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The article is dedicated to weapons and horse equipment discovered at the monuments of the Saltovo-Mayaki culture located in the middle stream of the Seversky Donets river. In the upstream (within the forest-steppe zone) these items are generally found in the burials of catacomb and cremation necropolises. In the steppe, they are less frequently discovered, which accounts for the versions concerning the poor familiarization of the local population with military art. An analysis of the materials discovered in the middle stream of the Seversky Donets demonstrates the inconsistency of these viewpoints. Weapons and horse equipment items are rather often found at the monuments located in this area. Thus, in a large settlement near Mayaki village of Slavyansky District, the number of items from this category is about 20% of the total number of the discovered metal items. This conclusion is quite consistent with the concept of the presence of a group of fortifi ed settlements (Donetsk fortifi ed settlements) in the region, which could be defended without a signifi cant military contingent. It is rather logical that the majority of discovered weapon items are concentrated at these monuments. ; Статья посвящена находкам предметов вооружения и конского снаряжения, выявленным на памятниках салтово-маяцкой культуры, расположенных в среднем течении р. Северский Донец. В верхнем ее течении (в пределах лесостепной зоны) эти предметы являются частой находкой и встречаются в основном в захоронениях катакомбных и кремационных некрополей. В степи они попадаются реже, что вызвало появление версий о слабом знакомстве проживавшего здесь населенияс военным делом. Анализ материалов, выявленных в среднем течении Северского Донца, показывает несостоятельность указанных точек зрения. На расположенных здесь памятниках предметы вооружения и конского снаряжения встречаются достаточно часто. Так, на крупном поселении у с. Маяки Славянского р-на количество предметов этой категории составляет около 20% от общего количества находок металлических изделий. Данный вывод вполне согласуется с наличием в рассматриваемом регионе группы укрепленных поселений (Донецких городищ), оборонять которые без значительного воинского контингента не представляется возможным. Вполне логично, что большая часть находок предметов вооружения сконцентрирована именно на этих памятниках. Библиографические ссылки Аксенов В.С. Комплексы конского снаряжения салтовского времени с начельниками (по материалам Верхнесалтовского катакомбного могильника) // Степи Европы в эпоху средневековья. Т 4. Хазарское время / Гл.ред. А.В. Евглевский. Донецк: ДонНУ, 2005. С. 245−260. Аксенов В.С. 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Die Entwicklung der regionalen Wirtschaft, des Handels und damit des Wohlstands hängen eng mit der zur Verfügung stehenden Verkehrsinfrastruktur zusammen. Der Verkehrssektor sorgt für die Mobilität von Personen sowie den effizienten Austausch von Gütern und Nachrichten und lässt die Bedeutung räumlicher Distanzen in den Hintergrund treten. Hierbei sind sämtliche Bereiche des Verkehrs- und Informationswesens von Bedeutung. In verschiedenen Studien konnten große wirtschaftliche Modernisierungseffekte für die frühe Neuzeit durch die Entwicklung des Postverkehrs in festen Fahrplänen sowie den Bau von Chausseen nachgewiesen werden. Die Innovationen im Bereich der Telekommunikation beschleunigen den Austausch von Informationen um ein Vielfaches, frühere Technologien werden ergänzt oder sogar vollkommen ersetzt durch neue Formen der Informationsvermittlung. (Ein Beispiel ist das Telegramm, das Ende des 19. Jh. und Anfang des 20. Jh. eine hilfreiche und schnelle Form der Nachrichtenübermittlung war, da es wenig Telefone gab und die Briefe eine Laufzeit von ca. 4 Tagen hatten. Im 21. Jh. werden Telegramme nur selten eingesetzt. Das Telegramm hat an Bedeutung verloren, da das Kommunikationsnetz ausgebaut wurde und mittlerweile modernere Möglichkeiten der Datenübertragung wie z.B. SMS, E-Mail, Instant Messaging, zur Verfügung stehen.) Später wurden hinsichtlich der Entwicklung und des Ausbaus des Eisenbahnverkehrs ähnliche Effekte für den Warenhandel und die Integration von Regionen in den überregionalen nationalen Markt und in den Welthandel für die Zeit der industriellen Revolution nachgewiesen. Es soll versucht werden, die quantitative Entwicklung von Indikatoren zu den verschiedenen Verkehrsbereichen Eisenbahn, Kraftfahrzeuge, Binnen- und Seeschifffahrt, Luftverkehr sowie Post- und Nachrichtenverkehr über einen möglichst langen Zeitraum wiederzugeben, um so aufbereitete Zeitreihen der Forschung zur Verfügung zu stellen.
Die vorliegende Datensammlung zum Themenbereich 'Verkehr und Information' enthält insgesamt 75 Zeitreihen, die sich auf den Zeitraum vom Beginn der Amtlichen Statistik zur Zeit des Deutschen Reiches im Jahr 1870 bis zur heutigen Bundesrepublik in den Grenzen vom 3. Oktober 1990 erstrecken; es soll also, soweit es die Quellen erlauben, der Zeitraum von 1870 bis 2010 statistisch wiedergegeben werden. Aufgrund der sich häufig ändernden Erhebungssystematiken sowie durch die Folgen des 1. und des 2. Weltkrieges können nicht für alle Zeitreihen kontinuierlich Daten für den gewünschten Zeitraum zur Verfügung gestellt werden. Entweder liegen für die Zeitabschnitte während der Kriege keine Daten vor oder aber die Vergleichbarkeit insbesondere bei unterschiedlicher Erhebungssystematik ist stark eingeschränkt. Letzeres Problem tritt in besonderer Weise für die Statistik aus der Zeit der ehemaligen Deutschen Demokratischen Republik auf, aber auch die Statistik der früheren Bundesrepublik Deutschland (das Gebiet der alten Länder) kann erhebliche Brüche in der Systematik aufweisen. Der technische Fortschritt ist ein weiterer Grund, der das Fortführen kontinuierlicher Zeitreihen erschwert.
Die Zeitreihen zum Bereich 'Verkehr und Information' decken folgende Gebiete ab: • 01: Eisenbahnen: Streckenlängen und Fahrzeugbestände (1850-2009) • 02: Eisenbahnen: Personen- und Güterverkehr (1850-2002) • 03: Straßenverkehr: Bestand an Kraftfahrzeugen (1902-2010) • 04: Straßenverkehr: Straßenverkehrsunfälle (1906-2010) • 05: Binnenschifffahrt: Bestand an Binnenschiffen (1872-2010) • 06: Binnenschifffahrt: Güterverkehr auf den Binnenwasserstraßen (1909-2010) • 07: Seeschifffahrt: Handelsschiffstonnage und Anzahl der Schiffe (1971-2010) • 08: Seeschifffahrt: Güterumschlag bedeutender Seehäfen - Hamburg, Bremische Häfen, Emden sowie Rostock, Wismar und Stralsund (1925-2010) • 09: Gewerblicher Luftverkehr (1919-2010) • 10: Deutsche Reichs- und Bundespost, Telekommunikation (1871-2010)
Zeitreihen zum Kraftfahrzeugverkehr: 03: Strassenverkehr: Bestand an Kraftfahrzeugen (1902-2010) Kraftfahrzeuge insgesamt, Krafträder, Personenkraftwagen, Kraftomnibusse, Lastkraftfahrzeuge, Zugmaschinen, Sonderkraftfahrzeuge, Bevölkerung in 1000, Krafträder auf 1000 Einwohner, Personenkraftwagen auf 1000 Einwohner, Lastkraftfahrzeuge auf 1000 Einwohner.
Zeitreihen zur Binnenschifffahrt: 05: Bestand an Binnenschiffen (1872-2010) Güterschiffe mit eigener Triebkraft (Anzahl), Güterschiffe mit eigener Triebkraft (Tragfähigk. in 1.000 t), Güterschiffe ohne eigene Triebkraft (Anzahl), Güterschiffe ohne eigene Triebkraft (Tragfähigk. in 1.000 t).
06: Güterverkehr auf den Binnenwasserstraßen (1909-2010) Beförderte Güter (Mill. T.). Zeitreihen zur Seeschifffahrt: 07: Handelsschiffstonnage und Anzahl der Schiffe (1871-2010) Insgesamt, Anteil an Welthandelstonnage, Anzahl der Schiffe.
08: Güterumschlag bedeutender Seehäfen - Hamburg, Bremische Häfen, Emden sowie Rostock, Wismar und Stralsund (1925-2010)
Zeitreihen zur Luftfahrt: 09: Gewerblicher Luftverkehr (1919-2010) Für deutsche Flughäfen: Beförderte Personen, Beförderte Luftfracht, Beförderte Luftpost. Für deutsche Fluggesellschaften: Beförderte Personen, Personenkilometer (Pkm), Beförderte Luftfracht, Beförderte Luftfracht in Tonnenkilometer (Tkm), Beförderte Luftpost, Beförderte Luftpost in Tonnenkilometer (Tkm)
Zeitreihen zum Post- und Telekommunikationswesen: 10: Deutsche Reichs- und Bundespost, Telekommunikation (1871-2010) Für das Deutsche Reich, die Alten Länder und die Neuen Länder bis 1990: Beförderte Briefsendungen, Beförderte Paket- und Wertsendungen, Übermittelte Telegramme, Sprechstellen (Telefonanschlüsse), Ortsgespräche, Ferngespräche, Ton-Rundfunkgenehmigungen (Radioempfang), Fernseh-Rundfunkgenehmigungen. Für Deutschland in den Grenzen vom 3. Oktober 1990 ab 1990: Beförderte Briefsendungen, Beförderte Paket- und Wertsendungen, Übermittelte Telegramme, Sprechstellen (Kanäle) - Alle Service-Anbieter, Sprechstellen (Kanäle) - Dt. Telekom, Sprechstellen (Kanäle) - Wettbewerber der Telekom, Sprechstellen (Telefon-Anschlüsse) - Alle Service-Anbieter, Sprechstellen (Telefon-Anschlüsse) - Deutsche Telekom, Sprechstellen (Telefon-Anschlüsse) - Wettbewerber der Telekom, Mobilfunk, Teilnehmer, Verbindungsvolumen im Festnetz(in Mrd. Minuten; zuvor: Summe Ortsgespräche bzw. Ferngespräche) - Alle Service-Anbieter, Verbindungsvolumen im Festnetz(in Mrd. Minuten) - Dt. Telekom, Verbindungsvolumen im Festnetz(in Mrd. Minuten) - Wettbewerber, TAL-Anmietungen durch Wettbewerber der Deutschen Telekom (Mio Anmietungen), Ortsgespräche, Ferngespräche, Ton-Rundfunkgenehmigungen, Fernseh-Rundfunkgenehmigungen.
Zu den einzelnen Bereichen
Die Eisenbahn Die Frage, ob die Eisenbahn als Staatsbahn oder als privat betriebenes Unternehmen geführt werden soll, begleitet die Eisenbahn schon seit ihren ersten Jahren. Vor allem in den wichtigen Handels- und Industriestädten werden in Deutschland private Aktiengesellschaften gegründet, um den Bau von Eisenbahnstrecken zu finanzieren. Dagegen setzt man in Baden und Braunschweig von Beginn an auf das Staatsbahnsystem. 1886 übernimmt schließlich der preußische Staat die bedeutende "Rheinische Eisenbahngesellschaft". Nach Ende des ersten Weltkrieges 1918 wurde die erste Verfassung eines demokratischen Staates, die Weimarer Verfassung 1919 für das Deutsche Reich beschlossen. Auf Grundlage dieser Verfassung wurde 1920 der Staatsvertrag zur Gründung der Deutschen Reichseisenbahnen in Kraft gesetzt. Die bis dahin noch den Ländern unterstellten staatlichen Eisenbahnen (bzw. Länderbahnen) gingen jetzt in Reichsbesitz über. Im Einzelnen waren dies: die Königlich Bayerischen Staats-Eisenbahnen, die Königlich Sächsischen Staatseisenbahnen, die Königlich Württembergischen Staats-Eisenbahnen, die Großherzoglich Badischen Staatseisenbahnen, die Preußischen Staatseisenbahnen, die Preußisch-Hessische Eisenbahngemeinschaft "K.P. u. G.H. StE", die Großherzoglich Oldenburgischen Staatseisenbahnen und die Großherzoglich Mecklenburgische Friedrich-Franz-Eisenbahn. (Vergl.: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Reichsbahn_%281920%E2%80%931945%29) Neben dieser Entwicklung waren in Deutschland immer sowohl staatseigene als auch private Bahnen tätig. Für die Zeit des Deutschen Reiches, für die ehemalige Bundesrepublik (alte Länder) sowie für Deutschland nach dem 1. Oktober 1990 werden daher die Angaben zu den aufgeführten Beständen jeweils für alle Bahnen zusammen und für die Staatsbahn im speziellen aufgeführt (d.i. Deutsche Reichsbahn, Deutsche Bundesbahn). Zu der Entstehungsgeschichte der einzelnen deutschen Bahnen sowie den Entscheidungsphasen sind wertvolle Hinweise aus R. Fremdling und A. Kunz: Statistik der Eisenbahnen in Deutschland 1835 – 1989. Scripta Mercaturae Verlag, 1995, S. 19ff. zu entnehmen.
