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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF PERTH, ESTABLISHED 1874 Registered at the G.P.O., Perth for transmission by post as a newspaper. NO, 2,316.
PERTH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 1, 1948.
General MacArthur's Christian Ideals
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Addressing Catholic doctors of those who have been responand representatives of Catholic sible for a hospital for years are hospitals in SS. John and Eliza- almost completely ignored. It beth's Hospital recently, Cardinal is true that Section 61 of the Picture Is Not Altogether Griffin, Archbishop of Westmin- Act says that where the characGloomy. ster, called for a Bill to prevent ter and associations of any volthe Minister of Health from untary hospital transferred to At a recent meeting in Brusconfiscating and taking control the Minister are linked with a sels of the French-speaking secof Catholic and other denomina- panticular religious denomina- tion of Catholic Action for men, tional hospitals: the Minister is tion, such associations and char- it was stated that the pre-war empowered to do this under the acter must be preserved. enthusiasm for Catholic Action 1946 National Health Service "But how can this be imple- work has lessened and that the Act. mented? It is too vague to be downward movement in religious Not only is the Minister em- effective... manifested all over the There should be an matters, powered to seize the buildings amending Bill to is also noticeable in Belthe National world, of a hospital, without payment, Health Service Bill, gium. Analysing this trend, 1946, in By Rev. Patrick O'Connor. may betoken for the future of but a non-Catholic management which the rights of such institu- sneakers at the meeting made America. committee could be put in tions are secured . They the following points: The clear It was 10 months since I last He realises that the implant- charge. have, in the past, deserved well ideas and the steady principles entered the spacious, dark -pan- ing of Christianity in the soul of The Cardinal said: "Many hos- of the public, and it would be an which used to guide the young elled study on the sixth floor ot Japan calls first of all for spirit- pitals have received notices from men are not the characteristic the Dai [chi Building in Tokyo, ual means and he counts on the the Ministry of Health inform- act of ingratitude, not to men- note of the present day. Imfrom which General Douglas Church to supply what he, in his rig them that they are due to be tion injustice, if they were to be bued now by only hazy convicover without such guarMacArthur has been steering the sphere, cannot give. transferred to the Ministry. taken tions, they landed on new roads antee." occupation for two historic In conversation, he frequently These notices apply not only to and they cannot see by themselyea's, writes Rev. Patrick O'Con- returns to a favourite theme: the hospitals under the local au- There ate about 60 Catholic ves where these roads are leadin ing, nor, of the St. Columban's Mis- what the Church has meant to thorities, but to the voluntary hospitals and institutions The former ways and sion / Society, in the San Fran- the Philippines, not only in past hospitals, whether denomina- England and Wales to which the means have become obsolete; the cisco' "Monitor." centuries, but also during the tional or otherwise. And by Act can apply, and under it they advice of the elder is not listen1 found the five-star helmsman ar years. hospitals we understand nursing come under the authority of Re- ed to; family and religious trathis ditions are shaken. The cause as vigorous and earnest, as It was eight o'clock in the homes, convalescent homes, ma- gional Hospital Boards: friendly and informal, as I had evening when I left his study. ternity homes, and homes for means that a Catholic hospital of this moral decay should be seen him when I was leaving Only then his working day was those suffering Prom mental de- will have no say in the matter traced mainly to economic disof admitting patients, as it will tress. Japan last autumn, just as ending. A few minutes later 1 fect. found the occupation a continu- watched him leaving the build"The powers given under the be bound to take them only Not All Dark. ing success. ing, walking with his easy stride, Act to the Minister are almost from its particular area. However, there are favourable The Supreme Commander for his head bent slightly forward unlimited. He can take over First "We must bear in mind," said signs. of all it was a the Allied Powers meets you at in the thoughtful mien that is the hospital without any compen- His Eminence, "that a sick man real comfort to see hundreds of the door of his study with a now familiar to Takyo. sation. He is given full con- has a body and soul and that the men from all parts of Belgium, smile and a handshake and leads soul trol since the is destined governing bodies eternal all for an heads of families, who had Three or four of his honour you across the room to a couch of voluntary hospitals transfer- future. The sick person, there- left their work to attend this Caupholstered in worn leather. At guard stood at attention as un- red to the Ministry are dissolv- fore, cannot be treated properly tholic Action rally in order to his wide, uncluttered desk he armed. he crossed the footpath, ed on the day that the hospital unless he is considered as a study their moral and social obfills his pipe-no longer the returned their salute and enter- is transferred. complete man with human rights ligations and to see what may corn -cob of war days-then seats ed his car. "The rights of the Minister and duties and an eternal des- be done for the strengthening of himself in an armchair beside The occupation of Japan has are well secured, but the rights tiny." religious life. you, talks and listens. Its pernot been a marvel. It was also consoling to hear sonnel has included misfits. Opportunity. that the efforts of Catholic AcGeneral MacArthur's private But ,thanks to General Maction between the two wars have conversation reveals that the fre- Arthur, the paralysed, burned been crowned with success. The quent references to Christian- out Japan of August, 1945, is free primary schools ity in his public statements are to -day an oasis of order, peace Positive Approach to Problem. in a fund-raising campaign, and have (Catholic) about 100,000 pupils more Film censorship and black lists -0 impressive was the evidence no mere window-dressing. He and industrious effort instead of than the official schools. bad are not enough that the combat objective to was achieved is intensely sincere in viewing the mess of disorder and hope. reflecting a short time. pictures The Christian Syndicates the occupation primarily as a less misery that it might have pictures Christian ideals must be