St Ignatius College - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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AN INTERVIEW PVITH ARCHBISHOP H.+lNN.fl 25 of letting me know that the interview was over. I assured him that it was, and having thanked him for his kindness, I departed. As I walked down Franklin Street the picture of Arch- bishop Hanna lingered in my memory. His friendly smile, his kind tone of voice, and his wonderful personality all came back to me, and no doubt they will do so for many days to come. I was most pleased with my interview, so pleased in fact, that I forgot about being angry with Father Cantwell for deserting me in the hallway. E Darrell W. Daly.- slgfgyw ' 115-vjl I- . -QF ' ,

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24 THE IGNATIAN of another world. Only, then, through the recognition of this doctrine can we hope to establish democracy. We strive, therefore, not for territorial gains or huge indemnities, but for the things more precious, for liberty and democracy, for peace. We strive, however, not for peace that means preparation for war, but for enduring peace, the peace that springs from respect for law, from reverence of the rights of fellow menf, But how, I asked, may we obtain this peace ? There can be no such peace in the world until men rec- ognize the higher moralitiesf' he answered, until they aban- don the theory that might is right. There is an ever-increas- ing need of moral education. Democracy, above all other forms of government, must rest upon the moral law. There- fore it is evident that there will be no permanent abiding peace until the men who sway the destinies of nations recog- nize the great moral sanctions of life, until they recognize the higher code taught by Christ, in accordance with which men are ruled by moral force. We need, as I have said, or more correctly speaking, the world needs moralueducation. In order to inculcate sound moral principles we must spread the doctrine of the Catholic Church. The world must be brought to the realization that men have certain inalienable rights of which they can not lawfully be deprived, and that as they, for the sake of mutual protection and social inter- course, have come together to form groups under various leaders, the nations springing therefrom also possess certain rights that must not be violated. A conqueror can never compel the people of a vanquished nation to obey the moral law. The principal task of those who struggle in the cause of' liberty and democracy is to teach the people. When they have come to a profession of the principles of Catholicity, then and only then will the seed have been sown from which the world will reap the harvest of enduring peace. I hope that is about what you wanted, he said, by way

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Uhr Qlnnnrript ROM Alsace to the sea, France gaily bleeds Along her stricken bordersg dares behold The ever-lessening ranks of men and gold That are her lifeg the Belgian Monarch leads, From the red hoof-beats of the Uhlans' steeds, His troops, that languish in an alien fold ' Or dying on the last frontier they hold, Subscribe their passion to War's fiercest creeds. Russia, poor, mighty, manumitted slave, Tastes the worst fruits of Freedom's empery And blinded by their essence, cannot see The yawning chasm of her national grave. One day Roumania bared her battle-glaive Then saw her armies vanish in a sea, Engulfing, of the Teuton infantry, A Conqueror's banner on her turrets wave. And Serbia saw her wasted legions piled In typhus gravesg beheld her ravished lands A blackened prey to the invaders' brands- Fought grimly, fiercely-and her trumpet wild Thrilled with her death cry. On her hearths defiled Flowed Montenegrds blood and Austrian hands Wrought for her mountaineer's enslaving bands, And ancient castles of Cettinje spoiled. For every foot of ground her armies gain Another life is lost to Italy:- Still can the last, out-posting sentry see, Though two long years are From Alpine fastnesses, the And blooming realms of his And knows at last, however That all the gallant sacrifice rolling plain own Lombardy, bitterly, is vain. blasted with their slain