01: Eisenbahnen: Streckenlängen und Fahrzeugbestände (1850-2009) Dieser Abschnitt enthält Zeitreihen zur Länge der Schienenstrecken und den Fahrzeugbeständen, die sich aufgliedern in Lokomotiven, Triebwagen, Personenwagen, Gepäckwagen und Güterwagen. Angaben für alle Bahnen zusammen zur Zeit des Deutschen Reiches sowie für die staatseigene Bundesbahn der ehemaligen Bundesrepublik Deutschland in den Grenzen von 1945 wurden – mit Ausnahme der Reihe zu den Triebwagen – bereits von R. Fremdling und A. Kunz im Rahmen ihrer Studie "Statistik der Eisenbahnen in Deutschland 1835 – 1989. Scripta Mercaturae Verlag, 1995" erhoben. Sie decken den Zeitraum 1850-1932 für das Deutsche Reich und 1950-1989 für die Alten Länder (also die ehemalige Bundesrepublik) ab. Ergänzt wurden diese Reihen für 1938 bis 1940 aus den Statistischen Jahrbüchern für das Deutsche Reich bzw. für 1989 bis1993 aus den Statistischen Jahrbüchern für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Zusätzlich zu den Reihen von Fremdlung/ Kunz wurden in dieser Studie für die entsprechenden Werte zur Länge des Schienennetzes sowie zum Fahrzeugbestand speziell für die staatliche Bahn des Deutschen Reiches, also für die Deutsche Reichsbahn, sowie für alle Bahnen der Bundesrepublik bis 1993 zusammengestellt. Für die Zusammenstellung der Streckenlängen und Fahrzeugbestände wurde daher sowohl auf die Ergebnisse dieser Studie als auch auf die Publikationen des Statistischen Bundesamtes zurückgegriffen. Für die neuen Länder können für die Zeit der ehemaligen DDR nur zur Staatsbahn – also zu der Deutsche Reichsbahn – Angaben gemacht werden, da es zur Zeit der DDR keine privaten Bahnen gab. Neben dem Statistischen Jahrbuch für die DDR wurden hier die von dem Statistischen Bundesamt herausgegebenen Sonderreihen mit Beiträgen für das Gebiet der ehemaligen DDR und die darin enthaltenen verkehrsstatistischen Übersichten herangezogen. Für die ersten Jahre nach der Wiedervereinigung werden noch Werte für die Gebiete der alten Bundesrepublik und der ehemaligen DDR in den Statistischen Jahrbüchern für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland gesondert ausgewiesen. Ab 1994 werden die Bestände nur noch für Gesamtdeutschland nachgewiesen, so dass die Datenreihen jeweils für die Neuen Länder und die Alten Länder mit dem Jahr 1990, spätestens 1993 enden und nur noch für Deutschland in den Grenzen vom 3. Oktober 1990 fortgeführt werden können. Die Schienenstrecken werden als Eigentumslänge mit Stand am Ende des jeweiligen Kalenderjahres wiedergegeben. Der Fahrzeugbestand bezieht sich immer auf den Stand am Ende des Rechnungs- bzw. Betriebsjahres. Bis 1937 werden Eigentumsbestände der Bahnen ausgewiesen. Anschließend beziehen sich die Werte auf den Einsatzbestand, d.h., in den angegebenen Werten können auch von anderen Bahngesellschaften für den eigenen Bahnbetrieb geliehene Bestände mit enthalten sein. Die Bahn durchlief grundlegende technische Veränderungen. In den alten Ländern, dem Tätigkeitsgebiet der Deutschen Bundesbahn, wurden sukzessiv bis 1977 alle Dampflokomotiven durch Elektro- und Diesellokomotiven ersetzt. Die Schienenstreckentypen wurden vereinheitlicht (vollständiger Abbau von Schienenstrecken für Schmalspurbahnen). Neue Wagentypen und Zugtypen (InterCity, TransEuroExpress) wurden eingeführt. Dies alles kann im Rahmen der vorliegenden Studie nicht detailliert in Form von statistischen Zeitreihen nachgezeichnet werden, da dies den zeitlichen Rahmen des Projektes sprengen würde. Die technischen Veränderungen insbesondere im Bereich der Fahrzeugbestände, und hier besonders in Bezug auf die Triebwagen (Lokomotiven, etc.) haben zu einer Veränderung der Systematik geführt. Um die Darstellung der Reihen möglichst konstant zu gestalten, wurden neu hinzugekommene Triebwagentypen bzw. weiter ausdifferenzierte Wagentypen, die in der Statistik gesondert aufgeführt wurden, soweit es möglich war, zu Oberbegriffen zusammengefasst. Dies wird in den jeweils betreffenden Zeitreihen für den Zeitraum, auf den diese Vorgehensweise angewendet wurde, in den Anmerkungen kenntlich gemacht. So werden ab 1990 im Statistischen Jahrbuch für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland unter dem Oberbegriff 'Triebwagen' die Kategorien 'Elektrische Lokomotiven', Diesellokomotiven', 'Elektrische Triebwagen' und 'Dieseltriebwagen' gesondert aufgeführt. Der Bestand der Lokomotiven wurde für die Vademecum-Studie durch die Aufaddierung der Kategorien 'Elektrische Lokomotiven' und 'Diesellokomotiven' erfasst. Dampflokomotiven wurden so lange erfasst, wie sie auch in den Statistischen Jahrbüchern der Bundesrepublik aufgeführt wurden. Für die Triebwagen wurde jeweils die Summe aus ´Elektrische Triebwagen´ und ´Dieseltriebwagen´ gebildet.
02: Eisenbahnen: Personen- und Güterverkehr (1850-2002) Neben dem Fahrzeugbestand stellt die Leistung in den Bereichen der Personenbeförderung und der Güterbeförderung eine bedeutende betriebswirtschaftliche sowie verkehrsstatistische Größe dar. Der gemäß vergebenen Aufträgen durchgeführte Transport von Gütern inklusive der Be-, Um- und Ausladung, beinhaltet eine Vielzahl von Verkehrsunterstützungs-, Verkehrsvermittlungs- und Verkehrskoordinierungsprozessen. Zum einen kann die Verkehrsleistung in den absoluten Werten ausgedrückt werden, d.h. die Anzahl der transportierten Personen bzw. das Gewicht der transportierten Güter. Statistisch wird die Verkehrsleistung mit Hilfe einer Kennzahl zum Ausdruck gebracht, die für den Personentransport die Dimension »Pkm (Personenkilometer)« (= Personen X Kilometer) und für den Gütertransport die Dimension »tkm (Tonnenkilometer)« (= Tonnen X Kilometer) hat. Das Produkt aus der zurückgelegten Strecke und der Menge der transportierten Güter bzw. der beförderten Personen wird als 'Aufwandsgröße' im Transportwesen verstanden. Diese vier Größen werden jeweils für alle Bahnen zusammen sowie für die Deutsche Reichsbahn/Deutsche Bundesbahn im speziellen dargestellt – wobei für die neuen Bundesländer Angaben nur für die Deutsche Reichsbahn erhältlich sind. Auch hier kann für die Zeit des Deutschen Reiches auf die Studie von Fremdling und Kunz für alle Bahnen zusammen zurückgegriffen werden. Für die Deutsche Reichsbahn im speziellen werden die Angaben des Statistischen Reichsamtes in den herausgegebenen Jahrbüchern herangezogen. Für das Gebiet der alten Bundesländer stellen Fremdling und Kunz Kennzahlen für die Deutsche Bundesbahn zur Verfügung. Dementsprechend werden die Kennzahlen für alle in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Alte Länder) tätigen Bahnen zusätzlich aus der amtlichen Statistik erhoben.
Der motorisierte Strassenverkehr: Rainer Flik beschreibt in seinen Arbeiten "Motorisierung des Straßenverkehrs, Automobilindustrie und Wirtschaftswachstum in Europa und Übersee bis 1939" (in: M. Lehmann-Waffenschmidt (Hg., 2002): Perspektiven des Wandels - Evolutorische Ökonomik in der Anwendung. Metropolis – Verlag für Ökonomie.) und insbesondere "Von Ford lernen? Automobilbau und Motorisierung bis 1933. Köln: Böhlau, 2001" die Ursachen für die verzögerte Durchsetzung des Automobils als Transportmittel sowie die verspätete Motorisierung der deutschen Bevölkerung. Es waren seiner Analyse zu Folge die schlechteren Rahmenbedingungen für den Automobilmarkt und weniger Unterschiede in den Bedürfnissen der Bevölkerung oder im Unternehmerverhalten, die dem Automobil in Deutschland zunächst zum Nachteil gereichten. In den dicht besiedelten und durch die Eisenbahn und Strassenbahn (sog. Pferdeomnibusse und Pferdebahnen, später um 1880 sukzessive ersetzt durch die Elektrische Stadt- bzw. Strassenbahn) gut erschlossenen Ballungsräumen Deutschlands spielte zunächst das Automobil für die Wirtschaft und den Transport der Güter eine untergeordnete Rolle. Darüber hinaus waren hohe Investitionskosten für den Ausbau von Strassen notwendig, während die Schienenstrecken für die Eisenbahn in den deutschen Großstädten schon vorhanden waren. Daher wurde auch durch die Besteuerungspraxis des Staates das Automobil gegenüber der Eisenbahn zunächst benachteiligt, was zur Folge hatte, dass die Motorisierung des Mittelstandes langsamer verlief als beispielsweise in den USA. Erst in den 1920er Jahren hat das Lastkraftfahrzeug in den Ballungsräumen sich als Transportfahrzeug durchsetzen können, während der Personenkraftwagen noch als teures Luxusgut nur wenigen wohlhabenden Personen zugänglich war. Dagegen spielte das Motorrad für die Motorisierung der deutschen Bevölkerung eine entscheidende Rolle. Deutschland hatte in den 30er Jahren die höchste Motorraddichte und war der bedeutendste Motorradproduzent auf dem Weltmarkt. Als das Automobil technisch ausgereift war und die für den wirtschaftlichen Betrieb notwendige Infrastruktur geschaffen war, konnte sich der Diffusionsprozess schneller und erfolgreicher entfalten. Flik unterscheidet in dem Diffusionsprozess des Automobils in Deutschland drei Stadien: Motorisierung der Oberschicht, Motorisierung des Gewerbe treibenden Mittelstandes und schließlich die Massenmotorisierung (Flik, R.: 2005: Nutzung von Kraftfahrzeugen bis 1939 – Konsum- oder Investitionsgut? In: Walter, R. (Hrsg.): Geschichte des Konsums. Erträge der 20. Arbeitstagung der Gesellschaft für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte, 23-26. April 2003 in Greifswald. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner). Für die Zeitreihen zum Kraftfahrzeugbestand in Deutschland wird auf die Studiendaten von Flick zurückgegriffen, welche durch Daten der amtlichen Statistik (Statistisches Bundesamt und Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt) ergänzt werden. Ein weiteres Kapitel (Tabelle 04) zeichnet die Entwicklung der Strassenverkehrsunfälle statistisch nach.
