. 'ttTlfflmitr PUBLIC EDgm-PHraAPELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 103J& v ' "' .111 ,. , , .1 , ., , , , , , , fcl . , , , I or -r IL h I' ft Ih , SQUARE THE PROVOKERS," CRIES MERCIER "You Have Not Captured Our Hearts, Nor Will You Ever Do So," Cardinal Informs Baron von der Lancken in Interview at Malines x Explanatory Comment rpHE SECOND o Uto Cardinal's thirteen pastoral letters was read in the churches of his diocese ut a time when Uio German authorities wero not in the best of humor. Reports of the Allies' long-awaited offensive on tho'west ern front, Iho first largescalo operation of tho kind sinco tho battle of the Marne, were coming in. The conflict had reached its height on September 25, 1915. On tho next day, a Sunday, the pastoral was read. Throughout the entire history of th.o occupation of Belgium it is significant that the chains of despotism were always tightened at moments of crisis for tho German cause. Perhaps if tho authorities had fully realized tho peril of tho Kaiser's army they would not havo let off the Cardinal ns easily as they did. It is now fairly well established that the Allies barely missed scoring a decisive victory in that September engagement. Politicians at home wcro intimidated by tho cost of tho movement if continued, and, ns in the later days of Nlvellc, orders to proceed with it no. further wcro given. As it was, many German front line trenches wero captured and 20,000 unwounded prisoners. That Cardinal Mercier could specifically forecast such assumption, which not even Von Bissing himself could actunlly havo believed. But his spirits were dashed by defeat and thero was tho hope, so often entertained, so seldom realized, that ho could worst the primate by u show of power. As usual, tho Governor General began with a weak case. The September letter-was much briefer than the Christmas pastoral and consisted largely of scriptural quotations' and references. "The truth," declares one passage, "triumphs, the right of God supports it, Satuu and tho evil spirits, which ho has won lo his wide are expelled from heaven, and according to the Apocalypse, there is heard reverberating in eternity, the song of tlio conquerors 'Now salvation has come, and tho power and the reign of our God, and tho authority of bin Christ-' because tho accuser of our brothers has becn hurled into tho abyss . . . tho blood of the Lamb has triumphed over him.' " When Von der Iancken came to protest against these words ho wasplaced in the position almost of con fessing that tho German power was Satanic not an encouraging beginning for a duel witli the primate of Belgium! Cardinal M s c ercier s Ptory Including his correspondence with the German authorities in Belgium during the war, 1914 to 1918, edited by Professor Fernand Mayenco of Louvain University and translated by the Bene dictine Monks of St. ' Augustine', Ramsgato, England CHAPTER XV The Governor General Authorizes the Corpus Chrisri Procession , Govcrnof.Gencralof Belgium, Brussels. May 18th, 1015. 'TO His Eminence Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of Malines. I havo the honor to inform your Eminence that Ihave given instructions to all the governors, mili tary and civil, who arc under my orders, to permit Ihis'year, on request, the customary processions of Corpus Christi. But I trust these processions will preserve their strictly religious character and that no advantage will be taken of them to make them serve fixiliticdl ends. Onl) rbligiou3 hymns and banners will Jbe permitted; national anthems (the Brabanconne, etc.) and national flags are forbidden. If it is "usual for bands to take part in the procession, they are for bidden to play tho national anthem and must confine themselves to playing an accompaniment to the re ligious chants. It is forbidden to fire off guns or maroons. I trust that your Eminence's good sense and in fluence will succeed in hindering any abuse of the liberty which I willingly grant in consideration of -the interests of religion. The Governor Genoral. BARON VON BISSING, Major General. (Signed) CHAPTER -XVI Von Bissing Refuses to Allow Belgian Counsel to Defend Fathers dc Bruyne and Boone, S. J., Arraigned Before the Military Tribunal of Antwerp TpATHERS doiBruyne and Boone, S. J., wero arrested A on Juno 12, 1915, on tho charge of having helped young men desirous of joining the Belgian army to cross tho frontier. -After having been kept in tho most rigorous solitary confinement for more than five weeks, they wero to appear on July 27th before a court-martial to bo held at Antwerp. Tho barristers, M. Franck and M. Vacs, had offered to defend tho accused. Tho mili tary court .rejectedthis proffered legal assistance and claimed tho right to nominate its own official counsel. Tho Cardinal, having learned these facts, intervened for tho recognition of tho rights claimed by tho defendants. Tho Govcpior General agreed to defer the matter for further inquiry, but absolutely refused to grant tho de KELLY'S 12 n. 9th GAS' Open Day & Night Oysters in Every Style We Have an Cxrllent Txwal and National Repntnilon . UUflD FOR CATALOGUE L. D. Berger Co., 59 N. 2d SL Sell, Market SH Keystone," Main ---TYPEWRITER, RUBBER KEYS Mrnkt your typewriter and adding mechlnt wvrk mort iffielent. 