  tliemS  And  niie  ol 
tlip  mullitiidi!  n.nawei'ed  and  snid,  Master,  I  bnvo 
brought  uutu  Qiee  my  ann,  which  hulli  ji  dumb 
spirit.  And  wheref-oever  be  taketb  bim.  be  tearetb 
iini:  and  be  i'oainpth,  naid  frifishrtli  with  his  terth, 
and  pinftb  away;  audi  spake  to  Lhy  disciples,  that 
they  should  east  bim  out;  and  they  eould  not. 

He  answereth  him.  nnd  Rnith,  0  fitithless  g-enera- 
tion!  how  lonij'  shall  I  be  with  yon?  how  long  shall 
I  suffer  you  7  Briny  liim  uiiLo  me.  And  they  brought 
him  unto  him :  and  wbcn  he  saw  hiin,  straightway 
the  spirit  taj'e  kim;  and  be  ftrll  ou  the  ground,  and 
wallowed  foainiog.  And  he  asked  his  father,  Hnw 
long  is  it  sinee  this  i^nmi'  uuto  him.?  And  he  said, 
Of  a  ebild:  and  ofttimes  it  bath  cast  him  into  the 
Ih'e,  and  into  thfl  watcrR,  to  destroy  him:  but  if 
thon  canst  do  any  thinff,  have  compassion  on  us, 
and  help  us.  Jcbus  said  unto  him,  If  Ihnu  canst 
believe,  all  things  axe  possible  to  liim  that  believoth. 
And  straightway  the  father  of  the  child  cried  out, 
and  snid  with  tears,  Lord,  1  beliiive;  help  thou  mine 
unbelief. 

When  Jesus  saw  that  tbe  people  came  running 
together,  hp  rebuked  the  foul  spii'it,  saying  unto 
him,  Thou  dmnb  and  deaf  spirit,  I  charge  ther, 
e-ome  out  of  him,  and  enter  no  more  into  him.  Aud 
tbe  spirit  cried,  and  rent  liim  sore,  and  eame  out 
of  hiui ;  and  he  was  as  one  dead;  insoronch  that 
many  said,  He  is  de^d.  But  Jcsns  took  him  by  the 
biind,  and  lITted  >tTTTi  up ;  and  he  arose.  Aiid  when 
he  was  come  into  the  bouse,  his  diseiples  asked 
him  privntely.  Why  eould  nut  we  east  bim  out? 
And  he  siiid  utito  tliem,  Thi.s  kind  can  come  forth  by 
nothing  hilt  by  prayer  and  fasting. — Mark  9 ;  14^29. 

Vivisection  Tortures  in  Ciiicago 

♦  Durinfj;  tiiti  year  1334  move  than  6,300  dogs 
caught  in  thu  streets  of  Chicago  were  turned 
over  to  the  torturers.  Of  the.se,  1,512  were 
suri'endered  to  the  University  of  Chicago,  1,476 
to  Northwcslcrn  University,  1,215  to  the  Uni- 
versity oJ!  Illinois,  and  smaller  niunhers  to 
four  other  inHtitutiouB,  When  dogN  are  tor- 
tured at  the  leading  liospitai  in  Sydney,  Aus- 
tralia, the  vocal  chords  are  cut,  the  same  as 
at  Wisconsin  University.  Tortures  proceed 
with  the  sanu!  iilfa.surc  it"  a  dog  is  pregnant 
as  if  otherwise. 

OCTOBER  1B,  1BS3 


Chicago  Bookkeepers 

♦  Chieajro  booldtoepcrB  am  in  a  class  by  tliom- 
selvDs.  They  have  to  juggif  tiir  flgui'c.'i  of  their 
employcTK  so  that  they  will  tell  one  story  to 
the  Federal  government  and  another  to  tlio 
county  assessors,  and  this  rwiuii'os  gnat  abil- 
ity, esppfdally  since  the  county  assessor  now 
has  aepo.w  to  the  Federal  income  tax  returm. 
Westbrook  Pcgler  tells  how  one  Chii-apo  con- 
cern, reporting,  in  one  kind  of  bookkeeping, 
no  property  at  all  in  1936,  had  $414,000  worth, 
in  another  kind  of  booklieepLug',  the  next  year. 
And  a  second  coiieern  that,  in  one  kind  of 
bookkeeping,  had  $857  worth  in  1!)36,  had 
$2,746,000  woi'th,  in  another  kind  of  boolt- 
koeping,  a  year  later.  Wherever  m  railroad  or 
highway  enters  the  eity  of  Chicago  a  huge 
signboard  should  he  erected  bearing  the  ftheer- 
iHil  slogan,  "Abandon  honesty,  all  ye  who  en- 
ter here." 

At  Jacksonville,  Illinois 

♦  At  Jacksonville,  llliiiois,  atHte  hospital  for 
the  insane,  twelve  attendants  were  disehurged 
for  dninkeuness  and  eleven  others  were  sus- 
pended for  fifteen  days.  These  men  had  fig- 
ured out  quite  a  -system.  Inmsites  were  soHy- 
ited  for  loans,  the  pronends  of  which  were 
used  in  the  drinlting  festivities,  and  when 
they  wi.mted  their  money  back  they  were  told 
that  the  loans  were  merely  figments,  of  their 
disordered  minds. 

Chicago  Police!!! 

♦  Chicago  police,  encouraKed  by  their  M&- 
morial  Day  massacre,  produced  in  court  a 
"confession"  of  Thomas  McCall,  owner  of  an 
engraving  eoneem,  that  he  had  assa.ulted  Vir- 
ginia Austin  in  a  hotid  in  that  fair  city.  Ho 
was  sentenced  to  prison  for  five  years.  After 
he  had  been  in  prison  Ave  months  a  colored 
boy  confessed  to  assaiUting  Miss  Austin  and 
killing  four  other  women.  Nice  police. 

Waukegan's  City  Council 

♦  The  meeting  of  Waukegan,  111.,  city  council 
is  no  light  affair.  Everybody  in  the  Waukegan 
administration  attends.  In  fact,  so  many  at- 
tended that  while  the  meeting  was  in  session 
burglars  broke  into  the  office  of  the  city  clerk, 
which  is  in  fhe  same  building,  and  duruig  the 
session  somebody  stole  the^  car  of  one  of  the 
aldermen  atlendbig  the  meeting.  It's  gi-eat  to 
be  great. 

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UNDER^ 

THE 

.TOTALITARIAN 

5). 'FLAG 


The  Pope  as  a  Man  of  War 

(Co-fdiMEd  from  No.  i97,  tiage  3?) 
♦  Says  Miaa  J'.  M.  C.  Toynbee  in  a  letter  to 
the  New  Ulatesninn.  NovemliCT  3,  1!)35: 

Vii  to  the  piTRPiit,  tlic  Churth  in  Italy  lias  en- 
joyed libt-rty  ol  coTiEcieni'f  a/id  of  action  uutlev 
Fascism  which  it  woidd  undoubtedly  be  deprived 
of  if  Commuaisia  or  imti-elorieal  liberahBoi  gamed 
pnwer. 

In  plain  words  this  would  mean  tlisit  Pope 
Pius  XT  rcasoneti  as  follows:  Tiie  Latyran 
aceorri  of  1329  imd  wud  tlit!  fato  of  the  Cath- 
olic ClniTch  to  FawL-lsm-  If  Mussniiui  wereto 
fail  in  liis  Ethiopian  venture  and  if  a  lib- 
eral government  were  to  replace  Fascism,  the 
Chtirch  would  lose  all  tlui  privileges  gained 
through  tSie  eoueordat.  The  Chureh  in  Italy 
raiglit  even  suffer  the  fate  it  has  suffered  m 
Russia,  Mosieo  and  Spain. 

r:^^^^  TliiB  is  the  only  and  true  reason 
'  "_j  for  the  poptf's  altitude;  it  implies 
'^  <lis^  that  whenever  it  win  be  called  upon 
Jkk"^^"'^  to  elitiose  iH'iwmi  justice  and  peace 
M^r~:ij|.on  one  baud  aud  special  privileges 
for  the  Church  on  the  other,  he  will  uhoose 
the  ktti.T. 

Our  Catholics,  uuiible  lo  use  the  only  g-ood 
explanalion  -which  vv'as  not  true,  nor  the  true 
one  whicli  was  not  f,'i)od,  insisted  that  the 
pope  iiad  maintained  his  neutrality  tlirough- 
out.  Apart  from  the  Tact  that  this  statement 
is  at  variance  with  truth,  it  is  an  indictment 
of  the  "shepherd  and  master"  who  had  closed 
his  lips  while  a  moral  prublcm  was  troubling 
the  conscience  of  mankind. 

The  archbishop  of  Westminster  undeitook 
to  prove  that  '■neutrality"  was  not  only  inevi- 
table I'or  the  pope,  but  also  the  ouly  justifiable 
course.  He  refers  to  the  pope  as  n  defens::less 
old  man  entirely  at  the  mercy  of  his  neigh- 
bors. Can  there  be  a  more  dishomirable  de- 
fense? To  think  that  the  pope  would  abandon 
his  duty  to  "guide  and  to  instruct"  simply  be- 
cause lie  was  menaced  by  Mussolini's  Fascist 
hordes ! 
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But  even  this  arKument  does  not  hold  water. 
The  same  Pope  Plus  XI  during  the  coulllct 
with  Mussolini  did  not  hesitate  to  publish  en- 
cydicals  directed  a^s^ainst  Tl  Dnee. 

To  the  (juestioTi  of  liow  the  potie  could  re- 
main niiutral  "in  the  present  case  when  a  great 
power  was  preparing  to  perpetrate  the  great- 
est injustice  by  attaekin^^  a  weaken'  nation 
without  cause  and  in  violation  of  solemn  agree- 
■ments",  a  Jesuit  Fath('r  in  America  offered 
up  this  feeble  justification:  "The  pupe  is  in- 
tent upon  finding  a  way  to  end  this  war  as 
quickly  as  possible.  If  he  were  a  judge  instead 
of  a  'pacifier'',  peace  would  be  delayed  much 
longer." 

M«.ny  people  believe  that  Mussolini  ha.s  de- 
stroyed the  edifice  of  international  good  will 
when  he  violated  the  covenant  of  the  League 
of  Nations. 

With  this  view  we  cannot  agree.  The  edifice 
of  good  will  is  not  destroyed  because  the 
gangster  follows  his  trade.  It  is  tbreatened 
with  destruction  btifause  policemen  and  judges, 
whose  dut.>-  it  is  to  apprehend  the  gangster 
and  punish  him  have  joined  him  in  his  plot- 
tings,  British  and  French  diplomats  who  mas- 
queraded as  the  police  of  the  Leatiue  of  Na- 
tions wero  in  reality  Mussolini's  accomplices. 
At.  the  same  timo  Pius  XI.  instead  of  mak- 
ing the  force  of  his  moral  and  spiritual  pro- 
tests fdt,  assisted  Mussolini  in  eveiy  way  and 
with  eveiy  means. 

It  is  only  just  to  admit  that  some  of  the 
Catholic  leaders  outside  of  Italy  have  realized 
the  immorality  of  Mussolmi's  actions.  It  is  not 
less  just  to  say  they  have  altrihnted  to  the 
pope'  a  policy  which  is  thi;  exact  opposite  of 
the  policy  whicJi  Pius  XI  has  followed  in  this 
war. 

Saint  Bridget 

♦  The  McKeesport  (Pa.)  Daily  News  con- 
tains thi>  infoi-raation  that  St.  Bridget  is  the 
patron  saint  of  milk.  Never  heard  of  that  be- 
fore, but  it  is  probably  all  O.K.  Logically 
there  should  be  some  other  "sainf'  to  represent 
the  tail  that  keeps  the  llie.s  off  Ihe  cow,  and 
it  would  be  no  s'urr)risp  to  learn  that  there  are 
severa.l  more  "saints-"'  looking  after  that  end 
of  the  cow. 

10,000  Boys  and  Girls 

♦  More  than  ten  thousand  lovable  and  beau- 
tiful Spanish  boys  and  girls  had  licen  killed 
up  to  tlie  end  of  March  by  the  (Icrman  and 
Italian  bombers  under  General  Franco,  and 

CONSOI-ATION 


half  as  many  more  were  wounded,  the  Idlled, 
as  eompilcd  by  lliu  minister  of  iJUblic  health, 
were  distributed  as  follows: 


Madi-id  ST9 

Barcelona  5H8 

Valencm  329 

Asturiaa  andOijon  1,214 
Santander  and 

Prdvincc  1,247 
Bilbao  aud  Basque 

Provinpes  694 

Could  Do  What 
Franco  Did  (?) 

♦  To  show  what  is 
in  the  back  of  Cough- 
liii's  hciid,  just  con- 
sider the  following, 
rymemberiiis;  at  the 
same  tiiiK;  that  it  is 
the  claim  of  the  Bo- 
man  Catholii!  Church 
that  it  is  tht  ono  and 
only  truf  church  of 
Christ  and  that  there- 
fore none  but  Catho- 
lics arc  Christians : 

We  as  CIiriKtioTis 
have  boen  content  to 
hold  oil!'  awn.  Wc  liave 
not  followed  our  lenders. 
Wc  have  not  y:nne  t'oi'tlj 
to  do  or  die,  I  say  thri.t 
we  ChrisEians  with  a 
iiniti'd  fi'ont  uonld  ^o 
forth  and  do  in  one 
yBsr  in  the  Unilc-d  States 
what  Franco  lias  au(^om.- 
pli&hed  in  Spain.— 
America's  Fascist  Wind" 


GiiodaJajara  and 
Madrid Praviiiecg   3,379 

Jacn  Slid  Province      211 

CiuJad  Real, 
Cueiic-a,  and  Alba,- 
ept<i  I'rovinccs        2,011 

Catalonia,  (exclud- 
ing Barcelona)        1,G47 


Coujjldiii  u.?pluriug  llie  di-reiii-Y  nt  suinc;  ru  liol  guiag 
iji  fur  baby-killing  s,  la  Franco 


bag,  the  "Rcvoreiid  rnthei-"  Chai-lra  E.  Coughlin, 
in  an  addiess  in  St.  Patrick's,  Lngru,  Indiana, 


A  IVfillian  Starving  Children 

Probably  a  million  children  under- 
nourished, iuadequalely  clothed, 
many  dying  fi'om  the  slow  torture 
.  of  starvation,  many  sick  and  many 
wounded,  and  many  ffitheilews  and 
motherless  and  homeless  aud  with  no  place 
to  lay  their  heads. 

Scores  of  thonsaiids  of  children  of  tender 
age  are  slowly  starving.  Hnndi'eds  of  thou- 
sands are  dangeroiisly  imdemourished  and 
hundreds  of  thousands  are  inadequately 
clothed.  Yes,  two-thirds  of  the  coming  gener- 
ation on  which  the  futui'e  of  a  grea.t,  historic 

OCTOBER  19,  1938 


country  resta  arfi  so  gravely  uudemoni'ished 
that  their  weakened  bodies  cannot  witlisfand 
the  attack  of  disease.  Many  thousands  of  nurs- 
ing babies  are  suirering  and  dying  fi'om  the 
lack  of  milk,  and  the  nur.sing  mothers  them- 
selves, existing  on  starvation  rations,  cannot 
furnish  proper  su.'jtenanee.  Many  aetiially  havo 
staiTed  to  death.  Many  have  perished  from 
exposure.— Claude  G-.  Bowers,  United  States 
ambjiHaador  to  Spain. 

Pressure  on 
the  Pope 

♦  On  IVfarch  IS  Prime 
Minister  Chamberlain 
told  the  British  House 
of  Commons  ihat  he 
viewe<l  the  Barcelona 
bombing-i  of  civilian 
populations  with  hor- 
ror and  disgust  and 
that  France  was  seek- 
ing to  persnado  the 
pope  to  make  an  ap- 
peal to  stop  fui'thei" 
exhibitions  of  such 
tcrroi'izalion.  It'  may 
ho.  added  that  the 
French  appeal  accom- 
plished somelhiiiKi 
for  Ihe  pope  did  short- 
ly thereafter,  for  this 
looks  of  the  thing,  ad- 
vise his  star  murderer. 
Franco,  to  desist  from 
further  bombing  ol 
cities,  bat.  of  course, 
the  bombings  wt;nt 
right  on  afterwards,  the  same  as  befoi'u.  The 
result,  however,  was  lo  give  many  luilf-witted 
American  editors  a  chance  to  spread-ea.gle  in 
their  papers  the  "kindness  and  tenderhearted- 
ness" of  one  of  tile  most  villiiiuoas  and  cruol 
monsters  of  history. 

Pope  Not  in  Politics  (?)  ^ 

♦  A  short  time  ajfo  the  pope-burst  into  print 
with  a  great  wail  that  he  was  misimder stood 
by  a  certain  Catholic  writer  who  bad  de- 
nounced his  political  activities,  aud,  in  a  pfi- 
Ihciic  ery  to  the  newspapers  and  the  Vener- 
able Toadstools  that  sit  in  with  him  on  hi3 
racket,  he  was  not  in  politics,  positively  not. 
That  lie  la.sted  several  weeks,  which  is  a  pretty 
good  record  for  the  Vatican.  It  was  all  upset 
by  the  following  "Keligious  News  SeiTice"  dis- 

21 


patch  from  Loudon,  irnder  date  of  March  22 
1938,  puhlisliec!  m  tlio  Pittsbi-irgh  Press  ot 
that  diite.  It  tt'Ils  its  own  stor>-: 

ThG  contention  of  Cardinal  Van  Eoey  Catholic 
primate  of  Bol^i-im,  that  bishops  are  hoi-'d  1.0 
hmku  kiio^vi-i  t^  thoit-  under  tlioir  siil'jonty  ths^ir 
judgment  on  political  id.als,  a.i,l  to  tavor  ..r  .on- 
Oe^  politiciil  parties,  has  bera  appn.ved  by  the 

^Xrflinal  V«n  Roey  ha.l  ^rlt1:<-fl  to  tiLs  clergy 
sayins;  that  th.  do.trind.  or  govennn-  a*-}  o«  * "; 
Hievaichv  was  binding  m  con.ciL.in.e  t™">/h'^  ™/ 

Songlil  and  will.  Thi.  authority  «^^'if^'l,^o  the 
Xk  domain  of  .^alration.  Nor  ^as  Ibc  political 

^^il^hVSJlll/authoi-ity  i.  p.i-fo.tly  entitled  to 
pronoimcc  on  any  political  party  or  P"l^tK.«l  mnvs- 
^ent  in  «<■  f.r  n.  tln.t  parly  or  n>";'r"^^^°' "PPJf^ 
religious  wi^ll-being  or  the  precepts  ol  Lhni=tlim 
mnrilR"  fid'lcd  thy  c.iirdinal.  .  , 

Ho  reimd  at.d  the  .i.g^.stiou  that  robgiou.  and 
non-«l3ious  .ttoir.  c«ii  be  kept  m  sepamW  Water- 
tieht  eoinparlfliMts,  ,,  . 

In  viow  of  the  eoi.tvi,versy  whioli  raged  ovor  thi. 
nrononnro-m.nt,  and  in  viow  of  the  importance  of 
CTubjccL,  the  cardm.1  .ubmitt.d  hi.  declaration 

*%l^a  krter  to  Cardinal  Van  Hoey  conveying  to 
him  the  pumVs  approval.  Cavdmal  Pace  li,  Va  lean 
Selaly  o^l  Ue^  ^^W  'hat  the  leaching  ot  th« 
BeitTpHmate  i.  completely  ba.ed  on  Lh.  gr«at 
poSeJ  «ncydi<.-al«  which  deal  «ith  present-day 
problems. 

For  "Freedom  of  Faith"  Temple 

♦  Michael  Williams,  editor  of  thB/Roman 
Catholic  magazine  J'/'C  Comnonwcal.is  strong 
for  a%reodom  of  Faith"  temple  at  the 
■World's  Fair  in  New  York. 

Here  iU-e  a  few  contributed  sug!,^estions : 
Let  one  .ido  of  the  bnildiii-  show  in  letters 
Oftn'o  tbe  putting  the  screws  on  *("J^^el  Brotl^- 
ers'  Philadelpliia  radio  station  WIP,  loreing 
Judge  Rutherford  off  the  air.  On  the  opposite 
Bide  have  Jiid-e  HoUeraii,  of  Irvmf^lon,  mak- 
ing the   ludiciat   and  tolerant  statement   to 
o"R  Jloyle,  counsel  for  Jeliovaha  witnesses: 
"i  wiU  sub  YOU  in  the  baok  every  time  I  get 
a  chance.."  In   front  liave   a  picture  of  the 
Bceiie  at  New  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  wto  the  pop- 
ulation was  incited  to  assault  Jehovah  s  w   - 
nesse.,  damage  their  ears,  and    ear  up    heir 
literature    The   rear   acene   could   be   dudge 
Frank  Komano,  of  Iloboken,  making  a  wom- 
an pay  a  fine  of  $2r,  for  heJii;?  one  of  Jeho- 
vah's witnesses,  and  asking  his  pohtieal  hosa 
who  stood  by  Ms  side  at  the  tune,  if  that  woijd 
bo  all  right.  If  these  suggestions  for  tlie  la- 

22 


cad&s  are  acecptahle,  Jehovah's  witnesses  caB- 
supply  a  great  variety  of  absolutely  truthiui 
Heenes,  enacted  in  almost  every  .part  ot  tho 
United  States,  where  freedom  ol  faith  Lo  mis- 
use and  maltreat  American  citizens  has  been 
exercised  to  the  limit.  Freedom  ot  i  aith?  Sure ! 


500  Criminal  Careers 
♦  A  tabic  in  (:4Uicck-s  Fine  Il-uudred  Crimiml 
Careers  shows  that  every  mmate  of  the  Mas-  i 
sai-husetts  Reformatory  was  a  reliii:ioiis  h<*liev- 
ei-  ■  60  3  percent  of  the  pri:<utiers  were  I  atliouc, 
28  6  per.reut  Protestant.  3.9  pereent  Ilebrew, 
and  12  percent  adhered  to  other  religions. 
The  important  fact  eslablishod  m  this  book 
is  that  out  of  510  men  who  left  the  Massachu- 
setts Keioimatory  during  the  years  i^^}/  ' 
80  percent  werii  not  reiorraed  five  to  fiiteen 
years  later.— r^e  TrvUi  Seeker. 

Gave  His  Friend  a  Black  Eye  f 

♦  When,  at  a  Ked  IFass,  at  St.  Charles  Bor- 
romeo's  Komau  Catholic  Church,  Brooklyn, 
N  Y  '^EcvereTid  Father"  William  E.  Caslim 
described  the  legal,  medical  and  minislerial 
professions  as  "separate  eliaiiiiels  all  from  the 
same  source"  having  for  their  purpose  'raak- 
inn  clear  to  men  the  will  of  Gud''  lie  certainly 
cave  a  black  eve  to  the  medical  and  legal  pro- 
fessions and  also  to  his  friend  "the  god  ot 
thia  worltl".— 2  Corinthians  4 : 4. 

Tlie  Official  Baoy-Killer 

♦  Franco  the  Entoher,  the  omcial  hahy-killer, 
continues  to  make  the  headlines.  As  late  as 
May  25  li)3S.  his  planes  bombed  liie  civil 
population  of  Alicante,  Spain.  The  prmeipal 
objective  was  that  of  women  lined  up  to  buj 
food  ■  of  whom  250  were  killed  and  1X100  m- 
jured,  1  out  of  every  48  of  the  population. 

The  Children  ot  Spain 

♦  Refugees,  fleeing  before  Franco's  Moors, 
Italiansand  Gennans,  in''''''3sed  the  pop-uhi- 
tion  of  Catalonia  from  6,000,000  to  14,000,000 
Many  of  these  are  children,  of  whom  onc-thirc 
are  already  tubercular.  K-xcept  in  the  war  area, 
most  of  the  sick  receive  no  care  whateyer. 

Kansas  City  Catholics  Tipped  Off 

♦  Under  the  claim  of  taking  a  f-e^isus  oi 
Catholics  in  that  territory  Kansas  City,  Mo 
wa,s  combed  by  Catliolic  workers  and  a  btth. 
booklet  entitled  "The  Trulh  About  Catholics 
was  placed  in  each  Protestant  home    but  n 
book's  were  left  in  the  homes  of  Catholics, 

CONSOLATION. 


By  Trail  and  Stream  and  Garden  Path — October  Night 


■'"IT'S  a  little  chilly  this  evening," 
Sally  remyrlvt'd  as  she  climbed  over 
the  top  bar  of  a  gato. 

■"■Yes,  tliere's  frost  in  tlie  air,"  re- 
plied Jane.  "We'll  lie  having  snow- 
flakes  goon." 

"Loolt  at  this  big  com  shock !"  called  Buddy.^ 
"Wish  Bunny  could  be  here." 

"Tliis  is  tao  long  a  walk  for  Bunny." 

"Onch["  cried  Sally.  "This  atubblo  is  hard 
on  the  feet." 

"We'll  sit  down  soon  and  rest  a  wbDe." 

"Jane,  h(?re's  a  at£'a^vitack■.  Jjet's  elimb  up 
on  top.  It  will  be  inn  resting  thero," 

•■"Fine!   Does  that  suit  you,  Sally?" 

"Yes,  I'd  like  that." 

Soon  three  fi^'ui'OM  wei-(t  oullinfid  against  tlie 
sky,  side  by  side,  on  to]i  of  the  .^trawstack. 

'"The  moon  is  so  bTight  I  can  seo  a  long  way 
off,"  said  Buddy. 

"The  stars  are  liright,  too,"  added  Sally. 

"A\'e  ahonld  see  sume  "shooting  stars'  if  we 
wateli  earel'ully.^"' 

'■What  makes  them  fall  like  that!"  Sally 
asked. 

"What  wc  call  'shooting'  or  'falling'  atara 
are  not  really  stars  at  all.  They  ai'e  meteors. 
They  pass  fairly  elose  to  us  at  times  and  we 
get  a  flestini,'  glimpse  of  them." 

"1  Bee  the  big  dipper,"  Buddy  announcRd, 
pointing  skyward.  "And  there's  the  North 
Star." 

"And  across  tliere  is  the  Milky  Way,"  mur- 
mured Jane. 

-Where?"  aaked  Sally. 

"Across  the  sky  ^  there,  that  whitish  or 
milky  streak," 

"What  maizes  it  there?"  qnestioned  Buddy, 

"It  is  mado  of  a  great  number  of  stars  so 
far  away  that  they  seem  to  us  to  be  quite 
close  toj^cther,  and  the  light  from  them.  m.akes 
a  streak  or  hand  around  tVie  heavens." 

"Tiiat's  funny,"  Buddy  said  lo  himself  as 
he  leaned  far  bat-ltward  to  trace  the  branches 
of  tliG  Millty  Way. 

"Such  beauty!"  sighed  Jane.  "And  look 
across  til  ore,  where  the  moon  makes  dark 
shadows  and  ligiit  spots  all  among  the  rows 
of  corn  shocks," 

Suddenly  a  strange  cry  sounded  from  the 
oluTnp  of  trees  in  the  hollow  some  distance 
awav. 

SaUy  shuddered.  '^Vhat  was  that !" 

OCTOBER  19,  1B3B 


Buddy  laughed.  "That  was  only  a  little 
screech  owl.  Listen.  Hear  him?" 

'■Well,  I  don't  like  it,"  answered  Sally.  "It's 
the  creepiest  sound  1  ever  heard." 

"Wo  have  company,"  aaid  Jane,  "right  at 
our  feet." 

"Where?"  asked  Buddy. 

"I  don'l  see  a  thing,"  declared  Sally. 

"Neither  do  I,"  replied  Jane.  "But  buned 
out  of  sight  in  the  straw,  just  near  the  toe 
of  Tny  shoe,  is  a  little  black  cricket.  He  is  quiet 
now,  but  in  a  moment  we  will  hear  him  a^ain." 

'"'1  hear  him,  now,"  Buddy  whispered.  "Only 
maybe  I  ought  to  say,  'I  ht-ar  her.'" 

■'No,  liim'  is  right.  You  see,  tlie  female 
cricket  dofs  not  sing.  Slie  leaves  that  up  to 
the  head  of  the  house." 

"Where  do  eriekets  stay  in  winter !"  asked 
Buddy. 

""VVlien  winter  comes,"  answered  Jane,  "most 
prickets  die.  But  in  the  gifmnd  arc  laid  eggs 
which  will  hatch  the  nest  spring," 

"How  do  crickets  sing;!"  Buddy  wanted  to 
know. 

"Perhaps  singing  is  not  quite  tho  word  for 
it,"  answered  Jaiie.  'Though  we  speak  of  the 
cricket  as  a  singing  insect,  he  really  is  a — 
well,  let  us  say  a  violinist.  By  rubbing  two 
little  wings  togelher,  as  a  violinist  draws,  a 
bow  across  the  strings,  he  makes  the  sound 
which  wc  call  his  'song"." 

"How  wonderful!"  breathed  SaUy.  "How- 
ever he  does  it,  I  like  to  hear  him." 

"Hp  is  a  cheery  little  fellow,"  Jane  replied. 

'^'e'd  better  be  going  home  now,"  aaid 
Ssliy. 

"Tjet's  slide  down  the  strawstack,"  cried 
Buddy. 

"T  never  slid  down  one,"  said  Sally. 

"There's  nothing  to  it,"  answered  Jane. 
"Stick  out  your  feet,  hold  up  your  arms, 
and  away  you  go!" 

"There!"  laughed  Jane,  an  they  reached 
the  ground.  "Wasn't  that  fun  f" 

"Oh,  yes!"  tried  Sally.— Contributed. 


Black-Widow  Spider's  Eggs 

The  black  widow  spider  lays  her 
eg^s  enclosed  in  a  neat  paper-like 
bag  of  silk.  When  the  eggs  are 
hatched  the  little  spiders,  hundreds 
of  them,  come  forth  from  a  litlla 
bole  in  the  bag. 

23 


]ValUTal  Phenomena 


"The  Whole  County  s  on  F^re 
♦  E.ily  00  the  monmg  ^^  J^^^^i^,[:.,t  bounty 
thu  teleplum.  bell  r.n^:^«  '^^^^^^     l^.ped 
fire  warden   at  ^^"^^^.^JJ'J^i.e  at  the  otter 
from  bed  to  hoar  a,  e^S,^f  ^le  eoimt/s  on 
end  of  the  hne  ^y,    ^"^J^^,'  i^to  his  auto- 
fij.,."  The  fire  ^^'i^-'i  "  J.y  f^  )   and  drove 
„,obUo   C.^l^\Set  divoSthat  he  wa. 
tbirty  miles  ^e^o'^^^*',"'.  o,it  the  most  bcau- 
tryhig  to  locate  ^^^  P J^^Vor.aUs  Califor 
tilul  display  of  \^^^'"r  San  Diego  thought 


S"Tsl»,  °ndrf  in  the  A„d„  m.^- 


I%Sf  ^!S|;cf  Se  B0^,j;-S 

o„,  is  Pi'°^%^°''^";Jcd  states,  fovgettmg 
monntauis  of.  the  ^^^f^^nada  and  Alaska, 
that  they  eontnme  ^ '^^\? '™tenT.  and  lose 
forming  one  general  '-'ly;^^  f  ^^'i,^,^,^,!  islands, 
tlK.m-!ves  as  J^. --'-,''  ,ts  of  ...br^erged 
whic-h  may  be  Mei^ea  ^j;!;  ,  .  tijo^gh  not  as 
peaks.  The  Can'>L\iaiV^';'^^'^J^e,.°equa!  the 

latter  in  impres^i^e  g]^""^"  ,  ..g;^,^  that  ate 
in  some  seet.ions  f?'^"' t^^;^\,  ^  maimer  ri- 
B^ve-iiBpiringaudn^Js^'^J  ''^  ^,^5^^^ 

States  chain     1  he  p^iH"^     t  ^,^  ^.^ar- 

pi-escTits  an  ^l^^-'^V'^S'"  "*,,',   «-hich  stand  as 
Lcter  of  these  m.je.nc  pcaH  ^.         ^^^^^^^ 
silent  wUiiesses  to  tJie  s?ioiy 
cre;\tor. 


A  majestic  moMtaia  BCena  i-i 


the  CanadJaiL  Rockies 


CONSOLATI 


24 


Britain 


Britain's  Fascist  Premier 

"I  iim  no  Pawi.st."  tleelnrcs  Mr. 
Neville  Chaniberliim  on.  the  first  an- 
niversary of  Tiis  premiership.  We 
WL'Icome  Iho  disavowiil.  But  actions 
speak  louder  than  aiTmnations.  The 
country,  gravely  disfiiiieted  by  the  events  of 
the  past  twelve  months,  will  expect  Mr.  Cham- 
berlain to  answei'  Tor  his  record  of  deeds. 

In  one  speech,  he  destroyed  the  Collective 
Peace  system  buiit  up 
and  preserved  by  sev- 
enteen years  of  toil- 
some Jidvoeatiy  and 
saciTfieing  effort.  He 
dunoini  fed  Cfreat 
Britain's  solemn 
pledges  by  throwing 
uncouquered  Abys- 
sinia to  the  Fascist 
aggressors.  He  tore 
up  more  solemn  trea- 
ties and  stood  aside 
when  Hitler,  by  the 
process  of  undeclared 
war,  turned  Austria 
into  a  Nazi  hell.  He 
shirks  action  to  end 
Japanese  militarisra's 
rape  of  China.  He  con- 
tinues to  flout  inter- 
national law  by  refus- 
ing Spamsh  democra- 
cy the  arms  it  needs 
to  defeat  Fascist  in- 
vasion. He  negotiates 
with  Mussolini  a  pact 
which  postulates  tho 
mm-der  of  Spanish  democracy. 

When  his  actions  for'cc  members  of  his  own 
government  to  i\;volt,  he  promotes  notorious 
pro-Fascists  to  high  office  in  the  State. 

;\Ir.  Chamberlain  has  not  destroyed  Col- 
lective Peace,  denied  the  League  the  moral 
strength  whicli  he  complains  it  lacks  and 
struck  a  mortal  blow  at  European  demoe- 
raey  becjius«  he  is  a  pacifist.  He  has  entered 
into  vague  commitments  with  France  and 
Belgium.  He  tells  the  British  people  that, 
if  necessary,  he  will  involve  them  in  war  for 
Portugal,  for  Iraij,  for  Egypt  and  for  the 
inalienable  right  of  British  investors  to  rob 
the  native  populations  of  Ja.maica  and  Trini- 
dad. In  respect  of  these  commitments,  he  piles 

OCTOBER  19,  1933 


Never  u  \ajik  oi  a  hclmsmsn 


up  a  burden  of  armaraenta  tlireatening  the 
home  country  witli  banlo'uptcy. 

Wliat,  then,  is  Mr.  Cham  her  Iain's  policy? 
It  is  to  do  a  deal  with  Europe's  dictators, 
to  strengthen  Fascism  everywhere,  whatever 
the  cost,  now  and  in  the  future,  to  our  peace 
and  our  democracy. 

Is  the  eouutiy  behind  IJiis  policy?  It  is  not. 
Mr.  Chamberlain  stamps  uiion  the  election 
pledges  of  his  own  parly.  He  mocks  political 
democracy.  However 
he  chooses  to  describe 
himself,  that  is  (he 
record  lie  is  ciUled  up- 
on to  answer.  — /?ey- 
nolds'  Neuis. 

Mussolini's 
Clever  Squeezes 

The  Washington 
Merry  -  Go  -  Round 
draws  attention  to 
Mussolini's  skill  ;is  a 
sqneener,  To  help  the 
Japanese  aggression 
in  China  he  started 
the  submarine  piracy 
in  the  Mcditcrr:inean, 
so  as  to  keep  Brili^h 
ships  from  going  cast. 
More  recently.  Just 
now  he  embarrasses 
France  by  placing 
Italian  troops  on  tho 
border  of  Tunis,  in 
which  land  Italy  has 
more  Italians  than 
France  has  French, 
The  squeeze  in  this  instance  was  to  keep  Prance 
from  helping  Czechoslovakia.  Prance  itself  is 
in  peril  from  the  German- Italian  airdromes 
in  Spain  ju.st  south  of  tho  French  border. 
The  airdromes  arc  rcijoilcd  to  be  300  feet  un- 
derground, impei-vious  to  bombing,  and  they 
ai'c  closed  to  Spaniards. 

Mexico's  Taunt  to  Britain 

♦  Britain  insisted  on  immediate  paj-ment  of 
an  $85,000  claims  annuity.  Mexico  complied 
with  the  demand,  at  the  same  time  reealling 
its  envoy  in  l-ondou  and  taunting  the  British 
government  by  reminding  Britannia  of  her 
large  and  overdue  debt  to  the  United  States. 

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story  of  the  Market-House 

♦  In  the  parish  of  St.  Peter,  island  of  Guern- 
sey, marketins;  was  carried  on  in  ill-protected 
stalls  a.roi.iJid  the  chureh  square.  The  lossos 
to  vtiudots  hy  rains  and  the  iueonvenicneo  to 
buyers  made  the  need  of  a  eovcrcd  market- 
house  keenly  felt  and  some  i)ublic-spirited  cit- 
izen took  the  matter  in  hand  1o  have  one  built. 
An  estimate  of  the  size  of  house  required 
brouRht  its  approximate  cost  in  money  to 
$22,000,  a.nd  to  raise  this  amount  of  money 
became  the  question  with  the  prom.otei'B  of 
the  scheme.  It  was  a  question,  however,  of 
easy  solution,  as  they  had  thousandi^  of  prec- 
edents. They  drew  up  a  petition  setting  forth 
the  need  of  a  market-honse  and  desiring  the 
governor  to  issue  inter  est- beai'ing  bonds,  to  be 
negotiated  in  Paris  or  Lojidon  for  the  money 
wherewith  to  erect  the  building.  To  au.id  peti- 
tion were  appended  the  signatures  of  somo 
throe  hundred  householdera  in  the  parish,  and 
a  committee  was  appointed  to  present  the 
same  to  Gov.  Brock. 

A    MONEY   IISTFIDEl! 

It  liappcned  that,  while  the  people  were 
money-worshipers,  that  is,  believed  in  the  om- 
nipotence of  money.  Governor  Brock,  on  the 
contrary,  was  a  mnniiy  infidel,  that  is,  did  not 
believe  that  money  was  able  to  do  the  least 
thing.  Consequently,  when  the  people  pre- 
sented the  petition,  superstition  and  seieuce 
came  into  contliet.  The  governor  aet  to  work, 
with  arguments,  to  prevent  the  citizens  from 
going  into  debt  and  becoming  tributary  to 
bankers  in  Paris  or  London.  After  explain- 
ing to  the  conuaittee  that  all  the  money  in 
the  world  could  not  make  nor  lay  a  briek, 
could  not  plane  nor  nail  a  plank  in  the  pro- 
posed market-house,  with  little  effect,  he  fi- 
nally struck  the  right  way  and  reached  their 
understanding  as  follo-(vs; 

A  TERKIBLE  C031MUN1BT ! 

"Will  you  pei-mit  me,"'"  he  asked  the  com- 
mittee, "to  place  before  you  some  very  simple 
questions?"  Then,  continuing,  "Have  we  the 
neeessaiT  number  of  mechanics  to  buDd  the 
said  liouscf  The  committee  i-eplied  tha.t  they 
bad,  a.dding  that,  owins'  to  dull  times,  many 
workers  were  out  of  employment  and  would 
be  glad  to  have  jobs.  This  reply  the  governor 
put  down  on  paper,  summarily  thus:  ""We 
have  the  men."  lie  then  asked  about  the  ma- 
terials^— rocks,  bricks,  lumbei',  lime,  sand,  tools, 
teams,  as  well  as  all  the  requisites  to  be  found 

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to  maintain  the  men  and  teams  while  the  work 
was  being  executed.  To  all  these  questions  the 
committee  had  to  reply  afllrma lively,  because 
the  whole  was  to  be  found  in  the  parish.  The 
governor  set  down  on  his  list  eaeh  in  the  or- 
der given.  Holding,  then,  the  list  in  his  hands, 
he,  with  full  assurance  of  being  in  the  right, 
addressed  the  committee  as  follows:  ''Here 
you  fell  me  that  we  have  amouf;  ourselves 
everything'  needed  to  build  the  market-house, 
yet  you  desire  me  to  bond  you  to  bankers 
for  a  material  which  is  of  no  manner  of  use 
in  the  construction  of  the  house.  Sti'ange 
anomaly!"  ...  j 

THE  "mOXET  myth" 

"It  is  true,"  remarked  one  of  the  commits 
tee,  '""that  we  have  men  ami  materials,  but 
wo  lack  the  money  to  pay  tlie  men  and  to 
buy  the  materials." 

"Friends,"  replied  Ihc  governor,  ''when  a, 
man  gets  paid  for  woi-k  done  or  materials 
furnished,  it  means  he  ims  worked  for  others 
and  sold  the  materials.  Is  it  your  intention 
to  build  a  house  for  baukprs ',  If  so,  tlien  you 
are  right  in  demanding  pay  irom  those  bank- 
ers. But,  in  such  case,  you  should  not  place 
yourselves  under  bondage  besides.  If  those 
bankers  pay  you  for  the  house,  and  hold  you 
in  bondage  also,  demanding  annual  tribute, 
they  will  soon  have  both  the  house  and  the 
money  they  paid  you.  It  will  be  no  relief  to 
say  that  we  make  the  renters  of  the  market- 
house  pay  tribute  to  the  bankei's.  The  renters 
will  be  a  part  of  us,  and  lh«y  will  demand  of 
their  customers  that  tribute  in  fiigher  prices 
for  goods.  So  we  joiuilv  will  have  to  pay 
tribute  in  perpetuity  for  an  artieh?  which,  as 
I  said,  is  of  no  use  to  us.  .\l!ow  me,  gentle- 
men, to  propose  a  helleJ-  plan  for  building 
our  market-house.  Having,  as  you  avow,  men 
and  materials,  all  that  is  neeessaiy  in  the 
case  is  to  keep  account  of  eaeh  man's  contri- 
butions >of  woi'k  or  materials.  In  the  future, 
we  mjiy  balance  equitably  the  expenses  of  the 
building.  Instead  of  bonds.  I  will  issue  $22,000 
market-house  scrips,  of  different  denomina- 
tions (as  money),  and'  with  these  pay  the 
men  and  purchase  the  materiahf,  then  make 
these  scrips  receivable  at  par  with  legal  ten- 
der money  for  the  rent  of  the  stalls."  jj 

THEY  DID  IT  ! 

The  committee,  after  some  hesitation,  as- 
sented to  the  governors  plan.  Most  of  the 
citizens  also  agreed  to  it.  The  "scrips"  were 

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I 


isauod,  the.  matui'lals  propiired,  the  men  put 
to  woi'k,  tlic  building'  crectod,  and  the  stalls 
rented.  The  scrips  eiriiulatod  iu  the  island 
at  par.  Evpry  month's  rerl;  reduced  their 
quantity,  and  in  less  than  ten  years  all  were 
liaek  in  the  publi(^  trrnstiiy  and  stamped  "Can- 
polod",  and  thus  ended  the  life  oi'  the  Guern- 
sey Market-IIouse  scrips.  The  hoiisH  had  been 
built,  Ihc-  enntributions  or  material.^  and  work 
were  now  all  jiaid  with  the  goods  they  had 
purchased  at  thn  market-house,  or  ijidireclly 
elsewhere,  and  not  one  cent  lost  to  the  people 
in  discounting  bonds  or  intei'cst. 

AND  IT  WORKED 

Now  for  a  word  us  to  how  this  plan  worked 
in  Fairhnpe,  Alabama:  In  their  early  days 
ill  the  \rilderness.  on  the  easfpm  slioi'e  of  Mo- 
bile bay,  without  railroad  faciliticH  or  other 
means  of  iulereoitrse  with  the  outside  world, 
the  people's  isolation  was  ifeenly  felt  and  a 
boat  wharf  was  urgently  needed  where  pass- 
ing steamers  could  loiid  and  unload  their  car- 
goes. The  eolouy  was  growing  and  the  need 
of  a  wliarf  was  with  every  passing  day  more 
apparent.  Finally  someone  suggested,  "Use 
the  Guemsey  Market-House  plan  and  build 
the  whiirf."  The  plan  wa.s  looked  up  and 
adopted  as  the  only  rational  way  out.  The 
serijis  were  issued  in  various  denominations, 
the  materijils  purchased,  men  hired  and  set 
to  work,  and  the  wharf  was  built.  Its  use 
eventually  paid  for  itself.— r/it  Epic  News. 

Lying  All  the  Time 

♦  Mus'jolini  is  still  leading  us  up  the  f^arden 
iDath.  Not  a  word  he  says  can  we  believe,  and 
he  will  cheat  Mr.  Chamberlain  yet.  I  think 
Mr.  Chamberlain  has  a  subcon.scious  syni- 
pat.hy  with  Fascist  goveiinnents  in  other  parts 
of  the  woi'ld.  I  think  he  is  that  sort  of  man. 
Mussolini  has  been  lying  all  the  time.  That 
ia  Fawcism,  which  believes  in  lying  as  a  de- 
liberate inslniment  of  safe  policy.  —  ITerbert 
Morrison,  British  M.P,,  in  an  address  a,t  Crewe. 

Fewer  New  Cars  on  the  Road 

♦  The  production  of  private  cars  for  the  nine 
months  ending  June  showed  a  decrease  of  ap- 
proximately 10  percent  on  the  corresponding 
period  for  last  year,  the  figures  being  275,000 
in  1938  as  against  309,000  last  year.  So  states' 
the  Society  of  Motor  Msnufaeturers  and  Trad- 
ers. Commercial  vehicles  showed  a  similar  de- 
cline, from  91.000  in  1937  to  82,000  in  1938. 

OCTOBER  19,  1938 


"Anti-Blasphemy  BilF 

There  ecndd  be  no  fjreaier  blas- 
phemy than  to  speak  iu  the  nanie 
of  Jehovah  God  and  teach  one  lie 
right  after  another  in  absolute  de- 
fiance and  contradietipn  of  His  own 
Word,  the  IToly  Scriptures,  but  Brita.in  h  li- 
able now  to  have  a  law  whieh  will  make  it 
legal  to  continue  to  repeat  tlic  blasphemous 
lies  and  illegal  to  correct  them.  The  bill  called 
the  "Aliens  llestriction  Bill",  presented  by- 
Captain  Ramsay  of  Scotland,  and  formally 
read  in  parliament  a  fh'st  time,  is  alleged  in 
the  public  pre.ss  to  be  intended — 

to  prevent  the  participation  by  aliens  in  asaem- 
blics  for  the  purpoBp  of  propagating  blasphemous 
or  atheistic  doctrines  or  in  other  atitivitiea  ciileu- 
laled  to  interfere  with  the  catahhslied  religious  in- 
Btitulions  of  Gicat  Brit.iin. 

The  object  of  the  bill  is  so  plain  that  any 
child  familiar  with  the  truth  could  sec  through 
it.  The  truth  regarding  God's  kingdom  and 
the  Devil's  kingdoms  {of  which  Great  Britain 
is  onel,  regarding  the  immortality  of  the  soul, 
the  resurrection,  the  trinity,  the  church,  the 
higher  powers,  the  clergy,  etc.,  is  so  oft'ejisive 
to  "the  established  religious  inatifutions  of 
Great  Britain"  that  something  must  be  done 
to  prev(!nt  atirring  up  the  dirt  of  tiie  Augean 
stables  in  whieh  sueh  religious  institutions 
have  wallowed  for  centuries.  It  will  be  held 
that  to  tell  the  truth  regarding  blasphemies 
is  itself  blasphemy. 

How  Does  It  Come? 

♦  How  does  it  come  that  the  Presbyterian 
Free  Chureli  College  at  Edinburgh  could  t«ach 
itrS  budding  pi'eachers  the  Darwinian,  unscrip- 
tural.  unscientific  and  foolish  guessing  as  to 
the  creation  of  man  and  did  nothing  to  cor- 
rect it  imtil  the  Assembly  of  the  Free  Church 
received  four  protests  from  congregations  that 
had  been  taught  the  idiotic  stuff  by  preachers 
sent  to  themS  "When  the  cat  got  out  of  the 
bag  there  was  a  hurried  and  secret  meeting 
of  the  assembly  at  which  they  had  to  decide 
the  question  whether  to  stand  by  Darwin,  as 
previously,  or  by  the  Bible,  merely  using  it 
as  a.  bread  ticket  to  protect  their  racket. 

Good  Advice  250  Years  Old 

♦  People  seldom  read  a  book  that  is  given 
to  them.  The  way  to  spread  a  book  is-  to  sell 
it  at  a  low  priee.  No  man  will  send  for  and 
buy  a  thing  that  costs  even  sixpence  without 
an  intention  to  read  it.  —  Samuel  Johnson, 

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British  Comment 

By  J.  Bemery   (London) 


Mussolini  and  Britain  .  „  .^  ,, 

•  II  Due.  stopped   the  Itelmn  ^^vMb 
mdio  propajiatida  wh.n  lie  Emd  Mr    Cham 
berlaiif  iigrccd  lo  tbe  pact  Tiotwecn  the  U.o 
Sns-  it  was  one  of  tlie  coiiditiona  of  tlie 

over  was  not  to  beeome  operative  uutij  Italian 
SJprwore  withctewn  from  Spam.  MWm 
has  not  wUbdva%vii  bis  ^''"^V^' .^'^^^^^^-f^f^' 
uuable  to  carry  on  tbe  war  m  1 1'aneo  s  did, 
and  t  is  well  Imown  that  th.  Italians  in  bpam 

lave  b.en  reinforced  by  -^^.f^'l-.S 
Italy.  But  if  li  Duee  stopped  the  anti-Br  li^b 
propaganda  amon^,  tbe  .\rabs  be  h|..  begun 
a  new  way  of  hitting  at  Britain.  At  Ica^t  tJ  is 
?s  eml  b  y  su^^^cstod  by  a  ^vell-knoM'n  pubh- 
A.t    I    i.  JhrBSolini-.  anti-Jew  menace    Uis 
newspaper  more  than  bint,  at  an  undorstand- 
g    Seeo  Britain  and  tbe  Jews,  and  elaun. 
t  at  a  working  agreement  exists  with  tbo  Jew. 
to  -et  world  control.  As  no  paper  m  Italy 
(orin  Germany)   is  allowed  to  P^'^t  other 
Imn  that  which  m  inspired  f  .^^^^  ^^^f^ 
the  rulers,  this  is  evidently  designed    o  ha  e 
tm  embittering  pffeet  on  \hv.  Ai-abs,  that  is, 
^  thMo.lem°  world,  and  will  have  the  ™ 
effect  as  Mussolini's  direct  attacks,  now  pro- 
fessed to  be  dropped. 

German  Army  Mobilization 

e   The,  unusually   extensive   mobilization  _ol 
r,ermany-s  a.-my   and  of  transport  mat.u.al 
for  the  annual  maneuvers  has  caused  much 
comment  and  a  measure  ot  concern  m  this 
Suntry,  mere  partieul^rly,  of  eoni^e.  among 
hose  who  are  Sponsible,  ^or'tY^.^^rs- ^^ 
Paris  newspapers,  following  the  lead  of  most 
oi  their  politieians,  said  Hitiei-'s  action  was 
a  great  blW;  but  as  the  mobilizMion  increased 
in  si.e,  and  in  view  of  the  location  o   the  army 
on  the  Rhine  border  and  on  the  border^  of 
CCTcliosIovakia.  they  became  less  sure  of  that. 
The.  London  papers  tooh  much  the  same  view, 
and  in  thi.  they  probably  represent  the  general 
Reeling  of  the  people,  all  the  same,  suspieion 
and  imeasbiess  has  obtaumd.  Sit^r Jias  Im 
admirers  in  the  popular  press.  What  Hitler 

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IRt  by  the  large  size  of  his  mobilization 
rnTthe  unusually  long  time  ^  wbi.h   hi. 
army  was  in  the  field-at  a  cost  estimated  by 
some  at  £500.000  a  day-was  probably  not 
E™  by  anyone,  perhaps  not  by  himself^ 
wShe  would  like  to  do,  and  vurm^l'om^ 
day  to  accomplish,  is  well  enough  k^"«^-  f"^ 
he  has  published  that  to  the  ^^y^-^'  S«  1°^ 
as  he  is  a-uitied  by  the  voices  and  the  thougbta 
S  ?hJ  dlmons,  hi  is  sub,iect  to  them,  and  will 
go  contrary  to  exTcctat.on  or  to  reason  and 
witbout  regard  to  others  if  his  -^^  -  ^^^^ 
open   to   him.   In   the   meantime  .Br^;^m   i9 
thrown  into  en.irmous  expense  in  "-^..P^^l^^^ 
to  make  itself  strong  against  tbe  evJ  ddj  ot 
war,  which  the  country-  bcl.eve^  ^i" '^""^•=^"^." 
or  late    The  preparation   is  p.widmg  work 
Sr  many  whoUUs.  woiUd  ^^--^J^^'^ 
and  chargeable  to  the  co.mt.^-,  «^^.'^^^^  «"J^^ 
to  hide  the  fact  that  t he  trade  of  ^^S^^^'^^ 
is  not  sufHeient  to  maintainthc  '"'rKers  ^^^"^ 
the  fact  that  it  is  dwindling  in  bulk  and  value. 

General  Franco  and  Britain 

O  Franco  kept  the  British  Government  wai  - 

irio   more  than  a  month  before  he  acknowd- 

Ssed  their  proposals  for  the  witharawalof 

fSn  "volunleers-  from  Spiun.  upon  which 

depeSed  the  operation  of  the  .>aiglo-Italum 

agreement,  and  which  purportea  to  ^^'-'^^n  t  m 

danger  of  the  Spanish  war  involving  all  bu- 

rope    Wben  he  replied  he  ,^"^-,^'1'^,  " 

counter  proposals  were  not  titled,  hut  tnac 

i  would  re.  pond  when  ready  "m  a  friendly 

iid  s  -mpathUc-'  manner.  A  g  more  de  jy 

hp  nut  forward  pn>posals  winch  it  accepieu 

woiSd  nullifv  the  work  of  the  Non-Inter^■en-^ 

Sn   Committee,  and  ^'i^,^^:^!^^^ 
posals  useless.  He  wants_l.^lt.?ere.t  lights  at 
nnce  and  eoneedes  the  witadrawal  of  a  laiger 
number  of  foreign  voluntem  if  Ins  proposals    , 
"re  a-recd  to.  Franco  believes  he  couid  brmg 
h  :  Sure  to  an  early  su^^^^  eonebision 
if  hcUi'-ercnt  rights  were  siranied  to  the  bpan- 
h  conSmts.'Eit^        side  would  then  haje 
nower  to  stop  and  search  ships  aroiind  the 
Cnish  coast  or  on  the  high  seas:  either  side 
Sd  blockade  the  others  ports.  --^^  «>^'P^,,^  ; 
rvinc  war  materials  couid  be  seized  as  prizes 
Swar.  It  is  said  that  most  of  the  war  sup- 
plies which   reach  the  Spanish  Government 

'™ieThhil?nd"y  it  was  Mussolini',  hand 
that  guided  Franco  in  his  reply,  and  sujigest 
that  Mussolini  intended  to  make  ^pnin  a  vi- 
tal matter  of  preoccupation  for  Britain  and 

CONSOLATION 


*'ntnc(!  while  Hitler  was  pori'eeting  his  schemes 
for  seizmg  Cacplidsldviilsiii. 

British  Communists 

•  The  British  OiimniuiiiKt  pa.rty  has  published 
siiin.e  figures  concerning  iiselt'.  "Wlieii  it  was 
first  cstaHished,  in  lil^fl,  and  for  some  years 
afterwards,  it  wiis  snh.sidizi'd  by  llosi^ow,  and 
itK  meTTibership  did  not  fxcL'cd  5,000.  It  don- 
blod  its  mnnbers  during  tlie  lour;  coa!  strilie 
of  1921,  -.mil  inCFeased  in  the  lorn;  labor  stnitr- 
S'le  which  enlr!iinat<xl  in  tiie  geniiral"^trike  of 
192fi.  Afterwards  the  numbers  fell  to  about 
3,000,  and  the  party  was  in  a  bad  way :  its 
leaders  wora  at  variance,  and  iloscow  was 
critical.  In  1935  it  had  uo  more  tlian  6,300 
membcirs;  but  now  it  reports  13,750,  a  large 
increase.  Their  report  says,  "The  proportion 
of  unemployed  aoionj^  the  m.eiiihership  is  small. 
Siiiee  its  last  congi'oss  th(i  inllut^uce  of  tiie 
party  iias  ktowu  eousiderably  auiono;  wide 
seetjons  of  the  middle  class  and  professional 
people  :  has  inercasod  among  university  stu- 
dents and  is  now  firmly  enlreuehed  in  the 
Most  important  universities."  The  report  has 
some  comments  on  the  Government's  air-raid 
precautions,  and  di'.seribps  thtim  as  "an  at- 
tempt on  the  part  of  the  ffovommcnt  to  give 
the  people  of  the  country,  at  tlie  lowest  pos- 
sible cost,  an  illusion  that  tliev  arc  being  pro- 
tected". 

The  Churches  and  the  Parsons 

®  These  have  been  out  of  the  headlines  of 
late.  They  had  their  spate  of  talk,  which 
amounted  fn  nothing.  The  eall  to  religion  fell 
fiat,  and  their  atiompt  to  make  something  out 
of  ihe  "open  Bible"  anniversary  probably  ben- 
efited only  the  Bible  sellers.  The  ehurches  are 
losing  the  confidenee  of  the  peorile  more  all 
the  time.  What  little  is  heard  of  the  parsons 
indicates  that  they  are  getting  ready  to  throw 
in,  with  tlie  army  if  it  must  be  mobilized  for 
war.  They  would  he  pacifists,  of  eourse,  for 
the  days  when  the  bisliops  led  armies  into 
■  war  are  long  since  gone;  but  there  would  be 
the  'spiritual  welfare"  of  the  poor  fellows  to 
be  looked  to,  and  the  call  to  try  to  help  the 
men  from  getti?i}z  more  beast-like  than  war 
of  necessity  r..akes  ttiem.  When  war  comes 
the  parsons  arc  {-oi-tain  to  find  it  a  '"'righteous 
cause"  into  which  they  can  throw  themselves. 

Prayers 

•  When  the  preachers  say  prayers  in  con- 
gregation, to  whcan  do  they  address  them? 

OCTOBER  19, 1938 


ie  pra.yers  of  the  larger  ehcirch  orgnniza- 
tions  are  fixed  foi'  the  clergy,  and  they  must 
be  repeated  according  to  the  set  form  of  words. 
As  the  foi'm  of  worship  is  merely  formal  ai^d 
gone  through  as  such,  the  sentiments  of  tha 
prayers  expressed  in  fine  words  meet  the  re- 
quirements of  the  c.onaregation.  The  Koneon- 
formiat  preacher  is  not  bonn:!  to  set  words, 
but  his  estempoiv  foi-m  of  prayer  mu^t  be 
couched  in  fine  phrase  and  words  or  it  is  not 
acceptable  to  his  congregation,  which  means 
very  frequently  that  the  prayers  are  "deliv- 
ered" to  the  c  on  g  re  sat  ion.  All  such  formality 
of  prayer  means  that  they  riiach  no  farther, 
jior  go  higher  than  the  range  of  the  speaker's 
voice.  At  the  recent  Kesmck  convention  of 
professed  Christians — an  auniial  event,  begun 
by  a  Church  of  England  clergyman  about 
forty  years  ago,  and  kept  alive  as  an  annual 
holiday  event — one  of  the  Fjiealcei's  of  pi'ayers 
for  missionary  work  in  Africa,  thanketl  God 
"for  the  fine  motor  road.-^  in  Africa"  and 
prayed  God  "so  to  move  the  hearts  of  these 
Christians  who  can  afford  luxurious  ears  that 
they  may  helji  to  provide  thy  servants  with 
mechanical  transport".  There  were  vcTy  many 
fine  cars  i)arked  around  the  meeting  places, 
and  no  doubt  the  speaker  expected  to  get  a 
thrust  in  sideways.  If  these  men  were  not 
blinded  by  religion  they  would  get  a  chance 
to  perceive  the  wrongness  of  their  professed 
following  of  Christ.  There  is  a  ])rayei'  set  by 
the  Lord  himself  for  His  disciples  which  cov- 
ers the  greater  portion  of  the  needs  of  those 
who  follow  Christ,  whether  individually  or 
when  they  meet  togetlier  for  worship.  But 
these  huge  religionist  organizations,  which  are 
by  no  means  imder  the  eare  of  Cod,  rccjuiro 
much  money  for  their  upkeep,  and  reijuests 
for  money  in  the  fonn  of  prayer  to  God  are 
among  the  many  means  they  use  to  get  it. 
There  are  other  means  used,  and  alw.ays  un- 
der some  pressure,  so  that,  as  Judge  Ruther- 
ford has  said,  reliction  is  iha  fireatost  racket 
the  world  has  known. 

Manufacturers'  and  Distributors'  Profits 

•  The  larpe  stores  and  multiple  shop  busi- 
nesses, distributorK  of  general  and  household 
goods  and  sundries,  have  reported  large  profits 
and  dividends;  some  of  the  figtires  are  sur- 
prisingly large,  The  Labour  Riixearch  journal 
says,  "These  rates  of  dividend,  however,  in 
many  cases  eonceal  the  full  magnitude  of  the 
profits  made."  It  instances  the  l-lnglish  Wool- 
worth  concern  which  in  its  last  finaneiai  year 

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reported  a  profit  of  £6,781,202,  "muo^^  of  it 
on  shares  distriVtiitcd  as  bonus  in  previous 
yea.rs,  a  profit  seventy  times  as  large  us  the 
total  original  English  capital,  and  which 
moans  that  for  e\ery  pound  held  in  ordi- 
nary shares  in  1912  an  annual  income  of 
£6,750  is  now  bring  paid."  Anothei',  a  com- 
peting firm,  paid  out  a  40-perc(^nt  dividend 
on  a  eapilal  of  £3,100,000;  Boofe  Pure  Drag 
company  paid  30  pei'cent— this  business  con- 
trols 1,170  shops  in  Great  Brilain. 

The  conditions  of  employment  in  tho  dis- 
tribiitivc  trades  are  marked  by  Song  hours, 
low  wages,  insecure  and  blind  employment, 
and  the  iai'ge  number  of  jiivi:uile  and  female 
workers  who  <i.rn  engaged  in  the  industry.  In 
the  PIouKC  of  Commons  R.  J.  Davies  said,  "T 
myscif  made  an  inc]uiiy  I'eeently  in  a  large 
city  in  the  Korth,  wiiic-h  .siiowed  that  it  is  not 
uncommon  for  Eidiilt  women  to  be  employed 
at  a  wyge  of  15/-  [$3,651  a  weelt,  before  de- 
ductions are  made  for  the  meals  they  are  ex- 
pected to  take  in  tlm  establishment." 

The  manufaeturnr.'i  liayo  not  done  so  badly. 
Whether  or  not-  they  act  fairly  with  their  cus- 
tomers cannot  always  be  loiown.  A  Glasgow 
man  who  has  been  collecting  data  foi'  many 
years  (so  Eeynohls'  Nen-K  says}  on  the  prac- 
tice of  unscrupulous  muuiifaeturoiM  of  pillows 
and  beddint^,  filling  tliem  with  injurious  and 
liliiy  materials,  haH  after  many  years  got  the 
minister  of  health  to  investigate  the  matter. 
A  Jiag  Flock  Act  passed  in  191 1  stopped  some 
of  thy  praetieea  then  usod  by  manufaetui'crs ; 
but  a  loop  ho)c  in  the  Act  allows  such  to  hll 
mattresses  and  pillows  with  dirty  feathers, 
human  hair  and  even  seaweed.  There  is  no 
ri^gulation  in  this  country,  ho  says,  that  pro- 
hibits the  use  of  seeondhaud  hog  and  horse 
hair  from  being  \ised  in  bedding,  and  from 
data  he  has  collected,  he  nays,  he  knows  that 
thousands  of  tons  of  such  hah'  are  put  hito 
'new'  articles  of  fui'niture.  Old  feathers,  fifty 
years  old,  are  used  in  pillows  and  sold  as  Dew. 
Britaiii  is  the  dumping  tti'ound  for  this  rub- 
bish. He  mcnlions  a.  consignment  of  unwashed 
human  hair  from  China  which  was  imported 
for  ujiholstery,  biit  the  use  of  which  for  that 
pui-posc  he  was  tho  nutans  of  preventing.  We 
have  seen  a  mattress  cut  open  which  disclosed 
old  (-orsets  only  pa.nly  ripped  up,  and  various 
other  old  clothing,  and  which  mattresn  had 
been  purcha.^ed  from  a  reputable  store.  Be- 
fore the  above-mentioned  Kag  Flock  Act  came 
into  oiieration  there  was  a  great  business  done 

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in  the  importation  of  old  clothing  gathered 
from  all  parts  of  the  world.  The  garments  of 
all  descriptions  were  put  into  a  '"devil"  dis- 
integrator, torn  into  bits,  furtiier  treated  in 
order  to  make  the  material  look  somewhat  like 
wool  flocks  for  bedding.  ^     ,,  >, 

Unemployment 

•  A.  V.  Alexander,  M.P.,  told  a  meeting  of  a 
Co-operative  summer  school  that  "despite  the 
heavy  expenditure  on  ai'ms,  involving  the  em- 
ployment^of  nearlv  ono  million  people,  thore 
are  today  1,800,000  unemployed".  He  added, 
"And  despite  six  years  of  proteetion,  restric- 
tions and  quotas,  the  balance  of  trade  against 
Britain  is  miieh  moro  serious  than  it  was  in 
1931.  If  the  argument  for  protection  really 
held  good,  then  we  ought  to  have  seen  it 
largely  reduced  in  volume  since  1933,  and 
no  serious  decline  in  employment." 

Labor 

•  It  is  reported  that  British  shipyards  are 
short  of  work:  new  contracts  for  merchant 
ships  are  scarce;  there  are  not  as  many  aa 
trade  conditions  would  call  for.  At  the  same 
time  shipyards  on  the  Continent  are  hooking 
valnable  orders  from  British  shipowners.  It 
is  estimated  that  orders  amounting  to  £4,000,- 
000  have  recently  bi^en  pilaced  by  Britisli  firms 
with  shipbuilders  in  Holland,  Germany  and 
Scandinavia.  British  building  cosis  are  high  . 
in  compaiTSOTi  with  those  on  the  Continent. 
Wages  costs  enter  into  the  matter,  but  the 
cost,  of  materials  is  perhaps  the  eliief  item. 
War  preparations  are  responsible  for  higher 
costs  in  almost  all  material,  and  those  who 
have  an  opportunity  of  maliiiig  something 
extra  while  the  going  is  good  are  ready  for 
the  f^bmee.  It  is  said  that  the  home  yards 
which  spccialiKC  in  the  biiilding  of  vessels  for 
the  British  coastal  trade  arc  feeling  the  short- 
age of  work.  They  can  build  vessels  second 
to  none;  but  they  are  undercut  in  ]irice  by 
foreign  builders,  who  get  the  work.  Money 
knows  nothing  of  the  patriolism  which  is  so  t 
loudly  applanded  by  some  of  those  who  could 
help.  It  mast  be  admitted  that  no  nation  can 
live  to  itself,  and  there  nmst  be  give  and  take 
both  in  internation;!l  trade  and  in  work.  The 
noisy  propaganda  ''Buy  British"  of  a  few 
years  ago  probably  did  as  ]nueh  harm  to  the 
country  as  it  did  good  to  the  local  trade ;  and 
som(!  of  the  stores  that  covered  their  windows 
with  this  show  of  patriotism  kept  their  shelves 
well  la.dtin  with  "foreign"'  produce. 

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spring  Green  —  Cover  Design  for  This  Number 


IT  IS  hard  -Tor  llinsn  who  live  in  the  north- 
cru  hemisphere  to  realizp  thiit  in  the  other 
half  of  the  woi'lii  Oonmlnfion  suhscribers  are 
CDJoyinj;  the  fiill  nvidtnces  of  Spriiif?.  Tut 
that  h  Ihi?  <^;ifie,  and  in  Australia,  where  there 
are  many  enthiisismtic  boosters  of  this  jonr- 
unI,  tlie.v  am  looking  forward  to  all  that 
spring  and  summer  mean,  while  here,  in 
North  America,  as  well  as  in  England,  read- 
ers are  prepiiiing  for  the  siege  of  winter  and 
consoling  tiiemselves  with  tJie  thonght  of  pleas- 
ant evenings  spent  in  the  warmth  of  the  home 
reading  a,  certain  magazine,  which  modesty 
causes  one  to  refrain  from  mentioning  more 
particularly. 

Last  winter  tlie  cuvci'  illustrations  were  al! 
docidedl^v  wintry  in  outlook,  and  so.  by  way 
of  contrast  and  variety.  Spring  Greeli  appears 
in  October,  as  it  does  in  Anstralia.  New  Zea- 
luiid  and.  of  course.  South  Africa;  thougli 
these  lands,  and  particularly  Airieu,  are  so 
much  closer  to  the  etjuator  than  is  New  York 
that  perhaps  (heir  readers  will  smile  a  little 
at  the  enthusiasm  with  which  dwellers  in  more 


temperate  zones  hail  the  advent  of  Spring. 
And  even  then,  sometimes  Spring  k  a  little 
disappointing,  as  when  it  is  colder  than  it  by 
right  should  be.  At  such  times  the  odes  of 
welcome  may  be  somewhat  subdued,  as,  for 
instance,  the  following : 

Sprig,  sprig,  O  joyous  sprig  1 
Of  thco  T  ffiid  woald  loudly  aig. 
The  lalikid  gshbels  oil  the  greefl. 
To  Itteb  hlbself  y,  lidtlle  warh  I  weed. 

So  one  hopes  lliat  Spriug  in  Uie  remote 
southern  climes  is  ju.st  a  little  more  genial 
and  that,  though  it  marks  no  great  variation 
in  temperature,  yet  it  comes  with  accompani- 
ments that  maliC  it  welcome  none  the  lesH. 

"Whether  the  illustration  approximates 
scenes  in  those  regions  where  Spriug  is  now 
an  actuality  is,  of  course,  uncertain.  It  at 
least  is  representative  of  the  American  and 
Engliwh  country.side,  and  smcc  the  southern 
hmda  mentioned  arc  also  inhabited  by  English- 
spcaldng  peoples,  the  illustration  may  not  lack 
the  appeal  of  the  familial'. 


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Appetizers 


Men  and   the  Hats 

Tliose  things  ealied  '"liata"  the 
ladies   ivear   are    Piinii^h    lo    make 

'I'vjyi.  men  swear.  It's  not  tlie  cost — let's 
Li^UY^\  gt'l  it  straiijht — liiat  nakea  the 
•*  ■•-''  male  heart  piilpilale  ant!  sti-anE-ei-s 
stop  and  stare  and  gawl;  at  every  female  on 
the  walk.  It's  nol  the  color  that  ^hey  wear  in 
those  i--onli-uplioiis  on  ttifir  hair ;  nor  how  they 
tie  them  on  with  hows,  anchored  saiVty  while 
it  blows,  that  causes  men  ti>  laul  and  weep 
when'er  They  venture  down  the  slreet 

Nor  lioes  the  ordinary  man  observe  the  mil- 
linery plan  eiKiitgh  to  know  what  is  in  styie 
when  hats  parade  along  the  aisle.  To  him  Ihc 
wearing  of  a  wimple  \h  only  li>  adorn  a  dimple ; 
and  whether  black  or  green  or  pink,  or 
trimiTied  witii  tools  troni  the  kitchen  sink,  a 
woman's  hat  ia  a  worlr  of  art,  to  which  there 
is  no  pounterpart. 

And  what  slip  pins  upon  her  hat.  or  irbeth«r 
this  or  whether  that,  few  men  wotUd  dare  to 
be  so  bold  as  to  erilicizt;  or  scold,  l.el  Vm  «rcar 
upon  their  crowns  things  that  make  "cm  look 
iilie  clowns.  Wlio  is  man.  to  tetl  a  maid  thai 
her  liat  looks  like  a  .^pade?  Why  shotiid  h*- 
object  to  featlier.s,  vegetables,  fruits  or  Icath- 
craT  It  isn't  whtit  she  wears,  or  why,  but  it's 
those  shapes  that  make  us  cry! 

But  whfiB  we  stop  to  eontemplete  how  vciy 
strange  and  out  of  dale  a  liamc  would  be  un- 
less  her  pate  was  topped  with  such  a  hod  or 
erate.  we  must  admit  they  know  what's  cute 
—that's  why  we  chorus,  "She's  a  beaut!"— 
Spokeiynan  Review. 

Help! 

A  gallant  young  hnshand  was  trying  to 
teach  his  new  and  nervous  wife  to  drive  a  car. 

They  were  on  a  narrow  country  road  and 
the  wife  had  been  driviu"'  for  onl.v  a  short 
time  when  she  exclaimed: 

"Take  the  wheel  quickly,  darling — here 
eomes  a  tree  I" — Labor. 

Eau  Seau? 

There  was  a  .young  lady  named  Fleau, 

•She;  had  a  good-looking  beau. 

Said  Fieau  to  her  beau.  Let  us  g«au  to  a 
sheau. 

Said  her  beau,  If  you'll  hleau.  Fleau,  I'll 
geau. 

CONSOLATION 


CONSOLATION 

"And  in  His  name  shall  the  nations  hope."— Matthew  12:21,  A.R.V. 


Vorume  XXI 


Broaklyn,   N.  v.,   Wednesday,   November  29,  1B39 


Numbor  6B? 


A  Critical  Review  of  "Meiti  Kampf" 


ft^^^ 


ATTENTION  is  here  dra\TO  to  an 
•^dilion  of  Meiti  Kampf  eopvrighted 
lB3fl_  by  Houffhtoii,  Miffliii  &  Co,, 
Ijcarinsr  tlic  Wiiniillff, 

"AD  rip:hts  resi'i'vcd,  inpliidiiig  tlie 
right  to  reprfidiice  Lhis  hnnk  ur  parte  thereof  in 
any  form.  Copyrighl  1925  by  Vcrlag  Frz.  Eher 
Nsciif.  G.M.G.II.;  i^opyrj^ht  1927  by  VerlHf:  Ftk. 
Klier  iNachf.  G.M.G.n.:  tbi?  cditiuii  is  published 
by  airangemeul  witli  Huusbtoi]  Rlifthn  Cmnpaiiy. 
Boston,  Muss."  "Adolf  HifJi.T.  Mdii  Kamyl,  cojij- 
p)cte  aud  tmahritfgcd,  tully  siniotulpd;  editorial 
spOMnrs:  John  Cbiiffiherlnin.  Sidney  B.  Pay,  -lohil 
GuTitbeir,  CarltrFii  J.  B.  Hayes,  Grnh,im  tlulttm, 
AJvin  Jolinson,  William  F.  Sniiger,  Waller  Stills, 
Jiaoul  do  Roiisavde  fiali-w,  Geortjc  N.  Shuster; 
RejTial  E.  Hilchwek.  1039.  New  York,''  "Tbe  fol- 
lowing individuais  as  a  comtnittoe  sponsor  the 
piibliealioii  of  this  annntated  and  unexpurgated 
edition  of  IVIt;in  Ivauipf:  I'oarl  Buck,  Dorothy 
Cfliiflekl,  Edna  S(.  Vinrcnt  Millay,  Ida  Tarbell, 
Cyrus  Adler.  Charles  A.  Brnrd,  Nifhnlaa  Murray 
Butler.  'I'hoodore  Drpiscf,  Albert  Eitistein,  Morri's 
P;nist.  Hev.  Hsrcy  Eirrrson  Fosdicb,  Rev.  John 
Ha.ynra  IIolmpB,  .lames  M.  Lnndiw,  ThoTuas  Mann, 
Bishop  WilliBiL  T.  Manning,  Eiitrme  O'Kid,  Then- 
dnre  Roosevelt,  Jr..  Mon.sitjuor  John  A.  Kyaii, 
Korman  Thomas,  Walter  White.  William  Allen 
White.  Rabbi  Stephen  S.  Wise." 

Jt  ia  no  doubt  due  to  the  preseneo  on  the 
sponsor's  conmutfee  of  a  monsignnr  aTid  sov- 
eral  reywendM  tliat  ihe  real  world  aif^nificanec; 
of  Nazism  as  set  out  in  Mein  Kampf  is  so  sad- 
ly neslecli:d  in  the  aiinotatious  su|iplied  by  the 
editorial  .sponsors,  and  while  the  editorial 
.'ijTOiisors  no  doubt  hibored  to  produce  a  re- 
liable set  of  tomplementarv  notes  in  the  efforts 
to  unmaak  or  refute  ITitler.  the  real  power  be- 
hind bim  und  the  N-izis  remains  iinchallensred 
and  untouehed. 

The  whole  intniit  and  self -confessed  motive 
behind  this  transiation  is  one  of  atlaek  again.st 
a  deviiisii  system  now  endanjrcriiig  thp  entire 
eivilizatioii  of  tiii.s  ^dohe.  This  motive  is  in- 
spipfd  by  a  desiri<  to  arm  the  opponents  of 

NOVEMBER  29.   1939 


Nazism  by  placins;  in  their  hands  catei^orieal 
information  ealculated  to  defeat  the  Nazi  idea 
in  this  country.  If  they  have  failed  to  do  this, 
then  the  book  remains  an  effort  not  only  of 
donhtfiil  viihie,  but  one  ihat  eau  jilaee  in  the 
hands  of  unseruptilons  men  the  tools  where- 
with to  destroy  democracy. 

Failure  to  Expose 

That  they  have  failed  to  tirach  or  expose 
the  one  force  'hat  enables  nitlet-  to  destroy 
demoeracy  in  other  hinds  in  favor  of  the 
totalitarian  idea  is  tho  pathelie  truth  that 
promise  well  for  Hitler  and  his  eausn,  U  mnst 
be  concluded  that  fear  and  a  childish  haste  to 
aecept  newspaper  ivfjorts  nf  que.stiona.blc  value 
thus  ehenls  a  wyitiiijr  naJion  of  its  righteous 
eause.  Tliat  this  expose  would  shoek  the  reli- 
gious susceptibilities  of  some  is  no  excuse,  and 
the  eommiltee  iias  refused  to  inveslisate  plain 
and  easily  provi^d  chies  to  the  reason  for  the 
power  of  the  Nazis  in  eountrie.s  other  than 
Germany, 

The  facts  hrousht  !o  light  in  the  events 
suiToimding  the  destruction  of  Czeehnslo- 
yakia,  and  the  grabhinff  of  Austria,  plainly 
indicate  thai  within  the  boimda.ries  of  every 
uountry  Hitler  has  a  nuelens  of  Nazi-minded 
men  who  labor  unecaainsly  in  his  interest. 
That  nuelens  is  a  political-reljgums  organiza- 
tion of  world-wide  dimensions  and  is  knmvii 
as  the  Eoman  Catholie  Church  and  its  dupes. 
Had  these  editorial  sponsors  been  true  to 
their  profea.sed  idea!  of  sounding  the  alarm 
against  a  foreign  foe.  whose  avo'wed  aim  is 
the  destruction  of  democracy,  they  would  have 
uncovered  the  fact  of  Roman  Catholic  domi- 
naiiee  in  Cennany;  the  destiiietion  of  a  repub- 
lican government  in  Spain,  at  the  poi>e-'s  be- 
hest, and  with  the  aid  of  his  strnng-arm  squad 
under  Mussolini  and  HJI.ier;  the  part  Cath- 
olie  priests  played  in  the  dismeudiermcnt  of 
Czechoslovakia;  the  bles.sing  of  the  pope  on 


Mussolini's  Efhiopian  rapacity ;  the  betrayal 
tif  Austria  by  the  pope  and  Hierarchy  by  the 
person  of  Cai'dinal  Innit;:er;  the  Fuscistie 
raminfj  and  Jew-baiting  of  Charles  Coiighlin  ; 
the  fVisdstK.'  resime  of  Cardinal  VillcTieuve 
iTi  Qiiebee;  and  thi?  whole  train  of  uiider- 
gronnd  conspiracy  now  ea.sily  discernible  in 
every  jiation  on  earth. 

Had  thpy  be™  tiTO;  to  their  task,  they 
wouJlI  have  warned  the  nation  that  every 
CnllioUc  church  is  a  hotbed  of  the  totalitarian 
idea,  that,  by  Vkh,  prejudia^  and  fear,  these 
churches  have  brought  their  people  to  a  unit 
111  support  of  such  an  idea;  that  this  ford^n 
power  either  controls  Ilitler  or  he  controls 
IT ;  (ind  tliat  it  is  the  duty  of  every  true  Amer- 
ii.-an  t,o  set  his  face  against  Catholic  dominance 
in  Amorica. 

Trivialitieif  Mapnified 

Tneonsistently.  the  editorial  com- 
mittee eaicl'tOly  traces  Hitler's 
early  beginnings  and  endeavors  to 
discover  the  kind  of  fare  thai  made 
his  M-arped  menlaltty  what  it  is, 
and  ignores  the  most  imporlan't  clue  of  all; 
to  wit,  Eiller's  youth  as  a  Roman  Catholic, 
his  study  of  [lohties  in  IJoniaii  Catholic  Aus- 
tria, and  the  very  Roman  Catholit  raliu-e  of 
his  QiiBs,  ideals  and  actions  to  which  he 
abundantly  testifies  hi  his  hook. 

That  he  is  a  Roman.  Catholic  of  unimpeach- 
able tutelage  is  proved  by  the  perfect  accord 
t;etwci!n  his  ideas  slid  the  political  dogmas  of 
fJie  Vatican,  For  instan:!e,  Ihe  Vatican,  as  the 
author  of  the  "divine  right  of  kin^s",  is  really 
oppo.sed  to  democracy,  if  only  for  the  nason 
that  the  Catholic  church  cannot  become  Ihe 
state  church  in  nations  that  have  democracy. 
Hitler  is  fanatical  on  the  'divinity  of  rulers' 
and  hates  democracy  with  erpial  fervor. 

Ttie  works  of  Hitler  speak  louder  than  the 
smoke-screen  used  to  conecid  his  position  as 
Ihe  head  of  the  new  Catholic  Inquisition  in 
Germany.  As  examples,  the  destruction  of  the 
Pi-otestant  church  as  a  unit  in  Germany  and 
his  signing  of  a  Concordat  with  Pacelli'  (and 
no  one  ever  heard  of  thai  chureh-'s  signing 
such  a  document  unless  she-*  ■gained  a  dislinct 
advantage  from  it)  are  glaring  truths,  toffeth- 
er  with  the  fact  that  before  Hitler's  rise  to 
power  the  Prolostants  and  Catholics  were  fo- 
mentittg  a  little  religious  war  of  their  own, 
and  that  Hitler  took  tlic  side  of  Catholicism 
as  aguinst  Protestantism,  arc  truths  of  deep 
and  una,rguable  implications. 
4 


Afraid  to  Speak  Up 

That  these  sponsors  eould  have  nneovercd 
such  things  as  would  Ruaiti  against  Papaiizins 
America  seems  lo  be  proved  bv  the  apiiralsal 
of  Meiv  Kampf  by  Dorothy  'Thompson,  in- 
.scrted  as  a  foreword  in  the  Ixjok,  She  ^ops  so 
far  as  to  say  thai  Hitler  is  "eomptetcSv  me- 
diaeval", but  ncKlect-s  to  add  that  Ihe  medieval 
IS  stnclly  Catholic,  and  tlat  Catholicism  is 
slill  strictly  medieval.  She  further  confuses 
herself  and  readers  by  rcierring  lo  Hitler  as 
a  renegade  Catholic  becmse  h«  rejects  Ihnt 
church's  professed  doctrine  of  Universality. 
Dorothy  deplores  Hitler's  igijoring  of  hisTorj\ 
but  here  she  is  ^tiiUy  herself,  since  even  a 
cmsoiy  glance  through  Wells'  OulUnt  of 
HistOTu  could  convince  her  that  this  professed 
doctrine  of  LIniiersality  has  always  Ih-^ti  con- 
ditioned on  jiolilicai  espi\]ienry"  and  [lower 
politics-  yuch  a  doctrine,  Ihough  professed. 
has  never  been  adhered  to  by  ihe  popes  and 
Hierarchy,  and  was  used  only  lo  .iereiv?  in 
moinetils  when  it  could  be  mtkx  ns^fnl.  Peaw; 
has  never  been  the  desire  of  the  "Chareh", 
but  unrest  and  ivurs  are  the  bulwari»  of  her 
power.  A  degraded  iuiman  race  ran  be  ruled; 
a  peaceful  thmkiiuj  one  never  wccpb  domi- 
nance from  tie  priesthood. 

The  Nucleus  of  Nazism 

The  folloivinf,'  quolations  from  thp  body  of 
the  test,  and  also  from  liie  armr.i.-itions,  wiH 
iniiicflte  by  eoniplemenlarv  facts  thai  ihe 
nitrarchy  is  indeed  the  nucleus  of  Nazism 
and  Fascism,  and  that  the  esiw^mcd  ediiorial 
sponsors  have  Inrned  traitor  lo  tlwip  pro- 
fessed duly  and  have  betrayed  their  country 
and  their  fellow  men,  In  examiniug  these  notes 
it  should  be  rememherpd  that  ,V«in  Kampf 
was  written  before  Hitler's  rise  to  ptnrer,  and 
dlustrates  the  mental  conclusions  he  had 
reached  as  to  his  future  course. 

(1)  The  boy  Hitler,  a  gtrioos  CBtholie, 
acknowledges  Ids  debt  to  the  ehnreh  in  tt-gard 
to  Jews. 

Ii  was  otdy  when  I  was  fourlei-n  or  Sfteeu  that 
I  camp  iiijon  the  word  Jew  more  frenueolly,  partly 
in  eoiwcclioji  willi  political  discussions.  'l  Mt  a 
Height  tiidikf  anri  could  not  wuvA  off  a  disagreeahle 
SKiiFatioii  ivhii^h  seized  ne  whenever  toiifessionaJ 
oifferencps  took  pk^e  in  my  preaence.  [Pago  40] 

(2)  It  was  the  Roman  Catholic  von  Papen 
that  paved  the  way  for  Hitler's  rise  to  power. 

But  witli  Hiniirii burl's  re-elrntion  m  IVM  the 
prestige  of  the  Ka^^i  party  begH.ii  (o  fade,  oiilv  to 
be   rerivud  again   whui  ChaJicclloi   Ri'nening 'was 

CONSOLATION 


liiKinlssed  liuil  tlie  govni'miieiit  entrnsLed  lo  Franz 
vun  Papeu  Eigajnat  thp  will  of  thf  Rcifhslag.  Pnpen 
Ihcre^ipon  syslematiiially  iinHernimcd  thi.'  Ri'public, 
so  Lliat  iL  WHS  vimiiilly  defenseless  when  in  1933 
Hitler  itfis  entrusted  willj  the  government.  Had  it 
ni)t  hf.en  i'or  lliis  sudden  cbaiise  in  the  Germiin 
leadLTship.  Hitler  migbl  eveiitiisily  have  been  cuui- 
pelled  fo  sr^pk  a  status  as  a  nurmMl  poHtieal  Ipadcr 
BJni  ti'y  Ills  band  at  the  pariiaiiicntarian  g'amp, 
[Pag'e  131,  footnote] 

(3)  Tliat  .lew-bait- 
ing ia  a  Catholic  dog- 
ma iiistory  can  accti- 
rii,tely  Jemonstvatn, 
and  that  she  concurs 
ill  Hitler's  Jewish 
pei'SPt-utiou  is  proved 
by  her  Concordat 
with  him,  in  compari- 
son with  the  Protes- 
tant church's  refusal 
to  concur  in  such  me- 
dievalism. 

Thus  Protestantism 
will  always  Lritcrcst  it- 
self ill  the  promoLion  of 
all  thing's  Oeiman  as 
such,  wherever  il  is  a 
matter  of  inner  purity 
or  increasing  national 
seiilimt'Jit,  the  defense 
of  Oermsji  Ufe.  Ihi" 
Germs  n  language  and 
German  liberty,  as  all 
tliis  is  illw  rnoled  llnn- 
ly  in  Protestantism  ;  but 
it  will  iniuicHiBtely  anH 
sharply  fifjht  every  at- 
tempt at  saving  the  na- 
IJun  from  the  grip  of 
its  most  deadly  enemy,  as  its  attitude  towai'da 
Judaism  is  flsed  more  or  less  by  dogma.  [Pag'e  145] 

Not  Mere  Lunacy,  but  Demoniza'.ion 

That  nitler  is  dcmoniiied  can  be 
demonstrated,  although  Dorothy 
Thompson  confines  her  cnmnumts 
to  charges  of  just  plain  lunacy. 
She  calls  him  ■viueci'".  Ves!  He  is 
■"doing  God's  wilT,  is  god,  too,  and  writes  liis 
scripfurfis  with  the  same  hiinality  and  halhi- 
ciiialion  characteristic  of  another  god-person, 
Mary  Baker  Eildy,  iti  her  "Key  to  the  Scrip- 
tures". 

In  this  respeel  let  us  consider  the  meaning 
of  the  word  -Fuehrer''  set  out  in  a  footnote 
on  pase  117. 

The  Pui^hrer  is  a  mim  who  gives  expression  to 
the  divinity  that  is  enshrined  in  his  peiiple.  a 
NOVEMBER  29,  -IS33 


A  erown-jcwcl-eolleelor  from  the  Kremlin 
meets  a  new  prospeet 


"Traumlallei"  (one  who  spRabs  nratulaily  in  his 
dreams)  is  George  Schotl's  phrase.  Goltfvie.ii 
Feder,  author  of  the  party  program,  onee  deseribed 
the  P^iehrer  as  follows; 

Ho  miiflt  hsve  a  BOTnuambuliBt'n  fne.liug  of  cer- 
tainty in  l!ie  (iiirauit  of  liia  goal:  ho  mist  not  sliT'lids 
fritiu  liloodahed  or  even  wsr. 

Addressing  Nazi  confreres,  lie  has  freqTiRntly 
.sfressed  lii^  ability  to  wait  until  what  is  in  Ibe  folk 
soul  did  ntes the coursebe 
is  to  pursue,  lie  said: 
I  belis^-s'  I  am  today 
attinE:  in  tlie  eei'vicie  ul 
tlie  Aluiiglily  t;reatOT.  By 
warding  off  'lie  Jews,  I 
Hui  fighting  for  tbe 
Lord's  work. 

This  demonizatiou 
of  a  man  and  a  whole 
jiatinn  is  not  contra- 
dictory lo  Papal  pol- 
iey,  as  history  eau 
show  a  continued  la- 
bor of  diaholieal  cnn- 
spirjieies,  mnrdei's,  in- 
((nisilions  rud  betray- 
als down  through  the 
centuries  on  tile  part 
of  Ihe  Papacy.  That 
Hitler  believes  he  is  a 
Messiah  is  cha.ract<ir- 
istic  of  the  Catholie 
doctrino  of  the  "di- 
vine right  of  kings". 
It  mi  sill  he  rcoalled 
that  the  -ie.suits  so 
eorrupled  Louis  XTV 
in  this  respect  that  hfl 
eonsidered  as  his  due 
the  title-  "Son  of  tie  Universe''. 


Hitler  Wedded  to  His  Church 

That  Hitler  early  in  his  career  arrived  at 
the  point  where  ho  deemed  it  wise  and  expe- 
dient to  wed  his  cause  to  Roman  Catholic 
ambitions  is  testified  to  in  the  following  (pages 
147-149)  : 

There  is  one  question  which  the  pan-German 
movement  in  Austria  ought  to  have  asked  ilself. 
Is  the  preservation  of  the  Gnrman  nalion  in  Aus- 
tiia  possible  under  a  Gatholie  faitli?  If  it  Is  pos- 
sible, then '  tile  ptiliticttl  party  bad  no  right  to  oc- 
cupy itself  with  religions  or  even  rieunmiiiatinnal 
affairs;  if  not.  howeve.r,  then- a,  fRligious  reforma- 
tion had  to  set  in,  and  mil  a  poliliesl  party.  Ife 
who  believes  he  may  ni'rive  at  a  religious  veforira- 
tion  by  the  round-about  Bay  of  political  orgHniza;- 
tion  only  alioiv,?-  thai  be  rejiUy  has  not  tbe  slightest 

5 


idea,  nf  thr  wav  in  wfiipBr^liiwiB  oonae^^  or 
even  dnsTmae  orisinnte  and  tlipir  elTeet  on  the 
ehurcli.  HeiP  cue  reaUv  I'luiiiot  serve  two  mastrrs. 
In  Ihifi.  I  consifliT  tbu  {'moiriaUon  or  rteslnietion  of 
a  religion  essfnlially  more  imporLatit  Ihaii  the  for- 
ronlion  or  dcsLruplion  of  a  sta.te.  !pt  alone  a  party. 

(4)  Till;  footnote  1o  this  malerial  is  mis- 
leading and  seems  to  draw  attention  nway 
from  tin;  fact  that  Hitler's  excuse  for  drmolisli- 
iug  Prolestiinlisni  was  beciiase  it  failed  to 
acquiesce,  as  the  Papacy  did,  in  ,]ew-baiting, 
but  proves  that  Lndtiudorff  had  a  good  slaut 
on  the  matter. 

These  wotils  spC-Ui  to  define  Hitler's  point  of  view 
ai  the  lime  this  book  wys  written,  and  donbt^eas 
reflect  tlie  situation  in  whirli  hi-  fonnd  himselt  va 
Rnvaria  of  19"^-'i.  The  stlaleiiirats  here  made  aroused 
Oener.Tl  Lnflendoiff.  drenily  then  a  violent  oppo- 
nent of  Home  and  the  Jesuits,  and  wert  dealt  with 
in  a  niagSKine  ai'tielc  in  whii'li  the  Goni-ral  aeeusod 
Hitler  of  having  "sold  oni"  to  EoiiiP-  Thp  Fuctirer 
wna  at  thp  lime  nnvtrtaiii  of  what  the  future  might 
hriu",  and  is  known  to  have  interviewed  leaders 
of  the  Bavarian  I'eople'a  Party  (Catholie)  coueern- 
ing  the  terniii  under  which  lie  miftht  be  admitted 
to  "that  or^anizati.™.  Ileideii  puts  Hip  mattrr  aomc- 
whiit  differently,  angge.atiug  that  Hitler  had  merely 
been  tiying  In  get  pei'miHSion  to  reorganize  Ihc 
party.  In  addition,  one  of  the  best  friends  the  Nazis 
had  "in  tie  Bnvariaii  regular  army  was  General 
FraoK  von  Bpp,  a  Cathulie  who  would  have 
frowned  on  anything  smacking  of  religious  war- 
fare. 

Chanpe  in  Attitude 

Perhaps— it  is  not  ptiaaihle  as  yet  to 
substantiate  thi'  slfiti'inent  in  full— 
l.he  cliange  in  Hitler's  personal  atti- 
tude is  ;ittrihutahlt'  primarily  to  the 
.-,  'conversion  ol"  Cardinal  Fanlliaher. 
archbishop  of  Munich,  from  Monarchist  Reforma- 
tioiiisui  to  Democracy  and  Ppeifism.  The  Cardma! 
proclaimed  Ihis  nfw  attitude  in  a  sen&ationa!  open 
letter  which  implied  critieisni  of  Ihe  Nazi?.  In  addi- 
tion Hitler  hn.d  come  mure  under  the  inHumee  of 
Alfred  Rosenberg,  whose  idefis  on  tsipiaJiiun  and 
religion  have  Mr'ee  been  sSandatd  party  fare.  At 
any"  rate  the  Catholic  Churrh  took  up  in  earnesl 
the  fight  against  the  Kmzi  ereed  after  the  triumphal 
elections  of  1930.  A  number  of  posloral  Jotters 
denounced  the  errors  contained  in  the  parly's  pro- 
gram and  in  the  hoote  of  important  leaders:  and 
late  in  H130  the  Ordinary  of  the  diocese  of  Mayenue 
refused  to  grant  Cntholic  burial  to  a  Nazi.  After 
Hitler  came  to  power  all  this  was  changed.  The 
Bishops  revised  their  attitudi':  a  Concordat  was 
signed  with  the  Holy  See.  Rven  more  recently  some 
CathoHe  leaders  have  professed  to  believe  that  a 
Modiia  Vivendi  with  Hitler  might  be  reBe-hed. 
We  possess  autlientie  records  of  Clianoellor  Hit- 


ler's private  views  of  the  religious  sitnntion.  Ona 
nf  these  ma'  he  cited  in  part:  Hitler  said  concern- 
ing Catholic  opposition,  especially  in  Bavaria.,  that 
its  fimienLors  were  wasting  their  time:  they  might 
B,s   well   stop   pipp-dreamiu^-.   he   would  not   follow 
the    esample    of    BismHrct;;    he    was    a    Catholic^ 
Providence  had  iiriangod  that.  Blsmnrek  had  tailed 
because  he  had  lieen  a  Proto.-t.int.  and  Prote-^tsnta 
hiive  no  conception  of  what  ihe  Catholic  ehnreh  is. 
The  important  thing  wtis  to  Bcnse  whal  people  telt 
in  religious  matters  anrl  what  eiidosred  the  church 
to  them.  If  the  clerical  caste  would  not  disappear 
voluntarily   he    woidd   direct    propBganda   agsin.sl 
ihe  church   until   people   would   bo  unable  lo  hide 
their  disgiLst  when  the  church  was  menlioned,  \Vby. 
it  was  onlv  necessary  to  make  (btiwh  history  popu- 
lar. He  would  have  films  made.  Lo-'kins  at  them 
the  German   people  wciuld  see  how  ibe  rleigj'  had 
esploited  them,  lived  oft'  ihem ;  how  they  h.id  sacked 
the  money  out  of  the  country :  bow  Ibey  bjid  srorked 
hand  in  glove  with  the  Jews;  bow  they  had  prac- 
ticed immoral  vice:  how  they  Lnd  spread  lies.  These 
films  would  be  so  interesliug  ihnl  everybofly  would 
itch  to  see  them.  He  woidd  make  ihf  e!*rg>-  ridien- 
lous.    He    wotdd   e.xpose   all   the    lanclrd    mass   of 
corruption,   selfiahneas   and   deceit   o'    which    Ihey 
had   been   guilty.   He  would   luakc  the  bourgeoisie 
tenr  their  hair.  He  would  have  ih*  vmlb  and  the 
people  on  his  side.  He  wonld  guaraole*^  thai  if  he 
set  his  mind  lo  it  he  could  deAiroy  the  eburcb  m  a 
few  years.  The  whole  institiitioo  w»5  jusi  a  hollow 
shell!  One  good  kick  and  il  woold  toniWe  togelbor 
in  a  heap,  [Pages  145-14SJ 

Praise  of  the  Hierarchy 

(5)  As  a  further  strain  on  the  RUlliblaji 
Hitler  goes  on  in  praise  of  the  Hierarchy  one 
page  farther  on. 

But  also  in  another  direction  it  wuuld  be  unjnst 
to  make  religion  as  such  or  even  tbf  Church  respo"-' 
aibic  for  the  uiistakes  of  VBHoaa  individuals-  Ol 
should  compare  the  visible  grcntn^s  of  lie  orgnn 
zation  which  one  has  before  oneself  wilh  ihe  avei 
age  fanltiness  of  men  in  general,  and  one  irill  have 
lo  admit  that  the  proportion  belireen  goorf  and  bad 
is  here  perhaps  better  than  anywhere  elw,  Kven 
a,raong  the  priests  Ihei'c  are  certainly  such  to  whom 
their  sacred  office  is  only  the  ^nst^^I[n<■nl  for  thp 
gTatifiealion  of  their  political  ambition,  and  who, 
in  ihe  political  fight,  forget  in  8  more  than  de- 
plorable manner  thnt  Ihey  should  be  the  guardians 
of  a  higher  truth  and  not  ihc  projnoWrs  of  lies 
and  eaiumnies.  but  such  an  unworthy  individiml 
is  outweighed  on  the  other  hand,  by  «  thousand 
more  honest  pastors,  most  fBlthfiilly  devoted  to 
their  mission,  who  stand  onl  like  little  islands  in  a 
eommmial  swamp  in  our  mendacious  and  demoral- 
ized time,  [Page  149] 

(6)  Hitler  realized  tlie  futility  of  tJ-yiiig  to 
fight  Rome  while  building  up  a  polilical  ma- 
chine, but  sees  n,se  for  it  in  tlial  strtietitre. 

CONSOLATION 


* 


Shvs  he  of  nn  Austrisii  party  which  mixed 
Jew-baiting  and  anti-clcrifalisni ; 

The  praftiPB.I  result  of  the  Austrian  Kultur- 
kampf  was.  equid  to  nil.  However  one  PHCeeedod  in 
learm^  iiwu.v  from  the  chiuclj  almnHl  one  hundred 
liioitSHnri  members,  hut  shi-  did  not  suffer  any 
particulur  luas  bceansv  o£  this.  Sh.'  really  diH  not 
have  to  sh(!(!  any  teurs  for  the  lost  lambs,  for  the 
Chureh  InsE  only  what  for  n  U'Ug  time  had  not  fully 
heloni;ed  to  hei'  internnlly,  Tiiis  was  the  differen<"P 
between  the  new  I'efnrmHtiou  Hud  the  old  one:  that 
onw  many  of  the  best  of  the  <ihiicc?h  turned  away 
Ernia  it  because  of  their  inner  religious  couviction, 
whili^  now  only  those  went  who  were  not  only  hike- 
warm,  but  for  a  ennsideratiun  of  n  politieal  nature. 
But  even  from  the  poHticnl  point  of  view,  the  re- 
snlt  ivaa  jusl  as  ndicnlnus  and  yet  agpin  saddening. 
Once  more  a  political  movement  prnmisingf  success 
and  salvation  tii  the  Geniian  nation  had  ppris-hed 
becsiTse  il  had  not  hren  led  with  the  'necessary 
ruthless  sobriety,  and  lost  itself  in  directions  that 
were  bound  tu  lead  to  disunion.  [Page  151] 

After  the  Money  of  the  Jews 

vy^  ^  (7)  The  Jeauits  no  doubt  joined 
r  ^^^1  Hitler  in  his  Jew-baiting  and  were 
^)C  di'iig'hied  to  find  s  means  of  eLJmi- 
k^^p- J  iiiiliug  Jews  rather  than  b:iptizing 
"-  -^  llieni  as  wus  do»e  in  the  glorious 
days  of  the  InriuiKiiion.  ( Quote  from  footnote ) 

TrachtionnI  anti-Semitism  had  in  Germany 
always  boon  based  on  ponfessioniil  dLft'eronccs,  Any 
Other  motivation  was  forbidden  by  t'^f  church  ;  and 
in  aU  pogroms  of  the  Middio  Ages  Jews  wei'e  able 
to  escape  the  rigor  of  persecution  by  acecplin^^ 
hapLism.  Surprisingly  few  availed  themselves  of 
that  opporlimiLy;  and  on  the  Christian  side  Saint 
Uemard  had  pointed  out  that  the  worst  possible 
way  to  attempt  eonversicins  was  to  inflict  torture- 
s.nd  death  on  the  recalciti'nnl.  Therefore,  racial 
anti-Semitism  as  an  integral  part  of  a  pro^ara  of 
a  political  action  remains  Hitler's  Copernicim  dis- 
oovevyi  for  now  there  is  no  escape  for  the  victim 
— ^no  escape  even  for  his  Jewisl;  giandmolher.  by 
reason  of  whom  he  ia  a  pariah  under  the  KaRi  laws. 
[Page  155] 

( y  1  IlitlHi-'s  reeoKnition  of  the  Koman  ITiev- 
archy  as  an  aid  and  ;tlwttor  of  his  political 
aims  is  eonfe.^sed  where  he  reeoffukes  that 
a  weakening  of  the  authority  of  the  t-hureh  by 
an  a.ttac.lt  on  her  dofimas  is  a  weakeninfr  of  her 
usefulness  as  an  ally,  and  rejects  it.  Ji;liovah's 
witnesses  and  all  true  Protestants  will  under- 
stand the  irapiiealions  of  tins  jiassage. 

Remarkable  also  i.t  the  more  violent  tight  begTiu 
against  the  dosroaLic  fundamentals  of  the  various 
ehurchcs,  whhout  which,  however,  the  practical 
esi-stence  of  a  relicrious  faith  is  unthinkable  in  this 
world  of  man.  The  great  masses  of  a  people  do  not 

NOVEttlBER  29.   1939 


consist  of  phih«o^ere,  anfRtis  jnst  for  them' 
faith  is  frequently  the  .sole  ba.sis  of  a  morid  view 
of  life.  The  various  substitutes  have  not  proved 
so  useful  in  their  suecesfi  th.it  one  would  be  able 
to  see  in  them  a  itscful  csehange  for  the  former 
religious  creeds.  Bui  if  religions  doctrine  and  foith 
arc  really  meujit  to  sei^e  the  gi-eat  masses,  then  the 
ijbsolute  authority  of  the  contents  of  this  faith  \s 
the  basis  of  all  efcctivencss.  What,  then,  the  inia- 
tomai-y  style  of  living  is  for  general  life,  wit.hout 
which  certaiiily  hundreds  of  thousands  of  well-bred, 
people  would  live  sensibly  and  wisely,  hut  millions 
of  others  certuhily  would  not.  the  organic  liiwa  are 
fur  the  i^tatc  and  dotjma  is  for  religion.  Only  by 
this  is  the  wavering  and  infinitely  interprctablp, 
purely  spiritual  idea  definitely  iiinited  and  brought 
into  a  shape  without  which  it  could  never  become 
faith.  In  the  other  case,  the  idea  would  never  gi-ow 
beyond  a  metaphysical  conception ;  in  short,  be- 
yond ft  philosophical  opinion.  The  attack  upon  the 
dogma  in  itself  resembles,  iherefoi'e,  very  strongly 
also  the  fight  a.gainst  the  general  legal  fundamen- 
tals of  the  State,  and  just  as  the  latter  would  find 
its  end  in  a,  complete  nnnrchy  of  the  stnte,  thus  the 
other  is  a  worthless  reli^'ious  nihilism.  [Pages 
365-36B] 

The  Timid  Sponsors 

(9)  The  above  is  ecrtainly  not  anti-Catho- 
He.  Even  Ihc  editorial  .sponsors  could  see  it, 
but  frittered  t!ie  whole  awa,y  in  the  following 
footnote : 

This  is  the  revei'^o  of  "Eeligion  is  the  opium  of 
the  people."  Rauschning  (cf.  his  Eevohilion  des 
fiiliilisTniifi)  has  pointed  out  Hitler's  deep  respeiit 
for  the  Catholic  Church,  and  in  particular  for  tho 
Society  of  -Jesus.  In  this  he  resembles  Auguste 
Comte,  who  once  proposed  a  liaison  between  Pus- 
iti\'iBni  and  Rome,  Both  sundere<l  their  admiration 
from  any  kind  of  belief.  Hitler  praises  the  ability 
(as  he  sees  it)  of  the  church  to  keep  on  resolutely 
prociairtiing  an  article  of  faith,  howe%Tr  powerful 
the  arguments  arrayed  against  it  may  he.  If  tha 
nation  can  build  dogmas  about  its  new  "myth"  smd 
propagate  Ibem  as  stubbornly,  it  may  (so  it  is 
thought)  give  Germany  a  new  f.iith.  which  (he 
masses  will  cherish  as  tenaciously  as  they  have 
until  lately  cherished  Christianity.  [Page  365] 

(10)  Although  the  trail  is  now  getting  hot, 
the  editorial  sponsofs  keep  cool,  nor  give  wa.y 
to  emotion  as  they  insert  this  I'ootnoto  ou 
page  371,  quoted  in  part; 

It  was  the  .inncxation  of  Austria  that  Erst  tipped 
the  scales  in  Hitler's  favor.  Almost  immediately 
there  appeared  in  various  parts  of  the  diplomatiu 
world  a  'memorandum'  purporting  to  be  n  plan 
for  a  'Catholic  group"  of  sta.teB  in  Central  Europe, 
running'  from  Italy  through  Croatia  and  Hungary 
to  Slovakia  and  Poland, 

It  is  a  pity  we  are  not  told  who  circulated 


the  memoramlmii,  but  furthor  on  it  says  that 
the  swastika,  became  a  popular  symbol  amoi^ 
the  peasfiTits  of  Slovakia  and  Ilinig'aJ7. 

Who  Financed  Hitler? 

(11)  After  seeing  Ilitler  a 
slauiieh  stippnrter  of  tlio  Papacy, 
and  dead  sst  against  what  he  ealls 
religious  uihilism,  k..c1  footnoting 
that  nitler  and  the  Papacy  are  in 
a.  Coueordat.,  the  next  steii  was  to  make  a  guess 
as  to  what  source  Hitler's  fmaneial  aid  eanie 
from.  But,  of  (lonrsc.  that  would  better  re- 
main a  mystery.  Certainl.^-  tiic  organization 
that  has  for  ceiitiiries  swindled  the  human 
race  out  of  their  gold  and  silver  would  not 
have  a  cent  to  give  to  a  dcmonized  eunuch 
who  would  seat  her  in  power  and  destroy  iior 
enemiepj. 

TliernviLh  the  question  ii.s  to  how  the  Nad  party 
waji  tiiiaui^etl  had  been  I'liiscd,  lint  no  satisfa.ctory 
answer  hes  (.wer  been  ^vaa.  During  its  early  yenrs, 
limiis  ivprp  obLninpd  frini  Munich  friends,  from 
the  Beichwehr  and  probably  from  White  Russians, 
who  had  access  to  foreign  money.  Whence  came  the 
stream  of  gold  fhat  pmircd  thronjjh  White  Knsiian 
fingers  is  indeed  one  of  the  mHoived  myaieries  of 
ptial-war  hi.story.   [Foutuote] 

112)  It  was  time  for  the  editorial  sponsors 
to  be  watehl'ul,  because  the  facts  were  slowly 
emerging,  bnt  instead  Ihcy  inserted  at  this 
placr  a  footnote,  a  statement  in  regard  to  con- 
fe.'isional  schools.  But  first  we  will  qnote  from 
Hitler  himself: 

Here  the  Ca.th.oJic  church  fan  be  looked  npon  as 
a  model  example.  In  Ihe  celibacy  of  its  priests  roots 
the  compulwon  to  draw  the  futui'e  generation  of 
the  clergy,  instead  of  from  its  own  ranks,  sgain 
and  again  from  the  broad  masses  of  the  people. 
But  this  particular  sigaiticance  of  celibacy  is  not 
.reeoguiKed  by  most  people.  It  is  the  origin  of  the 
incredibly  vigorous  power  that  inhabits  this  ago- 
old  inslitnlion.  Thi.a  gjsa.ntie  host  of  clerical  dig- 
nitaries,  by  imijiteiTnpledly  .supplementing  itself 
from  Ihe  lowest  layers  of  the  nations,  preserves 
nor  only  its  distmcLive  bond  wiLh  the  peoples'  world 
of  sentimeut,  bnt  it  also  assures  itself  of  a  snm  of 
cnci'gy  and  active  force  ^vhich  in  sucli  a  form  will 
forever  be  present  only  in  the  broad  masses  of  the 
people.  From  this  results  tlie  astoimding  youth- 
fulness  of  tins  giant  (n-ganism  and  its  steel-like 
power.    [Pages  6-13-C44J 

Of  course,  that  mysterious  bond  hetwren  the 
Catholie  church  and  the  masses  could  not  be 
a  result  of  knowing  fiverybody's  business 
through  the  confessionaJ !  Or  because  the  Cath- 
olic cbiiTch  shaped  the  mind  and  temper  of 
the  ^ifitim  I 

S 


Admiration  of  the  Religious  Racket 

(13)  Once  more  Hitler  cannot  control  bis 
admii'ation  for  "pureatories"',  cjindles,  masses, 
etc.,  nor  can  he  escape  the  conclusion  that  the 
church  ha.s  a  glorious  future  before  it,  and 
gives  off  as  follows : 

Here,  loo,  one  can  Icam  from  the  Catholic 
Church.  Although  its  slnictnre  of  doetrines  collides 
in  mauy  nislanee.^  tjiiite  imneces^Briiy  with  exact 
science  and  research,  yet  it  is  nnwilliiig  to  sacritiee 
even  one  little  syllable  of  its  Jogmas.  It  has  right- 
ly recognized  that  its  resistibihty  does  not  he  in 
a  more  or  less  grcist  adjust  meat  to  the  scientillc 
results  of  the  moment,  which  iu  reality  are  always 
changing,  but  rather  in  a  strict  adherence  to  the 
dogmas  once  laid  down  which  alone  give  the  entire 
sti'ucture  the  I'harueler  of  creed.  Today,  therefore, 
the  Calhohc  Church  stands  firmer  thai!  ever.  One 
can  prophesy  that  in  the  same  measure  in  which 
the  appearances  flee,  the  church  itself,  as  the  vot- 
ing pole  in  the  flight  of  nppcnrancc?,  will  give  more 
and  more  blind  adherejice.  [Pnge  llS2] 

(14-)  Hitler's  articles  of  f«ith  or  political 
program  cannot  be  gone  into,  but  one  i)oint 
catches  Iheeye,  in  article  19: 

Eoma.n  law  most  be  abrogated  and  replaced  by 

Gcrmnn  law.  [Page  C90] 

Here  was  a  wonderfnl  opporHmily  for  facts 
and  analysis.  The  editorial  s[iimsiii's  flopped 
again.  The  facta  will  show  that  what  really 
has  taken  place  is,  the  abrogation  of  Gei-man 
law  and  its  feplaeement  by  Papul  laws.  These 
might  be  indicated  as  below:  _ 

(n)  The  resun-ecfioo  of  the  old  Papnl  laws  in 
restrain!  of  Ihe  Jeiv^reiuslilatioD  of  ihe  ghetto, 
pecuhar  dress  and  systematic  robliefy. 

(b)  Destruction  of  freedom  of  speech,  press 
and  assembly  as  in  the  days  of  Torqiicioa.dH  and 
the  Duhe  of  Alva,  in  harmotiy  with  Papal  encycli- 
cals on  sucli   freedom. 

(c)  Doctrine  of  divine  right  of  ralors.  ineludiiig 
nitler,  of  comse,  invented  hy  the  Hieraithy  so 
she  could  have  an  escuae.  as  I'epresentiag  divinity, 
to  do  the  crowning. 

(d)  Throttling  of  Protestantisai  even  ae  in  the 
days  of  Charles  V  and  l.uther. 

(e)  Coorls  modeled  on  old  Intiuisilional  Eonia, 
where  the  prisoners'  defense  eoiinse!  is  only  a. 
ftmnalism.  and  where  the  accused  lestiSee  against 
himself  and  is  .judged  without  nppeai. 

(f)  Jlerciless  torture  of  "hcrotica'"  and  "Jews": 
among  the  former,  Niemoeller  and  Jebov^'e  wit- 
nesses 

(g)  Gestapo,  modem  refinement  on  spies  of  In- 
quisition, who  listened  for  the  damning  words  frem 
the  unsuspecting. 

(h)  Death  of  every  democratic,  principle  inim- 
ical to  the  Catholic  (ihurcb's  eventual  despotism. 

C0N3OLATLON 


The  Results  of  Catholic  Tutelage 

(15)  Hitler  now  reveals  the 
dei'llis  to  whidli  his  Cutholie  tute- 
lage has  led  liiin,  lie  discovers  that 
night  19  the  best  time  for  the  dirty 
work  of  couvevtinw  £ijid  irielting 
men  to  deeds  of  viulenee.  injustice  find  crime, 

It  seems  tliat  iu  tlie  muiniiig.  aail  even  (3uinng 
tfe  day,  mt-n's  will  power  I'evolts  with  highest  en- 
<irgT  against  an  aJteinpt  at  beini,'  foratrl  uiiiler  an- 
other's will  enii  another's  opinion.  In  tht  evening, 
lioscevev,  they  sueeumb  moi*  easily  to  fan  (iomiiiat- 
ing  fotce  ofa  f-tronger  will.  For  truly  every  snnh 
meeting  pTcseiila  a  wi-c'^tliiig  raalch  between  two 
Opposed  L'ori'es,  'I'hf^  superior  oridorii'iil  liiicnt  of 
a  dnoiiueerin^  apustoiic  rtatLire  will  now  suewed 
more  easily  in  winning  foi-  the  new  will  people  who 
themselves  have  iji  fiirii  e.vperienoed  a  weakening  of 
their  force  of  rcsislaiiee  in  the  QiORt  naLuraJ  way, 
Ihaii  people  who  still  have  full  eiimmand  of  the 
energies  of  their  minds  and  their  will  power.  The 
muie  pnrpoar  serves  also  the  artificially  created 
and  ye!  mysLerioTis  dnsk  of  flie  Catholic  churches, 
the  burning'  candles,  incense,  caiserB,  etc.  [Pages 
710-711] 

You  see  he  should  have  been  a  priesl. 

(16)  A  footnote  on  page  143  shows  how 
Hitler  has  corrupted  Lutheran  FrotestHut- 
ism, 

Lutheran  teaehins  on  Ihe  sub.ipiit  of  baptism, 
which  ia  regarded  as  the  areatest  sat-ratnent,  is  that 
througli  baptism  equality  of  slatiit!  before  God  and 
111  the  church  is  conferred  on  man.  Dii^erences  of 
race  and  environment  may  and  dosuhsisl,  but  they 
are  not  of  essential  importance.  Moreover,  ihe 
sacred  ministry  ig  open  to  nil  who  have  been  bap- 
tized and  are  caUed.  Therewith  Lutheran  ism  denies 
the  priority  of  race.  When  Hitler  came  to  povvtr 
he  immediately  tried  to  place  the  governance  of 
the  Lutheran  ehni'eh  In  the  hands  of  men  who  were 
willing  til  alter  the  traditional  tcachuig.  A  large 
gi'OLip  of  Gci-man  Christians  who  subscribed  to 
Hitler's  views  were  recruited  and  their  representa- 
tive, Pastor  Lndwig  Mueller,  was  named  ai'chbishup 
at  the  coram;uid  of  the  government.  The  majority 
of  German  theologians  refused,  huwever.  to  accept 
sn  drastic  a  tampering  mth  their  creed.  Gradually 
they  formed  the  Confessional  Synod,  ajid  this  has 
luitil  now,  despite  all  pressure  and  suffering,  elimg 
resolutely  to  the  orthodox  point  of  view.  The  best- 
known  spokesman  for  this  point  of  view  is  Pastor 
Martin  KiemoeOer,  who  was  imprisimed  by  com- 
mand of  Hitler  and  is  still  held  in  virtually  !(olitai7 
confinement,  bnt  there  are  hundreds  of  clergymen 
who  have  learned,  too,  the  meaning  of  opposition. 
More  than  twelve  hundred  of  their  mnnher  have 
gone  to  prisou;  sonir  are  dead.  The  crisis  through 
which  Lufberpnism  is  passing  is  im  questionably 
ihe  gravest  in  htstoiy. 

NOVEMBER  29,   1929 


Bis  Excuse  for  Wrecking  Protestantism 

Thtit  he  thus  found  a  good  excuse 
to  wreck  Protestantism  and  favor 
Catholicism  can  be  demonstrated. 
His  surrender  to  the  Catholic 
Church  was  symbolized,  one  may 
say,  hy  his  efforts  to  appease  and  control  tho 
Bavarian  People's  Party  (Roman  Catholic). 
Proof  of  this  adherence  to  Catholicism  before 
his  rise  to  power,  at  whieh  Inter  time  he  de- 
bauched Lntheranism.  is  found  in  the  follow- 
ing footnote,  but,  of  course,  the  uditorial 
siionaors  were  really  snoring  when  they  wrote 
it.  iind  so  they  failed  lo  draw  any  fionclusions. 

The  ultramontane*  quest  iou  was  raised  by 
LudendortT,  After  Jlitlcr's  release  from  prison,  he 
saw  that  without  the  tacit  consent  of  the  Bavarian 
People's  Party  any  re&iimpliou  of  his  activities  in 
Bavaria  was  out  of  the  tjuestion.  Therefore,  he 
publicly  disavowed  any  uiterrst  in  religious  war- 
f.are.  though  other  Nazis  might  keep  up  a  fairly 
steady  tire  on  the  chiireh  from  behind  their  desks 
in  the  VDflkinchcT  Beohni^hln-  oflici-B.  Besides,  Mu.s- 
solini  had  reached  a  kind  of  annistiee  with  the 
Catholic  church  (though  real  peace  did  not  coxae 
until  19U9|  the  dramatic  value  of  whieh  made  it- 
self felt  even  north  of  the  Alps.  LudeiidorfE,  whose 
second  wife  had  instillad  into  him  a  loathing  for 
the  -Jesuits  in  particular,  received  this  profession 
of  religious  neutrality,  even  of  benevolence  to  reli- 
gion, if  one  prefers,  with  miconcealed  antipathy, 
Norlh  Gennan  wi'iters,  Count  Reventlow  in  partic- 
ular, also  took  exception  to  Hitler's  stand.  No 
sooner  had  the  paj'ty  come  to  power,  however,  than 
essays  to  which  Ludeudorft'  might  have  subscribed 
with  gusto  appeared  on  all  kiosks.  The  preface  to 
a  brochure  concerning  the  Jesuit,  by  Herbert  Herr- 
manns, said  in  part: 

This  essay  makes  no  pretense  at  being  objective, 
since  that  wuuld  mean  merely  adding  another  to  the 
enormnnsiy  swollen  tide  of  boiilts  and  writings  of  that 
kind.  It  is  cft'ered,  rather,  as  ;;  dear-i^ut  allfli-k.  Pots- 
diuri  in  the  May  moon  of  tlie  Brsl  vear  of  the  Natiimal 
Socialist  RHviilution.  Page  S23. 

You  perceive,  tlion,  how  easy  it  is  for  the 
editorial  sponsors  to  get  off  the  subject  and 
wind  up  with  an  insinuation  that  Hitter  was 
a.nti-Catholie,  and  lliat  the  eritieism  of  Jesuits 
by  Ludendorff  was  ins])ired  by  a  woman,  and 
^one  cannot  escape  the  thought — a  question- 
able one.  And  now  Hitler  reveals  that  Protiis- 
tants  dare  not  be  Protestants,  tliat  is,  protest 
against  anything: 

'  Frani  Wol;at«r:  UltTanntintano.  1.  Beyond  the 
niouiitains,  eep.  the  AIjjb.  £.  Specif.,  one  who  livta 
south  of  the  Alps;-  a  supporter  (orig.  one  of  the 
Italian  party  ia  thu  Eeman  Catholic"  Church)  of 
papal  sopremaey,  rather  t.hsii  national  churches, 

9 


Por  esHnipli.-,  in  all  tbaeo  thrpe  coantries  a  strug- 
glo  HRainsl  r.'li'ri''aii.siu  ir  L'iti'amaiilHiiism  Ciui  l:e 
prea.clied  without  running  the  vwk  iLa.l.  iktoiin-li  tliis 
attmiipt  tii(=  Freneli,  Spa.uish  or  llfilian  riiitioii  ns 
EUcii  will  fall  apart.  But  lliis  may  Dot  ha  doiie  in 
German^-,  since  here  Pi'olcstanliMiii,  too,  ot  course, 
wou.li)  ,]oiri  iji  Sin'li  an  initiative.  Coi]5ec|Heiitly, 
fefiwever,  tlie  <k'feu&(?,  wliieh  plKewhcTV  ivoiild  he 
BnU'ly  liy  Ontbolip.^  M^'Hinst  political  eriiroachnicnts 
oS  thtir  null  tii'eluleii.  would  lit'if  imiiiciliiitclj'  take 
on  the  iiftlure  of  an  iitlaek  fiy  Protcatancisiu  against 
Catholicism.  [Pag*  63S] 

Protecting  the  Singing  Harlot 

Van  soc  that  wniilii  not  do;  the  Catholic 
Church  cunnot  take  it.  and  so  s!iu  iniiwt  Ijl' 
protectixl.  It  is  no  doubt  paasases  such  as  thtse 
timt  eiideiiied  Hitler  to  the  ValiL-an.  And  then, 
after  lakJng  sides  against  Protestants,  and 
p(?reeivirig  the  refiisal  of  Lutlieranism  to  join 
km  in  Jewisli  blood-letting,  beeatsse  of  coii- 
acienpe,  he  has  the  Knll  to  lie  about  it  and,sny. 

The  most  heiieying  Pratnstant  could  stand  in 
the  fants  at  mir  raorcment,  uc^t  to  tbt'  moat  be- 
lieving Cfltliulic.  iviliioiil  ever  liaviog  lu  eoine  inlo 
Hlightest  Bonflict  ot  conscience  wltii  his  rebg-Ious 
couTietir.iia,  [Page  S29] 

That  is  how  Komfi  iis&fl  lier  noturaJ  enemies 
to  ovei'come  one  anntiiei' — divide  and  rule. 
By  now  it  should  be  plain  to  the  roader  thai, 
had  one  of  liioso  .Tesiui;s  so  ItoJoved  of  Hitler 
set  oul.  !o  deb(iLi(.-h  tlie  fii-rtiian  ra(.'e.  hf  wonlr] 
Imve  fliosei]  the  identical  nietliods  resorlod  to 
by  the  madman  of  Bcrchtcsgadcn. 

It  may  be  said  that,  in  a  greater  scnoe,  the 
ea.tiioliciani  and  orthodoxy  oi  Adolf  Hitler 
diBplaya  itself  most  abondantly  in  his  hatred 
of  democracy,  and  Mein  Ku>Hl>f  is  the  most 
colossal  tirade  against  domocratie  insiiintious 
th(j1  lias  evpr  hefii  wriTlen.  In  this  he  H  now 
ably  supported  (sinee  he  can  no  loiijier  rave 
against  MarsisTn  iu  ficrmany)  by  the  Roman 
CalhoHc  clery:j-,  in  eveo"  eountry  on  eurtli,  by 
thcJi'  pot-3hooting  and  iimbiisliiiig  of  every 
free,  lilieral  end  dcmoeratie  institution. 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  point  out  that  since 
the  New  Deal  has  bueu  sworn  to  bo  the  polit- 
ical oxpreasion  of  the  late  pope's  eneyelieals, 
thfi  rfitjiilting  t'lrfumwriliing  of  freedom,  and 
demoralization  of  the  masses,  ia  a  nalaral  con- 
seqiienee.  It  miuht  he  remarkeii  in  passing  thai 
tile  United  States  and  Great  Brilaiii  have 
never  bren  subjected  to  so  great  a  barrage  of 
raediiling,  eritieizin^,  and  tireed  for  power  on 
the  part  of  the  lioman  Catholic  Hierarchy  as 
aftheta  them  now ;  and  sinee  thest  niatters  dare 
not  be  openly  presented  to  the  public,  fiither 

10 


by  press  or  radio,  the  prospect  that  the  church 
of  Rome  and  Hitler  will  realize  tlieir  jimbition 
to  rule  tlic  worid  is  very  good  indeed. 

The  Champion  of  the  Hierarclty 

I '^0  return  to  the  spomors:  It  is 
I  i't'iircUabK'  lliai  ihty  futlcd  lo  see 
,  ill  Hitk'r's  ".ieslructipn  of  labor 
iniioiis,  iu  his  destruction  of  frce- 
■  (loni  of  eonseiciiec  press  and  speej?h, 
in  his  medieval  brutality  and  mj'stieisiTi,  in  his 
mereileas  pL'rsc^-ulion  of  innocent  men  and 
women  and  children,  in  his  Woody  intolecanee 
of  any  fjiith  ii()t  Roman,  in  his  Iranocs  and 
tremors,  the  pui-e,  unadii  Iters  led  and  devoted 
chiunpioTi  of  the  llierarciiy,  i;sing  the 
"Clmri'h",  and  being  used  by  her.  to  regain 
ia?  hor  the  lost  power  and  prestige  of  the 
Dark  Ages. 

It  is  too  much,  of  coune.  to  expect  these 
apoti.gors  of  great  repulalion  lo  ace  or  unJcr- 
sland  tlie  siftM  of  the  times :  sine*  In  an  earlier 
day  an  AnRURluy  Caosar  did  nol  understand 
Ilia  time,  nor  tte  great  aad  noble  Pontius  Pi- 
iale.  And  for  that  reason  lh«  following  foot- 
note can  seareeiy  be  held  ay^Mn-!.  tiiem,  al- 
thoui^h  ibeir  atleiiipl  lo  }X(-  . .  .„•  a  pt-i'se- 
eutor  of  Catholics,  ami  thcij  -.^^^  ind  cruel 
ignoring  of  the  terrible  plight  of  Jehovah's 
witnesses  in  Germany,  will  aatat  day  be  eoimt- 
ed  against  them  by  Him  who  m«s  all.  Quoting 
from  pa!re247: 

The  uationalizaticin  of  the  grnt  bums  can  never 
lake  place  by  wtiy  of  half  measares.  by  a  weak 
cmphnala  upon  a  ao-ealled  obJMtiv*  tipwpnint,  but 
by  a  rulhlesB  and  fanatujaily  otK-tiJ>il  ortcntatinn 
BS  to  the  ^ual  to  be  aiiued  at.  Tkal  nesn.;,  there- 
fore, one  CKiuiol.  rfiake  a  pro^de  "naUonil"  in  llie 
mcnuin™  of  onr  pcoacnt  ''IJOUrgMorir",  Ihal  isi  With 
so-anrt-Bfj  VPS l.iio lions,  bii!  oiiI>  mtioaali^ie  with 
thi!  entire  vehemeuce  wliivh  is  barband  in  llie  ex- 
treme. 

Demonization  of  the  3ta$aft 

Tile  footnote  to  this  stitEcrm^at  follows,  and 
further  illustrates  the  helpleasneas  of  the 
worldly-wise  in  the  face  of  the  ereatfrst  calam- 
ity of  all  time  abotU  to  befall  humankind, 
jtist  as  Clirist  Jesus  foi-etold. 

This  hyateiia  wus  an  imp'r'--'  ■'iscorery.  It 
was  created  liy  a  kind  ot  ii\\ ;.  .ri:i;e,  seem- 
ingly exerted  by  ibc  Parly  ai.-^_ ji.  the  pople 

undoubtedly  not  wholly  iioncai  as  a  rranlt  of 
priv;tttun-,"llii'ifoj;h  wliielilhev  !:sii  jowwl  Estraor- 
dinary  phenomena  of  a  siarJar  kiaii  iri-re  nmnciv 
ons   during   llie   posl-war   vE-ars.  «.{?,.   She  eiirious 

CONSOLATION 


r"  of  Hamburg,  HafiiHei-,  who  was  fallowed 
jaimf'use  <?rowda:  Ihe  BiMiursiiiier  (Bible  Stu- 
tr,ts'j  v.-hn  raiswl  t.idrs  of"  arlvcnlistic  cinoiioii  in 
■  <1  elstivhere ;  Rudolph  Slfiiier,  Ihp  aiithru- 
",  who  built  bouses  resembling  Lrees,  etc. 
IBf)^  who  hearii  Hitler  during  those  years  are 
aaninioiiR  in  sayiiig'  llial  he  ent'eudered  a  kind 
euiolioual  Irauef  wifh  mpthorls  quite  his  own. 
irly  guards  moved  tnutiiiunusly  around  the  pinec 
'asi^enibly,  and  usually  aume  interliiper  wus  £nuud 
iio  could  be  draTiifiticnlly  shaken  and  bouueed. 
thru  there  wm  a  |jauHe.  Had  jinythiiig  gone 
tjilj;?  Then  Hitler  ELppeared,  looking  as  if  he 
iisd  run  the  linal  two  himdrnd  yards  in  repord  time, 
to  unlPBsh  n  torrent  of  wui'ds,  working  himself 
:nto  a  frenzy  of  half-somnambulistie  energy  that 
lasJed  for  hours,  und  revpling  in  diina.ses  that  were 
mure  like  niotita  in  Wairneriau  drama  Chan  like 
sry  Itiud  of  diseourae.  Perhaps  lie  would  auddeuly 
bncak  into  a  5ort  uf  weeping:,  pause,  and  shout 
"Dcutsi'hiand.  Dflntschlaiid,  Deutschland".  However 
iti;  I'orpignei'  iiiight  react,  even  quite  unnna!  Ger- 
niens  were  swept  ait"  their  fpet.  Hitler's  very  es- 
iTtmes  had  effected  an  emotional  releatie.  Then  his 
oratory  wrung  eveiy  listener  Ajy,  piovided,  that 


ia,  that  he-  could  bring  himself  to  be  en  rapport 
with  what  was  said. 

This  seil'-uvidi'iit  deTnoT}izatii)n  of  entire 
Dias.siis  of  people  eonld  not  possibly  be  nch 
ticed  by  the  sponsors,  nor  by  the  learned  edi- 
torial eommittee. 

To  conelude  (and  space  and  linif  forbid  Ibu 
analysis  the  book  di'mands),  Mvin  Kirmpf  is 
a  handbook  for  ail  the  Totalitarian-minded,  in 
whatever  rouuHy  or  state  they  be.  Having 
nnce  read  it,  it  is  not  hard  to  divine  the  sigiiif- 
icanee  of  much  of  the  hogwasli  publisbcd  in 
daily  papers,  books  ;iJid  magazines;  nor  can 
one  thereaflpr  fail  to  mark  the  mon  who  by 
their  utterances  ami  public  speeches  testify 
that  they  have  learned  tlie  diabolical  lessons 
it  has  to  teach,  and  are  endeavoring  to  put  in 
practice  those  same  Ics-sous,  hoping  thereby  to 
giiin  an  end  entirely  selfiyli  anr|  despicable: 
ail  etui  tlxa!  will  [jrove  unuttorably  tragic  for 
tliu  human  raep.  And  tu  this  end  the  Sponsors 
have  contributed  their  share. — Joa,  E.  BoJ- 
den,  Pennsylvauia. 


Kailruads 


A  Tkket  Calls  for  a  Seat 

Philip  Davis,  Ne"w  York  lawyer, 
sued  the  New  York  Central  Rail- 
roMd  Company  because,  after  it  had 
sold  him  a  tipket  to  ,\lbauv,  for  the 
sum  of  $2.80,  he  had  to  stand  for 
t^e  three-hour  ride  between  the  two  cities.  He 
w(Hi  his  fight  and  received  $232,89  in  eash,  ihe 
sanLc  being  a  relm'n  of  Ihe  cost  of  his  ticket 
and  legal  eusts  and  interest  on  the  same  to  the 
day  of  settlement,  A  ticket  calls  for  a  se'nt, 
and  if  a  railroad  company  sells  the  ticket,  and 
a  coach  is  ovcrerowded,  it  is  its  business  to 
see  that  the  passenger  is  accommodate.d  in  a 
PullmaJi  if  there  ia  any  space  available  in 
such  cars. 

Aluminum  Cars  in  Subways 

♦  Ahiniiiium  eai's  introduced  in  the  subways 
ol'  New  Voj'k  weigh  only  half  as  much  as 
steel,  cause  less  wear  and  tear  on  rails,  reduce 
(he  noise,  and  are  popular. 

Buses  Killing  Railroads 

♦  l-'omplaint  comes  from  Costa  Rica  that 
buses  are  killing  Ihe  railroads.  The  same  situa- 
tion is  developing  all  over  the  world. 

NOVEMBER  as,   1939 


Highwaymen  in  Wisconsin 

♦  Two  highwaymen  ia  Wisconsin,  one  3 
years  oJ:'  age  and  the  other  4,  stood  between 
the  rails  of  tfie  Chicago  and  Norlhwesteru 
Railway  at  Crandon,  Wisconsin,  and  brought 
a  train  lo  a  sereeehing  standstill  ten  feet  away. 
They  had  a  toy  gun  with  them  with  which  they 
figuratively  shot  the  tiremau  who  came  to  ptit 
them  off  the  traek.  And  in  the  end  the  only 
rewtird  of  their  holdup  was  that  they  got 
spanked  by  their  mollier.  As  a  matter  of  fact, 
however,  it  was  the  father  and  mother  that  de- 
ser\'ed  the  punishment.  It  was  they  that  placed 
the  weapons  in  the  babies"  hands. 

134  Miles  an  Hour 

♦  A  new  streamlined  train  I.Jtween  Berlin 
and  Hamburg  made  Ihe  record  time  of  l,"?* 
miles  an  hour.  The  locomotive  Ls  Diesel-drivc-n. 
A  record  of  125  miles  an  hour  has  been  made 
in  Britain,  on  the  London  and  Northeastern 
Railway,  between  London  and  Edinljiirgh. 

Fast  Time  in  Belgium 

♦  A  ne->v  tr.iin  makes  the  .57.7  mile  run  be- 
tween Brussels  and  Bruges,  Belgiimi,  in  46 
minutes,  or  at  the  mte  of  75.3  inUes  per  hour, 
start-to-slop. 

U 


I 


Palestine 


CiUain's  Pipe  Line 

I  A  Ircmwidoiis  pipe  lino  carrying 
oil  from  Kirluik  in  Iraq  lo  tliti 
«)asta,]  oilien  of  Jliiifa  and  Tripoli 
is  of  ■■'ojisiderablc  importunee  to  tlie 
British  mid  their  navy.  Like  the 
wcil-knowji  Britisli  lifp  line,  it  rrnis  tlirouuh 
Arab  territory.  rTenec  Britain's  desire  tu  ke*.'p 
pe.ice  with  the  Araliy,  evE-u  at  tlm  seeining  ex- 
pcuNC  of  the  .lews  in  Pale.stiiie.  Both  thL'  Arabs 
and  tliu  .Jfiws  have  rights  of  long  standiui^  in 
that  ancient  country,  but  the  Arabs  have  the 
important  "nine  points"  of  possession.  Judge 
Ruthorfurd.  in  bia  study  of  the  proplit'des, 
has  stated  that  never  again  will  the  Jews  o'ain 
poaKes-sion  of  Pal(>stine,  And  it  ia  bcginiiiiiE;  to 
look  like  it  in  ac-lu:il  faet.  Jew  religionists 
nontiiiUH  to  reject  Messiah.  They  can  hardly 
look  for  Jehovah's  favor  aa  long  as  they  con- 
tinue in  Itat  eoui-se. 

Rats  Used  to  Enrn  Crops 

♦  For  some  time  Jewi.sh  farmers  in  Palestine 
stiffer-ed  from  strange  fires  in  their  standinji 
grain,  until  finally  a  ijoliceman  caus^h:  an 
Arab,  lorknig  near  a  field,  carrying  in  a  hag 
live  oil-soaked  rats.  He  had  been  folWiiii;  the 
jiraetipo  of  lighting'  the  poor  CTeatm-es  and 
then  setting  them  adrift  to  burn  the  crops  of 
tho.se  he  regarded  as  his  enemies.  This  affords 
an  interesting  contrast  to  the  following  ac- 
count  found  in  the  Holy  Scriptures; 

And  Sain^n  went  auti  [look  in  snareal  three 
liuiidtcii  foxes,  and  took  fin-hvaiuls  and  tiinieJ 
tail  to  till],  and  put  a  lircbrand  iti  the  midst  between 
two  tails.  Anil  wlieii  tie  had  set  the  brands  on  Tn-o. 
be  let  them  gu  iulo  the  standing  onni  of  the  Philis- 
tinoa,  and  burnt  up  both  the  siioeks,  and  alao  tLc 
standing  sorn,  witb  the  viiicyai-ds  and  obvus. — 
Judges  15:4,5. 

Brandeis  on  Zionism 

♦  t'ormer  Supreme  Coiirl  Justiee  Louis  D. 
Brandcis  i.s  quoted  a.s  thinking  and  saying 
thai  since  the  Jews  have  nowhere  else  to  go, 
and  Palestine  can  absorb  100.000  of  them  an- 
nually,  they  will  l^od  a  way  to  roaeh  that  des- 
tination, regardless  of  attempted  obliteration 
of  their  rights  for  the  private  advantage  of 
others.  He  didnol  come  right  out  and  say  that 
Britain  is  afraid  of  the  Moslems  and  also 
afraid  of  the  devilfry  done  in  Moslem  lands 
by  Oerman  and  Italian  propaganda,  bnt  mani- 
festly he  could  not  be  in  sympatJiy.  witii-  tlie 

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disgraceful  ending  of  the  Balfoiu'  declaration 
in  turning  control  of  Palestoie  over  into  the 
hands  of  Iho  Arabs,  as  now  proposed  in  the 
British  Ooverument's  white  paper  on  the  sub- 
ject. Tn  its  anprincii)!ed  yielding  to  the 
Mussolini-inspired  troulilemakers  of  Palestine, 
the  British  fiovcrnmenl  shows  the  same  [jcr- 
fidioas  yelfi.s-hness  as  it  did  when  it  put  Czecho- 
slovakia  in  the  hands  of  Hitler.  To  all  intents 
and  purposes  the  jn-esent  rulers  of  Britain  arc 
Fascists,  because  they  play  directly  into  the 
hands  of  the  opp{)nents  of  demoeraev.  The 
Jews  invested  $50l),{)00,nOO  in  a  barren  land, 
and  made  it  bloom,  because  they  trusted  Brit- 
ish statesmen.  Now  their  investment  is  worth 
nothing,  and  in  the  wor.st  hour  of  their  history 
Britain  slams  the  door  in  their  faces.  At 
Munich  Britain  sacrificed  democracy  and 
Proti'slantism  in  central  Europe  and  now  sac- 
rifices honor  and  the  Jews  in  Asia, 

Homeless  Jews  Fling  Away  Pas.spotts 

♦  .Jews  who  have  been  and  are  being  expelled 
from  European  countries,  and  put  on  the  high 
seas  lu  Palestine,  are  resorting  to  the  trick  of 
throwing  away  their  passports  when  refused 
admittance  to  Palestine,  and  tlien  the  author- 
ities do  liot  know  what  to  do  with  them.  They 
might  as  well,  and  they  cannot  be  blamed, 

Jews  in  Palestine 

♦  At  the  end  of  the  year  1938  there  were 
437,000  Jews  in  Palestine,  and  they  tlien  con- 
stituted about  31,3  percent  of  the  total  settled 
population  of  the  country.  The  culture  of 
citrus  fruits  has  continued  To  expand,  and  the 
export  of  oranges  and  grapefruit  has  reached 
record  dim en.s ions. 

The  War  in  Palestine 

♦  Tiie  undeclared  war  in  Palestine  wa.s  so 
serious  that  in  a  single  month  67ti  were  killed 
and  wounded:  J04  Arabs.  :JC2  Jews,  and  the 
others  British  soldiers  and  constables.  During 
the  same  month  seven  Arabs  were  executed 
after  conviction  in  the  mJbtary  courts. 

Jewish  !Jse  of  Swastika 

♦  niscovery  was  recently  made  for  the  use  of 
the  .sv.astiifa  in  the  floor  design  of  a  Jewish 
synagogue  near  llama,  northern  Syria,  show- 
ing tiial  the  Nazi  symbol  was  in  use  1.500  years 
ago.  Hitler  hates  the  Jews,  but  mimics  them. 

CONSOLATION 


Let  America  Mind  Its  Om^  Business 


COL'NTKV  capable  of  pi-odueing  an  aii- 

,nua]  income  of  five  tliousand  dollars  per 

ariily,  but  iiiinnjttlnif  oiip-tiiird  of  them  to  go 

wwierfed  and  anothc-r  third  to  rot  m  idleness, 

I  no  Witrratit  from  on  high  to  poae  as  arbiter 

lof  ihe  world. 

A  country  in  whieh  man  is  pitied  against 
nan.  group  against  group,  class  against  class, 
nd  all  operatiiis  on 
he  principle  of  every 
iJellow  for  himself  and 
aa\    till?    Devil   take 
Ihe  hindmost,  should 
jbe    the    last    one    to 
Ibailkcr  for  the  job  of 
[universal  peace  angel. 
A  country  possess- 
ing one  hillion  acres 
sf    fiTtile    bind,    yet 
Jlolerating  a  condition 
jin  wliich  one-half  its 
iriiiL-rs — that  is.  the 
LliBiid  that  feeds  the 
lation — are     aJready 
andles.s,and  the  other 
half  on  the  ivay.  and 
II  of  them  bled  white 
[by  as  kmsy  a  gaii;!'  of 
amblers,  speeulalors, 
lijjii'kers     and     cut- 
tlln'oals  as  ever  walketl 
|in  shoe  leather,  should 
[Bi  o  d  e  s  f  1  y      refrain 
from     tolling     other 
[people    how    to    run 
[their  affairs. 

A  country  sporting 
lithe  highest  crime  rate 

|jli  the  world,  registering' more  }iom.icide  in  any 

county  than  the  whole  of  Kngisind,  is  in 

I  position  lo  tell  other.s  to  be  good. 

A  country  wiiieh  allows  millions  of  acres  of 

its  best  fann  and  grazing  land  to  blow  into 

be  Atlantic  and  wash  into  the  Gulf  has  not 

nough  patriotism  in  its  mnke-uii  to  tell  otliers 

ow  to  love  their  fatiicrlaiid, 

A  countrj-  that  lets  millions  of  its  children 

y  for  fruit  and  bread  find  milk  and  meat 

phiie  taxing  milk  bottles,  bread  baskets,  fruit 

gars  and  the  rest  of  the  pantry,  to  pay  honest 

susliandmen  for  plowing  under  food,  burying 

jigs  and  murdering  hcil'cr  calves,  has  neither 

nor  heart  enough  to  still  the  bitter  ery- 

■  of  the  children  ol^^  other  lands. 

INOVEMBIR  29,   ^939 


John  gels  all  the  facta  at 
boatload  of  kind 


And  lastly,  a  country  that  only  twenty 
short  viiarH  a.go  permitted  a  pait'el  of  greedy 
hogs,  shallow-patcd  poiilieians,  flag-waving 
nitwits,  golden-calf  parsons,  and  "'boughten" 
scribes  to  bamboozle  it  into  the  World  Wai'. 
tJiree  thousand  miles  from  home,  at  the  cost 
of  one  hundred  billion  dollars,  fifty  thousand 
dead,  and  three  hundred  lliuiisand  permanent- 
ly maimed  boys,  with 
no  other  result  than 
preparing  the  witch 
brotli  tliat  is  about  lo 
boil  over,  o\'er  there, 
would,  with  better 
jjrace,  weep  over  its 
own  folly  than  han- 
Iier  afier  the  job  of 
savior  of  the  world. 

I  am  not  afraid  tu 
suffer  for  my  convic- 
tions. 1  proved  it 
when  I  faced  the 
bluod-drnnken  min- 
ions of  Dictator 
Woodrow  Wilson  in 
the  midst  of  tho 
World  War.  I  faced 
liis  whitedivered,  yel- 
low-streaked home 
guard  vshen  I  ran  for 
Congress  in  the  third 
district  of  Wisconsin 
on  a  JOO-pereent  anti-  • 
war  |)  la  [if  orm  and 
with  80  years  of  Fort 
Leavenworth  hanging 
over  my  bloody  but 
unbowed  head.  And 
that,  too,  was  ntrRiNG  the  World  War,  not 
after,  nor  before  if. — Oscar  Ameringer,  iu 
The  Amtrican  Guorditin. 


last,  thanks  be  to  a  whole 
and  true  friends 


Hard-hearted  Uncle  Sam 

♦  fclard-hparted  Uncle  ^am  loaned  $3,000,- 
OOO.GOn  to  1,000.000  home  owners  but  ijuite 
some  time  ago  had  foreclosed  on  80,00(1  homes 
—the  old  skin-flint,  or  Shyloek,  as  British 
call  him. 

Two-Thirds  of  World's  Gold 

♦  L'ncle  .Sam  now  bas  possession  of  two- 
thirds  of  the  world's  gold.  The  amount  now 
stored  Ls  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  of 
$15,000,000,000. 

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Pennsylvania 


Justice  in  Pennsylvania 

A  Idi'se  numbcT  of  citizens  fiwl 
tiiiil  it  is  easier  to  have  a  ease 
"iixed"  than  to  go  to  trial  regii- 
'arly,  and  their  expressed  attitude 
""does  not  retlect  a  proper  respeL'l 
for  our  .system  of  cfiminBl  justice''. 

In  one  ease,  a.t  lofist,  a  witness  before  the 
eominisstoii  was  so  diagusted  with  the  way  the 
case  Wiis  handled  and  the  obvious  nifinnpr  in 
whieh  it  was  '""Ijci imeed  ouf",  that  he  stated 
that  if  ever  again  he  witnessed  a  crime  being 
committed  he  would  turn  his  head  nway 
rather  thnn  talie  a  chimce  of  bfing  subpot-nacd 
to  attend  court  time  after  time  and  then  see- 
ing the  whole  matter  obviously  "fixed". 

The  conuaisMion  has  found  that  reconsidera- 
tions and  modifications  of  sentences  have  been 
made  by  the  courts  after  the  term  has  expired ; 
that  such  matters  have  been  iiandled  privately 
in  chambers  instead  of  in  open  court ;  that  de- 
fendants aftur  entering  pleas  of  nolo  contim- 
<iere  have  been  found  not  guilty  by  the  court ; 
that  provisions  of  the  probation  net  are 
ignored  in  that  probations  have  been  granted 
to  defendants  convicted  of  crimes  for  ;vhieh 
the  a('t  provides  that  there  shall  be  no  pro- 
bation. 

Paroles  bav^e  been  granted  in  many  ta.sea 
without  a  formal  petition  being  tiled  :  without 
required  liotice  being  given  to  the  district 
attorney's  ol'fiee ;  without  iududing  in  the 
petition  any  .statement  of  the  prisoner's  crim- 
inal record;  without  a  hearing  in  open  court 
01"  two  judges  being  present;  and  in  some 
cases  without  any  of  the  rciioiremcnts  being 
met,  as  in  one  case  where  the  parole  was  grant- 
ed by  mail  and  the  judge  instructed  someone 
dse  that  he  <Jou!d  sign  his  name  to  tlie  order; 
that  parole.*  are  refused  by  the  court  when 
formal  petitions  are  presented  by  attorneys, 
but  are  granted  shortly  thereafter  upon  the 
request  of  a  politician  or  favored  lawyer. 

The  commission  has  also  found  that  in  nu- 
merous eases  eonrts  have  required  defendants 
acquitted  by  a  regular  trial  jury  to  furnish 
excessivB  bail  to  'licep  the  peace'  and  upon 
failure  to  furnish  said  bail  the  defendants 
have  been  committed  to  jail.  This  has  been 
done  without  any  formal  charge  being  filed  or 
legal  heaJ'ing  held. 

In  several  cases  in  whicli  the  penalty  for  the 
offense  was  only  a  fine,  the  court  deferred  sen- 

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tence  fi'om  time  to  time,  with  the  practical 
result  that  the  defendants  served  time  in  jail, 
but  in  another  case  the  deferred  si'ntenee  was. 
used  to  Iieep  a  defendttnt  out  of  jail,  as  he  was 
allowed  freedom  on  bail,  while  his  sentence 
was  indefinitely  postponed. 

In  some  cases  the  court  does  not  have  the 
eomplcle  criminal  record  of  the  defendant  be- 
fore passing  sentence,  with  the  result  tiiat  fre- 
quent olfeuders  n-eeivp  light  sentences,  many 
criminals  are  acquitted  or  discharged  due, 
frequently,  to  lack  of  ppcparaiion  by  the  dis- 
trict allorney,  the-  improper  presentation  of 
evidence,  or  the  failure  to  have  the  proper 
witnesses  on  hand;  that  in  some  cases  Impor- 
tanl  wilnesses  essential  to  a  complete  case 
were  not  subpoenaed:  that  no  pennanent  rec- 
ord is  kept  of  ail  subpoenas  thai  are  issued; 
that  in  a  number  of  cases  where  a  defendant 
who  is  out  on  bail  fails  to  iippear  and  the  bail 
is  forfeited  such  bail  is  not  sued  out,  no  judg- 
ment talicn.  and  no  collection  made. 

Investigation  has  disclosed  the  practice  of 
postponing  trials  time  after  time  until  t!ie  case 
eonies  up  before  a  particular  judge  who  is 
Iniown  to  he  generally  lenient  or  even  friendly 
to  the  defendant;  that  in  many  cases  fines 
were  imposed  and  were  never  paid  and  no 
elTort  has  been  made  to  collect  them. 

Criminal  court  records  in  Philadelphia 
county  are  often  kept  in  a  careless  manner; 
in  many  cases  recim  si  derations,  probations, 
and  oilier  oiders  of  the  court  are  written  out 
by  a  clerk  of  the  court  and  not  signed  by  the 
court:  in  some  eases  reputalile  defendiints 
have  testified  licfore  the  commission  that  they 
paid  their  fines  and  forgot  all  about  the  mat- 
ter, wherea.s  the  court  record  indieales  that 
these  fines  were  remitlcd.  with  no  indication 
that  the  fine  was  ever  paid ;  that  in  many  cases 
tines  liave  been  remitted  at  the  request  of  a 
politician. 

Investieation  has  disclosed  that  there  is 
considerable  jury  tamperinj;  in  many  parts 
of  the  state ;  that  the  present  method  of  select- 
ing juries  in  many  counties  is  a  direct  invita- 
tion to  embracery ;  that  there  were  many  cases 
of  substituting  of  jurors  in  Philadelphia  coun- 
ty ;  thai  jurors  were,  in  numerous  cases,  in- 
fluenced by  the  conduct  of  the  court  itself; 
that  in  one  case  a  judge  threatened  a  juror 
with  contempt  if  'he  did  not  go  along  with  the 
rest  of  the  jury",  and  that  the  court  instructed 

CONSOLATION 


[clerk  to  sec  to  it  tliat  certain  jurors  weie 
as  foremen  oti  certain  juries. 
^ Abuses   of  authority    hy   magistrates   have 
shown  to  I'xist  in  that  dtil!(?ntlaTils  are 
ed  from  .jail  by  sen  ten '-in  g'  magistrates 
fore  they  itavf  served  their  tenns  in  prison, 
ilthough   a   nuigintratc  has  no   authority   to 
i>!e  or  modify  a  sentence;  that  tliere  was 
Peoosidcnilile  abuse  in  the  matter  of  release  on 
[Vopies  of  the  charHii'. 

The  eomraissioji  has  furthGf  found  that  in 
I  the  majority  of  cases  the  business  of  profes- 
[■ionBl   biJn<Ismen    borders  on   a    racket;   that 
■ttey  employ  numerous  atraw  men  to  put  op 
-IkhhIs;  that  they  overcharge  in  many  cases; 
that  they  have  connections  in  police  stations 
and  with  eertiain  clerks  of  courts  and  attor- 
neys, which  lend  themselves  to  the  L-asy  fixing 
of  cases. 

The  eommiswion  has  found  that  some  "'third 
[Asgree"  methods  and  the  confinement  of  pris- 
oners in  ''cold  storage"  are  Btill  used  by  police, 
and  that  gun  permits  art;  granted  tu  persons 
with  criminal  records  and  bad  reputations. — 
Bepoi't  of  joint  let-'islative  commission  to  in- 
vestigate the  administration  of  criminal  jus- 
tice in  Pennsylvania,  in  Altoona  Mirror.  (Al- 
though this  commission  held  135  hearings  and 
took  the  testimony  of  1,152  wjtufssus,  only 
I  five  of  the  nine  members  of  the  commission  had 
the  manhood  to  sign  the  report.  Four  were 
afraid  lu  do  so.) 

The  Murder  Business  in  PhiiadelphJa 

♦  Philadelphia  has  a  way  of  keeping  in  the 
limelight.  Flrsl  there  was  the  old  Bibio- 
buming  tub  that  scared  GimbL-1  Brothers  into 
a  fit.  This  eminent  Jewish  concern  did  not 
want  to  run  the  risk  of  losinf^  a  couple  of 
dollars,  so  it  bowed  to  the  power  of  the  Hier- 
archy and  closed  WIP  as  an  outlet  for  Ihe 
message  of  the  Kingdom.  The  next  time  Phila- 
delphia stirred  uneasily  in  her  sleep  was  when 
the  Holmesburg  prison  authorities  tried  bak- 
ing 24  gtU'sts.  but  only  four  of  them  were 
Teally  ready  to  serpc  at  mealtime.  And  uow, 
tliei-p  being  not  much  other  business  in  the 
city,  the  staid  old  burg  by  the  Delaware  looms 
up  as  the  center  of  the  retail  murder  business. 
More  than  100  people  are  now  known  to  have 
been  put  out  of  this  life  by  arfp-cnie.  antimony, 
drowning,  automobile  "accidents"',  or  other 
means  known  to  the  trade.  There  were  branch 
managers,  to  cover  particular  areas,  there  was 
a  physician  to  help  furnish  prospects,  and 
there  were  agents  lo  do  the  bumping  off  at  a 

NOVEMBER  29.   1939 


minimum  of  $300  plus  a  lO-percent  cut  of  all 
insurance  above  $1,000  for  a  case.  One  of  the 
features  of  the  business  was  that,  once  the 
gang  had  managed  to  .make  a  woma.n  an 
arsenic  widow,  they  kept  her  busy  thercal'ter, 
whether  she  wanted  to  or  not.  Whenever  they 
wanted  lo  finish  off  a  man  they  used  all  their 
skill  to  get  her  to  marry  him ;  the  rest  was  easy. 

Pennsylvania  Faimeis  Wondering 

♦  Pennsylvania  farmers  are  wondering  how 
and  why  they  have  to  sell  their  milk  at  6  to 
10  eenlw  a  gallon  and  the  consumer  has  to  pay 
44  to  48  cents  a  gallon  for  it.  Tiiey  need  not 
wonder.  It  ia  merely  legalized  bigh-handed 
robbery,  and  the  robl)erR  have  themselves  so 
well  protected  by  legislation  and  by  contracts 
that  if  a  farmer  dares  sell  a  pint  of  milk  from 
one  of  his  own  cows  to  a  neighbor  he  is  in 
da.nger  of  going  to  .jaii.  For  two  generations 
the  fanners  have  known  they  were  being 
robbed  by  the  milk  pirates  but  have  not  known 
how  to  help  themselves  throw  olt  the  yoke. 

Good  Jolie  on  a  Hunter 

♦  Near  Erie,  Pa.,  a  earclul  hunter  cloaked 
his  autoraobiie  radiator  in  a  brown  blanket. 
The  only  hick  he  had  was  at  the  close  of  the 
day.  Approaching  the  neighborhood  of  his 
ear  on  the  edge  of  dusk  he  blaaed  awa.v  with 
both  ban-els  as  he  sa.w  the  flapping  of  the 
blanket  he  had  placed  over  his  radiator.  He 
thought  he  liad  punctured  a  deer,  but  found 
afterwards  he  liad  only  .riddled  his  blanket 
and  the  automobile  radiator, 

Medical  Care  to  Persons  on  Relief 

♦  Pennsylvania  extends  medical  eare  to  per- 
sons on  relief,  the  .state  paying  the  bill  and 
the  doetors  and  everybody  else  satisfied.  Doc- 
tors gut  ■$!  for  office  calls,  i^2  for  home  eaUs, 
and  $25  for  confinement  eases,  and  have  no 
reason  to  complain,  for  their  money  is  sure. 
Dentists  get  $2  for  the  first  tootii  estractiou 
and  $1  for  each  additional  tootli  extracted  at 
the  same  time. 