03: Bestand an Kraftfahrzeugen (1902-2010) Der Bestand der Kraftfahrzeuge nach Kraftfahrzeugtyp spiegelt die Durchsetzung dieses Verkehrsmittels wieder. Es liegen Zeitreihen zum Bestand der Kraftfahrzeuge insgesamt und Kraftfahrzeuge untergliedert nach den Typen Motorrad, Personenkraftwagen, Kraftomnibusse, Lastkraftfahrzeuge, Zugmaschinen und schließlich Sonderkraftfahrzeuge vor. Weiterhin werden der Bestand an Motorrädern, Personenkraftwagen und Lastkraftwagen pro 1000 Einwohner wiedergegeben. Aufgrund vorgenommener Korrekturen können die Werte zu den einzelnen Reihen zwischen den verschiedenen Ausgaben der statistischen Jahrbücher abweichen. Da Flik sich in seiner Studie auf die Angaben der amtlichen Statistik stützt, wurden Werte des Statistischen Bundesamtes dann den Werten von Flik vorgezogen, wenn diese Publikationen neueren Datums sind und von den Angaben bei Flik abweichen. Für das Deutsche Reich sind die Angaben auf den jeweiligen Gebietsstand Deutschlands bezogen. Das Saarland ist von 1922 bis 1935 nicht eingeschlossen. Die Angaben für 1939 beruhen auf einer Fortschreibung des Kraftfahrzeugbestands von 1938 und schließen die 1938 und 1939 dem Deutschen Reich angeschlossenen Gebiete nicht ein. Die Daten geben den Bestand jeweils zum 1. Januar wieder. Ferner wird bis 1933 der Bestand ohne vorübergehend abgemeldete Fahrzeuge, ab 1934 inklusive der vorübergehend abgemeldeten Kraftfahrzeuge angegeben. Bis 1914 wurde in der Erfassung zwischen Personenkraftwagen und Kraftomnibussen keine Unterscheidung getroffen, so wurden beide in der Kategorie Personenkraftwagen wiedergegeben. Unter der Rubrik 'Sonderkraftfahrzeuge' werden Fahrzeuge der Kommunen (Kommunalfahrzeuge) aufgeführt, wie z.B.: Straßenreinigungsmaschinen, Feuerwehrfahrzeuge, sowie ab 1948 Krankenwagen. Weiterhin werden Abschlepp- u. Kranwagen sowie Wohnwagen u. ähnliche Fahrzeuge dieser Kategorie zugeordnet. Der Kraftfahrzeugbestand insgesamt für das Gebiet der alten Länder (ehemalige Bundesrepublik) wurde aus den Daten zu den einzelnen Fahrzeugtypen berechnet. Die Werte für die neuen Länder bzw. für die ehemalige DDR sind für die Zeit bis 1989 den Statistischen Jahrbüchern für die DDR entnommen worden. Für die Zeit von 1990-1994 wurde die Publikation 'Verkehr in Zahlen', vom Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung herausgegeben, herangezogen. Bei der Erfassung der Sonderkraftfahrzeuge und der Kraftomnibusse wurde in der Statistik der ehemaligen DDR 1978 eine neue Systematik eingeführt, in der einige Fahrzeugtypen den jeweiligen Obergruppen neu zugeordnet wurden. Das hat in den beiden Fahrzeug-Gruppen zu einer starken Erhöhung der Fahrzeug-Anzahl geführt. Es muß dennoch festgehalten werden, dass der Anstieg der Fahrzeuge um 28000 bzw. 30000 Fahrzeuge von einem Jahr auf das andere sich nicht aus den Veränderungen der Fahrzeugbestände der anderen Fahrzeugtypen erklären lässt, so dass der Hinweis auf eine veränderte Systematik sich nicht in den Zahlen der Datenreihen wiederspiegelt.
04: Straßenverkehrsunfälle (1906-2010) Insbesondere das Automobil hat den einzelnen Bürgern in der Gesellschaft in jüngster Zeit einen enormen Mobilitätszuwachs beschert. Im Laufe der Zeit konnten immer größere Teile der Bevölkerung am Individualverkehr partizipieren. Die Kehrseite der Mobilität einer ganzen Gesellschaft sind die Unfälle mit den Verletzten und Getöteten. Durch die massenhafte Verbreitung motorisierter Fahrzeuge, die sich im selben Verkehrsraum wie Pferde und Fuhrwerke, Fußgänger oder Radfahrer bewegen, steigt die Unfallwahrscheinlichkeit stark an. Auch die Geschwindigkeit der motorisierten Verkehrsmittel erhöht die Unfallwahrscheinlichkeit und die Schwere der Unfälle, den Personen- und Sachschaden enorm. Darüber hinaus hat die Strassenverkehrssicherheit und damit die Zuverlässigkeit, mit der Güter schnell und sicher transportiert werden können und unbeschadet am Zielort ankommen, einen empfindlichen Einfluß auf die wirtschaftliche Entwicklung. Denn der Transport übernimmt eine bedeutende Funktion als Wachstumsmotor durch die Erweiterung der Märkte. Eine besondere Zusammenstellung von langen Zeitreihen zur Entwicklung der Strassenverkehrsunfälle erscheint daher sinnvoll. Das Statistische Bundesamt definiert Straßenverkehrsunfälle wie folgt: "Straßenverkehrsunfälle sind Unfälle, bei denen infolge des Fahrverkehrs auf öffentlichen Wegen und Plätzen Personen getötet oder verletzt wurden oder Sachschaden entstanden ist. Auskunftspflichtig für die Statistik der Straßenverkehrsunfälle ist die Polizei. Demzufolge sind Unfälle, zu denen die Polizei nicht gerufen wurde, in der Statistik nicht enthalten. ( In der Unfallstatistik ) … werden Angaben zu Unfällen, Beteiligten, Fahrzeugen, Verunglückten und Unfallursachen erfasst." Statistisches Bundesamt Es wird regelmäßig vom Statistischen Bundesamt ein Heft der Fachserie 8, Reihe 7 mit langen Reihen zu Verkehrsunfällen herausgegeben. Auf der Basis dieser Publikation wurden die Reihen zu der Anzahl der Unfälle, der bei Unfällen Getöteten und der Verletzten zusammengestellt.
Die Schifffahrt
Eine der ersten Verkehrsmittel war die Fortbewegung mit Flößen, später mit Schiffen, zunächst in Ufernähe und auf Flüssen, später auf hoher See. Schon sehr früh wurde der Radius der Fortbewegung erheblich erweitert. Noch bevor die Staaten Europas die Blüte der Hochseeschifffahrt erreichten, haben sie schon die Flüsse als Transportwege für den Handel benutzt. Große Handelsstädte entstanden entlang der großen Flüsse Rhein, Main, Mosel, Donau, Oder, usw. Die Schifffahrt ermöglichte so schon früh den Austausch von Gütern und Ideen, brachte aber auch Auseinandersetzungen über territoriale, wirtschaftliche und militärische Interessen mit sich. Im Laufe der Zeit spezialisierte sich die Schifffahrt in zivile und militärische Bereiche, in Handel und Fischerei. Die Schifffahrt wird im folgenden unterteilt in Binnenschifffahrt und Seeschifffahrt.
05: Bestand an Binnenschiffen (1871-2010) Die Binnenschifffahrt umfasst die Binnen-see-schifffahrt, Flussschifffahrt und Kanalschifffahrt, wobei im Rahmen der vorliegenden Studie auf die Fluss- und Kanalschifffahrt der Schwerpunkt gelegt wird. Binnenfischerei mit Fischerbooten und Transport mit Frachtschiffen auf Binnengewässern machten den Hauptanteil der Binnenschifffahrt aus. Im 17. Jh. wurden noch auf Flößen große Mengen Holz auf den Flüssen nach Holland transportiert. Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts kamen die Treidelschiffe zum Einsatz (Boote und Kähne durch Segel, Ruder, Staken oder Treidel fortbewegt). Mit Erfindung der Dampfmaschine setzten sich Schiffe mit eigener Triebkraft immer stärker in der Binnenschifffahrt durch. Sämtliche Massengüter wurden auf den Binnengewässern transportiert (z.B. Kohle, Erze und Erdölprodukte). Mit dem Ausbau von Binnenwasserstraßen und Schleusen, durch die eine Regulierung des Wasserstandes ermöglicht wurde, kann der Transport über die Binnenwasserstraßen beschleunigt werden. Heute übernimmt die Binnenschifffahrt Massentransporte in vielen Bereichen (Containertransport, Autotransport, etc.). Laut des Bundesverbandes für Deutsche Binnenschifffahrt dominieren Schütt- und greiferfähige Massengüter, wie etwa Baustoffe, Erze, Kohle und Stahl, mit einem Anteil von rund 70 % an der Gesamtmenge das Geschäft der Binnenschifffahrt (http://www.binnenschiff.de/). Für die Hütten- und Stahlindustrie ist die Binnenschifffahrt unentbehrlich. Auch in deutschen und europäischen Logistikketten stellt die Binnenschifffahrt ein unverzichtbares Glied dar. Im Rahmen dieser Studie kann der Bestand der in der Binnenschifffahrt zum Einsatz gekommenen Schiffe nach Schiffstyp nicht wiedergegeben werden, da dies den Rahmen sprengen würde. Einer der einschneidendsten Veränderungen war die Dampfmaschine und damit die Möglichkeit, Schiffe mit eigener Triebkraft zu bauen. Daher wird hinsichtlich des Bestandes der Binnenschiffe zwischen Güterschiffen mit eigener Triebkraft und Güterschiffen ohne eigene Triebkraft unterschieden. Der Bestand der Schiffe wird dargestellt zum einen anhand der Anzahl der Schiffe, zum anderen aber mittels der Tragfähigkeit des Binnenschiffsbestandes in 1000 t. Für das Deutsche Reich und für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland dient als Datenquelle die Studie von Kunz, Andreas (Hrsg.), 1999: Statistik der Binnenschiffahrt in Deutschland 1835-1989. St. Katharinen: Scripta Mercaturae Verlag.; GESIS Köln, Deutschland ZA8157 Datenfile Version 1.0.0; Datentabelle: Bestand an Binnenschiffen. Die Angaben zu den Beständen beziehen sich für die Periode von 1845-1956 auf den 1.1. und ab 1957 auf den 31.12. des jeweiligen Jahres. Zum Teil wurden die Angaben vom Primärforscher geschätzt. Für den Bestand an Binnenschiffen der ehemaligen DDR dient das Statistische Jahrbuch für die DDR, Jg. 1990, S. 260, Tab. ´Registrierter Bestand an Binnenschiffen´ als Datenquelle. Hier werden nur Schiffe mit eigener Triebkraft aufgeführt und es wird der Jahresdurchschnitt berichtet. Aussagen zu Schiffen ohne eigene Triebkraft können nicht gemacht werden. Für Deutschland in den Grenzen von Oktober 1990 wurde das Statistische Jahrbuch für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland als Datenquelle herangezogen. Die Werte beziehen sich immer auf den Stand zum 31.12. des jeweiligen Jahres. Es wurde die Summe aus Gütermotorschiffen und Tankmotorschiffen für Reihe der Schiffe mit eigener Triebkraft gebildet. Schlepper und Schubboote wurden nicht mit einbezogen. Fahrgastschiffe wurden ebenfalls nicht mit einbezogen. Güterschleppkähne und Tankschleppkähne wurden dagegen in die Reihe der Binnenschiffe ohne eigene Triebkraft aufgenommen.
