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called up by President l'otlura, and the
Ukrainians now have, 300,000 men un
flcr arms. ,
German Socialists have now taken
up the cudgels agaiust tho trial of fori
mer Kaiser WUhelni. It Is argued thnt
to surrender lilm to tho Allies foe trial
would be to make lilm n martyr and
thiifi play luto the hnnds of the reaction
aries. ItevlBioli of the treaty of Versailles
Is under consideration by the Allies, ac
cording to a high authority in London.
Tho Entente governments realize, it lt
snld, that Germany cannot recuperate
If the economic terms of the treaty
remain unchanged, nnd n policy of far
reaching revision has been determined
on, dependent on Germany's good be
havior. der present circumstances it will be a
less Important body than tho repara
tions commission or the Interallied
mission, headed by Marshal Foch.
jdme, Lnndrn has confessed thnt she
Impersonated two of "Bluebeard's"
victims In order to permit him to get
their savings. She ghes as her excuse
lhat she "locd her husband too well.''
TIio anti-Socialist Bloc Xntioiml,
which swept Franco In the elections of
November 10 last, won again in the
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Cable Briefs
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f OFTffi UNEMPLOYED. BELGIANS
Latest reports from Ukrninin are to
the effect that Donlklne's forces have
been cut in two by the Ukrainian ar
mies on the edge of the nea of Azof. One
portion h scurrjlns to safety in the
Caucasus mountains, nnd the other is
trying to reach tho eastern shores of
the Black sen. This, It Is said, has
been accomplished b the minute men
Charles Cplborn, writer of "The Mn
Who Broke the Bank at Monte Crlo,"
recently went broke at Monte Carlo
himself. lie wns a member of a film
company producing an Illustration of
liis famous song, and tho London buck-4
er of the company failed to send cauli
to pay hotel bills, so Colbohn waa held
by the hotel as hostage. He is now
suing the financier for damages.
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,Jfergy Demand a Place m the Vanguard of the Persecuted," Cardinal Writes "I
i Accord TViw Request With Pride? He Tells Von Hissing in
Paris view is that the league of nn
tlons without the United States will bo
a puny Infant. The league will be born
next Fridav, when the executive coun
cil will bold Its first meeting; but un
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Additional frolcst Against Deportations
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,i HIS dcienso 01 iuibi v.vU....u vv D..vCly ,. Uio uorman empire, Cardinal Mercicr -was
l ' : - 41iniiK.indn of natrlots whose spiritual armor wiir nn slrrinc no tl.n!. .ii
. T Lcnionicr, the burgomaster of Brussels, successor to tho indomitable Max, who curly in the war had
.. .:i,nr,ZA in Germany, refused to deliver to the invaders the" lists of m un.mnin oj m.
rC" kablc handbill appeared" ono morning on the boardings of the capital:
WE WILLi NOT GO!
The people (f.of Brussels understand. They do not obey the demands of the Germans. They
sro not going to allow themselves to be led as sheep to the slaughter. In a great number of
Inmmunes rnany men have not presented themselves; thoy haye not been disturbed. Those who
I vo surrendered themselves have been led away.
Shameon thm who present themselves becauso of selfishness or because they have a certificate
, compliance-or becauso they aro certain of being placed at liberty.
All forycach onel Each one for all!
A Belgian who works for Germany fights against his Fath'erland.
Lot them .organizo their man-hunt, wo will hido ourselves.
Long Hvo tho Fatherland! Long live the King!
We will nofc go I
rru.i mnnv eventually did go is proof of the magnitude and madness of tho German oonression. In
t els however, iho' deportations wcro fewer than in certain of the smaller exclusively industrial centers.
Boreas even if exhibited by the helpless, was always an embarrassment to the Prussian system.
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St
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Including hi correspondence with tho German
thoritie Jn Beltfium during the war, 1914 to
1918 edited by Profeaaor Femand Mayence of
Louvtin University and tran.lated by the Bene
letine Monka o St. Augustine'o, RamBgate,
Enlnd.
fContinuation of Chapter XXX The Deportation
cf the Unemployed.
N A fresh letter to Baron von Bissing, tho Cardinal
. ,QintAins that his arguments have been left unan
swered' he protests once more against tho brutal way
n which the recruiting of tho so-called unemployed
wrywhere takes place
November 29, 1916.
To His Excellency Baron von Bissing, Governor Gen
eral of Belgium.
Vhp letter which your Excellency does mo the
konor to write me, dated November 23, is dibappoint
i.. .in cpvpml circles that I hud reason to believe
weli-informcd it was asserted that your Excellency
hdfelt it your duty to lay a protest before the high
est Buthoritics of the empire against the regulations
you were forced to apply to Belgium. I counted,
therefore, on at least somo delay in the application
of these measures, pending a fresh examination ana
i piitigation in the method of executing them.