The  World's  Largest  Bearing 

♦  The  world's  largest  bearing,  weighing 
317,000  jiounds,  has  been  eorapli'Icd  at  East 
Pittsburgh.  Pa.  This  bearing  will  carry  the 
million-pound  toad  of  the  big  telescope  alop 
Mount  Palomar,  California,  with  which 
astronomers  hope  to  peer  1.000.000.000  light 
years  into  space.  (Sec  details  on  page  26.) 


Manton's  Mil!  for  Selling  Justice 

♦  On  OctobtT  21,  beiurli  rolibfr  Manton, 
blackmail  Iraffivkcr,  snd  the  oulslarkling  dis- 
gi'iH't!  of  the  judiciai-y.  thaa  whieli  history 
lincls.uo  irrcater  among  the  auuals  ol'  the 
English  ivii:!.',  "fai-ed  the  bench  where  he  ouee 
sat  as  tiiu  nation's  tenth  ranking  judge,  and 
heattl  Jiiinself  called  a  iiar  and  a  swindler'." 
[Uaibj  Minor,  Oetober  26)  Cii-hill,  who  eai-ned 
■fame  in  his  hard-hitting  prosecution  of  ilan- 
ton,  lashod  him  iigain  as  the  hearing  for  ap- 
peal went  before  a  panel  of  three  judges  ap- 
pointed hy  Chief  Jnstiee  Hnghes.  When 
reversal  of  Manton's  convielion  was  asktd  by 
his  lawyor,  Cahill'a  reply  was  biting : 

"This  «'as  a  mill  foi"  the  sale  of  justice. 
This  man  Fallon  [the  'bar  man  for  the  'eom- 
mereial  judge"]  and  Judge  ilant<in  were  open 
to  take  money  from  anybody  who  desired 
Moraething  they  were  selling.  .  .  .  Manton 
lied  about  his  tinaneiid  eonditioii.  ...  In  The 
sale  of  jadicial  decisions  these  two  always 
worked  togclher.'"  Cahill  deserihed  Manton  as 
11  "Liar  and  a  swindler".  '■Cahill  did  not  look 
at  him  while  denoimcing  him  before  the  tribu- 
nal." 

No  such  denunciation  lias  eonif,  however, 
from  Ihe  Roman  Catholic  Hierarchy,  with 
whom  as  a  highly  honored  figure  of  tlie  elmrch 
he  held  such  standing  as  to  be  ' ■created" 
Knight  of  St.  Gregory  thf  Oreat  hy  the  yiope. 
His  crimes  have  not  in  any  way  disqiialified 
him  in  these  chureh  honors;  for,  if  tiiey  had, 
would  not  the  LVtholie  press  have  Uiuded  the 
work  of  Cahill,  Hoever  and  thtiii-  own  son 
Munihy  in  bringins  this  vile  rascal  to  justiec* 
This  same  Catholie  press  finds  great  dangers 
to  the  nation  in  Communism,  and  from  little 
children  who  ponsc-ientiously  refuse  to  salute 
any  flag,  and  from  Judge  Eulherford,  whom 
Manton  "piitriotically"  ke|it  in  prison,  but  it 
evidently  finds  nothing  wrong  in  peddling 
justice,  is  not  tliis  sufiieient  evidenee  for  ji.ny 
honest  person  that  their  howl  about  patriotism 
is  only  a  smoke-screen  behind  which  to  betray 
the  country  to  Rome  ?  Here  in  the  court  also 
is  abundant  evidence  when  viewed  in  the  light 
of  Cathoiiii  press  silence  that  the  law  profes- 
sion bent  on  clearing  the  bench  of  such  treach- 
ery is  far  more  honorable  than  the  clergy. 

Anyone  interested  in  Ihe  details  of  the  con- 
spiracy between  the  Hierarchy  and  Manton 
which  resulted  in  sending  seven  Christians 

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to  jail  would  do  well  to  avail  themselves  of 
Comolation  issues  Nos.  519,  520,  an{|  521. 

Manton's  Sentence 

♦  If  the  sentence  of  two  years  in  prison  and 
iilO.OOO  fine  imposed  upon  former  United 
Slates  Circuit  Court  Justice  Martin  T,  Mslji- 
tou  is,  as  di.spat.ehes  say,  the  maximum  per- 
mitted by  law,  it  would  seem  that  the  Federal 
statutes  need  some  amendment,  A  judge  who 
takes  bribes  pollutes  justice  itself. 

If  Manton  is  guilty,  as  the  judgment  of 
the  court  finds,  the  sentence  is  obviously 
wholly  inadeiinate;  such  a  man  ought  never 
to  breathe  free  air  again ;  no  extenuation, 
palliation  or  mitigation  can  be  considered.  It 
i.s  not  possible  to  say  thai  Manton  did  not 
know  what  he  was  doing,  or  did  not  realise  the 
consequences  of  his  offense. 

That  this  is  the  first  case  of  the  kind  in  150 
years  of  AnLcrican  history  is  a  matter  for  gen- 
eral congratulation,  That  such  a  situatiou  wa.s 
almost  inconceivable  probably  accounts  for 
there  being  no  adequate  penalty  provided  by 
law.  But  when  a  postoffice  robber  or  a  counter- 
feiter can  get  up  to  25  ypai"s  in  prison,  a  mere 
two  years  for  a  bribe-taking  judge  i.s  obviously 
out  of  proportion.  Cuugre.ss  should  act  swift- 
l\'  to  correct  this  discreiianey. — Los  Angeles 
Times. 

What  Parks  Are  For 

♦  "Wherever  the  title  of  streets  and  parks 
may  rest,  they  have,  immemorially.  been  held 
in  trust  for  the  use  of  the  public  and,  time  out 
of  mind,  have  been  iLsed  for  purposes  of  us- 
sembly,  communicating  thongiits  between  citi- 
zens, and  discussing  publie  questions. 

"Such  u.^e  of  the  streets  and  public  places 
has,  from  ancient  times,  been  a  part  of  the 
privileges,  immunities,  rights  and  liljerties  of 
eitizena. 

"'Ih,'  i>rivilege  of  a  citizen  of  the  United 
Stales  to  use  the  streets  and  parks  for  com- 
munication of  views  on  national  questions  may 
be  regulated  in  the  interest  of  all;  it  is  not 
absolute,  but  relative,  and  must  be  exercised 
in  subordination  to  the  general  comfort  and 
convenience  and  in  consonance  with  peace  and 
good  order;  but  it  must  not,  in  the  guise  of 
reeidation.  be  abridged  or  denied." — United 
Slfites  Supreme  Court  Ruling.  {Labor.  Wash- 
ington, D.C.) 

CONSOLATION 


Hope  for  Ihe  Jew 


TTTE  Israelites,  or  Jews,  as  a  nation  violated 
tbo  law  covenant  which  God  made  with 
them.  The,y  were  east  away  from  the  Lord's 
favor  and,'  as  h  nation,  destroyed.  The  Isriiel- 
ites  were  the  t.vpieal  people,  and  formed  a 
typical  nation,  which  God  used  for  His  pur- 
poses to  make  pictures  or  types  al  greater 
things  to  follow.  As  a  nation  they  Lave  ceased 
to  exist,  and  there  is  no  reason  to  expect  that 
nation  to  ever  be  restored;  and  this  conclu- 
sion is  supported  by  at  least  two  reasons,  to 
wit:  (1)  As  the  typical  people  or  nation  of 
God  They  performed  the  types  or  pictures  and 
their  work  came  to  an  end  and  iiU  the  types 
ended:  (2)  under  the  rule  of  the  Messiah  there 
-win  be  no  n.itional  divisions,  but  all  people 
will  be  of  one  nation  under  Christ,  the  Mes- 
siah. tJie  King  of  Rigiiteousness,  and  the  King 
of  Peace.  On]\'  those  persons  who  take  their 
stand  on  the  side  of  and  fully  support  and 
obe,v  the  Tlieocratie  Ouvernmcnt  of  God  by 
Christ  JesKs  will  survive.  There  will  be  no  dis- 
tinction bct^veeii  llie  natural  deseenda.nts  of 
Israel  and  the  descendants  of  others.  All  who 
live  must  lie  galhertid  into  one  fold  or  nation 
under  Christ  Jesus  the  King. 

The  Theocralie  Government  is  Jehovah's 
governmenf,  the  government  of  tlie  Almighty 
God,  by  f'hrist  Jesus  ITis  King.  It  is  written 
concerning  Christ  the  Messiah:  "The  govern- 
ment sbairbe  upon  his  shoulder;  and  his  name 
shall  be  called  Wonderful  Counsellor.  The 
mighty  God.  The  everlasting  Father,  The 
Prince  of  Peace.  Of  the  increase  of  his  gov- 
ernment and  peH<-c  there  shall  be  no  end,  upon 
the  thitine  of  Ilavid.  and  upon  his  kingdom, 
to  order  it,  sind  to  establish  it  «Jth  judgment 
and  with  justicf,  from  henceforth  even  foi' 
ever,  Tlie  zeal  of  the  Lord  of  hosts  will  per- 
form this." — Isaiah  y:6,  7. 

Thttt  will  be  tiie  government  of  righteous- 
ness, and  only  those  who  do  ]-ight  shall  be  per- 
mittc^d  to  live  under  it,  Armagvddou,  which 
will  be  the  battle  of  the  great  day  of  God 
Almighty,  will  result  in  the  destruction  of  all 
nations,  which  constitute  Satiin's  organization. 

NOVEMBER  29,  1939 


All  persona  who  survive  that  great  destruc- 
tion must  ,seiTe  and  worship  the  only  true 
God,  .lehovah.  tind  the  Lord  Jesus  Clnist  the 
King.  The  Theocratic  riders  will  be  forever 
invisible  to  human  eyes,  but  that  government 
will  have  visible  representativew  amongst  men 
on  earth  to  carry  out  God's  commandments; 
and  tlio  orders  enforced  will  be  righteous. 
(Isaiali  32:1)  8ucb  is  the  kingdom  which 
Jehovah  God  promised  to  Aliraliam  that  He 
■would  set  up  on  earth  in  due  time  and  con- 
cerning which  all  the  holy  jirojihets  of  Ood 
prophesied.  It  is  the  kingdom  for  which  Jesus 
coni.ma.nded  His  followera  to  pra.y :  ■'Thy  king- 
dom come.  Thy  will  be  done  in  earth,  as  it  is 
in  heaven."— Matt.  6:10. 

There  is  no  national  distinction  amongst 
those  who  will  compose  the  members  of  the 
Theocratic  government:  and  in  support  of  this 
it  is  written :  '"There  is  neither  Jew  nor  Greek, 
there  is  neither  bond  nor  free,  there  is  neither 
male  nor  female;  for  ye  are  all  one  iii  Christ 
Jesus,  And  if  ye  be  Christ's,  then  are  ye 
Abraham's  seed,  and  heirs  according  to  Ihe 
promise."  (Galatians  3:28,29}  There  is  like- 
wise no  national  distinction  between  those 
who  live  under  that  righteous  government, 

ts'ow  the  Lord  is  gathering  to  himself  his 
"other  sheep".  (John  10:16)  Tfiese  people 
are  likened  unto  sheep  fiecaase  they  are  ol'e- 
dient  to  the  Lord.  Such  lloek  or  people  will 
coaHtitule  the  great  multitude  of  perseus  that 
shall  sur-vive  the  battle  of  Armageddon  and, 
being  obedieut  to  the  Lord,  they  will  live  for- 
ever and  populate  the  earth  with  a  perfect 
and  righteous  race.  These  "other  sheep"  are 
now  coming  to  the  Lord  from  every  nation, 
people  and  tongue  on  earth.  (Revelation  7  :_9) 
There  is  no  national  dbtinction  and  uo  nation 
is  favored  above  another.  It  is  an  individual 
matter  with  each  one  who  comes.  All  who  come 
to  God  and  Christ  iindcr  the  terms  named  by 
the  Lord  shall  lio  impartia.Uy  favored  with  the 
bl&ssings  of  life. 

It  therefore  follows  and  the  Scriptures  con- 
clusively prove  that  the  nation  of  Israel  or 
Jews  will  never  be  restored  a.s  a  nation,  but 
that  all  individuals,  whether  Jews  or  non- 
Jews,  may  now  have  the  oiiporlunity  of  tak- 
ing their  stand  on  the  side  of  the  Theocratic 
govemmeul  and  rewive  its  blessings.  The  pur- 
pose of  Jehovah  God  must  be  accomplished; 
as  it  is  written:  *'I  have  spoken  it,  I  will  also 
bring  it  to  pass;  I  have  purposed  it,  I  will  also 
do  it.-'— Isaiah  46:  IL 

Note,   therefore,  it  is  written :   '"God  .  .  . 

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hath  made  of  one  blood  all  nations  of  men,  for 
to  dwell  on  all  the  fare  of  the  earth."  (Aets 
17:26)  Since  God  made  the  earth  for  man 
and  made  ail  men  of  one  hfood,  lo  dwell  upon 
the  earth,  it  follows  that  His  purpose  carried 
iMt"  operation  will  wipe  onl  all  national  lines 
end  all  [jersons  will  come  under  one  rule, 
Every  person  who  sui'^ives  Armageddon  must 
bt  an  ohedient  snb.ieet  of  the  Theocratic  gov- 
enimenf;  under  Christ  Jesus  the  King. 

It  follows,  therefore,  that  hojie  for  the  Jcwa, 
as  well  as  others,  is  faith  and  obedience  to  the 
great  Theocracy.  They  must  turn  to  Jehovah 
God  and  learn  of  Him  and  obey  Him ;  and 
doing  so,  they  will  find  there  everlasting  peace 
and  life  for  ever  on  the  earth.  That  mwins  that 
fhey  and  all  others  must  forsake  all  religion 
and  worship  Almiglity  God  in  spirit  and  in 
truth.  It  means  thai  each  one  who  I'eceivcs  the 
blessings  of  Almighty  God  must  individually 
agree  to  do  the  will  of  God.  take  his  stand 
fij-mly  on  the  side  of  God  and  His  King,  and 
obey  the  laws  of  the  Theocratic  government. 
Those  must  be  gathered  unto  the  Lord  before 
Armageddon. 

Ail  perrans  who  love  and  serve  God  are 
hated  by  the  Devil,  and  certainly  none  such 
are  desired  by  those  who  have  the  Devil's 
spirit.  God's  pro]ihetic  Word  written  long  ago 
applies  to  all  persons,  regardless  of  birth  or 
nationality,  who  seek  tho  Lord  and  serve  Him ; 
and  concerning  such  the  Lord  says:  "Gather 
yourselves  together,  yea,  gather  together,  0 
nation  not  desired;  before  the  decree  briusj 


forth,  before  the  day  pass  as  the  chaff,  before 
the  fierce  anger  of  the  Lord  come  upon  you, 
before  the  day  of  the  Lord's  anger  come  upon 
you.  Seek  ye  thi=  Lord,  all  ye  meek  of  the 
earth,  which  have  wrought  Ids  judgment;  seek 
righteousness,  seek  mcfkneas;  it  may  he  ye 
shall  be  hid  in  the  dav  of  the  Lord's  anger" 
— Zeph.  2 ;  1-3. 

Regardless  of  his  .nationality,  the  man  who 
tries  to  do  right  has  the  desire  for  life;  and  to 
all  such  these  woi'ds  eliould  be  a  comfort,  to 
wit:  -This  is  life  eternal,  that  tliey  might 
know  thee  the  only  true  God,  and  Je.sus  Christ, 
whom  thou  hast  sent."— John  17 :  3. 

The  Jew  and  the  Gentile,  the  bond,  the  op- 
pressed, all,  must  now  abandon  religion,  and 
turn  to  God  and  His  King  and  kinadom.  -Sal- 
vation belongeth  unto  Jehovah."  (Psalm  3:8. 
A.S.V.)  'He  is  the  fountain  of  life.'  (Psalm 
36:  9)  He  gives  life  to  those  who  obey  Him. 
(Romans  6:23)  Let  all  sincere  .Jews  bear  in 
mind  the  words  of  Jehovah's  prophet,  written 
for  the  benefit  of  those  who  love  righteousnosa, 
to  wit:  ''In  that  day  shall  this  song  be  sung 
in  tlu-  land  of  Judah :  We  have  a  strong  city ; 
salvation  will  God  appoint  for  walls  and  bul- 
warks. Open  ye  the  gates,  that  the  righteons 
nation  [The  Theocratic  Government]  which 
keepcth  the  truth  may  enter  in.  Thou  wilt  keep 
him  in  perfect  peace,  whose  miuii  is  .stayed  on 
thee ;  because  he  trusleth  in  thee.  Trust  ve  in 
the  Lord  for  ever ;  for  in  the  Lord  JEHOVAH 
is  everlasting  strength."— Isaiah  26 : 1-4. 


Public  Utilities 


Electricity  in  the  Home 

In  Public  Ownership  of  Public 
Uiilifics.  Mrs.  li,  B.  JIcDonnell, 
who  is  in  position  to  be  unusually 
well  informed  on  her  subject,  ex- 
plains that  in  urban  homes  in  the 
United  States  only  3f)  percent  of  the  women 
are  sweeping,  27  percent  washing  and  10  per- 
cent cooking  electrically,  while  in  the  subur- 
ban homes  only  28  percent  have  light,  7  per- 
cent pump  water  into  the  home.  9  percent 
sweep,  and  mix  dough,  20  percent  iron,  4  per- 
cent cook,  3  percent  separate  milk  and  cream, 
2  percent  sew  and  1  percent  churn  and  wash 
electrically.  She  thinks  it  would  pay  the  av- 
erage American  family  to  spend  a  little  less 
than  $420  a  year  on  automobiles.  $6S  on  ga.so- 
line,  $100  on  tobacco,  $50  on  ice  cream,  $4S 

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on  candy  and  $2S  on  radio  and  spend  a  little 
more  than  the  present  $23,08  on  electrical 
appliances. 

Caution  of  Union  Electric  Company 

♦  The  Union  Electric  Company  of  Missouri 
is  a  cautious  company.  When  the  people  of 
St.  Charles.  Missouri,  became  much  interested 
in  public  ownership  of  the  public  utilities  in 
that  eily  the  electric  company  was  so  careful 
that  it  paid  the  sahny  of  Leslie  B.  Harrison 
while  he  was  on  the  staff  of  the  St.  Charles 
Cosmos-Munitor.  and  it  gave  the  paper  $1.40 
per  ineJi  for  Union  Electric  advertising,  which 
was  more  than  five  limes  the  usual  rate.  You 
don't  suppo-ie  the  Union  Electric  Company  of 
Missouri  wonkl  resort  to  out-and-out  bribery, 
do  you  ?  Or  do  you  ? 

CONSOLATION 


In  the  "Rockies^'  of  the  U.S.A. 


Bequests 

ij^  Ptitil  his  death  in  au  automobile 
(/'"^  ,  apt'iclcnt  three  weelts  afjo.  44-vear- 
''  -^2  old  Df.  Arthnr  J.  M^Lpan,  of  Port- 
^)-  land,  Orf^gmi,  wns  cmiimonly  re- 
gaivleci  ?.s  tlic-  most  brilLiunt  bviijn 
aurgeor  in  the  iiortiiwcst.  Sonic  of  hb  frJt'tids 
cQiisidersd  bim  ecceiiti'ip ;  weollliy,  iii*  drove 
an  old  i'ai'  hik]  farriw!  his  iiisinimeiils  ilj  a 
bultcrcd  brief  case.  Also,  Dr. 'McLean  was 
preniatiictly  nguti,  I-asL  week  iiis  fellow  doc- 
tors eould  g\KSi  tlie  Teflson  why. 

In  a  Portland  court,  Dr.  McLean's  will  had 
been  Sled  for  Ic^al  approyal.  From  its  con- 
tents it  was  fairly  evident  thai,  like  many 
gilt^jii  ijcrsun.s,  Dr,  McLean  was  dissatisfied 
with  himself.  It  misht  have  heen  siiosweil  llial 
iie  was  disti'usloil  wilh  patients  who  did  not 
pay  bills,  and  <iee|>ly  troubled  by  mumbera  of 
Ms  prniVission  whose  competenpe  did  nut  inetis- 
ure  up  to  tlieir  fees. 

After  willing  his  *100.000  estate  to  his 
wife,  Dr.  McLeiin  nsHilc  thuse  remarkahle  be- 
quests: "To  my  name,  oblivion  ,  .  ,  To  Port- 
land's thievins  patinita  ,  ,  .  hnplmKard  care 
...  To  94  peiv'ein  of  Portland's  medical 
practitioners  ami  ihcir  ethics  and  the  whrtle 
loeal  orwarized  mpdiea!  profession,  a  lusty, 
rousing  belch." — The.  Piithfinder. 

A  Gliminer  of  Sanity 

♦  A  jjlimmer  of  sunity  oeeurreil  yt  Shelton, 
WaslungtQJi,  when  the  school  bo-trci  liimbled 
to  the  r'act  that  the  flag  saUite  with  arm  otit- 
Blrctoiied  is  a  gesture  of  Fascism,  and  ordered 
that  the  regular  military  salute  be  substituted. 
But  wily  tiy  to  Ttiakv  ((verj'  little  kid  a  [lo- 
lentia!  militarist'  Why  ape  Germany  and 
Italy  al  a!It  Why  not  he,  liherty-icving'  Amer- 
icans as  before  Ihis salute  rraze  dro^e  the  rhii- 
dxen.  tlie  pai'oiits,  the  teacliere,  the  legislators 
and  the  eitieens  nuts? 

Earth's  Biggest  Structure 

♦  The  Grand  Couke  dam.  on  the  Columbia 
river,  iijion  wliieh  7,0()0  men  are  at  work,  and 
which  will  he  completed  in  1941,  is  four  times 
the  size  of  the  G  re.nt  Pyramid  and  will  irrigate 
rich  farm  lands  fifty  niilca  s(inare.  The  spill- 
way is  twice  the  height  of  Niagara  Falls.  The 
two  power  iioitaeji  are  each  twenty-four  stoi'ies 
high,  and  toy;!)tlici'  caji  furnish  enough  power 
to  light  most  of  the  United  States. 

NOVEMBER  »,  1939 


Rift  in  the  Mormon  Lute 

♦  Maybe  the  title  of  iliis  skit  should  be  '-Rift 
in  the  iVIormou  Loot''  inslend;  for  it  seems 
some  of  tlie  Moi'mon  saiiits  are  not  just  satis- 
fied with  .slatenicnts  and  practices  of  the  head 
of  the  chuiTh.  In  a  circular  hearing  the  signif- 
icaut  title  •■Temple  Bhjek  Sold",  M.  rclcrson, 
Alonzo  Cole  and  Clyde  Neilson  aver  that — 

In  no  ai?iis(!  tliiJ  flic  a.uthoritics  toll  the  tmth 
whei;  they  iaitl,  al  the  April,  193ti|  Conference, 
"Tl]e  [JToiTiLtiTiJ  Ch(n'<'li  liiiJi  not  sol'l  nr  moi-tc-figcd 
any  of  its  properly,"  Tlie  oltici.iJ  ''onrity  reeorcls 
plaiiily  sliow  that  TTehcr  J,  (xvant  has  held  Cliuroli 
prt)])erlics,  ajtvl  said  in'oiii'vLicB  in  turn  were  n»cil 
[py  liini  aw  pawn  tor  debts  ineui'rcd  by  borTDWirig 
milliuxis  I'lum  tlic  Chssft  ^'atiflnnl  and  other  biinks, 
(lleher  .1.  Grant  nor  the  apostles  s.rc  the  Cliiirnh. 
Tbf  Cliiii'ch  in  the  whole  congregatiou .  Tlie  gelling 
of  the  pi'oportips  ill  (jueslion  literally  amounts  to 
graud  limbezzleiueut  fruiii  iJieiitinta.) 

T!io  (lejdiiigii  of  the  Coi'pnratinn  of  tie  Preaidovit 
of  the  Clnii'fh  of  Juriis  Christ  ril  LiiUei'-day  Saints, 
aeuordin^-  to  eduoty  ri'cords,  pliiiniy  inilicate  that 
this  envpdi'atinn  is  it  iMinimeveial  (/orponition  ivhifih 
d(>ala  in  property,  luortgages,  debia,  seeurities,  cte. 

If  what  we  say  is  ti'uc,  thnn  Jdcbrr  J.  Gi'anl  hua 
committed  an  iie't  ot  sa.m'ilcgf.  The  Taheniflcle  nod 
lliu  Tciiiplc,  which  (it  one  time  were  dedieatHd  ii.nd 
presented  to  thn  Lord  in  heaven  as  gifts  to  Him 
from  the  people,  he  has  sold  to  a  iiicreenui'y  cor- 
poration of  his  own  innovHtion,  and  tbcii  pnt  these 
properties  belonfring  to  thp  Lord  in  pawn  to  the 
Chase  \";ititmi!l  tJu.uk,  gi;ai'atiteeiTi^'  to  that  insti- 
tution certain  prolits  which  yon  Jind  1  are  bled  for. 
The  Temple  should  be  ri'tnnicd  to  the  Church  and 
iigiiin  dedicated  t(i  the  Lord,     . 

The  tiling  for  these  poor  souls  to  do  is  to 
forsake  religion  end  flee  to  the  Lord,  lice  to 
Christianity,  which  is  the  csact  opposite  of  nil 
religion,  including  the  Mormon  variel.w 

Three-Hundred-Mile  Crack 

♦  It  is  interesting  that  at  the  same  time  that 
an  Idaho  fami  started  to  sinlt  iowni'd  sub- 
terranean regions  a  mountain  in  Oregon,  three 
hundred  miles  away,  iji  the  Molalla  valley, 
sluiied  to  split  and  at  last  aeeouiits  the  rift 
in  the  mountain  was  100  feet  long  and  SO  feet 
deep.  The  presumption  may  he  iuduiged  that 
tlie  two  i.iheaoniena  arc  wnnected  by  an  un- 
derground fissure,  and  if  a  crack  can  extend 
300  miles,  witat  is  to  hinder  it  from  sjjreading 
luitil  it  extends  3,000  miles.  In  Armageddon, 
the  Scriptures  sti^oest,  the  earth  will  be  split 
wide  open,  to  raa.n's  utter  dismay. 

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Object  Lesson  for  God's  Opposers 

THE  LORD  clearly  loretdd  His  pin'p<ise 
to  vindipatu  His  name.  Miiny  of  the-  news 
sheets  of  today,  such  as  the  Daily  Nrws  tif 
Nuw  York  city,  fail  to  realize  that  by  i-astinsr 
aspersions  a.iid  slander  upon  Jeliovati's  wit- 
nesses they  put  tticmselves  squarely  in  llie 
path  of  Ihfi  Executioner  of  Jeliovali,  who  will 
act  to  ajinihilate  all  of  sueh  ilk. 
On  June  26,  1939. 

some     s  e  V  e  n  t  y-ftve 

newspapers     in     the 

United  Statos,  carried 

an    account    of   how, 

the    day    before,    nl 

New  York's  Madison 

S  q  u  a  !■  e  I T  a  r  d  e  n  a 

"'riot'"  had   occurred, 

which  tlioy  described 

as  a  "riot  over  reli- 

siion",    iind    claimed 

that  some  in  the  audi- 
ence became  incensed 

at  what  the  speaker 

had    said     re^^ai'ding 

the   Eomau    Catliolic 

(.'hucch.  As  a  sensa- 
tional n  e  w  s  p  a  p  e  !■, 

they  played  it  up  in 
big  headlines,  showed  pictures  of  several  of 
the  ushei-s  (who  are  Jehovah's  witni;sses)  be- 
ing taken  to  the  lockup,  charged  with  feloni- 
ous_assault.  They  made  much  sport  of  Jeho- 
vah's name,  by  endeavoring  to  cast  reflection 
on  His  servants.  This  samo  jiroceduiv  would 
he  expected  from  the  Devil's  organization  and 
was  carried  on  throughout  the  whole  United 
States. 

This  present  article  is  to  give  some  of  llicae 
newspapers  an  opportunity  to  get  out  of  the 
line  of  the  march  of  Jehovah's  Executioner, 
Chri.st  Jesus,  by  clearing  up  som^-  of  their 
lying  accusations.  It  is  to  be  hoped  tiiat  some 
might  sare  their  lives,  because  the  Lord  says 
tJiat  He  takes  no  pleasure  in  the  death  of  the 
wicked.— EKckiel  ]8r23:  33:11. 

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Immersion  of  JehoTah's  witiiessps  Jit 
Lus  Angeles,  Calif o rain, 


Tiie  cases  of  the  fJiree  ushers  Thieh  were 
so  widely  publicized  by  the  newspapers,  which 
ushers  had  acted  at  tlie  ^Madison  Square  Gar- 
den to  maintain  order.  a7id  not  to  engage  in  a 
brawl  as  the  newspapers  would  lead  their 
readers  to  believe,  finally  came  before  three 
Judges  of  the  Special  Sessions  Court  <.f  the 
City  of  N^ew  York  on  the  23d  and  24th  days 
of  Uctoiter  last.  In  order  that  persons  of  good 
will  niighL  observe  that  no  partiality  for  the 
Lord's  cause  was  to  be  oxpeetcd  it  is  here 
stated  that  two  of  these  justices  are  membera 
of  the  foremosit  religious  organization  in  tho 
world,  and  the  third,  who  presided,  is  a  He- 
brew. Thus  we  see  that  to  vindicate  tliesc 
ushers  before  such  a  juciiciary  would  mean 
that  there  was  very  little  doubt  in  the  mfeids 
iif  the  member';  r.f  that  court. 

Briefly,  the  facts 
ai-c  these,  as  present- 
ed in  this  trial : 

The  three  ushers 
need  not  be  named, 
exeejit  to  say  that  one 
wa.s  described  in  the 
^eii'i  a,s  the  secretary 
to  the  president  of  the 
Watchlower  Bible 
and  Tract  Society. 
The  other  two  were 
assigned  as  ushers  in 
Ihe  ( lardeii. 

True  10  their  cus- 
tom, as  has  been  di.'i- 
elosed  in  these  pages 
and  in  Ihe  pages  of 
The  Natiuii,  a  part  of 
the  technique  of 
those    who    described 


Ihem.'ielves  as  "Tor  Father  Coiighlin"  and  as 
■members  of  the  Chrislian  Front'  or  "Chris- 
tian Mobilizers",  who  are  definitely  associated 
with  the  Nazi  -Bunii'"  and  other 'inlalitarian 
radical,  and  wiio  act  specifically  under  the 
command  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Hierarchy, 
has  been  street  fightijig.  Jl  is  not  the  ordinary 
type  of  ffghliuy.  where  two  men  become  angry 
iiud  have  an  altercation  and  fight,  but  (he 
custom  is  that  which  was  introduced  in  Nazi 
(iermany  and  especially  used  in  the  pogroms 
or  riots  against  the  Jews.  The  system  is  to 
hit  somebody  or  to  cry  out  a,s  though  the 
offender  himself  had  been  hurt :  lo  call  up  a 
sympathetic  policeman  and  charge  the  actual 
victim  with  assault. 
Such  is  the  most  villainous  sort  of  bearing 

CONSOLATION 


J 


Trailer  camp  at 

ialse  witness,  as  ckuoiiTiL-tjd  in  tliu  iiible  took 
of  Dc'Uterononiy.  In  New  York  city  the  so- 
calletl  "Co\i[;h  Unites",  aecording  to  eireum- 
staiitial  e\-ideQee  stit  fortli  in  many  puhlica- 
lioiis.  have  dLfinitely  Ih'Cii  iwing  this  icclmiquc 
on  .Ji-w-s  for  stverj;!  months  past.  A  rcliiieincnt 
of  the  same  sytteni  w;ls  planned  for  M&dison 
Stjuare  Ojii-dpTi.  "Witnesses  at  the  trial  of  the 
lliree  ushers  &bovt  mcQtimied  plainly  presL-nt- 
ed  the  faft*  to  the  ennrt.  that  a  gToup  ul"  sev- 
eral lumdfod  Co utfli Unites  walked  from  radio 
statioTi  WMCA,  a  ftei-  tliey  had  Innl-ihed  picket- 
ing th;it  station  for  rofusing  to  broadcast 
Coushlin'K  apiiwhes,  and  enturcd  the  Clarden, 
all  seating  tlienrsclves  in  the  rear  top  balcony, 
ju3t  behind  the  speakc-r's  plidrnrm. 

It  was  testified  (witiiotit  piovnip;  who  did 
il)  that  al  a  given  isignal  by  the  dashing  of 
lights  in  the  Garden,  which  Imndi-eds  of  wit- 
nesses saw.  a  couc-eried  disliirbEinee  bct;an  in 
this  baleony.  Besides  loud  booing,  them  were 
shouts  of  ■■'ilci!  HUler"  and  "We  arc  for  Ilit- 
ler;  to  hftll  with  cverj-liodj-  that  is  against 
bim"  ami  "We  will  kilt  ihese  Jew-lovcra"'. 

Many  witnosses  t«stific<!  that  this  maraud- 
ing group  broilght  along  with  tliem  copies  of 
Social  Justiif  magazine  and  shook  tbera  in 
the  faces  of  the  lisliers,  saying,  "This  is  what 

yoii  will  get." 

This  consiMiaey  was  carried  into  effect  with 
sucli  precision  and  planning  that  the  f^eidicr 
was  not  heai-d  in  the  appcr  rear  balcony  dur- 
ing tiie  ftw  moments  of  the  ai^tnal  attempt  to 
disrupt  the  whole  meeting.  The  whole  of  this 
particular  sc-ction  uf  that  vast  as>!embly  uC 
some  tweiiry  thousand  persons  was  turned  into 
a  riot  of  major  [iroportioiis,  with  the  mnriiud- 
ing  group,  who  plainly  identified  Ihemselvea 

NOVEMBER  29,  1939 


Bristol,  England 

as  Cough  Unites,  resisting  all  peaceable  effort^s 
to  get  them  out. 

Jehovah's  witnesses  were  not  ba.ving  a  po- 
litical mwting  in  the  Garden.  Neither  was  it 
an  asseinl.ily  of  labor  factions.  Here  was  a 
meeting  planned  with  an  international  radio 
hookup,  so  that  the  speech  was  received  in 
London,  AustraUa  and  other  places;  and  it 
was  a  message  from  Jehovah  of  hosts.  Jeho- 
vah's \vitness^e3  had  a  responsibility  before  the 
Lord  to  deliver  His  Word  at  this  time,  that 
the  peoi)le  might  find  safety.  Their  rcspon- 
sibdily  was  to  see  that  this  meeting  went  over, 
if  it  meant  throwing  their  bodies  into  tlie  gap. 
Much  expense,  infinite  details  and  work  had 
gone  int-o  tins  great  climax  of  an  international 
convention. 

On  tho  part  of  those  who  had  authority, 
great  coni-orn  was  felt ;  for  their'  responsi- 
bility was  not  mei'ely  to  soo  that  a  few  thou- 
sand people  hoard  a  lecture.  Their  responsi- 
bility was  to  eariy  ant  the  Lord's  purpose, 
and  for  any  neglect  they  would  answer  to  Him. 

Now  let  it  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  people 
who  came  there  to  break  up  this  meeting 
might  have  been  deluded  by  some  silver- 
tongued  demagogue  or  some  other  iype  of 
rabble-ronscc,  and  that  Ibey  therasoh'cs  may 
not.  have  been  fiiUy  informed  as  to  what  they 
were  doing.  But  ihe  fact  remains  that  they 
were  there  setting  themselves  in  the  path  of 
Jehovah's  onward  raareli,  in  the  way  of  the 
present  progressive  "iuRrwisc"  of  llis  Govern- 
mciil,  and  it  was  the  duly  of  His  servants  to 
act  at  their  full  strength,  that  His  message 
might  go  forth. 

Not  aU  of  these  facts  could,  of  course,  be 
brought  ont    in  the   trial   in  the  New  York 

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court,  whicl:  limits  testimony,  snd  its  judges 
are  desirous  of  grinding  out  caso  after  ease, 
since  they  have  a.  great  volmne  of  eases  to  try. 
But  it  waa  shown  that  the  ushers  who  were 
on  trial  for  "assault"  went  deliberately  into 
tliis  section  where  the  diaturbauec  broke  out, 
made  ever>'  eftcirl  to  remove  the  disturbers, 
and  when  the  ushers  themselvoa  were  attacked 
by  some  oE  tliese  lawless  <iacs  thoy  resisted 
and  demeaned  themselves  like  men.  The  ease 
of  the  prosecution  against  tlie  usliei-s  (handled 
by  Iho  district  uttornity's  office)  on  the  com- 
plaint of  somo  of  this  radiiffil  group  who  had 
been  dealt  with  firmly  !iy  the  ushers,  was  a 
tissue  of  liet-.  It  was  the  same  old  technique 
afrain,  of  whining  that  they  had  been  hurt,  of 
making  a  complaint  that  some  one  had  hit 
lliem,  when  in  reality  sucli  was  an  entirely 
false  charge  and  those  only  were  huft  who  had 
violently  aud  wroiigfuUy  allempted  to  cari-y 
oiit  their  wicked  purpose  to  break  up  that 
peacofid  assembly, 

Before  the  judfjes  of  the  Special  Sessions 
Court  all  of  thest;  fads  were  plainly  brought 
out,  and  it  was  indispulably  shown  that  the 
complaints  of  the  fanatical  disturbers  were 
yrotmdless  mid  their  sworn  testimony  in  sup- 
poi't  thci'cof  was  perjured. 

Perhaps  the  most  dramatic  episode  in  the 
affair  occurred  during  the  testimony  of  a  man 
who  appeared  on  hcbalf  of  the  disturbers.  He 
testified  that  he  had  wilni'swd  an  assault  made 
by  one  of  the  usJiers  on  two  people.  During 
his  story  of  the  event  he  located  it  first  as  hav- 
ing happened  on  the  top  landing,  then  on  the 
middki  landing,  and  finally  somewhere  on  the 
bottom  steps,  Wince  it  had  been  eatablished. 
during  the  course  of  the  trial  that  the  dis- 
turbiuj^  group  was  made  up  entirely  of  the 
Coughlin  admirers,  this  witness  was  asked 
whether  he  was  a  seller  of  Social  Justice  mag- 
azine.  He  replied.  "1  never  have  sold  Hodal 
Judive.  in  my  life.''  Tiiereupon  defendants' 
attorney  brought  forth  a  photograph  of  tliat 
witness  with  n  copy  of  Social  Jusiicc  being 
held  by  Inmsclf  aJiove  his  own  head.  The  wit- 
iies's  looked  at  ihe  picture  and  admitted  tiiat 
it  was  a  likeness  of  himself,  and  then  he  said, 
•■"Yes,  one  time  1  was  up  on  Lexington  Avenue 
and  a  friend  of  mine  was  selling  tiociul  Justice 
and  he  wanted  to  go  in  and  get  a  cup  of  coffee, 
.so  I  held  his  mafiiizine  for  him,"  At  this  point 
the  court  took  over  the  examination  of  this 
M-i?ncsK  and  ihc  assisLant  district  attorney 
felt  like  cra.wling  into  a  hole. 

The   court    asked,    "How    long    was    your 

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friend  indde  for  the  mip  of  coffee  1"  Answer : 
"About  ten  minutes."  Then  the  court  con- 
tinued: "You  just  slated  you  had  never  sold 
Social  Justice?"  Answer:  "I  held  the  maga- 
zine  up  but  I  dicbi't  sell  any." 

Court:  "Whv  did  you  hold  it  up?" 

Witness:  '"T\"ell.  he  told  me  to  hold  it  up." 

Court :  "If  some  one  asked  for  a  copy  would 
you  sell  it  V 

Witness:  "Yes,  but  I  am  not  selling  Social 
Jiistice." 

Tlien  the  court  returned  the  picture  to  him, 
a.sking,  "Did  you  say  anything  while  you  were 
holding  the  magazine  S" 

Answer;  "No." 

Court:  "Was  it  a  hot  day  when  the  picture 
was  talum?" 

Answer:  "T  don't  think  so." 

Court :  "Well,  why  is  your  mouth  open  as 
the  pictiu'c  shows?'' 

Answer:  ■'Why,  I  had  to  say  Social  Jus- 
tice." 

Court:  "You  mean  lo  say  you  were  hollering 
'Social  Justice   and  were  not  selling  it?" 

Answer :  "No," 

Court :  "Did  you  ever  relieve  another  friend 
while  he  went  to  get  a  cup  of  coffee?" 

Answer:  "About  twice." 

Coui't :  "What  do  you  mean.  'About  twice'?" 

Answer:  "I  am  uol  ashamed  to  sell  Social 
Justice." 

Court ;  "Certainly  not ;  but  are  you  sure  you 
didn't  sell  Social  Justice  several  other  times? 
Suppose  these  people  present  another  picture 
of  you  selling  Social  Justice  somewhere  else'?" 

Another  witness  testified  that  he  had  gone 
lo  >iadison  Square  Garden  on  June  2."i  because 
he  sfiw  it  was  a  free  le."lure,  and  that  he  did 
not  know  that  Judge  Kutheri'ord  would  speak. 
When  confronted  with  one  of  the  leaflets  ad- 
vertising IhcmeethiK  and  which  showed  a  pic- 
ture of  tiie  speaker  he  claimed  that  it  was  a 
sound  truck  which  had  interested  him  in  going 
to  the  (lardeu.  When  confronted  with  an  ad- 
veiliscment  whieh  was  carried  by  the  sound 
truck  with  a  likeness  thereon  of  Judge  Rulher- 
ford,  this  witness  almost  curled  up.  But  when 
another  witness  not  connected  with  Jehovah's 
organiziition  said  that  he  had  seen  this  .same 
person  up  in  The  Bronx  delivo'lug  speeches  for 
the  "Christian  Front",  the  face  of  the  witness 
thus  described  fell.  Ho  knew  ttie  finger  of 
ignominy  was  pointed  at  him  as  a  member  of 
the  iiotoriotis  bnuch  of  gangsters,  and  that  he 
was  thus  tied  in  with  the  effort  to  break  up  the 
Garden  meeting. 

CONSOLATION 


Jehovnli'!;  wftiTiora,  126  Bti'&njj,  relaxing  aflur  llie 
battl-es  of  MHiisin-a,  Bimkie  Jim!  Maiksyille,  La. 

One  not  faiaLtiaT  wth  the-  procedure  in  New 
York  courts,  or  not  Imviiig  en  apprpeiMtion 
of  ("he  vast  miniber  of  eases  which  mizst  be 
disponed  ul  in  ihose  courts,  can  hardly  iindor- 
atand  the  diSieiilty  of  getting  in  all  this  testi- 
monj-  in  a  <vasL>  of  simple  assault.  Bq  it  said 
for  the  judges,  ihat  although  impatient  with 
defendants'  attumey  when  he  plainly  showed 
them  why  considcralloti  ought  to  Ue  given  to 
the  type  of  the  nieetinif,  and  to  what  piuns 
had  been  made  to  providt*  tor  the  puhlie  and 
essiin:-  their  safety,  those  judges  eonsented  to 
Ustcn  to  iht'  f.videiiee  for  nearly  two  days.  In- 
deed, these  uahpra  were  irj  Ihe  lions'  den,  as 
was  Daniel,  because  thi.'j  court  is  one  which 
eiislomiirily  ('tinvid.8.  But  the  Lord  having 
promised  that  lie  wil!  deliver  those  who  put 
their  trust  in  Him,  and  sinee  Ilis  name  was 
involved  in  the  yrejit  proclamation  that  issued 
from  Madison  Sqnfire  OHrrfen,  Ihc  three  ushers 
Icl'l  the  eounroom  praising  the  Lord  for  hav- 
ina  had  f»  part  in  honoring  His  name  and  act- 
ing for  lis  vindication.  Two  of  the  thruu  ushers 
wwe  wholly  acquitted,  and  Ihe  tJiird  one, 
whose  acf-user  failed  to  appear  in  court,  was 
[uncomiitioDiilly  dismissed  by  the  murt. 

Let  it  Iw  said  for  tho  iitlorneys  who  handled 
the  case  for  tlie  ushers  that  they  had  a  deep 
concern  in  dlschergiinff  their  dutio?  and  in  ae- 
complishing  the  acijuittiil  of  their  elienla,  and 
they  did  a  skillful  and  commcndahlo  job.  But 
above  all.  they  hud  reet^ived  the  lilcssiug  of  ihe 
Lord,  and  for  this  they  should  be  very  grate- 
ful, "Blessod  is  the  iiation  whose  (iJod  is 
Jehovah." 

Now,  a  month  sinee  the  trial,  only  one  of  the 
seventy-odd  newspapers  of  the  United  States 
whieh  blared  forth  evil  and  false  reports  aliont 
the  Lord's  servants  has  carried  an  account  of 

NOVEMBER  Z9,    1939 


At  lloiitteal  Kangdom  Hall,  auswcriiig  Uit  question 

"How  many  es-Oatholies  are  in  the  audiennc?" 

—A  OO-pei'ccLt  showing  uf  haiuls 

the  acquittal  of  lho.se  who  were  maligned. 
These  same  agencies  who  thijik  they  have  a. 
coruer  on  all  wisdom  will  he  shocked  when 
called  1o  aeeounl  by  the  Lord  hhnseU'  for  their 
wiekodnoss.  It  will  couio  as  a  jolt  to  the  "all- 
knowing"'  press  that  their  course  of  actlmt 
against  The  TuEOcitAcy  was  foretold  by  the 
Lord  aevorid  thousand  ytars  ago  nnd  that  the 
period  to  Ihi'ir  liistory  was  SL^t  to  end  nest 
followiug.  Perhaps  when  they  learn  lliat  the 
Hierarchy  lias  been  kidding  tJiem  about  fur- 
nishing fire  insurance  ajiainst  the  punishment 
they  dcseiTe,  these  propagaiida,  systems  will 
see  tho  simple  liuth  that  it  did  not  pay  to 
lie  about  the  Iiord's  people  at  the  eost  of  their 
own  eternal  destruction.  Perhaps  this  is  too 
simple  for  the  "arbiters  of  wisdom"  to  com- 
prehend. 

The  i>niut  is  Ihat  tho  ilLstortwl  press  ac- 
counts which  defamed  Jeliovah's  wilncsses  in 
reality  defamed  the  name  of  the  Hosl  High 
God.  If  any  such  offenders  wish  to  square 
themselvra  with  the  Lord  before  the  catastro- 
phe of  Armageddon  is  upon  tbein,  they  ^vill 
do  well  to  clear  up  their  former  misstalijmcnts. 
They  had  best  a.et  quickly  to  disabuse  the 
minds  of  the  readers  who  were  deceived.  If 
tiiey  jaerely  made  an  error  they  should  be 
glad  tu  make  what  amends  they  can  and  cor- 
rect through  their  publicatiotis  the  libelous 
insinuation  that  the  Lord's  orgauizalion  is 
one  of  brawleifi.  Let  the  discomfiture  of  the 
'"Coughlinites"  who  failed  in  their  vicious 
attempt  to  block  Jehovah's  great  proclamation 
of  June  25,  and  got  ''biistcd  beads"  for  tlieir 
pa.ins,  remain  as  an  object  lesson' to  all  who 
oppose  the  King.  The  news  scribblers  who  pre- 
sumed to  slander  the  name  of  Jeho^^b  would 

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well  take  into  consi J e ration  the  Horc  pates  of 
thpse  deluded  fellows.  If  they  do  not  they  will 
be  ground  to  powiiei'  by  the  onnishing  army 
of  Jehovah's  invisible  hosts  led  by  His  Exe- 
ciitionor. 

The  time  of  those  who  fight  a.gainst  Jeho- 
vah Ooil  is  becoming  shorter  and  sliorter.  The 
Devil  and  his  hordes  know  tb,Tt  they  have  but 
;j  little  while  to  carry  on  their  wickedness. 
They  strive  desperately  to  turn  ever\'  person 
against  Ood.  These  demons  enler  into  in- 
dividuals, possess  their  minds,  and  fyree  such 
willing  subjects  to  do  their  bidding.  Even  iu 
tho  conrtroom.  when  the  complaining  wit- 
nesses (CoughlinitesI  began  td  -sdn  thfjt  the 
case  was  going  against  tJiem,  aevei'al  hollered 
out,  "Lies,"  iinother  emitted  a  superstitions 
oath,  whereupon  they  were  ejected  by  the 
Court  atteiidanl.  These  people  wlto  obviously 
possessed  by  e\il  t'orc-es. 


zSS 


AND  PEACE         AND  PEACE 


r'^^frr; 


liinjiiir  I!,  ■   '  I   -     ;  ■   -  -r*  • .      iTJ:  (Iff 


Jebovah'is  Kingdoiu  Hall.  Glasgow 

Mow  let  the  responsible  parties  of  the  news 
sheets  th;i.t  tc  k  sides  with  the  enemies  of 
Jeliovah  call  to  mind  thiit  it  is  plainly  stated 
in  His  Word  that  (he  wicked  He  will  destroy. 
(Psalm  145:  20)  Among  those  wicked  are  the 
perjurers  Hiid  falsci  witnosscs.  (Proverbs 
6:16-19;  Deuteronomy  19:16-19)  If  they 
wish  to  do  right  they  can  explain  to  their 
readers  they  formerly  deceived  that  Jehovah-'s 
witnesses  did  not  provoke  a  brawl  ai  the  I'Jar- 
den,  nor  did  Judge  liulherford  make  one 
single  aspersion  on  the  C<)tiiolic  Church  which 
caused  the  outbreak,  but  that  the  whole  dis- 
turbance was  prearranged  by  conspiracy ;  and 
Ihat  the  action  of  the  ushers  was  to  resist  law- 
breakers and  defend  the  I'espousibility  Jeho- 
vah had  imposed  on  them,  A  Court  of  two 
Catholics  find  a  Jew  found  that  Jehovah's 
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witnesses  were  acting  wiTHiN  -i'heib  ktohts. 
ir  the  Press  does  uot  choose  to  clear  the  mat- 
ter up  in  the  public  interest,  it  will  profitably 
observe  an  object  lesson:  Several  individuals 
whose  .wre  heads  and  utlier  jiyrts  remind  them 
that  they  received  JU.sricE  which  was  not  so 
soci.M,,  (IS  the  rc.yiiH  of  fighting  .^gainst  Gon. 

Nervousness  and  Protection 

♦  A  good  little  woiuiin  in  Ohio,  living  iu  a 
secluded  spot,  was  attacked  by  two  men  an  the 
■way  home,  late  at  ni^iht.  Unable  lo  recall,  in 
her  nervousness,  much  of  the  text  of  Psaliii 
91:4,  but  having  iu  mind  the  spirit  of  it,  she 
shouted  with  all  her  might,  "Peathers  and 
wings,  feathers  aud  wings.''  The  men  were 
much  surpri.sed.  and  one  said  to  the  other, 
'"Oh,  .she  is  crazy;  let  her  go,"  and  home  she 
went,  securely  trustitijr  in  the  promise  indicat- 
ed.— Mrs.  (i'arrie  Tobias,  Ohio. 


■Tac-^ 


-MBBaSi^! 


Immersion  scene  at  iloutreal,  QuRbec 

Spokesmen  for  Two  Governments 

♦  An  Ohio  witness  heiifd  an  admirer  of  Prcsi- 
dent  Koosevpit  express  his  keen  appreeia- 
tion  of  the  great  address  ho  biad  beard  "the 
president"  give  from  Madison  Square  Garden 
ou  the  afternoon  of  .June  '25,  1939.  He  thought 
it  eminently  fitting  that  "the  president" 
should  publicly  take  his  stand  by  the  Scrip- 
tiu'cs:  that  it  was  the  most  wonderful  lecture 
he  had  ever  heard  in  his  life.  When  his  atten- 
tion was  drawn  to  the  fact  that  he  had  been 
listening  to  Judge  Rutherford,  and  not  to 
Mr.  Roosevelt,  he  stated,  "I  would  not  have 
liMtcned  if  I  had  known  it  was  that  Rutherford 
fellow,  but  it  was  a  grand  speech  even  if  he 
did  give  it,"' 

(To  be  eowdnueif) 

CONSOLATtON 


i 


Russia 


t)ne  Night's  Torture 

Not  a  person  in  ibe  world  outsidu 
of  Russia  believes  that  iill  the  men 
tiiitt  stai'tLic)  tlic  Russian  revolution 
had  proved  false  lo  its  aims  and 
tiial  only  Stalin  the  Mm'dcrcr  had 
been  faithful.  One  after  ajiothi'i-  the  heads  ol' 
great  tlopartmcnls  were  arrested  and,  after  due 
pivpa ration,  Russian  style,  came  owt  in  eourt 
and  "confessed"  the  crimes  with  whit-h  they 
were  charge'!,  and  were  then  butchered  lite  so 
many  shi^ep.  In  the  latest  batch  of  tw-enty-one, 
on(?  man,  Nikolai  Krestinsky,  nine  years  Rus- 
sian ambassador  lo  tlcrraany,  denied  his  jjnilt, 
hut  after  one  more  night  of  torture  in  Luhian- 
ka  prison  he  w;is  ready  to  die  and  the  next  day. 
in  8  wcali  voice,  ma.de  the  expected  "eonfes- 
Kion"'  which  could  only  be  folloM-ed  hy  death. 
Jlus.soIitii  siiicl,  apeimiiug  to  Popolo  d'ltaliti. 
Stalin  had  turned  Fascist.  ITe  ousrht  to  be 
sshamed  of  his  convert,  thoufih  it  takes  a  great 
slnetch  of  the  iiiiafjinalion  to  think  of  Musso- 
lini as  being  a^shamed  of  an.vthins;.  lu  each 
of  his  mass  murders,  miscalled  "triMls"".  Stalin 
sjiareiJ  two  or  three,  and  it  was  in  the  hope  of 
heiiig  one  of  the  spared  ones  that  all  complied 
with  the  grotescine  demands  of  the  torturers 
that  they  "confess"  whatever  they  w<!re  sup- 
posed to  eonfyss. 

Russia's  Maginot  Line 

♦  Following  the  general  example  of  France 
and  ficnnany.  Russiii  is  now-  htulding  a  new 
Jlagiiiot  line  from  the  Baltic  to  the  Black  Sea. 
Forests  arc  heinjr  removed,  popTilations  are 
being  transferred,  and  tra.n.spi)rla,tion  artei'ies, 
including  t)ridges,  are  being  mined,  in  antici- 
|>ation  of  the  fJay  when  Hitler  proceeds  to 
carrj"  out  his  idea  to  mze  the  Ulaviine,  with 
its  vast  stores  of  wheat,  coal,  iron,  maiigauese 
and  other  mi"t.ib  and  swim  in  the  wealth  which 
he  believes  awaits  him. 

Ten  Admirais  Bumped  Off 

♦  The  JIaniac  at  Moscow  continues  to  carry 
cm  his  proffvom  of  elJmiiiati'ig  eveiyhody  he 
does  not  like.  Within  the  past  year  he  caused 
Lobe  put  lo  death  the  ten  most  prominent 
admirals  of  the  Russian  navy,  with  hosts  of 
other  naval  irien.  The  official  exeusi;  is  tha.t 
the  men  slain  had  as  their  objective  a  defen- 
sive navy,  whereas  llie  Soviet  wants  an  offen- 
sive one,  ah!e  to  go  anywhere  and  do  as  it  liises. 

NOVEMBER  29,  1B39 


Moscow  to  Have  Tallest  Building 

♦  At  a  cost  of  $20,000,0(10  Moscow  is  building 
what  it  is  claimed  will  he  the  tallest  structure 
in  the  world.  Details  are  lacking,  but  at  the 
base  will  he  two  inimcuse  auditoriums,  one 
of  which  will  have  a  dome  thirty  stories  high 
and  will  cover  two  acres.  Two  acres  of  seats 
can  he  removed  by  pressing  a  button.  By  press- 
ing other  buttons  a  swimming  pool,  a  skating 
rink,  a  circus  arena,  a  revolving  stajie  and  a 
moving  picture  screen  can  be  produced.  The 
entire  vast  structure,  of  unknown  height,  will 
be  .surmounted  hy  the  largest  statue  ever 
sculptured  hy  man,  a  figure  of  Lenin.  This 
will  make  all  these  other  alatue  huildera,  that 
are  so  eager  to  chisel  o^jt  the  biggest  foolish- 
ness, feel  like  thirty  cents  in  pennies.  The 
Lenin  statue  will  be  300  feet  high.  Russia  is 
today  one  of  the  most  highly  religious  couu- 
tric'j  on  earth.  It  worships  Lenin  and  Stalin, 
atheism,  and  its  own  belly. 

What  Did  Sergei  Do  With  It? 

♦  If,  as  alk'ged  by  the  newspapers  of  Russia, 
the  metropolitan  Sergei,  acting  patriarch  and 
supreme  head  of  the  Orthodox  church  in  Rus- 
sia, ex|)cnded  $250  a  day  on  champagne,  he 
must  have  had  lots  of  company,  and  there  may 
be  something  to  the  claim  that  he  wa.s  btit  one 
of  a  big  flock  of  priests  and  nuns  dancing  and 
dnnking  in  one  of  the  underground  convents 
that  his  particular  church  considered  a  nat- 
ural perquisite  of  their  reLigioii. 

The  World's  Best  Atlas 

♦  George  B.  Cressey,  famous  geographer  of 
Syracuse  Uni\-erNity,  claims  that  the  new 
Soviet  atlas,  in  three  voliuiies,  at  $40  per 
volume,  is  fai'  and  away  the  best  atlas  in  the 
world.  The  sheets  have  been  printed  by  the 
offset  method,  with  as  ma.ny  as  twenty  colors 
on  some  maps.  The  colors  are  harmonious 
and  the  registration  perfect.  Unfortunately, 
the  language  throughout  is  Russian, 

"Assignment  in  Utopia" 

♦  A  socialism  that  offers  to  fill  the  bellies  of 
its  people  hut  retains  the  privilege  of  slitting 
those  bellies  at  will  is  reactionary:  it  cancels 
out  ages  of  siruggle  and  costly  victory  in  the 
domain  of  the  human  spirit. — Eugene  Lyons, 
in  hh  work.  Assignment  in  Utopia — Soviet 
Russia. 


icience 


The  Secret  of  Burning  Coal 

Th<.-  s'XTot  of  burning  coal  econom- 
ically is  to  add  the  fresh  fuel  in  a 
rather  thin  layer  all  over  the  burn- 
ing fuel,  m:  better,  to  put  it  on  the 
burning  fuel  in  strips  or  patches. 
so  that  onp-half  of  the  burning  eoal  is  left  ex- 
posed and  thus  the  tiame  I'emainN  intact  and 
can  hui'n  nfP  the  volatile  m;itter  ^ivcn  off  or 
distilled  off  by  the  fresh  fuel  when  applied. 
If  you  give  the  fumiice  too  much  air,  vow 
waste  heat  up  the  chiniTiey,  bei^ause  tiie  excess 
air  has  to  be  heated.  And  if  you  give  the  fur- 
nace loo  little  air,  you  waste  heat  in  the  fuel 
residues  in  the  form  of  unburned  e;irbon  in 
the  afih  anil  smoke  in  the  stack.  The  conclu- 
sion is  that  the  furnace  should  be  operated 
with  tile  ccri'eet  ratio  between  coal  and  air. 
— The  Iniematianal  Engineer. 

Job  Ahead  for  Jonadabs 

♦  Prof.  Waller  Hallstein,  University  of  IIos- 
took,  Germany,  figiu'es  it  out  scientilicallv 
that  the  earth  will  maintain  12.000.000.000 
people.  To  be  sure,  the  Creator  could  so  iir- 
range  matters  that  it  would  sustain  several 
times  that  uinnber.  The  Jonadabs,  the  faithful 
people  of  good  will,  in  fnlfiHing  the  divine 
mandate  to  ^'"fill  the  earth'',  will  umioiibtedly 
be  able  eventually  to  count  their  dcsceadants 
by  the  thousands.  It  is  the  plain  intent  of  the 
Creator  lliat  the  vindication  of  Bis  name, 
which  will  take  pljiee  shortly,  at  Armageddon, 
shall  be  told  to  these  forever  and  forever. 

Makes  Glass  Invisible 

♦  At  the  General  Electric  laboratories  in 
Schencelady,  Dr.  Katberine  B.  Blodgett,  fa- 
mous scientist,  dJsi^overed  that  by  dipping 
glass  forty-four  times  in  a  new  chemical  com- 
bination a  film  is  produced  about  four-mil- 
lionths  of  an  innh  thick.  Tliis  film  is  .inst  thick 
enough  to  counlcraet  all  reflected  light,  with 
the  result  that  the  glass  is  en1;irely  invisible. 

Samples  from  Seven  Miles  Down 

♦  A  tapered  steel  lope,  constructed  of  the 
im.i.m  (piality  of  steel  obtainable,  is  now  used 
to  bring  lo  the  surface  samples  of  materials 
which  lie  seven  miles  below  the  surface  of  the 
ocean.  It  is  found  the.t  as  the  waters  increase 
in  depth  the  soils  at  the  ocean  bottom  become 
much  more  eoneentrated  in  radium  content, 

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Vitamin  A  Relieves  Eyes, 

Improves  Color  Matching 

♦  M.*nsfib;ld,  Ohio — How  Vitamin  A  tian 
impi'ove  color  matching  efficiency,  relieve  eye 
fatigue  and  improve  the  (reneral  health  of 
certain  types  of  industrial  workers  is  revealed 
by  two  eye  specialists  here. 

Observations    on     a    group    nf    inspectors 
matching  colors   on  a   production   line   con-     _ 
vinceii  the  experimenters  that  the  men  were    ■ 
not  regenerating  their  "visual   purple"  fast   ' 
enough.  (Visual  puiple  is  a  substance  in  the 
retina  of  the  eye  closely  eonnecled  witii  the 
process  of  seeing,  pailieularly  colors.)  Know- 
ing  that    ihe   body's    process   of   producing 
visual  purple  requires  the  presence  of  Vita- 
min A,  the  doctors  prescribed  thi-ce  10,000- 
unit  capsules  of  carolene-in-oil  daily. 

At  the  end  of  seven  months  the  specialists 
reported  an  inerea,se  in  the  regeneration  of 
visual  purple  from  50  to  100  percent;  more 
than  7n  percent  improvement  in  color  match- 
ing efiiciency,  and  an  appreciable  improve- 
ment in  health,  jiartici^larly  where  fatigue, 
headache  and  eyestrain  formerly  were  chronic. 
— Solvent  News. 


Dirty  Trick  on  Rats 

♦  Ncw.spapers  entitle  a  story  of  how  a  pro- 
fessor drove  rats  craz^-,  "Llirty  Triclt  on 
Bats" ;  and  it  .seems  to  be  all  of  that.  He  fixed 
lip  a  contrivance  by  which  rats  were  fori-ed 
to  jump  toward  one  or  anolher  of  two  cards- 
They  finally  came  to  learn  that  when  they 
jiunped  to  the  left  the  card  fell  down  and  they 
fotind  themselves  in  peace  and  safety.  Then 
he  switciied  the  eai'ds  .md  \vhen  the  rat 
jumped  he  got  bis  nose  bumpei)  and  no  food 
at  ail.  After  a  while  he  refused  to  jump  at 
all  or  even  to  eat;  and  his  opinion  of  the 
sciijiitist  is  the  same  as  yours.  But  the  scientist 
got  $1,000  rewai-d  for  his  dirty  trick. 


Monntings  for  the  Big  Telescope 

♦  About  100  tou.s  of  the  mountings  for  the 
big  telescope  at  Mount  Palomar,  California, 
were  shipped  by  steamer  from  Philadelphia. 
The  largest  single  piece  was  4fi  feet  long.  10 
feet  wide  and  12  feet  high,  and  weighed  4.5 
ton.s.  The  complete  telescope  structure  will 
weigh  about  1,000,000  pounds  and  be  so  deli- 
cately baluneeri  that  a  i-hor.sepower  motor 
wiU  operate  it. 

CONSOLATION 


I 


Protestantism 


An  Ideal  Candidate 

RpligimjR  sPTiiinariGs  are,  as  is  well 
known,  establish  111  puts  whprp  young 
mi'D  arc  tautjlil;  hi^iiw  orilieism, 
'lypowisy  R.Tid  all  tlio  humbug  of 
leliiiion;  in  shtirl,  irr-nbators  pro- 
duciiig  iithoists  sm]  dyod-iii -the- wool  cliildreu 
of  the  "Devil.  It  is  not  often,  however,  that  ati 
avowiKi  Mtheist  and  inlldcl  suddenly  expresses 
the  desire  lo  befotne  a  country  parwuii. 

In  the  ypar  1929  John  Middlelon  Murry, 
one  of  the  leaders  of  ttc  '"advanoed  intellec- 
tuals" in  Hi'eat  Britain.  wroiL-  a  book  entitled 
"Ond",  in  which  he  declHrcd  that,  as  ffir  as  he 
wfLs  coucerncd,  Clod  did  not  oxisl ;  Ihug  prov- 
ing himself  fodlisli,  (Ps!tlniri3ill  Anions  other 
things,  his  book  contained  the  followinfr  re- 
marks: ''God  does  not  exist."  "There  is  no 
plaee  for  Rod  in  i'je  unireise."  "There  liaTo 
beeu  moments  in  tny  life  when  I  would  have 
given  tny  verj-  soul  to  have  had  a  flod  to  pYay 
io;  when  1  .wught  him  in  loneliness  und  bitter- 
lie^  and  despiiir,  I  could  not  find  him  then,  I 
do  not  need  him  now."  "Tiie  day  of  religion  is 
over." 

Allliouaii  be  did  not  realize  the  fact,  the  last 
StKlemifnt  is  the  only  true  one. 

MiiiTy  has  now  entei'td  a  theological  college 
and  irnende  to  become  a  cotmtry  parson ;  for, 
jimotig  oilier  mistaken  ideas,  he  thinks  it  rjeces- 
mry  to  perpetuate  English  village  life,  and  to 
do  that  it  is.  accordina  to  him,  ne^ssaty  to 
hold  the  young  people  tugether  by  means  of 
religion. 

His  "conversion",  he  has  stated,  is  due  to  a 
hatred  of  Hitler,  and  uot.  as  one  might  e.Kjiect. 
to  repentanw  foi'  the  blasphemous  book  of 
which  he  is  author,  and  to  a  desii'c  to  serve 
tlie  Creutor,  if  he  has  reached  the  point  where 
lie  believes  ill  the  la  Iter's  existence.  Prohfibly 
the  liicotogital  wlle^e  will  succeed  in  remov- 
ing all  trni"-es  of  «uch  a  helieJ'  if  it  does  exist, 

Murry  heard  Ililler  speat  on  the  night  after 
the  "purge"  of  .luiie,  1934,  when  so  many  of 
Hitler's  friends  and  conu'ados  were  bntchered, 
In  his  s;  eech  Hitler  said.  "I  only  incarnate 
law  and  justice."  and  implied  that  no  trial 
had  been  necessary.  "I  felt  just  blank  despair 
when  I  heard  that,"  i\Iurry  said  in  an  inter- 
view. "You  may  think  me  fantastic,  but  1  said 
to  luyseif:  Tiiis  is  what  \he  Bible  meant  by 
Anti- Christ.  I  was  immediately  forced  buck 
to  traditional  Christiim  helief,  to  the  Church 

NOVEMBER  2».  1939 


of  England  whicli  1  hod  so  beliltled.  Hitler 
was  responsible  for  the  final  stage  in  my 
ecolution.'' 

If  the  "Church  of  England"  is  hard  up  for 
rc{!riiits,  and  it  seems  that  it  ia,  it  might  do 
well  to  gi;!.  |)i'ON[iuclive  candidates  lo  listen  lit 
Hitler  and  to  distrihute  copies  of  Mein  Knnipf. 
On  the  contrary,  the  best  thing  thijt  can  tie 
done  if  Llie  same  oi-gHui/alioji  is  to  lo,se  mem- 
bers is  for  tlie  people  to  barn  of  the  Kmgdom 
of  Jehovali  ami  to  become  acriuaintod  with  tile 
Bible  and  iiterMture  explaining  the  Bible, 

Without  passing  judgment  on  the  sincerity 
of  Jllurry,  it  is  safe  to  state  that  it'  he  is  hmie.st 
he  wdl  see  through  Ilie  sham  and  humbug  of 
the  Church  of  Kiigland  and  religion  generally. 
]l'  he  is  not,  lie  will  share  the  iate  of  all  reli- 
gionists in  Annageddon.  when  Satan's  brood 
will  be  dcHti'oycd  for  ever. — J.  A.  Williama, 
Lithuania. 

Preached  on  Nephew 

♦  The  papers  do  not  say  that  the  "Reverend" 
S,  Fraser  Langford,  pastor  of  the  First  Bap- 
tist chiireh  of  Oecan  Park,  California, 
preached  on  a  cockfight  or  a  tussle  for  mastery 
between  a  couple  of  bulldogs.  No,  it  was  on 
nothing  unspiritual  like  that.  What  he 
preached  on.  the  Bible  having  lost  interest  for 
lum  Lind  for  his  ilork  because  of  liiai,  was  his 
own  nephew,  Doii?:las  Corri;£nn,  aviator,  the 
same  young  Dian  that  allegedly  read  his  com- 
pass upside  down  and  so  landed  in  Ireland 
instead  of  California.  The  pewa  were  full  of 
people  and  the  pulpit  was  full  of  piamcs.  The 
show  was  worth  a  couple  of  shirt  buttons, 

A  Kick  from  the  Butler 

♦  In  his  church  paper  the  '"'Reverend" 
Leonard  Spillcr,  of  ^t,  Martin's  church.  West 
Acton,  London,  expostulated  as  follows: 

Wc  bLouIiJ  he  fiTulfful  if  eornmuni cants  would 
take  only  a  tiny  «ip  from  Ihp  ehslice.  Three  times 
retenUy  it  liaa  hceii  uecessiiry  to  re  c  oust  era  I  e  wine, 
allhongh  plenty  of  wine  was  put  in  the  chalice  at 
lirst.  One  of  the  first  conimaiiiCiiDEs  practically 
drained  the  ehalice. 

Biblical  Illiterates 

♦  Dr.  Charles  Arbuekle,  professor  of  homi- 
letics  at  Andover  Xewton  theological  school, 
declares  Ihal  the  present  crop  of  theological 
students  are  Biblical  illiterateB,  with  an  aa- 
lonitJiinjj  lack  of  Bihlieal  knowledge. 

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British  Comment 

Btj  J.  Hancry    {London) 


Contrasts 

•  Onf  oiilslandiiig  dift'urcnpi:  betwcfti  Nazi 
totalitarianism  and  the  democi'atie  Iniid  undor 
whieh  Biitain  is  now  governed  is  the  liberty 
of  the  subject  lo  say  what  he  tliiulcs,  and  un- 
der ordinal')'  eireumstaiiccs  to  do  fis  he  wishes, 
always  excepting  in  matters  thiit  sire  treason- 
able, or  openly  or  suspected  as  delrimental 
to  the  Slale.  He  is  free  to  express  his  (.Titicism 
openly,  am!  his  newspapers  hiive  the  same 
iiherly.  He  is  not  alVaid  of  a  spy  lislening  to 
what  he  haa  to  say ;  he  is  free  to  turn  his  radio 
scl  Lo  listen  to  any  foreign  speaker  denoTinee 
his  country  and  ils  politieians,  whereas  in  Ger- 
many and  nnder  Nazi  nile  listening  in  to 
broadcasts  from  Brilain  is  not  only  forbidden 
but  lias  lioavy  and  drastic  punishments  for 
those  who  are  caught  listening.  This  inherit- 
aune  of  a  five  people  is  a  most  treasured  pos- 
session, and  it  is  not  a  matter  for  surprise  that 
there  are  wslehfnl  eyes  turned  towards  any 
aetion  that  even  appeal's  as  if  officialdom  were 
acting  aggressively. 

Great  Efforts  and  Great  Problems 

•  In  its  pr('i>arations  for  taking  over  the  con- 
cerns and  the  care  of  a  bigi'amily  of  45,000,OQO' 
persons  1he  ti'uvernmeut  has  taken  iin  an 
enormously  beavv-  job.  In  its  wisdom.  Parlia- 
ment, all  parties  agrecine,  has  given  the  vari- 
ous taslis  to  several  ministries  each  of  which 
has  antliority  to  make  orders  which  have  the 
force  of  an  act  of  rarliameiit  itscll.  Pi'iinJ- 
lies  are  set  for  refusal  to  obey,  or  for  neglect 
to  corafonn  to  the  ordcre  of  these  ministries, 
and  the  oi'dinary  means  of  appeal  are  not 
available.  Thc-t  ministries  got  busy,  and  the 
whole  of  the  country  is  Hooded  with  rules 
and  regulations.  It  must  be  pru^umed  that  the 
intentions  of  Parliiiment  are  whoSly  for  the 
good  and  tiie  vvi.'lfare  of  the  people,  and  the 
same  will  be  granted  for  those  who  aro  re- 
sponsible for  the  management  of  the  various 
ministries;  but  the  urgency  of  the  work  and 
its  magnitude  have  pcrha.jis  unavoidably  led 
to  some  confusion  and  even  to  failure.  The 
fish  supply  of  the  country  was  eontrollod,  but 
eitier  because  of  management  or  the  inherent 

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wrongness  of  the  seiicme  the  whole  business 
was  thrown  into  eonfusion.  It  does  seem  that 
there  was  .'something  wTung  when,  as  repoi-ted, 
fish  caught  in  English  waters,  or  landed  in  an 
"Rnglish  port,  wa.s  sent  to  the  north  of  Scot- 
land lo  be  marketed,  and  then  to  be  sent  back 
to  England  to  he  retailed.  Billingsgate,  Lon- 
don's fish  market,  was  closed:  it  was  subjected 
lo  a  gcneriU  evjiciiation  idea,  a  scheme  which 
"ein])tied"  London  of  many  of  the  banks' 
offices,  insiu'ance  offices,  and  also  government 
oftices.  as  well  as  hundreds  uf  tbousands  of 
young  children.  A  fish  center  was  set  going  in 
-some  unannounced  place  in  the  southern  coun- 
ties; but  the  scheme  was  a  failure,  and 
Billingsgate  is  onee  more  itself.  Other  failures 
might  be  noted;  but  on  the  other  hand  there 
is  no  possible  question  that  the  nation's  sup- 
plies are  being  handled  to  general  benefit. 
Those  who  are  responsible  are  undoubtedly 
laboring  hurd  to  make  the  very  best  scj-vice 
available ;  but  undoubtedly  then-  are  runny 
ofiicials  clothed  with  a  hit  of  exlva  authority 
and  wlio  have  not  learned  to  use  it  for  the 
puijje  good. 

Evacuation 

•  The  evHciuitiori  of  the  children  from  Lon- 
don and  most  of  the  large  cities  and  towns 
was  effected  with  sucocs.s :  but  the  settling 
down  ha.s  brought  many  problems,  some  of 
Iheni  difficult,  llaiiy  of  the  children  and  their 
mothers,  transplanted  abruptly  into  condi- 
tions of  life  in  country  villages,  have  given 
much  trouble  to  the  local  authorities  into 
wl^ose  care  tJiey  were  put.  Some  parents  have 
refused  lo  stay,  and  .some  molliei^  whose  chil- 
dren i\x're  taken  away  have  gone  for  them 
and  brought  them  back.  Schooling  in  the  vil- 
lages, and  for  those  now  in  the  towns,  is  one 
of  ihe  problems,  lu  Ihi'  lonris  the  schools  are 
closed,  and  it  is  .'(aid  that  in  Manchester  there 
are  at  least  S15.000  children  who  are  in  tiio 
homes  and  the  streets  having  no  schooling. 
And  the  fitting  in  in  the  homes  of  the  people 
has  brought  troubles  and  sorrows  to  many. 
Bui  there  is  a  great  advantage  loa  very  large 
number  of  chihlren  :  they  are  out  of  1  he  streets 
and  perhaps  slums  and  iiito  tJie  ojjen  fresh 
air  of  the  country,  and  will  without  que.stion 
get  Ibe  ad%-antagc  which  life  in  tlte  open  gives. 
Stories  both  pathetic  and  humnrous  are 
told,  A  woman  helper,  relating  some  of  her 
experiences,  tells  how  she  gave  a  youngster  a 
shilUug,  biddijig  him  go  to  the  local  grocerj' 
for  a,  half  poTind  of  butter.  The  nipper  put 

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the  money  ou  tlie  lable,  saying,  '"1  sliaii't  need 
tlial,  lidy:  I  always  lilt  it  for  motliGr,  and  I'll 
do  it  M'  you."  Anotiicr  lells  of  putting  two 
younj;  thiii^  to  bed.  l)nt  going  into  the  room 
liitor  to  see  them,  find  fiLiling  iheni  under  tbo 
iKid.  When  roused  and  gotten  Jroni  uniler  it, 
thuy  said  liiat  at  bome  their  i'atlier  and  motlier 
sli'pt  in  their  Ited  and  they  slept  under  it! 
Othei-s  ipU  of  l!if  ai'feelion  of  the  i^hildi'en  in 
response  to  care  to  wliicti  apparently  tlu:y 
wcrv  not  aeenstomed.  The  eosls  of  this  evaeua- 
ticn  Iieve  been,  and  mu^t  continue  to  be  very 
hi-avy,  aiid  cerlainly  il  the  war  slio^dd  last 
three  years  tie  problpiu  is  a  great  one. 

Another  evaenalirin,  uudpr  eompulaion.  has 
brought  much  discomfort  to  a  eiass  used  to 
conj/orl  and  case,  aoid  lo?^  and  ^rcat  incon- 
venietiee  lo  those  who  provided  it.  .Hundreds 
uf  large  boarvjint;  houstw  and  hole's  have  been 
commandeered  by  various  Ooveminent  ofti- 
ct'Rv  for  tlie  aeeoniniod;]ticm  of  .stafCs,  either 
military  or  eivil  servants  wliose  work  has  been 
reitiovril  from  London  to  places  less  likely  to 
be  bombed  when  tliat  fc^aturo  of  tiie  war  stai'ta 
in  earnest. 

For  a  few  weeks  afler  the  deckra.tion  1hat 
a  state  of  war  existed  Ihe  iMinistiy  of  Infor- 
inntion  si-eiueJ  to  be  an  office  for  withholding 
iniom-.ation  ;  Imt  lately,  under  some  pressure, 
ihe  anihorities  have  iilkiwod  some  newspaper 
news  of  Ihe  war  activities,  both  at  lionic  and 
overseas-  The  people  were  beginning  to  show 
signs  of  beino'  puzzled  to  know  both  what  the 
iiovemnteiil  is  doin-r  and  what  its  intentions, 
but  DOW  soniL'lhinf;  ol'  the  enormous  extent  of 
material  prepfirution  for  a  aevere  and  pro- 
longed onnfliet  has  been  revealed. 

AH  Europe  on  the  Trek 

•  In  Brnain  children,  and  their  mothers, 
eountod  by  Ihe  million,  have  been  moved  and 
>ja5in«s*es  Lave  l)een  tran,sfeiTed  froin  the 
eitii^  In  Ihe  wnr  zones  in  Germany's  western 
and  southern  Imrdrrs  whole  towns  have  been 
cleared  oi  the  inhabitants;  in  the  smaller 
Slates  of  central  ard  southeastern  Europe 
hundreds  of  thou'jands  of  persouji  have  been 
torn  arbitrarily  from  their  homes,  compelled 
to  seek  what  they  eoidd  in  a.  fa.r-a,way  land; 
in  the  THirtliea.sferu  Baltic  States  there  is  the 
same  i)ph«?avai  of  tiie  people.s ;  Poland  has  had 
its  people  dwrtrnj-ed  or  tJiey  ha\'e  fled  from 
their  liomcs,  and  in  far-away  h'uiland  there 
ia  hasty  removal  cf  Ihe  people  from  the  oilica. 
It  would  be  eawy  lo  say  Lbst  all  this  has  eoniu^ 
a,boiif,  tiiroUiih  Die  mad  ambition  of  a  man  who 

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wants  power  over  bis  fellows,  and  who  is  aided 
and  a.hottiid  by  a  gang  of  ruthless  men  who 
use  his  ambition  for  their  own  selilsli  ends. 
There  are  othe?  reasons.  Judge  Rutherford, 
as  spokesman  for  .Telinvah's  witnesses,  lias  now 
been  heard  throughout  the  world  declaring  the 
main  fact  in  the  case  wliieh  lies  deeper  than 
the  ambitionti  or  disputes  of  men  and  nations. 
He  has  declared  to  the  whole  world  that  the 
time  is  now  come  which  God  by  His  prophets 
foretold,  and  of  wlueh  Jesus  spoke;  the  time 
when  He  will  brinj^'  to  pass  His  purpose  to 
bring  the  whole  earth  into  judgment,  prepara- 
tory to  the  full  establishment  of  His  kingdom 
in  the  earth.  One  of  the  faetors  in  that  prep- 
aration is  the  conflict  between  that  wicked 
spirit,  the  Bevil,  aud  (ilod's  King,  Jesiis,  the 
eontiiet  told  of  in  The  Eovolntion  the  12th 
ehapter,  and  about  which,  as  the  immetlia.te 
effect  in  the  earlh,  i1  is  said,  "'Woe  to  the  in- 
ha  biters  of  the  eartli  .  .  .  for  the  devil  is  Rome 
down  unto  yoti,  liavinff  sjreat  wratJi,  because 
he  knowelh  that  be  hath  hut  a  short  time." 
(Verse  12)  By  His  prophet  Zeplianiah  {chap- 
tor  three,  verse  5),  God  said  that  the  day 
would  come  when  He  would  gat!u>r  tlie  na- 
tions that  He  might  pour  out  on  them  His 
indignation;  and  -Jesus  spolte  of  that  day  as 
the  time  of  the  world's  gi-eatesl  Iroublo,  and 
as  fidfiUins'  the  prophecy  which  God  had 
spoken  by  Daniel,  a  pi'ophet  whose  visions  are 
utterly  refused  hy  the  so  well  "etlucated" 
Protestant  clergy.  For  some  years  the  witness 
to  the  fact  that  Jehovab'.s  lime  is  eome  has 
been  given  by  the  hand  of  faithful  men  and 
women,  ea.iTying  it  from  house  to  house,  from 
village  to  village,  and  from  city  to  city,  the 
world  over;  it  has  been  broadcast  through  tbe 
eaith  by  radio,  and  by  public  mceiings.  But 
though  thousands  have  heard,  and  been 
warned  thereby,  and  have  accepted  both  the 
word  of  truth  and  the  obligation  to  take  u|i 
the  work  of  witnessing  which  follows,  botii 
the  rulers  of  the  people  and  ihe  people  them- 
selves have  refused  to  heed,  ignoring  the  warn- 
ing given  them.  Helii-ion  iind  religionists  have 
the  chief  respoiLsibility  for  Ihis,  The  leaders 
of  relifi'ion,  led  by  tlie  main  body,  the  Roman 
Catholic  section,  have  taken  active  opposHion, 
and  have  been  ruthle.ss  in  manner  of  Irving 
to  enisb  botli  the  message  and  the  mossengers 
of  Jehoviih.  In  their  ignorance  of  the  Scrip- 
tures the  peo]ile  have  taken  religionists  at 
their  o\fn  estimation  of  themselves,  and  have 
accepted  their  elaira  to  be  the  only  ones  who 
could  iiudcrsland  the  Scriptures,  and  have  the 

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light  to  3H.y  what  these  shall  mean,  and  to  rep- 
resent God  and  ChrJMt  'm  the  earth. 

The  pciipUi  clo  not  undprstaiid  that  in  the 
main  tlie  ProlcsLaiU  L'h'r;^  are  iinbelieTers  iu 
tho  Sfi'lptures,  that  Ihvy  iisi?  them  deceitfully. 
Tho.'ie  wi'jtteii  before  the  time  of  Jesus  when 
IIo  wtis  on  Oflrlh,  eoiniutjiJy  known  as  the  Old 
Tcslament.  tlity  put  aside,  except  lo  iiialit  use 
of  its  e.'<  press  ions  and  slorieR  to  illusti-atc  some 
point  ther  wish  to  emphasize ;  the  Greek  Sei-i|j- 
Hircii,  the  .N'ew  Testament,  as  it  is  familiarly 
ealled,  tJiey  use  mainly  to  support  their  vai'i- 
om  dosina.s  or  Iheii'  forms  of  ohureh  goveni- 
ineiit.  Tho  Roman  chiu'ch  (ihiims  to  taltc  tfic 
wliole  of  the  SfrijiturLis,  and  claims  to  have 
tlie  .sole  right  to  say  what  they  mean;  it  also 
ehiimN  the  ri!i;ht  to  add  to  them  and  to  give 
eipial  iUilhoj'ity,  wriliiigy  of  uninspired  men 
both  hel'ore  the  days  of  Jesus,  and  tiiose  ot 
the  "fathers"  of  tlie  ehureh  uf  Borne,  am]  thus 
comes  under  tlie  eondemrialiou  of  Ihe  words 
whieh  are  ahaort  the  last  in  the  Word  of  God, 
—■■-If  any  man  sliyll  take  away  from  Ihe  words 
of  the  hooh  of  this  prnpheey,  Ood  shall  take 
away  his  xwrt  out  of  the  hook  of  life  ..." 
(sf'e  licvelatlon  2:2:19).  Also  the  ptt'Tious 
veise  anyn,  "If  any  man  shall  add  unto  these 
tilings,  God  sha,!!  add  un1o  him  the  plagues 
that  are  written  in  this  hools." 

It  is  dear  that  this  Jay  of  Jehovah's  judg- 
ment bi'in^'H  into  light  and  into  judgment 
eveiy  evil  power  and  work:  the  IX-vjl,  who 
has  doruived  the  whole  world,  tlie  religioitiata 
and  tlieir  worJv-s  which  have  both  deeeived  men 
and  stood  m  the  way  of  the  truth,  and  all  who 
iiave  I'cfiujt'J  to  lieed  llie  warning,  that  they 
TOKht  fiud  fi  plaee  of  safoty.  Why  Satan  has 
been  allowed  to  have  rule  in  the  earth  as  the 
"3'od  of  thw  world'',  as  Paul  named  him.  or 
"tiie  prince  of  this  wuvld",  as  Jesus  spoke  of 
him,  and  for  .so  long  a  time,  and  how  and 
when  tiiat  rule  eomes  to  an  end  with  the  judg- 
ment and  the  ven^eanee  of  God  against  every 
evil  sj'stem  aiifl  on  its  sn]tporters,  ant!  those 
who  vvilHngly  allow  tliemselves  lo  he  deceived 
—all  these  things  are  Tiilly  explained  in  tho 
literature  of  Jehovah's  witnesses. 

Dreams  of  a  Dean 

•  The  dean  ol'  Duiham  catbedral.  Dr.  0.  A. 
Atinglrm.  told  his  hesirera  of  his  desire  to  be 
counted  amoiiu  the  dreamera  who  look  for- 
ward to  3  Cederal  itnioii  of  the  democratic 
coruHrii'i  of  the  world— "all  the  ''ountries 
which  share  Briliibi's  behef  in  freedom."  He 
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hopes  that  oul  of  the  turmoU  of  the  war  and 
the  tiatiims'  disputes  there  may  eonie  in  Eu- 
rope a  federation  of  the  States  from  which 
war  and  the  threat  of  war  shall  be  banished; 
a  I'hii'ope  in  which  a  man  may  freely  praetiee 
his  religion,  where  he  enuld  be  sure  of  justice, 
where  trade  should  be  eontrollpil  for  the  com- 
mon K'ood.  and  where  the  peoples  of  different 
races,  traditions  and  opinions  could  live  side 
by  side  in  friendship.  The  dean  thinks  all  thia 
is  practicable,  and  says,  "Ail  these  dreams." 
whether  such  as  he  dreamt  or  that  EiLrope 
should  form  itself  into  sueh  a  federation  of 
States  as  is  seen  hi  the  United  States  of  Amer- 
ica, ■'are  infinitely  loss  great  than  the  dream 
of  a  catholic  church  which  the  apostle  Paul 
told  to  the  Ephcsians  2.(1(10  years  ago."  Dr. 
Aliugton  IS  a  well-educated  man,  knows  what 
his  cliiu'ch  fitiinds  for,  and  is  liberally  minded, 
and  tolcranl  loivijrds  Ihose  with  whom  he  dif- 
fers  in   theology^thc  "science'*'  of  reliainn  I 
But  wlien  he  speaks  of  what  PituI  said  about 
the  chui-ch  of  God,  the  church  of  JesiLs  Christ, 
and  calls  it  a  dream,  he  reveahs  how  deeply  he 
is  immersed  in  the  darkness  of  rolii,don.  Paul 
was  no  dreamer.  Taught  of  the  Lord  himself, 
as  he  so  definitely  says,  at  Galallans  chapter 
one.  verses  11  Kiid  12,  "The  fiospel  which  was 
preached  of  me  is  not  after  roan  ;  for  I  neither 
received  it  of  man.  neither  was  I  tausht  it, 
bnt  by  the  revelation  of  Jesus  (T^hrist,''-  and 
under  the  guidauci;  of  and  instnietioTi  of  the 
holy  spirit,  he  knew  that  the  chnreh  of  Christ 
would  never  he  a  catholic  clitirch  in  the  sense 
{hilt  word  is  Used  by  reliiiiunisls.  The  church 
of  Christ,  never  had  a  great  earibly  future 
before  il.  Bora  out  of  tlie  death  of  "jcsiis  as 
redeemer,  and  who  was  raised  oni  of  the  dead 
by  the  power  of  God.  the  church  began  its 
work  of  ivitnessins'  on  the  day  it  was  anointed 
by  thi?  hol.y  spirit,   represented   in  the  little 
eompjiny  <:athored  in  the  upper  room,  waiting 
for  the  power  from  oi)  lilgh.  Those  wlio  had 
been  with  the  Lord  had  heard  him  i.ell  of  the 
hatred  they  sliould  espcrienee  from  the  world 
as  they  witnessed  the  things  they  had  heard 
of  him.  and  of  the  things  they  should  be  told 
by  him  through  the  spirit,  They  knew  they 
must  ever  be  a  compony  apart,  and  must  work 
and  wait  till  lie  shoidd  again   retum  from 
heaven:  they  knew  that  they  must  endure  iu 
faitb  and  hope  till  that  time',  and  that  though 
they   would 'fall    asleep   those   who   followed 
them  in  the  footsteps  of  .Jpsus  would  find  ae- 
cc^'tanee  tnthai  day  of  the  Lord's  rolurn,  only 
as  they  endured  to  liie  end.   There  was  no 

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thought  of  o  great  phureh  which  should  dom- 
inate the  earth  or  oven  iiciTLieale  its  Tornis  of 
lifi:;  but  rMlhCT  that  at  the  ai<3  tho  L'liurch  of 
Jesus  woiiW  be  saved  only  hj'  His  intcivcn- 
liou.  ReHjsiocists  bcgsn  to  dream  (if  a  great 
piacf  in  the  earth,  yurl  they  sot  about  imple- 
menting tiieii'  dreams  ;  iird  to  the  extc-ilt  which 
hlMorj-  past  and  prwija!  records,  liiey  have 
madf  a  iiaiiie  and  a  plcice  for  theraselves  iti  the 
caxtli.  Neither  the  dean's  dream  uor  any  of 
Uw6C  of  good  men  \Tho  want  iv  see  poaeo  in 
tile  *arth  will  ever  be  rr-aliwd  by  wh.at  men 
or  fhiirchos  can  do:  the  only  hope  land  it  ia 
a  sure  miK  because  spoken  by  God,  tlie  Creator 


bimsfilf)  is  the  e5taMis!iment  of  Ills  ItJng'dom, 
set  Hi'  by  His  omi  dircet  action  in  the  earth. 
Alter  the  chiin-h  of  Christ,  tbc  faithful  wit- 
ncsisCs  and  disciples  oi  Jesus,  l)avc  done  their 
work,  meeting  snch  a*  tlie  Herods  and  Pilales 
as  there  sue  in  tliis  diiy.  the  time  will  come  for 
the  cliutt'L  to  be  oniled  to  tho  Lord,  and  then 
in  power  with  Him  I'nlllll  the  purposes  of  God, 
a  royal  nation  taken  out  from  among  men. 
But  'the  leaders  oJ  religion  persist  in  trying 
to  hold  up  their  systems  rathw  than  Inni  in 
si5mplicity  and  Luraility  1o  the  Word  of  God. 
Their  bouses  as  well  aa  Iheir  dreams  will  fail 
thorn. 


Natural    Phenomena 


Curious  Lake  Ronkonlioma 
♦  Lake  Ronlwnkoma,  on  Long  fsland,  New 
York,  is  about  a  mile  acroa?,  witli  neither  in- 
lets  nor  outlets,  but  it  has  a  slo-ange  disposition. 
On  one  occasion,  July  29.  191S,  the  la.lie  fell 
thjw  foa  in  three  hours,  and  in  two  days, 
early  in  Jkreh,  1939.  it  rose  eiyhl  feet.  The 
Indians  had  a  legend  that  the  lake  is  fed  by 
a  rirer  from  New  l^ngland  that  nma  under 


Long    Island    sovmd 
true  esplanation, 


B,Ed  this  may  be  the 


The  Antarctic  Tcecap 

♦  The  Autiiretic  icecap,  seven  Uiousand  feet 
thiek  and  Oowins  down  on  all  sides  to  the  sea 
at  the  rate  of  4H  yards  a  year,  is  so  huge  that 
if  it  were  suddenly  to  melt  the  excess  water 
would  cause  a  Hood  Hlmost  equal  to  that  of 
Noah's  day. 


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EooBevelt's  Amfiassadof  to  the  Pope  (Part  1)      3 

The  Tricks  of  a  Dictator  4 

Free  Speech  over  the  Radio  5 

"The  Forgotten  Rooaeveit"  6 

Jim  Farley's  Toe  Hold  7 

MantoQ,  Persecutor  of  Judge  Rutherford  8 

The  Murderous  Hierarchy  9 

Britain — British  Liberties  Gone  10 

Why  British  Officials  Ai'e  Pro-Arab  11 

English  Liberties  Are  Voted  Away  11 

Under  the  Totalitarian  Flag 

To  Eugenio  PaceUi,  Pius  SU  12 

Why  Catholics  Become  CommuniBts  14 

Vicious  and  Un-American  15 

Hitler  a  True  Catholic  16 

Coimse!  by  J.  F.  Rutherford 

"Healing  of  the  Nations"  17 

California  18 

The  Lament  BusiiieaB  19 

British  Comment 

Neutrality  of  Jeliovah's  witnesses  21 

Now  GoveiTimBnt 

Pioneers  in  Colombia  24 

Too  Good  to  Keep  27 

Amos  Weber's  Last  Will  28 

A  Lit-tle  Bit  About  Plant  Life  29 

Interesting  Plant  Peculiarities  30 

Australasia  31 


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Appetizers 


BritiBli  Schoolboy  Howleri 

Phannacy  is  anotlier  name  for 
lilling  the  soil. 

False  doctrine  means  giving  peo- 
ple the  wrong  medicine. 
The  stomach  is  the  most  dilated 
part  of  the  elementary  canal. 

Hell  hath  no  fury  like  a  woman's  corn. 

An  epistle  is  the  wife  of  an  apostle. 

A  Petty  Officer  is  one  who  looks  after  the 
ladies. 

Sinister  means  a  woman  who  hasn't  married. 

The  Darkey's  hour  is  just  before  the  dawn. 
This  is  a  vei-y  famous  Afi'iean  proverb. 

Account  of  the  feudal  system : — William 
the  Conqueror  was  thrown  from  his  horse  and 
wounded  in  the  feudal  system. 

Velocity  is  what  anybody  puts  down  a  hot 
plate  with. 

Guerilla  warfare  is  when  monkeys  fight 
eacii  other. 

The  home  of  the  swallow  is  the  stomach. 

The  earth  makes  a  resolution  every  24  hours. 

The  dift'erenee  between  air  and  water  is — 
air  ean  be  made  wetter,  but  water  cannot. 

A  parallel  straight  line  is  an.  imoginaiy  line 
which,  if  produced  to  meet  itself,  does  not 
meet. 

Tlie  pilot  saved  his  life  by  jimiping  out  of 
the  plane  with  a  parasite. 

The  Pencil  Supply 

"Where's  your  peJicil,  Alf  f 

"Ain't  got  one.  teacher." 

"How  many  times  have  I  told  you  not  to  say 
that?  Listen:  I  haven't  got  one,  you  haven't 
got  one,  tjiey  haven't  got  one." 

■■■Well,  where  are  all  the  blinkin'  pencils?" 
— Kelly  gram. 

Thoughtful 

Office  boy,  after  investigating;  No,  the  boss 
is  not  in. 
Caller :  Oli,  and  I  have  forgotten  my  visiting 

Office  boy :  Oh,  that's  all  right.  I  told  him 
who  you  were! 

Where  Teacher  Had  Failed 

Teacher:    "'I    have   went."   That's   wrong, 
isn't  it? 
Pupil:  Yes,  teacher. 
Teacher:  Why  is  it  wrong? 
Pupil :  Because  you  ain't  went  yet. 

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Volume  XXI 


Brooklyn,  N.Y.,  WednBsday,  January  24,  1940 


Number  531 


Roosevelt's  Ambassador  to  the  Pope 


(In  Two  Parts— Part  1) 


Franklin  D.  Roosevelt  is  the 
sei'vaiit  of  t!ie  American  people, 
not  their  boss.  The  people,  by 
their  duly  e  lee  ted  representatives 
and  senators,  make  tlie  lawa.  Tlic 
president  eseeutes  them.  He  does 
what  the  people  toll  him  ho  may 
do,  and  I'el^rains  from  doing  what 
he  has  not  been  commissioned  to 
do.  The  Constitution,  under  which 
he  works,  sets  forth  the  will  of  the 
people.  They  made  the  Constitu- 
tion ;  it  is  their  official  statement 
of  tjie  limitations  they  put  upon 
their  own  servants. 

Roosevelt  was  entirely  out  of 
bounds  when  he  appointed  Myi-on 
C.  Taylor,  ex-eh airman  of  the 
United  States  Steel  Corporation, 
his  personal  ambassador  to  the 
pope.  This  was  purely  a  political 
move,  and  against  tlie  best  inter- 
ests of  the  American  people,  and 
intended  for  their  enslavement  to 
the  Papacy,  above  and  beyond  the 
enslavement  under  which  they  are 
already  chafing. 

Roosevelt  sent  for  Archbishop 
Spelhnan,  oi  New  York,  and  told 
him  on  the  night  of  December  23 
of  Taylor's  appointment,  and 
asked  him  to  convey  to  the  pope  this  illieit  eom- 
pjiment  to  him  and  outrageous  insult  to  the 
American  people,  Spellman's  picture  appears 
on  this  page.  He  was  pleased  with  the  presi- 
dent's betrayal  of  the  American  people,  his 
violation  of  the  Constitution. 

An  Ostensible  Peace  Move 

Roosevelt'.s  ostensible  peace  move  was  not 
a  peace  move  at  all ;  it  was  a  political  move, 

JANUARY  24,  1940 


Ar('lil)!shi);i  Spt.'llm;ni 
(Roosevelt's  Intern uccio) 


to  see  how  the  American  people 
would  take  this  latest  insult  to 
their  inteliigcncG  and  affii'ont  to 
their  liberties.  The  war  is  prin- 
cipally between  Geroiany  and 
Britain,  and  the  appointment  is 
unwelcome  to  either  the  British 
Government  or  the  British  people. 
Only  one  British  newspaper  paid 
any  attention  to  what  the  British 
people  are  clever  enough  to  see  is 
purely  an  intemal  American  po- 
litical move,  a  camouflage. 

Roosevelt's  letter  to  the  pope  is 
as  unseriptui-al  and  un-American 
as  it  was  uncalled  for  and  unwant- 
ed. In  it  he  said, 

We  remember  that  the  Christmas 
star  was  first  seen  by  shophertls  in 
the  hills  long  before  the  leaders  knew 
of  the  great  light  which  had  entered 
the  world. 

What  is  the  use  of  remomher- 
ing  something  that  is  not  so?  The 
star  wliich  tlie  magi  (magicians, 
spii'itists)  saw,  some  two  years 
after  the  birth  of  Jesus,  was  not 
a  "Christmas  star"  at  all ;  it  was 
merely  an  eerie,  phantom  light, 
which  the  Devi!  used  to  try  to 
bring  about  the  death  of  the  new- 
born King.  The  shepherds  never 
saw  that  false  light,  but  they  did  see  the  angels 
from  heaven,  on  the  very  night  the  Savior  was 
born.  As  far  as  theii-  "'leaders",  the  clergy,  are 
concerned,  they  never  saw  anything ;  their 
only  interest  in  Jesus,  the  Son  of  God,  was  to 
get  Hun  out  of  the  way,  put  Him  to  death, 
which  they  finally  did, 

Roosevelt  speaks  of  the  "dark  ages"  which 
he  tiiinlis  wei'C  dark  because  of  the  barbarians 
and  not  because  of  the  dreadful  Inquisition 


which  the  popes  inaugurated  and 
maintained.  He  says  of  the  period 
that  followed  the  Inquisition  that — 
through  a  rekindling  of  the  inherent 
spiritual  spark  in  mankind,  another 
rebirth  brought  back  order  and  culture  and  religion. 

There  is  no  "inherent  spirima!  spark  in 
mankind".  Few  indeed  of  the  human  family 
have  evCT  been  broiight  forth  of  the  Lord's 
spirit,  and  fewer  stil!  will  ever  see  God's  face. 

I  said  in  mine  heart  coneeiijing  the  estate  o£ 
the  sons  of  men,  thai.  God  might  manifest  them, 
and  that  they  might  see  that  they  themselves  are 
beasts.  For  that  which  faefnlleth  the  sons  of  men 
befalleth  beasts;  even  one  thuig  befalleth  them:  as 
the  one  dietb,  so  dieth  the  other;  yea,  they  have  all 
one  breath ;  so  that  a  man  hath  no  preeminence 
above  a  beast :  for  all  is  vanity.  All  go  unto  one 
place :  all  nre  of  the  dust,  and  all  tnm  to  dust 
again. — Eeelesiastes  3 :  18-20. 

Roosevelt  thinks  that  after  the  ""'dark  ages" 
there  was  more  religion.  He  ought  to  know  that 
there  never  was  a  period  in  earth's  history 
when  the  people  were  so  do^vntrodden  and 
overrun  with  superstition  and  ignorance  of 
Almighty  Ood  as  during  those  same  "dark 
ages".  The  people  had  too  much  religion  then, 
and  they  have  had  too  mncJi  always.  Religion 
is  merely  reverence  for  human  tradition  and 
human  teachers  and  ignoring  of  God's  Word 
of  truth  and  of  God  himself,  the  Author  of 
that  Word. 

Not  All  Are  Children  of  God 

In  his  surprising  letter  of  misinformation 
Roosevelt  said  of  the  masses  of  the  common 
people ; 

They  know  thnt  the  civilization  handed  down 
to  us  hy  our  fathei's  was  biiiit  by  men  and  women 
who  knew  in  theii-  hearts  that  all  were  brothers 
beuause  they  were  children  of  God. 

Koosevelt  should  have  been  told  long  ago 
that  Jesus  said  of  the  clergy  of  His  day : 

Te  are  of  your  father  the  devil,  and  the  lusta  of 
your  father  ye  ivil!  do. — John  8  r  44, 

He  seems  to  tliink  that  there  are  no  children 
of  the  Devil.  How,  then,  would  he  explain  such 
statements  as  these? — 

He  that  coramitteih  sin  is  of  the  devil. — 1  John 
3:8. 

In  this  the  children  of  God  are  manifest,  and 
the  children  of  the  devil;  whosoever  doeth  not 
righteousness,  is  not  of  God.  neither  he  that  loveth 
not  his  brother. — 1  John  3 :  10. 

He  knows  that  the  Roman  Catholic  Hier- 
archy claims  the  right  to  murder  every  pel'- 
son    teaching    differently    from    the    Roman 


Catholic  Church,  and  overlooks  the 
obvious  truth  that — 

Whosoever  hateth  his  brother  is  a 
murderer;  and  ye  know  that  no  mur- 
derer hath  eternal  hfe  abiding  in  him. 
—1  John  3;  15. 

Roosevelt,  as  a  matter  of  policy,  extended 
a  sop  to  both  the  Protestants  and  the  Jews; 
he  would  see  their  representatives  himself, 
and  did  so.  But  that  was  all  eamoudage,  His 
real  deal  is  with  the  pope. 

A  Dictatorship  Foreseen 

Forewarned  through  God's  Word,  Jehovah's 
witnesses  have  been  anticipating  for  years 
that  the  present  move  would  be  made.  In  the 
book  Riches,  page  253,  Judge  Rutherford  said, 
in  part,  "In  other  words,  the  president  of  the 
United  States  agreed  to  support  the  Roman 
Catholic  Hierarchy,  a  foreign  power,  and  to 
openly  do  so  as  soon  as  the  public  could  be 
blinded  enough  to  come  around  to  it."  See  the 
entire  chapter  on  "Philistines",  and  especially 
pages  349-254-.  The  same  subject  is  also  re- 
feiTed  to  in  tlie  book  Enemies,  page  291,  which 
plea.se  see.  God  foresaw  all  this  centuries  ago. 

By  one  artifice  after  another  Roosevelt  has 
persuaded  Congress  to  put  in  Ms  hands  the 
power  to,  at  any  time,  withoxit  consulting 
Congress,  (a)  close  all  the  banks  of  the  nation ; 
(b)  close  all  the  stock  exchanges  and  forbid 
the  sale  of  all  stocks  and  bonds  for  ninety  days 
at  a  time;  (c)  prohibit  the  export  of  coal; 
(d)  restrict  travel  between  the  United  States 
and  foreign  countries;  (e)  change  the  gold 
content  of  the  dollar,  and  thus  change  the 
value  of  wages  and  property  of  every  sort; 

(f)  reduce  the  weight  of  the  silver  dollar; 

(g)  commandeer  all  silver  in  the  hands  of  the 
people,  as  gold  has  already  been  command- 
eered; (h)  regulate  rates  of  exchange  of  all 
foreign  currencies  and  the  amount  of  such 
currencies  that  American  citizens  may  ac- 
quire; (i)  raise  or  lower  tariffs  at  will; 
(j)  tell  the  farmers  what  and  how  much  they 
caj)  plant,  and  fix  prices  for  their  products: 
(k)  extend  or  withhold  money  or  work  or 
farm  relief;  (1)  exej-eise  absolute,  unlimited 
power  to  stop  free  speech  over  the  radio. 

Many  other  tremendous  powers  have  been 
wheedled  away  from  Congi'ess  (the  people) 
and  placed  in  tlie  president's  hands,  and  when 
I'ccently  a  Congressional  body  wanted  a  list 
of  them,  and  asked  the  Department  of  Justice 
for  them,  the  then  attorney  general.  Murphy, 
refused  the  information.  That  is  rich.  Who 
pay  the  attorney  general  1 

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Free  Speech  over  the  Radio 

?^t^^.7'^  Maybe  you  did  not  know  that  the 
Federal  Conrnmnications  Comniis- 
sioii  by  its  edict  42.03  decreed  that 
a  licensee  of  an  intoruationa!  broad- 
cast station  may  render  only  an 
international  broadcast  "whieli  will  reflect  the 
culture  of  his  country  and  which  will  promote 
international  good  will,  understanding  and 
eo-opcration".  In  other  words,  you  may  tall; 
discreetly  aboiit  "Mother  and  Home",  but  if 
you  get  down  to  brass 
tacks  and  holler  about 
something  wrong, 
then     you     are     all 
through. 

Samuel  B,  Petten- 
gilJ,  Demoeratic  mem- 
ber of  Congress  in 
1931-193S.  helped 
write  the  Act  which 
created  tJic  Federal 
Communi  cationsC  om- 
mission,  and  declares 
that  evei'y  member  of 
that  legislative  com- 
mittee most  positively 
undei'stood  and  in- 
tended and  aperified 
that  not  one  thing 
was  to  be  understood 
or  construed  as  giv- 
ing the  Commission 
any  powei^s  of  censor- 
sliip  at  all,  or  promul- 
gating or  fixing  in 
any  way  the  right  of 
free  speecli  by  radio 
communication. 

Mr.  Pettengill.  writing  on  this  subject  for 
the  National  Committee  to  Uphold  Constitu- 
tional Covernment,  says  with  a  puncli : 

This  is  a  nit'!l  of  a  hessl  It  need  to  be  supposed 
that  any  Aiuerieau  who  had  somtilhing  on  his  chcKt 
could  hire  a  hall  and  speak  his  mind.  We  used  to 
think  that  this  was  the  es.senee  of  free  speech. 
Now,  however,  men  are  not  to  be  permitted  to  huy 
time  on  the  radio  to  discuss  public  questions. 
Through  the  control  of  "balanced  progi'ams"  and 
"free  time"  the  hroudeasl.ers  esprcise  a  censorship 
on  not  only  what  is  said  but  also  who  says  it.  This 
is  a  part  of  the  black-out  of  freedom  whose  dark 
shadow  is  crossing  the  Atlantic. 

The  victims  are  the  millions  of  American  people 
who  are  to  be  denied  the  opportnijity  to  listen 
if  they  choose  to  do  so.  The  vrctim  is  any  American 
now  or  in  the  yeai'S  to  come  who  may  want  to  pe- 

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tition  his  fellow  men  and  his  Congi'ess  for  the 
redress  of  grievances.  The  victims  are  the  minor 
political  parties  and  minority  groups.  The  denial 
of  thi?  right  of  one  American  is  ao  encroachment 
upon  the  rights  of  ah  Americans. 

Who  egged  on  the  broadcasters^  This  takes  as 
behind  the  scenes  where  the  wheels  go  round  and 
the  wires  are  pulled.  It  hi-in^  us  to  the  question 
of  the  extraordinary  power  over  the  radio  that 
is  now  in  Mr.  Roosevelt's  hands.  Would  you  be- 
lieve it  if  I  were  to  tell  you  that  toduy,  wow,  the 
president  mny  shut  up  any  and  all  radio  stations 
whal.soevcrT     He    may 
shut    America    nff    the 
air.  He  may  take  over 
the     broadcasting     sta- 
tions and  ttun  them  and 
their  apparatus  over  to 
some    government     de- 
partment. He  may  make 
of  radio  a  govcinment 
monopoly,  with  the  re- 
sult   that    no    program 
and  no  speech  could  go 
on  the  air  that  was  in 
conflict  with  his  views. 
On  its  face  the  new 
code  forbidding  the  pur- 
chase of  radio  time  for 
the  discussion  of  "con- 
troversial" questions  has 
a  clever  fl.ppearunoe  of 
fairness.    But    no    one 
whose     eye  teeth     have 
been  cut  need  he  fooled 
by    any    offer    to    give 
"free  time"  on  bflianced 
progi'sms.     Beware    of 
Greeks    bearing    gifts  1 
Free  speech  is  the  right 
of  all,   and  the  "gift" 
EseeJsior!  of  none! 

These  "balanced  pro- 
gTHms"  are  old  stuff.  The  reds  know  it  well.  It  has 
been  s.  practice  with  them  to  stage  public  debates. 
On  one  side  they  put  up  one  of  their  veteran  speak- 
ers, skilled  in  all  the  arts  of  the  piattorm.  On  the 
other  side  they  select  a  "soft"  advocate  of  free 
enterprise — young,  inexperienced,  with  pebbles  in 
his  mouth.  The  veteran  .steals  the  show. 

Ttiis  effort  to  control  radio  has  been  going  on 
a  long  time.  Advertisers,  station  owners,  and  manu- 
facturers and  merchants  of  j-adio  sets  had  better 
wuke  itp.  Their  interests  arc  at  stake.  If  the  Ameri- 
can people  once  get  the  idea  that  someone  behind 
the  scenes  is  deciding  what  they  shall  nnt  hear, 
they  may  tune  off,  to  someone's  huge  defcriuieut. 

Frank  Gannett,  chairman  of  the  committee 
last  above  named,  and  once  an  enthusiastic 
supporter  of  Roosevelt,  now  clearly  diseenis 
that  the  president  is  a  dictator  in  all  but  in 


name,  calls  upon  liim  to  reaign,  and 
sets  forth  somu  additional  reasons. 
The  statcnioiit,  issued  at  Wasliing- 
ton,  said,  in  |)art; 

His  AiJministj'atiim  has  prove<l  a 
failiu'e.  II  begjm  with  one  iiumli'pd  dHys  at  vp- 
eovejy  aiici  sliiuuliitiou  (if  private  cnlevprise.  Then 
it  turned  to  a  proyi'ara  of  scarcity,  to  restriction 
of  prodnction,  to  rcgiTnentsl.Jon,  to  conti-ol  of  every- 
thing and  everybcifly  from.  Wasliington,  and  finnlly 
it  destroyed  iiicfntiyc  and  bnjjtin  a  spending  pro- 
gram that  now  endangers  our  country. 

No  president  ever  had  so  great  an  opportunity. 
Congress,  at  the  peril  of  uudeiiniiling  our  democ- 
racy, gratited  hiiii  the  almost  unlimited  emergency 
powers  and  money  which  he  demanded.  He  prom- 
isad  to  use  those  delegated  powers  to  Ijring  recov- 
ery, but  he  used  tliat  power  and  money  and  pat- 
ronage to  get  more  power  and  to  build  up  a  great 
self-ptTpetuoting  nation-wido  political  machine. 

He  shnukled  private  enterprise  with  political 
controls.  Now  he  invades  biinlang  and  credit  fields 
with  proposals  whioli  such  advisers  as  Mr.  Berle 
admit  wdl  give  the  government  growing  control 
of  banking  and  private  bosiness.  He  saps  the  na- 
tion's strength  by  overtn.xai.ion.  While  diverting 
the  public  mind  with  false  promises  of  abundance 
and  security,  he  has  failed  to  bring  re-employment 
to  ten  million.  The  great  middle  elaas  which  eanis 
and  pays  its  own  way  and  pays  the  tajtes  that  sup- 
port government  now  !;aces  deslruotion. — In  New 
York  Times. 

Not  the  Only  American 

To  heiir  some  people  talk,  you  would  think 
Roosovolt  is  tho  only  Amorieaii.  He  is  said  by 
some  to  be  the  idol  of  the  Jewish  people,  the 
C.I.O.,  the  unemployed,  Ihe  N<!o;roes,  the  pink- 
fringe  political  parties,  and  the  old  folks ;  but 
the  facts  aT'e  that  the  country  as  a  whole,  and 
hence  the  interests  of  all  these,  are  in  much 
worse  condition  than  when  he  went  into  office. 
Roosevelt  has  not  overlooked  the  fact  that  all 
these  people  are  voters. 

He  has  iiecn  ou  the  lookout  for  religions 
voters,  too,  particularly  Catholic  religious 
voters.  In  one  of  his  recent  letters  he  said, 
"There  never  has  been  a  time  in  our  history 
when  tliore  was  deeper  need  for  calling  our 
people  to  faith  in  religion  than  the  present 
moment."''  {New  York  Times)  It  is  too  bad  he 
did  not  take  time  to  digest  Judge  Rutherford's 
"Counskl"  in  Consolation  No.  fiOl,  page  17, 
on  "Revival  of  the  Spirit  oE  Religion".  It 
covers  the  case  completely.  Here  it  may  suffice 
to  merely  remark  that  religion  caused  the 
death  of  all  the  prophets,  I'eligion  caused  the 
crucifixion  of  Christ,  religion  murdered  not 
less  than  50,000,000  persons  in  the  Crusades 
6 


and  in  the  Inquisition,  and  religion  put  2,000 
innocent  Christian  men  and  women  in  prison 
in  America  in  the  last  J'e\v  years  for  doing 
what  the  Supreme  Court  has  now  decided  thoy 
have  a  ijerfect  right  to  do — worship  God  by 
obeying  His  command  to  take  the  Kingdom 
message  from  house  to  house  as  did  the  Lord 
and  the  spostles. 

This  business  of  kowtowing  to  religion  needs 
fumigating.  Roosevelt  would  claim,  no  doubt, 
to  be  a  Jeft'crsonian  democrat.  He  says,  ''The 
defense  of  religion,  of  democracy  and  of  good 
faith  among  nations  are  all  the  same  fight"; 
but  Jefferson  called  the  clergy  "cannibal 
priests"  and  their  racket  "'superstition". 

"The  Forgotten  Roosevelt" 

Roosevelt  himself  is  an  alleged  Episcopa- 
lian, but  the  Columhia  (Knights  of  Columbus) 
magazine  of  December,  1933,  published  the 
fact  that  his  father's  first  cousin,  James  Roose- 
velt Eayley,  was  the  first  bishop  of  Newark, 
N.J.  Sec  facsimile  in  Consolation  No.  482, 
pages  14, 15.  Roosevelt  went  into  further  de- 
tail on  this  in  his  note  to  the  Catholic  Univer- 
sity of  America  when  Jie  said,  recently : 

I  had  hoped  that  I  might,  in  connection  with  the 
jubilee,  again  visit  the  institution  which  honored 
me  with  its  dogi-ee  and  in  whose  progress  I  hnve, 
therefore,  the  enthuBiastic  interosl.  of  an  ahimnus, 
God  speed  C,  U,  [Catholic  University]  in  the  at- 
tainment of  its  noblest  aims. 

Perhaps  I  may  be  pardoned  for  mentioning  a 
pei'sonaJ  nnd  family  interest  in  the  archdiocese  of 
Baltimore,  which  latterly  became  the  arebdioeeso 
of  Baltimore  and  Wasliington,  within  whose  boands 
the  university  is  situated.  An  earlier  archbishop 
of  Baltimore,  James  Eoosevelt  Bayley,  was  my 
father's  first  cousin.  Those  of  you  wlio  are  familiar 
with  the  succession  in  tlie  line  of  Baltimore  prelates 
know  that  Archbishop  Bayley,  a  nephew,  hy  tJie 
way,  of  Mother  Seton,  was  the  immediate  predeces- 
sor of  the  venerable  Cardinnl  Qibbons,  whose 
friendship  was  very  dear  to  me  and  whose  memory 
is  in  benediction. — In  New  York  Times. 
iu  ^^  tgi^  Maybe  Roosevelt  does  not  know 

iJpT'f']  '^'''y  ^^  '^  ^"  Episcopalian;  so  it 


may  not.  be  oiit  of  place  to  remind 
w^'-'^a,  him  that  the  19th  article  of  faith 
^'^"^^'^^  of  the  Church  of  England  specifies 
that  "the  Cluirch  of  Rome  hath  erred,  not  only 
in  their  living  and  manner  of  ceremonies,  but 
also  in  matters  of  faith".  Also,  article  22: 
'■The  Romish  doctrine  eonccrniug  purgatory, 
pardons,  worshiping  and  adoration,  as  well  of 
images  as  of  reliques,  and  also  invocation  of 
saints,  is  a  fond  thing  vainly  invented,  and 
grounded   upon   no   warranty   of   Scripture, 

(  CONSOLATION 


but  rathfir  repugnant  to  the  Word  of  God." 
Also,  arti(?b  28:  ■'Transiibstantiatiou  (or  the 
oliange.  of  the  substance  of  bread  and  wine) 
in  the  Siipi)(>r  of  the  Lord  cannot  be  proved 
by-  Holy  Wi'it,  but  is  repugnant  to  the  plain 
words  of  Scrijiturc,' ovcrtliroweth  the  nature 
of  a  sacrament,  and  hath  given  oecasion  to 
many  superstitions/'  Also,  article  37:  "Tlio 
Bi.siiop  of  Rome  liath  no  jurisdiction  in  this 
realm  of  England."  It  appears  that  Koosovelt 
is  a  much  better  Roman  Catholic  than  he  is 
an  Episcopalian. 

Jim  Farley's  Toe  Bold 

Roosevelt  is  a  clever  politician,  but  not 
half  as  clever  as  Jim  Farley,  who  made  him 
president  and  who  never  forgets  a  name,  a 
face  or  a  fact.  Jim  goes  over  to  Vatican  City 
every  little  while  to  find  out  what  he  should  do 
to  please  the  "lioly  father" ;  and  don't  you 
think  for  a  minute  that  he  goes  without  ideas 
or  comes  a.way  without  more.  On  a  certain  day 
not  so  long  ago  he  visited  the  pope  and  told  him 
that  be  is  the  only  person  in  the  whole  world 
that  can  really  mediate  in  the  troubled  condi- 
tion now  on  eai'th.  On  that  very  day  the  pope 
sent  his  special  ambassador  to  Warsaw  to  try 
to  get  them  to  suri'ender  peaceably  to  their 
brother  Catholic,  Adolf  Hitler.  They  did  not 
do  it,  and  you  know  what  happened.  Here  are 
two  interestins!  statements  in  this  connection: 

It  wa.B  clear  from  the  beginning  that  Pope 
Pius  XII  was  working  for  a  Germnn-Polish  com- 
promise. The  Vatican  denied  it  again  and  again, 
but  its  denials  wpre  never  very  oonviiieing.  "Is'ow 
the  cat  is  out  of  the  bug— thp  Holy  Sbg  Bdmifa  a 
Vatican  envoy  went  to  Warsaw  to  put  "sense" 
into  the  heads  of  the  Polish  rulei-s, — Ludu-ig  Lore, 
in  New  York  Post. 

Even  the  Vatican  has  contributed  its  nega.five 
item  in  toiluy's  news  by  unofficially  denying  that 
a  high  prelate  bus  been  sent  to  Warsaw.  One  csn 
only  repeat  that  the  news  came  from  an  authorita- 
tive soiiree  and,  whether  true  or  not,  it  would  be 
denied  on  general  principles,  since  the  ntraost 
secrecy  is  always  maiatamed  regarding  the  Holy 
See's  diplomacy. — Associated  Press  dispatch  from 
Rome. 

The  Cincinnati  Post  carried  a  big  story, 
long  before  Roosevelt  appointed  his  private 
ambassador  to  the  pope,  sJiowing  that  the 
whole  situation  had  been  discussed  between 
Mundeluin,  Roosevelt  and  Paeelli  as  to  the 
position  of  the  United  States  respecting  this 
new  war;  that  there  had  been  conferences  both 
as  to  policy  and  as  to  language  and  that  the 
three  were   in  complete  accord.   Witliout  a 

JANUARY  24,   IB'IO 


doubt  this  idea  of  a  private  ambassador  was 
fixed  up  months  oi'  possibly  years  ago. 

In  an  address  to  the  Haitian  minister  to  the 
Vatican  the  ]iope  Hhowed  that  he  had  m  mind 
that  he  would  like  to  be  arbitriitoi'.  He  said, 
in  effect,  that  he  had  a  desire  to  sec.  after  the 
present  war,  "a  stable  and  fruitful  interna- 
tional or gani nation"  that  "'will  respect  the 
rights  of  God".  That  was  good  of  him,  to  make 
a  few  suggestions  for  helpuig  God  out  in  a 
pincii.  His  idea  of  God  is  that  it  is  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church,  of  which  the  Devil  is  tha 
bead  and  the  pope  is  his  spokesman.  It  might 
do  the  pope  a  little  temporary  good  if  he 
would  take  some  time  to  think  about  the  real 
God,  the  groat  Jeiiovah,  and  the  limilless  pow- 
ei'  which  is  always  His.  Hei'e  are  some  of  the 
tests : 

Is  any  thing  too  hard  for  Jehovah  f — Genesis 
18 :  14,  Am.  Bev.  Version. 

Ah,  Lord  God  I  behold,  thou  hast  made  the  heaven 
and  the  earth  by  thy  great  power  and  stretched  out 
arm,  and  there  is  nothing  too  hard  for  thee. — Jere- 
miah 32 :  17. 

I  say  unto  you,  fJiat  God  is  able  of  these  stones 
to  raise  up  children  unto  Abraham. — Matthew  3  ;  9. 

With  God  all  things  are  possible.— Matthew 
19 :  26. 

For  with  God  nothing  shall  be  impossible. — 
Luke  1;  37. 

Take  Another  Look  at  Spellman 

Talte  another  look  at  Spellman, 
the  archbishop  of  New  York,  the 
president's  selection  to  bear  his 
n:essaee  to  the  Papal  legate — a 
message  that  he  has  concurred  in 
the  Vatican's  wishes  and  illegally  sent  a  per- 
sonal ambassador  to  represent  him  there.  Yon 
will  see  his  picture  on  page  3,  Spellman  re- 
cently publicly  deplored  the  fact  that  man 
"fails  to  realize  his  spiritual  natui'e,  bis  im- 
mortal destiny".  It  should  be  explained  to  tho 
gentleman  that  only  a  very  few  of  mankind 
will  ever  have  a  spiritual  resui'i'eetion  or  an 
"immoital  destin.y".  Man  was  made  to  live  on 
the  earth ;  and  on  the  earth,  with  rare  excep- 
tions, he  will  live  if  he  lives  at  all. 

Spellman  has  some  things  to  explain,  nota- 
bly about  one  of  Roman  Catholicism's  bright- 
est and  most  shining  lights,  ex-judge  Martin 
T.  Manton,  next  to  the  United  States  Snpreme 
Court  in  dignity  at  one  time,  and  a  Knight  of 
the  Order  of  St.  Gregory  the  Great,  and  liv- 
ing in  Spellraan's  archdiocese.  In  Spellraan's 
presence,  the  "Reverend  Father"  Cornelius 


J.  Drew,  addressing  the  Catholic  lawyers  of 
New  Vorif  oity,  said  : 

■'Inspirotl  by  religion,  a  lawyer  would  never 
deface  justice  by  shearing  her  loijks  that  look  like 
gold;  he  ivtmld  never  suborn  wUnesses  for  guilty 
priminsis,  whose  retaiiiei-  is  i)l-gottaa  goods  that 
eui'se  ratficr  than  hless  their  possessor;  he  woiUd 
never  exercise  judicial  anthority  for  dishonest 
profit;  he  would  ne^-er  conspire  to  defea.t  justice." 
— In  Now  York  Times. 

Manlon  was  not  mentioned  by  name,  but  he 
should  have  been.  Why  was  he  not?  Arch- 
bishop Spcllma.n  was  jircseQt  and  heard  what 
"Father"  Drew  said,  and  missed  the  golden 
opportunity  to  stand  oti  his  hind  legs  and  say : 
"Drew  nncans  that  dirty  crook,  Martin  T. 
Manton."  Suph  a  statement  would  have  done 
more  to  convince  the  American  people  of 
Spellman'a  lioiiesty  and  sineority  than  all  the 
other  things  he  ever  said  and  did  put  together. 

Just  about  the  time  that.  Mantou  wats  sen- 
tenced to  two  years  in  prison  for  selling  jus- 
tice over  the  counter,  like  so  much  pork  or 
molasses,  Bishop  Gannon  made  the  publie 
statement  tiiat  the  Roman  CathoHo  Chmeh 
has  gone  to  great  lengtlis  to  establish  a  na- 
tional system  of  moral  edueation  in  the  United 
States  and  needs  the  help  of  the  government 
to  carry  on.  Awk ! 

Manton,  Persecutor  of  Judge  Rutherford 

The  iirel  oi!  the  suits  involved  in  the 
cPflspiraey,  the  Art  Metal  Works  chsc, 
wfts  begnn  in  193",  the  defense  being 
assiimed  by  the  Evsns  Case  Company. 
Eediy,  president  of  the  (iorapauy,  was 
one  of  the  conspirators.  He  advised  with  Fallon 
abont  the  caae  on  a  number  of  ocensions.  He  gave 
FailoQ,  nt  the  lattet's  ceijur^l,,  uiatiy  sums  of  money 
aggregating  ihousands  of  dollara  and  tor  several 
year.s  carried  hira  on  the  piiy  roll  o¥  the  Evans  Case 
Company  at  $100  per  week  and  iiaid  him  ntiii»r 
sums,  the  whole  amounting  to  nearly  9^30,000.  The 
Distriot  Court  having  decided  the  oaae  against  the 
Evans  Case  Company,  the  company  appealed.  In 
another  ease  decided  in  its  favor  an  appeal  was 
talcfii  by  the  losing  party.  After  eome  negotifltions 
between  Keilly  and  Fallon,  the  tormer  expressed  a 
willingness  to' pay  $25,001)  upon  Fallon's  asstu-anee 
of  fitvorable  action  by  Mjintcra  on  the  oppoil, 
$15,000  to  go  to  Manton  as  a  loan,  At  a  later  time, 
EeiJly  was  ini'(n"uicii  by  Fallon  by  telephone  that 
he  had  learned  I  hat  the  decision  would  he  favorable 
and  "ihat  the  Judge  [Manton]  was  in  bad  eireuni- 

slaneeis  for  the   niDiicy  «nd  waut'jd  to  UuOVi   if   I 

coidd  not  get  $10,000  as  quickly  as  possible".  About 
the  same  time,  decisions  favorable  to  the  Evans 
Ca^e  Compaay  wera  handed  down,  the  opinitjns 
being  vendered  by  Manton,  ReiUy  then  paid  Fallon 
$10,000  in  cash  and  also  gave  him  three  $500 
S 


checks.  The  $10,000  was  enteved  in  the  boofes  o£ 
the  Evans  Case  Company  as  "Prepaid  Royalties, 
Aiv-Flow".  Subsequently,  on  motion  of  Reflly.  the 
board  of  du*ectors  of  the  company  chrected  Ihat  the 
item  be  transferred  to  the  "le^al  and  professional 
ncpount  for  litigation  c:ipcaa«". 

During  the  aunimer  of  1934,  Reilly  was  intro- 
duced by  Fallon  (o  Manton,  and  thei'eafter  Reilly, 
Manton  and  Fallon  played  golf  together,  and 
Reilly  lunched  with  Manton  at  the  Lawyers  Chih 
and  went  out  with  Manton  and  his  wife,  Fallon  at 
times  heiag  present.  In  Febrwivry.  1939,  Manton 
i-esigned  his  offiee.  A  day  ov  twu  before  the  resig- 
nation was  to  take  effect  JIanton  called  Beilly  on 
the  long-distanee  telephone  and  told  him  he  under- 
slood  that  he  had  Bill  (meaning  Fallon)  on  the 
pay  roll.  Recetvuig  an  aSu-mative  reply,  Manton 
said;  "That  will  he  very  embarrnssing  for  me  if 
found  out,  because  I  heard  they  intend  to  investi- 
gate." Manton  then  said:  "Couldn't  you  pull  out 
these  pages?"  Rpilly  answered  he  koew  nothing 
about  bookkeeping  and  would  not"  know  where  to 
begin.  Msnton  vepented  t.bat  it  would  be  very  em- 
barrassing for  htm,  and  Reilly  responded :  "I  don't 
know  what  to  do  about  it." 

After  the  lapse  of  a  few  hours,  Eeilly  had  an- 
other iong-flistsnco  tolophone  talk  with  Manton, 
first  asking  him  if  it  was  all  right  to  talk.  Manton 
answered:  "I  don't  think  exactly."  Manton  then 
asked  Eeilly  for  his  telephone  number  and  said 
that  he  would  call  him  back  under  another  name. 
La.ter  in  the  same  day,  the  call  was  made,  and  the 
former  conversation  was  repeated  in  sidistance.  In 
thp  wi«rse  of  this  eonversalioii,  Mant-on  spolse  oZ 
the  statute  of  limitations  and  said  that  it  woidd 
protect  them  in  the  Art  Mftal  investigation;  that 
anything  that  was  three  yi^nra  old  was  outlawed. 
Manton  again  spoke  of  Fallon's  being  carried  on 
the  pay  roll,  saying  that  it  was  a  great  embarrass- 
mect  to  him,  and  niged  getting  rid  of  the  records 
hecaiiee  iif  tho  Art  Metal  inveatigatioti.  Manton 
admitted  that  telephone  cOJiversatiou  between  him- 
self aad  Reilly  occurred,  and  that  he  initialed  them, 
but  gave  a  different  ver.sion  of  what  was  said. 

A  ±ew  days  latei-,  Heilly  dii'Scted  the  bonkbeepcr 
to  proeui-p  hU  the  I'eeorda  and  to  deeti-oy  thcili.  Tlw 
bookkeeper  destroyed  the  reeord.s  of  the  company 
Tip  to  1935 — cashbooks,  ledgers,  bills,  vouchers  and 
eveiything.  with  the  exception  of  some  papers  sub- 
sequently discovered  and  turned  dvot  to  the  Govern- 
ment, 

Manton's  Friend  Spector 

^jJW^\\  Spector  bad  received  from  Andrews 
ifllfc.'-.o^L'  $5,000.  Instead  of  Irnnsferring  the  aura 
f4(  ^'^  by  one  liheck  to  Manton's  secretary,  he 
IkJ^"^^  first  drew  a,  check  for  if-2.437.eo,  and 
■k-.  ";,«  3  dfly  or  tivo  Inter  another  eheefc  for 
$2,562.40,  the  two  aggregating  $5,000,  the  proceeds 
of  both  finding  their  way  into  the  hands  of  a  Man- 
ton  corporation.  On  another  occasion  the  sum  of 
$5,000    was    divided    into    two    checks,    one    for 

CONSOUATION 


$2,615.66  and  the  other  for  $2,384.34.  Both  cheeks 
bear  the  same  date,  and  the  proeeeiis  foOowed  the 
aaiae  coiii'se  as  in  tiie  preeediii^  instance.  Taken  in 
connection  with  other  eyideiiee,  it  is  hard  to  ex- 
plain these  devices  upon  any  other  Iheoi-j  than  that 
they  were  adopted  to  eonceal  the  real  facts  and  to 
aid  in  the  consummation  of  the  ei-iminal  conspiracy. 
— Part  of  the  DecLiion  of  the  United  States  Circuit 
Court  of  Appeals  confirming  Manton'a  conviction 
of  the  conspiracy  to  obstruct  the  athainistration  of 
justice  and  to  defraud  the  United  States. 

It  seems  never  to  occur  to  the  Roman  Cath- 
olic Hierarchy  that  murder  is  murder.  The 
extermination  of  the  Albigensea,  of  Langue- 
doc,  now  France,  in  the  year  1229  (A.D.), 
was  by  commaud  of  the  pope,  was  endorsed  by 
Pius  Xl  just  before  he  passed  into  the  oblivion 
from  which  he  will  never  awake,  and  in  direct 
line  with  every  pope's  policy  of  butchering  or 
causing  the  buteheiy  of  all  who  disagree  with 
htm.  It  is  of  interest  to  Americans  to  be  told 
that  the  rosary  was  worn  by  all  the  soldiei's 
that  murdered  the  Albigenses.  This  informa- 
tion comes  in  the  Burlington  (N.  C.)  Daily 
Times.  The  speaker  was  the  "Reverend  Fa- 
ther" Ambrose  Smith,  of  New  Orleans. 

At  Valdese,  North  CarDiina,  are  now  living 
descendants  of  the  Waldensians,  whose  an- 
cestors also  suffered  similar  terrible  things  in 
France  because  they  loved  God  and  hated  the 
Roman  Catholic  Hierarchy.  A  quotalion  from 
the  Fact  Digasf  follows: 

The  army  went  from  town  to  town,  billing  all 
they  met,  burning  their  homes  and  destroying  their 
crops  of  com.  Sixty  men  and  tiirty  women  o£ 
Cabueres  sui-rendered,  upon  promise  that  their 
lives  would  be  saved,  but  as  soon  as  they  suiTeo- 
dered  they  were  killed.  Some  women  hid  in  a.  church 
were  brought  out  and  put  in  a  bam  and  the  bam 
set  on  fire.  Twenty-two  towns  were  destroyed  and 
thousand,?  were  trilled  and  the  community  ruined, 
alJ  by  the  [Roman  CitthoUc]  church,  and  its  presi- 
dent [the  pope] . 

The  Murderous  Bierarchy 

Amoi'iea  has  few  leaders  who 
^K"^  have  any  principle  or  any  back- 
bone. Maury  Maverick,  of  San 
t(?i5rftft  Antonio,  is  an  exception.  Favor- 
ing fj-ee  speech  for  even  the  Com- 
munists, he  bravely  stood  by  the  Constitution 
to  let  a  little  group  of  75  jjersous  hear  a  woman 
lecture.  The  archbishop  of  San  Antonio,  A.  J. 
Drossaerts,  is  an  anarchist  and  used  bis  im- 
mense power  to  impede  the  eai'riage  of  justice. 
The  county  commissioners  and  American  Le- 
gion of  San  Antonio  yelped  in  the  same  pack, 
Bius  showing  they  also  are  anarohists  at  heart 

JANUARY  34,   19M 


and  serve  the  American  flag  only  because  they 
dare  not  do  otherwise.  Newspapers  were  yel- 
low at  heart,  as  usual. 

Under  the  guidance  of  the  "Eeverend  Fa- 
ther" M.  A.  Valenta,  secretary  to  the  arch- 
bishop, a  mob  of  8,000  was  gathered  which 
crashed  through  a  cordon  of  180  police  and 
did  $3,000  of  damage,  besides  injuring  17 
persons.  Valeuta  led  his  mob  to  a  policeman 
and  they  took  away  the  officer's  ptstol  and 
cap.  Police  were  stoned. 

Not  a  priest,  rabbi,  clergyman,  businessman, 
labor  leader  or  newspaper  had  the  courage  to 
stand  by  the  courageous  mayor  in  this  seizure 
of  power  by  the  anarchist  archbishop  and  the 
Ku  Klux  Elan,  and  when  some  decent  and 
honest  Americans  in  the  city  wrote  to  the 
newspapers  defending  Maverick,  the  letters, 
though  not  printed,  were  turned  over  to  other 
anarchists,  who  waited  upon  the  writers  and 
threatened  them  with  violence.  This  exhibi- 
tion in  San  Antonio  is  a  fair  picture  of  what 
the  Vatican  gangsters  have  in  mind  for  Amer- 
ica very  soon. 

Practically  every  window  in  the  auditorium 
was  broken.  Though  many  police  were  in- 
jured by  the  Hierarchy-inspired  mob,  no  citi- 
zen was  injured  in  return.  However,  the  mayor 
has  served  notice  that  the  nest  time  there  is 
an  ungodly  riot  in  San  Antonio  the  police  will 
give  them  the  works ;  and  they  should. 

Judge  Rutherford  and  the  Watch  Tower 
Bible  and  Tract  Society,  of  which  he  is  presi- 
dent, have  damage  suits  against  the  Roman 
Catliolie  Hierarchy  and  allies  for  some  $450,- 
000  foi'  varioiis  conspiracies  to  deprive  Jeho- 
vah's witnesses  of  their  Scriptural,  legal  and 
constitutional  rights,  in  Colorado,  Ohio  and 
Pennsylvania,  These  suits  can,  and  no  doubt 
will,  be  mtil  tip  lied  in  numb  ere  and  damages 
asked  as  time  goes  on.  An  item  in  the  boiler- 
plate sheet  Iniown  as  Th^  Register  boasts  that 
such  a  conspiracy  in  Grand  Island,  Nebraska, 
was  a  success,  resulting  in  the  cancellation  of 
a  contract  for  the  use  of  the  Majestic  theater 
there.  The  headline  read,  "Catholic  Groups 
Stop  Ruthei-ford  Theater  Lecture."'  It  did  not 
read,  "'Jehovah's  witnesses  Stop  Catholic 
Croup  Meeting."  The  eonspii-aey  against 
everything  American  is  patent  on  the  face  of 
it.  Yet  these  gangsters  would  teach  Ameiiea 
democracy,  and  Roosevelt,  without  authoriza- 
tion to  do  80,  sends  a  private  ambassador  to 
the  head  of  the  racket  at  Vatican  City,  to  find 
out  what  the  pope  wants  done  in  America. 
(To.  ie  contimed) 


Brit 


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British  Liberties  Gone 

The  censorship  of  the  press  is 
made  absohilD— radio  always  has 
been  controlled  by  the  government. 
The  stage  and  nowsreels  are  cen- 
sored. Private  mail  and  that  of 
diplomatic  staffs  is  censored. 

Any  police  officer  may  stop  any  public  as- 
sembly if  he  considers  it  to  be  dangerous.  Free 
speech  is  infringed  by  a  decree  providing  that 
notliing  hearing  on  military  matters  may  be 
discxissed.  Government  employees  are  ordered 
not  to  discuss  their  work,  even  with  their  wives. 
Private  premises,  including  homes,  may  be 
entered  and  searched  without  warrants.  The 
governmunt  may  billet  soldiers  or  civilians  in 
any  part  of  the  country. 

The  secretary  of  state  may  order  any  arrest 
he  considers  expedient.  The  government  may 
restrict  the  movement  of  anyone  in  or  out  of 
the  country.  Any  property,  or  undertaking, 
including  land,  may  be  taken  by  the  govern- 
ment. Law  cases,  at  the  court's  decision,  may 
be  heard  in  secret. 

The  carrying  of  cameras  or  guns  is  forbid- 
den. Private  citizens  are  forbidden  to  use  over- 
seas telephone  service.  The  postoffiee  is  given 
power  to  ban  all  wii'eless  transmitters. 

A  national  registration  of  all  citizens  is 
ordered.  Parliamentary  bye-elections  are  can- 
celed ;  it  is  planned  to  cancel  the  full  election 
scheduled  for  November,  1940- 

A  broad  list  of  general  regulations  is  estab- 
lished governing  food  and  resources.  The  ra- 
tioning of  food  is  ordei'ed.  Citizens  are  for- 
bidden to  buy  more  than  one  week's  supply  of 
any  food  item,  imder  penalties  ranging  from 
a  fine  of  $500  to  two  years  in  prison.  The 
board  of  trade  [similar  to  the  department  of 
commerce  in  the  United  States]  is  authorized 
to  search  homes  and  stores  for  food.  Prices 
are  to  be  fixed  for  meat,  sugar,  tea,  fish,  fruits, 
fat  cattie,  sheep,  and  pigs.  The  government 
has  taken  over  a.!l  wholesale  stocks  of  sugar 
and  ail  imports  of  frozen  meats.  Ail  flour  mills 
and  cereal  products  factories  are  comman- 
deered by  the  government.  The  minister  of 
agriculture  and  fisheries  is  given  absolute  con- 
trol over  fishing  industry  and  the  use  of  farm 
land, 

All  foreign  stoclta  held  by  the  public  [esti- 
mated at  four  billion  dollars  worth]  are  mobil- 
ized by  the  government.  AU  Britisli  gold  hold- 

10 


ings  are  concentrated  in  one  pool  under  gov- 
ei'nnient  control.  New  restrictions  are  placed 
ou  the  exijort  of  securities,  currency,  and  gold. 

Conti'ol  of  railroads  is  taken  over  by  the 
government.  All  hospitals  are  placed  at  the 
disposal  of  the  government,  The  government 
is  given  power  to  commandeer  private  vehicles. 
Government  consent  is  required  for  the  trans- 
fer or  mortgage  of  private  ships  or  aircraft. 

Unauthoi'ized  commuuieation  with  any  ship 
or  aircraft  is  forbidden,  Imports  of  luxuries 
are  restricted  by  decree.  In  addition  there  are 
numerous  regtilatious  relating  to  personal 
defense.  It  is,  for  example,  an  offense  not  to 
carry  a  gas  mask,  and  a  $500  penalty  is  eatab- 
lislifd  for  showing  a  liglit  at  night. — Chioago 
Tribune. 

Smaller  Newspapers 

♦  It  now  comes  out,  as  a  result  of  careful 
studies,  that  even  before  the  war  British  news- 
paper space  foi'  news  was  only  60  percent  of 
that  of  United  States  newspapei's,  and  that 
is  one  of  the  reasons  why  the  American  in 
Britain  was  surprised  to  find  so  little  about 
America  in  the  British  papers.  As  a  matter 
of  fact,  the  average  British  paper  devotes  as 
much  space  to  America  as  it  does  to  either 
France  or  Germany,  which  ia  quite  remark- 
able when  tile  closeness  of  Britain  to  those 
countries  and  the  urgency  of  the  relations  be- 
tween them  are  considered. 

Hard  Conditions  in  Ireland 

♦  It  is  no  fault  of  the  Irish  lads  and  iassies 
that  they  cannot  afford  to  marry  young,  but 
it  is  a  fact  that  the  Emerald  Isle  now  has  the 
higi^est  percentage  of  young  unmarried  men 
and  women  in  t!ie  world.  All  over  rural  Ire- 
land the  population  ia  falling,  as  far  as  the 
new  little  folks  are  concerned.  The  Irisii  are 
a  long-lived  race,  and  hence  the  curious  situa- 
tion arises  that  the  eountiy  tends  to  become 
populated  by  the  very  young  and  the  vej^  old. 

Nephews  of  the  King 

♦  Nephews  of  King  George,  15  and  16  years 
of  age,  in  school  at  Eton,  came  near  getting 
into  serious  difficulty  by  printing  in  their 
typewritten  paper,  the  "Harewood  News",  in- 
formation regarding  a  type  of  guu  they  had 
seen.  Reproduction  of  the  offending  article 
was  forbidden. 

CONSOLATION 


Why  British  Officials  Are  Pro-Arab 

I  shouJd  sJiy  that  those  offleials 
have  never  liked,  and  have  never 
been  willing,  to  cany  out  the  Bal- 
four Declaration.  They  are  pro- 
Arab  I'or  reasons  whieii  really  do 
appeal  to  many  of  us.  In  the  first  place  the 
whole  official  ela.ss  in  this  country,  and,  indeed, 
throughout  the  world,  hsis  a  certnm  latent 
sympathy  with  Nazi  Gemuiny.  The  authori- 
tarian  ideal  appeals  particularly  to  ofSeials. 
The  totalitariiin  state  also  appeals  instinctive- 
ly to  ofReiala.  Therefore,  we  have  in  the  Civil 
Service,  in  the  Army,  in  the  Navy,  and  in  the 
Air  Force,  among  a  good  many  of  the  people 
on  top — I  am  not  talking  of  the  ratik  and  file, 
but  of  the  officers — a  great  deal  of  sympathy 
with  the  authoritarian  view  wMch  is  predomi- 
nant in  Germany  and  in  Italy.  We  have 
changed  ail  that  here,  but  we  have  changed  it 
very  recently.  It  is  the  experience  of  the  laat 
six  months  which  ha,y  changed  the  sympathy 
with  Nazi  Germany  which  prevailed  among 
the  governing  class  in  this  country. 

Of  coiii'se,  changes  lihe  that  take  place  more 
slowly  in  the  outlying  parts  of  the  Empire, 
and  one  can  quite  well  expect  that  point  of 
view  to  drag  on  in  Palestine.  It  is  ilhistrated 
in  the  Palestine  administration  in  various 
waya,  For  instance,  SJein  Kanipf  was  allowed 
to  be  sold  freely  in  Palestine,  whereas  a  reply 
to  it  was  not  allowed  to  be  published  or  issued 
in  that  country.  Representation  on  the  Legis- 
lative Council  was  desired  for  tlic  German 
colony  in  Jerusalem— -by  nomination.  Propa- 
ganda which  has  gone  on  from  Germany,  and 
which  is  recognized  now,  has  been  repeatedly 
denied  from  the  officials  as  not  existing.  In 
all  these  ways  we  have  seen  the  Gonnan  atti- 
tude of  mind ;  and,  of  ooui'se,  with  that  there 
is  the  German  attitude  towards  the  Jews. — 
Bt.  Hon.  Josiah  Clement  Wedgwood,  in  an 
address  in  Parliament, 

English  Liberties  Are  Voted  Away 

♦  Liberty  of  the  citizen  heads  the  casualty 
b'st  in  Great  Britain.  To  meet  the  thrust  of 
dictatorship,  the  Defense  of  the  Realm  Act 
has  gone  into  effect. 

Any  man  may  be  ari'ested  on  order  of  the 
Home  Secretary  on  no  ground  except  that  the 
secretary  considers  the  arrest  advisable.  All 
premises  may  be  entered  and  seai-ehed  witiiout 
warrant.  The  courts  have  discretion  to  order 
star  chamber  proceedings,  either  civil  or  crim- 
inal. The  government  may  seize  any  properly, 

JANUARV  24,   1940 


take  over  railroads  and  highways,  make  any 
i'ood  regulations  if  desires. 

Holders  of  foreign  bonds  or  securities  or 
evidences  of  indebtedness,  piiblie  or  private, 
must  list  them  with  the  govornment.  They 
may  not  be  sold  or  transfeii'ed,  even  to  other 
British  citizens,  without  official  pennit.  If 
government  needs  them  for  exchange  for  pur- 
clia.'ie.i)  abroad,  it  ean  requisition  them  and 
pay  in  pounds  possibly  not  acceptable  abroad. 

And  in  ca.sc  such  regulations  are  fotmd  in- 
sufficient, the  king  has  power  to  Lssue  decrees 
which  shall  have  all  the  forca  of  acta  passed 
by  Parliament. 

King  George  VI  thus  is  theoretieally  erect- 
ed into  a  monarch  with  far  greater  power 
tlian  the  czar  of  Russia  had.  The  defense  act 
is  temporary  and  for  an  emergency,  yet,  un- 
der its  terms,  the  king  is  the  judge  of  the 
emergency. 

Made  permanent,  this  act  would  put  Eng- 
land back  where  it  was  politically  before  tlie 
Magna  Charta  was  signed  by  King  John,  at 
the  sword's  point. — ^San  Francisco  ChronicU. 

The  Jacob's  Pillow  Superstition 

♦  There  are  some  millions  of  Britisli  people 
that  really  believe  that  the  stone  which  Jacob 
had  for  a  pillow  was  taken  to  Ireland  by  the 
prophet  Jeremiah,  was  then  taken  to  Scotland 
to  be  placed  in  the  svat  of  the  Scottish  kings, 
and  is  now  in  the  British  coronation  chair. 
This  chair,  luiown  to  be  600  years  old,  is  al- 
ways carefully  crated,  removed  from  West- 
minster Abbey,  and  hidden  in  some  secret 
place  in  time  of  war. 

Morgan  at  the  Cash  Box 

♦  Indications  are  that  the  firm  of  J.  P.  Mor- 
gan &  Co,,  financial  agents  of  the  British  Em- 
pire in  1914-1918,  and  reaxionsible  for  getting 
the  United  States  into  that  war,  have  their 
old  job  now  for  the  British  Commonwealth 
of  Nations.  The  Morgan  home  in  Scotland, 
Gannochy  Lodge,  has  been  turned  into  a  hos- 
pital for  the  wounded. 

Oddities  in  the  Big  City 

♦  Some  of  the  oddities  in  the  big  city,  Lon- 
don, as  late  as  the  summer  of  1939,  were  36 
cowsheds,  250  sheep,  and  13  horse  cabs.  Also, 
there  were  in  the  limits  of  the  big  town  938 
pigs,  and  1,042  acres  under  crops,  while  121 
people  earned  a  living  from  agriculture.  In, 
1937  the  police  found  700  doors  and  windows 
insecurely  fastened. 

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To  Eugenio  Pacelli,  Pius  XII 

♦  Dear  Gene :  You  did  pretty  well  with  that 
encyclicul  of  yours,  but  you  could  not  write 
that  way  for  Consolation;  they  would  not  have 
it.  You  use  too  many  words.  Fifteen  eolujiins, 
10.373  words.  Why.  man,  you  could  liave 
squeezed  all  you  said  down  into  two  Consola- 
tion pages  instead  of  the  equivalent  of  twelve 
of  them.  However,  for  a  starter  it  was  pretty 
good ;  it  is  necessary  to  call  your  attention  to 
about  fifteen  slips.  Maybe  the  next  one  will  be 
better.  You  know,  everybody  is  fallible. 

Fourth  column :  You  say  that  wheu  you 
think  of  the  suffering  that  has  just  come  on 
countless  people  you  are  tempted  to  lay  down 
your  pen.  Why  didn't  you,  Gene  ?  Why  didn't 
you?  Most  of  it,  so  far,  has  come  from  those 
devoted  sons  of  the  Devil,  Hitler,  Mussolini 
and  Franco.  You  Imow  their  "church''.  Yes 
indeed!  You  might  better  have  kept  your 
pen  idle— at  least  until  you  excommunicated 
them. 

In  the  same  column  you  say  that  these  dark 
times  may  cause  some  to  do  a  whole  lot  of 
thinking  about  the  things  you  folks  have  been 
teaching  and  to  grasp  their  importance.  You 
beteha !  Franco's  miirder  brigades  and  Hitler's 
stonn  troopers  and  Mussolini's  borabei-s  have 
taught  them  a  lot  more  tiian  you  think.  And 
they  learned  it  oiitside  of  the  newspapers  and 
radio  stations  which  you  control,  too. 

In  the  same  column,  at  the  bottom,  you 
mention  that  the  denial  of  the  fundamentals 
of  morality  had  its  origin  in  Europe.  Maybe 
you  mean  tfiat  this  business  of  judges'  selling 
their  decisions  for  cash  had  its  origin  there, 
but  has  now  spread  to  the  United  States, 
where  one  dirt.y  crook,  Martin  T.  Manton, 
'Papal  Knight  of  the  Order  of  Saint  Gregoiy," 
did  it  wholesale,  retail  and  any  old  way,  so 
long  as  he  got  the  cash.  Why  didn't  you  men- 
tion him  by  name?  He  belongs  to  your 
"church". 

In  column  five  you  say  that  somebody  had  a 
ma.rveious  vision  that  God  is  the  Father  of  all. 
You  forget  yom'seU.  It  is  true  that  Jesus  did 
say  of  the  clergy,  "Ye  are  of  yoiu?  father,  the 
Devil,"  and  it  is  also  true  that  the  apostle 
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Paul,  whom  you  quote,  referred  to  others  as 
children  of  the  Devil,  "ftdl  of  all  subtilty  and 
all  mischief,"  and  you  can  class  youi'self  along 
inwith  these,  but  it  was  indiscreet  of  you  to 
bring  this  matter  to  attention.  You  slipped 
badly  on  tiiat  one. 

In  column  six  you  express  your  approval 
of  the  commandment  that  ChJ'islians  should 
love  one  another.  Then  how  do  you  account 
for  the  conduct  of  your  followers  in  breaking 
phonographs  and  records,  seizing  books,  shoot- 
ing at  people  and  having  them  thrown  into 
jail  and  beaten  merely  because  tliey  are  Chris- 
tians and  are  obeying  Christ's  commands? 
You  can  have  the  evidence  for  the  asking. 

In  the  same  column  you  speak  about  some 
church's  maternity.  Bett.er  be  careful  along 
about  there,  Gene,  or  some  will  think  you  are 
not  acquainted  with  the  true  chureli  of  Christ, 
which  the  apostle  says  is  a  pure  virgin,  and 
they  will  think  this  motherly  church  you  ai'e 
talking  about  is  "the  mother  of  harlots'",  will- 
ing and  anxious  to  make  a  deal  with  any  rene- 
gade lilte  Mussolini,  Hitler,  or  even  Stalin,  for 
that  matter,  if  she  can  see  how  she  is  going  to 
get  her  desires  gratified. 

In  the  same  column  you  say  that  wherever 
your  church  has  gone  you  have  taken  up  with 
all  tlie  heathen  "usages"  and  "customs"  and 
"sponsored"  and  "developed"  them.  You  cer- 
tainly have  done  that  very  thing,  and  made 
the  child  of  the  Devil  tenfold  more  the  child 
of  hell  than  he  was  in  the  first  place. 

In  the  seventh  column  you  say  tiiat  your 
folks  have  raised  mansions  and  temples  to 
lofty  and  kindly  heights,  but  you  did  not  say 
how  the  poor  people  that  paid  for  them  had 
been  browbeaten  and  bluffed  and  intimidated 
to  btiiid  them.  There  are  thousands  of  villages 
in  every  country  imder  your  caj'e  where  the 
only  decent  buildings  in  to^vu  are  the  mansions 
and  temples  built  for  your  money-mad  priests 
to  strut  around  in,  and  all  the  other  buildings 
are  mere  hovels.  Shame  on  you.  Gene ! 

Bad  Slip  About  the  Soul 

It  seems  too  bad  to  have  to  reprove  a  brand- 
new  pope  about  his  first  encyclical,  but.  Gene, 
you  stuck  your  foot  in  it  in  bad  shape  in  the 
eighth  column  when  you  said,  "Of  all  that 
exists  on  the  face  of  the  earth,  the  soul  alone 
has  a  deathless  life."  Maybe  you  never  heard 
of  the  prophet  Bzekiel's  statement  that  "the 
soul  that  sinneth,  it  shall  die"  ;  and  that  when 
a  man  dies  "his  tJioughta  perish".  You  are  all 
wet  on  the  soul  business. 

CONSOLATION 


But,  now,  in  ihe  next  eoliunn  you  "uttered  a 
great  truth  wTien  you  said  that  the  only  way 
thd  nations  can  get  along  together  is  to  tell 
the  truth.  Wonder  if  you  realize  that  your 
plaee,  Vatican  City,  has  the  well- established 
reputation  among  the  press  associations  of  be- 
ing the  biggest  disseminator  of  falsehoods  in 
Karoiie, 

In  the  twelfth  column  you  spealv  of  how 
rapidly  CathoHe  Action  has  advanced.  Why, 
Gene,  you  have  no  idea.  Take  those  riots  in 
Clydebank,  Seolland,  started  by  youi'  pi-iests, 
but  carried  on  by  the  laity  against  those  who 
dared  to  proclaim  the  truth  about  God's  king- 
dom as  contrasted  with  the  devilish  arrange- 
ments of  the  present  and  the  immediate  fu- 
ture. It  would  take  columns  to  tell  about  all 
the  deviltry  they  did. 
And  in  all  of  it  your 
pi'iests  were  the  chief 
instigators  and  the 
biggest  liars  and  per- 
secutors of  the  right- 
eous. 

In  the  fourteenth 
column  you  say  tliat 
you  don't  want  any- 
thing  to  do  with 
earthly  governments 
but  to  "do"  them 
"good".  That  is  just 
it.  Gene.  That  is  just 
what  you  are  after, 
'"doing"  them  up 
brown.  In  the  same 
connection,  in  the 
same  column,  you 
speak  again  of  your 
motherly  pride.  Bet- 
ter let  up  on  that,  to 
keep  the  boys  in  the 
back  seat  from  laugh- 
ing- 

In  the  same  column 
you  hope  for  a  resiff- 
rection  of  the  Polish 
government,  reaction- 

aiy  though  it  was,  and  you  talk  about  "the 
principles  of  justice  and  true  peace",  but  you 
and  youi'  predecessor  conspired  for  the  de- 
struction of  the  Spanish  Kepublic.  You  were 
both  devoid  of  the  principles  of  justii:e,  and 
the  "peace"  now  is  one  of  the  moat  devilish 
arrangements  ever  forced  on  any  people- 
In  the  fifteenth  column  you,  made  another 
uii-Biblical  slip  wlien  you  spoke  about  the 

JANUARY  34,   1940 


Gene's  ghoulish  wit 


'little  children  receiving  holy  eommunion'. 
They  do  nothing  of  the  sort.  You  cannot  find 
one  word  of  it  in  the  Bible.  Indeed,  and  this 
will  he  news  to  you,  you  have  never  partaken 
of  holy  c-omraunion  your.self.  No  man  could 
do  it  and  assiune  to  stand  in  Christ's  room 
and  stead  as  His  vicar  in  the  earth.  The  very 
fact  that  you  take  s.ueh  honors  ta  yourself 
shows  that  you  are  entirely  outside  of  God's 
ai'rangement  and  wholly  inside  of  the  Devil's 
arrangements.  The  kingdoms  you  would  help, 
and  that  you  do  help,  when  you  get  the  chance, 
are  merely  kingdoms  of  the  Devil,  which  he 
oft'ertid  to  Jesus,  but  which  Jesus  refused  and 
you  have  gladly  accepted. 