06 Güterverkehr auf den Binnenwasserstraßen (1909-2010) Der Transport von Gütern auf den Binnenwasserstrassen ist ein Indikator für die Leistungs- und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der Binnenschifffahrt. Bedeutende Einflussfaktoren sind die verfügbaren Höhen der Wasserspiegel der Flüsse und später der Binnenkanäle. Der Bau von Schleusen hat den Transport auf Binnenwasserstraßen entscheidend beschleunigt. Kleinere Flüsse, wie z.B. der Neckar, der Main oder die Mosel wurden durch die Kanalisierung und den Bau von Schleusen erst schiffbar gemacht. Der Bau von Binnenlandkanälen ergänzt die Flüsse, indem zwei Flüsse miteinander verbunden werden (z.B. der Mittellandkanal). Insgesamt wurde durch solche Baumaßnahmen der Umfang der schiffbaren Wasserstraßen entscheidend erhöht. Bei der Erfassung der Transportleistung deutscher Binnenwasserstraßen ist auch der Gütertransport nicht-deutscher Fahrzeuge beteiligt. Für das Deutsche Reich in den Grenzen vom 31.12.1937 wurde für den Zeitraum von 1909-1914 und 1932-1938 die Publikation vom Statistischen Bundesamt: Bevölkerung und Wirtschaft 1872-1972, S. 207 als Quelle herangezogen. Für 1919-1931sind die erhobenen Zeitreihen von Andreas Kunz: Statistik der Binnenschifffahrt in Deutschland 1835-1989; GESIS Köln, Deutschland ZA8157 Datenfile Version 1.0.0., Datentabelle: Verkehrsleistungen auf Binnenwasserstraßen verwendet worden. Auch für die frühere Bundesrepublik Deutschland in den Grenzen von 1949, also die sogenannten Alten Länder, wurde für die Jahre 1936, 1938, 1947 u. 1948 auf die Publikation des Statistisches Bundesamtes: Bevölkerung und Wirtschaft, S. 207 zurückgegriffen. Für 1949-1989 stammen die Werte aus der Studie von A. Kunz (ZA8157 Datenfile Version 1.0.0.). Einbezogen wurden für das Bundesgebiet die Wasserstaßen des Elbegebietes, des Wesergebietes, des Mittellandkanalgebietes, das Westdeutsche Kanalgebiet, das Rheingebiet, das Donaugebiet, sowie Berlin (West). Auch der Durchgangsverkehr auf den deutschen Wasserstrassen wurde mit erfasst. Für den Bereich der ehemaligen DDR bzw. der Neuen Länder wurde auf das Statistische Jahrbuch für die DDR zurückgegriffen. In dieser Reihe werden die Transportwerte inklusive der von der Binnenreederei der DDR beladenen Schiffe anderer Länder berichtet. Ausnahmen bilden die Jahre 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980 und 1985 bis 1989. Hier werden nur für die deutschen Binnenschiffe die Werte angegeben. Für das wiedervereinte Deutschland stehen die Transportwerte seit 1991 zur Verfügung. Die Werte wurden mittels einer Abfrage vom 15. Februar 2012 von der GENESIS-Online Datenbank ermittelt. (vergleiche: (www-genesis.destatis.de; Abfrage: ´Beförderte Güter (Binnenschifffahrt): Deutschland, Jahre, Hauptverkehrsbeziehungen, Flagge des Schiffes, Güterverzeichnis (Abteilungen)´)
07 Handelsschiffstonnage (1871-2010) Eine leistungsfähige Seeschifffahrt hat schon früh zur Erweiterung der regionalen Märkte beigetragen. Ein Beispiel für die frühe Globalisierung stellt die Hanse dar, die ohne die Seeschifffahrt nicht möglich gewesen wäre. Die zwischen Mitte des 12. Jahrhunderts und Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts bestehenden Vereinigungen niederdeutscher Kaufleute hatte sich zum Ziel gesetzt, die Sicherheit der Überfahrt zu verbessern und die Vertretung gemeinsamer wirtschaftlicher Interessen besonders im Ausland wahrzunehmen. In den Zeiten ihrer größten Ausdehnung waren beinahe 300 See- und Binnenstädte des nördlichen Europas in der Städtehanse zusammengeschlossen. Eine wichtige Grundlage dieser Verbindungen war die Entwicklung des Transportwesens, insbesondere zur See. Die Kogge, ein bauchiges Handelsschiff, stellte den bedeutendsten größeren Schiffstyp der Hanse dar. Im ausgehenden 14. Jahrhundert wurden die Koggen mehr und mehr von anderen Schiffstypen abgelöst. Im 15. Jahrhundert setzte der Machtverlust der Hanse ein, der unter anderem auch durch die Entdeckung Amerikas ausgelöst wurde. Der bisher dominierende Ostsee-Westsee-Handel (heute Nordsee-Handel) wurde nun in überseeische Gebiete ausgedehnt. Dabei ging nicht etwa das Handelsvolumen der Hanse im eigentlichen Sinne zurück, es entstanden jedoch mächtige Konkurrenten, die die Bedeutung der Hanse für die einzelnen Städte und Kaufleute schwächten (siehe hierzu: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanse und Rolf Hammel-Kiesow (2008): Die Hanse, München 4. aktualisierte Auflage). Auch heute ist eine leistungsfähige Seeschifffahrt Voraussetzung für die Globalisierung. Arbeitsteilige Volkswirtschaften sind in starkem Maße vom überseeischen Handel abhängig. Die Handelsschiffstonnage gibt die Transportkapazität in Tonnen einer Handelsflotte an. Bei fortschreitender Technik im Schiffsbau steigt auch die Transportkapazität einzelner Schiffe, was die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit positiv beeinflusst. Die Entwicklung der Handelsschiffstonnage ist somit ein Indikator neben anderen, der die Stellung und Leistungsfähigkeit der nationalen Handelsflotte auf dem Weltmarkt angibt. Die Zusammenstellung der deutschen Handelsschiffstonnage gibt die Tonnage einmal in Bruttoregistertonnen und zum anderen, soweit die entsprechenden Werte aus den Quellen erhoben werden konnten, als Anteil an der Welthandelstonnage wieder. Auch die Anzahl der Handelsschiffe wird angeführt. Das Raummaß Bruttoregistertonne (abgekürzt = BRT) ist die Maßeinheit für die Tragfähigkeit der Seeschiffe. Es wird der gesamte umbaute Schiffsraum vermessen (Bruttoraumgehalt bzw. Bruttotonnage). Seit dem 1. Juli 1994 wird der Raumgehalt eines Schiffes in Bruttoraumzahl (BRZ) und Nettoraumzahl (NRZ) berechnet. Die Angaben für das Deutsche Reich beziehen sich auf das Reich in seinen jeweiligen Grenzen. Als Quellen wurde das Statistische Jahrbuch für das Deutsche Reich sowie die Publikation "Bevölkerung und Wirtschaft" des Statistischen Bundesamtes herangezogen. Ab 1900 geben die Werte den Stand zum 1. Juli des jeweiligen Jahres an. Für die Alten Länder bzw. das Gebiet der ehemaligen Bundesrepublik Deutschland wurden die Werte aus der Publikation "Verkehr in Zahlen" des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung, Tabelle: ´Seeschifffahrt - Handelsflotte der BRD´ bezogen. Hier beziehen sich die Werte jeweils auf den 31 Dezember des jeweiligen Jahres. In dieser Quelle wurden Schiffe mit mechanischem Antrieb und einem Raumgehalt von mindestens 100 BRT und mehr berücksichtigt. Außerdem sind für den Zeitraum von 1975 – 1990 Schiffe unter der Flagge der Bundesrepublik einschl. ausländischer Schiffe mit Flaggenschein aufgenommen worden. Schiffe der BRD, die unter fremder Flagge fuhren, werden nicht berücksichtigt, da sie nicht für den deutschen Handel und Transport verwendet werden. Leider kann nach 1971 keine Angabe zum Anteil der deutschen Handelsschiffstonnage an der Welthandelstonnage gemacht werden. Für das Gebiet der ehemaligen DDR wurde das Statistische Jahrbuch für die DDR, Jahrgang 1990, als Quelle herangezogen. Hier ist der Stichtag der Bestandsangaben, wie im Falle des Deutschen Reiches, der 1.7. des jeweiligen Jahres. Für das wiedervereinte Deutschland in den Grenzen des 3. Oktobers 1990 beziehen sich die Angaben – wie für die ehemalige Bundesrepublik – auf den Stand zum 31.12. des jeweiligen Jahres. Als Quelle wurde die Publikation "Verkehr in Zahlen" des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung herangezogen.
08 Güterumschlag in bedeutenden Seehäfen - Hamburg, Bremische Häfen, Emden sowie Rostock, Wismar und Stralsund (1925-2010) Der Güterumschlag eines Hafens ist ein Indikator für seine wirtschaftliche Bedeutung und der Einbettung des Hafens in der Logistikkette. Bei guter Anbindung an Bahn und Autobahn und kurzen, zügigen Be- und Entladungsphasen von Schiffen sowie LKWs und Bahn-Waggongs wird sich ein Hafen als Güterumschlagszentrum etablieren. Die Datentabelle K15.08 enthält für die wichtigsten Häfen Deutschlands die Entwicklung des Güterumschlags vom Deutschen Reich bis zum Jahr 2010 im wiedervereinten Deutschland in den Grenzen vom 3. Oktober 1990. Vor dem Hintergrund der Teilung Deutschlands nach dem 2. WK in zwei Staaten und der Auswahl der wichtigsten Häfen für die ehemalige DDR, wie sie in dem Statistischen Jahrbuch für die ehemalige DDR getroffen wurde, sind folgende Häfen in der Datentabelle aufgenommen worden: Hamburg, Bremische Häfen, Emden, Rostock, Wismar und Stralsund. Als Quelle dienen die Statistischen Jahrbücher für das Deutsche Reich, für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und für die DDR. Für die neuen Länder wurde darüber hinaus noch die Publikation des Bundesministeriums für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung, Verkehr in Zahlen, Jg. 1990, S. 282, Tabelle: 'DDR Kennziffern - Seehäfen und Binnenhäfen' herangezogen.
Die Luftfahrt
Mit der Erfindung des Flugzeuges tritt eine vollkommen neue Form der Fortbewegung auf den Markt. Die ersten Flugzeuge wurden zunächst nur für militärische Zwecke genutzt; 1919 setzte mit Gründung der Deutschen Luft-Reederei (DLR) in Deutschland eine Entwicklung hin zum zivilen Luftverkehr ein. Die Deutsche Luft-Reederei (DLR) wurde vom Reichsluftamt in Berlin als weltweit erste Fluggesellschaft für den zivilen Luftverkehr zugelassen. Zwischen Berlin und Weimar begann der regelmäßige Post- und Passagierverkehr. Die Luftpost mit Flugzeugen, die schon während des Ersten Weltkriegs entstand, wurde wesentlich ausgebaut. In den darauf folgenden Jahren entstanden viele kleine Fluggesellschaften, die häufig nur eine Strecke bedienten. Der technische Fortschritt ermöglichte schließlich die Entwicklung eines Verkehrsflugzeuges mit beheizbarer Kabine und gepolsterten Sitzen. 1926 wurde die "Deutsche Lufthansa AG" unter Beteiligung des Reiches, der Länder und Städte gegründet. Bis 1945 war sie Einheitsgesellschaft für den zivilen Luftverkehr mit weit verzweigtem europäischem Streckennetz. Mit der Kapitulation Deutschlands nach dem 2. Weltkrieg im Mai 1945 wurde die deutsche Luftfahrt zunächst unterbrochen. Nach der Gründung der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und der Einrichtung des Verkehrsministeriums konnte der zivile Luftverkehr wieder 1955 aufgenommen werden. Der Luftverkehr hat gerade für eine international ausgerichtete Volkswirtschaft wie Deutschland eine enorme Bedeutung durch die hohen Mobilitätszuwächse in wirtschaftlichen Bereichen und im Bereich des Personenverkehrs. Mit Einsetzen des Luftverkehrs als Transportmittel ist eine Verringerung der Transportkosten und Transportzeiten zwischen weit entfernten Orten erreicht worden. Eisenbahn- und Schiffsverkehr stellen für den Flugverkehr aufgrund der größeren Gütermengen, die sie transportieren können, sowie der günstigeren Kosten pro transportierter Gewichtseinheit, weiterhin wichtige Mitbewerber im Bereich des Gütertransportes dar. Wesentliche Akteure des Luftverkehrs sind neben der Flugsicherung die Flughäfen und die Fluggesellschaften. In der Zeit von 1919 bis 1949 entwickelte sich der Luftverkehr bis in die 1970er Jahre hinein als ein stark staatlich regulierter Sektor. Die Luftverkehrsgesellschaften wie z.B. die Deutsche Lufthansa sowie die Flughäfen befanden sich oft im Besitzt des jeweiligen Heimatlandes. Ende der 70er Jahre setzte in den USA ein Deregulierungsprozess des Luftverkehrssektors ein, der schließlich auch in den 80er Jahren die Länder der Europäischen Union erfasste. Die Europäische Gemeinschaft verwirklichte in drei großen Liberalisierungsschritten in den Jahren 1987, 1990 und 1993 eine weitgehend vollständige Dienstleistungsfreiheit für den innereuropäischen Luftverkehr. (vergl.: St. Kraft: Geschäftsmodelle strategischer Luftverkehrsallianzen. Universität Gießen. WEB: http://www.org-portal.org/fileadmin/media/legacy/Gesch_ftsmodelle_strategischer_ Luftverkehrsallianzen.pdf)
09 Gewerblicher Luftverkehr der deutschen Fluggesellschaft und aller Fluggesellschaften auf deutschen Flugplätzen (1919-2010)
Solange der Luftverkehr noch nicht liberalisiert war, diente der größte nationale Flughafen der nationalen Fluggesellschaft als Hauptstützpunkt. Aufgrund der strikten Reglementierung des europäischen Luftverkehrs durch bilaterale Abkommen wurde den Fluggesellschaften die Streckenführung und Passagierbeförderung größtenteils vorgegeben. Nur, wenn es um Zubringerdienste (die sog. spokes) innerhalb des eigenen Landes ging, konnten die Passagierströme für Langstreckenflüge auf einen bestimmen Flughafen als sogenannten Hub (=gewählter Umsteigeflughafen einer Fluggesellschaft) konzentriert werden. Nach der Liberalisierung innerhalb der EU treten Flughäfen und Fluggesellschaften nun als selbständige Akteure auf, die Entscheidungen nach Effizienzgesichtspunkten fällen können. Die Flughäfen treten untereinander in den Wettbewerb ein. Mit dem Ausbau ihrer Kapazitäten und Dienstleistungen am Boden versuchen sie, für Fluggesellschaften als Hauptstützpunkt (das sog. Hub-and-Spokes-System ) attraktiv zu sein. Unternehmen des Güterverkehrs sowie die Teilnehmer des Personenverkehrs sollen aufgrund guter Serviceleistungen angesprochen werden. Die Fluggesellschaften wiederum konkurrieren über angebotene Flugrouten und Preise. (vgl. Gordon Paul Schenk, 2003: Auf dem Weg zu einem gemeinsamen Markt im Luftverkehr. Dissertation, Hamburg, S. 123 f.) Von daher erscheint es sinnvoll, die erbrachten Transportleistungen im Luftverkehr sowohl nach den Fluggesellschaften als auch nach den Flughäfen getrennt darzustellen. Es wurde versucht, möglichst lange kontinuierliche Datenreihen für Deutschland zur Zeit des Deutschen Reiches bis 1938/1940, jeweils für die frühere Bundesrepublik (Alte Länder) und die ehemalige DDR (Neue Länder) von 1950 bis 1990 sowie für das wiedervereinte Deutschland in den Grenzen vom 3. Oktober 1990 für die Zeit von 1990 bis 2010 zusammenzustellen. Für die Flughäfen wurden die Leistungen sämtlicher deutscher und ausländischer Fluggesellschaften aufgenommen. Zur Zeit des Deutschen Reiches ist auch der Luftschiffverkehr in den Zahlen mit enthalten. Für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und das wiedervereinte Deutschland wurde der Gesamtverkehr einschließlich des Durchgangsverkehrs erfasst. Für die alten Länder (ehemalige Bundesrepublik) wurden die Werte folgender Flughäfen erfasst: Berlin-West, Bremen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Köln, München, Nürnberg, Stuttgart, ab 1977 Saarbrücken. Die Datenreihen für die Neuen Länder beziehen sich auf die Flughäfen Berlin- Schönefeld, Dresden, Leipzig/Halle, ab 1998 Erfurt. Für die Fluggesellschaften werden jeweils neben den Beförderungsleistungen in absoluten Zahlen auch die Kennwerte der Transportleistungen, Personenkilometer und Tonnenkilometer angegeben. Für die ehemalige DDR wird in dem Statistischen Jahrbuch für die DDR nur für die Fluggesellschaft der ehemaligen DDR, die Interflug bzw. Deutsche Lufthansa der DDR berichtet, so dass für die Zeit von 1945 bis 1990 keine Angaben zu den Flughäfen gemacht werden können. Folgende Zeitreihen sind in dieser Datentabelle aufgenommen worden: Für die deutschen Flughäfen: - Beförderte Personen in 1000; - Beförderte Luftfracht in 1000 t.; - Beförderte Luftpost in 1000 t. Für die deutschen Fluggesellschaften: - Beförderte Personen in 1000; - Beförderte Personen in Personenkilometer; - Beförderte Luftfracht in 1000 t.; - Beförderte Luftfracht in 1000 Tonnenkilometer; - Beförderte Luftpost in 1000 t. - Beförderte Luftpost in 1000 Tonnenkilometer.