But io and behold! without a word of answer to
my one oi vne urguiuuuus v? wuitu put m i4.
Alters of October 19 and November 10 the illegal
ind anti-social nature of the condemnation of tho
Belgian workingmen to forced labor and deportation,
your Excellency confines yourself to repeating in your
letter of November 23 the vciy text of your letter of
October 26. These two letters arc, in fact, identical
toft Jn matter and form.
On the other hand tho rcciuiting of the so-called
unemoloved is carried out most of the time without
ny regard to the observations of the- local authori
ties Many reports I hold in my hands bear witness
that the clergy aro brutally kept at a distance, the
mayors and local councilors silenced; the recruiting
officers find themselves in tho presence of individuals
'unknown to them and arbitrarily make their choice
from among their number. Instances of this abound.
I will give you two recent examples from a crowd
of others which I hold at your Excellency's service.
On November 21 the recruiting of forced labor
took place in the village of Kersbeek-Miscom. Of the
1325 inhabitants of the commune, the recruiting ofii
terftook away ninety-four in a body without distinc
tion of social status or profession; farmers sons, men
who hae to support aged and infirm parents, fathers
of families who left wife and children in vant; men
who were as needful to their families as their daily
bread. Two families, both of them, saw four sons
carried off at the same time. Of the ninety-fpur thus
deported, only tw o were really unemployed.
In the region of Acrschot the recruiting took
place on No ember 23. At Itillaer, Gelrode and Itot
idaer joung men who supported their widowed moth
ers, farmers, the heads of numerous families one of
them more than fifty years of age with ten children
cultivating the land and owning several head of cat
tle, who had never received a penny from public
charity, were taken-away by force in spite of all their
protests. In the little village of Rillacr. as many as
twenty.five young lads of seventeen were taken away.
xour Excellency would have wished that the com
munal authorities be accomplices in these odious rc-
wumngs; neither their legal position nor their con
science would allow them to do so. But they could
hae enlightened the "recruiters" and are specially
qualified for that Priests, who know the common
People better than any one else, could render these
wiciais valuable help. Why is their assistance re
fused? At the end of vour letter vour Excellency reminds
je that professional men are not molested. If only
we unemployed wcro taken away I could understand
wis exception. But if the able-bodied are enrolled in-
criminately that exception is unfair. It would bo
Wqmtous to throw the wholo burden of deportation
mi the working classes. The middle classes ought
'iso to share in the sacrifice imposed on the nation
DJ ule OCCUDvini TlnwAr VinranVft?" nnml fliia cnnrifinn
j"y be, and justly so, because it is cruel. Numbers
, my clergy have entreated me to demand for them
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i,i, "" i"Kuara oi inc persecuiea. i recoru
Wig reaucst mJ c,,l,n :i . .. .. nu ..-:.i
L ,' st''l sh to believe that the authorities of the
2fy not said their last word lhat thy wiH
rl J! Unmindful of our undeserved sorrows, of the
'Probation of tho civilised world, of tho verdict of
.""Wry and of the chastisement of God.
Accent. rvf.iir,,. it.- i ir t
Cltep -"vtiivui-j, mo uAjjreBBiuri iji my sincere
, (Signed) d. J. CARDINA'L MERCIER, .
! . Archbishop of Malincs.
.. J1!? Governor General commissioned tho chief of
Cardin, !Ca) del)artme. to acknowledge receipt of the
M'ensu r of Novembe 29t reserving the right
't, ., s "- iiimseu later on.
i 'wd Department of the Government General of
' U Hi em' Iirus3cl. December 5, 101G.
ir ,',"mc'lcc Cardinal Mercier, Archbishop of
; valines.
GollVe ihc honcr to tnfnn Vour Eminence that
wrlfej a"1 General ha notL w'ri interest the re
lotfnwj "" "8tt'oii of the unemployed, which
i "conaem '""; "le I" "i8'i nevermeiesa,
'"Plu . ' a one' ao'ence, lie wiU be unable to
PlYFrnit V"' To V oreat regret the pardon
ItrtUt n ! of Moines, cannot be granted for tU
''Pr&nt n ! ' """', cannot be granted for tin
IliE,. Cu when lie ha nemeA hnlf hi. r!
V$fUrfi!!iintn! Vw to pretent a request in
. , iwhr nlieemrlfHnriiiitfito four Eminence
the expression of my sincere esteem, and I am yours
devotedly,
(Signed) LANCKEN.
F. Franch, in religion P. Scrvaiiu"), Superior of
tbc FranciscanR at Slallnen, had been sentenced to n
j ear's Imprisonment on a charge of having had printed
n poem ofTenelve to the Germans. In a letter dated
November 11 the Cardinal interceded in his favor.