In  conclusion,  Gene,  the  papers  say  that 
for  six  days  you  listened  to  four  sennons  a 
day  from  a  Jesuit, 
immediately  after 
writing  your  encycli- 
cal. Those  twenty - 
four  sermons  ought  to 
fill  you  as  full  of  the 
spirit  of  the  Devd  as 
it  is  possible  for  a 
man  to  get ;  so  maybe 
these  instructions  on 
writing  encyclieala 
won't  do  you  any 
good  after  all. 

Prices  Are 

Too  High 

♦  At  hand  an  offer 
of  a  reeoi-d,  part  Eng- 
lish and  part  Latin, 
made  by  Ambrose 
Eatti  (Pope  Pius  SI), 
whidi,  if  is  stated,  can 
be  bought  for  the 
small  sum  of  90c  and 
sold  for  $2.  The  state- 
ment is,  "You'll  find 
that  a  3-minute  dem- 
onstration closes  the 
sale."  Nix !  The  price 
is  too  higli.  Besides, 
the  pope's  blessing  isn't  woi'th  a  i'ed  cent,  let 
alone  90  or  200  cents.  Take  note  that  to  get  the 
90e  price  on  this  ten-inch  record  (one-sided) 
one  has  to  buy  1,000  of  them,  and  the  show 
is  all  over  in  three  minutes,  Latin  and  all. 
Comes  now  Walter  T.  Dolan,  castigating  the 
Watch  Tower  Bible  &  Tract  Society  by  quot- 
ing Kermit  Kahn  to  the  effect  tlmt  ''the  group 
sells  .  .  .  records  to  its  adherents  at  nice  fees, 

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retailing  at  70c,"  (Investigation  reveals  that 
these  records  are  twelve-inch,  two-sided,) 
Dolan  asks,  ■■"Who  has  the  'racket'?"  Wow! 
Consolation  doesn't  need  to  ask  that  question. 
Consolation  knows,  and  so  does  every  reader 
of  Consolation,  and  a  lot  of  other  level-headed 
individuals  besides — -millions  of  them. 

Why  Catholics  Become  Communists 

♦  An  interesting  fact,  to  offset  the  fantasies 
about  "Communism"  in  the  Protestant  chiirch- 
es,  is  that  we  have  more  eommtinieants  of  the 
Catholic  cinireh  as  members  of  the  Communist 
Party  than  of  any  other  denomination.  While 
we  make  many  sympathetic  contacts  among 
aetive  Protestants,  they  seldom  become  Party 
members;  but  among  Catholics,  the  speed  with 
which  a  sympathetic  contact  develops  into  a 
loyal  and  active  Party  man  is  much  greater, 
and  the  proportion  much  higher. 

When  I  asked  one  of  our  Catholic  Party 
members  to  explain  the  reasons  for  this  to  me, 
he  replied  that  hia  religious  education  and 
discipline  had  contained  a  recognition  of  the 
reality  of  the  material  world,  which  he  found 
largely  lacking  in  Protestant  churches,  but 
which  he  found  compatible  with  the  Mai'xian 
dialectical  materialism.  He  considers  himself 
first  of  all  a  Catholic,  but  he  is  intellectually 
convinced  that  Commmiiym  is  the  inevitable 
next  stage  of  society,  and  he  believ&s  that  if 
he  helps  to  bring  it  about  he  will  thereby  con- 
tribute most  effectively  to  the  continuity  of  Ins 
religion.  He  points  out  that  his  church,  de- 
spite all  difficulties,  did  learn  to  adapt  itself 
to  capitalism,  despite  its  ties  to  the  old  feudal 
society,  and  he  hopes  it  will,  with  leas  resist- 
ance, accept  the  new  society  of  socialiem.  His 
views  are  at  least  interesting,  and  I  pass  them 
on  to  you  for  what  they  may  be  worth.  This 
much  I  can  testify  toward  their  soundness, 
that  in  the  trade  union  movement  tlie  Com- 
munists have  found  no  more  harmonious  and 
effective  coworkers  tlian  among  those  circles 
predominantly  Catholic. 

Prom  such  facts,  you  will  undei-atand  why 
the  Communist  Party  does  not  reply  in  kind 
to  the  furious  diatribes  directed  against  us  by 
the  reactionary  clergy  of  the  Catholic  church, 
typified  by  Father  Coughlin  and  the  Rev. 
Edward  Lodge  Curran.  They  are  not  repre- 
.sentative  of  the  Catholic  community,  and  as 
their  links  with  foreign  and  native  Fascism 
become  clearer,  they  are  doomed  to  repudia- 
tion by  their  own  flocks.  Meanwhile,  there  is  a 
valuable  by-product  to  their  ravings;  inas- 

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much  as  they  are  of  such  low  infelleetual 
ealibcr,  most  of  their  audience  are  left  un- 
satisfied, but  curious  to  really  learn  something 
about  this  much-talkcd-of  Commimism,  with 
the  result  that  the  circulation  of  our  litera- 
ture among  Catholics  is  increasing  by  leaps 
and  bounds.  A  growing  number  of  Catholic 
youth,  who  arc  sent  to  my  meetings  by  Rev. 
Curran  in  order  to  scoff,  remain,  if  not  to  pray, 
yet  to  enter  into  reasonable  discussions  from 
which  they  almost  always  emerge  with 
thoughtful  visage,  minus  the  cocksure  aggres- 
sive intolerance  with  which  they  were  sent. 
— Karl  Browder,  in  "Keligion  and  Commu- 
nism". 

Thyssen  Has  Fled  Germany 

Fritz  Thyssen,  multimillionaire 
coal  and  steel  king,  whose  deal  with 
the  Vatican  put  Hitler  at  the  head 
of  the  German  nation,  became  fear- 
ful for  his  life  and  fled  Germany, 

leaving  all  behind  to  be  confiscated.  SeiTes 

him  right. 

Feting  the  "Crown  of  Thorns" 

♦  If  the  crown  of  thorns  being  feted  in 
Franee  is  really  the  crown  of  thorns  whicJi 
the  religionists  of  His  day  implanted  on  the 
Savior's  brow,  one  can  only  wonder  why 
pi'csent-day  religionists  would  fete  it  and 
idolize  it  when  they  must  Imow  the  suii^'ering 
it  caused.  It  all  helps  to  glorify  the  Devil,  and 
to  bring  reproach  upon  the  Redeemer  and 
upon  the  Most  High,  and  serves  no  other 
piu-pose. 

Sees  It  Coming: 

♦  Seeing  the  time  coming  when  tJie  religious 
racket  will  be  played  out.  Cardinal  Innitzer 
ordered  all  priests  and  nuns  to  provide  them- 
selves with  ordinary  .street  elotliing,  and  in- 
structed that  priests  miist  not  cut  their  hair 
after  the  fashion  of  their  orders.  It  all  points 
toward  the  fulfllhnent  of  Zechariah  13:4, 
which  reads :  "Neither  shall  they  wear  a  rough 
garment  to  deceive." 

Seat  Was  Too  Hard 

♦  The  London  Daily  Telegraph  contains  a 
touching  passage  about  the  pope.  It  speaks 
of  him  as  "silting  on  the  elaborate  golden 
throne,  obviously  distressed".  It  just  isn't  fair 
that  anybody  who  "feels  so  deeply  for  the  poor" 
sliould  be  given  such  a  hard  seat. 

CONSOLATION 


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JANUARY  £4,   1940 


Dumb  Dogs  That  Cannot  Bark 

♦  The  Seriptiii'oa  say  that  tlie  clergy  are 
'dumb  dog.s  that  cannot  bark'  (laaiah  56 :  10)  ; 
and  a  dog  that  eauuot  bavk  is  not  of  much  use. 
Still,  there  are  a  few  things  possible  to  it,  and 
the  story  hea'ewith.  taken  fi'om  the  Victoria 
(B.C.)  Daily  Times,  shows  the  possibilities: 

VISITS  ENGLAND  TO  SCATTEB  ASHES 

LosDON — A  Welsh  woman  has  recently  com- 
pleted a  3,500-mile  pilgi'image  from  Canada  to 
Penibi'olce  to  scatter  tbo  aElics  of  her  pet  dog  on 
the  fields  where  it  pliiyed  as  a  puppy.  She  is  Mrs, 
Roetoine,  who  left  her  native  Pembroke  village 
nine  years  ago  for  Canada,  taking  with  her  Phil, 
her  sheep-dog.  Settling  at  Esquiinalt,  on  Vancou- 
ver island,  she  met  and  married  P.  Roetoine,  a 
retired  official  of  the  Canadian  Paeilie  Euilway. 
Pii'sl,  her  hrsbftud  died;  then.  Phil  died. 

Mrs.  Roetoine,  accompanied  by  a  pi'Sest,  Father 

Leon,  arrived  in  Wales  earryuig  the  remains  of 

.  her  dog  in  a  silver  urn,  Near  Nnrbeth  she  scattered 

the  ashes  while  Father  Leon  sprinkled  holy  water. 

A  few  hours  later  she  took  a  train  on  the  flrat 
stage  of  her  .joui'ney  home. 

There  Is  No  "Good  Fascism" 

♦  There  is  no  "good  FascLsm",  we  warned  the 
Jewish  people,  who  at  that  time  heard  nu- 
merous wealthy  Jews  and  reactionary  Jewish 
publicists  sing  the  praises  of  the  "cultured" 
Mussolini,  so  unlike  the  crude  Hitler.  To  oui' 
sorrow,  our  warnings  have  come  tme ;  every 
variety  of  Fa.scism  is  now  seen  to  have  anti- 
Semitism  as  a.  core,  even  when,  as  in  Japan, 
there  are  no  Jews.  Fascism  invents  a  "Jewish 
problem"  in  order  to  whip  up  race  hatred  and 
conceal  its  aims  of  conquest  and  loot  fi'om  the 
masses  of  the  people,  World  Jewry  has  an 
implacable  enemy  in  Fascism.  There  can  be 
no  appeasement  of  the  Fascist  beast.  Its  very 
make-up  demands  victims,  and  especially  Jew- 
ish victims.  We  can  meet  its  arrogance  and 
inhumanity  only  by  fighting  determinedly  for 
our  rights  as  human  [creatures],  and  for 
democracy,  which  cannot  exist  alongside  of 
Fascism,--TJewish  People's  Committee  for 
United  Action  Against  Fascism  and  Anti- 
Semitism. 

Holding  Her  Own 

♦  The  Roman  Catholic  sect  is  holding  its  own 
in  Germany.  An  illustration  of  the  truth  of 
this  is  the  fact  that  whereas  9,024  withdrew 
from  the  chm-ch  in  1937,  among  the  menfolk, 
the  number  withdrawing  di'opped  to  only 
5,754  in  1938. 

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Hitler  a  True  Catholic 

♦  In  his  persecution  of  the  Jew,  Hitler  is 
merely  following  out  his  Catholic  training. 
Pope  Innocent  III  proclaimed  tliat  the  Jews 
"must  always  be  dispersed  as  wandei'ei's  upon 
the  face  of  the  earth";  that  "they  are  to  us  as 
dangerous  as  the  insect  in  the  apple,  as  the 
serpent  in  the  breast" ;  that  "they  have  already 
begun  to  gnaw  lilce  the  rat,  and  to  stink  iil^e 
the  serpent";  that  they  are  "not  permitted  to 
have  Christian  servants  in  theii-  homes,  either 
as  tutors  for  their  children  or  foi'  domestic 
seiTice,  or  for  any  other  reason  whatsoever" ; 
and  that,  in  case  of  dispute  about  the  payment 
of  a  loan,  the  testimony  of  Christians  given 
verbally  is  to  be  accepted  in  lieu  of  the  writ- 
ten testimony  of  the  same  pei'sons,  if  that 
written  testimony  is  in  possession  of  the  Jews. 

Pope  Pins  V  ordered  the  Jews  to  sell-all 
their  properties  to  Christians  and  to  leave  the 
States  of  the  Church  within  three  months. 
Any  who  disobeyed  were  to  be  despoiled  of 
all  their  goods  and  to  be  snbjccted  to  perpetual 
servitude. 

Pope  Innocent  IV  ordei'sd  the  burning  of 
the  Talmud  and  all  other  Jewish  books. 

Pope  Gregory  IX  decreed  that  for  all  time 
Jews  of  both  sexes  should  be  distinguished 
from  others  by  theii'  mode  of  dress,  and  for- 
bade them  to  discuss  either  their  faith  oi'  rites 
with  Christians, 

Pope  Eugeuius  TV  decreed  that  for  all  time 
Jews  might  not  eat  or  drinl;  with  Chi-istians, 
or  cohabit  or  bathe  with  tiiem ;  they  might  not 
exei'oise  public  offices  in  the  State,  and  coidd 
not  be  merchants,  tax  collectors,  purchasing 
agents,  computei-s,  lawj^ers,  obstetricians  or 
render  other  services  to  Christians ;  Chi-istians 
might  not  bequeath  them  anything;  Jews 
might  not  testify  against  Christians;  they 
must  live  in  certain  streets  only. 

Pope  Paul  rV  ordered  that  Jews  might  work 
only  as  street-sweepers  and  rag-pickers. 

The  foregoing  information,  assembled  by 
the  former  Catholic  priest  Leo  H.  Lehmann, 
was  published  in  The  Social  Frontier,  Novem- 
ber, 1938. 

Mussolini  goes  along  with  the  "church",  and 
apes  Hitlei'  in  restrictions  upon  the  Jews.  All 
Jewish  literature  is  forbidden ;  no  hook  by  a 
foi'eign  Jew  may  he  translated  into  Italian; 
no  play  by  a  foreign  Jew  may  be  produced; 
no  -Jew  may  broadcast  over  the  radio ;  no  Jew 
may  teach  in  an  Italian  university;  no  Jew 
may  hold  an  administrative  post. 
(^To  be  eoniiimed) 

CONSOLATtON 


I  "Healing  of  the  Nations" 

TTEALTH  of  the  people  is  of  very  great 
Jl  importance.  If  all  the  people  eould 
have  health,  that  would  be  a  great  benefit  to 
them.  The  present  govemmeuts  take  some 
steps  to  safeguard  ihe  health  of  the  pnblie,  but 
in  so  doing  the  people  are  exploited.  JIany  who 
claim  to  serve  the  .sick  connive  at  making  even 
the  well  sick  that  they  may  be  able  to  reap  pe- 
ctiniary  gain  therefrom.  Foods  are  adulterated 
to  such  an  extent  that  much  sieiniess  results. 
The  very  opposite  of  health  and  life  is  sick- 
ness and  deatli.  Sickness  and  death  must  be 
removed  in  order  for  health  and  lii'e  to  be  per- 
petuaUy  enjoyed  by  man.  Tlie  first  man  on 
earth  was  the  natural  parent  of  all  mankind. 
The  only  authentic,  accurate  and  reliable 
Record  of  the  case  sets  forth  that  this  man  did 
,  not  exercise  the  God-given  power  to  produce 
cliildren  until  after  he  was  under  sentence  out- 
side of  Edfii  for  his  rebellious  disobedience 
against  his  Creator  and  Lawgiver  and  was 
undergoing  the  seiilenee  of  death.  Consequent- 
ly he  could  not  produce  perfect  childi'en.  btit 
all  his  chihiren  would  inherit  and  did  inhei'it 
his  imperfections.  Every  man  that  is  imperfect 
is  a  sinner  io  the  sight  of  the  Creator,  the 
Perfect  Que,  Jehovah  God.  Romans  5:12 
states  the  divine  rule  in  these  words:  "Where- 
fore, as  by  one  man  sin  entered  into  the  world, 
and  death  by  sin;  ...  so  death  passed  upon 
all  men,  for  that  all  have  sinned." 

Jehovah  Ood  alone  eould  make  the  neces- 
sary provL'iiou  for  obedient  man  to  agahi  have 
health  and  life,  and  Ihia  He  has  done  through 
his  Theocratic  Government  by  Christ  Jesus 
the  King.  To  deceive  the  people  tlie  great  ad- 
versary of  the  Theocracy,  Satan,  brings  forth 
a  false  remedy.  First,  from  Eden  on  (Genesis 
'l  3:4),  Satan  induces  religionists  to  teach  that 

I  "  there  is  no  death.  That  was  his  first  lie.  (John 

t  8: 44)  Then  he  gets  up  religious  organizations 

i.  and  fakely  attaches  the  name  of  Christ  thereto 

in  order  to  mislead  the  people  by  various  sys- 
tems of  so-ealled  "faith  healing".  One  such 
organization  teaches  there  is  no  death  and  that 
iU  health  or  sickness  is  a  mental  conclusion 

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and  that  men  and  woman  can  heal  and  give 
health  to  all  who  exercise  faith  in  thciv  science 
of  healing.  Each  one  of  these  announced  rem- 
edies is  in  full  contradiction  of  God's  Word 
and  His  announced  purpose  through  Christ. 

It  is  true  that  Christ  Jesus  did  some  healing 
of  the  sick  when  He  was  on  earth,  but  siieh 
was  merely  an  example  foreshadowing  the 
gieat  work  that  He  would  do  in  His  kingdom. 
It  also  served  to  establish  the  faith  of  the  meek 
ones  in  Him  as  the  Messiah,  tlie  King  of  Jeho- 
vah's Theocratic  Government.  (Matthew 
11:1-6)  The  gift  of  healing  which  was  be- 
stowed upon  His  apostles  at  Pentecost  and 
by  them  transmitted  to  other  faithful  disciples 
was  due  to  pass  away,  with  the  death  of  ad. 
such  thus  favored  with  the  gift.  (1  Corinthians 
13: 1,  2,  S)  But  now,  so  far  as  it  is  possible, 
Satan  uses  his  powei'  to  cause  some  healing 
from  sickness,  his  very  object  being  to  turn 
the  people  away  from  God  and  blind  them  to 
Jehovah's  Theoeralic.  Government.  One  thing 
all  m\ist  admit:  that  no  one  who  claims  to  have 
been  healed  by  the  so-called  "faith  healing" 
method  ever  stayed  continually  well,  but  in  the 
cotirse  of  time  died,  and  even  the  faith-healers 
tliemaelves  grow  sick  and  die  in  like  manner. 
God's  remedy  to  give  life  and  health  to  obe- 
dient man  through  the  Theocratic  Govei'n- 
ment  is  complete. 

That  Theocratic  Government  is,  at  Revela- 
tion 22 : 1,  2,  represented  by  the  throne :  "And 
he  showed  me  a  river  of  water  of  life,  bright 
as  crystal,  proceeding  out  of  the  throne  of  God 
and  of  the  Lamb,  in  the  midst  of  tlie  street 
tliereof  [that  is,  of  the  Holy  City  or  Theo- 
cratic orgauiKation],  And  on  this  side  of  the 
river  and  on  that  was  the  tree  of  life,  beai-ing 
twelve  manner  of  fruits,  yielding  its  fruit 
evei7  month :  and  the  leaves  of  the  ti'ee  were 
for  the  healing  of  the  nations."  (American 
Revised  Version)  This  water  of  life-giving 
truth  is  the  very  opposite  of  the  flood  that  the 
adversary  of  the  Theocratic  Government,  the 
great  red  dragon,  has  cast  out  of  his  tnouth 
for  gullible  people  to  swallow.  (Revelation 
12:15,16)  The  water  of  truth  flowing  from 
the  Theocratic  Throne  is  clear  and  bright,  and 
those  who  love  Jehovah  God  and.his  Theocracy 
drink  freely  thereof. 

On  eithei'  side  of  the  river  of  life-giving 
water  of  tnith  is  the  tree  of  life.  The.  Revela- 
tion picture,  therefore,  is  of  a  river  with  trees 
on  both  sides,  The  '"tree  of  life"  is  not  one  lone 
tree,  but  is  a  family  or  genua  of  trees:  the 
"wood  of  life"  (Diaglott  translation).  Those 

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who  walk  in  the  street  or  broadway  of  the 
Holy  City  would  walk  along  the  banks  of  the 
river.  The  water  of  life  is  Howmg  only  in  the 
way  of  Jehovah's  Theocratic  Government  for 
obedient  mankind,  and  flows  to  the  limits  of 
the  Holy  City,  and  then  on  to  the  outside  so 
that  those  not  members  of  God's  capital  or- 
ganization under  QirLst  may  also  avail  them- 
selves of  the  opportunity  of  the  blessings  tliat 
eorae  from  Jehovah's  great  fountain  of  truth. 

The  tree  or  "wood  of  life"  bears  twelve  man- 
ner of  fruits  (or  twelve  erops) ,  and  yields  one 
fruit  every  mout.li.  This  shows  that  the  pro- 
vision for  life  is  never-failing  and  that  there 
is  always  an  abniidant.  supply.  Tbe  fruits  are 
borne  for  the  benefit  of  those  who  need  suste- 
nance. The  fniit  is  that  whieli  Jehovah's  serv- 
ants bring  forth  to  serve  to  others  needing 
God's  gracious  provision,  Kiiigiiom  fruits.  The 
kingdom  (membership  therein)  is  given  to 
tho.se  wJio  bring  forth  the  fruits  thei'eof.  (See 
Matthew  21 :  43. )  They  are  the  fruits  tbnt  tiie 
Theocratic  Kingdom  supplies  for  those  who 
need  them.  God  has  made  provision  for  obe- 
dient mankind,  and  those  who  are  prompted 
by  love  for  God  and  His  Theocracy  and  who 
obey  Him  delight  to  bring  fortli  or  earry  to 
others  God's  provision  for  them.  No  one  can 
be  of  the  Kingdom  who  does  not  bring  forth 
tlie  fruits  tliei'eof  by  canning  God's  pi'ovision 
to  the  meek  of  the  earth  with  a  joyfiii  heart. 

Christ  Jesus  is  the  great  "tree  of  life'*'  which 
Jehovah  planted  to  supply  life  for  obedient 
mankind.  Jehovah  has  gi'aciously  planted 
others  with  Christ  Jesus  by  calling  tliem  unto 
membcr.ship  in  the  Thcoeratic  Iviugdom  and 
giving  them  the  great  privilege  of  sharing  the 
blessings  of  the  Kingdom.  These  Jehovah  des- 
ignates as  "trees  of  righteousness,  the  plaatiiig 
of  Jehovah",  and  "that  his  name  might  be 
glorified".  (Isaiah  61:3)  II  is  His  anointed 
witnesses  who  do  His  service  faithfully  that 
are  these  trees  of  I'ighteousness  planted  by 
Him.— Paalm  1:3;  Jeremiah  17 :  7,  8. 


The  leaves  of  "the  tree  of  life"  were  for  the 
healing  of  the  nations,  Leaves  afford  sJiade  and 
covering,  (Genesis  3 :  7)  They  serve  to  purify 
the  atmosphei'c  by  exti'acting  the  poisonous 
gases  tiieref  rora.  They  seiwe  as  medicinal  rem- 
edies for  the  sick,  and  for  the  beauty  of  the 
landscape.  Christ  Jesus,  the  "Tree  of  Life", 
in  all  His  beauty  and  glory,  shall  heal  .and 
bless  the  meek  and  faithful  of  mankind.  Jeho- 
vah's remnant  of  anointed  witnesses  now  on 
earth,  as  "trees  of  righteousness",  have  some 
work  at  the  present  time  that  is  in  a  measure 
healing;  "He  [Jehovah]  hath  anointed  me  to 
preach  the  gospel  to  the  pooi' :  he  hath  sent  me 
10  heal  the  brokenhearted,"  (Luke  4 :  18 ;  Isaiah 
61:1,  2)— Proverbs  15:4;  Psalm  147:3. 

After  the  battle  of  Armageddon,  which  is 
near,  and  under  the  Theocratic  Government 
the  surviving  people  will  be  taught  what  is 
proper  to  eat  and  how  to  eat  it ;  they  will  be 
taught  proper  sanitary  eoBditiona,  how  to 
sleep  and  esereise,  and  no  one  will  be  per- 
mitted to  deceive  them.  They  wUl  be  told  the 
truth;  and  knowing  that  they  are  receiving 
the  truth,  they  will  be  encouraged  and  bene- 
fited and  ivill  progress  rapidly.  God  will  cure 
the  sick  that  they  may  remain  well.  The  people 
will  learn  what  is  the  right  thing  to  do ;  as  it 
is  written  at  Isaiah  26:  9:  "When  thy  [Jeho- 
vah's] judgments  are  in  the  earth,  the  in- 
habitants of  the  world  will  learn  righteous- 
ness.'' At  the  same  tune,  so  the  Scriptures  de- 
clare, the  earth  will  yield  her  increase  for 
man's  good.  As  Eden,  the  only  finished  part 
of  the  earth  then,  produced  perfect  food,  even 
so  the  Lord  will  make  the  earth  to  yield  its 
increase  and  produce  perfect  food  and  will 
teach  the  people  how  to  eat  it.  The  obedient 
people  thus  learning  of  God's  gi'acions  pro- 
vision for  them  through  Christ  Jesus  the  King, 
who  shed  His  blood  for  such,  and  rendering 
themselves  fully  in  obedience  thereto,  the  re- 
sult is  certain  to  be  to  tliem  health  and  life 
everlasting. 


California 


A  Pathetic  Protest 

♦  A  pathetic  protest  was  that  of  1,000 
Chinese  who  picketed  the  docks  at  Long 
Beach,  California,  against  the  sending  of  ves- 
sels loaded  with  scrap  iron,  which  scrap  iron 
the  Chinese  knew  wotdd  be  used  to  nnirder 
their  own  brothers  in  the  land  of  their  birth. 

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Prayed  for  His  Recovery 

♦  Two  gypsy  women  entered  the  eahin  of  a 
man  ill  near  MarysviUe,  California,  and 
prayed  for  his  recovery.  Ever  since  then  the 
sick  man  has  been  wanting  somebody  to  pray 
that  he  would  recover  the  $25  which  disap- 
peared when  the  ladies  left  him, 

CONSOLATION 


I 


The  Lament  Business 

Cotinolatum  has  overlooked  the  la- 
ment business;  so  this  is  to  help 
eoi'reel  the  situation.  My  brother- 
in-law  works  for  a  funeral  parlor 
and  Imows  tbe  eare  that  is  takfu 
to  give  the  living  the  idea  that  the  dead  are 
happy. 

Tlie  embalmer  disposes  of  goiters,  and  fat 
and  protruding  stomatlis  disappear.  Fluids 
are  injected  for  these  piirposea.  It  is  of  great 
importance  to  the  embalmers  to  get  the  hair 
dressed  so  that  the  corpse  looks  as  when  alive 
and  well.  Lady  patrons  who  have  erased  to 
care  what  they  looii  like  eause  moi-e  trouble 
to  the  morticians  than  they  did  when  patron- 
i2ing;  the  besnty  shops  iu  premortuary  days. 
It  is  ne(;esaai'y  for  a  close  friend  of  the  de- 
ceased to  be  present  and  aid  iu  this  tribute 
to  the  beauty  and  physical  appearance  of  the 
one  who  departed  a  week  ago  and  is  enjoying 
harp  music  and  leai-ning  !iow  to  use  wings 
(if  tbe  living  relatives  ha%'e  paid  over  the 
necessary  long  green). 

One  lady  whose  husband  had  ceased  to 
listen  to  Jier  chin  miisie,  and  was  sll  dcessed 
up  in  a  Tusedo  for  the  first  time  since  he  wove 
rompers,  and  was  sleeping  off  his  truubles  in 
hi.s  casket,  would  not  rest,  or  let  him  rest, 
until  she  had  tlio  top  of  the  easket  removed 
and  saw  that  her  ex-hubby  had  his  shoes  and 
aooha  on  and  that  even  his  garters  were  on 
right. 

The  near  relative  (widow,  usually)  feels 
called  upon  to  wail  loud  and  long,  also  to 
faint  often,  so  that  religious  associates  will 
feel  that  she  is  doing  her  part.  Silent  gi'iof  is 
the  liardest  for  the  embalmers  to  see.  Over- 
doing tbe  crying  and  wailing  only  causes  them 
to  become  disgusted. 

In  Japan,  if  a  person  is  unable  to  attend 
his  brother's  or  wife's  funeral,  lie  may  hire  a 
professional  cryer  to  take  his  place  who  ean 
wee])  and  howl  in  grand  fashion  for  hours  at 
a  time.  [This  is  done  in  Brooklyn,  also. — Ed.] 
The  professional  moui'ner  will,  for  a  recom- 
pense, throw  himself  on  the  box  containing 
the  corpse  and  eali  ti.e  dead  to  speak  to  him. 
He  will  call  him  pet  names,  pull  his  own  iiair 
and  drench  the  box  with  teai's. 

In  America  religious  leadera  refer  their 
flocks  to  eorlain  tuneta]  pai'loi'S  and  then  ar- 
range a  $50  rake-off  for  sending  the  business 
in  the  right  diTertion,  to  add  to  the  fat  they 
get  for  their  hocus-pocus  before  the  audience. 
— David  J.  LongMlow,  Califomia. 

JANUARY  24,   1940 


An  Indignant  Protest 

♦  I  certainly  agree  with  your  cori'espondents 
who  protested  against  the  barbarous  and  in- 
human idea  of  naming  a  jacJcass  Adolf  Hitler 
at  the  Auburn  Gold  Show.  I  say  it  is  a  dis- 
grace for  the  peo]jle  of  Auburn  to  do  thia 
frightful  thing.  Have  we  no  humane  society 
to  put  a  atop  to  this  atrocity?  Have  we  no 
laws  against  cruelty  io  animals? 

What  hn'i  this  noble  and  dignified  jackass 
done  to  deseiwe  this  unspeakable  indignity, 
making  him  ridiculous  and  absurd  before  the 
eyes  of  the  multitude  1 

I  shall  go  before  Governor  Olson  and  per- 
sonally appeal  to  him  to  put  a  stop  to  this 
cruelty  to  a  respectahlc,  upright  and  home- 
loving  jackass.  If  this  fails,  I  will  go  over  his 
head  to  the  president  of  the  United  States.  I 
am  sure  lie  would  not  stand  idly  by  and  see 
this  Stately,  majestic  and  honorable  animal 
given  such  a  ridiculous  and  preposterous  name. 

And,  ftirthennore,  I  am  sure  this  Aiibura 
jackass  could  not  even  approach  Adolf  Hitler 
in  a  braying  contest.  1  have  heard  Hitler  over 
the  radio,  but  for  that  matter  I  did  not  need 
any  radio,  ail  I  had  to  do  was  to  open  my 
window. 

I  still  claim  there  is  only  one  jaekaas  who 
can  approach  Hitler,  and  that,  of  course,  is 
Chamberlain.  He  tried  to  save  a  nation  with 
an  umbreiia,  Tin's  kind  of  thijig  is  not  being 
done.  He  is  now.  as  usual,  scouring  the  world 
to  get  somebody  else  to  do  his  fighting.  Will 
ho  get  us  in  and  rob  us  again  ?  It  is  quite  possi- 
ble. Tbey  say,  "Once  a  sucker,  always  a  suck- 
er." In  that  ease  it  seems  to  be  that  right  here 
is  a  veiy  good  place  lor  me  to  shut  up  about 
jackasses. — C,  L.,  in  the  Sacramento  Bee. 

World's  Fairs  Attendances  Down 

♦  Neitliet  the  Ssm  Praneiseo  nor  the  New 
York  World's  Fair  was  the  success  predicted. 
In  midsummer  the  New  York  World's  Fair 
had  to  dismiss  something  like  a  thousand  em- 
ployees.  The  Goldeu  Gate  Fair  gave  up  the 
fight  Octoher  29  instead  of  keeping  open  lUitU 
December  2  as  anticipated,  and  reported  that 
the  attendance,  instead  of  beiiig-  20,000,000 
as  predicted,  had  been  only  S,5S0,747  up  to 
October  4, 

Best-read  Are  in  Prison 

♦  The  best-read  Americana  are  in  prison.  At 
Alcatraz,  where  the  most  hardened  criminals 
are  (confined,  the  average  prisoner  reads  102 
books  a  year. 

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Persons  Who  Smoke  Cigarettes 

♦  Persons  wiio  smoiie  cigarettes  may  be  in- 
terested to  know  that  they  helped  pay  for  a 
paiaee  in  HaTsaii,  where  iheir  nickels  and 
dimes  built  for  a  millionairess  a  place  a  Roman 
emperor  could  ill  afford,  It  lias  a  disappearing 
plate  glass  wall  twelve  feet  bigh,  a  private 
harbor,  a  hedge  of  orchids,  a  white  marble 
wall  with  jade  inlays,  a  swimming  pool 
equipped  with  an  elevator,  a  private  theater, 
an  oak  floor  brought  piece  by  piece  from  a 
sixteenth-century  French  chateau,  and  art 
workthat  it  would  gWe  one  a  headache  to  read 
about.  The  poor  girls  who  swallowed  the  lies, 
lliat  smoking  cifrarettes  would  give  them 
"more  pleasure'',  and  would  "satisfy",  will 
never  see  the  paiaee  where  Doris  Diilie  and 
her  husband  may  revel,  if  they  wivsh,  in  the 
knowledge  that  not  one  woman  who  develops 
the  accui'sed  cigarette  habit  can  ever  be  the 
mother  of  a  perfect  child. 

Three  of  the  Orange  Dumps 

♦  Three  of  the  orange  dumps,  where  perfect 
and  beautiful  oranges  are  thrown  away  by  the 
millions,  and  from  which  it  is  illegal  to  take 
even  one  orange,  are  to  be  found  in  the  foliow- 
niff  locations;  (1)  Drive  out  Foothill  Boule- 
vard to  Ii'windale  Avenue  in  the  neighborhood 
of  Azusa  :  tui'n  right  on  Irwindale,  drive  south 
almost,  one  mile,  then  off  the  road  acTyss  a 
pasture  to  the  lip  of  an  abandoned  gravel  pit, 
and  there  is  yoiu'  first  California  orange 
dump;  (2)  San  Gabriel  Valley,  San  Gabriel 
Wash,  just  past  Monrovia;  (3)  two  miles 
north  of  Upland.  The  dumps  are  aU  located  in 
ont-of-the-way  places  where  they  cannot  be 
readily  seen  by  automobilista.  A  reporter  who 
visited  these  thi'ee  dmnps  found  rivulets  of 
pure  urange  juice  flowing  from  the-m. 

Up-to-Date  Green-eyed  Monster 

♦  Tiiia  evening  a  patient  who  ia  a  technical 
man  for  RCA  in  Hollywood  called  my  atten- 
tion to  the  fact  that  in  television,  a  pale-green 
make-up  will  be  a  necessity  on  the  faces  of  all 
persons  used  in  the  broadcast.  This  ought  to 
make  ail  the  big  networks  happy,  because  they 
will  he  able  to  broadcast,  as  is,  the  mngs  of  all 
the  'intellectuals'  who  are  doing  so  mueb  to 
make  flie  world  safe  for  the  Hierarchy.  Jiist 
picture  the  pope,  face  green  with  en^n,-,  tap- 
ping a,  gofd  brick  with  a  little  hammer,  being 
broadcast  direct  from  Vatican  City  right  into 
your  very  own  room.  1  ask  you,  Now  isn't  that 
niee! — George  Ehrmann,  Ph.O.,  California, 

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To  Prevent  Destruction  of  Raisins 

♦  To  prevent  Government  desti'uctiou  of 
raisins  Fresno,  California,  growers  will  grind 
up  their  sui'plus  raisins  and  mix  them  with 
the  grain  fed  to  their  cattle.  Not  a  half  bad 
ideu  tmtil  the  Government  decides  there  are 
too  many  cows.  However,  when  the  cows  are 
ground  up  tliat  will  make  good  fertilizer  for 
the  land,  and  the  next  year  the  farmers  will 
lie  able  to  I'atse  more  raisins  than  ever.  And 
that  will  mean  more  cows,  and  so  on.  Isn't 
pivilization  wonderful? 

How  About  the  Papas  in  Skii'ts? 

♦  A  man  in  San  Diego  wrotii  the  city  council 
I'eceutly  asking  them  to  pass  a  law  proiiibiting 
women  fi'om  wearing  pants  in  public,  hut  t'oc 
some  reason  he  forgot  to  say  anything  about 
the  papas  in  skirts,  on  the  uther  side  of  the 
question.  The  Scripture  eited  is  the  following : 

A  woman  shall  not  wear  thai  which  pertaineth 
unto  a  man,  aeither  shall  a  man  put  on  a  woman's 
gai'ment;  for  whosoever  doeth  Iht'se  things  is  an 
abomination  unto  Jehovah  thy  God. — Deuteronomy 
22:5,  A.R.V. 

Insects  Fall  for  the  Light-blue 

♦  After  experimentation  in  the  vineyards  of 
California  it  was  discovered  that  the  grape 
leaf  hopper  is  partial  to  pale-blue  light,  and 
that  this  is  especially  tvue  of  the  females. 
Accordingly  some  vineyardists  fitted  theii' 
yards  with  the  pale-blue  lights  and  high-ten- 
sion wires.  The  hoppers  drove  up  to  see  what 
it  was  all  about,  landed  on  the  high-tension 
wires,  and  passed  out  instanter. 

Needed  Help  to  Get  AiTested 

♦  111  Los  Angeles  a  young  man  telephoned  to 
the  police  to  eome  and  arrest  him.  He  crawled 
through  a  ama^  hole  into  a  groceiT,  where  he 
ate  his  fill  of  crackers,  milk,  cheese  and  prunes. 
Wlien  he  tried  to  get  out  he  could  not  squecKC 
thi'ough  the  hole  by  which  be  had  entered,  he 
had  no  keys,  and  there  was  no  other  way  out 
than  to  have  the  cops  come  and  pry  him  loose. 

A  Hot  September  Day 

♦  In  1939  Los  Angoloa  boasted  of  a  Septem- 
ber day  so  hot  that  it  slew  21  people,  and 
while  the  weather  bureaii  on  top  of  an  eleven- 
story  hnilding  eotild  honestly  report  only 
107.2  degrees,  reliable  thermometers  at  the. 
street  level  declared  that  the  Angelenos  swel- 
tered at  122  degrees.  And  tliat  Ls  hot  for  Sep- 
tember, or  for  any  other  month,  anywhere. 

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British  Comment 

By  J.  Hemery   (London) 


Neutrality  of  Jehovah's  witnesses 

•  The  bishop  of  Biricingham  has  the  courage 
of  his  coiivietioua ;  he  does  not  shrinh  from 
expressing  them  though  his  fellow  bisliops  are 
vexfid  and  soraewliat  distui^bed  by  what  he 
says.  Quite  recently  he  disturbed  the  ease  of 
the  bishops  and  archbishops  when  in  Convoca- 
tion he  openly  expressed  his  dissent  from  tlie 
archbishop  of  Canterbury.  Canterbni'y  wanted 
to  send  a  message  fi'om  the  assembly  to  the 
pope,  and  iu  it  the  pope  was  spoken  of  as 
"liis  holiness".  Bii'mingham  objected  to  the 
term,  declaring  that  the  pope  encoui'aged 
Franco  in  the  desolation  of  Spain,  and  Musso- 
lini in  the  rape  of  Abyssinia,  and  in  his  outrage 
on  Albania;  such  actions,  he  said,  ought  to 
prevent  such  an  assembly  as  that  then  presid- 
ed over  by  the  arclibisbop  from  using  the  term 
"his  holiness",  and  bishops  of  the  Church  of 
England  from  condoning  tbe  pope's  actions. 
The  bishop  dampened  the  ardor  of  the  meet- 
ing, but  it  followed  the  lead  of  the  ai'chbisbop, 
for  the  favor  of  t!ie  Vatican  was  sought — in 
the  interests  of  the  peace  of  the  world  and 
the  welfare  of  religion,  Bishop  Barnes  has 
I  been  mentioned  in  Coivmlation  as  an  out- 
spoken Modernist  in  theology,  and  some  of  his 
words  have  been  published  in  the  books  which 
Jehovah's  ivitnesses  carry,  where  his  very  def- 
inite opposition  lo  the  iuspii'ation  of  the  Scrip- 
tures is  pointed  out  and  condemned,  Dr.  Barnes 
is  a  "pacifist",  and  does  not  hesitate  to  say  so. 
In  tJie  matter  of  war  he  believes  the  church 
has  got  away  from  the  teachings  of  Jesus.  His 
nonacceplance  of  the  Scriptiu'es  as  the  "Word 
of  God  will  prevent  him  from  seeing  that  in 
all  vital  things  religion  has  gone  a.'^tray  or 
contrary  to  the  tcaeliings  of  Jesns,  or  there 
might  be  some  hope  that  his  clear  sight  of  one 
error  mis^ht  lead  him  to  see  the  many  other 
false  positions  religion  has  taken.  The  bishop 
knows  about  Jehovah's  witnesses,  of  their  be- 
lief in  the  Seriptm'es,  and  their  fidelity  there- 
to; of  their  conviction  that  they  are  obeying 
the  command  of  the  Ijord  Jesus  iu  proelaiming 
the  gospel  of  the  Kingdom,  and  now  the  fact 
of  its  establishment,  God's  time  having  come, 

JANUARY  24,  1940 


and  in  this  are  also  the  witnesses  to  the  honor 
of  Jehovah's  name,  according  to  His  woi'd  by 
the  prophet  Isaiah.  (See  Isaiah  43: 10.)  Nat- 
urally the  bishop  does  not  agree  to  all  this;  but 
he  is  ready  to  bear  some  testimony  to  their  fidel- 
ity to  Christ  and  their  right  understanding  of 
His  words  to  His  disciples  in  the  matter  of 
wai'.  Jehovah's  witnesses  can  take  no  part  in 
the  wars  of  the  nations,  being  separated  to 
God  and  Christ  by  I'cason  of  their  conaecra- 
tion  to  God  and  His  acceptance  according  to 
His  "Word.  Jesus  said  of  such,  "They  are  not 
of  the  world,  even  as  I  am  not  of  the  world" ; 
and  in  this  He  did  not  mean  merely  that  His 
disciples  would  keep  themselves  fi'om  the 
pleasures  and  indulgences  of  a  eorrnpt  human 
nature.  In  eonunoa  with  other  young  men  some 
of  Jehovah's  witnesses  have  appeared  hefore 
the  tribunals  set  up  by  the  Government  to  de- 
termine wliether  or  not  declared  conscientious 
obijeetions  to  war  were  genuinely  held.  Some 
of  the  chiefs  of  the  tribunals  have  taken  too 
much  on  themselves,  and  one  in  particular. 
Judge  Richardson,  of  Newcastle,  has  allowed 
himself  an  outburst  of  ejipression  on  more 
than  one  occasion.  Dv.  Barnes  wrote  a  letter 
to  the  Manchester  Guardian  in  vindication  of 
the  position  taken  by  these  "witnesses",  and 
showed  they  gave  an  example  whicii  those  who 
professed  the  faith  of  Jesus  Christ  might  well 
follow.  The  letter  seems  worth  while  repeat- 
ing here. 

The  Newcasi-le  CO.  Tribunal 

"Jehovah's  witnesses" 

To  the  Editor  of  the  Manchester  Ouardion 

Sir, — I  would  comment  on  an  incident  reported 
in  your  columns  yesterday.  It  would  appeur  that 
on  Wednesday  a  man  opphed  to  the  Keweaslle 
tribunal  that  he  might  be  registered  as  a  oonseieo- 
tioua  objeutov.  He  was  supportpd  by  a  friend  who 
said  that  it  wrs  not  Christiun  to  take  up  arms. 
"How  dare  yon  presume  tliat  ?"  sflid  Jndge  Richard- 
son, "There  are  plenty  of  good  Christians  helping 
lo  remedy  the  evil  of  j^gresaion."  Finally  the 
judge  expressed  his  opinion  of  the  two  men.  who 
described  themselves  as  "Jehovah's  witnesses",  by 
saying,  "You  are  a  lot  of  cranks." 

Does  the  judge  know  that  for  the  first  two  and 
a  half  centuries  of  its  history  the  Christian  ehureh 
was  predominantly  paeiliatf  A  careful  examination 
of  this  question  by  a  fii'st-rate  scholar  is  to  he 
found  in  the  book  The  Earhi  Christian  Attitude 
to  War,  pubhshed  by  Professor  C.  J.  Cadous  in 
1919.  If  it  be.  thought  that  Professor  Cadonx  uses 
the  evidence  mistakeuly  1  wouhl  refer  to  the  Cam- 
bridge Ancient  History,  vol.  sii,  1S*39,  page  659, 
where,  at  any  rate  as  regards  the  leaders  of  the 

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church,  his  conclusions  are  aecRi)ted.  Take  a  con- 
crete irtHtunue.  Does  anyone  tljink  thnt  Marciiis 
Aurelius,  "tho  saint  of  pagaiiisia,"  persecuted  the 
ChmliiuiB  mwciy  liecauae  they  liiit  not  wm'ship 
Jupiter,  Mars,  Veiiua,  and  the  rest  of  the  tradi- 
tional gods?  The  offense  of  tbe  Clii'ist.iatis  was  a 
refusal  to  offer  iiieenau  to  tlie  genius  of  the  em- 
peror or  to  the  genius  of  Rome,  a  refusal  to  serve 
in  the  armies  of  the  State  even  against  what  at  tho 
tiiue  was  literally  "the  menace  of  GenDan  baiba- 
rism". 

Judge  Richardson's  words  were  adciresaecl  to  men 
known  as  "Jehovah's  witnesses."  Such  are  nieni- 
biu'8  iif  an  organization  enlled  the  International 
Bible  f>  til  dents  Asaociulioii.  Theii'  approaeh  to 
the  Kew  Testament  (iifFcrs  widely  frnni  my  own. 
They  regard  it  as  verhally  inspired;  my  own  atti- 
tude is  that  adopted  by  modern  critical  sitholars. 
But.  we  agree  in  our  conviction  that  Ciirist  for- 
bade His  followers  to  do  wrong  that  good  might 
come.  We  agi'ee,  therefore,  that  Ciiristians  ought 
not  to  serve  in  the  Array.  We  agree  that  even  to 
join  the  B.A.M.C.  is  to  belong  to  hji  organiaation 
forbidden  to  Christians.  We  must  serve  the  State 
by  our  prayers  and  give  such  civilian  help  as  the 
Christian  conscience  will  allow.  Such  was  tho  early 
Christian  attitude,  as  the  perusal  of  a  famous  pas- 
sage in  Origen's  Contra  Celsuin  (ea.  A.D.  240) 
wii]  demonstrate ;  such  is  the  attitude  of  preseul- 
day  Christian  pacifists. 

When  Judge  Biehardson  applies  the  term 
"eranka"  to  "Jehovah's  witnesses",  docs  he  know 
what  is  happening  in  Germany?  There  are  iji  tiie 
Nazi  concentration  camps  no  Barthiaas,  Catholics, 
Calvinists,  or  Lutiierajis  as  such;  but  intei'iied  with 
Jews,  criminals,  and  the  depraved  thcTe  are,  accord- 
ing to  the  Berae  ofliec  of  the  fnteniational  Blblo 
Students  Association,  more  than  fi.OOO  of  its  inem- 
bers.  The  recent  British  White  Paper  on  the  "Treat- 
ment of  Oermun  Nationals  in  Germany,  183S-1939" 
(Ciad.  0120)  repeatedly  nieotiona  these  men  and 
always  witii  respect.  The  "Bible  bugs",  as  they 
are  nicknamed,  wear  a  lilac  or  violet  badge.  They 
are  "proscribed  by  tho  Gestapo  aiuee  they  refuse 
militai-y  service".  "They  are  allowed  no  eommuni- 
ealion  with  the  outside  world."  "Tlieu-  courage  and 
religions  faith  were  remarkable,  and  they  professed 
themselves  ready  to  suffer  to  the  uttermost  what 
they  felt  God  had  ordaiiied  for  them." 

Cranksf  I  suggest  that  sucii  pacifists  are  rather 
enduring  and  praying  for  the  Europe  that  is  to  be, 
&  group  of  nations  forswearing  war  and  living  io 
unity  aJid  peace. — Vours,  &c.,  E.  W.  BraMiNGHAM. 
Bishop's  Croft,  Harhorne,  Birmingham  17,  Doo.  8. 

The  British  Govenimeiit's  White  Paper 
which  exposed  the  brutality  of  the  Nazi  gov- 
ernment to  some  ot  its  nationuls,  while  relat- 
ing about  the  terrible  sufferiiig.s  of  the  Jews 
and  others,  also  told  of  the  snflerings  inflicted 
on  Jehovafi'a  witnesses  for  theii'  refusal  to  give 
to  Hitler  the  allegiance  they  knew  should  be 
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given  only  to  God  and  Christ.  By  means  of  this 
publication  the  fact  of  their  witness  lu  Ger- 
many and  their  readiness  to  suffer  for  His 
sake,  even  unto  death  (and  which  some  have 
suffered),  has  already  been  a  witness  to  many 
in  Brituiu  of  the  faet  that  God  ha.s  a  people 
hoi'e,  and  scattei'cd  through  the  earth,  who  are 
telling  of  the  establishment  of  His  kingdom, 
and  showing  the  way  of  escape  from,  the  de- 
struction of  Armagiiddoii,  now  hastening  on. 
The  letter  of  Dr.  Barnes  published  by  the 
Manchester  Guardian  has  eontimied  this  wit- 
ness :  now  many  persons  in  circles  of  life  who 
might  not  ordinarily  get  an  opportunity  of 
hearing  a  witness  as  the  message  is  carried 
from  house  to  house  are  made  aware  of  the 
fact,  and  have  the  opportunity  of  profiting 
thereby. 

Notes 

•  The  black-out  death  toll  on  the  roads  is  ex- 
ceedingly heavy.  During  November  926  per- 
sons were  hilled  on  British  roads.  The  num- 
bers increase  and  a  serious  problem  is  pre- 
sented: more  people  are  being  killed  on  this 
part  of  the  home-front  tlian  in  the  war. 

The  Oovernmont'a  urge  for  plowing  grass 
and  nneultivated  lands  has  already  had  con- 
siderable success.  A  subsidy  of  ii2  an  acre  for 
all  such  plowing  is  paid,  and  it  is  expected  that 
within  a  year  there  will  be  an  increase  of 
1,350,000  acres  producing  food  for  man  and 
beast. 

Pood  rationing,  ali'eady  in  partial  opera- 
tion, began  definitely  on  December  25.  Each 
pei-sou  may  liavc  four  ounces  of  ham  or  bacon 
per  week,  and  the  same  weight  of  butter;  as 
yet  one  pound  of  sugar  per  week  is  to  be  al- 
lowed. There  is  more  railway  travel  facility, 
and  the  coaches  are  being  provided  with  sulB- 
cient  light  for  reading  during  the  darkness; 
but  the  fast  trains  are  missing,  and  what 
trains  there  are  on  the  main  lines  are  very 
erowdud,  Any  pleasure  in  travel  has  gone; 
but  still  one  can  get  somewhere  with  perse- 
verance and  patience. 

Letter 

• 

The  Editor, 

The  English  Chvchman, 

23  Bedford  St., 

W.C.2. 

Sir, 

In  your  iasue  of  the  14th  December  you  publish 
a  letter  under  the  heading  "Jehovah's  Witnesses" 
and  over  the  name  H.  James.  The  letter  is  on  the 
usual  level  of  letters  published  in  religious  news- 

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December  18, 1939 


I 


papers  when  the  literatui-o  of  fim  International 
Bible  Students  Association  tm(l  (be  worh  at  Jeho- 
vah's witneBses  are  the  sub.jeot;  tliat  is,  they  do  not 
rise  above  mis ri'pi'oaon Cation,  aad  often  oontain 
specific  nnli'uths. 

Tlie  ietlei's  no  douJit  usasHy  find  their  oyen  Jeve) 
and  may  be  left  there;  but  sometimes  it  becomes 
nucoSeary  to  mark  bdJ.  pin  tbo  lies,  and  to  remind 
editors  of  religious  journals  that  they  lend  them- 
selves to  tin's  mean  huiisiess. 

Sir.  II.  James  and  The  Euglish  Churchman  are 
coceerat'd  k'si  some  of  the  adherentg  and  support- 
era  of  their  pa.tteiti  oi  orthodosj  should  be  shaken 
in  their  trust  in  it  and  in  (heir  leadfi's,  and  to  safe- 
guard  the  iritereata  of  their  ebiu'eh,  and  tlie  inno- 
cpnt  and  i^oriuit  o£  their  flock  by  keepitiK  them 
in  ignorance,  they  warn  them  o£  the  "danger"  of 
reading  the  I iteriiturtf  carried  by  Jeliov&b'n  wit- 
nesses, and  do  not  hesitate  to  lie  in  their  efforts. 
The  letter  says,  "Jehovah's  witnesses  are  busily 
engaged  in  spreading  anti-Chriatian  doctrines,  as 
woll  as  atfampting  to  undermine  tlie  authority  o£ 
the  State." 

Ko  notice  would  have  been  taken  of  H.  James' 
letter  it  he  had  contented  hJmaeJf  with  sajing  the 
raeesago  earviei]  by  Jehovah's  witnesses  is  anti- 
Chriatiaii,  for  "orthodosy"  always  cries  out  that 
word  when  its  false  claims  are  challenged  and  ex- 
posed. The  other  statement,  that  attempt  is  made 
to  undoi'mine  the  antdority  of  the  state,  is  gmtai- 
tous  wickedness,  for  neither  iMi-.  James  nor  any- 
one else  can  find  a  word  in  support  of  that  asser- 
tion—and well  on  to  400,000.000  copies  of  books 
and  pamphlets  pubfished  hy  the  Watortowek 
Society  are  in  circulation  throughout  tlie  earth. 
JehovaJi'a  witnesses  are  a  law-abiding  people,  eon- 
forming  to  the  laws  of  whatever  lajid  they  ure  iu, 
excepting  only  when  a  eountiy  or  state  ahoHid 
enforce  si  law  which  is  conti-ai?  to  the  teaehing  of 
Christ,  Lo  whom  they  wonld  he  faithful  at  any 
cost.  Their  position  in  the  present  war  trouble, 
whether  in  Britain  or  elsewhei'e,  is  one  of  neutral- 
ity, and  not  one  of  them  would  do  other  than  carry 
the  message  of  the  present  eatabliehment  of  the 
KSngaom  oI  Christ,  uiMjoiiliiig  Ui  tlicii  pi-ii-ilog-c 
and  responsibility.  'I'hey  seek  no  eooverta,  nor  ad- 
herents, hill  are  simply"  {nessetigers  of  tho  gospeJ 
of  the  Kingdom,  Tha  Lord  Jesus  said  that  in  the 
last  days  "tliis  gospel  of  the  Idngdoro  shall  be 
preuchod  in  all  the  World  for  a  laitftp.gx" ;  and  a 
people,  fi'eed  from  the  cinrkness  and  bondage  of 
orthodo.iy,  nre  eiu'i^iug  out  llis  word.  Iu  doin^ 
this,  they  become  the  objeatives  of  misrepresenta- 
tion and  lies.  eVen  as  Jesus  himself  said. 

H.  James  mentions  the  main  dotcmas  of  ortho- 
doxy—"The  Deity  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ;  His 
physical  resurreetion ;  the  Holy  Trinitj,  and  the 
immortality  of  the  eoul,"  and  says:  "Rutherford 
denies  them."  Well,  so  do  the  Scriptures,  Theae 
doctrines  are  church-made  and  are  contrary  to  the 
Beriptiires.  Further.  H,  James  says  "they  (Jeho- 
vah's witnesses)  preach  the  old  heresy  that  all 
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earthly  governments  are  Satanie".  Did  not  Jesus 
himself  eiij  of  Satan,  "The  prince  of  this  world 
Cometh,  and  hath  nothing  in  me"?  It  was  the  Devil 
who  offered  the  lordship  of  all  the  kingdoms  of  the 
earth  as  a  temptntion  to  Jesus  when  he  tried  to 
divert  Eijii  from  His  Father's  purpose  in  Him. 
Also  Paul  spoke  of  Satan  as  "the  god  of  this 
world",  iinii  said  he  blinded  the  eyes  of  them  that 
believed  not.  But  it  docs  not  suit  orthodoxy  to  have 
the  DeviJ  considered  in  this  connection. 
Tours  truly, 

J.  Hemert. 

London  a  Century  Ago 

♦  The  London  Duihj  Herald  states  that  in  the 
London  of  a,  century  ago  the  beds  fov  the 
homeless  were  merely  rough  hoai'ds  and  straw, 
while  today  the  London  County  Council 
stands  for  humanity  and  humane  treatment. 
A  century  ago  unwashed  mldwives  frequently 
went  dii'ect  from  laying  out  a  coi'pse  to  deliver 
a  child,  while  today  modern  hospital  sei'vice 
with  complete  nigiit  and  day  ambulance  mid- 
wifery service  is  available  to  the  poorest.  A 
half  million  people  liave  been  moved  from 
slums  and  bug-infested  cellars  to  airy  apart- 
ments on  beautiful  ti'ee-lined  streets.  And  tho 
dirty,  dark,  vermin-infested  sehooiroomsj  in 
which  a  half-trained,  hara,ssed  and  ill-paid 
woman  wrestled  with  a  class  of  100  or  more 
children,  have  given  way  to  schools  that  would 
be  a  aredit  anywhere. 

120,955  Cases  of  Cruelty 

♦  In  the  year  1937  there  were  120,955  eases 
of  cruelty  to  ehildron  reported  to  the  British 
authorities.  Moreover,  on  a  certain  week  there 
were  two  broodcufrts  appealing  for  aid  f of  ani- 
mals and  children.  The  broadcast  on  behalf 
of  the  animals  brought  in  £18,000;  and  that 
on  behalf  of  the  children,  £183. 

Dog  Shoots  His  Master 

♦  At  Maidstone,  England,  a  dog  was  so  ex- 
cited when  bis  master  fired  at  a  rabbit  from 
his  automobile  that  he  jumped  against  another 
gun,  discharging  its  biUJet  into  his  master  and 
killing  him.  Big  price  to  pay  for  killing  an 
inoffensive  rabbit. 

Pox  Went  Down  the  Chimney 

♦  At  a  fox  hunt  in  Winslow,  England,  the 
fox  ran  up  tlie  roof  of  a  house  and  then  down 
the  fireplace  eliimiiey.  cleaning  the  chimney 
with  great  success.  For  his  act  of  usefulness 
hia  life  was  spared,  but  it  was  a  eooty  fox 
that  was  let  go. 

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Pioneers  in  Colombia 

Tliought  pei'haps  something  I  have 
written  herewiLh  might  interest 
yoij,  because,  ol'  all  countries  in 
South  America  for  Catholic  fanat- 
ics, I  believe  Colombia  has  them 
beat.  How  is  this  for  a  stavtei'? — 

On  the,  second  day  of  a  trip  I  was  making 
overland  from  Cueuta  to  Bogota,  I  was  rather 
startled  one  afternoon,  while  gazing  out  of 
the  bus  window,  to  see  what  I  thought  to  be 
a  big  doll  tied  to  the  top  of  a  long  pole,  but  iu 
reality  a  little  dead  girl  about  two  and  one- 
baLf  years  of  age,  dressed  in  a  faded  red  i)er- 
eale.  with  arms  and  legs  dangling,  carried, 
held  high  above  his  head,  by  a  man  walking 
doivn  the  highway  toward  a  small  village. 

Of  course,  I  asked  my  bus-scat  companion 
what  the  idea  was;  and  was  told  that  the 
"chinita"  (oiiild)  was  carried  in  that  fashion 
to  show  the  people  that  she  had  gone  to 
"lioaven".  "But,"  I  replied,  "how  do  you  get 
that?"  "Why,"  he  answered,  "'the  fathers,' 
God's  representatives,  say  so."  Now,  this  was 
,iust  a  little  too  heavy  for  me  to  sit  quiet  on, 
and,  above  all,  as  there  was  a  slick,  fat,  porap- 
oiis  priest  sitting  right  in  front  of  me,  who, 
no  doubt,  was  listening  in.  So  I  just  had  to 
tell  him  the  Bible  truth  on  the  matter,  and 
tiien  recommended  his  reading  God's  Word  in 
order  to  know  the  truth,  as  it  was  a  terrible 
thing  to  expose  the  dead  in  that  gruesome 
manner. 

There  are  some  fifty-odd  churches  (Cath- 
olic) in  Bogota,  to  a  population  of  300,000. 
One  thing  I  well  remember  while  there  was 
a  church  which  covered  almost  a  block;  on  a 
side  door  they  had  a  shelf  built,  about  two 
feet  long,  with  large  bunches  of  (lowers,  ivith 
a  good-sized  pietufe  of  a  woman,  well  crowned 
and  with  the  customary  babe,  known  as 
■'nuestra  senora  de  perpetuo  soeorro"  (our 
lady  of  perpetual  help) ;  but  the  moat  'inter- 
esting point  of  it  was  that  right  under  the 
'saintly  lady*  was  a  slot  big  enough  to  pass 
a  peso  bill  or  a  fifty-cent  piece,  with  these 
words,  "Una  limosna"  (A  donation),  with  a 
big  electric  light  for  gathering  in  the  coiu 
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fi'om  the  simple  by  night  as  well  as  by  day. 

We  passed  this  "Eastei'"  in  Medellin.  While 
tliey  Jiad  the  customary  procession  of  the 
"virgin",  nevei'lheless  a  few  business  houses 
remained  open  a  few  days  during  the  week; 
but  in  Bogota,  last  year,  there  was  a  complete 
shutdown.  The  fanatics  had  a  large  procession 
of  the  "holy  sepuleher"',  as  they  eaU  it  there. 
Practically  all  the  city  turned  out  to  honor 
the  Devil.  The  government  did  not  interfere 
with  them  m  the  least ;  in  fact,  it  loaned  them 
the  military  band  and  several  gi'oups  of  sol- 
diers in  their  gala  uniforms,  with  police  well 
armed  stationed  at  the  church  entrance.  As 
well  as  I  remember,  none  of  the  higher  offi- 
cials, except  the  court  judges,  assisted. 

Catholic  Action  is  working  overtime  in 
Medellin;  it's  soon  to  have  a  new  .$60,000 
{-peso)  home,  with  commodioiis  quarters  for 
all  branches  of  its  organization ;  they  have 
notified  tJieir  flock  by  their  daily  paper,  over 
the  radio  at  the  daily  evening  rosary-chant, 
and  at  mass,  to  be  on  the  lookout  for  ua  and 
to  give  us  and  our  literature  the  cold  shoulder, 
naming  us  the  usual  "Protestant,  Communist, 
Rosicrucian,  Lutheran,  or  enemy  of  Christ, 
His  Church  and  the  state" — their  usual  tac- 
tics; and  now  the  priests  have  stepped  so  low 
as  to  call  on  the  small  girl  and  boy  schools, 
notifyinff  them  of  our  "had"  literature,  etc., 
the  result  being  that  we  hardly  pass  a  day  that 
we  are  not  besieged  by  a  mob  of  girls  or  boys. 

While  testifying  among  hiisiness  houses,  if 
we  see  a  priest  therein,  we  pass  by  and  retui'n 
later ;  so,  a  few  days  ago,  I  started  to  enter  a 
tailor  shop,  and  spied  what  I  took  to  be  a 
black-robed  priest,  standing  on  one  side  of 
the  I'oom,  but,  on  second  looli.  saw  it  was  only 
8  "decoy",  a  full-size  statue  of  a  black-robed 
and  hatted  priest,  this  being  the  tailor's  way 
of  advertising  his  ability  to  make  maternity 
gowns  for  the  buck  ladies.  During  "Easter" 
week  f  uU-size  priests'  gowns  in  red,  purple  and 
black,  with  the  usual  iace  petticoats,  were 
hanging  in  the  barbershop  windows.  So,  you 
see,  the  men  folks  in  this  eountiy  not  only 
have  priests  hover  over  them  like  buzzards  in 
everything  they  do,  but  when  they  go  to  take 
a  peaceful  shave,  why,  there's  the  robe  minus 
the  carea-ss  before  them.  But.  as  the  prophet 
Jeremiah  says,  "my  people  love  to  have  it  so ; 
and  what  will  ye  do  in  the  end  thereof?" 

It's  sickening  to  see  so  much  idolatry  among 
the  people.  There  is  hardly  a  home,  poor  or 
rich,  here  in  Medellin  that  does  not  have  some 
kind  of  picture  of  some  "saint"  over  the  door 

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— even  in  tlie  governmciit  officoa  and  biisiness 
houses  tlicy  have  at  the  dooi-  of  entrance  lai'ge 
and  small  .statues  or  pictuiTs  of  wliat  is  sup- 
posed to  be  our  Lord  or  His  mother  with  a 
little  aleoliol  lamp  buruing  and  vases  of  flow- 
ers. The  Hierarchy  must  have  gotteu  a  pretty 
good  I'ake-off  in  tlie  sale  of  this  kind  of  trash. 
Mpdellin  and  Manizales  are  lousy  \vith  priests 
and  ntins;  hospitals  and  colleges  arc  under 
them;  at  many  of  the  hcttcr-elass  homes  our 
visits  at  the  doors  are  answered  by  priests 
and  they  quickly  snap  thoii-  fingers  at  ub  and 
angrily  yell,  "Get  out  and  a.way  from  here." 
Medellin  in  the  only  city  I  have  seen  so  far  in 
the  republic  of  Colombia  that  employs  women 
street- Gleaners. 

Witness  Eosas  and  I  had  a  clash  with  a 
Catholic  faitatie  a  few  days  afjo.  "Witness 
Eosas  entered  a  cabinetmaker's  shop  to  show 
her  literature;  the  manager  took  six  booklets 
out  of  her  haud  as  if  he  were  interested, 
walked  right  over  to  a  hot  fii-e  he  had,  threw 
them  in,  grahhed  a  .stick  of  wood  and  threat- 
ened to  hurt  her  with  it,  ordering  her  at  the 
same  time  to  get  out,  calling  her  all  kinds  of 
had  names;  the  sister  ran  over  though  and 
grabbed  the  booldets  out  of  the  fire,  two  being 
badly  burnt.  She  then  wallicd  oiit  of  the  shop 
and  called  nic  jtist  as  I  was  passing  the  door. 
We  always  wort  side  by  side  in  ordei'  Jo  assist 
each  other.  So  I  rushed  for  a  policeman 
while  she  mounted  guard  in  front  of  the  door. 
I  soon  returned  and  between  ns  three  we  soon 
had  him  hcfore  the  polii^e  court,  where  witJicss 
Rosas  made  a  complaiEt  against  htm.  He  was 

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held  under  a.  100-peso  bond.  We  felt  he  should 
learn  a  lesson ;  and  I  think  he  did  before  the 
newspapers,  radio  and  couct  reporters  g'ot 
through  with  liim.  A  radio  reporter  was  pres- 
ent and  heiird  it  all ;  ko,  at  12 ;  30,  it  was  broB.d- 
cast  far  and  near  about  the  terrible  thing  the 
cabinetmaker  had  done  to  two  foreign  Prot- 
estant missionaries;  the  newspapers  carried 
front-page  headlines,  lamenting  the  ocenr- 
renue,  and,  as  usual,  exaggerating  the  affair; 
also  greatly  exaggerated  a  clash  we  had  suf- 
fered a  few  days  before  at  a  small  town  near 
by  called  Envigado,  whore  we  were  actua.lly 
yelled  at  and  stoned  by  a  mob  of  small  Cath- 
olic schoolboys ;  thongh,  of  course,  the  news- 
papei's  did  imt  state  who  "'incited''  the  mob 
—who  was  none  other  than  the  parish  priest. 
We  tried  our  best,  though,  to  present  the  mes- 
sage to  the  entire  town,  and  the  men  in  many 
instances  took  something  above  aU  the  yells 
of  the  mob,  but  the  women  refused ;  anyway, 
we  got  in  a  pretty  good  witness  befoi-e  the 
enemy  sicked  the  mob  on  us. 

The  devilish,  mean  priests,  in  order  to  make 
an  unusual  hit  with  the  people,  especially 
when  the  downtowTi  streets  are  crowdecJ  with 
women,  ean  be  seen  to  put  their  "lily"-white 
hands  under  theii'  long  cape  and  pul]  it  over 
their  nose,  as  if  we  were  a  stench  in  tlieir 
nostrils  (and  so  tee  are),  at  the  aame  time 
laughing  and  making  fun  of  us  as  we  pass  by ; 
and,  believe  me,  by  the  Lord's  gi'aee,  the  truth 
is  making  them  stir  as  never  before  in  this  city. 
A  few  days  ago  we  were  witaesslng  in  the 
fashionable  dietriet,  and  after  having  been 

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Praetioal,  sucwsaful  equipment  of  Jehovah's  King- 
dom publishers  in  iiorthera  AJberta.  Pony  cost  $15; 
toboggan,  $5.  Thoiisands  o£  homos  reached  this  way. 

followed  by  a  yoiuig  gb'l  aud  a  servant  maid, 
yelling  at  me  tor  several  blocks,  the  girl  picked 
up  3,  stone  and  bit  me  on  the  arm.  I  kept  on 
testifying,  no  doubt  to  ber  disgust;  for,  on 
arriving  at  quite  a  nice  home  with  long 
stained-glass  doors,  I  proceeded  to  knock, 
when  the  girl  from  the  street  threw  auotber 
stone  at  me  but,  fortunately  for  me,  it  hit  the 
glass  door,  making  a  large  hole,  shattei'ing  tlie 
glass  all  arouttd.  The  girl,  then  started  to  ruu, 
not  counting  on  the  owner  of  the  home  seeing 
her.  But,  fortunately,  he  came  iu  his  ear  at 
that  very  iustant,  and  with  the  help  of  a  police- 
man they  almost  dragged  her  to  the  police 
station,  I  was  glad  she  was  brought  to  justice, 
and  I  peacefully  finished  th«  street,  At  fimea 
■we  are  forced  to  order  the  police  to  disperse 
mobs  in  order  that  we  may  finish  the  streets, 
Colombia  has  two  political  parties — the 
Liberal  and  Conservative  (priests')  parties. 
For  the  last  few  years,  the  Liberals  seem  to 
be  gaining  some  power  all  over  the  country 
and  they  have  been  trying  to  limit  the  power 
of  the  Hierarchy  over  the  people  and  their 
political  affairs,  and  one  can  sec  tliat  the  men, 
especially  the  middle  class,  are  awakening  to 
the  political  activity  of  Catholio  Action ;  bat 
it  looks  as  if  the  women  were  hopeless — tJiey 
are  completely  d(jminated  by  the  priests,  The 
society  people  are  mostly  fanatical  and  rather 
haughty,  but  we  do  find  some  few  among  them 
who  speak  Idndly  to  us,  even  though  they  do 
not  take  our  literature.  Among  the  slioe- 
makers,  carpentei-s.  mechanics  and  small-store 
men  we  place  most  of  our  literature  and  very 
few  are  in  favor  of  the  pricsla.  Up  to  the  pres- 
ent timt!  we  have  found  only  a  few  Colombians 
who  profess  to  be  Christian,  but  none  who 
have  openly  taken  tlieir  stand  on  the  Lord's 
side  and  are  engaged  daily  in  the  battle, 

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Jehovah's  Kingdom  publishers  brushing  away  ob- 
stacles from  the  trail  to  Port  Vermilion, 
northern  Alberta 

It  is  quite  true  that  the  economic  situation 
in  this  eouuti'j  is  acute.  It  reminds  me  of  the 
situation  we  found  in  Chile.  The  main  dish 
of  the  country  is  a  ground  corn  vegetable  and 
meat  soup.  The  people  in  Medellin  are,  as  a 
general  rule,  an  overbearing  mixture  of  Span- 
ish Basque  and  Indian-Negi-o  mixture,  and 
make  no  preieiLse  of  love  for  the  foreigner. 
We  found  more  Fascist  sympathizers  there 
than  anj-wiiere  else  in  the  republic. 

About  the  fii"st  trial  one  has  on  entering  this 
country  is  the  Eea  plague.  He  is  in  the  plains, 
the  hills— makes  uo  diilcrence  how  high  up 
you  go  or  how  cold,  there  ia  that  inseparable 
flea:  his  greatest  game  ia  to  hit  you  when 
you've  worked  hard  all  day,  by  crawling  on 
you  fi-om  side  to  side  the  whole  night  through. 
"We  invested  in  Flit  and  everything  else,  but 
we  are  si  ill  acratehing  the  flea.  One  would 
think  the  government  would  take  a  hand  in 
cleaning  out  this  pest. 

We  have  been  for  the  last  few  months  in 
BarranqiiiUa.  It's  a  very  warm  place;  and 
there  is  quite  a  lot  of  sickness  at  this  time, 
due,  no  doubt,  to  the  lack  of  sufficient  rainfall, 
as  we  are  supposed  to  be  in  the  rainy  season. 
Crops  will  be  a  failure  in  this  department. 
But  when  it  does  rain  the  streets  look  like 
rivers  and  tho  water  runs  so  deep  it  woidd  be 
impossible  to  cross  from  one  street  to  another 
were  it  not  for  roughly  constructed  wooden 
foot  bridges  brought  to  the  rescue  by  some 
poor  people  who  charge  a  toll  of  one  to  two 
cents  per  person  for  passage  from  street  to 
street.  Barranqnilla  needs  a  good  drainage 
system ;  only  the  main  city  streets  ai'e  paved 
and  drained.  Deep  ditches  and  washouts  are 
over  all  the  city  streets.  The  sanitary  condi- 
tions are  bad;  a  one-mule  two-wheel  cart  is 
supposed  to  carry  the  garbage ;  but  dead  hens 

CONGOLATION 


Winter  witnessing  in  Saskatchewan 

(sometimes  partly  coveretl  over  with  paper 
bags,  with  their  legs  sticking  out),  eats,  and 
quite  frequently  dogs,  are  thrown  riglit  out 
into  the  struets ;  waste  paper  and  other  back- 
yard trash  also.  The  city  has  toilet  sewerage, 
but  wash  water  from  kitchen,  etc., — out  to  the 
street  it  goes,  right  across  the  sidewalk.  You've 
got  to  keep  your  eyes  open ;  otherwise  you  get 
your  shoes  messed  up.  In  Barranqiiilla,  I  want 
to  add,  there  are  no  fleas;  but,  tJic  mosquito 
and  the  sugar  ant  take  its  place — It'a  hard  to 
tell  which  ia  the  greater  pest. 

Today.  July  20,  1939,  is  supposed  to  be  a 
etate  holiday.  Since  early  this  morning  groups 
ot"  schoolboys,  young  men  athletes,  boy  scouts, 
soldiers,  and  navy  and  marine  cadets  were 
seen  marching  to  Bolivar  square,  where  the 
Catholic  church  had  erected  a  hasty  get-to- 
gether pUitt'orm,  with  a  terribly  helaeed,  petti- 
Goatsd  priest,  and  altar  boys  to  match,  saying 
the  mass,  I  hai>peneii  uloJig  on  the  sidewaJS 
just  as  the  'sound  of  the  saekbut,  psaltery, 
dulcimer'',  etc.,  was  going  on  for  the  poople  to 
kneel— and  did  they  drop  down  on  all  sides 
while  Satan's  representative  swallowed  his 
wine  and  munched  his  wafer!  priests  were 
, scattered kneelHig throughout  the  crowd; some 
women  were  there,  but  tlie  meeting  was  made 
up  mostly  of  men  and  boys.  I  iioticud  a  good 
many  men  ahead  of  me  who  kept  right  on 
walking,  which  goes  to  show  there  are  some  in 
this  city  who  are  wise  to  the  "old  lady's" 
racket.  There  are  many  kmd,  wo^l-moaning 
people  in  Barranquilla,  and  I  believe  a  real 
good  cio.'is  of  Jonadubs  could  be  gathered  to- 
gether for  studies  were  there  some  publisher 
here  who  could  devote  his  entire  time  to  this 
work.  We  have  been  greatly  blessed  by  Jeho- 
vah in  placements  of  literature — lots  of  people 
have'  never  before  heard  of  our  work  and  many 
have  told  us  they  have  enjoyed  the  booklets. 
This  country  could  take  care  of  several  pio- 

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Jehovah's  Kingdom  publishers'  oiitSt  in  the  Peaca 

river  district,  northern  AJbcrta.  Leaving  Notikewin 

for  Fort  Vermilion 

neers ;  and,  while  Spanish  is  a  great  help,  a 
card  is  quite  sut!icient.  Barranquilla  has  a 
population  of  about  150,000,  and  no  street- 
cars ;  plenty  of  automobiles  and  all  kinds  of 
buses ;  also  one-  and  two-horse  buggies. 

We  expect  to  remain  a  few  more  weeks  in 
Barranquilla  and  the  adjoining  towns  before 
going  to  Santa  Marta  and  Cartagena.  Then 
we  iiope  to  return  to  Bucai'amatiga  and  Cncuta 
to  witness  there  and  the  near-by  towns.  All 
said,  we  shall  have  about  three  to  six  mouths 
more  before  we  shall  have  covered  the  tcrri- 
toi7  fve  have  in  mind.  Therefore  it  will  be 
impossible  at  this  time  to  give  you  the  exact 
number  of  books  and  booklets  placed  in  this 
country  during  these  two  years'  work  by  wit- 
ness Rosas  and  myself,  but  I  will  send  same  in 
to  your  offieo  with  ouv  flnal  asaigmnent  report. 
— Kale  Goas,  Pioneer. 

Too  Good  to  Keep 

♦  While  six  piono^fs  of  sovtham  Georgia 
were  scouting  for  a  place  to  pitch  camp  they 
came  to  a  place  called  Snipesvillo.  A  clergy- 
mjin  named  Snipes  came  out  and  asked  what 
we  wore  doing.  We  thought  uf  1  ThessaJoniiina 
4: 11,  which  says,  "Study  to  be  quiet,  and  to 
do  your  own  business,''  and  s«id  only,  -'la  a 
Bible  work,"  Another  question  came.  Do  you 
put  out  other  books  besides  th«  Bible  ?  Answer, 
"Tes.'"  Then  we  drove  away  and  left  him  to 
ask  his  nost  to  the  wind. 

We  did  not  park  in  Snipesville.  Bowen 
party  wont  to  the  west  in  the  county,  and 
Coeiu'an  party  to  the  east. 

Soon  clergyman  Snipes  contacted  the  Coch- 
ran party  while  they  were  witnessing  and  said 
tliat  this  literature  could  not  be  put  out,  and 
warned  the  people.  Like  all  his  class,  he  used 
threats  and  false  accusations  and  tried  to  stir 
up  others  to  violence.  However,  he  was  told 

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that  this  was  the  Lord's  work  and  would  go  on ; 
as  it  did,  by  placing  more  literatiire  that  day 
than  any  other  day  in  a.  long  while. 

Next  the  bird  called  Snipes  started  a  revival 
foui'teen  miles  west,  and  came  to  Lhe  Bowen 
party  with  the  same  method  as  used  on  the 
first  occasion.  We  thought.  Oh.  how  nice  if 
Snipes  were  a  Christian  or  a  gentleman !  then 
he  eould  eome  out  with  a  smile  and  say,  "You 
are  wrong,  according  to  the  Bible,"  and  give 
some  constructive  criticism.  Not  Snipes !  The 
more  he  talked,  the  madder  he  got.  Sometimes 
he'd  follow  lis,  and  sometimes  run  ahead.  Re- 
sult ;  we  put  out  more  books. 

About  the  foui'th  attempt  to  scare  the  peo- 
ple away  from  the  Kingdom  message  he  got 
to  the  house  before  we  did.  So  we  drove  up  be- 
hind the  radio-evangelist  Snipes'  ear.  I  saw 
a  1938  tag  on  the  rear  of  his  car.  It  looked  as 
though  it  had  been  oiled  to  hold  the  dust.  It 
being  October  1939,  a  1938  tag  didn't  look  so 
good.  I  called  to  the  others  in  tJie  car  and  said. 
"That  thing  has  a  1938  tag."  The  wonderful 
radio -evangelist  never  tried  to  engage  in  any 
more  conversation.  How  little  did  we  think 
mentioning  an  old  tag  nine  months  delinquent 
would  scare  the  bluffer  bird  away!  and  off 
the  battlefield!  How  little  it  takes  to  make 
them  run ! 

In  our  next  move  we  came  together  at 
Hazlehurst,  to  finish  Jeff  Davis  county.  In 
about  three  days  after  our  move  we  saw  bluffer 
Snipes  on  the  sidewalk,  and  his  face  turned  as 
red  as  a  tui-key  gobbler,  but  not  a  word  to  say.- 

He  may  think  that  to  fight  Ood's  truth  in 
the  open  he  may  have  to  spend  $3.00  for  a  tag 
now.  The  way  of  the  t rani's gi'cssor  is  hard. — 
The  Bowen  and  Cochran  party,  Pioneers, 

Amos  Webei-'s  Last  Will 

(Read  at  his  funeral) 

♦  To  my  friends  who  suiTive  me  I  wish  to 
say:  For  many  yeai-s  I  have  had  gi'cat  joy  in 
the  good  tidings  of  Jehovah's  kingdom  as  con- 
tained in  the  sacred  Sei-ipturcs,  and  for  which 
Jesus  taiight  His  followers  to  pray,  ""'Thy  king- 
dom come."  In  addition,  Jesus  foretold  that 
Christians  would  know  that  the  Kingdom  was 
here,  even  at  tlie  door,  when  the  things  we  now 
sec  in  the  world  are  taking  place. 

To  see  this  gives  me  additional  joy  for  which 
I  praise  the  gfcaf.  Jehovah  and  Jesus  Christ, 
who  died  for  our  sins,  that  we  might  have  life 
by  a  resurrection  from  the  dead.  Also  a  change 
to  those  who  arc  of  the  body  of  Christ  from 
human  nature  to  divine  [life],  and  to  sit  with 
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Him  in  His  throne  for  the  vindication  of  Jeho- 
vah's name  a.nd  tlie  blessing  of  all  people  of 
good  wilt. 

I  also  rejoice  in  the  truth  that  this  eai'th  un- 
der the  righteous  Kingdom  will  be  made  glo- 
rious, yielding  in  abundance  for  all  lovers  of 
righteousness  who  shall  enjoy  everlasting  life, 
with  every  righteous  desire  satisfied.  In  addi- 
tion, I  understand  the  Scriptiu'es  to  teach 
that  all  evildoers  who  will  not  come  in  line 
with  that  righteous  Kingdom  shall  be  cut  off 
from  life  and  that  it  is  our  privilege  to  bring 
ourselves  in  line  with  the  Kingdom  and  its 
righteous  principles  now  to  tlie  extent  we  are 
able  and  cultivate  a  heart  condition  such  as 
expressed  in  the  words  of  Jesus  in  His  Mode! 
Pi'ayer,  "'Forgive  us  our  trespasses  as  we  for- 
give those  that  trespass  against  us." 

This  has  been  my  honest  endeavor  since  I 
became  acquainted  with  the  precious  truth  of 
Ood's  Word. 

In  this  I  have  great  pleasure  and  can  de- 
jjart  this  life  with  naught  but  good  will  to  all 
for  whom  Christ  died,  and  with  a  glorious 
hope  of  the  future. 

I  further  wish  to  state  that  a  clear  view  of 
God's  kingdom  and  its  blessings  have  come  to 
me  through  the  faithful  servants  of  Christ 
known  as  Jehovah's  witnesses  and  the  wonder- 
ful helps  to  Bible  study  as  publlslied  by  the 
AYatch  Towek  Bible  and  Tract  Societv.  I 
also  desire  that  at  ray  bui-ial  some  of  these 
Bible  helps  he  offered  to  you,  my  friends,  who 
show  your  respect  by  attending  the  service 
which  is  to  be  eondiictcd  so  far  as  reasonably 
possible  in  harmony  with  the  general  practice 
of  Jehovah's  witnesses,  who  are  now  putting 
forth  great  effort  to  enlighten  all  people  of 
good  will. 

Further,  I  feel  sure  you,  my  friends,  will 
give  respectful  attention  to  two  short  recorded 
lectures  entitled  "Where  Arc  the  Dead?"  and 
"Resurrection",  delivered  by  the  president  of 
the  W.\TCH  TowKR  Brai-K  and  Tkact  Sociktv, 
and  author  of  many  Bible  helps,  who,  I  am 
eon%-inced  by  experience,  has  been  used  by  our 
King,  Christ  Jesus,  in  the  proclamation  of 
the  glorious  Kingdom  now  being  established. 

In  conclusion,  my  wish  for  you,  my  friends, 
is  that  you  will  accjna.int  yourselves  with  the 
things  I  have  here  brought  to  your  attention 
and  receive  the  approval  and  blessing  of  the 
righteous  Judge,  and  that  it  may  be  our  por- 
tion to  enjoy  life  everhisting  purchased  for  us 
by  our  glorious  Redeemer  and  now  our  King. 
(To  be  contiTmed) 

CONSOLATION 


A  Little  Bit  About  Plant  Life 


Tde  world's  sweetest  plant,  tlie 
kaliehe,  of  Paraguay,  is,  oddly 
enough,  Dot  a  variety  o£  sugar  cane, 
but  is  on  ite  own. 

The  mistletoe,  it  was  once  be- 
lieved in  Scandinavia,  if  hung  above  the  eii- 
tranoe  to  a  home,  would  be^p  onl:  evil  spirits. 

One  of  the  most  beantiful  of  all  flowers  is 
that  which  grows  on  ancient  cheese  and 
antic|ue  bread.  Look  at  it  through  a  magnify- 
ing glass  and  see. 

Tke  bamboo  may  grow  as  much  as  sixteen 
inches  a  day,  Some  varieties  bloom  onee  in 
forty  years. 

Collards,  once  considered  pestiferous  weeds, 
were  brought  to  the  attention  of  mankind  by 
Negroes  as  being  a  desirable  food. 

Bhubarb  may  be  grown  in  the  cellar  all 
winter,  if  instructions  isaiKd  by  the  New  York 
State  Collesre  of  Agriculture,  Ithaca,  N.  Y., 
are  followed. 

Eice  grass,  first  observed  in  Britain  sixty 
years  ago,  is  now  of  groat  value.  Planted  in 
the  mud  it  attracts  more  rand  and  huilds  up 
a  sinking  coast. 

Teasels,  used  for  raising  naps  on  the  best 
cloths,  are  grown  in  Somerset  and  Gloucester- 
shire,  England,  and  at  Sbaueateles,  N.  Y.,  and 
rarely  elsewhere. 

Offshoots  of  the  gi'eat  food  plant,  cabbage, 
are  eauliflowei-,  broccoli,  kale  and  Brussels 
sprouts,  and  all  good  to  the  taste  and  good  for 
the  taster. 

Products  from  the  stems  of  many  plants  are 
most  valuable:  sugar  from  maple  stems,  mo- 
lasses fi'om  catie  stems,  syrup  from  cornstalks. 
The  stems  of  celery  and  rhubarb  are  of  great 
value  as  f  uudti ;  and  onions  may  be  looked  upon 
as  underground  stems. 

America  has  added  gj-eat  riche.s  to  human 
foods :  corn,  potatoes,  beans,  tomatoes,  peppers, 
pumpkins  and  squash.  It  has  received  great 
food  riches  from  other  lands,  including  lus- 
ciou.s  Japanese  persimmons,  Chinese  jujubes, 
dasheens,  chayotes,  hundreds  of  strains  of 
alfalfas,  and  the  Chinese  elm,  one  of  the  best 
of  shade  trees. 

Boosters  of  Plant  Life 

("Jardeners  in  Iceland  are  making  good  use 
of  their  hot  springs  to  stimulate  plant  life,  and 
are  claiming  Iceland  can  now  grow  all  her  o^wn 
foods.  Peasants  near  Naples  have  made  good 

JANUARY  24,   1940 


use  of  TOleanic  steam  vents  for  msoy  yeara. 

Electricity  helps  to  matm-e  plants,  Termi- 
iiala  buried  in  the  Ki'ound  eany  the  current 
through  the  soil,  warm  it  and  increase  crops 
by  fifty  percent.  The  electricity  gives  off  no 
fiunes.  Lettuce  brealcs  ground  in  three  days. 
Cabbage  is  ready  for  tTansplanting  in  twenty- 
one  days.  As  the  sun  provides  natural  warmth 
a  tlieiinostat  cuts  off  tbe  electric  current.  The 
cost  is  less  than  for  natural  msnai-e.  Stronger 
roots  are  produced  than  with  natural  ferti- 
lizer, and  there  i^  an  almost  complete  preven- 
tion of  fimgus  diseases. 

An  inexpensive  sunshine-measuring  device 
makes  possible  tJie  seientifie  feeding  of  sun- 
shine to  plants  at  the  Missouri  Botanical  Gar- 
dens, St.  Louis,  Mo. 

The  interferometer  enables  the  growth  of 
plant^s  to  be  aeiually  ,seeu.  An  arrangement 
of  mirrors  makes  it  possihl  e  to  measure  growth 
to  the  millionth  of  an  inch. 

Bell-shaped  glass  covers  are  used  with  sue 
cess  in  some  vegetable  gardens  in  England, 
They  are  easily  can'ied  about  and  lifted  off, 
and  are  pi-ofcrred  by  some  to  hotbeds. 

Seeds  grow  better  under  gi-eenish-yellow 
glass  than  under  plain  panes,  and  the  plants 
stay  gteeii  longcj-.  Greenest  plants  grow  the 
best.  Chlorophyll  does  it, 

A  moderate  sip  of  beer  makes  a  plant  ex- 
citedly cheerful  -,  heavy  drinks  cause  serious 
depression.  Plants  are  affected  by  narcotics, 
also. 

Fertilizers  still  have  use.  Gardens  near  the 
Dead  sea  have  beans  with  pods  two  feet  Jong; 
there  ai'e  radishes  eighteen  inches  long; 
oranges  may  weigh  two  pounds.  They  have 
boon  fed  on  potasli  and.  othpr  minerals  from. 

the  Dead  sea. 

Plants  Have  Their  Sorrows 

Soot  from  soft  eoa,l  discourages  a  plant. 

Depending  on  how  it  feels,  an  English  rose 
changes  from  pale  yellow  to  yellow  deeply 
splashed  with  red. 

Phosphorus  has  been  iiijected  into  plants, 
making  them  luminous  at  night.  Somehow  it 
seems  like  an  imposition. 

OJd-fasliioned  Italian  ga.rdens  featured,  not 
flowers,  but  the  greenery.  They  believed  their 
statuary  more  beautiful  and  impressive  when 
in  vine-covered  sotting. 

Don't  hurt  the  feelings  of  respectable  plants 

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and  their  finicky  friends  hy  planting  them  in 
water  tanks,  wagon  beds,  milk  cans,  washtiibs, 
old  boats  and  automobile  tires.  They  make  a 
place  look  like  a  back  alley  in  "Purgatory". 

]5avo  a  bird  bath  in  your  garden.  Yon  eaa 
make  it  youraolf  with  a,  few  cents'  worth  of 
sand  and  eenient,  and  get  a  lot  of  fun  out  of 
it  later,  seeing  it  patronized  by  your  little 
feathered  friends.  Koo))  it  clean  and  well  filled 
with  water  and  it  is  a  good  investment. 

Just  off  Bermuda  is  an  undoi'sea  I'oek  gar- 
den laid  out  by  diving  landscape  gardeners, 
the  only  one  of  its  kind  in  the  world. 

After  a  plant  has  flowered,  give  it  a  rest 
for  a  few  days  in  a  dark,  eool,  dry  place  and 
decrease  the  watering. 

Grass  gives  off  a  toxic  poison  that  retards 
the  growth  of  smaU  trees.  The  ungrassed  area 
around  a  small  tree  should  be  three  to  fom- 
feet  in  diameter. 

The  air  from  lawns  is  good  for  humails.  An 
average-sized  lawn  transpires  from  ten  to  fif- 
teen gallons  of  water  daily  into  the  air. 

Interesting  Plant  Peculiarities 

Viewed  from  above  the  common  hop  and 
certain  hone.ysiiekles  twine  clockwise ;  morn- 
ing glories  and  common  beans  twine  the  other 
way.  The  Blumenbaebia  is  fickle.  It  is  not  un- 
common for  the  same  tendril  to  revei'.se  itself 
from  clockwise  to  counter  clock  wise,  and  vice 
versa. 

In  the  ease  of  the  crocus  and  tulip  the  petals 
are  very  susceptible  to  temperature  changes, 
"When  it  is  warm  the  outer  side  of  the  blossom 
grows  faster,  causing  the  blossom  to  opcTi, 
but  with  lowered  temperature  the  petals  are 
drawn  together.  This  explains  the  opening  and 
closing  of  flowers  night  and  morning. 

Torrey  pines  and  Pinon  pines  may  have 
seeds  which  will  germinate  twins,  or  up  tO  as 
many  as  six  trcclets  at  one  time. 

British  architects  found  the  lovely  ivy  cov- 
ering ancient  niijis  was  the  cause  of  the  ruin. 
It  can  turn  any  brick  or  stone  building  into 
a  ruin  in  a  single  century,  and  is  therefore 
being  removed  from  all  royal  castles  in  Eng- 
land. It  eats  into  stone  bases,  cracks  buttresses 
and  tumbles  great  bloeks  from  the  walls. 

Water  hyacinth  threatened  to  choke  some 
American  streams,  but  it  was  found  that  play- 
ing live  steam  on  the  plants  shriveled  them 
up.  roots  and  all,  killing  them  completely. 

There  is  a  curious  creeping  fern  which 
grows  on  ti'ces  in  the  Malay  peninsula  and 
wJiich  the  ant«  have  found  perfectly  suited 
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to  their  needs  for  a  home.  Each  jjlant  is  a 
livmg  ants'  nest.  There  arc  natural  channels 
in  the  interioi'  of  the  fern  which  the  ants  use 
in  their  travels. 

An  Irish  scientist  is  extracting  a  fine  imi- 
tation of  silk  from  the  seaweed  kelp. 

Life  preservers  are  being  made  in  Germany 
from  the  pith  of  the  sunflower.  The  material 
is  said  to  be  eight  times  as  light  as  cork  and 
four  times  as  light  as  the  hair  of  the  reindeer. 

Lotus  seeds  buried  under  layers  of  peat  in 
Manchuria,  and  thus  believed  to  be  5,000  years 
old,  were  made  to  grow  when  brought  to  light 
of  day.  Thcv  were  probably  buried  at  the  time 
of  the  Flood. 


What  to  Do  With  the  Oranges 

♦  Using  his  massive  intellect  on  what  to  do 
with  the  billions  of  orangies  now  going  to  waste 
in  the  United  States,  the  editor  of  The  Ameri- 
can Guardian  makes  tlie  sensible  suggestion 
that  3.000,000,000  of  them  could  be  given  to 
the  10,000,000  underprivileged  ,  Ajnerican 
school  children,  one  a  day  every  day  for  300 
days.  At  a  cent  apiece  that  would  net  $30,000,- 
000,  which  is  less  than  half  the  cost  of  one 
battleship.  And.  besides,  an  orange  a  day  every 
day  for  a  school  year,  to  everj-  underprivileged 
school  child  would  certainly  do  more  good  than 
a  half  a  battleship  sent;  to  the  bottom  of  the 
ocean  with  a  single  bomb.  Now,  wouldn't  it? 

Big  Demand  for  Soybeans 

♦  Despite  the  fact  that  the  soybean  crop  in 
the  United  States  in  li)3S  was  the  largest  on 
record,  amount U3g  to  57,665,000  bushels,  the 
European  demand  was  so  great  that  the  en- 
tire crop  was  practicallv  sold  out  early  in 
March,  1939.  Prices  m  the  United  States,  at 
aroiind  80  cents  a  bushel,  were  about  4  cents 
a  bushel  less  than  the  price  in  Manchuria. 

Three  Billion  Tons  of  Wasted  Soil 

♦  Every  year  in  the  United  States  three  bil- 
lion tons  of  soil  are  washed  into  the  sea.,  one- 
foui'th  of  it  by  tlie  Mississippi  river  alone. 
This  soil  contains  as  mueh  phosphorus,  potas- 
sium, nitrogen,  calcium  and  inagne.sram  (the 
principal  ingredients  of  commercial  fertiliz- 
ers) as  the  United  States  uses  in  sixty  years, 
at  present  rate  of  use. 

Censorship  in  Forty  Countries 

♦  Censorship  now  exists  in  forty  countries, 
which  gives  some  idea  of  how  rapidly  war 
conditions  are  spreading  over  the  world, 

CONSOLATION 


r 


Australasia 


The  Lovely  Snakeskin  Shoes 

♦  Dr.  Franz  Werner,  professor  of  zoology  at 
the  Vieniia  University,  states,  on  the  author- 
ity of  Dr.  Felix  Kopatein,  who  practiced  medi- 
cine for  seven  years  in  the  Dutch  East  Indies, 
that  many  hundred  thousands  of  lai'ge  and 
small  snake  and  lizard  skins  arc  brought  an- 
nually to  the  skin  markets  of  the  Sunda 
islands.  The  "water-snake,  which  ia  about  ten 
feet  long,  is  found  in  great  masses  in  one  river 
in  Borneo,  and  is  much  used  for  ladies'  shoes. 
All  these  snakes  are  quite  harmless.  How  are 
they  killed?  The  animal  is  simply  nailed  by 
the  head  to  a  tree,  alive,  a  slit  is  then  cut  in 
the  back  of  the  head  and  the  whole  skin 
pulled  ill  one  piece  from  the  living  animal. 
No  one  then  troubles  any  moi'e  about  the  lat- 
ter, and  it  may  take  days  before  its  agony  is 
over.  It  is  a  crime,  and  to  get  money  or  other 
advantage  from  a  crime  is  to  make  oneself 
guilty  of  complicity." — M.  Baui',  Zurich. 

In  the  Great  Australian  Fire 

♦  In  the  great  Australian  fire  in  January, 
1939,  more  than  a  thousand  square  miles  of 


onee  beautiful  country  were  turned  into  smok- 
ing ruins.  City  teraperattu'es  went  up  to  120 
degi-ees,  and  visibility  iji  the  streets  was  re- 
duced to  a  block  or  two  in  the  daytime,  while 
in  the  country  it  was  dark  as  night  by  "S  p.m. 
One  survivor  who  took  re.fage  in  a  mudhole 
reported  that  a  wild  bull  rushed  tbi'ongh  the' 
burning  hush  and  settled  down  beside  him, 
bellowing  all  night  with  terror. 

Pensions  in  New  Zealand 

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age  and  over  may  receive  a  pension  of  $7.50 
per  week.  A  widow  with  one  child  may  receive 
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three  children,  $13.70  a  week;  and  so  on  up 
to  $22.50  per  week. 

The  Hard-working  Kiwi 

♦  The  hard-working  kiwi,  of  New  Zealand, 
is  hardly  larger  than  a  hen  but  lay.s  one-pound 
eggs.  The  bird  cannot  fly  and  is  such  a  sound 
sleeper  that  it  can  be  picked  up  without  awak- 
ing. 


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CoDVfmtion  Report 
"Walehtower  n(i<)  Cont-olation 

DUtribulow  ArruiilL'd 
Amen  etui  Ruilnwds 
New  -Icrsry 
Th<?  Xcw  Governnieul 
Puniduni-nt  nf  Eiiat  Indian  Racketeer 
Prom  n  British  Pioneer 
KapiiBkasinK,  Xnrllifi-n  Oiitjirio 
Thi-  l-ijfliL  of  the  D.viitfr  Leper 
Counsel  hy  J.  F.  RiiliiorforH 

Eantcr  the  [Mnon 
fioeiiil 

Child  CiirioKily 
Uinier  Ihr  Tntntitariiin  Fla^ 
Ihf  Middle  A^cb 
PictuHTs  T.-I1  th^  Story 
Misleading  ihe  Cliiidron 
Aboiil  ilip  Inquisition 
W<!  Pill  II  Ov<T— Didti'l  Wef 
Damage  Suil  Aska  Bill  *1.10 
PupiU  Mov<(— but  Won'l  Salute  Flag 
"Onwnrd  Oirigljan  [f]  Soldieni" 
Canada 

BritEsh  Comment 
Britain  Siiowboiuid 
"Impartint  .Instiw?" 
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"Orl  Right" 

The  old'irxiD  merchant  was  tnin- 

iilin(t  his  harrow  aloiiH  n   iiiirruw 

EnKli.*Ii  rn,^d.  Behind  him  the  im- 

l>«lii-iil  (JrjvtT  of  a  motorcar  was 

hooliiiu:  "lid  tooiiiiR  inijmticatly. 

Thi>  old-iron  mcrplianl  set  his  barrow  down 

in  the  middle  of  W\v  road,  tunied  roaiid  and 

made  a  speculative  aur\'ey  of  the  car, 

"Orl  right,  Buv'nor,"  he  said,  "ril  call  round 
for  (Jiat  tomorrow.  I'm  full  up  now  V— Labor. 

Tfcrce  Choera 

On  u  i-ard  in  the  front  window  of  an  Indian- 
apolis  siihiirban  iiomc  appeared  the  notice: 

"A  pidiio  for  sale." 

In  the  widdo^v  next  door  another  card  ap- 
peared with  just  one  word: 

'■Humih  !'■ 

Cantiaoa  About  tba  PhimbtBg 

Man  in  barber  chaii-,  twice  sicked  by  razor: 
"Give  me  a  glass  of  water,  ^iiiek." 

Barber :  '"Whossa  matter;  liajr  in  your 
mouth  V 

Exeited  Customer;  "No,  I  want  to  see  if 
my  neck  leaks!" 

Tho  Jaybird 

The  jaybird  that  works  overtime  dropping 
more  nuts  than  he  ever  will  he  able  to  swal- 
low, through  a  woodpecker  hole  in  the  .shingle 
roof  of  a  deserted  bam,  has  got  nothing  on 
the  jays  who  would  grab  the  whole  earth  to 
assure  themselves  six  feet  of  it. 

Another  Joy-Killsr 

Politician:  "Coneratulate  mc,  dear!  I  was 
elected." 

Hi.'i  Wife:  •■ilonesllvf 
Politician:  "Why  bring  (hat  up?" 

EKplalatnt  tba  Delay 

"Since  Bill  lost  all  his  money  he  has  lost 
half  his  friends.'' 
"TPhut  about  the  other  half  t" 
"They  don't  know  it  yeV—KcllygnM. 

Wb*n  Hubby  Wa*  Too  ThoDshtfal 

■'If  I'm  uniiblc  to  get  home  this  evening," 
he  said.  "I'll  send  you  a  note." 

"Never  mtnd,"  his  wife  replied.  "I  found 
it  last  night  in  your  pocket." — Labor. 

C0N$0LATION 


CONSOLATION 

"And  in  His  name  shall  the  nations  hope."— Matthew  12:21,  A.  E.V. 


VMuffl*  XXI 


erao'Ktyn,  N,  V..  W«an««day,  Marefi  SO.  IMO 


Ngmbar  >3S 


Convention  Report 


JESUS  foretold  this  day  wlicn  the  "great 
multitueJc"  would  <?ome  from  the  east  and 
west  to  sit  down  by  the  side  of  Abmham, 
Isanc  and  Jacob,  who  togollier  pictxu-ed  The 
Theocracy.  (Matthew  8:  11)  To  those  who 
aru  aow  privileged  to  witness  the  increase  of 
this  great.  swelliUR  army,  the  fulfillment  of 
the  prophwy  is  tiirilliiig  beyond  t-xprcssion. 
The  sifiht  of  those  cominif  now  to  seek  salva- 
lion  iiiuicr  the  proleelidn  of  (he  Lrtnl's  or- 
ganiziitioii  was  dramatiwilly  exemplified  at  the 
iveeiit  K(mo  aMSfinltly  in  lionj;  llwieh,  Califor- 
nia. Febmai-y  ll-li.  This  was  not  reaily  a  con- 
vention, hilt  only  a  joint  nieetinji  of  Zones  1. 

2  and  5  of  ihe  slate  of  C«lifoi-niy.  But  tliosc 
of  the  remnant  and  of  their  companions,  the 
"(tiejit  miiititudft",  heawl  of  this  assembly 
which  was  to  be  addressed  by  Judge  Ruth- 
erford, and  <-tinw  from  alt  parts  of  the  west, 
Ciinada,  und  Mexico.  The  people  of  Los  Angeles 
and  Lonit  lieaeh,  who  reeeivod  an  invitation 
to  Ihe  as«;nih!y  by  means  of  wide  advertise- 
ment and  publicity,  which  wascurriod  on  with- 
out the  aid  of  any  ncwspnper,  alwi  swarmed 
to  the  L-ongrcgutioM  of  tlic  Lord's  people. 

The  olimax  of  the  meeting  was  the  public 
addrtss  by  Judgt^  Rutherford,  on  Sunday,  at 

3  p.m..  in  the  Municipal  Auditorium,  on  the 
suh,ieet  "Tfif;  TnEouR.un''.  An  audience  of 
8,000  people  heard  this  womierful  tiiessagc 
from  the  Lord  in  breathles,s  attention.  A  thou- 
sand more  peopli-  were  turned  a^ay  from  this 
beautiful  auditorium,  pielurcstpiely  located  on 
the  Iwaoh  of  the  Paeifie  oeejin.  No  auditorium 
has  ever  been  ianE;e  enough,  in  Los  Anjiclcs 
county,  when  Judge  Ruthcrfoi-d  siieaks. 

As  tlie  veniiiant  deerea-ses  in  the  earth  and 
the  "great  multitude"  sweeps  up  in  numbers, 
the  ni'=^*ige  of  Ihe  Lord  is  more  particularly 
addressed  to  that  eompjiny  who  shall  fill  the 
earth  with  a  rishieous  race.  How  intenlly  this 
audicnee,  cbJiily  composed  of  the  Jonathan 
class,  or  "multitude",  heard  the  speaker  de- 

MARCH  30,   1040 


scribe  The  Theocbacy  in  the  thrilling  phrase 
of  Ihe  Scriptures!  There  was  realization  in 
Ibcir  faces  that  what  they  heard  was  life- 
giving  truth  iiifonning  them  of  the  purposes 
of  the  Almightj'  to  snsiain  them  in  this  hour 
of  peril  and  need.  "Salvation  belongotli  unto 
Jciiovali."  (Psulin  8:  8,  AM.V.)  It  was  a  mar- 
velous sight  to  «m;  the  renmanl,  and  the  Jons- 
dabs  gathered  logelhtr  in  unity.-Psalm  133: 1. 

Judgic  Rutherford's  speech  was  not  deliv- 
ered entirely  by  manuscript,  as  is  compulsory 
in  nidio  addresses,  but  it  was  a  heart-to-heart 
speech  delivered  wilh  all  Ihi-  fire  and  empha- 
sis that  was  possible  in  appealing  to  those  of 
rciLsonable  minds  that  they  might  seek  the 
Lord's  pUee  of  safety.  Those  joyous  people, 
hearing  the  Lord's  way  of  salvation,  w«re  a 
sight  never  to  be  forgotten.  Clearly  it  was 
outlined  to  Ihcm  bow  i-eligion  has  been  the 
snare  which  Satan  has  used  to  blind  tlic  peo- 
ple. -Another  thrill  came  when  it  was  pointed 
out  that  soon  the  Hierarchy's  chief  potentate 
would  arrange  for  peat'e,  claim  all  the  credit 
tliei-efor,  and  then  would  sudden  destruction 
eceae  upon  the  Hierarchy  and  their  whole 
gang.  "Tor  when  they  sliall  say,-  i'eace  and 
safety ;  then  sudden  destruction  cometh  upon 
them,  as  travail  upon  a  woman  with  cliild; 
and  they  sliull  not  escape.''  (1  TlieKialonians 
5:  3)  This  great  message  of  Jehovah  was  tho 
soul-satisfyinH  f<rast  for  the  hungry  Lazania 
company,  many  of  whom  had  been  held  in 
subjection  by  the  religionists. 

Ijonir  Beach  is  fortunate  to  have  some  real 
men  among  its  citizens,  who  have  not  forgot- 
ten that  tilts  country  was  founded  to  give 
freedom  to  the  oppressed.  When  the  manager 
of  the  Municipal  Auditorium  was  appealed  to 
to  rent  the  building  for  the  ai^senibly,  he  an- 
swered in  this  phrase:  "Who?  Jehovah's  wit- 
nessi's  wani  to  come  here  for  convention  t  Are 
you  not  the  people  that  had  trouble  ^vith  the 
Coughlinites  at  !l!adiaon  Square  Gardent  Ton 


I 


«Bti'i  rent  this  au<iitoriam ;  we  will  give  il  lo 
yoii  free  r..i-  Ihrve  fiays,  liceause  you  are  the 
kind  of  people  we  wimt  in  tliis  lowti.''  And 
despiU-  the  Oathorn>  Hierarchy's  iisual  met!.- 
ods  of  inlimiilation.  in  which  tht-y  had  eiidlcwi 
telephone  calls  iriayed  to  lhi«  frei-dom-!ovuiK 
manager,  he  stuck  by  his  word  and  told  this 
buneh  of  totalitariuus  to  "go  jump   m   the 

creek".  .    ,        D     \. 

There  were  other  real  men  in  Long  Beacn. 
It  is  said  that  Ihe  city  has  recently  had  a 
phange  in  "ffieiiil  pemmncl,  a  Catholic  mayor 
and  Koveniiii«  Rroup  htuiiiK  been  ri;|tlaced  by 
some  rcl-bloodcd  Anicricnns.  When  the  priests 
got  their  pariBhioner^i  and  other  suckers  lo  rail 
up  the  chief  of  police  and  the  mayor,  asking 
them  to  stop  Jehovah's  witnesses,  they  Kot 
little  sjilisf action. 

The  onlv  effect  th«t  opposition  to  the  Lord  s 
mcssapc  has  is  merely  to  advertise  il  the  moi-e, 
In  his  address  .ludce  Rnthei-ford  called  atten- 
tion to  the  tactics  of  the  Hierarchy  in  thus 
Irving  to  prevent  the  people  from  hcanng  the 
tnith :  and  so  five  or  six  thousand  of  tlie  pub- 
lie  from  Long  Beach  and  vicinity  heard  the 


exposur*  of  this  gang,  and  their  disgust  was 
increased. 

Other  features  of  the  assembly  were  service 
discourses  both  in  Spanish  and  in  Enslisli  and 
a  model  Walchtower  studj".  The  Walchtowf-r 
Rludv  was  a  revelation  to  many  in  the  amoiuit 
of  sronnd  covered  in  less  than  an  hour.  Brief 
opcniiijj  and  chwinfc  comments  were  made  by 
the  chairman,  the  salient  points  of  the  entire 
December  15  WaUklower  were  considered, 
more  than  thirty  qiiesiions  aslcod  and  an- 
mvcred.  thirtv-six  paragraphs  were  rend ;  and 
this  was  completed  with  accursle  answering 
of  atl  questions,  requiring  no  additional  com- 
ment by  the  ehairman.  in  loss  than  sixty  min- 
utes. This  accomplishment  did  not  pennit  of 
aiiv "^wind.jaiiiming ".  On  Sunday  morning  226 
we'i-e  immersed,  S.oOO  books  and  booklets  wci* 
phiccd,  besidi'S  1.171  individual  eopies  of  Con- 
mlation  and  The  mitchtowcr.  during  the  con- 
vention, atiendanc- al  phonograph  setups  and 
aound-rar  recordings  was  4,01!),  besides  those 
present  at  the  meelinga.  All  went  home  re- 
joicing at  another  victory  for  Jehovah.— 
Written  by  one  who  was  present. 


Watchtoicer  and  Consolation  Dtstribulors  Arrested 


FIVE  vonng  men,  eager  to  bear  to  othei-a 
the  vital  truths  now  due  lo  go  to  the  peo- 
ple, stationed  them!*plves  on  a  busy  street  mter- 
scct.ion  in  Biooklvn.  New  York,  on  Saturday. 
Feliiiiary  24. and  offered  passers-by  tJie  Watch- 
tower  m<\  Consahtlmi  magazines,  at  the  same 
time  caUintE  out,  with  groat  plainness  of  speech, 
"Religion  bt  a  snare  and  a  racket"  or  "Read 
the  tnilh  abmit  religion  and  see  for  yourself 
thai  it  is  the  world's  biggest  racket",  and  sim- 
ilar other  arresting  olMwrvatious. 

They  were  entirely  within  their  rights  in  so 
doing,'  not  only  on  the  basis  of  the  Word  of 
God.  but  also  on  the  basis  of  confirmatory  de- 
cisions by  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States,  which,  in  opinions  handed  down  in  the 
Schneider  case  and  the  Lovell  i'.  City  of  Griffin 
decision,  made  it  clear  that  no  one  can  be 
stopped  from  spreadhiti  papers,  pamphlets, 
magazines  or  otlier  literature,  on  the  streets 
or  elsewhere. 

Whether  the  policeman  on  the  job  in  ibis 
instance  knew  this  or  not.  he  understood  thai 
something  uncomplimentary  was  being  said 
about  ivligion.  Ilis  name  was  Leahy.  So  he 
arrested  the  young  men,  ail  of  them,  forget- 

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tiiiK  that  the  United  States  is  a  demoeraoy 
and  that  freedom  of  sp^ch  and  of  the  press 
is  one  of  the  most  jealously  giiai-ded  rights  of 
the  American  people.  He  had  sworn  to  uphold 
these  rights  and  he  loyal  to  them,  anil  defend 
thcni  with  his  life— bat  no  matter.  Here  was 
somethmg  he  felt  must  be  stopped.  But  the 
end  was  not  yet.  He  had  to  appear  in  court 
and  explain  matters. 

When  the  cases  were  tried  he  was  placed  on 
the  stand,  and  wlien  asked  whether  he  was 
a  Koman  CalhoUc  he  sort  of  hated  to  admit  it, 
but  said  softlv.  ■^'Ves.'"  When  asked  to  state 
why  he  had  arrested  these  young  men.  he  said 
lha"t  they  had  shouted  too  loud.  Would  he 
demonstrate  just. how  loud  they  had  shouted 
"Keligion  is  a  snare  and  a  racket"  1  He  tried, 
but  something  stuck  in  his  throat,  and  the 
demonstration  was  far  from  convincing. 

Then  he  was  asked  if  il  was  not  inic  that 
"Coughlin's  i^ociat  Justice  magaaine"  was  reg- 
ularly dislribuled  at  the  same  location.  "Yea," 
that  was  true.  But  he  had  not  arrested  any 
of  those  wlw  distributed  that  inflammatory 
periodical.  Was  he  then  a  member  of  -The 

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Cliristian  Pront"1  He  Uirned  rod.  but  said 
•TV'o".  The  attorneys  for  the  Watchtoweh  dit- 
tribiitoni  then  saw  to  it  that  the  roeord  of  the 
case  included  a  statemoiit  as  tn  the  exact  rea- 
son for  opi>ositioii  lo  the  work  of  proclaiming 
the  Inith  of  the  KinEdom  of  (5od-  They  were 
aware  IliHt  Ihi'  Kingdom  piiMisthers  were  not 
chiefly  eoncernod  ahout  their  personal  libera- 
tion from  reslrainl.  They  wantpd  to  give  a  tes- 
timony to  the  praise  (if  Jehovah's  name;  for 
the  honor  of  that  name,  and  not  their  personal 
liberty,  was  the  issue.  The  judge  on  the  bench 
at  first  wished  to  exclude  such  testimony,  not 
appreciating  (he  situation  fully.  But  he  was  a 
just  judse,  and,  mindful  of  the  fael  that  these 
yoiuig  men  bad  been  put  to  considerable  in- 


convenience, he  permitted  their  attorneys  to 
include  a  statx-ment  of  the  r<;al  reason  both 
for  their  work  and  for  the  opposition  of  the 
clcrt^y  (who  were  back  of  the  policeman).  A 
complete  record  having  been  made,  the  judge 
dismiisscd  flic  ease,  with  the  statement  that  th« 
workei-a  of  Ific  WATcruTOwiyt  were  entirely 
wilhiii  their  rights,  that  it  was  perfectly  ap- 
parent that  their  ideals  were  of  the  highest, 
that  thev  were  not  criminals,  and  that  police 
officers,  "instead  of  interfcriuR,  should  protect 
them  in  tlieir  work.  The  judge  stuted,  "These 
men  will  give  their  life  for  this  work;  our 
poiuitry  would  be  better  off  if  there  were  more 
men  like  that,  as  they  are  very  rare  iu  these 
days."'     ' 


American  Railroads 


™ 


Lj3f  '  -'^^'  ^  railroad  man.  and  1  won- 
der whether  you  know  that  approx- 
imately 16,000  passenger  trains  are 
operated  in  the  United  States,  and 
somewhere  in  the  land  a  train  is 
either  starling  or  ending  a  trip  every  five 
seconds. 

All  the  eai-s  and  loeomotives  owned  by  the 
railmads  of  ihe  United  States,  if  coupled  to- 
gether, would  make  a  train  nearly  20.000  miles 
in  length. 

In  a  year,  the  railroads  carry  approximately 
500  million  pas.sengers,  or  lus  many  passengers 
as  ihei*  are  people  in  all  of  North  America 
and  South  America,  the  United  Kingdom, 
France.  Italy.  Poland.  Spain  and  Germany 
combined. 

In  193t).  Ihe  total  mileage  rvin  by  American 
pa.ssenRer  trains  at  a  mile  a  minute,  or  more, 
was  only  1,100  miles  a  day,  while  today  it  ex- 
cec<is  50.000  miles. 

The  fii-st  streamline  train  was  placed  in  sen-- 
ieo  in  1934.  and  today  there  arc  Ss  high-speed 
iight-weii;!il  streamline  trains  in  operation,  on 
18  railroads,  in  the  United  States. 

Fifty-six  percent  of  the  passenger  trains 
classified  as  the  fastest  scheduled  runs  in  the 
world  operate  on  American  railroads. 

A  railroad  passenger  can  now  leave  New 
York  on  Friday  night  and  arrive  on  the 
Pacific  Coast  the  following  Monday  morning. 

One  dollar  now  pays  for  carrying  a  rail- 
road pjis.>tcnger  54  miles,  com[(ared  with  32 
miles  in  1!)21. 

MARCH   20,   1M0 


Pullman  and  Dining-Car  Service 

In  tlic  cotnse  of  a  yoir  174  million  pieces 
of  linen  and  :j3r>,00n  hlankets  pa-ts  through 
the  Pullman  Company's  laundries.  I^asl  year 
the  Pullman  Company,  the  world's  greatest 
housekeeper,  purchased  220.52^  slieels.  157,780 
pillow  eases,  20,'ii53  tidies.  455.829  towels, 
24.S18  headi-esl  covers,  13,692  napkins,  and 
3,'260  tablecloths. 

The  reason  why  the  railroads  know  that 
Americjin.*  like  pie  is  that  apple'  pie  is  the 
most  popular  dessert  ser\'ed  on  railroad  din- 
ing ears. 

The  fir.st  railroad  dining  car  was  built  in 
1868.  by  George  M.  Pullman,  and  was  named 
^■Delnionieo",  after  the  famous  New  York  i-es- 
taurateur. 

Railroad  dining  care  use,  each  year,  about 
twenty-four  million  eggs,  nine  million  poinitis 
of  potatoes,  two  million  pounds  of  butter,  one 
and  u  half  million  oranges,  fifteen  thousand 
barrels  of  apples,  three  and  a  half  million 
quarts  of  milk  and  cream,  a  million  loaves  of 
bread,  and  about  thirty  million  rolls. 

Railroad  dining  cars  serve  twenlv-five  mil- 
lion meals  a  year— which  is  wiuivalent  to  serv- 
ing every  inliobitanl  of  a  city  of  nearly  23.000 
population  with  three  meals  a  day  for  an  en- 
tire year. 

Railroads  buy  and  use  more  than  70.000  dif- 
ferent commodities,  including  -such  things  as 
pin.s  needles,  strawlicrries,  ioconiotlve.t.  rails 
and  bridges,  and  railroad  purchases  arc  made 
in  12,000  comniunilies,  located  in  all  of  the 


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states,  and  in  S5  percent  of  th*  cooDties  in 
the  nation. 

Now  Talking  About  Freight 

Do  you  realia-  that  llie  railroads  last  year 
performed  a  service  wjuivaleni  to  moving  one 
ton  of  freight  2,230  miles  for  every  man,  wom- 
an and  child  in  Ihe  United  StatesI 

Kailriiflds  arc  the  backbone  of  the  nation's 
transiwriation,  because  only  railroads  can  pro- 
ride  tlie  efficient,  low-cost,  all-wcatlier  mass 
transportation  service  required  by  industry 
and  agricilHuFC. 

Last  year  the  railroads  loaded  30  million 
cars  of  freight  and  hauled  them  distances 
ranging  fi-om  a  few  miles  to  more  than  3.000 
miles. 

About  39,7r>0  five-ton  mieks  would  be  re- 
QUii^'d  to  carry  the  freight  that  one  railroad 
hauls  into,  ont  of,  and  through  Ashland.  Ken- 
tucky, on  an  average  day. 

To  <*«rry  the  freight  moving  on  one  line  of 
railroad  out  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  on 
an  average  day,  would  require  32.000  five-ton 
trucks. 

Nearly  1,100  five-ton  tmeks  would  be  re- 
quired  to  carry  as  much  doal  as  a  hundred-car 
trejgjit  tiftiii. 

Nirioly  percent  of  tlie  nation's  freight  tr,iffie 
is  handled  in  rcgnlfrrly  scheduled  fieiglit  trains 
that  ino\c  on  definite  schedules,  the  same  as 
passenger  trains. 

The  average  speed  of  freight  trains  last  year 
was  61-pen\-nt  faster  than  it  was  in  1920. 

Approximately  SO  percent  of  the  optruting 
revenues  of  the  railroads  is  derived  from 
freight  tmfRc. 

The  railroads  now  haul  an  average  ton  of 
freight  !»H  miles  for  the  price  of  one  dollar, 
compared  with  7S  miUs  in  1921. 

Except  for  Japan,  where  labor  is  very  cheap, 
Amcrioan  railroad  freight  rales,  as  measured 
by  the  avcracc  revenue  i-cceivcd  for  hauling 
a  ton  of  freight  one  mile,  are  the  lowest  in 
the  world. 

To  buy  a  three-cent  postage  stamp  lakes  all 
the  ineome  tlic  railroads  re  t-ive  for  hauling 
an  average  ton  of  freit,'!it  three  miles,  be- 
cause the  average  revenue  is  only  about  one 
cent  a  mile, 

Railway  Espres.s  st-rviec  in  the  United  States 
was  one  hundred  years  old  on  aiareh  4,  1938. 
The  first  "expressman"  earried  packagej^  be- 
tween New  Vori:  and  Boston  in  a  ear))etbag, 
and  thus  the  scr\'ie«  was  inaugurated. 
In  one  thrce-mcmth  period  the  Hallway  Ex- 
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press  Agency  handled  more  than  200  tons  « 
\xxs  from  seven  .Southern  states  located  east 
of  the  Mississippi  river. 

Rails.  Ties,  and  Tunn^a 

In  isao  there  were  only  23  miles 
of  railroad  in  the  l.'nited  States, 
whilf  today  the  total  lengtJi  of  all 
tracks  operated  in  this  country 
woald  form  13S  lines  reaehing  from 
the  Atlantic  to  the  Paoifie- 

The  I'nited  Stales  has  about  31  percent  of 
the  total  i-aiKvay  mileage  in  the  world— 245,752 
out  of  789,000  miles  of  lino— although  the  land 
area  and  population  of  the  United  Sui«s  are 
less  thnn  6  percent  of  the  world's  total. 

Railroad  traclis  in  this  country  are  laid  on 
more  than  one  billion  erosslios — nearly  3,000 
erosstics  being  required  for  each  mile  of  track. 
Despite  extensive  tests  over  a  long  period 
of  years,  the  railroads  have  failed  to  find  a 
substitute,  which  will  stand  up  .tuecessfuUy 
under  heavy  main  line  service,  for  the  chemi- 
cally treated  wooden  orosstie. 

The  T-rait,  and  the  "hook  -  headed"  spike 
used  today  by  railroads  throughout  Ihe  world 
to  fasten  steel  rails  to  crossties,  were  designed 
about  IS30  by  an  Ameriean. 

Railroads  in  this  country  began  to  plaec 
steel  rail  in  general  use  about  1867.  The  av- 
erage weight  of  st*el  rail  in  use  in  the  United 
States  is  94  pounds  a  yard. 

The  railroads,  by  using  a  welding  prooess 
for  building  up  the  worn  ends  of  siecl  rails, 
prolong  the  life  of  such  rails  fully  one-third. 
The  point  of  corilact  between  the  track  and 
wheels  of  the  modern  railroad  locomotive  or 
car  is  no  more  than  the  width  of  a  chalk  line. 
The  first  railroad  tunnel  in  the  United  Slates 
was  opened  in  1S33. 

Class  1  railroads  pass  through  1,5S9  tunneJs 
which,  if  placed  end  to  end,  would  extend  a 
distance  of  3'20  miles. 

Supplies  and  Pan  Rolls 

.Mkjui  two  million  tons  of  steel  rail,  enough 
to  build  a  track  ten  Ihou-sand  mili^  long,  are 
normally  purchased  each  year  by  the  railroadt 
of  Ihe  I'nited  States. 

The  railroads  use  approximately 
ninety  million  tons  of  coal  annu- 
ally, or  22  percent  of  the  nation's 
total  coal  production. 
There  is  a  railroad  pay  roll  in  . 
every  city  and  nearly  ever>-  town  and  village 
in  the  United  Slates,  and  railroad  employees 

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receive,  in  wages.  afAUn/l  two  tnUim  dollars 

a  year— or  about  hal  f  of  every  dollar  the  rail- 

maiis  tako  in, 
Tiie  railroads  provide  employment  to  »hoitt 

one  miUioii  wa^e  earners,  who.  wilh  their 

families,  eomprisn  a  group  of  around  four 
million  men.  women  and  children— whieh  is 

nwrc  than  iho  population  of  ten  eitieij  tJie  size 

of  Indinnapolis,  Indiana, 

It  is  estimalcd  that  for  every  man  direetly 
employed  by  iiie  railrondg,  oi'io  man  is  ctn- 
pioyed  by  other  indualHes  in  ih,*  prothictimi 
and  dislrihiilion  of  ihe  70.000  diiVcrent  kinds 
of  ariick's  the  nirlroads  hiiy  nnd  (lw. 

When  thtir  ineome  will  permit  it,  railroads 
spend  about  one  billion  dollars  a  vcar  for  ma- 
terials, supplies  and  fuel.  IhHs'stimulatinR 
eniployniont  and  local  business  lliroughonl  the 
laud. 

Locomoiives  and  Frnjiht  Cars 

The  builiiine  uf  a  slamhiixi  locomotive  pru- 
vides  employment  ef|uivulcut  to  the  work  of 
50  men  for  one  year,  and  reriiiire-s  more  than 
7,500  parts,  from  119  manufnetKrinu:  plants. 
The  firebox  of  one  of  the  laruest  loe'oniotivos 
to  operation  is  9  feet  wide  and  22  feet  long 
—or  as  large  as  the  average  room  in  a  small 
home. 

The  building  of  one  freight  car  requires 
materinis  from  31  states  and  providas  em- 
ployment wiuai  to  llir  ;vorli  of  one  man  for 
a  year. 

WIto  Own  the  Bonds? 

I  wonder  wlu-tlier  you  know  that  millions 
of  persons  benefit  when  railroad  fixed  eluirtres 
arc  paid.  bccaiLse  thesu  eliarges  are  niostlv  in- 
terc-sl  on  bonded  debt— and  r>6  percent  of  Ibc 
oiustanding  railroad  bonds  arc  held  by  life  in- 
surance companies,  savings  banks,  educational 
and  eliarilable  tiislitulions. 

The  value  of  railroad  property,  aflcr  allow- 
»ne«  for  dcpreeiation.  aceoi-ding  to  the  Inter- 
state Commeree  Commission,  is  ahont  two  bil- 
lion dollars  greater  than  the  total  amount  of 
stocks  and  hands  in  the  hands  of  the  public. 

Reports  filed  with  the  hiterstale  Commeree 
Commission  show  Ihfit  there  arc  approximntcly 
871.0(H)  railiwid  stoekhohlers.  One  larire  rail- 
road is  owned  by  2].'),000  individual  stoekhold- 
ci-s.  and  aboni  one-half  of  them  are  women. 
Back  in  1910,  for  every  $1,000  invested  in 
the  railroad  plant,  Ihe  bonded  debt  wa.s  $60l>. 
This  has  hi-en  redueed  iiriiii  tod."iy  it  is  only 
$439— or  less  tliati  44  cents  for  each  dollar 
actually  inve,itcd  in  tJie  railroads, 

MARCH   iO,    tMO 


Qrgp  and  Truck  Competition 

To  provide  and  keep  up  their 
i-oadways,  and  to  pay  taxes,  rail- 
ivjada  claim  Ihey  pay  out  about  32J 
cents  out  of  every  flollar  thev  take 
in.  Only  railroads,  of  all  the'  agen- 
cies providiiiR  genera!  transportation  strviee, 
operate  on   their  own   roadways,   fullv   pay 
their  own  costs,  and  contribute  sub-slaiitially, 
in  taxes,  to  the  support  of  Rovcrnment. 

The  Federal  Barce  Line.  Government-owned 
and  -operalwi  competitor  of  the  railroatLf,  pays 
no  laxe.^  and  its  channels  are  built  and  main- 
tamed  by  the  public. 

The  averiiiie  annua!  cost  of  maintaininsr  a 
mile  of  radroad,  inelndinR  st  rneturas,  i.s  $1,792, 
while  the  yearly  maintenance  <o«l  of  the  New 
York  Barge  Onnal  is  i}4,749  a  mile. 

ft  has  cost  the  taxpayci-s  of  the  country 
$145,000  a  mile  to  improve  the  Mississippi 
•y^J"-,  exclusive  of  Hood -control  work.  Users 
of  this  waterway  enjoy  a  subsidy  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  taxpayers  of  more  thaji  $10,000 
a  inilc  a  year, 

The  "taxes''  paid  by  the  luitliwav  carriers 
are  not  like  railroad  taxes.  Rfiilroad"  (axes  are 
«s«t  for  the  general  sujiport  of  Kovernment. 
what  the  highway  carriei-s  puv  is  used,  for 
the  most  part,  to  build  and  maintain  the  public 
highways  they  use  as  a  phiee  of  business. 

The  Peder.ll  Government  has  expended  6i 
bdhona  of  dollars  to  encourase  the  develop- 
ment of  transportation,  of  which  2}  billions 
have  been  for  waterways  and  about  3J  billion.s 
for  highwn\-s. 

Passenger  Service 

Every  once  in  a  while  you  hear  something 
about  the  railroads'  beinst  on  the  downward 
path,  but  I  wonder  whether  vou  know  what 
kind  of  service  they  are  now  rendering  [o  the 
traveling  pulilie.  1  live  in  Dreen  River,  Wyo- 
ming, through  whieii  pass  many  of  the  finest 
and  fastest  Inrwdistance  trains  in  the  world. 
The  other  day  I  borrowed  an  .\merican  Rail- 
way Guide  and  made  np  my  itinerary  for  my 
winter  vacation,  during  this  Januarv.  1940, 
just  pa.st,  as  sJiown  herewith. 

On  this  trip  of  less  than  two  weeks  I  had 
an  opportunity  to  see  somethiiiR  of  many  of 
the  mast  important  cities  in  the  United  States- 
visited  every  state  in  the  Union;  saw  all  of 
the  mo.st  majestic  rivers;  crossed  some  of  the 
finest  bridges  ever  made;  visited  the  national 
capital,  twelve  state  capitals  and  two  Oana- 
dian  capitals ;  saw  some  of  the  finest  scenery 


1         n^i.  T«i    if  ^^  ^  a  eomfortable  bed  every     with  barber  sf^rvi^B.  bath,  valet  service.  UdierfJ 

I         ^?H  '  t    .     ^-^T^  V  J^"''^'-  'if'  '"^*^  ^'*     '^""i^^-  '"'''»  fountain,  radio,  daily  market  r3 
■         all  the  bcrst  penodioils  (except  C>«W«(ioit),     ports,  and  other  features.                            ^ 

H         January 

^L         Sat.  13 

Arrive       Via 

MoKntain  Titne 

Leave        Via 

Maes 

Green  River,  Wyo. 

12:30  AM     UP 

Julesbui-g,  Colo.' 

10:07  AM    UP 

. 

2:40  PM    UP 

«j    C«niral  Tmiw 
Odessa,  Ncbr. 

2:43  PM    UP 

618 

■         San.  14 

3:37  AM    UP 

.,    Mountain   Time 
Green  River,  Wyo. 

4  :  10  AJl     UP 

4:00  PM     UP 

Boise.  Idaho 

„       Pncific  Tim6 

4:10  PM     UP 

■ 

^^  Mod.  15 

7:00  AM     UP 

Pendleton,  Orc*r. 
Spokane,  Wash^ . 

„    Mountain  Time 
Butte,  Mont 

12:13  AM    UP 
8:00  AM    CM&StP 

7:15  PM 

1649.8  1 

■        Tu«.  16 

CefUral  Time 

H 

Marmarth,  N.  Dak. 

8:01  AM 

.\berdeen,  S.  Dak. 

3:38  PM 

H 

H       Wed.  17 

JMiiuR'apolis.  Minn. 

10:30  PM 

Milwaukee,  Wis. 

7:0.')  AM 

^^H 

^^^^^P 

8:55  AM     CM&S 

ChieaKo,  111. 

9:  80  AM    PRR 

1878^ 

12:12  PM     PRE 

Fort  Wayne,  Ind. 
Montpclier,  Ohio 

Eastern  Time 

12:25  PM    Wal«ah 
2:24  PM 

148 

4:15  P3I     Wab. 

netroit.  Mich. 
Toronto,  Ont. 

4:45  PM     CPR 

10:25  PM 

146.5 

^^^^0.  18 

7:45  AM     OPR 

Montreal,  Que. 

9:30  AM     CPR 

569.3 

1 :  50  PM     CPR 

St.  Jolinsbury,  Vt. 
Crawford  Notch,  N,  H. 

2:30  PM    MC 
4:30  I'M 

151.3 

7:30  PM 

Portland,  Maine 

8:40  PM     B&M 

131.3 

^^^^^^ 

10:30  PM    B&SI 

Boston,  S[a.ss. 

114.7 

■       Fri.  19 

Boston,  Mass. 
Providence,   R.  I. 
New  Haven,  Conn. 

12:00  AM    NYNH 
1 :  25  .\M 

4:10  AM 

6:10  AM    NYNH 

New  Vork,  N.  Y. 

229.1 

Jersey  Cily,  N.J, 

8:27  AM    B&O 

Philadelphia,  Pa. 

10:17  Ail 

Wilmington,  Dei. 

10:47  AM 

^_ 

Baltimore.  Md. 

12:  13  PM 

|H 

2:30  PM    B&O 

Harper's  Ferry,  W.  Va. 

3:22  PM     B&O 

27©;^^ 

4:40  PM     B&O 

Wa.'iliin^on.  1).  C. 

6:45  PM    So.Ry 

S5.1    ■ 

B      Sal.  20 

Lynchburg,  Va. 

10:57  PM 

Charlotk-,  N.C. 

3:30  AM 

1 

Spartanburg,  S.  C. 

5:03  AM 

« 

Central  Time 

^% 

8:17  AM     So.Ry 

Atlanta,  Ga. 

8:50  AM    A&WP 

637.5     1 

1:05  PM     A&WP 

Montgomery.  Ala. 
Fiomaton,  Fla. 
(tiili'purl.  Miss. 

1:20  PM    L&N 
3:55  PM 
7:  35  PM 

176        fl 

fl:30  PM     l^N 

Ni'w  Orleans,  I>a. 

10:00  PM     MoP 

318        1 

^^^^    8 

January 

1910 
Sun.  21 

Mod.  22 


Tue.  23 


Dcr  Lust's  mnnrkable  vnr^tioD  trip 


Arrive 

2:09  PM 

10:25  PM 

7:20  AM 
5:21  PM 
9:15  PM 


Via 
MoP 

ro 

CB&Q 
CB&Q 


Wed.  24 
Thu.  25 


6:05  PM    AT&SP 


Total  mileafti".  11.548.1  milfs. 

Total  time.  12  days,  14  hours,  4  minutes. 

TIic  best  of  it  is  that  I  had  this  splendid 
rncation  without  the  loss  of  a  moment's  timi- 
and  williout  its  (-ostiiig  nio  ojio  cent.  J  tliink 


Central  Tiine 
OzBi'k,  Ark, 
Memphis.  Tenn. 
Fiiitan,  ky. 
St.  Louis,  Mo.* 
Puyne,  Iowa 
Kansas  City 
Waynoka,  Okla. 
Amarillo,  Te.\a8 

Mountain  Time 
Clovis,  N.  Slex. 

Pacific  Time 
.•^liRinHn.  Ariz. 
Sail  Bernai'dinw.  Calif. 
Las  Vegas,  Nev. 

Mountain  Time 
Sail  Lake  City,  Uiah 
Green  Kiver,  Wyo. 


Lf.ave 
3 :  OS  PM 

11:20  PM 
1:45  AM 
!i:00  vUI 
r>:48  PM 

11:00  PM 
8:3;*)  AM 
1:  45  PM 

3:20  PM 

7:00  AM 
8:  OS  PM 
1:22  Aii 


Via 
MoP 
IC 

CB&Q 

CB&Q 
AT&SP 


Stiles 
612,2 
273.2 

S16.1 

44S 

150 


UP 


1716.4 


929 


10:29  AM 
2:34  PM 

Mik's  ppi-  liotir  for  intire  timu  away,  38.2. 
Mile.'*  iHT  day  tor  entire  lime  away,  916..8. 

itinui-ary  was  honestly  made  from  tliat :  the 
trip  Itself  wa-s  an  imaginarj-  one.  I  could  not 
spare  (Mther  ihe  time  or  the  moiicv  to  take  it~ 


I  explained  to  .vou/thnt  a-friend  of  miTe     ThTpe^^u  SJT>1  lidTTelhfm^^^ 
loaned  me  the  American  Kailway  Guide.  The     -w!^^'  N.  De/Lusi   SvyoSg    I  ^-Ed?' 


MAftCH  SO.   1M0 


New  Jersey 


Liberty  Is  Liberty 
M  lf*-_  l''iJ<^'"iy  b  Jiberty,  «vea  in  Jersey 
Vv^M^  ('ily,  niiii  so  most  real  Americans 
|(v4^Kj|  ''^''"  '"^  plt^ased  and  jnUii-cslvd  in 
f^^P?  the  iKiragraph  in  the  New  York 
*gr*''t  pojit,  wiiicii.  commenting  on  ilic 
Supreme  Court  decision  in  the  J«reey  City 
cases,  said: 

From  now-  on  uiiyonc  may  distrJUutv  cireiilan!. 
conduot  im'irtinps  or  make  speeelic  in  .)nr«-y  City 
or  anywhcri'  chv  in  th";  country  n-itiinnt  prior  poliiM 
pprmiwion,  so  long  m  iic  i-onciuela  liiiu*-lf  in  iin 
orderly  faslnoii,  imd  the  polio.-  ari-  not  entitled  to 
deciiiit,  ill  iidvimcc,  tliiit  a  nifiriinj;  shoiiM  be  baned 
bciMiHse  il  is  "likt-ly"  lo  he  disorderly. 

RelicT  Racket  in  West  New  Yorlt 
♦  West  \ow  York  is  a  suburb  of  Jersey  City 
and  hits  been  having  h  hwiutiful  time  work- 
ing the  relief  raeltct.  There  is  o  little  diJTiculty 
just  at  prtaent.  aa  10  ol'  tlic  employees,  Waller 
Brierty,  Rinaldo  Boxzuth,  Kllcn  Kelly  and 
seven  otliers  in  the  office,  and  five  outside  of 
It.  are  being  tried  Tor  forgery,  lareeny,  auij 
eonapirjiey  in  28a  indict mttiits.  Relief  ordeis 
were  iMiiod  to  hundreds  ol"  persons  who  do 
not  exist,  persons  who  bad  left  the  tily  nnd 
otlier  persons  who  had  not  asked  for  i-elicf. 
It  was  ail  part  of  the  racket  to  malcc  America 
Fascist. 

Same  as  Anybody  EIi>e 

♦  A  representative  of  Sfayor  Hngue,  weleom- 
iRfJ  a  convention  of  the  0. 1.  0.  to  Jei-sey  City, 
represented  to  the  conventioners  iJiat  Maj'or 
HMffiie  and  the  r.iiy  (fovpriiment  are  jiixt  like 
anybody  else.  This  should  go  in  the  ■'Appe- 
tisers" eohiiim.  but  there  isn't  room.  Mayor 
HftfEUe  is  just  learning  the  ABCs  of  what  it 
means  to  be  an  Ameriean  citizen.  After  all 
lie  has  said  and  done  to  tlic  C.  I.  ().  and  kin- 
dred organizariohB  it  must  bum  bim  up  to 
have  lo  wcleome  them  to  his  city,  even  bv 
proxy. 

Blind  Persons  Have  Bight  of  Way 

♦  Blind  persons  have  been  given  the  rigbl 
of  way  in  traffic  in  New  Jersey.  The  blind 
of  Jei-sey  City  have  been  presented  with  white 
and  red  eanes  which  give  ihetn  the  right  of 
way  at  traffic  intersections.  There  are  3.000 
blind  men  and  women  in  die  state  that  will 
beneJlt  by  the  new  law. 

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Cleaning  Out  (he  Trust  Company 

♦  Tilt  Unique  x'liiK  hud  a  deiightfnl  ti 
cleaning  out  the  New  Jersey  Title  and  Tr- 
Company,  of  Jei-sey  City,  When  they  kne 
it  was  going  to  capsize  thej-  patriotically  wi 
drew  over  $2,000,000,  bo  it  would  be  sure  t 
collapse.  Then  Uiat  highly  honorable  Hagu- 
judge,  Tliomas  F.  Meaney,  resigned  his  *lii.000 
a  year  job  so  that  he  i-ould  collect  the  fees 
which  would  coinv  in  scr\'ing  as  eoun.scl  for 
the  State  Bankinv  Commi.>»ion  in  tlie  clean 
ing-oiit  process.  Fine  business,  boysl 


"Liberty  Is  Dead" 

♦  At  riaintiekl.  -Samuel  W.  Roshmore  plac.,„ 
a  huge  black  wooden  coffin  on  tJie  roof  of  bis 
mansion  at  604  Helvidere  uvcnue.  placed  o 
tho  front  of  the  house  a  large  painted  sig 
reading,  -'Liborly  is  dead;  Hell  ilnguc,"''  an 
al  the  end  of  his  porch  put  a  large  ashea, 
bearing  another  sign  reading,  '■flagtic  is  th 
law;  dump  law  books  here."  Mr.  Hushmoi 
is  an  old-fashioned  American,  of  wtunn  the 
are  still  a  few,  hei-e  and  theix.-. 


The  Diaz  of  Jersey  City 

♦  During  the  generation  in  which  Porfirio 
Diaz  was  president  of  Mexico  it  wns  against 
the  law  for  any  voter  to  vote  against  him. 
That  was  a  fine  arra  iigement  for  Porfirio  while 
it  la.sted.  In  Jcracy  City  Frank  Hague  has 
been  elected  mayor  six  times,  and  in  the  last 
election  he  received  110,74S  votes  for  end  only 
6,793  airaiiist.  lie  is  so  popular  that  one  mar 
voted  for  bim  137  times  in  the  last  election, 
and  boasted  of  it,  Pojflrio  Diaz  died  in  .exile.' 

Dorothy  Stood  by  Celemma  ^ 

♦  Dorothy  Johnson's  parents,  living  in  Phila- 
delphia, decided  to  spcjid  last  summer  in  At- 
lantic City,  but  tlie  cat  Celemma  woidd  not' 
be  allowed  to- go.  That  is  what  the  itarental 
thought.  Dorothy  thought  oIherwi.siB.  She  lit! 
out  with  the  cat.  hitchhiked  to  the  seashore, 
slept  under  thr;  boardwalk,  and  allowed  up 
with  three  cents  unexpended  capita)  still  on 
blind.  She  was  allowed  to  stay,  and  to  keep] 
her  cat,  PoroUiy  is  13, 

Two  Years  for  Ten  Cents 

♦  .\t  Woodbury,  Richard  Joncsboro  was  sen* 
tenei.-<;l  to  eighteen  months  lo  two  years  for 
stealing  two  five-cent  tarls. 

CONSOLATION 


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Five  Modest  Trenton  Cops 

,^L^  '^^^  moflesly  of  Trenton  cops  !s 
^^^  most  tout-hitiK.  City  ordinances  of 
,  ,  the  IVew  Jersey  capital  city  for- 
^  bid  bmao.  1'Iie  city  prosecutor  de- 
nouiic-cd  all  operaiors  of  bingo 
(tames,  and  the  poliee  said  they  would  toke 
the  operators  to  court  on  lottery  charges.  So 
far  so  good    Sergeant  Keatcr  UuRLt-^   (note 

o  sfM-l'**  To''  ""^^  '■'*"'■  farave  men  went 
to  St.  MiPheei's  Roman  Catholic  Church  while 
a  big  bingo  game  was  running  fnll  blast,  but. 
you  know,  the  "Revercird  Father"  R^kvica 
who  was  ninning  the  lottery,  would  not  let 
them  in,  because  they  had  no  tickets,  and  those 
fl^ecops  h«d  been  so  well  broUKht  up  by  their 
mothei-s  thai  they  went  right  a^vay  without 
doing  one  more  thing.  Now,  isn't  it  iijce  to 
naye  such  modest  cops? 

That  Was  Just  Too  Bad 

♦  That  was  jimt  too  bad  that  tiiose  l)ovs  nl 

upsaia  V"'icge  side  some  examination  pipera 

«nH     .5'?^'  '^*'  .''^^'''  ""t-Jeels.  eopiod  them 

and  suld   hem  to  fellow  students  for  $r.  .-.piece. 

one  of  the  puivba-^ers  was  a  skillful  buver- 

he  paid  $2  down  and  the  balance  after  sliti^- 

^nig  himself  that  tiie  copy  was  a  true  copy 

Whoever  s^viped  the  original  papers  lot  hirli. 

self  m   between    II:  00  p.m.  and   1:00  am 

through   a   window  which   had   been  opened 

Irom  ihe  ms.do  dnnng  tin-  day.  The  bov.s  made 

good  use  of  their  papere.  ()],e  who  Jiad  been 

getting  verj'  low  standings  in  his  class  work 

received  an  examination  slandinK  of  97   The 

Prof,  thought  tliat  was  too  much  of  a  good 

thing    and  an  invasiigation  followed  which 

brought  the  fon^gonig  facts  to  light.  Four 

boys  were  expelled,  and  a  fifth  suspended 


Do  You  Like  Them  Steam-cooked? 

♦  Maw  do  you  iik^  y^y^^  babies?  .Sk.am-cookedl 

where  four  w«re  nicely  done  an  hour  after 
hey  Imd  been  inspected  by  the  head  nnrse 
I^^wsy  AiagumiK^  a»d  found  all  right.  That 
was  at  1:30  a.m.  The  radiator  valfc    n  t he 
nurserj-  had  W  taped  becau^  it  wmiM  no? 

nei  fI'v.'I^'  f^'^'-'^'-  J'"*t  ^«  «"on  a.  CoZ 
ner  Flynn  had  announced  that  the  accident 
was  unavoidable,  the  tape  was  removed  and 
«i  h  It  the  evidence  of  criminal  negligence 
A  t.roman  stated  to  a  reporter  that  tRS 
someiimes  removed  valves  to  put  up  the  t"i^ 

«ould  have  radiator  valvas  that  a  nur^.  could 
remove  without  a  w.*neh,  or  in  which  a  qnad- 

With  cooking  men  at  Holmeabiirg  and  now 
«eamu)g  bab.es  at  Perth  Amboy7it  appJare 
that  everything  is  coming  along  nicely  To" 
^e  parly  anlicipatod  just  prior  to  Arm" 


Gave  the  Murderer  But  50e 
♦  At  C«mden  the  "Kcverend"  Walter  Dwo- 
recki.  Baptist  clergyman,  paid  a  former  board- 
er  for  nuiix^ernig  his  own  daughter,  so  that 
he  could  collect  $15,600  insuranee  on  her  life 
[  1  he  sum  agreed  upon  wa.s  $100,  but  Ihc  clenrv- 
rnan  paid  only  50c  on  the  aeeomil.  While  hia 
aitraelive  daughter  was  being  choked  to  death 

S '.I?"  '"""tJ""'^''  *^"  *^^  f^^'^"-  boarder 
the  "Reverend"  wa.s  conducting  "cvanseiistie" 
services  to  ■•keep  people  out  of  hell''  When 
he  saw  the  body  of  his  daughter  he  put  on 
al>.g  disp  ay  of  grirf.  The  "Reverend''  has 
been  unlucky  in  several  sr.son  and  counterfeit 
money  cntei-prises  in  which  he  has  been  en- 
gaged,  and  was  easily  caught. 

MARCH  »,   t»40 


Nincompoops  at  Trenton 

t  .  Iir™"i''  !^^  ^  '^i-^B'"*^e  to  the  worthy  peanut 

ntr.^t!i,M  "'^""*  r^tioiai"-  fmagine'lhe 
utter  wonhla^s„c^,  of  men,  seven  Uemocrata 
and  seven  Republu-ans.  that  would  nwh  ^ 
appoint  as  a  judge  of  the  Court  of  Enx)r^  an^ 
Appeals  a  man  that  less  than  three  ymrs  pre 
vious  had  been  admitted  to  .he  bar.  When  the 
New  Jersey  Smte  Bar  Association  sought  to 
imcsliga  e  Hie  qualifications  of  Prank  IJague 
Jr      0  tins  .noOO  job  the  nincompoo,«  at 
Trenton  humed  and  put  him  in  the  dHaa 
anyway.  Hague  is  a  national  menae? 

It  Pays  to  Advertise 

to  Jail  beeau.se  bis  customer  owed  him  *2  700 
which  they  would  not  pav.  fie  posS  as™ 
m  his  window  that  he  w^'ts  abouMo  close  ^ 
shop  because  the  following  pen.ons  oS  h?m 
the  amounts  stated.  On  the  first  dav  he  look 
m  over  $500,  and  stayed  b.  b»«inil   '  '""'' 

Crooked- Officials  Jailed 

♦  Wear  Ingoing  to  happeu  ?  At  Paterson  thi-ce 

trwe?fnm''-^'  ■"^.?  'r'  '^"^^  "<Sm/;S 
tion  were  put  in  jail  for  conspiracy  to  mis- 

approprmte  «1.5,000  of  fhe  city'  le/ef  funi  . 

If  New  Jei-sey  would  jaji  «H  its  crooked  offi. 

ffti^rth^dtr  ^'  ^"""^^  ^--'  o- 

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Punishment  of  East  Indian  Racketeer 

♦  Two  of  our  India)]  pioneers.  Tony  and  Dan, 
in  tlic  voursc  of  their  work  in  Poena  of  pr«- 
claiming  the  good  news  of  tlie  advent  of  tlie 
Thciiciiilic  OovcrninfiH,  riillcd  at  the  home  of 
an  Indian  religionist,  Pasloi- Savant,  and  were 
invitcfii  Ity  liim  lo  pliiy  Ibt-  plionograijh  spwch- 
(js.  This  was  done,  and  he  ai.  onee  manifested 
the  Kont-iiki-  disposition  that  Jvsus  said  would 
identify  liis  enemies.  (Matthew  2ri:  31-46)  In- 
stead of  showinx  the  Knititudi'^  duo  lo  Diose 
who  sct'k  to  do  good,  this  man  re-sorted  to  vio- 
lence as  his  father  did  lieforc  him, -John  8 :  44. 

Oati  liad  itL'vn  a  ncwapaper  corrt'spondont 
for  India's  leading  newspiipt-v  nntil  liie  tiiith 
rojiciicd  him  and  he  entered  into  its  service, 
and,  thinking  this  new.s  item  wonld  inleit'st 
liip  Incnl  press,  he  sent  them  a  brief  account 
of  wliat  had  happened.  But  the  Press  of  India 
in  as  prostiliilft  nn  that  In  otJicr  parts  of  Iho 
world,  and  these  rejected  the  item  submitted, 
pi-eferrihfi;  ihc  favor  of  the  local  rclisrious 
crowd  to  keeping   faith   witii  tiioir  readei-s. 

We  have  not  the  jibilily  to  mass  hundreds 
of  publishei's  at  a  given  tomi,  as  iiave  you; 
but  we  have  that  sann?  consuriiinK  love  for 
Jehovah  a.s  have  Uis  people  elsewhere,  and 
we  gladly  responded  wlien  the  Bombay  bi-an(?h 
office  invited  another  pioneer  and  me  to  take 
the  sound-car  to  Poona.  We  are  an  insigiiifi- 
cant  body  compared  with  (he  massed  niiilions 
of  India's  population,  but  we  have  no  fear 
for  the  Devil's  hordes;  our  only  fear  being 
of  Ilim  whom  we  love  supremely— ,!ehovah. 

We  took  with  ua  a  thousaml  handbills  which 
read  as  follows: 

Rei-iciox  vitiutds  CnitisTiAxmf 

IttDUK    l-ASTOft    ASSAri,Ta   CHSISri.\\    WORKKIIS 

Two  of  Ji'hovrih's  n'ilni-sto.s,  iciirking  with  (he 
Wiili^h  TiwiT  Bible  ti  Trael  Society,  uri-  ui  Poona 
preiu-tiinu  the  guspul  of  tii)(]*s  KiriKdnm  by  moans 
of  I'l'ciirJirii  sjirectii'K  snd  )>rinied  li  I  era  lure.  While 
working  in  Ra^ta  Peih  on  Otlober  Iti  tbt-y  hiip- 
peiied  io  go  Ui  Pujctor  Snvniifs  honee  (Kt".  John 
.\Ii«inii)  ami  with  his  peraiissiciii  repi-oduced  sonic 
Bihie  loolTirea  by  Judge  Riitlnnfotxl.  A»  these  Icc- 
turea  expOHod  the  hypuiirisr  of  the  Christian  reli- 

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gionists  and  showed  a  dilTcrpniii'  l>rt.m«n  religion 
azid  Chri»lianily.  ihp  pnrfor  heeame  enraged,  with 
Ihc  ivsiiil  Ihflt  one  of  llieae  vrili)i-s».-H  wiw  iiKKntiltod 
and  abnsed  by  liiai  and,  iis  though  that  was  not 
fiiough.  tills  Kiiid  witneifl  was  obalrueted  by  force 
from  leaving  the  premiums  for  some  lime  and  ttu^ 
ther  sa»iiiilied.  A  complnint  has  been  lUed  al  |lie 
Quarter  Gate  Poliw  Stalioa. 

This  sort  of  tiling  (<(mi[iarr-s  wry  well  wiJli  the 
intolei'aiieK  mid  rrhKiniis  periiecntiou  trhicli  Jesus 
and  His  dlst^iple^  enfountered.  No  doiibl  I'nslor 
Savant  was  not  iifraiiJ  of  thtwG  two  witaeesea  who 
visited  him,  bnl  he  plainly  was  afraid  of  the  truth 
which  they  brought  to  tlw  atloiilton  of  Hip  people 
who  ILiletii-d  to  iJione  Icotiires.  Jesus  warned  His 
fdllower'  Hint  they  would  be  liati^d  of  all  uultuiij* 
for  His  namt'a  sake,  and  e.Hpi.t;inlty  by  the  same 
crowd  of  I'eligiuni.slN  who  perse^ated  Him  to  death. 

The  same  speeches  which  weiv?  i^pruduet'd  t^)  tbi- 
people  of  St,  Johns  Mi.ision  iirc  oi'nilable  for  yoa 
to  hear  quite  free  of  •'harge.  You  are  iuvited  to 
ask  for  Tbeiii  lo  1*  reprodueed  iji  .vour  ow:i  home, 
or  aiiywheri-'  else.  If  you  cnnnot  ask  one  of  Jeho- 
vah's witiir»m  piMTtonnlly,  write  for  faillwr  infor- 
mation Rnd  literature  to  the  Society's  offiue; — 
Watch  Towes  Bible  &  Tract  Societt, 
17  Bastion  Road,  BouBAr  1. 

These  were  distributed  among  all  of  the 
English -spcDkinif  public  of  Pooriii  during  Ihc 
couwc  of  our  door-to-door  work,  and  given  ont 
to  those  who  listentxl  lo  the  lectures  from  th© 
sound-car. 

At  oiir  very  first  pilch  a  man  who  invites 
those  who  can  bo  so  duped  to  call  him  by  the 
title  "Father"  in  direct  violation  of  the  com- 
mandment of  Jasus  lo  the  contrary  {Matthew 
23:  9>,  a  minister  in  the  Church  of  England, 
went  off  for  the  police.  But  wiiile  "Father" 
was  able  to  induce  a  posse  of  police  to  come 
and  listen  to  the  lecture-t,  !h>  iwutd  not  induce 
them  to  break  Ihc  law  by  arresting  as  for 
exercising  our  lawful  rights.  So  "Father" 
helped  us  to  the  extent  of  increasing  our  audi- 
encfi  to  the  amount,  of  six  constables,  for  which 
we  thank  him.  They  listened  to  the  k'Clure.s 
and,  we  hope,  en,ioyod  them.  We  gave  them 
handbills,  and  the  "father"  went  away,  no 
doubt  mueh  disgrunlli'd  and  disialisfied  with 
a  World  that  no  lunger  jumps  to  obey  when 
a  baek-to-front  collar  and  llowtng  mau-mity 
gomi  commands.  1  found  myself  thinking  that 
the  iMilice  of  America  might  learn  a  les!«m 
from  their  less  civilized  (f)  bvothens  in  this 
land. 