Die Nachrichtenübermittlung durch Post und Telekommunikation
Die Beförderung von Nachrichten, Kleingütern und zum Teil auch Personen ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil eines funktionsfähigen Gemeinwesens. Bis zum späten Mittelalter gab es in dem damaligen Heiligen Römischen Reich deutscher Nationen kein etabliertes System der allgemeinen Nachrichtenübermittlung, sondern Kaiser, Klerus und Fürsten sendeten per Boten ihre Nachricht direkt zum Zielort. Der Habsburger Maximilian I. benötigte für die effektive Verwaltung seines Reichs eine zuverlässige und sichere Nachrichtenübermittlung. 1490 beauftragte er die Familie Torre e Tassis (später Thurn und Taxis) mit der Einrichtung einer systematisch organisierten Nachrichtenübermittlung. Durch die Einrichtung von Poststationen war die Übermittlung von Nachrichten nicht mehr an eine Person, den Boten, gebunden, sondern wurde – vergleichbar einem Staffelrennen – an der Station einem anderen Reiter übergeben. Der Nachrichtenbeförderung wurde bei Tag und bei Nacht durchgeführt. Dieses Poststationen-System wurde ständig erweitert, Briefe konnten so über große Distanzen innerhalb von 5 bis 6 Tagen transportiert werden. Die Nachrichtenübermittlung wurde extrem beschleunigt. Raum und Zeit waren plötzlich keine unüberwindbaren Hindernisse. War dieses Übermittlungssystem zunächst ausschließlich für kaiserliche Nachrichten eingerichtet, wurde schon 1530 die Post der Allgemeinheit zugänglich gemacht. In der darauffolgenden Zeit wurden von Landesfürsten, Herzogtümern und Städten konkurrierende Postrouten eingerichtet. Zwar wurde durch Kaiser Rudolf II. die Reichspost 1597 zum kaiserlichen Hoheitsrecht erklärt. Dieses Monopol, welches das Haus Thurn und Taxis als kaiserliches Lehen erhielt, wurde jedoch nicht von allen Landesfürsten anerkannt, was zu einer Vielzahl ausgehandelter bilateraler Verträge zwischen der Reichspost und den jeweiligen konkurrierenden lokalen Postunternehmen zwang. 1850 wurde schließlich der Deutsch-Österreichische Postverein als Zusammenschluß kleinstaatlicher Posten mit dem Ziel eines einheitlichen Tarifsystems gegründet, dem in der Folgezeit immer mehr deutsche Staaten beigetreten sind. Durch die politischen Ereignisse 1866/67 (Deutsch-Preußischer Krieg) wurde der Deutsche Postverein aufgelöst. Schon in dieser Zeit hat der technische Fortschritt zu großen Umwälzungen und neuen Perspektiven geführt. Als technische Erneuerung sind in diese Zeit gefallen: die Telegrafie, die Bahn, die als Transportmittel für die Post entdeckt wurde, und die Rohrpost. Die Preußen führten die Telegrafie 1832 offiziell ein (Telegrafenlinie von Berlin nach Koblenz). 1850 wurde der Deutsch-Österreichische Telegrafenverein gegründet, der den Anschluss an das belgische, französische und das englische Telegrafennetz ermöglichte. "Erst mit der Gründung des Deutschen Reichs 1871 unter Bismarck wurde auch das deutsche Postwesen endgültig unter einem Dach zusammengefasst und über 100 Jahre lang verstaatlicht." (Gregor Delvaux de Fenffe, www.planet-wissen.de/kultur_medien/ kommunikation/post/index.jsp ) Gebühren der Postbeförderung wurden vereinheitlicht, der Einsatz moderner Technologien forciert. Schließlich wurden mittels bilateraler Verträge die Beförderungshemmnisse über die Grenzen des Deutschen Reiches abgebaut. Führte in der Entstehungszeit des Postwesens die Vielfalt eigenständiger, regionaler Postvereine aufgrund vieler Grenzen und unterschiedlicher Regeln zu einem unübersichtlichen und starrem System, so brachte die Liberalisierung des Post- und Telekommunikationswesens in Deutschland in den 1990er Jahren einen Anstieg der Auswahl für die Verbraucher, stark fallende Preise, neue innovative Dienste und damit mehr Flexibilität. Auslöser der Liberalisierungsprozesse nicht nur für Post und Telekommunikation, sondern für den gesamten Verkehrssektor, war das Binnenmarktprogamm der Europäischen Union, das europäische Wettbewerbsrecht und die Europäische Kommission als Akteur. Ziel der Liberalisierung ist es, wettbewerbsverzerrende staatliche Eingriffe und damit nationalstaatliche Gestaltungsspielräume einzuschränken. Nationalstaatliche Monopole sind wegen bestehender europarechtlicher Verpflichtungen nicht mehr zu halten. (vergl.: Susanne K. Schmidt: Liberalisierung in Europa. Campus, 1998; Justus Haucap / Coenen, Michael (2010): Ordnungspolitische Perspektiven Nr.01. Regulierung und Deregulierung in Telekommunikationsmärkten: Theorie und Praxis. Düsseldorf, Düsseldorfer Institut für Wettbewerbsökonomie DICE) Flankiert wird diese Entwicklung durch eine Vielzahl neuer Technologien der Kommunikation, wie das Internet mit seinen vielfältigen Möglichkeiten (Social Media, das Semantische Web, die Internet-Telefonie, der E-Mail-Verkehr), der Mobilfunk oder die Möglichkeit, SMS zu versenden.
10 Deutsche Reichs- und Bundespost (1871-2010)
Die quantitative Entwicklung der Dienstleistungen des Post- und Telekommunikationswesen von der Zeit des Deutschen Reichs bis zur Gegenwart soll mit folgenden Zeitreihen festgehalten werden: - Beförderte Briefsendungen, - Beförderte Paket- und Wertsendungen, - Übermittelte Telegramme, - Sprechstellen (Telefonanschlüsse), - Ortsgespräche, - Ferngespräche, - Ton-Rundfunkgenehmigungen - Fernseh-Rundfunkgenehmigungen
Durch die rasante technische Entwicklung können viele Reihen insbesondere ab den 1990er Jahren in dieser Form nicht mehr fortgeführt werden bzw. müssen durch weitere Reihen ergänzt werden, und zwar: - Bezüglich der Telefone muss zwischen Telefon-Anschlüssen und Telefon-Kanälen unterschieden werden. Der klassische Analoganschluss ermöglicht durch das ISDN die Bereitstellung von mehreren Kanälen auf einen ISDN-Anschluss. Darüber hinaus stellt der Mobilfunk ein neues Medium dar, das neben dem Festnetzanschluss erfasst werden muß. - Aufgrund der Monopolstellung, welche die Post für ca. 120 Jahre innehatte, ist sie die Eigentümerin wertvoller Infrastruktur. Im Falle des Telefons ist sie, bzw. die aus ihr hervorgegangene Deutsche Telekom AG Eigentümerin der Telefonanschlussleitungen. Das Telefonnetz kann als einziger Teil nicht oder nur schwer von alternativen Anbietern ersetzt werden und es wird für gewöhnlich von einem örtlichen Zugangsnetz-Monopolisten (die Deutsche Telekom) kontrolliert. Damit die Wettbewerber den Zugang zum Anschluss des Kunden auf wirtschaftliche Weise realisieren können, sorgt die Regulierungsbehörde für eine angemessene Tarifierung der Vorleistungen des etablierten Betreibers. Daher ist die Entwicklung der TAL-Anmietungen durch Wettbewerber ein wichtiger Indikator für den Prozess der Liberalisierung. - Viele technische Neuerungen, die in letzter Zeit an Bedeutung gewonnen haben, sind im Rahmen dieser Tabelle nicht berücksichtigt worden, so. z.B. die Verbreitung der Internet-Anschlüsse in den Haushalten oder die Internet-Telefonie. Der Grund liegt darin, dass die Reihen oft erst mit Ende der 1990er Jahre oder später beginnen, wie man dies auch am Beispiel der TAL-Anmietungen sehen kann, für die erst mit dem Jahr 1998 der erste Wert erhoben wurde. Zum andern wurde versucht, soweit wie möglich, eine gewisse Vergleichbarkeit zu den Jahren vor 1990 beizubehalten. Für die Telefonanschlüsse bedeutet dies, dass für Deutschland ab 1990 die Sprechstellen, gezählt als Anzahl der Kanäle für alle Anbieter und für die Telekom AG im besonderen ausgewiesen werden. Nach 2007 ergibt sich ein Bruch in diesen Reihen, da ab 2008 nur noch die Sprechstellen, gezählt als Anschlüsse, ausgewiesen werden, womit sich die ausgewiesenen Zahlen verringern (ein Anschluss kann mehrere Kanäle bereitstellen). - Für die 'Übermittelten Telegramme' sind aus den uns vorliegenden Quellen keine Werte zu entnehmen.
