CHURCH AND STATE IN GERMANY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2120, 11 April 1914, Page 9

CHURCH AND STATE IN GERMANY

' THE CENTRE fABTy. t Tho German Centre party, which" lias pxst achieved a gteat electoral victory agaest Socialism at Cologne, has daring the prcseiii- month constituted an Imperial Oomait-tee. 'Ite iaew de.partui-o is of the;greatest- tmportanee, for it sets the crown on iho .political organisation ot German Catholics, ■ Tho neto committee will be' tho highest authority ih the party. Its purpose is io mama tho cohesion of the various. groups of the Centre. Herr Spain lifts bttf.ii .appointed president. The committee imjnediaiely issued a. ffla.niiesto.,ia whioh it was declared thai tho Centre party would continue to conducted in the spirit .of ■the nien who founded it. "Our part? Stands," proceeds the document, "as its foundation bears .witness and as its history shows, m. the ptatform of the Con* : ■ stttation, _ That is the esptaiat'jon of ■ its patTiotie and national, its tosnar--1 oliical and federal character.' We work for tho safety of the iSathol-ie Church; we demand equal treatment for , all citi- ■ sreiis in. n'ceordanee with the Oons/titn'.tfeti; we defend the religious pfiiiciples which lie at. the base of the State ajid of- seeic-ty.". It is next pointed., out that it is 'to .iioii-G§.tfio'fifts'j'in ••tM pkr% that-'COKtri- : : bates. -ix> the maiu-tenaiice of poseo be- ■ tweeu' , the different . religions■■ and .&>'■ ■pregress- in.the.generartrelfai-e, .."The. pentae.," it is declifedi *'is. esseittialty ' :a\pcilitical'ajid-;;3mfe a'deiiomihattonitl; Jjarty. ~ . . A;ll the incmbers of : the party ought to bo thorcughly eoii' vinced that in presence of tho eveivin-: 'ereasiitg poffer «f .anti-patriotie i Jlttti-.religioiis .Socialisin, the Christian national Labour movement if-itl Only stic-') ceed by the repudiation of all that, threatens its iinifcv and normal developnient. Suspjoion has .pveu been thijqwJi c-n tho TcligioH-s ceu-vietibn. of some of tho most respected members of tho Centre. Wβ indignantly repel 6ueh charges as . devoid of fo*anda,tiQn.

. -, . Those who hav© ; spread siich accusations liara Jut themselves outside tho party; they arft- to bo regarded and, treated aseuemica."- i lj!Oiifloa "Jabkt," THE BREVIARY. " . NEW AND FINAL EDITION. ■ . • tit a fen , weeks (certainly before -Easter) the various Pontifical .publishers will announce, tliafe they aro ready with the new. and final edition of tho re-, formed j3revJa,ry, and priests in . all pai-ts of tlio Tj-.orld.will view; tho anjKmftcenfenfc with a certain degfeo of ■shyness. However, tkoy may. , be- to* assured, I'he reform of tbo Brfiviary was a task more delicate and difficult than the instruments ehoseii -by the Soly Fatlwr at first realised)' ,iud. ijuuiomus changes have' had to k> Added io tho original plan. Bat overythiiig i ; s noir coaiplcto; it is, mdeedj Hot unlikely that the Sacred Congregation of ftites trill raako an official stateiflent to tliat effect.' As. for tho ptiesia iit]bq lißi*o p,uiv ehased tlio ~r €t'eriired'Br6¥feries" s issued during tho last t\yx> yoara, they will ! u;ird them 'to lie 'stiU qilito ! eervieoablD. Sinniltaiicoaslf wltli t»e Breviaries wffi! bb published the Jjeformcd Missal, nUd ■ hero two-priests may; rest assured that tho new editioiis will not bo rendered more or less Antiquated in S. sliorttime :by furthor "Tablet."

(_ Miss Amy. Sber\riu <Mrs,. Hugo G,pr. Ktz), oiico inwod in tliese parts.as "'ffio , TasfiHiaian has n. kleijtcd 1 daughlei'—Miss- Jeaniietto . Sherwiii—> whose forto; runs to oJeetttiou ■ fftilrer than, to music, though eh© is tatotfed in tho latter, direction nkq. She recited at a recent )nipils ! concert held ill the Steimvej;- Hall, London, .and, of her \vofk. the critic oft-lus oisurier ,1 said:—"Some recitations by jeattnt'tte ghcnviii) for "vvljich Lism Lchmttn-n has writton an attractive ftusiqal a(<eompaniment, \v«>ft> greatly enjoyed by the audience'. Miss ; Slwsrycin is gifted lyitJ? jiiw-kcd histrionic pbility jind A de* Kghthilly niodulatfid voke, Sho W»s recalled niaiiy times and gavo a liftmber of eiware numbers,"

■ -Many to Wdliugtoii will tegrefc to learn that both Miss frorothy Brunton and her uiolliai' 'hjivo been rattier se> iously ill at Perth. Mis-s Mrmutftii went west as a member cf the NdW . Comic Opera Company-** very pomila.r and talented member'' bo it said—and., as usual, whs aceowmauied by her mother, 'iihey weathered tte long jotiriioy splendidly, bat, in Perth, became seriously indisposed. Miss Ifomiton end _ her mother intend to leavo on a visit to America at tho ciid of the year.

Jti-.s Arundile who wib in Wcl i v itli tho nm\ Comic Open Gou'jnm hsi jea', is appearing m Loii'lon ni tht nrw nius ral comedy, ' lho Joj-Pido Lt.]v "

"WO«TE POUNDS," SVTS WANQAMTI WO VAN. "Vomlr everj bummer I liavp on attack ol chtoiUn," taye Mrs V J Vitmll, Dublin MiWt, Wonptnui, NZ "Ixist sum-m-1 I was so bod mill it Uittt I bad Iα ( ihsuU i doj'or, and not getting any reJkl irans his presojintion, decided 'o'gno Chawbeilain'e Celic and Diarrhoea U<inio<l a trial Tho result was aniarmg, I felt- mj iicual f-"\( attpr fhieo dopoe Cliimborlams Colic and Diairhoen Ram ed is a wonderful medtcino, and I would not ho Nitnout i< hott e in tW house now U li -"-Adrtj