Notiee  was  read  out  in  all  of  the  churches 
that  Jehovah's  witni-ssc^  were  in  town,  and 
that  nobody  sliould  hear  us,  take  our  tiiera- 

CONKOLATIQN 


■^Oovenin>«.t  «nd  P<.«c."  4.t  Ha.nburg,  Arkm>sa^;  S  ne-voon...^,  not  com.ting  d.iJdre^ 


tui-c  or  eiHerlaiii  ns— a  Wt  of  five  advertUing 
for  which  we  \voio  truly  (trateful.  Evea  the 
clei-Ky  may  sometimes  do  good,  howsopver  un- 
wittiURiy, 

We  learned  that  Pastor  Savant  had  a  emwd 
of  croiiios  lo  ivhiirn  he  dispi-nsed  owasional 
material  tjlessiiiKs  in  tho  form  of  drink  and 
food,  and  tin-ie  were  to  attaek  tw  if  v/e  wj-nt 
anywhere  near  to  his  loealitv.  Nothing  de- 
temd.  and  tniMting  in  Ihe  prolpotion  of  Jdio- 
vah.  we  wciU;  and  no  harm  come  to  us.  "The 
mighty  men  of  Babylon  iiave  forJrorn  lo  fight, 
they  have  remained  in  Iheir  holds-,  their  might 
hath  failed:  they  heeame  as  women."  (Jere- 
piiah  51:30)  Instead  of  the  promised  thr.ish- 
ing.  we  got  a  large  and  attentive  audience 
among  whom,  perhaps,  would  be  the  pastor 
who  had  dan-d  lo  loiich  one  of  the  Lurd's 
auoipted,  KnawinR  Ids  Iont,-iu-  and  kiridng  him- 
self  for  a  fool  us  the  hvpoerisv  of  llie  elerjo' 
wa.s  shown  up  by  the  lectnrfs  and  his  own 
pui-ticiUar  wicked  act  told  over  the  micro- 
phone. At  most  places  where  tfie  lectures  were 
given  some  people  of  good  will  weie  located 
Now  Poona  has  a  Ho<lel  Study  class  started 
and  many  are  showing  en  inleresi  in  Chris- 
tianity as  opposed  to  i-elifiion.  Home  of  these 
are  from  Pastor  Savant's  own  floek,  and  I  had 
the  pnvilegt  to  get  iu  some  "locust"  woik  at 

MARCH  so.   1*40 


a  meeting  arranged  by  tJiem  with  the  sole  ob- 
ject of  finding  ont  why  all  of  the  clergv  were 
warning  them  to  have  nothing  to  do  with  ijs 
rhis  wa^  their  veiy  fiivft  question ;  I  took  in  a 
very  long  breatli  and  answered,  ft  was  mid- 
night when  we  at  last  went  home  to  our  food. 
I  he  last  that  we  heard  of  Pastor  Savant 
was  that  he  was  consulting  his   lawver  for 
tear  that  we  were  going  to  take  legal  steps 
against  him.  He  need  have  no  such  fear— we 
""t  '^**!,?""'t'nK  """■  own  vengeance ;  for  Jeho- 
vah wilt  settle  all  accounts  ai  Armageddon. 
It  js  truly  a  slianK'.-  work  in  which  we  are 
engaged,  and  wilh  all  my  heart  I  lliauk  Jeho- 
vah for  the  unspeakable  privilege  of  being 
called  to  engage  in  it. 

The  work  in  India  goes  steadilv  forward 
iToin  various  parLs  of  our  field  I  liear  of  ad- 
vuuces  being  made.  In  fact,  jusi  now  it  aeenm 
that  the  toil  of  many  a  difficult  year  is  be- 
ginning  to  bear  fruit :  for  from  various  places 
i  hear  of  opposition  being  aroused  and  of  some 
coming  mto  the  fold  of  tin-  Lord's  "other 
sJieep;  as  a  resnlt.  Only  those  who  actually 
work  m  this  eountiy  know  of  the  difficulties 
that  eonfront  us  at  every  turn;  and  onlv  w© 
know  the  great  joy  that  c«me8  from  seizing 
faithfully  in  spite  of  these  difficulties,  and 
our  cup  of  joy  Hows  over  when  we  behold  tJie 

13 


great  multitude  of  those  of  good  will  rubbing 
their  eyes  in  wonderment  lis  Uiey  walk  our. 
from  the  darkn«ss  iuio  God's  marvelous  light. 
— C.  S.  Qoodman,  Pioneer. 

From  a  BritiHh  Pioneer 
♦  1  feel  so  thrilled  end  iti-atefill  to  Johovnh 
that  I  would  like  you  ulso  to  share  this  joy 
Ho  liiLs  given  me  during  the  last  few  days. 
Last  Wednesday  moniing  there  was  a  com- 

fauy  drive  and  1  was  working  with  them  as 
osually  do.  In  the  cour.sc  of  ihc  morniuK  I 
observed  a  Iad>'  leaving  her  house  thr«e  or 
four  doors  from  whei-e  I  was  and  my  first 
thought  wa.*:  to  lot  ht-r  luiss  without  witness- 
ing to  her,  but  second  thoughts  prompted  me 
to  approaclt  her  ((uickly  and  befon.-  she  had 
got  many  steps  from  her  front  gate.  Judge 
my  pleasure  when  after  heanng  the  nature 
and  purpose  of  my  work  she  said  "Come  in" 
and  returned  indoors.  Presently  she  stated 
that  she  van  a  Catholic.  It  was  a  Catholic 
district  and  a  few  minutes  earlier  a  lady  had, 
with  a  demon.s1  ration  of  t>id: ^'notion,  come  out 
of  her  house  after  me  and  tore  up  and  threw 
away  a  ("atholie- i-'a-seisT  .Menaw  leallet.  How- 
ever, ihe  i<tdy  I  was  inlerviewing  had  a  very 
different  mind  and  listened  attentively  to  what 
I  had  to  sny.  She  said  that  she  had  not  be«n 
satisfied  for  some  time,  and  later  divulged 
that  at  one  time  -she  hud  attempted  to  leave. 
but  the  "Father"  had  ci-eated  a  gi-eat  Eiuss 
and  so  she  nitimately  allowed  him  to  persuade 
her  to  stay.  I  uskcd  wtietiier  she  was  a  "prac- 
tieiug"  Catliolic,  whereupon  sJie  fold  nie  that 
she  was  unmarried,  was  a  lady  of  independ- 
c!ioc  living  iu  her  otvn  hou-w  and  owning 
properly;  thut  she  nro.se  at  6:1.';  a.m.  and 
went  aei-oss  to  the  ''Cliurch"  and  opened  it 


Kinguom  Uonae,  Maucfaesier,  England 
14 


Hiss  Sail  Antonio,  Texas,  proclaims  the  Ooo<)  News 
to  ft  group  of  four,  at  the  door&tep 

ever?'  morning  and  assisted  the  priest  daily 
in  saying  the  Latin  raspon^t^;  she  also  had 
sole  charge  and  care  of  all  tlic  priestly  vest- 
ments, altar  cIotlLS,  candlesticks,  etc  In  short, 
she  was  doing  all  the  duties  of  a  sacristan, 
free.  1  asked  her  permission  to  call  in  a  com- 
pany puhiislit^T  —  0  sister — and  quickly  at- 
ransed  for  the  sister  to  call  for  Jliss  Beiinett 
to  take  her  to  a  SalvaUon  study  for  the  fol- 
lowing Tuesday.  I  placed  with  her,  for  the 
time  being,  IHchi^s,  Ktitmics.  Snlvation,  and 
Uncovered,  and  asked  whether  she  had  a  Bible, 
and  she  said  ".\o".  So  I  offered  to  lend  her 
my  Catholic  Bihlc.  I  returned  with  it  the 
same  evening  (also  some  records).  She  wel- 
comed me  anrl  said  she  was  free  and  desired 
me  1o  go  in.  So  I  played  several  selected  r«c- 
ords,  and  when  Judge  Riiiiierford  said  on  the 
"Enemies"  record  that  for  1500  j-oare  the 
Roman  Catholic  Church  had  worked  much  in- 
jnr>-  to  liie  people  she  sponliineously  respond- 
ed "That's  true".  1  should  have  .taid,  thut  im- 
mediately upon  enleriug  this  lime  she  picked 
up  tile  Vtu-ovcrcd  booklet,  turned  back,  and 
showed  me  she  had  nearly  fiiiislicd  reading  it. 
I  played  ■'Instruction",  and  she  gave  me  a 
year's  subscript  ion  ioTTlre  ll'«(c/t(oiFfr.  While 
1  was  tliere  "Kalher"  Rooncy  rang  her  up  on 
the  telephone  and  she,  laughing,  lei  me  hear 
the  conversation.  He  asked  her  to  go  across 
to  tlie  chHrch ;  and  slie  said,  "No,  I've  got  a 
visitor."  She  showed  me  tiic  counterfoils  of 
h^r  cheque  Ixiok;  but.  us  she  requested  mj" 
confidence,  1  cannot  re{>eat  how  mimy  hun- 
dreds of  pounds  she  had  paid  out  to  him. 

CONSOt-ATlON 


I 


Miss  .Siiii  A.,i,.„.„.  ■]..^»,.  11...8  can-i..^  her 
ptoiK-grapli  from  oiic  dooralop  selup  to  U.e  nc\t 

She  has  hceii  a  Catholi*!  for  thiriv  veai-s 
and  I  mentioned  it  was  stranse  that  no  at- 
tempt had  Iwn  made  to  indiiM  her  to  take 
the  voil;  and  she  replied  llmt  thcv  had  h«d 
her  m  a  eonvenl  and  she  wore  the  black  haiiit 
of  a  nun  under  temporary  vows  for  a  .sliort 
period  \\  hen  slic  left,  ihe  motiier  sui;erior 
spent  three  Iiours  Irj-mg  to  induce  iier  to  star. 
Sho  writes: 

Dtrur  Mr.  MpHiJen, 

loa!;"^  r  C" '" '''"  '""*  '*^'"  -"^  »"* 

I  have  .just  iwM  readm  it  ana  urn  flma«,d 
at  tho  acc^iracy  of  ifap  n,any  rfpt^,,    ,  ^^^^ 
of  tbew  li.mg«    km  tl„.  uvei^KL.  Cathol;,,  nnd  am 
immtiiv  »i™iM,lI,.v  «nd  ngrt-cmont  with  Ihe  writ.T 

the  Bible  „n<i  Iwofc  {Salvation)  m«ntioi,.-d  * 

1  am  hopmg  to  fin.l  siiffidcnt  couri>ire  to  tnke 

Church  early  i,«l  woek.  t-n  fort  una  triy  f.,r  rae  it  , 
not  ju.t  «  n>«t.rrof  «„rki.f  ot.t  of  iLt.  o™e %  U 

olber  Ch«r.h  hel.mcmfp..  I  Irnv.  fMt  for  mnuy  v.m 

^Calhoh^  oi-an.wil,m.  I  my«..lf  co.Jd  write  a 

OOOk  oil  Its  iJijiislK-t-s  linrt  erunlties 

«r,:i  v,?^  "^r  '1'  '•^"P"'!'''''''^  position*  in  th<^  Church 
and  have  thereby  a,.i,„ii*d  timhan.I  k.iowi..d"c 
All  gooti  Kiihfs-  uiilil  TueaJny.     " 
(Misa)  G.  Bexnktt. 
She  will  attend  Salvation  sludv  tomorrow 
and  I  pray  God  will  giro  ),er  vision  and  cour- 
Bge  to  «o  the  whole  lengih,  declare  hei^df 
for  Him  and  replace  hoi-  former  work  with 
lh«  Lorrl  s  "stmnKo  work"  of  witness.— ^lanr 
Meaden.  Pionwr.  ' 

MARCH   20,   IMO 


Kapaskasing,  Northern  Ontario 

♦  We  have  had  a  Yt:ry  interostinK  experience 

'n  hapu^as.ng.  The  ehief  oi  police  accS 

heens^.  u>  sell  boofe.  We  showed  him  oi.r  test!- 
ZTLyi^  "'"'  *^-^l"«'"«^  »'«t  we  were  plnc- 
nrt  S  "r  ''"  "  ■■■V''"-if»»io"  !•«««  and  did 
not  ncod  a  license,  lie  oommanded  us  to  se- 

KtBdlcd  onr  Onier  of  Trial  for  onr  «,un*e  of 
aelion.  It  oeeiiia-d  to  a'*  that  it  nii-ht  bo  th^ 
decent  IhinR  to  <-o  to  Ihe  town  elS:  gh-?ht? 
a  WHMC..S  „nd  e.plnin  our  work,  hut^id  ,S 
8^.  becmse  we  v.ere  afraid  thi.s  would  cZ 
sutuw  a  eoinpronuse.  Tn  this  case  the  chief' 
seemed  lo  be  trying  ,o  intimidate  h«  in.o  S?! 
m?  town ;  so  we  continued  working,  and  after 
.men-uptn,K  „s  three  lime.,  he  piek.^  ufup 
and  took  us  before  the  mav:i.stni.Lt  the  to^ 
naJl.  Ihe  chief  aectiscd  lis  of  selling  without 

™fh  l'"^  '^''^.'r  '■«•'  '^  witness  ready  fo 
swear  that  we  "sold  him'  a  book;  that  there 
weie  compiaint.  e«ming  in  every  dav  aboS 
our  bothering  f  he  p..oplo  and  i-efiising  to  leave 

heir  homes  without  their  buying  onr  books'- 
and  what  was  more,  tliey  wanted  to  hear  this 

offensive  record-  we  were  using  ii,  this  work. 

m   and  then  presented  our  te.slimony  card 

a  ehaiter  to  work  anywhere  iu  omario  we  did 

ot  consider  it  necessarj-  lo  ask  permission  to 

do  tins  work  m  Kapiislcasing.  The  magistrate 

whether  we  had  been  asked  to  secure  pernds^ 
«ion  to  work  in  Ihe  other  towns.  We  J  5™'? 

ZZl '  ■'*^  ^''■^"  ««K«'^ted  such  a  thing ;  moS 
church  organizations  solicit  contributions  for 


Baptiiuii  of  Jehorafa 


«  wiUiewcs  at  HoasWB,  Texas 
*15 


Uicir  work,  so  wliy  discriminated  Tie  then 
callod  u|>  ihc  party  the  chief  inoiilionwl  as 
his  ttiiness  and  asAed  him  if  ho  rpinemberod 
fJtuUiiiKu  liooli  froiii  otieof  Jciiovah's  witnesses 
and  did  he  buy  this  book  or  did  lit'  contribulo 
to  Iho  work,  .fiisl  iiii.i«iiii-  mir  iftief  when  the 
niuii  ussiiicd  Ihi'  nmsiiHtralp  lh<tl  it  wji.sji  dona- 
tion. Al  this  poini  the  chief  again  mentioned 
tlie  record;  so  «<•  askod  |iermi.sKion  to  play  it. 
Both  men  lislenwl  attonlively  right  tiiroutzh 
"Snai*  and  Raeket"  and  at  the  coiielusion  the 
iiiuiri-sl  rale  as-stiPed  ine  il  wan  ti  "very  inlO'CNl- 
ini;  talk".  Naturally  this  was  a  little  hard  on 
our  (,'BtiioIie  I'nond.  ihc  eolt,  and  lo  lei  him 
down  a  ]ittli-  llie  luagisirutf  jnive  us  quile  a 
talk  on  the  importauee  of  the  town  officials' 
'  kimwiiiK  wlial  whs  going  on  in  the  town.  He 
ended  iiji  with  the  admonition  to  hnrry  up 
and  get  flni.-thwi  and  got  out  of  town  beiaiisc 
the  U'lcphone  was  kept  biis>'  with  complaints 
about  us.  He  stood  up  then,  nibhing  his  hands 
as  if  to  be  IhruuKli  witli  us,  utid  sHid,  "Weil, 
Chief,  I  won't  do  any  more  about  this."  uad 
n-alked  ont.  We  asked  tiie  ehief  if  everything 
was  O.K..  and  he  said  "Absolutely",  Needless 
to  say  there  was  a  eoupie  of  thankful  pioneers 
Ihni  moved  out  of  that  town  hall  quickly. — 
Mrs.  E.  Holland.  Pioneer. 

The  Lighf  of  the  Dying  Leper 
♦  To  be  sure,  it  is  not  to  ones  persona]  erudit 
thai  he  serves  the  great  Creator  with  all  his 
powei's.  Who  does  less  is  very  foolish,  un- 
worthy of  life,  and  is  sure  to  die.  However, 
Ihc  uceuuni  of  faithful  servioe  of  ihosp  who 
do  sez-ve  under  great  handicap  thrills  the  heart 
of  all  who  are  interested  in  the  vindication 
of  Ihc  name  of  Jehovah. 

In  the  leper  colony  of  PirapitiHRUt,  SaO 
Paulo.  Brazil,  is  an  aelive  company  of  Jeho- 
vah's witnesses.  Wilii  testimony  card,  litera- 
ture and  phonograph  lliey  visit  again  and 
ugtiin  the  other  patients  of  the  colony,  to  the 
number  of  2,500  to  3.000;  visit  the  hospiUls, 
wltorc  they  play  the  records  and  read  to  the 
blind  patients ;  and  conduct  Bible  sludies  with 
lliL*  books  and  Watchtowo-  every  night  in  the 
week.  Not  content  to  witness  only  to  those  in 
theiroolony,  ihcy  npfjliid  to  the  State  leprosy 
Board  for  permission  for  those  who  were  phys- 
ically able  to  visit  another  colony  at  Santo 
Aligelo.  After  some  monttis  the  request  was 
({ranted,  and  live  of  them  .spent  ihi-ee  happy 
days  witucji»ing  in  Santo  jViigeJo.  finding  in- 
terest and  placing  considerable  literature.  One 
interested  person  whom  they  foand  iheru  whs 

16* 


shortly  afterwards  Iransfenvd  to  Pirapitingaf, 
mueh  lo  Uteir  delighl.  and  is  now  joining  with 
them  in  the  work,  llow  the  Loi-d  is  finding 
the  .lonndahs  and  adding  them  Ui  Hi.s  Hock, 
even  in  a  leper  colou.v,  is  shown  in  the  lotlow- 
ing  stoiTp-  told  by  one  of  Jehovah'-s  witnesses 
in  Pirapitingui: 

"A  little  old  woman,  widow  of  one  of  Jeho- 
vah's witnesses  who  had  died  about  six  months 
previous,  was  di'in^  in  the  isolation  hospital 
of  the  leper  colony.  She  was  almost  illiterate, 
but  had  eontini)e«l  to  receive,  re«d  and  pass 
on  the  best  she  could  the  sweet  message  of  life 
contained  in  ihe  pubiii-ntion.s  of  the  Watch- 
Towrji  SociKTv.  "Plca-se  don't  use  any  candlvs 
for  me.  I  don't  need  them.  Jehovah  is  my  light,' 
slie  .said.  Her  rciue.sl  was  honored;  she  was 
buried  without  candles  (contrar>'  to  Uie  usual 
custom),  and  the  young  man  who  heard  her 
rL-<|uesl  u&ki-d  for  her  Bible  and  literature, 
read  them,  and  has  now  takeji  his  position 
on  Jeliovah's  side,  where  there  is  light-" 

Some  one  unknown  lo  the  comfMiny  (they 
suppo^  it  to  he  one  of  the  doctor)  is  writing 
regularly  in  thi'ir  eolony  paper  item-s  of  truth 
which  he  is  taking  from  the  latest  publica- 
tions of  the  Society. — N,  A,  Yuille,  BraKil. 

Read  ing — Writing — Speaking 

♦  From  the  interior  of  Cuba  comes  a  swe 
leller  from  one  of  Jehovah's  wilne.ises,  Span- 
ish, but  educated  in  the  rudiments  of  English. 
Writing  to  Judge  Rutherford  he  said,  in  part: 

Plea**  txtuptf  bad  writiuB.  bi-caus*  I  never  went 
lo  Mhoo!.  Miiy  Ji^bovith  priwrt'^  ynii  nnd  nil  who 
w»ik  uprigiitlV.  My  KTSlitiidc  to  the  Almighty  i& 
more  ibaii  I  <^n  exjilain,  but  alJ  true  hi-urU  must 
I'd*  l!i<'  right,  nnd  thiit  \hif  work  iii  Ihc  nnrk  of 
lite  Alaiighiy  Ood.  1  ibink  I  could  tell  nboui  the 
Kin^oR)  hy  word  of  muulh,  but  tin.-  plnjriiiKriipb 
IK  bcttw.  It  spcMks  pliiiiily  ami  with  slrikiiiB  h«r- 
luony.  1  flni  sisd  for  it.  When  I  stand  or  sit  ttebind 
il  my  momh  has  ijreal  ease.  I  have  so  iiiany  back- 
cai\f  thnt  if  [  coulil  divide  tninn-lf  in  Ifarci^  it  would 
not  be  enough.  Wp  tnist  in  God. — Joseph  Clarke. 

WitnesHes  Are  Exempted 

♦  A  lengthy  rejwrt  regarding  eonscientioQs 
objectors  before  the  special  Iribiuial  called  to 
con.sider  their  cases  in  London  mentions  that 
when  Jehovah's  wit nes>vsapi>eerjind  convince 
the  bench  of  their  convictions  (i.e.,  that  they 
really  iielieveand  pracliee  the  things  for  which 
Jehovah's  witnraws  stand)  they  are  usually 
registered  for  agrietiltural  or  forestir  work. 

(Tq  be  continaed) 

CONSOLATION 


Easter  the  Demon 

<(\TOW  about  llmt  time,  Herod  the  kiiiR 
XN  ati-etchofi  fortli  iiis  haiiiLs,  to  vex  cer- 
tuin  of  llie  cliui'cli.  And  he  kilk-d  Jamcoi  the 
brother  of  John  Mith  the  sword-  Am!  Iioenuse 
lie  saw  it  pleitsor!  the  Ji'Wf,  lie  pi-occeded  fur- 
ther lo  lake  rvi«r  also.  (Then  woiv  llio  days 
of  «iiIi'avMii''.i  hr»'a<I.)  Ami  when  he  had  ap- 
preliciidLd  him.  \iv  |iiit  liim  in  )ii'isi>n,  and 
delivei-ed  liini  to  I'our  quaternions  of  soldiei-s. 
to  keep  him;  inleiuUntc  afler  Easter  to  hring 
him  forth  t«  the  people."  (Acts  12:1-4)  If 
"Easter"  wei-e  a  {'hristiaii  feast,  then  King 
Herod  the  Jewish  pixisfiytc  would  not  have 
shown  i-espeet  for  it.  On  this  text  the  Cath- 
olic BouHy  Version  BihK'  ifads:  "'And  when 
he  [Hei'od  |  had  apprehended  him,  he  oast 
him  into  prison,  deliverina  him  to  four  files 
of  soldtei-s  to  J)t'  Icfpt,  iniottdinit,  afu-r  the 
Paseh  I  (J-Hi.  licv.  Ver.)  PaJwuverJ.  to  bring 
him  forth  to  the  puoijle."  in  Ihe  face  of  all 
this  the  i-eligioni-sls  of  "Chrisleiidom"  eele- 
brute  Gaster,  whieh  i»  anli-Cbristiaii,  demon- 
istic. 

Not«  The  Caihalic  F.ncyeloptdia.  Volume  5, 
whieh  says:  "EASTKit, — The  Knulii^ti  term,  ao- 
eording  to  the  Venerable  Bede  ,  ,  .  relates  to 
E5slre,  a  Teiiloni"-  K'nidftts  of  the  ri.'iini!  light 
of  day  and  sprint;,  whieh  deity,  however,  is 
otherwi.se  iniknctun,  even  in  the  Edda  -  ■  -  ; 
Anglo-Saxon,  easltr.  .  .  .  Easter  is  the  prin- 
cipal feast  of  the  eecleaiastical  year.  Leo  1 . . . 
calls  it  the  greatest,  feast  ifextum  festonitn), 
and  says  that  Christmas  is  eviebrated  only  i» 
preparation  for  Easter.  It  is  the  eentre  of  the 
greater  part  of  the  ef.-elesio.stit!«l  ytar.  ...  the 
ApattoUe  Falhei-s  do  not  mention  it  ...  " 
Tluis  it  is  shown  Thai  Easter  hoiiori  a  woman 
or  a  demon  rather  ihau  Christ  .lesns,  the  Hon 
of  Ood,  whose  resurrtttion  reliijion  elaims  lo 
celebniU'dii  Ka-sier  Sund.iy,  thi'day  of  p.iiiited 
Baster  eggs  and  bunnies, 

Jlark  liow  religion  has  from  tiie  very  IwRiii- 
ninp  i)ushed  the  resurieclion  of  Chi"isl  Jesiui 
lo  the  side.  It  was  (!ods  purpose  thai  Je-sua 
should  be  both  the  ransomor  and  llie  deliv- 

MARCH   29.  1»40 


erer  of  believing  men ;  and  He  eould  not 
he  the  deliverer  if  He  romaiiiefl  deaii,  tt 
was  therefore  neeessary  for  Je-sus  lo  be  res- 
urreeteil.  The  question  may  be  asked:  if 
Jesus  wa.s  put  to  deatli  as  a.  man,  and  the 
value  of  lli.s  saeriliee  as  a  man  must  be  pre- 
sented in  heaven  to  tlod,  "whom  no  man  Imth 
seen,  nor  ean  see,"  how  could  a  man  appear 
in  heaven  and  present  that  ransom  prieef 
The  answer  is:  lie  could  not.  Cor  the  reason 
tliat  no  man  ha-s  access  to  the  spiritual  realm. 
(1  Timothy  6:16:  1  Corinthians  l.'i:riO>  A 
human  eirature  i.s  wnfiued  to  earth.  Jesus  died 
a.s  a  man,  but  His  Fallier  Jehovah  (!od  raised 
Him  out  of  death  a  xpinf  creature.  Aboul  this 
1  IVter  S:  18.  Ila^iscd  Vi'rsiun,  plainly  says: 
'■Beeausi-  Christ  also  suffered  for  sins  once, 
the  righteous  for  the  unriiicbtoous.  that  he 
niitfht  bring  us  l«  God ;  being  put  to  death 
in  the  flcsli,  but  made  alive  in  the  spirit." 

Re.surreclion  of  tlie  dead  means  an  awak- 
ening oul  of  death  and  a  standing  up  again 
to  pel-feet  life.  The  ninii  Jesus  was  <Ie«d  and 
mu.st  fore\iT  n-muin  dead  as  a  m.in'.  to  the 
end  that  His  right  to  live  as  a  human  crea- 
lure  might  fiiniish  the  wdemptive  price, 

The  resurrection  of  Jasus  was  up  to  that 
time  the  gi-eatestdemon.'ilral  ion  of  God's  power 
ever  made  manifest  lo  man.  Je.'fns'  resurrettion 
was  and  is  a  part  of  Ood's  great  arrangement 
for  man's  deliveranec  This  being  true,  it  is 
to  he  expeeled  Ihat  Snian  llie  enemy  would 
do  all  within  his  power  to  prevent  the  resur- 
rection of  Jesus,  and  failing  in  that  he  would 
do  everything  piusihle  lo  blind  the  people  to 
the  truth  thereof.  It  is  reasonable  to  conclude 
that  Satan  knew  the  words  of  the  prophecies. 
Jesus'  resuri-eetion  was  anticiimted.  For  the 
first  day  after  .Jesus'  death  the  Devi!  and  his 
invisible  angeli,  demons,  and  probably  some 
of  his  visible  angels,  would  lie  celebrating. 
They  would  be  felicitating  one  another  over 
the  death  of  Jesu-s.  .Ai  the  first  sober  momenl, 
they  would  recall  His  wonis  concerning  His 
resurrection.  The  rccoitl  is:  ''Now  the  next 
day,  that  followed  the  day  of  the  preparation, 
the  chief  priests  and  Pharisees  came  together 
inito  Pilate,  saying,  Sir,  we  remember  that 
Ihat  deeeivcr  said,  while  he  was  yet  alive, 
Afler  three  days  I  will  ri.se  again.  Command 
therefore  that  ihe  scpulebre  be  made  sure 
until  the  tliird  day,  lest  his  disciples  eoihe 
by  night,  and  steal  him  away,  and  say  unlo 
the  people.  Ue  is  risen  from  the  dead :  so  the 
last  error  shall  be  worse  tlian  Ihe  first.  Pilate 

•  17 


■ 


■ 


Baid  unto  them,  Tc  have  a  watch :  go  vour 
way,  mako  h  as  sure  us  ye  can.  So  thev  went, 
and  mock-  lh«  s«p»I<'hro  sure,  swiiiiis  th'p  xtontf. 
and  scltiBK  n  watch.'— Jialtiipw  '27:62-66. 

Salaii  the  enemy  knew  of  .J<-sus'  words  to 
the  dwiplps,  aiid  Sjilan  put  that  Uioiiyht  into 
thd  miuds  of  the  chief  priesw  and  Phamoes, 
Satan  would  ri-;i.s»iii  thai  he  ivould  prevent  the 
resnrrwiion  of  Jcsuk,  if  pmeible,  and.  failing 
in  this,  he  wouhl  so  eonfiLte  ihc  minds  of  [he 
people  lliat  they  wouid  not  Iwliwe  that  Jesus 
had  been  raised  from  the  dead.  Salan  failed 
in  the  first,  but  ht-  has  fairlv  well  sncowded 
m  tonfiisins  the  truth  of  the  resurrection  of 
Jesus.  God  has  Riven  such  nhuiidant  proof, 
towever,  as  to  the  fact  of  the  resuri-ection 
of  Jesus  that  all  may  kfiow.  and  all  will  know 
when  Ilieir  minds  are  opened  to  a  proper  un- 
derstand in  r. 

Havine  received  this  suggestion  from  Satan, 
and  huviiiR  been  authorized  bv  Pilsic  the  gov- 
ernor to  ))rovide  u  guurd,  the  elergi-  hired  a 
gnard  and  put  them  at  the  tomb  to  watch. 
This  guard  kept  claw  watth;  but  in  due  time 
there  name  to  the  tomb  the  aiiyel  of  Jrhovah 
nod  and  rolled  back  tlie  stone  fmm  the  door 
and  oijetied  the  sepuleher  to  reveal  that  it  was 
empty.  The  guards,  greatly  frightem^  bv  what 
they  saw  and  hoard,  imrried  to  tJic  city" to  tdl 
the  religious  clergy  that  Jesus  had  been  res- 
urrecttd  from  the  dead.— Matthew  2S:1-12. 
At  oiice  the  unholy  triumvirate  of  commer- 
cial, politieal  and  religious  elements  called  a 
council,  m  which  they  cxp^^f«ed  all  the  wis- 
dom they  liad,  trying  to  solve  their  difflenltv. 
After  much  deliberation  tJie  financial  part  of 
the  trio  raised  a  large  sum  of  money  and 
pa-tsed  It  into  the  hands  of  the  clct^,  and 
thoy  in  turn  bribed  the  guardsmen  to  lie  by 
instructing  (hem:  "Say  ye.  His  disciples  came 
by  mght.  (ind  stole  him  away  while  wc  slept 


And  if  thi.s  come  to  the  governop's  ears,  we 
will  persuade  him,  and  secure  you.  So  thev 
took  the  money,  and  did  as  they 'were  taught': 
and  this  siiying  is  commonly  reported  among 
the  Jews  until  ihis  day."— Matthew  2S:  X3.15. 
So  well  did  they  work  thi.s  scheme  that  for 
over  nineteen  centuries  a  major  portion  of  the 
peoples  of  earth  have  not  helievea  in  the  res- 
urreotion   of  Jesus.   The   Devil   wa.s  able  « 

whether  the  Lord  Jesus  wa.-s  resun-ecK-d  ot 
His  diseiples  Cdzried   away   the  bodv.   Bu( 
notwithstanding  this  effort  of  the  enemy   Joi 
hovah  saw  to  it  that  an  nbunchinco  of  prool 
was  provided,  sutlieienl  to  satisfv  anv  searcliel, 
for  iruth  then  or  thereafter  that  He  had  raised 
up  His  beloved  Son  ont  of  death.  The  Devil's 
later  effort  was  to  confuse  Jesus'  resurrection 
with   tlie  demon   Easter,  "a   goddess  of  th( 
^axoiis,  or,  rather,  of  the   I-IeisI.  Ksina.  inl 
honor  of  whom  sacrifices  fwere|  aniiuallj-  of-f 
ferod  about   the   I'aNsover  time  of  the  year! 
(spring)."    (McClintock  &   Strong's   CycloA 
padm)  "The  things  which  Uie  Gentiles  sac-J 
nfice,  they  sacrifice  to  dkmoss,  ami  not  to 
Uod:  and  I  would  not  that  ye  should  have 
communion    with   demons."  —  !    Corinthians 
10:20,  Americav   Rcviftd  Version. 

Wlien  Ood  raised  Jtsus  out  of  death,  the 
gi-eat  Master  did  not  appe^ir  to  the  i-cligious 
clerg>-  that  they  might  see  Him  and  be  wit- 
nesses. Had  Jesus  done  so  they  would  not 
have  told  tlie  ti-uth  atiout  it.  It  is  to  he  ob- 
scr\'ed  tlial  the  Lord  never  uses  wiclted  ones 
for  His  ofiieial  wituesses.  Religionists  may 
talk  in  His  name,  but  they  do  so  without  au- 
thority. The  Lord  chose  as  witnesses  to  the 
resurrwlion  those  who  had  been  faithful  and 
those  who  loved  Him,  and  who  resisted  the 
demons. 


Social 


Child  Curiosity 

One  day  a  father  went  out  with  a 
ehild  for  a  walk.  They  passed  be- 
side  Ji  big  farm  by  which  was  set 
a  Ixianl  with  the  words.  "For  Sale  " 

.u      .  "Dad,"  Ksla^d  the  child,  "whv  is 

that  fann  for  safe?- 
'•Certainly   the  owner  does  not  need   it " 

answered  the  fatlier. 
"Dad,"  a^ted  the  child  further,  *to  whom 

does  he  want  to  sell  itf 

18* 


"To  a  man  who  would  need  it,  my  child." 

The  child  went  into  u  meditatioi).  A  few 
minutes  later  they  approached  to  a  colonv  of 
falling-down  barracks,  which  stood  so  close 
to  eadi  other  that  it  was  hard  to  pass  throurii 
them. 

"Here  it  is  so  tight,"  said  the  ehild.  "wljy 
do  not  these  people  move  over  to  that  larac 
farm?" 

"That  farm  does  not  belong  to  them,  and 
It  is  going  to  bo  sold,"  repliwl  the  father. 

CONSOLATION 


"Then  wliy  do  lh«y  not  buy  itr  inqaired 
the  child. 
"liRcattsu  tliey  have  no  money." 
"But  why  havtn't  iJiey  got  ill" 
Pulhei-  kept  silent  for  a  while.  "Don't  ask 
80  much!"  sail}  liw  weary  father. 

The  child  ronmiTied  silpiit  for  a  long  time. 
Coniiiis  hack  fionifl  by  a  flift'ei-pnt  wny.  tht-y 
approached  a  palaet-.  hefore  which  was  hung 
a  large  siftn  hoard.  "To  Ri-nl." 

The  diild  looked  at  it,  but  said  nothing. 
A  few  steps  from  the  sign,  atrainst  Ihc  wall, 
slept  a  very  old  womtiii  dressed  in  ragged 
plot  h  in  g. 

'■Why  doos  thte  woman  sleep  on  tJie  street, 
and  iiol  at  homeT"  now  asked  the  child. 
"She  hiis  tio  home!''  ans\verod  the  father. 
"Then  why  does  she  not  go  to  tliis  large 
house  on  the  opposite  aide,  as  it  is  vacant?" 
'■This  house  is  not  hers."  said  the  aston- 
ished father,  "nor  is  slje  allowed  to  enter  & 
stranger's  house!" 

'•Why  not  f '  lisked  the  child,  with  obstinacy. 
"Who  woTild  not  allow  herf 
'The  law." 

"The  law!  jVnd  who  made  tJie  lawt" 
Again  the  father  kept  silent  for  a  while. 
^o\i  will  wear  mo  out  with  your  questions," 
said  he. 

They  w«nt  fartJier.  At  tJie  crossing  of  two 
sti-ecta  stood  a  ei-owd  of  people  looking  at  a 
horse  iyinif  there. 

"ffct   uj).''  cried   tlie  coachman;  '-Bct   up. 
r  Jack!"  But  Uic  horse  merely  Uf4ed  lus  head 
just  a  liltlc. 
"Gel  up!""  cried  llie  people;  "get  upl" 
Buf  he  did  nol  move. 
Thcu  the  people  began  to  think  as  to  what 
to  do  to  remove  him  from  the  road. 

"Dad."  said  the  child,  ''if  all  tlie.se  i)cople 
would  lake  hold  of  the  horse  and  help  to  re- 
move him.  the  road  would  ho  clear;  isn't  it 
ti-uet'' 

Father  looked  at  tJie  large,  questioninj^ 
eyes  m\d  smiled.— Tran-slaled  from  {he  Polish 
edition  of  C</ns'jtuli'i»i.  So.  -l". 

L>earning  How  to  Live 

♦  Humanity  is  slowly  learning  how  to  live. 
jusi  alwut  when  it  is  loo  late.  A  boy  bom  in 
laOI  could  expect  to  live  48i  years,  'but  a  boy 
bom  in  liVS'J  could  expect  to' live- 60?  years. 
The  piris  aw  iouaer-lived.  \  girl  bom  in  i901» 
eonUl  expect  to  live  51  years;  but  if  born  in 
1939,  could  expect  to  live  65  year*. 
MARCH  so,  lew 


American  Housing  Record 

♦  In-ing  Brant,  edilor  of  the  St.  Louis  Star, 
went  abroad  to  study  housing  condilions  and 
returned  with  the  information  tli.it  in  Britain 
a  man  on  $15  a  week  earnings  can  get  a  liouse 
for  $15  a  month  rent  Ihat  he  could  not  get  in 
New  York  city  for  $50  a  month.  One  nalurallv 
wonders  why.  and  puts  the  answer  uj)  to  the 
Big  Business  crowd  that  have  the  money  and 
are  not  content  with  modo-st  returns,  He  also 
said  that  if  the  United  States  were  to  be  put 
up  alongside  Denmark,  Sweden  or  FiuUind 
this  entire  country  would  look  like  one  vast 
slum.  He  is  reported  to  have  said: 

You  should  ftue  the  houses  built  for  workine 
people  in  Scaeidiiiiivia  I  They  nr«  on  a  scale,  in  pro- 
portion to  po|>ulation.  thsi  makes  the  pabiie  bona- 
mg  program  in  tho  United  SUtcs  look  sbowt  as 
big  as  a  telephone  booth. 

Tluit  all  sounds  pessimistic,  hut  is  probably 
the  truth.  On  the  other  side  of  tho  ledger  is 
the  fact  that  last  jear.  in  tJie  United  States, 
tliero  were  429.000  new  dwelling  units  eon- 
strueted  in  other  than  farm  area.s.  lepre-sent- 
"i(t  a  cost  of  .fl  .550,000,000.  That  runs  at  about 
$3.t!00  a  unit  and  indicates  a  rental  of  aboat 
$30  u  mouth,  as  things  go  iu  America. 

The  .Anti> Americans 

♦  The  really  powerful  assistance  iJial  the  dat- 
pots  arc  receiving  from  this  side  of  the  Atlan- 
tic comes  from  those  Ameriean.s— a!id  their 
name  is  legion— who  never  have  known  what 
Americanism  is.  Into  this  categoi-y  one  may 
safely  dump  the  cnlii-e  membership  of  the 
Ku  Kiux  Klan,  as  well  as  the  German-Amori- 
can  Bund,  and  witli  these  a  good  manv,  al- 
though not  all.  members  of  the  D.  A.  R..  of 
the  American  Legion  and  of  the  National  Kdu. 
cation  Association,  And  tlierc  are  plentv  of 
otJicrs.  — Gerald  W.  Johnson,  in  Baltimore 
Evening  Sun. 

Cheeking  Up  on  the  Beggars 
♦  You  know  about  those  iKggare  that  come 
into  the  world  without  a  stitch  to  their  back 
and  demand  and  get  the  best  of  evervtIUng. 
Well,  hei-e  are  some  of  the  ways  now  in  vogue 
to  keep  them  from  getting  lost:  footprints, 
palmprinis  (on  the  same  sheet  with  mother's 
fingerprinls),  a  siring  of  heads  bearing  let^ 
tcrs  which  sjrtll  the  ciiild's  or  parent's  name, 
a  meral  tag  on  tlic  mothei-'.t  wrist,  with  a 
duplicate  lag  on  the  baby'.-*  wrist,  ajid  finally 
the  suntannine  of  the  b«b»-'s  name  through 
perforated  tape  on  tlio  baby's  back. 

t  19 


1 


.TOTALITARIAN 
0    FLAG 

•The  Middle  Ages" 

TliK  Middle  Ages  ia  one  out  of 
jiboul  150  st'hool  tcxltioobt  pub- 
lished by  Laidlaw  Brol!ici-s  Uiai 
is  Ixiutui  to  do  a  lot  of  damage 
to  any  teacher  compi-'lltid  to  teach 
it  or  to  any  child  compelled  to  study  It.  It 
is  written  in  stich  u  wuy  as  lo  lit-  i-nlirely 
subniiKNivo  and  subservient  to  tlie  lionian  Cutli- 
olic  Chtireh.  tiiid  tu  maVi-  tt  appwir  llitit  that 
evil  inKlilutioii,  iiistead  ni  being  earths  'j;re(it- 
osl  cui-su.  is  its  giwik'-tt  hlii^-iiilE.  It  is  prob- 
ably the  work  oi  .Jesuits. 

On('  rcnson  for  t)iinkin>!  Iliat  Die  book  must 
have  been  prepared  under  Jesuit  iiidiiences 
is  that  iindoi-  the  heading  '"The  Keformalion'' 
the  section  devoted  to  Henry  the  Binhtli  and 
tlie  <;hurph  oi'  Knglan<)  is  compressed  into 
eiithl  lines  hnl  it  lakes  four  |)agi«  to  tell 
about  the  .lesuits.  though  outhing  is  said 
about  the-  fael  that  Ihis  order  was  suppressed 
by  Fope  (,;iemeiit  XIV,  and  the  .leauits  have 
on  sLx  ocea»ions  hcen  expelled  fi-oni  Prance, 
five  times  expelled  by  Britain,  five  times  by 
ijpain,  three  times  by  The  XelheHands  and 
by  Russia,  twice  each  by  Belgium.  PurlUKa), 
Mid  ]*araguay.  ontre  eaeh  by  Japan,  llungary. 
Dciimnrli,  China,  India,  BraJ:il.  Mexico,  Swit- 
zerland, Austria.  Italy,  and  (.iermany,  and. 
ou  Ihirty.nine  other  oeeasioiis.  from  various 
cities,  provinces,  colleges,  islands  and  states, 
including  tlie  Papal  States  tJiem^clves  (March 
29,  1848). 

It  should  not  be  overlooked  tliat  Pope  Ciem- 
cnt  xr\'',  who  suppressi-d  the  oi-dcr.  was  him- 
self educated  by  the  Jesuits.  The  Encydo- 
ptedia  Britiinnica  explains: 

Wlirfhcr  iinia  prinripli-  or  policy  he  proceeded 
with  great  circuin  spec  (ion  in  the  suppression  of 
tUe  Jt'suitd.  Ih(!  lii-cree  to  t!Us  i-ffwt  iurt  Iwiug 
frnmcfl  until  NovciiiIh'i-  1772.  iinti  not  nIkiiciI  iiiilil 
July  in  tliL-  followiii'j;  year.  This  tneiuorabk  reieas- 
nrr,  which  liiki*  rank  in  liisliin-  lis  tlir  moat  re- 
markable, pprhiips  tlip  only  ivally  siilv^tantial,  con- 
cctdun  ever  niadt-  by  a  Popi-  to  the  jipiril  of  his 
age,  liux  c<>VL>ii-il  OlonuEnt^t  nioiiinry  with  ubinquy 
in  Ilia  own  mmniunion.  There  can  not  be  sny  rm- 

20- 


Bonable  doubt  of  the  inti'^rity  of  his  «ititliict,  and 
IliL'  only  (|ii(.-!<Iic>n  is  whi-tlicr  hi'  iiclod  f'lvitu  n  con- 
viction of  tlio  pcinicioKB  charnrter  of  llie  Society 
of  Jesas,  or  merely  from  a  swi.ic  of  i-.vpedienoy. 
Ill  cither  casir  his  nclii>n  wiui  nliiindiiTitly  jiutilied, 
(ind  to  allege  (hat  though  benelkial  to  the  world 
it  was  deXriiiieoial  tu  the  church.  i»  rai-n-'ly  lo  in- 
Mid  Ihal  th('  inlcri'sts  of  the  Pirjincy  arc  not  the 
interertsi  of  innnkind.  IIib  work  was  hardly  accom- 
plished ere  Cietaeni,  wliusv  natural  eonslilution  was 
excL'L'dinfe'ty  vitrumii.t,  fell  inio  a  liiiiuiiishing  aick- 
nc.ts,  Rrtipriiliy  nnil  plaiiiiihiy  attributed  to  poison. 
[Itegulai'  policy  of  the  sung. — Ed.] 

Pictures  Tett  the  Story 

The  bonk  is  bciiutifully  gotten  up.  Its  ap- 
l)caranee  would  be  a  credit  lo  any  publisher, 
and  with  the  orang^t  nn<l  dark-blue  lines  at 
the  top  uiid  bottom  of  each  pii^e.  and  the 
numerous  pietun^  scattered  tlirough  it,  and 
the  maps,  the  normal  child  would  be  bound 
lo  be  interested  and  delighted.  That  makes 
the  liook  all  Ihe  more  dangerous  to  lovers  of 
liberty  and  truth. 

Tliere  are  pictures  and  maps  on  120  of  the 
406  twigw  that  go  to  make  up  the  book;  and 
as  pictures  leave  a  more  lasting  impression 
than  words,  on  the  eluld  mind  and  on  the 
nyiid  of  adults  too.  they  may  be  considered 
somewhat  as  to  their  objective.  That  objective 
is  to  cfluvince  the  ehihl  that  '"Our  Developing 
Civilization"  [the  subtitle  of  the  book]  is  de- 
veloping niong  the  lines  of  religion,  nnd  that 
tlie  more  religion  is  put  into  it,  the  better; 
arid  that  the  be,st  of  all  religions  is  the  Roman 
Catholic  religion. 

The  maps  are  not  so  badly  infected.  The 
liojte's  triple  cmwn  and  keys  appear  on  one ; 
Chnriemagne  praying  in  front  of  a  huge  cross. 
jn.st  before  he  goes  out  lo  murder  those  that 
will  not  submit  to  being  baptized,  is  on  an- 
other; a  third  one  is  a  mue-xzin  lifting  Ins 
blood-stained  hands  to  Allah;  but  there  are 
nine  other  good  maps  that  could  not  be  eriti- 
eiited.  Proportion  of  religions  maps,  25  percent. 

There  are  19  fiill-puge  illustrations  or  pages 
of  pictures.  One  of  these  is  of  the  Rheitns 
eathedriil ;  uHOtlier  shows  u  eburi-hinan,  a  high 
eeelesiasi  ie.  standing  back  of  King  John  and 
compelling  him  to  sign  the  Magna  Cliarta;  a 
tliird  is  a  monk  acting  us  physician  tu  an  ail- 
ing child;  a  fourth  is  a  reproduction  of  the 
work  of  a  monk,  showing  the  virgin  Marj- 
introducing  the  child  Jesus  to  tlie  dootois  of 
itiicluw  in  the  temple  (despite  the  fact  that 
she  did  not  know  where  be  was  at  the  time)  ; 
&  priest  is  shown  on  the  very  first  pa^ie  of 

CONSOLATION 


3(tH.sIvations  m  the  took;  Jesus  bl(y«mg  diii- 
drcii  IB  siio^vn  oii  one  jjage ;  aiiolJiei-  sliows  a 
mumm  calling  Moiminmedniis  to  praver-  in 
another  page  seeiie  a  priest  is  slandintt  by 
to  hiesa  a  vassal  when  he  kneels  before  bis 
lord:  one  fun  pftKf  is  dpvoted  to  a  beautiful 
imaginary  illustration  of  a  monusteiy  ■  there 
is  a  fulJ-piiKe  piciuR-  of  .loan  of  Are.  sainted 
because  she   \vm  de- 


monized— heard  spir- 
it voices.  Thai  makes 
ten  out  of  the  19  full, 
paac  pictures  either 
with  a  ivligioHs  mo- 
tif or  with  religions 
fealui-es.  That  is  52.6 
pcpeent  of  llie  mast 
important  pietuitys  in 
the  hook. 

Will  that  have  the 
effect  of  impressing 
religion  on  the  child 
mind  as  hcing  the 
most  inipoplant  thing 
in  tifet  It  is  intend- 
ed to  aeeomplish  Ihat 
very  thing,  and  is  not 
at  all  badty  planned 
to  do  so. 

MUleading 

the  Children 
To  mislead  ii  child 
by  pausing  it  to  rever- 
enoe  superstition  and 
error  and  the  leach- 
iiifts  of  men  instead 
of  the  Word  of  the 
true  and  living  (lod  is  to  do  one  of  the  most 
repi-ehcnsihle  things  a  hntiiun  eveatnro  ean  do. 
There   are   90   less-tliun-full-page   illustra- 
tions m  the  book,  mast  of  them  excellent  and 
iiistnielive:  some  of  tJifiin  not  so.  There  is  a 
hirge-siited  picture  of  Loyola,  founder  of  the 
Jesuits,  m  bed,  n^Jing  the  lives  of  the  saints  ■ 
a  picture  of  a  Jesuit  priest  in  China ;  «  pic- 
lure  of  the  pope  putting  the  crown  on  the 
head  of  Charh-mu«ne ;  a  picture  of  the  pope 
ciwfimg   another   king;   a    priest    teaching 
school:  a  monk,   with  a  ero.ss  conspicuously 
delineJiled;   a   monk   inviting   travelers   into 
a  monastery;  a  monk  feeding  the  birds,  to 
show  his  interest  in  all  living  creatures-  a 
prw^t   iingiiiH  a  mission  hell;   Charlemagne 
approving  plans  for  a  gn'al  eatbalral-  a  i)ic- 
tare  of  Christ  before  Pitate;  one  of  Oonstait- 

MARCH   iO.   IMO 


tjnc  aweptuig  Christianity;  one  of  King  cio- 
m  and  hLs  wife,  ea.h  holding  a  hi,-  cnTeifix 
?l  "i  Mohitmmed  thinking  alxiut  religion 
one  of  Mohammedans  fighting  for  relisioa: 
one  of  a  s,,uiPe  kneelmg  in  prayer  in  a  stained' 
g^a^-window  eh.u'ch;  «„«  of  a  clinrehmon 
readme  the  first  summons  to  parliament;  one 
of  Joan  of  Arc  tending  her  father's  sheep; 
one  of  ifeni-y   the 


Fourth  waiting  out  in 
the  cold  in  the  snow 
for  three  days  to  get 
an  audience  with  the 
pope :  one  of  Peter  the 
Hermit  organising  a 
"criiHade"  — the  forc- 
ing of  the  religion  of 
Ihe  cros.s  on  the  hea- 
then; one  of  the  cru- 
saders en  rmitc  to  the 
iJoIy  Land ;  one  of  the 
crusade  of  the  chil- 
dren,    Iwiiig    led    to 
their  doom   by  reli- 
gion; a  picture  of  the 
madonna:  a  picture  of 
Luther  nailing  up  his 
theses  on  the  door 
of  the  Wittenbnrg 
ehurch;   a  piciure  of 
the  pilgrims  going 
to  chun-li :  and  wme- 
thhig  that   came 
mighty  Hear  being 
overhiokcd  altogether 
— a  very  delicate  side- 
,       ...  stepping  of  the  whole 

Inqmsmon  horror.  That  makes  26  rcliRious 
pictures  out  of  90,  and  comes  to  2S.9  p.-i-coiit 
bo,  then,  out  of  a  total  of  120  pictures  and 
maps  there  are  39  that  have  rclinion  mixed 
up  with  them:  that  is  32.5  peiwnt  of  the 
total,  and  it  would  be  fair  to  assume  thai  the 
motive  m  the  preparation  of  the  book  was 
at  least  32.:i  percent  religious,  away  from  Ood. 
towani  men,  and  not  in  the  interest  of  the 
children  temporally  op  eternally. 

Now  About  the  Reading  Matter 

The  reading  matter  is  at  lea.st  as  religious 
as  the  pictures.  There  are  14  pages  about 
The  Beginning  of  a  New  Religion",  supposed- 
Jy  Christianity.  Midway  is  a  piclui^.  of  one  of 
the  early  popes  or  r)riests,  standing  iu  front 
of  a  huge  cross;  he  b  pPea-rhing  in  the  (;aU- 

21 


Says  the  rttirjiiK  invisible  empire  to  its  snccessor 


SEVSH  LIKS  IS  WEJrrc-THREE  UNSS 

A  KlngdoiB  putllstwrllvlnj  In  wonoo  sent 

the  dl9pfltc!\  from  a  French  nevapsiMl-  hera 

reproduced-  The  censorcMt  n-it  twantT-r^.vo 

llnea,  a  o  8 h own  but  (tli:  ^flfiffTF  IFrPPTF 
In  tha  23  lines  wlilch    UK  iUWtlt  iLLKtIt 

remain,  tViepe  are  seven  "  [fS  CflEVALfUIS  M 
lleG.  after   the  best  _.„_  -_  „.___„ 

pnct'.ee  or  the  Itoman    LA  TOUR  DE  fiARDE 

K!a^.rS:l;:'''  AVAfTETECREEEOANS 

.;L  ^KnSts'ol"^^;  LENORDDELAFRANCE 

WatOhCower'.  has  been  Pndfa  f*r  4m  Knitm  d  pin- 
foitned  In  northern  (<«ioaan  ■itHfLDiiaHoiitii' 
France-  Founded  bvfot«-  tlem  *U>  oxiiita  ]•  iUiHiiaH 
•ignsra,    and    piecea  I«p1i«.*m1. 

under  a  false   r  e  1  Ig-  tm«.  ti  esi.  i«i),  p«i-i  i\iioi«.i 

«.-.■....■       —  1.  VBt  IBIornnllon  luiislilit  "tin 

^ou0  appearance p  it;  Mtr*  sunn*  'onm  du  dmpiratt 
UUgnc  tr.e  rj>ac  boso-  eo„Biw*  un.  BJoJiu  uorfu  joai 
lyto  defefttlsm.   LI  lift  't  >mi  «>i.  a.  «*m««iii*.  i..  n- 

m  Petit  Parisian:)  j;':. K:; ;;'a^'"  °'™"*" 

A  judicial  Inquiry  has 

]u«t  been  opened  a- 

gainst  c»rtaln    for- 

«ignera  In  tho  region 

of  leaa  who  had  romwd 

ftseeret  society  whose 

ebject  was  to  domorBl- 

Ize  the  Prenohand  Pot 

l9h  populatlonit.  tbla 

society  liad  tnkon    03 

title    -The  Knlehta  of 

the  Vlatohtower. '    (Tho 

S5  lines  cut  outbyfha 

censor   then    follow.  ] 

Other  arrests    will 

follow.  Mons.l«rtche, 

police  magistrate    at 

Bethuno.  haa  been  ap-  ™u«.„    ..,™,. 

pointed  to  settle  this  w,  lwch  lun  ii'iiiiitiic:i<n  * 

nrrair.  ,„,  ■mn 

combs ;  he  has  n  ei-Ciss  on  his  vestmciil'i.  The 
next  to  last  paragraph  slates  lliat  Pelcr  was 
"the  first  hishoi>  of  the  churerh  at  Rome", 
which  is  untrue,  aiiJ  iJic  last  paragraph  is 
about  tho  pope  and  devoted  to  the  theme 
that  '!in  time  the  tenii  'Pope'  came  to  mcBii 
the  Roman  bishop  only''.  Ch'ver  work  on  the 
part  of  the  writers  and  against  the  children ; 
is  it  not? 

Thciv  are  20  pages  about  monks  and  mon- 
asteries. These  coiiUiiu  3^  psges  about  "Saint" 
Benedipt,  who  thus  oceupii«  in  the  book  a  little 
more  tlian  the  spape  given  to  Jesus  of  Naza- 
reth. This  will  helj)  the  child  assess  the  rela- 
tive vftlne  of  tJie  two.  The  concluding  picture 
in  this  suction  says,  "The  monks  helped  their 
follow  men  in  many  ways,  and  they  wei*  kind 
to  all  liviriK  ereatui-as.''  Bully  monks. 

There  are  21  pa(ii«  about  the  Crusades.  In 
the  moralising  which  slart;^  this  section  off 

22 


Almighty  Ood  is  charged  wilh  the  raids  of 
the  barbarians  who  pillaged  "Christian"  eoun- 
tries.  All  the  Crusuders  liad  to  have  a  cross 
on  forehead  or  breast.  The  crimes  committed 
bv  the  Cnisadi-rs  eoiistltuK^  one  of  the  worst 
recoi-ds  of  all  time.  The  book  The  Middk  Ages 
merely  vairuely  hints  at  this.  One  form  of 
prai.se  is  the  eondemnatiou  of  an  evil  thing 
wilh  u  faint  eondemnation,  smiling  while  you 
do  it.  it  takes  an  artist  to  do  that,  but  it  is 
done  right  along. 

There  are  22  pages  about  The  Reformation, 
and  when  the  student  has  finishwl  this  chap- 
ter, winding  up,  as  it  doc-s,  with  4*  pages 
of  fulsome  praise  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
"Cliureh"  and  particularly  the  Jesuit*.  Ihe 
natural  result  in  his  mind  is  that  he  thinks 
that  on  the  whole  this  period  is  one  of  i-eal 
glory  to  the  church,  and  that  while  a  few 
individuals  at  times  did  a  little  something 
off-color,  yet  the  institution  as  a  whole  was 
and  is  A-1. 

About  ihe  Inquisition 

Oh  yes!  About  the  Inquisition. 
I  Did  you  ever  hear  of  that  worst 
jnf  blots  on  the  record  of  humani- 
ty, wherein  somt^  .">0,000,00(l  human 
•  creatures  suffered  at  the  hands  of 
the  worst  fiends  the  earth  ever  knewf  You 
arc  in  Inck.  You  got  your  education  b^tfoi-c 
The  Hiddle  Ayes  was  published.  It  Is  not  oven 
mentioned  in  the  six-i'agc  index  of  this  oh? 
so-valuablo  work  on  hi.story  for  children. 

But  don't  think  the  child  is  to  be  left  with- 
out any  impres-sion  on  this  subject.  He  is  left 
with  an  impression,  but  it  is  a  false  one.  On 
page  199  is  a  picture  of  a  man  walking  blind- 
folded over  a  floor  uovered  witli  i-ed-hot  plow- 
sharers,  I'ndiir  the  picture  it  saj's.  "If  he  burned 
himself  on  tlie  hot  plowshares,  he  was  declared 
guilty."  A  bishop  and  five  priests  witness  the 
pci-fonnance,  but  the  scene  is  sandwiched  into 
a  chapter  on  "Trial  by  Jury".  There  is  noth- 
ing said  about  the  Inquisition ;  but  the  child 
sees  the  picture  and  the  context  and  gathers 
the  impression  that  it  had  something  to  do 
with  trial  by  jury,  and  does  not  have  any 
conception  of  the  fieroencas.  the  devilishness, 
the  beastliness,  the  inhumanity  back  of  the 
whole  infernal  Ihiug. 

In  one  of  the  nonreligious  chapters,  on 
pages  244-251  inclusive,  the  writer  .seemed 
to  fear  he  had  not  said  enough  about  the 
pope;  so  he  got  down  to  business  and  men- 

consolation 


tioned  tliat  gcaUeman  37  IJmcs  m  tlic  eight 
pagi-s.  He  went  to  bat  for  bun  11  times  on 

^"in^UUnois,  where  thU  textbook  for  chiiaren 
is  tustd  in  tho  public  soliools.  one  of  Jehovah  a 
witnefls«  resigned  as  a  teacbor  lather  Ihan 
hp  a  piiilv  to  poboiiiiiK  the  iinnds  of  the  chil- 
dren bv  teaebins,'  from  nr  W»  Ages.  "Our 
D<.vciopiiig  Civilization."  by  McC  ui*.  Schcek, 
Wright:  l.ai<ilnw  Bi-olhers.  Publis^iers,  Chi- 
cago. New  York,  San  Frencisco,  Dallas,  At- 
lanta. 

Slop  from  Hollywood 
4  The  Assoeialt'd  Press  earned  as  news  a  dis- 
patch from  Hollywood  that  "Bryan  hoy,  who 
Ssed  to  be  one  of  U.e  Sev.n  L.t.le  toys  w 
looicitiK  for  movie  stones  whieh  have  Catholic 
pScsts  in  featured  roles"  The  f  ^strng 
thing  about  this  propaganda  is  not  that  ine 
priusisarehei-oed  in  everything  that  comes  out 
of  Ilollvwooa  nowadays,  to  the  diagu^  of  mil- 
lions of  .\merieanR  who  have  no  use  for  their 
racket,  but  thm  The  Associated  Pre*s  would 
carry  sucli  u  patfiit  advertisement  of  the  Hier- 
archy as  "ne^vs". 


Cates  Wants  to  Know  .    » 1 1„ 

♦  KeiV-ning  tc  Kcost^veifs  aDpomtment  oflns 
own  pei^oiial  ambassador  to  Uie  po'pelha  ll«v. 
eivnd"  J.  Klmw  i;atcs,  of  Calvary  Methodist 
church,  tbo  Bronx,  wanU  to  know  whoin 
Mvron  C.  Tavlor  represents  and  whom  The 
pmident  represents.  Of  course,  nobody  should 
Le  sai-castic-,  but  Mr  Gates  Ifa^yhal  "^^ 
when  he  says,  according  to  the  New  \ork 
Utrald  Tribunt:  . 

And  vfiio  U  the  yresident  roprcwntingl  Fre- 
suii-.»bl>>  the  Amerii-iin  people,  part  ol  whom  are 
too  WOO  ProtoM«nl*  m.S  5.000.000  .l.ws,  U«s 
tW..  been  <u.y  <lcin»n.l  on  tli^  part  of  th.a  "Ver- 
wbolmirs,-  mnjoiity  of  our  pcoplt-  to  hnve  the  pope 
r«piveen1  Ihecnt 

Taylor  Wants  More  RcliKion  , .  .  ,  , 
♦  Ut'ligion.  the  guidance  of  mankuid  by  hu- 
man iradition  .ind  human  great  ones  instead 
Of  bv  the  Word  of  God  and  its  truly  gx-eat 
Author,  mak.^  a  ^reat  bil  *vith  tiie  humans 
who  taUe  them^-elves  «.-riously.  Thus  Myron  C. 
Taylor  the  pro-Fascist  umbasstnlor  ot  itoose- 
velt  lo'the  pope,  allcr  his  nppoinlmf-nt.  said: 
I  am  doiiblv  pli-iw.-.l  thai  tht-  oi>pM'h.iuty  eomes 
thri.ugb  the  fleW  of  reiiKiwi.  that  gtvat  coroeratone 
^*-hi«U  dvili2«tio..  Bud  ninii'=  de4.rc-»l  hgpo  for 
the  ftUur*  liav..  and  miiat  rest  if  human  de^tmj 
is  lo  adiic^x-  its  ultimate  inumpii  over  the  forces 
of  evil. 

MARCH  »   1»M 


We  Put  It  Over— Didn't  Wc? 

♦  Kugene  Pacelli.  at  present  holding  down 
the  j(ib  of  pope  of  Rome,  feels  that  h«  and 
Franklin  D.  put  it  over  on  the  American 
people  in  pit-lty  good  shape  in  the  apl-oint- 
ment  of  Myrou  C.  Taybi-,  of  tlie  St..el  Frust, 
as  Roasevclfs  private  ambassador  to  the  \  ati- 
can  In  his  letter  to  Roosevelt  (which  it  look 
him  only  fifteen  days  to  writer,  after  he  knew 
all  about  the  appointment)  he  follows  hisitsual 
custom  of  smearing  ink  on  paper  with  hun- 
dreds of  words  where  six  woi-ds  ^vould  do  as 
well.  It  isn't  convenient  to  tell  Kugenc  loo 
much  ubont  how  to  run  his  businm,  but  if 
he  wants  to  get  to  firat  base  in  theae  days  he 
oan't  spend  too  much  time  chatliim  with  the 
umpire  after  he  has  swatted  tlu-  ball.  Tlie  best 
thing  he  can  do  is  to  gather  up  his  skirts  and 
beat  it  for  the  bag  like  Paavo  Nurmi  or  Jeesc 
Owens  when  they  arc  in  a  huriy.  . 

His  papers  (published  in  London)  admit 
that  it  took  vcars  for  Mundclein  and  others 
to  crowd  Koor-evclt  into  doing  lids,  and  he 
came  to  it  only  when  he  realized  he  miat. 
It  comes  with  rather  bad  grace,  tliC".  for 
Eugene  himself  to  say  that  America  s  'Ohicf 
Magialralc  of  the  great  North  American  fed- 
eration, under  Ihe  spell  of  the  holy  night  of 
Christmas  should  have  taken  .such  a  prominent 


■phis,   from  the  Santo 
Bartjara,  Callfornln, 
Nesra-Pi-esB  beCra^a  im 
unJclnd  dlapoaltlott  on 
the  pert  of  the  paper 
and  an  a6t«fflpt   to  be- 
little generoalty  and 
tenevolenoe.  The  Jews 
were  obligated  to  tb» 
law,  to  oubmlt  to  It, 
to  tui™  the   ehoelc    to 
It,   but    m     this   case 
Olerman  couia  legally 
and  Sorlpturally  hove 
asked  for  Jijstice , the 
coat  of  filing  B   ooa- 
plalnt,  employing  an 
attorney,  serving  the 
necessary  pepera,  tltae 
lost  from  wltneaslngf 
damages    t  0  property, 
«nd  Incidental losaeo. 
Paul  onoe  reproved  a 
Judge  upon  the  bench 
for  causing  hi™  to  be 
smitten  unjustly  and 
Jesus  Christ  demanded 
to  know  of  an  officer 
why  the  man  llle^lly 
struck  hln.  See  Acts 
23(3  and  John  19i23. 


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M.  J,  nnnnrily,  of  IJ3J  BMh 
tctrM..  (lUn'i  ijikt  kUKUy  U  On 
ChrlKlsn  am"*!'  WlHUm  J. 
Gl4R»n  WtTlpI  w  Hb  om  «tx 
In  Jo™  «"1  •»  •  f*™'*  li*  U  » 
tfflfnnmit  loiHy  In  ■  paat* 

Gicfriisn  onl)'  atJit  H'O  itin> 
nr,  .nd  11  W"i  Kim  »  /«  o(  16 

10  iiin  hi<  cninpl'in'-  IjmW"  •' 
It.H  in(it-~-<r  Uolur  u>  «tv»  ih» 
aii^Tj.  w  u-  muhlnit  o(  ihc  a, 
IXCK  01  «nwtin»  nil  Jtunnw. 
W.iioii  E  l^tnipL 

CUrrun.  la  Mi  cnmplaiM,  (11- 
rd'ytundir  In  JuiH"  Wagntr'i 
tool,  an  he  w»i  mn^xM  In  ■ 
■Matui  airl)il>n  tnUiinn  lut 
Juki  ».  Oolnp!  In™  »""■'  ■» 
tiBoM  tpreaflltui  il"  "oi"'.  *" 
■IPpIitd  It  DouTM  V  )i<^'' 

\vinn  h»  »i»mo"!d  10  ^MUA . 
(J>  ippMl  «•  DonMlly  IB"  !«■ 
ur.  jcirurdlnK  ">  'M  wmpl*™!. 
hvCiXFip  antiv  (tifl  In  mj  tl(9 
sitttd  vm   voiuWt   boolKJ"" 

10  iM  BWunA  Al»  Olwoao  «■ 
IJBM.  BmnMly  Dim*  »  "^' 
l„g  n..f,hln..  wl*  !w<.  r»«rf». 

sn  Uie  grouMl  urf  cMtkM  Uii 

"oiHinin  aidninuni  !!)•  sOw 

23 


AMERICA 
F1RST« 


M 


Pupils  Move-but 
Won't  Salute  Flag 

Bay  View  Split  on  Issue;  Voungsters 
Now  Attend  Schoo]  at  Sumas 

Bt  Csrth  Allui 


SEATTLS.  THURSDAY.  FEBRUARY  23.  1940  TWKNTY-TWQ  FAGKs' 


Ibc  yi4**  and  fliniiM  rn  lEbaar, 
wo  4niriita  or  m*  ilhu  gh^  of 
fc(  n™  la  »lini  ihiiau  bi>. 
a*»n  ml«4  ro  ■qD^J»..  nmmiLDLL- 
iki  rpQip  rhtir  b^hpii 


ITII. 


-••    tT*HM  f#«L<r4ii    T4 


'""'   D«7    vit,    for    m(- tia 

*«^fl  tE]d  *it«-niir>n  er  nin  at-- 


LJLfJi'  iflHrcltUM 


"[,.1 


<fc-  Tin 
FirL».«T  to 

iH'l  'M  i*Ofa  [1  Jil'ta^HD^ 


"W"  pa,  Aemafli  >ni,  *a  40*- 

-Ijmirh-^ll    L-Miipi,    I,    „l|^    J, 

bti  ta4l.k]T -md  iWiwiftj  ,',  ijHrii 
Monjt  iJ'tnicra  now  »w  Unci 
iruAu  nniwip  ,^oool  *rn*a  tb-h 
V#  hjl  r^i.JF*4  (s  aitut-  llib  /l<t 
TSa^  w*T-(    'alta  from  \,at^*  aivj 

K"-r>i»  fa  Miifm  dr  titif  rttik 

fu-;a't(>r«q.rar  «rHf  atp,  «ja*' 
T*»j  ]»>  rnurr^n-rxntlri  tt^tf 
Ur  •-it  tar  6*„il.„,  [>,(»*, 
ff»Ob*fl    [i-    tijT[    iH,  ,f„    ,T^rt^,' 

'a     IbB     «>*i,^}     nj,     .,*.rt,,, 

l^-<?J^  lM[X.r,irn,  ,u»„  i„  ,ft,,; 
■*.l-  Till,  *M  p,„,  ,hp  „^,,  pn,^ 
Iftla  riaJ  lr>|iDai.iiht  Uuf  |A>  Wal 
«bC4|  tn»'i|  btH  ^p|  ,^d  j„n|»» 
Ihl  k|nd>.  Khool  Itt,  jiu, 
MluKpli  r.u  Lit<DLhnP»pya 
"^0  iriCK  TO  AILIIP 

lfc«6IWlffr  r-i  HJilla  l&a  rr<t 
■II  II  flBairiai  aur  hlM'a,"  ihrr 


bi^i*  lb*  (in.     [ri, 
"J  '^rj?  ti  ibaLXdtii 

tn  Hiitel  tin 


ii>P  rtiifi*  4<H.i|   f>  h  qi.iMhLiini, 
[""■    '!'■ "  'i(TiiBUfln"  nn 

'     "  'ijril   rot  DlK.    )t»> 

'  r<i  fll  #]ajLi  lA 

" '   '"i    —  ahriuldnl  Itn-" 

HIM  ]|l»tCIJuh  T£i<«*« 

li  Ilia  ■»#.,f|*ri  ibf  Ki'lK.  K', 
"-ill    Jfri    CMfia    W»4^    Vf-J    « 

"I  npi4ii  iPd  j«Hi  «iit  fktm  >i4 
'-'^    rruFia    u4   bmmtt   EMir 

itiHrf^ 

I*    Jiial     ajBv-4,    iH    fAUhl 
't--"   Miln  fCHtf  *.!*«,  t 

fjvk  ID  ma  tM*  fa»-qnl«4  (bt 

Vi'mlr-  wfrti  O.  *l-,  Ha«lM<n,  l'»E« 

7Aii   aiiLwr  ■■•Hal  a**!   (M 

tin  ri>i(vpi.U4v  Bf  4a  m— Am. 


«a  n#Fna  tixu/  >„  ara  ratdy         "<   ■■»  i»»  t*  i«H«a   >*i^ 
"*"*'  "nam,  f    atty    vl^Jfl*    fh*  (MHtl^l**  «r 


alcti  up  wi  humcworh  hUrr 


Won  Duc  nf  school  purtu  Ihun 


Ihfl  UFiJtaa  >l«l'«  4iihI  it  II14 
fiau  or  WIa^»^|r^■rlL  1  tpn  iJaa 
a'^ipl  V  Va  'jn  mil  4  mafd 
«r  feitaDi  dJraficn  '■  *«  *afKt 
■4  <«  ca*«l'U'  Tha  IVv,  *iBaIla1. 
If  U  *  caae  rife*  lAfl  Hinaf*  »fi« 
•E'lWla    »nMlc||    *irFi  tflHHl'.* 


ill  b).  -ntii'ao  in>  iin«mrr  ■>« 
(111  tfLl'il  •  raia  irlHT  Br  Qi*  T^Bir 

"iKrtlVldiUlB  fiJ**  Iha  'l|hl  <ijK-I 
MlirTi  avt  tfto  11  44  »>  if^lnL 


■'□'<  0raui0i.  oriHH  «D«a  fi*T 
imj^i>ij'«  ma  I'fffji,  m«ralA 
f"^=--^,    •'  p"H<iaJ    rJghEa    •* 

lunearnU  mvtt  k*  ma  ^dfla  ^^ 
iM  Tjdiliiir  af  hpa  fin  raUdieui 
b«llr>i 

-»ii'  b«iDV<d  fl«t  iha  avbrtin 
*r  t'lie-TH  riSrrtv,  i;ikit'<o[tp  fiat 
ka«*  i».«4  ,t  Bjt  iniirtjlQaoJ  Ib  1ip> 
viiM  •  4fiJtN|ii»  i«ir  b  *  <.4dilJ*4 

pdjEilioA     AM  mil  ftti  b*aD44i1< 

^niiQur    LOi-c»iLip,ji    p^H?r»mi    of 
pihihiw  I  If*-/  or  ifLfira,^  tut  eciHI 

-:.'  pilled*  ivnjrfoi  «  riipii  lu 

■'I  'I'    '1^  Har  li  innl\A  tl\i  mtv 
iiitEuiitvn  '^larrd. 
CiTIHMI  HOUD  MltrilTO 

-.  ^.-11  11-^  pfnldanl,  a<ipl  A|a0  » 
'■^   'I.  -"  hvr  MO  ajijs  ar  ik«  ai 

:lin^  I...J4  laah  1*0  ullMU, 
rJcna/<     will.    RMinTr    proa* 
"»H**  ■tiemar,  *,a  takri  l^  «■ 
MUJAinii  er  Tba  nuifn   tqnonJ^ 

A  ■«*■  BWIIU  ■>■  t«tl>«r.>H| 

I*  li*  «iiii«ii»  al  BaY  VI**  mold 
"Ml  am  Ua  Taeiranrn,  «»•  nd 
lur  All,  lit  tttrwtltH 

Ifii  tVitoDlhoAia  *»|  fiiiofl.  HHrA 
''•aiflti.t  Ma,i  „(M  »  (aaJi>iu» 
flxnlrnla  vtio  ].»0  h"  tvi  U  Itn 

^AcuJ  hniji^  aljhf*  |[h«  vid  k«*a 

imPHa  ftr*  1J1>T*, 

"I  r«l.eh1  ava^iMa  y<.4l'  rht 
118.  I  avi-a  Joiri  WNa^  a 
•^.-el-  af  i|„fcWn  i/di  ayfhl  J 
fca  ari'Wfif  10  tnkuil  '*»^  ""w,* 
Dia   qL«n   'At*  fa   uy, 

'Wolh,  fitg  taluit  tr  Al    fuj 
ai'ura,  tliHa  ahlldrfA  tuuim  if 
,    If  tfioo],-  hA«  a«|« 

Mill  TNlm  »*fnwT« 

Hii'K  flni  ninir  rn*  difmnlH 
■'■-IP.  (TOTlrn  «»U4a  liaal«d,  ViHUntf 
*llh  >ha  inufl  ailU  H  h'  fon  ■■(. 
Elaiit«4il  ag  •YBT, 

I    'Hurler.-  a^i  DoidTli*  >F*  b*a 
a  acbtAI-'I'i  ^inllifr  ThiLiTLly, 

"ll-*   Ui^t-tfit    k-lrhflul    Man 
■fi<  Datf,  a^i  I  hrrt'  ^iBura#  r« 

■tain,"  '^Bui***-  aija,   iMlJni 
iir  ban  ni*  am.f  •»«  nimiirr. 


Score  oiw  for  tbc  P-/  for  this  good  fronUpu^o  wite-up. 


place  m  th<>  vangu,-irj  of  those  who  would  pro- 
mote pc^ice^  *>te..  <?te,  Faoelli  knows  that  this 
appointment  haa  not  the  slightest  rofi-ience 
to  a  tlo^in*  for  peate.  It  was  a  swap  between 
two  pDliliciatjs:  nothing  more,  nothing'  less. 
Paf*v)li's  wordR,  words  and  moi-e  word* 
aloul  Rooscneil's  "laixsi^ttin^  statcsinanshif/' 
and  that  "only  he''  ^^oiild  know  wJiat  to  do 
in  thm  piiioh  het'anse  he  "unites  with  high 
political  power  a  clear  undtratanding  of  the 
voiee  of  humanity"  are  ail  pure-  buncombe. 
His  words  that  "only  men  of  such  moral  stat^ 
are  will  be  able  to  create  the  pisK'c'-  are  pure 
flattery,  and  as  for  the  "pmvidential  hidp", 
24 


if  he  had  wanted  to  tell  the  truth,  or  wanted 
Franklui  to  tell  it,  he  eoiild  have  left  that 
out.  Why  have  his  papers  publish  the  truth 
m  London  that  this  deal  has  been  in  contem- 
plation for  yowrs,  and  then  let  the  cat  out 
of  the  bag  that*  the  ordy  reaiion  something 
waK  doing,  away  down  al  the  end  of  Frank- 
hn's  seventh  year,  was  Ihat  he  wanted  to  be 
re-eleet^d.  He  wasn't  "under  Ihc  spell  of  the 
holy  night  of  Christmas^'  when  he  appointed 
Taylor.  He  was  up  a«ains!  the  need  of  Cath^ 
olic  voles  if  he  wanted  to  Kot  back  in  a  third 
time.  TJiat's  all  there  was  to  it 
(To  bv  continufdi 

CONSOLATION 


"Onward  Christian  [?]  Soldiera" 


One  Reason  for  Big  Armies 
♦  A  sUiiidiiis  mUitary  t'orpe,  with  an  over- 
gi-own  escfulive,  will  not  long  be  safe  vom- 
[wiiiions  for  Jihertj-.  The  means  of  defense 
against  forfigH  danger  have  been  always  the 
iiislnimenta  of  lyniniiy  at  home.  Anions  the 
Romans  it  was  a  standing;  maxim  lo  excite 
war  whenever  a  revolt  vms  apprehended. 
Throiiglioiit  all  En- 
rope,  the  armies  kept 
up  under  the  pretext 
of  defending  have  en- 
slaved the  people.  It 
is  perhaps  (piestion- 
ablc  whether  the  best 
eoncerled  system  of 
absohile  power  in  Kn- 
i-ope  eould  maintain 
itself  in  a  silmition 
where  no  alarms  of 
external  daniier  enuld 
tame  the  people  to  llie 
domestic  yoke-James 
Madison,  fourth  pre-s- 
ident  of  the  United 
States. 


Uncte  Sam 

Is  Motorizing 
♦  Uncle  t?am  is  ino- 
torizin?.  Ti-oops  will 
no  Ioniser  miii-eh  to 
battle,  tiicy  will  ride. 
The  trucks  will  rarry 
ten  soldiew  oaeii  and 
walk  right  up  a  65- 
pereont  prade.  The 


lO.fKiO.OOO  rendered  homeless  (rmiKeesi. 
i:tn,l2S  Ameriean  snldiei-s  were  killed  in 
battle,  or  died  from  other  causes. 
Millionaires;  1914.  i.riOO.  1918.  25,000. 
Net  iiiofitsof  18  leading  U.  3.  Corporations; 
191244.  *74.6r.0,000.  1916-18.  $337,000,000. 
Net  profits,  K.  1 .  duPont  de  Nemoui-s  &  Co. : 


1914-IS 


Patriot«MTrs  present  nrma 


$225,500,000. 
—  From  a  handbill 
distributed  in  Seattle. 

YoH  May  Not  Love 
Smedley  Butler 

♦  Yon  may  not  love 
Major-General  Smed- 
ley D.  Butler,  but  you 
eainmt  help  but  un- 
derstand him.  Thus, 
in  a  spt'ceh  at  Boston, 
he  IB  reporttid  lo  have 
s-<iid: 

FrniKie  and  Great 
Britain  an-  shinlow-box- 
ittfr  on  iho  western  fiMnt, 

Erob.iMy  wiiitiiifr  for  the 
iiiled  Slnli?s  to  gi-t  in 
the  wiir  and  fisht  their 
battles.  Thi?  Britisli  and 
Freiieh  armies  an-  like 
a  ihin  woman  with  a 
biistte — all  pnradiiigand 
no  form. 

Saci'ifieed  to 

the  Devil 

♦  The  number  of  men 
sacrifieed  to  the  DevU 
in  submarines  is  a 


Euns  will  follow  on  heavier  trucks,  but  aU  able  mere  nothing  as  eorapared  w  t .  t^i« /"JJ^^f 

to  make  45  mili-s  an  hour.  A  Iravelinji  Karai;e  offered  t^o  Molodi  m  the  World  War;  never- 

^  along,  10  make  neeeasary   repairs.  The  thek-ss  750   brave  men   have  been   drowned 

Silnnee^  earn-  ten  sitting  eases  or  four  like  rats  in  a  trap  ni  suhnmnnes  '".t'le  last 

Selelu-r   eases,    lu   ease   of   neees..Uy   these  35  yeai^,  and  tins  number  do;^s  not  im-ludo 

armies  go  "ei-oss  lots"  in  any  weather.  tiiose  who  died  in  the  World  War. 


The  First  World  War 

♦  ]0.0(K),000  kiK.wn  dead  soldiers. 

6.000,000  reported  missing,  about  hall  of 

them  dead. 
20.000,000  or  more  wounded. 
28,000.000  eivilians  dead  from  disease,  fam- 
ine, ptstilenee- 
9.000.000  war  orphans. 
5,000,000  war  widows. 

MAftCH   3D,   IMO 


The  Batcher  Donates  a  Mosque 

♦  Franco  the  Buteher,  betrayer  oi"  the  Span- 
isii  Republie,  and  "Ijlessed"  by  the  pope  for 
so  doing,  presented  a  new  mosque  to  the 
Mohammedans  of  Ccula,  Morocco,  in  recog- 
nition of  the  fact  that  ihc  pope  could  not 
have  won  tbia  war  over  hia  own  subjects  with- 
out their  aid. 


Z5 


Canada 


Jehovah's  witnesses  Are  Anti-Fascist 

I  Every  reader  of  Watchiowkb  lit- 
erature knows  that  .lehovah's  King- 
dom puMishers  an-  the  most  uggr&s- 
sive  aiili-Kasi'ist  grouj)  on  earth, 
ThiTe  is  noihing  for  whicli  they 
entertain  greater  hatred  or  eontfiupt,  because 
this  bcustly  corabinatioii  of  tho  Homiin  Hier- 
archy anduttcr  godlesjincss  is  the  '■abomina- 
tion that  maJtelh  desolate".  Hence  it  is  amus- 
ing and  not  n  lillle  exnsperatintt  that  in  many 
cities,  as  in  Hamilton,  Ontario,  the  police  head- 
quarters was  tlonded  with  telepiione  calls  tliat 
Fascists  were  iu  the  city  when  Jeiio\'ah-s  wit- 
nesses Iliere  were  distriltnting  Fascism  or  Free- 
dom. The  police  had  intelligence  enough  to  see 
at  once  that  llie  books  are  auti-Fascist  and 
that  there  is  nothing  in  them  that  could  hurt 
anibody  but  the  Devil  and  those  that  have 
the  spirit  of  the  Devil. 

Remarkable  Escape  of  Two  Canadians 

♦  sailing  Eilons  at  thirty  miles  an  hour  over 
the  surface  of  Baiuy  lake,  in  a  Iruek,  the  ice 
broke  and  down  went  the  truck  and  two  occu- 
pants thirty  feel  to  the  bottom  of  the  lake. 
Thev  managed  lo  get  out.  swam  to  the  top 
in  the  dark,  felt  around  and  finally  found 
the  hole  throuith  which  they  had  plunged. 
One  got  out,  dragged  the  other  out,  and  then 
thev  lioth  walked  two  miles  to  a  place  where 
they  got  an  automobile  ride  four  miles  into 
loivTi.  Tough  as  pine  knot^,  neither  one  felt 
any  ill  effects  the  next  day. 

Breasts  of  Snowbirds 

♦  Two  week.'!  in  every  year  snowbirds  appear 
in  the  isle  of  Orleans,  off  the  Quehee  coast. 
Just  before  the  visit  of  the  king  and  <iiit-en 
30  men  were  sent  lo  the  island,  where  they 
snared  2.75(1  of  these  rare  creatures.  When 
llic  Quebec  government  feasted  their  royal 
majesties,  each  guest  at  the  bani|uci  was  given 
a  patty  made  up  of  8  breasts  of  these  bii-ds. 
It  seema  as  if  the  bii-ds  could  have  been  spared. 

Canada's  Amphibious  Moose 

^  It  seems  quite  well  estalilishod  that  in  the 
far  Cuntidian  north  there  is  a  moose  that  is 
amphibious  and  able  to  live  and  feed  on  the 
lake  bottoms  in  the  dead  of  winter  when  heavy 
ice  completely  covers  the  surface. 

26 


On  Cauffhnawaga  Reservation 

♦  On  Caughnawaga  Indian  reservation,  out- 
side  Montreal,  in  December,  there  were  per- 
.sons  in  the  Indian  hospital  who  wore  not  In- 
dians and  had  no  right  there;  the  Quebec 
Liquor  CommisJiion  delivered  liquor  to  the 
rcser\',ition  when  it  had  nn  legal  right  to  do 
80:  the  water  on  the  reservfllion  is  polhiled  H 
and  unfit  to  drink ;  ihe  tribal  fires  arc  smoke-  ^ 
leas  because  there  is  not  enough  wood  on  the 
reservation  to  heat  the  houses;  many  of  thi 
Indians  were  starving. — Condensed  from  the 
Toronto  Cfhbt  and  Mail. 

Salvation  Army  in  Guelph 

♦  Brigadier  Wallace  Bunton.  of  the  Ijondon 
corps  of  the  Salvation  .Army,  was  the  speaker 
at  a  military  rally  at  Guelph.  Canathi.  a  few 
weeks  after  Chamberlain  agreed  to  throw 
Czechoslovakia  to  the  wolves.  Bunton  sliowed 
hia  great  love  for  his  fellow  men,  and  his 
desire  for  their  salvation,  by  saying  that  if 
any  of  ihcm  are  not  satisfied  ta  live  under  th« 
Union  .Jack. 

tlitK  the  only  thing  to  do  is  to  load  Ihnm  all  into 
a  boat  with  a  Calae  bottom  nnd  luki-  Ihem  into  the 
middle  of  the  oueau  and  then  it  v,-ill  In-  all  over. 

For  Entering  His  Own  Home 

♦  For  breaking  the  |»adlocks  on  his  own  home 
a  British  subject  was  given  two  years  in  priiion 
in  Quebec.  Under  the  Padlock  Law  the  attor- 
ney general  of  Quebec  may  padloek  any  house 
in  which  he  suspects  t'ommunism  ht  being 
taught.  And  the  worst  of  it  is  that  all  efforts 
to  insist  that  Communism  bo  defined  have 
been  in  vain,  and  the  peraom)  who  thrust  this 
infamous  law  on  decent  people  have  admit- 
ted that  they  do  not  want  it  defined — so  that 
iJiev  can  close  any  home  they  see  lit,  and  keep 
haiids  off  the  purely  Communistic  monasterica. 

Glacier  Crash  in  Banff  Park 

♦  Glacier  crashes  have  occasionally  been  seen 
by  man,  and  aro  among  the  greatest  spectacles 
ever  seen  by  human  eyes.  No  one  saw  it,  hut 
there  was  a  magnificent  glacier  fall  in  Banff 
NiUional  Park,  Alberta.  For  two  wcelts  |ii'ior 
to  the  fall  the  glacier  on  Mount  Hector  had 
been  seen  hanging  over  .Molar  creek.  After  iUt 
fall  it  was  found  lo  have  moved  two  miles 
and  to  have  covered  the  valley  with  ice  200 
feel  thick. 

CONSOLATION 


Eskimos  Migrating  Northward 

The  inagnelic  pole  of  the  earth  is 
located  near  the  line  of  70  degrees 
!  north  latitude  and  97  degrois  west 
lougituile.  at  a  point  1,433  mili?s 
due  north  of  Winnipeg  and  2aO 
mil«(  north  of  the  Arctic  Circk-.  Eslumos  of 
lands  far  to  the  south  ai-e  now  coiiims  into 
those  northern  zones  to  live,  encouraged  by 
better  food  supijlivs  and  also  by  more  tavor- 
uble  dimatie  conditions  than  formerly  pre- 
vailed.' They  even  tried  to  make  themselves 
at  home  on  l>evon  island,  400  miles  farther 
north,  but  found  that  even  a  little  too  mueh 
for  Eekinios.  Afli-r  two  yean?  of  it  they  were 
giad  to  be  moved  {by  the  Canadian  govern- 
ment) 300  miles  farther  south. 

Papal  Crests  on  Telegrnph  Blanks 

♦  Understanding  tiiat  papal  crests  appear 
on  Canadian  National  and  Canadian  PaeiSc 
leleeram  s!i«*ts.  Consolation  would  apprcci- 
itc  having  samples  sent  in  t«  this  office,  Mid, 
it  nrt-d  hardly  be  added,  would  appreciate 
enthusiastic  co-operation  by  all  readers  in 
every  part  of  the  world,  in  sending  in  clip- 
pings, articles  or  photographs  on  any  sub- 
ject whatever  likely  to  be  of  (pneral  interest 
to  all.  Do  not  expect  someone  else  to  do  what 
you  diould  do  yourself. 

Another  Trace  of  Vikinc  Penetration 
♦  Traces  of  the  viking  peiielration  ol  North 
America  five  hundred  years  before  Christo- 
pher Columbus  allesedly  "planted  the  cross 
of  Christ"  on  American  shoi-es  have  been 
found  in  Minnew.ta.  in  the  Hudson  Bay  re- 
gion, and  ill  various  places  in  Nova  -Scotia 
and  New  England.  A  grave  was  accidentally 
opened  by  a  powder  blast  at  IJeardmoie,  On- 
tario, recently,  and  in  it  were  found  various 
Norse  weapons  such  as  were  in  common  use 
a  thousand  years  ago. 

If  You  Wish  to  See  Gannets 
♦  If  vou  wish  to  seu  gannets  and  other  sea- 
birds,"  follow  the  Itl.OOO  tourists  that  went 
last  year  to  Perce  Rock  and  Bonaventure  is- 
land off  the  Ga.sp^  coa.sl.  400  miles  east  of 
Qnehec.  at  the  mouth  of  the  St.  La«Tencc 
river.  The  sidc«  of  Perce  Itoek  rise  300  feet 
and  are  pierced  bv  a  natural  pa-'wageway  til) 
feet  in  span,  through  which  small  boats  pass. 
Gaspe  can  be  reached  eilber  by  rail  or  by 
water.  The  birds  can  he-  seen  and  photographed 
without  disturbing  tliem. 

MARCH   W,   1»40 


SfSm^SgWorth  Boasting  About" 

♦  The  period ii.'.i!  Lnhfr  draws  attention  to 
the  iael  that  in  1913  Ontario  recorded  64,516 
birlh.s,  of  whom  7,596  died,  but  last  year  out 
of  a  total  of  65,375  births  only  3,244  died. 
It  tbuiks,  and  rightly,  that  this  is  "somcthuig 
worth  boasting  about"  in  an  era  when  there 
is  "iuch  a  mania  for  rearmament  and  war  and 
when  there  is  so  little  regai-d  for  the  lives  of 
human  creatures  as  to  make  the  dcst.niction 
of  food  needed  bv  millions  a  common  thing. 
Saving  lives  at  one  end  and  destroying  tnem 
wantonly  at  the  other  isn't  getting  humanity 
very  far. 

Newfoundland  Tragedy 
4  Wliiie  in  many  countries  food  is  being 
burned  or  otherwise  destroyed,  a  (jnarter  of 
the  poi)ulation  of  Newfoundland  live  in  alJ- 
ject  poverty,  receiving  a  dole  of  6c  a  day  /or 
adults  aud  3c  for  children.  In  the  coldest 
weather  thcv  have  nothing  but  rags  to  cover 
them.  The  Kingdom  of  God  is  the  only  hop* 
for  a  world  si>  miserably  ruled. 

Two  Convents  Burn  in  One  Night 
4  The  burning  of  convents  in  Canada  con- 
tinues Two  firetraps.  one  at  St.  Barthelemi 
and  one  at  Stonebam.  both  in  the  pi-ovuicc  of 
Quebec,  disappeared  in  flames.  Wilhm  twenty 
hours  thereafter  the  IJeauporl,  Quebec,  insane 
asylum,  operated  by  the  grey  nuns,  also 
went  up. 

Canadians  Good  Neighbors 

♦  ^mcrican-t  and  Canadians  arc  such  good 
ncighlwrs  tliat  in  the  year  193.S  there  were 
17  568  467  pedestrians  and  passengers  m  vohi- 
clea  crossing  the  Ontario-United  States  booad- 
ary  via  the  facilities  provided  by  international 
bridge,  tunnel  aud  ferry  companies. 

Personal  Messages  by  Radio 

♦  The  radio  performs  a  great  8Cr\-ice  in 
Canada  bv  scnrling  tliousands  of  brief  per- 
sona! messages  to  prospectors  and  fur  traders 
hundreds  of  miles  awjiy  fi-om  any  postal  serv- 
ice. A  check-up  shows  thai  most  of  liicse  mes- 
sages are  received  O.K. 

Tobacco  in  Canada 

«  If  you  ui-e  interested  in  your  fellow  men 
you  will  be  interested  and  surprised  and 
pained  to  know  that  in  Canada  there  was 
a  crop  of  almost  100,000,000  pounds  of  to- 
bacco harvested  In  litSS. 


British  Comment 

Jly  J.  ffemery  (London) 


Britain  Snowbound 

•  Two  weeks  utter  a  series  of  muisTially  heavy 
unowsloims,  anil  with  (for  Britain)  very  low 
Icmpi'nituicji,  llio  in'0|)U^  wire  iilKiwtid  to  know 
what  hat!  happened.  The  snow  nnd  tin-  cold 
wcri^  KCiK-ral,  but  boyond  thai  mails  were  very 
late,  and  the  long-distaupc  trains  wei-e  either 
not  nmninu  or  were  a  verj'  long  time  in  their 
trips  L  there  was  no  general  knowlcdB«  of  the 
hanlsbipR  to  which  the  midlands  and  th« 
norlhcni  parls  were  put.  Pood  and  coal  sup- 
plies got  to  very  low  proportions  in  many 
!)lace-s,  and  th<^  eountrj-  penerally  Jias  had  a 
lard  timf.  It  is  now  siiid  Iliat  Britjiiti  has 
had  the  most  sCTere  weather  and  the  lowest 
temperatures  for  woll-nigh  IflO  yi^ars.  In  this 
land,  with  its  short  disUinees  between  to^vns, 
and  it^  (rxcellvnl  transport  facilities,  there  is 
no  provision  made  for  these  visitations  which 
oceiir  once  or  twice  in  a  eentury;  so,  ai)art 
from  lliu  personal  troubles,  the  great  manu- 
factnring  concerns  have  been  held  uj)  or  great- 
ly hindered. 

Brit^iiifs  experience  has  been  common  to 
all  ihi^  iiigher  latitudes  of  the  norllierii  hemi- 
sphere, thoiijth  snrely  shorter  than  that  of 
many  other  lands.  Kxeept  in  Finliind,  where 
Bus.<sia  iia-s  shown  it.s  ha-vte  to  occupy  the  eoiiii- 
tey,  the  cold  weather  has  lirfd  up  the  war 
activities  on  land.  In  France  and  ficrmany, 
where  the  annies  of  the  Allies  and  the  (Ger- 
mans face  each  other,  the  buttle  hiis  not  yet 
been  joint-d,  Thi-se  armies  seem  about  as  stuck 
aa  wci'e  the  armies  wf  Israel  and  the  Philis- 
tines in  the  war  which  Ood  settled  through 
-  young  David.  Whether  this  nmisnal  cold  in 
.  these  northern  latitudes  is  jiist  a  happening 
"  or  is  one  of  the  forces  which  the  t!?reator  is 
using  to  jjffect  the  issues,  we  may  not  know, 
We  may  know,  however,  that  the  events  in 
Ihc  wirth  and  the  i|uarrols  amons  the  nations 
lit  this  time  are  inside  the  purpose  of  God; 
for  the  day  of  Ills  ,ind([m<-nts  h  come.  Men 
and  nations  may  make  their  moves,  but  the 
cikI  eoines  on.  The  work  of  -lehovalis  wit- 
nesses telling  the  peoples  of  the  earth  of  the 
purpose  of  Ood  to  bring  the  nations  before 

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Him,  aceoi-diag  to  the  prophecies  He  cat 
to  be  wTJtten  for  this  very  time,  is  now  known 
Ihrouahout  the  earth.  The  war.  whether  on 
Britain's  [Kii-t  in  the  declarution  of  seeking 
free<lom  for  the  peoples  from  tlic  aggri'ssion 
wliich  has  broHnht  such  death-dealing  destruc- 
tion on  the  continent  of  Europe,  or  on  Ger- 
many's part  in  iv.sis1ing  the  Allies,  is  hasten- 
ing that  gathering  of  the  peoples  to  face  the 
facts  of  His  judgments.  In  the  meantime, 
while  the  grenl  armies  are  in  a  condition  of 
stalemate,  the  war  in  the  air  and  under  the 
sea,  and  the  diiTieulties  of  seaborne  transport, 
are  hitting  tJic  cationa  in  their  vitals. 

Kvncnation  of  Children 

•  The  pin  seems  to  have  come  out  of  tlic  Gov- 
ernment's scheme  for  the  evacuation  of  chil- 
dren from  the  cities  and  towns  which  are  con. 
sidered  most  liable  to  bombing.  To  the  Bir- 
mini;lmm  educulion  comirtiltce  fignres  were 
reported  which  sliow  the  breakdown  of  the 
.scln-me  in  that  city.  Of  the  numiwr  of  chil- 
dren taken  out  to  area.s  consiilered  safe,  only 
about  9.000  have  remained ;  whicii,  sajTs  th« 
report,  means  that  93  percent  of  elementary 
school  children  are  in  the  city  and  are  without 
the  ntrcossary  tjiaeheis.  This  condition  in  Bir- 
mtngliani  is  by  no  means  unique;  rather  it  is 
typical.  As  the  Government  has  not  moved  to 
bring  the  tejichci-s  back,  not  ,vet  submitting 
to  the  jwrental  forces  against  them,  the  ma- 
jority of  the  (eaehei-s  aiv  j'et  in  the  country 
small  towns  and  villages.  In  one  instance  a 
report  showed  that  there  were  16  teachers  for 
43  child ii!ii.  It  wn.s  u  great  .wheme  for  the  pro* 
tcction  of  the  young,  but  it  has  come  unstuck, 
probably  in  great  measm-e  because  the  feared 
bomlKt  have  nut  come. 

"Impartial  Justice" 

•  High  over  the  dome  of  the  Central  Ciim- 

inal  <  "(lurts  in  London  is  a  figure  of  a  woman. 
blindfold,  hoidlin;  the  scales  of  .justice  in  e'lUal 
balance.  Impartial  .iuslice  is  repirwented.  tell- 
ing that  in  the  courts  below  ihe  persons  brought 
to  trial,  perhaps  with  the  death  penalty  a  con- 
sequence of  an  iidvei-se  sentence,  no  otlier  con- 
sideration than  that  of  »  tfue  judgment  with- 
out  fear  or  favor  to  accuser  or  accused  will 
be  foven.  No  doubt  it  is  true  that  in  the  Brit- 
ish courts,  whether  in  the  criminal  or  in  civil 
actions,  there  is  always  the  intention  to  pro- 
ceed to  and  give  Ji  tnic  judgment.  In  Ihe  civil 
cases,  where  ease  law  so  frequently  determines 
a  judgment,  there  is  often  a  question  of  its 

CONSOLATION 


rightnpss:  but  the  reputation  ot  ine  jw^es 
for  liom^sty  is  no!  brousht  into  inu'slion.  Tlic 
same  applifis  to  tlic  criminal  eoiirls  and  its 
judgments.  Thew  is  now  no  possibility  of  a 
recviri-onpp  o{  the  '•bloofly  assizos"  of  Judpe 
Jeffreys  mnrked  by  the  jiulitc's  relentless  cruel- 
ty and  his  m«nifpsle(i  eagerness  tfl  pass  lh« 
death  sentence  on  llmsc  aeeURed  (if  pavticipaU 
ing  in  the  Monmouth  rebellion. 

But  it  is  not  every  pei-son  who,  haying  the 
responsibility  of  eonilut-titiK  a  judicial  inquiry, 
is  guided  by  the  example  of  the  higher  courls. 
The  smaller  the  raun,  the  more  liUdy  he  w-ill 
want  to  expand  himself.  In  the  iribnnal  to  irj- 
thfi  cases  of  the  coii.wicnTiniis  objectors  in  the 
Newcastle  district,  the  chairman  of  the  conrt, 
the  judge    (Biehardson)   whose  ohservatimis 
iiboHt  the  young  mcti  known  as  Jehovah's  Wit- 
nesses called  forth  the  rchuking  remarks  from 
the  bishop  of  Birmingham,  has  eontinued  to 
manifest  bis  unbelief  in  their  sincerity,  and 
iiaji,  as  one  thinks,  showii  his  partiality  to- 
wards  his   own    iircjudicps.    Ulffcriiig    from 
every  other  court   the   N'owcastle  court   bas 
uot   allowed   one   of  Jehovah's   witnesses   to 
remain  on  the  register  of  conscientious  oh- 
jectors  to  war  and  to  work  for  the  advaiiec 
of  the  war.  The  judge  of  the-  Newcastle  court 
bad  an  objection  to  the  statement  in  tlic  "tKS- 
timonv"  card  whieli  all  Jehovah's  witJies-ses 
use  in  their  work  of  preaching  the  gospel 
from  house  to  hoit.se.  The  card  says  the  hearer 
ifi  an  oixlained  minister  oi'  Jehovah  God,  to 
preach   the  gospel  of  tlod's  kingdom  under 
Christ,  and  is  an  nccreililed  agent  of  the  So- 
ciety  in  whose  work  he  has  a  part.  The  clergy 
in  all  the  religions  sections  claim  the  right  of 
ordination  to  the  ministry  of  the  gospel  of  the 
Kingdom,  and  this  is  the  word  which  desig- 
nates entrance  into  the  clasosl  form  of  'ti-ades 
unionism'  on  the  face  of  the  earth.  The  word 
is,  of  course.  Scriptural  and  is  |)i-oi)erly  used 
by  the  Society  in  its  eomniission  to  have  the 
fiosi»cl  preached  in  all  the  world.  No  liumnn 
atjthority  may  reserve  to  itself  the  right  to 
limit  the  I'l-eedom  to  proclaim  the  good  news 
of  the  Kingdom,  nor  is  there  any  tnilh  what- 
ever in  the' claim  of  the  churches  to  give  the 
status  of  •■■minister"  to  any   person,   nor  is 
thwe  any  value  iu  their  laying  on  of  hands 
designating  a  person  is  ordained.  But  this 
close  corporation  is  necessary  to  the  system 
of  the  human  govornmeiit  in  the  churches, 
and  ia  strongly  supported  by  men  such  as 
this  chairman  of  the  Newcastle  tribunal,  spo- 
ken of  in  the  Scriptures  as  the  principal  of 

MARCH   so,   IMO 


the  flock  of  the  false  shepherdsL-— Jeremiah 
25 :  -M,  35. 

A  "Red"  Dean 

•  The  Church  of  England  is  like  the  Papal 
chureb  in  its  priestly  charactci-istics,  Inil  its 
form  of  government   (episcopalian)   piv-vents 
it  l!rom  hecoming  a  lotalitariun  organization 
as  Rome  is.  lis  bishops  are  as  princes  in  their 
diocase  and  winnot  easily   be  deposed  from 
their  little  kingdom  even  though  they  say  and 
do  things  which  are  quite  out  of  agreement 
with  the  prayer  book   (which  is  as  a  Bible 
authority  in  the  church),  or  even  express  dis- 
agreement with  the  m  Artielcs  which  state 
the  heliefs  and  the  itractiees  of  the  church. 
The  bishop  rules  the  chunhes  in  his  dioecse, 
and  the  parsons  in  that  diocc-sc  may  not  ex- 
change service  with  those  of  another  except 
by  the  consent  of  the  hisbop.'*.  The  bishop  is 
a  prince  in  his  hingilom.  Much  the  same  kind 
of  rule  is  enjovod  bv  the  doan.s  of  the  various 
cathedrals.  The  cjithedral  is  i>laeed  under  the 
control  of  the  deaji.  an<l  clergy  other  than 
those  who  are  appointed  to  conduct  its  serv- 
ices inav  not  be  allowed  there  to  serve  ex- 
cept by  the  i-on.wnt  of  the  dean :  and  this  ap- 
plies to  bishops  and  to  the  two  archbishops  also. 
The  "red  dean"  is  tJie  dean  of  Canterbury. 
He  is  very  "red",  not  only  in  that  he  is  a  be- 
liever in  communism  as  a  theory,  for  he  is  an 
ardent  admirer  of  the  Soviet  and  its  govern- 
ment, and  even  of  Stalin.  The  dean  will  share 
the  plal  form  at  Commuiiisls'  meeting-s,  advo- 
ealJng  that  form  of  government.  Since  Soviet 
Russia  has  made  the  attack  on  Finland,  shock- 
ing the  world  hy  this  cruel  aggres-sion  with 
its  death-dealing  teiToi-s,  the  dean  has  pub- 
lished a  hook  extolling  the  Soviet.   He  con- 
trasts the  conditions  of  Kngland  with  tho.se 
of  fi-ee  Uussia  to  the  advantage  of  the  na- 
tionals of  Russia,  and  of  Stalin  he  says.  "Stalin 
is  no  oriental  despot.  Uis  new  Constitution 
shows  it.  His  readiness  to  relini|ni.sh  power 
shows  it.  Tlis  refusil  to  add  to  the  power  he 
already  possesses  .thows  it."  No  doubt  the  dean 
had  written  his  laudation  before  the  outrage 
on  Finland  Iwgan ;  but  he  has  caused  it  lx»  he 
published  since  tlwii.  The  dean  must  make  the 
dignitaries  of  the  church  of  Kncland  see  red; 
but  he  holds  on  to  his  job.  at  £'2.f)00  a  year, 
and  there  is  no  power  to  put  him  out  of  it 
because  of  his  political  beliefs  or  acts:  The 
archbishop  of  Canterbury  probably  feels  a  bit 
red  when  he  has  to  arrange  with  the  "red 
dean  about  the  services,  and  in  that  tlie  ealhe- 

2» 


UTS  so  iiidicatly  minded  a  dii^nitary  of  the 
cinii-ch  No  ,lo»bt  thi-  iiopy  and  \us  cabinet 
take  a  little  [(lca-sm(>  out  of  lliis  ralher  awk- 
ward KiiMiition  of  the  arehhishop,  a  situation 
whidi  would  bo  impossible  under  Papacy's 
totalifariad  ruJe. 

Blind  and  Dull  of  Hearing 
•  One  of  the  "very  revei*mi-  of  the  Knglish 
Komnn   Catholic  fathers,  preachiiij  in  their 
cathedral  m  Westminster,  said,  "the  whole 
of  Ohmtiunily  stands  or  fidls  bv  iho   |t«li. 
gionisis']    daim   that   Christ   is   part  of  the 
trjiiity."  He  coneluded  liis  remarks  by  quot- 
ing the  last  words  of  tjic  tweniielh  chapter 
of  Ihe  gospel  of  John  :  "These  things  are  writ- 
ten thai,  ye  might  believe  that  ,)esiis  is  the 
thnst.  the  Son  of  Ood:  and  that,  believing 
ye  might  have  life  Ihrotich  hiH  name."  This 
Very  reverend  father"  also  told  his  audieiiee 
that  Jesus  was  erueified  beeauso  He  said  lie 
was  God.  In  saying  that  he  linp,s  up  with  the 
Pharisees  aud   the   leaders  of   religion   who 
caused  .Jesus  to  be  killed.  Jesus  spoke  of  him- 
self as  the  son  of  Ood.  and,  in  dispute  with 
the  .Jews,  said,  "Say  ye  of  him.  whom  the 
J-alher  hath  sanctified,  and  sent    into  the 
world.  Thou  biaaphcmest;  boeause  I  .said    1 
am  the  Son  of  God,"'  and  Ue  told  thorn  what 
He  meant  by  saying  He  and  His  Father  were 
one.  Ho  was  doing  the  works  of  His  Father, 
as  they  had  to  admit,  "that  ye  may  know,  and 
bdieve.  tbiit  (he  Father  is  in  me.  and  I  in  him." 
{Sec  John  10;  29-^!!.]  That  Jesus  had  and  has 
a  un»iue  rehitionsbii.  with  Ood,  the  Creator, 
and  iH-eause  of  His  fidelity  to  His  Father's 
commission  is  made  Lord  of  all.  ha-i  a  place 
at  the  Father's  right  hand,  is  the  revelation 
of  God  eonrernina  Him,  and  farther  disclo,^d 
both  by  Hrs  own  words  to  His  diseiphN  when 
vnxii  them,  and  afterwards  by  the  instruction 
they   reeeived   from   Him   thnmgh   the   holv 
spint.   Words  could  not  be  jilainer  in  their 
intent   than   those  given   in   the   Scriptures. 
The  .Jews  were  ready  to  kill  Jesus  because 
He  said  He  was  the  son  of  God,  and  today 
the  leaders  of  religion  are  readj-  to  destroy 
the  witnesses  of  Jehovah,   faithful  disciples 
of  Jesus,  beeanse  they  say  openlv  that  the 
do^a  of  the  trinity,   which   makes  Jesus 
(jod  the  son,  ia  wholly  contrary  to  the  .'^ci■ip- 
tures  and  must  be  accounted  as  a  blasphemv 
Bgiiinst  the  name  of  the  I.iving  (Jod   the  Fa- 
ther of  Jesus.  The  fact  is  that  the  dogmas 
of  the  churches  were  moulded  into"  shape  to 
30 


biiild  up  B  religious  sj-stem;  have  been  prom- 
ulgated for  thai  purpose:  have  been  and  are 
retained  to  maintain  these  org.inizalions.  They 
were  never  intended  as  helps  to  ihe  under- 
standing  of  the  Scriptures  and  of  the  pur- 
poses of  God  therein  revealed.  The  pcrver- 
sions  of  the  saci-od  writings  bv  the  Jews  pre- 
vented them  from  receiving  tlic  truth  when 
Jesus  came,  and  brought  about  the  deatnie- 
tion  of  Jerusalem  and  the  scattering  of  the 
nation.  Historj-  in  this  is  being  repeated-  the 
same  conditions  are  present,  but  on  a  world- 
wide scale,  and  the  same  results  are  in  sight. 

More  Foolishness 

•  In  that  same  center  of  Roman  Catholicism, 
the  Westminster  cathedral,  the  same  rever- 
end, who  is  Superior  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
mi.ssionury  society,  likened  the  Nazi  aud  Soviet 
aggression  on  Poland  to  a  serpent,  and  added, 
".No  armies  could  crush  the  serpent.  Only 
the  mother  of  Ood  could."  The  pope  claims 
to  be  tJie  vicegerent  of  Christ,  and  ought  to 
be  able  to  crush  any  serpent.  The  "fiithor" 
seems  to  have  talked  somewhat  at  random, 
for  he  went  on  to  say,  "We  Catholic."*  have 
such  immense  power,  if  wo  could  only  use  it 
Power  with  (.'fld.  We  are  God's  own  i>eoi>Io, 
and  in  a  sense,  we  make  God  act.  .  .  .  And 
If  you  and  I  have  power  with  God.  what  about 
Our  Lady,  the  mother  of  God— whow  heel  is 
upon  the  serpent's  head?"  To  stamp  on  this 
serpent  "belongs  to  the  mother  of  (lod.  And 


she  will,  if  we  ask  with  the  faith  that  removes 
moiinlains".  The  reverend  went  on  to  put  .some 
wortis  in  the  mouth  of  Jesus,  as  if  spoken  by 
Him  when   He  was  crueilied,  making  Jesus 
say  to  His   followers  con<-erning   .Mary  His 
mother,  "Pray  to  her,  and  you  prav  to  me. 
Honor  her  and  yoii  honor  me,"  This  priest 
spoke  what  ihc  lloman  Catholic  church  teach- 
es in  Uiis  dishonoring  of  ('hrist ;  but  the  wor- 
ship of  iMaiy  has  been  a  great  asset  to  that 
God-dishonoring  system.  To  those  who  are  en- 
lightened  by  the  Word  of  God,  and  who  know 
the  truth  concerning  God  and  Christ,  find  ar« 
servants  in  the  grwit  Theocratic  kincdoni,  these 
things  seem  almost  too  foolish  to  mention.  But 
l\m  Roman  system  is  nmking  a  hid  for  the 
conversion  of  Britain;  b  the  most  activc-of 
all   I  lie  churcJi  systems  to  its  interests,  and 
this  makes  it  worth  while  to  mention  its  fool- 
ishness, its  darknesses,  its  iicn,'ersitv,  and  to 
recall  the  fact  that  it  is  tJie  leaticr  in  reli- 
gion, and  has  been  and  is  tJic  Devil's  chief 
agent  in  deceiving  the  world. 

eONSOLATION 


Soutl^^SerTca 


Parents  Were  at  the  Moines 

♦  The  custom  ot"  sinm-  si^ilish  inn^nts  in  goms 
to  the  movies  or  danw.-*  jiiid  leavinn  their  chil- 
dren at  hora«  iwc«ived  a  sad  wbukc  in  the 
gfeat  fire  at  Laganillas,  the  shnntytown  bnilt 
on  slilts  over  LaJie  Maracflibo.  The  parents 
could  not  help  it  that  two  big  (jijie  lines  broke 
and  floodi-d  that  portion  of  the  lake  with  oil. 
or  that  the  oil  look  file,  or  that  their  homes. 
200  of  ihem.  were  hunied,  but  they  coiUd  bt; 
8orrv  for  \hv  little  ones  that  did  not  even  liave 
tt  clianee  of  life.  First  aecouiils  were  thai  as 
manv  as  800  perished,  hnt  this  was  subse- 
qnciiliy  reduced  to  about  100,  which  seems 
moi-e  reasonable,  but  bad  enough  even  then. 

The  Dictator  of  Bolivia 

♦  The  dietHtor  nf  Bolivia  hud  a  German  Ri-and- 
father,  and  his  brulher-in-law,  Koviehi  Seito, 
is  a  .lapuni'-se  subject.  His  inclination  toward 
Uic  (^ei-nian-ltfiliiin-.Iapunesf  axis  is  pcrfwtly 
natural.  Pro]>ag3nd«  tliat  he  is  antielencal  is 
nnworthy  of  credence  by  any  but  simpletons 
who  believe  whatever  they  i-end. 

Development  of  Peru 

♦  Perti  ha.s  growing  i>ain.s.  in  five  years  the 
mineral  output  grew  from  $26,000,000  to  $T0.- 


000,000.  Bank  deposil-s  3B!ra8K  from  *18.- 
000,000  to  $28,0(10.0(10.  Inuioi-ts  increased  from 
$iri.ono.000  to  $35,000,000.  The  country  is  as 
large  us  tfie  great  Ktatiw  of  <>hio.  Indiaiia,_  lUi- 
noi-s  .MichiK'in,  Wiseonsin,  Jlinnesotti,  North 
Dakota,  South  Dakota  and  Nebnwka.  is  only 
partially  explored,  and  is  known  to  hnw  riche.s 
of  minerals,  oils,  rare  woods  and  agriculture 
almost  limitless  in  cxlwit.  Peru  has  only  be- 
Rim  to  grow,  and  in  the  Kingdom  it  will  be 
a  happy  land  for  millions. 

Improvements  in  Bolivia 

♦  Improvements  are  under  way  in  Bolivia, 
ejiieulaled  to  make  the  IhihI  more  attractive 
to  visitors.  A  modern  highway  now  conTiccts 
the  capital,  !.a  Paz,  with  Lake  Titicaea,  high- 
est navigable  lake  in  the  world,  and  at  the 
lake  are  two  new  tourist  hotel.'*,  a  hundred 
or  so  miles  apart,  built  and  owned  by  the 
Bolivian  government. 

Southern  Dictatorships 

♦  At  urn  writinu:  Bnml,  Paracuny,  Ecuador, 
Bolivia  and  Peru  are  under  dictatorships.  This 
constitutes  0'2  percent  of  the  area  and  61  po^ 
cent  of  the  popidution  of  the  continent,  and 
50  percent  of  it.s  governments. 


Are  You  Afraid  of  the  Truth? 


CONSOLATION  has  the  coura-^c  to  pnnl  the 
Irulh,  liiit  (Id  you  hnvu  the  coumnu  to  ivdd  it! 
If  Iht-rt  evor  wiw  ii  tiuip  for  lione&t  pciiple  to  step 
(orwnrd  and  decliire  ihemsi-lvcji  on  thn  wde  of 
riBMeoiiencw  snd  afr«iu»l  wiokednwa.  it  is  now. 

Many  tbouwriiis  of  people  have  lonjt  seen  tho 
hypocrisy  in  n?Ugif>UH.  puliiicol  una  coninnT(!ml 
MKooiJ^aiions  t.hi-t.ii{,'hout  Ihi-  work!,  but  !ia%-e  not 
done  oiivlhm?  about  it.  Why?  So  donhl  il  has 
been  fcfir  Ihol  has  held  Ibem  bm-k  aad  powibly 
tlicv  have  bi-cii  wniliofr  for  someone  U>  come  ont 
boldly  with  the  truth. 

CONSOLATION  hiw  bt-™  pruiting  such  infor- 
mntifm  for  twpniv  >-eBr8.  and  now  thoii«ndfl  of 
people  Jire  wnking  up  to  the  fact  iind  me  glad  to 
gw  Ihal  there  iR  ail  onianirntion  that  hiu.  backbone 
enough  to  print  the  tiulh  «nd  not  ealer  lo  liii? 
higli  and  niiifhtv  of  this  M-orld.  At  the  same  timo 
it  K'vefl  these  honest  oncn  eomage  to  Hjieak  the 
truth  to  otliti^  witboiit  fear. 

Xewr  before  iu  the  history  of  man  Hon  it  been 
§0  cltiirlv  seen  Jimt  religion  is  the  grealcsl  of  all 
rackets.  'MillioiiH  of  people  know  that  to  be  tru*; 
an<l  yi't  thciy  me  conipsra lively  few  people  who 

MARCH  20.  I«40 


openly  "dmit  su«h  a  fait,  tor  fear  of  what  othera 
may  think. 

COM  SOLA  TION  in  written  with  only  one  thnii(;nt 
iu  mind,  and  that  is  lo  piiblish  the  tn"-  fai-l*<  in  ihn 
interest  of  thcw  who  dexire  lo  nee  the  right  way. 
Publibdiers  of  Ood's  Tla-oerntic  ("iove runic nt  lear- 
lesslv  rii-ibrw  these  pve-oiiriiinK  fuels  bffore  all 
people  and  dispUv  CONSOLATION  in  bii«y  placea 
all  over  the  world,  it  you  enjoy  nuidins  COSSO- 
LATION  luid  would  Hkc  to  liave  it  rf^nlorly  every 
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REFUGEES 

Judge  Rutherford's  New  Booklet 
Just  Off  the  Press 


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'HY  are  there  so  many  people  fleeing  from  their  homes, 

and  himtiiig:  in  vain  f(ir  a  pJaeo  of  security  I  In  'most 

,  -      -       till  the  nations  mnititudes  have  been  driven  I'lom  iheir 

,!^ative  land,  and  ai-e  waiiderinK  aimlessly  throughout  tiie  earth.  'i[ost 

all  people  ni»w  seem  to  be  iit  fear  of  losing  everything  tlicy  have.  \STiat 

are  we  c-omiug  tot" 

There  you  have  the  opening  words  of  Judge  ButUertonl's  latest 
bcMiklet.  entitle*!  "REFUGEES".  Perhaps  they  are  the  same  questions 
that  have  been  ninninp  llirough  your  mind  f<ir  the  last  few  months; 
and  if  so,  you  will  appreciate  having  the  tnie  answers.  Within  the 
pages  of  this  r4-page  booklet  you  will  find  answers  to  the  foregoing 
questions  as  xvell  aji  to  many  other  perplexing  questions,  whicli  arc 
now  made  olear  and  certain  by  the  great  Theocbat. 

BEFXJGEES  does  not  contain  any  opinions  of  men,  bat,  on  the 
contrary,  REFUGEES  completely  uncovers  man's  false  religious  teach- 
ings which  have  long  kept  the  people  in  darkness  and  fear,  and  it  turns 
your  attention  to  the  great  Theocratic!  Government  of  .lehovah.  Vou 
will  marvel  at  the  clear,  true  and  conchisive  statements  made  in  this 
iiooklet  about  the  millions  of  REFUGEES  and  rejoice  to  know  tlie 
answers,  which  mean  life  to  all  REFUGEES  anti  all  others  now  on 
eartli  who  seek  to  kn{)w. 

The  number  of  REFUGEES  is  rapidly  increasing,  and  other  mil- 
lictns  of  people  are  deeply  concerned,  not  only  about  tliem,  but  also 
themsolvet-.  In  or<ler  to  provide  all  with  true  facts  aliont  these  wan- 
dering millions,  the  fii-st  printing  of  the  booklet  REFUGEES  was  set 
at  10,000,000  copies.  Yon  may  have  a  copy  of  this  new  bcmklet  by  filling 
out  the  coupon  below  and  sending  it  to  Watohtowbr. 

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NSOLATION 


JOURNAL  OF  FACT.  HOPE  AND  COURAGE 


ROOSEVELT'S  AMBASSADOR    (2) 

KING  AT  THE  TEMPLE 

"THE  HOLY  SOULS" 


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Contents 


Roosevelt's  Ambasaador  lo  the  Pope  (Part  2) 

3 

All  Ajtroe  Exeunt  Libpvly-t^vnre 
Unofilcial  Papal  I!@pri?spntelivrs 

3 

4 

Conspiractett  Agtuaul  the  CUiltlreu 

6 

"Xo  Rtirpriup" 

7 

CisiiQM  of  the  Hierarehy 
The  Pn-sidi-ntV  ObjfiuUTe 

8 

8 

Big  Biiainrss  jinft  Priipi' 

9 

R«ilron'1^4  nnd  Sliipping 

10 

Ssving  Time  Around  the  Houm 

11 

The  New  Ouvcraiuent 

12 

"Jiislipe"  in  Hubbnrd,  Ohio 

15 

Kow  York  Sunday  News 

16 

Counsel  hy  J.  F.  Rutherford 
Xow  World's  King  at  th«  Temple 

17 

Science 

Id 

Under  the  Tolnlitarisn  Flug 

"The  Holy  Souis" 

20 

The  MiBuaed  Texts 

20 

La  Guardia's  Eyes  Opening 

21 

Caq  liitler  Conquer  America 
"Approved  in  Principle" 

21 

22 

B«publt!ihRd  by  Request 

23 

ValieaQ  Propagnin<lR  in  Britain 

24 

Humanity's  Blackout 

25 

New  Jersi-y 

26 

The  Snuihu-cst 

27 

British  Comment 

-2S 

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Appetizers 


Tl>«r  Ttin*  oE  I>«prM*iMi 

Tiie  l)ri<i«  of  8  few  weeks  noticed 
that  her  husband  was  depressed. 

"John,  dearest,"  sfic  said,  "I 
Imow  something  is  trouTiling  you, 
and  I  want  you  to  tell  mc  what  it 

is;  your  wori-ies  arc  not  your  worritw  now, 

they  lire  ours." 
"Oh,  very  well."  said  John.  "We've  jtist  had 

a  letter  from  a  Rirl  in  Birminirham,  nnd  she's 

siiizig  us  for  breach  of  promise, " — Re'jM)lds. 

Al  (L«  Crowded  Hour 

The  doctor  was  on  a  crowded  streetcar  and 
was  forced  to  sluud.  Beside  him  a  stout  womno 
vainly  endeavored  to  get  her  fare  out  of  the 
pochet  of  her  cloak  tiRhl.iy  buttoned  as  a  pro- 
tection against  pickijockels, 

j\fter  some  minutes  the  doctor  said,  "Please 
allow  mo  to  pay  your  fjirc." 

The  woman  declined  with  some  asperity  and 
renewed  her  attack.s  on  the  pocket.  Aft«r  ffomc 
little  time  the  doctor  said  again: 

"You  really  must  let  me  pay  your  fare, 
You  have  already  unbuttoned  my  suspenders 
three  times." — Labor. 

Paaadvn*  Wani»n'(  Raplr  to  ■  Rani  EstatB  Man 

A  home  1  Why  do  I  need  a  home '/ 1  wa.-s  born 
in  i)  hysjiilal,  educated  in  a  coiU'Kc.  courted  in 
a  motorcar,  nnd  married  in  a  churcli ;  I  live 
out  of  the  delicatessen  and  iiapcr  bags:  J 
spend  my  mornings  on  the  siolf  course,  my 
afternoons  at  the  bridge  table,  and  my  eve- 
nings at  the  movie.s ;  and  when  I  die,  I  am  go- 
ing to  be  buried  at  the  undertaker's. — Aus- 
tralian Consolation. 

Domoilic  Con(u(ioD 

"Ijook  at  that  Rirl  dressed  up  like  a  man. 
I  call  it  idiotic." 

"Pardon  me,  sir,  that's  my  son." 

"Oh,  I'm  son-v !  I  didn't  know  you  were  his 
father." 

"I'm  not.  I'm  his  mother."— Eau  Claire 
Shopping  NeU'S. 

ABadSiMU 

"LonK  Distanee!  I  want  lo  place  a  call  to 
Damariscotta." 

"How  do  you  spell  il,  please?" 

"Shucks,  lady,  if  I  could  spell  il  I  would 
wri  te." — KtUygram. 

CONSOUATION 


CONSOLATION 

And  in  His  name  shall  the  nations  hope."— Matthew  12:21,  A,R,V. 


Volume  XXI 


BrMtdyn.  N.  Y.,  WcdnMMy,  Ajinr  3,  1M0 


Number  530 


Roosevelt's  Ambassador  to  the  Pope 


(/n  Ttco  Parts— VarV2Y 


THE  most  astounding  piero  of  business  thus 
far  perpetrated  by  any  elected  servant  of 
the  Aniei'ifiiii  people  is  Roost-vclt's  presump- 
tion in  sending  a  pei-sonal  ambassador  to  the 
pope.  The  sinister  impiications  of  this  aet  have 
been  considered  at  some  length  in  the  first 
part  of  tliis  article.  The  second  part  takes  np 
some  incidental  aspects  of  tlic  sitiiatiuu. 

Humbugging  the  American  People 

The  president  of  the  I'niled  States,  en- 
trusted as  he  is  wilh  the  (ti'calc-st  sift  in  the 
powfr  of  the  people  to  bestow,  ouclil  to  be 
above  the  hiimbugtjinB  of  them,  and  it  is  » 
shame  and  a  dl^sfraor  that  Franklin  ]>.  Roose- 
velt, in  sending  bis  ambik<a3dor  to  the  pope, 
pretended  thai  it  wa.s  done  for  the  Reneral 
benefit  of  mankind  and  in  the  enuso  of  peuec. 
It  was  nothing  of  the  sort.  The  deal  was  all 
flooked  up  lonB;  neo.  The  Catholic  journais 
were  in  on  it  and  the  stories  that  they  jmb- 
lislied  before  Roosevelt  made  the  appointment 
give  the  lie  to  the  reasons  allcfteii  at  Wash- 
ington as  lo  why  the  appointment  was  made. 
The  following  siorv  appeared  in  the  London 
Catholic  Herald  of' November  24.  1939,  29 
dajTS  before  Roosevelt  summoned  Spellinan  lo 
Washington.  It  is  obviously  true,  which  is  oil 
the  more  remarkable  because  it  emanated  from 
the  Vatican.  The  Catholic  press  ean  now  point 
with  pride  to  the  fact  thai  on  this  matter,  and 
in  advance,  they  told  the  tnith  about  .some- 
thin);  of  which  the  president  of  the  United 
States,  a  professed  Protestant,  told  a  storj-. 

DIPLOMATIC  RZLATIOS'S  BET^VEEN 

THE  VATICAN  AND  U.S.A. 

From  Our  Own  Corrctjiondent 

Vatican  Cnr 
The  Holy  Father  bos  recently  received  in  audi- 
ence CBrdinsl  Gasparri,  Prefect  of  the  Apostolic 

Stgiititui'a. 

*  Pan  1  wua  in  Nix  SS1.—EA. 

APRIL   3.   1840 


It  is  possible  that  thR  Poptt  dii^cussed  the  prob- 
able reni-v-al  ot  diplomatie  relations  bittwi-i-n  Ibo 
Vatican  iind  the  U.S.A..  which  \veiv  inlnn'Tipted  in 
1S"0.  Cai-dinul  (JuBpurri  went  to  Americu  simie 
time  aj-o  to  study,  it  is  believed,  Ihc  juridicnl  jslnliis 
of  surh  relations  in  iht-  evcjil  of  the  re-csUbliah- 
ni«)t  of  diplomatic  jHntions. 

It  is  utII  known  that  the  Holy  Father  is  ex- 
tremely desiroua  of  st'L'inp  Ihejie  diplomatic  rela- 
tions resumed. 

PAVOOB.IBI.B   TIWB 

This  is  a  most  fiivomnble  lime  for  tlie  suoeess  of 
such  relations,  becauai-  Ituust'velt  and  his  support' 
cr»  have  prumisi'd  Ibi-ii-  rriicwjil  several  times. 
Though  the  admitiistralioti  never  kepi  tlu'se  prom- 
i.ii-s  ill  «pile  of  preseui'c  from  Cnrdinal  Miindelein, 
the  1940  pi-eaitli*nlial  rh-ctions  make  the  ebauces 
greati-r  hfcnus<'  Hoosevell  may  have  to  ublain  Cath- 
olic  votw,  The  situation  ia  fsvotirubli'  iilso  bccnuee 
the  Jews  10  AmiTiL-a  arc  now  on  pood  terms  witli 
the  Cimrch  und  the  Conmiunists  have  of  latit  been 
less  active. 

The  itieaaugi!  sent  by  President  Roosevelt  00  tie 
occusioii  of  the  Hfteeuth  birlliday  of  thd  Coinmou- 
tveal,  IheweU-knou'u  Calhoiin  werkly,  indicates  the 
intei'est  of  Ibc  ['rcitdrnt  in  the  Church. 

•'At  all  iiiuiurds,"  said  the  Pi-esidenl  in  liis  mes- 
sage, "we  must  preserve  our  liberties  and  abov«  all 
else  lilwrly  of  conscience.  God  speed  you  tlmmgb 
the  ycnrs  in  your  determination  to"  aCQm  me 
Christian  conception  of  the  dignity  of  th«  individ- 
ual man." 

All  Agree  Except  Libert i/'Lovers 

After  Roosevelt  appointed  his  personal  am- 
bassador to  the  poi->c,  and  invited  the  presi- 
dent  of  a  Jewish  theological  seminary  and  the 
president  of  the  Federal  Couneil  of  Churchea 
to  sanctify  the  appoinfment,  the  .Jewish  rep. 
rescntative.  Dr.  Cyru$  Adler,  made  the  state- 
ment, "We  are  all  in  agreement."  What  he 
meant  was  that  four  person.s  are  satisfied. 
I'aeelli,  Roosevelt,  Bnltriel^  (of  the  Federal 
Council)  and  himself.  They  speak  for  nobody 
else.  The  general  secretary  of  the  Baptist 


World  jVlliaiice,  Or.  W.  O.  Lewis,  issued  a 
statement  that  "Amcrieaii  Baptists  oppose  any 
possible  rombine  of  the  lUiited  States  (ioveni- 
meiit  witji  the  Vntiean",  and  there  bit  more 
than  four  persons  amoii)f  those  Baplisis, 

II  hdsbieii  ri-poaledly  drawn  to  Roosevelt's 
attention  ihat  taw-jibidiiiB  Ameriean  eitizens 
have  been  attar-ked  by  subjeets  of  thp  pope  to 
whom  the  [Heskienl  is  now  doini;  obsei|iii()iis 
homagp.  These  attaeUs  have  been  earried  out 
under  the  direction  of  Ihe  Hierarchy's  priests. 
Instead  of  doing  or  saying  anything-  to  pro- 
tect bis  fellow  citizens  in  their  rights  as 
Ufiainsl  I  his  buneh  of  foreign  raekele-crs,  he 
insults  Ihem  by  glorifyinfi  the  head  of  this 
camorra,  every  principle  of  whieh  is  contrary 
to  the  jXnieriean  Constitution,  to  Christianity 
and  to  common  deeeney  and  honesty. 

An  e.vaniple  of  the  riotous  u.ssaults  charac- 
teristic of  the  pope-eontroHed  part  of  the 
popidalion  follows. 

Unofficial  Papal  Representatives 

The  police  of  Saco,  Maine,  «ineerely  and 
honestly  desire  Ihe  destruction  of  the  Amer- 
ican form  of  government  and  have  done  and 
are  wiiiinR  lo  do  all  Ihat  they  eaii  to  reproduce 
in  this  coimtry  the  identical  eonditions  that 
prevail  in  (lermany.  Instead  of  preserving 
order,  or  even  trying  to  preserve  ordw,  they 
have  encouraged  anarchy  in  it.t  most  vicious 
form — Ihe  breaking  up  of  assemblies  of  order- 
ly Christian  people,  met  together  to  study  Ihe 
Word  of  (Sod.  For  thus  breuluiiK  the  oaths 
they  have  taken  lo  preserve  the  liberties  and 
the  lives  of  American  people,  engaged  in  the 
exercise  of  Ibeir  luwfid  rlKht.-*.  ihey- deserve 


long  terms  of  imprisonment  behind  bars — the 
nsuai  American  penalty  for  malfcjisanee.  mis- 
foasanrc  and  noii IVasam-e  in  public  oibce. 

Sunday  evening.  Oeluher  1,  1933,  a  widely 
advertised  meeting  of  t'hristian  people  was  to 
have  been  held  al  Red  Mens  Hall,  Main  street. 
Saco,  Maine.  The  jiolicv  Itnew  all  about  Ihe 
pui-pose  of  this  meeting,  and  conspired  to 
iiavo  it  wrecked.  Before  Ihe  meeting  begun,  a 
radio  shop  next  door  to  the  liail  tunn-d  on 
sevL-ral  r.^dios  and  sound  apparatus,  with  ihe 
volume  as  hiiih  as  llicy  could  ^el  it,  and  with 
no  other  possible  objective  than  to  interfei-e 
with  the  meeting  adveiliaed. 

This  conspiracy  lo  interfere  \vith  a  Chris- 
tian as.sembly  (illegal  in  every  slate  in  the 
United  States)  was  supplemented  by  a  mob  of 
at  least  twenty  men  and  youths  who  hooted, 
whistled,  shouted  and  stamped  their  feet,  try- 
ing lo  Rain  entrance  after  the  meeting  had 
started.  Two  personal  visit.s  to  the  police  head- 
quarlers  were  made  lo  draw  the  allenlion  of 
llie  ofTieer.s  of  Ihe  law  to  these  facts.  On  Ihe 
second  trip  the  officers,  engaged  in  playing 
cards,  indicated  that  they  i-osentcd  being  di.s- 
turhed  in  their  Sunday  evening  pastime.  A 
third  visit,  more  In.sisteiit,  wa,s  made  that  steps 
be  taken  to  protect  the  rights  of  ihc  audience 
in  the  liait, 

Tliereupon  one  oflieer  walked  hy  on  the  side- 
walk, a.sked  Ihe  disturbers  on  the  sidewalk  to 
cross  the  street,  which  ihey  did,  but  he  did 
nothing  about  Ihe  disturbers  in  Ihe  hallway 
on  the  second  floor,  nor  did  he  linger  to  pre- 
vent the  throwing  pf  missiles  from  across  the 
sti-eet,  which  began  at  once. 

As  soon  as  the  ofHcer  had  departed,  the  man 


ChriElian  ase^mbly  room  in  Unvo  after  friendu 
of  police  visited  it.  No  arrests. 


J'l'iemts  of  Sai'o  pohce  invade  a  law-nbiding 
Christian  mnn's  lii-ine  room,  \obociy  arrcsteil. 

CONSOLATION 


I 


that  oondiictcd  ttii;  radio  shop  fiiatui-ban«e  led 
the  iiioh  tn  the  attack  on  the  hall,  showing  the 
Raiigsleis  wliieli  windows  to  break  and  which 
uol.  to  break.  He  manifestly  li|iited  them  off 
that  they  had  nothing  to  fear  from  iho  police, 
and  events  sliowe<l  this  to  be  correct, 

Nonfeasance  of  Police 

■  Praptk-ally  every  window  in  the 
liall  was  smashi-d  in  thu  riot  that 
followed,  and  for  which  riol  Ihe 
.Saeo  poliw  are  diiwtly  respon- 
'  sible,  and  can  blame  no  one  else. 
An  automobile  drove  up  loadod  with  missiles 
of  all  kinds;  not  only  stones,  but  the  usual 
vegetables  and  other 
aceompaniments  o  f 
those  who  have  no 
otlicr  argumcnls  with 
which  to  answer  the 
tnith.  The  number  of 
tile  a  u  f om  o  1)  i  U-  is 
known  and  recorded, 
A  mob  to  the  num- 
ber of  more  than 
1.000  colleelcd.  Ae- 
eording  to  the  Bidde- 
ford  l)ail>j  Jonntal 
the  poliw,  mentioned 
by  Iheir  official  name 
ten  timet  in  five  para- 
graphs, nndei-stood 
tlieii'  duty  very  well, 
inasmuoh  as  "neither 
the  police  nor  eounty 
oflicei-s  could  find  any 
law  which  would  pre- 
vent the  (troup  from 
iiioeting".  The  law 
docs  not  specify  in 
detail  that  poliee, 
paid  by  the  liixpny- 
ers.  shall  slop  play- 
ing cribbage  on  Sun- 
dav  evening  to  protect 

Christian  people  liom  assault  by  mobs  fot-med 
with  the  knowledge  iind  consent  of  their 
higher-ups.  The  mast  hopeU^'«  moron  knows 
that,  whetiier  they  like  to  have  their  cribbatfe 
name  interfered  with  or  not,  their  duty  is 
plain,  That  duly  the  Saco  police  definitely 
dodged. 

Encouraged  to  do  so.  the  mob  went  about 
its  work  after  Ihe  pattern  so  well  laid  down 
in  «ermanv,  and  now  understood  at  all  four 
comers  in  America.  All  that  is  necessary  is 

APRIU  3.   1M0 


connivanee  by  the  police  and  it  may  happen 
anx-where.  and  will. 

The  mob  stoned  the  hall.  Practically  every 
window  WHS  smashed.  Stink  biirnlw  were 
thrown  into  the  hall.  The  worshipers  ivere 
driven  into  the  street.  Wiilc  this  was  going 
on  several  poliee  and  a  deputy  sheriff  were 
outside  encouraging  the  mob.  One  was  sitting 
in  a  car,  laughing  and  talking  with  some  of 
the  mob,  .lehovah's  witnesses  know  the  lead- 
ers of  the  mob,  and  so  do  the  police,  but  no 
arrests  were  made,  and  none  intended. 

The  work  of  do.st  ruction  went  on.  Every- 
thing in  the  hall  was  simi-shi^l.  The  light  fix- 
tures \vere   loni    from   the   walls.   Even _  the 
plaster  on  the  ceiling 
was    loni     ofl:'.     The 
equipment    of    Jeho- 
vah's   witnesses    was 
destroyed,    a    phono- 
graph and  many  rec- 
ords. Territor.v  maps 
were  annihilated,  but 
Ihesloek  of  literature 
of  liie  Kingduni  \V!is 
missed,    by    fiod's 
grace,  for  at  the  last 
minute  one  of  the  wit- 
nesses threw  the  mas- 
ter switch  of  Ihe  elec- 
Irie  system,  plunging 
the  hall  into  darkness. 
The    work    of    de- 
stniction  went  on  in 
thedurkness.  Themob 
forced   its   way   into 
the  living  f|uurlers  of 
the  company  servant 
and  pioneer,  aetually 
bi-eaking    the    inter- 
vening   door    into 
halves.  In  these  liv- 
ing   quarters    cveiy- 
thing  was  upset.  Beds 
were  torn  apart,  the 
alarm  clock  was  broken,  some  of  the  clothing 
was  ruined  and  deslro,ved  and  tJie  rest  of  it 
wa.s  thrown  all  over  the  place. 

The  Saco  Oestapo  out  in  their  ear  were  well 
pleased.  A  better  job  could  not  have  been  done 
in  Gennany.  Now  they  can  go  baek  In  the 
"Reverend  Father'"  lO'Whatshlsname  and  get 
his  "blessing",  but  if  they  think  that  what 
tliey  sl<'irted  in  Saco  will  stop  there,  tbej'  do 
not  know  Jehovah's  people  and  least  of  all  do 
they  know  Jehovah  himself. 


"VVitliout  benefit  of  clergy— »nd  sUicM.v  iinoflidtil" 


The  meeting  which  wfts  ^«^^lHP|lHd^ 
held  ill  honor  of  Jehovah's  n*™**^^f^",h^ 
foS  Daih,  Jonmnt  usH  as  'W  scarehead  the 
S.  4aco  Hall  Wrecked  in  ^'ff,^^^;^^ 
Trhnvflh'«  Aieeli»K"-  It  «»«  "O^  «  ^^^  head! me. 
S^^afitm  tS^t  wa«  Jehovah's  meet,.?. 

'^irlSma^'Tchnstian  woman  of  .ood 

^■m  fainted  in  the  PO "f  ■'^XX\Sd  row 
How  do  you  Americans  like  thatl  And,  row 
SaT  von  have  put  ahnost  all  of  your  police 
omciairnndcr  tho  direction  oi  the  pope  of 
Rnmrwhere  do  you  think  you  and  your  chil- 
£  ;^  Sr  to  set  off,  presently,  when  you 
?;f  to^Sc  soL  cf  the  riBht.  for  which 
your  ancestors  i-ame  to  Amcnea^ 

America  is  in  for  it,  and  no  mistake]  Uere 
canSonh  one  end,  Armageddon,  .nd  thank 
n^  that  in  that  holocaust  ever>'  Hubjecl  of 

giW^vTu  p'mA.  It  is  the  only  «"""«"/' 
UJehovah^s  solution.  And  if  you  want  to  be  oil 

SieTfe  side  j-on  should  get  on  Jeho^^nh  s  side 
amv  11  is  either  His  side  or  tJie  side  of  the 
Devil-the  pope's  side.  Take  your  choKc. 


A  Slip  at  Newbaryport 

The  pope  alil'ped  "»  something  more  sub- 
stanSiUhan  a  banana  peel  at  Kewbur>-port 
Jtachnsetts.  Jeliovah-s  witness^  heW  an 
0SS7 meeting  on  a  i-ecent  Sunday  morn. 
C4e«.  the  Papal  heat  was  t^f  «" 
and  the  owners  of  the  building  cnlle<l  he 
noHoe  to  eject  .lehovahs  witnesses  froni  the 
S  ling  on  Uie  ground  that  thee  w«^  ^'Jl 
to  be  a  riot".  Witnesses  thereupon  called  tie- 
Sate  Soliee.  who  told  ihem  to  stand  by  then 
richts  and  bring  charges  of  assault  agamst 
rnv  nersons  recSrdless  of  badges  or  imiforms, 

illLlZ  -them  on  their  ^"i^-erVini 
««d  now  half  of  Massachusetts  is  la«?^  «?  ^^ 
Si  ^hepope  slipped.  Mayor  Gillis'  own 
nai^r  -mLih^rator.  took  «  double-column 
??aek  at  the  police  of  his  own  city;  and  a-s 
aUlis  fs  himself  a  Ronmi  Catholic,  this  d-s- 
Sol  iimra  man  of  mon-  than  usual  moral 
courage. 

Conspiracies  Agaimt  Faithfui  Employees 

Conspiracies    «Kainst    faithful    vmpl«y«; 

who  are  Jehovah^s  witnesRes  seem  to  be  re- 

6 


H^^th  ever  increasing  t™l"ency.  and 
Se  information  in  each  '^«««  «J'»"%;'^„^jf;„ 
Bious  animus  at  the  boltom  of  .1.  as  1^  al^«* 
found  to  be  the  case  where  -'"'^"^^^has  been 
shown  against  the  Kingdom  mKwage  This  la 

p  So  iillfuUy  stir  up  a  mob  «J  ijoodljms. 
and  after  thcv  have  done  their  will,  to  then 
Sse  in  the  papers  and  before  the  courts  as  Uie 
SS  who  slilled  the  tempests  whieh  but  for 
them  would  never  have  arisen. 

Id  the  m«ils  the  other  day  was  the  story  of 
one  of  the  witnesses  in  a  mall  extract  esWb- 
?Shm enl.  He  lost  his  job  through  maheiom  . 
3  tise  testimony  against  him  by  a  group 
ScaSic  employees.  The  ^''B-f^f^^ J'f/^^ 
Ihev  told  are,  of  course,  all  torgiven  m  aa- 
Se  by  their  priest  or  .ertanily  ^f'^^^fd 
afthe  confe^onal.  The  remedy  is  m  Arnia- 
Koddon.  when  all  the  conspirators  wiU  be  dc- 

^'I^^^fSls'l^tSrsJfofanothe^^ 
of  Jehovali's  witnesses,  a  ra.  road  ^"^d- ^  r^ 
ligious  fellow  employee  tr.«i  .^^f^  .'^"J„^,\" 
fSrcd  after  twenty  ycai-s  of  fa'^'''^'^'  *'*'^\';^ 
The  morning  of  the  hearing  the  «i«>ess  vis- 
ited Svcral  interested  families^  two  of  them 
invited   him  to  call  again.   Then  eamc  two 
hours  of  grilling  before  four  railroad  oftieials 
all TathoS.  hi.t  all  honest  >"«".  The  aeeu.^'r 
did  not  get  to  first  base.  He  admiUcd  he  had 
;S ed  the  «-itness  a  Communist,  which  charge 
was  nroved  to  bo  false.  Everj-  other  charge 
TmadJ  was  also  dispnivcd   The  result  w« 
tharthe  witness  was  told  that  he  would  be 
giv  n  a  a.y's  pay  and  "o  eharg^  would  be 
Lid  against  him.  Simc  then,  the  man  who 
madcUe  chargt*  has  Kotten  into  trouble  him- 
self,  not  once,  but  twice. 


Conspiracies  Against  the  Children 

1  It   is   a   conspiracy   against    chil- 
dren to  insist  that  priests  or  others 
must  teach  them  traditions  of  men 
which  are  entirely  contrary  to  the 
■  I  truths  of  God's  Word,  in  the  Guild 
Tmchtr  (New  York)  Abraham  Lefkowitz  says 
on  this  subject :  . 
»„..ontlv   sevi-ral  thiuch  leaders  hove  ?l^en  a 


setiool  hoars  for  rpligioijs  insfrnction. — the  afer*'- 
galion  of  cliildron  along  rclifiriouis  lines  niid  seiuUiig 
them  under  teachers  of  their  faith  to  their  msprc- 
tive  reliiiioiw  institulioua.  Thai  lhi»  movement  can- 
not 111-  iigliily  rL't-iirdpii  is  obcioiia  by  the  reeent 
aclion  of  Iht-  sliilr  of  Mnino. 

Th<^  Ipfrislntiirc  of  Maiui-  eiinctorf  a  litw  provid- 
ing tliiit  the  school  L-omniit.lee  of  each  town  may 
AUtltome  a  siir\*cy  of  Ihe  religious  uflllintiiwi  nl 
pupils  nUonding  th*  public  sphonls  sml  hav*  the 
conwnt  of  guartliiiii  for  moral  inslruelion.  Piipiln 
may  bo  i-xciisrd  one  hotir  wi't-kiy  lo  ntlrnd  their 
respedivo  places  of  worship  to  recrive  instruction 
according  to  their  t'nifh..  More  receutly,  Ibi-  Xution- 
aJ  Catholic  Aliirani  Fedemtiun  ailoplitd  n  resolu- 
tion to  briii^'  about  Ihc  piiiiclraenl  of  legislation  to 
include  religious  education  within  thu  public 
mIiodIs  to  be  jjiveii  by  qualified  teachers  of  tlie 
child's  owfii  wligtoHs  foiih  and  upon  the  request 
of  the  pnri'nts,  Such  legislation  Ims  nirraidy  heim 
introduced  into  our  own  state  IcfriNliidn'e. 

The  unlives  in  Afriea  and  <)ll!»>r  countries 
arc  to  a  eonsidfiMhlc  extent  children.  They 
are  t.nistrii!  of  the  whites  until  they  learn  that 
•  tJic  whites  are  nnreliablc.  The  missionaries 
are  as  ready  as  others  to  tell  lies.  The  London 
.  Universe  (Roman  Catholic)  sa>-s,  in  effect, 
that  it  has  a  missionary  ooiitributor  in  Liberia 
who  makes  the  eharire  tliat  persons  distribut- 
ing the  literature  of  Jehovah's  witnesses  in 
that  fflinitry  are  also  distribntin)?  Russian 
Comnumislie  literature.  This  is  a  1  O0-[)efcei:t 
lie.  Jehovah's  witnesses  are  forbidden  to  enter 
Rns-sin,  The  lie  of  thi.s  nii.ssinnar.v  was  told 
before  tlie  Roman  Catholio  Hitler  opened  his 
arms  and  Slalin  fell  into  them.  The  latest 
information  just  at  hand  is  that  Stalin  and 
Paceili  are  diekenng  for  a  re-establishment 
of  relijjTon  in  Russia,  whieh  plainly  sliows  the 
Paeelli-Hitler-Stalin  i.-onspiraey. 

Also  (and  it  is  a  mighty  interestinti  tbinfl), 
weeks  before  the  Russians  inva<ied  Finland 
all  the  Roman  Catliolie  nuns  in  that  country 
were  taken  onl  of  the  land.  Why  was  tiiat'T 
How  did  the  pope  know  they  would  he  safer 
somewhere  else!  And  if  ihcy  are  so  eager  to 
do  somethinK  worth  while  in  the  world,  why 
did  tlicy  not  remain  in  Kinliind  to  act  as 
nurses?  There  can  be  no  adeituate  answer.  It 
is  evident  that  the  pope  was  in  on  it  and 
probably  directly  counseled  the  attack  on  Fin- 
land. 

"No  Surprise" 

John  J.  Suundors.  writing  in  the  London 
Catholic  Herald,  .states  that  the  pact  between 
Hitler  and  .Stjiiin  was  no  surprise  to  any  read- 
er of  the  Herald,  which  may  well  be  believed. 

APRIL   3.   1M0 


He  also  described  Italy.  Spain  and  Portugal 
!18  Ihe  Latin  Fascist  bloc.  There  should  be  no 
atn-prise  in  thai  cither.  The  Roman  Catholic 
Church  is  the  wet  nurse  of  the  entire  totalis 
tarian  idea. 

It  w  an  old  story  tbat  you  must  loot  your 
bom  if  you  want  to  sell  any  fish;  and  so  it 
is  reasonable,  even  though  it  is  funny  be- 
yond words,  that  the  pope  has  Ihe  "nerve 
to  refer  to  his  -sijiritwal  authority"  and  to 
tell  Uie  ^vorld  by  radio  that  when  tliey  listen 
to  him  they  "hear  throURb  our  voice  the  voice 
of  that  Christ",  cte,,  elf.  He  went  on  lo  say, 
"We  are  armed  by  nothing  more  than  the 
word  of  truth,"  and,  "We  speak  in  the  name 
of  Ood."  No  bigger  lies  were  ever  told  on 
earth.  The  Papacy  Is  the  child  of  the  Devil 
and  speaks  in  his  name  oulj'- 

A  dispatch  from  Rome  that  "Consignor 
Ce-sare  Orsenigo,  papal  nuncio  lo  Berlin, 
eallcil  at  the  ehanoi:-Ilcry  at  noon  and  was  re- 
ceived immediately  by  Adolf  Hitler"'  shows 
several  thiiiEs  quite  plainly,  the  outstanding 
ones  being  the  good  understanding  between 
Hitler  and  the  Vatican,  the  reverence  of  Hit- 
ler for  the  Vatican,  and  Hillci-'s  anxiety  to 
find  some  way  to  use  the  pope  so  that  Oorniany 
can  work  out  a  peaire  that  will  enable  bcr  to 
keep  what  she  has  so  far  obtained  until  .she 
is  ready  to  strike  again,  in  her  aim  al  world 
conquest, 

A  dispatch  from  Rome,  puhHsbed 
in  the  New  York  ifernld  Tribune, 
slates  that  while  the  usual  income 
of  the  Vatican  is  at  least  $50,000.- 
000  a  year,  yet  during  war  time 
tliis  may  fall  lo  as  low  as  $30,000,000.  The 
dispatch  makes  the  very  truthful  observation 
that  Cardinal  lniiit-)!er  of  Vienna  '"was  the 
first  to  welcome  the  Nazis  when  they  took  over 
Austria".  The  United  States  is  tlic  Vatican's 
chief  contributor. 

Acting  under  guidance  of  its  Rome-eon- 
trolled  State  Department,  the  United  States 
performed  one  of  the  worst  series  of  acts  in 
its  career  in  the  way  it  treated  tbc  Spanish 
Republic.  Nothing  was  done  for  the  Republic, 
but  Franco  liie  Butcher  was  financed  to  the 
extent  of  $14.0U0.U()0  worth  of  cotton  which 
will  be  used  to  compele  with  American  textiles 
on  the  world  market.  The  loan  will  never  be 
repaid. 

One  of  the  first  acts  of  the  "govoniment" 
of  the  Butcher  was  to  provide  for  the  anniud 
appropriation  of  $6,200,000  a  year  for  the 
support  of  the  Roman  CatlioIic  Hierarchy 


Tiiieli  iilaccd  liim  inlhcMlaic  and  them  back 

in  power  lis  his  ovt-rlovds. 

Claims  of  the  Hierarchy 

1.  linicr  Ihr  lULlensr  thiit  be  is  Oods  Twar  on 
earth,  the  i)opp  flnims  ihat  every  soul  im  i-arlh  ib 
a  aubjofl.  of  ihe  chui-i-li.  regariilcss  ol  whether  Ihey 
nr(!  mt-mbei^  I'f  il  ov  uot. 

2.  VVht-ii  anv  (Hicstion  arifies  in  whinh  the  pope 
uud  Ihc  civil  government  eaonot  reath  an  ntH'^''-'- 
menU  or  in  whii'h  there  is  tx  question  its  to  which 
antliority  shall  !iav<-  jurisai<-tion.  ihe  decision  of 
the  pope  ahnll  he  final.  The  hearf  '>r  every  govern- 
ment shall  be  bound  by  the  superior  nutiionty  of 
the  pope,  but  the  pope  is  not  Imuud  by  nny  au- 
thority on  earlh.  True,  Ihe  ehiirch  contends  Ihat  its 
decisions  are  infiilliblp  only  in  mailers  pertaining 
to  '-faith  am)  morals",  hvil  ihc  word  "mornis  can 
be  so  interpreted  as  lo  iiiclnde  practically  anything. 
Cardinal  Manning  said:  "J'olities  arc  n  part  of 
morals.  WhnI  the  morn!  law  of  tho  Ten  Comniiuid- 
mcnls  ia  lo  thf  individual,  politics  nn-  to  sonely. 
Politics  nre  nolbinR  more  than  tlie  morals  of  so- 
dely.  the  colleetive  morality  ol'  Cbnslinn  men 
unilcd  together  under  social  law— pulUies  are 
morals  on  ihe  widest  »ea!e." 

3  The  pope  elaims  the  right  lo  use  foree,  il 
necessary,  Ui  |»iinish  or  exii-iniinate  non-believers 
or  to  force  them  into  Ihe  ehureli.  Kaeh  gov<jninent 
shall  reeognJKi-  tliis  right  and  it  is  their  duty  to 
assist  the  fhiirch  in  .-nf-weinK  this  dogmn. 

4  Regarding  dissenters  or  non-Catiiolu's:  Uii-'y 
oeeil  not  be  treuted  wilh  jusliee  and  human ity,_n<.r 
accorded  the  elemenhil  righls  of  human  society. 
The  pope  dnims  that  non-Calhohcs  live  in  error 
and  error  has  no!  the  same  right  as  1  nitli :  that  in- 
asmuch ns  Iheir  verv  existence  is  an  offense  to  (jod, 
thfv  are  not  enlilled  lo  the  right  of  free  speech 
and  freedom  of  worship  which  the  church  .leman-U 
for  its  MihieeU.  Therefore  the  existence  ol  any  in- 
dividual, or  seel,  or  the  disseminalion  of  any  tnct 
or  opinion  which  does  not  agree  with  Catholic  doc- 
trines shall  he  suppressed. 

It  is  utterly  inipossil>le  to  believe  these  doctrines 
and  nt  Ihe  same  lime  belic\-e  in  lolernnw.  fi^e 
speech,  and  free  press  and  religions  freedom.  To 
any  one  who  bidieves  in  Ibis  medieval  conception 
of  human  riglils.  demoeracy  just  docs  not  make 
sense.  Yet,  every  inemlier  of  the  Catholic  church 
knowinelv  or  unknowingly  gives  assi-nl  to  these 
and  olhe'r  doctrines  of  similar  un-Amerienn  eon- 
ti-!it.  such  as  those  concerning  eivil  and  mixed 
mnrringes,  divorce,  separation  of  chnreh  and  st-ato, 
the  righl  of  llie  elecloral*  to  choose  bow  ninl  hy 
whom  Ihnv  shall  he  governed,  etc.  ^     ■ 

In  Question  luid  "Answer  form,  Ihese  doetrmes 
axe  printed  in  thr  U>xt  books  used  m  Catlio  ic 
schools  and  inslilted  inlo  the  minds  of  Cathohc 
youths:  yet  Churchmen  coiislnntly  plead  Ihat  gov- 
ernment should  be  used  lo  support  the  schools 
where  these  un-American  Catholic  doctrines  are 
disseminated. 