DEUTSCHE NATURWISSENSCHAFT, TECHNIK UND ERFINDUNG IM WELTKRIEGE Deutsche Naturwissenschaft, Technik und Erfindung im Weltkriege ( - ) Einband ( - ) Titelseite ([V]) Impressum ([VI]) Vorwort. ([VII]) Inhaltsverzeichnis. ([XIII]) Krieg und Kultur. ([1]) Erster Teil. Allgemeine Fragen. ([3]) Einleitung. Vom Wesen der Kultur. Der Krieg in seiner Beziehung zur Kultur. ([3]) 1. Krieg und Kultur in der Geschichte der Menschheit. (5) 2. Krieg und Menschlichkeit. (7) 3. Macht- und Kulturpolitik. (9) 4. Vom Geiste der deutschen Kultur. (12) 5. Vom Sinn des Krieges. (13) Zweiter Teil. Das Geistesleben im Kriege und die Geisteswissenschaften. (15) 1. Krieg und Geschichtswissenschaft. (15) 2. Krieg und Philosophie. (18) 3. Krieg und Dichtung. (20) 4. Krieg und bildende Kunst. (22) 5. Krieg und Musik. (24) 6. Krieg und Sittlichkeit. (25) 7. Krieg und Religion. (26) Dritter Teil. Abschluß und Ausblick. (29) 1. Der Ertrag des Krieges für das innere Leben. (29) 2. Die Kulturaufgaben für die Zukunft. (30) Zur Psychologie des Krieges und der Erfindungen. ([33]) I. Die sinnliche Wahrnehmung. (36) 1. Gesichtssinn. (36) 2. Gehör. (38) 3. Raumsinn. (39) II. Das Gedächtnis und Merkfähigkeit. (41) III. Assoziationen. (42) IV. Die Bildung von psychischen Komplexen. (43) V. Affektzustände. (44) VI. Willenscharakter. (46) VII. Aussage. (47) VIII. Verstand und Begriffsbildung. (48) IX. Erfindertätigkeit. (49) Die Physik im Kriege. ([57]) [Abb.]: Fig. 1. (63) [3 Abb.]: (1)Fig. 2. (2)Fig. 3. (3)Fig. 4. (64) [Abb.]: Fig. 5. (68) [Abb.]: Fig. 6. (69) [Abb.]: Fig. 7. (70) [Abb.]: Fig. 8. (71) [Abb.]: Fig. 9. (72) [2 Abb.]: (1)Fig. 10. (2)Fig. 11. (73) [Abb.]: Fig. 12. (74) [Abb.]: Fig. 13. (75) [Abb.]: Fig. 14. (76) [Abb.]: Fig. 15. (77) [Abb.]: Fig. 16. (78) Die Meteorologie im Kriege. ([81]) Die Lehre von der irdischen Lufthülle. ([83]) Erster Abschnitt. Die Meteorologie im engeren Sinne. (84) Zweiter Abschnitt. Die Klimatologie. (100) Die Aeronautik im Kriege. ([111]) 1. Entwicklung der deutschen Luftfahrt. ([113]) 2. Verwendung der Ballone ohne Triebwerk. (115) 3. Luftschiffe. (116) [Tabelle]: Das zeigt sich schon in der Vergleichung des ersten erfolgreichen Zeppelin-Luftschiffes aus dem Jahre 1900 mit der Bauart von 1914: (118) [Abb.]: Zeppelin ([119]) 4. Flugzeuge. (120) [Abb.]: Boelcke (121) Die Photographie im Kriege. ([125]) [Abb.]: Abb. 1. (133) [Abb.]: Abb. 2. (134) [Abb.]: Abb. 3. (136) [Abb.]: Abb. 4. (138) [Abb.]: Abb. 5. (141) [Abb.]: Abb. 6. (142) Die Chemie im Kriege. ([143]) Die deutsche chemische Industrie vor dem Kriege. ([143]) Die physiologische Chemie im Kriege. ([159]) Arzneimittelwesen. ([179]) [Tabelle]: Daß es tatsächlich gelungen ist, die Verbreitung der Kriegsseuchen Pocken, Unterleibstyphus, Cholera und Ruhr im Verlaufe der Kriegszeit dank der vorzüglichen sanitären Versorgungsmaßnahmen einzuschränken, besagen folgende Zahlen, die anzeigen, wie viele Krankheitsfälle während des ersten und während des zweiten Kriegsjahres, berechnet auf 1000 Mann, eingetreten sind: (183) Neue Arzneimittel. (187) Die folgende Aufzählung der neuen Arzneipräparate ist unter Anführung ihrer Handelsnamen in alphabetischer Anordnung erfolgt. (188) Acridinfarbstoffe - Arzeimittelzubereitungsformen (M. B. K.) (188) Baldrianol - Bolusal mit Tierkohle (189) Calciglycin - Compretten (189) Desazon (Bayer) - Dispargen (190) Electrocollargol (Heyden) - Gynormon (191) Hämostaticum - Jodiperol (192) Kalzan - Kremulsion R (192) Laneps - Lutosargin (193) Magnesiumglycerophosphat (Merck) - Moronal (193) Narkophin - Nucleohexyl (194) Optannin - Ormizet (195) Panchelidon - Purostrophan (195) Quecksilbersalbe - Spuman (196) Tegoglykol - Typhus-Impfstoff "Höchst" (197) Upsalan - Wismutsubacetat (Merck) (198) Die Explosivstoffe. ([199]) Die Ballistik im Kriege. ([209]) [Abb.]: Franz Külp † Hauptmann im Inf.-Reg. 118, Assistent an der militärtechnischen Akademie in Berlin-Charlottenburg bei Herrn Geheimrat Cranz, geboren am 11. April 1879 zu Eberbach in Baden gefallen am 9. August 1917 in Rußland. ([210]) Die innere Ballistik ([212]) [Abb.]: Bild 1 (213) [Abb.]: Bild 2 (215) [Abb.]: Bild 3 (216) Die äußere Ballistik. (217) Die experimentellen Methoden der äußeren Ballistik. (218) [Abb.]: Bild 4 (218) [Abb.]: Bild 5 (220) [Abb.]: Bild 6 (221) Ballistische Photographie. (222) [Abb.]: Bild 7 (223) [2 Abb.]: (1)Bild 8 (2)Bild 9 (224) [3 Abb.]: (1)Bild 10 (2)Bild 11 (3)Bild 12 (225) [3 Abb.]: (1)Bild 13 (2)Bild 14 (3)Bild 15 (226) [4 Abb.]: (1)Bild 16 (2)Bild 17 (3)Bild 18 (4)Bild 19 (227) [2 Abb.]: (1)Bild 20 (2)Bild 21 (228) [Abb.]: Bild 22, I (230) [Abb.]: Bild 22, II (231) [Abb.]: Bild 23 (232) Waffen. ([235]) Waffen. ([235]) Allgemeines. ([237]) [Abb.]: Kanonenwerkstatt ([238]) [Abb.]: Panzerbearbeitungswerkstatt (239) Landkrieg. (240) A. Angriffsmittel. (241) I. Fernkampfwaffen. (241) [Abb.]: Trommelfeuer auf den Cailettewald (241) [Abb.]: Entladen eines Munitionszuges (243) 1. Geschütze. (245) [2 Abb.]: (1)Am Scherenfernrohr im Schützengraben (2)Beobachtungsstelle (aus mitgeführtem Gerät errichtet) (251) Feldartillerie. (251) [Abb.]: Feldgeschütz in Feuerstellung (252) [Abb.]: Die Verpackung der Geschosse (253) Gebirgsartillerie. (253) [Abb.]: Gebirgsartillerie (254) Die schwere Artillerie des Feldes. (255) [Abb.]: Schwere deutsche Mörser (256) [Abb.]: Wirkung eines Mörsergeschosses auf einen Panzerturm (258) Belagerungsartillerie. (259) [Abb.]: Einschußöffnung eines schweren Mörsergeschosses (259) Festungsartillerie. (261) Luftabwehrartillerie. (261) 2. Handfeuerwaffen. (262) 3. Maschinengewehre. (265) [2 Abb.]: Verwendung Maxim-Maschinengewehr (1)Maschinengewehre in Feuerstellung (2)Maschinengewehrbeförderung a. Gewehrwagen (266) [2 Abb.]: (1)Maschinengewehrbeförderung durch Tragtier (2)Vorbringen der Maschinengewehre in Feuerstellung (267) II. Nahkampfmittel. (268) [Abb.]: Granatwerfer (271) [2 Abb.]: (1)Leichter Minenwerfer (2)Schwerer Minenwerfer (272) [Abb.]: Einschlag einer schweren Mine (273) [Abb.]: Gasangriff (274) [Abb.]: Arbeiten im Minengang (275) B. Abwehrmittel. (276) I. Geländeverstärkung und Befestigung. (276) Feldbefestigung. (277) [Abb.]: Gewöhnlicher Schützengraben (277) [2 Abb.]: (1)Sandsackverwertung (2)Ausgebauter Sprengtrichter (278) [Abb.]: Feldbefestigung im Sumpfgebiet (279) Ständige Befestigung. (279) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eingedeckter Laufgang (2)Im Inneren eines bombensicheren Unterstandes (279) [2 Abb.]: (1)Fliegeraufnahme eines Außenforts von Bukarest (2)Grabenstreiche in der Kehle eines Forts (280) [2 Abb.]: (1)Spanische Reiter auf dem Sumpfeis (2)Drahthindernisse auf dem Eis eines Sees (281) Hindernisse. (281) [2 Abb.]: (1)Explodieren einer Flattermine (2)Drahthindernis in einem Fortsgraben (282) II. Schutzmittel und Schutzwaffen. (283) Panzerung in der Befestigung. (283) [Abb.]: Gesprengter Panzerturm (283) Panzerschutz an beweglichen Kampfmitteln. (284) [Abb.]: Deutscher Panzerzug (284) Persönlcihe Schutzmittel. (286) [Abb.]: Deutsche Posten mit Stahlhelmen (286) [Abb.]: Grabenposten mit Gasmasken (287) Seekrieg. (287) A. Schiffsartillerie. (288) [Abb.]: Schwere Schiffsgeschütze in Panzertürmen (290) B. Kriegsschiffe. (292) [2 Abb.]: (1)Schlachtschiff-Geschwader (2)Linienschiff "Kaiser" (24700 Tonnen) (294) [2 Abb.]: (1)Panzerkreuzer "Goeben" (23000 Tonnen) (2)Kleiner Kreuzer "Mainz" (4350 Tonnen) (3)Hilfskreuzer "Prinz Eitel Friedrich" (295) C. Küstenartillerie. (296) [Abb.]: Küstenartillerie b. feuern (freisteh. Flachbahngeschütz) (296) [Abb.]: Eingraben leichter Geschütze an der Küste (297) D. Torpedo und Torpedofahrzeuge. (297) [2 Abb.]: (1)Aufgefischter Torpedo (2)Torpedoausstoßrohr (Überwasserrohr) (298) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsches Torpedoboot (2)Deutsches U-Boot (Überwasserfahrt) (299) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsches U-Boot, halb untergetaucht (2)Längsschnitt durch ein U-Boot-Modell (300) [Abb.]: Der Maschinenraum eines im Bau befindlichen U-Bootes (301) [2 Abb.]: (1)Das Seebild des Periskops eines U-Bootes (2)Blick in das Torpedoausstoßrohr eines U-Bootes (Unterwasserrohr) (303) [Abb.]: Aufgerichtetes U-Boot-Geschütz (304) E. Minen und Minenfahrzeuge. (304) [Abb.]: Versenktes U-Boot-Geschütz (304) [Abb.]: Ans Land getriebene Seemine (305) [Abb.]: Wirkung einer Seemine im Unterbau eines Dampfers (306) Luftkrieg. (306) A. Luftschiffe. (307) [Abb.]: Wirkung einer Zeppelinbrandbombe (308) B. Flugzeuge. (308) [Abb.]: Bombenwirkung in einer Londoner Straße. (308) [2 Abb.]: (1)Einschlag einer Fliegerbombe (2)Bombenwirkung auf ein Gleis (309) [Abb.]: Immelmanns Kampftaube (310) Die Technik im Kriege. ([313]) I. ([315]) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der gesprengte Lubizina-Viadukt bei Delatyn (Hanomag-Nachr. 1917, Nr.) (2)Abb. I. Lubizina-Viadukt bei Delatyn. Belastungsprobe an dem wiederhergestellten Viadukt (317) [3 Abb.]: A. Der eiserne probewagen für die AEG-Schnellbahn (Gesundbrunnen - Neuköln). Abbildungen 1a (3)Wageninneres. An der Strinwand rechts befindet sich der Führerstand ([318]) [3 Abb.]: B. Akkumulatorenwagen. Abbildungen 1a (2)Führerstand des Doppelwagens mit Stromrückgewinnung (3)Akkumulatorenwagen mit Stromrückgewinnung ([319]) [5 Abb.]: C. Tunneluntersuchungswagen. Abbildungen 1a (1)Lichtbatterie für den Akkumulator-Tunneluntersuchungswagen (2)Dynamo und Benzolmotor des benzoelektrischen Tunneluntersuchungswagens (3)Führerstand des 120 PS.