3AVU EYES PHOTtCT FINCLHS SENT ON APPROVAL MUNSON SUPPLY CO. 1 "" Wal 7T44 K-mI Ft TV nMr. I RALPH BINDER 15 Real Estate Trust Building iS. H. Cor. Broaor and Chestnut - EXCLUSIVE vims AT LOWER COST Immediate Delivery of the Popular Model 11 ICTROLA $130 CHAS. E. ROBERTSON Open Kvrnlnji. 38S1 Lancaster Are. 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Sir Fathers do Bruyne and Boone have to ap pear before- the Government "Gericht" at Antwerp on Tuesday, July 27th. . If Iom nt mistaken, tho ninth paragra... of the Kaiserliche Verordnung ueber das ausserordentliche Kriegsgercchtliche Verfaliren gegen Auslaender" rec ognizes the right of the nccused to be defended before courts-martial. The court-martial at Antwerp lofuscs the offer niado by the two barristers, M. Franck and M. Vac, to defend the. prisoners, whom ti0 accused themselves had chosen, and claims tho exclusive rights of naming nn official pleadpr for tbp defense. The barristers likewise claim tho right to ex amine collaterally with tho official counsel the charges which havo been made against tho accused and the right of providing their clients with the -means of defense. This demand has just been formally re- " jeeted. " . It is clear then, sir, that the rights of defense guaranteed by tho law of the Empire arc not recog nized here. As the interests of priests belonging to my dio cese arc at stake, I, deem it my duty to report this unfortunate incident to your Excellency and beg you to give an urgent order for the postponement of the suit that it may bo possible for the defendants to pre pare their defensein co-operation with counsel of their own choice. Please accept, sir, tho expression of my, sincere esteem. . (Signed) D. J. CARDINAL MERCIER, Archbishop of Malines. Note Imperial ordinance definiuc tLc rxtrnordi nary measures to be tnUcn in time of war against for- Belgian Lawyers Barred The Governor General of Belgium, Brussels. Sect. Ib.t No. 6053. August 3rd, 1013. To His Eminence Cardinal Merrier,. ArchbicJiou of Malines. In answer to your Eminence's esteemed letter of July 26th, I have the honor to inform you that im mediately after receiving it I gave orders to defer to a later date the depositions of the trial set on foot against the priests de Bruyne and Boone. 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Regulation ', 77ic refusal to allow the priests dc Hruync and Boone Belgian advocates in tliv trial of the charge of high treason brought against I hem is justified; it is quite lawful to forbid all intercourse between the ad vocates chosen by the accused and Ihr official advo cate assigned. The right of defens; which, according lo the ninth paragraph of the imperial decree of December 28th, ISP!), belongs to foreign enrmies, must be lim ited by the exigencies of war; tlusc do not permit strangers to be put in possession of the evidence in charge of high treason, and this could not be avoided if they uxrc permitted to act as advocates for the de fense in trials of this nulure. In consequence, Cardinal Mercier' a objection of July 23th, 1015, must be considered us unfounded and must be rejected. The Governor General. (Signed) IIA RON VON BISSING, Major General. CHAPTER XVII. lntenicw Between Cardinal Mcreier and Baron von der Lancken Regarding the Pas toral Letter, '"A Call to Prayer"' QN SUNDAY, September 2(5, 1015, tho clergy in all the churches of the diocc-c read another pastoral letter of his Eminence entitled "A Call to Prayer." Therein the Cardinal lavished on his flock once more words of encouragement nnd counsel. "Our trials," he says, "are protracted; do not yield, I beg, to weariness; let us not cease to pray and do good; the sower must Halt for the harvest; in its own good time it will come and will not fail us." After showing that the conflict between good and evil dates from the beginning of the world and that the combat of Lucifer and the holy angels is being re newed unceasingly