Von Bissing, in spite of his promise, did not answer
the letter of November 29. Ho confined himself to in
forming the Cardinal, through Baron von der Lancken,
that he could nofc accept the help offered by tho priests
in tho work of enrolling the unemployed.
Pleas for Two Lives Refused
Political Department of the Government General of
Belgium, Brussels. December 0, 1916.
To Hin Eminence Cardinal Mercicr, Archbishop of
Malincs.
In reply to your esteemed letter of November 27
last, I have the honor to inform your Eminence that
the Governor General, after investigating the case,
has been unable to make use of his right of reprieve
in favor of the Engineer Uytcbrock and tho Railtvay
man Mcrtcna condemned to death for espionage. In
regard to Wanly, no definite decision can be fatten
until it has been ascertained by medical examination
whether he is of sound mind and therefore responsible
for his actions."
The Governor General instructs me to inform
your Eminence, in reply to your letter of November
20, that he j's unfortunately unable to grant to priests
a kind of official co-operation in recruiting the unem
ployed. But, talcing into account the reasons as
signed by your Eminence, the Governor General leaves
the prints free to attend the offices of the recruiting
authorities and there imparl their information and
express their wishes before the enrollment is begun.
I present to your Eminence the expression of my
sincere esteem.
(Signed) LANCKEN.
T1ip Cardinal interceded on behalf of the condemned
men in a loiter addressed to Karon von der Lancken,
dated November 27.
Several days later the Cardinal sent the parish
priests of liis diocese the following instructions:
In spite of tho protests addressed to Germany
by the Sovereign Pontiff and several neutral states,
tho deportation of our ciyil population still continues.
It is our duty to lessen to the best of our ability an
evil we are powerless to prevent.
The moment that notices to assemble arc
placarded in your parish, please warn persons who
do not depend on public assistance to provide them
selves with a receipt for the payment of this year's
taxes, duly certified by the communal authorities.
The sick and delicpte must ask their doctor for a
certificate of ill health; workmen who are employed,
must ask their masters for a declaration, counter
signed by the burgomaster, that they are in employ
ment. Acting in concert with influential persons of
your parisi, take specially to heart the interests of
those parishioners who, according to the instructions
of the German authorities, are exempt from deporta
tion. Then take joint action with the communal
authorities, the national committee for relief and
food supplies and your well-to-do and devout
parishioners, in order to provide for tho indigent,
whoso departure is probable, clothes and other
necessaries.
On the eve of their departure, or the day before,
invite those who are going off to come to confession.
Provide an adequate number of confessors for them,
celebrate mass for their intention, to which you will
be careful to summon their children, grandchildren
and interested adults, to the end that the communion
made by them, together with their wholo family, may
prove a comfort to them and a memory which they
can carry away with them into exile. In a suitable
instruction, exhort them to remain steadfast in their
faith and their moral and religious practices during
the period of their absence. At home prayers will
be recited for them. Give those who are going away
a rosary, a scapular and a New Testament.
Help for Stricken Families
The day following their departure make an
appeal to the best of your charitable parishioners,
both men and women, get into contact with the St.
Vincent de Paul Society, with the Ladies of Mercy,
the Third Order of St. Francis, the congregations
and confraternities, the manifold societies affiliated
with tho diocesan Federation of Catholic Women, of
which tho Abbe Halfiants is the director, and form
with their help and under thjc direction of the parish
priest or his delegate a committee of moral assistance,
who will undertako to visit stricken families, to com
fortr advise and help them. Give them m6ral support
and help them matcriallv, if need be. A Christian
parish forms one famil). When in a fnmily one
member suffers) all suffer; when it enjoys prosperity,
every one shares therein. And so not ono singlo home
in the parish should be left out, unknown or for
gotten. If this were desirable in normal times, it
should bo absolutely necessary in these distressing
days. Those who have leisure ought to place them
selves at the disposal of thoso who have none. The
superfluity of some ought to minister to tho wants
of others. Mutual help so understood and practiced
is but tho fulfillment of tho lnw of Christ. "Bear ye
one another's burdens," says tho Apostlo Paul, "and
so you shall fulfill tho law of Christ."
The parish priests who are in need tf somo help
in their ministry of charity may come or send some
ono to me for it, but I should like them to be good
enough to fix approximately the amount of help they
require. Wo muBt leavo no stone unturned to effect
the repatriation of those who, according to tho Ger
man Government's declarations, ought to bo immune
from deportation. To that end, a committee has been
organized in our Episcopal Curia to deal with cases
calling for redress.
(CONTINUED TOMORROW)
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