-benzoelektrischen Triebwagens (4)Benzoelektrischer Tunneluntersuchungswagen (5)Akkumulator-Tunneluntersuchungswagen neuer Bauart ([320]) [2 Abb.]: D. Elektrischer Triebwagen mit Schwerölmotor Abbildungen 1a (1)Elektrischer Triebwagen mit Schwerölmotor (2)Maschinendrehgestell mit Ölmotor, Dynamo, Erregermaschine und den Druckluftmaschinen (321) [Abb.]: Abb. 2 (322) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 3 (2)Abb. 3. (324) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 3a (2)Abb. 4 (325) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 5 (2)Abb. 6 (326) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 7 Beton-Mischmaschine (2)Abb. 8. Wagonkipper: Wagen aufgezogen (327) [Abb.]: Abb. 9 (329) [Abb.]: Abb. 9a (330) [Abb.]: Abb. 10 (331) [Abb.]: Abb. 11 (332) [Abb.]: Abb. 12 (333) Der Kleiderverschuß Arm-Amputierter und Arm-Beschädigter. (334) [3 Abb.]: Abbildungen 13 (1)Hosenverschluß (2)Kragenverschluß (3)Prothesenträger: angekleidet, teilweise mit Hilfe von besonderen Kleiderverschlüssen (334) [4 Abb.]: (1),(2)Abb. 13 Schuhverschluß (3),(4)Abb. 13 Westenverschluß (335) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 14 (2)Abb. 14 (336) [4 Abb.]: Abb. 15 Federhalter zum Schreiben für Linkshänder und Handbeschädigte von F. Soennecken - Bonn (337) [Abb.]: Abb. 16 (338) [6 Abb.]: Abbildungen 17 Die Nitralampe und der Elektromagnet in der Heilkunde. (1)Armstütze für Augenoperationen mit Handmagnet. (2)Mattierte Nitralampe von etwa 100 Watt in Stehlampe zum Gebrauch mit Stirnreflektor (3)Elektrische Beleuchtungslampe für Magnetoperationen (4)Magnetachse, horizontal, tiefe Stellung (großer fahrbarer Elektromagnet zur Extraktion von Geschoßsplittern usw.) (5)Stirnlampe (kleine Niederspannungs-Nitralampe) mit Metallreflektor (6)Magnetachse, vertikal geneigt, Veränderung der Höheneinstellung im Handrad ([339]) [7 Abb.]: Abbildungen 18 Die Röntgentechnik im Kriege a - c Feldröntgenautomobil d - g Feldröntgenapparat ([340]) [7 Abb.]: Abb. 19 (341) [Abb.]: Abb. 20 (342) [5 Abb.]: Abbildungen 21 Zur Elektrolyse des (1)a) Blei aus Bleiacetat (2)b) Blei aus Bleiacetat (3)c) Zinn aus Zinnchlorid (4)d) Zinn aus Zinnchlorid (5)e) Zink aus Zinkchlorid ([343]) [Abb.]: Abb. 22 (344) [Abb.]: Abb. 23 Elektrische Stumpfschweißmaschine (345) [Abb.]: Abb. 24 (347) [Abb.]: Abb. 25 (348) II. (349) Die Industrie der Ersatzstoffe. (353) Verkehrs- und Nachrichtenmittel. ([359]) Allgemeines. ([361]) I. Bahnverkehr. (364) Vollbahnen. (366) [Abb.]: Eisenbahntransport von Kriegsfahrzeugen (367) [6 Abb.]: Einrichtungen eines Lazarettzuges. (1)Wagen für Pflegepersonal (2)Krankenwagen (3)Küchenwagen (4)Vorratswagen (5)Operationsraum (6)Chefarztwagen ([369]) [Abb.]: Krankenzug (370) [Abb.]: Badezug (Inneres eines Badewagens) (371) Feldbahnen. (372) [Abb.]: Feldbahnzug mit Leichtverwundeten (372) Förder- u. Seilbahnen. (373) [Abb.]: Verwundetentransport durch Seilbahn (373) [2 Abb.]: (1)Gesprengter und wiederhergestellter Tunnel (2)Neubau einer zerstörten Eisenbahnbrücke (374) [2 Abb.]: (1)Gesprengte Eisenbahnbrücke (2)Zerstörte Eisenbahn- und Fußgängerbrücke (375) II. Schiffsverkehr. (376) Schiffbare Wasserstraßen. (376) [Abb.]: Schleppzug aus Lastkähnen (377) [Abb.]: Lazarettschiffe (378) [Abb.]: Kriegsbrückengerät (Pontonpark) (379) [2 Abb.]: (1)Kriegsbrücke (2)Große Kriegsbrücke über die Weichsel (380) [Abb.]: Pionierbrücke aus Behelfsmaterial (381) Seeweg. (381) [Abb.]: Fähre aus Kriegsgerät (381) [Abb.]: Handels U-Boot "Deutschland" (382) III. Verkehr auf Landstraßen und im Gelände. (384) [Abb.]: Pionierbrücke über Weichland (384) Straßen und Wege (384) [2 Abb.]: (1)Neubau einer festen Brücke (2)Straßenbarrikade (385) Fahrzeuge mit Pferdebespannung. (386) [Abb.]: Verwundetentransport auf Schlitten (386) [Abb.]: Fahrbarer Trinkwasserbereiter (387) [Abb.]: Fahrbarer Ofen zur Kleiderreinigung (388) Tragetiere. (388) [Abb.]: Entlausungsmaschine (388) [Abb.]: Tragetiere (389) Kraftwagen. (389) [8 Abb.]: Personen- und Krankenkraftwagen. (1)Offener Personenwagen (2)Geschlossener Personenwagen (3)Mannschafts-Omnibus (4)Feldapothekenwagen m. Drahtseil-Fangvorrichtg. (5)Geschlossener Krankenwagen (6)Offener Krankenwagen (7)Krankenzug (8)Badewagen im Betrieb ([391]) [7 Abb.]: Lastkraftwagen und Kraftzug. (1)Schwerer Lastkraftwagen (2)Leichter Lastkraftwagen (3)Ganz leichter Lastwagen (4)Postkraftwagen (5)Motorlastzug (6)Heißdampflokomotive (7)Flugzeugtransport auf Kraftwagen ([393]) [Abb.]: Lastkraftwagenkolonne (394) [Abb.]: Kraftfahrerabteilung (396) Krafträder. (396) Der Kraftzug. (397) [Abb.]: Transport schwerer Geschütze durch Dampflokomotiven (398) Fahrräder. (398) [Abb.]: Radfahrerabteilung. (399) Schneeschuh. (399) [2 Abb.]: (1)Schneeschuhabteilung (2)Schneeschuhpatrouille in Schneeanzügen (400) Lastenträger. (400) IV. Luftverkehr. (401) Luftschiffe. (402) [Abb.]: Deutsches Luftschiff (403) Flugzeuge. (405) [Abb.]: Deutscher Doppeldecker (407) [3 Abb.]: (1)1. Fliegeraufnahme von Epinal (2)2. Fliegeraufnahme von Epinal (3)Deutsches Wasserflugzeug (408) [Abb.]: Deutscher Fesselballon (409) V. Nachrichtenmittel. (410) [2 Abb.]: (1)Legen der Feldleitung von der Trage aus (2)Legen der Feldleitung vom Wagen aus (412) [Abb.]: Bombensicherer Fernsprech-Unterstand (413) [Abb.]: Meldehund (Zurückbringen einer Meldung) (420) [2 Abb.]: (1)Sanitätshund (2)Sanitätshund auf der Suche (421) VI. Beleuchtungsmittel. (422) [Abb.]: Fahrbarer Scheinwerfer (423) VII. Postverkehr. (424) Die Geologie in der Kriegs-Literatur bei Beschaffung von Rohstoffen des Bodens und Wasserversorgung für Truppen. ([427]) I. Einleitung. ([429]) II. Beschaffung von Rohstoffen des Bodens. (430) III. Wasserversorgung. (435) [Abb.]: Fig. 1. Neufassungen für einen durch Latrinenabwässer verseuchten Brunnen. Durch die Absperrvorrichtungen kann nötigenfalls jede der Quellen a-c ausgeschaltet werden; die bisherige Mitbenutzung der verseuchten Wasseraustritte dicht hinter der Küche und unterhalb der Vorratskammer hört durch Abbruch ihrer (ungenügenden) Fassungen auf (436) [Abb.]: Fig. 2. Verunreinigung einer Stauquelle durch ein Dorf. (437) [Abb.]: Fig. 3. Vermeintliche "Quellfassung" auf dem Land im besetzten Frankreich (439) [Abb.]: Fig. 4. Entwurf eines behelfsmäßigen Schacht- und Bohrbrunnens (440) [Abb.]: Fig. 5. Bauzeichnung des in Fig. 4 entworfenen Brunnens (441) [2 Abb.]: (1)Fig. 6a. Absenkung eines Wasserspiegels in einen tieferen (2)Fig. 6b (444) [Abb.]: Fig. 7 Gebohrter Abessinierbrunnen. (448) [2 Abb.]: Fig. 8. Quellfassung (1)Schnitt. (2)Grundriss. (450) [2 Abb.]: (1)Fig. 9a. Mangelhafte Fassung einer (Schicht- und) Schuttquelle. Quellkammer überfüllt, weil Überlauf fehlt; durchdrückendes Wasser (←) beschädigt sie. Bedeckung der Kammer zum Schutz gegen Tagewasser ungenügend. Nach Angaben von Herrn F. Bernauer. Die Mauer am Trog ist architektonisch verziert. Statt dessen muß die Quellkammer gemauert (oder betoniert) werden, Fig. 9b (2)Fig. 9b. Bessere Fassung derselben Quelle (451) Der Krieg und die erdkundliche Wissenschaft. ([455]) 1. Die geographische Karte im Kriege. (459) [Karte]: Abb. 1. Reliefkarte der deutsch-französischen Grenzgebiete ([462-463]) [Abb.]: Abb. 2. Der Hafen von Dünkirchen (von einem deutschen Flugzeug aufgenommen). Man beachte die Wirkung der Sonnenbestrahlung im Spiegeln der Schuppendächer und in den Schattenbildern der Schiffe (464) 2. Die geographische Lage im Kriege. (465) [Abb.]: Abb. 3. Vor Bombenwurf flüchtende russische Torpedoboote (von einem deutschen Flugzeug aufgenommen). Die rasende Fahrt im ausweichenden Zickzack veranlaßt sich überschneidende Wellenstreifen, die scharfe Licht- und Schattenwirkungen aufweisen (465) [Abb.]: Abb. 4. Vorder., Zwisch.- u. Hint.