during tho ages, the Cardinal rec ommends the people of bis diocese to take advantage of the Feast of St. Michael, September 29th, and the first days of the rosary month, to redouble the ardor of their prayers for the early deliverance of their Belgian fatherland. He asks them to recite for the future with attention the prayer which is said after muss: "And thou, Prince of the Heavenly Host, we beg thee, cast down into hell Satan and the other wicked .spirits who wander through the world for the ruin of sou!s." The letter concluded with an invitation to communi cate once at least in the interval between September 29th and Friday, October 1st, or on Sunday, October 3rd, and while they invoked the Sacred Heart and our Blessed Lady, lo place the combatants under the shiold of St. Michael. 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As soon as they were sealed the Huron, after informing the Cardinal that the document he was about lo read had been drawn up by himself at the instance oT his Excellency on Bissing and hud uflcr vwd been approved by him, began the reading of four oi five foolscap pages. The leading being ended, the Cardinal asked if he might have the document. The answer was in the negative: "No, I have my instruc tions not to give up the manuscript." "In that case, it will not be possible for mo to reply as adequately as I could wish to each of the complaints tabulated in tho Governor General's dis patch." Von Bcr Lancken Sarcastic "Oh, my mission is not lo discuss, but to com municate to your Eminence the Governor General's views." "Still, it is needful Unit I should thoroughly under stand his views. In a word, I presume tho Governor General wishes to know whether or not I embrace his way of regarding things." "Probably." "I believe I can recapitulate as follows, Baron, the communication which you hac just lead to me: 1. Your pastoial, "Cull lo Prayer," which was lead in all the chinches, accompanied t times by commentaries which emphasize slill more its trend, is an incitement of a political nature: it is bound to produce among the musses a political ferment, and, in fact, we havo noted in more than one place, fore signs of a seditious outbreak. 8 2. Your Eminence's attitude is so much the less justifiable in that you have given the Governor General reason to hope that in tho general interests of tho country you would co-operate with him in pacifying the people and also in that you are well acquainted with tho 'benevolent dispositions enter tained by his Excellency Baron von Bissing. 3. This attitude is with difficulty reconciled with your Eminence's frequent appeals to the Governor General for the gi anting of favors to your fellow icuntrymen. 4. Lastly, the fact that your Eminence's letter, which was contemporaneous with the German troops' temporary setback of some kilometers on the lino of battle, is so striking that it is not susceptible of ex planation save as the outcome of a preconcerted understanding of the Primate of Belgium with the allied armies: and this serves to prove up to the hilt tin- political character of the pastoral letter. "To these four complaints, which I believe epitomize jour communication, I desire to make at once a com prehensive reply." Cardinal Awes the Baron The Baron's silence confirmed the Cardinal in think ing that his recapitulation was accurate. "1. You say, Sir Baion, that my letter is seditious; that it inflames the people against tho occupying author ity, and that you perceive already hcic and there tiaces of popular excitement. ' "This is the third lime thai ou have ventured to address me in language such as this. The first time was last Junuary, when my letter on 'Patriotism jind En durance' appeared; the second time in June, when, de prived of my motorcar, I was compelled to walk on foot to Vilvordc in oider to reach Brussels, and this is now the third timo that you renew tuch language. "Has experience, then, not opened your eyes? mrms, e i:ry vsWl Fgsci.Efi&rBucsae' ESTABLISHED 25 YEARS ta0N T n vu "S7a 'jClrJt feslfS i SKW XSrWftVM :Sscav.r,a oraft zzz I Bank RafcKcznccs $$ . --'.. Hli' .. .. "" n ZiGHozfjtiuilding m But Prices loaJHSM WHILE they arc as.kinj; all kinds of Prices for c cry thing else, KlutYcru are nearly normal. Send her FLOWERS this Christmas BasUets Uoses Hunches 5.00 to $50.00 CHARLES HENRY FOXN 221 South Broad St. IOE MSK er r i,i vi-W vt4S)l fSBaKfaRsjl eRiSka. . Bl Im. fym LIONEL ELECTRIC TOY TRAINS U Bring tho boy St. Frank 7Ef Hue JtAKU OUtt "Despite your pessimistic anticipations, has not thf country continued calm? Is there a winglo Belgian during tho