8 


Very  little  atlenlion  lias  been  given  to  the  fact 
that  the  Homan  Calholic  oi-ganiKation  is  a  diclator- 
ship.  identicalin  spirit  and  form  with  the  modern 
Fascist  ilielatoi-sbips.  for  which  it  has  served  as  Ibe 

prototype.— T /if  Triith  Srek-er. 

The  President'^  Objective 

What  can  be  tlip  presidenl'8  objeelive  in 
appoiiiliiig  a  pprsoiiiil  ambassador  to  the  Vati- 
can  making  thyl  ambasssKior  out  of  a  former 
head   nC   tlie   steel   triifit.   and   dragginn:  the 
spokesmen  of  the  ProUtslJints  and  Jews  into 
the  seiieraet  It  is  not  to  mak*-  pence.  The  atti- 
tude of  Ihe  British  speaks  plainly  enuUKli  on 
Ihat.    Quite    possibly    ihe   pope   knows   that 
Adolf  is  licked  and  wants  lo  help  him  find  a 
way  out;  but  a  much  more  likely  thing  is  that 
Jim  Farlov  and  Roosevelt  want  the  eombincd 
inHuenee  of  Big  Church.  Big  Busiiics-s  and 
Big  Politic.';  to  sav  that  it  is  quite  all  right 
for  America  lo  take  oi-deis  hereafter  from  the 
pope,  wliieh  means,  in  essem-e  and  in  fact,  the 
slopping  of  Ihe  proehimation  of  the  message 
of  God's'  kingdom,  if  that  ean  be  aeeompliBhed. 
\a  lo  Ihe  Protestants,  it  is  inevitable  that 
their  bishops  should  be  blind.  The  very  fact 
t)iat  they  are  religious  bishops  makes  them 
Ihat  way,  So  none  should  wonder  that,  when 
Ihe  "Right  Reverend""  Ucnrv  St.  Cieorge  Tuek- 
er,  pre-siding  hisliop  of  the  Protestant  Kpis- 
eopal  chureh,  New  York  city,  said  in  a  sermon 
that  future  u«e-s  would  look  hack  lo  the  twen- 
tieth eonturv  as  ono  of  the  dark  ages  in  ttie 
history  of  mankind,  he  followed  that  trutbfiU 
staternent  with  the  proposition  thai  'nve  must 
endeavor  to  establish  a  Kingdom  of  God  on 
this  earlti"  and  thus  "eo-opcrale  with  Jcsiifl 
Christ  in  bi-iiiKing  a  kingdom  of  righteo^- 
ness  and  jualiee  to  Una  soR-Iy  beset  world  . 
If  the  polilioians.  the  pr»aehci-s  and  the  phlto-  ^ 
enils  have  i>rogre-ssed  no  farther  in  some  6.000  ■ 
years  than  to  make  the  world  the  bedlam  that 
it  is  tudav,  when  would  the  amiie  eiowd  pro- 
duee  on  eartli  a  condition  where  God's  wUI 
would  be  done  as  It  is  done  in  heaven  t  TIw 
answer  is.  Never;  and  religion,  the  DevdgJ 
subatiliUe  for  The  Theocracy,  must  go  mto^ 
obU\-ion.  wbere  it  belongs. 

Myron  C.  Tnvlor.  former  chairman  of  thi 
United  Slates  Steel  Trust,  selected  by  Roc 
velt  as  his  pei-soiial  ambassiidor  to  the  po 
was  born  willi  a  silver  si)ot>n  in  bis  mouth  ! 
became  the  head  of  Ihe  sleel  trust  by  reas 
of  that  fuel.  Like  Uoosevell.  he  is  a  profcst 
Episcopalian  and,  accordinR  to  Roman  Cath-| 
olic  theology,  could  !»  put  to  death  as  a  heretic 

CONSOLATION 


for  h^HevinFth^sai^^^^^^^^^^HPBp^ 

Taylor  will  be  in  aiiy  danger  nt  the  Vatican. 
Hu  lives  much  of  Uie  y«ar  iii  Italy  ami  is  well 
acquaiiHtd  with  Facelli  and  other  hiKhcrups 
in  and  out  of  Vatican  City.  Besides  that,  he 
is  said  to  be  extremely  religious. 

Jehovah's  people  have  heen  tauaht  by  the 
Lord,  througli  The  Watchfower  (1938).  that 
the  eonspirary  (2  Chrcmicles  tluiiJier  20)  be- 
tween the  Moabites.  Ammoiiiteji  and  the  in- 
huhitants  of  Mount  Sfir  aguinst  the  land  of 
Juduh  pictured  befori'lifind  the  conspiracy  of 
the  deeply  relinious  Big  Business  crowd,  the 
gronp  of  hyijociitical  politieitias  aud  the 
uroup  of  eoiisciencoless  lyliffionists  against 
The  Theocracy.  These  all  have  as  their  objec- 
tive their  eoiitinued  dominance  of  the  world 
and  the  hindrance  of  the  Kingdom  message. 

Il  must  not  be  supposed  that  Roosevelt 
selected  Tiijior  particularly  because  he  i.s  very 
i-eliRious,  biit  fjo/ause  he  isji  shinini[  represent- 
ative of  Bit!  Business,  and,  for  thai  matter, 
he  is  still  a  director  of  the  ITnited  States  Slcel 
Corporation  and  an  open  and  unblushing  ad- 
mirer of  Jlussolini  and  Fasciian, 

Big  Buniness  and  Peace 

Big  Business,  especially  the  steel 
'business,  is  not  interest cd  in  peace; 
fit  is  interested  in  the  bigiresl  busi- 
Iness  of  all.  which  is  mass  murder, 
lP."Hy  hotd-uiw  are  impractical  and- 
unpopular.  The  money  cost  of  the  World  War 
was  sufficient  to  build  3  $2,500  house  contain- 
intt  $1,000  worth  of  furmturc,  on  five  acres  of 
land  worth  $100  an  nci-e,  for  every  family  in 
the  rnited  States.  Canada,  Australia,  Eng- 
land. Wales.  IreSaiKl.  Scotland,  Krauec.  Bel- 
'gium.  Tliissia  and  llL^rmaiiy.  The  war  slew  ten 
million  soldiers  i  oiie-fiflh  of  all.wbo  went  into 
it),  and  2S.O00,0l)(l  .-ivilians  died  of  war-born 
starvation,  disease  and  massacre.  The  muni- 
tion makers  made  the  must  of  the  opiKirtunity 
and  are  now  secretly  .smacking  their  lips  over 
the  profits  of  the  new  war.  All  can  remember 
Morftan's  interest  in  the  war  of  1914-1918. 

Some  thirtv-odd  years  ago  J.  Pierpont 
Morgan.  Sr.,  patron  saint  of  the  Steel  Trust, 
pumped  the  New  Haven  Railroad  so  full  oC 
water  thai  it  oozed  out  at  every  joint.  The 
New  Uavcn  Imugiit  steamboat  lines,  trolleys, 
hotels  and  other  thiURs  ai  fancy  prices,  and 
just  as  tlicy  had  arrived  nt  the  place  where 
ihey  no  longer  yielded  a  piolll.  Since  then  the 
stock  of  Ibe  road  has  been  waterlogged  and 

APRIL   3.   1840 


"nowllieTnT«mate  Commerce  Commission  ad- 
vises that  the  best  thing  to  do  is  to  wipe  out 
all  the  prcferi'ed  and  eommon  stocks,  because 
the  corporation  cannot  pay  anything  on  them. 
During  the  World  War  there  wa-s  a  big 
difference  in  the  price  of  cannon  fotlder.  Uncle 
Sam  paid  the  highest  price.  His  soldiers  fe- 
eeived  wages  almost  three  times  that  paid  the 
British  soldier,  ten  times  that  of  tbe  German, 
twenty  times  that  of  the  French,  and  twenty- 
five  times  that  of  tlie  Italian.  But.  even  then, 
his  soldiers  were  expected  to  lay  down  their 
lives  to  make  the  world  safe  for  democracy 
for  only  $1  a  day. 

A  review  of  3,421  years  of  human  history 
shows  that  in  that  time  there  have  been  268 
years  of  peaec.  All  the  remaining  years  were 
years  of  war  in  which  some  8,000  peace'treat- 
ies  were  broken  to  amitiierecns. 

A  front-line  veteran  who  was  in  every  battle 
from  C^hateau  Tbierrj-  to  the  Argonne  says 
that  he  saw  men  with  their  stomachs  torn 
open  by  shrapnel  and  with  their  bloody  and 
muddy' hands  trying  to  tiather  their  entrails 
out  of  the  mud  and  stuff  them  back  in  place 
again,  mud  and  all.  He  .sees  the  same  old 
propaganda  now  under  way  as  he  swallowed, 
hook,  line  and  sinker,  in  1S17, 

The  British  undeistand  clearly  tbal  th« 
United  States  Neutrality  Act  fiail  as  its  ob- 
jttftive  the  helping  of  the  Allies  to  win  the  war 
against  Hitler  without  coming  into  tlic  open 
and  saving  su.  The  (iermans  understand  the 
.same  thing.  United  States  Senator  Wm.  E. 
Borah  made  the  statement : 

The  IJill  i.".  in  fact,  legislation  providing  in  effect 
for  intervention  in  u  pii»ai  Europcnn  struggle  tor 
power,  ia  the  hope  by  sonip.  and  tlm  Mwl  of 
othere,  bwt  not  all.  tlist  we  will  \w  able  to  lakn  purt 
in  this  struggle  ini'l'-''  such  teiiiig  miil  i^oinUtions  as 
wiU  i-mtble  lis  to  escape  the  more  serioun  auorifioea 
of  war.— In  the  Manchester  Guardian. 

When  the  amiisliee  came  of  age,  21  years 
after  it  was  declared,  the  thing  to  celebnile 
was  not  that  liie  world  ha<l  been  made  safe  for 
democracy,  but  that  it  was  spending  six  times 
as  much  for  armaments  as  in  1313,  and  was 
well  into  the  second  world  war.  Moi-eover,  in- 
stead of  "open  coveniinia  openly  arrived  at" 
tlie  world  witnessed  an  era  of  shameless 
double-crossing  une(|Ualed  in  bistoiy.  None 
of  the  objectives  of  the  first  world  war  were 
attained;  every  .solemn  promi.se  to  the  people 
was  broken,  as  was,  of  course,  to  be  e.\pectcd. 
This  generation  seems  to  think  loyalty  to  any 
trust  whatever  is  a  weaknvs-s. 

9 


Railroads  and  Shipping 


fmghl,  .ml  <>•?«'>»?"' ,'°tl>orl«<i«iJ  »'  l'"' 
Cooled  eai-»  '»'  '"*,  ■„  1^!?  «heii  one  rail- 

Freight  to  Ne«^  V«;''  ^"^i,„,d,  broURiii 
«  111  the  year  }^f}J-°lJ^  vegetables  into 
1,000.000  ears  of  fi^it  ium     eg  ^^^^ 

New  York  fy',^'f'S>mlnihe  «is  >wi->. 
there  was  aotuBlly  a  li'r?c  m  ^^^^ 

New  York  '^t.iisunipt'on  «f  J^"i^^^  ^   ^^^ 

business  of   f  c   '■<''  ™f"  .  ^,,^  ,«i!roads  are 


raot  considered  pr..<.-tK«l  here. 

navigntion.  bvit  »  srad«a»e  <"  '"^^  ■  ^i  ,he 
Sts  I..^itmo  of  T^'^';■r'S^^S  ar^«md 
notion  tluit  'Vr^i'Sup  So'»lS'^''«2^^  ^ 

By  Ihe  time  she  ""f  ""^VSppers  and  decided 
Mie  had  «7,1X  r^Tor^hc  .'ay  h.r- 

open  ocean.  Some  skipper! 


Big  Advertisement  tor  ^^o^f^^^^^  -^ 
4  A  big  advoitiHemenl  *"'  ;' *i^^i,.„  who 
H.  L.  Ferris.  oC  '\'-^7>^\'-£-J^r  in  his 
for  the  past  Ab  y^^^^'-^'^l^'lZp  otherwise 
flUth  year)  has  ^e<^^''"!.'',,!''|,ad  S,oh  a  eom- 
?han  in  a  ^^^^^^''''^''J'l  \"t^^  railroad 
fomble  mp>t  '"  ^^^''..^ir^a'ds  of  the  We.1 

the  midniRhl  hour. 
Welded  Rails  in  Britain 

♦  Welded  Ht'r^-L^r^  t  No"  reparts  from 
parts  of  the  tn.tod  MaUs      o      ^^^^^  ^.^^^ 

feritain  are  that  ^"^flXokcn  track  1.2(i0  feet 
crn  Kailway  '"^f,"'' ""Sent  is  a  s«c.c-ss  in 
S:^r  rveraSSSion  of  noise.  Ail 

10 


Otttof  NewYoABay  ^^^^^ 

♦  0"^  ^-^^rjer  In   haTarU  a  new  land 

Bnyonne,  ^'^^.f*''?;.^,,  he  bottom  of  the  bay 

of  n;0  nores.  dug  '^^**"^  "'^  '  un,ied  bv  a  re- 

i„elf.  This  new  "'"^^  ';.  ^J^-^S  thick.  Tht 

tuinin«  ''''■H'^^'"'^l''lVeU^K  The  out,-r  edge 
inneredg..s ;vo«aenshee  m^^^^  ^^  ^ 

'^  ^^  TSfeS   wSe   surrounds   the   new 
channel   e^^O   1.e.-t_^  vwcie   .  ^^^^  ^.^^^^. 

able"  for  industrial  sitCB. 


Dodging  the  U|Boats  ,^  ^^  griuin 

♦  Dodging  the  L-boflts.sniI""-  Kealaud 

„nd  France  from  ^^c  'J"'^f,;;  ,,he  Panama 
a,ul  Australia.  "»  '""^'^lyer.  where  they 
canal  but  are  ^"^^"  \S'rt^  A  lantic  ports 
go  by  rail  «"-'«-\^^'lT«ndle  this  business 

vided  for  the  railroad. 

C,n  StiU  Learn  'j^^,^;^^^^^^^^^^  Admiralty 
«    Eighty  years  ago  the   Hr«  ^^^  ,^ 

<.<neeived  a  mf  form  "* /'J^^-'^^i^^d  of  Sar- 
^,„,,,„ed.  f » J '"/„^S^  was  found  equipped 
diiiia.  an  old  R™\""  «^''7  ,he  same  features 
,,.ith  an  '.™»  «.'V^"'  ^TheVovable  transverse 

KU  tht-n  «as  rediscovered.  ^^^^^^^^^- 


1 


Saving  Time  Around  the  House 


PUT  silvemai-e  in  a  glass  conlain- 
iT  Slid  [jut  the  lid  on  tiKltl  and  you 
wiU  never  Iimvo  to  clean  or  polisli 
your  silverware.  It  silver  not  in  use 
IS  wnipiH-ii  in  waxed  pap«r  it  will 
be  free  from  taniisli  aud  tx^^ady  for  nso  at  any 
time,  Moist  table  salt  will  remove  egg  tarnish 
from  silverware. 

When  packing  china  for  mailing  or  mov- 
ing, have  plenty  of  excelsior  on  hand.  Each 
urlielo  should  be  wrapped  in  moist  excelsior 
a  few  days  tx-foio  it  is  shippt-d  or  stored,  so 
that  when  tlie  straiv  dries  it  will  have  assumed 
the  aliapc  of  the  wrapped  article,  thus  form- 
ing a  protective  Eriiiuework. 

One  of  the  strongest  cements  and  the  easi- 
est to  apply  for  mending  crotiteri,'  is  lime  and 
tlie  white  of  an  egg.  To  use  it,  take  a  Hiiffi- 
cient  quantity  of  the  egg  to  mend  one  article 
at  a  time.  Shave  off  a  Quantily  of  lime  and 
mix  thoroughly.  Apply  quickly  to  the  edges 
and  place  flj-mly  to«ether,  when  it  will  soon 
become  set  and  strong.  Mix  Inil  a  small  quan- 
tity at  a  time,  as  it  hardens  very  soon  so  that 
tt  caiuiol  be  UHcd. 

When  china  cups  are  t«a-slained,  rub  them 
witli  a  cloth  dipped  iu  vincgar-moistcnod  salt 
to  removo  the  stain. 

When  purchasing  inexpensive  flower  con- 
tainers one  may  fin^  them  to  be  quite  porous, 
permitting  water  to  seep  through  and  mark 
fiu-niture.  To  prevent  this  pour  melted  par- 
affin into  the  vase  to  the  depth  of  an  inch. 
which  does  awuy  with  this  tiouble.  The  vase 
may  be  washed,  avoiding  \'cry  hot  water. 

Furniture  of  simple  construction  is  easier 
to  keep  clean  than  that  with  fancy  carvings 
and  KcrolLs,  and  looks  better  by  far. 

To  remedy  furiiituro  drawers  which  .stick, 
sandpaper  and  wax  Uioir  edges.  When  casters 
on  furniture  keep  dropping  out,  pour  a  little 
paraffin  into  the  hole,  insert  the  taster  and 
let  the  wax  harden. 

A  little  vinegar  will  soften  dried  glue. 

If  your  polished  table  gets  a  white  mark 
on  it,  due  to  heated  plates,  etc..  rub  with  cam- 
phorated oil.  This  will  remove  the  mark.  To 
remove  finger  marks  from  furniture,  use  u 
piece  of  chamois  wrung  out  in  cold  water 
and  polish  with  dry  chamois. 

Furniture  polish  not  only  bestows  a  luster 
upon  furniture  but  preservai  and  "feeds*'  it. 
prolonging  its  life.  This  is  true  only  ot  an  oil 

APRIL   3,   1H0 


polish  of  good  quality.  F-very  application  is 
bcntfieial  to  botii  woodwork  and  furniture. 
The  use  of  an  oiled  eloth  when  dusting  makes 
frequent  polishing  less  urgent. 

To  keep  mice  away,  scatter  small  pieces 
of  camphor  in  your  eujiboards  and  dniwei's. 
They  will  go  far  away  from  the  smell  of 
camphor. 

Ivcgs  of  lableJi  and  chests  soon  dig  into  the 
kitchen  linoleum  and  leave  permanent  marks. 
To  prevent  this,  get  from  your  neighborhood 
shoe  repair  men  a  strip  of  composition  siKh 
as  he  uses  to  renew  worn-down  hods.  Cut 
neat  "heels"  for  your  furnilui-e  and  tack  them 
on  with  headless  nails  that  will  sink  down 
inside,  and  there  will  be  no  more  scarred 
floors.  Heavy  felt  will  do  as  well  as  the  com- 
position material,  except  for  very  heavy  fur- 
niture. 

Dust  is  most  sHccessfully  i-emoved  from 
reed  furniture  when  a  hose  is  used.  Set  the 
fumiture  on  tlie  lawn  when  the  sun  is  shin- 
ing and  play  the  ho.te  on  it. 

To  wash  oil  paintings,  make  a  suds  of  pura 
white  soap.  Have  water  lultewarm.  Apply  to 
small  surface  of  picture  at  a  time  and  dry 
immediately. 

A  couple  of  well-hung  mirrors  can  do  won- 
ders to  the  small  Ii\'ing  room.  Hang  the  mir- 
rors where  they  add  to  the  size  as  welJ  as  the 
.  attractiveness  of  the  room. 

A  drop  of  perfume  on  an  electric  light  bulb 
will  scent  the  whole  room.  Perfume,  however, 
is  no  substitute  for  fresh  air.  t 

Sundr)/  Suffgestions 
To  lesl  silk,  bum  a  small  sample.  If  it  curia 
up  into  a  black  eharred  hall,  it  contains  prac- 
tically no  weightily,  rayon  or  cotton  adul- 
teration. 

To  take  the  shine  from  -serge  goods,  rub  it 
witli  hot  vinegar  and  then  sponge  with  am- 
monia. 

Wet  umbrellas  should  always  he  turned  up- 
side down  to  dry,  never  left  open,  as  this 
stretches  them  at  the  ribs  and  prevents  their 
being  tightly  rolled  afterwards.  Wlien  not  in 
use  they  should  be  kept  unrolled. 

Coal  oil  will  soften  hardened  shoes  made 
so  by  the  rain. 

A  thin  coat  of  shellac  or  colorless  varnish 
will  add  life  to  straw  matting,  at  the  same 
time  giving  it  a  pleasing  gloss. 

U 


Fresno  News 

♦  October  28,  1939.  inf«'^"^i?"  ^''jj  £ 

people  ^7'';^  h«;^^;;^X^^^^        are  Wkn.« 

i„  ,,„■  m.n.h.  The  ,..;«  »>d  ,!.<,,» »»„,«3 
„rdrau..c.  «>.■'"■;*  „!;,  r  My<hin8-to<. 
"""■"    i    tn-    PoUowtoK  o  march  thcie, 

Dlv  TlH-  siiya,  "I  wunt  tlmt  book.' 

'  H      .  'a.  Oalifoma.  A  marc^  took  pla« 

12 


that  Uie  mratto  of  the  name  •J-'J?'  K"""" 
h„Ef^n!fhi^e«njJ»»d 

ho«dq.iarleis  aivd  l^""'     J  ,vervwh.Te.   in 
DiseiiMioDs  could   be    lesmi   e      . 

g     '.hinrihi  eye,-  l-PP™? J' "^'./^i  '. 

here  it  was  toM  by    "^  *^    '^^^  j,|,  t„  «,lule 
«"'  I^'^'ir..  't  ^J,l  n,k  monunK  papers  re; 


Z  to  1.     ^'?y.   "Y^^    n,„  n  eicat  dsappmnt- 


JeUovaL's  Kiugdom    publisher*  just  befoiv  bnirtisin  in  ibu 
Suaqiichiuiiia  rivvr,  near  Pitlstoii,  Pennsylviuiiu 


ing;  others  lo  n-gistev  aiiJ  vott\  iirni  possibly 
those  who  dul  the  urging  voltd.  It  aecnis  such 
should  see  that  the  Jw's  iire  "ncutrar  us  to 
ham  and  eggs,  t-veii  as  we  are  about  other 
worldlv  sthenies.  We  hear  some  say  that  Gov- 
emtir  OLsen  tulked  favorahlj-  before  about  it 
ami  "got  in"  on  that,  but  now  is  unfavorable 
toward  the  scheme.  Governor  Olsen  has  done 
some  Kond  things,  but.  of  course,  it  is  hard  to 
he  a  piiblie  man  utkI  please  everybody. 

Because  manv  of  lliest-  readers  of  our  hooka 
wci-c  "Ham  &■  Eggers"  the  witnesses  here  hnve 
had  considerable  difficulty  in  interestinR  "in- 
t«r(stpd"  p<?uple  to  eomo  to  our  meetings,  and 
since  it  has  flopped  for  the  present,  these  peo- 
ple may  hnve  gi-eater  intei-est  in  the  KinKdom. 
These  ''llam  &  Kggors"  are  not  all  poor  peo- 
ple nor  jobless  either.  But  they  are  for  it  be- 
cause thcv  think  they  are  doing  Rreat  good  for 
the  n«ed.' Witniwina  to  some  tliey  say,  "When 
ham  and  eggs  fails,  then  I'll  read  Judge 
Rutherford."  A  veiir  iiRo,  while  in  Oakland 
giviiiR  out  circulars  for  "Faee  the  Pacts",  an 
old  gentleman  took  a  circular  and,  looltinR  at 
Judge  Rutherford's  picture,  remarked  with 
considerable  emphasis,  "If  that  man  is  not 
for  Thinv  a  Week,  nE'i.i,  nhveb  cit  is  I  Only 
tlie  Kingdom  will  thorouchly  solve  the    old 

Af>nil-  3.  19*0 


age"  problem,  because  the  obedient  will  re- 
main young  and  have  plenty  and  need  never 
retire. 

Religion.  An  undertaker  reported  to  the 
writer  that  at  a  certain  Calholie  funeral  the 
"solemn  high  mass  eost  $tiO'-,  and  was  paid. 
It  takes  three  priests  one  full  hour  to  perform 
'■solemn  high  muss".  The  poor  cannot  all  g«t 
for  tlieir  hard  work  even  20e  an  hour,  but 
these  priests  eanied  .^iSO  a  piece  per  hour  with- 
out giving  real  con.'iideratioii  therefor.  It  is  a 
great  racket  and  there  are  some  people  who 
"love  to  have  it  sff".  If  thtflc  people  lidd  ob- 
Ittiui'd  the  little  booklet  Vncn-f-red  for  only 
2e  and  believed  the  Bible  as  theiein  quoted, 
they  would  have  .saved  $59.98.— D.  Davidian. 

A  Victory  for  Common  Sense 
«  The  St.  Louis  Fost  Dinpatch.  referring  to 
the  vietoo"  of  Jehovali's  witnesses  in  the  flag- 
salute  cases,  said;  "It  is  a  victory  for  common 
si-nse  over  livsU-ria.  It  rtyLiseits  the  common 
decency  thai  calls  for  respeet  for  another 
man's  conviction — n  man  wlio  may  he  doing 
more  than  any  of  iis  to  build  a  Iietter  nation 
even  if  lie  believes  that  he  should  make  obei- 
tanee  only  lo  the  Ueily." 

13 


"And  Other  Sheep  I  Have" 

♦  "vitnls    (With    Bible  a«d  WATCHTO^vJ 

I  have  brought  you  a  m.^^«-  f^Xe? :  Si 

mMmm 

Sheep:  I  want  to  a-sk  some  (l^^-Mo^^J 
tliis  new  Rovei-nm^nt  yov.  are  talking  "bout 

the  iiame  of  this  fily  ?  , 

Witness:  It's  name  is  Jerasalom.  a  «ty  o£ 
tniih.  tZech.8:3] 

al^^iSrMountZion-UoloYlyt^^^^^ 
ioT  of  the  whole  eailh.  nide«d !  lP*»7  *f  ■  ".{ 
Sheep:  What  (om  of  government  does  it 

'"^^^Less:  A  pur.  Theocracy    [P-ltn  2:6; 
to  live  under  suL-h  a  new  rormt 


live  under  sueii  a  [ic"  i"""  ■      .  .      „.i,._ 
WhnL:  Oh,  BO.  The  people  rejoice  «hen 


CHRii.iK.i.... ...OFSALVATIOtt 

LEARKOf  JIHOVAHS  THWCRMiCCOVESHHEHI 
'         --ICHRIST  ■"""'■*'"^"« 


CIUTtftOHMV     7  4- 16 


Ii4  OCVIKI  «.  Jll^Ww*' 


?r^. 


AU  m  one  family  at  Sw  Aatonio-if.  <=«tchi.« 
14 


Sign,  of  th*  lim.«  (10  f«l  «y  li*  '>«^>  ^^^■ 
*  San  Antonio,  Texas 

the   nghteous   are    in   authority.    IProv.rb. 

'"''sheep:  What  are  th«  reqliirem«nt«  for  citi- 

"wi'SL.  Each  citizen  is  rec,..ired  to  have 
ck"n  hands,  pure  he.rt  a.>d  humble  m.«n. 
[Fsalm24:4:Micali  6:^1 

Sheep:  Is  il  a  healthful  place! 

Witni-ss-  Indeed,  yes.  The  Sun  of  righlvous. 
jrSs  ipon  the  inhabitants  with  he^drng 
in  ilis  wings!  1  Uaiah  58: 8:  Jeremmh  30: 17. 

''sreepfoJ  the  people  get  along  w*U  with 

""vSel'^Thev  surely  do.  You  .ee  they  have 
but  om- way  of' doing  and  «f  •'«  ,^>S /». J 
^l  8«  very  willing,  d^velbng  loRetho^  »i 
pleasant    unity.    [Jeremmh    32  =  ^9,    f'^'™^ 

"shce'p :  Do  wc  have  to  join  aii.vthinjr  to  enter 

"ffSL  No.  The  Lord  bid.  you  aeck  lljm 
and  He  will  do  the  rest  I  James  4:8;  Amos 
4  ■  5 :  Zephaniah  2:3;  Matthew  6 :  331 

Sheep:  What  doo.'.  il  eost  to  be  admittedT 
Witne'«8-  Admi-wion  to  this  beautiful  city 

iJn    rc^'  free  to  all  '«>"'  !f  flllSS 
Evcrla-stlnn  King.  |Jeremiah  31  :b.  12.  Isaiah 

''^ShL-  Then  wc  will  go  ^^i^*",  ■'"'"r:\l'l^ 
n.v Se'.  IZechariah  g;23:  Joshua  24: 15) 
^Contributed  by  I'al  t^^sey  Green.  TeMS, 


fflflmmoTH  GfiKutiis 


BUT  THEY  SHAlV  NOT  PREVAIL 
AGAINST  THEE  Jtn^h  I.S 


■u. 


At  Conv-'iition  time,  1939,  Denver  took 
solid  comfort  in  the  year  text 

"Justice"  in  Hubbard,  Ohio 

♦  H\ibbard.  Oiiio.  is  in  a  bad  way.  Christian 
people  ejimiot  peac«ably  walk  on  th«  stweW 
of  that  burg  in  an  information  marcb  without 
(foing  to  jail  for  it  There  was  such  a  mureh 
on  a  day  last  snmmer.  TiUie  Williamson,  Mar- 
garet Alsbpryrer,  Grace  Eagin  and  Arthur  G. 
Savlow  tfslitied  that  they  saw  certain  people 
going  dowm  omi  side  of  llie  sirvet  and  up  the 
other,  peacoablv.  williout  guns,  without  knim. 
witbont  black.itt.-k3.  wittiout  clubs,  without  ahil- 
lalahs.  without  shoitiing.  without  sinRing.  w-ith- 
oul  dmms,  without  cymbals,  without  tambou- 
rines, without  rocfci.  without  bricks,  without 
peculiar  Atvi»,  without  vile  or  profane  lan- 
guage, without  speech-making. 

The  witnesses  could  all  remember  well  that 
the  mart-hci-s  had  borne  slogans  reading,  "Reli- 
gion is  a  Bimrc  and  a  racket,"  but  seemed  to 
lieve  to  have  it  drawn  to  their  attcntimi  that 
they  also  boie  the  exhoitation  -^Servc  God  and 
Christ  the  Kinir".  .,    .  ., 

Counsel  made  it  clear  to' the  court  that  the 
ordinance  is  ilh^Ral.  Under  it  the  crowd  emerg- 
iiiff  from  n  theater  eouid  be  arrested  for  not 
having  a  parade  permit:  the  same  for  ehil- 
dren  emerging  from  school ;  the  same  for 
pi-i-sons  cmrVRing  from  chui-ches  or  Sunday 
schools-  the  same  for  funerals;  the  same  for 
vehicles  of  the  lire  department;  the  .same  for 
the  Grand  Aimv:  the  same  for  the  Kiwanis. 
the  Kolaiv,  and  the  Boy  Scouts ;  but  all  in  vain. 
The  ijonehead  on  llie  bench  lined  McLenne  $2» 
and  costs  or  a  sentence  tn  jail,  and  McLcnne 

APHIl-  3.   1910 


was  in  the  same  situation  as  Chriat  before 

Pilate.  ^  ,     . 

Of  w>urse,  the  leal  .ludas  in  the  case  kept 
out  of  sigbt,  but  Tillie  William.son,  Marf^ret 
Alsberger,  Grace  Kngin  and  Arthur  (!.  Say- 
low  and  the  police  and  magi-slrate  of  Hub- 
bard,  Ohio,  prohablv  know  perfectly  well  who 
it  is.  Judas  finallv  died  willi  a  peeuliav  collar 
around  his  neck.  In  the  end  it  choked  off  his 
wind.  The  Judas  in  Hubbard,  no  doubt,  has 
a  poeuliar  collar,  too. 

Kingdom  Joys  in  Alabama 

♦  The  ear  had  broken  down,  and  another  one 
wm  loaned  to  the  publisher  to  gel  to  an  ad- 
joinintt  town  to  wait  for  a  car  part  to  come 
from  a  larger  eity  by  bus.  The  time  wailiiiK 
for  the  part  to  come  was  sncnt  in  making  back- 
calls  in  the  town,  and  playing  the  "Govern- 
ment and  Peace"  lecture.  At  one  place  where 
a  publisher  had  previously  received  an  invita- 
tion to  eome  back,  the  interested  one  listened 
to  the  lectuiT  with  the  keenest  iiilercat,  and 
at  the  eonclusion,  when  Judge  Kuthcrford 
ealled  for  till  of  those  who  arc  in   favor  of 
God's  kingdom  to  say  "Aye",  the  pei'son  of 
good  will  shouted  out  "Aye"  and  tears  of  joy 
filled  her  eves.  She  readily  took  the  book 
Salvatinn   and   the   Govtnvimnt    and   Pea^ 
booklet,  and  a-sked  that  arrangemcnfc*  be  made 
for  her  to  be  bapluied.  This  was  done.and  on 
my  turning  to  leave  she  said.  "Don't  leave 
until  you  have  left  me  some  of  the  books  and 
booklets  so  that  I  can  go  in  the  ser\icc  around 
my  home.  Even  though  I  am  crippled,  walk- 
ing on  crutches  since  I  was  three  years  old, 
1  can  go  two  or  thi-ee  milcJt." 

Truly  this  is  the  Ijord's  doing  and  U  mar- 
velous in  our  eyes,— Zone  3,  Region  2. 


Jehovah's  Kingdom  publishers  nl  Clinton,  S.  J- 
(To  bt  eontiwu4) 

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5a6y  Pacifists  a  School  Problem 


Homework  Their  Sebofllwork 

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or  th»    »■•  yortt 
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isid   to  »•  mlKMt 

a,&50,ooo  anpie». 
Sa  tnl»  lo  n»t  • 

of  l»l»  Ohll-if*!!'* 

publlo  ■otiooli* 
on  tl»    fl^-a«- 

U,S.*upro=o  Court 
«:li    tin  nr    tM» 

■etk  in  wrll. 


SUPREME  COURT 
ACfiEESTORliLE 
ON  aAfi  SALUTE 

Will  Rv^in^'  D««io<i  HoU- 

H-tiHi'P'.^i'-  k-^.  ■!V'"*- 


Two  «f  the  Lrftlest  debet* 


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p««li>ii  IX  i-c  br>  iiipki'*- 


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,lao  of  olilia«ni 
precenfli'l  fright 


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lii^r.u-  —  .— -i-i  i"i  of  saoandi 

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c.: 


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a  \i  fwi-thnwi"  r«f«  frwijta"*- 

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of  ABBPlJa   to   Ift* 

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[■.orBunr.  lUlJ  onil 
riui3j«;hiJiif>rl*ai. 
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■-—    injt  It  »«»  (or 

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„.,!  .I;.— ..-->•  u:ir«-''Olrlotlpni 
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S,rSi«KJTtt«l«i  rlgJiMi  -Ode* 


New  Wprld's  King  at  the  Temple 

IN  i\.D.  29  He  was  aiiojiilnd  with  power 
from  oil  high  to  be  the  King,  at  the  time 
of  His  imniei-sitiii  in  the  chief  river  of  t!ie 
Holy  Land,  the  .lordaii.  TUivv  and  one-half 
years  liilci-,  or,  to  wit,  in  the  spring  of  A.I>.  33, 
He  rode  as  King,  atiendwl  by  a  great  multi- 
tude of  people  of  good  will,  into  lln-  unfaith- 
ful city  of  Jerusiilom.  and  straightway  wi-nt 
to  the  temple  there  nnd  elciini-d  ont  of  it  the 
commerciul  ivIiRionists.  Shortly  then.-ofti'r  a 
great  trial  and  test  t-ame  upon  the  King's 
faithful  adhei-ents  and  aiipportors  when  the 
King's  work  on  earth  was  stopped  temporarily 
by  death  and  Ilis  supporters  were  scattered. 
The  third  day  iifler  His  death  the  Supreme 
One  raised  llis  anointed  King  out  of  the 
grave.  Forty  days  Ihereafter  tlie  King  ascend- 
ed on  high,  going  off  to  a  "far  country",  even 
the  presence  of  liod  In  heaven  itself,  there 
"to  receive  for  himself  a  kingdom,  and  to  re- 
turn" and  then  set  up  tin*  Kingdom,  even  as 
He  had  told  His  faithful  supportei-s  before 
He  left  them.  At  that  lime  also  He  comes  to 
the  greater  temjile,  the  spiritual  temple  of 
God  the  great  Theocratic  ituier. 

Since  tilt-  Lord,  the  King,  t'hrist  .leans,  is 
invisible  to  man.  He  being  now  a  divine  spirit 
impossitile  for  man  to  see  and  live.  His  second 
coming  is  invisibk-.  He  said  to  His  faithful 
apostles:  "Vet  a  Utile  while,  and  the  world 
seeth  me  no  more.'*  (John  14: 19)  Therefore 
proof  of  His  coming  lo  the  true  temple  of 
Jehovah  Ood  musi  be  made  by  evidence  other 
than  that  which  ean  be  seen  with  natural  eyes. 
Also  the  time  of  His  eoming  nuist  be  deter- 
mined by  the  evidence  of  rthited  physii-al 
facts,  based  upon  Cod's  revealed  \Vord  of 
prophecy. 

Wlien  f!od  look  away  from  His  typical 
theocracy  ithe  nation  of  the  Jews)  the  right 
to  rule  He  stated  then  thai  this  would  be  for 
a  fi.xed  time,  until  the  coining  of  the  One  whose 
right  it  is  to  rule,  iind  that  to  Him  He  would 
give  that  right  and  power.  At  Ezckiel  21 :  27 
He  announced  eoneeming  the  rulership:  "I 
will  overturn,  overturn,  overturn,  it:  and  it 

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shall  be  no  more,  until  he  come  whose  right  it 
is;  and  I  will  give  it  him."  Although  the  Tjord 
Jesus  possc-ised  all  power  and  authority  from 
the  time  of  His  resurreeiJon,  it  would  seem  to 
be  inconsistent  for  Him  to  exorcise  llial  power 
aftainst  the  enemy's  organization  of  the  {Jen- 
tile  nations  on  earth  until  the  "Umes  of  the 
(.ientiles"  expired,  as  marked  by  a  world  war. 
—Luke  21: 24. 

In  harmony  with  this  one  of  the  Klng'-ssup- 
portei-s  wrote:  ■"But  thi.s  man,  after  he  had 
offered  one  sacrifice  for  sins  for  ever,  sat  <iown 
on  the  right  hand  of  (Jod:  from  henceforth 
expecting  [wnitingl  till  his  enemies  lie  made 
his  I'ootslooJ."  (Hebrews  10:12,13)  King 
David  of  Jerusalem  had  written  centuries  be- 
fore that :  "The  LoBi>  |  Jehovah]  said  unto  my 
Lord  [Christ],  Sit  thou  at  my  right  hand,  un- 
til I  make  thine  enemies  thv  footstool." — 
Psalm  110:1. 

The  Bible  proof  is  that  the  "times  of  llic 
Gentiles"  should  continue  2520  yeai-s,  from 
Jerusalem's  first  deslruetion,  in  B.C.  fi06,  and 
ended  in  tlie  autumn  of  A.  D.  1914.  That 
sliouM  mark  the  time  when  Christ  Je.sU6  a«- 
aumed  His  power  to  reign,  in  fiilfillnient  of 
prophecy.  At  tlmt  lime  He  must  become  active 
in  the  midst  of  His  enemies,  as  foi'etohl  at 
F.ialm  110;  2.  Then  the  Gentile  nations  wonld 
become  angiy  and  a  gi'eat  world  war  woiUd 
follow,  attended  by  famines,  carthiiuiikes, 
pestilences,  and  thereafter  "distJVss  of  na- 
tions, with  perplexity".— See  Revelation  11: 
17,  IS;. Matthew  24: 7-22. 

The  events  that  took  place  at  IHa  first  com- 
ing as  a  man  find  a  i«iraliel  in  the  events  of 
His  second  coming  as  a  divine  spirit,  invisible 
to  human  eyos,  to  oust  Satan  the  invisible 
"prince  of  this  world".  The  Scriptural  evi- 
dence is  clear  that  the  Lord  Jesus  was  anoint- 
ed us  King  and  began  preaching  tlie  Kingdom 
in  the  auiumn  season  of  A,D.  29.  Tn  Ibe  spring 
of  33,  or  three  and  a  half  yeais  after  His 
anointing  to  the  Kingdom,  Jesus  pivsented 
himself  to  the  Jews  as  their  King  bui  was 
lejeeted  by  them  as  King.  At  the  same  time 
He  enlcred  the  temple  at  Jeriusalcm  and  be- 
gan to  cleanse  it.  (See  Matthew  21:1-13.) 
About  the  -same  time  Cod,  through  Christ 
Jesus,  formaliv  east  off  Iliat  nation  and  its 
house  of  religion.— Matthew  23:38,39. 

The  Gentile  Times  ended  in  the  autumn  of 
A.D.  1914.  The  evidence  is  (piite  conclusive 
that  here  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  in  obedience 
to  God's  eommand,  stood  up  and  begau  to 
esei-cise  His  power.   (Con.snll   Daniel   12:1; 

17 


Pafllm  11CI;1.2;  Rflvelalion  11:17-19;  Mat- 
S.7"4-3,7.8.  If  ^^e  a^-  warranted  m  ^p- 
plyL«  the  r^-le  of  pmullel  events,  u.  lo  tea- 
tuL  and  limo,  Ih...  wc  ^hoM  -M'^^  the 
Loi-d  to  come  to  the  (Jieat  si-intual  temple  ol 
God  tLe  L'd  ono-h.U  years  «ft.r  .mm.mg 
thTKhiKtiom.  10  wit.  iu  the  sv.rmg  ol  A.P. 

il«o  lo  fiiul  cvidouec  lliut  tl'y  Lord  there  be- 
K^  1,0  cleoiise  that  nntUypiciil  temple;  arid 
S  shortly  thereafter  •■t^hmtendonv  .  wh  ch 
i8  tJie  modern  eoant.rpart  of  ""'"«''  "'f™' 
faleni.  would  be,  .■oTT.l>letc-ly  reje-.tef  l>y  th« 
iSm  doomed  to  d«itmc-tion  at  the  battle 
of  Annngeddon. 

In  th«  autumn  of  19H  the  nations  be.am^ 
antiT.  The  World  War  came,  followed  qu^kly 
SvilmiiK-,  pestilent-  and  oar  h(|.mkes.  Then 
oeeuned  pc<^.=<-ution  of  Christians,  the  |K-ople 

S  Jehova?!  God,  and  """^^^-^^-^XSof  S«^ 
the  Great  Prophet  as  '"«'■•;'»«  ^.^^/S-^afS; 
tan's  world  or  umnten-iipled  rule.  Tha    «aa 

when  the  new  world's  King  would  take  H  8 
power  and  b««in  His  -v^ife'"-  ''^'^-iJ^^tS-r  lis 
exfletb-  «-'lh  the  time  when  lie  be^m  il>^ 
?ojal  ministry  at  His  fii^t  coming,  f  h.^^  and 
one-half  years  after  the  autumn  of  ^9i\^ 
^i  The  sprinc  of  IDlfi,  there  came  upon  the 
Sscerated  people  of  Jehovnh  God  a  in-eat 
Sry  trf"!  ^^  the  instigation  of  rciiRionists  who 
S.  the  World  War  as  a  time  y  oe.a.sion 
sBaiust  those  true  (Christians.  This  <-ame  «- 
^Uy  in  harmony  with  the  propheey  of  Mala- 
Chi  «8  to  what  would  oeour  «^'f  ^l^^l-"™ 
Jesus  as  the  great  Me-^cuKer  of  -^^o v\h  God 
«omea  to  His  1emplc.-Rc«d  MaUchi  3:1-3, 
also  Matthew  24:9-13.  t>  ,«.«,.■« 

In  burmony  with  this  the  aijostU  P'^^r  f  js 
that  iudKiuent  mnsl  be«ln  at  the  house  of  (Sod, 
H  s  imptc.  (1  Pet<-r  4:17)  The  ««   Purpose  ^ 
of  the  judgment  is  that  the  ones  who  arc  found 
approved  mid  cleansed  or  rclnu^  should  there- 
Sr  offer  unto  the  Lord  God  an  oftennK  m 
i-iKbteousness  hy  scivint;  a-*  w;itne«-scs  for  Je- 
h„v«h  and  for  Ilis  Thcoern-y  hy  fl'^f  J^«"^^ 
The  trial  that  came  upon  those  «onne.  ted  «  Hi 
the  temple  of  God  in  the  sprmii  of  191^  ^as 
a  very  severe  on.-.  Some  of  tSod's  eoiiseerat^d 
ones  were  arrested  and  east  into  prison,  home 
X  Sul  bcc.  en?«Ked  in  the  Lord's  service. 
professiiiK  full  eonsee.at.on  to  U.m  eonspired 
with  the  religionists  as  enemies  of  the  truth 
Tn  1   betrayed  their  brethren    even  as  Jesus 
foretold   would  l)e  done.    (Ma  thew  '24:10) 
In  the  face  of  the   World  War  conditions 

18 


amT^eraSot^theirb^S^S 
fled  from  aiving  an  open  witnes-s  to  the  Lord. 
Otbei^  separated  them-selvcs  mto  sects  c laim- 
",K  to  he  followers  of  Christ  Je-<>t^,  yet  re^ 
"ised  to  have  any  further  part  m  the  service 
of  Lmouneing  Jehovah's  Thoocratie  Govern- 
ment bv  Chri.'tt  Josus.  „„,^ : 
Thereafter  when  the  political  and  ^omm^-, 
dal  powei-s  hroURht  forth  the  If^Trnd  or' 
lions,  then  the  profe-'«cd    emple  of  God  or 
organiz-ed  religion  became  the  advocate  of  that 
League  and  hailed  it  as  "ihe  political  exprcs-l 
sion  of  the  Kingdom  of  God  on >'arth  .  and, 
he  Roman  Catholic  Uievarehy  ^^Hinhed  up  on 
loP  of  the  arrangement  and  reined  in  its  ae-, 

China,  and  the  Ilalian  eonque.'st  ot  Eth'op  fJ 
and  the  overthrow  of  'he  Spanjsh  republ  e  M 
the  Fascists  and  Nazis.  Thus  tliey  denied  tlw 
eominii  of  the  Loi^  and  His  theocratic  lan<^ 
dom  to  bless  th«  people  of  good  wil  on  ear 
and  openly  aUied  themselves  _w,th  the  enemH 
Satan's  scheme-  Thus  orgaimed  '-el^K'""/^ 
"Christendom"  is  proved  to  be  a  snare  EUid  a 
racket,  and  is  Doomed  to  ««'i'l'«M"«  "^51 
tion  at  the  battle  of  Armageddon  just  as  JmOJ 
salem  was  destroyed  not  long  after  the  King 
Christ  Jesus  rejected  Uie  Jewish  nation. 

There  are  many  other  facti.  m  proof,  biit 
so  far  es  the  facts  cited  appear  they  conelu- 
2^v.  -ly  meet  the  requirements  of  l"«  P'-^P^)*'^ 
Thes«  facts  are  known  by  all  people  ofgood. 
will  to  be  true,  and  known  to  be  m  harmor 
with  the  pi-ophecy.  Therefore  they  may  I 
taken    as   eompetent  and    reliable  exndenc 
establishing  the  fa.t  that  Chmt  Joi.us^»«  t^ 
Representative  of  the  great  Theocratic  Rul 
Jehov«h,  came  to  His  temple  in  the  spnng  t 
the  vear  181S.  Armageddon  now  impends,  ai 
it  is"  lime  for  all  people  of  good  will  to  he^ 
and  attend  unto  the  kingdom  ^we.    Uj 
the  Lord  is  in  his  holy  temple:  "^t  aU  tj 
earth  keep  sUeiice  before  him.  '-HabakUt; 
2:20. 


Half  the  World's  Chemicals 
♦  Dr  C  M.  A.  Sline,  in  nn  address  at  .MiaB 
Beael,'.  Florida,  before  a  prewar  committ* 
of  one  hundred  leading  industnahsis,  seieji|l 
jL^nd  publicL.ts.  declared  that  the  IInit«i^ 
L'Se  is  today  producing  half  the  -^;*^«^]^^f 
o  the  world,  can  take  i1-s  own  nitrates  froii 
?L  air  manufacture  a  substitute  f'>^™^ber 
hat  is  better  than  rubber  itself,  make  Us  own 
camphor,  and  shortly  will  have  a  sjlk,  nyonJ 
that'^will  be  equal  to  that  produced  by  naturd 

^  C0N801.ATI0I 


Science 


A  Tough  Metal 

4  A  new  melal.  within  two-tenths  of  onp  per- 
oem  OS  hard  as  diamonds,  the  haid.=st  known 
substanw.  has  h,-fn  p^'lu'^ed  by  a  Pemisjl- 
vuiiia  mc.la!lurgia.l  chemiM    Tho  new  meta 
is  composed  oi  tungsten  (used  in  ek-ctrR-  light 
filamenlst,  titanium   (used  as  a  pigment  in 
whiu-  pnint).  and  carbon  With  this  new 'netal 
ullovs  have  been  made  so  hard  that  they  w  th- 
sttti  a  pressure  of  Uiree  hundred   thousand 
pounds  a  sqmire  im-h.  Tiie  new  melai  has  been 
^d  to  make  valves  for  deep  oilwc  1  pumps 
wherf  there  is  tremendous  W'"'-, ^«'»  «"^  ' 
valves  have  been  driven  together  by  a  pneu- 
niBtte   Iiuinmer   600   timw  a   inmute.   at   -^ 
pounds  for  each  blow,  mthout  showmfe  appre- 
ciable wear  after  an  hour  and  45  minutes  of 
hammering.-AUBlralian  ConsoUitioTh 

Advances  in  Oil  Treatment 

♦  Sudi  advanc*^  have  be«n  made  in  America 
in  the  cracking  of  oiU  Uiat  m  193S  the  denmnd 
was  filled  with  leas  than  half  of  the  crade  od 
that  would  have  been  required  under  previous 

treatmeiil.  There-  ^^  »«'', ''Tf-,  "*  ™«?Ir 
irom  once  abandoned  oil  fields  areater 
amouiils  of  oil  than  the  fields  originally  pro- 
dueed.  Even  thoiiKh  the  treachery  of  United 
States  militarists  did  put  American  engines 
into  the  German  planes,  (Jerinany  has  not  at 
present  either  the  oil  supply  or  the  aviation 
Experience  available  in  the  western  world, 
aecessible  to  Britain. 

Samples  from  the  Sea  Bottom 
«  \  new  device  drives  an  open-end  ten-foot 
can  det'p  into  the  sea  l>otlora,  even  when  six 
miles  below  the  surface.  Samples  ol  the  sea 
bottom  are  then  bi-oughl  to  surface,  and  dis- 
close, as  miKht  be  expec-te.3,  that  the  ocean 
bottom  is  a  ti-e»siire  house  wlierein  are  storeil 
ruio  oi-es  and  many  other  things  of  groat  in- 
terest and  value  to  man. 


Radium  and  Cancer  , 

♦  Sir  Leonard  Hill.  London  surgeon,  thinks 
all  the  radium  now  buried  for  security  from 
bombing  might  better  l«  left  buncd.  He  sUtes 
that  radium"  in  an  intensity  sufttcicnt  to  pro- 
duce an  ellV-et  is  always  hni-miul  and  that  it^ 
use  for  the  trealmetit  of  cancer  has  i-eaullett 
iu  many  eases  of  intolerable  and  unrehevable 
neuralgia. 

APRIL   ^.  1M0 


The  Mass-Spectograph 

♦  The  masa-spectograph,  which  some  miain- 
formed  newspapermen  and  others  have  asso- 
ciated with  the  so-called  "divnnng  rod  .  is  a 
scientific  instrument  for  weighing  atoms,  and 
is  so  sensitive  that  it  will  weigh  and  aiialyw; 
a  quantity  of  gas  no  lai-^er  than  a  pmhead. 
It  is  used'  to  locate  oil  deposits,  on  the  prin- 
ciple that  very  small  quantities  of  gas  rise  to 
the  surface  above  ever}'  such  deposit,  even 
though  it  be  two  miles  underground. 

Evolution  Idiotic 

♦  For  man  to  iiave  descended  fi-om  the  ape 
would  require  millions  of  years  and  100  links; 
and  of  such  there  is  no  record  or  tra«?.e.  Lilo 
can  produce  life  only  after  its  om\  kind  from 
creation  till  now.  Grass  can  never  produce  a 
tree,  and  if  in  any  way  the  body  of  a  man  is 
to  be  made  from  a  single  living  cell,  the  mind 
of  the  Creator,  as  well  as  the  fashioning  hand, 
must  be  present  every  step  of  tlie  way.— 
Dr.  A.  T.  Schofietd,  in  an  address  at  tiie  Vic- 
torian Institute,  London. 

Odd  Jumping  of  Sound  Waves 

♦  \n  improved  barojiraph,  used  in  Califor- 
nia, throws  some  light  on  the  odd  jumping  of 
sound  waves.  Cannonading  wiU  occasionally 
shake  doors  and  windows  200  miles  away  and 
be  unnoticed  fifty  miles  nearer  the  scene  ol 
action.  Probablv  the  sound  waves  slnkc  the 
electrical  ring  surrounding  the  carlh  at  such 
an  angle  as  to  be  reflected  more  readily  to  Uis- 
tant  points  than  to  those  nearer  the  point  ol 
origin. 

Fireflies  Burn  Sugar 

♦  The  light  llinl  kI^ws  from  the  firefly  i-t 
caused  by  the  burning  of  sugar,  and  when  a 
lilllc  more  sugar  is  added  to  the  .iiet  of  the 
fircflv  the  fire  is  a  little  brighter.  This  light, 
97-pereent  efficient,  is  eight  limes  a.s  efficient 
as  the  most  powerful  lighting  mechantsm 
known  to  man. 


A  New  Use  for  Silver 

♦  A  new  use  for  silver  has  been  found  in  its 
inclusion  to  the  extent  of  one  percent  in  slam- 
less  steels.  Tlie  new  steels  are  practically  im- 
mune to  pit  corrosion,  which  has  '«-■«"«"«« 
the  principal  defects  of  stainless  steels  hitherto. 

19 


UNDER^ 


TOTALITARIAN 
FLAG 


"The  Holy  Souls" 

♦  If  vou  did  not  know  Iho  Inith  thai  "the 
dt-ati  know  not  any  lliiiig",  tJiat  when  a  man 
dies  "his  tlioughta  pei-isb",  and  thai  there  is 
no  hope  for  any  t'xeept  in  a  r-osnrvection  of 
the  dead,  you  would  be  i-oiisidenibly  iiiiprti«ed 
by  the  way  in  whieh  texis  that  have  no  possible 
relation  to  the  stale  of  the  dead  ine  sli-ung  to- 
gether to  support  the  "pnrKalory"  rat-het. 

A  little  book  uii  Ihe  sulijeet.  24  pas^'es.  put 
out  by  the  Paulist  Press,  says  that  "Ibc  souls 
in  Purgatorj',  the  Chureh  suffering,  eonsti- 
lutes  one  great  division  of  the  I'niversal 
.Churcli  of  (Jod.  It  is  the  realm  of  darkness 
and  sufferinir".  MntHi  this  with  the  Scripture 
statement  that  "Npither  work,  nor  r«i.son,  nor 
wisdom,  nor  knowledge  shall  he  in  hell,  wliilh- 
er  thou  art  liiistrninK''.~~EwIe.sia.'«te3  9:10, 
Roman  Catholic  I>o«ay  Vei-sion. 

It  says,  "No  one  on  earth  ean  love  Rod  so 
perfectly  as  these  Holy  Houls  now  love  Him, 
because  none  see  Him  so  elt-arly."  What  a 
horrible  idea,  thai  Almighty  Ood  i?ets  any 
satisfaction  out  of  seeing  poor  creatures  that 
love  him  so  "pcrrectly"  suffer  more  than  here. 

If  tliey  are  perfeet.  in  love,  then  why  mnst 
they  remain  in  ■"purgatory" t-I  John  5:18,19. 

It  also  says.  "The  Catholic  Church  does  not 
teueh  u-s  anything  definile,  either  about  the 
nature  or  the  duration  of  Ihc  pains  of  pursja- 
tory."  Then  why  be  so  fresh  about  si-llint;  in- 
dulgenees  with  a  hundred  da>'8  off  for  this, 
and  a  hundred  for  that  ? 

The  little  book  rcfer.s  to  "the  angelic  purity 
and  patience  whieh  they  display  in  the  midsl 
of  iheir  pain"  and  that  these  '"arc  ail  insuffi- 
cient to  ward  off  one  drop  of  that  fiei-j'  tor- 
rent", now  eome  the  writei-s  lo  know  all  this? 

There  is  a  hint  that  'when  Ood  gels  them 
into  "Purftator>-'"  the  only  ones  that  can  di> 
anything  for  tliem  are  the  priests;  for  "all 
their  palienee  and  love  are  without  the  slight- 
est merit  in  the  sight  of  God:  the  little  things 
they  once  did  were  precious  before  Cod,  but 
the  great  things  thcv  now  suffer  are  a-i  noth- 
ing"; How  did  they  find  that  out?  Did  God 
tell  them  so  ou  the  side? 

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The  Misused  Texts 

The  misused  texts  arc  Revelation  2:23. 
witl  give  unto  every  one  of  you  according  to 
your  ivorks."  This  has  no  reference  to  "Pur- 
gatory", God  is  not  waiting  to  "■give"  it  to 
somebody  when  Ho  gets  them  where  they  can- 
not help  themselves. 

Mithichi  3:2:  "He  is  like  a  refiner's  fire" 
applies  now  (since  IfllS)  and  in  this  life,  not_ 
in  a  "purgatoria!"  existence.  The  same  test" 
sa\'s,  "fie  is  likv  fnllei-s'  .sope."  Most  cwtainlj' 
lii'c  people  in  "Purgalory"  have  no  use  fo 
soap. 

IIe!)rews  10:31:  "It  is  a  fearful  thing  to 
fall  into  the  hands  of  lh(;  living  God"  and  to, 
thus  go  into  destruotion.  This  lias  no  referenefl^ 
to  "Purgatorv". 

Matthew  12 :  36 :  "Every  idle  word  that  meB^ 
shall  speak,  they  shall  render  an  ufcount  for' 
it"  does  not  mean  tiiat  it  will  be  fried  out  on 
a  hot  griddle.  There  is  no  question  that  most 
men  decide  their  eternal  destinies  by  their 
words,  Iheir  expressions,  what  use  they  make 
of  their  knowledge  of  God. 

Hebrews  12:6:  "He  soom-geth  every  so 
whom  he  receiveth."  The  scourging  is  in 
life,  not  in  "Piu-galory"  hereafter. 

Luke  12  ;47. 48 :  "Beaten  with  many  stripea 
or  "healen  with  few  stripes"  also  takes  plac 
in  this  life,  not  in  the  berenfter.  Men  are 
sponsiblo  for  the  use  they  make  of  their  knowl 
edge.  They  are  also  responsible  for  unwiUinf' 
ncss  to  acquire  the  knowledge  they  might  haii 
had. 

1  Corinthians  3:11-15:  "He  himself 
Iw  saved ;  yet  so  as  by  fire"  is  also  a  refereno 
to  experiences  in  this  life.  This  has  no  refe 
eiiec  to  "fiery  experiences"  beyond  this  Ui 
The  meaning  is  that  it  is  hard  lo  frankly  ad^ 
mit  mistakes.  T!ui.s,  it  was  a  gi-eal  mistake  toj 
suppose  and  to  teaeh  that  one  man  was  "t 
faithful  and   wise  servant".   It  led   to  fie 
Trials  for  many. 

Psalm  41:2-4:  "My  tears  have  been 

'bread  day  and  night."  This  refei-s  to  experi 

eiiees  of  sorrow  in  this  life,  not  in  a  future  one 

Matthew  r>:2.'5.26:  "Tiiou  shalt  not  go  oul 
from  thence  |the  prison]  till  thou  repay  thi 
last  fui-lhing."  That  is  merely  another  way  01 
pronouncing  the  .judgment  of  everlasting  deJ 
stniclion.  The  debtor  will  never  be  able  to  payj 
and  will  remain  forever  in  death. 

Matthew  7:2:  "With  what  measure  yon 
mete,  it  shall  be  mea-sured  to  you  again."  Thii 
takes  place  in  this  life,  not  in  the  future. 

Thus  nil  the  "Purgatory"  texl,s  disappes 

CONSOt-ATIOI 


"Piirgatoiy"  is  not  nicntioiietl  in  fuiy  of  thorn. 
TliiM-e  is  no  such  plac«.  It  is  nil  a  terrible  hoax 
and  a  raekct  besides  being  a  horrible  blas- 
phemy against  God's  boly  name. 

La  Guardia's  Eyes  Opening 

♦  Whon  it  was  (irsi  sii«g*.-sled  to  Mayor 
La  Guiirdtii  Unit  many  New  VorU  (xilii-eiiien 
are  members  of  "Ri'veri'iid  Father"  (.'ougbiin's 
"CIiHstimi  Front"  oi-gjinizal!oii.  committed  to 
taking  over  the  L'nik\i  Stales  Covernmeiil  by 
biillels  instead  of  ballots,  he  made  liRlit  of  it, 
but  nt  length  was  iiressed  into  sending  out 
lG,flCi3  questionnaires  lo  mt'iid)er8  of  the  force 
to  find  out  wliere  they  stood.  Six  refused  to 
answer.  "27  admitted  tbey  wore  still  members, 
qml407  admitted  that  they  had  been  members, 
but  staled  that  they  bad  withdrawn.  In  a  sub- 
sefiuenl  statement  the  mayor  said : 

The  inunalurily  of  ilie  yoniig  iiifii  arrested, 
Iheii'  visionary  [liati  to  overturn  ihe  govyniment, 
111!  indirate  Ihat  s-ime  nuislcr  mind,  or  minds,  not 
yot  disclosed,  were  working  on  llitw?  young  men 
acd  Uie  meinbpiTJliip  of  Ihefte  various  orgimiziitioiis. 
enr.onragiiit;  and  inducing  tliwn  lo  wwagdoing,  <iis- 
toynl  Oti<\  rriininal  aotB. 

Mayor  La  Guurdiii  knows  perfectly  well  tiie 
"master  mind,  or  minds,"  baek  of  the  al- 
temiilcd  breaking  up  of  tlie  huge  Christian 
a.sspmblv  in  Madison  Square  Garden  on 
.June-  25,  1939.  The  news|)U[KTs  of  tlie  time 
admitted  it,  and  1,000.000  eopies  of  Kingdom 
News  No.  4  were  cireulated  in  New  Vork  eilj', 
partieularly  eallinn  the  attention  of  Mayor 
La  (iuardia  to  his  own  rcmis-^tiiess  and  tiiat  of 
his  Roman  ('atlwlie  police  in  not  prolecliriK 
tlie  speaker  and  tk-  auiiieuee  on  that  oeeasion. 
But  ids  administration  an-estod  and  jn'osc- 
cuted  those  that  actually  did  the  wovk  the 
police  were  rwiucstcd  to  do.  and  wliieb  it  was 
their  duty  to  do.  and  which  they  flatly  re- 
fused to  do. 

Big  Advertisement  for  Lourdes 

♦  II  WHS  a  biK  advertisement  for  the  Lourdes 
Ki-otto  when  it  reetiived  Fred  S.  Snile,  Jr., 
and  he  was  immersed  in  the  eold  water  for  a 
half  hour.  But  it  would  have  been  a  higger 
one  if  he  bad  been  healed,  which  he  whs  not. 
All  tlie  papei-s  could  say  was  thai  he  liad  found 
"peace  and  spiriiual  strength".  That  Ls  a 
simon-pure  evasion.  He  went  to  Lourdes  in 
his  irun  hniK  and  came  back  in  il.  If  the  Lord 
were  doiny:  the  healing  at  Lourdes  noiiody 
would  go  there  a  helpless  cripple  and  come 
back  ill  the  same  condition  as  when  he  went. 
The  Lord  docs  not  do  things  that  way. 

APRIL   1.   1040 


Can  Hitler  Conquer  America? 

♦  Pierre  Van  Paassen,  one  of  the  best-posted 
newspapermen  in  the  world,  born  in  The 
Netherlands,  but  a  British  .subjoi'l,  thinks  it 
quite  possible  thai  Hitler  can  conquer  Amcri- 
«a,  and  has  jiut  his  i-easons  in  a  remarkable 
arliele  in  thv  fAbertif  maicmtw  for  Febi-u- 
ary  17.  1940.  He  loolts  for  Uermuny  to  yet  all 
the  wheal  and  oil  it  needs  from  Humania  and 
Rassia;  for  Japan  to  seine  the  Dnteh  East 
Indies  and  thus  obtain  its  own  supply  of  oil 
and  other  iivcfiisilies;  for  German  forces  to 
march  through  Tho  Netherlands  niid  Switzer- 
land for  tlie  conquering  of  France  by  land 
while  Biilain  i.s  to  be  destroyed  by  air,  Ger- 
man and  Japanese  aviators  would  ileslroy  the 
Panama  ('anal,  and  tlie  rest  would  be  easy. 
Vim  Paassen  does  not  mention  the  Roman 
t'atholic  Hierarchy  in  this  world-plan,  but 
thai  is  really  the  key  to  it.  It  will  be  observed 
that  the  objoclivej*  are  the  few  remaining 
Protestant  countries.  The  Nclherlands.  Swit- 
zerland. Britain,  and  the  United  States,  and 
that  the  combine  against  Ihcm  woulii  be  Ger- 
many, Italy,  Russia  and  Japan,  all  objects  of 
tender  Vatican  solicilude- 

The  Japane.se  "Holy  Tear" 

♦  On  I-\-bninry  11,  1940,  the  Japanese  gov- 
ernment inaugiu'uTed  a  "Holy  YcJir",  after 
the.  manner  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Hier- 
archy's "Holy  Year"  of  1933,  later  extended  to 
1934.  None  of  these  years  have  been  oi-  are 
holy.  Tbey  have  all  been  and  are  as  full  of 
the  spirit  of  the  Oevil  as  an  cRg  is  fuU  of 
meat.  The  Japanese  emperor  wanted  all  his 
subjects  to  "an.''w<-r  to  the  divine  spirils"  of 
his  imperial  anccsloi's.  It  is  JitsI  too  had,  but 
his  imperial  ancestors  did  not  have  any  divine 
spirits;  lliey  are  dead;  they  know  not  any- 
thing. These  are  the  teachings  of  God's  Word. 
They  contradict  the  teachings  of  the  Japanese 
emperor  and  of  all  other  religionists,  includ- 
ing President  Roosevelt  and  Myron  (.'.  Taylor 
and  the  pope. 

PriesU  Use  This  Argument,  Too 

♦  Said  Manton,  in  his  appeal  lo  the  United 
States  Supreme  Court,  from  the  decision 
which  found  him  guilty  of  scllinjc  dceisions 
of  his  courts  to  litigants  who  could  assist  him 
financially : 

From  a  broad  viewpoint  it  serves  iio  public 
policy  for  u  high  judicial  officer  li>  hr  coiiviclfd  of 
a  judicial  crime.  It  irads  to  deslroy  the  fiDiilidttiiuc 
of  Ihe  peojjle  in  tlic  »ii>urlB. 

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"Approved  In  Principle' 

♦  No  one  i-aii  deny  limt  whoD  President 
EooROvelt  Beni  M>toii  C.  Taylor  as  his  per- 
sonal ambassador  to  the  pope  il  was  in  mU 
essentials  a  union  of  churcii  and  state,  Tor  the 
reason  that  Taylor  is  to  he  paid  out  of  public 
fun^.  Whfin  represiiiitatives  of  Uie  Baptist, 
Lutheran  and  Seventh-Day  Adventist  denom- 
inations called  on  tlie  presJdtjnt  and  slated 
that  thev  objected  to  uiiy  union  of  ehiirch  and 
stale  he"  told  them  that  he  appreciated  theu- 
position  and  approved  in  principle  their  posi- 
tion. The  Trittk  Seeker  says  caustically  that 
tliis  statement  is  mere  Jesiutio  demaiiOKUer>' 
and  "so  iniRht  a  swindling  merciiant  caught  in 
weighting  liis  scales  roply  that  in  principle 
he  approves  of  sixteen  ounws  to  tlie  pound  . 

The  Madonna  of  Bourjruillon 

♦  Mavbf  vi>u  !!a\-o  wvcv  heard  of  the  Ma- 
donna'i-f  iiouriiiilbn.  But  it  seems  that  she 
ia  a  person  of  I'oiisidi-rable  prominence  in  Swit- 
Zetland;  so  important,  in  faet,  that  the  "Most 
Reverend"  bishop  of  Ueneva  recited  the  fol- 
lowing prayer  to  tJie  lady.  It  seems  that  this 
business  of  praylnn  to  women  is  widespread. 

'•We  hrsf^^eh  Ihee,  O  Mother,  to  protect  <mr  nouu- 
try  oii(!L-  ino™  iiiul  ta  oblnin  from  thy  Divine  Son 
the  pisiiCL-  of  wliii-li  w<-  have  tnch.  We  piaee  oiiir- 
«elvi!B  iu  tliy  IhiikIb  and  lUiwiiiBe  tlw«  nlwolote  n»lH- 
ity.  We  eoiiseenilc  to  thee  nil  those  irli.)  art  deor 
to  us,  our  tiviiiR  and  onr  liead,  ourselves,  our  tuiu- 
ilita,  our  pari.-Sn.-!!  and  oar  army,  the  seatinci  oi 
cur  in<h'pi'Qdenco  uad  ot  onr  liberty," 

How  Come? 

♦  A  di.'ipaleh  from  Washington  states  that 
"of  the  white  worltcrs  in  the  Chieago  stock 
yards  98  percent  are  menilK-rs  of  the  Catholic 
chuR-h",  That  may  bo  inie,  and  in  view  of  llie 
fact  that  only  20  percent  of  the  American 
people  are  Cathohcs  one  wonders  just  why 
it  should  be  true,  and  why  it  is  that  people 
who  eat  no  meat  on  Friday  should  have  a 
virtual  monopoly  of  preparing  the  meat  for 
others  who  eat  leas  fish. 

Coughlin  Losing  Influence 

♦  '^Revei-end  Father"  Coughlin,  once. desig- 
nated by  his  friends  aa  the  "Savior  of  Araer- 
ica"'.  seems  to  he  losinu  inlluence.  At  one  time 
his  followers  could  deluge  Conpreas  with  tele- 
gi-ams  and  letter*  and  seriously  affect  legis- 
lation. Now  it  Is  all  in  vain.  The  lust  time  it 
was  tried  (on  the  embargo  iiuestion)  the  in- 
fluenee  exerted  by  the  usual  sheaf  of  telegrams 
was  almost  nil,  and  the  result  actually  so. 

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Coughlin's  "Christian  Front" 

♦  Iii  the  .lulv  31,  1339,  issue  of  his  paper  "So- 
cial Jiistice"  "Keveremi  Father"  Coughlin 
carried  scrcamiuft  headlines  "Chnstian  Front 
Carries  E^ght  Into  More  Statesr"" ;  and.  in  the 
August  7  issue  of  the  same  paper,  said,  "The 
place  for  you.  as  a  Christian,  is  on  the  Chris- 
tian Front."  In  Tht  Commonweal  (Catholic 
weekly  journal )  appeared  the  admission : 

Father  ConKhlin.  The  Bnioklya  Tablet.  Social 
Justice  and  their  mnnv  abettors  antl  .tympathizcn 
must  bear  th.-  direct  responsibility  for  the  plight 
of  Ibese  17  yojing  men.  For  mot.llis  The  Talik't's 
oonv.ipoiidence  columns  have  been  the  free  public 
forum  for  llie  national  director  of  the  group,  John 
F.  Caeaidy. 

None  Out  and  None  In 

♦  The  Brooklyn  Tablet  is  authority  for  the 
statement  that — 

In  the  four  centuries  of  its  existenoB,  the  Prot- 
estunl  church  has  failed  to  produce  «vm  one 
"saint"  ia  any  of  itK  numerous  brunches,  and  Iho 
same  will  be  »aid  after  itnolhor  400  ywut»  if  the 
Prolvstaat  church  rtill  exists,  h«euuse  the  Cathobe 
church  hu3  u  monopoly  of  "aaints".  j 

That  makes  it  an  even  100  percent,  and 
hearing  no  objections,  and  the  vote  being 
unanimou-s,  the  motion  stands  as  read.  Keli- 
gioii  and  Christianity  ai-e  opposites.  and  there 
are  no  saints  in  the  Catiiolie  religion  or  in  any  j 
other  religion. 

What's  This?  What's  This? 

♦  What  is  all  tiiis  story  from  Rome  about  th« 
pope's  losing  things?  First  he  loses  one  of  hi 
eufl  links.  It  dropped  off ;  one  of  bis  devotee 
swiped  it,  and  then  sent  him  anonymously 
1,000-lirc  ($52.62i)  bill  to  recompense  bin 
And  the  next  story  is  thai  only  a  few  days 
later  he  lost  his  so-called  "Ring  of  the  Pishe^ 
man".  It  dropped  into  the  mitt  of  anotnei 
devotee  who  had  just  kLm'd  his  hand.  Th« 
pope  missed  it,  and  a  few  minutes  hiter  * 
man  gave  it  back.  Good  boy. 

Repented  While  in  the  Air 

♦  The  London  Catholic   Universe  tolls  ho'^ 
"The  Cure  d'Ars"  informed  a  woman  whc 
husband  liad  suicided  that  her  hu.sband  ' 
repented  between  tlie  top  of  the  bridge 
the  water  into  which  he  plunged,  and  ao 
landed  in  '-Purgatorv"  all  O.K.  All  she  wot 
have  to  do  would  bo  to  cough  up  the  proj 
amount.  He  explained  that  it  was  "the  mt 
Holy  Virgin"  that  had  fixed  this  up  for  * 
suicide  (and  the  priest). 

CONSOLATIC 


RepnUTTshed  hy  Keqac— 

♦  T!i.'  Jiifttury  of  tiie  iast  thousand  years  tells 
US  that  wherever  the  Church  of  Rome  is  not 
a  dagger  to  picrt-c  Ilio  bosom  of  a  free  nation, 
she  is  a  stone  to  her  neck  and  a  bnll  to  her  feet, 
to  paralyze  her  and  prevent  her  advancement 
in  the  wavs  of  civUizal  ion.  science,  intelligence, 
IiOppineas  find  liberty.  Though  not  a  prophe^ 
I  see  a  vorv  dark  e!oud  on  our  horizon.  And 
that  dark  eloiid  U  cominu  from  Rome.  It  is 
filled  witli  tears  of  blood.  It  will  rise  und  in- 
crwi.se  till  its  flanks  will  be  torn  by  a  flash 
of  liglitnins?.  followed  by  a  fearful  peal  of 
thunder.  TJien  a  cvclone,  such  as  the  world 
hm  never  seen,  will  pass  over  tins  countrj-. 
spreadinK  ruin  and  desolation  from  North  and 
South.  After  it  is  over,  tliere  will  bo  long  days 
of  peace  and  prosperity ;  for  popery,  with  its 
JesnilR  and  merciless  Iiiquiaition.  wUl  have 
been  for  ever  swept  from  our  country.— Abra- 
ham Lincoln.  ISGl.  SLxte^-nth  president  of  the 
United  Stales.— From  The  Golden  Age  No.  iH, 
October  13.  1920,  page  6. 


On  lite  edge  of  ■  Frvuch  w.ui'tery  Cor  poor 
CntlicJics.  Find  (ulher  or  mother. 

The  Publk  Schools  of  Ontario 

♦  The  Uoman  C;iliiolic  Canadian  Freeman 
stated  that  "the  Ontario  public  school  sys- 
tem is  all  wrong",  that  it  is  -'responsible  for 
training  hosts  of  infidels"  and  slaughtering 
the  souis  of  countless  children,  etc..  etc.,  and 
then  the  figures  were  publislied  that  in  1933, 
in  proportion  to  the  population,  there  were 
tJirec  and  a  half  times  as  many'  Konian  Cath- 
olie-trained  children  brought  before  the  Ju- 
venile Court  UK  of  other  faiths.  In  Ontario,  m 
the  same  year,  there  were,  in  proportion  to 
the  population,  almost  five  times  as  many  m 
jail.  Those  trained  in  parochial  schools  would 
nwt  even  knuw  how  lo  figure  out  these  pro- 
portions. 

APR! I.  S,   IMO 


Still  Using  the  Scarecrow 

♦  Ai-e  we,  then,  bound  to  go  on  fighting  until 
a  prostrate  liermany  lie's  like  a  doormat  over 
which  Bolshevism  may  march  to  the  Rhine  and 
the  AlpsT  Is  there  nothing  beyond  the  alter- 
natives of  a  NaKi  (Jermany  and  ii  Bolshevik 
Germany  t  A  Berlin  under  the  control  of  Mos- 
cow has  for  years  seemed  lo  me  as  nearly 
certain  as  any  fnture  poUticjil  event  can  be, 
but  that  does  not  exclude  the  possibility  of 
a  Catholic  Confederation  extending  from  the 
Rhincland  to  the  Carpathians,  leagued  with 
and  supported  by  a  Catholic  Italy,  a  Catholic 
Spain,  a  Catholic  Portugal  and  (for  miracles 
do  happen)  a  France  under  Catholic  leader- 
ship  again  at  la."*!. 

Can  we  hope  for  a  further  miracle  of  grace 
that  would  bring  to  so  unmistakably  Cntholie 
a  league  against  State  atheism  the  backing,  if 
not  the  membership,  of  Great  Britain t— P.  R. 
Hoare,  in  the  London  Catholic  Herald. 

"Supreme  Tact" 

♦  Our  task  is  to  think  out  the  lines  of  a 
European  scttiemeiit  in  which  the  great  Pow- 
ers can  wield  inlluonce  proportionate  to  their 
strength,  culture,  territory,  and  in  which  the 
smaller  Powers  can  he  gunraiitccd  the  great- 
est possible  amount  of  independence  and  gen- 
uine protection  from  their  greater  neighbor*. 

The  invasion  by  Russia,  let  us  be  clear,  has 
altered  the  whole  situation.  Europe  must  as 
soon  as  possible  find  a  way  of  settling  her 
problems  and  uniting  on  a  rcali-stie  basis.  Italy, 
Wpaiii,  the  smaller  nenlrals,  they  are  all  ask- 
ing for  this.  If  anything.  Germany  should  be 
helped,  not  hindered.  Half  Cennany  already 
.sj-raputhiKCS  with  us  in  sucli  a  task.  But  su- 
preme tact  is  needed. -London  Catholic  UereUd. 

American  Youth  Congress 

♦  The  influences  which  dominate  the  Ameri- 
can Youth  Congress  seem  yuite  clear.  At  one 
point,  in  their  congn'ss  in  New  York  city, 
Uael  Sullivan  (guess  his  ■■church").  aiMLStant 
lo  Mayor  Edward  J.  Kelly  of  Chicago  (guess 
his  ■■ciiurch"),  made  a  dramatic  addi-es.*!  boost- 
ing the  man  in  the  While  House  and  orating 
against  political  and  civic  corruption.  When 
he  had  fini-shed,  a  young  man  front  Brooklyn 
rose  and  suggested  that  he  was  shocked  that 
advice  of  this  kind  would  come  from  Chicago, 
where  corruption  is  even  raoi-e  advanced  than 
in  New  York.  That  was  as  far  as  he  got,  and 
friends  of  -Sullivan  and  Kelly  Iwoed  and  cat- 
called 80  that  he  could  say  no  more. 

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Honest  Editor  Quits 

*-  ^  Br.  Salvador  Martinez  Lovo,  crtitor 
't*- j*^. of  the  !-:i  Salvador  Calliolic  weekly 
["«  Criteria,  i(-signe(!  liis  position  rath- 
""'er  limn  publish  the  lies  of  Italian 
■  and  Spanish  prifsls  who  had  in- 
sisted that  th(!  weekly  should  jii-stiEy  Ger- 
many's fondiiet  in  Poland.  This  very  plainly 
ahows  that  the  Valk-aii  was  really  Itaek  oi  the 
Hitler-Sljilin  deal  for  the  division  of  Poland. 

Campaign  Against  Free  Speech 

#  In  its  eampaiy^i  ugainat  fi-t'e  speech  m  the 
United  States  tiie  Roman  Catholie  Uierareliy 
bobbed  up  in  Massaehuaetls  where  Piaherty 
(guo&t  his  ■■chureh"')  introduecd  a  bdl  pro- 
posing caneelUilion  of  citizenship  and  depor- 
tation of  natnralized  eitizeiis  who  advise  or 
support  or  are  members  of  any  oiTtanization. 
association,  society  or  Krou[)  lliat  advises,  ad- 
vocates or  leaches  principles  of  Rovenniient 
based  in  whole  or  in  part  upon  opposition  to 
or  discrimination  atjninst,  individuabi  of  any 
religious  ereed.  If  this  bill  should  pass,  and 
ttiivhody  should  objcot  to  persons'  boding 
office  wlio  teach  thai  they  have  the  right  to 
murder  people  who  teach  differenlly,  he  could 
be  punished  under  the  law. 

The  Perfect  Hj-pocrtsy 

♦  The  perfect  hypocrisy  of  Cardinal  \ille- 
neuve  and  the  Quebec  police  in  their  war 
agftinst  what  Ihev  are  |i!eaHe<l  to  lenn  "Coni- 
mtinism"  is  well  illustrated  in  the  total  seizure 
of  literature  on  one  necasion,  when  theix*  was 
taken  from  its  owner  41^  gospels  in  FreiKh. 
24  gospels  in  KiiRlish.  1  Fi*iich  Bible  J 
Fmieh  New  ToHtament,  1  English- French  dic- 
tionary, 20  French  tracts  and  1  Knglish  chorus 
book.  The  eardintil  is  scared  stiff  that  (be  peo- 
ple might  Icuni  soinclhing  ami  he  migiil  have 
his  racket  shrivel. 

The  Lost  Rakc-Off 

♦  At  Montreal  the  relatives  of  a  woman  who 
had  been  out  of  the  Koman  Catholic  sect  for 
seven  vears  ontei-ed  her  home,  after  her  death, 
and  attempted  to  work  the  old  gi^i  that  they 
had  a  paper  signed  by  her  before  her  death 
that  she  had  turned  Roman  Catholic.  They 
demanded  her  bodv.  so  ibnl  it  miKbt  be  buried 
in  Roman  Catholie  Rvound.  and  tblis  the 
"chureb"  would  set  the  usual  rake-off.  In  tins 
instance  the  husband  called  the  police  and  the 
nois\'  relatives  had  to  beat  a  retreat.  The  fu- 
nera'l  and  interment  were  conducted  according 
to  his  wishes. 
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Vatican  Propaganda  in  Britain 

♦  The  idea  that  Germany,  or  at  least  West- 
phaiia  and  possibly  the  Rhine  provinces  will 
shortly  have  a  Cutholic  monarch  who  will  build 
up  a  new  and  more  truly  "greal"  Germany  is 
held  bv  a  number  of  people  who  have  read 
(at  gieat  risk  of  sevei-e  punishment)  a  cyelo- 
styled  eii-cular  recently  issued  in  the  West  of 
tlie  Keich. 

This  circular  contains  a  set  of  verses  orig- 
inaliy  i.ssued  from  the  Monastery  of  Kollin, 
in  Brandenburg,  in  the  twelfth  century. 

These  verses  are  of  a  |fropheiieal  character 
and  foretell  that  in  the  latter  days  a  great  war 
shall  arise.  The  Kaiser  shall  leave  the  land. 
Then,  although  it  i.s  a  time  of  peace,  yet  it  is 
unrestful.  A  man  from  the  bumble  ranks  of 
life  shall  rise  to  the  highest  position.  He  will 
have  one  sueeess  after  another. 

(Germany  will  he  known  as  "Great  Ger- 
many''. There  will  bo  few  Jews  remaining 
in  the  land.  When  the  lender  of  Great  Ger- 
mnnv  is  at  the  pinnacle  of  his  power  he  wiU 
do  something  that  will  bring  about  a  new 
World  Wai'.  at  the  end  of  which  Greal  Ger- 
manv  will  be  annihilated.  .     | 

After  that  a  new  small  Germany  wdl  arise 
which,  under  a  Oalbolie  monarch,  will  achieve 
true  (tieatness.  The  pope,  who  will  be  one 
who  does  mueii  for  the  cause  of  peace,  will 
not  long  have  roisnrd  and  will  under  pres- 
sure of  circumstances,  leave  Home.— From  the 
Hague  Correspondent  of  Ihe  London  Catholw. 
Uvmld.  ! 

Spanish  Inquisition  Progressing  ' 

♦    The   SpanLsh    Inquisition    is    progressing] 
nicely.  With  the  same  hinli-minded  di.-iposi-j 
lion  as  Torquemada.  Franco  required  every, 
person  who  %vas  loyal  to  the  Spanish  Republic, ; 
and  served  in  the  Spanish  army,  to  appear 
before  a  militarv  tribunal  lo  explam  why  hel 
was   loval.   instead   of  disloyal,   like   Franco] 
himself.   The  .same  rule  applies  to  all  civilj 
se^^■an^s  of  the  government,  and  even  eonci-j 
crge-s  of  apartment  houses.  Natnraily.  the  cow-j 
ardlv  stjueal  on  olhei-s  and  the  results  are  al  I 
Ibat'even  Hitler  could  wish.  Armageddon  W!ll| 
settle  it  all  for  ever.  In  the  meantime  Spam 
is  short  of  wheat,  olive  oil.  dried  vegetables 
and  sugar,  which  are  the  principal  foods  of 
the  common  people.  The  liritish  CJitholic  whc 
started  all  this  bv  illegally  flyin*  a  plane  tc 
Franco,  so  he  euuld  start  the  rebellion,  meritf 
contempt  i.-qual  to  that  of  Franco  himself. 
(To  he  ccntinufd) 

consolatiop 


Humanity's  Blackout 


Prayers  of  Blasphemy 

♦  tMissouri)— OiYiliKc<i  nations  are  prepar- 
ing  I'or  war,  wliich   mejiiis  thai   the  picked 
young  men  of  the  riu-o  will  am-n  be  bnilnlly, 
coldly  and  (Icliberatdy  dragged  fToni  Ihcir 
bvod  ones  bv  golil-braidcd  ncneral  staffs,  and 
marched   into  the   slauglitcrina   pen    where 
bayoiids  gleam.  e«nnons  roar,  bullclit  wliizz. 
taiikti  rausli,  bombs  ex- 
plode, and  ga-s  steals 
— into  no  man's  Itmd 
where    blood    spurts, 
eniraibi  drag.    Wmes 
snap,     jaws     vanish, 
bowels    arc    slattlied. 
faces  Hre   miUilaled. 
IhroaLs  are  cut,  eyes 
HR'  blinded,  ears  are 
deufcuod.    heads   are 
deeapitated.  brains 
ai-e  blown  out,  arms 
and   legs  are  blown 
off.    and    biidics    are 
blown    to    bit.s — niid 
where  biUionK  of  flies 
swarm  <iver  the  bloat- 
ing, bulgiiiff  and  be- 
fouling corpses  of 
dead  young  men  who 
but  a  few  days  k-fore 
were  Ihe  living  flow- 
ers of  the  human  race. 
At    the    rear,    the 
flowei-  of  womanhood 
will  be  compelled  to 
strap  quivering 
stumps,  unwrap  muf-  .  ,       , 

flcrs  from  gaping  wounds,  pull  bandages  out 
of  ompiv  eve  sofketx.  remove  eoat  sleeves  from 
Ihe  cavi'tvof  missing  stomachs,  wash  tangled 
L-ntraiLs  mixed  with  mud  and  gore,  smell  the 
sickening  odor  of  gangrene,  see  young  men 
gasping  for  breath  with  lungs  eaten  out  by 
poison  giLs.  hear  Ihe  scream  of  those  whose 
faces  and  bodies  are  burned  with  fire,  and  to 
iuiow  that  some  mangled  l>odies  will  survive, 
only  to  endni-e  ii  living  death. 

The  elergv  will  prcaeb  "eloqueut"  semons 
about  the  "honor  and  glory  of  war",  and 
mouth  sweet  nothings  to  the  deluded  soldiers 
about  the  "blessed  privilege"  of  'laying  down 
his  life  for  his  friends",  and  the  "joy"  of  benig 
a  Christian  killer  in  the  army  of  the  Lord, 

APRIL  3.  I9W 


with  the  cross  of  Jcsiis  going  on  before  the 
butchery,  "in  the  war  to  end  war."  The  clergy 
of  opposing  armies  will  thumb  the  same  Bi- 
ble, try  to  break  into  the  same  heaven,  and 
dodgetbe  same  hell,  yet  each  will   iietition 
foroeious  prayers  to  the  same  Universal  Fa- 
ther to  bring  victory  to  their  troops,  and  de- 
struetion,    and    defeat    and    death    to    their 
enemies.  Think  of  a 
eliui-eh    prayiiig    for 
the  sal'ety  and  success 
of  its  membei-s  as  they 
sneak    out    of    filthy 
dugouts  at  night  bent 
upon  a  murdering  ex- 
pedition,   and    crawl 
through   rusty  barb- 
wire   enlanglementa 
and  drop  into  slimy 
hell    holes    to   throw 
deadly  "iron  [jineap- 
ples"'  at  other  chureh 
members,    who    have 
been  similarly  prayed 
for   in   the  army   of 
the  enemy.  What  does 
a  smelling  and  .swell- 
ing earcas,s  filled  with 
Iwiring   maggots   and 
worms  care  about  this 
kind  of  brotherhoodi 
All   prayers  for  vic- 
tory and  eamage  are 
a  horrible  blasphemy 
upon  the  Ood  of  Life. 
— Kdward  Knper,  in 
The.  Truth  Fhider. 


Blachmit 


Business  Cut  in  Half 

♦  Normal  business  was  cut  in  half  with  the 
outbreak  of  the  new  war.  At  least  that  infer- 
ence mav  be  drawn  from  the  faet  that  before 
the  war'rnele  Sam  sent  11,001}  sueks  of  mail 
to  Kurope  every  week,  and  after  the  war  got 
under  way  only  6,600  saeks. 

"Class  of  W40" 

♦  In  1919.  in  the  London  Dailn  Herald,  ear- 
toonist  Will  Dyson  pictured  the  four  elder 
statesmen  emerging  from  Versailles  with  a 
little  child  .standing  behind  the  doorway  er>'- 
ing  bitterly,  and  marked  with  the  letters 
-Class  of  mo".  A  true  pi-ediclion. 

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few   Jersey 


Pinning  the  Medal  on  Coughlin 

I  am  a  Jew  and  proud  of  it.  Heli- 
gion  serves  man  and  attempts  to 
please  man.  Christianity  sueks  to 
please  Ood.  The  Con-stitutioii  says 
iJiat  every  man  posaessrs  the  right 
to  worship  Almis^hty  God  according  to  the 
diotatt's  of  his  own  con-science.  In  Jcr.scy  City 
and  adjoining  tavtna  a  modern  dictator  iii- 
slruets  his  magistrates  who  act  under  his  di- 
rection and  must  obey  or  lose  their  jobs.  Tliere 
no  Christian,  no  Jehovah's  witness,  ean  go 
from  place  to  plauc  and  even  invite  you  to 
come  to  a  pulilic  meeting  without  being  sub- 
ject to  arvesrt,  A  Communist  lias  as  mueli  right 
to  free  speech  as  any  religious  speaker  who 
has  eausod  so  much  damage  with  bis  babbling 
that  many  o(  our  large  radio  chains  refuse 
him  tlie  time  on  the  air.— "Non-Partisan,"  in 
the  Atlantic  City  Press. 

Twenty-eighth  Radium  Victim  Dies 

♦  That  radiiiin  is  no  cure  for  cancer,  or  for 
anvthing  else,  ought  to  be  clear  to  any  who 
reflect  on  tlm  awful  fate  that  has  so  far  oycr- 
talten  young  women  who  painted  radium  signs 
during  191"-192-^.  Kvcry  one  of  these  young 
women  is  either  dead  oi-  dying.  The  twenty- 
eighth  iteently  passed  away  at  Hillside.  The 
women  were  each  given  .$10,000  cash,  annual 
pension  of  $600,  and  aiiHual  medical  allow- 
ances of  $600,  and  were  told  there  is  no  hope 
for  any  of  them. 

Odd  Job  in  Instrument  Making 

♦  For  fifty  years  Miss  Muvy  Pfpifer.  Hobo- 
ken,  has  been  windinR  spider  threads  for  sur- 
veying t<'lespopes  manufactured  by  instrument 
makers  of  her  city.  The  best  threads  come  from 
spiders  captured  in  fields,  barns  and  pigstys. 
The  house  spider  does  not  spin  a  thread  fine 
enough  or  elastic  enough  for  the  work.  Each 
spider  is  used  but  once,  because  spiders  will 
not  eat  in  captivity. 

Italian  Government  Lottery 

♦  It  seems  that  the  Italian  Government  lot- 
tery has  been  eoUecting  some  $2,500,000  an- 
muilly  in  the  United  States,  despite  the  fact 
that  in  America  lotteries  are  illegal  and  the 
nijiils  ai-e  closed  to  them.  It  so  happened  that 
the  principal  office  of  the  lottery  in  America, 

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which  chanced  to  be  in  Newark,  found  it  was 
going  to  have  to  pay  out  $400,000  in  one  week. 
That  would  have  busted  the  kink  an>'way; 
so  the  police  were  tipped  off,  the  place  was 
raided,  and  the  bets  for  that  week  were  not 
paid.  Not  a  bad  way  of  getting  out  of  a 
jam.  And  do  you  expect  the  managers  of  a 
lottery  to  be  square  with  the  publiel 

Too  Close  to  WBBR 

♦  Too  close  to  radio  station  WBBR  to  make 
a  living  at  his  former  reiiginus  racket  a  min- 
ister gave  it  up  and  got  a  job  on  the  WPA. 
Then  he  disappeared  from  home  and  his  wife 
went  to  tlie  police  to  rejwrt  the  facts.  The 
desk  sergeant  said.  "Of  course,  you  arc  very 
anxious  to  have  your  husband  back?"  Where- 
upon he  received  the  astonishing  reply,  "Oh. 
not  particularly.  I  don't  care  whether  he 
comes  back  or  not,  but  I  want  my  bicycle  that 
he  rode  away  on.  It  helped  me  to  reduce  from 
300  to  180  pounds  and  I  have  got  to  get  off 
some  more."  This  happened  in  Bayonnc. 

McFcclys  Good  to  One  Another 

♦  The  McFcclys  of  Hoboken  are  good  to  one 
another.  Mayor  McFicly  alwaj-s  awards  the 
contract  for  ash  and  garlKige  collection  to  the 
jarnc*  J.  McFeely,  Inc.  concern  of  whieh-his 
brother  is  tte  president.  Marj-  McFeely,  his 
sister,  is  the  treasurer  of  the  company.  Joseph 
B.  McFeely.  his  nephew,  is  the  manager  of 
the  companj-.  Edward  McFeely.  his  brother, 
is  chief  of  police.  He  has  three  nephews  on 
the  police  force.  Bernard  JIcFeely  is  a  «i plain, 
and  Dennis  McFeely  and  Edward  McFeely 
are  lieutenants.  Guess  the  •"chorcb"  of  the 
McFeelys. 

Within  Five  Feet  of  Death 

♦  At  Wildwood  a  lion,  which  bad  spent  the 
summer  riding  in  a  sidecar  of  fl  motorcycle 
as  a  woman  drove  the  machine  around  a  motor- 
cycle drum  until  it  was  almost  perpendicular 
to  the  side,  escaped  from  its  cage,  kilted  a 
Japanese  salesman  that  was  about  to  enter 
his  automobile,  and  then  after  two  hours  in 
hiding  made  for  a  policeman.  He  was  charg- 
ing full  speed  and  got  within  five  feet,  when 
the  policeman.  John  Gaeros,  arminl  only  with 
a  pistol,  landed  a  bullet  in  his  right  eye  and 
he  suddenly  became  a  subject  for  a  taxi- 
dermist. 

CONSOUATION 


The  Southwest 


Hitrh  Electric  Rates  in  Texas 

In  Aiisiin,  Textis,  the  averaRfl 
hftme  with  an  (>IcL'trie  refrigerator 
}niid  a  radio  and  perhaps  a  few 
iothcr  cioctri(«Li  outlets  will  iise 
from  $2.50  to  $5.00  worth  of  elec- 
tririly  per  mouth,  and  accordinR  to  Dr.  Miller, 
of  the  physics  deiJiirtmcnt  of  the  Univei-sity 
of  Te.xaa,  w-lio  is  u  liome  owner,  lie  pays  from 
8i  to  9  cents  per  ItilowiiU-honr  for  the  five  or 
six  dollars'  worth  of  electricity  he  uses  each 
.  month.  However,  this  is  coii.'iicierably  less  than 
in  many  of  the  smaller  towns  in  Texas.  In 
San  Marcos  tie  avcraae  home  iifling  electricity 
pays  from  15  to  20  cents  (sometimes  even 
more  than  20  cents)  per  kilowatt-hour, 

Of  course,  industrial  users  of  electricity 
everywhere  arc  allowed  a  much  lower  rate  per 
kilowatt-hour  than  home  usera.  It  is  claimed 
tlial  were  they  not  allowed  a  low  rate  they 
would  produce  their  own  power  and  the  home 
users  of  electricity  would  then  be  charged 
higher  rates  tlmn  at  present.  Along  the  Colo- 
rado river  the  Government  has  built  dams 
which  could  furnish  cheap  power  to  a  great 
many  communities,  but  Mii-s  blessing  the  power 
trust  will  not  allow.— H.  E.  Coffey,  Texas. 

Cotton  Picking  in  Gonzalez,  Texas 

♦  AiiarciiisU  bmkc  into  (ionzalez  coun- 
ty, Texas,  and  into  the  sheriff's  office,  of  all 
places,  One  of  the  ohief  dcpyiy  sheriffs,  Wal- 
lace Ray,  seems  to  be  the  head  anarchist.  He 
"escorted"  out  of  town  two  persons  who  were 
trying:  to  hire  cotton  pickers.  Terrible  crime, 
tbis  offerinK  money  to  people  in  exchange  for 
work,  isn't  it?  Also,  the  same  shcrifFs  offlee 
issued  an  order  that  all  persons  not  other- 
wise employed  must  pick  cotton.  The  argu- 
mtnt  for  re-establishing  slavery  at  the  point 
of  a  gtin  was: 

We  have  a  line  crop  coining  on  and  we  neeSi  all 
tbo  pickeiH  we  can  get.  We  are  not  going  lo  stimd 
around  and  sca  tlip  crop  ruinetl  for  lack  of  field 
hands. 

In  the  Kansas  Prison  for  Children 

♦  In  the  Kansas  prison  for  children,  otlicr- 
wis*"  known  as  the  Bcloit  Reformatory,  one 
little  child  of  nine  who  had  forged  a  check 
was  beaten,  confined  in  a  dungeon,  and  then 
sterilized.  Sixty-one  other  girls  woi-e  likewise 
un-sexed  for  infractions  of  tJie  prison  rule*. 

APRIt.  S,  19*0 


Nice  PrUon  Guard 

4  Ti-N,-is  has  some  nice  prison  guards.  Eight 
young  men  broke  away  from  the  Eastham, 
Texas,  prison.  Finally  the  guards  came  up 
with  two  of  them,  but  altJiough  the  boys 
were  unarmed,  and  bcKged  pathetically  for 
their  lives,  Rob  Parker,  the  guard,  who 
felt  he  had  the  opportunity  to  murder  a 
fellow  ci-eature  which  no  doubt  he  had  long 
ernved,  shot  them  both  down  in  cold  blood. 
This  was  too  much  for  one  of  the  observers, 
Sheriff  Arcliie  Slaple,  and  he  stated  the  facta 
publicly.  Possibly  Parker  will  Iw  reproved,  in 
an  apologetic  manner,  by  somebody  higher  up, 
but  it  is  not  very  likely.  The  evidence  is  all 
the  other  way  in  America.  Anybody  in  a  imi- 
forni  can  commit  raur-dcr  wjlh  reasonable 
surety  of  no  serious  punishment. 

Screwed  Together  In  Oklahoma 

♦  Dr.  Earl  McBride,  Oklahoma  City,  Okla- 
homti,  told  the  Southern  Medicid  Association 
that  in  racndin^t  bone  fractures  he  uses  air- 
plane screws,  made  of  an  alloy  of  magneaium 
and  aiuininum,  and  that — 

-  When  left  in  the  bontt  tiasne  the  DtAgQcsium 
grailuallv  (H.tinlegrates  iato  go*  which  then  ia  ab- 
sorbed by  tiie  binod  strcjiiiu  tite  fiw  alnminiun 
also  i.i  ebminsted  gradually. 

Makes  a  fellow  who  knows  anything  about 
the  effect  of  loose  aluminunv  floating  around 
in  the  blood  hope  that  Dr.  McBridc  will  not 
have  any  occaaion  to  screw  him  back  together 
if  he  falls  on  the  ice  or  something. 

Consolatirm  is  loo  crowded  with  other  im- 
portant news  to  devote  more  than  passing  at- 
tention to  the  aluminum  food  poisoning  still 
going  on  as  strongly  as  ever. 

Voted  298  Times 

♦  At  the  time  Roosevelt  was  re-elected,  in 
1936,  one  Kansas  City  man  was  so  interested 
in  the  success  of  tht-.  New  Deal  that  he  voted 
298  times.  Another  man  marked  20  ballot*  in 
a  scries,  aiul  later  marked  14  more.  One  pre- 
cinct captain  ordei-cd  etcetion  ofiiciiils  lo  give 
the  Republican  "around  60  ballots"  and  claim 
the  rest  as  Democrats.  The  district  attorney, 
Milliffan.  who  uncovered  all  this  rottenness, 
wos  shaky  about  his  job,  for  a  while  What  is 
going  to  become  of  the  country  if  a  patriotic 
New  Dealer  can't  stuff  ballots  into  the  box  to 
make  siu-e  the  New  Deal  will  be  "approved"  J 

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British  Comment 

By  J.  Hcmnrif  (Lo7idon) 


Report  on  Spiritism 

•  Aimiit  three  years  aero  tlie  digiiiturifts  of 
tlic  olmtvli  fiT  i'!riKkn<!.  faeed  with  an  <it!:ila- 
tion  raised  by  luitnlledK  of  ihi'  elers;v  who 
had  dabbled  with  spiritism  and  lind  fallen 
vk'tinis,  saw  Iheinselvoa  under  the  necessity  of 
taking;  some  action.  As  this  cluireh  is  not  a 
totiiliUtrian  ortranization  lilie  the  Roman 
church,  thr  parsons  could  not,  be  arbitrarily 
sileneod  in  I  heir  demand  for  libcity  lo  adjust 
the  priiyvr  bi>ol<  rule  of  ser\'ife  to  their  new 
ideas.  The  archbishop  of  Canlorbury  appoint- 
ed &  roiiuniltoi'  to  inveatii;ate  "spirit uurwm". 
The  eommitlee  took  two  y<'ai-s  in  its  inveslifia- 
lion,  and  reported  its  findings  a  few  months 
ago.  The  two  .irchbishoiis.  Canterbury  and 
York,  and  24  bishops  considered  these  find- 
injts,  and  have  decided  they  shall  not  be  pub- 
lished. The  plain  roadinK  of  ihal  decision  is 
that  these  men  have  bum])ed  BKainst  .wmfi- 
thing  they  don't  waiil.  to  talk  about.  Naturally 
the  spiritists  are  jubilanf,  though,  su  sure  are 
they  that  llie  committee  has  met  wilh  cvidcnee 
in  favor  of  their  claims,  rhey  would  be  better 
pleased  if  the  report  were  published.  The  Ro- 
man Catholic  ciiureh  has  alwaj-s  set  itself 
agftinst  spiritism,  (ind  iu  this  ha.s  conformed 
to  the  Scriptures ;  but  not  for  love  of  the  trutJi, 
nor  that  it  might  he  a  true  supporter  of  the 
Scriptures,  for  its  claim  is  that  the  .Scriptures 
arc  given  to  it  for  use  in  support  of  its  church. 
The  fact  is  thnt.  if  it  is  possible  to  talk  with 
the  dead,  as  spiritists  claim,  Ihc  dogma  of 
"purgatory"  "goe.t  with  the  wind'',  and  "pur- 
gatory" not  only  is  ouc  of  the  props  of  the 
Roman  Calliolie  church,  hut  is,  perhaps,  the 
most  profitable  of  ils  rackets.  It  is  easy  to  see 
why  spiritism  is  anathema  to  the  Roman  Hier- 
archy. The  chureh  of  England  has  not  got  its 
dead  on  its  hands,  and  it  does  not  know  where 
they  are;  but  the  phenomena  of  spiritism  has 
proved  itself  too  strung  for  tJiese  hundreds 
of  pai-sons  and  they  have  fn!lpn  to  this  de- 
ception of  the  Devil.  Foi-sakins;  the  light  of 
the  Scriptures,  they  go  into  Ihc  dark,  to  spiriti 
that  '"peep  and  mutter",  and  get  their  [iroof 
(!)  of  their  dogma  of  humaji  immortality 

2S 


from  them.  (See  Isaiah  8:19.)  If  the  arch- 
bishops aiid  the  bishops  had  the  light  of  the 
.'ieriplure.s  in  them  llicy  would  have  dealt  with 
this  dctlceiiou  of  the  eiei-gy  in  a  very  differ- 
ent way.  The  fact  is.  of  eour.'^e.  that  they  all 
are  in  the  dark ;  the  archbishop  of  Canterbury 
says,  "It  is  iiol  pioposed  to  publish  the  report 
at  present,  as  further  investigation  is  re- 

aliinMl."  Just  so!  And  in  the  meantime  the 
emons,  who  are  now  i)arlicularly  active,  will 
get  the  better  of  thpm  all.  end  will  lead  them 
into  further  darUne.s.1*  and  then  to  destruction. 
These  great  church  systcm.s  not  only  have 
ignored  the  instiniclion  of  the  Word  of  God, 
the  Seri|>lwres,  but  liave  used  them  for  the 
purpose  of  building  up  their  oi^nizations. 
They  have  played  tricks  with  the  holy  Scrip- 
turea,  picking  out  pa-'isnges  to  support  tlieir 
dogmas,  per\'ening  plain  meanings,  and,  as 
in  the  case  of  the  Roman  church,  have  made 
the  sayings  of  their  own  supporters  to  be  ac- 
cepted on  equfll  authority  with  the  wor<)$j 
given  by  Ihc  s[>iril  of  fiod.  Sometimes  some  of^ 
these  principals  of  the  flock  speak  candidly  of 
their  position  :  tliey  know  they  are  wandering 
about  as  in  a  fog.  uncertain  of  their  steps  ana| 
lacking  anything  to  guide  them  on  their  way. 
One  of  Ihcso  wi-ote  recently,  "Moreover,  how 
can  we  speak  of  the  Trinity  as  a  divinely 
given  ■inith  of  revelation'  when  we  know  well 
Siat  it  has  iiecn  hamnieted  i.nit  h>'  generations 
of  human  thinkers  and  stilt  remains  incom- 
plete t"  Jehovah'.s  witnesses,  enlightened  with 
the  truth  which  Jesus  brought,  and  faithfully 
following  HLs  words,  know  that  the  dogma  of 
a  trinity  of  gods— which  is  what  that  dogma 
really  amounts  to— is  Satan's  masterpiece  of 
deception  fastened  on  the  churches. 

Romanizing  of  England 

•  The  ■llicratvhy  of  .Vuthorily"  in  Rome  has 
.set  itself  the  task  of  briiitiinii  its  church  into 
grcjiler  prominence  in  KnglanU.  What  tt  is 
doing  behind  Ibe  .scenes  is  known  only  to  those 
in  the  ilierarchy's  cabinet  in  the  Vatican; 
but  its  public  works  and  intentions  arc  openly 
stated  in  the  Roman  Catholic  newspapers  and 
journals.  No  doubt  the  present  ti-oidiied  situa- 
tion is  considered  as  providing  an  opportunity 
specially  favorable  to  this  purpose.  The  antag- 
onistic attitude  of  Russia  towai-ds  Britain 
since  its  pact  with  Hitler  has  made  it  easy  for 
the  British  hierarcliy  to  thi-ow  in  its  support 
for  the  Allies.  To  them  it  is  a  fight  agaiii-st  its 
dreaded  enemy  Communism,  which,  of  coursoi 
has  no  use  for  religion,  and  which  in  powi 

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in  Europe  would  clfiar  all  organized  religion 
out  of  its  way,  as  ils  chief  enemy  lo  its  prog- 
ress. The  Mttfk  outlook  in  Europe  for  the  in- 
crease of  the  power  of  the  Vat ic«n  is.  iiodoubl, 
a  very  Kuod  reason  for  ils  endeavor  to  get  a 
greater  hold  in  Britain,  and  England  in  par- 
ticular. The  Roman  Cathotie  iiowspapoi-s  un- 
der the  urge  of  llio  Ilieriirfhy  and  with  its 
"blessing"  ai-e  romhining  in  a  set  purpose  to 
get  their  journals  inio  the  li(wncs  of  all  the 
people.  A  s\-stemalic  drive  is  lieing  organized, 
80  tJiat  evei-j'  hoiist-  shall  he  vlsitMl,  snid  tiews- 
papei"s  eanvitssed  for.  and  lcntlets — aiiporent- 
ly  free  i'l'om  any  projMiganda  for  the  ehurch — 
shall  be  left,  for  the  moral  and  spiiiiUMi  up- 
lift  of  the-  people.  To  give  a  "spiriltial"  back- 
ing  to  this  purpose  the  pope  oi-dered  that  pray- 
ers sho^ild  be  made  by  all  Roman  Catholies 
for  the  conversion  of  England,  and  their  saint 
Mary  has  been  speeiallv'  invoked  to  attend  to 
this  matter.  That  elmreb  wauls  to  have  the 
worship  of  JIarj' — better  deseribed  as  mari- 
olatry^fasteni-d  on  England  as  it  was  in  pre- 
Reformation  days.  The  Hierarchy  tella  its 
people  that  England  is  pai-tienlarly  dear  lo 
Mary,  for  il  was  in  England,  in  |he  days  when 
tJie  Papacy  held  rule,  tliat  the  newly  fashioned 
dogma  of  the  immaeulatc  eoneeption  of  Mary, 
the  mother  of  Jesus,  was  most  firmly  held  and 
tnughl.  Tliut  blinding  piece  of  darkne-is  has 
been  of  the  greatest  ser\-iee  to  the  Koman 
church,  for  by  it  the  Papacy  got  ils  chief  aid 
in  the  exaltation  of  Marj'  into  worship  of  her 
as  if  she  were  as  c.tititcd  as  the  Scri|iHues  toll 
of  Jcsu.s.  And  by  this  newly  fashioned  dogma 
the  Devil  got  fasteni-d  on  that  church  his 
older  scheme  of  getting  men  to  believe  that 
the  power  of  (Jod  was  held  in  a  trinity  of 
father  and  son  and  mollier.  This  old  pagan 
doctrine,  from  the  time  of  Nimrod  and  the  rise 
of  old  Babylon,  became  one  of  the  most  prom- 
inent features  of  "Babyi.on  the  Great,  tiik 
MOTHKR  Of  harlots"  (Kevelation  17  :  5)  :  and 
tliis  is  what  the  Roman  ('allinlic  church  seeks 
now  to  fasten  on  England.  The  so-called 
''Protestant"  churches  no  longer  protest 
agaii^Ht  these  blasphemous  dogmas ;  rather 
tliey  look  to  Rome  as  the  chief  means  of  keep- 
ing religion — and  themselves — from  being 
swamped  by  the  floods  of  ungodliness,  and  of 
apathy  towards  religion  which  they  now  see 
threatening  it  and  tJhem. 

Jehovah's  witnesses 

•  [.'ndoubtedly  there  are  some  among  the 
ranks  of  the  English  churches,  and  throughout 

APRIL   3,   1940 


Britain  and  northern  Ireland,  who  \-iew  with 
alarm  this  revival  of  Roman  Catholic  energy 
to  increase  its  hold  on  Britain;  but  for  the 
most  part  they  are  silent.  Some  raise  their 
voices,  but  to  them  it  seems  like  crying  out  to 
the  incoming  tide  to  stop  its  waves.  But  not  so 
with  .lehovali's  witnes.ses.  These  are  not  Prot- 
estants: they  arc  witnesses  lo  .Jehovah,  of  ilia 
tnith,  of  His  purpose  in  the  establislnnent  of 
Ilis  kingdom,  and  His  witnesses  against  this 
evil  thing  that  has  been  fastened  on  men  and 
ha.s  blinded  their  eyes  to  the  glorj'  of  the  Liv. 
ing  tiod  as  revealed  in  His  Word,  Their  wit- 
ness makes  the  hierarchies  in  the  various  coun- 
tries exceedingly  angr.v — the  ''Hierarehy  of 
Authority"  has  not  yet  publicly  manifested 
itself,  and  these  do  not  cease  to  speak  evil 
against  the  witnesses,  nor  refrain  from  molei4- 
ing  their  pei-sons  as  occasion  may  arise.  In 
the  meantime  faithful  men  and  women  go  to 
the  (leopie  with  the  me^isage  of  truth,  and 
thousands  are  being  enlightened  to  the  honor 
of  God  and  are  worehiping  Him  according  to 
the  irnth  i-evealcd  in  the  Seriptnres— Jeho- 
vah's witness  to  himself. 

Renewing  the  Attack 

•  In  a  recent  reissue  of  one  of  their  old  at- 
tacks on  the  publications  of  the  WAxrH  Tower 
Buii.K  &  Tjiact  .Society  there  is  no  le-asening 
of  the  bitter  spirit  of  the  first  publication,  nor 
any  less  lying  either  alwut  the  literature  or 
those  who  are  responsible  for  it.  These  men, 
blinded  by  their  perverseness,  have  learned 
nothing  from  the  manifested  blessing  of  God 
upon  the  labors  of  His  people — thousands 
have  been  brought  into  the  light  of  the  Word 
of  truth,  and  are  serving  God  in  knowledge 
and  understanding,  and  with  a  zeal  wliieh 
only  faith  and  knowledge  can  bring.  These 
know  ihiit  they  jire  giving  the  witness  which 
Jehovah  purposed  sliould  be  given  at  this  time, 
and  which  Jesus  said  should  Ixi  given  in  the 
last  days.  (Jice  Matthew  24: 14.)  .\  main  fea- 
ture of  the  religion  of  the  Pl.vmoutli  Brethwn 
is  that  of  ■'pieaehiiig  the  Gospel"  each  Sunday 
evening.  Their  moniing  is  reserved  for  their 
fellowship  meeting.  But  the  "preaching  of  the 
Gospel"  by  the  Plymouth  Brethren  includes 
and  invariably  stresses  the  preaching  of  eter- 
nal damnation  for  all  nonbelicvci's.  This  'gos- 
pel of  damnation"  tp  eternal  torment  is  their 
own  addition  to  the  mea-sage  of  Christ,  for  the 
Gospel  of  Jesus,  the  Gospel  of  the  Kingdom, 
knows  nothing  of  that  blasphemy  against  God. 
Nor  iiave  they  any  warrant  for  il  in  the  Serip- 

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tHi-as:  the  apostles  never  preached  it.  In  the 
degenerate  (lavs  of  Israel  the  Jews  set  sbomi- 
nationa— the  idols  of  the  neighboring  nations 
_in  the  temple.  «nd  proteased  to  serve  Jeho- 
vah through  them.  To  complete  thoir  worship 
they  somelimcN  went  out  of  the  eity  to  the 
vulk-v  of  Tophel  (Ohenna)  to  offer  yoiinK 
children  in  saerificc  lo  Molech,  plat-inK  the 
young  in  the  extended  arms  of  the  idol,  heated 
Xby  fierce  fire.  Kebuklritt  these  wicked  hypo- 
a-ites.lehoviih  repudiated  them  and  their  wor- 
ship, and  declnres  their  practices  'neither  eame 
into  my  mind'.  (See  Jeremiah  19:5.)  The 
preaching  of  the  dogma  of  eternal  torment  Is 
a  miiRnifying  of  the  enormity  of  the  blas- 
phemy of 'the  Jews  when,  by  that  means,  they 
profcsswl  to  show  their  great  fear  towards 
<Jod.  Tho.se  who  hold  Ihe  dogma  of  eternal 
torment  can  hardly  be  expected  to  be  free 
from  its  evil  influence,  or  to  have  any  eom- 
.  punction  about  speaking  evil  of  the  Truth  and 
its  messengers. 

JchovalvR  witnesses  are  separate  from  all 
the  religious  seels  and  systems,  and  apparent- 
ly Ihcy  are  hated  of  them  all.  This,  from  a 
human  viewpoint,  is  natural  enough;  for  the 
truth  held  to  and  witnessed  exposes  the  per- 
versions of  Ihe  Scriptures  by  which  the  reli- 
gions of  ■■Chri.'itendom''  support  themselves, 
each  soct  and  section  picking  out  its  own  texts 
for  that  purpose.  The  Truth  is  anathema  to  all 
of  them,  from  Roman  Catholies  at  the  head  to 
the  Plymouth  Brethren  at  the  tail.  The  Piyra- 
oulh  Brethren  are  the  descendants  of  a  com- 
pany of  rneti  who  met  in  Plymouth,  Devon, 
and  who  saw  clearly  that  Ihe  priestcraft  of 
the  churches  was  entirely  contrary  to  the  pur- 
pose of  Christ  and  to  the  teaching  and  exam- 
ple of  the  apastles.  They  increased  in  number* 
and  the  name  PH-mouth  Brethren  got  fastened 
upon  iJiem.  though  they  dislike  it  as  much  as 
the  Roman  (Catholic  church  dislikes  the  word 
Roman.  They  are  fairly  numerous  in  vai-ious 
parts  of  Britain  and  northern  Ireland ;  hut 
now  they  are  divided  into  sections,  split  bc- 
eaiise  they  do  not  agree  about  their  own  man- 
ner of  meetings.  While  separating  themselves 
from  rcligioiw  practices  they  retained  Ihe 
ort.hodoxy  of  the  .systems,  and  made  them- 
8elv«s  ehampions  of  its  main  dogmas,  that  is, 
the  dogma  of  Trinity,  of  human  immortality, 
and  the  terrible  dogma  of  eternal  torment. 

These  two  sections  of  religion,  the  head  and 
tail  of  orthodox  i-eligions,  have  been  and  are 
the  most  active  of  them  all  in  crving  out 
against  the  witness  to  the  truth  of  the  Scrip- 

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tures  wliich  Jehovah  is  sending  forth  b>-  His 
witnesses :  they  are  iJie  readiest  of  all  in  speak- 
ing evil  of  it  and  its  servants.  From  the  vio- 
lence of  some  of  the  pamphlets  it  may  be  sup- 
posed that  had  they  an  organization  such  as 
Rome  has  they  would  follow  its  metJiods  in 
trjing  to  stop  the  witness. 

The  Plj-mouth  Brethren  pamphleteer  is  so 
rabid  as  to  prevent  himself  from  allowing  that 
the  literature  of  Ihe  Watch  TovruK  Bibi-k  & 
Tract  Society  can  possibly  have  been  pub- 
lished except  for  an  evil  purpose,  certainly 
not  with  any  desire  of  honoring  God  apd 
Christ,  '  ■         ,     , 

Be  ealle  that  which  scores  of  thnosands  of 
consecrated  men  and  women  know  is  the  truth 
of  the  Word,  by  which  they  have  been  enlight- 
ened, and  by  which  they  sen-e  God  in  under- 
standing, a  "''vicious  counterfeit".  He  can  say 
nothing  better  of  it  than  "II  is  a  concoction 
made  up  of  ingredients  fmm  all  the  heresies  . 
that  have  attacked  the  ti-ne  gospel  of  God". 
He  proceeds  to  lie.  thick  and  fa-st.  saying,  "It 
is  an  insidious  attack  on  the  Person  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ;  it  robs  him  of  his  pre- 
existent  glory  with  the  Father  .  .  .  rejects 
his  resurrection,  and  degrades  him  to  the  level 
of  a  mere  magician  playing  tricks  upon  his 
disciples  ...  it  destroys  the  blessed  hope  of 
the  church."  It  would  be  difficult  to  get  more 
malicious  lies  into  so  small  a  compass;  btit 
the  pamphleteer  seems  to  have  enjoyed  his 
task,  for  he  rounds  it  off  with  the  favorite 
text  of  the  Plymouth  Brethren  when  they 
want  to  say  something  sti-ong,  for  with  the 
baeking  of  a  text  (though  misused)  he  saj-s 
the  witness  to  the  honor  of  Jehovah  is  & 
damnable  heresy.  (See  2  Peter  2: 1.) 

Both  the  writer  of  the  pamphlet  and  its 
publishei-a  (an  old  Plymouth  Brethren  firm) 
know  perfectly  welt  Ihat  this  diatribe  per- 
verts the  truth.  They  know  that  Jehovah's  wit- 
nesses are  faithful  disciples,  seeking  to  follow 
the  Lord,  and  they  bemoan  the  loss  they  sus- 
tain when  now  and  again  one  of  llieir  number 
finds  the  light  and  follows  it.  They  will  take 
their  place  with  the  opposcrs  of  the  truth. 
One  who  had  been  enlightened  by  the  truth 
told  how  he  had  been  accosted  by  a  Roman 
Catholic  priest,  known  to  his  family  a  long 
time.  After  the  usual  greeting,  the  priest  said, 
'ilow  is  your  brother  V  -'Well,"  was  the  re- 
plv.  adding,  "but  he  has  joined  the  Plymouth 
Brethren,"  ''Glory  be,"  said  the  priest;  "he 
is  not  far  from  us."  What  the  priest  meant 
is  self-evident. 

CONSOLATION 


Worse  than  Native  Shanchai 

♦  The  Ministry  nf  Health  roport  on  tuber- 
culosis frtiiditions  in  Walc-s  briiiijEs  lo  ligKt  con- 
ditions which  are  tlosi-ciljcd  aa  in  some  rcapeets 
worse  than  thu  iiHtive  quarters  of  ShanKhai. 
A  particular  offender  in  Wales  is  what  is 
styled  the  "old -fashioned  Celtic  house''.  It  is 
not  mtieh  ol  a  houae.  The  technical  descrip- 
tion follows: 

The  height  lo  ihe  eaves  is  about  8  Utt.  The  house 
is  divided  inio  two  rooms  by  n  thin  pai'titioD,  one 
a  hvinK  room  and  the  other  the  sleeping  okamlipr. 
The  floor  is  of  tMi-Ui.  or  mud  and  Unw,  or  «oiif  or 
slate.  Often,  to  provide  further  sJccping  accorarao- 
dalion,  boards  have  hnrn  pul  serous  from  wall  lo 
walj  tailed  thf  "KTOg-loft".  whose  heijthi  at  its  apei 
ia  ;'i  or  fi  feet,  laporine:  down  to  nothing  at  Ihc 
Willis;  6omelinies  il  hns  a  skylight.  In  soroi-  of  these 
hoitaes  there  is  a  puddle  made  orifpnally  as  a  w..>ll. 

"Frequently,  the  lubcrcuIoaU  patient  ia  p!u«-d 
in  tlie  'grrog-Ioft',  and,  unless  he  ia  moved  to  a  sana- 
torium or  outside  Hhelli-r,  tlicre  be  lies  in  atifliiig 
conditions  until  b«  dir*.  It  is  impossible  to  tlisioCeet 
such  a  plact',  imil  after  the  pnlieni:  dies  someone 
else  occupies  the  bi-d— too  fivijnently  it  is  occupied 
by  young  chiWrim."— London  Daily  Express. 


llany 

Why  the  Increase  in  Furs 

♦  Loudon,  now  iht  ccnltr  of  the  world's  trade 
iu  furs,  nolicfs  h  gi-cat  iijcrcjwe  in  th*  doinand. 
As  an  exjunple.  ten  yeai-s  iiKo  the  number  of 

fox  furs  offered  was  id«>ut  96,000.  Last  year 
it  was  nciirly  1,000,000.  The  pxplaiiation  of- 
fered is  that  eentral  heating  has  aboti<thed 
heavy  underelolh in?,  and  motoreai-s  have 
marie  it  nt'ccssary  to  have  warm  outer  gar* 
nieiils.  Keault;  Less  underwear  is  sold,  and 
more  furs. 

Paid  65c  for  PearLs  Worth  8165 

♦  Some  ])tiopl«  tlo  have  all  the  luclf,  George 
K.  Shaw,  at  Stanhope,  paid  65c  for  a  dinner 
that  ineiudod  oystei's.  In  the  first  oyster  he 
bit  into  Shiiw  found  U  pearls.  He  refused 
an  offer  of  .^ICt  for  three  of  them. 

PittsburRh  Coal  Is  Half  Oil 

♦  Pitt.shnr(fli  soft  eoa!  is  half  oil.  and  in  ac- 
tual experiments  one  ton  of  oil  was  obtained 
from  two  Ions  of  coal.  However,  the  obtain- 
ing of  oil  by  this  method  is  too  costly  to  be 
practical  at  this  time. 


Why  So  Many  Refugees? 


"TN  ALL  NATION'S  there  nn-  now  ninny 
-^-ftKFl'GEES  HPi-kin^;  a  place  whc-rt'  ihvy 
might  abide  in  .<rpijrity  and  have  a  reiiKonnhlf 
opporlimily  to  rn.joy  simui?  toniforlK.  Thnt  the 
number  of  REFfflKES  is  ccriain  lo  increase  in 
the  near  future  must  he  conceded,  and  ibis  fnrt 
alone  inorcnaw  the  diati*«s  <if  innny  among  the 
people  who  now  have  o  measure  of  peace  imd 
security, 

"You  are  among  tJiose  who  sirk  Ihe  best  in- 
formation obtainable  ux  to  why  so  many  son-oira 
have  come  upon  ifip  people.  Othi-rwiBC  yim  would 
not  hnvL-  iiskrti  me  the  <|iii.'.iiit.ii  nbout  'the  REP- 
UGRKS.  Bearing  to  Hi-e  rightcousneM  prevail 
amongst  wen,  you  should  he  diligwit  lo  learn  the 
truth,  and  by  so  (loinc  you  will  denrlv  see  why 
Ibei-c  are  so  many  REFUGEES,  and  why  in  tlwt 
very  near  future  the  son'ows  upon  manltind  will 
ineruiHr,  and  what  will  be  Uic  iiid  of  such." 


"Tlif  indispnlahle  pronf  is  that  all  the  nation* 
have  fonrolttli  Odd  and  have  yielded  entin?ly  to 
wicked  denmns,  and  therefoii-  the  nations  are 
"■ickod.  All  such  have  delt-miincd  theij-owii  de^luiy 
by  dioosing  Ihp  course  of  religion  or  demonism. 
'The  wicked  »hall  he  tnnied  into  hell,  and  all  the 
nulionslhal  forget  Ood."  (Psnim  fl;  17)  The  jieopl* 
arc  now  bi-onbealen,  ivginienled  aud  oppressed  by 
the  harali  rulers,  but  Ilit-  wid  of  wicked  dictators 
is  near.  The  day  of  ilcliveranec  for  those  BKPU- 
GEES  who  are  of  good  will  tow&rd  Jehovah  is 
also  near." 

•■The  IfKI'T'GEES  nuLst  now  flee  lo  the  Lord 
and  serve  him.  II"  lliej-  learn  the  iruth  and  ohev  the 
Lord  the  HEFtriJEES  will  find  prntcclion  and 
shall  live."  The  fon-goinf;  is  from  Judge  Ruther- 
ford's latest  Imoklel.  nt-:FVGBES.  For  a  eopy  of 
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Contents 


Appetizers 


CoBKhlio'ii  "Christian  Trwt" 
Tliib  la  CoHghlin'?  Bahy 

.Tcsuica  TraicNl  Cassidy 

Who  Wwils  Fnscisiiil 

Hitler  f>hoivi.-tl  ihr  Way 

Dun  "I  Worry  Aboul  Coiishlin 
AniciBt  l-lusbsnfiry 
The  Xew  fJnvernmetll 

Tilt-  LasT  (iiniiii  March 

Tlio  Preachrr  iind  the  Bible 

Frtvdrtiti  iif  Air 

CaniptM-ll  TriuiB  an  Kililor 

Actii:^  as  Own  Atlnmcy—Blessprl 
Connnd  by  J.  V.  H.i;l!iti'ford 

Humanlnimortniity  or  R^suiTcntioii : 
Spain  and  I'tn-lugal 
Uiidi-r  Ihc-  TolniilJinan  FUtgr 

TIio  Totalilarisii  Monatrositr 

Achievcmi'iiLi  of  the  Uicrotchy 

DMiounoiEjr  the  Otiwr  Crook* 
Henilod  for  ihi-  IWt.'li 

Tbp  MohiliEslion  I'lwn 

rnparallfliil  Re^inientntion  Abcad 
Vieliiry  ill  lliiljliard,  Ohio 

Damnffc  Suirs 
Brilish  Oitinment 

"Pope's  Air-it»id  Shelter" 

Ti-mpUd  of  th#  IJcvU 

A  Vic»r  Got  Angry 
Africa 


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OFFICES  FOR  OTHER  COUNTRIES 
Enoland  si  Cravon  T«rmcp,  "^""""L^Jin 

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AuSlralia         T  Botcsford  Bold.  Sti-«thn.W.  N^W- 
SoJin  Afflea  «3  l>o.ien  Houm.  Cap*  TWn 

EDlcied   ss   8(*oofl-rfi"<«    m"""  ^K^^Sif-^"-    **■*" 
under  tlio  AM  ot  Mutch  a,  ISIB. 


Ill*  Tonderti carted  Boiiciciimoii 

^^~,  The  firm  had  .idvertisc'd  for  a  ste- 
,^\  uographcr.  One  ot  the  pai-uivi-s  wast 
„  *\  intL>r\-icwin^  a  verv  pretty  girl  wl^o 
T  {^  '4  )iaiiflp!'li«.i  for  the  position.  The 
fcr-W-^-a-  yjjuT  parimTamic  in.  took  a  look 
al  th«  cir!.  aak  r4le*i  ^.c  o'^'cr  member  of 
Ihe  firm  asitU-Wl  *hisi»ed:  "I'd  iiire  her. 

"I  have.''         s,  '■ 

"Can  slit.-  l;ilt^"fliclnt.io*lf'  ■ 

'■■We'll  tiiid  tlmr  out  lat^*.  I  didn't  want  any 
obstaclfs  to  crop^i'." 

In  ui'Ugtjr  Mood 

He  found  his  own  f  mnt  pori'h  with  wondtr- 
ful  ticeuracv.  .navigated  the  steps  wiili  pre- 
cision, and  discovcit'd  the  keyliole  by  inaunct. 
Once  in  the  dimly  lit  hall  there  wiis  an  omi- 
nous silence,  fnllowfld  by  a  tremendoutt  crash. 

"Why,  whatever  lias  happened,  Henry  ^" 
came  his  wife'.s  voice  from  above. 

"It's  al!  right,  Mary,  but  111—111  teach 
those  goldfish  to  snap  at  me,"  was  the  reply. 
— tahor. 

N«  Need  to  Rnah  So 

The  Americin  ear  ivas  flyina;  through  the 
Warwiclt.'<hire  lanes,  wlien  it  suddenly  pulled 
«p  with  a  scroeeh  of  brakes  opposite  a  gate  on 
which  was  leaning  an  old  countrj-mau. 

^'Sav,"  said  tlie  driver,  "tin  you  toU  me  if 
I'm  riVlit  for  William  Shakespeare's  homel 

"YeiKir,"  lie  replied,  "but  there's  no  need  to 
hurry  90— he's  been  dead  some  years!" 

Cmttt  On 

"Got  ready  to  die."  said  the  (ootpad,  prc- 
sentint?  his  revolver.  "I'm  going  to  shoot  you." 

■'Why?"  asked  his  victim. 

"I've  always  said  I'd  shoot  anyone  who 
looked  lilte  mc." 

"Do  I  look  like  you!" 
■   "Yes." 

'■Then  shoot !"— Montreal  Dtt%  Star. 

An  Infotlibl*  Cdcatiilon 

Jim :  I  ciiii  tel!  you  how  much  water  to  tho 
qnarl  goes  over  Niagara  Falls. 

Joe:  BcUiha  can't.  How  miidi! 

Jim:  Two  pints.— Koiiyflmm. 

TU  End 

Blacksmith,  to  new  ssslsWnt :  "Wlien  I  nod 
my  bead,  hit  it."  He  did. 

CONSOLATION 


CONSOLATION 

"And  in  His  name  shall  the  nations  hope."— Matthew  12:21,  A.R.V. 


Voiume  XXI 


BrMklyn.  N.Y.,  W«tfnesd4y.  May  1.  1H0 


NumMr  »3 


Coughlin's  "Christian  Front" 


AT  THE  middle  <if  January,  1940. 
ScollHnd  Yard  brought  it  to  tlifr 
Jillciilion  of  the  United  States 
fiovernraeiit  thai  the  date  scl  for 
^-.„  .>v^  "llcverend  Fiilhcr"  Ooiighlin's 
"Chrisliaij  Front"  to  put  into  praetip*  his 
"Call  to  Action"  was  to  be  the  20lh  of  that 
same  month.  As  the  plans  inoluded,  among 
other  things,  the  wrvckitiK  of  printing  pUnnlK, 
bomhinB  of  Brooklyn  and  Philadelphia  navy 
yards,  and  of  West  Point  and  Annapolis, 
aeizm-c  of  Federal  Reserve  banks,  Nmional 
GuaixJ  armorit's.  railway  terminals,  key  post 
ofilees  and  all  utilities  foeilities.  Uncle  Sam 
was  almost  forced  to  turn  over  in  his  sleep  and 
arrest,  not  the  tens  of  thousands  involved, 
certiijnly  not.  but  a  few  samples  conveniently 
readv  l«  hand. 

An  indurcnient  to  do  soraethinjt  was  fur- 
abhcd  by  the  fact  thut  fourl^^cn  congrc^ssmen 
were  to  be  assassinated:  and  as  congressmen 
do  not  like  to  be  assassinated,  it  was  almost 
necessarv  lo  siase  some  kind  of  act. 

Seotla'nd  Yard  has  had  rei-cnt  experience 
that  makis  it  more  interested  iu  thinas  of  this 
kind.  In  England  the  same  gang  calls  itself, 
at  present,  the  "li'nitcd  Christian  League", 
while  in  Canada  its  cognomen  is  "National 


Christian  Partr".  It  is  strong  to  work  the 
word  "Christian"  into  the  title.  It's  a  big  help. 

There  were  seventeen  men  arrested,  and 
three  of  these  denied  that  they  were  members 
of  Coughlin's  Christian  Front,  but  the  rest  of 
them,  and  fittingly  too.  looked  to  him  as  their 
inspinilion,  their  instructor,  their  friend. 

Of  Ihe  seventeen,  one  was  a  captain  of  the 
166th  Infantry  of  Ihe  New  York  National 
Ciuard.  two  were  serg^'anls,  one  was  a  eorporal, 
two  wen-  rank-and-file  meinbers,  one  was  a 
member  of  the  United  Stnles  Msirine  corps, 
one  was  an  ex-eavalrj-man,  and  one-  was  an 
esperl  liomh-maker.  A  better  erojw-section  of 
the  gang  Itml  is  getting  ready  for  the  big 
putseh  eoiild  hardly  have  been  selected. 

This  Is  Coughlin's  Baby 

Parents  sometimes  deny  tlieir  offspring,  and 
for  a  time  ConRhlin  denied  palcmitj'  of  this 
outfit,  but  afUtrwards  admilttd  it,  with  his 
usual  evasions.  It  was  he  that  fii-st  proposed 
the  name,  and  the  first  cell  or  post  of  the  Front 
was  oi^anized  in  the  Chui-ch  of  the  Paulist 
Fathers,  Columbus  Square,  New  York  city, 
and  used  a  po-sl-offlce  bos  of  the  Pnulisi  Fa- 
thers as  its  mail  address.  A  statement  of  one 
of  the  Paulist  Fathers,  made  in  New  Brans- 

liiils  ol  WlllanI  Chrislian  Front 
Are  Beiiiji  Formed  in  Middiewest 

Ho^i*  Bfiiilc        .-'";  ^-r.-r^-:^"-  Ire..".-" 
t'xunmuni'Mii      ;^,  ^,  .  tTu'^HrS^'s 


tfc*— ^*^  — W.I    t*'!^ 


m  10  H  m. 


jSfe^SSK  rsstr^irsi  St,-:.- 


3i~u:= 


S^^Si^ 


sK^—ffa  r— .:i7=r~~"  ;2 


MAV  1,   1M0 


wick,  New  Jci-spy,  of  the  readiness  of  the  Tlo- 
man  Catholic  Cliuivli  to  kill  Hnjlwdy  with 
whom  tlic-y  disasioe  has  oflen  been  puWislicd 
in  these  columns. 

If  you  were  montaily  pubescent 
you  would  be  disturbed  that  the 
Dies  coiiuiiitlee,  before  and  .-irter 
the  seizure  of  tlic  seventeen  aam- 

plea,  always  indicated  that  it  was 

"not  interested  in  developing  that  line  of  in- 
vestifiation".  Dies  himaelf  was  reported  to 
huvc  been  in  with  CouRlilin  on  the  silver 
racket  and  was,  within  two  months  of  the  ar- 
rests, principal  speaker  Hi  a  Madison  Srjnare 
rally  which  was  attended  by  thousands  of  the 
Front  and  was  advertised  at  their  posts  or 
lodges  or  crim panics  as  a  "niust"  event.  Coiigli- 
lin  has  urged  Dies'  nomination  for  the  presi- 
dency of  tlie  United  Slates. 

As  early  as  1&36  Coughlin  made  the  state- 
ment, "Democracy  is  doomed !  I  take  the  road 
to  Fascism."'  There  was  notlilns  irregular 
about  Ihis.  The  Roman  Hierarchy  is  neces- 
sarily aK.'iin.<l  democrac.v.  In  their  eyes  the 
people  are  nuthinit  but  serfs,  to  be  bossed 
aroimd  t)y  priests  and  iii«her  oRieials,  On  the 
part  of  the  public  press"  and  most  certainly 
on  the  part  of  the  Hierarchy,"  there  has  been 
a  "conspiracy  of  silence"  regarding  the  sub- 

1  Only   two  flnvn  bcforo  (hat   sialwnrt   Prauti-jal 

Ciitiiolii',  Adolf  fliilcr,  opeai'd  Ilia  arm!'  nnti  Slulin 
fell  into  tlieni.  ■■Heverwid  FnlliM"Coufililin  lUitrd 
anullier  Wc  wir  "i  tiif  Cfmmiinti'U.  Whtai  auytliliiE 
iiky  litis  is  to  hn  iniUi-d  off.  llio  liig  noi""  u'  K"?"! 
Oiik  Bliould  i«i  C'vi'ti  ft  litiln  uuiile  iutijnnntion,  an 
B  thing  like  iliiB  iTijikoii  liini  "rem  ««u  moiw  Ynnlish 
thau  Ufninl. 

"If  Cmiglilia  liad  worn  the  doth  of  ftny  othw  reli- 
gions fnifh  tliun  Uie  Cnlholic  he  would  l)av^  linil  »n 
tipen  lijjlit  on  lii.i  hunds  ftum  mow  of  llip  Aiiiiiirlcan 
press  vedn*  sen,  and  llic  (ii-lifai'v  ini.h  ttIiicJi  liia  uc- 
tlviliei  luivc  bwn  iiiJiirfii  ;iU  tliifl  tirm',  iilt.hniigh  it 
ijiav  hfl  a  tribiili-  of  coiitidCTd^  in  the  Christiaulty  and 
cili'ii'iisl'ip  fif  the  rcwt  of  lhi>  Catholic  uli-rgj",  is  o^'ii 
to  u  Hu»['i'^ran  <■•(  let*  hononibl*  iiiotJvei.  My  VL-niion 
is  Thai  the  press  passed  liim  up  for  feai'  liiat  Catholies 
would  icgard  nn  Htlufk  oo  Coiiglilin  as  an  atUch  on 
tie  uliurch.— Westhrook  Pegler,  in  tlm  Chicago  Daili; 

»Tlie  <iii«tion  i»,  How  can  a  church  toan^ed  in 
jnstice  uiid  cliantj-  permit  its  olTirial  lepresonlativ- 
to  go  coulrarv  to  I'licsfi  principle!  of  Jualicp  nnd  cliur- 
ily.  The  liiri'Jt  iiiiHiv,.r  is  Hint  he  i»  not  »u  nffirial  Trp- 
rMenlalW''  '■/  Ihc  dnirvh  witon  lip  flpenkB  ovi-r  the  radio 
or  ttTilw  iu  tliai  papfr  which  jjoes  lindcr  the  incon- 
eruoiifi  Tinmi-  of  Suiial  .liialip.c,  fot  the  reason  tlint  his 
own  superiOT  hnn  slntpd  more  than  oaue  liiat  he  ha* 
gpven  uo  Kpj>r(iVRl.  His  jiupi^r,  Ikiclnl  Jnstioe.  bears 
no  stnmp  of  imptlniat.nr  from  Iiih  Bishop  which  ia 
necessary  if  he  wrilM  as  a  Catholic  prissl.— "  Revi-.r- 


versive  activities  of  his  Front.  Even  J.  Edpfar 
Iloovcr.  who  was  responsible  for  Ibe  arrest  of 
the  seventeen,  shies  away  from  naming  or  ar- 
resting the  man  who  put  the  yoting  men  in  the 
hole  where  thoy  now  are,  *  * 


cud  Father"  (irogory  A.  Feige.  Jrauit,  In  an  nddress 
nt  Williuinstown,  Maaiwieliiisetla.  tepo<"iPd  in  New 
Voik  Timta. 

<  FrilK  Kiihn.  tendri  of  the  Naii  Boni),  in  his  tcati- 
mon.v  before  (lie  f'onimittf^r.  spoke  of  lite  dosp  roln- 
lioni  the  Tliiiid  eujoyed  ivilh  f'nlhrr  Cougldiu.  He  wm 
no!  agkfft  lo  ■icvclop  ihi*  line  of  te^iimouy.  Ilooi^r 

Murtin  adltiilled  Ihiil  he  hud  had  a  i-onferMicn  n-ilh 
Father  ('oaghllu.  Hi'  was  not  naked  to  develop  ihi.i 
line  of  tealininav.  TIil-to  ws*  nn  fnvthfr  meulion  of 
Falher  Couehlin  in  llip  heariojcs  of  Ihp  CommiUee. 
Is  it  bf^eiHiBe  rliairninti  Dies  doiw  not  consider  Father 
Cnushlin  un-Aoiericaut  'Thru  he  does  uol  eonsidnr 
aoti-Heiiillism  and  Naiinin  iin-Aaiericaa;  Or--w\r.*jn 
of  tlic  Cllristian  Front  and  tin'  Chtislian  Mobili^ers 
lifive  beea  aric^t*i.l  ;!■' I  limei  (or  brem-lip.^  of  the  peace 
aitd  awmiill  upon  potiee  oltWra  nnd  i-itizeua  in  New 
York  City  alone,  accordlug  to  |inliei-  records.  Yet  when 
the  Dies'  Coioti'ittei'  investicalor  was  In  New  York, 
did  he  invesliijate  JosepS  McWilliams,  Bernard 
D"Atr.y,  Joiia  Ciuwidy  and  other  lenders  of  these  movfl- 
[ueutsf  The  an.iwer' of  course,  is  NO. — Tiiomaa  L. 
Hurris,  iu  The  Prolentant  Vigrst. 

iThn  fact  that  Father  Coughlin 'e  naioe  ia  withn- 
siastieullv  fhppred  at  tl«^  me^linga  of  the  Gcruian- 
AroetJKaii  Bviiid;  the  fact  thai  iiivilatioiiJi  to  llie 
Chtisliiin  Fnjiit  uieellnKs  nnd  to  Bund  iaei?tnicii  have 
beeu  handed  out  by  lliri  same  men  at  the  sanie  meet- 
incs:  Hw  fs'"t  thai  the  Chrislian  Frnnt  miiiiiluiiied 
picket  lines  at  WMl'A  radio  sialiou  in't-iy  Sunday  for 
a  full  vent,  bearing  large  plneiiids  on  wliitb  was  thn 
picture*  of  Falliei  Cougldin,  has  eneaped  the  uotiue 
of  invest igatorf.  Uaat  Siindny  .1.  Edjiar  Hoorer,  hcnd 
of  the  (edenii  bureau  of  inieslistttion,  said  he  under- 
-Mood  h'ailiei  (.roughlin  had  uo  conner.lioa  witli  the 
Cbriatiuu  Frt-iit,  although  il?  followera  sonietinics 
used  hia  uauii-,  I  ai"  afmid  that  Hoover  slmuhi  get 
atound  more.  One  mi;|-ht,  for  iostunee,  gel  records  ot 
Falher  Couuhlin's  spoechM,  or  njad  copies  of  Social 
.lustiee.  Tliere  was,  for  ia»tuiice,  thai  moeting  in  Iho 
Hetropolitun  Opera  house  in  Philadelphia  July  U. 
1!"39.  in  which  Fatlier  OouyMin.  speiikini:  from  De- 
troit hy  wire  and  iiinpli tier. "praised  the  nohiovpaieula 
of  John  CuBSidv,  cf-niniander  of  the  Christian  Front. 
iirclnK  the  mcmbris  at  Ibe  audience  to  sup[>ott  and 
join  ihal  orgiiniKUti'-'D.  am)  ending  by  con»tfvin«  upon 
CaMtdv  the  hleasings  of  Alniifihly  Ood.  Cnandy  is 
now  under  arrest  with  sixteen  others,  on  l!ie  grouad 
that  ihev  are  iiniiliesned  in  a  plot  to  spteud  a  general 
reign  of  (error.  Iloovcr  thinks  Thetp  ia  no  eonn«tion 
between  Fattier  Couiihlin  aud  Hie  ClirlMian  Front  in 
epii.o  of  the  fact  pMther  Couglilia's  paper,  Soeinl 
Justice,  ■■■inducted  a  Olirisli-in  FronI  coulwt  for 
months  lasl  year,  offering  priiea  for  tkfi  heat  ausu-eia 
to  eottnin  inJlilical,  eeonoaiic  and  social  qnestiona.  It 
was  a  eijte  eouleal,  lic-mise  istch  au»uy<r  nils  acconi- 
nnnied  by  50  cent*,  aud  the  right  answer  (prepared 
by  Falher  Couehlin)  got  a  priKc.  The  pr.iceeds  of  this 
eduiMttional  lollerv  "Vre  to  he  uaed  f^>r  the  litoiideuat- 
ing  fnnds  with  whiuh  lo  help  Anatice  Father  Cinch- 
lio's  radio  addrwaw  to  Uia  natUin.  One  quealion  la 

CONSOLATION 


Jesuits  Trained  Cassidy 

It  slioiiM  surprisi?  no  one  to  learn  tliat  John 
F.  Cassidy,"  th<;  leuiJt^r  of  the  seventeen  sam- 
ple Pronlors.  is  u  gradtiale  of  t!ie  Jesuit 
Fordham  University,  New  York  city.  He  has 
thus  been  perfectly  Inilnod  in  disloyalty  to 
American  institutions  and  in  plans  to  take 
tliem  over.  The  president  of  Pordhani.  "Rev- 
eifiid  Knili.-r"  Kohert  I.  Gannon,  hoasis  that 
in  llie  last  lliiw  yt-ars  that  imivcrsily  received 
unaoJiciled  gifts  of 
$450,000.  The  wonder 
18  that  they  were  so 
small,  when  one  real- 
izes the  forces  that 
are  baekiiiR  Fascism 
in  this  coimlry. 

('assidy  is  tendered 
the  Fascist  salute  by 
his  followers,  lie  was 
an  active  member  of 
■"Reverend  Father" 
Ciin-an's  Internation- 
al Catholic  Truth  So- 
ciety.  There  is  a  vast 
difference  between 
Catholic  truth  and 
just  ordinary,  com- 
mon, cverydiiy  trnlh. 
He  was  present  when 
the  first  Ch  rislijtn 
Front  was  formed 
under  the  Kuidunec 
of  "Keverend  Father" 
Edward  Bnrke  at  the 
rectory  of  the  Paulisl 
Fathers  in  JIanliat- 
tan.  He  is  a  forceful 
orator,  lie  repeatedly 
shouted,  "We  have  tried  the  pen,  and  now 
we  must  use  the  sword,"  and  urged  the  young- 
tT  members  to  train  for  street  fighting  and 
"Other  things". 


The  Little  Flowpr  goes  to  sued 


Cassidy's  pal,  Claiis  Gimther  Erneeke  (sui- 
cided April  1 1) ,  he  introduced  as  his  "militarj- 
direelorV  lie  is  said  to  be  of  the  Bund,  and 
illegally  in  America.  At  a  meeting  in  Philadel- 
phia shortly  before  bis  arrest,  this  man.  called 
"Bill"'  by  Cassidy,  boasted,  "We  have  the 
guns  ana  soon  we  will  call  on  Philadelphia  to 
join  our  ranlis." 

Francis  P.  Moran,'  Boston  uuil,  who.se 
Christian  Fi-onl.  meetings  were  addresse<i  by 
Coughlin  by  piped-in 
telephone,  made  in- 
citements to  violence 
a.s  frequently  and 
openly  as  Cassidy  or 
Fmeeke.  Coughlin's 
paper  "Social  Jus- 
tice" boasted  that 
in  Worceste  r  and 
Springfield  riflemen's 
groups  in  units  of  100 
rillcmen  each  were 
being  organiied.  This 
boast  was  less  than  a 
month  before  the 
seventeen  were  ar- 
rested. 

('assid/s  spiritual 
a d V i scr.  "Reverend 
h'  a  t  h  e  r"  K  d  w  a  r  d 
Lodge  Curran,  the 
"Reverend  Father" 
Coiighliu  himself,  and 
his  adjutant  the 
'•Reverend"  Cyril 
Keating,  liavo  fur- 
nished inflammatory 
oratory  for  the  Fronts 
in  many  places — 
Boston,  New  York,  Philadelphia,  iVtinneapolis 
and  elsewhere.  To  start  a  revolution  in  the 
United  Stales  takes  a  lot  of  work. 


tli!e  contMt  was;  Wlint  Is  AtBeiIcji*a  strongeal  snfe- 
guanl  apaiiisl  Cuinmimism?  The  nnswer  wiis,  '-X 
Ohriminn  ti'Tont.''  In  the  issue  of  Novctaber  20,  19X9. 
liie  '[uoslion  was  suked,  ■■Wiiiit  is  Piitbet  Coiigblin 'b 
mout  i-iiijiliutic  Btivitp  lo  llie  t'lirifi'ian  Fronll  And 
the  HJiBU'ef  whs,  *'Mpyl  f^if*'!.-  will*  torcp  a*  -i  liLst 
rcsorL"  Evidently  the  Clirisliau  Front  boys  lliinlt 
(he  liine  ha.*  fiirm  for  tlin  liisl  ii?sorl.  But  Falher 
Oougldio  lias  nolliiug  ti>  do  willi  it  alll  (Dorolhy 
Thoiopson.  Copyrighl,  IMO.  New  Yorli  Trihuiir.  tuc.) 

«Tlie  names  of  some  of  Cnwidy's  companions  arc 
MlPhnel  ■Tos<T>li  Biffiic.  Leroy  Keeg»Q,  Ovorgo  Kelly, 
(■'mnli  Mi.-lmcl  Mnlonc.  Alfred  J.  Qtimlun,  Mii;lifl«t 
Vill,  and  K.tiviii'il  Wiiinh. 

MAY   1,   19t0 


'  Tlie  Da-it;/  Nfws  is  kind,  wlipn  it  wish<>R  to  be. 
Knowing  tlifi  ehuti^li  ta  ivIiiuU  t'lissidy.  Bierue,  K^egan. 
Kolly,  Mnlonf.  Qiiinkn.  Buekley.  WiiIbIi  nnd  oUierii  of 
Tlie  Clirialisu  Front  belong,  it  whs  gooil  of  Ilic  News 
lo  diaignale  us  the  teporlers  to  wiite  l!i*  story 
■'doivn  Miflinrl  O'Brim  and  .ToIib  Mt'NulIy.  Tli* 
geur.lpinfin  did  jib  thiy  worn  Pippi-t.pd  lo  do.  In.itend 
of  Mi'kiion'ledKinit  Jof>n  F.  Cnssidy  as  the  Irndi-r  of 
tliP  plol.  (nndM  Cougldin)  lliey  wrote  it  Ibat  "Koo- 
aeciy  oamed  Btsbnp  ax  n  lingViidd  la  tlic  oroup". 
Tliut  iras  nit'e  of  tlwiji.  (o  (ilp  Kennedy  M  ifmr  au- 
thority. Tht'  pafi*r  llial  iiubli«lied  their  story  referred 
lo  the  BoBlnn  (pjider,  Fruneiii  P.  Muriin,  as  Frautis 
P.  Morgiiu.  Thrtt  wiiH  iiifti  t'f  them,  In  ehnnee  ""Mo' 
nm"  1(1  ■ ' Uorijttu ' '.  It  lielpit  to  fovur  tli'mcs  up.  to 
thi!  story  nothing  waa  anid  about  Cougliliu's  encour- 


Coughlin  the  Ringleader 

In  Mav  and  June,  193S,  in  his  pap«r  "So- 
cial Justice",  CouKhlin  urged  hia  foiiftwers  to 
orgnniKe  pUwons.  gnvc  them  detailed  instruc- 
tions on  how  to  proceed,  and  told  the  Chris- 
tian Front  RTOups  by  radio,  "\ou  and  your 
group  are  directly  affiliated  to  me."  La'^f  >» 
the  vwir,  '-It  is  nei't'ssary  for  us  to  aohdlfy 
and  St rengthun  a  virile,  closely  woven  Ohn&- 
tian  Front/'  ,   , 

In  Julv.  just  after  his  Front  tried  unsuc 
ccssfvilly'to  break  up  the  as.wmbly  of  Je^ho- 
vah's  witnesses,  in  Madison  Square  Uurden 
(June  25.  1939.  at  which  convention  Judge 
Rutherford  was  the  speaker),  Coughlin  ad- 
dressed 8,500  "enthufiiastic  crusaders  ol  ihe 
Front  at  Philadelphia.  John  CaasSdy,  head 
ol  the  organization,  was  there  and  pomlod  out 
that  unils  were  th.'n  in  Connation  m  Bcveral 
cities  of  the  eastern  seaboard,  and  wheu 
CouKbliii  had  finished  his  address  he  said  over 
the  pipcd-in  tek-phon*^  wire,  as  his  elosmp  sal- 
utation, "And  God  bless  Mr.  Casaidy  and  the 
Christian  Front."  Two  weeks  later  he  issued 
"a  call  to  action". 

In  less  than  sis  months  Cassidy 
was  in  jail,  when  Coughlin  prompt- 
Iv  disowiK-d  him.  But  in  a  week  he 
hud   received   such   assurances   of 

^ I  Honimerl'ereiiee    and    of   support 

tliat  he  bui-ked  up  enurago  enough  to  "asso. 
ciate  himself  definitely  mth  the  Christian 
Front".  If  a  man  is  a  natural  liar  he  can  ne 
bolii  ways  a  week  apart. 

The  appeal  for  action  boro  fruit,  There 
were  fifteen  instanees  of  theft  of  guus  and 
ammunition  from  National  Guard  nnits  «nd 
their  eonnealmenl  in  BrwAiyn  hideonls.  From 
the  Roek  Island  Arsenal,  largest  U.  S.  Uovcrn- 
mont  supply  base,  there  were  stolen  4.1  U  per- 
cussion caps,  besides  pereussion  fuses,  mortar 
shells,  and  percussion  primers.* 

After  Coughlin  i-egaiiied  his  nerve  it  came 
out  that  iiis  organizations  had  been  formed  m 

©?  ThP  CUnslixn  Front,  or  of  tli<^  Vftrl  thnt  Ipw  ihan 

maker  on  tho  sam*  rtatform  «ilh  IhP  '  R"*'*"'J 
father"  Bd«w.l  r.mlp>  C.mo.  in  B'OJ.''/^"- J''* 
iVu'.  «-atfh«  it*  «rp»  d.^jfly.  It  cm.W  lie    o  h  gh 

to  CPt  .-hiiciit  tellinc  the  inith  about  America  .  Public 

tf  it  aiu  h."lp  ilMlt.  It  vwax»  10  «tBy  In  biwineM. 

■  This  ftU  t^Staa  rcgiilnr.  How  are  CooghHo  Chris- 
ti«n  FMnWro  to  (trab  tHe  Caited  SUtM  Go-rsromwt 

6 


nearlv  all  cities.  His  organization  in  Jersey 
City  "came  to  the  relief  of  ttie  sevcnte<rn  by 
helping  to  raise  money  for  bail,  and  in  Brook- 
lyn  four  thousand  turned  out  for  the  same 
purpose.  Now  wateh  these  Iraitors  become 
heroes  in  the  eyes  of  the  dirt>-  pi-ess. 

Who  Wants  Fmcism? 

Who  wants  the  totalitarian  state  in  tJiO 
United  Slates,  whieli  end  thf^se  sevcntt-en  had 
in  mind  in  Iboir  plot?  It  is  now  several  years 
since  Ma.iov  General  Smt-dley  D.  Butler  a»- 
nouneed  lliat  fourti.'en  of  Amencas  billion- 
aires a.ssured  him  that  they  had  studied  Blus- 
eolini^s  methods.  Hiat  he  was  making  a  go  of 
it  and  that  thev  intended  to  set  up  the  same 
Hvstem  here.  Myron  C.  Taylor,  Roosevelt  s 
personal  ambassador  to  the  pope,  is  a  great 
admirer  of  Mussolini,  his  sytslem  and  the  re- 
sults he  obtains.  .  ,  .  i  jt^ 
Myron  C.  Taylor,  bom  neb,  had  made 
$20,000,000  wheii  he  was  but  .'>0  years  of  age. 
His  cut  ot  25  percent  in  Ihe  waRcs  of  the  steel 
company  employees  at  Gary,  Indiana,  was 
prior  to  the  passing  of  the  ordinance  that 
steel  workers  and  others  who  cat  out  of  gar- 
bnge  cans  in  that  city  must  be  careful  where 
they  throw  their  scraps.  They  try  to  keep  the 
streets  of  the  cilv  clean,  as  is  proper  in  the 
iargeat  city  of  the  Steel  Trust's  domains. 

Taylor  saw  the  pope  and  bowed  three  times 
going  in  and  three  times  (deeply)  on  gomg 
out   after  which  lie  said  he  did  not  have  an>' 
plans.  That  seems  exciting.  Pacclli  failed  to., 
"bices"  him  as  he  backed  out,  because  he  tf' 
not  a  Catholic,  yet. 

