BISHOP’S PROTEST

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 421, 30 April 1937, Page 7

BISHOP’S PROTEST

DALMATIA’S “RIVIERA" Alleged Immora'ity Vienna, April 10. A new drive to rescue the Dalma. lan “Riviera” coast resorts from al leged immoral! y has been lauiy:he< oy the Catholic bishops of Yugoslav." Aft r a ten day conference of U bishops from western and northern Yugoslavia a manifes o rFas issued it which the effect of the manners ant morals of visi.ing foreign tourists 01 I he simple Dalm.'iian peasantry is re I ferred to in strong terms. I Last spring a similar appeal fol "public decency” was issued by nine I bishops, attacking nudism and “ba fling cosutnes which conceal nohing’ i alleges to he worn by the mixed bath- | ts of .he Adria-'ic. j Bishop Srebrenich of F.ib-enrk is 'the leader of the bishops who are waging war on what 'they call “the spirit of i roode’.'n paganism which summ r vlsi ' tors bring with them every year io ur Dalma ian coast.” The bishop says: “This sp rit is j completely conlnary to the na'ural 1 morality of the natives bo*ween whom md such d. cadence there is a moral abyss. “It is. an ou rage tha* there are not separate cabins a-t many resodts fo>’ women and men . . i list and animal pleasures are the main occupation of th se visitors, whose Hou ing 1 < hris_ tian principles is condemned by the peasants. It is opposed to Ch’-istiijn morali'ty that men and women should bathe and sun-bathe together “It is a shameful sign of the tim s ■ that women are seen wearing -trousers | wftile the upper part of their bodies : 1.-, bcrely covered, and thus walk freei iy aboir. the streets in our dioceses.” ! Bishop Srebrenich h::s become a j public figure since he publicly upi braided two young worn n on the pier I at Bashka in his diocese for wearing .brvthMng cQfeJ.umes. i American and British tourists who are coming in increasing numbers to the Dalma ian coast are presumably partly responsible for some of the bishop’s s 'Pictures.