year that you have been treading our soil under circumstances known to you; is there, I say, a single Belgian that has touched a hair of a singlo Ger man head? Has a shot been tired at any of your men?" "No; bccaiibc we hold a firm hand and. keep a sharp lookout." "Not at all, air; it is not because you hold a firm hand andkecp a sharp lookout. You would certainly admit that if political passions, as you affirm, wcro inflamed against you, there would bo found here and there behind a wall or from tho socurity'of an upper story u hand armed with a revolver to fire on you. And among the thousands of our men who risk their lives endeavoring to join our army some few would be found perchanco to do you an evil turn in the dark. You, on the contrary, havo used every expedient to provoke a rising of the people, but the obstinate calmness of our men has thwarted you." "So it is wo who have provoked you? We arc tho provokers ? " "You Are the Provokers" "Yes, sir; jou are the provokers; and I will im mediately furnish the proof. "At the lime my lirbt pastoral was published, what did you do 7 You sent soldiers in the morning and tvght on bicycles and motorcycles and also in noisy motorcars through all the peaceful villages of Campinc and Wullon district; you suddenly uwakened out of their sleep the clergy, sacristans, servants in presby teries, wilh threats on your lips and sometimes with a revolver in jour hand; you made them open the churches and sacristies, the drawers of desks, in tho hope of laying hands on my pastoral and Ibis fine game lasted several days, and while in his letter of January 3rd tho Governor General foretold, jusl as you do today, a rising of the people, the. people lcmuincd culm in obedi ence lo the counsels of long-suffering pleached by us. Then as now, today, the Belgian people continued sub missive, not because of jou, but in spile of jou. "And when I went to Brussels lo sing a mass at St. Gudulc, do you not recollect how you treated me? "In imagination, I can slill bee the rough fellow, who barred my way on the canal bridge at the city; gate insolently demanding m' identity papers." "Oh! all our soldiers have not been brought up in diawing-rooms." "Nor ours cither. Accordingly, it is not on this intentional insult that I wish to base my contention. If I have recalled this fact, it is to emphasize another, namely, that when several eye-witnesses, exasperated at this spectacle of impertinence, had respectfully ap plauded the Cardinal for having answered tho demand addressed to him wilh an act of docility, one of your officers ordered a bayonet charge to be made on women and children, who, without uttering a word, had lav ished upon me marks of respect. 'Was this, or was iti not, calculated to provoke the people? "And tho next day, and the next, how did you trpat me? ' "Followed Mc to My Carriage" "After singing mass at St. Gudulc I betook myself to the Institute of St. Louis, and at 0 o'clock in the eve ning I took mj' departure for a small country house 1 possessed at 1'Hcrniito sous Brainc-l'Alleud. Already in (he boulevard of the Botanical Garden in front of St. Louis two spies on bicycles awaited mc; and they-fol- , lowed my carriage all the way." "Perhaps some police officer had on his own initia tive taken this step, but the authorities arc not respon sible." "Pardon me, sir, the authorities are responsible." "The Governor General?" "At any rale a high authority r.nd here is tho . pi oof. The spies cscoitcd my carriage, halting vhcnj wc slackened our pace, quickening again whon wp" descended an incline. Arrived at Alscmberg, three kilo meters from l'Hormite, as night was falling, I went tj the cure's residence nnd slept at the presbytery. Tho following daj' at 5 o'clock in the morning I set out on foot in tho direction of l'lleimito. Scarcely had I left the village when I encountered three German soldiers on horseback coming toward mc from tho direction of Brainc-l'Alleud. The moment they had passed mo they turned bridle to accompany me lo my destina tion. I learned later that the spits had gone during the early hours into the churches of Brainc-l'Alleud and AKemberg t see if the priest at the altar was not tho Cardinal. Therefore, Baron, the spjing was organized by some one who held authority both at Brussels and in the district of Nivcllcs, where Brainc-l'Alleud is sit uated; it was therefore a high authority a very high ai'tlioritj-." After these words his Eminence made a slight pause to see what impression ho had made on his interlocutor; the Baron remained confused. 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