Fascist  plans  for  America  are  in  good  shope. 
The  grand  knight  of  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
told  an  audicnee  at  Detroit  that  the  450,000 
members  of  his  order  ai-c  ready  for  whatever 
role  mav  be  assigned  to  them  "in  the  event 
the  I'nitcd  States  is  forced  to  pi-olcct  its 
ideals".  Coughlin  will  tell  them  what  to  pro- 
tect, maybe. 

The  Navy  wants  a  share  of  the  commi 
glory,  and  asked  Congreia  to  pass  a  bill  «m 
powering  the  president,  under  certain  eircumj 
sunces.  to  lake  possession  of  a  factory.  If  thai 
isn't  a  dietator.'ship.  what  is  itt 

The  Hierarchy's  scheme  is  to  resurrect  the 
ancient  guild  system  in  which  roasters  and 

unless  Ihey  hnvc  suppUw  for  Ihn  mjkMw  f""*  P"" 

hurshft  word.  H  the  Ihiiig  >»  l.onwH.v  lorwtiCftW 
U  will  probably  bs  found  that  ibi»  "a?  ■»*'"'^^"  '^*^ 
of  one  iMidB  Ciirisllftn  Frontw  ooloekiog  iho  door  to 


oiiwttior. 


CONSOUATION 


sen-anls  in  eaeh  trade  would  oe  in  one  Big 
Union  controlled  by  Ihe  bishops,  and  rlie  man 
that  did  nut  (urn  Ccitholic  would  not  be  ablo 
to  eat.  because  be  would  not  be  able  to  get  a 
job.  . 

The  prints  want  theirs  in  this  life  and  are 
illegally  nnd  with  astonishing  impudene«  op- 
erating KamhlinK  raekels  (Bingo)  in*coiuit- 
less  American  cities,  as  Cincinnati,'  Indian- 
apoliB,  Cleveland,  Jlilwaukee.  tn  defiance  of 
all  law. 

The  bankers  arp  so  impressed  with  the  week- 
ly hauls  (i(  the  rclinimis  croolis  tliitt  th«ir  lat- 
est provision  for  them  (in  Denver)  is  that 
they  may  do  ail  their  butnking  busin&s.s  in  little 
private  rooms,  built  for  their  special  iiae. 

Hitter  Shoiced  the  Way 

In  his  book  Mein  Kampf  Hitter  showed 
ever>body  how  to  go  about  if.  to  destroy  a 
people's  p»vi>nimcnt  and  inaugurate  u  totali- 
tarian one.  The  Iwok  was  not  written  in  vain. 
It  even  showed  Ihc  l-Tici-archy  how  to  do  it.  and 
so,  come  1940.  "the  I'apal  nuncio  in  Berlin 
was  tlie  first  at  the  doors  of  the  Fuehrer's 
cbancellcry  to  extend  to  him  the  greetings  and 
good  wishes  of  the  pope  hiniself,  and  of  the 
Catliolic  cJcrgy,"  And  the  bishoijs  of  fJei-- 
Ulany,  in  their  pastoral  letter  to  all  the  foitU- 
ful,  authorit.^lively  deci.ircd: 

In  lhl<  lii-uisivi-  hour  we  niimonifth  our  Catholic 
soldieri  to  flo  Ihcirdntv  tti  obfdi^ur^to  the  Fuehrer 
ffln4  be  reaily  lo  saeriliee  iheir  whole  individuality. 
W«  uppcn!  in  the  Fnilbfiil  lo  join  in  nrdi-nl  pray- 
ers that  Pivine  Prfividetice  may  ipnii  lhi«  wnr  tn 
blessed  suiici>s^. 

The  ]>ope  knows  he  eonid  stop  the 
war  tomorrow  if  he  would  put  Ger- 
many under  an  interdict,  but  this 
would  mean  shuttins  off  his  own 
revenues,  and  It  would  require 
honesty  and  coursge.  And  the  pope  has  none 
of  these  ihings. 

There  has  been  a  deal  said  about  neo-p&gnn- 
ism  in  Oermany  in  recent  years,  but  nothing 
is  heard  of  it  now,  sinec  the  bishops  hnve  told 
all  the  neo-paiians  that  tliey  can  become  Itomo- 
pagftns  hy  merely  sisnini?  on  the  dotted  luie. 
The  persecution  storie«  received  an  awful 
setback'  when  Sister  Bogiimila.  back  from  a 
sojourn  in  a  Polisli  convent  on  the  outskirts 
of  Warsaw,  aiid.  "I  cati't  exaifgei-ate  in  saying 
ho»v  nice  the  (ierman  soldiers  were  to  lis.'' 
She  explfiiitcti  also  tlml  iit  the  time  of  the 
bombing  of  Warsaw  Hitler  came  to  the  con- 
vent, and  ascended  the  steeple  of  the  adjoin- 

MAY   1,   IMS 


ing  ehnrch,  so  that  he  cotild  gloat,  with  his 
own  eyes,  on  the  specUcle  of  thousands  of  his 
fellow  men  being  niurdei-ed  in  a  few  minutes 
of  time  and  the  homes  of  tJicir  wives  and  chil- 
dren destroyed. 

Before  and  After  the  Arrests 

Just  before  the  arrest  of  the  seventeen  plot- 
ters apainst  the  Ameriean  Government,  and 
when  tiie  Fronlors  were  feeling  their  oats  the 
moat.  Raymond  Etteidorf,  in  The  Observer, 
Dubuque,  Iowa,  America's  only  daily  Catliolic 
pjiper.  showed  what  was  in  hia  mind,  and  what 
is  in  the  mind  of  all  I  he  Frontors  as  the  next 
step  in  the  program  to  '"lliikc  jVmerica  Cath- 
olic". From  the  issue  of  January  II,  lS4fl: 

It  seems  thfll  the  tiniversnt  eonvei-aion  oE  Ameri- 
ca, if  ever  it  conws  hefon-  Ihc  lust  d«ys,  roust  ^ome 
from  uri^-crsiilly  ofnu^erted  nnd  rirganiwti  efforts. 
And  ^iirii  cfforle  in  [he  Catholic  Chiirvti  are  best 
efteeleii  by  u  si>eeisl  religimis  order.  Often  in  the 
history  of  tlu!  Ohun-h,  when  there  was  a  pri-itl  task 
lo  be  done,  it  irns  nccismjiliHlicil  by  a  reljgioas  ord*r. 
Id  the  middle  a^s.  wben  tht-  inaMCs  stined  to  be 
losing  contact  wilh  t!w  Clinri-h,  it  v-dx  the  l-'rnncis- 
can  nrdiT  that  re-cBtabliNhcd  this  contact;  when 
the  Al])i™<in8inn  '  heresy  lore  at  the  fibres  <if  faith, 
it  was  Ihe  Dominican  ordnr  that  oniiihird  Ihc  hpreiy; 
affiT  Lnlhcr  nitempird  a  reformat  ion  ili.it  resulted 
in  division  of  Cliri^liimity.  il  wu.i  the  Jesuit  ordur 
th»t  iin^omplished  a  true  ret'onnntifln. 

»'-.\i.BiOES8E8,  .  -  .  In  thn  twnlfth  century  in  Iho 

south  of  France,  'lislinguialieit!  hy  tPieir  xeslo^ui  oppoel- 
lion  to  tlie  Cliurcli  ol  liumu,"  In  ilicir  bi;Ucfs''we 
And  no  vrftiecs  of  Dunliani,  nnr  nnr  tiling  which  in- 
dkstt*  the  loasl  stllnitj'  «itli  Oriental  ilieorics  or 
emanation".  Tlu-y  had  ■" ' unwiivcriui;  belii-f  in  the 
corruption  of  the  mcdincvnl  ChniEh,  Mpcfiaily  ns 
KovAntntI  by  tl»t  RoJiisn  pontilT*''.  "  lmt<>ri<att  HI 
Mijuined  ujiun  all  prinvca  tu  exiiel  the»i  from  llieir 
dominions  m  1909.''  "Tlie  heretics  wi-re  handed  oyct 
to  thfi  prnnelvliiiniT  ^i-nl  of  Ihe  iifcict  nf  Doroiniciinn, 
«nd  llii*  hlo'iily  Irihunalg  ot  the  iiiqniMti<iti;  niid  Iwth 
lueii  Iheir  utiiiuel  jiuH*rr  tu  bring  lh>.'  r<;>:uBuul  Albiuca- 
»(;s  to  ihn  .-"liilte,  nnd  nl-io,  In-  inflipling  Sfveic  punish- 
monl    on    the    pniiicnt    rrtnvci  l«.    In    nutiii.'   dyi'ftil    rtf 

incurring  the  Church's  dlnjilessute. "  ''tt  Is  likely, 
US  has  been  reiuHrliei]  uboie.  thai  many  who  held  the 
simple  trutli*  o(  ihn  Gospe!.  in  opposition  to  tlw  cor- 
riiplinn  of  R>>inc,  non  Inrltirlpil  m  ihe  tlllo  by  th« 
Roniii-h  aulhoritie*." 

■■V.'iih  the  cx^ption  of  thi^  diiitRc  of  rejecting 
[nivlci^insticiil]  miirrin)^,  no  nllngation  I*  mnda 
H^-.'iiiisi  their  luornle'  Ity  lli«  betler  clsixs  of  Roman 
wriiprs.    Their   constancy    in    sufteriua   cxeiled    llie 

Koiiric;r  of  their  opponcils.  ■Tell  nic,  Tioly  fntbrr," 
savj  Rvervlnui"  tn  St.  llfrnafil,  iplitinK  the  mnrtyMoni 
of  throe  of  Iliese  heretic?,  'bow  is  thl«t  They  ciitored 
to  llie  sliilic  an'l  bure  the  tormenl  of  the  lire.  :m[  only 
witli  priiifncc,  but  with  joy  nnd  ahidnc.-"*.  I  wish  j-ijiit 
explanation,  how  thwn  mcmbpfn  of  ihc  dcril  could 
peisiat  in  Ihcir  ii*re*y  with  n  courage  Bn<!  conslanoy 
(CoHtiimed  at  foot  »f  pas*  S) 


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Six  weeks  Rfltr  these  arresls.  six  of  Jfeho- 
vali's  ^vitiipsses  in  Moiitii^al  were  scnlciiecd  to 
two  months  in  prison  "on  chiiiKCM  of  coiispir- 
inK  to  dtstribuU!  swlilions  libel".  Had  they 
been  rlislrlhiilin?  any  of  CohkIiUii's  inilniiiniii- 
torj-  stuff?  Oil,  no.  What  had  lh<-.v  been  doing, 
then?  Oh,  just  doing  what  the  Lord  told  them 
to  do.  f>roolaimint!  Tlie  Tlieocraey  as  man's 
only  hope.  Bui  win  men  and  women  (some  of 
thcsd  were  women  1  be  jailed  on  such  ai-ciisn- 
tions  as  this?  Oh,  no.  not  at  all,— not  lcgall\' : 
th«y  are  just  plain  <'hristians.  not  persons 
with  u  "Christian"  Front, 

Yon  can  Ijg  -snre  that  the  seventeen  arrested 
in  Bi'Ool\-|>ni,  and  the  tens  of  thousands  that 
should  have  been  arresled  at  the  same  time, 
will  ffo  seot-free.  Yon  will  read  slobbery  stufl' 
about  their  idealism,  ete.,  etc.,  until  you  want 
to  vomit.  Tile  same  forees  tluit  set  entirely 
free  Ilie  "Reverend  Father"  Cox  at  Pitts- 
burgh, and  also  set  free  his  fellow  crooks_ after 
thev  bad  eonfessed  their  shameful  part  in  bis 
disgraeoful  acts,  will  see  to  it  that  neilbor 
the.se  men  nor  the  man  who  ineited  them  to 
tlieiv  course  will  gel  anything  out  of  this  but 
a  good  advertisement.  But  you  watch  and  see 
what  Jehovah's  witnesses  get  for  telling  the 
truth. 

Don't  Worry  About  Coughlin 

Of  eouiwe.  you  jilready  know  lliat 
Coughlin  was  caught  redlianded  in 
thisChristiiin  Front  eonspiraey; 
but  don't  be  worried  about  bim. 
lie  is  not  worried  about  himself, 
nor  is  anv  other  person  eonnected  with  the 
biggest  racket  in  the  world.  The  Vatican 
crowd  know  ibat  they  have  the  noHlieians 
of  the  Unitwl  States,  from  the  president  down, 
readv  to  step  to  one  .side  and  let  them  have 
their  own  way,  and  this  applies  to  most  of 
the  judges,  loo. 

Did  anything  happen  to  that  PittsburRh 
crook,  Cox,  who  opcialed  one  of  the  \iorMt 
swindles  ever  pulled  off  in  the  United  States? 
Why,  certainly  .not.  Did  anything  liapiien  to 
the  Uougherly  gang  in  Philadelphia  for  their 
conspiraey  against  Judge  Rutherford?  Why, 

sratrcely  to  be  tvftni  in  llio  tawt  rclijEbiw  of  tlie  Ciilli 
of  Clirist.'  " 

The  foi-eKoing  (■iliitioiiB  finm  MoClinlofk  4;.  St-tonj:^ 
Enc'iclopi'ilui  roenrrtms  tlit-Bi?  tnitliful  wilin-BBi--'  t,t  tt.n 
Loril  phonli!  bt-  suiiiilciiiciii'^  \>\  Uie  incX  thut  llial 
blood tiiiM IV  "on  of  iliL-  Devil,  Ambfow  Kstll,  in  oni- 
of  tte  kltst  dlLtrmcntB  lit-  over  mu^r.  (iind  \w  will 
never  miiki?  imutluT  snyHiicn-.  fur  l»nii>h  26:  13,14 
sliom-a  filainly  Ihnt  lie  ift  ■Ira'i  for  e^*'].  filiMUnil  ovnr 
tlicir  destruction. 
8 


ecrtainlv  not.  Will  anjihing  bappen  to 
Coughlin?  Most  certainly  not.  The  Hierarchy 
will  take  eare  of  all  tfjat.  Politidaiui  do  as  they 
arc  told, 

There  is  not  a  more  unprincipled  man  in 
tlie  woild  than  the  Jc-tuit-trained  Gocbbelst, 
IIitler"s  propaganda  minister.  Oughliu  has 
repeated  Ooebbels'  stuff  word  for  word,  with- 
ovit  ehanging  a  commn.  Like  lliller  himself, 
the  two  men  i-eeeived  their  training  in  the 
gi-ealest  lie  faetory  beneath  the  sun. 

At  the  salesroom  for  Coughlin's  junk,  at 
Hoval  Oak,  Michigan,  visitors  ai-e  invited  to 
enroll  for  the  Radio  League  of  the  Little  Flow- 
er, with  the  assurance  that  it  is  a  "non-polit- 
ical organization".  Thus  outfit  took  in  about 
$i,Onn.onn  from  the  public  and  invested 
$D9,192.17  of  that  amount  in  the  National 
Union  Cor  Soeial  Justice,  which  is  a  political 
orgatiJKalion. 

At  the  same-  lime  that  tins  liorsecollared 
gent  w.-is  denouncing  stock  trading  on  the 
radio  as  "gHiiililing  with  other  people's  money" 
he  was  trading  in  auto  stocks. 

While  he  was  bemoaning  the  low  priee  of 
silver,  one  of  his  female  elerks  was  holding 
500,OnO  ounces  of  the  metaU  and  when  Cough- 
lin, with  the  alleged  help  of  Dies  (yes,  the  same 
I>ies),  had  shoved  the  price  up  from  2!)e  aji 
ounee  to  64.64  cents  un  oniice.  you  ean  guess 
how  mucii  ("Viughlin  was  milly  grieving  over 
the  sad  lot  of  tlie  10,000.000  -starving  unem- 
ployed" when  lie  aold  out. 

About  the  Christian  Front 

Oil  >es,  a  few  kind  wortis  about  Conglilin'fl 
(Jhilstian  Froiil.  In  kin  pH|)er,  Soeial  Justiec, 
Mav  23,  193s.  tellitig  the  Fascists  uf  America 
how  to  go  about  it  to  pull  off  the  same  kind 
of  deal  IlilkT  pulled  off  in  Germany  atid 
Franeo  pulled  off  in  Spain,  he  said: 

l,ct  your  iirgauiKfttion  be.  composed  of  no  more 
than  25  members.  After  a  few  pcmlauts  with  Ihesw 
2.'^  pinBOiia  von  will  nbs.-tve  Ihal  |wo  a£  lliem  m»y 
be  fii|mblL-'of  onrnnixinK  2o  more.  Inviti-  these 
fapabb  pi-opli-  to  do  that  vrry  Ihiiig. 

Three  weeks  later  he  added  to  the  foregoing 
instructions  (is-sue  of  June  13,  laaS)  further 
details  of  how  to  get  ready  for  the  big  putsch : 

Wlicii  the  nKini<-nl  arrives,  nmi  not  before  that 
time,  Kiitlier  Coughlin  will  MBseinble  nil  oi-t-aniza- 
lions  whosr  Irmk'tTi  rare  to  folloir  him. 

The  names  of  the  various  organizations 
affiliated  with  The  Christian  Front  are  all 
tduiwn ;  The  Cerman-Ameriean  Bund.  The 
Christian  Mobilizcrs.  The  American  Patriots, 
The  American  Nationalises,  The  <:itizcn's  Pro. 

CONSOLATION 


tectiTC  League,  The  Gemiaii- American  Busi- 
ness LeBgtie,  Tlie  Orusaders  for  Anier)<an- 
isin.  «te. 

After  Eclvertising  over  tho  radio  Novem- 
ber 7,  1938. 

1  um  hiTfby  n' lib  drawing  Troni  nil  radio  activily 
in  the  hrul  inli-ifsiK  uf  all  ibe  pcnpU-;  I  urn  doing 
Ibis  wilhont  flttomjil iiijt  tn  uffw  «ne  nlibi.  ihi'ivhy 
proving  lliiil  my  promise  is  licUi-r  Ihaii  my  bond, 
he  was  back  on  Uio  air  afiaiii  early  llic  foilow- 
ing  yvar  and  on  Jjily  30.  1939,  had  this  to  say 
for  hrniwlf  and  his  Ohriatiaii  Front  buddies: 

We  will  Hjrlil  you  in  Ftimeo's  wny  it  tiocmotary. 
Call  ibia  inila minatory  if  you  will.  It  is  inHiiminu- 
tory.  Rpst  nsauifd  wn  will  fight  you  luid  we  will  win. 

Cathotie  Boys  Believed  Him 

Becaiiac  In-  liiis  a  fine  radio  voice,  and  is 
trained  in  all  the  stJindanl  tricks  of  deina- 
goguory,  and  because  lie  has  tliu  false  social 
front  that  goes  wilh  1he  horseeullar,  some 
thousands  ol'  Oalholie  Iwj's  believed  him,  look 
him  at  his  word  and  orpanixcd  a  eiany  con- 
spiracy to  seize  the  United  States  with  a  few 
old  rifles,  after  the  manner  of  Hitlers  gang 
in  (iermany.  AeconlinR  to  their  adverliae- 
mcnts  only  men  could  join,  they  must  be  over 
IS,  they  mast  liav^  a  military  rword,  and  the 
liooktip  was  tlirough  Post.  Office  Box  69.  Sta- 
tion G,  Xc^v  York  Oity. 

Tlie  movement  gi'cw  rapidly.  At  the  time 
of  Judge  Rutlierford's  lei^ture  in  Madison 
Square  (iardeu,  Jnne  'J5,  1939.  the  gans  felt 
strong  enough  to  undertake  to  break  np  a 
Cliristian  a,ssemhly  of  IS.OflO  persons.  They 
tried  it  and  failed.  Five  weeks  lalt-r.  in  Soeial 
Jusliw  for  duly  31.  1939,  Coughlin  deacribwl 
the  emonienee  of  the  "highly  ontanized  and 
rapidiv  growing  militant  Chrisfiuti  Front" 
and  iii'nioiinced  tliat  a  goal  of  5,0011.00(1  mem- 
bers by  Ihe  fait  nl'  1940  was  ihi-  ob.jective.  In 
the  Nfime  month.  Jidy,  193'J.  he  harunaued  the 
Chriafiiin  Front  in  I'liilad.lphia,  Pa.,  and 
"Tjlessed"  it  (ovt'r  the  teleptionc).  The  chair- 
man of  that  meetiUK  was  John  F.  Cussidy, 
one  of  the  Catholic  boys  involved  in  the  con- 


spiracy against  the  Government.  Cassidy  may 
go  behind  bai^  (probably  not),  but  the  one 
tliat  incited  him  will  be  puni-shed,  eertainly 
NOT. 

in  the  July  31. 1939.  issue  of  his  paper  (see 
eut  on  page  3)  ''Reverend  Father"  Co>Mch!in 
carried  sercaminK  lieadl intrs  "Chrialian  Front 
Carries  Fight  Into  More  Slates";  and.  in  the 
August  7  iMsue  of  the  same  paper,  said,  "The 
plaee  for  you,  as  a  Christian,  is  on  tlie  Chris- 
tian Front."  In  The  Cmnmanweal  (Catholic 
weekly  Journal)  appeared  the  admission: 

Father  Cougblin,  The  Broolclyii  Talilel,  Social 
Justice  and  thitir  maay  abeltore  snd  sympntbixera 
iiiusl  bear  the  direct  rt«|io lis ibi lily  for  the  plight 
of  Ihi'sc  17  yoniig  men.  For  months  Thi-  Tablet's 
forrespondi-iicte  c()lnniiis  have  been  the  free  public 
formn  for  ihe  nalionnl  diret-tor  of  tli^  group,  John 
F,  llnsKiiiy. 

After  Caasidy  and  his  friends  were  arrest«d, 
on  January  14,  1941).  Couglilin  "ronndly  dis- 
avowed" the  Christian  FVont  members  eailght 
in  the  sedition  and  conspiracy  net  and  ex- 
pressed hope  that  tlie  Department  of  Justice 
would  "substariliato  every  statement  made". 
At  Ihis  point  he  was  interested  in  saving  his 
own  hide. 

A  week  later,  having  i-epained  his  nerve, 
he  again  proved  how  pcrfeetly  not  one  tiling 
he  says  can  be  believed,  by  reveraing  himself 
as  follows: 

T  tnkc  my  stmid  beside  the  ClirisUnn  Fronters. 
RiH'ogiiiziiig  also  timt  in  one  sense  tbf  oppo-iiliou 
to  Oommuiiism  is  on  trial  (IT)  I  freely  choose  to 
be  idculilii'd  il*  ii  frii-ud  of  the  Recused.  It  matters 
not  wliether  tbcy  lie  RinHy  ">'  innoeeni;  he  they 
nnlcnl  rolluwcrs  of  the  priticiplcs  of  Christianity 
or  the  betviiyei-s  i>r  ibrtu,  my  place  in  by  their  «de 
until  they  are  rcleiLicd  or  convicted. 

Probably  in  the  meantime  Coiighlin  was 
tipped  off  that  nothing  woidd  happen  to  him. 
Certainly  xot.  I>o  yoii  think  the  most  aneicnt 
racket  in  the  world  is  going  to  let  one  of  their 
stooges  down  Ihe  way  he  was  at  first  going  to 
let  ("a-ssidy  and  tlie  other  boys  dowiiT  Yon 
don't  know  religion. 


Bishop  Pegler  on  Coughlin 


ITIIERE  is  no  telling  how  far  the 
Rev.  Father  C^tigldin  may  go,  so 
just  to  play  safe  1  am  going  to  dig 
j  np  my  credenlials  as  a  Uisliop  of 

—     1  some  church  in  Colorailo,  the  name 

of  whieh  e.scapes  nic  at  the  moment,  and  pro- 

MAY   1,   I*M 


tect  niv  interaits.  I  am  ju.st  anticipatmg  the 
day  when  it  is  established  that  everyone  in 
this  country  must  go  to  one  church  or  another 
under  the  Coughlin  s.vslem  of  government. 

When  people  innst  go  to  oliuroh  or  go  to 
jail  a  great  mass  of  citizens  who  ai-e  now  non- 


convenient  chyvcli  com.e*-tioii,  and  thtit  is 
S«  mv  Bishop's  lic-Kst.  «ill  .onie  u.  handy 
I»  onier  to  rrovc  ihat  si.oy  belong  lo  a  cluiroj 
ina  S>  .  it  IK'oplo  will  hnve  to  possess  ohmvh 
;JXan,l  they  will  Imvc  to  Ret  »'iem  jmn^n^ 
like  J  me«l  tick.1  or  get  5  «lnmp  ^v^  J'"?' 
dny  and  possibiy  once  or  twice  during  the 

"^f'an.  Tiot  l>oth«ing  m.v  head  about  what 
FathT  Cnghlin  thinks  wmild  bo  «  ;^«'';  '"J''^: 
tion  fue  into  a  Iwil  Amori^in  church  or  what 
he"  i  in  mir-d  a.  weekly  dues  «r  ^e";'"^';"^; 
but  I  wiU  aiiarantf e  Una :  I  will  ^-iiiinmlec  that 

have  me  a  grefil  big  plant,  sliort  "enicea  m>d 
n  »  stem  of  fees,  dnes  and  assessments  so  small 
that  tlu'v  will  del'v  competition. 
%  (a  iforni«  the  Ham  'n'  P>^'g«  ^f^^^^ 

a  ^ea  succ^«.  on  a  penny  s^fl^-^'-.^"  /  «X^o 
piK  for  money,  and  T  probably  will  he  aWe  o 

^?  th.  collection  down  to  a  P"'f, «  "^^ '" 
mv  Dinee  and  still  do  very  well  for  Bishop 
Pe/er  by  Running  a  fast  ^rind.  My  seM 
St  be  only  abont  Oiree  or  four  minutc*-- 
S  lonKeiiouKh  for  my  congregation  to  gel 
S.  clfuS  i.^.  Punched  or  stamped  .0 
tliat  they  can't  be  pick^'l  up  by  ^^^^^^l 
Shirts  dwrinK  the  ensinnR  ".ck  and  tossed 
into  a  concentration  camp  a.'«  atheists. 

"In  «nd  out.  f«st  and  no  waitmR,  and  ple^c 
don't  bWk  the  aisl««"  will  be  the  plan  of  my 
chureirand  tlKV  don't  have  to  wait  for  my 
2mon«.  be.«nse  1  will  have  them  pnnled  on 
Sm-^  and  hujig  up  on  a  spike  at  the  door 
3  .«.ch  customer  can  prab  one  «-.  he  Koea  ouU 
Thev  will  be  v«ry  good,  sanitary  s«i-"on3. 
iw^ll  about  the  monoy-ehimRers  and  m  er- 
^Sal  bankers  and  the  value  o  «»''  '"'"^ 
nobody  is  ever  eoing  to  stick  me  for  Heiesy 
m'der  the  Connhlin  system  of  govenimenl  and 
Sm  .XVv  religion.  U>came  I  am  gmiig  to 
ulaeiarize  FaUier  Coushliu's  own  stuft.  and 
nSy  ever  will  be  able  to  prove  what  it 

means,  if  anytliing.  

I  umle^t^nd  that  the  Rev.  Father  Congh^ 
lin  favors  the  Franco  way.  and  T  "">  g  «^  ;? 
sav  that  this  way  is  O.K.  with  the  Kighl  Ke%. 
Bish^  Pegler  oV  some  church  'J^  ^^;^'°y^^^"  .J 
am  not  vet  sure  of  the  imme  of  this  church, 
but  I  wa-.  appointed  a  bishop  Uiereof  several 
Z,i  si.  and  1  win  fill  in  the  blank  when  I 
find  mv^  plonia.  which  ia  somewhere  around 
Under  the  re.iuir.mcnU  «f  the  Franco  way. 
aU  mirrh.Ke«  must  be  performed  by  religion* 
Shoi-ity.  and  it  takes  no  Kenitw  to  «>c  what 

10 


that  will  mean  to  Bishop  Pea  er  when  he  gete 
his  share  of  the  seventy  million  ""'^'■K^"^ 
Americinis  under  the  eeiiy-mt-euy  or  ihbety- 

'•?a?hrX  only  half  a  million  of  them 
and  sav  then,  are  about  100  other  qunhiled 
elerie'i'at  present  holding  credentials  in  th^ 
Colorado  church,  for.it  is  really  a  ^ry  small 
CHlt,  Bishop  Pcgler  will  get  his  cut  of  the  ruar- 
riagV  business  at  anywhci-e  from  $2  to  what- 
ever  the  trafUe  will  hear,  with  Imie  and  a  half 
for  elopements  after  <initt'i>K  11"!^:  He  wt^I 
set  his  rcintlar  grind  for  mcmberBl.ip  stumps 
Sn  ipiSry  c\urch  caid^  He  will  get  co  - 
ketions  .0  support  his  radio  P^«?™"';^«"^P"^; 
s<,rv  «ubseriptions  to  his  church  l'»iPf  «»« 
compulsory  funeral  fees,  and  he  enu  speeul  iTe 
SZsilver  market  while  raiding  the  market 
L^ukJ  propaganda  A..d  he  "^f '-«J 'jg 
any    attention    to   the    ineome   lax,   because 
clirehes  ai-e  immune  under  tiie  li;'- ^i^^^^ 
one  who  interferes  with  him  wUl  bo  a  dirty 
atheist  Communist,  subjeet  to  ari-esl  on  s.glit 
Tad    life  imprisonment  in  a  concentration 

^ ySu  may  quote  Bishop  Pegler  as  sayinn  th«t 
if  there  Sa  fair  division  of  the  lu-w  bu^.ne^ 
he  will  he  100  perc^-nt  for  the  Franco  way  and 
^^  Tint  ^pporter  of  P«ther  Coughlm.  U 
gives  Bishop  Pcifler  a  tei-rible  start  to  th.i^v 
that  he  laughed  ^vhen  he  lU'V^P'^"^^^,,*?; 
ceived  his  appointment  as  bishop  of  tiiat 
chureh  in  Colorado  and  was  going  ^^f'» 
m).  It  goes  to  sliow  that  you  should  never 
Sirow  a^vthiuE  away.-Wostbrook  Pegler,  in 
New  York  World-TeUyrnm. 


Normandie  Laid  Up  for  the  War 

4  Th..-  recent  arrival  of  ihe  liner  gnecn  Wiwi- 
Lh  in  New  York  recalls  that  the  French 
fi  ;  n"  rmandiVbuilt  at  a  cost  of  mpOO  000 
also  is  laid  up  in  the  port  of  N«"|.  )«' J  [J^ 
the  durntion  of  the  war.  Alront  .00  of  the 
Sew  retun>cd  to  France  to  join  the  army. 
The  other  559  of  the  crew  '■en}a'»,  ^'^  ^'o^^- 
but  seem  almost  lost  in  the  big  ship,  which 
no;v-  smells  of  molhbalb  from  cud  to  end. 

Hard  Question  for  Aged  Poor 
0  Three  million  old-ago  pensioner  m  l-.ng- 
H,d  find  the  increased  living  cos  s  more  than 
tiiev  can  meet.  In  a  debate  in  the  House  of 

Commons  a  man  in  the  ^^'^^^  ?.Xe  ,n 
veiled.  "How  can  a  man  and  his  \vu«  '"«  <»» 
ten  shilliuKs  ($2.50)  a  week  for  the  two  of 

ttst"  Attendants  hustled  lum  out. 

CON601-AT10N 


Animal    Husbandry 


The  Graceful  Deer,  a  Thine  of  Beauty 

♦  The  deer  is  one  of  the  mosi  gi-aecfui  and 
beautiful  of  animals.  While  not  all  the  dif- 
ferent kinds  are  equally  beautiial,  eai^h  has 
its  unique  characteristics!  There  arc  fifly-two 
different  sjiceies.  The  best-known  olassillca- 
liona  are  the  reindeer,  red  deer,  the  wapiti, 
the  caribou,  tlio  elk.  the  moose,  and  the  (by 
aomc  not  considered  to  be  a  true  deer)  musk- 
deer. 

Deer  art-  found  in  all  paVts  of  the  world 
except  Africa  and  Australia,  Girass-land  de^r 
gather  in  herds,  espeeiaily  at  the  approach  of 
winter.  They  feed  on  mea<low  herbase.  Forest 
deer  feed  on  leaves,  huds  and  iwiKs. 

Tfae  deer  may  be  said  to  be  more  useful  to 
man  than  either  tJie  horse  or  the  cow,  but  this 
is  true,  of  eoaixc,  only  of  the  domesticated 
deer,  particularly  the  reindeer.  But  even  the 
wild  deer  hsve  proved  to  he  hifthly  useful, 
although  that  usefuiness.  unfortunately,  is  to 
be  realized  only  when  the  graceful  creature 
has  been  slatu. 

The  tame  reindeer's  milk  is  used  for  food.  A 
nutritious  rhcate  may  be  made  from  it,  Their 
meal  is  pulutable,  and  they  serve  as  beasts  of 
burden  both  by  eanyiiiK  loads  and  by  drawing 
sleds.  The  siun  is  u{ilii:ed  for  footwear,  cloth- 
ing and  bedding,  and  the  aiitiers  pro\'ide  ma- 
terial for  iiandl(7(  fur  im|ilcmenfs  and  tools. 
The  deer's  antiers  are  easily  the  most  in- 
teresting and  out»1aiidinjZ  tJiing  about  the 
animal.  The  creature  gets  new  headgear  every 
spring,  and  each  spring  there  is  something 
aift'ereiit  about  it.  Tin;  sjid  thing  about  this  is 
that  in  nil  spoeiea  except  the  reiiulecr  only  the 
male  gets  ibe  new  headdress.  The  I'eniak-  lit- 
erally has  nothing  to  wear.  The  female  rein- 
deer, however,  for  reasons  as  fully  known  to 
her  as  to  men.  gets  antlei-s  as  well  as  the  male. 
She  is  Ihc  only  female  in  the  deer  world  so 
favored.  By  way  of  contrast,  the  male  musk- 
deer  has  no  antlcis.  the  only  male  in  dcerdom 
so  discriminated  against. 

As  spring  approachea,  the  hairy  skin  with 
which  the  crown  of  the  deer's  skull  is  covered 
becomes  swoHen.  (Iradually  the  antlers  ap- 
pear, 81  first  soft  and  covered  with  skin.  They 
arc  then  said  to  be  "in  the  velvet".  After  a 
while  the  antlers  harden,  shedding  the  "vel- 
vet" or  skin-covering.  The  budding  horn  for- 
mation grows  with  astounding  speed.  The 
antlers  of  a  full-grown  stag  ara  produced  id 

MAY   t,   1*40 


ten  weeks.  They  remain  until  the  following 
winter,  when  they  are  shed,  to  be  replaced  in 
the  spring  by  another  pair.  Each  successive 
pair  of  antlers  differs  fi-om  the  set  of  the  pre- 
ceding year.  The  first  year  there  is  but  the 
straight  "beam" :  the  second  yc-ar  it  has  a 
shigle  branch;  the  third  year,  two  branche-s; 
ana  so  on.  However,  the  deer's  age  cannot  nec- 
essarily be  told  by  the  number  of  branches, 
OS  the  addition  of  branches  after  five  or  more 
years  is  not  always  uniform.  Sometimes,  when 
the  horn  base  is  injured  there  may  be  a  sur- 
prising number  of  hrancht-s  on  tbc  antlers. 

Seemingly  the  chief  use  Ibe  mule  deer  makes 
of  bis  horns  is  to  tight  his  rivals  for  the  pos- 
session of  the  female.  Sanguiuury  buttles  are 
fought,  often  n-sulting  in  the  death  of  one  or 
both  of  the  contestants.  When  the  horns  lock 
the  result  is  tisually  fatal  to  bolh  deer. 

A  deer  with  one  point  or  branch  on  each 
antler  ia  called  a  two-point  deer ;  one  with  two 
points  on  each  antler,  a  four-point  deer.  In 
Scotland  a  twelve-point  deer  is  a  royal  stag. 

The  size  of  a  deci-'s  anilers  are  often  pro- 
digious. The  giant  stag  of  the  Irish  peat  bogs 
sometimes  attains  to  an  wnllcr-sprcad  of  from 
tcti  to  twelve  feel,  measured  from  tip  to  tip. 
These  stags  have  palmaiod  antterx  or  horns, 
like  tile  moose:  thiit  is.  their  horns  have  broad, 
flat  Centers,  like  the  palm  of  tiic  hand.  The 
entire  raek  of  antlers,  however,  is  shed  after 
the  breeding  season,  to  be  replaced  by  a  new 
set  before  the  next  breeding  season. 

Testing;  Cows  at  a  Half  Mile 

♦  The  moniinK,  some  years  ago,  when  the 
vetcrinurian  cume  to  give  my  cows  the  tuber- 
culin test  it  sn  happened  that  llircc  of  them 
had  broken  out  and  wur-  in  a  field  of  lall  Iowa 
corn.  This  was  told  to  the  veterinarian,  but 
he  did  not  wait  for  them,  as  he  was  in  a  great 
hurry.  A  week  later  he  denounced  one  of  the 
cows  us  tubercidar.  but  it  was  one  of  the  eowg 
that  was  a  half  mile  away  in  the  comlield. 
When  this  was  told  to  him,  was  hia  face  redt 
— Contributed. 

Farmers  Must  Be  Alert 

♦  Parmers  have  to  he  quick  to  learn.  The 
growers  of  perfume  flowers  in  southern 
France  have  had  to  leani  a  new  business.  The 
synthetic  chemists  made  it  impossible  for  tliera 
to  go  on. 

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The  Last  Grand  March 
♦  Coneord  conipaiiv  of  Jehovoli's  witnciwts 
decided  to  have  their  last  informal  ion  niareh 
and  lectiiie  in  ^\nliooh,  Contra  Costa  e»unty, 
California.  Owing  1^  the  fact  that  U  vms  lo  he 
our  lost  and  only  march  in  this  tow-n,  m? 
wanted  it  well  advertised.  Zone  sen-ant  S.  K. 
.Johnson  and  company  seiTant  D.  D.  Rouseh 
decided  to  put  an  udvertisemont  in  the  local 
paptrr.  which  was  done.  City  councilraen  were 
seen  and  pi-rmission  to  me  On*  city  park  for 
thd  U'eturc.  •■(Government  and  Peace,  was 
granted.  Then  tJio  fireworlcs  Itrokc  hiose. 

The  editor.  Waller  B.  Stafford,  notnig  from 
tlie  advertisement  tliat  flie  lecture  was  to  he 
in  the  city  park,  heeame  ineenaed  nnd  began 
lo  trv  to  slop  it.  lie  saw  all  the  city  eouned- 
men  and  each  one  Rave  an  evasive  answer  and 
pa.ssed  the  Imek  to  Ihe  other.  No  way  lo  slop 
the  pei-mit  appeared ;  so  out  eame  the  editorial 
in  Thnrsda^-'s  paper.  For  a  master  stroke  ol 
advertising' at  no  eost.  and  by  the  Devil's  own 
crowd,  now  note  the  fads  and  he  the  jjid^e. 
The  police  were  asked  whul  Ihey  <-o\Ud  do 
about  it,  but  by  now  oui'  company  servant 
stepped   in  and  ate  all  the  varnish  off  the 
chief.*   desk.    They   all    received   a   wilneiw. 
Records  were  pl«ved,  each  received  a  booklet 
Govfnmtnf,  and  Peace,  and  all  were  invited 
lo  \lw  leeture.  They  were  informed  that  we 
were  goiiiR  to  nian'h  and  u-se  the  soimd-car. 
Objection  to  this  wivs  raised,  but  on  henig 
shown  Liberty  to  Fr«u-h.  and  further  wit- 
nessing,  no  more  wa.s  said  Jind  they  were  lett 
a  Utile  bewildered  at  being  "waJked  over  so 
i-oughiv".  However,  the  chief,  (irover  Dono- 
van, sensing  a  possible  disturbance,  promised 
full  poliee  proloetion. 

We  imagine  Friday  night  must  have  been  a 
lone  one  for  them,  as  Saturday  eame  and  stdl 
nothing  appeared  on  the  horizon  that  offered 
them  a  solution  as  to  how  lo  stop  us.  And 
march  we  did.  lo  the  complete  di.sinay  of  the 
police,  one  of  whieh  was  heard  to  say,  'II 
they  would  only  take  ofC  those  sifcns." 

Meanwhile  word  was  sent  lo  the  OaMand 
eompany  and  a  grand  crowd  of  the  witnesses 

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turned  out.  Jehovah  blessed  us  with  a  beauti- 
ful, warm  <lav  and  3  p.m.  found  a  crowd  of 
about  l.')0  gul'hf-red  lo  bear  "(iovevnment  and 
Peace".  Chief  Donovan,  true  to  his  promise, 
had  his  whole  force  out.  inehiding  most  of  the 
hovs  from  Ihe  fire  deparimcni.  They  eer- 
taiiily  patrolled  the  crowd  well,  gning  those 
they"  were  not  familiar  with  a  good  looking 
over  Just  before  the  eompany  sound-ear 
started  the  leeture.  a  buck  nun  and  about  six 
husky  voung  rowdies  showed  up  and  sealed 
themseives  near  the  edge  of  the  crowd.  They 
eommunieated  with  each  other  by  a  sort  of 
si"n  language,  done  with  tJieir  hands.  They 
sized  up  llie  crowd  and  the  police,  decided 
there  were  too  man.\',  and  when  the  leeture 
came  to  ihe  point  where  the  dbtnrbance  m 
Madison  S(|iiare  Garden  starled,  they  signaled 
each  other  with  their  hands,  got  up,  aiid  left. 
The  lecture  eame  to  an  end  with  no  disturb- 
aiioe.^tlarland  C.  Hill. 


The  Preacher  and  the  Bible 

♦  While  witnessing  to  a  man  he  invited  me 
to  go  to  a  church  where  he  goes  every  Sunday 
and  the  preacher  reads  the  Bible.  He  told  mc 
that  the  preacher  |ireaehes  the  same  ifiings 
that  we  preach.  The  church  is  located  at 
King-sland  avenue  and  104t!i  slreet.  Corona, 
and  it's  a  Melhodiat  Italian  cluireh. 

J  left  niv  bag  of  books  in  the  cai-  and  went 
inside  the  church  togetlier  with  this  man.  and 
we  look  .seats  while  Mr.  Rossi  (the  preacher) 
was  preaching  the  Bible.  There  were  about 
If)  people  in  all.  The  pi-eaeher  was  saying  thai 
when  a  i)ei-son  dies  he  goes  into  the  loiigdom 
of  God.  When  the  sermon  was  over,  the  man 
introduced  me  to  the  preacher  and  I  arranged 
an  appointment  with  him  to  see  him  auain. 

Two  davs  later  1  mel  him  alwve  the  chapel, 
where  he'lives.  I  look  along  a  bag  of  books 
and  two  Bibles,  handed  him  one  of  the  Bibles, 
and  a.sked  him  if  he  could  quole  fi-om  the 
Seripture-s  about  a  dead  person's  going  uito 
the  kingdom  of  God.  He  began  to  tell  me  a 
different  ston- :  so  I  asked  him  to  read  becle. 
siastes  'J:  5-10;  and  when  he  had  done  so  he 
looked  at  me  and  said:  "The  Old  T^tamenl 
conlradiols  itself  and  the  prophets  diBer  in 
their  testimonies  with  one  another."  1  wanted 
to  make  it  eu.sier  for  him;  so  I  told  him  to 
read  John  3:13.  But  the  only  thing  he  could 
answer  was  about  what  Jesus  bad  said  to  His 
disciples,  that  they  would  he  with  Hun;  or 
probably  the  preacher  hud  in  mind  John 
14-1-4.  After  that  he  said  that  the  apostles 

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KjnKcluni  tiaii  bihI  piililUhcis,  Roseto,  Po. 


of  Christ  wore  not  I'lJiicated  in  Jiiiy  scliool, 
sinoc  at  that  linn-  iherc  were  no  st-liools,  and 
consequently  they  wrote  what  they  eould  im- 
dov  tlie  circimi-stances. 

I  toid  him  that  7  was  om  of  Jehovah  a  wit- 
nesses and  if  he  waiiU^d  to  learn  I  eould  ex- 
plain the  Bible  for  him.  He  said  that  we  are 
active  l>iit  have  the  wrong  iduas.  The  eonelu- 
sion  was  ihat  I  left  u  Face  the  Facts  booklet 
with  him,  and  with  the  result  that  a  friend  of 
the  man  that  had  introduced  me  to  the  preach- 
er left  the  prison  house  (ehurehl  and  re^- 
larly  comes  to  an  Itali^iii  model  study  of  the 
Bible.— Tony  Piclrolorte,  New  York. 

Freedom  of  Air  ,         .    u 

♦  I  terttiiniy  agree  that  censorship  of  the 
radio  is  a  da'iiRin-ous  thitiK-  Few  people  have 
more  dceided  views  on  thinas,  more  firm  eon- 
vietioiiB  of  the  errors  or  values  of  i^orae  of  our 
organinations,  than  myaeif.  yet  I  see  uo  reason 
to  deny  anvone  the  rinht  fret-ly  t«  eritiL-ixe. 
explain,  or  even  dcnouneo  that  wiUi  which  ho 
tlisagrees.  , 

Consider  Conghliii.  Here  is  a  man  whose 
church  does  not  deny  him  I'reetlom  of  speeeli 
— an<l  no  one  can  say  our  CaUiolio  leaders  are 
not  i.-oii8ervativc  and  palriotie  to  the  State — 
80  why  should  America  bar  him  when  the  reli- 
MAV  1,  i«o 


gioua  leader  of  world  religions  does  not  bar 
or  excommnnieatet  If  millions  want  to  hear 
him,  why  not?  But  we  tire  on  dangerous 
ground  when  we  do  not  allow  othei's  to  blow 
away  the  totalitarian  smolte-.screen  and  freely 
gaze  on  his  motiws  and  doctrines. 

OonsidtT  aLso  Rutherford— a  man  whom 
millions  petitioned  several  times  to  hear.  If 
lie  is  wroiiR  in  hU  views,  why  not  have  a  "town 
meetins  of  the  air'  and  hear  his  opponents 
and  himselF  disen.ss  the  mattert  And  if  he  is 
right — well,  then,  no  sane  person  would  want 
to  deny  him  full  tise  of  llie  air.  These  two  men 
are  as* far  apart  as  the  poles  in  tlioufrht — one 
iK  an  avowed  champion  of  religion  and 
Fascism;  the  other  ehampions  Christianity  as 
man's  only  hope.  Surely  we  are  strong  enough 
mentally  in  America  to  hear  these  men  and 
decide  for  ourselves. 

And  who  are  these  censors,  anyway  T  When 
did  wejiear  of  Ihora  as  outstanding  loaders  of 
thought,  philosophy  or  Scripture,  or  govern- 
ment ?  And  who  gave  them  the  right  l«  take 
away  our  basic  liberties? 

Let  us  have  freedom  of  the  air!  When 
Chrislianity.  religion  and  politics  are  taboo, 
then  the  mental  life  of  the  nation  dies.— 
H.  R.  Hewitt,  in  Oakland  (Calif.)  Tribwm. 

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Xlampbell  Trimsian  Kditor 
Editor,  Stioto  Gazelle. 
Sir: 

In  (in  editorial  in  yoor  paper  of  Ofitober  5 
entitled  "A  Tough  Probletii"'  nre  slnUiinents 
at  vai'ianoc  with  truth.  In  fuirness  to  tliose 
Uiisnilvd  in  the  editorial  these  statements 
should  be  correcud. 

I  have  deposited  $100  to  be  given  to  any- 
one proving  that  Judge  Butberfoi-d  has  <tve: 
printed  or  made  tiny  statement  aguinst  any 
race  intended  to  stir  up  racial  hatred.  The 
editorial  says  Ruthcrfoid's  diseiptes  carried 
"obnoxious"  banners.  What  was  on  tliesc  ban- 
ners t  One  read,  "Fascism  or  Freedom, 
Which?"  All  know  that  Fascism  (curtails  free- 
dom. This  banner  condemns  Fascism.  Is  ex- 
posing Fusci.':m  obiioxious  lo  yon? 

Your  edilurial  «ijs  we  curried  banners  as- 
sailing "formalized  religion",  I  have  Web- 
ster's Dictionary  before  me.  "PormaliKed"  is 
defined  as  "having  the  outward  form  without 
the  inward  reality".  Is  it  wrong  to  condemn 
lip  service  and  formalism  which  is  bnsed  on 
the  traditions  of  men  and  not  on  the  Wortl  of 
<!od  ? 

Another  banner  read,  "neligion  is  a  Snuro 
and  Kacket."  Certainly  romiaiism  and  cere- 
monies hbst-d  upon  thi'  traditions  of  men  are 
just  that.  Cli fist i unity  is  observing  and  prac- 
ticing the  word  of  Almighty  (!od. 

ResaixJinK  tlio  statement  timl  thc*c  people 
shouted  insults  at  certain  religious  groups  is 
certainly  not  true.  Tliis  undoubtedly  is  a  ref- 
crcucc  to  announce  men  Is  made  by  sound-carB, 
I  read  these  announcements  and  still  have 
them  in  my  po.'is&tsion,  and  not  one  relifrious 
group  w«s  iiiimed  and  absolutely  nothing  m- 
sulting  was  said. 

"Thw  i.s  nasty  business."  What  do  you 
mean?  Tho  editorial  with  reference  to  Judge 
Kntlierford  and  his  associates  is  not  based  on 
faets.  YoQ  say  when  people  of  this  type  are 


Kingdom  hall,  Toledo.  Ohio 


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Tent  «t  XtwcasHe-oo-Tyne,  Eaglaai), 
nsed  for  adveitiahig  "GoverDni«nt  bikI  Pwico" 

given  the  eonveniencc  of  biwidcasting.  tlic 
lirosi>ce1s  are  horrible.  Wliyt  Many  of  ihate 
men  and  women  who  carried  banners  are 
rasidents  of  Chillieothe  aitd  Iinown  lo  be  God- 
fearing people.  Jehovah's  witnesses  gladly 
observe  every  law  not  in  violntioit  of  God's 
Jaw. 

One  more  banner,  the  only  one  used  not  y«t 
mentioned,  was  '■Serve  God  and  Christ,  the 
Kinx-"  Is  this  one  obno-xioua  to  you"  or  which 
one  was? 

Would  your  Bible  thoufjlil  for  the  fifth  of. 
October,  found  immediately  under  this  edi^ 
torial,   he   appropriate   here? — "TJiy    tongul 
deviseth  miseliiefs,  lilse  a  sharp  razor,  worktns 
deceitfully."— Psalm  52:2. 

Yours  for  truth  and  llie  practle«  of  Chris 
tianity, 

U.IROLD  0.  Camfbhli. 
(In  the  Sciiito  Gatttte.  Cliillicotho.  Ohio) 

Acting  as  Own  Attorney — Blessed 
♦  On  December  6,  19S9,  I  was  arrested  whil« 
engaged  in  the  witness  work.  At  first  taken  tc 
the   police  station  and   asked   if   released 
would  ciiiilinue  in  llie  work,  and  replying  inj 
the  aftirniiitiv'c,  1  was  told  I  wils  under  nrrcsj 
on  aeeounl   of  scHinR  without  »  liwnse, 
per  enclosed  eliiirgc.  When  taken  before  th^ 
judge  1  pleaded  "not  guilty",  and  my  trie" 
was  set  for  2  pjm.  The  dty  attorney  inte 

CONBO(^TIO» 


Eliwilx'tii  Fufiitc*.  l(i-,v.-Br-oId  faithful  Trinidad. 

R.W.I.,  Jonmljilt.  sleeps  qiiitaly  till  her  Day  ot 

Any*  shall  come. 

viewed  me  before  llio  Irial  to  pevsunde  me  to 
acknowledge  Riiilly,  but,  of  course,  in  vain. 
The  pTOseculing  atlomey,  Russell  Scott,  put 
in  the  pioseciukin.  When  the  prosecution 
finished  I  filt>d  u  motion  to  dismiii,  xvhk-h 
Judge  King  overruled.  Then  I  made  my  own 
defense,  not  huv'mg  an  atroniey.  I  followed 
the  order  of  trial  as  ontlined  in  Advice  for 
Kingd/jm  Publiihe.rs.  When  making  my  de- 
fense the  judge  slopped  me,  asking  me  not  to 
deliver  an  oration,  but  allowed  me  to  finish 
when  1  told  him  I  would  dircetly  come  to  the 
point  of  the  case.  The  judge  did  not  render 
judgmtfiit  today,  but  asked  the  proseeutuig 
attornev  to  tile  a  brief,  and  a.sked  me  to  have 
one  filed.  Judge  Kinu  took  the  book  Halvation. 
and  Attorney  Kussell  Scott  eoniributed  25 
cents  for  another  Salvation  ami  Government 
and  Peace.  Everybody  was  happy  and  the 
friends  all  went  home  rejoii'ing  to  press  the 
battle  to  the  gate  more  than  ever.— W.  J. 
B  Drewelow.  Pioneer.  California. 
^B  (The  siibseqiicnl  history  of  thii*  ease  is  nKwt  iii- 

^!  terestitiij.  Drewelow  fiU'd  e,  briet  and  liia  bail  mocoy 

I  was   iflnmi-d.  The  polici'  olficei-  who  made  tl» 

I  urri-il  ill  ihiK  case  aoinitled  privately  that  he  had 

I  hod  priraie  orrirrs  Cur  six  nionlli*  to  make  tliis 

I  arreat  in  unv  wav  h«  cduUI.  Thew  ordere,  it  is 

I  eertuiii.  did  liol  co'me  from  the  chief  of  police,  but 

I  from  IhiT  i-eligious  ranketeera.  without  reSMoable 

I  doubt,  -fcii.) 


The  Man  Cutting  the  Hedge 
♦  Daines  Stik-s,  a  company  publisher,  while 
going  from-  door  to  door.  Sunday,  apiiroaelied 
a  man  cutting  his  hedge  and  pix;«ented  the 
litejjilure  and  stated  tliat  the  booklet  would 
show  the  tylalilarian  menace  to  our  own  coun- 
try. The  man  cutting  the  hedge  said  he  did  not 
believe  siirh  a  thing  c-ouUl  happen,  us  they 
had  too  eood  men  at  the  head  of  Ihi.'*  country. 
Tiie  witness  went  <lown  t!\e  street  and  was 
soon  conl'ronted  by  a  patrolman  in  a  scout  car, 
who  stated  to  him  that  he  would  have  to  go 
to  headquarters  so  the  chief  could  sec  what 
kind  01'  literature  he  was  distributing.  The 
piibli.iher  got  his  wife  and  children,  who  were 
in  the  lerritorv.  and  went  to  the  station  and 
told  (lie  olTicers  assembled  there  ihat  he  was 
one  (rf  -lehovah's  witnesses,  preaching  the 
gosi>cl  of  the  Kingdom,  and  that  he  was  a»- 
iiioriKed  to  do  this  by  the  Watc!H  Towkr 
Bmi.K  &  Tiuct  SociETV,  as  evidenced  by  his 
teslimonv  card,  which  he  presented,  and, 
further,  that  he  had  a  legal  right  to  preacli 
in  this  manner,  as  evidenced  by  the  lAhcrty 
to  Freach  booklet,  which  also  was  produced. 
The  chief  staled  to  the  witness  that  he  had  a 
perfect  right  to  do  as  he  was  doing,  and  told 
him  to  return,  if  he  wished,  to  the  field.  The 
witness  offered  to  play  the  phonograph  for  the 
officers;  but  they  stated  they  did  not  have 
time,  but  accepted  booklets,  and  the  chief  loid 
his  men  to  take  the  booklets,  and  literature 
was  placed  with  all  but  the  oflicer  detaining 
the  witness.  Tliis  officer  admitted  that  the  per- 
son complaining  against  him  was  the  man  cut- 
ting the  hedge.  The  witnesses  returned  to  the 
same  territory  and  found  increased  interest. 

Wide-awake,  Intelligeiit  Teacher 

♦  Word  comes  from  Kansas  that  in  one  class- 
room the  teaeiier  is  using  Oovemment  and 
Pfaix  as  a  textbook  for  the  instruction  of  the 
children  in  the  principles  of  true  government. 


A  faliforaia  scene — Using  the  record  on  "Uuptism'' 

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Comfortine  "Him  That  Hath  No  Helper" 

♦  One  ol'  .lehovairs  wiliiesses  Il'IIs  tin;  follow- 
ing loupiiing  tale  of  one  of  the  Lord's  poor. 
The  book  afeoiii(jaiiied  the  tale.  lis  covers 
were  blncb  with  grime;  the  clolh  had  Iwii 
worn  throuiili  at  lop  and  boUom,  both  front 
and  back,  exposing  tin-  boards  for  a  half  inch. 
Every  piiK'>  "'"«  discolored,  and  on  the  desig- 
nated page  S4  there  wore  lead-pencil  marks 
enelosinji  thu  quotation  "Trust  in  the  Lord 
with  all  thine  liciii't ;  and  lean  not  unto  thine 
own  iniderstandin^.  In  all  thy  ways  acknowl- 
edge him.  and  be  shall  dii-ecl  thy  paths." 

It  makes  one  think  of  the  nari-ativo  of  Mat- 
thew 21:28-H2  and  the  Master's  words  that 
society's  oiileasis  would  go  into  tin-  kingdom 
of  heaven  while  the  religionists  would,  unless 
truly  repentant,  get  nothing  at  all : 

A  publisher  nl'  ihi-  Provideneo,  R.I..  company. 
wliik'  wilneHsine  I'i'om  honst-  to  house,  met  n  woniwi 
who  iwiinxmi-^  thi'  iilernture  and  told  the  puh- 
tisber  the  rollmving  slory: 

tliip  diiy  last  spring  ii  hum  cflUed  nl  her  house 
srnd  ii:iIm-(I  ln-r  I'or  something  to  wit.  She  took  liini 
ia  and  gave  liim  fmnl.  I'pon  ieii\-ing  tu-  look  out 
of  hi*  potket  this  hook  Enemies  aud  told  li<ir  that 
this  WHS  ttip  must  wonderful  book  he  had  ever  rend. 
He  said  thai  lie  wunled  to  give  it  to  her  beeaiiBe 
«he  hud  been  kind  enniigli  to  give  him  somelhinK  '" 
eat,  but  Unit  In-  had  road  it  only  twiee  and  wii« 
now  reading  it  for  tin-  third  time.  Therefore  he 
reqiiPKlcd  her  name  and  niliircss  sv  thai  he  could 
send  it  to  b*T  wheti  he  ftiiislied  it.  Bin?  gave  him 
the  iiddiesa,  aud  nl'liv  si-veral  weeks  she  m^eivcd 
this  hook  iti  the  mail.  So  ctirious  was  this  wninnn 
to  know  Ihe  conlwits  of  this  bonk  Ihiit  had  eurap- 
tured  Ihe  man  of  mijiforlmie  that  she  snt  dowu  mid 
read  it. 

This  womiiu  told  the  publisher  that  it  was  a 
wonderfiil  book  and  Jk-  wirnied  a  new  one  for  her- 
self. Xiit  having  HBO  for  Ihis  old  one  she  gare  it  to 
Ihe  publisher. 

The  condition  of  this  hook  gives  testimony  of  the 
hardkiiips  IhrouKh  which  thin  inim  of  good  will  mnst 
have  gone;  yet  V-  took  eare  of  this  buok.  aa  there 
ia  not  a  page  in  il  torn.  The  corner  of  page  S4  ia 
tlic  only  one  liu-ned  down,  and  on  this  psge  is  ihc 
only  scViplure  in  the  book  that  he  marked  and  to 
which  he  must  often  have  refen-ed  to  give  htni 
strength  to  go  ou. 

Service  via  Newspapers 
♦  They  had  read  in  the  Little  Rock  Arkansas 
dazttt'f  the  eoliunii  entitled  "From  the  Peo- 
ple". Theit-  ihe  "bell-fire"  (iue.slion  was  and 
still  is  being  discu-ssed  both  pro  and  eon  hy 
the  people.  One  writer  sug;rested  that  all  per- 
sons who  wore  interested  in  ibe  truth  about 
this  subject  send  5e  to  the  Watchtoweb  Bible 

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ANT)  TiucT  Society  for  Uie  booklet  BereafUr. 
They  sent  Tor  this  booklet,  and  when  we  re- 
ceived a  good-will  slip  from  the  Watcutower 
a  baek-i-all  was  arranged.  Hesiilts  of  first  eall: 
mueh  interest  and  two  Salration  books  piae*d, 
one  eaeh  for  husband  atid  wife.  The  wife,  a 
stcnogiapbor,  wanted  to  keep  one  at  the  offiee 
to  read,  while  tlie  luisband,  who  was  confined 
to  bod,  eoiild  have  the  other  to  read. 

Baeb-ealls  were  continued  twiee  a  week  be- 
cause  of  interest  and  hunger  for  the  truth. 
And  now  a  model  study  is  being  eonducted. 
Both  husband  and  wife  have  declared  Ihein- 
si'lve.s  on  the  side  of  Jehovah  and  His  kingdom. 

The  wife  and  her  mother,  who  is  also  for 
God's  kingdom,  are  now  attending  the  meet- 
ings of  tile  loeal  eompany,  and  the  husband 
would  attend  if  not  bedfa-it  with  tubereulosLs. 

Unelosixi  are  their  subspripIion.t  for  both 
7'lie  ^\'l^f(htou■fr  and  Comohtion.  I 

It  is  eertainly  evident  that  Jehovah  is  gath- 
ering the  "grpat  mulliHule".— W.  H.  Man- 
ning, Arkaiisas. 

Goats  on  Their  Hind  Legs 

♦  A  man  told  me  ihiil  when  goats  and  sheep 
get  in  u  fight  the  sheep  whip  the  goats  every 
time.  To  this  I  exi)rtwspd  my  surprise.  He  said, 
"You  ktiow  how  a  gout  roars  np.  Well,  the 
sheep  wait  until  the  goats  are  in  that  position, 
and  then  come  at  them  in  the  middle  and  they 
are  soon  winded.  A  few  sheep  ean  whip  quite 
a  bunch  of  goats,  and  do  it  easily." — Maltie 
A.  (lillespie.  Kaiwa.s. 

[Mure  or  lew  In  llic  point:  In  Pennsylvania  a 
fsrmer,  a  small  offlcia!,  look  iniihrage  al  Kingdom 
Nev!g  So.  5,  and  drove  two  miles,  wilii  another 
man.  looking  for  Irouljte  willi  the  tour  men  out  in 
the  Kingdom  wol-k.  one  of  whom  bad  left  tluK  im- 
portant message  al  liis  lionn^-"C[in  Rehgiou  Save  i 
the  World  from  Disasti-r^'  He  was  mlktd  out  of; 
biK  helligerent  mood  sonu-whul.  but  within  a  few  ' 
(!»>■»  iinderlook  the  same  itingiiage  and  tlie  same 
tueties  at  the  enimly  seat  of  bis  county,  and  got 
wlinl;  he  was  looking  for.  Il  was  not  otic  of  Jelio- 
vali's  witnesses,  that  took  him  .-IT  his  hind  legs  this . 
time,  but  somebody  I'lst-  did  the  job  and  a  neighbor  ' 
had  111  caiTy  him'liome  in  his  ear.  Teare,  if  any, 
■ihouid  be  shed  al  this  point. 

Also :  In  a  Xew  York  subway  n  (ti-nlk-man  of , 
the  surac  religious  ijcvsun.iiiin,  and  ihe  same  ligLt- ' 
loving  nationuhly.  landed  on  one  uf  Jehovah's  wit- 
nesses and  blacked  liis  eye.  But  Ihnt  was  only  the 
bcKinning  of  it.  The  yonng  sheep  happened  to  be , 
miiseuhii'i  <niick  and  -.obei',  and  il  was  jutit  too  bsdi 
for  the  goat,  who  was  mn»sed  up  much  worse. 
Sorrow  here,  if  necessarj-. — Hd.] 
{To  be  eoiitinund) 

CONSOLATION 


.J3UNS1 


Human  Immortality  or  Resurrection: 

Which? 

THESE  can't  both  Ih'  true!  •■Rcsurreelion" 
inyans  to  raise  up  agiiiii  to  htV.  li  aitor 
deatli  the  li\iniaii  soul  is  in  "pm-galory  "  or  in 
eonsciow-s  torment  in  a  hell  of  aftiial  fire  ami 
brimstone,  sudi  soul  rinist  Ijc  alive,  and  there- 
fore there  could  he  no  resurrection,  for  the 
reaaon  tlmt  a  live  creature  eannot  he  resur- 
m-tod.  The  dwtriiie  ot  "iiurgiilory"  or  of  con- 
scious torment  in  hell  iifler  death  makes  void 
the  infallil'lc  Word  of  the  Creator  coneprnmg 
the  resurrect  ion  of  the  dead.  The  sat-rifK-ial 
death  aTid  resurredion  of  Jesus  Chi'ist  is  a 
guarantee  thai  all  the  d^^ad  in  the  graves  shall 
be  raised  u).  a^ain.  Concerning  this  Jesus 
said :  "Marvel  not  al  this :  for  the  hour  eometh, 
in  which  all  that  are  in  the  tombs  shall  bear 
bis  voice,  and  shall  come  forth ;  they  that 
have  done  sroi'd,  unto  ll(e  resurrection  of  life; 
and  tbcv  that  have  done  evil,  unto  Ihe  res"r- 
i*etion'of  judgment.'-  (Joim  5:28,29,  Am. 
Rev.  Ver.)  Had  any  souls  been  in  "purgatory 
Jesus  would  have  .said  so. 

To  support  their  tradition  that  the  dead  are 
conscious  in  eitln^r  heaven  or  "puvKatory  or 
hell,  tlie  i-eliRious  elergy  must  find  tlmt  man 
hus  an  immortal  sou).  •■Immorlality"  opiJhes 
to  that  which  cannot  die.  It  is  easy  to  see  that 
no  erealurc  or  soul  could  be  for  ever  iii  heU 
torment  or  in  "pursralory"  or  in  heaven  if  that 
«reature  eould  and  would  be  killed,  Therefore 
the  demon  master  mind  behind  ihese  false  doe- 
trines  said:  'We  must  teaeh  that  Ihe  man  has 
an  immortal  soul.'  1  f  the  proof  in  the  Bible  is 
that  man  is  a  mortal  soul,  subject  to  death, 
then  the  "purgatory"  and  "torment"  theories 
mtist  be  toinpletely  fahie. 

When  Hod  made  the  perfect  man  and 
placed  him  in  the  paradise  of  Kdcn  God  said 
to  him:  'In  the  day  that  you  sm  you  slmll 
surelv  die.'  That  was  the  plain  statement  of 
God's  law.  (See(!cne.sis2:17.)  Did  God  mean 
that  only  the  l)odv  should  die?  His  own  an- 
swer, at  Kzekiel  1S:4.20.  is:  "The  smil  that 
sinueth,  the  same  shall  die."  (Catholic  Douay 
Version )  The  only  support,  for  the  tradition 

MAV   1.   two 


of  human  immoitality  is  what  the  Devil  said 
to  Eve  in  Eden.  fJod  sliilod :  "In  the  day  that 
thou  eat  est  thereof  j  disobediently  I  thou  shall 
surdy  die."  The  Devil  contradieled  and 
staled:  "Ve  shall  not  surely  die."  (Genesis 
a:  4)  Wlwrn  shall  we  believe.  Goil  or  the 
Devili  The  i-eligious  clergy  have  acecplerl  the 
Devil's  statomcnl  and  rejected  God's,  and 
hence  ihey  teaeh  the  immortality  of  all  souls. 
The  Devil  himself  is  not  immortal,  because 
the  Scriptures,  at  Hebrews  2:14  and  Kzekiel 
2S:J8,  111.  show  that  Almighty  God  will  de- 
stroy him  in  due  time.  So  ask  the  elerKymeu 
this  tpicstion:  If  "hell"  is  a  place  of  eternal 
lorment.  and  if  the  Devil  is  the  chief  fireman, 
who  is  going  to  keep  up  the  ftre  when  he  is 
destroyed?  ,     ,     . 

In  the  King  James  Bible,  or  Authorized 
Version  Bible,  the  word  "immorlalily"  occurs 
onlv  five  times,  and  the  word  "immorlai"  only 
once,  and  the  word  '-ineorruption"  only  four 
times.  Al  Romans  2:  7  a  spirit-begotlen  Chris- 
tian  is  admonished  to  seek  immortality,  or 
ineorruption.  A  man  does  not  seek  that  which 
he  already  possesses,  hence  does  not  possess 
immortality.  God  alone  possesses  the  ([uality 
of  immoiiaiitv;  as  it  is  wTitteu:  "Who  only 
halh  immorlaiity,  dwelling  in  the  light  which 
no  man  can  approach  unto;  whom  no  man 
hath  seen,  nor  can  see:  to  whom  be  honour 
and  power  everlasting."   (1  Timothy  6:16) 
Hence  when  Jesus  was  on  the  earth  as  a  man 
He  wa.s  not  immoi-tal,  but  God  gave  Ilim  im- 
mortality al  His  re.-iurreetion  as  a  reward  for 
Jesii-V   faith£ulne.>«  even   unto  death.    (John 
5:26;  Revelation   l:l»)   The  faithful  over- 
coming  ChrLstians  are  prombod  immortality 
as  a  glorious  reward  at  iheiv  resurrection  from 
the  dead  at  (.'hrisl's  return  and  the  establish- 
ment of  His  Thejjerulie  kingdom.  The  prom- 
ise to  them  is:  '"The  dead  shall  be  nosed  in- 
corruptible, and  we  shall  be  clianRed.  For  this 
corruptible  mu.it   put   on   ineorruption,  and 
this  mortal  must  juit  on  immortality.  So  when 
this  corruptible  sliall  have  put  on  ineorrup- 
tiou.  and  this  mortal  shall  have  put  on  im- 
mortalilv,  then  shall  be  brought  to  pass  the 
saying  that  is  written.  Death  is  swallowed  up 
in    victory."    (1    (Corinthians    l.">:52-r)4)    It 
would  be  inconsistent  for  the  Loi-d  to  have  put 
that  into  His  Woi-d  if  man  were  already  im- 
mortal. Now,  these  scriptui-es  show  Ihat  man 
is  a  soul  (Genesis  2 : 7 ;  1  Corintlnans  lo :  4o)  ; 
that  he  is  subject  lo  death  as  a  soul  ( r-Kektel 
18:4;  Matthew  10 :  28) ;  and  that  he  is  there- 
fore not  immortal    (Job  4:17);  and  these 

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things  I^^^^K  it  must  follow  that  s  man, 
wlu-ii  lie^^lHmild  not  RO  to  "purpatory"  or 
"elei-nal  torment"  or  iminediatel.v  to  heaven. 
If  the  dc-Htl  are  to  Jive  again,  it  follows  tliat 
they  are  now  dead,  und  not  alive  aiiywhtrc. 
The  resiirreptioii  of  the  dead  is  so  plainly 
taught  in  the  Bibtc  limt  there  can  he  no  doubt 
about  it. 

It  is  the  privilege  of  those  who  underatand 
the  Bible  to  oomfort  others  who  desire  conso- 
lation. The  Seviiitui-cs  use  the  word  "'sleep"' 
to  desiTiltc  t)u'  dtraih  state  of  tiiosi-  in  the 
graves,  bocaiiae  sleep  denotes  a  stale  of  mi- 
conseioii.sness  from  which  there  is  an  awaken- 
ing. Henee  it  is  wrilTun,  ut  1  Tiie^uloniaiis 
4:13. 14,17:  "But  I  would  not  have  you  to 
be  iintiiraiil.  brctiiren,  eonrerniiig  tliem  which 
ai-c  asleep,  that  ye  sorrow  not,  even  as  others 
whidi  have  no  hope.  For  if  we  believe  that 
Jiwtis  liicd  ynd  row  again,  even  .so  them  also 
which  sleep  in  .Jesus  will  (iod  bring  with  him. " 

As  slated  in  Psalm  1« :  10  and  Acts  2 :  27-34. 
Jc^us  died  and  went  to  "■hell",  that  i.s,  the 
grave.  I'he  tijird  day  after  death  God  raised 
Jesus  iii>  out  of  that  (condition.  He  was  the 
first  one  resurrected  from  the  dead.  His  resur- 
rection is  complete  proof  o£  the  resurrection 
of  the  dead  in  Iho  graves  at  His  eoming  and 
kingdom.  To  meet  the  arcunicni  of  those  who 
in  the  days  of  the  npostlcs  denied  the  resur- 
rection of  the  dead,  these  words  appear  at 
1  Corinthians  15 :  12-lH.  20-22 :  "Now  if  Christ 
be  preached  tiial  he  rose  from  the  dead,  iiow 
say  some  among  you  that  (iiere  is  no  rcsurree- 
tiou  of  the  d^ad  1  But  if  tiiere  be  no  resurrec- 
tion of  the  dead,  then  i^  Christ  not  risen.  And 
if  Christ  be  not  risen,  then  is  oin:  preaching 
T&in,  and  your  faith  Ls  also  vaiu.  Yea,  and  we 
are  found  false  witnesses  of  God;  because  we 
have  testified  of  tlod  that  he  raised  up  Christ: 
whom  he  raised  not  np.  if  so  tie  that  the  dead 
rise  not.  For  if  tiie  dead  rise  not,  then  is  not 
Cfirist  raised:  and  if  Christ  be  not  raised, 
your  fnitli  is  vaiu;  j'e  are  yet  in  your  sins. 
Then  iJiey  ubjo  which  are  fallen  asleep  in 
Christ  are  perislied.  But  now  is  Christ  risen 
from  the  dead,  and  became  the  iirsifruits  of 
Uiem  that  slept.  For  sineo  by  man  |Adam] 
came  death,  by  man  [Christ  Jesusl  eame  also 
the  resurrection  of  the  dead." 

Christ  Jesus  was  the  first  one  to  be  reaur- 
reeted  from  the  dead.  Prior  to  that  Lazarus 
the  fiiend  of  Jesus  \vu.s  awakened  out  of  death 
by  Jo^us  for  the  very  purpose  of  illusirating 
tlie  manner  of  the  resuri-ection  during  His 
reign.  Lazarus  aft«rwurtls  died  and  in  due 

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thnc  will  be  completely  resurrected  on  con- 
dition of  obedience.  In  further  proof  that 
Jesus  was  the  first  resurrected,  it  is  written, 
jn  Colossians  1:18:  "He  is  .  ,  .  the  firstborn 
I'rnm  the  dead;  that  in  all  thinRs  he  might 
have  the  preeminence."  (See  also  1  Corin- 
tliians  15:20.)  But  on  this  point  many  make 
inquiry  eonoeming  what  Js  imported  to  have 
taken  plate  at  Jesus'  death  on  the  tree,  as  de- 
.scrihed  at  Matthew  2~:T>J.5:i,  to  wit:  "And 
the  earth  did  quake,  and  the  roWis  rent :  and 
tJie  giaves  wei-e  opened ;  and  majiy  bodies  of 
the  saints  which  slept,  arose,  and  eame  out 
of  the  graves  after  his  resurrection,  and  went' 
into  the  holy  eity,  and  appeared  unto  many." 
The  oldest  Bible  manuscript,  to  wit,  the  tiina- 
itie  3IH.,  omits  some  wos-ds  above  and  reads: 
"And  the  earth  did  quake,  and  the  roeJis  rent; 
and  many  bodies  of  Uie  saints  which  slept 
arose,  and  came  out  of  tiie  graves  aftkr 
lit;  i{ESL'RBF.CTios,  iMlo  the  holy  city,  and 
appeared  unto  many."  The  record  seems  to 
imply  tluil  ihc  car11i(|Hakf  at  t!ie  lime  of 
the  Loi'd's  denlh  opened  these  graves,  pro- 
duced the  awakening  mentioned;  but  that 
the  awakened  ones  tarried  aud  did  not  mani- 
fest themselves  in  the  city  of  Jerusalem  until 
after  tlie  Lord's  resuiTection.  At  very  most 
it  was  an  awakening  simihir  to  that  which 
liHxarus  experienced,  and  the  daughter  of 
Jairus.  und  the  son  of  the  widow  of  Nain, 
to  die  again,  later  on.  We  may  be  sure  of  this 
because  the  ccpi-c-ss  declaration  of  1  Corin- 
thians 15:20  is:  "Christ  is  risen  from  the 
dead  and  become  the  lir.ilfruils  of  them  that 
slept";  the  first  one  lifted  completely  out  of 
death  to  perfection  of  life,  the  first  one  resur- 
rected to  jterfeeiion  of  existence.  The  persons 
mentioned  at  Matthew  27:52,53  could  have 
been  no  more  than  merely  aroused  from  the 
shnniier  nf  death  temporarily,  and  for  some 
purpose  of  which  wc  have  no  present  knowl- 
edge. MaUJie«''8  record,  however,  may  not  be 
describing  actual  events  hack  there,  but  may 
be  prophetic  of  events  at  the  second  coming 
of  the  Lnrd  Jesus  (;hris!  in  tlie  glory  and  pow- 
er of  the  Theoeriitic  Kingdom. 

To  know  that  those  now  dead  in  the  graves 
will  be  awakeined  and  brought  back  brings 
hope  and  consolation  to  those  who  mourn  the 
loss  of  their  beloved.  Those  awakened  to  life 
on  earth  and  proving  obedient  and  faithful 
will  inhabit  ibe  earth  in  perfection  under  the 
heavenly  Theocralie  (iovemmem.  No  one 
could  know  this  without  having  prool'  from  a. 
reliable  source.  The  Bible  contains  that  proof. 

CONSOLATION 


Spain  and  Portugal 


Particles  About  Portugal 

Thi'  Pornitnkise  island  of  Madeira 
is  famous  for  ils  woodland  andgtir- 
den  heauty.  Anyone  cutting  down 
»  trcf  is  i-C(|iiired  by  lavj  to  plant 
another  in  ils  place.  Though  one 
of  iJie  srnjillosl  ooinitries  in  Europe,  Portugal 
has  a  colonial  cmpii-e  of  nearly  10,000,000  in- 
haliiiantK.  This  fimpire  includes  three  large 
territories  in  Ai!ri<!a,  four  p-onps  of  islands 
in  the  Atlantic,  two  portions  of  Jndia,  half 
the  JKlnnd  of  Timor,  in  the  l^ast  Indies,  and 
the  city  of  Mucmi.  iRyir  Honii  Koiijr.  Angola 
and  XIf)?.ambi(|iie,  in  Africa,  hav?  long  been 
coveted  by  Germotiy.  This  may  he  a  reason  for 
Portugal's  courliniit  the  favui-^  of  the  Fascist 
powers,  for  she  is  far  loo  weak  to  put  Up  any 
resistance  should  iicr  empire  be  attacked. — 
James  8.  Williams,  Lithuania. 

Machinc-gunnins;  Spanish  Refugees 

♦  AnylhiiiK  might  be  expected  of  the  butcher 
that  III  Badojoz  eans.xi  the  tailing  not  onlj' 
of  tJje  aged  but  of  "boys  and  girls  as  younfc  as 
12  or  13,  Hence  it  is  no  surprise  to  Icani  that 
as  the  lust  of  the  refugees  fled  out  of  Puig- 
cerda  into  France  the  planes  of  Franco-lhe- 
Damnud  maehine-Kunncd  the  refugees,  mui^ 
dering  or  wounding  a  fmal  1,000.  Smalt  won- 
der that  Madrid  held  out  so  long,  wlion  the 
people  knew  in  advance  what  was  to  be  their 
fate. 

The  Prisons  of  "Kebe]"  Spain 

♦  a.  M.  llnddar.  Nairpur.  India,  soldier  in 
the  IiiUrnalional  Anti-Fascist  Brigude.  a 
prisoner  in  •'Bcbcl"'  S)iain  for  more  than  six 
nionths  of  I93»,  slates  that  he  was  often  trans- 
ferred from  place  to  place.  The  prisons  were 
churches  and  couvents  (sliowins  tliat  convent 
bars  have  theii-  uses)  and  were  also  used  for 
storing  the  arms  and  ammunition  .shipped  into 
the  eountrj'  from  lluly. 

Trouble  Ahead  for  Prance 

♦  Trouiile  ahead  for  France  is  plainly  indi- 
cated by  the  conslruction  lately  under  way  of 
eleven  new  airdromes  along  the  Spanish 
frontier,  and  the  nnloading  of  cargo  after 
cargo  of  tanks,  matihitie  guns,  rifle-t,  airplane 
engines  and  spare  parts,  with  artillery  of  all 
callbci-s.  in  the  linrhor  of  Kios,  Spain.  All  this 
work  was  under  German  dirccllon  and  control. 

MAY   1,   1*40 


The  Pressure  on  Madrid 

♦  During  the  two  and  one-half  years  in  whlef 
Madrid  slo>xl  steadfast  for  the  Spanish  Re- 
public, it  had  at  all  times  40.000  male  spies 
and  saboteui-s  and  10,000  women  working 
against  the  Rupublican  cause.  When  Uic  city 
finally  surrenaered,  after  one  of  tlie  most 
prolonged  and  hard-fotight  siege*  of  hi-story, 
6.500  food  irueks  wore  sent  into  the  city, 
laden  with  all  kinds  of  good  things.  It  was  a 
.shrewd  politienl  trick,  and  it  worked,  Pre- 
viously the  Madrilenians  hud  full  heads  and 
empty  stomachs,  but  after  the  an-ival  of  the 
food  there  were  cnijUy  heads  and  fall  stoni- 
aehs.  Such  is  man.  Six  thousand  Jtudrileaians 
were  jailed  as  criminals,  to  be  tried  by  mili- 
tary tribunals. 

Reduction  of  Gducafion 

♦  It  is  signifieant  that  every  dietator  i-clies 
upon  reduction  of  education  to  retain  his  job. 
The  present  dictator  of  Porlugal,  Premier 
Oliveira  Sulazur.  has  said  in  so  many  words 
that  his  aim  is  to  reduce  education  so  that 
tlicy  will  not  be  able  to  read  tiio  newspapers 
and  thus  bo  made  unhappy  by  a  knowledge 
of  the  evil  things  going  on  in  the  world.  To 
that  end  he  is  restricting  admission  to  iitciiools, 
discontinuing  educational  lectures  in  Lisbon, 
and  cutting  educational  outlays  to  the  bone. 

Heathen  CeremonieH  in  Spain 

♦  General  Franco,  on  the  uocasion  of  his 
triumph  at  Madrid,  participated  in  several 
heathen  ceremonies,  ilis  bodyguard  consisted 
of  Moors  in  white  turbans,  red  capes,  blue 
coats  and  white  trousers.  He  mounted  ttic 
steps  to  the  heathen  temple  under  a  white 
silk  canopy  carried  hy  six  lieallien  priests, 
and  handed  his  sword  to  the  heathen  cardinal 
Goma  y  Tomas  before  the  altar  of  the  so-called 
"Christ"  of  Lepanto— one  of  the  demons. 

The  Offense  of  Being  a  Patriot 

♦  The  oiFeiise  of  being  a  l:i\v-ubidilig  patriot, 
with  a  fair  chance  of  being  murdered  for  it, 
was  detinod  b.v.  Judus  I.scariot  Franco  as 
"putting  oKstacles  in  the  path  of  the  pmvidcn- 
tial  and  inevitable  triumph  of  the  national 
movement".  The  pi-ovidcnlial  part  came  in 
that  tlie  Papacy  supplied  the  financial 
strcnglh  and  i1^  90n.s  Mussolini  and  llitler 
provided  the  soldiers. 

19 


UNdEI 

THE 

TOTALITARIAN 
FLAG 

The  Totalitarian  Monstrosity 

«  Totalitarian  -lictatmsbip  has  «volved  a  iiovv 
pattern  ul'  metlioiis  and  toelmiqui-s,  Behind 
a  mask  of  uk-biHcHes.  popular  ^tlections,  and 
wcasioiial  aHseml.lmss  of  n.  Ho-calWd  ■■parlin- 
mciit"— wliich     lisl^iw    and     applauds     but 
doesn't  reaUy  parley— tlie  government  a<>lual- 
ly  funclions  through  and  with  a  sinRlft  r>«l't- 
it-al  imrty  wliioh  eonipris«s  u  nunonty.  usually 
a  smull  minority,  of  tb«  nation,  hxn  wliu-h  is 
moi-e  or  lesK  hand-picked,  severely  dtst-iplnn^d, 
and  equipped  with  a  monopoly  of  Ihc  means 
of  intlnencing  publie  opinion  and  enforcins 
the  will  of  the  dicliitor.  The  party  permeates 
and  ultimately  dominaUw  theanny.  the  courts 
the  ubiquitous  seeret  poIkt,  the  «-hflols  and 
univereilics.    the    uewspapc-vs,    radios,    and 
einemuM,  the  leleRraphs  and  leIephoncM,_  tJie 
pulpits  and  rost ruins,  the  youth  orKaniKatioiis. 
indeed  all  orjjanizalions,  whether  ceonomie. 
social,  or  eultural.  And  a  Uussian  Tsar    a 
Louis  XIV  or  an  Alexander  the  Creat  might 
well  envy  the  speed  and   effectiveness  witJi 
which    dissenters    ai-e    liquidated,    doubters 
purged,  and  suspects  gathered  into  eoucentro- 
tion'cumps.  _        ,.      .     .       . 

Still  another  novelty  of  totalitarianism  is 
its  exalliiiE  of  might  and  foi-pc,  not  on  y  as 
means  to  an  end— theii'  is  preeedent  aplenty 
in  Weeterii  history  for  that— but  as  an  end 
in  itself.  In  narlier  and  less  totalitarian  days, 
a  despot  who  got  rid  of  a  foe  or  nppi-oijriated 
some  neighbor's  land  went  to  c-oiisiderable 
trouble,  as  a  rule,  to  justify  his  action  on  eon- 
vcntiona!  moral  gT-onnds.  Now  Uie  totalitarian 
despot  is  Imrdlv  expeeted  to  offer  any  explanu- 
tion  at  all,  and  when  he  does,  itbe-ara  no  traee 
of  the  Deeiiioifue  or  the  Sermon  on  the  Mount. 
It  Buffiws  to  oeho  the  more  up-to-date  Nietz- 
schean  und  pseudo-Darwinian  principles  that 
patience  is  u  vice  and  Unit  progro»*  depends 
on  a  struggle  for  existence  and  Lebewraum 
for  the  littest.  Or  it  may  suffice  to  recite  the 
Marxian  creed  that  proletarians  have  to  fight 
for  what  tbey  get  and  tliey  arc  always  right. 
Tho  fact  remains  that  brute  force  is  Iroasttuily 
invoked  alike  in  the  interaal  affauB  and  for- 

20 


TiKi^ioHeH^iMri^Olaiiranai^ratSr 
against  .lows  and  ChrLsliaiis!  Kort-e  aRaiiist 
liomf'Stie  eritics!  Foree  against  Czechs  and 
■Vlbanians,  Poles  and  Finns!  Tlie  exulting  of 
force  and  terrorism  does  not  siiinify  merely 
the  immond  doctrine  that  the  end  justifies 
the  means.  It  signifies  an  utter  denial  of  any 
moral  Itiw  superior  to  the  might  of  dictators. 
^railton  .J.  H.  Hayes,  professor  of  history, 
Columbia  Univereity- 

The  Telltale  Connection 
♦  Always,  wlieii  ,\ou  ii*ad  in  the  newspapers 
of  attacks  upon  .lehovuh's  witnesses,  you  will  - 
find  the  re|)ort  of  the  attack  i.s  given  by  one  or 
more  i>riests,  which  is  a  dead  Hive-awuy  as  to 
who  aro  the   real  offendeii*.  When  the  wit- 
nesses were  assaulted  with  tomatoes,  ejigs  and 
Kiapefruit   al    Detroit   the   Associated   Pres-t 
mclieulously  reported  the  event,  giving  the 
i-xplaimtions  of  "Uevereiid  Patlier"  .1.  J.  Brit« 
and  ^-Reveiviid  Kalber"  K.  A.  Smith,  of  tlie 
llolv  Redeemer  ehui-eh.  ajs  to  how  the  assaults 
oi-ciirred.  The  sound-ear  was  wrecked.  Bricks 
and  sticks  were  thrown  ;  also  stones.  The  two 
dominitw  were  present  al  the  riot.  Von  can 
guess  whv  they  went.  A  police  sergwiiit  was 
hit  with  a  brick  in  the  neck.  When  .Jehovah  s 
witnesses  sought  to  get  a  warrant  for  the  ar- 
rest of -lohn  Kearn  (history  U-acher  and  coach 
al  the  so-called  "'Holy  Redeemer  Seliool")  for 
ieeding  tlie  riot,  the  assistant  prosecutor  re- 
fused to  issue  a  warrant,  and  let  the  riotxjrs 
and  destroyers  of  property  off  with  what  the 
papers  report  as  a  "warning"  of  "both  .sides 
against  further  disturhance"'.  A  fine  sample 
of  "justice"'  led  ai-ound  by  the  nose  by  Roman 
Catholic  gangsters. 

Must  Have  Lots  of  "Religion" 

♦  Joseph  Scott,  Knight  of  Columbus,  presi- 
dent of  the  Los  j\jigelfs  eommunily  chest  and 
the  board  of  education,  five  times  presidentj 
of  the  Ijos  Angeles  ehamber  of  commeree.  ftiwJ 
one-time  nominator  of  Herbert  Hoover  foi 
president,  has  it  alt  figured  out.  He  says: 
No  ualioa  mm  he  Iviily  gresl.  iii>  people  ean 
free,    prosperdii-t    and    huupy    without    rebgmnjj 
ISeattic  I'o»t-rnti-Uirjfne«f] 

Now  talie.  for  instance,  Cliina.  The  reasoi 
China  is  so  truly  great,  free,  prosperous  aiu 
hiippy  is  hecatusc  .she  lias  so  much  i-eligion-l 
India  the  sinne.  Scott  did  not  say  anything 
about  what  would  happen  to  a  country  thttf" 
has  Christianity  in-stead  of  its  opposite,  whic 
is  reliRion, 

CON&OLATIOt 


Achievements  of  the  Hierarchy 

On  page  48  of  liw  1)oi>k  The  Cath- 
olic Crisis  the  courageous  inde- 
pendent writfi-,  (Jeorge  Seldcs, 
gives  the  foilowing  summary  of 
recent  achievements  of  the  Roman 
Catliolic  Hierarphy  ui  the  Unitod  States.  Ht- 
also  points  out  that  llie  pope  now  ohtJiins  90 
percent  of  his  internal  ional  income  from  one- 
sixth  of  the  people  of  the  United  Stales.  This, 
of  course,  would  not  be  possible  except  lor  tlie 
Hiiniiligalcd  gall  and  tlic  beautiful  and  sub- 
lime nerve  of  the  engineers  of  the  world's 
greatest  raeket : 

1.  Intimiiloti'd  niid  ferrorixrd  the  (^ntti'i!  Cnili-d 
States  pro^  on  the  Sjtaiiish  issue. 

2.  Di-nift)  Ihi!  coii.it iliitional  right  of  fre«  speech 
to  olhpr  niinoviiicB. 

3.  Nullified  the  ivislies  of  the  American  mnjorily 
through  prfssurc  on  C'ounre.ii  oo  the  Spanish  ami 
otlier  probii?ms. 

4.  Censored  the  movies  of  the  nation  from  tbo 
Catholic  viewpoint. 

5.  Supjircsscd  hookB  and  other  publicationK, 
some  for  moral  rcasona,  others  for  sectanan 
reiaoBs. 

6.  Boycotted,  threatened  boycotts,  or  mined  the 
business  of  certaiu  pi'r_iuus  favoring  loyalist  Spain. 

7.  Ponied  their  minority  view  on  cliild  labor 
legislation  through  New  York  and  other  legisla- 
tures. 

S.  Intimidated  tha  oivnpn:  of  varioiis  radio  sta- 
tions on  moral  and  controvereial  and  political  sub- 
je«ts. 

9.  Threatened  violence  tn  liberals  and  radicals 
ia  certain  citie*. 

10.  Built  up  Fascist  political  machines  and 
gangs,  as  in  Jersey  City. 

11.  Defeated,  oi-  helped  to  defeat,  nnmcrous  city, 
state,  and  national  measuivs  of  a  reformist  or 
liberul  u-iideney :  heljic-d  maintain  or  inaugurated 
le^HUtion  of  an  luiti- liberal,  anti-labor,  anti- 
progressive,  or  reactionary  nature  at  various  tunes. 

12.  Permilleii  spiiki'.tnivii  to  s|in-'ad  unti-Seini- 
tism,  hatred,  prejudice,  and  a  part  oi  ite  press  to 
<l<i  likewise. 

13.  Interfered  with  the  purchase  of  hooks  in 
public  libraries,  alt^muling  to  eliminate  liberal 
Itooks:  also  intimidated  booksliops  selling  books 
Catholics  think  immoral. 

14.  Made  "determined  and  incessant  efforts  to 
embroil  the  United  States  with  Mexico"  .  .  .  con- 
trihutiiMis  "to  altetnpled  eou  liter- re  volutions." 

ir>.  Instigated  raids  on  birth  control  lectures, 
clinics,  bookshops. 

ItJ.  Made  decent  changes  in  our  marriage  and 
divorce  laws  impossible. 

17.  Indulged  in  luiadnlterated  Bed-baiting  side 
by  side  and  often  ia  co-operation  with  America's 
No.  1  Fascist,  W.  R.  Hearst. 
MAY  1,   IBM 


IS.  Generally  allied  themselves  with  nouCatho- 
iio  reactiouary  pii'ssure  gmupK  wliicii  have  men- 
aced the  liheiiict  of  the  majority. 

Religious  Poppycock 

♦  The  Ijoiidon  VatlioHc  Vnivfrs'i  tells  about 
Christmas  in  the  trenehts  in  France  in  1914 
and  altoui  how  "Uie  spirit  of  the  Christ  Child 
iiilcrveued"  and  the  British  and  tierman  -sol- 
diers climbed  otit  uf  their  trenches,  traded 
eigurettes  for  sausage  and  swapped  plum  pud- 
ding for  drinks;  how  they  dam-ed  and  sung 
together  in  "the  lioly  silence  that  had  come 
upon  the  fields  of  war"  and  "Christ  had  shown 
His  power  over  the  henrt.s  and  minds  of  men", 
etc.,  etc.,  ad  nuu:4eam.  The  article  did  not  men- 
tion that  the  next  day,  with  the  advice  and 
encouragement  of  their  chaplains,  they  re- 
turned to  the  holy  business  of  blowing  one 
another's  entrails  info  smithereens  and  tho 
Christ  Child  was  in  the  hospital  with  both 
arms  and  both  !egs  gone  and  his  lower  jaw 
shot  away  and  his  eyes  blown  out.  Ttic  E-'jh'- 
verse  is  simply  plying  its  age-long  trade  of 
hypocrisy  and  trying  to  make  out  what  a 
beautiful  thing  the  Devil's  civilization  really 
is,  after  all. 

The  Holy  InQuUition  in  Spain 

♦  The  Holy  intjuisition  eontinues  in  Spain. 
Franco's  statement.  Ijefore  hLs  victory,  tliat 
'nobody  wants  the  damned  eternal  Jews  be- 
cause they'ai-e  a  Communisl  horde'  is  now 
bearing  the  same  fruit  as  in  Oermany.  As  late 
as  November.  1939,  thousands  of  Loyalists 
were  still  being  killed  every  night  in  the  con- 
centration camps.  The  famous  gold  tabemaeJe 
is  bael;  in  tiie  catliedial  at.  Toledo,  which 
shows,  plainly  enough,  that  the  Republicans 
never  destroyed  the  ehiireh  treasures.  Reli- 
gious processions  are  again  the  rule.  A  million 
political  pri.sonei-s  are  still  in  jail.  Those  once 
most  active  in  fighting  for  liberty  arc  put  to 
death.  Two  Basque  priests  who  had  been  sen- 
tenced to  death  are  to  have  thirty  years  in 
prison  instead.  Spain  is  right  back  where  it 
>vas,  but  is  having  a  hard  time  to  explain  to  tlie 
people  how  it  is  that  their  recent  savior. 
Hitler,  is  now  in  cahoots  with  Stalin,  the 
Bol8he\ik. 

World  Is  Up  Against  It 

♦  The  pope  "blessed"  the  world  (of  the 
Devil]  on  December  8,  19.1i),  and  ever  since 
then  things  liavo  gone  from  very  bad  to  very 
much  worse,  ua  was  to  be  expected. 

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I 


Denouncing  the  Other  Crooks 

It  srtnis  that  the  rackt-teers  are 
liorniiig  in  on  each  other's  territory 
oci'asioiially  now;  must  be  the  piclt- 

ings  art;  poor.  .    .  ,1. 

-        A  couple  of  nuns  stopped  at  uie 

door  Uist  Sunday  and  mid  they  were  folleetm^ 
funds  for  the  loral  St.  Josophs  orpliauage. 
Well  you  know  that  orphanage  idea  has  al- 
Wftvs  cone  well  arontid  this  to\vn.  since  they 
take  care  of  a  large  gi-oup  of  boys  over  there. 
Thought  it  was  slrange  that  tlic.v  were  asking 
for  monev,  sinee  our  local  i-ommumty  chest 
hands  out  a  jjrotty  fair  portion  of  its  iweipts 
to  them  each  year  and  it  is  iind^iirtood  that 
they  arc  not  to  do  any  bcpRing  il'  ihey  get  their 
cut.  I  gave  them  what  I  had  in  cbrmce  yhvc- 
teen  cents)  and  from  now  on  I  slial  no  doubt 
be  superstitious.  Hera  follows  the  local  news 
clipping : 

nuns'  aOLICITlNO  HKKE  DKNOCNCED 
Nuns  roprbsenting  a  Eurupe an  order  who  are 
reporWd  10  be  soliciting  fun.ls  ...  JacrVu-w.n  arc  .m- 
.ulhorii«.-l  to  .10  so.  <!r-l..i*d  the  Rov.  Father 
Eogene  Oolli.isne,  pu-^lor  <-1  Si.  Jtary-M^r.-b  and 
d«an  of  the  Lmmng  .ilocwo.  Wednesday. 

Bcfor.-  fiolicitii.K  tor  tundfl  by  ouv  Cntbolw  ovder 
ouleide  of  iU  dinct-s.t  ear  be  starlod.  a  pi^rmil  mml 
fe  obtained  f.-om  the  bi«h«p  v,ho  u:  lura  not.fie. 
the  pastors  of  l.hu  various.  pan»i«^s,  ir.  CiUlmw.« 

^"'SrFriici.m  Sisters  of  St.  Joseph^  home  also 
stated  that  thny  had  no  uoiinrHw.i  wilh  tlie  nuiw 
whoai*.^r-kiiig  charitab!r«.mribi.tio»s  m  Jackson. 
Papn  CuUinane  ought  to  know  hotter  than 
to  squeal  on  the  poor  stab  thni  way.  since  lie 
of  a  certainty  knows  that  they  only  be  and 
Wteal  that  way  when  they  are  told  to  by  h's 
irother  "Papiur '.  Who  knows,  perhaps  he  wiU 
■want  some  of  his  little  gal»  >o  do  some  dirty 
t^ork  for  him  sometime  J  and  I'll  bet  he  would 
be  hopping  mad  if  some  other  Papa  squealed 

on  hijn.  _  , 

I  am  neither  a  CathoHe,  Protestant  Jew 
nor  Jehovah's  witness,  but  you  have  got  the 
church  raeket«ei-s  sized  up  dead  to  the  ngJit, 
I  think.— G.  Ke>Tiolds.  Midugan. 


Exempted  from  Military  Duty 
4  In  flerinany.  Poland  a.i.l  Kimiand  Roman 
Catholic  priest-s  and  students  in  (atholic 
seminaries  are  exempted  from  military  duty: 
in  Belgium  they  are  trained  to  be  slretehcr- 
bearers,  In  France  there  are  no  exemptions ; 
hiisliops  and  priesla  are  considered  the  same  as 
other  men;  all  are  liable  for  militair  duty. 

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Papa  Likes  His  Nightie 

♦  At  a  public  address  in  Vatican  City  the 

pope  said  to  2,000  pilgrims: 

When  you  wlum  hone,  say  that  yoa  hftV|J  seen 
s  fallwr  dressnd  in  white  who  lovon  you  and  Who 
beseeeht*  the  favont  of  Leavai  £or  ih*  whole  world. 

Il  us  nice  to  know  that  in  a  world  where 
There  is  so  much  cussedness  the  pope  finds 
somethujg  that  he  can  admire,  cn-ii  if  it  Is 
nothing  moro  than  liis  white  togs  that  he  puts 
on  for  company.  By  the  way,  on  thw  subject 
of  men  wearing  skirts,  there  is  something 
worth  noting  in  the  following: 

Whv  tvimraont  thou  thy  way  to  m'l'k  lov«t  ther»- 
fore  fiasl  tbou  ^\^  taught  Uw  wicked  oMs  tby 
ways.  Also  in  thy  skirti.  u  found  the  Wood  of  the 
aoids  of  Ibe  poor  muownls:  I  bnve  uol  fooad  A 
bv  5<>ci-el  srureh,  but  upon  nil  these.  >i-t  ihoa  «iy- 
«t,  licciiuse  1  am  int.owul.  stiffly  His  nnirer  shall 
tnra  trot.,  roe:  heboid,  I  will  pl«.d  with  ihee,  to- 
c>u»e  thou  eayeKl,  I  baro  not  8ma.!d.-J««aiah 
2:33-35. 

Cockeyed  Americans 

♦  A  few  yeai's  ago  thei-e  were  certain  papers 
that  tried  to  move  heaven  and  earth  to  prevent 
Judge  Rutherford   from  speaking  over  «ie 
radio,  and  thev  are  still  of  the  same  mind. 
Bnt  those  very  same  papei-s  come  out  and  de- 
mand that  FaUier  Coughlin  be  allowed  to 
speak  his  piece  over  the  radio,  because,  for- 
soolii,  this  laud  is  the  Umd  of  free  spewli. 
How  strange  thnt  they  never  ihougbt  of  tliat 
when  they  wei-e  fighting  against  Judge  Kutn- 
erford'.-*  rights!  The  papers  in  .piestion,  among 
raanv  others,  that  have  thus  tried  to  walk  on 
both"  sides  of  the  fi-ee  speech  fence  nt  one  and 
the  same  time,  and  which,  of  course,  cannot 
he  done  at  all  by  anj-  honest  person  or  any 
hone-st    paper,   arc   the  St.   Louis   CotArfic 
Herald,  tlie  Albany  Evangelist,  the  Baltimore 
Catholic  R(vi€ui.  America,  and  the  Milwaukee 
Herald  Ciiiaen. 

"Let's  Imitate  Rutherford" 
♦  "Let's  imitate  nulheriord"  is  the  headline 
of  a  long  editorial  in  the  Muhigati  Catholic. 
urging  Catbolits  to  get  out  and  take  the  C4ith- 
olie  literature  from  door  to  door.  Never  f^r ; 
it  will  not  be  done.  The  only  consideration  that 
would  induce  anybody  to  take  the  literature 
from  door  to  door  is  love  of  God  and  love  ot 
man.  real  devotion,  real  consecration,  and  this 
tlie  Hierarcbv  can  neither  buy  nor  develop. 
Oniv  the  truth  in  a  man's  heart  makes  mm 
willing  to  aeeciU  what  every  door-to-door 
worktT  must  anticipate  and  will  receive. 

CONSOI-ATION 


I 


Ci-.^n-'i'^'^  !-•"  r-li^.-la.-.  nli^fc™!        niMTTCT^T    li.^ano^     TAnK. 


^Thinks  the  Pope  Put  It  Over 

I  r  v^  -1  Aivhbishop  Joseph  3''liL?^'^  ,r 
^^/S>^^  Ctewlanrl.  whose  paper.  The  Cfh- 
"  W^WS^  oUc  t'niverse.  (Jistiiigmshod  itsolr 
%Jd^i  bv  calUiig  ^Mdxc  Kullierfovrt  .8 
■WS^  ^-ilp  immeJk  al  the  time  of  the  CalU- 
olic  Hurarc-hv-s  conspiracy  to  pi-eveiit  h.m 
from  telliiiK  lie  message  of  Ood's  KmAom 
O^er  t  K.  .-.dio.  hns  distinguished  hi""*«\f  «"<"^ 
mo.^  In  a  c-able  to  the  pope,  i^l'^wxig  to 
Rowcvelfs  sending  his  ambflssador  to  the 
vSan  Schrembs  said.  "Thi^  s  a  ummph 
for  Vour  Holin.-sa  the  like  of  wbic^  has  been 
Served  only  for  the  greatest  oE  the  Koman 
pontiffii." 

Pay  SIO  and  Avoid  Cooking 

♦  \lmo"l  an.vbody,  if  he  h«d  $10  to  spare 
would  be  wiUing  10  let  Ko  of  U  rather  t  an 
cook  foix^ver,  ^-ntteily  unaided  and  forsoU^n 
after  deiitli."  U  von  have  saved  up  $10  toi  a 
^ow  suk  or  a  drek  or  tire,  for  the  old  ja  OPPX. 
or  shoes  for  thi-  yoiuis^lers.  you  can  gd  rid 
Of  the  no  wid  Icani  wbat  a  pcrfcH  jacka^. 
you  wer«  by  writing  to  iho  Son.ty  of  the 
Divine  Savior.  Salvatorian  Somiiuiry.  St.  Na- 
Sn"  Wi«™ns-n.  and  ask  thein  for  the  low- 
down  01.  the  "Mas.  Assodalioo  membership 
tor  vou  and  vour  familj-".  U  is  a  beautiful 
itc  of  pnminB  aud  it^has  the  Impnmaiu 

vS  AuriJ:  tsS.  Thai  ought  to  hcjcrlb 
BOtcotbiiiK.  say  u  eouple  of  e«nts.  So  all  you 
S  lose  vill  be  S9.9«.  Vou  ahsohitely  get 
notSuDg  unlcs*  you  send  the  $10,  aud  nothing 
if  you  do.  That's  fait;  JSD  t  ItT 

The  Soviet  and  the  Catholic  Church 

♦  Poland  ««s  alniost  solidly  CuthoUe  and 
tilt-  "Ohurch'-  had  so  mueh  mflueiu-e  with  the 
eIi<KK-  t!iat  ran  the  counli-y  that  they  could  get 
SSlhin.'  Ihey  wanU-d.  Wh.n  Ku^s-a  took  ov^er 
the  casten.  half  cf  the  eountiy  the  J  'eran-  y 
found  the  goiiiR  somewhat  harder.  Tb,.  Caili- 
olic  TiTites  whined : 

In  mmiy  villages  thi;  Sovic-l  nuthonticc  are  Icyy- 
i,^  exorl.iuat  laxe.  "for  Ih.  mamU-jm.ico  of    he 

pea«uary  from  ihr  p«ns!.  pr«*t»  by  makmg  "h" 
liuer  toam<-uT  "an  ^peri^iv^  lax«ry  m  Ibt-  eye* 
ot  tlie  pnople.  , 

Thev  were  always  that,  anyway.  What  the 
Bo!shevil«  havo  probftbly  been  domg  w  to  pub- 
lish the  fact.s  m  that  the  peastiutr^'  ean  see  for 
ll,vnis<.lves  how  they  have  been  robbed  by  the 
religious  gangsters  who  are  over  them. 

WAV   1.   two 


"Christ  Dieth  No  More" 
^  The  Scripture  statement  that  "Christ  dieth 
no  more"  (Komana  6:9)  ought  to  be  enougii 
for  any  man:  but  it  h  not  enough  tor  the 
Devil.  He  wonts  to  make  ii  clear  that  Christ 
is  being  eontinuaily  put  to  death,  by  pnests 
who  receive  a  monetary  ^-onsideration  there- 
for T!ii.i  is  strikingly  brought  out  m  the  heaa- 
lines  of  an  article  in  the  London  Catkoltc 
Herald,  which  headlines  road,  "ilaas  a  not 
a  prayer  meeting,  a  comraunion  service    bui 
a  saerificc."  The  object  of  this  false  teaching 
is  to  make  the  priest  superior  to  Almighiy 
God  Indeed  it  i.s  the  claim  of  Catholic  theo- 
logians that  any  Catholic  priest,  at  any  time 
he  choas&s,  can  command  Almighty  (.od  to 
come  down  and  be  sacrificed  atre.ili  and  He 
wilt  have  to  come. 

No,  Thank  Yoa,  Kind  Sir 

♦  Vatican  Crfv.  Dee.  J.— Pope  Pius  XII  has 
i-eturuwi  a  courteous  refusal  to  a  British  sug- 
gestion that  Uie  Holy  See  join  an  anii-Com- 
munist  front,  it  was  understood  today. 

Reliable  quartera  said  the  pope  lepUeO,, 
through  Msgr.  William  fjodfrcy,  apwtohj] 
delecale  to  London,  that  though  he  had  longi 
encouraged  the  worlds  Calholici.  to  strngglel 
aeainst  the  spread  of  Communism,  the  \  ati- 
ciii  could  not  associate  itself  witJi  any  com- 
bination of  powers  Cor  purely  political  pur- 

The  British  proposal,  it  was  learned,  called 
for  the  formation  of  a  bloc  of  powei^,  such  as 
Uie  Brili.Nh  Empire,  France,  Spam,  the  Lmted 
Slates  aud  other  nations  wislnng  to  halt  U>m- 
munjsl  expaiision.-Cincinnati  (Ohio)  Fost.^ 

Hungary  Bows  U>  Pacelli 

♦  In  accord  with  the  Vatican  demand  that 
the  truth   must  be  suppressed,  ^le  (tovern- 
ment  of  Uungarj-  issued  an  o^^l\^^^^~ 
ber  13.  1939,  suppressing  tlie  work  of  Jeiio- 
vSi's  witiit.<-«^s   in  that  land.  The  dispatch 
which  contained  this  information  stated  m  one 
aeiiienee    that   these   witnesses   are    largely 
drawn  from  the  most  destitute  classes  m  Hua- 
gary  and,  in  the  very  next  sentence,  that  the 
lloman  Catholic  primate  of  Hungary.  Uri- 
nal Seredi.  -condemned  the  modem  atheistic 
trend.-  Tlie  Roman  Catholic  Hierarchy  « 
rolling  in  wealth,  considera  itself  god.  and 
thinks  that  any  people  denouncing  its  nn- 
eodly  racket  is  atheistic,  (Communistic  and  all 
the  ether  -istics-'  it  knows  how  to  pronounce. 

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MuHt  Be  Pious  While  DUemboweling 

Priests  in  Pnmce  and  perhaps  some 
1  other  coiiiilrios  ninst  l>e  eomraon 
j  Kuidic^rs  the  same  as  other  men,  and 
[must  tliiis  participale  ill  suoh  acts 
■  as  disemboivii'litiK  their  fellows 
when  occasion  arises.  The  pope  cecently  urged 
all  priests  under  arms  to  fulfill  their  dulie.s 
in  an  excnipiary  manner.  They  were  to  do 
wlial  they  could  to  ''draw  souls  to  salvation". 
It  would  be  hard  for  a  man  who  bad  sciine- 
body's  bayoui't  in  his  abdomen  to  feel  particu- 
larly drawn  toward  the  man  who  put  it  there, 
but  the  popy  did  not  spL-cinlly  mention  this 
exercisii  in  bis  apuslolii'  exhortution. 

The  Racket  of  Infinite  Conceit 

♦  A  dispatch  from  Kome.  stfiil  out  by  the 
tiniu-d  Press,  referred  to  the  condition  of  the 
pope's  Leidth  and  on  authority  of  "Tatiojin 
sources"  said  of  the  pope  that  ■'his  severe 
penance,  including  faslins:,  for  atonement  of 
the  world's  ills,  also  contributed  to  Ids  con- 
dition". James  said  ''The  friendship  of  the 
world  is  ciirriilv  with  (.!od"  (James  4:4).  and 
Paul  said  of  Siilan  that  "the  god  of  this  world 
[meaninn  thereby  the  Devil  |  hath  blinded  the- 
minds  of  tbcin  which  believe  not".  The  real 
God,  tiie  God  of  the  Bible,  would  nol  receive 
with  favor  anything  that  th«  pope  would  do. 

Her  Caricatures  Were  Too  Funny 

♦  Miss  Culiicrine  t; rosspictsch,  of  Milwau- 
kee, is  mad.  and  you  eannot  blame  her.  All 
her  life,  for  she  is  a  Catholic,  she  has  been 
seeins  archbishops  and  monsijrnors  and  things 
like  that,  and  so  when  she  ijot  big  ciiouith  to 
make  painlinRs  she  tried  lo  illu.itrate  Ihcse, 
what  she  calls  "aoidiei-s  of  the  soul".  She  made 
s  hit  all  i-iRht,  but  she  made  the  pauiielies  Ion 
big.  albeit  unlnleutionally.  and  she  and  oilier 
ariisi.s  were  sore  when  her  picture  was  forced 
out  of  an  art  exhibition  because  her  "soldiers" 
looked  too  poi-lty  to  run.  They  eouhl  only  roll. 

Pope  "Blesses"  Mussolini 

♦  The  pope  ofiieially  "blessed"  Muiwolini.  The 
dispati-hos  do  nol  indicate  Ihat  he  said  any- 
thing  about  II  Diiee's  ai:hievcnicnl-s  in  destroy- 
Iiig  the  native  popiilatii>n  of  Libya,  buleJiering 
the  ualives  of  Kthiopia.  belraying  the  Spuu- 
itOi  Republic,  grabbing  Albania,  or  participat- 
ing in  the  infamies  that  led  lo  the  dissolution 
of  Czechoslovakia,  hnt  he  ju»l  "bles-sed"  him 
on  the  general  principles  that  aetualc  both 
men.  It  is  well. 


Scheduled  to  Get  Ford's  Pile 

♦  ftll  drivers  of  Kord  cars  may  now  rejoioe 
in  tbe  practical  certainty  that  tlie  bulk  of 
Henry's  billions  will  go  to  the  Roman  Catholifl 
Ilierarehx-.  lo  .-spond  a.i  they  see  fit.  The  key 
to  the  situation  lies  in  Ihc  fact  that  his  favorite 
jtriaidson,  Henry  Ford  H,  is  receiving  instnio- 
tion  from  "Reverend  Father"  Siieen  in  Ihc 
Roman  Catholic  religion  and  he  is  expecting 
to  marry  Miss  AHee  McDonnell,  whose  church 
doe,*  not  need  to  be  guessed. 

It  Took  Four  Months  _ 

♦  Afler  RotiscvcU  sent  his  personal  ambassa- 
dor to  The  pope  it  look  almosl  four  months  to 
have  Washinttton  made  into  a  separate  arch- 
diocese. This  is  a  little  slow,  in  view  of  the 
pope's  urgent  desire  to  get  control  of  ail  gov- 
ernments at  tfie  earliest  possible  moment,  but 
i1  will  have  to  do,  under  all  the  eircnm.stauces. 

Roosevelt's  Obedience 

♦  Nol  only  did  Roosevelt  obey  the  Roman 
Hierarchy '.s  wishes  in  sending  a  personal  am- 
ba.ssador  lo  ihe  pope,  but,  according  to  Ernest 
Liiidlcy,  paragi-apher  in  Ihe  Wasliinglmi  Post, 

As  pvcsiiiciil,  Rimsci'Ch  has  appoiiilrd  lo  utlice 
ntoic-  Cnthidic*.  wvi-rnl  tiines  over,  than  any  other 
pi'fsiilt-iiC  iix  our  history. 

Who  Paid  the  Hill? 

♦  There  is  no  chance  of  findinR  out,  but  here 
is  woaderinR  if  United  Stales  ambassador  to 
Britain,  Joseph  P.  Kennedy,  paid  his  own 
expcns(t  from  London  to  Valiean  Cily  and 
back  on  Ihe  anniversary  of  Paeelli's  eoitina- 
lion,  or  if.  as  a  taxpayer,  you  helped  to  pay 
it  yourself. 

"Blesfdng"  Animals  in  Los  Angeles 

♦  hi  Ihc  Old  Church.  Los  Angeles,  animals 
are  "blessid"  every  spring.  Pictuivs  at  hand 
show  the  blessing  of  bird,s,  doKS,  burros  and 
cows.  A  jacka-ss  does  the  "blessing".  The  jaek- 
ass  has  on  a  beautiful  lae«  eoat.  How  they  do 
love  lace! 

A  Nice  Religious  Grandma 

♦  At  While  Cloud,  .Miciiigan,  Mrs.  MalildT 
Cassidy  (guess  her  "chnreh")  confes.sod  that 
she  got  one  of  her  sons  to  kill  lier  Pmlcstant 
daughter-in-law   so    that    her   grandchildren 
could  be  brought  up  in  her  own  "(aith". 

(To  b&  eontmved) 

CONSOLATION 


Headed   for  the  Ditch 


The  Mobilization  Plans 

♦  Kvcrv  liiiiijclitt'iil  (Ki-son  who  is  williiiR  to 
fac«  the  issue  will  iulmil  Unit  if  the  llnilcd 
Stales  goi-s  into  tho  next  world  war,  and  it  is 
a  protratlL'ti  n1  nii,'gle.  this  country  will  he 
grgaiiizecl  on  such  a  complck-ly  totalilarian 
bmtis  that  roturn  to  domocravj-.  as  we.  now 
know  it,  will  be  difticult  if  not  imiJossihlu. 

Tlmt  wjis  the  bur- 
den of  niucli  of  Goii- 
eral  Johnwon's  testi- 
mony before  a  Senate 
commiltne  on  Mon- 
day. At  abont  the 
same  honr,  px-Gover- 
nor  Marl  in  of  Oregon 
was  warning  a  Port- 
land audience  that 
oonscription  of  wealth 
in  war-time  wonid  de- 
stroy the  profit  sys- 
tem and  "the  whole 
character  of  the 
Anieriean  peoiilc".  In 
thLs  connection,  it  is 
worth  whik^  quoting 
Herbert  Hoover's 
8|ieeeh  at  Chieago  on 
Fohi'iiary  1 : 

A  gtniil  war  today  is 
«  mohili  Kill  ion  fit  the 
wliole  peopU.  That 
meflnM  «li>iiiocracy  iiiiisl 
temporarily  surrender 
lo  iJictatorship.  ...  It 
m^'finif  tJiat  tjor  country 
must  be  molnliaifJ  into 
praclieally  n  Kn.-'i-ist 
&late.  ...  Let  us  recnit- 

nize  that  b  witr  to  save  librrty  woaJfl  pi'obuHly  u^ 
stroy  liberty.  In  my  view  unol.lior  preat  war  will 
mako  diclulorship  luiivewHl. 

Then  consider  tlie  testimony  of  Ilomcr  T. 
Bone,  senator  from  Wa-shinsilon,  who  state."?: 
"The  fiist  price  the  l.lnili:-(l  Slates  will  pay 
upon  entry  into  a  war  is  a  form  of  dictator- 
ship, the  like  of  which  lhi.s  republic  has  never 
witne-ssed."  And  an  acute  observation  on  Ihe 
subject  W.1.S  contained  in  H.  L.  Mencken's 
jocose  addi-oss  before  the  American  Society 
of  Newspaper  Editor.s  at  Washington,  D.  C, 
the  other  day.  He  said  that  a  considerable 
part  of  the  Anieriean  press,  which  was  beating 
the  tom-toms  for  war,  was  trying  to  save 
democracy  by  giving  it  up. 

MAY   1.  1B« 


Kforc  "Peace  m  our  Time" 


The  reality  is  that  the  War  department  has 
prepare<l  a  series  of  bills,  comprising  a  gen- 
eral niobiiization  plan,  lo  be  submitted  to 
Congress  the  niument  war  begins.  Some  time 
back  the  Senate  miniilions  committee  foreed 
thase  bills  into  the  open,  over  Ihe  protest  of 
the  War  deparinienl.  !n  their  entirely  they 
are  suffieientlv  autocratic  to  suit  the  taste  of 
any  dictator.  "They 
not  only  control  all 
forms  of  iaisiness,  but 
(to  .so  far  us  to  control 
the  services  of  every 
human  beinpt  under 
the  flag."'— Portland 
Orcf/onian. 

Unpai-allclod  Regi- 
mentation Ahead 
♦  If  and  when  .\mer- 
ien  gets  into  the  war 
the  exemplion.s  will 
be  those  necdeil  (or 
industries  essential  to 
the  war,  government 
workci's,  miniatci-s  of 
churches,  aliens,  and 
persons  physically 
unfit.  Wages  may  be 
regulated.  Persons 
may  not  he  allowed  to 
go  elsewhere  for  bet- 
ter wages.  Women 
and  children  may  be 
put  to  work  to  take 
the  places  of  men. 
Laws  fixing  hours  of 
worls  and  pay  may  he 
set  aside.  Prices  of  food,  clothing  and  shellwr 
mav  be  fixed.  Rents  may  be  fi.ted.  SuppUre 
of  eloctrieitv  may  be  rationed  or  interrupted, 
and  railroad  .ind  airplane  trips  cancelled. 

PtanB  for  U.  S.  Draft 

♦  Plans  have  already  been  made  for  the  draft- 
ing of  1.000,000  men  in  ninety  days,  if  and 
when  the  new  war  extends  to  the  United 
States.  It  is  further  disclosed  tha).  there  arc 
26,000.000  persons  betweeu  the  ages  of  18  and 
45  that  may  be  drafted  for  military  duty,  and 
41,000,000  males  between  ihe  ages  of  18  and 
64  tiiat  the  govemmenl  may  coneludc  to  use 

for  war  purposes. 

2.5 


Victory  in  Hubbard,  Ohio 


THIS  is  8  pleasBUl  sequel  to  the  story 
"Figiitins  Tor  r.iberty  in  Iliibbard,  Ohio" 
jiublished  by  Consolation  in  Oct.,  1939.  Kvef 
since  then  every  effort  o£  liotii  sides  was  hcnl 
to  win.  This  iiioraiiiR's  beadlinca  in  the  leading 
papers  of  Mahoning  Vailej-  adeqimltly  say, 
"WirNESscs  Win  Fwht  xt  IIubb.uid,  Ohio." 
as  the  clipping  of  the  (it-sl  -pas?e  story  tiu'lased 
will  Icll.  Ncwsbox-s  were  yt'lling.  "Head  all 
abont  the  defeat  uf  Hubbard,"  or,  "Jehovali's 
witnesses  beat  Ilubbjird."  None,  however, 
shouted  the  propev  slogan,  which  should  have 
been  "Jehovah  Ood  gives  victorj-  to  His  peo- 
ple, .Telioviih's  wilneaaes"'.  To  Him  all  honor 
and  jilorv  is  due.  mid,  as  will  quieltly  be  dis- 
cerned by  thi.-*  tale,  to  Him  belongs  all  the 
credit  for  this  vietory. 

Uulx'liovable  conditions  existed  in  this  vil- 
lage during  Uio  late  summer  of  last  year. 
Every  assembly  of  tbe  Lord's  people  was  mo- 
lested; every  time  our  jiublishers  appeared 
th«v  found  themselves  pelted  with  rotten  vege- 
tables and  fruit-i  and  with  stones.  We  could 
not  walk  on  the  streets,  wo  could  not  show  our 
face,  without  being  subjected  to  vile  lan- 
guage. Our  publishers  were  thrown  into  filthy 
Jails  promiscuously,  and  released,  and  no 
charges  preferred  against  them. 

Then,  in  Augnst,  we  cajnc  to  the  Common 
Pleas  Court  in  \Vnrren  and  upon  an  Aitema- 
tive  Writ  fl.tked  for  a  temporaiy  injunction. 
We  had  a  hearinR,.  which  hearing  lasted  an 
entire  day,  during  which  time  we  presented 
evidence  eclipsing  even  some  of  the  sordid 
deeds  of  Ilitlor's  Gestapo.  The  court  gave  a 
decision,  and  the  deeisioii  wa.s,  "No  permanent 
injunction."  From  then  on  this  case  was  frozen 
stiff  in  the  elutebes  of  the  Warren  Oligarchy 
and  every  attempt  to  thaw  it  out  failed.  No 
justice  anywhcvc-  No  redress.  Pci-secution  con- 
tinued. Our  only  succor  in  those  days  was  the 
knowledge  that  "the  Lord  is  our  shepherd", 
that  Ho' "will  fight  our  enemies".  Thus  we 
went  on,  nnmindfu]  of  the  barbed  and  sneer- 
ing language  of  our  enemies,  unmindful  of 
their  missiles  of  hate,  unmindful  even  of  the 
fact  that  we  lost  our  meeting  place  in  Hubbard. 

After  that  decision  was  given,  though  fa- 
mous for  its  evasiveness  it  shall  ever  be.  slowly 
we  found  HubbuM  auihorititts  relaxing.  First, 
they  stopped  tearing  off  our  signs ;  then  they 
permiited  us  lo  march;  then  Uiey  rcsiraincd 
the  mobs;  and  finally,  two  weeks  ago,  when 

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one  of  our  witnesses  stood  on  the  sidewalk 
offering  the  magazines  with  proper  slogans. 
Marshal  Greer  approached  him  and  said, 
"You  are  doing  good  work ;  if  anyone  molests 
you.  come  lo  mc  and  I'll  stop  them." 

VHiv  this  revei-saU  Bceuiiso  of  a  change  of 
heart  f  For  tJie  sake  of  those  involved  we  wish 
it  were  that.  But  not  so.  The  leopard  doc»  not 
change  his  spots.  Here  are  the  real  £acts: 

Damage  Suitf 

Kealining  that  the  injunction  was  out,  we 
countered  with  S2  $5,000  damage  suits  for 
false  arrest.  The  Lord's  people  have  no  time 
to  fool  witli  excessive  litigation.  Nor  ore  we 
interesTcd  in  collecting  money  for  the  pc- 
pi-oacJies  which  fall  upon  us  in  the  can-.ving 
out  of  the  commission  entrusted  to  us  by  the 
Lord  of  Hosts.  No  one  cguld  pay  us  for  these 
privileges  to  bear  the  same  reproaches  that 
fcU  upon  Jesus,  with  any  amount  of  filthy 
lucre. 

Wliy,  then,  the  suits  t  Because  that  was  tlie 
only  other  effective  way  Icfi  us  to  protest  loud- 
ly the  injustices  done  to  oui-  ptiblisher.s.  Our 
reasoning  was.  Come  before  as  many  juries  as 
possible :  and  in  this  case  it  would  have  meant 
32  trials,  with  S2  times  13  jurors;  with  the 
attending  publicity  of  such  a  long  string  of 
trials  we  would  at  least  have  had  a  real  chance 
to  bring  the  truth  before  the  i>eopIe  of  Tnini- 
bull  county. 

These  suits,  however,  had  anollier  intent, 
and,  apparently,  also  imollwr  effect.  They  b&- 
came  the  means  by  which  wc  finally  won. 

These  officials  were  called  to  Warren  and 
were  told,  "Slop  bothering  these  people,  stop 
arresting  them,  (|Uit  permitting  mobs,  or  you 
will  regret  it."  Even  though  they  wanted  lo 
back  down,  in  fact  were  compelled  to  back 
down  by  what  they  wei-e  told  in  the  "stwret 
place  of  Satan's  organisation",  they  had  to 
continue  to  jockey  for  position.  They  took  up 
the  arreit  of  witness  Kd  Ha!!,  the  man  whom 
they  mercilessly  beat  up,  mid  had  him  indicted 
on  twelve  counts,  charging  him  wttli  evei-y- 
tliing  on  the  calendar.  A  successful  prosecu- 
tion of  all  ibese  points  would  have  resulted 
in  a  five-year  sentence  for  tlio  man. 

This  (rial  was  to  have  come  up  in  January; 
then  it  was  pastponed  week  Mflcr  week  until 
last  week.  Sjuddcnly,  instead  of  tlio  criminal 
trial,  we  found  ourselves  callt^  ujion  to  trj 

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'Witnesses'       Siiiuproppwi 

Win  Fijtflf  R'tisi»"«  <'""p   '*'" 

"  III    I    'g"*        Nol  Prw  I>nm«gc 

At  Hubbard        'ii^!?" 

rVinagc   from   Allcgcil   „„„,,  „,fi.i.i,  ti  v  *iiai.  « 

our  syil-<lamiigo  suit  of  $50,000  for  tlic  falae 
armt  of  Hall.  The  trial  bo«»n  lasl  Inday. 
\  jury  was  selected.  Our  coimscl  looked  oyer 
the  jurv.  The  oourtioom  was  filled  to  the  brim. 
Then  came  tlio  couustTl's  (jucslions  lo  the  jury, 
■^\ie  vou  a  Roman  Cnlholie!"  A  hush  came 
Vovcr  the  audiencG.  Four  Catholics  wore  di&- 
BnUsed  on  percmpiory  challenges.  Then  for  the 
trial  Undfr  crass-esjimination  by  our  counsel, 
Greer  finally  fldmit1e<l  that  he  could  '>nve  ar- 
rested.Hnll  without  violence,  but,  since  he  had 
iron  nippers  he  had  to  ust,  he  said,  "I  had 
Ihem;  so  I  used  them/'  "You  had  a  gun.  too/ 
Bounsel  retorted ;  "why  didn't  you  use  itt 
r-Didn^t  have  to/'  replied  tJrcer.  Then  earae 
4:30:  triul  was  postponed  until  next  day. 

The  ^v^itcr  was  approached.  -'Why  not  for- 
get bvKOiies?  von  are  no  longer  molested  in 
Hubbard ;  vou  can  do  whatever  yon  want. 
The  rcplv  was,  'Permit  a  move  ^r  a  trial  on 
the  merits  of  the  Loveless  ease ;  permit  the  is- 
suance of  a  permanent  injimclion.  llms  secur. 
ine  these  rights  once  and  for  all ;  and  we  will 
show  you  that  wc  beHe\-e  ^'vengeance  belonRs 
to  the"  Lord".' 

The  nest  morning  it  happened.  Hubbard 
agreed  to  the  trial.  Out  it  came.  Sume  pvidonce 
of  last  August  was  introduced  by  both  [ilam- 
tiff  and  dofcndanl.i,  accepted  by  the  courl  by 
the  very  same  judKC,  and  the  decision  a ;  I  cr- 
manent  Injunction",  which  document  is  en- 
closed. „  u,.  J 
The  court  says,  in  cffcot.  "The  Hubbard 
ordinance  is  good  and  proper  for  parades, 
but  *-you  cannot  apply  it  to  the  plaintiff,  Jeho- 
vah's witnesses,  as  their  work  iS  worebiping 
God  in  their  own  manner  and  form";  then 
goes  on  and  says.  "We  heartilj-  disapprove  of 

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lriL«.C*P«ni:i  h™  Ui'  P*"  •*  I**  «•* 

the  Irt*«*  't  *  flmnliw  o(  rnfmM'* 
<j  f;4«  ■■"vk  wtfl  ••re  1»""  •^ 
Tf^M4  wtUwul  TU^Ltil  fA*r«'* 
bi*-<4  afjJnA  iTitan  Jiylc  omnih 

ejnr'ri  rtiti'*^  t<  u>i  orrifiiriuo>w 

Cldlri  Aan*  b*«n  H^i^FP*«  A  u«  111 
r«defii  <"UTi  •!  t;t>«)"id  mvt  W 
bfnt  1w-l>  l>»'t>  -It  U  dtimL^^ 
«flinaf  I  •<  Up"  «tiPi"i>"*  '»T*rt« 


these  arrests."  Then  the  court  issued  a  threi^ 
fold  i-estraim-r  of  a  permanent  nature;  and 
thus  we  got  the  first  pcrmnueiit  injunction 
ever  obtained  in  our  work. 

With  this  injunelion  we  have  the  assuranoe 
that  the  present  afTected  state  of  friendliness 
in  Hubbard  official  circles  will  become  a  per- 
manent feature,  no  longer  governed  by  the 
whim  and  caprices  of  the  real  instigators  be- 
hind the  scenes.  .   .     .^         _  ♦« 
One  last  attempt  was  made  by  these  men  to 
eamouflagc  the  issue.  On  Friday  night  a  story 
earae  out,  "Jehovah  Sect  Drops  All  ^"""8. 
A  gorbled  storv  purporled  to  say  that  we  had 
lost  We  went  lo  the  papers  involved.  The  edi- 
tor was  astonished.  He  hud  been  unacquaint- 
ed with  the  real  facts.  We  gave  him  the  copy 
of  the  decision.  "Why,  this  is  a  permanent  in- 
iunetion!"  ho  retorted.  So  it  was;  so  it  was. 
But  what  about  the  story!  Well,  only  one 
thing  would  satisfy:  it  had  io  be  on  the   ront 
PBKC ;  it  had  to  read.  -'Wits-kssis  Win  I-'ight 
AT  lIuBBARU."  As  you  saw  at  the  outset,  that 
is  precisclv  what  ihe  headline  was. 

As  for  the  damage  suits,  they  have  served 
their  purpose  and  are  being  dropped.  \Ve  have 
no  time  to  waste,  now.  With  renewed  vigor, 
with  jov  and  thonkfulness  in  our  hearts,  wo 
ffo  on,  certainly  Inwards  an  unmistakable  vie- 
tory,  towards  the  vindication  of  Jehovah  8 
name  al  ArniBgeddou.         „    .        .  „„ 

In  all  of  this  it  must  at  all  times  he  remem- 
bered that  Jehovah's  witnesses  have  no  fight 
with  anv  individuals,  but  arc  only  putting 
forth  their  %erv  host . ndcavow  to  make  Known 
the  Theocratic  (Joveinment  of  Jehovah  Ood 
through  Christ  Jesus,  which  is  the  only  meana 
of  blessing  the  peoples  of  the  earth.— W.  J. 
Sehndl,  Ohio. 


British  Comment 

By  J.  Ilctnery  {London) 


"Pope's  Air-Raid  Shelter" 

•  Th(-  Dnihf  Mirror,  under  this  heading,  re- 
ports: "Air-raid  pi-pcaiitioiis  are  Iieiiig  carried 
out  at  the  Vatican.  A  spci-ial  air-raid  shelter 
for  the  \to\K  is  being  prepared  in  an  aiieieiit 
tower  whifh  was  built  in  the  fifth  eonlury  by 
Pope  Nicholas  V.  The  tower  has  walls  27  feet 
thick.  Ari  armored  safety  room  is  bfing  pre- 
pared Hfiar  Iht-  pope's  private  apartments.'' 
Pope  Nicholas  V  lived  in  the  fifteenlli 
itury,  probably  the  Mirritr  bus  madB  o  slip. 
The  interesting  bit  in  the  item  is  the  fact  that 
the  "representative  of  fJod  iii  the  earth'\  who 
says  he  i.s  the  viee«erpnt  of  Christ  and  reigns 
in  the  earth  on  behalf  of  Christ,  should  even 
think  of  having  a  hole  in  wliidi  to  hide  from 
air  raids.  IT  the  pope  got  caught  in  an  air 
raid,  would  he  hurry  to  his  hide-out  as  the 
pope,  or  for  the  time  being  leave  liis  title  and 
insignia  behind  and  until  the  '"all-elear"  sig- 
nal? Men  will  not  blame  the  pope  for  this  pre- 
caution for  his  safely  in  time  of  danger,  but 
the  account  of  his  pripHralion,  and  especially 
(if  it  should  happen)  an  account  of  his  huny- 
ing  off  and  his  return  to  his  care  of  the  king- 
doms of  llie  carlli  ''on  God's  representative", 
would  surely  make  some  of  them  think. 

The  bistor>'  of  the  Papacj',  from  ils  oarliest 
days  to  the  present  lime,  bears  no  evidence  of 
its  being  under  (he  care  and  supervision  of 
God  and  of  the  Lord  Jesus  ("hri.st.  lis  rceoids 
reveal  it  as  a  (scheming  political  power  acting 
under  the  guise  of  religion,  pursuing  its  course 
through  the  centuries  with  the  same  dark  and 
bloody  means  now  so  much  in  evidence  in  the 
earth,  and,  like  tJie  ravaging  nations,  it  has 
met  with  .sel.baeks.  These  with  its  own  inlenial 
disniptivc  troubles  ought  to  have  been  surti- 
eient  to  prove  Ihe  I'alsily  of  its  daiiiis  lo  be 
tJie  church  of  Christ.  Those  who  are  instructed 
by  the  Seriplures  know  iJie  reason  why  It  has 
not  fallen  like  the  many  political  powei-s  which 
have  risen  and  fallen  in  Kurope.  it  has  been 
preaeiTPd,  not  by  Ood,  nor  because  of  fidel- 
ity to  the  teachings  of  Christ,  but  because 
of  the  prince  of  evil,  Uie  l>evi!.  Satan,  whom 
Jesutt  called  "the  prince  of  this  world",  and 

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who  ha.s  been  permitted  of  flod  to  act  as  an 
augcl  of  light  until  the  day  of  his  judgment, 
That  day  is  here,  and  all  who  will  may  Icarn 
of  it  and  of  the  way  yet  open  to  escape  from 
the  snares  of  the  Devil,  and  find  the  plaec  of 
safety  through  the  knowiedue  of  the  Word 
of  (Jod.  and  obedience  Iherelxi, 

Tempted  of  the  Devil 

•  One  of  the  three  temptations  by  which  the 
Devil  sought  to  destroy  .Jesus  and  to  thwart 
the  purpose  of  fJod  was  that  of  obtaining  the 
rulcrship  of  all  the  kingdoms  of  the  World 
by  the  Devil's  aid.  Jesus  knew  Satan  was  "the 
prince  of  this  world",  and  Ihere  was  no  argu- 
ment about  his  inablHty  lo  do  what  he  sug- 
gpj^ted,  if  only  Jesus  would  wor-ihip  him.  Jesus 
defeated  the  temptation  and  the  tempter  by 
using  the  word  of  God  tlirough  Mwes;  "Thoa 
shall  worship  Die  Lord  thy  God,  and  him  only 
shalt  thou  serve."  The  Devil  failed  with  Jesus, 
and  he  ha.s  failed  with  all  Jesus'  faithful  fol- 
lowers :  for  all  these  have  kept  themselves  un- 
spotted from  the  world.  But  he  has  succeeded 
with  the  churches,  especially  with  thos-c  great 
systems,  each  of  which  professes  to  be  the 
church  of  Christ,  and  acts  in  Hi.«  name,  par- 
ticularly 80  in  the  making  of  Its  priests  and 
claiming  apostolic  right  and  succexsion. 

As  the  numbers  of  professed  believers  in 
Christ  increased  they  were  deceived  by  false 
teachers  into  believing  that  the  kingdom  of 
Christ,  which  was  to  be  set  up  in  tSe  earth 
with  universal  dominion  on  ilis  return,  was, 
in  fact,  already  esiablished,  and  tliat  the  whole 
body  of  believers  constituted  that  kingdom, 
its  bishops  being  its  prince-s.  As  the  years  ad- 
vanced the  bishops  and  their  fellows  in  liome, 
taking  advantage  of  the  political  situation, 
proclaimed  Kome  Ihe  center  of  Ihe  churches 
and  its  bi.shop  as  head  of  all  the  churches,  and 
that  this  rule  was  the  actual  operation  of  the 
kingdom  of  heaven  on  earth.  In  later  days 
Protestant i.sm  disputed  the  right  of  the  popes 
to  sole  headship,  and  claimed  that  tlie  systems 
they  established  had  etiual  rights  with  the 
Roman  Catholic  church,  and  were  as  much  a 
part  of  the  kingdom  of  heaven  as  tliat  church. 
This  is  Ihe  claim  of  the  lot  of  them;  and  act- 
ing as  princes  in  the  churches,  and  'with  Ihe 
Bu'thorily  of  Christ  the  head  of  the  church  of 
Ciod',  but  doing  so  wholly  without  authority 
from  the  Stjiptui-es,  they  reveal  themselves 
as  having  fallen  before  the  Devil's  temptation. 
The  church  of  the  Living  God  cannot  have 
power  and  authority  in  the  earth  till  the  King 

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is  fully  revenlcd,  and  the  Kingdom  fully  set  up. 
Tiiis  d«^!iisioii  of  llic  Dftvil  holds  the  nicrgy 
fast  in  il.s  bniids.  and  the  honor  they  have 
takrn  from  out  iiiiolher  and  that  which  has 
befii  accorded  to  Them  by  those  whom  Ihoy 
Miave  misted  blind  Iheir  eyoa  and  prevent 
^hem  also  from  hearinit,  Omt  they  mijtht  be- 
lievc.  (Sec  John  5:44.)  Like  the  xicar  of 
Billericay,  ihey  content  tUemselve^i  with  a  sen- 
era!  (and  very  loose)  idea  of  what  the  Scrip- 
tiii-es  say;  they  prefer  not  to  know  its  mes- 
sage of  The  purpose  of  God,  and  of  the  manner 
of  the  Kiiiitdom's  establishment  with  Ihe  do- 
stniclion  of  all  Ihat  hiis  falsely  claimed  to  rep- 
resent it.  !n  eonsequencc  of  (heir  false  theory 
about  Uic  kingdom  of  heaven  which  can  fully 
come  only  when  they  have  got  all  the  earth 
into  subjection  to  their  churches,  they  ai-e  shut 
in  to  the  hope  and  expectation  of  bringing  in 
that  kingdom  by  the  alow  proeess  of  eonver- 
sion;  and  in  this  they  are  plainly  losing  all 
the  time. 

Canterbury  Dovecote 

•  Omlerburj-  cullicdral's  "red  dean",  about 
whom  i-oirimnnt  was  recently  inado,  has  made 
his  subordinate  cathedral  dejins  sec  red.  They 
combined  in  a  statement  sent  to  tlie  Tmes 
newspujicr  deelarinR  their  utter  disaRieement 
with  the  dean  in  his  political  IwUefs  and  that 
in  Iheir  opinion  his  activities  are  a  definite 
hindrance  to  the  spiritual  life  of  the  cathedral 
interests.  The  five  of  them  are  in  a  kind  of 
passive  strike  aKfiinsI  the  dean:  they  aksent 
themselves  from  llic  lathedrafs  services  wlicii 
he  is  eonducting,  and  olhenvlse  mark  him  out 
as  obnoxious  to  them.  It  is  a  shoeing  thing 
to  have  the  cathedral  of  fjinterhury  repre- 
sented on  a  Communist  plalforni,  .so  they 
think.  And  cerlaiidy  when  the  dean  asst-rls 
that  the  Soviet  Itepublies  have  given  the 
world  a  lesson  in  practical  Cliri-slianity — 
meaning  hy  that  Ihe  aboli.-*hing  of  class  dis- 
tincliori.s,  and  its  (professed)  eare  for  all  its 
workers— he  liiis  laid  himself  open  to  contra- 
dielien  from  his  church  assoeiates,  and  cer- 
tainly reveals  that  he  does  not  know  the 
Christianity  of  true  di-seipleship.  The  dean  i.s 
in  u  secure  position  in  his  oftlcp :  there  is  no 
authority  that  ean  expel  him  fi-om  it.  Prob- 
ably he  will  be  exeorannuiieated  socially  oud 
compelled  to  resign.  Thedcan  has  not  come 
out  of  the  same  mould  a.s  the  vicar  of  Billeri- 
cay (mentioned  later)  :  he  does  some  thinking 
for  himself  and  lia-s  the  courage  lo  speak  out 
his  tlioiiKhia;  but  why  men  such  as  ho  cod- 
may  1,  1B40 


tinue  to  hold  office  in  and  give  support  to  the 
church  sj-atcms  is  not  easy  to  understand,  ex- 
cept on  the  supposition  that  the  untruth  they 
profess  to  believe  has  completely  blinded  them 
and  dulled  the  underelanding. 

"Wars  and  Rumours  of  Wars" 
•  The  pressure  of  the  war  is  making  itself 
fcU  in  the  land.  Outwardly  it  is  still  true  that 
in  the  cilies  and  the  shires  iJiere  is  neither  ex- 
citement nor  commotion ;  but  money  is  uu- 
avoiilably  losing  some  of  its  purehasimt  power, 
;tnd  it  is  imi>ossible  for  Oovernment  control 
to  be  extended  to  all  household  need-s.  There  is 
great  activity  in  Jill  phases  of  busine.-w  and 
mannfacluring  industries,  but  considerable 
dislocation  and  limitation,  all  ipiietly  home; 
and  if  the  conflict  between  the  two  great  ar- 
mics  breaks  out,  with  the  certain  result  of  far 
worse  conditions,  there  is  nothing  to  indicate 
other  than  a  purpose  to  bear  wiiat  comes  as  the 
price  to  pay.  Bnt  Ihat  fear  of  what  may  come 
weighs  heavily  on  those  resjionsible  for  the 
country's  welfare,  on  those  who  have  great 
pos.seasiotLs  lo  retain,  and  on  those  who  view 
the  possible  limitation  of  the  fi-eedom  so  long 
enjoyed,  is  plainly  to  he  seen.  In  the  meantime 
the  faithful  disriplei;  of  Jesus  and  those  "who 
have  lied  for  refuge''  realize  Ihe  .strength  of 
comfort  in  Jesus'  word  when  lie  said  of  these 
days.  "See  that  ye  be  not  tronbted."  They  arc 
not  in  fear :  for  Die  reason,  they  arc  not  in  the 
darii.  Not  indifferent,  they  are  not  agitators 
for  peace,  but  urgently  bear  witness  to  the 
truth  which  Jesus  brought,  and  which  they 
are  commissioned  to  bear  to  the  people. — Mat- 
thew 24 :  14:. 

A  Vicar  Got  Angry 

•  The  vicar  of  sit.  Wary  Magdalene,  Billeri- 
cay, Essex,  wants  lo  have  his  rural  dislricls 
advised  that  he  has  been  angry,  very  angry, 
and  even  allowed  himself  lo  bo  rude.  Perhaps 
he  knows  that  IiLs'p»"shioner!i  think  of  him  as 
so  mild  a  man  that  he  could  not  rise  to  anger, 
and  he  would  like  them  to  know  that  he  can 
get  very  angry  on  occasion.  It  appcare  that 
one  of  Jehovah's  witnewics  called  at  the  vicar- 
age, and  wishing  the  vicar  to  have  the  ad- 
■  vantage  of  learning  what  the  hook  Salvation 
tells  of  the  way  of  life  and  the  purpose  of  God 
in  this  day  of  the  establishment  of  His  king- 
dom under  ('hrist  Jesus,  offered  the  book  to 
him  in  exchange  for  one  shilling  and  six  pence. 
Thai  any  such  ijciiion  should  offer  something 
to  inslriict  him  outraged  the  vicar,  and  h« 

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took  the  clianw  to  foi^ct  that  he  was  a  church 
ol  England  par.io:i.  which  hoAsts  that  it,  has 
at  least  pin  a  "gtiidcniaii"'  in  every  pnnsh  in 
Enplond.  The  vipar  teils  his  parishioners.  "J 
know  I  was  rude,  but  I  was  ically  angry ."  11 
he  had  left  th«?  iiicid(;iit.  his  Icinper  and  the 
offense  aguinsl  the  witnossor  to  tlic  kingdom 
of  Christ  would  have  been  no  more  than  an 
unpleasant  memory.  But  the  viear  publishes 
tJic  incident  in  his  maKUiiine,  and  lulvertiscs 
his  snobhishiiess.  He  speaks  of  Jeho\-ah's  wit- 
nesses as  rdisious  quaeks— thoush  it  is  he  that 
did  the  quackinn;  e.il!a  llicm  queer  people  oi 
the  kjii<i  that  flourish  in  wai-time.  He  says  he 
was  asked  to  pay  a  shillini;  and  six  pence  m 
advance,  a  statement  whieh  mtiy  be  labeled  as 
a  lie-  for  Jehovah's  wilneasos  do  not  collect 
monev  on  promise  of  future  deliver)',   but 
carry'  ihcir  literature  wiUi  them  for  ready  ex- 
change. The  "revoraid"  gentleman  says  the 
book  is  written  '%r  a  certain  .ludiic  Ruther- 
ford-'. It  mav  be  that  the  viear  of  BiUcricay 
is  known  outside  his  parish,  but  if  he  knows 
anvthintr  iit  all  he  knows  llto  name  of  Judge 
Kutheriord  is  hononihly  known  the  world  over 
as  ft  foremost  expounder  of  the  Scriptures. 
The  vicar  may  not  know  that  more  than  SOO.- 
000,000  hooks  and  booklets  written  by  JudRe 
Rutherford  have  been  placed  with  the  people 
during  the  past  seventeen  years,  and  that 
scores  of  thousands  of  persons  have  been  led 
into  the  lisht  of  llie  Seriplurea,  and  to  full 
consecration  to  the  ser\-iee  of  God.  .Multitudes 
have  I'v  this  means  had  their  eyes  opened  to 
the  false  eiaims  of  the  churches,  and  to  the 
fact  that  itiiRion  is  the  Devil's  great  snare, 
his  ehiof  means  for  keeping  men  from  Chris- 
tianity and  the  true  worsJiip  of  (iod. 

The  viejir  of  Billerieay  is  evidently  a  fii-m 
believer  in  the  trade  unionism  of  priestcraft. 
He  would  have  his  flock  learn  what  they  may 
wish  to  know  of  what  the  Bible  reveals  of  the 
purpose  of  God  from  "the  scholars  of  high 
standing  in  the  chureh  of  England",  who. 
he  says,  "have  written  many  helpful  hooks 
on  such  subjfcts  as  the  second  coming  of 
oar  Lord,  etc."  The  •■ele."  is  interesting,  for 
it  indicates  the  poverty  of  the  vicar's  «xiovf\- 
edge  of  what  the  Lord  and  the  apostles  tell 
of  "the  second  coming.  As  a  loyal  supporter  of 
his  church  institution  he  has  not  given  himself 
anv  concern  about  that  which  is  the  main  topic 
of 'the  apostles  in  what  they  said  and  wrote. 
The  church  of  England  in  its  atstcmcnt  of 
"  irhat  is  certainly  to  be  believed,  that  is.  its 
articles,  was  compelled  to  insert  the  fact 

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that  the  coming  again  of  Jfisxts  is  to  he 
lieved  bv  every  professed  believer,  but  that 
church,  'like  Rome,  puts  that  return  into  the 
far  distant,  future,  and  has  nothing  mon*  to 
say  about  it.  The  vicar  tolls  of  writings  jiub- 
lished  bv  church  theologians;  but  these  have 
no  authoritv  in  the  ehnrch.  and  the  majority 
of  the  parsons,  like  the  vicar  of  Billencay. 
give  themselves  no  concern  as  to  what  the 
Scjiptures  have  to  say  concerning  the  pur- 
poses of  Hod  as  declared  by  the  prophets  by 
whom  He  .spoke;  and  probably  most  of  them 
put  the  Lord's  return  among  the  etceteras. 
The  fact  is.  of  course,  thai  the  ehnrch  of 
England  makes  no  call  on  its  parish  clergy 
bevoiid  compliance  with  its  prayer  book,  and 
in' these  later  days,  when  actual  imhdief  m 
the  Bible  as  the  revelation  of  Ood  has  per- 
meated the  whole  of  its  clergj-,  high  and  low, 
it   does  not  require  conformity   to   its  own 
standards  When  a  man  is  being  made  a  priest 
(professedly  •.'t  the  chui-ch  of  Oodi  both  the 
bishop  who  takes  the  vow  of  altegiantc  and  the 
man  who  makes  it  know  they  are  acfrng  a 
part :  each  knows  that  neither  of  them  believes 
the  creeds  of  the  church  nor  the  Scriptures  on 
which  the  creeds  arc  supposed  to  be  founded. 
The  vicar  siij'S  his  idea  of  the  Bible  is  that 
it  points  out  wliere  "we  fail  in  onr  duty  to- 
wards God  -  .  -  lolls  of  flod's   forgiveness, 
and  of  the  ultimate  victory  of  good  over  evd  , 
and  upporentlv  that  is  all  be  and  his  parish- 
ioners need  lo  know,  so  long  as  tliey  go  to 
chui-cli  and  support  it.  !f  he  would  let  himself 
listen  to  the  sounds  of  the  sUirm  of  the  lime 
of  1  rouble  which  is  gathering,  would  read  some 
of  the  literature  he  so  snobbishly  despises,  he 
mighl  Icani  sufficient  to  enable  him  to  get  from 
under  the  shelter  of  his  church  before  its  col- 
lapse. The  great  superati-uctnrc  of  the  reli- 
gionists i.s  surely  the  house  built  upon  the 
sand,  about  which  Jesus  said.  "And  the  rain 
desccnde-d,  and  the  floods  came,  and  the  winds 
blew,  and  beat  upon  Ibul  houHe;  Hiid  it  tell: 
and    great   was  the   fall   «f    it."— Matthew 
7:2e;27.  . 

Magnetic  Mines  Go  Kerflop 

4  The  maKnelic  mines  from  which  Cormany 
hoped  for  so  much  have  gone  kerflop.  The 
British  discovered  that  stringing  a  copper 
cable  an  inch  in  diameti-r  aroiuiil  the  ship  and 
keeping  it  charged  with  elecliicity  utmrahzea 
the  electric  charges  in  the  mines,  draws  all 
the  magnetism  out  of  them,  and  in  thirty 
minutes  tliey  become  dead  and  float, 

CONSOLATION 


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Qf-^r-t^^Ah.--'  nhi<-}-^^~  nh-,cca.i-> n"Mi:i.un.T.  .i;^ai>o^  j.Aa»_ 


Africa 


The  Warthoy's  Backward  Glance 

♦  The  African  warlhojt,  which  looks  like  a 
hog  but  has  warls  all  over  his  fare,  tijiis  mak- 
ing him  loss  handsomp,  has  tiiffipiiitj-  in  look- 
iiiK  backward,  hwaiise  his  neck  is  so  short. 
When  he  wants  to  set  a  view  of  the  rear  he 
throws  his  head  up  in  Ihe  air  end  looks  over 
liis  shouldei'S  npsidc  down.  Also,  the  gent!«> 
man  is  suspicious,  and  disiintni'shes  himseifby 
backing  into  his  hol<-.  Natiiralist-s  who  them- 
selve.s  TOukI  nol  look  in  a  mirror  without 
craekinit  the  glass  have  vied  with  one  another 
ill  syyiiig  that  llu^  warthog  is  the  liotneliest 
creature  that  walks, 

In  the  Heart  of  Africa 

♦  In  thd  iicuit  of  (.'ganda,  once  the  center  of 
"Darkest  Africa",  is  a  native  cliicf  who  speaks 
thirteen  lanBiiaues,  thi-ee  of  them  European. 
An  Oxfoi-d  I'niversity  graduate,  he  iios  a 
library  conlainins  many  standard  works.  He 
is  a  piactieal  surveyor  and  astronomer,  and 
in  the  i)re8ent  state  of  ■"Chrigtendoin"  might 
be  in  many  wonw  places  than  the  little  village 
in  Uganda  where  he  mak<-s  his  home. 


Life  in  Senegambia 

♦  A  British  colonial  report  shows  that  life 
i»  Senegambia  is  somewhat  easier  for  a  gov- 
ernment official  ill  13  shillings  ($3.15)  a  day 
than  for  a  native  worker  at  9  pence  (18c)  a 
day.  In  the  capital  of  Senecambia  tie  infant 
mortality  rate  is  Ihrt-e  times  as  high  as  in 
Fngland.  and  in  the  interior  i.s  four  limes 
as  great.  Does  Seiieganihia  n«ed  God's  gov- 
ernment? What  do  YOi;  think! 

Water  Supply  on  Trestles 

♦  The  Italians  put  in  a  new  water  supply  for 
Addis  Abaha,  capital  of  Kthiopia,  and  did  it 
in  a  huirj-  and  did  it  well.  The  water  is 
brought  in  in  steel  pipes,  mounted  on  trestles 
of  the  same  material,  and  the  supply  is  ade- 
quate and  good. 

Only  Seven  Percent  Stayed 

♦  After  the  rape  of  Ethiopia,  Mussolini 
transported  200,000  Italians  to  hia  new  land 
of  promise  but  only  seven  percent  of  them 
stayed.  The  tlieft  did  not  pay. 


There  IS  a  Way  of  Escape!! 


"Today  every  nation  is  in  the  grip  nt 
fear.  In  many  nations  there  is  internal 
distress  and  disturbance.  Dictators  im- 
peril all  nations,  and  even  now  the  liber- 
ties of  the  people  are  about  all  gone.  In 
thc.'^e  modern  days  wars  begin  without 
a  formal  dwlaration  and  truly  it  is  now 
said  that  aneasy  He  tbe  heads  ol'  those 
who  rule.  Fcarinjj  an  attack  from  some 
souroe,  each  nation  is  making  enormous 
preiiaration  for  war,  and  this  furnishes 
further  esouse  to  deprive  the  people  of 
their  liberties.  Tt  is  believed  oy  many 
that  armed  conflict  involving  all  nation's 
of  the  earth  is  .just  at  the  threshold,  and 
hence  all  nations  are  attempting  to  forti- 


fy themselves  against  sneh  an  emergency. 
Is  there  any  way  to  escape  to  a  place  of 
safety*  Only  those  who  believe,  under- 
stand and  confidently  rely  upon  God  and 
His  Word  know  what  is  soon  to  come  to 
pass.  Unbiased  consideration  of  what 
tollows  will  enable  each  person  of  good 
will  to  see  and  fully  appreciate  the  only 
way  of  escape."  The  above  is  from  the 
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Contents 


E^Iigious  Govenunenta  vsrv»s  The  TheoC-racy 

(Part.  1)  3 

The  Religious  Cmintiy  of  Spain  6 

Franco  as  Bai^,  as  Mussolini  or  Hitler  7 

Aviation  9 

Balkan  SlB.tes  10 

Baltic  States  11 

The  New  Govei'iiiiierLt 

King-dom  Privileges  in  Syria  12 

The  Old  Hierarchy  "U'as  Working  12 

"Aauneiando  la  Teocrada"  13 

Britain's  C-0  Tritiunala  14 
Jehovah's  witneases — Who  and  What 

They  Are  16 

Counf,el  by  J.  F.  Rutheriord 

Religionist  Inloleranoe  17 

Big  Business 

What  Pripe  Profit?  19 

Morgan  Does  5"ot  Control  Ifi 

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Pacelli  and  Hitler — An  Expoeiirc  20 

Meat  on  Fridays  21 

Birds,  BoPB,  Fish  25 

Britain  9B 

Canada  27 

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Clouds  Gathering  Round  Britain  2S 

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Turkey  31 

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up  Bolton  Way 

■■■"Hqw  old  are  yonf*  inqS^d  the  visito* 
of  his  host's  lilrtle  son. 

'■'That's  a  difficult  question,"  answered  the 
young'  mail,  ivjiioving  his  spectadcs  and  wip- 
ing them  carefully.  ■■"The  latest  personal  sur- 
vey availiil)lfi  showft  my  pL^y eh o logical  iige  to 
be  12,  my  moral  age  J-,  my  anatumica!  age  T, 
and  my  physiological  s.ge  6.  I  suppose,  hoiv- 
evcr,  that  you  refer  to  my  chronological  age, 
which  is  S.  That  ia  so  old-fashionod  that  I 
seldom  think  of  it  any  more," — tahor. 