made Father Vachet had reason to (unions) are in full progress. tremendous opportunity to give been. be satisfied with the film's suc- They comprise nearly one-half "a practical demonstration of In all the history of conquest to replace them. This was the belief that led cess from a pictorial point of of the industrial workers of BelChristian ideals." there has never been an occupa"The Christian tenets of jus- tion to parallel this in humane, Father Aloysius Vachet, French- view, and he continued his hobby. gium and enrolments are bespeaking priest of Montreal, His work came to the attention coming more numerous every tice, tolerance and understani- constructive statesmanship. from a hobby of making home of church authorities in Paris, clay. ing which have guided the conof One hears talk movies for the youngsters of his and they asked him to continue sometimes duct of the occupation appear to have contributed materially so the welcome that General Mac- Parisian parish to becoming a making pictures, in the hope Arthur will get when at length working member of the motion that what he produced would the popularising of Christian Spy Methods in he returns to the United States. picture industry. He believes Selp to offset the trashy movies principles," he feels. Still more impressive will be the the screen to be an ideal medium then available. He makes no secret of his "saypnara," the grateful, sorrow- for preaching the Gospel. In 1934, a company called Fiatcherished objective to implant ful farewell that the plain peoIn addition to being spiritual Film was formed and Father a Christian democracy in Japan. ple of Japan will give to their adviser in an international move- Vachet was appointed a producHe feels that already a mental conqueror who has proved him- ment to make good motion pic- er and placed in charge of the Catholics employed in schools and moral climate that is essen- self their best friend. He pro- and even in Bishops' residences tures, Father Vachet is technical technical department. tially Christian has been created of Renaissance Films, a duced more than 90 films, stop- as well as members of Catholic director here. Canadian company with head ping only when the war broke societies, are being forced by the He is convinced that only a A year ago he became as- Hungarian authorities to act as Montreal out. office and studio in democracy based on Christian an elaborate production cen- sociated with Renaissance Films, spies. and principles will last in Japan, or and is helping in extensive ortre in Paris, This is one of the subjects of anywhere else. He cannot see Renaissance, he told Religious ganisational plans. which Cardinal Mindszenty, the Recently Cardinal Griffin and how such Christian fruits as a Service, on is working Primate, complains in a letter to justice, charity and respect for a party, including Bishop Craven, News schedule of films of many the Premier, M. Dinnyes. human dignity on every level paid what is believed to be the heavy Britons' Wives in Russia reflect all of which types, "People," says the Cardinal, first visit of a Cardinal to the can come without the growth ot are forced into the spy ring by Tower of London since Cardinal Christian principles. Christianity itself, high techamong need films of Three Catholics are "We means of trumped-up charges. It is known that some of the Wolsey. His Eminence was remen and women working under ceived at the Tower entry by nical quality, of great intellec- the 12 British husbands who are After making reports they are with tual probity, impregnated campaigning to wives get their placed under further duress by Major A. G. Beanard, ColdGeneral MacArthur are upset by priest out of Russia. All three were threats of calumny and defamahis frank statements that de- stream Guards, and Mr James art and with faith," the married said. Cathoin Moscow's only tion in case they reveal their acmocracy has its best safeguard Brennan, Yeoman Warder, and Father Vachet's interest in lic church-St. Louis' Church, at- tivities." in Christianity. They ask it was shown by the Governor of notion pictures dates back al- tached to the French Embassy. His Eminence also complains this will not offend Buddhists, the Tower the dungeons occupied A petition, open to the public of pressure exercised on people by St. John Fisher and St. most two decades, when he was Shintoists and atheists. parish district and addressed to M. Molotov, priest in slum the to make them join the CommunThe MacArthur view is that Thomas More. One of his chief con- through the Russian Embassy, is ist Party. of Paris. He adds: "People Speaking of his visit later at cerns was the lot of the young- the latest of the many moves at- who become members fundamental human rights of are exBuddhists and others have their a K.S.C. Squires' Rally, His sters confined to unsanitary city tempted by the husbands. They empted from the punishment of surest ;protection [where Chris- Eminence said: "It is a strange cenditions. He felt they needeJ awaited M. Molotov's arrival at inclusion in the Black List, tian principles prevail. In a thing that devotion is not great- a. weekly trip to the country, but the London Embassy recently which means they will find it In Canada -here were no funds for such an with posters in English and Practically impossible Christianised Japan a non-Chris- er to our martyrs. to get a tian would have more security five martyrs, of whom no relics ,nterprise. Russien drawing attention to job." than he has ever had in the past. exist, are honoured by a huge Procuring an inexpensive, sec - their plight. It is this letter, published in MacArthur can understand basilica built because somewhere snit -hand movie camera, he took The three Catholics-John the "Osservatore Romano," criticism of himself and his poli- within twenty miles one martyr shots of the children at play in Bure, Alfred Hall and Patrick which the Hungarian Catholic cies. What he cannot under- died. Arranging a Henderson-all belong to Lon- weekly, "New Man," was susthe dirty streets stand is the cynicism of a na"Yet here we have St. Thomas ,pecial excursion to the out- don. pended for publishing. Action tion founded on Christian prin- More's own house in Chelsea; we kirts of the city, he photographMr. Mayhew, speaking for the was taken against the newspaper ciples, who scoff at his emphasis san trace his journey by water to ed the same children playing Foreign Secretary, told the on the grounds that the letter on these principles as the best the Tower, and go thence to the tames in the fresh air of the House of Commons that he in- tended to "show Hungarian debasis for the new Japan. He is spot on Tower Hill, where he country. tended to re -open the matter mocracy in an unfavourable alarmed at what this cynicism was put to death." The completed film was used with M. Molotov in London. light."
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