Th«  Politeil  Boy 

Pussy  Man — '""Here,  boy,  where  does  Hr. 
Smythp  live  V 

Polite  Boy — "ni  show  yon.  sir,"  and  he 
st.ai-ted  1.0  climb  the  stairs.  Up  six  flights  he 
went  with  the  visitor  following  breathlessly. 
Finally  he  paused  at  an  open  door  and  stdd, 
■'Tills  is  where  111'.  Smythe  lives.'"' 

Fussy  Man — '■"He  doesn't  seem  to  be  home." 
peering  into  thy  room. 

Polite  Boy — "No ;  he  was  standing  at  the 
entrance  as  we  e-am.e  in." — Tit-Bits. 

Ail  Modern  Convenience! 

A  little  girl  brushing  her  hair  found  that 
it  crackled,  and  asked  her  mother  why  it  did. 
■"■"Why,  dear,  you  have  electricity  in  your 
hair,"  explained  the  mother. 

"Isn't  that  funny?"  commented  the  little 
one.  "1  have  electricity  in  my  hair  and  grand- 
mother has  gas  in  her  stomach." — Australian 
Consolation. 

Expecting  Too  Mucti 

Mother :  Willie,  a  while  ago  there  were  two 
pica  here  on  the  shelf;  now  there  is  one.  How 
is  that  1 

"VVillie:  Well,  I  just  couldn't  eat  another 
one. — Kelhjgram. 

Should  Be  More  Independoitt 

A  bttle  boy  who  had  to  rOek  the  ersdle  for 
his  baby  sister ;  ''Mamma,  if  the  Lord  has  any 
more  babies  to  give  away,  don't  yon  take 
them." 

In  a  Michigan  Sunday  School 

Teacher:  What  docs  it  mean  to  deliver  a 
man  ? 

Pupil:  To  deliver  a  man  means  to  remove 
his  liver. 

CONaOLATION 


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CONSOLATION 

"And  in  His  name  shall  the  nations  hope."— Matthew  12:21,  A.  R.V. 


VDlume  XXI 


BrDoklyrj,  m.Y.,  Wednesday,  August  21,  194Q 


Number  546 


Religious  Governments  versus  The  Theocracy 


Un  Two  Parts—Part  1) 


THE  views  herein  set  forth  can  hardly  be 
any  more  popular  timn  Ihev  were  in  the 
days  of  Christ  Jesus.  He  was  not  interested 
in  the  polities  of  the  Eoman  Empire.  He 
taught  tliat  hate  is  murder  and  that  Uie  clergy 
are  hypocrites.  His  foiloivei's  were  of  the  meek 
and  lowly.  Thpy  were  not  trying  to  rise  in  the 
commijiiity.  They  wcrt;  not  cowards.  They 
were  not  liars.  The.v  were  not  afraid  to  tell 
the  truth  and  take  the  consequences  behind 
bars  01'  od  the  tree. 

The  memoirs  of  Gabriel  Hanotaux  explain 
that  the  United  Slates  was  jnit  into  the  "World 
War  by  the  banking  housf  of  J.  P.  Slor^aii. 
It  was  done  offleiiilly  h;-  tiie  Amerlean  ambas- 
sador to  Praiiee.  ilyron  T.  Herriek,  and  two 
offieia.l  representatives  uf  Ibe  hoiii^e  of  l\torgan, 
namely,  Robert  BacOJi  and  William  0.  Sharp, 
The  deal  wks  made  just  after  President  Wilson 
had  been  re-elcetcid  because  he  had  kept  Amei-- 
ica  out  oi  the  war.  The  guiirsnteed  I'evcrsiil  of 
American  opinion  was  dune  by  25  papers  un- 
der Morgan  (■ontrol.  The;'  knew  in  advance 
what  they  had  the  power  to  do,  and  did  it  by 
that  means. 

The  house  of  Morgan  believes  in  paying 
taxes  only  when  it  must.  So  said  Mr,  Morgan, 
hca<l  of  the  house,  in  tispianation  of  why  he 
paid  no  ineome  taxes  in  1^30  and  Ifirtl,  Mr. 
Morgan's  father  whs  a.  very  reltRions  mLin,  one 
of  the  main  spokes  in  the  wheel  of  the  Angli- 
ean  Chureh  in  the  IJniled  Stalos. 

Putting  Iho  United  States  into  the  World 
War  was  not  entirdy  altruisiic.  It  was  cor- 
rcetly  pflleulated  thai  Lhere  would  be  huge 
tinaneial  returns,  and  there  were.  In  the  four 
years  before  the  war  the  averag'e  annual  profit 
of  the  United  States  Steel  Company  was 
$105,000,000,  hut  dnrinf^the  four  years' of  the 
war  the.ir  profits  were  of  the  annual  avei'Sge 

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of  5240,000.000.  In  the  case  of  Bethlehem 
Steel  the  respective  figures  were  .$7,000,000 
and  $49,000,000.  In  the  ease  of  the  Du  Pont 
Company,  36.000.000  and  $SS,O00,O00. 

Du  Pont  Patriotism 

When  he  visltpd  this  eoiintry  a  few  years 
ago  it  was  said  that  Eugene  Pacelh.  now 
Pius  Xll,  invested  huge  sums  of  the  ehureh 
in  thti  Du  Pont  enterprises.  Pi-oha.bly  he  knew 
war  wa^  eoming.  One  of  President  "Roosevelt's 
sons  married  one  of  the  T)u  Pont  jrirls. 

The  big  financiers  believe  in  getting  theirs 
in  this  life,  especially  if  they  a.re  interested  in 
the  mnnition  business.  The  papers  ivhieh  they 
own  pnljlish  what  thrv  are  .supposed  to  pub- 
lish, the  banks  do  what  they  are  told,  the  gov- 
ernments aro  silent  or  reverse  their  policies 
and  the  politician?  are  their  clerks. 

One  of  America's  frasral  millinnaires  had 
$24S, 000,000  quite  some  years  back.  If  Adam 
had  worked  at  S^llS  a  day  and  worked  seven 
days  in  thp  week  and  were  still  alive,  and  saved 
every  cent  he  made,  he  would  have  even  less 
than  this  man.  This  rich  man  wants  not  less 
money,  however,  but  more,  i-ery  mueh  more, 
and  knows  how  to  get  it,  too.  This  man  is  a. 
very  religious  man,  extremely  so. 

At  present  America  is  in  the  midst  of  a 
widely  advertised  drive  for  more  religion  in 
government,  in  business  and  in  everji;)nng 
else.  The  pi-esidcnt  of  the  Fni-fed  States,  a,nd 
the  big  finiinclersi,  are  back  of  it.  The  religion 
may  be  of  any  kind.  Catholic,  Protestant  or 
ilewish,  only  so  that  it  Ls  religion.  The  more, 
the  better. 

The  head  of  the  New  York  Stock  Exchange, 
Elchard  Whitney,  was  one  of  the  most  reli- 
gious men  in  New  York.  He  was  the  offieial 
lecturer  of  the  Stock  Esehsjige  on  the  sub- 


ject  of  honesty,  When  he  stole  $2,000,000.  and 
went  to  prison  for  it,  he  caused  the  death  of 
innocent  men  who  lost  their  lives  because  of 
his  crookedness.  Whitney  was  eloaely  conneet- 
ed  with  the  house  of  Morgan.  One  of  the  gov- 
ernors of  the  Stoeii  Exchange  wanted  an  in- 
vestigation made  of  that  establishment,  but 
the  rest  of  the  governors  lacked  the  nerve  to 
go  ahead  ivith  such  an  investigation;  so 
Robert  M.  Hutchins,  president  of  the  Univer- 
sity of  Chicago,  resigned  from  the  Board. 

Brotherlinvss  Among  Munition  Makers 

There  is  re;i]  brotherlJneiJs  among  munition 
makers.  Regardless  of  the  flag  that  flies  above 
them.  Ihey  work  hand  in  hand.  Dm'ing  the 
World  War  they  did  a  tremendous  business 
with  one  another,  much  of  if  \na  Switzerland. 
They  pi'otected  one  another's  plants.  ^Tien 
peaee  whs  in  sight  they  were  in  conference  a.s 
to  how  the  war  could  be  prolonged. 

Europe's  nietkods  are  crade.  ITere  the  same 
crowd  are  in  control  of  the  banks  and  have  the 
details  worired  out  so  that  they  can  issue  legal 
tender  for  $1,00(1  af  a  cost  of  only  27e.  Orig- 
inally the  Federal  Reserve  was  to  pay  some  in- 
terest for  their  use  of  the  Government's  credit; 
they  were  to  fix  the  amount ;  they  fixed  it  at. 
zero.  Originally  the  racket  was  to  he  i'or 
twenty  years ;  they  solemnly  made  it  to  he  por- 
petuai.  The  natural  result  of  this  control  of 
credit  is  thai  less  than  600  fii-ms  own  more 
than  half  of  the  corporate  wealth  of  the  U.S.A. 

But  back  to  Europe.  When  the  time  came  to 
xearm  (Jerniany.  so-called  "mail''  planes  were 
sold  to  Germany  exactly  like  the  fighting  planes 
sold  to  the  United  States  Kav>'.  ticrmany  was 
also  sold,  """fin-  indiistrial  purposes,"  powd(;r, 
bullets  and  machine  guns.  ITitler  was  shoved 
into  power  by  the  big  Indusiiial  ists  and  the 
big  church  or  religion  crowd.  Thyssen.  Krupp 
and  von  Fapen.  Sir  TTenry  Deterding.  famous 
British  capitalist,  put  up  a  loan  of  !^200,000,- 
000  to  help  the  good  cause  along. 

Germany  was  not  slighted  in  any  way.  The 
Electric  Boat  Company  plans  and  specifica- 
tions were  used  uidiscriminalely  for  making 
submarines  for  Britain,  Canada,  li'eland, 
India,  Unifeil  States.  Cuba,  Japan.  Nether- 
lands, Auslraiia.  Spain,  flcrmany,  and  Italy. 
The  French -owne-d  Skoda.  Czechoslovakia's 
great  armament  firm,  donated  millions  of 
marks  to  the  campaign  fund  which  put  Hitler 
in  power.  The  AmL:riean  fii'm  of  Pratt  and 
Whitney  stipplied  Hitier  with  the  airplane 
engines  wherewith  he  has  wrecked  Europe. 


The  surrender  of  Czechoslovakia  was  fixed 
up  four  years  in  advance  in  the  private  office 
of  the  hea.d  of  the  Bank  of  England.  In  that 
year  (1D34}  English  ai'manient  firms  placed 
huge  advertisements  in  German  papers  offer- 
ing for  sale  tanks  and  guns  prohibited  by  the 
Versailles  treaty.  Chamberlain  and  his  son 
were  then  and  probably  are  now  heavy  share- 
holders in  munition  industries. 

What  the  German  people  are  up  against  as 
regards  the  munitions  crowd  may  be  gathered 
from  the  fact  that  the  big  fellows  now  have 
works'  prisons,  where  employees  can  be  jailed 
and  beat  tip  without  the  fonnalities  of  outside 
trials.  As  a.  further  eshihit  in  this  connection, 
please  consider  the  following  extract  from  the 
Annual  Report  of  Krupps  for  the  yea.r  just 
prior  to  the  resumption  of  the  World  War: 

The  cotnniitti'r  desires  to  report  tlint  it  tiBS  taken 
full  cngnizanee  of  repcrts  that,  a  cunferenee  to 
bring  to  pass  a  reduction  of  arniarnciits  is  to  be 
held,  and  thnt  il"  has  definitely  established  that  ttese 
reports  are  baseleis.  The  industry  may,  therefore, 
be  as-i-nred  that  the  enming  year  (of  1939)  will  be 
a.  period  of  midistio'bed  itetivity  and  steadily  in- 
creasing prosperity. 

The  Religious  Nation  of  Japan 

Japan  is  one  of  the  most  religious  nations 
in  the  world.  It  claims  to  have  8,000.000 
deities,  and  is  always  willing  to  adii  more, 
provided  the  new  religions  will  recognize 
Shinto  (i.e..  that  the  Japanese  emperor  is 
descended  from  the  gods)  as  the  all-essential 
basic  propo.sition.  All  missionaries  to  Korea 
must  now  how  before  ^iliinto  or  get  out.  Some 
of  the  missionaries  did  so,  in  order  to  keep 
themselves  in  pay  checks,  but  it  was  too  much 
for  the  Presbyterians  and  they  had  the  gump- 
tion to  see  fliat  it  is  mere  heathenism;  so  they 
packed  up  and  left. 

The  Japun  Times.  Tokyo,  quotes  with  ap- 
proval the  i'ollomng  statement  respecting  its 
undeclared  war  in  China: 

The  voice  of  justice  has  come  from  tho  Vatican. 
Kever  before  hah  snc-h  whole -hearted,  support  of 
Japan's  present  iierioji  in  China  been  given  outside 
the  nation.  Fiirthcrniore,  the  sigaifit'ajipp  of  the 
Holy  See's  inaLnietiofls  lies  in  the  fact  that  there 
are  almost  four  hundred  million  Roman  Cathohcf: 
to  whom  the  Valican'.^  word  is  law.  Thlis  il  ma,y  be 
said  that  oEe-f'Jurth  of  the  population  of  the  world 
is  supporting  .Japan  in  tiir  China,  incident.  The 
Catholic  Church  has  supported  us,  has  urged  us  to 
flgbt  for  the  prevention  of  Commnnist  penetration 
in  Asia.  War  is  deplnrahle  and  condeninable,  but 
it  sometimes  becomes  necessary  to  fight  aud  kill 
for  the  sake  of  reel  pea.cc  and  hn.ppincBs.      ( 

CONSOLATION 


In  support  of  the  foregoing  it  may  be  added 
that  the  Roman  Catholic  Chiireh  (Japanese 
branc-h )  published  pamphlets  in  five  lanjniages 
and  distributed  them  throughout  the  world 
conflrming  the  a.bave  information. 

How  the  War  Started 

The  Sttio- Japanese  war  started  becatise  the 
Japanese  missed  one  soldier  and  would  not 
wait  imtil  morning  To  search  for  him.  They 
thereupon  served  notice  upon  the  Chinese  gov- 
ernment not  to  take  any  measures  to  protect 
itself.  Since  then,  by  bombs  and  by  narcotics, 
the  destruction  of  the  Chinese  has  been  under 
way. 

in  the  first  vear  of  thfi  war  the  Japanese 
lost  100.000  soldiers  and  the  Chinese  450.000 
soldiers.  Hundreds  of  Chinese  cities  ha.^'e  been 
bombed,  wiping  ont  thousands  or  possibly  mil- 
lions of  men,  women  and  children.  In  one  ease 
a  beggars'  camp  was  bomhed.  killing  50  la.me. 
blind  and  helpless  creatures. 

The  atrocities  practiced  at  the  overthrow 
of  Nanking,  as  published  in  the  Manchester 
Guardiiin.  and  repulilished  in  CoTisolation. 
July  13.  193S.  page  21,  are  wtthoiit  parallel 
in  warl'are.  On  twelve  successive  nights  Japa- 
nese soldiers  raped  the  wonion  of  the  city,  one 
of  whom  was  only  ^  years  old,  and  it  was  three 
weeks  before  order  was  restored.  It  could 
hardly  be  wished  that  these  soldiers  needed 
more  reli.^ion,  more  Shintoism,  What  Nanking 
needed  then  it  needs  now.  namely,  Christian- 
ity, The  Theocracy. 

The  Religious  Nation  of  Italy 

On  account  of  the  fact  that  it.  is  the  home 
of  the  Vatican  Italy  is  in  some  respects  the 
banner  religious  country  of  the  world.  Its  rul- 
er, Mussolini,  convcr.'ies  for  hours  at  a  time 
with  demons  similar  to  those  that  Christ  per- 
mitted to  entei"  the  swine.  His  brags  of  what  he 
will  do  when  his  fleets  of  airplanes  lake  to 
the  sides  causes  the  blood  of  his  listeners' to 
run  cold.  His  course  in  the  training  of  children 
begins  at  the  age  of  6  years,  The  Wolf  Cubs  are 
taught  to  wear  gas  masks,  handle  diminutive 
rifles,  mareh  and  sleep  in  tents,  and  their 
training  continues  until  they  are  5fi,  growing 
ever  more  slTcnuons. 

Mussolini  is  a  hit-and-run  driver  ivith  an 
automobile,  and  proud  of  it.  He  sanctions 
beating  a  prisoner  on  the  feet  with  an  iron 
bar,  and  orusliing  his  testicles  with  wooden 
clamps.  He  has  said  of  democracy  that  it  is 
worse  than  a  failure  and  that  Fascism — 

AUGUST  21,  1940 


has  always  passet?,  and  if  necsKary  will  again 
pass,  without  the  slightest  hesitation  over  ihe  more 
or  less  deeomposed  bod,y  of  the  Goddess  of  Liberty. 

To  make  peace  with  the  Vatican  and  re- 
establish himself  in  the  good  graces  of  EeJi- 
gion  he  turned  over  $30,000,000  to  it ;  defends 
the  Inquisition  as  it  is  defended  in  the  Cath- 
olic school  history.  Modern  World,  section  325, 
pages  345-3+6;  agrees  that  it  is  right  to  mnr- 
der  "heretics",  as  always  ta.ught  by  the  Hier- 
archy; and  would  be  compelled  to  endorse  the 
excommunication  of  Victor  Emmanuel  II, 
reading  in  part  as  follows: 

.  .  ,  may  he  he  cursed  inwardly  and  outwardly; 
may  he  be  cursed  in  his  hair;  may  he  be  cursed  in 
his  brain;  may  he  be  cursed  in  his  crown  of  his 
Jiead,  and  in  hh;  temples,  in  his  forehead  and  Lis 
ea.rs,  in  his  eyebrows  and  his  cheek-*,  in  hi.*  jaw- 
bones and  in  his  nostrils,  in  his  loreteeLh  and  in  his 
gi-indera,  in  hi6  lips  and  in  his  throat,  in  his  shonl- 
ders  and  in  his  wrists,  in  his  a.nns,  his  hands  and  in 
his  lingers.  May  he  be  damned  in  his  mouth,  Jn  hia 
breast,  in  his  heart  and  in  all  the  viscera  ol!  his 
body;  may  he  be  dfiitined  in  l(is  veins,  and  in  his 
groins,  jn  his  thighs,  in  his  hips  and  in  his  knees, 
in  hia  legs,  £eet  Bud  toenails,  ilay  he  he  ein'sed  in 
all  his  jointe  and  articulations  of  his  body.  From 
(he  top  of  his  head  \n  the  sole.s  of  his  feet,  may 
there  be  no  soundness  in  him. 

Mi^ssolini  is  now  and  liencel'orlb  an  ex- 
tremely religions  man.  Tie  is  back  in  the  fold. 

The  Religious  Government  of  Ethiopia 

Ethiopia  was  one  of  the  oldest  reiigioiLs  gov- 
eiTiments  in  the  world,  and  one  of  the  worst. 
Its  ruler,  Haile  Selassie,  claimed  to  be  the 
"Lion  of  the  Tribe  of  Jiadah",  a  title  belong- 
ing only  to  Christ  .Jesus.  Jehovah  Ood's  ap- 
pointment as  Ruler  of  The  Theocracy. 

Selassie  obtained  his  throne  by  a  revolution, 
imprisoning  the  former  emperor  in  the  crater 
of  an  extinct  volcano.  He  recalled  his  ambassa- 
dor to  Prance  and  hud  him  chained  naked  in 
a  hut.  wallowing  in  his  own  excrement  until 
he  went  insane.  When  the  ma.n's  brother  pro- 
te.sted,  he  had  him  tied  between  two  planks 
and  sawn  apart.  He  collected  taxes  by  the 
machine-gun  method.  When  the  laji  collectors 
called  on  a  eommimity  they  either  got  all  the 
tases  assessed  or  they  machine-gunned  the  en- 
tire community,  men,  women  and  children. 
Selassie  had  religion,  bnt  no  Christianity, 

In  due  time  Mussolini  decided  l.o  take  over 
Ethiopia.  On  the  day  of  mobilization  every 
church  bell  in  Italy  pealed  joyonsly.  Not  less 
than  103  of  tiie  liighest  dignitaries  urged  on 
the  war,  and  invoked  the  blessing  of  tlod  on 


He  lf:alian  troops.  Among  the  blessers  of 
troops,  nurses,  etc.,  were  the  then  pope,  Pius 
XI,  the  present  pope,  Pius  XII.  Cardinal 
Sehnster  of  Milan  and  Bishop  Marga,ria.  The 
latter  gave  up  his  gold  b(>ads  anti  gnld  cross 
to  help  the  good  work  along.  The  queen  of 
Italy  gave  up  her  goki  ring  and  a  military 
archbishof)  (whatever  that  iai  hlessed  two 
iron  rings  givjm  her  in  their  place.  The  troops 
from  Psenza  carried  along  with  tbem  a  mirac- 
ulous image  of  the  virgin,  blessed  by  the  arch- 
bishop, and  Pins  XI  crowned  it  all  by  per- 
sonally blessing  Mussolini  himaeli'. 

In  the  subjiigafkm  of  Ethiopia  neither  man 
nor  woman  was  spared.  The  tajiks  that  were 
to  crush  their  huts  and  destroy  them  and  their 
families  wore  '"'blessed"  when  they  started  out 
on  their  errand  of  devastation.  Mussolini's 
son  showed  that  he  is  a,  true  child  of  his  father. 
He  WTOte  a  book  explaining  the  peeuliar  joy 
he  got  in  bombinjj'a  group  of  horsemen.  He 
said  on  this  subject: 

I  remembei"  that  one  group  nf  hoT'BOiuea  ga^e 
me  the  impression  of  a  budding  rose  sa  the  bombs 
fell  in  their  midsl.  It  was  esccptiotially  good  fun. 
and  they  were  easy  to  hit.  as  we  were  not  too  high, 
up.  They  fifferrd  a  perfect  tju'get. 

The  rudiments  of  a  eonscience  were  stirred 
in  some  of  mankind  by  Italian  atrocities  in 
Ethiopia,  and  tho  arL-hbishop  of  Westminster 
offered  the  defense  that  the  pope  had  no  moral 
staipina, :  he  was  just  a  defenseless  old  man, 
entirely  at  the  mercy  of  his  neighboi's.  He 
could  not  do  anything  and,  of  course,  could 
not  say  anytiiiug.  This  did  not  go  over  very 
well,  for  the  reason  Ihal  everybody  knew  that 
the  pope  \vas  i)ack  of  the  war,  had  blessed  it 
from  the  start  and  wanttid  Mussolini  to  win. 

The  Religious  Country  of  Spain 

Spain  has  always  been,  and  .still  is  very  re- 
ligious. Religion  means  compliance  with  tradi- 
tions and  comniandK  of  creatures  regarf.Uess 
of  the  commands  of  the  CrsaLor,  and  the  con- 
dition of  the  poor  populace  of  Spain  for  cen- 
turies was  lower  than  that  of  the  lower  ani- 
mals. The  Jesuits  owned  oner-third  of  the  land 
of  the  comitry  wnd  paid  no  i.ases  on  it.  The 
4,000  convents  and  mona'lpries  devoured  the 
best  of  everything-  The  ivligious  business  sent 
$20,000,000  out  of  the  coimti'y  every  year  and 
yet  fifty  percent  of  fhe  children  had  no  school- 
ing. 

The  4,000,000  farm  workers  were  always  on 
the  edge  of  starvation.  To  snare  a  rabbit  or 
squirrel,  or  even  a  crow,  was  to  be  shot  down 


without  mercy.  The  great  estates  were  kept 
merely  as  hunting  grounds.  Ten  pesetas 
($1,95)  were  neccssa.ry  to  live,  but  the  peasant 
often  received  but  2  (39e).  Some  families  were 
never  able  to  buy  meat.  Some  men  never  had 
a  new  suit  of  clothes  after  theii'  wedding  siiit. 

The  salary  of  the  bishop  of  Toledo  was  and 
is  $600,000  a  year,  or  eight  times  that  of  the 
president  of  the  United  Stales.  In  Caceres  in 
1931  there  were  38  monasteries  in  a  row  and 
when  there  was  a  religious  procession  the 
statiie  of  the  virgin  was  literally  buried  under 
jewels,  diamonds,  rubies,  smaragds  and  other 
precious  stones,  with  other  evidences  of  vast 
wealth  too  lengthy  to  list.  John  McGover^i, 
Glasgow  Ca.thohic,  said: 

The  Cbmroh  owned  more  than  transport  and  land. 
It  controlled  the  greatest  anjonnt  of  .stock  in  tele- 
phones, banks,  hunber,  contraj^ting,  e.igi  nee  ring, 
film  pvoductiou,  ciitenias.  tbeaterf.,  eafes,  hotels, 
sports  grounds,  and  even  dog  racing  and  the  bull 
ring.  Eveiy  time  the  dog  phased  the  hare  it  mad? 
a  profit  for  the  Church.  Every  time  the  bull  was 
stabbed  to  desth  or  a  toresdor  shed  his  blood,  the 
Jesuits  drew  a  profit. 

The  Spanislt  Republic 

In  an  open  and  honest  vote  the  Spanish 
people  decided  to  establish  a  republic,  and 
its  constitution,  patterned  after  that  of  the 
United  States  Govemmenl:,  was  a  docximent 
of  which  the  people  might  justly  feel  proud, 
it  gave  equal  rights  to  all  religions  and  or- 
dered the  priests  to  confine  their  activities  to 
teaching  religion.  This  did  not  suit  those  who 
had  been  running  the  country,  and  a.  revolt 
was  carefully  planned. 

Major  Pollard,  British  Catholic,  illegally 
flew  a  plane  to  General  Franco,  then  in  exile 
in  the  Canary  islands.  Franco  flew  to  Moi'occo, 
there  to  get  in  touch  witli  6  Italian  planes  dis- 
patched from  Italy  three  days  previously, 
every  one  of  them  with  10  machine  guns 
aboard.  When  the  revolt  was  only  three  days 
old  German  platies  were  transporting  heathen 
Moors  to  Spain  to  overthrow  the  Republic. 

The  Moors  were  nominally  financed  by  Juan 
March.  On  a  single  occasion  an  esiienditure 
of  $-1,500,000,000  was  authorised.  Immediately 
after  he  made  this  promise  Juan  March  went 
to  Italy.  What  for!  Where  did  he  get  the 
money?  There  is  only  one  place  in  Italy  where 
it  eould  be  obtained.  Mussolini  is  poor  as  a 
cbiireh  mouse. 

The  floors  \\-ere  equipped  with  guns  to 
which  were  afnxed  the  badge  of  the  Sacred 
Heart,  and  the  Moors  wore  bags  on  which  were 

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inscribed  pii?f.ui"es  of  The  same.  Girl  militiamGn 
of  the  Spanish  Eepublie  were  turnr.d  over  to 
the  Moors,  one  to  20  iloors.  At  Toludo,  where 
600  (.JoTernmpnt  woimdc-d  were  in  a  hospital, 
Moors  fiiime  ill  witli  ha.iid  grenades  and  kiilcd 
them  in  their  beds. 

At  Badajoz  a.  large  erowd  of  laborer.s  and 
poor  folks  took  refi7ge  in  tht;  cathedral,  tliink- 
ing  that,  beeaii.se  Ihey  were  Catholics,  they 
would  be  gra.nted  right  of  asvliun.  They  were 
taken  from  the  eathedriil  square  to  the  bnll 
ring  and  there  these  1,500  defenseless  men 
and  women  were  machine-gunned  until  all  that 
was  left  was  a  bloody  heap  of  raws. 

At  TeJnel  there  was  a  similiir  scene,  and 
Concerning  this  Lawri^nee  A,  Fernsworth, 
newspaper  correspondent,  himself  a  Ciitholic. 
said  : 

The  plaaa  was  clecurateti.  crowds  applauded  each 
exeention,  mdcI  a.ftcrwnrds  the  hand  playsd  and, 
there  was  daneing. 

Speaking  further  of  Teniel,  Mr.  Ferns- 
worth  said : 

When  the  Lnynlisls  captiirpd  Tcrael,  population 
12,000,  they  nut  only  leai-iied  of  the  murder  of  a 
fourth  of  Its  inhabitants  but  relessed  frnm  a  single 
prison  ee!l  thirty-seTen  women  and  eight  babies 
who  had  heea  kept  in  that  cell  for  an  entire  year. 
[Confien=ed  fi-ora  X'ew  Turk  Timfs] 

Guernica,  Malaga  and  Majorca 

In  what  wag  merely  the  re-eslahlishment  in 
power  of  the  old  gang  that  had  previously 
ruined  Spain,  but  which  was  played  up  as  aii 
attack  on  Bolshevism,  the  work  of  bombing 
Guemiea  was  turned  over  to  Hitler.  Iho  pres- 
ent partner  of  Stalin.  The  job  was  expertly 
done.  To  get  the  people  into  the  streets  heavy 
bombs  and  grenades  wnr-  <.l)'opped  ;dl  over 
town;  when  they  filled  the  streets  in  terror 
they  were  machine-gunned ;  M-lien  they  rnshed 
back  into  the  celiarB.  heavy  bon>bSj  capable  of 
making  holes  25  feet  dee]>,  were  rained  upon 
the  buildings,  which  collapsed  upon  the  vic- 
tims. By  these  meana  Sflf)  unarmed  men,  wom- 
en and  children  were  slain.  Incendiary  bombs 
finished  the  job  of  destro.\'inR  the  city. 

Guernica  is  in  tlie  Bascjiie  country,  which  ia 
solidly  Catholic.  Wlien  a  committee  of  19 
clergymen  wrote  a  personal  letter  to  the  pope, 
and  delivered  it  pertionaily,  narrating  the 
above  incidents,  and  the  shooting  of  13  priests, 
imprisoning  of  117  and  exiling  of  135,  the 
then  pope  Pius  XI  replied  that  protests  ema- 
nating from  the  Spajiish  Republic  would  not 
receive  a  warm  reception  in  Vaticaji  quarters. 

Probably  one  of  the  worst  outrages  in  Cath- 

AUGUST  ai,   1B40 


olic  BasqWan^wa^^TEe'Eospital  at  San 
Sebastian,  where  band  grenades  were  thrown 
into  the  maternity  ward,  mising  in  one  bloody 
mass  mothens,  infants,  and  nursing  sisters. 

The  bombing  of  ^lalaEra  was  turned  over  to 
Hitler's  brothm-  Cathoiie,  :\ri]ssoliiii.  The  peo- 
ple that  were  bombed  were  Catholics,  The 
children  ,>streanied  out  of  the  city  on  the  Hint 
road  to  Ahncria,  100  miles  away.  Many  of 
them  were  barefooted  and  had  on  but  a  sin  file 
garnu'nt.  Their  feet  were  swollen  to  twice 
their  natural  size.  Once  a  day,  on  the  flve-day 
journey,  they  lined  up  foi'  a  cup  of  preserved 
milk  and  a  handfid  of  dry  bread.  The  Italian 
planes  followed  these  little  marchers,  idlling 
hundreds  of  them,  and  the  Italian  cruisers 
bombarded  them  from  the  sea. 

No  war  was  ever  declared  against  the  Span- 
ish Eepublie  by  either  Germany  or  Italy. 
"When  Malaga  was  captured  5,000  peo]jle  were 
put  on  trial  for  their  lives.  The  average  length 
of  eaeh  trial  whs  two  minutes ;  one  in  ten  was 
shot :  one  in  ten  was  imprisoned  for  life.  Mus- 
solini's aim  was  to  prevent  the  spreading  in 
Spain  of  the  ideas  of  Hitler's  friend  Stalin; 
so  be  said.  Those  sentenced  to  death  at  ilalaga 
were  shot  in  the  back.  Italian  planes  bombed 
Bareelona  2,000  times. 

The  Italians  were  also  entt'usted  with  sup- 
pression of  ■■Bolshevism"  in  the  agricultural 
island  of  Majorca,  Here  3,000  suspects  were 
dragged  out  of  their  houses  at  night  and  mas- 
sacred; not  a  siek  or  wounded  person  was 
spared ;  sometimes  these  massacres  were,  in  tlie 
presence  of  a  priest;  appearances  were  ea.re- 
luUy  preserved;  no  ono  was  allowed  to  wear 
moui'ning;  no  shops  were  e-loseJ,  One  lad  of 
12  was  killed  for  his  BcpubJiean  opinions.  The 
bishop  of  Palma.  IMajorca,  declared  one  day, 
m  giving  his  "lilossing"  on  the  work  in  hand, 
that  it  was  not  sufficient  to  externiiunte  the 
Kepublieans,  but  that  their  offspring  also 
should  be  annihilated. 

Franco  as  Bad  as  Mussolini  or  Hitler 

Franco  is  even  more  religious  than  either 
Mussolini  or  Hitler,  if  that  could  be  possible. 
At  any  rate,  he  is  of  the  same  faith.  The 
Madi'id  College  of  Lawyers  issued  a  state- 
ment regarding  the  conduct  of  his  troops  from 
which  is  taken  the  following  item ; 

Jlany  pregnant  women  were  fotcefl  to  drmfc  a. 
ini.>:tiire  of  castor  oil  and  petrol.  One  of  these  in 
Algeeh-as,  whose  husband  they  dispovered  ha.d  fled 
to  G-ibraltar,  was  made  to  drink  a  large  nuantity 
of  the  stuff  and  then  allowed  to  join  her  husband. 
She  died  the  next  day. 


After  the  war  was  over,  or  should  have  been 
over,  the  Spanish  Inquisition  was  re-estab- 
lished, with  all  modern  improvements.  A  card 
index  oi  ^.OOO.OOO  persons  suspected  of  s.iin- 
path;'  with  the  Sjianish  Republic  was  formed 
and  the  eliminii.tion  of  all  libertj^-l  overs  was 
undRrtaien  and  is  still  iu  process.  Nothing  was 
or  is  rorgiveii.  ^[eantime,  1,000,000  children 
starve  for  want  of  tlinir  natiiral  earetakers. 
Of  this  fcatnro,  of  tlie  elimination  of  the  Re- 
publicans, the  Paris  correspondent  of  the 
New  York  WorJd-Tehgram  said: 

Even  the  French  friends  of  Generalissimo 
TVanco  of  Spain  swallowpil  hard  when  they  read 
today  nf  His  HoIiiies&  blessijig'  several  hundred 
Spflnish  Fasi'ists,  mcmhcvs  of  troop  units  who  were 
known  among  inlernational  neH'spapermen  iu 
Spain  as  ''murder  brigades'',  anii  his  teLiiiic;  them 
that  they  h<id   done  "the  Lord's  work". 

For  newspaper  purposes  Franco  had  also 
the  alibi  that  he  was  fi^htinj^  against  the  cau-'^e 
of  Hitler's  friend  Stalin,  i.e.,  "Bolshevism." 
A  newspaperman  asked  him  what  he  meant  by 
that  term;  and  the  intelligence  of  the  man 
may  he  meHsured  by  the  reply  that  it  meant, 
"strike,'!,  demands  for  higher  wages  and  aU 
that  sort  of  thing".  His  "Minister  ol  Ediica- 
tion"  closed  fifty  high  schools,  giving  as  a 
reason  tha.t — 

Tlie  people  are  better  off  withont  education.  It 
unfits  them  for  their  destmy  as  peasants  and 
workers. 

The  late  Cardinal  Hayes,  of  New  York  city, 
stated  thai  he  was  jiraying  regularly-  for  the 
success  of  General  Franco,  and  both  Pope 
Pius  XI  and  Pius  XII  "lile.s.sed"  him  for  his 
work  in  finishing  oif  the  Spanish  Republic, 
in  violation  of  his  solemn  oath  of  loyalty,  and 
under  the  false  banner  of  ant i -Bolshevism, 
Mussolini,  Hitler  and  Franco  are  three  liars. 

Mussolini,  the  sleeping-car  hero  of  Fascism, 
has  been  gallant  toward  other  governments 
than  thosi'  of  Ethio[)ia.  and  Spa.in.  For  ex- 
ample, there  is  little  .\ibania,  just  across  tUe 
strait  from  the  heel  of  Italy,  in  the  Balkans. 
On  March  ■215,  IDIIO,  King  Victor  Emmanuel 
of  Italy  declared  that  the  relations  of  tie 
Italian  government  with  the  kingdom  of  Al- 
bania wore  ha]ipily  most  cordial. 

Sixteen  days  later  the  O&nervatort,  Romanci, 
official  organ  of  the  Vatican,  stated  that  it  was 
not  the  intention  of  the  Italian  government  to 
make  an  attack  on  the  independence  and  integ- 
rity of  Albania.  Before  this  paper  could  get 
its  papers  off  the  press  400  bombers  and  100 
waraiiips  overwhelmed  little  Albania's  2  planes 

8 


and  4  motorboats.  A  fleet  of  tanks  .sprayed 
the  streets  crowded  with  civilians  with  ma- 
chine-gim  fire. 

The  queen  of  Albania  had  become  a  mother 
only  two  days  before  this  unprovoked  and  un- 
announced attack.  She  wa,s  compelled  to  flee 
to  txreece  in  a  condition  that  threatened  to 
make  her  a  helpless  invalid  for  the  rest  of  her 
life.  Zng,  the  Mohammedan  king  of  Albania, 
was  supposed  to  be  cpiite  liberal  for  a  Mo- 
hammedan . 

Greece,  to  which  the  Zogs  fled,  is  very  reli- 
gions. The  prevailing  religion  is  Qreek  Cath- 
olic. The  Greek  patriarch  decides  what  may 
be  taught  along  religious  lines.  When  the 
Greek  Republic  was  overthrown  and  the  dic- 
tator Melaxas  took  control  his  tlrs!  work  was 
to  throw  13,000  Greek  democrats  into  concen- 
tration camps.  Religion  pro.spers  and  thrives 
natnrally  under  a,  diclalorsbip.  a  condition 
where  some  religious  pei'soii  decides  what  the 
people  may  consider. 

Prisoners  of  Metasas  on  the  Aegean  is- 
lands of  death  must  exist  on  13e  per  day.  Two 
dozen  pool  their  resonrees,  sleep  iji  one  room, 
sift  their  own  wheat,  bake  their  own  bread 
and  provide  a.s  best  they  can  fuel.  \vat«r, 
shelter  and  other  necessities.  There  is  a  price 
of  §750  on  tiie  head  of  exiles  who  escaped  from 
these  islands  and  their  children  are  held  as 
hostages.  Some  of  these  indsoners  were  beaten 
with  clubs  on  the  soles  of  their  feet  until  they 
conid  not  e\en  stand.  Does  Gr<-ece  need  more 
religion,  or  more  Chri.stianily,  which? 

The  Religion  of  Russia 

Up  to  the  time  of  the  World  War  Rus- 
sia was  the  most  religious  (Wiintry  in  the 
world.  Ikons  (idols),  "blessed"  by  the  Ortho- 
dox Greek  priests,  were  carried  into  battle  as 
a  part  of  the  equipment  of  every  Russian  regi- 
ment. The  religionists  overworked  their  rack- 
et. They  exhibited  collon  and  plaster  of 
Paris  "saints"  as  ""proof  that  their  holy  men 
did  not  decay  after  they  died.  The  news  got 
out  and  the  old  religion  went  overboard. 

In  jig  time  the  old  religion  was  replaced 
by  a  new  one.  Instead  of  ikons  to  worship,  the 
Russians  soon  had  first  I,eniit  and  now  Stalin, 
and  stark  lerror  reigns  from  the  Baltic  sea 
to  Behring  strait,  and  from  the  Black  sea  to 
Nova  Zembla.  By  the  So\-iet  system  evei;^- 
body  is  encoiu'aged  to  spy  on  everybody  else, 
including  cliildren  on  their  parents  and  on 
one  another. 

{Tn  he  eontinaed) 

CONSOLATION 


viation 


World's  Largest  Airport 

♦  It  comes  as  a  surprise  to  leam  that  the 
world's  largest  aii-port  is  in  tiie  woods  of  New- 
foundland. There  are  I'otit  paved  runways, 
each  nearly  or  quite  4,S00  feet  long',  none  of 
them  less  than  600  feet  wide,  and  oue  oi  thorn 
twice  that  width.  The  approaches  to  the  run- 
ways have  been  cleared  oi  treoa  for  about  a 
mile.  It  is  calculated  that  this  airport  will  be 
one  of  earth's  busiest  places  dui-ing  the  im- 
mediate futui'e,  and  that  great  numbers  of 
bombing  planes  will  find  theii'  way  to  England 
by  this  route. 

A  Determined  Woman 

♦  A  determined  woman,  who  wanted  to  ride 
on  the  first  regular  passenger  trip  of  a  clipper 
across  the  Atlantic,  booked  her  passage  in 
1931.  and  eight  years  later  was  landed  saMy 
in  Europe  within  22  hours  from  the  tune  she 
left  New  York.  The  trip,  which  costs  $375, 
IS  made  in  the  big  41^-toji  living-boats,  with- 
out incident  and  without  excitement ;  service 
each  wAy  once  a  week. 

Photographed  200  Miles  Away 

♦  In  an  airplane  over  Washington,  D.C.,  too 
high  to  see  the  ground,  a  National  Broadcast- 
ing Company  photographer  obtained  a  good 
picture  of  David  Sarnoff  and  W.  A,  Patterson 
seatC'dat  their  studio  table  in  \ew  Tork  city, 
200  miles  away.  The  photograph  was  sent  by 
television.  Subsequently,  by  the  same  appara- 
tus, the  voyagers  in  the  plane  saw  their  plane 
Jand  at  the  North  Beach  airport,  New  York. 

New  York's  New  Airport 

♦  New  York  boa.sts  of  a  new  airpoj't  claimed 
to  be  the  largest  and  best,  even  lai'ger  and 
better  than  Newark's.  It  occupies  not  quite  a 
squai'e  mile.  Its  hausars  for  land  planes  ai-e 
each  as  large  as  Utadison  Square  Oai-den.  Its 
cost  is  over  .?50,000.000,  Like  the  Newark  air- 
port, it  can  be  reached  by  automobile  from  the 
eenter  of  the  city  in  twenty  minutes. 

Communication  with  Planes 

♦  Eveiy  plane  of  the  American  Ail'  Lines, 
no  matter  in  what  part,  of  the  sky  between 
Boston  and  Los  Angeles  it  may  be  flying,  is 
in  constant  touch  with  some  one  or  more  of  the 
thirty  stations  of  the  company  along  the  line. 

AUGUST  21,  1840 


The  Human  Heart  ^^^^H 

♦  Experiments  with  the  osygen-gas  mask 
show  that  at  20,000  feet  the  use  of  the  oxygen 
and  helium  mixture  ends  dizziness.  When 
masks  are  removed  at  19,000  feet  elevation  the 
human  heart  beats  go  up  to  120  in  45  seconds, 
as  compared  ivith  a  nonnal  of  SO  beats.  When 
the  mask  is  replaced  the  heai-t  drops  back  to 
102  boats  within  30  seconds,  and  then  slowly 
settles  back  to  normal.  The  ueiv  ^as  mixtures 
will  be  available  in  plane.s  fijing  at  the  higher 
elei'ations,  and  passengei's  eaii  make  use  of 
them  or  not,  as  they  desire.  The  passenger  has 
only  to  plug  in  to  get  his  share  of  the  gas. 

Autogiro  a  Complete  Success 

♦  The  autogiro  service  between  Philadelphia 
and  Camden  post  ofE(^es  is  a  complete  success. 
Trips  are  made  in  6  minutes,  to  compare  with 
40  minutes  for  mail  trucks.  The  roof  of  tie 
Philadelphia  post  office,  365  by  278  feet,  was 
specially  designed  for  the  service,  which,  it  is 
predicted,  will  come  into  wide  and  immediate 
use  foi'  transport  of  mail,  express  and  pas- 
sengei-a  from  large  civic  centei-s  to  the  aii'- 
ports  in  their  suburbs. 

Shortage  of  Planes  and  Men  ^ 

♦  On  account  of  shorta^'e  of  planes  and 
trained  pilots  the  Imperial  Airwavs  was 
obliged  to  refuse  passenger  bookings"  on  its 
22,000  miles  of  lines  from  England  to  South 
Africa,  Egypt,  India,  Greece,  and  the  Far 
East.  Several  planes  were  lost  recently,  and 
both  planes  and  pilots  are  needed  for  the  gov- 
ernment reai-mament  program. 

Across  Canada  by  Air 

♦  April  1.  1939,  Ihe  first  passengers  were 
carried  on  the  trans- Canadian  air  line,  which 
makes  the  .journey  between  Montreal  and  Van- 
couver in  ni  hours.  The  rates  for  passengers 
are  the  same  as  in  the  United  States,  6  cents 
per  mile.  Jleals  are  sei'\'ed  free. 

Around  the  World  in  Sixteen  Days 

♦  Traveling  solely  by  commercial  planes  Mrs. 
Clara  Adams,  of  Cincinnati,  went  around  the 
world  in  sixteen  days,  via  London,  Karachi, 
Hong  Kong.  Manila  and  8an  Francisco.  She 
left  New  York  June  28,  and  was  back  again 
on  July  14.  , 


Balkan    Stated 


Fire-Dancing  in  Bulsaria 

♦  Fire-cl?.nciiig,  under  tho  suiiervision  of  de- 
mons, is  ])racticed  in  tlie  Grepk  Catholic  com- 
mimitj-  of  "Baui-o:a3,  Bait^aria.  The  account, 
given  publiuily  liy  a  Keynolds  Navs  Agcncy 
correspcndent,  and  puhlished  in  Atiatralian 
CoiiBolation,  follows : 

At  a  given  signal  fruui  the  head  of  the  fire- 
daneers.  who  bv  this  time  all  appeared  to  iiBTB 
faJlsn  in  a  tran'cp,  ilie  rausic  atnpped  playing  and 
the  clancers  leapad  irilh  baro  lett  onto  xhe  burn- 
ing' uiiider&,  Thcv  danctd  for  several  minutes, 
Alllioucrh  their  ful-es  bpcitme  pale  they  sliowpd  no 
sig:na  of  pfiin  nrid  their  feet  were  iieilher  scorched 
nor  burned.  After  emerging  fvoin  ihe  red-liot  em- 
bers snd  regainnig  eonstiottiness,  one  deeiari'd  be- 
fore the  suipiised  audieitf-e,  "Only  tho.se  who  bave 
strung  faith  in  God  [the  god  of  tiiis  world— the 
Devil— i'li-]  can  dance  on  the  tire  -without  receiv- 
ing injuries." 

His  Lie  Lasted  Ten  Days 

♦  Shepherd  Lnpii.  of  Rumania,  who  claims 
he  saw  Uod  thre*^  tirats  in  1935,  and  who  is 
therefore  deinonized  (for,  "No  man  hath  sei^n 
God  at  any  time.''  and.  ^No  man  i:an  see  me, 
and  live'), "prophesied  on  Angiist  21  that  there 
would  tie  no  European  war.  Ilis  prophecy  was 
widely  published,  and  in  ten  days  thereafter 
Eui'ope  was  at  war.  Tliat  is  once  when  the  de- 
mons got  eanght  at  it. 

All  Fortune  Tellers  Are  Crooks 

♦  The  police  of  Budapest,  Hungaiy,  came  to 
the  accui-ate  conclusion  that  all  fortune  tellers 
are  crooks  and  arrested  the  whole  lot.  some 
3,000  of  them,  confinlns  them  in  concentration 
cajnps.  Tlie  entii'C  business  is  founded  on  de- 
monism,  callad  iu  the  Scriptures  '"■lying  spir- 
its", and  well  named. 

Getting  Along  Fine  with  Hitler 

♦  The  "Reverend  Fa.ther"  Tiao,  president  of 
the  rump  state  of  Slovakia,  is  gettmg  along 
fine  with  Hitler  and  hia  friends,  and  reports 
that  ail  is  well  witli  his  counUy  since  Czecho- 
slovalda  was  betrayed  into  Hitler's  hands. 
Inasmuch  as  he  betrayed  it.  he  ought  to  know. 

Oppression  of  Jews  in  Hungary 

♦  The  city  oi.  Budapest,  Hiu^gaty,  ordered 
all  Jewish'peddlcTS  and  junk  dealers  operat- 
ing in  the  market  for  secondhand  goods  to 
go  out  of  business. 

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Czech  Jews  Lose  All  Property 

♦  Nazi  laws  put  m;o  eneci  in  Bohemia  and 
JMora.vla  doom  the  Jews  of  tiia!  wantry  to 
the  loss  of  all  properly.  A  Jew  is  d-^fined  as 

anybody  witli  throe  Jewish  etandnarents  or 
with  two  Jewish  grandpa"  ■: '  *  -  i  hiaving  the 
Jewish  faith.  They  wtr^  : .  .  -i  to  nst  aU 
the  propertv  which  is  to  be  ^ivi-n  "t-y  xhe  stale, 
are  forbidden  to  actujiri.'  or  l^-a^i-  --ai  tstate, 
to  acquire  an  interest  i:.   "-  ..ridertak- 

insrs,  or  to  purcha-se  stoc^^  --_     ---^■ 

An  Excuse  for  Theft 

♦  In  the  year  1920  one  of  tbc  l*i?«t  metal- 
lurgical establishments  in  CseboeloTBkio  had 
a.  Je\vish  director  for  fift«n  dirs-  On  this 
evidence  the  factory  was  asnd  by  the  Ger- 
mans twenty  years  later  on  ifce  giotuid  that 
it  is  a  Jewish  con'_-tr3.  Even  supposing  that 
it  is  Jewish,  which  it  is  not.  »tat  n^t  would 
anybody  have  to  take  itf  The  Jews  have  a 
right  to  work,  have  they  not? 

Tiso's  "Good  Friend" 

♦  The  person  who  iielrayed  3tof»kia  into  the 
hands  of  Hitler  is  a  CstboDe  pfieK  named 
Tisc.  wlio  is  now  the  president  flf  his  country. 
At  a  recent  reception  of  diiA«ats  in  his  cap- 
ital llonsignor  Tiso  referred  to  tfae  Soviet  as 
"om>  good  friend  the  Soviet  Cnwe"  and  re- 
ferred to  the  '■affinity  oi  oar  two  nations"  as 
making  ■"'co-operation  in  aH  spheres'  desir- 
able. This  lets  another  cat  «it  of  ih*  bag. 

Yugoslavia  Nervous 

♦  Tn  Yugoslavia  the  amcoxities  wished  to 
re-examine  thii  payei-s  of  a  Gemazi  resident, 
tmd  called  at  his  home  for  the  purpose,  but 
found  him  absent ,  In  his  abeawe  ther  searched 
the  promises  and  found  30  naehiBe  guns  and 
an  equiil  number  of  (.ierman  oniftmns.  They 
could  hardly  be  blamed  for  hetng  nervous 
with  such  guests;  now,  could  theyT 

Mass  Suicide  of  Jews 

♦  Some  idea  of  the  horrible  eondilions  pre- 
vuiling'  in  Central  EoropL-  may  be  drawn  from 
tlie  fact  that  150  Jews  at  Cocssanza  tried  to 
commit  mass  suicide  by  jmnvm^  into  the  sea 
when  they  were  denied  pennissaon  to  board  a 
vessel  for  an  unlrnown  destniatka.  Twenty- 
six  got  past  the  poliee  and  did  jtrap.  but  were 
rescued, 

CONSOLATION 


Baltic   States 


A  Pre-War  Note  from  the  Netherlands 

♦  A  pre-Avar  note  from  tlie  Netherlands  ex- 
plains that  ill  tlie  spring  the  farmers  sull  their 
potatofia  at  auction.  11  there  is  no  market 
they  hold  them  until  t}ie  govarnment  can  find 
a  market  in  South  Aroeiica  or  elaewhere.  If 
unsold  they  are  sprayed  with  kerosene,  but 
the  farmers  receive  a  bonus.  Tulip  bulbs  often 
gx)  to  the  government  to  be  grijund  into  cattle 
feed.  Cabbage  g(jes  the  same  ivaj',  "When  the 
price  for  cabbage  has  descended  to  one  gulden 
(42c)  for  200  jioiuids  the  government  pur- 
chases the  renifiining  ofterings  for  cow  feed, 
giving  each  cabbage  a  deep  cut  over  the  head 
so  that  it  may  no  longer  be  used  for  human 
food. 

The  nnemployed  fiock  into  the  ai-my,  though 
many  of  them  go  to  Germany  to  work.  German 
automobiles  run  more  than  60  miles  per  houi' 
and  do  it  on  40  miles  to  a  gallon  of  gasoline. 
In  races  in  the  Xetherlands  German  automo- 
biles., motorcycles  and  airplanes  win  eveiy 
race;  so  says  the  informant. 


Land  Belongs  to  State 

♦  In  Denmark  tiit  land  belongs  to  the  state 
(at  k'ii-st  m;ich  of  it  does)  and  remains  with 
the  slate,  but  a  ma]"i  who  has  had  agilcultural 
training  and  has  a  little  money  (ten  percent 
of  his  rfquirementa)  to  invest  in  the  farming 
business  will  he  given  cattle,  pigs,  poultry, 
modern  implements,  telephones  and  electric 
lights  and  all  necessary  buildings,  and  the 
state  will  let  him  pay  for  it  over  three  genera- 
tions. And  he  may  pay  a  variable  rate  of  in- 
terest, depending  upon  whether  prices  go  up 
or  down.  And  he  may  sell  to  another  man 
ever.nhing  exc-upt  the  land.  It  seems  like  a 
sensible  arrangement  that  the  less  civilized 
lands,  sucli  as  Britain  and  America,  might 
well  consider.  Four-fifths  of  the  1G,d75  square 
miles  (twice  the  sizo  of  Jlassachusetts)  is 
closely  cultivated. 

Board  of  Public  Opinion 

♦  Sweden  has  an  institution  every  country 
should  have.  It  has  a  board  of  public  opinion 
to  which  stay  person  may  appeal  who  feels 
that  he  has  not  lieen  fairly  ti'eated  in  any  part 
of  the  public  press.  His  claims  are  investigated 
by  the  board,  which  consists  of  publishers  and 
writers,  and  their  findings  are  widely  pub- 
lished. It  tends  to  a  fair  deal  all  round. 

AUGUST  21,   1940 


Pipe-Smoker  Blows  Up 

♦  To  an  ini'eterate  tobaoeo-user,  Iiia  own  de- 
sire to  gratify  his  tobacco  appetite  is  the  most 
important  thing  in  the  whole  world:  it  is  cer- 
tainly more  important  than  the  desires  or  in- 
terests of  hiy  fellow  men,  for  these  arc  never 
consulted  any  more.  Even  the  women  smokers 
disdain  asking  to  Le  eseused  for  their  tobac- 
co stink,  when  they  "light  up".  In  southern 
Norway  a  British  anti-aircraft  baiTagc  bal- 
loon ea,me  down,  having  been  lorn  loose  from 
its  moorings  by  a  stonii.  As  soon  as  it  landed 
several  Norse  citizens  went  to  see  it.  One  of 
them,  of  eouT'sy,  had  to  pull  out  his  pipe  and 
light  it  as  soon  as  he  got  neai'  enough  to  see 
what  it  was  all  about.  The  balloon  was  in- 
flated with  hydi'ogp?!  giis.  "^Hien  it  struck  the 
earth  it  sprang  a  small  leak.  When  the  man 
lit  his  pipe  the  balloon  exploded,  killing  him 
and  injuring  thi'ee  other  persona. 

Lithuania's  Nice  Neighbors 

♦  Lithuania  seems  to  have  nice  neighbors. 
Russia  agreed  to  let  Lithuania  keep  lier  "lib- 
erties" provided  she  would  hereafter  let  Rus- 
sian troops  "protect''  the  country;  and,  as 
Lithuania  could  not  help  herself,  she  agreed, 
and,  according  to  Russian  propaganda,  haded 
her  deliverers.  But  one  may  ^iioss  the  nature 
of  the  "deliverance"  when  told  that  as  the 
Russian  troops  moved  in  the  Lithuanians  were 
forced  to  clear  the  streets  of  all  activity  and 
the  houses  and  stores  along  the  route  had  to 
be  boarded  up.  The  "liberty"  k  the  same  as 
that  of  the  tlapanese  common  people  who  are 
not  even  permitted  to  look  at  their  soldiers 
when  marching  away  to  mui'der  the  Chinese. 
Jlore  and  more  it  beRoraos  obvious  tliat  oidy 
the  Theocratic  government  of  righteousness 
can  insui'B  peace  to  the  nations^  or  what  is 
left  of  them  after  Armageddon. 

Dairy  Farms  in  Finland 

♦  Dairy  farmer's  in  Finland  receive  Y6.3  per- 
cent of  every  doUai'  spent  by  consumers  for 
milk.  The  co-operative  dairies  in  Finland  are 
really  co-operative,  instead  of  being,  as  in  the 
United  States,  mere  departments  of  the  Milk 
Trust.  In  America  the  fai'mers  in  many  cases 
receive  only  about  25  percent  of  the  con- 
sumers-' dollar,  and  the  average  for  the  entire 
country  is  only  38  percent. 

U 


Kingdom  Privileges  in  Syria 

♦  On  M^u'^li  10,  1940.  tiglit  oi  the  publishers 
uL  Tiipoll  Syria,  went  to  a  Cathohc  town 
namod  Gehal,  where  they  sc-attered  two  by  two 
goino'  irora  hoiist  to  house,  leaving  the  King- 
dom message  which  gave  the  meek  ones  of  the 
"other  slieey"  hope  and  gladness  that  was 
manifested  on  their  very  faces, 

Finally,  at  the  end  of  the  day,  two  oi  the 
-puhlishers  entered  the  home  oi  the  pnest  and 
save  him  and  those  with  hijn  the  witness  and 
spent  mnch  time  explaining  tlie  iiieaaa^e  irorn 
the  Bible.  He  j^ave  thf-m  arrogant  attention, 
Finallv  he  said,  '"If  T  believed  eveiTthmg  yoii 
have  said  as  being  the  truth  and  still  remained 
a  priest,  would  h  be  wrong  for  me  f ;  One  ot  the 
witnesses  put  bis  hand  on  the  priest  s  b  ack 
robe  and  said,  "Unless  yon  shed  that  black 
svmbol  of  death,  you  will  not  receive  life  trom 
Christ  Jesus,"  After  explaining  to  him  what 
the  priestlv  robe  stood  for  and  the  false  Sa- 
tanie  teachings  he  was  giving  the  people   he 
took  tlie  booklet  Uncoi^ered  and  promised  to 
read  it  carefuUv  and  urged  upon  us  to  call 
on  him  again.  We  finished  that  town,  plaems 
about  24  books  and  booklets,  and  went  on  our 
way  rejoicing. 

The  following  Sunday.  March  1< ,  which  was 
"Palm"  Sundav   for  the  Catholics,  we  went 
to  another  town  near  Oehal,  named  Padouss. 
The  eitrht  of  us  scattered  all  over  the  place, 
<Tomg  from  house  to  -lioiise,  where  we  fomui 
Snlv  the  children.  Upon  inquiring  for  their 
parents,  they  told  us  their  parents  were  at  the 
church  of  St.  Sasseen.  We  were  disappointed 
and  wished  we  had  not  come  to  this  desolated 
town  But  upon  second  thought  we  decided  to 
stciy  and  wait  for  the  Baal-worshipers  to  come 
home,  which  we  did.  About  1  p.m.  we  went 
baek-caUing  on  them  from  bouse  to  house.  At 
some  of  tiie  homes  we  were  met  by  some  who 
said  "It  is  peculiar  how  such  nice,  clean  and 
oi'derlv  voung  men  lilic  you  a.re  chosen  to  go 
out  and  do  this  kind  of  work."  We  placed  iS 
books  and  booldcts  and  went  back  to  our  sound 
machine  rejoicing  and  grateful  to  Jehovah  for 
such  unexpected  results. 
12 


The  Old  Hierarchy 

While  we  were  waiting  for  two  of  our  com- 
panions to  come  to  the  sound-car  so  we  could 
leave,  two  mounted  police  approached  us  say- 
ing   '"'Hey,  young  men,  wait;  what  kind  ot 
books  have  v'ou  got  there?  What  are  you  doing 
with  those  books?"  By  this  time  there  was  a 
large  crowd  gatliered  around  us.  One  of  tile 
witnesses  boldly  answered;  "OlU'  pui-pose  is 
preaching  the  gospel  of  tlod'3  Kingdom,  which 
is  clearly  set  forth  in  these  books."  The  police 
took  out  their  ♦audcuffs,  and  said  they  were 
"oing  to  tjike  us  to  the  barracks.  \\  e  told  them 
we  are  eight,  and  said,  "We  axe  itady  to  go 
with  vou  anvwhcre  you  want,  because  we  are 
not  ashamed  of  this  message  and  we  do_  not 
fear  to  tell  it  to  anyone  or  proelami  it  trom 
the  housetops  bv  word  of  mouth  and  sound 
eciuipnicnt,  We  deem  It  a  great  honor  to  have 
the  privilege  of  witnessmg  the  Tru!h  eoncem,- 
ing  the  King  and  the  Kingdom  beiure  judges 
and  rulers  of  this  world,  in  complete  obedience 
to  our  ifreal  Master's  command  and  whieh  He 
foretold  long  ago."  After  we  gave  a  witness  to 
the  police  and  the  crowd  gathered  around  us, 
the  other  two  witnesses  itnirihed  all  the  scat- 
tered houses  on  the  outsltirls  of  the  town  of 
Fadou.ss  and  came  back  to  lind  us  snn-oimded 
by  the  police  and  the  crowd.  They  joined  us. 
Before  putting  us  in  the  sound-ear  to  take 
us  to  the  ha.rraeh.s  the  police  lined  us  up  to 
search  us  for  weapons,  but  thev  found  noth- 
ing except  the  two-edged  sword  of  Jehovah, 
One  of  the  policemen  came  to  search  the  wit- 
ness who  was  speaking  to  them.  The  policemen 
and  the  erowd  were  astonished  at  the  mani- 
festation of  such  strange  faith  and  boldness 
from  these  young  men ,  Again  one  of  the  police- 
men said,  "1  have  no  doubt  in  my  mind  tiiat 
fiuch  nice  young  men  as  you  who  show  all  the 
cha.raeteristies    of    gentleness    and    kindness 
would  not  do  anvthing  to  harm  tiie  general 
welfare  of  the  community.  But  it  is  our  duty 
to  make  sure  the  movements  of  evei->'one  be- 
cause we  are  in  a  time  of  war."  The  witness 
answered,  '""We  gladly  accept  this  searching 
because  we  are  looking  for  the  people  ot  good 
will  in  this  community,  to  convey  to  them  this 
gospel  of  the  Kingdom,  By  doing  this  you 
have  made  It  easier  for  us  and  sa-ved  us  the 
time  of  going  to  your  homes." 

Finally  they  put  us  in  the  truck  and  took  us 
to  the  po'lice  barracks  at  another  town,  named 
El-Belroun.  There  they  set  the  eight  of  us  on 
the  bench  before  the  assistant  of  the  mayor, 
who  is  a  strict  Moronite  Catholic.  He  started 

CONSOLATION 


.'    ::=  ■i.i'iisitiSiia 


»s 


L'.  '.'i'lfiatjiii 


:'^^!^: 


Teatigos  de  Jtliora  "Animoiaitiio  la  Teoei'aciu",  Havanu,,  Cuba 


to  ask  us  qnestioiis.  After  he  found  out  about 
our  luissioii  he  called  the  mayor  at  liis  home 
where  he  was  edebrating  Palm  Sunday.  The 
assistant  told  the  mayor  oyer  thu  telephont;: 
"This  is  ti.  Teiy  simple  case,  beetiii.se  these 
books  and  booklets  tell  about  the  gospel  and 
there  is  no  objeetion  against  Ihem."  "When  wu 
heard  and  saw  tills  man  Id  be  of  good  will 
and  very  favorable,  wi-  .started  to  espJaiu  to 
him  tiirther  the  difference  between  rL^ligion 
and  Christianity.  Also  we  showed  him  the 
grave  responsibility  upon  those  who  liear  the 
Truth  and  oppo.'ie  it.  and  that  those  who  hear 
the  Truth  aJid  uphold  it  and  pi'ociaim  it  to 
others  will  reeeive  the  blt^ssings  of  life.  lie 
gladly  accepted  a  book  Beronciiiadati  and  a 
booldet  Armageddon,  and  sent  us  home  re- 
joicing. 

After  we  left  him  we  spoke  together  and 
reruinded  oui'sclves  how  the  day  began  in 
ii'adonss  and  ended  at  E!-Betroun.  victorious- 
ly for  Jehovah  and  His  trafh.  We  know  posi- 
tively that  all  tiiis  trouble  started  from  the 
wicked  Hierarchy.  Then  we  reniembered  the 
text  at  Komans  S :  28,  -All  things  work  to- 
getlicr  for  good  to  them  that  love  God.  to  them 
who  are  the  called  according  to  his  pui'pose.'" 
— M.  H.  Aboud,  Syria. 

AUGUST  21,  1940 


"Anunciando  la  Teocracia" 

♦  It  is  with  real  joy  that  we  write  to  tell  you 
of  the  onward  march  of  Tiie  Thkocracy  in 
the  land  of  Cuba.  In  times  of  past,  when  we 
would  fell  the  people  that  we  had  a  message 
of  'God's  Kingdom',  they  would  confuse  us 
with  the  religionists,  who  often  use  these 
words,  in  hypocrisy,  to  be  aui'e.  Since  .leho- 
vaJi's  organization  began  to  function  a.s  a 
Theocracy  the  people  here  have  been  advised 
of  tliis,  and  the  result  is  that  the  word  "Teo- 
CRACW"  is  becoming  a  household  word.  The 
publisher  make  an  effort  to  mention  the  words 
'■Teociwcia--^  (Theocracy), "^(a/Byft"  (IVaicA- 
toiver)  and  Consolation  [Consolation)  in 
every  witness;  then,  when  these  same  people 
hear  the  street-corner  publishers  on  a  later 
date,  they  arc  able  to  make  the  connection. 

To  give  you  an  idea  of  the  iirogrcss.  we  cite 
the  Havana  company :  In  .January,  1 940.  there 
were  19  publishers,  3  phouogr;iphs,  321  at- 
tendance. Four  months  later,  in  ilav,  tliis 
same  company  reported:  SS  publishers,  13 
phonographs  (also  7  moic  on  order],  2,884 
attendance.  Contact  points  for  service  arc  held 
every  Sunday  to  which  the  newly  interested 
are  invited  and  instructed  in  how  to  serve  the 
Lord  "in  spirit  and  in  truth".  When  the  in- 

13 


Icei.Hud's  only   iJioneer,   G,   F.  Lmaiu,   visUa   the 

IIS.OOG  population  eyefy  yc»r.  One  pony  eaiTies 

his  boots;  the  other,  hinj.  6S.0OO  acres  are  CuUi- 

vsted;  the  land  is  troeloas. 

stmctions  first  eami;  ielling  the  publishers  to 
employ  the  doorstep  method  of  presciitinj*  the 
KiKgd'om  message,  tlie  idea  was  general  that 
'it  might  work  in  U.  S,,  bui  it's  different  here'. 
.  .  .  However,  after  trying  this  method  tliK 
publishers  became  more  tv/ivinecd  than  ever 
that  .Jehovah  is  rauniug  His  organizstion, 
and  that  to  receive  the  joys  promised,   we 

MUST  OBEY  tNSTKLTC'i'IONS. 

In  regfU'd  to  the  stri^et -corner  witnessing; 
The  magEizine  bus^s  provided  by  the  Society 
were  of  no  usiz  here,  due  to  the  fact  that  the 
lettering  is  in  English,  whereas  ever^'one  hert' 
reads  and  speaks  Spanish.  To  offset  this  we 
had  some  bags  niiide  with  the  lettering  in 
Spanish.  On  one  side  wc  have,  "The  W-^tch- 
■rowEB" — annomieing  The  Theocbacy  :  on  the 
other  side.  "Consolatiom''— religion  is  a  raek- 
et,  the  Bible  suswei's  why  .  .  .  Needless  to 
say,  these  bags  rail  forth  eomments  both  fa- 
vorable and  unfavorable,  the  majority  favor- 
able. Some  of  the  publishers  are  assigned  the 
caffs,  restaurants,  hotel  lobbies,  etc.  One  of 
these  eaft>  publishers  dwn  hin  work  thus :  He 
enters  and  calls  out,  "Ceutlemeii,  please  read." 
Then  he  turns  slowly  so  that  all  may  read 
the  baR:  then  he  jwes  from  one  to  the  other 
olieriiig'  tliti  m:sgazines.  He  plnees  in  a"Im.ust 
every  p!acu.  Almost  all  liie  transportation  in 
Havana  is  by  bus.  Consequently  these  are  al- 
ways erowded.  As  these  buses  stop  at  the  buss' 
corners  to  take,  on  passengers,  the  magazine 
publisher  waves  thi-  ma.g;izine  and  yells,  "Reli- 
gion ig  a  racket,"  then  when  all  the  heads 
turn  toward  him.  he  finishes,  'The  Bible  an- 
swers why.  Ecad  C'jnsoZaiwn."  ,  .  .  All  in  all, 
we  are  rejoicing  in  the  privilege  of  serving 
14 


The  TnEocHACY  and  are  looking  forward  to 
that  gi'and  convention  in  July.— La  Torre  del 
Vigia,  Havana,  Cuba. 

Britain's  C-0  Tribunals 

♦  On  February  22.  1940,  the  working  of  the 
Conscientious  Objectors  Tribunals,  set  up  un- 
der the  Alilitary  Training  Act  and  the  Na- 
tional Service  (Armed  Forces)  Act  was  criti- 
eized  in  the  House  of  Commons  by  certain 
iiiembct;i.  One  memlKT,  ilr.  Petliick-Lawrence, 
wiio  was  financial  ai'ci'ctary  to  the  treasury 
in  the  Labor  goverTiment,  referred  specifieaUy 
to  ii  ease  in  whiph  one  of  JehoTah's  witnesses 
was  concerned  as  follows : 

This  House  deciiied  that  to  be  a  eonsnientious 
(jbjffioi'  is  BoE  to  oaniir.it  a  eriiae:  it  decided  that 
to  be  B.  c on sc  1.671  tioiis  ohjector  is  not  to  be  eoiitemplr- 
ible.  Thpse  in(Ii\'!ii-j.a]B  ivho  eome  before  these  eouits 
ftre  yoiiug  ineo  who  in  the  vait  majority  of  eases 
are  sijK'pn',  at  nny  rate  to  the  pstent  Ihst  they  be- 
lieve Ihey  hoit!  these  vievis  veiy  tirraiy  and  tena- 
eioiisiy,  I  Ao  not  think  you  are  going  to  arrive  at 
the  truth  as  lo  their  real  moral  and  meutal  condi- 
tion by  shouting  at  thetu,  by  rushing  a  nnniber  of 
qtieatioiis  at  them  in  a  hurry,  and.  by  driving  them 
into  making  fooling  remarks  whi(?ii  may  or  may 
not  be  tlicir  eonsidfirpd  opinions. 

I  do  not  mind  saying  that,  although  I  first  eame 
into  this  House  in  the  year  1633 — ajid  I  havp  been 
here  nparly  ever  sinw — it  is  only  in  the  last  year 
or  two  that  I  hai'e  risen  to  my  feet  without  hB.Yiiig  a 
certain  gcnse  of  ncrvotisiioss  in  addressing  tliis 
As^embl^v',  Here  yuii  have  ymmg  lueu  wiio  have  this 
sort  of  secret  m  tlicir  lien.rlis.  They  think  in  aoine 
way  that-  tliey  have  gnL  siinieLbiug  it  little  diii'erent 
from  other  people.  They  have  never  really  been 
brought  face  to  face  with  hard-hoadcri  moti  who  are 
to  croh^-qneslion  them,  and  in,-i!ead  of  their  ques- 
tioners trying  to  arrive  at  what  is  really  in  their 
minds  by  a  Jittle  quiet  talk,  they  are  mshed  at, 
and,  in  unmy  (ia.ses.  deliberately  (.-ijufused.  That  is 
not  the  wny  to  avrivo  at  the  truth,  and  that  is  the 


ilaliitig  good  uic  of  a  semi-trailer  at  Honolulu 

CONSOLATION 


main  point  of  what  I  am  going  to  try  to  say  t>iiB 
afternoon. 

1  lisve  brori^M  down  iviti  me  several  cases  where 
people  have  been  refused  when  apparently  their 
ease  was  madp  out.  but.  of  coui'se,  it  is  not  very  easy 
for  UB  merely  to  jutl^e,  even  if  we  h&vs  a  coinpiete 
Yei'batim  report.  It  la  for  thnsn  who  are  aettialiy 
there  and  tenr  the  woT'ds  being  spolcen  to  judge 
■whether  a  iimn  is  siaeerR,  or  whether  it  is  a  put-iip 
Job.  ThriT  is  a  ctise,  for  iaalaEce,  which  took  place 
in  Ihe  S"ewcs,BtIe  Court,  to  xvhidi  I  Iibvc  a,Ii'eady 
refcn'od.  I  do  nol  know,  ijut  possibly  the  Comniittei' 
may  be  tpmpted  to  smile  at  the  name  of  the  society 
which  the  spplicBut  claimed  to  represent.  He  said 
that  he  belonged  to  "Jehorah's  witnesses",  end  ap- 
parently hp  had  given  up  his  work  and  had  spent 
a  month  g-oiflfr  rotiiid  deliveying  traela.  The  whole 
attitude  of  the  tribunHl  was  to  ti7  and  deride  what 
he  was  doing  ant!  to  hold  him  iip  to  ridicule. 

Viscountesii  Astor :  How  long  had  he  been  a  mem- 
ber^ Can  the  right  hoBornble  gpntieman  tell  nsl 

Mr.  Pcthiek- Lawrence :  He  had  been  a  member 
for  years,  but  he  had  been  doing  this  work,  I  un- 
derstand, for  the  last  few  months.  I  am  not  atress- 
ing  that  fact  tmnecessErily,  but  ray  point  is  that 
this  man  was,  rightly  or  wrongly,  quite  clearly 
from  the  evideuee.  siitOTre.  I  do  not  put  it  higher 
than  that,  and  the  tribunal  devoted  itself  to  ridieulo 
what  this  man  l)clievr?d  to  be  his  definite  lot,  and, 
not  only  that,  they  relused  him  exemption'.  The 
man  who  writes  to  me  on  behalf  of  this  organizfi.- 
tion  says  that  in  the  other  eourts  of  the  country 
the  views  of  those,  whu  aw  definite  members  of  the 
organization  iiave  been  aeceptcd  and  their  objec- 
tion upheld,  but  in  thi?  partieular  court  all  the 
eases  tJiat  have  been  brought  forward  have  been 
turned  down.  I  do  not  want  to  labor  the  matter, 
but  r  should  like  a  reply  on  the  point. 

The  remarks  of  another  meraher  of  Parlia- 
ment, McGoveiii  of  Glasgow,  a  BomaJi  Cuth- 
olie  statesmaa,  and  well  and  favorably  known 
to  the  readers  of  CuTisulatio'ii,  because  of  his 
courageous  and  honest  stand  against  the 
treachery,  hypofirisy  and  brutality  of  the  Ro- 


Thcocracy  pnblishers.  Coidoba,  jVrgentina,  use  this 
bus  to  take  the  message  to  remote  points.  At  night 
the  women  sleei)  inside  and  tlie  men  on  the  roof- 
man  Catholic  Hierarchy  in  Spain,  are  also  of 
interest,  and  here  they  are: 

Tliei'e  was  o  f-ase  ivhiah  I  brought  up  and  which 
the  Minister  defended  vigorously.  I  am  not  com- 
pUiuiug  of  him  defending  these  nhnirmm  vigor- 
ously even  when  they  are  doing  w;'ong,  beeansc  it 
is  done  by  nearly  all  Ministei's.  A  Eonian  Catholic 
claimed  esemption  end  tie  fhairmflji  said.  "Have 
you  consulted  your  local  priest  as  to  whether  you 
should  object  to  militaiy  sfrvice  or  not?"  The  man 
said:  "No,  I  am  appealiug  here  on  my  belief  and 
interpretation  of  my  religioas  views.  It  is  not  the 
priest's  conscience,  but  mine,  that  is  being  con- 
sidered." He  was  turaed  down  because  he  did  not 
bring  the  priest  to  the  tribunal.  I  was  born  and 
brought  up  and  am  s,  Eumua  CslhoKc,  but  I  would 
no  more  accept  Ihe  interpretation  of  an  iiidividual 
clergyman,  or  even  of  the  liead  of  the  Church,  than 
I  would  eccept  the  definition  of  the  Prime  Min- 
ister, This  idea  of  bringing  dergj-men  to  thu  tribu- 
jialB  in  Older  to  destroy  tlie  claim  of  the  individ- 
ual is  wrong  and  ought  aol:  to  be  allowed. 

Devil  In  for  a  Hot  Time 

♦  Are  the  Thfocraey  publishers  busy  in 
London?  Tliey  hav;?  Kiii^dom  hails,  one  each, 
in  Centrjil  London,  North  Loudon.  North  East 
London.  North  West  London,  East  London, 
South  London.  Soiuh  Weut  London,  South 
East  London,  W«st  London  [not  sure  if  that 
is  the  right  way  to  box  the  compaHsJ,  Croydon, 
Dartford,  Enfield,  Epaoin,  nxhrid^e,  "Wat- 
ford, iind  Weybridse.  Thfv  sent  an  invita- 
tion to  their  "Ejjltie  jjiegc"'  campaign  rally  at 
King's  Theatre,  HymmersmllH  (iidmission  by 
ticket).  Ijut  urged  (u  be  on  time  for  a  free 
■seat,  and  to  leave  money  at  home,  as  no  collee- 
tion  would  be  taken. 


Theocracy  pLuliiLeii,  Cyprus 

AUGUST  21,   1M0 


(To  be  cufitiitaed) 


15 


JEHOVAH'S  WITNESSES-Who  and  What 


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16 


CONSOLATION 


CQUNSEL 


Religionist  Intolerance 

INTOLKRANCK  and  porstcution  malidoiis- 
ly  itraclii-fd  in  Europe  drove  bravo  men 
and  wumen  to  the  bleak  shores  oi'  America, 
lliat  thfiv  they  migiit  Und  a.  rc-fune  wlni'e  they 
c-oiild  iForsfiip  Cnad  in  pfape  and  without  iiitfi'- 
fereuee.  It  was  those  brave  souls  \vho  laid  tlie 
I'oundatiun  of  tin-  Amei'ican  republic-.  So  torn- 
pletely  bad  ivlijjious  intoleraii™  Let^n  bumod 
into  the  minds  of  these  piirly  if  ami  grants  lo 
America  that  the  fnimers  uf  the  United  Slates 
Constiti-Uion  and  tbu  eon  sti  tut  ions  of  the  vari- 
ous states  espicssly  prohibiled  by  MUrh  fmi- 
daniental  law  inlwiVienoc  mtb  any  person  in 
prt'aehing  the  iinspe!,  ami  provided  that  riicu 
should  be  priviiegeii  to  sorve  t^od  and  pi-ea.eh 
the  gospel  according  to  their  o-^vn  conscienee. 

Selfish  and  cruel  organizations,  parading  un- 
der the  name  of  ■■l.'iirislian'',  have  steiidily 
and  couslantly  iiieivased  in  America.  They 
have  grown  in  nuRibers  and  grown  in  power. 
One  such  orgiiniznrion.  the  Papal  system,  hiis 
madi!  every  possiliie  attempt  to  control  the 
United  Stales  Govemment,  but  up  td  this 
hour,  thank  (-lod.  it  has  never  been  able  to  |iul 
one  of  its  crowd  in  the  oiVm:  of  president  ut 
the  United  .Stales.  The  people  of  America, 
knowing  the  histon'  of  ihis  sysiem,  have  re- 
sisted eveiy  e7icroaehmenl  itjion  tiie  political 
affairs,  and  for  thi.s  reason  the  Papal  rvpre- 
auntatives  liave  been  the  ones  who  lifive  howled 
the  loudest  about  bigotry  auil  intoleranfe. 

In  tlie«e  "'last  days",  when  the  faithful  fol- 
luwers  of  Christ  Jesus  tuider  the  dear  com- 
mand of  the  Almighty  God  Jehovah  pj  about 
as  His  witnesses  to  IcU  the  truth  to  the  people 
that  the  people  may  be  aided  and  receive  com- 
fort, thetic  witne-sses  are  subjected  to  the  must 
vicioas  persecution,  and  this  is  clone  in  the 
name  of  relifriou  and  ijjtriotism,  It  is  apparent 
to  all  true  Americans  (if  good  will  that  such 
pretests  or  elaims  are  ii,x-poerilical  and  false 
in  the  extreme.  The  fuel  that  men  cla.im  to  rep- 
resent and  .serve  God  is  no  evidence  that  their 
claim  is  true.  Known  facts  abundantly  show 
that  -svieked  men  and  wicked  systems  parade 

AUGUST  2T,   1940 


under  tte  name  of  God  and  His  Christ  but 
do  not  have  the  spirit  of  Christ ;  rather  they 
are  cruel  in   the  extreme  a.nd   manifest  the 
apint  of  Satan  the  Devil,  Those  who  caused 
the  persecution  of  Jehovah's  prophets   were 
all  religionists.  The  men  who  persistentlv  per- 
secuted JCSU.S  and  cau.sed  His  death  were  the 
clergymen  of  that  day,  who  imsed  bef.jre  the 
people  aa  teachers  of  God's  Word,  The  great 
iniiuisition  ])ractiec?d  for  years  ui  Spain  and 
other  countries  was  carried  forward  by  clergy, 
men  of  the  Papal  .system.  7'he  inloleranl  pc'r- 
aecution  of  Jehovah's  witnesses  today  in  New 
Jersey,  Texas,  California,  Kentucky-"  Illinois, 
Maine,   and   other  places   is   instigated   and 
pushed  forward  by  the  clergymen  who  jiose 
before  the  people  as  preachers  and  servants 
of  God.  Jehovah  is  the  Giid  of  ju.stice  atid 
love,  and  He  ne^er  persecnte.s  any  creature; 
and  no  one  who  is  the  servant  of'  God  could 
or  would  persecute  any  man,  Whom,  Uien,  do 
these  instigators  of  religious   pei'secutiou   in 
our  day  rejiresent?  Jesu.s  answered  that  ques- 
tion when  He  said  to  the  clergy  of  His  day : 
"Ye  seeii  to  kill  me,  a  man  ihat  hath  told 
you  the  truth,  which  I  have  heard  uf  God: 
.  .  .  Wliy  do  ye  not  understand  my  speech? 
even  because  ye  cannot  bear  my  word,  Ve  are 
of  your  father  the  devil,  and  the  lusts  of  your 
father  ,ve  will  do.  He  was  a  murderer  from  the 
beginniiig',  and  abode  not  m  the  truth,  l)eca,use 
there  is  no  truth  in  him,  When  he  speaketh  a 
lie.  lie  .Hpeaketh  of  his  own :  for  he  i.s  a  liar, 
and   the  father  of  it,"'    (John   S:40, 43, 44-) 
Jesus  antiioritatively  shows  that  those  men 
who  fraiidulenlly  claimed   to  represent   God 
weie  m  fact  the  active  agents  of  Sa.tan  the 
Devil,  That  rule  applies  at  all  times. 

Later  to  HLs  trae  followei-s  Christ  Jesus 
said;  "If  they  [the  clergyj  have  iiersecuted 
me.  they  will  also  persecute  you."  (John 
15:20)  And  thus  He  frses  the  responsibility 
for  sueh  persecutions  as  resting  upon  the 
clergy.  Tt  was  the  clergy  class  that  persecuted 
the  apostles  of  Jesus  to  death.  It  is  the  clergy 
who  have  instigated  and  are  now  pushini;  for- 
ward the  intoiersinl  persecution  of  Jehovah's 
witnesses  throughout  America;  and.  upon  the 
authority  of  the  .statement  made  by  Jesus, 
these  jiersecutors  I'rauduiently  clahii  to  be 
Christians  and  to  represent  (hid  but  in  fact 
are  the  agents  and  lepresentatives  of  the  Devil 
and  his  bidding  they  will  do.  Let  the  people  of 
America  wake  up  to  this  fact  and  abiindon 
religionists,  or  el.se  they  will  go  down  into 
destmetion  with  them. 

IT 


In  His  great  prophecy  on  the  end  of  Satan's 
world,  including  rc-iigion,  Jesas  stated  that 
that  time  woaid  bfi  marked  by  a  World  Wai-, 
followed  quickly  by  famine,  pestilence,  cartli- 
qualtes,  dislreas  of  ntttiojis,  and  persecution 
of  Jehovah's  witnesses.  All  these  things  hegan 
to  have  fulfillment  in  A.D.  1914.  At  the  same 
time  the  SiTiptiirea  show  thsit  h  war  was 
fought  in  hcvivcn  by  the  jn'w  Kuig  Christ 
Jesus  a.nd  His  angels  imaiiiat  Satnn  and  his 
demon  ftirees  and  that  Satan  ivus  ousted  from 
heaven  and  cast  down  to  the  earth.  Record  of 
all  this  is  found  in  ^^ratthew,  t-hapter  24,  and 
Revelation,  chapter  12.  Parliciilarly  sintf 
A.D,  191S  the  peoples  of  earth  have  betn  in 
great  distress  and  perplexity.  The  reason  for 
such  sufterina  and  perplesity  is  made  elear 
by  Jesus'  words  recorded  at  Revelation  12 :  12, 
which  read:  "Woe  to  the  inhabiters  of  tlie 
earth,  and  of  the  sea!  for  the  devil  is  come 
down  unto  you,  liavin*  great  wrath,  beeiiuse 
he  knoweth  that  he  hath  but  a  short  time." 
Satan,  the  authoi'  of  intolerance,  knows  that 
his  time  is  shoit  until  the  gi'eat  battle  of  Ar- 
mageddon, which  will  be  decisive  as  t':i  who 
is  supreme  iu  the  universe,  and  at  which  battle 
Satan's  oi'ganization  wnll  tie  fU'wtrayed.  Before 
that  battle  takes  ])lace.  howevei\  Uod  com- 
mands that  His  witnesses  must  go  through 
the  land  and  bear  testimony  before  rulers  and 
people  concerninc;  Jehovah  iinil  His  Theocrat- 
ic Government  by  Christ  Jesus,  (See  Tsaitd:i 
43:10-12;  Matthew  24:14.)  This  is  done  in 
order  that  the  people  may  be  infomied  of 
God's  purpose  to  destroy  Ihe  wicked  one  and 
to  establish  a,  I'itrbteous  govei-nmont  over  eiirtli 
which  will  he  the  ineajis  of  the  complete  Up- 
lift and  blessing  of  oin^ent  and  faithful  men 
and  women.  In  ob(idience  to  Jehovah's  eom- 
mandment  men  and  women  devoted  to  Him 
and  His  Thiioeracy  iio\*'  go  from  honse  to  house 
preaching  the  good  news  or  ■■gospel''  of  ifie 
Kingdom,  in  doing  Ibis  they  are  bwt  pursuing 
their  divinely  given  rights  of  worshipiiitj  (!od 
aceording  to  Ilis  righteous  Word  and  the  dic- 
tates of  their  conseieiiee,  and  with  whteti 
rights  no  munieipalily,  slate  or  other  govern- 
ment can  properly  and  rightfully  interfere. 

Siiiec  the  Cunstitiilion  forbids  the  e.naet- 
ment  of  any  law  or  Imvs  interfcrinir  with  tlie 
prea.ohing  of  the  goHjxsl,  then  why  arc  these 
faithful  wit!ii:sNes  of  .leliovah  ai-rested.  jailed, 
mobbed,  viciou.sly  as.-iaulled  and  iim  out  cf 
town  and  oliieiivise  disgracefully  treated? 
Eevelation  12 :  17  au.swers  that  Jehovah's  testi- 
mony eoiieeruiug  The  Theocracy  is  committed 

IS 


primarily  to  Christ.  Jesus,  and  He,  in  turn, 
eommits  to  Ilis  faithful  followers,  who  are 
also  Jehovah's  witnesses,  the  obligation  of  de- 
livering siieii  testimony  to  all  nations.  For  this 
rt^ason  Satan,  the  gi'eedy  Dragon,  seeks  to 
de-\'our  or  destroj-  every  one  who  is  telliiig 
God's  truth.  Jfiovah's  anointed  witnesses  no;v 
on  earth  are  few,  and  eonstitute  the  "remnant" 
of  God's  capital  oi'gaiiization,  Scriptnrally 
s.vmboliiied  as  a,  clean  "woman".  God's  '""wom- 
an", -dnd  Gevelation  12:  17  foretells  that  Sa- 
tan is  extremely  mad  at  this  '"'reranant  of  her 
seed''  and  ;;oes  forth  to  make  war  against  such, 
who  uudertake  the  testiniony  of  Jfsus  Christ 
and  keep  God's  commandments  to  declare  that 
testimuuj'.  That  Scripture  is  conclusive  proof 
that  the  Devil  is  the  one  who  instigates  and 
ean-ies  forward  the  persecution  of  Jehovah's 
witnesses  and  that  the  visible  human  persecu- 
tors of  these  witnesses  iire  acting  for  and  ss 
agents  of  the  Devil.  (Romans  6:16)  EveQ 
though  priest,  clergymen  and  their  associates 
in  persecuting  Jehovah's  witnesses  claim  to 
be  '  ■Christian",  the  facts  and  the  fruits  they 
\>vur  show  that  such  claims  are  false,  for  the 
i-eason  that  God  mid  Christ  .lesus  do  not  perse- 
ciitf  anyone  and  certainly  God  would  not  have 
one  set  of  His  servants  to  intolerantiy  peise- 
ctite  ,^llothe^  eompany  of  TTis  servants.  Why 
would  -JeiKivah  permit  Ilis  witne,'ises  lo  be  thus 
wrongfully  treated  and  persecuted  by  men 
who  rujiresent  the  De-vil  ?  The  answer  is,  In 
order  to  cause  the  an ti -theocratic  enemies  ot 
God  to  identify  and  mark  themselves  for  de- 
struction and  to  aff'oi'd  ojiportunity  for  His 
witnesses  lo  proT'e  their  faithfulness. 

A)l  this  v.ntness  work  is  done  at  Almighty 
God's  com  mandment  to  jiive  the  people  an  op- 
portunity to  identify  tlieniselves  as  to  whew 
tliey  stand.  This  is  God's  work,  and  no  human 
power  cFin  stop  it.  Intolerant  perseeutors  may 
iniprLsun.  beat  up,  mob  and  kill  many  of  Jeho- 
vah's witnesses,  but  tliat  will  not  stop  the  wit- 
ness work.  Where  one  falls  in  the  i-anks  Jeho- 
vah God  raises  up  others  to  take  Ins  place. 
He  has  di'creed  that  the  testimony  must  he 
given,  and  it  will  i)e  givi;n  until  Armageddon. 

Now  the  Kingdom  message  rauat  go  to  the 
people  that  they  may  have  opportunity  to 
identify  tliemselves  and  to  take  their  stand 
on  one  side  or  the  other.  The  gospel  message 
of  the  Kingdom  is  therefore  separating  the 
people  into  two  general  classes,  and  Christ 
Jesus  is  the  One  who  as  Jiidge  is  doing  that 
separating  work.  With  which  class  will  yoTi 
identify  youi-self  f 

CONSOLATION 


Big  Business 


What  Price  Profit? 

♦  Is  lurt  tlie  purpos;?  of  industn-  to  sUpdIv 
hiunaJi  .vants'^  Is  tliere  any  other  reason  for 
ti-ade,  ciomestjc  or  foreign,  than  llie  distribu- 
tion ot  prodm-ts  of  indmlvj'!  Have  vye  not 
lieen  lyoghl  withoiii  eud,  amen,  rlwT  eommeree 

iilit  ir  all  this  be  true,  wiiy  industrial  and 
eommemal  rn'siiy—aud  niorr  i7nportant  stUl 
ivJiy  mdiistnai  and  .-ommereial  rivaJry  bv  war 
to  thf  bnt,?  Or  eould  it  he  tl.at  Hie'pm-posL- 
Oi  modern  indiwtry-  is  not  to  suppiy  hunian 
wants,  but  to  muke  profits;  that  tlie  aim  of 
commerce  IS  not  service  but  profit?  .\nd  if 
t^o  latter  bf  tiu-  case,  ss  no  informed  person 
will  deny,  18  not  war  between  nations  a  eon- 
tmuation  of  the  wars  loii^lit  williin  the  fi^ame- 
work  of  nations  between  Ijuyers  and  seiiers^ 
And.  pray,  wiiat  is  profit  but  fhe  marsni  be- 
tweeu    cost    and    pric«>?    Indtistridists    buy 
muscle,  brams'^nd  skill  at  the  lo.vest  po«gi- 

coUective  baryamnis:  on  the  p.rt  of  labor  and 
to  mamtam  pnee^  by  way  of  eoll,i,io„,  com- 
binat.on,  legislation  and  ..om.tinies  conspir- 
acy. Do  nor  inteiligeiit  merchiints  raer^e.  com- 
bmfi  heir  enterprises,  and  doins'  so  make 
though  profit  to  pm  their  niETfTcd  mdividualist 
oompcEitors  oui  of  Inuinessf  "^uaii;,! 

Ib  it  not  a  fact  that  in  himdreds  of  thou- 
sajfds  of  eonntiu-^  rooms  and  f>Efi«-s  sharp- 
witted  men  armed  witi,  sharpened  jiencilN  are 
continually  racking  thtir  brain.s  about  two 
lundamentals— how  to  lower  costs  by  doi^kin" 
wages  and  sidarics  or  supplaiitins  human 
energy  and  gray  matter  hv  mechanical  energy 
and  automatic  processes,  un  the  one  hatid-  and 
on  the  oth(!r.  to  raainlain  or  attain  the  highest 
possible  pricis.  thai  is.  all  that  the  traffltrwiU 
bear,  an  id,3al  that  only  the  perfect  monnpojy 
or  genilemen-s  asreement  can  achieve?-^ 
(Jscar  Ameringer.  i]i  The  American  Guardian 


So.TT.i^'r'^f-.?  ^™^*'  Lackawanna 
Kailroad,  Eutlatid.  Ohes.ipeake  &  Ohio.  Mis- 
ouri  Pacific,  Ene.  Big  Four,  Pere  Marquette, 
thK-a^o  ir  Raster,!  Illinois,  Wheeling  &  Lake 
Erie  Tj«ny,-r  &  fiio  .Irande  VVestern.  Great 
^^rtlK-ni,  Northeni  Pacific,  Burlington,  Spo- 
Un.  Port  and  &  Seattle.  Gulf,  Mobii;  and 
Northern,  Santa  Pe.  Southern,  (■hieago.  In 
dianapolLs  &  T.oinsvilie,  (lonsolidaled  Gas  of 

\  HI  ^^^-  -P"'?^^  Corporation.  Common- 
v^eam:  and  -Soulhern,  United  Ga..  Improve- 
M  Company  PubUc  Service  Corporation 
of  jVw  Jmey,  Niagara  Hudson  Power  Cor- 
poration. Columbia  G;ls  and  Ekvtric  Corpora- 
tion Eieetn.  Uon<l  and  Sharo,  Ame?Sn 
Fouer  and  Light,  American  Gas  and  Elertric 

and  Lidit,  kemiecotl  Copper,  Pheij.s-Dodge, 
American  Rad:a(or  and  -Standard  Sanitary 
C<  iporatiou,  (,onhnontal  Oil,  Montgomery 
^ard,  National  Biscuit,  Philadelphia  and 
heading  Coal  and  Iron.  Baldwin  Locomotive 
^  orks,  <  den  Alden  Coal,  and  St.  Kegis  Paper 

-^laBoo.'""'""'  '''''''  ^■■^^'  '^'^^  A- 

Annual  Dividends  to  Workers 

tJ'nl^'^-'^','i\^y^^^^  president  of  the  Amer- 
pI  oV^?"'^^  ^T^  C^ompa,iy,  is  dead  at  the 

uLh  i'^  -1  \^''f  ^^^^'^'  >'^>'^'  ^  each  of 
"iHcli  be  divided  about  $75,000  with  his  76 
<implo.yees.  in  one  of  the  distributions  $21  000 

mended  the  socks,  cooked  the  food,  washed  the 
dishes,  put  ,m  a  good  front  and  reaied  the 
oifeprmg  to  take  the  place  of  the  worn-oS 


Morgan  Does  Xot  Control 

♦  The  iiouse  of  ^brgun  doe«  not  control 
everything  m  ine  Uruted  States :  not  quite. 
All  It  controls  are  trie  two  largest  corporations 
in  the  eounti^-.  American  Telephone  and  Tele- 
grapl,  and  United  States  Steel,  and  "a  few  oth- 
er little  things  hke  the  International  Tele- 
phone and  Telegraph,  the  \ew  York  Central 

limk  of  .\ew   \ork.   Guaranty  Trust    New 

AUGUST  21,   1940 


Bonus  to  Eastman  Employees 

foP^'^^^-l'^'^'J'-''^'^''  Company,  March  25, 
1^140.  distributed  its  2»th  annual  wa<re  divi' 
dond  amounting  to  ?2.3fi2,331.  This  sets  a 
wonderful  example  to  other  large  employers 
sjid  makes  one  wonder  tiiat  many  of  them 
never  think  of  such  a  thing. 

Sardines  May  Pass  Out 

ZJ-l  <"Tl  ,f' ''''"^^  '1''^^  '^''i'lK  <'aught  and 
pjckeU  that  these  succulent  fish  mav  soon  be 
no  more,  On  account  of  grcatiy  improved 
mc  hods  of  catching  and  packing,  the  lanes 
ot  the  sea  aro  being  stripped  of  their  younu 
sardines  faster  than  tliey  can  be  replkeed. 

19 


Pacelli   and   Hitler— An    Exposure 

THERE  can  Ix-  no  doubt  ahuut  the  fai^t  that 
the  3l)th  of  Jaimary,  1933,  was  a.  tnriimg- 
poiut  in  modern  history.  It  was  ou  that  day 
that  Hitler  came  iiilo  power  in  Germany. 
After  tliat  dale  came  the  dramatip  cavaleade 
of  events,  rearmament  of  flermfiny,  re- 
militarization of  the  Kliindiind,  oetnipation 
of  Austria,  Czechoslovaitia  and  fiiiElly  of 
Poliind,  wiiich  led  to  the  priiscnt,  second, 
woi-ld  war. 

How  was  it  possible  tliat  Hitler  oame  to 
power?  whit-h  s^ruups  in  German  poliey 
plaved  the  most  impoi-taut  part  in  the  great 
game,  whieh  now  plunged  the  world  into  war 
and  caused  misery  so  J!ar  mit  known  in  histoid'  ? 

Certainlv  the  power  of  the  demons  was 
working  with  the  purpose  of  stopping  the 
proclamation  of  Jehovah's  Kingdom  in  Ger- 
many. Before  the  Hitler  regime  the  me.saage 
of  God's  kingdom  was  widely  proclaimed  in 
Germany  and  tens  of  thousands  of  persons 
took  their  stand  on  the  sidt  of  Jeliovah  and 
Hie  kingdom.  Mo-^t  of  these  were  later  put  in 
concentration  camps  and  prisons,  and  some  of 
them  tortured  to  death. 

Responsibility 

But  who  Then  were  the  visible  tools  of  the 
devilish  power  driving  the  world  to  madness? 
The  time  is  here  when  everything  will  be  ex- 
posed. This  is  done  at  the  present  time  through 
the  proclamation  ol'  the  message  of  truth.  At 
the  same  time  some  parts  of  Satan's  organi- 
zation expose  themselves.  So  it  will  be  of  great 
interest  to  our  readers  to  learn  what  Fritz 
Thyssen  wrote  to  one  of  his  coworkers  in  a 
letter,  which  was  published  in  the  ArbtHcr- 
Zeitmig  in  Basel,  Switzerland.  Fritz  Thyssen 
was  president  of  the  Vereinigte  Wtahlwerke. 
the  great  ("Jernian  steel  and  armament  trust, 
who"some  months  ago  tied  to  Switzerland.  In 
1932,  when  the  Nazi  party  was  facing  bank- 
ruptcy and  ruin  Thyssen  financed  Hitler  and 
played  an  important  ]3art  in  the  great  eon- 
spjraey  to  bring  Hitler  into  power.  Extracts 
from  his  letter  are  as  follows: 

20 


In  the  many  jRars  diu'ing  whic-h  I  (lould  watch 
the  NhkI  rrgime — liuA  I  liati  mniiy  opportimities 
as  Stnotaral  [Privv  Councilorj  and  leadci'  of  Ger- 
man e<^uuoniy-  -I  rccoguizeLl  with  inireaaiu^  anx- 
iety, Aud  finally  horror,  wlmt  n.  great  mistaWp  I 
conimittrcl  in  1032.  when  I  nnderlook,  togothi'T.-  with 
Messrs.  voii  P.^ipeii,  von  SchrocrifV,  Kirilui-f,  and 
Ki'iipp  vim  Bohlen  and  Hatbiieh,  to  tiiipnte  the 
Nazi  party,  and  when  we  became  bs  Btiarantors 
fur  the  ifoijri  behavint  uf  ElitlcT,  the  respon.iihility 
before  (Tprmauy  a.ud  before  the  world,  to  gi\'e  him 
piiwer. 

At  that  time,  the  same  as  today,  Hitler  promised 
everything'  vrv  wanted:  to  Hen'  von  Papcn.  power 
and  aulhurity:  to  Herr  Ki'Upp,  orders  and  Utoney, 
tons  of  jnnniy;  aad  esppcially  to  us  all.  a  qaiet 
hoDM';  in  foreign  policy,  agreement  with  England; 
also  !is''eei"i--'nt  with  the  wui'idng:  clas*,  whir-h  should 
h<-  rcctjjiL'iled  by  social  meaainTS  for  the  loss  of 
the  uuioiis  and  their  pulitical  Hg:hta.  The  idea  was 
to  iiavii  a  sort  of  Christian  Corporare  Stale  or- 
ganized uwi.irditig  to  tlif  classes,  which  shoald  bo 
sappuited  by  the  church-  -in  the  ive.sl  by  the  Cnth- 
nlio,  and  m  Ihe  eost  by  the  Protestant  chai'ch— 
and  by  the  army,  .   .  . 

Hitier  then  promised  what  to  lae  was  the  most 
impuiT.aat  thing' :  nol  to  loach  the  rijrhts  of  the 
Catholic,  chiiTch.  He  repeated  this  promise  in  a 
long  conversation  with  MraiKi!3''aor  Kaas,  who  paid 
him  a  visit,  following  an  order  of  the  ihen  papa! 
uimeio  to  GfiTnajiy,  Pacelli,  now  Pia^  XII,  and 
this  wilhoiH  knowledge  of  tlie  leader  of  the  Zen- 
truiu  pai'ty  jtlie  Cntholit  party  of  Germauy  at  that 
time],  Ch'sjieelloi'  Bmening.  This  contevcnue  led 
to  Ihe  overthrow  of  the  last  legal  Gornian  govern- 
ment, that  of  Brai'nin^,  and  marked  the  beginning 
of  that  epoch  of  Cleminn  and  European  politiiea 
which  led  lu  the  second  world  war,  of  today.  The 
Cathuhi]  church,  or  rather  the  diplomatic  mastery 
of  the  nuncio  Pacelli.  whioh  really  inflTimced  the 
whole  policy  of  rho  last  years  of  thf!  Wehaej'  re- 
puhlie',  gained  the  orjly  victory  over  Hitler— the 
conc-ordaL — wliich  so  far  has  not  yet  been  broken 
openly  01'  by  violence,  Keverthcirss  the  concordat 
exists  since  the  fli'st  day  only  on  paper. 

The  Arb£iter-Zeif,u7ig,  Easel,  publisiied  this 
letter  under  the  headline  ''Pius  XII— -aa 
Xuncio — Brought  Hitler  to  Power"', 

Conspiracy 

(Certainly  the  Catholic  Hierarchy  will  not 
want  if,  that  the  mystery  about  the  conspiracy 
to  bring  Hitler  into  power  comes  to  the  light 
of  the  dfiy.  But  just  consider  for  one  moment 
what  the  very  man  who  hnanced  Hitler  and 
was  a  member  of  the  clique  which  brought 
Hitler  into  power  says:  ""The  conference  with 
the  representative  of  the  papal  nnneio 
[Pacelli— now  Pius  XIT)  ,  ,  ,  marked  the 
beginning  of  the  epoch  of  German  and  Euro- 

CONSOLATION 


pean  policies  which  led  to  the  second  world 
wai,  of  to-day.'  The  papal  nuncio  torpedoed 
Ihe  le^al  Gej'man  government  b.v  agreement 
with  Hitler  and  the  representatives  of  German 
hig'h  finance  more  than  a  year  before  Hitler 
actually  name  to  power, 

Aiter  Brueuing  came  some  sort  of  interhn 
government  under  the  Catholic  von  Papen, 
who  started  a  form  of  authoritative  regime 
and  cleai'eii  the  way  for  the  fuliowing  fully 
totalitarian  regime  and  tliu  destruction  of  all 
liberties  of  the  people.  lie  restored  the  SA 
and  iSS.  the  storm-troopers  of  Hitler,  and  In 
the  following  eleetions  tlie  Nazi  party  in- 
creased from  107  to  230  seats.  Hitler  de- 
manded tiie  chaneellery,  but  Rindenburg  re- 
fused. New  elections  followed  another  confer- 
ence of  the  clique,  and  by  intrij^ue  and  treach- 
ery Hitler  eame  to  the  chauccllerv  of  Ger- 
many. Events  started  rolling  towards  the 
catastrophe  which  wc  face  now. 

Shortly  after,  in  June,  ]!)33,  tlie  Inter- 
national Bibie  Students  Association  (other- 
wise Jehovah's  witnesses]  in  Germany  was 
banned,  and  iibout  tlte  same  time  the  concordat 
between  the  \'aliean  and  Germany  was  signed. 
What  further  followed  evcrybodv  Iniows. 
Thousands  of  people  were  lulled  ^,ind  tor- 
tured; hundreds  of  thousands  driven  out  of 
their  honiesi,  thrown  into  ])risouN  and  concen- 
tration camps;  milliuus  mourning  and  with- 
out rights,  without  shelter;  evil  rampant  in 
the  world,  and  everybody  trembling  Jest  lliey 
be  the  next  victims  of  tiie  cruel  monstrosity 
plunging  the  world  into  wiu'.  The  '"■Holy  In- 
quisition" at  its  worst  was  rai.sed  again.  There 
can  be  no  doubt  about  tiie  resiDunsibility  for 
all  these  things  before  human  history  and  be- 
fore Jehovah  God.  The  very  man  who  helped 
Hitler  into  power,  and  who  toolt  part  in  the 
inti-igues  behind  the  scenes,  lestifies  to  tiie 
eonspiracy  between  the  papal  nuncio  and  Ger- 
man financiers  and  armament -mongers,  to 
establish  the  dictatorial  rule  in  Germany. 

Compare  with  these  facts  a  message  from 
Frankfurt  am  Mam,  as  published  in  the  New 
York  Tmes^  -"The  leaders  of  the  Catholics  in 
Germany  have  I'orgotlen  what  is  separating 
them  from  the  Third  Reich  and  exiiort  their 
believers  in  and  outside  the  Reich  to  do  their 
utmost  in  the  righteous  cause  of  the  German 
nation  under  the  h^adorahip  of  Ohaucellor 
Adolf  Hitler."  "What  do  the  Catholics  in  other 
countries  think  about  that  ?  And  now  the  same- 

AUeUST  21,   19« 


religionist  on  whose  shonldera  rests  a  great 
part  of  the  i-esponsibility  for  the  present 
catastrophe  poses  before  the  world  as  the  only- 
power  on  earth  that  is  striving  for  peace,  that 
IS  making  peace  efforts,  and  that  is  supposed 
to  be  iejtding'  other  powers  to  reach  a  peace 
agreeoient !  Can  you  imagine  a  greater  hypoc- 
risy than  that  of  Pacelll?— Australian  Con- 
solation. 

Meat  on  Fridays 

♦  "With  the  outbreak  of  the  wai'  French  "ov- 
ernment  regulations  made  JMondav.  Tuesday 
and  FiidEiy  meatless.  Jlany  FrenelVare  Cath- 
olic, so  the.v  would  refrain  from  eating  meat 
on  Friday  any  Wfiy,  and  thev  would  cat  enough 
meal  on  Sunday  that  they  could  then  do  mee- 
(y  without  it  for  two  days  following.  After 
six  months  the  meatless  days  were  changed  to 
^unday.  Monday,  Tuesday  iuid   Wednesday. 
Tliat  would  seem  to  have  left  only  Thursday 
and  Satmday  as  the  days  when  meat  might  be 
eaten.  Before  the  new  regulations  could  "o 
into  efleet  llie  Roman  Catholic  authorities  de- 
fided  that  until  the  end  of  the  war  it  would 
be  all  njilit  for  Ihe  French  to  eat  all  the  meat 
on  Friday  that  they  might  wi.sh,  "What  do  vou 
suppose  was  the  reason  back  of  that  change^ 
The  natural  effect  of  it  is  to  glorify  the  church 
in  the  eyes  of  the  common  man,  and  to  mahe 
him  tliink  thai   the  church  is  interested  in 
his  happiness  and  welfare,  which,  of  course, 
IS  not  even  remotely  true.  If  it  is  all  right  to 
eat  meat  on  Friday  during  wartime,  then  it 
IS  all  right  lo  eal  meat  on  Friday  at  any  other 
time.  And  if  it  is  wrong  to  eat  meat  on  Fri- 
day at  any  time,  then  sm-ely  it  is  .just  as  wrong 
during  a  time  of  war  as  at  other  times. 

Achievements  of  Twenty  Years 

♦  There  never  has  been  a  tune  when  the  Vati- 
can did  more  bragging  of  its  powei'  than  in 
the  last  hvo  decades,  and  yet  the  editor  of  the 
Osnervaiore  Tiumnno,  published  at  Vatican 
City,  recently  puiilished  the  following  state- 
ment, which  shows  what  a  hollow  sham  the 
whole  tiling  is.  He  said; 

Today  wc  have  reached  thp  point  where  after 
only  Lwentj-  years  ^\'c  B.re  forced  to  iidmit  that  no 
step  forward  La.s  been  taken,  deapite  ihc  hitter 
expeiieuce,  the  less  of  millions  of  lives,  (he  de- 
struction of  immense  riches  and  tlse  inaiUNetahie 
decisions  to  pat  an  em]  to  violrnee.  We  arc  wit- 
ne.oBing  another  tri{;hcfiil  expei'icnce  and  new — 
perhaps  more  horrible— raaaMc res.  Doabtirss  there 
will  be  new  and  graver  dfatrindioTi  to  the  economic 
system,  which  is  not  even  eonvaleseeiiE. 

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The  Black  International 

♦  Mussolini  slaughtered  250,000  helpless,  un- 
armed ei\'iliaii3  in  Ethiopia,  but  thtil  didnt 
stop  the  pope  fiom   blenHiiig  the  banners  o± 
tlie  blac-k-shii't.-'d  maaa  -murdci'ei's-  That  was 
all  right  lieciiiise  Moswolini  had  been  carenil 
to  arrange  in  ad.vanftt  for  definite  (^oIlceaaiolls 
to  tho   Church— control   of  edupa.lion,   mar- 
riage, uon-feroanitiou  of  Pnilestanl  and  other 
churehes  Lhat  mi?:ht"i'oinp(?te  with  tlic  Cath- 
olic Church,  and  many  other  gitts  tu  the  Vati- 
can, inoliidiug  strict  laws  uuiidng  it  a  prison 
offense  for  anvbodv  to  say  or  print  auythmg 
critical    about    Catliulie    ideology,    Do_  auch 
iavors  to  the  pope  and  he  pays  bjitrk  vvith  in- 
terest the  next  time  he  st^i-ibbles  an  eneyelniiil. 
Think  of  an  anti-totalita;-iaii   ( I)   eneyclical 
thai  turns  to  Mussolini's  rotten,  bloody  re- 
gime and  sings  of  ''onr  dear  ilaly,  fmitfu] 
garden  of  tht:  failh'-' !  If  yiu  want  to  organize 
a  dictatorship  and  have  it  e;i.rii  the  praise  oi 
the  pope,  be  sun-  to  jilay  Mussolmi  s  sbrywd 
game  of  paving  tribute  tfi  tha  fihu-k  Iiit«ri>a- 
tional   The  first  investment  Ik  heavy,  but  the 
dividends  are  pur(.'  gravy.  To  rea.d  the  paeans 
of  praiso  bv  our  edilon^il  wriler.s  and  the 
lyrical  outbursts  of  the  hi^adline  -writers  one 
would   fiet  the   impression— witlmut    i-L-ading 
the  full  text  of  tho  encyclical,  m  course— -tha-t 
the  pope  had  asaumud  icadersiiip  id'  a  united 
front  against  Fasidsm.  Our  eockruai-h  editors 
fear   to"  tell    the   tnitli   about   the   Catholic 
Church   because   of  the   priests'   tremendous 
hold  on  fri;e  expression  in  the  prtisii,  so  they 
parrot  the  lies  of  the  Chureh  when  the  least 
they  could  do  is  keep  tlieir  dirty  mouths  shut. 
The  twin  horrors  oi"  an  editorial  prostitutv 
—a  heavy  advertiser  and  the  Church.— Amer- 
ican Fre.Piiwn. 

All  Carefully  Figured  Out 

♦  On  March  3  the  pope  sudrk-nly  extended 
his  araia  in  a  -"'beseeching  gesture"  that  God 
■would  ri'stoj'e  honor  and  concord  among  na- 
tions. Loss  than  six  weeks  after  that  ITitlcT, 
who  is  the  <n'eatest  shining  liifht  in  the  Cath- 
olic heavens,  sci/.ed  Denmark  and  Norway: 
so  it  looks  as  if  the  theatrical  public  prayer 
had  been  answ..Ted  backward.  Probably  the 
exercises  oi"  THarch  3  wer.i  all  carefully  figured 
out  in  advance,  and  may  even  have  been  prac- 
ticed befori'  tlie  mirror.  The  ncwspa.permen 
at  Vatican  City  have  to  be  provided  daily 
with  a  certain  amount  of  dope,  and  this  was 
intended  to  get  at  least  one  iieadline. 

22 


How  to  Become  a  Perfect  Christian  (?) 

♦  Seated  at  the  altar,  the  Bishop  dips  his 
thumb  in  Holv  Chi-ryn,  a  mixture  of  olive  oil 
and  balsam,  which  he  has  consecrated  on  Holy 
Thursday. 

As  each  child  or  adult  kneels  before  him, 
the  i?ishop  anoints  the  Forehefid  with  the  Holy 
Chrism  in  the  form  of  a  cross  saying ; 

"I  sign  thee  with  the  sign  of  the  cross,  and 
I  confirm  thee  with  the  chrism  of  salvation,  in 
the  name  of  the  Father,  and  of  the  Sou,  and 
oi  the  Holv  Ghost."' 

At  the  conclusim  of  the  anointing  and 
prayer  the  Bisliop  will  give  the  person  con- 
firnied  a  slight  blow  on  the  cheek  to  remind 
him  of  the  blows  which  Christ  received  for 
us  and  to  indicate  that  the  confirmed  Christian 
must  be  ready  to  endm^e  all  things  for  the 
sake  of  Our  l^ord, 

Immediately  afterwards  an  assisting  priest 
will  \vine  away  the  Holy  Chrism  from  the 
forehead  with  a  piece  of  cotton  and  the  child 
or  adult  will  rettu'u  to  his  place  in  the  Church, 
"a  Btron-'  and  (icrfeel  Christian  and  &  soldier 
of  JesusChrist."  .        ^ 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  ceremonies  those 
who  have  been  confii-med  gw  forth  with  the 
TItilv  Ghost  present  in  their  souls.- Fi-om  a 
cop^Tighted  leatlet  entitled  "Holy  Chrism— 
the  "Sacrament  of  Confirmiition'',  by  the  "Bev- 
ermd  Father'-'  Edward  Lodge  Curriin,  Pb.  D. 
[Neitlier  Jesus  nor  any  of  the  apostles  knew 
anything  about  any  such  nonsense.— ia.] 

Isn't  It  Nice? 

♦  The  London  Cnihulic  Herald  was  asked 
the  question  of  what  would  liappen  to  a  child 
that  died  during  the  ceremony  of  baptism, 
jitat  as  the  words  wen^  being  pronotmced, 
Would  it  go  to  heaven,  or  would  it  go  to  limbo? 
The  ansiv-er  was  that  nobody  could  be  sure 
when  its  soul  left  Us  body,  find  if  the  soul  bad 
not  left  before  the  priest  finished  his  job  the 
babv  would  go  strai,sht  to  hea-\en.  That  is 
awfuUv  nice- for  the'  priests.  It  makes  sure 
that  tiiey  will  get  Ihe  business  and  the  revenue 
that  comes  from  it,  Now  if  the  ntmld  had 
told  the  truth,  That  no  child  was  ever  bap- 
tized, or  could  be  baptiKed,  that  there  is  no 
such  plaea  as  Umbo,  and  that  no  child  ever 
went  to  heaven,  or  ever  will  go  to  iieaven, 
and  that  there  is  no  sueh  thbig  as  a  soul  sep- 
arate from  the  body,  why.  the  priest  would 
not  have  been  smnmoued.  and  would  not  have 
added  one  round  red  cent  to  his  pile. 


CONSOLATION 


Shannon  Lands  in  "Purgatory" 

♦  A  year  ago  the  ex-mayor  of  Oldham,  Eng- 
land, inyadod  a  itieeting  of  Jehovah's  wit- 
nesses in  that  city  and  with  tiid  help  of  nu- 
merotis  comrades  of  iiia  onvd  religion  givatly 
disturbed  600  decent  Cliristian 'pecplt  by 
boist.eroiis  singing  of  Catholic  songs.  Police 
put  the  disturbers  on  the  street.  Shannon,  Ihu 
ex-mayor,  made-  .soMf  threats  as  to  what  he 
would  do,  but  "nobody  took  the  threats  as  any 
more  than  the  usual  iiypocritieal,  cowardly 
Catholic  blufE  so  cuinmon  now  everywlipre. 
N"ov.'  comes  a  death  notice  in  The  Catholic 
Herald:  aha  an  advertisement  that  "Yonr 
eharilablt  prayers  aiv  requested  for  thu  re- 
pose of  the  soul  of  James  Shannon,  who  de- 
parted this  life.'-'  etc.,  etc.  The  worst  of  it  is, 
for  Shannon,  that  he  bet  (m  the  wrong  iiofse. 
He  is  all  washed  up  for  keeps  and  e\'en  his 
memory  wiil  rot.  The  place;  in  which  he  ia 
will  hold  him  foi'e^'er ;  but  don't  worry.  "The 
dead  kno-w  not  any  thing."  Shannon  was 
averse  to  knowing  anything  while  he  lived; 
so  all  is  well. 


"Pope  Prays  for  Peace" 

♦  On  March  25  the  pope  prayed  for  peace, 
concord  and  unity  among  nations;  he  was 
afraid  war  would  bring  sufferings  and  ruin; 
hi?  said  treaties  had  been  violated,  etc.,  etc, 
.Sixteen  days  later  one  of  his  cho.sen  satellites, 
that  stainioh  Koraan  CatlLolic  Adolf  Hitler, 
trieldly  landed  tens  of  thousands  of  soldiers 
at  live  o'clock  in  tiie  morning  in  every  im- 
portant port  of  Denmark  and  Norway.  He- 
speet  Id'aties?  Ceriainly  NOT.  The  i)ope  was 
approaehed  to  see  li'  he  would  not  at  least 
say  something-  to  Adolf  aliout  this  kind  of 
business,  and  hi.s  reply  wa.s,  m  cft'ect,  "What 
do  you  lake  me  for?  .Do  you  think  I  am  going 
to  chide  one  of  my  sons  for  attacking  a  couple 
of  Protestant  countries?  Don't  yon  know  that 
Norway  has  only  'J.fiOO  Catholics  and  that 
Adolf  has  30,000/100  of  my  followers  fighting 
with  him?  Yoii  must  think  I  don't  know  how 
to  look  after  my  business.  But  I  do.  It  is  all 
right  to  jiray  for  peace,  but  when  it  comes  to 


working  fui' 
matter.'*' 


that  is  an  entirely  different 


The  Candle  Trade 

♦  It  beats  all,  how  the  candle  trade  keeps  up. 
At  the  ■■h'cast  of  the  Puriticalion"  (no  knowl- 
edge in  Brookiyn  as  to  who  was  purified)  the 
pope  received  174  candle^;.  There  is  nothing 
said  in  the  Scriptures  about  how  many  candles 
Jesus  and  the  apostles  had.  It  doe.sn't  even 
mention  the  candles  that  Joseph  and  Jlary 
had,  let  alone  the  early  church.  But  now  look 
at  it.  If  the  pope  should  decide  to  quit  the 
pope  racket  and  go  into  the  caudle  business 
he  could  be  a  wholesaler.  But  then  nobody 
would  want  to  buy  his  candles ;  so  it  looks  as 
if  he  would  have  to  sUiy  where  he  is  until 
something  better  tuiiLS  ufp,  if  it  does. 

All  Ready  for  the  Big  Putsch 

♦  The  pope  is  getting  ail  ready  for  the  big 
putsch,  just  in  east'  some  nei'vous  Protestant 
aviator  should  bust  loose  with  one  of  these 
seven-story-tall  airplanes  and  conclude  to  get 
at  the  center  of  all  the  trouble  and  discord  in 
the  earth  by  obliterating  the  Vatican.  Papa 
purchased  1,000  gas  masks,  one  fur  each  person 
in  the  city,  ajid  has  built  an  air-raid  shelter  in- 
side of  walls  thirty  feet  thick.  Eugene  doesn't 
want  to  be  blown  up  or  gassed,  and  you  can't 
blame  a  "Vicar  of  Christ"  for  feeling  a  little 
bit  uneasy  about  the  risk  of  being  bumped  oE 
just  when  the  going  is  getting  good. 
Aueust  ai,  19*0 


Mother  Church  Identifies  Fascist  Child 

♦  Tt  should  not  be  so  very  hard  for  a  mother 
to  identify  her  own  child,  and  wlicn  she  does 
so  idcntiiy'  her  child,  and  espre.'iises  sui'prise 
that  it  looks  like  her  and  acts  like  her  (in 
spite  of  the  fact  thai  she  claims  to  he  a  vir- 
gm),  hei'  course  is  hypocritical,  to  say  the 
least.  Thi:  Caiholic  Herald,  T.ondon,  doing 
what  it  can  to  make  Fascism  popular  in  Brit- 
ain, contained  a  dispatch  from  Vatican  City 
referring  to  a  Congress  of  Catholic  Profes- 
sional Men  in  which  it  said,  with  obvious 
trulh,  "This  Congress  proves  what  has  so 
often  been  denied,  namely,  that  Catholicity 
and  the  Fascist  life  are  corLiijatihle."  Com- 
patible! Compatible?  Why.  Paseisra  is  the 
natural  child  of  (he  Roman  Catholic  Hier- 
archy, !he  mother  of  all  dictators. 

Polities  in  Jewish  Relief 

♦  it  i.s  rather  poor  politics  for  a  Jewish  re- 
lief organization,  confronted  with  one  of  the 
most  appalling  persecutions  any  people  have 
ever  faced,  1o  give  $2o0,0tXl  to  the  pope  and 
to  the  Federal  Council  of  Churches  of  Christ 
in  America,  ostcn.sibly  for  the  aid  of  Chris- 
tian refugees,  but  rea.liy  to  induce  these  pro- 
fessed Christiiiiis  to  use  their  influence  to  put 
an  end  to  anti-Semitism.  It  looks  for  all  the 
world  liite  a  huge-scale  bribe. 

23 


That  'Big  Heart  Full  of  Sorrow' 
♦  "With  that  'bii;  heart,  fall  of  sorrow"',  wliiL-h 
backed  Mussolini  m  the  rape  of  -Ethiopia  and 
Franco  in  the  rape  of  Spain,  and  blessed  both 
tliene  murderers  for  what  they  did  m  the  way 
of  murderuig  defeusele.^s  women  and  children, 
the  pope  said  rccenlly.  -'Our  heart  la  full  of 
sorrow  not  onlv  for  the  terrible  ealaniities 
that  overwhelm  the  countries  at  war,  but  also 
foT  tlie  e\iis  every  tlay  more  luenacmg  that 
tlireaten  other  nations."  With  that  he  ordered 
pra('ers  to  the  '■Virgin  Mother  of  tod"  for 
peace,  These  pra>'ers  ^ver(;  to  be  sent  on  their 
wav  duriuo'  the  nioutli  of  May,  named  after 
the  heathen  goddess  Maia.  It  is  in  this  month 
that  the  celebration  of  Mother's  Day  occurs. 
The  pope  wanted  everything  to  agree,  and  it 
docs. 

Isn't  It  Wonderful? 

♦  In  an  address  at  Rome  the  pope  said  that 
'■the  present  war  was  caused  by  the  fact  that 
some  statesmen  ignored  the  law  of  Christian 
charity".  Kow  isn't  that  wonderful'?  Ponder 
the  wisdom  of  a  man  that  could  thml?  that  all 
out  bv  himself!  Incidentally,  wlio  arc  these 
men  If  Franco,  the  Catholic,  who  destroyed  the 
Spanish  Republic;  Miissnlini,  the  Catholic, 
who  destroyed  Ethiopia  and  Albania.  Hitler, 
the  Catholic,  who  destroyed  Austria,  Czecho- 
slovakia, Poland,  Denmark,  Norway,  Holland, 
Belgium,  l^uxemburg  and  Franee.  and,  witii 
his  bosom  friend  Stalin,  brought  about  the 
subjugation  of  Finland  and  Sweden. 

Smaller  Cars  for  Italy 

♦  The  London  Catholic  Universe  contams  a 
picture  of  Inuidrcds  of  automobUes  being 
■'blessed"  in  Rome,  where  a  special  stand  was 
erected  for  the  purpose.  The  idea  of  "bless- 
ing" dogs  is  so  that  there  will  be  more  dogs: 
when  horses  are  -blessed"  that  means  more 
colts ;  when  donkeys  and  elephants'are  blessed 
that  means  more  politicians;  and  so  it  looks 
as  if  Italy  were  in  for  smaller  cai-s. 

Then  Why  All  the  Swords? 

♦  In  a  silly  speech  to  his  so-called  -.Noble 
Onard"  Mr'  Pncelli  is  reported  to  have  said 
to  them,  "■Vv'e  are  confident  that  you  will  nevei' 
have  to  defend  us  with  force."  One  naturally 
wonders,  then,  why  they  are  equipped  ^^^th 
swords  The  pope  sees  the  iiiconBlsteney.  re- 
marking that  "the  Chureh  of  God  has  no  need 
to  be  defended  like  a  fortified  camp".  Why 
does  he  not  fli'e  the  whole  crowd? 

24        . 


know  What  a  Baldachin  Is? 

♦  Do  vou  kno\v  what  a  baldachin  isl  Some 
people  hare  to  have  everything  explained  to 
them.  Web,  a  baldachin  (according  to  the 
dictionary)  is  a  nice  piece  of  extra  tine  silk, 
spiY'ad  out' over  a  pope  or  something  like  that. 
So  when  you  read  in  the  papers  that  the  pope 
had  ''a  gi-eat  new  pontifical  thruiie''.  a  "wide 
solid  structure  of  wood",  and  then  you  come 
to  tlie  followhig  paragraph,  >ou  will  know 
what  it  means.  -Viid  you  won't  tiave  to  sneak 
to  the  dictionarj'  to  try  to  find  out  wiiat  it  la 
all  about: 

The  throne  itself  will  be  on  a  tjodium  cuntain- 
in"  ieYcn  steps.  Tlie  high  back  of  the  throne  WiU 
be  ilivided  into  tlu-Rc  seetione.  The  two  outside  onw, 
whifh  avE  lower  than  the  eaiitei",  will  caiTj'  sup- 
ports for  a  ~mitR  baltischiu. 

Ratti's  Offer  Not  Accepted 

♦  Before  he  died  Mr.  Batti,  late  Pope 
Pius  XI.  stated  that  he  offered  his  sufferings 
for  some  good  cause,  forgot  wliat.  But  it  seems 
the  offerings  were  not  accepted,  and  the  lat- 
est word  is  that  he  went  to  ''purgatory"  after 
aU  How  sad:  Mr.  Paeclli  has  had  prayers 
offered  for  LJie  repose  of  his  soul  in  "purga- 
torv".  That  must  be  a  mighty  bad  place,  ''pur- 
gat'oiy,"  especially  in  view  of  the  Scripture 
statement  tliot  -'the  dead  know  not  any  thing". 
Wouldn't  it  be  awful  to  "suffer  terribly'-'  and 
not  ha\-e  sense  enough  to  know  you  were  siil- 
fering  at  all? 

Spanish  Minds  dosed 

♦  Bv  edict  of  Franeo  the  minda  of  the  Span- 
ish people  arc  to  be  closed.  Tlie.v  may  no  longer 
learn.  Nothing  ciui  come  into  Spain  in  the  way 
of  printed  ma~"ttcr  without  pormiaslon.^  and  this 
means  that  the  Iuc|Uisition  is  in  full  force  and 
effect:  for  Franco  has  stated  that  he  never 
does  tiie  least  thing  without  first  obtauiing  the 
consent  of  the  archbishop  of  Toledo. 

Greece  Comes  into  Line 

♦  Frightened  by  the  sweep  of  totalitarianism 
over  the  earth,  and  fearful  that  it  might  get 
caught  on  tlie  wrong  side  of  the  fence,  the 
government  of  Greece,  though  under  the  con- 
trol of  the  Oreek  Catholic  Church,  decided  to 
permit  the  re-estaVilishment  of  the  Jesuit 
order,  banished,  for  the  good  of  the  country 
three  hundred  years  ago. 


(To  be  conti-naed) 


CONSOLATIONS 


Birds,  Bees,  Fish 


Robin  Migrations 

♦  On  PridaT  arinrnoon.  February  23,  my 
brother  and  I  were  lookmff  out  over  the  field 
to  the  wost  of  Lhe  Kingdom  School  fit  Gates, 
PennsylvauiH,  when  we  nollTOd  three  robins. 
We  had  just  rpmai-ked  abont  it.  when  a  move- 
ment, in  a  tree  attracted  our  attention.  More 
robins!  A  elose  sfrrutiny  dieelosed  dozens  of 
them,  in  tlie  trees,  in  the  bushes,  and  in  the 
gra.ss.  While  we  were  watching  them,  there 
was  a  stidden  rushin<j  of  wings,  and  from  an 
ad,ioininji'  field  a  score  or  more  arose,  Kirept 
along  the  tops  of  the  bushes,  and  settleii  on 
the  school  property  just  as  the  first  group  took 
flight.  Soon  [mother  group,  find  another,  flew 
across^nearly  tw'o  hundred  birds  in  all.  One 
flock  of  about  rhirly  bluebirds  winded  its 
way  ovei'hea.d  and  disii  ppeared  ;  hut  the  robins 
stayed  for  a  time,  seeming  to  enjoy  the  earlj' 
spring  sunshine. 

For  two  weeks  wc  saw  no  I'obins.  except  an 
occasional  stray.  Then  nne  evening,  jtLst  before 
sunset,  a  large  flock  of  birds  flew  across  the 
school.  They  eamc  from  the  cast— a  little 
north  of  east,  in  fact— and  faded  from  sight 
a,  little  to  the  sotith  of  west.  At  the  same  time 
the  nest  evi:ning  tlicy  came  again ;  and  the 
next,  and  the  next.  Usually  they  flew  straieht 
across,  without  stopping ;  and  the  air  was  filled 
with  their  soft  chii-pin^— robins,  all  of  them. 
But  oceasionally  they  would  sweep  low  from 
the  east,  and  settle  like  a  gentle  spring  rain 
in  the  trees  and  on  the  grass.  We  sometimes 
counted  two  or  three  dozen  robins  in  an  area 
just  a  few  ya.rds  sijuare. 

Evening  after  evening  the  robins  came, 
always  from  the  same  direction,  always  ap- 
pearing shortly  after  sis  o'clock  and  'disap- 
pearing with  the  setting  sun.  They  came  in 
flocks  of  varying  nimibers,  from  twenty  to 
over  a  hundred;  and  these  flocks  were  almost 
continuous,  so  that  many  times  Ihe  sky.  as  far 
as  we  could  see  in  all  directions  with  a,  pair 
of  fleld  glasses,  was  full  of  these  living,  twin- 
kling clouds.  We  often  counted  eight  or  nine 
or  ten  hundred  robins  in  a  siufrle  evening,  and 
that  was  only  those  that  wo  could  see  with 
the  naked  eye  and  that  we  eotild  manage  to 
eotmt  as  they  flew  overhead. 

Very  probably  these  same  robins  flew  back 
again  at  dawn,  btit  we  could  never  get  the 
Bleep  out  of  our  eyes  sufficiently  to  watch  for 
them.  And  so  where  they  came  from  and  where 

AUGUST  21.   1940 


they  went  each  day  is  still  a  mystery.  But 
every  evening,  week  in  and  week  out,  the  air 
was  fllled  M-ith  the  soft  rusli  of  hnndi'eds  of 
wings  and  a  soft  chirping  sound:  until  the 
nesting  season  broke  up  their  ranks  and  they 
canie  only  as  cf-Lsual  visitors,  as  robins  should. 
A  laj-ge  ring-neek  phcasfmt  hais  discovered 
that  the  Gates  Kingdom  School  property  isn't 
such  a.  bed  place,  and  very  graciously  allows 
us  to  share  it  with  him.  He  frequently  makes 
a  tour  of  inspection  of  the  school  grounds, 
marching  proudly  and  sedately  about,  quite 
unhiu'ric-d  and  quite  unafraid.  T,ast  fall  he 
would  occasionally  meet  the  children  on  their 
way  to  school,  and  wotild  walk  up  to  the  build- 
ing .just  ahead  of  or  beside  them.  One  evening 
this  spring  when  one  of  the  witnesses  was 
watering  the  school  lawn,  friend  pheasant 
sattnterod  up  to  within  a  few  feet  of  the  hose. 
He  seemed  to  be  tmconcerncd  about  the  fact 
that  he  was  interrupting  the  sprinkling  proc- 
ess. On  another  oeca.sion,  when  an  evening 
meeting  was  being  held  in  the  schoolroom, 
the  pheasant  walked  up  onto  the  school  porch 
and  looiied  in  at  the  door.  We  are  hoping  that 
he  will  not  be  the  victim  of  some  Nimrod  dur- 
ing the  hunting  season. — Gra^e  Estep. 

Wild  Women  of  the  Deep 

♦  Talk  about  women's  being  men's  headaches: 
the  siren  angler  female,  whieh  travels  aj-ound 
in  depths  of  a  half  mile  to  a  mile  below  the 
surface,  carries  a  beacon  light  by  whieh  she 
attracts  the  male.  The  poor  tmsophistieated 
male  falls  for  her  bla.ndishments.  and  when 
he  docs  he  eeascs  to  Itave  a  separate  existence, 
but  becomes  a  complete  house-broke  para.site, 
eventually  losing  his  eyes,  fins,  teeth,  stomach, 
bony  structure,  coat,  pants,  vest  and  under- 
shirt until  at  last  ho  has  nothing  left  but  his 
wedding  certificate. 

The  Value  of  Bees 

♦  Dr.  -T.  E.  Eckert,  associate  professor  of 
entomology  at  the  University  of  California, 
claims  that  in  their  pollenization  of  cherries, 
almonds,  prunes,  apples,  pears  and  other 
fruits  the  honeybees  of  his  state  render  in  sitch 
service  tiirty-three  times  the  amount  realized 
on  the  honey  they  produce.  And  this  says  noth- 
ing about  the  250,000  pounds  of  beeswax  used 
in  polishes,  cosmetics,  paints,  varnishes,  can- 
dles and  other  commercial  compounds. 

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Britain 


Protecting  the  Moneybags 

♦  The  City  and  West  End  of  London,  the 
English  gentlcMk,  hitherto  imperialist  ilag- 
■waggoi-9  of  the  extrcTniist  tyiw,  eonfroiited 
with' the  iiltcrnative  oi  a,  mefin  iiiid  shamefiil 
peace  or  the  firrivt'  menai'p  uf  world  repoii- 
stmction,  did  not  hesitate  for  a  momc'iit.  Tiieir 
preference  for  their  inlerests  ovi^r  tlif  national 
honor  nnil  tlie  fuUire  oi'  the  world  was 
shameless. 

I  charge  that,  to  enforce  the  Miuiieh  sur- 
render, the  British  jiovcrnment  set  ahoul  or- 
ganizing,' a  p-uhlic  pauie.  If  they  iniascini'dthey 
were  doing  anytliinK  else,  Ihcu  thoy  arc  bigger 
fools  and  less  laiaves  than  1  imai;ine.  The  facts 
lie  bare.  Qnite  suddenly  John  Hull  foimd  liini- 
eelf  being  shouted  a.t  ivilii  loiid-spoalters,  raid- 
ed by  uniformed  ollieials,  hlaehaded  by  sand- 
bags, clapped  into  gas  masks  and  cJiL-nmbered 
in  hia  daily  movemcut  by  great  mnititiKles  of 
women  and  children  already  in  flight  from 
their  London  homes  tn  rel'iisies  without  ade- 
quate water,  food  snjjply  or  medical  fit- 
tendance. 

He  difseovered  Ibat  at  the  mere  blidl  of  a 
couple  of  thousand  planes  or  so  over  London 
he  was  expected  to  scamper,  burrow  like  a 
rabbit  and  sciueal  for  mercy.  Slowly  ire  is 
realizing  what  sort  of  figure  he  b.'is  been  maile 
to  ciit  in  this  world  of  men.  But  he  is  now 
sitting  up.  Tie  is  taking  notice.  He  is  a.skiug 
questions.  He  has  been  fed  with  the  stor^'  that 
he  is  the  brave,  wise  nuasler  of  a  great  empire, 
and  now  he  asks,  ''What  have  you  been  doing 
with  this  empire  of  mine?" 

The  riding  class  now  spends  sleepless  nights 
inventing  pa.oifying  answers  to  such  questions. 
— H.  G.  Wells,  in  the  CosmopoUinn  magaKine. 

Singing:  in  Face  of  Death 

♦  As  the  British  airplane  carrier  Courageous 
sank  into  her  wateiy  grave  hundreds  of  Brit- 
ish lads  who  knew  they  had  not  a  chance  for 
life  Ihaed  up  on  the  deck  and  cheered  and  sang 
until  the  waters  closed  over  their  heads.  Will 
Hitler  sing  when  lio  dies  ? 

Blacltouts  Cause  Deaths 

♦  The  immediate  effect  of  the  blackouts  in 
England  was  that  rftad  deaths  were  doubled. 
Lives  lost  in  September  1938  were  554.  and 
in  September  1939  they  were  L130.  The  ma- 
jority of  the  easualtiea  were  pedestrians. 


Bibles  for  the  Soldiers 

♦  Thirty  thousand  pocket-size  Bibles  were 
printed  for  the  British  troops,  containing  a 
spei'ial  message  from  the  king  reading,  in  part, 
as  follows: 

I  TeeoDimenii  the  ireaiilng  of  this  book.  For  cen- 
turies the  Bibie  has  been  a  wholesome  and  strength- 
pning  inhiisnce  iii  onr  national  life,  and  it  hphooves 
us  ill  tiiesc  mnmeuLous  times  to  travftl  with  re- 
npwpd  fsilh  lo  thifi  tHvine  sourpc  of  confidence  and 
inspiration. 

It  i<t  reported  that  one  of  the  conditions  im- 
1-MWcd  upon  Hitter  by  Stalin  is  that  the  Ger- 
man Bible  Mein  Knmpf  be  withdrawn  from 
further  sHle  because  of  its  sharp  criticisms 
of  Bolshevism. 

Getting  Tired  of  the  Pigeons 

♦  England  is  getting  tired  of  the  pigeons 
that  make  theli'  hone  in  Trafalgar  Square  and 
around  St,  Paul's.  The  number,  around  1,500, 
is  put  down  by  the  killing  of  several  hundred 
evcrj-  year:  but  pigeons  multiply  so  rapidly 
that  the  nuisance  has  become  continuous.  Pub- 
lic feeding  of  the  birds  is  now  deplored,  and 
owners  of  buildings  are  urged  to  put  wire  nets 
around  cornices  so  that  the  number  of  nests 
will  be  reduced. 

Killing  a  Child  with  Kuidness 

♦  A  Lincoln,  England,  mother  was  found 
guilty  of  killing  her  11-year-oid  son  with  kind- 
ness. She  kept  him  for  three  months  in  bed, 
on  a  soft,  diet  and  withoitt  any  outside  air. 
Windows  were  kept  closed  on  the  finest  of 
sunny  days.  The  !)oy  became  languid,  pale 
and  emaciated,  and  unable  to  use  his  limbs. 
When  taken  away  from  his  mother  he  grew 
better  rapidly. 

Impossible  Quantities  of  Aspirin 

♦  Nobody  should  take  aspirin.  It  actually  de- 
stroys the  nerves;  this  point  accms  well  estab- 
ILshed.  Bnt  the  Glasgow  Herald  states  that 
the  British  public  consiune  3,000,000,000  five- 
grain  aspirin  tablets  evei-y  year.  That  would 
lie  8,000,000  a  day.  and  do  incredible  harm. 

Same  as  in  1914-1918 

♦  FoUowing  the  same  practice  as  in  1914- 
191S.  Southern  Ireland  has  become  a  virtual 
ally  of  Germany.  Infoi'mation  on  defense  mat- 
ters is  conveyed  to  the  German  minister  in 
Dublin  and  by  him  relayed  to  Germany. 

CONSOLATION 


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Canada 


The  Mania  for  Oaths 

♦  The  time  seems  to  he  approaching  when  in 
every  country  thei'R  will  he  inspectoTS  at  each 
street  comer  to  require  oalhs  of  loyalty  to  the 
fla.g  or  the  king  or  the  dictator  or  the  pope  or 
some  other  gazabo  before  the  pedestrian  may 
board  a  bus  or  automobile,  or,  mayhe,  cross  the 
street.  It  will  br  a,  woudfi'i'ul  djiy,  and  every- 
body will  be  so  liappy  because  each  will  know 
that  everybody  else  is  loyal  to  everything,  and 
therefore  thei'o  eiin  he  no  dan^'er  to  anybody 
or  an;i'thing.  The  latest  i^  that  Dr.  "Weit, 
minister  of  edncatiori,  oi!  British  Colnmbiii, 
has  softening  of  the  intellect  in  this  dir(!Ction 
and  has  ruled,  promulgated,  stipulated  and 
ordered  that  from  now  henceforth  and  for- 
ever the  teachers  of  British  Columbia  must 
and  shall  take  an  oatli  of  allegiam^e  to  the 
king.  The  garbage  eoUectors,  pi-ifisfs  and 
newsboys  are  next,  on  the  list :  for  what  is  tho 
rise  of  having  earbage  collectors,  clergymen 
and  newsboy.s  if  they  will  not  come  across 
with  oatlis,  salutes  and  whatcv^.t-  else  it  is  that 
the  victims  of  maniac  depression  feel  that  they 
want?  Perhaps  those  exactors  o[  oaths  are  so 
ready  to  demand  them  of  all  and  sundry  be- 
cause tJiey  themseK-cs  take  oaths  so  Ysry 
lightly  one  would  never  know  the  difference, 

Sawdust  Insulation 

♦  It  has  been  discovered  that  one  inch  of 
wood  shavings  or  sawdust  provides  as  much 
protection  against  heat  or  cold  as  a  stone  wall 
10  to  70  inches  thiclt ;  so.  if  you  want  a  house 
that  is  wa.rm  in  winter  and  cool  in  summer, 
fill  in  the  spaci-s  between  the  joists  and  string- 
ers with  sawdiisl,  thoroughly  dried  and  mi.^ed 
with  one  part  by  weight  of  air-slaked  lime  to 
every  ten  jjarts  of  wooil  subslanpe.  Tho  lime 
keeps  the  r-Tls  and  mice  away.  Spaces  fiiied 
with  sawdust  render  a  buiiding  slow-biiming. 
This  information  cnmes  froni  the  Forest 
Products  Laboratories  of  the  Tlepartment  of 
Mines  and  liesources,  Ottawa,  (.'anada. 

Canada's  Indian  Population  Increasing; 

♦  In  five  years  the  Indiim.s  of  L'anaiia  in- 
creased from  112,510,  in  1934.  to  118.406,  in 
1939.  llany  haye  become  expert  faimiers  and 
stock  raisers,  while  their  natural  aptitude  lor 
fishing  and  Irapping,  two  imporisnl  Canndian 
enterprises,'  make  them  well  suited  to  live 
alongside  the  white  race  on  a  basis  of  equality. 

AUGUST  21,  1940 


Liberty  in  Manitoba 

♦  OwinfT  to  the  protest  of  numerous  parents 
of  children  attending  schools  m  Manitoba,  and 
the  objection  hy  tliom  to  ha.viug  their  children 
compelled  lo  sing  "(lod  Save  the  King",  the 
regulations  conccrniug  the  singinj;  of  that 
song  and  "'0  Canada"  woro  amended  so  that 
a  child  can  be  excused.  All  that  tho  parent  of 
the  child  need  do  is  to  write  to  the  superin- 
tendent or  to  the  principal  of  the  school,  or 
the  toHcher  of  the  class,  making  objection  to 
the  participation  by  the  child  in  the  exercises 
and  the  child  ia  e.'fcused  from  partaking  in 
same,  except  tJiat  the  ''hild  must  stand  when 
the  other  pupils  stand  and  must  not  disrupt 
the  clasHRS  and  cannot  leave  the  clas-sroom. 

Teachers'  Oaths  in  British  Columbia 

♦  In  time  of  war  there  is  ahva..\-s  this  talk  of 
'"loyalty".  What  netually  happens  is  that  some 
of  our  elders  and  bcHors  do  not  iiave  to  make 
the  sacrifice  demanded  from  the  young  and 
the-  poor .;  they  may  even  find  tlieir  sphere  of 
activity  isnd  infiiience  enlarged.  So  they  have 
to  make  a  pai'ade  of  this  thinfi  they  call  loy- 
alty, and,  of  coiu'se,  (lie  easiest  way  to  show 
they  possess  it  is  to  prove  that  someone  else 
doesn't.  Real  loyalty,  like  honor,  is  not  meant 
to  be  talked  about;  if  you  try.  it  vanishes, 
—Dorothy  Banett,  in  the  Victoria  (B.C.) 
Dnihf  News. 

Drop  in  Canadian  Immigration 

♦  With  the  ina'case  of  labor-saving  machin- 
cJ'y,  there  is  leas  and  Jess  disjiosition  on  the 
part  of  governments  in  iiil  parts  of  tlie  world 
lo  accept  immigrants,  This  may  be  seen  in 
Canada,  as  well  as  ui  the  United  States.  In 
Canada,  in  the  year  1930  there  were  104,806 
immigranls  entering  the  country,  but  in  1935 
there  were  onlv  11.277  admitted;  and  there 
were  but  17,244  admitted  hi  1938. 

.A  Huge  Pile  of  Herring 

♦  The  St.  John's  (iVewfoundlaud)  Evening 
Telegram,  contained  a  picture  of  a  huge  pile 
of  hiirring  30  feet  wide,  45  feet  long,  and  8 
feet  high,  rejected  by  a.  single  packer  as  un- 
suitable for  the  1,400  barrels  he  sent  to 
market.  Tlie  sad  part  of  this  is  Ure  desperate 
poverty  of  many  Newfoundlanders,  and  the 
diiSculty  they  have  found  in  getting  enough 
to  eat. 

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British  Comment 

By  J.  Hemery  (London) 


Clouds  Gathering  Round  Britain 

•  These  days  of  daiVnin-;  clouds  gatliering 
round  Erilaiii  hrin^  to  mind  the  words  re- 
corded by  the  prophet  Iwaiah  at  chapter 
28:19;  'morniiiK  by  morning  ...  by  day 
3Jid  bv  nifiht  it  sfiH.ll  he  a  terror  [shuddering] 
to  undfrstaud  the  report,'  Of  course,  Jspiah's 
prophecy  was  not  oi!  news  broadcast  by  the 
morning  and  evening  editions  of  the  news- 
papers telling  what  is  peiinittcd  lo  be  told  of 
tbe  events  and  happenings  in  the  war;  but  the 
words  are  very  appliL-able  to  the  e;igernesB. 
tinged  with  Ihe  sense  oP  danger,  with  which 
the  daily  reports  are  reccivod,  Jlust  certainly 
the  prophecy  speaks  of  oui'  tinier  and  ol!  these 
days,  but  they  are  addressed  to  religionists, 
foretelling  the  distress  into  whieh  they  arc 
surely  going  as  the  events  of  this  'day  of  the 
I.ord'  progress  to  the  culmination  of  His  judg- 
menty  against  every  false  thing. 

The  people  oE  Britain  have  certainly  had 
severe  shocks  to  bear  as  now  the  radio  then  the 
newspapci's  have  told  how  allies  in  whose 
word  they  trusted  have  suddenly  dropped 
their  allegiance,  placing  (he  overseas  armies 
of  Britain  in  precarious  positions.  The  sud- 
den H,ction  of  the  Belgian  king  in  capitulating 
to  Hitler  and  commanding  the  Belgian  army 
to  cease  flghtiug  came  as  a  great  shock,  even 
in  these  days  of  covenant-breaking.  It  imme- 
diately followed  the  day  of  prayer  in  which 
all  the  sections  of  religion  joined.  Those  who 
had  prayed  must  have  received  a  jolt  as  they 
heard  the  news,  but  they  took  some  consola- 
tion from  the  result  of  the  rescue  of  almost  all 
of  the  British  army  from  Belgium,  effected  by 
almost  superhuman  efforts,  made  in  groat 
danger  and  with  much  heroism.  Then  came  a 
similar  Jiappctiins:  in  France  after  the  dis- 
patch of  another  British  army  with  full  eriiiil'- 
menl.  To  the  British  people  came  the  astomid- 
ing  news  that  the  French  government  had 
broken  its  agreement  not  to  make  a  separate 
peace,  btit  had  actually  done  so,  and  had  asked 
Hitler  for  his  terms  for  a  cessation  of  his  at- 
tacks on  France.  Again  the  British  govern- 
ment had  to  reverse  its  pouring  of  men  an.d 

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materials  into  France  and  now  prepare  to 
shut  its  military  power  into  its  own  land  as 
in  a  fortress.  Losses  of  lives  and  of  much  war 
material  have  resulted,  as  all  the  world  knows. 
Jfussolini's  ealcidated  entrance  of  Italy  into 
the  war  did  not  come  as  a  shock:  it  was  well 
understood  that  this  dictator  was  watching 
and  waiting  for  the  time  when  he  could  deliver 
a  shock  bloW',  partly  to  further  his  own  am- 
bitions and  partly  at  the  command  of  his 
master  Hitler;  but  Italy  as  an  enemy  in  a 
vital  part  of  the  British  empire  was  a  severe 
addition  lo  the  forces  arrayed  against  it. 

Now  the  mightiest  ruthless  power  that  the 
world  has  known  is  just  across  the  narrow  sea. 
which  separates  Britain  from  the  continent 
and  is  preparing  to  follow  up  his  success  and 
accomplish  his  set  purpose  by  a  de.structi%'e 
attack  on  Britain.  His  purpose  is  Itnown,  and 
ui  itself  the  fact  does  not  come  as  a  shock  as 
the  breaking  of  covenants  has  done,  but  the 
fact  that  there  is  inunineut  danger  of  inva- 
sion, both  of  the  shores  of  Britain  and  by  air, 
from  which  no  part  of  the  land  is  free,  is  itself 
a  shock.  Only  a  few  years  ago  such  a  possi- 
bility was  not  visualized,  and  would  have  been 
dismissed  as  an  unthinkable  thing.  But  the 
fact  is  present,  and  Britain,  after  a  thousand 
years  of  freedom  from  an  invader,  has  the 
fact  to  face. 

Hitlers  declaration  of  his  purpose  to  de- 
stroy Brita.in  as  a  world  power,  and  bring  it 
dowm  to  a  minor  factor  in  world  affairs,  and 
at  that  to  have  it  sub.iect  to  German  domina- 
tion, has  at  last  got  into  the  consciousness  of 
the  people.  The  considered  impossibility  of 
what  were  considered  his  grandiose  ideas  of 
domination  in  Europe  and  bringing  it  into 
Nazism,  especially  as  these  affected  Britain. 
left  the  people  of  Britain  cold:  his  schemes 
were  considered  more  as  a  kind  of  mad  out- 
break which  would  .spend  itself  in  confusion 
than  as  something  to  become  a  reality.  His 
book  became  a-  -best  seller",  pushed  by  •"'enter- 
prising" publishers,  because  it  wa.s  "'interest- 
ing", and  the  nightly  broadcasts  from  Ham- 
burg by  a  renegade  Englishman  became  a 
favorite  listening-in  pastime:  Britain  opened 
the  doors  of  the  mind  and  the  poison  of 
Nazism  was  poured  in,  all  part  of  the  great 
scheme  preparing  for  the  great  da.y.  Now  his 
altogether  unexpected  success  jjained  in  ruth- 
less fashion  has  set  the  people  on  edge  to  pre- 
pare themselves  for  a  similar  ruthless  attack 
on  Britain.  Events  considered  humanly  im- 

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possible  have  happened.  That  the  German 
forces  have  been  mdcA  beyond  wliat  might 
have  been  expected  by  Hitler  and  his  savage 
and  cruel  aides,  !ind  beyond  the  mistakes  made 
by  the  French  ai'iny  leaders — incrcduloiiB,  the 
French  prime  minister  called  them — is  enter- 
ing into  the  minds  of  many  who  watch  the 
onniyh  witli  startled  eyes.  That  ti'eachery  has 
been  a  groat  factor  in  the  Geiinan  successes  is 
believed  by  iiiH.uy;  but  some;  are  beginning  to 
think  that  a  spirit  of  evil  is  workinfr — even 
tlie  chief  archbishop  so  expressed  himself. 
But  the  archbishop  and  Ms  clergy  won't  face 
the  facts  of  the  l^cripliires'  plain  words.  That 
Word,  the  sacred  Scriptures,  despised  or 
ignored  b\-  the  iifitious.  M-ho  liave  been  misled 
by  Iheir  priests  of  all  kinds  and  classes,  tells 
of  the  time  when  fJ:c  De\il,  the  enemy  of  ail 
righteousness  and  of  liberty,  except  when  and 
where  it  pleases  him  to  be  the  advocate  of  lib- 
erty, or  to  appear  as  an  angel  of  light  (2  Co- 
rinthians 11:14).  iv-ill  enter  into  the  affairs 
of  the  nations.  "Woe  to  the  inhabiters  of  the 
earth,  and  of  the  sea!  for  the  devil  is  come 
down  unto  you.  having  great  wrath,  because  ho 
knowelh  that  he  hath  but  a  short  time."  (Ttevc- 
lation  12 :  12)  That  time  immeijiately  jirocedes 
the  full  estahlisluncnt  of  the  kingdom  of  Hod 
which  He  by  His  prophets  declared  He  would 
set  np  in  the  earth;  it  ls  the  time  of  which 
Je.sus  spoke  when  in  His  la.st  great  prophecy 
He  told  of  His  coming  again  in  the  power  and 
glory  of  the  Father,  and  in  wliich  prophecy 
He  declared  the  world  would  then  experience, 
the  greatest  time  of  irouble  it  had  known  or 
should  know.  (Sec  lliitthew  24.) 

The  Devil  is  the  insligatnr  of  this  oppres- 
sive totalitarian  rule  which  is  fas[  enveloping 
Europe  in  its  toils.  In  Tendon.  .Judge  Ruther- 
ford, speaking  from  the  Ro;^-aI  Albert  Hull 
and  to  the  ]isteni?ig  petijiie  throughout  the 
world,  just  at  the  time  of  Ihc  3[unich  compact, 
wai-ned  the  peoples  of  the  earth  of  the  threat- 
ening danger  from  Nazism,  Fascism  a.nd  the 
most  subtle  iiud  dangerous  of  all.  the  totalitar- 
ian Hierarchy  in  Home.  He  warned  the  world 
that  the  liberties  of  free  peoples  were  in  dan- 
ger from  tliis  combination. 

It  is  well  understood  thnt  in  France  there 
were  persons  in  high  places  of  influence  and 
power  and  with  deep  roots  in  finance  who 
were  so  afraid  of  t'ommunisra's  getting  a 
greater  hold  in  that  eonntry  a.s  to  make  Ihem 
friends  of  Mussolini  and  his  Fascism,  even 
if  they  were  not  so  friendly  disposed  to  Hitler 
and  his  Nazism,  Many  of  these  are  Roman 

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Catholics,  arffl  Wh^h  at  the  last  the'iates 
premier  of  France,  appointed  to  that  office 
by  their  inflnence,  made  a.dvances  to  Hitler, 
they  wanted  to  call  in  as  their  representative 
Franco,  the  Catholic  ■'Chidstian  gentleman", 
to  act  as  their  representative. 

Jehovah's  witnesses  have  cai'ried  Judge 
Rutherford's  words  of  warning  to  the  ends 
of  the  earth,  but  they  have  gone  unhceticd  by 
those  who  have  the  liberties  of  the  peoples  in 
their  care.  His  ^vords  were  not  lo.st,  for  thou- 
sands faced  tkc  facts,  learned  the  truth,  and 
have  tnrned  to  the  Word  of  God  and  imto  the 
salvation  which  it  promises  to  those  who  seek 
Him  and  do  His  will.  Such  as  do  thus  turn 
to  the  Word  of  f  iod  are  saved  from  the  fcaj? 
of  the  thinjis  which  are  now  coming  on  the 
earth;  they  know  that  when  the  war  of  Satan 
against  God  comes  to  its  end  and  find  lias 
cleansed  the  earth  of  those  who  destroy  it — 
as  these  dictators  are  now  doing,  and  the 
whole  combination  is  seeking  to  destroy  the 
liberty  of  men — thoy,  the  destroyers  them- 
selves, will  be  destroyed,  'And  the  nations 
were  angiy,  and  thy  wratli  is  come  .  ,  .  and 
that  thou  shonidest  rewai'd  them  that  fear  thy 
name  .  .  ,  and  destroy  them  wliich  destroy 
the  earth,'  (Revelation  11 ;  18)  To  those  whose 
eyes  are  opened  to  the  Scriptures  there 
is  no  question  that  the  Devil  is  back  of  all 
these  untowa.rij  and  unexpected  events  which 
threaten  to  take  away  all  that  free  men  have 
enjoyed  and  expected  to  continue  to  enjoy. 
The  message  which  Jehovah's  witnesses  havo 
carried  through  the  earth  during  the  past  few 
years  has  been  not  only  to  warn  men  against 
these  things  now  coming  on  the  earth,  but  to 
tell  them  that  they  cannot  expect  to  receive 
the  blessings  of  God,  life  and  happiness,  ex- 
cept they  aeiaiowledge  Him  and  serve  Tlira 
in  sincerity  and  trtith ;  and  lo  tell  the  good 
news  of  the  kingdom  of  God  now  set  up  under 
His  King  Jesus,  and  soon  to  be  fnlly  estab- 
lished in  the  earth. 

Hitler's  advance  agents,  his  bombers,  haye 
ali'eady  bronghl  their  warning  notice  of  things 
to  come,  and  the  certain  general  attacks  whicJi 
are  to  follow  are  being  pro])ai'ed  for.  The 
flovernment,  in  its  great  task  of  earing  for 
the  people,  has,  as  far  as  po.ssible,  provided 
safety  for  the  children  by  ly^moving  them  to 
the  leas  likely  places  of  daugei-.  Many  restric- 
tions are  in  force  to  conserve  the  lives  of  tlie 
inhabitants  and  to  reserve  supplies  as  far  as 
possible.  It  is  a  tremendous  task  they  have  in 
hand,  and  those  who  have  responsibility  can 

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have  little  time  for  pven  npcessary  rest.  There 
is  no  hardsliip  in  tiio  food  supplies,  hut  with 
the  vvidening-oiit  of  the  war  tniuble  thfire 
must  be  cloeer  rationing  tbu,n  id  present. 

Home-produced  Food  Supply 

•  The  lUinister  of  AdTirultiirc  recently  said 
that  sini'e  thp  hcginniii';-  of  tin;  war  about 
70,000  fiii'm  wor'kcrs  iiad  lieeii  iittraeted  t-o 
other  induslrius  by  tliu  pros.pe'^t  of  better 
wag'as.  The  York^thii-f.  Post.  c-OTumetitinsi  nn 
the  farmiiig-  situation,  says.  "Bi'forp  Ih(?  war 
we  were  jij'owinE;  only  noo-tliird  of  our  food 
and  impoftin^  Ibc  rest  .  .  .  we  OTisht  to  aim 
How  at  produeiug  two-tbirds  at  least.''  There 
is  a  vast  acreage  of  land  in  Britain  which 
could  be  piit  to  the  plow;  some  of  it  is  hdd 
for  sportj  mitcb  is  hold  by  spoeiilHling  build- 
er's, who  are  waitinir  opportunities  to  develop 
building  estates.  These  avo  under  the  obser- 
vation ol!  the  Govei-nnient  and  it  may  bi;  ex- 
peeted  that  eiim]iii]sion  will  bo  used  to  wake 
the  land  produee  food  for  the  people.  The 
Post  says,  "Probably  a  good  third  ol'  our  ti>t;i! 
land  area,  lo  which  the  present  oceujiiers  can- 
not do  juslipe  for  various  reasons,  not  nefci- 
sarily  discreditable."'  ciin  he  put  into  spiviec. 
The  (Jovcrniiieut  now  possesses  ub«oluto  power 
of  eonlrol  over  everybody  and  everytbinE  in 
the  land,  and  though  as  yet  Ihei-e  is  little  evi- 
dence of  sueh  di'iisfif:  use  as  raigiit  hi?  made, 
and,  in  fai^l.  life  is  on  the  voluntary  plane 
a-ather  than  that  of  eompuisiou — eseepting,  of 
course,  conseription  for  the  army — yet  there 
must  come,  and  perhaps  quickly,  the  compul- 
sion which  the  (.lovernment  (hspmtments  deem 
necessary  for  the  defense  of  th(i  country,  and 
for  the  regulation  of  its  social  and  physical 
life. 

"Blind  Leaders  of  the  Blind" 

•  '"Reverenci'*  Tyler  Lane,  a  prominent  leader 
in  the  Nonennformist  section  of  religionists  in 
Sheffield,  goes  on  rHt-ord  to  tell  of  his  unbelief 
in  the  Bible.  He  has  the  orthodox  parson's 
objection  to  belief  in  the  return  of  the  Lord 
to  e.stablish  His  kingdom  in  any  way  other 
than  that  orthodoxy  lias  determined  shall  be. 
He  LS  reported  us  saying  that  the  book  of  The 
Revelation  is  not  entirely  of  Christian  origin, 
and  that  some  of  it  is  entirely  un-("!^hristian. 
In  saying  that  he  comes  under  the  eondcnnia- 
tion  of  that  Book;  for  it  says,  at  chapter  22. 
verses  eighteen  and  nineteen,  '""I  [Jesus j 
testify  unto  every  man  that  heareth  the  words 
of  the  prophecy  of  this  book,  If  any  uiiui  shall 

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add  unto  these  things,  God  ahall  add  unto  him 
the  plagues  that  are  written  in  this  book:  and 
if  any  man  .shall  take  away  from  the  words 
of  the  book  of  this  prophecy.  God  shall  take 
away  bis  part  out  of  the  book  of  life,  and  out 
of  the  holy  city,  and  from  the  things  which 
are  written  in  this  book."  Probably  the  "rev- 
evenii"  docs  not  aeeupt  tiiat  part  of  the  book, 
and  thinks  it  un-Christian.  At  any  rate,  the 
words  bit  bira  bard.  What  he  does  not  liiie 
about  the  witness  to  the  truih — though  he 
docs  not  mention  any  names— is  the  declara- 
tion from  ihe  Scriptures  that  the  prophecies 
of  Jesus  and  those  of  the  apostles  about  the 
setting  up  of  tile  kingdom  of  God  can  have 
Any  application  whatever  except  in  the  far- 
distant  future.  The  clerg;,'  and  parsons  have  a 
kingdom  they  hsve  made  for  themselves,  and 
tiiey  hope  to  keep  it  by  all  and  anymeans. 

Conscientious  Objectors 

•  Tlie  bitterness  of  spirit  towards  those  who 
have  registered  themselves  as  conscientious 
objectors  to  military  service,  which  has  raani- 
fesli'd  itself  m  many  places,  continues  and 
tends  to  spread.  The  probability  is  that  all 
those  who  ham  been  placed  on  the  register  of 
ofijpctors  will  be  put  eorapulsorily  into  the 
service  of  the  State,  perhaps  under  much  the 
same  conditions  as  fiio,se  who  are  in  the  mili- 
tary service.  Work  for  them  will  be  found 
either  on  the  land,  in  farming,  as  the  Govern- 
ment increases  the  plowing,  or  in  forestry  or 
other  service  where  they  can  be  used  without 
violation  of  their  eiinseipnee.  Food  will  be 
provided — though  not  on  the  liberal  scale  as 
in  the  army,  and  lodging,  and  a  small  allow- 
ance made  weekly  for  personal  needs.  The  re- 
ports of  the  Triljunals  indicate  that  in  many 
cases  oh.jectors  to  military  sei-viee  from  rea- 
sons other  than  that  of  consecration  lo  the 
sendee  of  God  do  not  appear  to  take  into  ac- 
count the  fact  that  there  Ls  some  obligation  on 
those  who  receive  and  take  the  benefits  of 
the  State. 

Beauty  Mmt  Yield 

♦  The  British  government  spTved  notice  that 
beauty  most  i-ield  to  necessity.  "Women  are 
warned  against  using  the  n  on -waterproof  type 
of  eye-black  called  mascara.  The  temperature 
inside  of  a  gas  mask  causes  the  eye-blaek  to 
run,  leaving  smarting  eyes,  pi-oftise  tears, 
Gj'elid  spafims.  anti  an  urgent  desire,  to  remove 
the  mask  and  have  it  all  over  with, 

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Turkey 


Diplomatic  Honesty  and  Dishonesty 

♦  Despite  tlieir  trsining  in  lying  and  genera! 
nntrust worthiness,  both  Hitler  and  Mussolini 
are  having  forced  upon  them  the  proof  that, 
after  all,  honesty  is  a  real  asset.  The  British 
and  French  were  dishoni^st  in  their  treatment 
of  Czeelioshnvaliia.  ajid  that  cost  them  the  loss 
of  Russia  and  of  Poland.-  That  was  a  lesson  in 
honesty  tliat  ought  to  impress  anyhody.  But 
a  more  important  one  foHovvcd.  Hitler  used 
the  Roman  Catholic  von  Papen  to  destroy 
Austria,  and  then  was  foolLsh  enongli  to  send 
him  to  Turkey  to  undertake  the  same  thing 
there.  It  so  happens  that  the  Turldsh  Govern- 
ment believes  in  old-fashioned  honesty,  and  so 
von  Pajien  was  the  wi'ong  man.  Not  wishing 
to  go  the  way  of  Poland.  Turkej-  turned  to  the 
British  and  French,  and  the  new  mutual  as- 
sistance pactfollowcd.  By  now,  both  the  Brit- 
ish and  the  French  realize  the  ^real  eiTor  they 
made  in  hiding  under  the  table  at  Munich. 

Seventeen  Leather  Sacks 

♦  Fishin;^  around  in  the  Bosphorus,  recently, 
the  fishei-men  were  rewarded  by  fniduig;  seven- 
teen lather  sacks,  inside  of  i?aeh  of  which  was 


the  skeleton  of  a  youngr  woman,  with  the  arroa 
and  legs  secured  with  f^reat  chains.  Back  in 
the  reign  of  Abdul  Cardinal  Hamid,  some- 
times known  as  Abdul  the  Damned,  these 
were  hea.Jitifnl  young  women,  selected  indeed 
for  their  buHUty  all  over  llu^  Turkish  Empire. 
Sometimes  tim  cardinal  bumped  off  more  than 
100  jiensons  a  day.  Lt'  he  was  one  of  those  whom 
the  Hierarchy  calls  the  'higher  powers'  won't 
somebody  please  tell  who  are  the  higher  pow- 
ers of  hell ! 

Iron  Ore  in  Turkey 

♦  Following  llio  dlseoTery  of  an  immense 
deposit  of  rich  iron  ore.  at  Kara.buk,  80  miles 
north  of  the  Tm-kish  capital,  h  great  steel 
plant  has  been  con.sti'ucted  there,  at  a  coat  of 
815,000,000,  which  is  espeeted  to  produce 
annually  150,000  tons  of  steel,  and  to  be  of 
vast  importance  in  the  development  of  Tur- 
key. Hundreds  of  skillcil  steel -workers  are 
being  taken  there  from  the  British  centers 
of  metallurgy,  to  ensure  the  successful  opera- 
tion of  the  plant.  They  are  taking  their  fam- 
ilies along  and  expecting  to  remain  perma- 
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MolJoerHcy  fPa.rt  2) 

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\\T)o  Incites  RicLy! 

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E(li)ibur'S!li  Tlieouratio  ConTention 

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Law-ftbiding 

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Tlie  Castdr  Clil  Lojrinn 

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Railroads  and  SlfdTiiHliijjs 

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Russia, 

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Rocky  Moimtain  RUtos 

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Speed. 

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CuuQsel  l)y  iT,  F.  Biitlierford 

The  Mimie  of  Tteuorai^y 

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Sneial 

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Surp'Gt'y 

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Undci- tlie  Tolalitamn  Fia^ 

Partiiera  in  Eacketcprin^ 

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Tw'o  Morp  "Bnljj  JrHii.ws" 

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The  CLapliiin  ItaAet 

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Slopping  the  Kuisur 

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South  Atlsiitii-  Stiilcs 

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KonthwrstHtn   SUtes 

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"Give  L"s  Mdi'o  Eeiiginn" 

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Spain 

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Prolestantipin 

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HrltUli  Comment 

"Tht  Crpiiti-st  Crusade" 

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The  "Bnltic  ot  Loudon" 

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Cdsts  of  IiiviDg 

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Fnoii  I'oi*  tbc  PenpJi' 

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Thp  Shr-Htr  Health  PmtjlL-m 

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iVotandiim 

Children  Bearing  Witness 

♦  Oil  NuveiiibtT  24  a  zone  assenilily  was 
held  at  Los  Aiifijeles,  California,  attended 
by  tht'  prDspeetiv(?  "gn>at  nuiltitndf'".  At 
the  at;sembly  497  childrmi  |iublicly  de- 
clared Ihi'ir  dcvntioTi  to  the  great  Tirror;- 
RACY,  thus  hearing  witness  tn  the  name 
of  the  great  Txieocisat  and  lliw  King.  The 
i'ollowing  telfgrain  relating  tn  that  as- 
sembly will  he  of  inte it'.'^t  to  those  who 
liave  children  who  lovt'  Jehovali: 

The  iione  assombly  at  Shrine  Auditorium 
iinaJiimoiwIy  send  tn  you  their  grenlinys  and 
enthtisiastie  jippreciation  of  your  message. 
Shily-onc  Imudrwl  fifty  in  attentlaniic.  Four 
hundred  uinely-seven  children  dfclRrvJ  pub- 
licly titiit  Ihey  have  taken  tht'ir  stand  on  the 
side  of  the  great  Thtociut,  His  Kiny  and  His 
kingdom.  We  imilcdly  raise  onr  hcai'ts  asking 
Jc'hovahs  eoiitinuetl  a;nidai!ee  upon  you  and 
upon  the  onward  mnrpii  of  The  Theocracy. 
— Zone  Assembi-y,  Los  AitgeJos,  November  24. 

Some  Priestly  Opinions: 

♦  Li  re?ponse  to  reqaests  made  of  l,r)00 
prie.-its  as  to  how  tiie  .Roman  Catholic 
religion  iti  standing  up  on  current  strain, 
there  was  considerable  hlame  of  Irish 
Catholic  politicians  like  the  crook  Judge 
llantnn;  some  thought  Ihe  elmrch  lost 
more  than  it  gained  hy  the  deal  which  re- 
sulted in  Rocsovelfs  sending  Taylor  to 
the  Vatican  ;  while  a  Ww  I'aigland  priest 
said  ot  his  congregation  of  French  ami 
Polish  descent:  "'They  dtieply  resent 
Italy's  entrance  into  tlie  war.  Thpy  tire 
upset  by  thi'  pope's  inalnlity  to  liolVl  his 
own  people  away  from  Hitler  and  Htalin. 
Many  are  now  missing  mass.  Tlie  men- 
tion of  the  pope^s  name  will  arouf^e  many 
to  boos.  They  have  torn  his  picture  from 
the  walls." 

Kennedy  Persona  A'on  Orata 

♦  Kenneily,  Papal  ambasi:^ador  to  Brit- 
ain, (paid  hy  Uncle  Sam)  onglit  certainly 
to  be  persona  von  ijraiii  to  Hritain,  if.  as 
alloged,  lie  boaateii  Britain  is  licked. 

consolation 


SOLATION 


"And  in  His  name  shall  the  nations  hope. "—Matthew  12:21,  A.R.V. 


VulumeXXIl 


Brooklyn,   N,  V.,  WeUnesday.   Decembap  2S,   1940 


Number  G55 


MoboCraCy   ('"  r«"'  Parts— Fait  2) 


'pHE  Protestant  Pre«3  Bureau  of  II- 
-*-  ionl,  England,  quotes  two  Jesuit 
faihtTH  (sfutie  oi-,s;aniztition  that  invited 
Roosevelt  aiuj  VVillkie  to  attend  ii  iriass 
cuimtieuKiratiiig  tJie  4tM)th  aiinivtTsary 
theiT'of.  Hojjteiiiiicr  29,  acoordinji;  lo  tliH 
New  York  Dully  Mirror  of  September  13, 
lOdO)  as  iiiia^^iiiing  tiic  Lord's  place  of 
pUDisliment  of  "Purgatoiy  as  follows: 
''\  an  must  tlien  conBcivp  p\irgaloiy  to  be  a 
va^t,  daHiboTiie  and  hiduuus  ttiiios,  fitll  of  fire 
s\uA  liiimes,  in  wKlch  the  souls  are  kept  elosa 
].i HsontTs  unlil  llity  have  sutisfied  for  all  theii- 
misdnmeauoui'B,  apf-nrdin^  lo  tltf.-  (.'stimate  of 
Divlue  .TuNfJL-e.  For  (iud  IKomcj  lias  madu 
elloifL'  of  this  e-lei:ient  of  fire  wlierovvith  to 
punisli  souls,  tx'<'aiiso  it  is  th«  most  active, 
pieveinff,  senwible,  and  insupportalile  of  all 
others," 

On  1];>!£P  135  thii  .TtNiiit  t'Sfliiims, 

■■"Good  (!io<i !  how  the  jireat  saints  and 
doetoi'3  astonish  me  when  tliey  treat  of  this 
fii'e,  and  iif  llie  piiin  of  seiisu  iis  they  rail 
it!  Fur  tlipy  peremptorily  proiioiinec  (.bat 
the  fire  tlmt  purjres  tliose  souls,  thomi  both 
hapjjy  ;uid  uiihapyy  souls,  Huqiaases  all  the 
t^imieuts  that  ai'e  to  be  found  in  tljc  iiiis- 
era!)le  life  of  mail;  or  aro  possible  to  be  in- 
rented  ;  for  so  far  Diey  go.  Out  of  which 
Biiserlion  it  clearly  follows  that  the  furious 
fits  of  stone,  fever,  or  ra.giji^  S'out,  the  tor- 
menting frolic,  with  all  the  horrible  eonvul- 
sions  of  the  woi-st  diseases,  nay,  though  you 
join  raehs.  sridii'uns,  boiling  oil,  wild 
bcHsIs.  and  a  hundred  horses  drawing  sev- 
eral WEvs  and  tearing  one  limb  jrom  au- 
otiier,  with  all  thu  hellish  devices  at  the 
most  barbfli-ouH  and  f!ruel  tyrants,  all  this 
does  not  reaeii  the  least  port  of  the  mildest 
pains  of  i>iu-triifoiy.-'-' 

DECEMBER  SS.   1940 


The  Scriptures  fleclare  that  ■'Ood  is 
love"  and  that  "the  dead  know  not  any 
thing'-'.  (l.Io]m4:8;Ect'leaiastes9:5, 10). 
"'Purgatory''  is  nowhere  njeiiticnied  in 
the  Bible,  and  ■"holl"  is  shown  to  mean  the 
grave.  With  this  in  mind,  note  the  hor- 
rors inventod  by  th«  Jrierareiiy: 

Few  EiigHshmeu  are  aware  of  the  infamous 
puhlicHtinnf,  wfitlen  with  this  object  |of  scar- 
ing the  eliildivu]  Ibat  are  eii-culated  hy  Cath- 
olic priests  amoni^  tlie  poor,  1  have  before  me 
a  tract  "for  children  and  young  persona" 
called  Sight  of  Hell,  hy  Rev.  J,  Furuias, 
C.Ss,R,  It  is  a  detailed  dc-seriptioo  of  the 
dungeons  of  hell,  and  a  few  sentences  may 
sprv'R  as  an  cvample:  "See!  on  the  middle  of 
that  rcd-liotHoor  stands  a  girl;  she  looks  about 
sixteen  years  old.  Her  feet  are  bare.  She  has 
noilher  shoes  nor  stockini^  .  .  .  Listen!  sfie 
speak,?.  She  say.s :  "I  have  been  standing  on  this 
burning  floor  for  years.  Look  at  my  burnt  and 
bleeding  feet.  Tjet  me  go  oft'  this  burnin;i'  door 
for  one  moment  .  ,  ,  '  The  foiu'th  dungeon  ia 
the  boiling  kettle  ...  in  the  middle  of  it 
there  is  a  boy  ...  His  eyes  are  burning  like 
two  burning  coals.  Two  lon^  flames  come  out 
his  ears  .  .  .  But  listen !  there  is  a  scjund  like 
a  kettle  boiling.  The  blood  is  bubbling  and 
boiling  in  his  head  .  .  .  The  fifth  dungeon  is 
the  red-hot  oven  .  ,  .  The  little  child  ia  in 
this  red-hot  oven.  Hear  how  it  sereama  to  come 
out.  See  how  it  turns  and  twists  itself  in  the 
fire.  It  heats  itself  against  the  roof  of  the  oven. 
It  stamps  its  little  feet  on  the  floor  .  .  .  God 
was  very  good  to  thin  child.  Verii  Wieli/  God 
saw  that  it  would  g/'t  worse  and  wome,  and 
would  never  repent,  and  would  have  to  be 
p\mish(d  much  worse  in  hdl.  So  God  in  his 
mercij  called  it  out  of  the  world  in  its  early 
childhood." 

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This  is  rrom  a  quotation  %  Protosto^ 
Press  Bureau  from  WE.  H.  Leckys 
History  of  European  Morah,  \o!.  Ai, 

^^The  acts  of  this  imfioly  and  blasphe- 
mims  oreanization  are  thas  in  exact  at;- 
eord  with  the  horrofs  they  have  con- 
ceived God  as  ^iiiJty  of.  Is  it  not  m  keep- 
ins  that  the  sauu^  orf^anisation  should  de- 
falue  God's  holv  name  and  also  persc'cute 
in  the  most  fiendish  manner  all  ot  lus 
witnt-ssei^!    Castration,    rack,    gridiron, 
torture  diamher,  in  the  hands  ol  the  most 
.vicious  MOBOGBACY.  IS  whut  Aincru-a  is 
hnadrd  for.  Let  the  Legion    fvoo^evelt. 
and  anv  other  who  wishes,  ho  mob  with 
thOPe   hloodv   tonupntors   of   tliG  rigin- 
eouK.  Let  theui  ami  themselves  in  the 
most  invineihle  manner.  Let  tbein  eon- 
aiu'r  the  earth.  Let  them  heap  up  lies  and 
sanctify  war.  They  are  certam  to  pens^i. 
"I  will  siav  the  last  of  Ihem  with  the 
swoi-a:  he  that  iJeetli  of  them  shall  not 
rescape  (i?.F.)].  and  he  that  est/apeth  ot 
them  shall  not  he  delivered.  Though  they 
dig  into  hell  [Sheol :  that  is,  dip;  holes  m 
the  earth  to  shield  tlieiii  frniu  the  bomhs 
of  airplanes   and  -as  attacks],  thence 
shall  mine  hand  take  them:  thou-h  Uiey 
climb  up  to  heaven  [take  to  the  air  m 
planes    to    escape    from    the    troiibk-J. 
tiienee   will    I    brin;;'   them   down:   and 
though  thov  hide  themselves  in  the  top 
of  Carmel' [rocky  caves  in  the  moun- 
tains"!. T  will  search  and  take  them  out 
tltenee ;  ajid  though  they  he  hid  troni  my 
si.^ht  in  the  bottom  of  the  sea  [m  sub- 
marine boats],  thence  will  I  conmiand 
the  serpent  fthe  biinger  of  evil  and  ca- 
lamitv],  and  he  shall  bite  them  [destroy 
themi  ;  andthougli  they  go  into  captivity 
before  their  enemies,  thence  will  I  com- 
mand the  sword  [  Christ,  the  Exeeutinuer 
of  Jehovah^s  commands],  and  it  shaU 
slay  them  ;  and  I  will  set  mine  eyes  upon 
them  Cor  evil,  and  not  for  p;ood.  —Amos 
9:1-4,  with  brackets  quoted  from  the 
Watcht-ower  magazine,  isaut;  of  Septem- 
ber 1, 1940. 

The  stage  is  about  ready  for  the  last 
act.  The  religious,  political  and  commer- 


cial elements  are  as  thick  as  tliicyes  and 
acting  with  one  accord.  Allied  with  them 
is  the  "evii  servant"  company,  those  once 
companions  of  Jehovah's  witnesses  aiid 
now  their  hitterest  enemies.  This  traitor 
class  is  doing  its  part  to  besmirch  Jeho- 
vah's   name    and    cruelly    seoui^gc    the 
Lord's   servants  with   the  vilest  false- 
hoods. Let  this  gang  aU  get  togettier  and 
An  their  worst.  The  Lord  ^nll  take  them 
in  ITis  stride.  "Associate  yourselves,  O 
ye   people,  and  ye  shall  be  broken  m 
pieces:  and  give  ear,  all  ye  of  i-^r ^oun- 
trie'^-  gird  vourselves.  and  ye  shaU  he 
broken  "in  pieces;  gird  yourselves,  and  ye 
shall  be  broken  in  pieces.  Take  counsel 
together,  and  it  shall  come  to  nought; 
speak  the  word,  and  it  shall  not  stand: 
for  God  is  with  us.'— Isaiah  8:9,  lU- 

Manv  have  attempted  to  excuse  them- 
selves from  responsibUity  by  saymg  that 
Jehovah's  witnesses  are  trouble-makers, 
bate-peddlers,  and  that  they  wmild  not 
be  in  trouble  if  they  would  tal;e  some 
other  course  of  action.  Such  words  will 
not  excuse  them  before  the  Lord.  U  tic 
message  of  JeJiovah  causes  those  who 
hear  it  to  riot,  the  fault  cannot  he  laid 
umm  the  bearers  of  the  message.  It  may 
not  he  p!(^asant  to  hear  the  words  tellmg 
of  Jehovah's  vengeance,  but  it  is_  worse 
than  follv  to  stop  the  mouths  ot  (Torts 
servants  and  sav  "airs  well  .  Jehovah  s 
witnesses  brins  the  storm  warning  and 
tell    bv  the  Lord's  command,  how  this 
^torm  of  bloodshed  may  be  escaped.  I.his 
is  a  fi-icndiv  act,  and  not  one  of  liate^  aS 
the  writer  iii  the  Safnr<1aii  Evening  Post 
claims.  To  kdl  and  persecute  the  watch- 
men-for-the-pcople's-safety  is  ■vncious  be- 
yond description.  Let  those  who  desire 
mercy  at  the  hands  of  tlie  Lord  have  nO 
part  therein. 

A  clear  answer  to  those  who  claim  that 
the  witnesses  are  '"hate  provokers''  is 
found  in  the  Waichiower  magazine,  Sep- 
tember 1, 1940,  page  261. : 

The  clcrsry  totlay  wn.ngliully  charge  Jeho- 
vaJi's  witnesses  with  intolerance  toward  Oath. 
olics,  Protestants,  and  Jews.  The   facta  Jire 

CONSOLATION 


aai  .(("iiiwafts  witnesses  are  mtoleranl..  la  no 
one.  Tiiey  liulii  that  every  one  lias  llie  right  fo 
Xi^ply  express  iiiutsclf,  nnd  also  tliat  the  teach- 
ings or  'iocti-ines  piil  forth  by  any  person  or 
system  mtiy  lie  properly  and  fitiiJy  critifized. 
In  no  other  wiLy  enn  the  people  Itam  just,  now 
which  is  correM".  Jeliovaii's  witnesses  proclaim 
tfie  tiiith  as  it  is  written  in  tlip  Scriptrires, 
and  which  Ood  (romnuinds  all  his  covenant  peo- 
ple to  prociaim  at  thp  present  tine.  Those  who 
Iiavc  ii  desir*  to  learn  and  who  therefoi-e  liavo 
an  ear  to  iie^ir  will  give  hi.vd  to  what  is  pub- 
lishi'tl.  Ko  others  will  giv'e  heed. 

Til*:  information  sulimittfid  hpreln  is 
IViT  the  si«i]p  ones,  "lliose  who  desirp  to 
loarn/  As  for  the  Tlii'varcliy  and  Jier 
allifj^  wlio  Tavor  anil  promote  mobochacy, 
they  are  g'oing  literally  to  hell  (the 
grave).  (P.saljn  9: 17)  Let  no  one  1k>  do- 
ceivcKl  into  thinking  the  Hierarchy  in- 
vincililo  bocauwf  ol'  their  show  of  ]iower. 
The  Lord  hiuglis  at  them  and  It'tw  thetn 
keep  on  only  tmtil  Tlis  appointed  time  to 
annihilate  them  and  all  wickedness. 
(Daniel  11:27)  Let  the  lioncst-hcarted 
have  no  pa.rt  i?i  the  MoBorTiAcv,  which  has 
sealed  the  doom  of  its  operator,  but  re- 
member the  innnnctioiis  of  the  Lord  if 
they  desire  His  salvation:  "Before  the 
day  of  the  Lohd'.s  anger  come  upon  voii. 
Sed;  ye  the  Lord,  all  ye  meek  of  the 
earth,  which  liave  wrought  his  judgment ; 
seek  rigliteoiisness,  seek  meekness :  it 
may  he  ye  shall  be  hid  in  the  day  of  the 
Lord's  anger."- — Zephaniah  2:2,3. 

Who  Incites  Riots? 

The  Los  Angeles  Examiner,  issue  of 
October  11,  1940,  IpUh 

Wni'JTiE  Blamr  Lies 
New  Dkal  Has  Fostkred  Eowtihsm 

Of  course,  it  is  imfortungte  for  everybody 
— Uild  most  unfortunate  for  the  Ikird-term 
parly — thfit  howdvism  has  made  its  appear- 
anpe  in  the  prcsidcntiiil  eampaign. 

Wo  refer  to  those  ineidrrtts  in  which  a,  wom- 
ao  KFH  employee  tossed  heav>-  arlidrs  at.  a 
Willkic  crowd  from  an  eighteenth -floor  win- 
clow,  severely  injiirina  another  youiiK  woman ; 
in    which    ,1    newspai)i!r   coiTespoadtint   was 

DECEMBER  2h.    1940 


gashed  when  a  stoTie  wasnurled  throiijrh  a 
window  of  a  Wiliitie  e;iT(ipaip;n  train;  ui  which 
objects  were  thrown  a.t  Wendell  L.  Willkie 
himself;  and  in  which  tlw  wife  of  the  Ke- 
pnhlican  nominee  for  president  liad  her 
clothes  spattered  with  egg, 

President  Eoo.'^evelt  lias  i.'xprcssed  hope  that 
state  laws  will  be  invoked  to  punish  and  to 
prevent  assaults  upon  iTr,  Willkie,  and  that 
Federal  workers  implicated  in  such  miscon- 
duct win  lose  their  jobs. 

And  yet — we  may  well  incpiire— whose 
fault  Ls  it,  at  bottom,  if  in  tlie  simple  minds 
of  some  New  Deal  adhei-eut.s  and  beneficiaries 
HOODLUMiSM  and  LAWLi'SSNi-;s.i  are  regarded 
as  New  Deal  camjmiKn  jiolides? 

Is  there  not  sonielhiu!^  of  the  spirit  oL' 
L.1.W1.K3S.NESS  in  Mr.  iioosevelt's  own  assa.nU. 
upon  the  Supreme  Coiu't  ajid  the  indejieud- 
ence  of  the  judiciary? 

Has  not  the  New  Deal  itself  preached  and 
PHACTJeEi)  and  condoxhd  lawlessness .* 

Did  not  "^^r,  Koo.sevelt  exhort  Conjrress  to 

SI-BVERT  THE  CONSTITUTION,  wLich  is  THE 
FUNDAMKKTAL  l.,\W   OF  THE  LAND,    !)y  paSSltlg 

a  *Tuf(.'ey  coal  bill  iiotwithstamjing  any  reason- 
able doubts  as  to  its  eonstitutionality? 

Did  not  Mr.  Roosevelt  himself  commit  A 
LAWLESS  DEED — SO  held  in  court — by  fulntrar- 
ily  removing  a  ohainnan  of  the  Federal  Trade 
Commission  from  office? 

Have  Tiol  New  Deal  boards  and  bureaus 
been  found  guilty  in  court  of  Di.:pKnTNa  citi- 
zens of  their  rights  to  "duk  pkocess  op  i,aw"  1 

Did  not  the  New  Deal,  through  yeercljiry 
of  Labor  Perkins,  flagrantly  flout  for  years 
the  immifrra.tion  and  deport.ation  laws? 

Did  not  the  New  Deal  cncuura,ge.  and  even 
abet,  LAWLESSNES.S  and  vior.ENCK  in  tlie  "sit- 
down''  strikes? 

Is  it  surprising,  then,  that  in  the  very  region 
of    these    strikes    New    Deal    ea.mp    followers 

should  LAWLESSLY  try  to  INTtMlIBATE  by  VIO- 
LENCE the  anti-.Vew  Deal  candidate  for  presi- 
dent 1 

But  the  New  Deal  hfis  nONi;  mork  than  to 
weaken  our  respect  for  law. 

By  its  pernicious  system  of  political  botin- 
ties  and  pillage  of  the  public  treasury-,  and  by 
its  vicious  appeals  to  class  cossnocsNEss — 
which  inevitably   begets   class   lUTEFi),   the 


WW  Dcallias  actually  labored  to  mafce  Amer- 
ica MOQ-MIXUEU. 

And  neitiior  law  nor  democracy  can  sur- 
vive in  a  mob-Ill iiid(?(l  country. 

Among  sucli  a  populace,  there  are  bound  to 
be  M,iuY  wiio  lielii've  that  a  wissilf,  ig  a  better 
political  weapon  than  a  ballot. 

More  than  600  cases  fully  prepared. 


sotting  forth  tTie  evidence  of  mob  vio- 
lence against  Jeliovah's  witnesses,  have 
been  file'd  with  the  Depai-tment  of  Jus- 
tice, but  the  THrRD-Tr.Rsr  cANmpATE  will 
not  permit  Ms  Attorney  General  Jack- 
son to  prosecute  these  cases.  WhyI  May- 
be since  election  some  action  will  be 
taken !— Elton  Groves. 


Edinburgh  Theocralic  Convention 


EDINBURGH,  Scotland's  beautiful 
capital,  was  chosen  for  the  second 
in  the  tJt'ries  of  the  Theocratic  Conven- 
tion in  Britain.  September  13-15,  1940, 
Petrol  is  scaT'ce  and  motorcars  fewer  in 
wartime  Britain,  but  ways  and  means 
are  always  found  by  the  loyal  to  attend 
a  gathering;  of  this  kind.  Glasijow  rliar- 
tci'ed  a  special  train  to  bring  400  to  the 
convention  city.  Four  young  men.  en- 
tlmsed  by  the  Manchester  convention, 
determined  to  get  to  Edinburgh,  their 
only  means  of  tran.sit  being  hy  pedal 
cycle.  Starting  from  ManchcHter  on  Wed- 
nesday morning,  tliey  reached  Kenilal.  a 
distance  of  70  miles  by  nij:;htfall.  Having 
nowhere  to  sleep,  they  turned  into  a  fiphl 
under  a  tree,  covered  themselves  with 
their  coats  and  slept  the  sleep  of  the 
just.  On  the  road  again  early  Thursday 
morning,  cycling  70  miles  through  rain 
and  storm,  reacliing  Galasheils  by  night. 
sleeping  in  a  transport  cafe;  off  again  on 
Friday  niorning,  doing  the  la.st  33  miles 
to  Edinburgh  in  two  Ijours  and  putting 
four  hours  in  the  service  work  before  the 
convention  oflicially  started,  having  cy- 
cled over  200  miles. 

Oi'ganizalion  calls  for  efficiency,  each 
one  iloing  the  job  to  whieli  he  is  assigned. 
J.  Herries  McCullocli,  noted  Scotch  nov- 
elist and  colunmist,  writing  in  tlie  Dailij 
Express  dated  14th  September,  t^tated: 

Notieilig  the  ;ii'tivitj'  outside  Kingdom  Hall, 
when  I  was  down  In  Htoekbridfie  yestci'day,  I 
walked  into  the  bnikling  to  aeu  what  was  going 
on.  The  Theocratic  Convention  of  Jehovah's 


Wilncsisos  was  in  process  of  being  opened. 
Organizing  efRfieiicy  and  piibiioity  seem  to 
phiy  an  important  part  in  putting  this  con- 
vention across.  Before  1  could  turn  around  I 
WHS  put  in  touch  with  a  Witness  who  att.cJids 
to  back-calLs  and  the  Press,  tic  gave  me  the 
low-down  on  the  uudeidying  prini^iple  which 
has  broiight  these  enlhusiastic  Witnesses  to 
the  capital.  While  he  talked  T  kdpt  glancing 
at  a  huge  banner  which  extended  from  one 
end  ol!  the  hall  to  the  othci' — its  iiicsaage  was 
'■"Kelwiox  is  a  snake  and  a  racket"', 

Saturday's  meetings  were  held  in  the 
spacious  Kingdom  HaU  which  is  used  by 
the  Edinburgh  eonipany.  Its  main  hall 
seats  (iOO  to  700  people,  with  adjoining 
offices  and  rooms  suitable  for  smaller 
meetings,  and  a  Pioneer  Home  above  it 
housing  seven  full-time  publishers.  There 
are  100  pioneers  workiiiy;  in  Scotland,  all 
of  whom  were  present  at  the  convention, 
together  witli  many  from  over  the  bor- 
der. "W-iXTED!  iloiiii  PioKEEfis"  was  fea- 
ture<l  on  the  jjlatform  under  the  large 
banner  bearing  the  year's  text.  Britain 
has  now  over  1,000  phmeers  and  needs 
more. 

Following  the  afternoon  session,  29(3 
publishers,  fully  equipped  with  maga- 
zine bags,  went  out  onto  the  streets  of 
tliis  iiroiid  city  inviting  the  people  to 
read  TItf:  Wnlchtoicf.r  and  (JonsvJation. 
The  public  liad  been  in  the  habit  of  seeing 
only  twelve  magazine  publkshers  on  their 
streets  at  one  time,  and  the  a<ldition  of 
over  2S0  to  this  number  created  quite  a 
stir.  It  was  noticed  that  a  large  number 

CONSOLATION 


Tafciug  llipir  stand  for  jRliosali'g  Kingdom,  Inline i-sioii,  Ediii burgh  eonYonticoi 


of  motorists  stopped  their  cars  to  ob- 
tain a  inagaziite.  There  "nx-re  3(50  raapa- 
zines,  three  books  and  three  booklets 
put  ill  firciihitiou  in  the  short  time  at  the 
disposal  of  tlie  ■'locusts".  M«2azine  ba,u;s 
everyivhere !  AVitneBscR  wearing  them  all 
thp  time,  in  the  moftinge  flod  nutside  of 
them — what  a  wonderful  meftiis  of  ad- 
vertlMing  the  Theocratic  (Jovoriiment, 
The  Wafchtimer  and  Consolation  these 
bagi^  are! 

The  IiiK'hIiKht  of  Saturday's  meetings 
was  reached  when  A.  I>.  (Sctiroeder  read 
Jiulgo  Ru 111 er ford's  li'ctnre  entitled  ■'The 
End".  Tliip  liad  come  too  late  for  the 
MuncliL-yteJ'  convention,  and  wap  a  spe- 
cial thrill  to  tliose  assembled  in  Edin- 
bnrgh.  A  letter  from  Judge  Hutlierford 
to  A.  U.  Schrocder  was  read  out  on  this 
occasion,  beijiK  received  with  ,s7'eat  joy, 
and  the  improwsion  left  u])on  the  mincls 
of  those  present  was  that  a  strojig  bond 
of  unity  existed  between  tite  American 
and  Bz'itish  iriend.s,  and  it  wu&  unani- 
mouslj'  appro-\-ed  with  a  shout  of  "Aye" 
to  send  a  cablegram  to  the  president  ox- 
pressing  love  aTid  loyalty  to  Jehovah's 
organization. 

Sunday's  meetings  were  held  in  the 
spacionfi  Usher  TTall,  seating  .3,000  and 
beantii'lllly  oquippfd  for  a  convention  of 
this  kind.  Twelve  liundred  bretliren  gath- 
ered to  rea-ive  in.stniction  aud  do  serviee 
for  the  King'doju.  1.063  publisiiers  in  the 
field  placed  552  books,  4.940  booklets, 
patting  in  2.519  hoar.'^  of  field  service  and 
placing  1,182  m;igji7,ines.  yoimd  attend- 
ance amounted  to  ;-!;j8.  and  26  back-calk 
were  made.  Teriitory  which  had  been 
done  on  Saturday  wa.**  again  (mvercd  by 
some  puhli.-hers  on  Sunday;  and  while 

OECEMBER   25.    1940 


one  person  threatened  to  call  the  police 
if  tliifi  daily  visitinir  continued,  live  pub- 
lishers placed  twelve  bound  books,  as 
well  as  booklets  and  magazines,  and 
found  good  interest. 

Special  pojiys  noted  in  the  speech 
given  by  J.  Hemery  on  Sunday  afternoon 
were :  That  Jehovah's  people  need  spirit- 
nal  sustenance  and  need  to  study  at  this 
time  more  than  ever;  that  the  ■■'perilous 
tiniGa"  which  bad  t-ome  did  not  refer  to 
the  bombing  by  the  hordes  of  Hitler,  but 
did  refer  to  the  increasing  attack  oti  Jg- 
hovah's  witnes.ses  by  the  religionists; 
that  the  winding  np  of  this  world's  order 
would  find  no  scripture  left  im fulfilled; 
that  dcmonizcd  (Tcrmany  had  commenced 
its  -'BHlKkrieg"'  against'Britaiu,  but  God 
would  soon  start  His  "Biitzkrieg'"  at  Ar- 
mageddon. 

A.  I).  Schroeder's  address,  which  fol- 
lowed, had  as  its  main  points  the  need 
of  a  clear  vision  in  order  to  remain  in 
God's  organization  and  the  fact  that  the 
gathering  of  the  great  "multitude"  must 
continue:  tlmt  cleanliness  of  speech  and 
body  and  the  putting  away  of  such  things 
as  smoking  are  not  religion,  hul  the  prop- 
er attitude  of  Jehovah's  witnesses  to- 
ward their  Creator,  and  that  obedience 
to  our  '''mother"  was  not  for  the  purpose 
of  serving  any  man,  but  to  the  honor  of 
flod.  Both  these  .speeches  were  heartily 
appreciated  by  those  assembled. 

Publishers  taking  part  in  the  songs 
and  declarations  feature  of  the  conven- 
tion gave  many  interestins  O-vperienees, 
among  which  were  the  following:  One 
lady,  who  said  she  always  took  the  books 
when  called  upon,  had  ^'isited  Gennany, 
Russia  and  Spain  making  a  special  study 


of  theii'  political  and  economic  condi- 
tions, and  was  coavinced  of  tlie  failure 
oi'  those  systems,  was  unable  to  under- 
stand the  trnth  until  a  model  study  was 
vStarted  in  her  honse— she  needed  the 
Witnesses  to  help  her  take  her  stand. 
Another,  who  said  slie  had  got  the  truth 
in  3918,  had  her  greatest  joy  iu  1940.  her 
husband  and  daughter  accepting  the 
truth  and  h(-^r  son  and  hiw  wife  t'ondnjr 
along.  Another  taidng  advantage  nl' 
every  opportunity,  while  traveling  by 
train,  spoke  to  a  girl  in  the  carriage, 
who  turned  ont  to  be  a  Roman  Catholic, 
accepted  the  message,  abandoned  tlie 
Roman  Catholic  church  and  became  a 
full-time  pioneer — all  within  the  space  of 
tiiree  montlis. 

The  need  for  conducting  model  studies 
had  so  impressed  one  of  the  publishers 
tliat,  when  he  was  asked  to  take  a  sick 
sister  to  the  hospital  from  the  convention 
and  was  accompanied  by  an  Air  Raid 
Precaution  worker  attached  to  Usher 
Hall,  wMle  -waiting  for  the  sister  to  bo 
treated  in  hospital  he  opened  np  a  Jiiodel 
study  in  Ms  car  with  this  A.U,P.  worker, 
she  asking  the  questions  at  the  end  of 
the  Salvation  book  and  he  answering 
them  from  the  Scriptnres.  After  an  hoTir 
"of  this  she  obtained  the  Salvation  book 
and  promised  to  attend  the  evening  lec- 
ture. Meanwhile  the  sick  sister  had  left 
the  hospital  and  returned  to  the  conven- 
tion. 

Sunday's  highspot  was  Judge  Ruther- 
ford's lecture  "Religion  as  a  World  Rem- 
edy". Over  1,500  people  listened  to  tiiis 
with  keen  attfjntion.  One  yoimg  man  was 
so  enthused  as  the  lecture  progi'essed 
tliat  he  could  not  refi'Hiu  from  coimnent- 
ing  upon  it  to  a  lady  seated  by  his  side, 
8 


who  turned  out  to  be  a  Roman  Catholic- 

but  caught  some  of  Ids  enthusiasm  and' 
obtained  from  him  a  Relif/loit  book,  giv- ' 
ing  this  young  fellow  one  of  the  greatest] 
joys  of  fds  life- 
It  has  to  be  acknowledged  that  some! 
of  the  Scottish  papers  had  been  fairer  in 
their  treatment  of  .Jehovah's  witnesses 
than  many  others  in  various  parts  ofj 
Britain.    They    gave    the    convention    al 
square  deal.  Reporters  were  sent  from 
these  papers  to  interview  officials  of  the 
convention,  special  mention  lieing  made 
of  The  Sr.otiifih  Dnilij  E->'prp,ff.s.  enjoying 
the  largest  circulation  of  any  daily  paper 
in  Scotland,  The  Scotstiian,  the   Edin- 
burgh Evpiiing  Di.spntch  and  The  Ere- 
nh'jj  Nnvs.  and  the  Glasgow  Herald.  Tli-e 
Daily  Express  and  The  Bulletin  carrying ; 
good  photographs  of  the  immersion  serv- 
ice held  in  the  Glenogle  baths,  at  which 
61    of    Jehovaivs    witnesses    were    im- 
mersed.   The   Daily  Express   staff  re- 
porter said: 


A  bonnie  lasB  with  a,  boonie  incssage 

CONSOUATIOrfl 


I  expeptf^d  to  find  flowing  beards  and  locks, 
long  robea,  myatic  signs  aJid  in('antaf,io!^s 
anioug'  these  followers  of  the  Aiiifrlra.u  Judge 
Riitlierford,  the  oppuneiit  or  jnvmTit-day  re- 
lil^'ion.  Instead.  I  found  a  fjroup  oi'  normal- 
looking'  men,  wonifji  and  cluidren  in  colored 
bathing  suits.  Some  of  tlie  y.noiger  women 
wore  brief,  I'iishioniible  Iwo-picee  costuines. 
Many  men  and  women  lined  up  on  the  op- 
posit*  side  of  tlie  batha  Jili.td  into  the  water, 
were  sraspeil  expei-tly  by  smiling  yovm^  men 
and  lowered  baeitwards  unlil  llii-y  were  eom- 
plelely  luider  water.  TMs  baptism  means  only 
that  Ihose  who  imdurgo  it  are  giving  an  out- 
ward ni^ni  testation  ol  their  aeeeplanee  of  God, 

These  newspapers  carried  splendid 
"write-ups"  (d'  the  convention  and  gave  a 
fair  report  of  its  proceedings,  the  aims 
and  objects  of  the  .Society,  and  the  an- 
swer to  the  Sneiety's  eiities. 
_  The  convention  ended  with  the  convic- 
tion finiily  fixed  in  tlie  minds  of  tliose 
attending  of  the  near  approadi  of  the 
time  when  '"'they  sbali  say.  Peace  and 


Braiv  magaiine  tails  at  Ertiuburgh  convenlion 

safety",  tlie  sign  tliat  Armageddon  will 
begin.  The  conventioners  trooped  ottt  of 
the  brightly  lit  r.sher  Hall  info  tlie  black- 
out conditions  of  wartime  Tiritain,  but  a 
full  moon,  which  could  not  be  blacked  out, 
iielped  many  on  their  homeward  journey 
tliruugh  the  night  to  distant  parts. — 
E,  J.  Guiver. 


A  Highland  Laddie  Theocratic  publisher 

DECEMBER   25,    1940 


Law-abiding 

Some  policemen,  sheriffs  and  other 
public  oflicers  think  they  Iiave  the  right 
to  interfere  with  Jehovah's  witnesses 
preaching  the  gospel  by  presenting  to 
the  people  the  printed  message  and  re- 
ceiving from  them  a  contribution.  In  this 
they  are  wrong.  The  Supreme  Court  of 
,  the  United  States  in  several  cases  has 
decided  that  Jehovah's  witnesses  are  act- 
ing entirely  lawfully  in  preaching  the 
gospel  in  this  manner.  Atlantic "  City 
igTiored  those  decisions.  United  States 
District  Court  of  New  Jersey  has  issued" 
an  Injunction  against  thein,  restraining 
Atlantic  City,  its  officers,  agents,  serv- 
ants and  employees  from  enforcing  or  ap- 
plying against  Jehovah's  witnesses  any 
ordinance  or  law-  or  arresting  or  impris- 
oning or  prosecuting  them  for  carrying 
on  their  work  in  distributing  literature 

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as  abovo  raeiitioned.  A  copy  of  that  Opin- 
i<ju  appears  bolow: 

A  Tkce  COPT: 

U^TED  States  Disthict  Court  , 
DiSTiacT  OF  New  .Jkusev 
Civil  Action  No.  1013, 

Mitchell  Dallas,  P«tcr  Biitrus,  Editli  SellerK, 
FranciH  Belrnunt,  Charlos  Jeiikms,  Jack 
rfardy.  Helen  Yoiirinko.  aud  "Walchlower  Bi- 
ble and  Trad  Society,  Inc.,  a  New  York  cor- 
pora tiou, 

,  FlaiTiiiffs, 

vs. 

City  of  AtlaJilic  City,  a  municipal  porpom- 

tion,  Thomas  D.  Taggart.  Jr.,  James  McMena- 

min,  William  S.CuIhlert.  and  Albert  Siiahadi, 

Defendants. 

Decrek  fok  Pehman>int  Injunction 

At  Trenton,  in  said  district  on  the  11th  day 
of  October,  1940, 

This  proceeding  coming  on  for  hearing  for 
decree  for  permanent  injunction  in  favor  of 
the  plaintiffs  aud  against  the  defendants,  find 
Bpon  the  pleadings  as  filed  and  amended  by 
order  of  the  court ;  and  it  appearing  thnt  tlie 
allegations  in  The  eomplaint,  as  amended,  are 
admitted  by  the  defendants,  and  that  no  an- 
swer has  been  filed  by  any  of  said  defendants 
within  the  time  limited  by  the  rules  of  this 
court;  and  it  fm-ther  appearing  that  due  notice 
of  the  application  for  entry  of  this  decree  has 
been  given  to  fho  defendants  herein;  and  tiie 
Court,  upon  the  proeeediugs  had  herein,  be- 
ing Nalh^liod  thiit  the  defendants  under  color 
of  law  are  Jicling  unlawfuily  and  are  depriv- 
ing the  individual  plaintiffs  and  other  Jeho- 
vah's witnesses  of  their  civil  rights  of  freedom 
of  press  end  freedom  of  worshiping  God  ac- 
cording to  the  dictates  of  their  consciences: 

Now  THtaiEFORE,  upoii  motion  of  Abram 
"Waks,  attorney  for  the  plaintiffs  herein,  it  is 

Okdeked  that  ttie  defendants,  their  officers, 
agents,  servants  and  employees  be  and  they 
are  hereby  permanently  restrained  and  eai- 
Joined  from  enforcing  and  applying  against 
the  plaintiffs  and  other  Jehovah's  witnesKes 
ordinance  No.  17  of  the  year  1917  of  the  City 
of  Atlantic  Cily  as  amended  by  ordinance 
No,  26  of  the  year  1937  of  said  city,  or  any 

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esisting  ordinimoe  amendatory  thereof  or  sup- 
plementary thereto,  and  from  arresting,  im- 
pri-soniny  and  prosecutiui;  said  plaintiffs  and 
other  Jehovah's  witnesses  umU'r  said  ordi- 
nances by  reason  of  the  lawful  conduct  of  said 
plaintiffs  and  other  Jehov.nh'f.  witnesses  in 
distributing,  dissemuialing  and  selling  the 
magazines,  periodicals  and  pamphlets  i^omiect- 
e-(!  with  their  faith  on  the  streets  or  highways 
of  Atlantic  City. 

And  it  is  fiu'ther  OKnKRED  that  the  plaintiffs 
are  entitled  to  costs  to  be  taxed  against  th« 
defendants. 

[algned]  Forman 
U.  S.  D.  J. 
I  hereby  consent  to  the 
entry  of  the  witliiii  decree, 
[signed]     Samckij  Backer 

Attorney  for  defendants. 


' 


"Sot  fL^liamfltl  of  ihe  so^pel  of  Chriet" 
Theocratic  publisher  at  Ediiibargb  oonvontion 

Amid  Ravening  Wolves 
♦  Writing  in  t!ie  Oaklanr!  (CaUJ;.)  Trib- 
une. H.  K.  Hewitt  wants  to  know  wheti ' 
any    ol'  Jehovah's  witiici^sc^   have  dis- 
turbed or  broken  up  other  people's  meet- 
ings: and.  of  eourst.',  tlierti  is  no  aaswer 
— except  to  rcmembisj'  the  words  of  the 
Lord  to  His  own  <.liscip!es,  "Behold,  I , 
send  you  forth  as  slieep  in  the  midst  of 
wolves ;  be  ye  therefore  wise  as  serpents, 
and  harmless  as  doves.'-Mattliew  10:16. 
[To  be  contiiiUfd) 

CONS0LAT10 


The  Castor  Oil  Legion 


TF  THE  UnitPd  States  of  Anieriea  had 
-L  a  patriotic  organization  ol"  lialf  a  mil- 
lion men  dtmjtfd  to  the  perpetuation  of 
the  principles  which  actuated  Wasiiing- 
ton.   J(3ffei-8on,    Franldi.n    and  Ljneoln, 
such  an  oi-ganizatiou  would  be-  of  price- 
less value  to  the  American  people  at  this 
critieal  tinic,  wlien  the  Roman  Catholifi 
Hierarchy  ip.  taking  over  the  country; 
hut  when  an  oj'ganizathm  conceived  in  a 
spirit  of  Fa^cisii]  allies  itself  with  the 
Roman  Catholic  Hifrarcliy,  takes  orders 
from  the  Hierarchy  and  devote?  its  ener- 
gies   to    the    destruction    of   American 
ideals  and  American  institutions,  claim- 
ing all  the  tune  to  be  oiie-lmndred-percent 
American  in  everything  it  does,  it  is  high 
time  the  American  people  knew  tJie  facts. 
Among  the  notable  tinandprs  who  or- 
ganized the  American   Legion,  several 
have  been  sent  to  the  penitentiarv  for 
fraud  and  conspiracy.   The  historv  of 
Swift  &■  Comjjany  reek.s  with  fraud.  They 
had  a  i)ig  hand  in  organizint;'  the  Legion. 
(Jiie  of  the  ]jr!ii,eipal  orii'anifiers  oi"  the 
Legion,  a  man  wortJi  thirty  niillion  dol- 
lars, said  lie  was  willing  to  sjieiid  liaif  of 
Iiis  pile  to  save  the  other  half.  The  com- 
mander of  the  Legion  in    1923,  Alvin  ■ 
Owsley,  made  the  threat  of  treatintr  the 
citizens    of    tlu'    United    States    as'  the 
J-'ascist!  treated  the  citizens  of  Italy, 

Kvidonce  at  hand  .'^hows  a  conspiracy 
in  many  places  to  turn  Jehovah's  wit- 
nesses over  to  American  T.egioji  mobs, 
which  mobs  are  directed  and  controlle(l 
by  Roman  Catliolie  priests.  Such  a  mob 
was  oj'ganized  in  Richwood,  West  Vir- 
ghiia,  June  iiS.  1940.  Amej-ican  citizens 
proceeding  with  theii'  rights  to  secure 
«gners  to  a  petition  for  freedom  of  as- 
sembly, f  reedojo  of  worsliip  and  f  reedoui 
of  the  press  were  arrested  hy  state  po- 
lice, taken  to  police  headquarters,  and 
there  were  tiii'ued  over  to  the  American 
Legion  for  such  moh  action  as  the  Amer- 
ican Lcfiion  saw  fit.  The  right  of  a  trial 
was  refuse-?.  The  police  stated  that  ther« 

DECEMBER   2B.    1940 


would  he  no  trial  and  that  the  .;Vmerican 
Legion  would  proceed  summarily.  A  mob 
of  about  •2Ci[)  collected,  and  seized  books, 
phonogi'aph  records  and  reports. 

The  police  called  the  priest  and  in  very 
profane  language  told  him  they  had 
three  of  the  witnesses,  and  others  were 
being  romided  up.  One  of  the  police  hit 
one  of  the  witnesses  twice  because  he 
quoted  Scriptui'e.  The  witnesses,  even- 
tually nine  in  n  amber,  were  roped  to- 
gether like  cattle.  A  doctor  came  in  with 
a  stomach  pump  and  nine  eight-ounce 
bottles  of  castor  oil.  The  mob  seized  the 
witnesses,  five  of  them  Iiohiing  one  man, 
and  compelled  four  of  these  innocent 
men  to  drink  the  castor  oil. 

Still  roped  together  the  witnesses  were 
led  tlirough  the  town,  where  they  were 
abused  by  the  American  Legion  leaders. 
They  were  then  marched  out"  of  town  and 
eompeUed,  in  doin.^'  so.  to  carry  all  their 
belongings.  A  mob  nf  2,000  people  lined 
the  way.  An  Aineriean  Legion  spokes- 
man falsely  told  the  crowd  that  these 
innocent:  men  were  Counnunists.  but 
truly  told  them  that  they  put  the  great 
-lehovah  (jod  above  anv  dag.  He  also 
threatened  that  if  anyone  in'  the  crowd 
showed  sympathy  for  these  suffering 
Christian  men  he  would  be  roped  in  the 
same  group.  Tlie  moh  followed  for  a  mile 
and  a  half  shouting  insulting  ex])ressions 
bke  "JTeil  Hitler",  '-iritler  spies— be- 
ware!"  '-Fifth  Column— beware!" 

The  way  in  which  tiiis  conspiracy  be- 
tween the  [)olice,  tlie  Catholic  piiests  and 
the  American  Legion  was  carried  out 
shows  tliat  here  are  three  elements  un- 
der the  control  of  the  Roman  Catliolie 
Lfierarchy  whose  ami  is  to  place  all 
Americans  under  the  control  of  the  pope 
regartUess  of  what  happens  to  American 
institutions.  Certabdy  everv  order-lov- 
ing resident  of  America  can  sav,  -'Shame 
on  such  police  I  shame  on  the  shameless 
Hierarchy!  and  shariie  on  the  tm-Ameri- 
can  Legion !" 

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Railroads  and  Steamships 


Minding  Their  Business 

♦  Tlio  iH-ople  of  Clydeside,  Scotland, 
have  learned  the  great  art  of  minding 
their  own  business  and  kt-cpiiig  their 
months  sliiit.  They  knew  tliat  the  86,000- 
ton  suppr -liner  of  the  seas  Queen  Eliaa- 
bctli  had  disapywared  from  the  place 
where  it  was  bnilt,  init  heeanse  they  knew 
that  i.n  wartimu  careless  talk  (josts  lives 
iiune  of  them  said  anytliing  about  it. 
I'robably  some  suspected  that  tlie  $28,- 
75U,0U0  liner  M-as  being  sent  to  New  York 
for  Ktii'ety.  but  they  kept  still  about  it 
and  it  was  good  that  they  did.  Tlic  beau- 
tiful vessol  zigzagged  her  way  across  the 
Atlantic,  saw  no  vesKcl  of  any  land  on  the 
way,  and  poked  her  nose  into  New  York 
harbor  safe  and  sound.  She  i.s  1,031  feet 
long,  and  the  men  who  brought  her  be- 
lieve she  will  sometime  lower  the  record 
of  her  little  sister  the  Queen  ilary,  which 
made  the  Atlantic  crossing  in  3  days  21 
hours  48  minutes.  The  little  sister  is  not 
so  little,  only  twelve  feet  shorter  than 
-the  "liilizabeth". 

Second-Class  Pullmans 

♦  A  new  type  of  second-class  Pnlknans 
is  being  constructed  that  seems  to  have 
some  good  possibdities.  The  cars  will 
liave  a  side  corridor  and  ten  compart- 
ments. Ln  live  of  the  compartments  there 
will  be  room  for  six  passengers  each, 
with  ujjper,  middle  and  lower  berths,  ami 
in  the  otlier  five  compartments  there  will 
be  room  for  three  pa.'^sengers,  each  with 
upper,  middle  and  lower  berths.  Tlie  plan 
is  to  make  a  very  moderate  charge;  and 
if  this  principle  is  adhered  to  thp  new 
cars  will  he  a  success.  Each  compartment 
wUl  lia\'i>  a  folding  wash  basin  and  hot 
and  cold  water,  niirrors,  etc 

Railroads  Are  Efficient 

♦  in  a  little  leaOet  entitled  "Railroads 
Can  Do  the  Job"  the  railroads  point  out 
tliat  in  191 8  the  average  freight  car  could 
carry  42  tons,  but  now  it  carries  oO  tons. 
''J'lie  engines  now  have  43-pert;eiit  .more 

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pulling  power  than  they  had  then,  andj 
they  look  it.  The  freight  trains  niovej 
(i4-percent  faster  now  than  they  did  thwn.l 
The  result  of  all  this  is  that  the  railroad 
efficiency  is  more  than  doubled,  becaiisc 
now  there  are  32.1u0  ton-miles  perl 
freight-train  hour  as  against  14.8j7  ton-l 
miles  in  1920.  Since  1920  freight  cars| 
may  not  be  used  as  warehouses. 

Half  a  Ship  Reaches  Scotland 

♦  Somewhere  off  the  British  isles  a  tor-j 
pedo  blew  ofP  tlii'  front  half  of  a  ship  am 
that   portion    disappeared   beneath   the 
waves.  British  seamen  remaining  on  the 
vessel  steered  what  was  left  of  their  shij 
to  Scotland.  They  made  IQO  miles  in  ten 
days  and  made  one  more  record  of  skilj 
and  phii'k  that  no  real  man  couhl  fail  to 
appreciate.  For  some  rea-son  tins  partic 
idar  kind  of  manhood  makes  a  greatei 
appeal  tlian  the  Nazi  brand,  which  findi^ 
such  perfect  expression  in  abvise  and  toi 
ture  of  helpless  prisoners  in  concentrs 
tion  eauips. 

Blimp  Rescues  at  Sea 

♦  Off  New  Jersey   lilimp   rescues  hai 
taken  place,  experimentally.  In  one 
perimi-nt  the  hlimp  lowered  a  rubber  lif«j 
boat  from  a  height  of  100  feet,  a  sadt 
climbed  from  another  boat  to  the  rubbe 
lifeboat  and  was  lifted  to  the  lilimp) ;  thaj 
the  procedure  was  reversed,  and  he  wi 
landed  back  wher(-  he  started.  Thi'n 
rope  ladder  was  dropped  from  the  blinij 
and  a  sailor  climbed  np  and  climbed  bacg 
It  seems  as  if,  in  .'Jome  weathers,  tl 
form  of  rescue  has  some  possibilities. 

Russia's  Six- Year  Labor  Service 

♦  A  million  Eussian  boys  every  yes 
will  hereafter  be  drafted  for  state  labfl 
service  and  must  each  serve  six  yeaKj 
The  first  two  years  wiU  lie  devoted 
their  training  in  specially  created  indi^ 
trial  schools,  and  the  next  four  years 
work  in  state-operated  enterprises. 


Russia 


The  Ill-led  Russian  Army 

♦  The  Rnsfiiaiis  havt?  plenty  of  artillery, 
but  it  is  "inisliandled"  and  tlic  iiiarky- 
luanship  is  jjoor.  Tl;f  "Russian  soklicrs 
tire  not  suitably  I'qiiipjjtn!  for  the  cli- 
mate; many  of  them  limp  on  frozen  feet. 
The  organization  of  attack  is  reported  as 
"seeon<i-rate"'.  Costly  errors,  sneli  as 
tank  assanlts  against  iiiipossilile  obsta- 
cles, are  repcatinl  blindly. 

Finnisli  otlicer.^  attribute  this  chii-'fly 
to  Stalin's  purees.  It  lias  been  estimated 
that  out  of  the  entire  Kussian  coTnmand 
afciove  the  raiili  of  major  only  20  percent 
are  left ;  t]ie  rest  are  ilead  or  banishod  to 
SilHU'ia,  TJieir  technical  knowledge,  their 
training,  tfieir  organizing  ability,  their 
leadersiiip,  ar>e  buried  nith  them  and 
gone  for  evei'.  Those  who  rejoain  are  said 
to  be  afraid  to  accept  responsibility,  un- 
certain in  attack,  hesitant  in  retreat.  Ap- 
pai'eiilly  this  demoralization  rcliet-ts  it- 
s^elf  in  tJie  lower  rank.*  ami  tln'oughont 
the  sei'vioe  of  sup])ly  wliich  must  hack  up 
the  lighting  forces.  All  the  well-fed  polit- 
ical eoiiuriissars  m  tlic  world  cannot 
make  up  for  the  oflk-er-victims  of  tlie 
Ked  fij'ing  S([Uads.  A  man  of  steel  may 
purge  his  way  to  power  in  time  of  peace. 
It  is  anothei'  matter  to  purge  one's  way 
to  \'ietory  in  time  of  war.- — New  York 
Times. 

Murdered  Too  Many 

♦  -Stalin  and  his  gang  murdered  too 
many  of  their  own  men.  Determined  to 
be  Russia's  czar  in  everything  but  name, 
and  perhaps  even  in  that.  Stalin  did  not 
show  the  brains  of  one.  Out  of  7'i-i  high 
army  officers  he  had  Si^  pm  to  deatli  in 
thepnrges  of  1939,  and  the  ones  that  re- 
mained were  the  least  competent,  be- 
cause they  contained  the  boa-sters  and 
the  lickspittles.  As  a  consequence,  mdi- 
tary  men  the  workl  over  now  have  bttle 
fears  of  anytlnng  from  Russia  except 
bluffs.  Little  Finland's  tight  completely 
chauged  tlie  plans  of  Britain. 

OECEMBEH  2S,    194a 


"Peaceful  Occupation"  of  Rumania 

♦  Week  by  week  the  dictators  get  more 
and  more  beastly.  A  new  record  was 
made  by  Stalin  when  he  demanded  imme- 
diate surrender  of  Best^arabia  from  Ru- 
mania. The  demand  was  complied  with 
on  the  instant,  but  the  new-stjde  hero 
was  not  satisfied  with  that,  but  fired  on 
tiie  evacuating  army,  killing  and  wound- 
ing whole  ti'ainloails  just  for  the  sheer 
fun  of  the  thing.  Rus.sia  also  terrorized 
the  Rmnanians  with  the  new  baby  tanks 
brought  to  the  scene  with  huge  airplanes. 
All  liail  to  the  Creator's  jmrpose  to  ob- 
literate all  such  beastly  murderers  in  the 
impeniling  liattle  of  Armageddon !  The 
earth  will  have  no  peace  until  that  is 
done,  and  only  He,  the  eternal  and  al- 
uugbty  (lod,  Jehovah,  can  do  it. 

Cynical  Russia 

♦  Hitler  scolding  at  Austria,  or  Czeelio- 
slovakia,  or  Poland,  or  Norway,  or  any 
otiier  country  )ie  Jias  grabbed  "recently, 
could_  not  have  surpassed  the  cynicism  of 
Russia  in  scolding  at  Lithuania  and  pre- 
tending tliat  it  was  necessary  to  grab  the 
country  in  order  to  prevent" it  from  tor- 
turing Russian  soldiers,  plotting  an  open 
attack  on  the  Russian  army  and  kidnap- 
ing and  murdering  Soviet  soldiei's.  One 
can  ahnost  Lear  tlie  Russian  sons  of  the 
Devil  laugh  wlhle  they  were  drawing  up 
the  fanciful  charges. 

Licking  Stalin's  Boots 

♦  On  the  day  that  Stalin's  sixtieth  birth- 
day was  celebrated  tlie  leading  Soviet 
paper,  ^^  Pravda.  wliich  name  means 
"'TrutJi",  had  on  its  back  page  (me  eolunm 
of  news  of  every  kind  whiie  the  remain- 
ing seventy-one  columns  of  the  paper 
were  de\-oted  to  Stalin  praise  anil  propa- 
ganda. The  editor  of  Prarda  probably 
debated  long  whether  he  would  dare  put 
in  a  whole  column  about  other  events  in 
tlie  world  when  it  was  his  particular  job 
-to  lick  the  boots  of  tlie  -'greaf''  Stalin. 

13 


Rocky  Mountain  States 


The  Bill  of  Rights 

♦  The  Bill  of  Eights  is  as  important  to 
you  now  as  it  wa^^  to  tht;  men  and  wotncn 
of  148  years  ago.  IJecanse  of  it  you  aro 
free — free  to  belong  to  any  church  vou 
pleasG,  or  to  none;  free  to  speak  or  print 
or  write  your  opinions ;  free  to  complain 
against  and  to  the  government;  free 
from  unreasonabli-  search  and  seizure  of 
your  home,  your  property  and  your  per- 
son; free  from  arliitrary,  cruel  or  un- 
usual punisiiment;  free  to  demand  a 
prompt  and  public  jrn-j  trial  if  you  are 
accused  of  crime:  fi-ce  to  o\vn  property 
which  not  even  the  government  can  take 
from  you  save  by  due  process  of  law  and 
with  just  compeiisatiou. 

But  tliese  freedoms  are  not  for  you 
alone.  They  belong  to  all.  and  all  must 
he  permitted  to  use  them  or  none  can 
Jong  have  them.  That  is  what  we  must  re- 
member today,  when  freedom  is  denied 
or  restrained  in  many  other  countries  and 
when  in  our  own  country  doctrines  hate- 
ful to  the  majority  are  being  preached 
by  minorities. 

Even  those  who  despise  the  Bill  of 
Rights,  even  those  who  would  destroy  it 
if  they  came  to  power,  arc  entitled  to'  it^ 
protection.  For  denying  freedom  to  them 
would  be  the  first  step  toward  denying 
freedom  to  yoiL — Rockt/  Mountain  News. 

"Kangaroo"  Courts 

♦  '■Kangaroo'-'  courts  or  mock  courts 
held  in  prisons  or  jails  are  merely  a  de- 
vice by  which  lazy,  incompetent,  shift- 
less, good-for-nothing  "offieials"  get  out 
of  their  own  proper  work  by  placing  it 
in  the  hands  of  the  lowest,  meanest,  mos^t 
vicious  stool-pigeons  in  their  care.  Such 
prisoners  have  been  permitted  to  fine 
other  prisoners,  order  them  to  perform 
distasteful  tasks,  and  inflict  punishment 
upon  them,  all  illegally  but  none  the  less 
real.  In  Denver  they  killed  a  U>year-old 
boy,  and  other  ill-governed  cities  are  in- 
volved. The  Department  of  Justice  mav 
14 


and  should  bring  criminal  prncee<iings 
against  every  ollieiai  that  permits  such 
atrocities  to  the  prisoners  in  his  care. 

Salmon  Industrj-  Is  Saved 
♦  Many  feared  that  the  buildin?  of  the 
Bonneville  dam  in  the  Columbia  river 
would  put  an  end  to  the  siilmon  fishing; 
but  the  fears  have  proved  groundless, 
for  the  fisK  are  climbing  the  1.21K)  con- 
crete fish  ladders  made  by  man.  and 
seem  to  like  it.  THe  juraps  iii  the  ladders 
are  only  a  foot  high,  and  the  big  forty- 
pounders  tliat  used  to  leap  the  seventy- 
foot  Cascade  Kapids  find  it  no  Job  at  all 
to  swim  right  up:  they  dnn't  even  bother 
to  jump  at  all.  All 'the  tJ^tu-rmeu  up 
stream  report  (hat  the  fi-eh  arrive  at  the 
headwaters  in  better  condition  than  when 
they  used  to  have  to  make  the  hig  leap 
to  get  back  home. 

Apple  Growers  Hit  by  War 

♦  American  apjile  growers  were  hit  hard 
by  the  war.  because  Brituin  and  France 
decided  they  could  get  along  without  the 
s|5H),000,TO0  worth  of  apples  and  pears 
usually  taken  by  the  two  eonntrie.s.  Now 
it  Jiappens  that  in  the  state  of  Washing- 
ton tlie  growing  of  apple?  is  the  tliirri 
largest  industry  in  the  state  and  Wash- 
ington fruit  growers  just  do  not  see  how 
they  can  get  along  without  the  foreign 
iuar];ct  lo  which  they  are  a<'<nistomed. 
The  growers  appeale^i  to  Anierir-an  La- 
bor {A.F.  of  T,.)  tu  buy  4,0fm,(X>f)  boxes 
(fi.OOO  carloads)  and  help  them  in -their 
predicament. 

The  New  Carlsbad  Cavern 

♦  The  new  Carl.'ibad  cavern,  reeenfly 
found  in  Xew  iloxieo.  may  he  an  exten- 
sion of  the  older  one.  hut.'  in  anv  event. 
It  is  one  of  the  largest  in  the  world.  One 
chamber  is  deseritwH!  as  700  IVet  wide, 
three  miles  long,  and  with  a  ceiling  so 
high  that  it  eould  not  be  di.-^eerned  even 
with  the  aid  of  powerful  searehliglits, 

CONSOLATION 


Speed 


CONSOLATION,  usually  so  well  in- 
formed, lias  it  all  wron^  when  it  re- 
ports that  tlie  fastest  speed  ever  accom- 
plislieil  by  a  liviman, creature  was  that  of 
(j70  miios  an  lumr,  jirrt'orrned  by  Lieuten- 
ant Troy  Keith  when  liis  plane  fell  four 
miles  to  the  earth.  You  eall  that  fast? 

T  liave  done  over  a  thousand  miles  an 
hour  int-ide  this  very  room  in  whicJi  I  am 
now  sitting.  That  means  tiiat  at  the  same 
speed  the  distance  from  here.  Bombay, 
to  there.  New  York,  a  distance  of  tliii'- 
teen  thousand  miles  as  the  c-row  flies, 
would  take  twelve  hour.*:  and  the  earth 
eoidd  be  circuited  at  tlie  equator  in 
twenty-four  liourM.  But  wait  a  minute,  I 
have  not  ^tai'ted  yet. 

I  do  not  call  that  fast,  either.  I  have 
traveled  on  a  moving  vehielt'  going  at  a 
speed  of  (58,000  miles  an  hour:  and  slept 
soundly  daring-  the  journey,  too!  Let  me 
.^ee,  at  that  rate  it  would  take  only  three 
months  to  travel  from  here  to  the  sun,  a 
distance  of  93.O00.tlO0  miles.  This  is  coh- 
Sideralily  faster  than  my  LOOO  miles  an 
hour;  bat  there  is  more  to  follow. 

To  muferstand  my  nest  you  must 
imagine  a  man  running  at  ten  miles  an 
hour  (Hi  the  roof  uf  a  train  traveling  at 
si.\ty  miles  an  hour.  It  is  olmons  that  the 
total  speed  of  the  man  would  be  seventy 
miles  an  hour.  Well,  it  was  like  that  on 
the  vehicle  just  iiientioned  that  was  do- 
ing (58,000  miles  au  hour.  That  speed  was 
relative  to  another  vehicle  that  ^vas  it- 
self doing  40.000  miles  au  honr,  nialdng 
a  total  of  in. 000  miles  an  hour.  Speed- 
ing up,  aren't  we! 

I  have  nearly  finished.  To  this  last 
total  yon  may  add  the  1,000  miles  an  hour 
first  mentioned,  bi-inging  the  grand  total 
up  to  112,000  miles  an  hour.  That  is  the 
fastest  speed  that  man  has  ever  traveled, 
not  (iTO  miles  an  hour. 

TTow  did  I  do  it  f  Kasy!  I  just  sat  at 
home  in  this  chair  and  let  the  Solar  Sys- 
tem do  the  r(;st.  This  eartli  turn.s  at  a  sur- 
face speed  of  LOOO  miles  an  hour;  the 

DECEMBER  S5.   1940 


earth  speeds  around  tlie  sun  at  68.000 
miles  an  hour;  and  the  sun,  the  "hub"  of 
the  Solar  System  '■wheel",  is  rushing  to- 
wards the  constellation  TTereules  at  43,- 
000  miles  an  hour.  8o  on  favorable  occa- 
sions the  sum  of  these  is  our  speed,  tho 
aforementioned  112,000  miles  an  hour. 

That  is  the  greatest  speed  that  any 
human  creature  has  traveled,  but  it  is 
not  by  any  means  fast.  Light  rays  and 
radio  waves  travel  at  tlie  speed  of  670,- 
000,000  miles  an  hour,  or  six  thousand 
times  as  fast;  which  makes  our  speeds 
look  sick. 

If  the  .seat  of  Jehovah's  Universal 
(jovermnent  is  anywhere  near  to  tho 
center,  then  spirit  creatures  must  travel 
at  speeds  far  exceeding  that  of  light.  In 
Job  1  :  6.  7  we  read,  "There  was  a  day 
when  the  sous  of  God  came  to  present 
themselves  before  the  Lord.  .  .  .  And 
thf.  Lord  said  unto  Satan,  Whence  comest 
thou?  Then  Satan  an.swered  the  Lord, 
and  said,  f''rom  going  to  and  fro  in  the 
eai'th."  Idow  long  did  it  take  that  spirit 
creature  to  do  that  return  journey?  Un- 
less he  traveled  considerably  faster  than 
light,  or  unless  the  .seat  of  Government  is 
remarkably  near  to  this  earth,  it  would 
have  taken  him  thousands  ol'  years  or 
more.  U  is  reasonable  to  presume  that 
light,  very  fast  to  our  way  of  thinking, 
is  slow  to  them.  They  pass'it  by  with  the 
air_  that  travelers  on  trajiscontiaental 
trains  adopt  when  overtaking  the  sloW' 
subm-ban. 

The  fact  remains  that  speed  is  a  rela- 
tive thing,  and  whilst  we  may  be  sure 
that  Lieutenant  Troy  T\oith  thought  he 
was  going  very  fast  when  bis  plane  fell 
those  four  miles  towarils  the  earth,  yet 
actually  he  may  have  been  traveling  in 
the  direction  exactly  opposite  to  what 
he  thought  he  was,  according  to  which 
direction  the  earth  at  that  moment  was 
speeding  through  space,  and  his  fail  to 
earth  causing  him  to  go  mucli  slower 
than  tlic  rest  of  us,-C.  S.  Goodman,  Lidia. 

15 


I 


The  Miiuic  of  Theocracy 

K"  THESE  final  days  a  inonstrosity 
appears  in  tiie  tiartJi.  ami  claims  tliP 
rigiit  to  I'uk^  the  woi'ld,  aiul  t(i  regimc^nt 
the  people.  It  ia  called  the  "eorporate 
statt.'"  or  "totalitarian  nile".  The  ruling 
poiver  is  ct^ntiTC'd  in  a  di(.'tai:i)r,  and  al! 
the  pi'o])!<;  ai'e  coiiiTriaiided  to  he  snhject 
to  that  dittator.  Sucli  totalitarian  rule 
in  against  the  Most  Higli  and  against 
His  kingdom  and  is  brought  forth  as  a 
counter tVit  of  His  Idngdom.  It  is  the  at- 
tempt of  tho  great  enemy  of  mankind  to 
mimie  the  govtrainent  of  the  Most  High 
atid  to  bring  reproach  upon  His  name 
and  to  turn  the  people  away  from  ITim 
anti  into  di'struction.  in  order  that  the 
enemy,  the  Devil,  may  succeed  in  carry- 
ing out  his  original  wicked  challenge  to 
the  Ahnighty  God.  That  monstrosity  is 
made  np  of  extremely  selfish  ruler.«,  such 
as  Fascists,  Kazis.  Comraumsts  and  tiie 
leading^religionists,  of  which  the  Eoman 
Catholic  ITicrarchy  is  ohief.  Xote  now  the 
apparent  likeness  between  the  monstros- 
ity and  the  kingdom  of  Hod,  which  the 
monstrosity  tries  to  counterfeit. 

He  who  rules  over  all  is  (jod,  the  Su- 
preme One,  hence  Jehovah  is  called  and 
is  the  great  ""Theoerat",  in  whom  reside 
all  power  and  authority.  CTlirist  Jesus, 
whom  lie  has  appointed  Kmg,  is  Jeho- 
vah's offii'cr,  the  administrator  of  His 
Theocratic  gove]'nment.  On  the  eartlr  fol- 
lowing the  approaciiing  battle  of  Anna- 
geddou  will  he  the  visible  repcesenta- 
tive.s  of  Christ  Jesus  during ITis  reign,  to 
■wit,  the  faithful  men  of  old,  raised  from 
the  dead,  sucli  as  Abel,  Abraham,  David. 
and  others  specifically  named  in  the 
eleventh  chapter  of  liehrews.  To  that 
Theocratic  government  under  Christ 
Jesus  all  the  people  must  be  fuUv  obe- 
IG 


I 
dient  if  they  would  live,  and  none  will  be 
pennitted  to  live  except  those  who  ren- 
der themselves  in  obedience  to  that  gov-, 
erimient.  The  Theocratic  OovcTiimetit 
will  he  wholly  and  entirely  righteous  and 
will  establif^li  lasting  peace,  prosperity, 
joy  and  happine.-^s  and  give  life  everlast- 
ing to  all  obedient  ones  on  the  earth. 

The  monstrosity,  the  counterfeit  and 
product  of  the  Devil,  is,  as  viewed  from 
the  earth:  Oovernment  or  governments 
rided  by  an  arbitrary  dictator  to  vviiom 
ail  the  people  are  reqiiii'ed  to  give  alle- 
giance and  full  obedieu(^e,  and  all  the 
people  are  J-eginiciited  and  din^rted  as  to 
what  they  may  or  may  uot  do,  and  the 
dictator's  word  is  law,  Ftii'thermore,  the 
Roman  Catholic  Hierarchy,  the  great  re- 
ligious institution  of  the  earth,  claims  the 
right  and  authority  to  rule  the  earth  as 
the  vicegerent  or  representative  of 
Christ,  to  occupy  the  place  over  tlu]  die- 
tatorial  government  as  a  spiritual  over-, 
lord.  Back  of  all  this  is  the  Hevil  him- 
self, who  claims  to  be  etjual  to  or  superi- 
or to  Jehovah  God,  The  Theoerat.  The 
monstrosity  is  entirely  unrighteous,  ex- 
tremely wicked,  and  brings  in>oii  Ihe  peo- 
ple strife,  war.  suffering  and  ultimately 
evei'lasting  death.  The  monstrosity 
claims  to  have  authority  to  bring  ahotit 
peace  and  prosperity  and  induces  tlie 
])eople  to  believe  that  a  I'ac-t.  Thus  it  is 
seen  that  the  monstrosity,  or  mimic  gov- 
ernment, is  this:  The  Devil  assumes  the 
place  of  Jehovah  <io«l;  the  lioman  Cath- 
olic Hierarchy  assuin*-s  the  place  of 
Christ  Jesus  the  King,  and  the  dictators 
of  earth  assume  the  place  of  the  faithful 
men  who  shall  he  the  princes  in  liie  earth. 
— Ps.  4.:i;]6. 

The  monstrosity,  therefore,  is  a  cimn- 
terfeit  of  God's  kingdom  and  a  mockery 
of  God,  and  the  means  of  working  great 
deception  upon  the  people.  There  is  a 
deadly  conflict,  therefore.  l»>tweon  the 
Tlieo<rratiegoverimient  of  Jehovah  imder 
Ciirist  aud  tlie  monstrosity  or  dit'tatorial 
government  brought  forth  by  the  Devil. 

The  Lord  Jesus  foretold  that  ihe  iium- 
strosity  would  come  foi-ward  at  the  time 

CONSOLATION 


oi  thp  seeond  comiuE;'  of  Christ  Jeeus  and 
His    kingdom.    I'lie    iudisputaWe    facts 
show  that  e-\iic'tly  that  thing  ha?;  ctnuc  to 
pasj^.    Facts    and    i'iihi!l(;()    pi-njilioL-ifs 
agj'f^e   that   in  A.D.   lUlS   tht-   heavenly 
Kin^^  Christ  Jcsils  came  tn  the  spiritual 
teinph'  oi"  Jeiiovah  aud  ,Kathc]-ed  (o  hiia- 
scir  thosti  iiieji  and  women  on  earth  who 
at  that  time  had  jn-ovcd  Faithful  as  wit- 
Hej^He^^  to  (iud.  It  wats  al>out  the  saiae  tunc 
that  iho  l,eagiip  of  Nations  was  fofiiied, 
the  annoniici'd  purpnst^  oj'  wiiich  was  to 
rale    tlje    wm-ld    and    estabiisii    laj^linii,' 
ppacp  and  jirospei'itv,  and  which  Leaguo 
the  cltTg;-  rjf  ttip  partli  dfiOai-crl  must 
TTijlv  as  thf  i-pp rosea tativc  of  Clirist.  TJie 
Lta^e  of  Katifrnji  was  in  I'art  hrought 
forth  tu  hliiid  the  people  aad  for  a  tiirie 
was  used  hythc  Devil  1d  pave  tlie  way  for 
his   dictatorial,   totalitarian,   moiiHtrous 
rnie.    Ood    had    dwiareil    throua:h    His 
prophet    that    tlni    Leas'iie    of    Nations 
would  be  formed  ami  would  fail,  and,  of 
conrs(..  the  Devil  knew  that  I'act.  (Read 
Isaiah  S;  !l.  10. 1  Tlie  Devil  then  saw  to 
it  that  the  totalitarian  numstrosity  arose 
111  Italy  under  the  name  ol'  Fasfism,  and 
later   jji   (.fefmany   under   the   naaie   of 
-Vazi'iiii;  in  Russia  i1  appears  under  the 
nanje  of  CoDininnisni ;  aiid  now  it  prafr- 
lically  dominates  EnroiJo.  The  dietators 
perform  the  political  duties,  ami  in  this 
tllL'y  are  supported  hv  tl]e  tratllckers: 
and  the  great  re]i,i;ious  institution,  the 
Kornan   Catholic    flierarehy.   acts   as   a 
apiritiial  sniier-jiower  or  overlord.  Thus 
J'';isc-isin,  Nyzisin.  Goranitmism  and  the 
Koniau  (latholic  Hierarehy,  political  and 
religious  puwer,^,  o]3erate  togetlier  and 
together  eonstitiife  the  gnmi  monstros- 
ity, wfiieh   is  anti-Ood   and  anti-God's 
kingdom  under  Ciirist,  Thus  it  is  seen 
that  religion  is  the  tie  that  hinils  together 
the  political  anil  other  elements  ;  aiid  that 
rehgion.  as  well  as  this  entire  monatros- 
ity,  IS  tlie  invention  of  the  iJevil  is  dear- 
ly proved  by  the  Holy  Scriptures. 

As  funher  evidence  that  the  monstros- 
ity is  against  God  and  Christ  and  His 
kingdom,  the  Hierarchy  and  theij-  Faa- 
cistiii-Kazi  allies  join  together  in  a  wick- 

DECEMBER   25.    1940 


ed  persecution  of  Jeliovali's  witnesses, 
because  these  proehiira  the  truth  con- 
eerniiig  the  great  Theocracy.  The  ooni- 
binatioii  forming  the  uioiiMtrusity  ex- 
actly lits  tlie  description  siveu  to'it  by 
Ji^suri.  to  wit.  "the  abomination  of  deso- 
lation," which  ahomiiiation  \\as  foretoUl 
by  the  prophet  at  Danie!  11 :31  and  Di:ll 
The  kingdom  cjf  C-iod  under  Christ  is 
here,  ft  is  the  only  rightful  rale  of  the 
world.  Anything  against  or  in  opposition 
to  that  Tin-ocratic  f<overament  is  an 
abomination  in  tl]«  sight  of  Almighty 
fjod. 

The  fact  that  the  monstrosity  claims 
the  right  to  rule  (lie  worhl  in  the  place 
and  stead  of  Christ  Jesus  is  conclnsive 
proof  that  it  does  "stand  in  the  iioly 
place",  "wliere  it  ouglit  not"  to  stand, 
and  where  it  has  no  right  to  stand.  There- 
fore the  present  is  the  time  when  the  peo- 
ple nnist  he  \vanied  as  the  Loj-d  Jesus 
commands.  His  warning  is  given  in  these 
words:  ^"When  ye  shallsee'the  abomina- 
tion of  desolation,  spoken  of  by  Daniel 
the  prophet,  standing  where  it  ought  not, 
(let  him  that  readeth  imderstaud.)  then 
iRt  tlieiii  that  be  in  Jiidiea  liee  to  the 
mountains;  .  .  .  P^r  in  those  davs  shall 
be  afHietion,  such  as  was  not  from  the. be- 
ginning  of  the  creation  -which  Glod  creat- 
fd  imto  this  time,  neither  shall  he  "— 
Mark  13:14.19. 

This  warning  .Jesus  gives  specifically 
that  people  wJio  are  of  good-will  toward 
God  and  ITis  kingdom  of  righteousness 
may  have  an  opportunity  to  t!ee  from  the 
monstrosity  and  find  refuge,  safety  and 
■{^oinplete   protection    mider    Christ   the 
King.  AlilUons  are  held  in  religious  or- 
ganizations. To  theni  the  warning  muet 
be  sounded,  that  they  inav  flee  from  such 
organizations  to  the  Lord's  Idiigdom.  Al- 
so the  warning  must  be  sounded  in  the 
hearingof  thereiigicms  leaders,  that  they 
may  linow  that  JehovaJi  is  the  only  true 
God  and  that  they  may  liave  no  excuse 
whatsoever  to  oppose  His  kingdom,  whieli 
is  now  here.  Those  who  heed  the  warning 
will  not  be  destroyed  witli  the  mimie  ol' 
Tlieocracy. 

17 


What  the  Gamblers  Prefer 

♦  FiKures  coUetited  by  the  GaUup  Poll 
siiow  that  53  percent  of  the  American 
people  gamWe  habitually.  The  prefer- 
ences of  tlioi^e  who  f^ainhie,  in  tht;  order 
and  in  llie  percentages  in  ^vhieh  they  like 
to  take  thoir  rinanciai  risks,  are  as  fol- 
lows ;  Church  lotterii^?,  1 9  percent ;  punch 
boards,  1 7  perpunt :  slot  machines,  15  per- 
cent ;  playing  cards,  14  percent ;  betting 
On  elections,  i;^  perceut;  sweepstake 
tielvets,  9  percent;  betting  on  horses,  7 
percent;  an<l  nujnbers  games,  6  percent. 
So,  if  you  arc  one  of  the  many  Ameri- 
cans that  love  to  gamble,  and  you  want 
to  be  in  style,  you  should  go  in  for  rdi- 
gious  gambling.  It's  more— er— religious. 

All  You  Owe  Is  Sl,230 

♦  All  you  owe,  ii  you  have  only  your  due 
.share  of  public  and  private  debts,  is  a 
mere  bagatelle  of  $1,230,  so  AV'ashington 
says.  That  r.iesus  that  if  you  have  a  fam- 
ily of  5,  and  own  a  iiome  worth  $'>,;iOO 
and  a  car  worth  $6.50,  you  could  look  your 
debtor  straight  in  tlie  face  a7id  go  oiit  in 
the  world  without  a  cent  in  your  pocket 
and  feel  that  you  have  squared  your  ac- 
count and  are  ready  for  iuterJnent  as 
soon  as  you  have  accumulated  the  price 
of  a  lot  in  the  cemeteiy  and  the  cost  of 
grave-digging  ami  other  incidentals 
thereto  attached. 

Studies  in  Longevity 

♦  Studies  in  longevity  by  Raymond 
Pearl,  noted  bioh)giMt  of  Johns  Nopkiiis 
University,  sfiow  that  much  smoking  im- 
pairs longevity  much,  little  smoldug  im- 
pairs longevity  .^ome.  and  the  saine'goes 
for  tJie  use  of  alcohol.  Hard  worj;  before 
forty  harms  no  one,  but  hard  work  after 
forty  cuts  down  longevity.  The  best 
chance  for  longevity  is  liad  by  those 
whose  parents  lived  to  hi'  nonagenarians. 
In  other  words:  "The  studies  indicate 
that  to  attain  to  ripe  old  age  one  must 
start  from  'a  pretty  good  egg'." 
18 


I 


The  Decade  of  Hypocrisy  ,_^_ 

♦  Good-hye  to  the  dirty  thirties!  They 
began  in  w^orld-wide  depression ;  they  end 
in  war.  Between  came  tiger -pounces  on 
the  weak,  sophisticated  slaughter  and  the  1 
game,  played  by  statesmen  and  deluded  1 
idealists,  of  calling  things  the  opposite. 
The  decade  saw  the  climax  of  political 
rackets  mascpierading  as  ideologies- 
preaching  one  aim  and  practicijig  an- 
otlier.  In  the  1930's  the  strong  were  not 
heroic,  the  victors  never  generous ;  liber- 
als swallowed  totalitarian  nostrums,  and 
compassion  for  the  persecuted  rarely 
passed  beyond  words.  It  was  a  decade  of 
gigantic,  crude  smndle— cynical,  brutal, 
disillusioning.  History  will  deplore  the 
decade,  and  manlrind  will  be  ashamed  of 
it— Tipton  Close  in  '1930-1910,  Decade 
of  Deceit", 

L'pa  and  Downs  of  Population 

♦  Between  the  1930  and  1940  censuses 
New  York  city  gained  449,813.  and  is  now 
a  city  of  7,3S0,2.j9  inhabitants :  Baltimore 
sained  49,L'70,  and  is  now  854,144;  New 
(jrleans  gaiued  33,520,  and  is  now  492.- 
2S2:  Chicago  inci'eaHed  8,118.  to  2.384,-  ■ 
55fl;  Cincinnati,  16,G92.  to  452.282;  Kan-  V 
sas  City,  429.  to  400.17.^i;  Drtroit.  40,^87. 
to  1.618,549:  Milwaukee,  11.309,  to  589,^ 
558:  Minneapolis,  25.620,  to  4S9.971.  For 
some  strange  reason  Philadelphia 
dropped  off  1 5,S75.  to  1 .935,086 ;  St.  Louis 
drojjped  oa^  8,212.  to  813.748;  and  Pitts- 
burgh  dropped  off  4,433,  to  665.384.  Prob- 
ably the  automobile  has  led  nitmy  thou- 
sands to  seek  the  country  for  home  sites. 

Was  the  World  Ever  Worse? 


tion  Army",  made  the  following  state- 
ment: "In  my  opinion  the  world  is  a  bet- 
ter world  than  it  has  ever  been  in  any 
previous  era  blown  to  historians." — 
— J.  W.  Williams,  Lithuania. 

CONSOLATION 


Surg 


ery 


43  Years  Without  a  Swallow 

♦  I  read  an  article  in  Consolation  Xo  500 
wluth  deeply  hnpressyti  irie.  It  was, 
Ihonias  can  swallow  ai^'ain."  I  niVBeli' 
had  that  same  niisl'ortiine.  I  drank  caus- 
tic soda  before  I  was  two  years  of  age. 
i-t  ate  tho  coating  and  lining  out  of  my 
stomach,  also  my  throat,  wliish  caused 
It  to  heal  shut.  I  was  put  in  the  Uuiver- 
aity  of  Pennsylvania  liospital,  Philadel- 
plua,  and  there  operiited  on.  An  openinK 
was  made  oii  the  outside;  of  my  stomach 
aiid  the  storaat-h  was  then  sewed  to  the 
outside  wall.  A  rnhber  tube  or  catheter 

T.F'^i'"  '^"''  ^  ''^*'''  '^y^^^l'"  through  that. 
AJJ  eJtorts  to  make  me  swallow  have  been 
m  vam.  I  am  not  able  to  swallow  even 
one  drop  of  water  by  the  mouth  or  throat 
but,   by   the  Lord'.s   grace,  I  am   very 
fK-a[thy  and  have  Dved  this  way  for  43 
year.s.   Have  raised  a  family  of  seven 
strong,  iiealthy  children,  rangin^'  from 
6  to  22  years  of  age.  and.  besides,  Jelio- 
vali  has  graciously  sliown  us  Ilis  light 
and  we  are  having  a  small  part  in  the 
vindication  of  His  great  and  holy  name. 
i  eould  write  a  book  of  my  experiences 
but  I  am  of  no  importance.  Declaring" 
.lehovaii-s  vengeance  is  of  greatest  im- 
portanee.— A  Jonadab,   Mrs.   Sylvester 
U-i'oas,  Pennsylvania. 

Severed  Blood  Vessels 

♦  Severed  blood  ve.sseLs.  i(  is  now  antic- 
ipated, will  be  znended  bv  sliding  into 
the  arteries  rods  of  sugar  covered  witli 
an  od  lotion.  These  rods  .■^erve  as  a  darn- 
ing egg,  and,  when  the  clamps  are  re- 
moved, dissolve  and  disappear  in  the 
blood  stream,  so  it  is  claimed,  in  fifteen 
seconds.  The  inventor  is  a  young  man 
stdl  studying  medicine. 


Eicliard  Kenealy,  niBe-ycar-old  bov,  saw 
movmg  thmgs  up.side  down,  locomotives, 
playmates  and  other  things.  TJie  trouble 
was  diagno.sed  as  delayed  action  in  the 
nerves  attached  to  his  right  eye,  and  by 
wearing  glasses  wth  one  opaque  lens, 
and  trequnitly  shifting  the  lens  from  one 
eye  to  the  other,  the  difficulty  was  cor- 
rected and  HOW  liichard  sees  everything: 
right  side  up  like  other  hoys. 

Tlie  Mending  of  a  Heart 

♦  In  New  York  city  a  housewife  in  mov- 
mg  a  boarder's  things  aecidentallv  shot 
herself  through  tJie  heart  with  hi.',  re- 
yolver.  She  was  i-ushed  to  a  hospital,  her 
fett  breast  was  cut  around,  four  ribs 
were  cut  away,  the  heart  was  lifled  out, 
three  stitches  were  taken,  one  of  the  aU 
tending  physicians  in  the  great  emer- 
gency gave  a  (piart  of  his  blood  for  trans- 
fusion, and  today  the  woman  lives  and 
smiles  gaily  over  what  happened  to  Iier 
m  the  busiest  2.3  minutes  of  her  life. 

Shrapnel  Wandered  Twenty-two  Years 

♦  111  1017  ilartin  Stravato,  serving  in 
theltahan  infantry  in  Africa,  was  hit  liy 
a  piece  of  shrapnel  from  a  German  shell 
The  piece  entered  liis  back,  was  not 
found,  and  started  to  travel.  Toward  the 
close  of  1939  Stravato  went  to  a  physi- 
.^^jan  111  Troy.  New  York,  to  liTtd  out  what 
was  wrong  with  his  left  wrist.  The  doc- 
tor opened  the  wrist  and  took  out  a  piece 
of  shi-apnel  fi  inches  long. 


The  Boy  with  Upside-doM'n  Vision 

♦  In  normal  vision  the  retina  of  the  hu- 
maji  eye  receives  images  upside  down 
and  these  are  reversed  bv  nerve  centers 
at  the  back  of  the   brain.  In   Chicago 

DECEMBER  25.   )9<1Q 


Joan's  Cough  Was  Cured 

♦  Two-year-old  Joan  GaUagher,  Little 
i'alls.  New  Jersey,  had  couehed  for  six 
niontiis.  ILer  tonsils  were  removed ;  that 
did  not  seem  to  help.  Then  Joan  was 
A-raved  and  taken  to  a  Philadelphia 
hospital,  and  there  the  surgeons  removed 
a  safety  pm,  and  the  cough  went  with  it. 
After  a  little  hit  .Joan  will  learn  that 
wliiJe  safety  pms  are  bright  and  spar- 
kJmg.  they  are  not  such  good  diet. 

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UNDEI 

THE 

TOTALITARIAN 
FLAG 


Partners  in  Racketeering 


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tX!  Wan  L3Uh  •!, 


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•leu  tli»  MJitlja,!  t,!^  [fcii  uiB  ElDiQ  trim". 

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<A1>J(|  ar>  iQiiiD  -  jDv  ■uflL  t«:  iau£jLkr" 

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■■I1.IH  ir  •■  ioBH  r><  ■**•  of  IQ«r  iBuili,  4i  iLfl  b„,  ai;fl  hli-i, 
■.  "41  .1.  .l.idUi.11  .  -I  .«,-t  „„  vi,  _.„  10  ,„  ^,  Lu" 
ulLbir  >1L1  ■■  oBlvaa  fat  FjaJt  us.  ^^ 


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B  tUM  -  BuUtf  Sd  .   Ill»  LM.u  i,„„,  "  J, 

Bingo  is  illfgal  in  OLiu,  and  just  as  Ult-gal  for  the 
Ainenoau  I.egmti  IWfst.  Clevclaud  l>osl  JUl]  as  it 
IS  for  "Fathfj'"  Kelly,  "FatLer"  Tboms  or  uvi, 
I'aeketeei'. 

Two  More  "Baby  Jesuses" 

♦  Az'oujid  Clirifitiiiaw  time  there  is  al- 
ways a  flock  or  new  "baliv  Jes^uses". 
Makc-H  it  seem  Jikf>  old  ho™  wet;k  or 
sometliitig.  Hut  imfortimEitelv  none  of 
these  people  tJiat  see  -Ijabv  Jesuses"  i-au 
see  a  single  "\rdhy  Jeaus";  even  in  their 
own  neighbnrJiood,  without  wanting  to 
get  something  for  it.  That  is  a  strange 
philosophy,  to  see  a  "habv  Jefiis'"  and 
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then  want  somf^hody  else  to  pay  for  it. 
flere  is  the   ''Very  Reverend   Father" 
Albert,   O.M.C,   Mount    Saint    Franc-is. 
ijuiiaiia.  Jii  bis  Cliristiiias  letter  a  wJiile 
hat-k  are  eight  parag-i-aphs.  He  saw  "the 
Newborn  Havior".  in  tlie  first  paragraph, 
but  when  he  got  down  to  the  fifth  tme 
he  was  asking  for  anj'thiiii:  from  $1  to 
$2^  a  head,  with  the  suggestion  that  a 
tew  might  eome  across  with  $.iO0  apiece. 
Elsewhere   in    the   advertising   matter, 
pedilling  jiiagazines,  pii-fiii-es.  mass  di- 
plomas and  other  like  tripi-.  he  was  r-are- 
i'nl  (in  three  placs)  to  sjel  eitlier  "the  in- 
fant Jesus"  or  "tlu-  Christ-ohild'-  m  the 
iiea.lhne  or  in  tlie  first  jiaragraph.  In 
.these  days,  if  you  want  to  sell  soinetliiug, 
It  IS  best  to  hire  an  "infant  Jesus",  a 
•■hahy  Jesus  '.  a  "rhhst-oliild".  or  some- 
thing of  the  kind,  to  help  voa  out.  People 
\nll  buy  stulf  from  a  "baljv  Jestis"  that 
they  would  nevt-r  think  of  buving  from 
you  yourself. 

Also,  there  is  llie  "Verv  Reverend  Fa- 
ther- B.  (Ti'eilVnl.ierg.  il.SXL  Sacred 
Heart  Monastery,  Anrora,  Illinois.  He 
did  not  Hsk  for  iiionev  richt  oat  TVhat  he 
said  was:  -Is  there  i^till  room  on  your 
Christmas  list  for  just  one  niorc  present, 
a  g!tt  to  the  [nfant  Jesus  whose  hirthdav 
we  are  about  to  celebrate?  .  .  May 
your  Christmas  gift  to  the  Infant  Jesus 
be  a  liberal  one." 

IFe  did  not  say  liow  he  would  get  this 
to  him.  But  you  dn  not  need  to  worry 
about  that.  Vou  inst  pav  the  man.  and 
trust  hira  to  handle  the  cash  all  right.  He 
may  take  a  tlier  in  the  market  with  your 
money,  but  ev^-n  if  he  loses  he  can  ask  the 
"Inlant  Jesus"  to  forgive  him,  and  the 
■Intaut  Jesus"  will.  He  may  cry  a  few 
minutes,  but  he  will  yet  over  it. 'infants 
ai-e  very  forgiving,  if  tliev  are  treated 
even  hHlfwa\'  white. 

Headers  will  reeai!  that  in  Xo.  W.i,  tlip 
Hierarcliys  picture  of  "Purgatory" 
shows  Jl'Sus  as  still  a  hahe  in  Mary's 
arms,  while  she  i.t  running  the  entire 
works.  How  nauseating,  tlia't  racketeerjs 
mat  still  jx-ddle  such  laiserabie  lies! 

CONSOLATION 


The  Chaplain  Racket 


IN  OT?.T)RR  tn  lip  up-to-date  in  ray 
Iniuwlfdy^  ul'  tlif  olmplam  i'ai-ce  in  tlie 
United  .Slatee  army,  I  aildreased  a  lottor 
to  the  War  Depai'tnuoit  asking  it  to  sond 
me  iit(!]'utuiT  on  the  snbject.  I  rec-eived  a 
lar'ue  panipliJct  (-allMl  "The  Chaplain", 
tf^llinfi;  ]iOM'  to  liwome  a  diapiain,  rules 
j'or  the  t;tivt-rnnient  <d!  chaplaine,  the 
c-hur(.'!ifs  eligible  t()  riunisli  chaplains, 
a,n<t  other  iiil'ortnation.  Also  _a  hotter 
signed  "II.  A.  liinand,  Chaplain,  II.  S. 
Army  Execntive,''  T  wrote  a  friend  in 
Wa.shi.iig|oii  to  Eisccrtaln  whether  the 
Eer.  Rniand  was  a  Catholic.  I  was  toM 
that ht' is aLuLheran.  Ilowever, llearned 
that  the  "'hif^  tilmt"  of  army  chaplains  is  a 
Catholie  priest  named  i\j'jiold.  The  pam- 
phlet I  reeeived  Tailed  tn  give  the  infor- 
mation 1  mostly  wanted — ^the  mmiber  oi' 
chaplains  awordiiig  to  the  diilerent 
e}uirehe.'=.  I  also  learned  from  Washing- 
ton that  tlie-^e  are  apportioned  aecording 
to  tilt'  iiiemln/rt^luii  (.d  tin.!  denominations 
throuf,dtont  the  country.  This  wonld  al- 
ways work  1n  favor  of  tin?  Catholic 
elnireh,  which  connts  arf  members  all  who 
have  heen  haptized,  whether  they  go  to 
church  now  or  liut. 

Few  reiuenibor  that  the  first  attempts 
to  thrust  the  ehajilaiii  huml>ui>'  upon  the 
goveriimeiit  met  with  strong  opposition. 
James  Madison  wrote:  "It  was  not  with 
my  approbation  that  the  deviation  from 
it  took  place  in  CongTesa,  when  they  ap- 
pointeil  efiaplains,  to  be  paid  from  the 
public-  treasury.  .  .  .  A?^  the  preeedeid. 
IP  not  likr-ly  to  he  rescinded,  the  best  that 
can  now  hi-  done  may  be  to  apply  to  the 
('oJistitution.tht;  maxim  of  the  law,  'Da 
minimum  iion  carat'  (No  imtii-e  is  taken 
(d' trifles).  Hut  trifles  lieeome  a  preeedeid. 
and  are  ilie  fiiundation  for  hisse'' 
ihiiigs-*' 

Yet,  until  a  few  years  a}?o,  there  was 
great  oppositioji  to  the  employmerLt  of 
fhapiaiiis.  On  Oceemljer  17,  IK19,  a  lieat- 
ed  debate  was  htdd  in  the  Ilimse  on  the 
snjijecd.    t'ongrei<sniaii    Cooper   said,   "I 

DECEMBER  2£.   1940 


ask  gentlemen  to  put  their  hands  on  the 
anthority  by  whic'h  thi'y  would  take  tlie 
money  of  their  coiistitiienls  and  pay  it 
over  to  a  chaplain.  Tell  me,  wfw're  ie  your 
authority  for  appropriating  tlic  inoney 
of  the  people  in  that  way  V  Congressman 
Eic-e  Garland  said,  "There  is  a  retcular 
yysteui  of  electioneering  for  the  (jfhce  of 
chaplain,  and  the  general  inquiry  is, 
■J)oes  he  make  short  prayers  l^'  Besides, 
while  the  chaplain  is  making  his  morn- 
ing prayers,  a  larfre  proportion  of  the 
members  are  reading  newspapevs,  or 
walking  al)oiit  tlie  hall.  Tn  fact,  the  serv- 
ice ii?  nothing  but  a  soli.'mn  farce." 

On  December  7,  1840,  Congres-^man 
Cooper  aakcd  permission  to  offer  a  bill 
abolishing  the  salary  of  chaplains.  lie 
was  refused,  but  the  votes  against  them 
had  jumped  I'roiii  l2,  the  previous  ses- 
sion, to  2!.  On  December  22,  1845.  there 
were  thii-teeu  candidates  fer  chaplain  be- 
fore the  House.  They  seemed  to  have  no 
sliame,  sense  of  .justice  or  regard  for 
law,  but  had  the  most  essential  quality 
of  religionist.-; — gall. 

In  the  Senate  of  1850,  Senator  Under- 
wood presented  a  petition  prayinif:  Con- 
gress to  abolish  tlie  oOice  of  chaplains, 
saying,  "A  national  chaplaincy,  no  less 
tiian  a  national  cluirr-h,  is  considered  by 
US  emphatically  as  'an  establlshmerLt  of 
religion',"  The  last  struggle  oeeurred  on 
February  28.  IHfiO,  the  yeai'  before  the 
Civil  "War.  when  a  resokitiiin  for  the  elec- 
tion of  a  chaplain  was  offtred.  A  motion 
was  made  In  lay  the  resolntJon  on  the 
table.  It  was  lost  by  fil  to  l.lti  jiut  prf»g- 
ress  had  been  made.  In  ^^^9  the  vote 
against  chaplains  was  12,  in  1S40  it  was 
21.  in  ISm  it  had  increased  to  Gl.  Tin- 
Civil  ^\■ar  now  engrossed  tlie  iittentioa 
of  C'ongress  and  the  mattei'  never  came 
uj)  again. 

Once  (len.  W,  T.  Sherman  was  asked 
to  recommend  a  (>ertMiTi  minister  for  a 
chaplaincy.  lie  responded  in  some  cut- 
ting- words:  "I  think  there  are  several 

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linndred  ai^plicants  now,  each  one  of 
whom  is  stronger  in  the  faith  than  St. 
Paul.  Of  course,  the  whole  system  is  a 
farce  and  nicaut  to  be  so.  There  are  no 
vacancies  now,  and  they  are  gohbk-d  up 
as  soon  as  the  telegraph  announces  a 
death— there  are  no  resij^natioiis^and 
i^o  greedy  are  the  applicants  that  they 
will  not  even  wait  for  the  funeral." 

Tlie  denominations  froiTi  which  chap- 
lains are  elis'ihle  are.  Episcopalian,  Ro- 
man Catholic,  Jfwisti.  ITnitarian,  Chris- 
tian Science,  Mornu«i,  Lutheran.  Ad- 
ventist.  Univ(a-salist,  and  those  churches 
athliated  with  the  Federal  Couticd  of 
Churches  of  Christ,  with  the  Catholic 
church  in  the  lead. 

The  chaplain  in  the  Army  manages  to 
hold  his  powwow  jnst  before  the  picture 
show.  Of  course,  many  conu-  early  to  get 
a  place  ill  the  show.  The  chaplain  counts 
all  of  these  as  attendants  at  his  powA\'OW, 
in  his  reports  to  liis  supei'ior,  in  oriler  to 
enhance  the  importance  of  his  work. 
These  men  are  leecJies  upon  tho  country, 
and  thorougii  nuigauces. 

An  elderlv  Unitarian  mi]uster  who  had 
been  a  chaplain  in  the  Civil  War  once 
said  to  me:  "The  chaplain  sometimes 
does  good  in  a  secular  way.  He  takes  care 
of  the  mad,  and  sometimes  writes  letters 
for  the  men.  But  the  rcUgiouKS  part  of  his 
duties  made  me  laugh  at  myself.  I  was 
praying  for  the  success  of  the  Union 
aniiy.  and  the  chaplains  of  the  Confed- 
erate army  were  praying  for  the  success 
of  their  eide.  Jt  only  plfi-ed  Cod  ["the 
god  of  this  w(irld'' — Ed.]  in  an  embar- 
rassing position." — Franklin  Steiner,  in 
The  Tnifh  l^e-ekm: 

LA  glance  at  the  Kome-controlled  press 
reveals  the  inniiense  enthusiasm  tlie  Hi- 
erarchy has  for  jobs  as  chaplains.  The 
pay  is  excellent,  the  work  nothing,  and 
there  are  titles  and  honors  galore.  The 
papers  say  tittle  or  nothing  about  any  ex- 
cept Catholic  chaplains  being  wanted. 
—Ed.]  ^.^^^ 

Stopping  the  Kaiser 
♦  Well,  we  stopped  the  Kaiser.  He's  liv- 
22 


ing  in  Holland  now,  his  fortune  unim- 
paired while  we  are  still  paying  the  price 
for  stopping  him.  The  all-hightrst  and  hia 
six  sous  escaped  witliout  a  scratch  on 
their  bodies,  while  126,000  of  America's 
sons  rot  in  foreign  soil  and  234,000 
mainu-d,  blinded  and  mentally  deranged 
American  sons  are  hidden  away  behind 
the  walls  of  veterans'  hospitals. 

Did  we  make  the  worhl  safe  for  denioc- 
racv!  May  devils  hiugli  and  angels  weep  I 
Did"  we  end  war  for  ever!  There  hasn't 
been  a  day  since  the  armistice  when  war 
hasn't  raged  in  some  part  of  this  mis- 
erable world. 

And  itrav.  what  did  America  get  out  ol 
tlie  World'War.'  The  answer  is  prohibi 
tion.  three-cent  postage  stamps,  the  flu, 
the  island  of  Yap.  the  ten-year-old  tem- 
porary business  depression,  a  national 
debt  of  forty  billion  dollars,  increased 
taxes,  and  the  name  of  Uncle  Shylocb 
from  Uiose  nati(ms  we  '"saved"'. 

Now  the  cry  is  "Stop  Hitler'',  and  again, 
we  are  called  upon  to  pull  hot  chestniitg 
out  of  the  -fire  t'ur  the  great  ■'deniucra- 
cies"  over  tliere.  Well,  let  them  stop  Hit 
ler.  It's  their  baby.  They  made  him  atj 
Versailles    when    they    crowned    their 
faithful  ally  tins  side  of  the  big  pond 
with  a  foolscap  an-l  decorated  liim  with 
the  double-cross.  Tliey  made  Hitler  when 
they  dismembered  the  Austrian  empire, 
Bal'kanized  eastern  Em-ope  and  sought  t<a 
eliminate   German   competition   for   air 
time  to  come  by  depriving  Germany  of 
its  colonies,  merchant  marine,  foreign 
investments  and  ".'>  percent  of  its  min- , 
eral    :ie.sources. — Oscar    Ameringer,    ii 
The  American  Guarilifw. 

Counterfeit  American  Money 

♦  Counterfeit  American  money  is  circu^ 
fating  widely  now  in  the  war-torn  lands 
of  Em-ope  and  many  innocent  sufferers 
from  other  causes  have  been  rcjbbed  of 
all  their  earthly  possessions  hy  supposed 
friends  and  acquaintances  exchanging 
their  life  savings  in  their  own  currencies 
for  supposed  money  of  the  land  of  the 
U.S.A. 

CONSOLATION 


i 


South  Atlantic  States 


Interesting  Points  by  Edgar  Hoover 

♦  In  an  addrt/BS  to  the  Daughters  of  the 
Ainpricari  Revolution,  J.  Edgar  Hoover, 
of  the  Fedenil  Buroan  of  Investigation, 
mentinnr-f]  that  once  a  year  one  out  of  IT 
Aniorican  lionies  is  liable  to  be  a  victim 
of  crime:  either  some  rneftiber  will  be 
phar^ed  with  an  offenpie  or  will  have  snf- 
ferfifl  a  loss ;  that  20  jJcrccnt  oT  all  crime 
i^i  eommitted  by  boysjjind  girls  ol"' If, «s  than 
voting  age  and  that:  "T  must  remind  you 
that  in  times  like  these,  there  is  great 
daiijrer  of  mise'iiided  efforts  on  the  part 
of  overzualous  groups  of  individuals  who 
arf!  often  tlte  vic-tims  of  those  motivated 
by  a  desire  to  further  their  own  selfish 
ends.  Let  me  warn  you  against  the  patri- 
otic riicketfer :  the  imly  tlmitrs  lower  are 
the  vipers  of  alien  isnis  whose  poisonous 
fan^s  aie  L'alal." 

Mr.  Hoover  mentions,  and  is  entitled  to 
mention  it  with  pride,  that  the  Federal 
Burenu  of  Investigation  s^lccessfully 
solved  177  of  179  kidnapings  sinee  June, 
1932,  And  that  does  not  mean  that  the 
other  two  eascM  are  heyond  rearrh  either. 
It  makes  it  appear  that  the  Iddnapmg 
business  is  a  bad  business  to  le  in. 

A  Disgrace  to  Roanoke 

♦  Police  Lieutenant  W.  S.  Newton,  of 
the  city  of  Koanoke,  Virginia,  was  and 
ie  a  disgrace  to  the  city,  which  shoidd 
never  hflve  employed  hhu  in  any  capac- 
ity. On  the  streets  of  his  home  city  he 
addressed  Christian  men  and  women  as 
agents  of  the  Dpvil  cm  route  to  heU  blind- 
folded. Pi'oteats  were  made  to  the  city 
manager  and  the  superintendent  of  po- 
lice in  an  intelligent,  well-written  huai- 
neaslike  letter,  and  the  gentleman,  prob- 
ably by  request,  made  application  for 
retirement  from  the  force.  The  city  of 
Roanoke  it!  to  be  congratidatcd  upon  get- 
ting; rid  of  such  an  ijioubiis.  Between  the 
date  of  the  letter  of  protest  and  the  ap- 
plication for  retirement  Mr.  Newton  was 
in  an  automobile  accident :  his  ear  tm'ned 

DECEMBEft   2S,   1940 


over  several  times,  out  of  the  highway, 
injuring  hhn  considerably.  In  this  world 
it  is  bei^t  not  to  be  too  fresh:  one  might 
get  a  chance  to  he  sorry. 

Silliness  of  "Flag"  Patriotism 

♦  Working  in  a  shipyard  during  the 
World  War.  I  wa?  disillusioned  on  "flag 
piitriotism".  Called  from  our  work  to 
hoar  a  returned  soHier  "eu.=!s"  the  Ger- 
mans, we  had  to  staml  in  the  open  in  a 
bitter-cold  wind.  I  knew  from  esperienee 
that  I  was  in  for  a  cold  if  I  stood  long, 
with  bai'e  liead,  in  that  wind ;  so  T  slipped 
on  my  hat.  But  a  "flag  patriot"  gave  me 
a  sharp  pundi.  with  the  curt  command, 
'■Take  off  your  hat!"  I  obeyed,  deciding 
a  cold  was  preferable  to  being  stamped 
under  the  heel  of  a  bully. — J.  K.  Hender- 
son, in  The  Pathfinder. 

What  Co-operation  Can  Do 

♦  What  co-i)j)cration  can  do  is  being 
shown  at  Asheville,  North  Carolina, 
where  the  operation  of  a  co-operative 
tnick  line  daring  the  past  twenty  years 
has  enahlod  thousands  of  back-country 
farmers  to  get  their  jn'odncts  to  market 
and  to  operate  warehouses,  I'eed  mills, 
canneries  and  hatcheries  doing  over  a 
million  dollars  of  business  annually. 
Previously  these  farmers  raised  only 
enough  for  their  own  personal  needs  and 
their  average  family  income  was  less 
than  $100  a  year. 

Silver  Shirt  Leader  Demonized 

♦  William  Dudley  Pelley,  leader  of  the 
Silver  Shirt  Legion,  statefl  that  he  had 
been  able  to  read  a  page  oC  print  with  his 
eyes  clo.?cd.  This  is  proof  that  the  man 
is  under  demon  control;  and  his  general 
conduct  supports  that  conclusion. 

The  evidence  that  Satan  and  his  hordes 
were  cast  down  to  earth  suhsec(aent  to 
191-1,  ajid  are  now  making  saperhuman 
efforts  to  destroy  the  entire  human  fam- 
ilvj  grows  with  every  day  of  earth's 
travail. 

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The  Baby  Died 

♦  At  Austin,  Tfxas.  the  baby  of  a  WPA 
-worker  took  siek  with  a  coiiiljiiiatioii  of 
measles  and  pneiiiiiania,  and  aK  it  was 
onlv  t'levea  moiitlis  old,  and  the  parents 
had  four  other  children  sick  at  the  same 
time,  also  two  adiilts,  and  all  in  one  I'oom, 
they  lliaught  maylie  the  autliorities 
■would  take"  the  baby  into  a  hospital,  i^o 
that  it  might  live.  Oddly  enough,  they 
loved  the  little  one,  and  felt  tender  to- 
ward it.  But  the  authorities  did  not  feel 
tender.  Hospital  care  or  other  reliel'  was 
refused,  R.  L.  Sbeeta,  direetoi'  of  the 
Ausliti  Coinniunity  Chest,  one  of  the 
most  reli2:inus  iiion  iji  the  eity.  went  into 
detail  as'to  the  reasons  for  the  refusal. 
The  reasons  are  interesting,  because 
thev  show  what  a  Community  Che.st  i^ 
really  for:  "'Wf  natm'ally  I'elt  we  should 
not  give  them  any  more  than  we  had  to. 
Wo  couldn't  let  them  starve,  and  yet  we 
can't  maintain  for  them  a  comf(u'table 
standard  of  living  while  they  establish 
residence  here." 

Atmospheric  Change  Kills  Fish 

♦  At  Clear  I.ake,  Arkansas,  1,500.000 
fish  died  in  less  thtm  two  days  following 
an  atmospheric  change,  believed  to  have 
agitated  the  mast!  of  vegetation  at  the 
bottom  of  the  lake  and  released  huge 
quantities  of  carbon  dioxide.  More  than 
a  dozen  families  were  forced  to  leave 
their  binues  on  account  of  the  unbearable 
odor.  The  dead  fish  were  said  to  bo  wortli 
$10  to  $15  a  ton  as  fertilizer,  provided 
they  could  be  handled. 

The  Foolish  Desire  to  Kill 

♦  The  foolish  and  devili-sh  desire  to  kill 
caused  Texan  gam-carriers,  twice  within 
the  last  year,  to  shoot  anil  seriously  m- 
jiire  a  pet  deer  trained  by  a  Tesan  to 
meet  the  postman  every  morning  and 
bring  liome  the  fa:nily  mail.  The  deer 
carries  a  cowbell  around  his  neck  to  ketip 
some  fool  from  sliooting  him. 

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Homes  for  the  -Sh are-Croppers 

♦  The  Farm  Secmlty  Administration  iw 
doing  sometiiing  for  tlie  share-croppers ; 
and  it  is  high  time.  Rural  homes  are  be- 
ing built  in  five  counties  of  Missouri  at 
$4D9  each.  The  dimensions  are  20  feet 
bv  211  feet,  living  room  U^  feet  by  12  feet, 
u'ldtchen  with  built-in  i-abinets.  a  stooT) 
4  feet  by  5  feet  (some  stoop!),  screen 
doors,  half  screens  on  windows,  and_  a 
sanitary  pump.  Tho  houses  for  these  dls- 
jiossessed  Americans  will  have  no  cel- 
lars, but  a  layer  of  heavy  felt  between 
the  top  and  ho"ttom  floors  will  make  them 
fiomtor table  bi  winter  in  Missouri  weatli- 
er.  Thev  are  to  be  paid  for  at  the  rate  of 
$.jO  a  year,  with  interest  at  3  percent.  A 
sensible  move. 

A  1,000-Pound  Turtle 

♦  Off  yabine,  Texas,  a  1,000-pound  tur- 
tle was  enjoying  himst'lf  swimming 
arijund  witii  his  head  sticking  oat  of  the 
water.  Some  humans  (or  were  tliey  hu- 
man '? )  saw  him.  hit  him  in  the  head  with 
a  harpoon,  and  as  they  coiUd  not  kill  him 
that  way  they  ran  their  boat  into  him 
time  after  time  until  finally,  by  dint  of 
inanv  blows  oil  the  head,  they  finally  took 
his  life.  Great  achievement!  Yet,  some- 
how, one  feels  thai  they  might  Iwive  let 
liim  live,  unless  they  needed  his  body  for 
food.  His  head  alone  weighed  forty 
poimds. 

S60  a  Month  for  Stealing  Chickens 

♦  Tn  Dallas.  I'exas,  Atkinson  Taylor,  a 
tS9-year-old  Negro,  lifted  a  chicken,  and 
was  lined  $75  and  given  30  days  in  jail. 
The  publicity  drew  attention  to  the  fact 
that  be  is  a  veteran  of  the  Spanish- 
American  war,  with  the  probable  result 
that  lie  will  now  get  a  pension  of  $tJO  a 
month  for  the  rest  of  bis  life.  He  thinks 
he  will  bo  able  to  pay  for  his  chickens 
hereafter. 

Nevertheless,  tlus  is  no  invitation  to 
any  to  seek  prosperity  l)y  such  a  route. 

CONSOLATION 


I 


I 


"Give  Us  More  Religion'' 


"DTri  politicians  antl  llig  Business  men 
■U  ;^ay,  "Cive  ns  mniT  religion."  TlnTe 
suenin  to  be  a  lot  of  it  aronnd  just  now. 
Hprc  is  a  postfil  c-ard  in  gruen  inli  de- 
manding tliat  tlie  ret-ipient  mako  a  copy 
and  Honcl  on(?  each  day  for  13  days  and 
nn  the  13tli  day  i-eceivf'$12,'JO0,  but  warn- 
ing that  an  unbeliever  had  a  danghtei-  go 
blind,  '['hk-  card  says.  "Pay  attention  to 
this  prayer.  God  bless  yon.  Eead  Psalm 
6th  chapter."  That  card  it?  siirelv  a  reli- 
gious card,  isn't  it?  Tlie  big  folks  must 
love  it. 

A  Los  Angeles  family  gnt  i'(>ligion,  i.e., 
demons.  It  resulted  in  tiie  beating  ol'  lour 
to  death  witli  an  ordinary  hannner.  That 
is  getting  results,  if  the  liig  fellows  could 
see  every  family  wind  up  that  way  every- 
body's troubles  wnuhi  be  over. 

Pennsylvania  has  a  lot  of  religion.  At 
Phil adel pMa  a  jdbless  relief  worker 
killed  his  month-old  baby.  The  witches 
tolrl  him  to  do  it.  so  he  said.  AVbat  would 
humanity  do  witliont  plenty  of  this  reli- 
gion? At  Allontown,  sixty-odd  miles 
away,  a  77-year-(i!d  woman  shot  and 
killed  her  sister  because  she  heard  a  re- 
ligious "inner"  voice'  telling  Iier  to  do  so. 
Religion,  you  are  the  berries. 

Bacli  to  Pliiladelphia.  A  TIaverford 
man  had  it  all  fixed  up  with  the  demons 
to  give  massage  by  religiinis  ectoplasm, 
but  instead  oL'  plneliing  the  ghost  they 
went'after  the  man  hiniself.  This  busi- 
ness of  diseouraging  religion  -should 
stop,  maybe. 

In  "Wichita,  Kansas,  a  young  couple 
have  been  putting  questions  to  their  un- 
seen nocturnal  visitors  and  have  been 
getting  results.  They  not  only  got  an- 
swers, but  theii-  religious  visitors  even 
tickled  their  feot.  If  they  donl  stop  in- 
teresting theiuselves  in  these  particular 
religious  birds,  demons,  they  wiU  go  in- 
sane. 

Back  to  Uniontown,  Pa.  There  a  reli- 
gious man,  a  spii'itualist  mi7]ister.  tried 
to  hire  a  man  to  bump  off  a  man  that  car- 

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ried  a  ^ri.OOO  accident  policy  on  his  life. 
The  man's  wife  was  in  on  it,  too.  She  is 
most  probably  religious,  too. 

Satan  is  both  a  liar  and  a  murderer, 
and  so  designated  by  Christ  Jesus ;  so 
it  is  not  strange  that  so  many  religious 
racketeers  are  actual  murderers  also. 

Over  to  New  York.  Psychiatrists  at 
Bellevue  Hospital  say  that  when  parents 
give  up  their  money  and  their  wills  to  the 
Kegfo  falser  calling  himself  "Father 
Divine''  the  children  of  such  parents  are 
bewildered  by  the  fact  that  they  are  con- 
fronted with  delinite  teachings  of  a  mys- 
tical and  magic  character.  That's  reli- 
gious, very  much  so.  when  any  man  can 
claim  to  be  the  Father  Divine. 

Back  to  Washington,  D.O..  where  23 
persons,  who  can  afford  to  pay  the  Oov- 
ernment  $2ri0  a  year  each  f(jr  licenses  to 
look  into  the  future,  otfer  to  guide  you 
in  all  your  affairs,  business,  love  and 
domestic  life,  tell  you  your  name,  the 
object  of  your  call,  your  past,  iiresent 
and  future,  etc.  If  these  things  are  not 
religious,  name  some  that  are. 

From  Washington  go  all  the  way  to 
Shanghai.  China,  and  there  meet  the 
former  Anglican  clergyman  Ignatius 
Timotheus  Trebitsch-Lincoln.  He  is  now 
a  Buddhist  and  he  tells  the  world  that 
he  has  accepted  President  Roosevelt's 
invitation  to  discuss  with  him  means  for 
promoting  peace,  that  he  has  the  one  and 
only  system  that  can  do  it,  and  that  "the 
stupid  system  set  up  by  the  Christians 
Trmst  be  swept  aside  to  make  way  for  it". 
The  ex-"ileverend's"  transition  from  de- 
monism  in  the  West  to  demonisni  in  the 
Flast  is  not  half  as  much  of  a  change  as 
man^-  people  think.  In  either  case  Jeho- 
vah (jod  was  and  is  dishonored  by  this 
man  and  demonism  is  at  the  bottom  of 
it  all.  Probably  he  saw  the  overalls  and 
fJiB  plow  handles  coming  up  over  the 
iorizon  in  the  West  and  thonght  he  coidd 
stave  off  the  evil  day  by  shifting  his 
position  to  the  East. 

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Sp 


an 


I 


The  Millennium  in  Spain 

♦  The  Milleniiimn  in  Sijain  is  postponed. 
Some  of  the  reasons  are  a  half  million 
men  still  in  tlie  army,  nearly  a  niillion 
killed  in  the  war,  I'onr  hundred  thousand 
exiles,  and  about  a  million  in  concentra- 
tion camps.  A  dispatch  in  the  Altoona 
Trihime  explains  how  the  eormtry  is  able 
to  get  along  at  all,  and  it  all  shows  how 
perfectly  foolish  the  Devil's  way  of  do- 
ing things  really  is: 

IliUor  has  upward  of  8,000  loehniciang  liclp- 
ing  Hpanisli  industry  get  haek  on  a  paymg 
basis.  Nazi  managers  have  been  introduced  in 
niinos,  fadnrioM  and  transport  to  launch  the 
biggest  modtTnizatioii  pro.iect  in  Spaniwh  his- 
tory. Spain  repays  Germany  in  goodf),  to  date 
heavy  shipments  <ii  copper  per  weuk  plus 
equally  precious  fats — mutton  and  olive  oil. 
Tho  goods  S'*'!  ttu'OUS'h  to  (lei'many  with  tho 
acqniesccnce  of  rnthur  llian  despilc  the  block- 
ade. 

The  saine  power  that  cau.scd  Hitler  to 
help  his  fellow-Cat liolic  after  signing  a 
non-intervention  pact  with  Britain  and 
France,  now  canaes  Franco  to  aid  Ger- 
many. 

Continued  Progress  Backwards 

♦  Spain  eoutiuue.s  to  make  progress 
backward.  The  grandees  that  have  been 
its  curse  for  centuries  are  to  get  back 
their  lands,  which  had  been  expropriated 
by  the  Spanish  Republic  so  that  some- 
body in  Spain  could  i^at  besides  the  rich. 
Also,  the  Masons  art'  to  be  exterminated. 
AJl  former  Masons  must  squeal  on  their 
fellow  Masons,  explain  why  they  joined 
and  whv  they  quit;  and  if  the  excuse  is 
not  sat'isl'aetory,  tlion  the  t-oninion  or 
garden  variety  of  Masons  gets  six  years 
in  prison  while  one  that  passed  the 
eighteenth  degree  get.s  twelve  years.  The 
Masons  are  eliarged  with  having  pro- 
moted liberty  and  education  in  Spain 
and  were  the'rcd'ore  the  worst  citizens  of 
the  country.  Having  been  helped  into  his 
present  job  by  the  hejithen  Moors  and  liy 

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Stalin's  friend  Hitler,  Franco  feels  that 
it  is  up  to  him  to  pursue  the  road  back- 
ward to  the  Dark  Ages  as  fast  as  his 
short  legs  can  carry  him. 

To  Franco's  Everlasting  Shame 

♦  To  Franco's  everlasting  shame  Chile 
points  out  that  in  her  embassy  at  Madrid 
she  sheltered  more  than  1.000  of  bis 
Spanish  Nationalists  bel.'ore  the  Franco 
forces  were  victorious,  but  to  tlds  gener- 
ous attitude  of  the  Chilean  government 
the  Franco  government  answered  by 
placing  all  manner  of  obstructions  to  the 
liberty  of  13  republicans  given  asylum 
tliere.  Franco,  instead  of  being  the  cul- 
tured Christian  gentleman  he  is  mis- 
represented in  the  press  as  beiug,  is  a 
narrow-minde<l.  cruel,  bigoted  butcher. 
Blessed  by  both  the  pope  an(i  the  Devil, 
he  is  an  apt  representative  of  them  both. 
Diplomatic  relations  between  the  two 
governments  were  terminated. 

Genera!  Fianco's  Salary 

♦  For  violating  his  oath  to  stand  by  the 
Spanish  llepuVilic.  and  for  causing  the 
death  of  1,200.0i;tO  of  his  fellow  Span- 
iards, General  Franco,  as  head  of  the 
Spanish  state,  now  receives  a  salary  as 
large  as  that  of  the  president  of  the  Unit- 
ed States,  namely,  $75,000  a  year.  And 
his  traveling  aUowanoe,  instead  of  being 
a  mere  $2.j,000  a  year,  is  seven  times  that 
amount.  Spain  is  indert-ribably  poor,  and 
has  a  population  but  one-sixth  that  of  tlie 
United  Statc.^. 

ITow  any  honest  person  can  stomach 
the  racket' that  holds  this  man  up  as  a 
hero  is  beyond  comprehension. 

Totalitarian  Portugal 

♦  Salazar.  the  Fascist-Catholic  dictator 
of  Portugal,  asserted  that  his  aim  is  to 
make  education  available  only  to  mem- 
ber.s  of  the  ruling  class.  Tliis  is  the  pur- 
pose of  the  "Roman  Catholic  Hierarchy 
wherever  it  gains  fidl  control. 

CONSOLATION 


Protestantism 


Ijcained  Nothing  in  25  Tears 

♦  The  ■■Ri-.vr  J.  Mackay,  St.  George's 
ATettiocliHt  Ctmroli,  Bournpiiionth,  Eiij<- 
land.  makes  it  clear  that  he  learned  noth- 
ing ill  tweiity-fivo  years.  iA  ear  him : 

It  haa  heen  dofinitely  staled  many  times 
during  iho  p;ist  four  morllis  bj  rteognized 
leeders  of  both  ChufL^  and  Statfi  thai  Ihe  war 
upon  whi(?h  wc  arc  now  imhappily  engaged 
is  a  Holy  Wai,  a  war  for  ihe  defense  of  Chris- 
lian  civilization  against  the  rampaiil;  materi- 
alism llint  sepkf  to  doslroy  it. 

This  idra  has  entered  very  deeply  into  the 
minds  of  the  British  people,  and  with  it  there 
has  come  an  equally  deep  detefminalion  Ihat, 
when  the  war  is  over,  a  new  eivilization  aliall 
be  created  in  wliieii  irar  shall  have  uo  pla.ee. 
We  said  that  in  1914,  and  the  memoiy  of  our 
failure  stil  I  humbles  us  -,  but  this  time  we  mean 
to  eaceeed. 

Ifcw  can  a,  divided  Chuieh  create  a  united 
world?  The  tiaewlioii  is  its  ot\ti  answer.  As  it 
is  today  the  CJiriaUan  Church  has  not  even 
the  faintest  hope  of  leading  the  world  to- 
wards  Christia,n  eiviliiiiiLion.  *  Unless  the 
Church  shoii'y  lo  the  world  a  worlyiiig  model 
of  the  unity  it  aslw  the  nations  lo  achieve,  it 
mi!sl.  give  up  il:s  ckim  to  lead  the  civilization 
of  the  future. — In  London  Xtiex  Ckr/mide. 

"Inactivity  of  Religious  People" 

♦  At  CoHingPwotid,  New  Jersey,  the 
Archdeacon  Robert  Gribbon  said  that 
"a  great  deal  of  the  existinff  Iroublc  in 
the  world  is  due  Id  tiie  inactivity  of  reli- 
gious people",  it  must  be  that  he  never 
heai'd  of  that  religioas  man  Pacelli.  and 
the  deed;)  of  infamy  that  liave  been  done 
fey  hiii  cronies^  in  the  Tnited  States;  of 
that  religious  man  Francirjco  Franco  ;  of 
that  otlter  religious  man.  Adolf  Hitler; 
of  the  now  religioni:'  man  of  Italy,  Benito 
Mussohni,  or  of  the  gentleman 'who  was 
trained  for  tiai  priesthood,  and  now  rules 
Eut^sia.  Josef  Stalin.  Mr.  CribboH  siioiild 
read  Coiinolation  or  The  Walc)itov)er 
and  iind  oat  just  how  active,  not  how  in- 
active, the  most  religious  people  in  the 

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world  have  been.  Indeed,  if  he  wants  to 
save  his  life,  hn  had  better  get  the  book 
ReVifiion  and  study  it. 

Idiotic  Performance  of  Religion 

♦  Can  anybody  think  of  anything  more 
idiotic  than  for  police  officers  to  break  a 
hole  through  ice  four  inches  thick  so 
that  two  young  men  can  dive  into  the 
frigid  waters  and  "rescue"  a  golden  cross 
thrown  into  the  water  by  a  Greek  bishop  3 
The  cro.ss,  it  should  be  explained,  was 
tied  to  the  bishop  with  a  white  ribbon,  so 
that  even  if  the  young  men  got  cramps 
and  were  drowned  the  biHhop  would  f^lill 
have  his  cross.  This  idiocy  occurs  an- 
nually, ill  January,  ami  is  a  feature  of 
the  Greek  Catholic  religious  raekct. 

"Baptism"  with  "Holy  Soil" 

♦  fiaptism  is  only  for  siicll  believers  in 
Christ  as  have  already  covenanted  to  do 
God's  will.  lEence  the  baptium  of  children 
is  worse  than  foolish.  But  baptism,  when 
performed  properly,  is  by  immersion  in 
water,  not  sprinl^Iing.  In  'B(!rlin  recently 
a  "pastor"  of  the  so-called  ''German 
Christian  church"  baptized  a  baby  by 
sprinkling  it,  and  tltat  not  with  water, 
hut  with  the  "lioly  soil  of  Germany"! 
Come  to  think  of  it,  this  w-as  quadi-uple 
foolishness,  for  the  eIerg>Tnan  in  ques- 
tion represented  the  Devil. 

Protestant  Missionaries  Must  Leave 

♦  It  is  anticipated  that  all  Protestant 
misgionaries  may  have  to  leave  Japan. 
This  is  fi  natural  result  of  tlie  admitted 
sympathies  of  the  itonian  Catholii.^  Hier- 
archy with  Japanese  ahna  at  the  eon- 
quest  of  China,  and  the  wide  publication 
of  the  same  by  the  -lapancse  Catliolic 
church.  First  to  feel  the  pre.=!snre  are  the 
Salvation  Army  and  the  Protestant  I'jpis- 
copal  ehurtrli.  No  furlher  foreign  supjjort 
of  these  institutions  in  Jajian  will  be  per- 
mitted by  Japanese  authorities. 

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British  Comment 

By  J.  Ilcmcry   {London) 


"The  Greatest  Crusade" 

•  Costly  iulvcrtiseiiiciits  liavt?  appeared 
in  prnviiieiahiewspaperswitli  the  t'olhiw- 
in^'  remjirkaWe  <'aptioiit=:  ■■'riic  (jT'oatt-st 
Crusafle".  and  "Tlie  New  MafinH  Ciirta"; 
in  wliifL  is  said.  ''We,  wlio  are  iiiphiIxts 
f)t'  t!ip  British  Coiiimonwealth.  hold  in  our 
iiandf?  the  fiit\ire  nl  the  world."  There  is 
no  name  attached  to  the  advertif^eiiientj^. 
The  New  Mat^iia  Cartii  is  the  Stiitute  of 
Westminster  of  I'JSl,  wliich  brought  intiv 
existeuoe  the  British  Conmionwealtii  of 
Nations,  and  altered  the  accepted  status 
of  the*  Dominions  to  free  nations  linked 
together  by  loyalty  to  one  king.  The  ad- 
vertisers name  this  statute  a  New  Afa;i;na 
Carta  because  it  ^ives  liberty  to  the  na- 
tions in  the  Cominrmwealtli  as  the  orig- 
inal Mag'iia  Carta  gave  to  the  individual, 
and  wiiicdi  has  preserved  the  rights  of  the 
inciividnal  in  England  from  the  time  of 
King  John. 

The  nstonsible  purport  of  the  adver- 
tisenu'uts  is  to  contrast  the  freedom  of 
the  British  nation  and  its  associate  na- 
tions and  peoples  with  the  declared  pur- 
pose of  the  Nazis,  who,  having  brought 
Germany  under  a  i-ule  well  represented 
by  their'Oe.'^tapo.  have  succeeded  in  sub- 
jecting other  peoples  to  it,  and  are  busily 
engaged  in  extending  their  slavery,  and 
purpose,  if  possible,  to  bring  the  world 
under  the  slavery  of  that  rtde.with  Ger- 
many then  exalted  as  the  cbiel  people 
and  to  be  served  by  all  the  others.  Telling 
that  these  free  nations,  with  the  excep- 
tion of  Eire,  are  of  one  mind  in  the  pur- 
pofifi  of  keeping  Britain  and  themselves 
from  the  bondage  and  degradation  of 
Nazism,  and  believing  in  the  triumph  of 
their  fight  with  the  Nazis,  tliey  reach  out 
to  the  dechiratioii,  "Tlie  British  Com- 
monwealth of  Nations  has  the  honor  to 


hold  in  its  hands  the  future  of  the  world.' 
Appearing  without  any  named  spou- 
!^ii-  the  advertisement  nnglil  be  taken  by 
Zmw  as  if  from  the  Gi'vernnieiit  and  as 
an  incentive  to  patriotism.  Bnt  the  Brit- 
ish Gfivernment  would  not  say  just  so 
much  for  itself:  there  are  too  many  po- 
litical   implications    involved    to    alhiw 
that,  even  if  the  tlurasht  were  Jield.  As 
if  speaking  for  the  (Joverninent,  or  as 
with  an  authority  from  (be  people,  the 
advertisei-s  say  (and  most  \rin  agree), 
■'"We    are    not'   lighting    for    jiower    or 
wealth;  we  are  not  ligliling  merely  for 
ovir  lives;  we  are  not  even  lishting  for 
the  liberation  of  hlurope  from  t!ie  evil 
things.  We  ore  fighting  in  a  crusade  to 
preserve  and  develop  the  greatest 
achievement    in    Tree    co-operation    be- 
tween   nations    that    mankind    ha.<    yet 
seeu."  Very  probably  the  matter  started 
with  and  is  an  endeavor  of  that  very 
patriotie  eom|)anv  of  British  folk  who 
tell  the  world  that  the  British  jK-ople  are 
the  natural  descendants  of  the  ten  tribes 
of  Israel  who  were  deportwi  from  Hie 
land  of  Israel  by  the  Assyrian  wiKiH'n'or, 
carried  captive   across  the  Euphrates, 
and  were  scattered  abroa<l  in  his  widely 
extended  empii'e.  They  also  de*-larc-  that 
descendants  of  the  other  two  tribes  are 
interniingled  with  the  Britii^li  nations, 
and.  what  is  tlie  more  serious  error,  Ihat 
the  British  nations,  and  tln-ir  hloo*!  rela- 
tives in  other  land.s  are  the  natural  and 
inevitable  inheritors  of  ]>rumises  made 
liv  Jehovah  to  Kis  thon  covenanted  peo- 
ple Israel.  The  high  points  of  the  ex- 
tension of  what  is  faniiliarty  known  as 
the  British  Empire  am  made  much  use 
of  as  if  they  were  proofs  of  the  fullill- 
ment  bv  God  of  His  ancient  promises  to 
1-Iis    people,    despite    the    questionable 
manner  by  which  much  of  that  extension 
has  been  gakted.  Thoir  stat'.-mi-nts  have 
been  niet^  again  an<l  asain   hoth  from 
factual  argument  and  from  the  Scrip- 
tures, whicli  they  claim  to  exalt.  But,  like 
the  religionists  of  the  great  crecdal  sys- 
tems, they  I'ick  out  for  ii.^e  just  such  pas- 
sages as  they  believe  are  of  t-ervice  to 

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spirit,  'riie  present  threat  oL'  tiie  Niizi  and 
allied  powers  must  suri'ly  give  tlititi 
reason  for  qnestionino;,  except  that  th(>y 
nuiMt  believe  that  no  hurt  can  come  to  thi^ 
British  Coiuiiiomvealtli.  One  of  their 
stroiifT  poiiitt^  is  that  Britain  lias  had 
fnltilled  to  it  tlie  prf)ti]isr^  made  to  Abra- 
ham, "Tliy  seed  shall  possess  the  s^tc 
of  liie  piieffiies'"  (Genesis  22:17).  and 
that  the  Kfitcs  oi'  tlio  Mediterranean. 
Gib?'ii!tfir  and  AFaHa,  of  the  Red  j^eii  at 
Aden,  oi'  the  Far  Ea-steni  sea  at  Singa- 
pore, arc  proofs  sutSificiit.  The  prtfifeiit 
war  brings  SJ'»^'e  threats  to  the  tKJhling 
of  eaeh  of  tiiesp  j_'afes.  and  no  man  i-aii 
yet  say  what  is  to  be  the  rp-<ult  of  tlie 
aggression  liy  \v!iifh  tliey  arc  threatened. 
Comment  on  tliis  ailvertisement,  whieh 
carries  no  Scripture  support,  is  that  t!ie 
British  C'orariionweallli  of  Xatioas  ha? 
no  Uivine  mEuidatc  to  consider  that  it 
"has  the  iionor  to  hold  in  its  hands  the 
futurf  of  tin'  worifl".  Tliosp  whose  eyes 
are  opened  to  the  trnth  of  the  Hcriptiires 
concei'Jiini;'  tlie  kiiitldotn  wliich  is  soon  to 
rule  thp  world;  whose  pyps  are  tio  !oii2:er 
blinded  by  the  interested  self-exaltcti  in- 
terpreterfi  of  the  Biblf,  who  say  that  the 
only  kbigdom  of  God  which  will  be  in 
Operation  until  .''ome  vory  distant  fntnre 
day  will  be  when  they  have  completed 
their  work  of  convertini:  tlie  world  to 
their  ideas.  knoM'  that  the  time  is  come 
when  the  great  Theocrat,  Jehovah,  tlie 
(i-od  of  the  Wcriptnres,  will  fiiHill  His  de- 
(dared  purposi;  and  eslahUsli  Hit,  king- 
dom under  the  rnle  of  His  Son. 

Seen  in  its  best  lift-ht,  the  extension  of 
British  rulo  thronfjhoiit  the  oarth  "ill  be 
^■enerally  admitted  as  ha^inj;  done  much 
to  enlighten  the  world  in  the  principles 
oF  freedom  and  justice  for  the  peoples; 
and  doubtle.^s  the;  fact  that  for  the  great- 
er part  oI  the  past  century  Britain's  rule 
of  the  seas,  policing  them,  and  k-eeping 
them  free  from  marauders,  was  of  great 
advantage  to  the  great  democracy  of  the 
Western  world,  aliowing  it  to  develop 
its  resources  and  to  increase  so  as  to  be- 
come a  mighty   force  in  the  earth. 

DECEMBER  2n,   1!l4a 


Out  of  that  land  of  freedom,  mnrafP 
moled  by  the  religions  orthodoxy  wliich 
held  rule  in  BritaiTi,  there  came,  under 
the  ruling  of  the  Most  High,  a  people 
prepared  to  listen  to  the  truth  concern- 
ing the  coming  of  His  kingdom,  then  due 
to  be  made  known,  ami  whicti  message 
has  been  clarified  by  that  same  ruling 
providence  imtil  now  there  is  ttie  certain 
declaration  of  the  near  full  establish- 
ment of  that  kiiigfhim,  the  great  Theo- 
cratic rule,  so  long  ago  foretold  l}y  Him 
through  His  servants  the  prophets,  and 
confirmed  by  .Tesus  Christ. 

Seen  in  a  less  favorahle  light  tho  rule 
of  Britain  over  some  of  tlie  da  I'ker  places 
of  the  earth  reveals  anything  hut  that 
riglitcousness  which  marks  the  kingdom 
of  Ciod,  or  of  a  people  sjtecially  chosen 
by  Him  to  manifest  the  rule,  of  HiH  right- 
eonsness  and  that  glorious  thne  wliich 
will  he  enjoyed  when  His  kingdom  and 
its  righteousness  is  fully  come.  Xor  is 
there  evidence,  despite  all  that  the  chiefs 
of  religion  and  their  servants  say,  that 
the  institutions  of  Britain  and  its  poli- 
cies will  be  different  in  principle  from 
the  past  when  the  expected  victory  over 
the  pretfent  abominations  of  totalitarian 
ride  has  been  gained.  The  Lord  said, 
quoting  the  prophecy  by  Isaiah  eoncern- 
ing  Himself,  "'In  his  name  shall  the  na- 
tions hope."  There  i.s  a  fond  hope  hold 
by  some-— to  use  a  current  word,  much 
"wi.'ihful  tliinking" — that  some  day,  and 
perhaps  soon,  the  world  will  see  Britain 
turn  as  a  nation  to  the  worship  of  Clod, 
and  hy  that  they  mean  become  "reli- 
gio^ls'^  which  is  the  very  thing  that  has 
deceived  tliera  and  kept  them  from  tlie 
teaching  of  Je.sus,  and  true  Chriatianity. 

The  "Battle  of  London" 

•  The  German  bombers  keep  up  their 
"Battle  oF  I^ondon",  deadly  unanswer- 
able attacks  by  night,  and  the  more  read- 
ily met  "honib  and  run"'  attacks  by  day. 
The  havoc  increases,  and  London  must 
wait  for  its  reorganization.  Undoubtedly 
much  of  the  destruction  of  the  homes  of 
the  people  in  some  parts  of  the  London 

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area  is  not.  altogether  in  itself  a  matter 
of  regret,  for  London  has  just  grown, 
and  at  the  expense  of  the  needs  of  thi; 
workers.  Some  of  the  poor  from  the  Rast 
End  havo  been  housed  in  the  vacant  or 
vai^ated  great  houses  in  the  Wost  End; 
but  the  people  !iro  nnt  happy  there  :  they 
have  no  small  shops  to  which  to  run,  to 
wpend  their  small  monies,  and  they  miss 
theii'  ordinary  manner  of  life,  and  their 
houses,  however  poor,  moant  home  in  a 
way  that  a  house  cannot  do.  But  the  life 
of  the  great  citj^  goes  oii,  if  under  limita- 
tion and  difficulty  and  the  ever-present 
sense  of  danger.  There  is  a  rising  caU  for 
the  (jovernment  to  give  the  cities  of  Ger- 
many sometliing  of  that  which  London  is 
getting.  Tin;  churchmen  generally  raise 
their  voices  against  reprisals,  as  they 
must  do  unless  tiiey  call  fur  a  moratori- 
um on  theii'  interpretation  of  tlie  "Ser- 
mon on  the  Mount".  But  when  one  sees 
the  wicked  havoc  of  destruction  and 
death,  sees  his  neighbors  going  about 
their  daily  life,  and  then  dug  out  of  a 
mass  of  deljris  and  rubble,  dead  or 
maimed,  the  matter  of  making  the  enemy 
which  caused  the  disaster  feel  something 
of  what  he  is  responsible  for  does  not 
seem  a  very  hard  question.  And  the  Lord 
never  meant  that  either  demon-inspired 
enemies  or  tlie  Devil  should  be  loved. 

Costs  of  Living 

•  It  was  inevitable  that  the  cost  of  food- 
stuffs, of  clothing,  of  household  goods, 
wonhl  increase.  To  keep  prices  from 
soaring  to  ruinous  heights  tlic  Govern- 
ment eai'ly  began  some  control,  and  set 
maximum  prices  beyond  which  the  re- 
tailer luiglit  not  go ;  also  it  fixed  some  of 
the  wholesale  rates.  This  applied  mainly 
in  the  commoner  articles  of  food,  and, 
on  the  whole,  the  move  has  worked  well, 
and  to  the  advantage  of  the  majority. 
But  iu  many  items  the  rule  oL'  supply  and 
demand  has  taken  its  usual  course,  and 
money  does  not  purchase  at  the  barter 
value  it  had  before  the  war.  Tomatoes 
have  been  selling  as  higli  as  one  shilling 
and  four  pence  a  pound,  and  the  price  of 

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onions  rose  from  the  usual  one  penny  or 
one  and  a  half  pence  a  pound  to  ten 
pence,  and  tliey  had  to  be  sought  for 
here  and  there.  The  onion  rate  is  now 
controlled  and  the  price  ram])  is  stopped, 
though  the  supply  is  very  short.  Corned 
beef  formerly  selling  at  about  6  pence 
a  pomid  now  costs  more  than  tmce  that 
figure.  Potatoes  are  priced  by  the  Fimd 
ilinistry  and  at  such  a  rate  a.s  to  give 
the  farmer  a  fair  share  of  the  increase. 
Tie  is  not  allowed  to  sell  beiow  a  fixed 
l>ri('e,  nor  is  the  merchant  allowed  to  buy 
below  it.  I'robably  the  (.'abinet  will  de- 
cide to  undertako  the  control  of  all  food- 
stuffs, adding  to  its  tremendous  tasks. 
The  new  purchase  tax  now  coming  into 
operation  ivill  increase  the  cost  of  cloth- 
ing, of  lumsehold  goods,  and  of  the  in- 
numerable items  which  go  lo  make  up  the 
needs  and  luxuries  of  life.  Railway 
charges  both  for  passenger  traffic  and 
for  freights  are  being  increased.  The 
pnri'hase  tax  as  it  is  in  the  first  instance 
obtained  from  the  whoh'sale  merchants 
goes  directly  into  the  Government's  cof- 
fers ;  the  other  increases  are  those  which 
go  to  swell  the  7n'nfits — or  make  np  the 
losses — of  the  Jiierehants  and  retailers. 

Food  for  the  People 

•  The  Government  through  its  reiiresent- 
atives,  and  particularly  by  the  Minister 
of  Food,  assures  the  people  that  there 
will  ])i-  no  shortage  of  necessary  foods  in 
the  {■oming  winter  season.  The  potato 
crop  is,  on  the  whole,  excellent  and  abun- 
dant, and  Canad;",  say.s  lis  Minister  of 
Agriculture.  c;ui  supply  (4reat  Britain 
with  wheat  for  three  years  out  of  stocks 
in  hanil.  Also  the  Ciniadian  minister  said 
Britain  can  he  supplied  with  bacon  and 
many  other  coumioflities.  The  bit  of  news 
about  bacon  will  be  good  reading  to 
many :  for  the  .sujiply  has  not  been  plenti- 
ful of  late,  and  the  aroma  and  taste  a:id 
food  sustenance  of  bacon  are  very  wel- 
come to  quite  a  few  Britisher.?. 

A  great  deal  was  said  a  little  while  ago 
about  the  addition  of  a  synthetic  \'itamiu 
Bi  to  ordinary  milled  white  llour^and 

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bBi  of  the  inhabitants  of  this  land  pro- 
I'er  wliite  lirefid  to  the  wholemeah  But 
Burnt;  experts  have  bctu  ttying^  tlie  mix- 
ture ou  rats,  aud  it  is  said  Ihnl  '"rals  fed 
on  whole-wheat  Oonr  siii'iEid  tmr?e  as 
iTiTicli  weig'ht  as  lliose  I'ed  on  the  foTtified 
white  flour".  Now  the  experts  think  it 
must  lie  anuUier  vilamiu  whieh  is  lack- 
ing', and  "hundreds  of  thousands  of 
pounds  liavc  been  .spent  already  on  Imild- 
ina'  factories  to  manoi'aciture  aneuvin 
( Lhe  synLht'tic  vituinin)  iu  tons".  The  inil- 
Ipi'S  and  the  hakora  do  not  want  to  ehimge 
from  wlnt(.>  to  wholemeal  bi'ead  :  the  mil- 
lers hecaiiHe  (bo  offals  extracted  from  the 
grain  when  wliite  flour  is  nulled  and  sold 
tor  fodder  provide  them  with  a  most 
pcoPitable  market,  and  the  bakers  he- 
cauBe  wholemeal  bread  baking  requires 
a  diffei-ent  teehnique  and  would,  mean 
diauffini;'  plant?, 

The  Sheltei-  Health  Problem 

•  The  following  excerpt,  from  the  News 
Chrunlde  of  November  o,  is  of  interest: 
Two  sets  of  rncdical  records — reports  on 
the  wai-'s  eiTdct  on  eliiliSrcn  and  adults  in  coun- 
try and  to^ni— are  being  compiled   To)'  Wr- 


Miilcolm  MfieDoiiald,  Minister  of  .Health. 

The  first,  beo'uri  over  a  yeai'  ago  in  the  litlle 
towns  iind  villnfjt's  ot  tlio  Knglish  connti^'- 
side,  is  a.  I'ecurd  of  pvogri?ss. 

It  tells  how  London's  slum  i*Mldren,  dis- 
covering a  new  and  hi'ighlei'  woitd  of  fields, 
trees  and  farmyards,  i^ot  color  into  tlanr  pale 
cheeks,  hecanie  brisht,  alert  and  eagei',  put  oa 
weight  and  gained  height. 

The  sunond— -a  more  depress! njr  document 
— doalw  with  the  adults  and  the  children  hft 
behind  in  London  to  sleep  eveiy  ni^ht  in  the 
Uiidcr^'roitia!  or  huddle  ii5l.o  Andersion  and, 
hriek  shellerH.  .  .  . 

"Lncik  of  sleep,  abaence  of  fresh  air,  ivreg- 
ular  meals  and  bad  sanitation  ini'ect  the  mind 
as  snrely  as  they  attaek  thtt  Ijody/"'  waid  one 
medical  authority  to  the  News  'ChronkU 
yeKtardsy.  .  ,  . 

''A  quick  remedy  fnr  Ihiit  is  to  scad  Ihcm 
out  of  London  immediately.  But  the  adalts 
must  I'emsin  behind  to  carry  on  normal  serv- 
iees  and  niiiiniaiii  our  fa.eLOi'v  output. 

■"'All-roll lid  improvement  in  shcfcr  ameni- 
ties ivUl  be  a  great  step  towards  solving  the 
prnhlcra,  but  the  work  must  he  pat  in  hand 
with  all  8p<*ed  if  tliu  present  downward  trend 
is  to  be  arrested." 


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