-Europa (466) [Karte]: Abb. 5 Skizze der Karpathenpässe (475) 3. Der geographische Raum im Kriege. (476) [Tabelle]: Übersicht über die Raum- und Volksgröße der um Mitte Juli 1917 nicht mehr neutralen Staaten: (478) [Abb.]: Abbildung 6. und 7. Schematische Veranschaulichung der Größenverhältnisse der vom Kriege betroffenen Staaten. Zeit: Mitte Juli 1917. (479) [2 Karten]: Abb. 8 und 9. Verkehrsbedeutung des norditalienischen, serbischen und rumänischen Kriegsschauplatzes (September 1917; inzwischen verschoben die Mittelmächte ihren Einflußbereich viel weiter ostwärts) (1)Was die Entente wollte. (2)Was wir erreicht haben. (485) 4. Die Landeseigenart im Kriege. (487) [Tabelle]: Doch Frankreich vermochte seinen hauptsächlich im Nordosten lagernden Schatz nicht annähernd selbst zu verhütten, während Deutschland, das kohlenreiche, erhebliche Erzmengen einführte. Diese Einfuhr hat sich sehr merkwürdig entwickelt. Langsam hob sich die spanische, rasch die schwedische, reißend die nordfranzösische Zufuhr. (490) [2 Abb.]: Abb. 10 und 11. Posières bei Albert vor und nach der Somme-Schlacht 1916. (Fliegeraufnahme) ([492]) [Abb.]: Abb. 12. Verwüstungen im Rabenwald östlich vom Toten Mann (493) Zum Schrifttum über Kriegsgeographie. (497) Krieg und Völkerkunde. ([499]) Erster Teil. Geschichte der Völkerkunde. ([501]) Zweiter Teil. Arbeiten und Ergebnisse der Völkerkunde im Kriege. (508) Allgemeine Einleitung. (508) 1. Anthropologische Arbeiten. (510) 2. Der Krieg als Erscheinung der primitiven Kultur. (510) 3. Die primitiven Völker auf den Kriegsschauplätzen. (511) 4. Die europäischen Völker im allgemeinen. (513) 5. Vom deutschen Wesen. (514) 6. Die Völker in Österreich-Ungarn. (515) 7. Die Nordgermanen. Belgier. Holländer. Buren. Luxemburger. Schweizer. (516) 8. Engländer und Iren. (518) 9. Die romanischen Völker. (520) 10. Die Russen. (522) Die Fremdvölker des russischen Reiches. (526) 1. Allgemeine Übersicht. (526) 2. Die Polen. (527) 3. Die Ukrainer. (529) 4. Litauer und Letten. Die Finnen. (530) 5. Die türkischen und mongolischen Völker. Lappen. Samojeden. (531) 6. Die Kaukasusvölker. (533) 7. Die Ostjuden. (534) Die Balkanvölker. (536) Die Völker des türkischen Reiches und der Islam. (541) Der Orient. (544) 1. Allgemeines. (544) 2. Armenier. Perser. Inder. (545) 3. Ostasien. (549) Die Amerikaner. (551) Die Botanik im Kriege. (553) Öle und Fette. (557) 1. Gesteigerter Anbau vor dem Krieg als Öllieferanten in Deutschland angebauter Pflanzen. (557) 2. Anbau von vor dem Krieg nicht oder nur in beschränktem Maße in Deutschland kultivierten Ölpflanzen. (557) [Abb.]: Abb. 1 (558) [Abb.]: Abb. 2. Sonnenblumenmassenkultur Anfang August 1916 (559) [Abb.]: Abb. 3. Sonnenblumenmassenkultur nach dem Unwetter Anfang Oktober 1916 (560) 3. Nutzung der bei uns wildwachsenden oder zu anderen Zwecken kultivierten, ölhaltigen Pflanzen. (561) Walnuß (561) Bucheckern. Weinrebe. (562) Steinobstkerne. (562) Mehle und Stärke. (563) [Abb.]: Abb. 4 (564) Reismelde. (564) [Abb.]: Abb. 5. Reismeldenkultur (565) Flechten (565) [Abb.]: Abb. 6. Isländisch Moos. Renntierflechte (565) [Abb.]: Abb. 7. Flechtenbestandenes Moor im württembergischen Algäu. (566) Salate und Gemüse. (566) Pilze. (567) Hefe. (569) Genußmittel (Kaffee- und Tee-Ersatz). (570) Kaffee. (570) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 8. Zichorienpflanze (2)Abb. 9. Zichorienwurzel (571) [Abb.]: Abb. 10. Zichorienlieferung Frank-Ludwigsburg (572) Tee-Ersatz. (572) Arzneipflanzen. (573) Faserersatz. (575) Die Brennessel. (577) [Abb.]: Abb. 11. Brennessel (577) [Abb.]: Abb. 12 (578) Der Ginster (Sarothamnus scoparius). Hopfen (579) Lupine (579) Weide. Torffasern. (580) Ersatz für technisch wichtige Artikel. (580) Seife. (580) Kautschuk. Klebstoffe. (581) Mikroskopisch-anatomische Untersuchungen. (582) Die Zoologie im Kriege. ([585]) [Tabelle]: In der bestehenden Übersicht sind die wichtigsten hierhergehörenden Insekten und die von ihnen übertragenen Krankheiten zusammengestellt; (599) [Abb:]: Abb. 1. Lage des Verdauungstraktes der Kleiderlaus, schematisch (Nach H. Sikora 1916) (602) [Abb:]: Abb. 2. Kopf der Kleiderlaus (Mikrophotogramm nach Frickinger 1916) (603) [7 Abb:]: Abb. 3a - g. Entwicklung des Läuseeies (nach Hase 1916): (1)a)Ei nach der Ablage (2)B) am Ende des 1. Tages. (3)c) am Ende des 2. Tages (4)d) am 3. Tage (5)e) am 4. Tage (6)f) am 5. Tage (7)g) unmittelbar vor dem Ausschlüpfen der Larve (604) [Abb:]: Abb. 4. Deckel des Läuseeies mit Mikrophylapparat (Nach Hase 1916) (605) [2 Abb:]: (1)Abb. 5. An Fasern und Haaren abgelegte Läuseeier (Nach Hase 1916) (2)Abb. 6. Ungewöhnliche Anheftung von Läuseeiern am Kopf bzw. Bein einer andern Laus (nach Hase 1916) (606) [Abb:]: Abb. 7. Stellung der Laus beim Blutsaugen (nach Hase 1916) (607) Die Bakteriologie im Kriege. ([629]) [Tabelle]: Einen Überblick über diese und die Zeit ihrer Entdeckung soll folgende Tabelle geben: (633) Grundlegende Methoden. (633) Gestaltung, Organisation und chemisch-physikalische Beschaffenheit der Bakterien. (634) Die Lebenserscheinungen der Bakterien. (636) Die äußeren Lebensbedingungen. (636) Die Feuchtigkeit. (636) Die Temperatur. (636) Der Stoffwechsel. (637) Der Tierversuch. (639) Das wechselweise Verhalten von Bakterium und infiziertem Organismus. (640) Toxine. (640) Bakteriolysine. (641) Agglutination. (641) Herstellung von Impfstoff. (642) Die im Kriege wichtigsten Bakterien. (643) Coccaceen. (644) Streptococcen. (644) Micrococcus. Micrococcus gonorrhoeae. (645) Micrococcus intracellularis. (645) Micrococcus pyogenes. (646) Bacteriaceen. (646) Sporenlose Bakterien. (647) Die Typhus-Coli-Ruhr-Gruppe. (647) Die Typhusgruppe. (648) B. typhi. (651) B. Paratyphi A. (652) B. Paratyphi B. (652) B. dysenteriae und pseudodysenteriae. (653) B. proteus. (654) Sporenbildende Stäbchen. (655) Aerobe sporenbildende Bakterien. (655) Bacilius subtilis. (655) B. anthracis. (655) Anaerobe sporenbildende Bakterien. (656) B. Tetani. (656) Anaerobe Gasbazillen. (657) Spirillaceen. (658) Vibrio Cholerae. (658) Mycobacteriaceen. (659) C. Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Corynebacterium Mallei. (660) Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (661) Kriegsmethoden. (661) [Abb:]: Abb. 1 (662) Massenuntersuchungen. (663) [Abb:]: Abb. 2 (664) Die Hygiene im Kriege. ([665]) [Tabelle]: Der Jahreszugang an Kriegsseuchen oder sonstigen bemerkenswerten Krankheiten betrug, gleichfalls berechnet auf je tausend der Kopfstärke: (695) [Tabelle]: An Krankheiten, welche für die Beurteilung des Gesundheitszustandes der Flotte von Bedeutung sind, gingen zu: (696) [Tabelle]: Die Erkrankungen und Sterbefälle infolge der wichtigsten Infektionskrankheiten in Cöln von 1907 - 1915: (697) Die Medizin im Kriege. ([699]) Krieg und Heilkunst. ([701]) Die Chirurgie im Kriege. ([713]) [Abb.]: Fig. 1 (718) [Abb.]: Fig. 2 (720) [Abb.]: Fig. 3a -c (722) [Abb.]: Fig. 4 (728) [Abb.]: Fig. 5 (730) [2 Abb.]: (1)Fig. 6a (2)Fig. 6b (731) Die Orthopädie im Kriege. ([739]) [Abb.]: Abb. 1. Geh-Gipsverbände bei Oberschenkelbrüchen (von Lange-München) (743) [3 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 2a (2)Abb. 2b. Streckverbandapparat nach Ansinn-Bromberg zur selbsttätigen Bewegung des Knie- u. Hüftgelenkes bei Oberschenkelbrüchen (3)Abb. 2c. Lagerung zur selbsttätigen Gelenkbewegung bei Schußbrüchen nach Böhler-Bozen (744) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 3. Mechanotherapie und Gymnastik. (Aus dem Wiener orthopäd. Spital und Invalidenschulen) (2)Abb. 4. Kniestreckschiene nach Schede-München (745) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 5 Schiene für Schulterversteifungen nach Erlacher-Wien-Graz (2)Abb. 6. Behandlungsapparat nach Fischer-Preßburg bei Ellbogenversteifungen (746) [Abb.]: 7. Erhöhungsschuh mit Kniekappe bei Oberschenkelverkürzung und Knieschlottern (747) [5 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 8. Radialschiene nach Spitzy-Wien zur Behebung der Fallhand (2)Abb. 9a. Ulnarisspange zur Behinderung der Krallenhand bei Ellnervenverletzung (3)Abb. 9b. Ulnarisspange angelegt (4)Abb. 10. Apparat bei Lähmung der Oberarmheber nach Stracker-Wien (5)Abb. 11. Schuh mit Hebezug bei Lähmung der Fußheber. Alte Form. (Wiener orthop. Spital) (748) [5 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 12. a Fallhand links bei Radialislähmung; (2)b. durch Sehnenplastik geheilt. Von Fischer-Stuttgart. (Aus der Münch. med. Wochenschr. 1915) (3)-(5)Abb. c-e Lähmungen von Arm- und Beinnerven, durch Nervenoperation (Naht des durchtrennten Nerven) wieder geheilt. (Aus dem Wiener orthopädischen Spital und Invalidenschulen) (749) [3 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 13. Gipsprothesen nach Spitzy-Wien (2)Abb. 14a. Lederbehelfsprothesen für doppelseitig Unterschenkelamputierten, ohne Schuh und Verkleidung (3)Abb. 14b. Lederbehelfsbein bei sehr kurzem Oberschenkelstumpf, verkleidet. (Aus dem Wiener orthopädischen Spital) (750) [Abb.]: 15 Kunstbein bei Verlust des ganzen rechten Beines (ausgelöst in der Hüfte). (Aus dem Wiener orthopädischen Spital) (751) [3 Abb.]: Abb. 16. Doppelseitig Oberschenkelamputierter mit seinen Prothesen, mit denen er stundenlang gehen kann. (Aus dem Wiener orthopädischen Spital) (752) [6 Abb.]: Tafel I (1)-(4)Doppelseitig Verstümmelter mit sehr kurzem Stumpf rechts. (5)-(6)Muskelanschlußprothese links. Beide können vom Stumpf aus Ellbogen und Finger willkührlich bewegen (Wiener orthopädisches Spital) ([755]) [6 Abb.]: Tafel II Doppelseitig Armamputierte bei den Verrichtungen des täglichen Lebens. (Aus dem Wiener erthopädischen Spital und Invalidenschulen) ([756]) [7 Abb.]: Tafel III a-d Verschiedene Arbeitsbehelfe. (1)a. Wienerarm (2)b. Bauernarm (3)c. Kellerhand (4)d. Rotaarm (5)-(7)e-g Muskelanschlußprothesen. (Aus dem Wiener orthopädischen Spital und Invalidenschulen) ([757]) Die Lichttherapie im Kriege. ([763]) Einleitung. ([763]) Das Licht. ([763]) Die Lichtquellen für die Lichttherapie. (764) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 1. Kromayerlampe (2)Abb. 2. Bachs künstliche Höhensonne (766) Wirkung der ultravioletten Strahlung. (767) [Abb.]: Abb. 3. Jesionek-Quarzlampe (767) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 4. Lichtfilter (2)Abb. 5. Hagemanns Glühlampenring (768) [Abb.]: Abb. 6. Sollux-Ergänzungs-Höhensonne (769) Die Lichttherapie im Kriege. (770) [2 Abb.]: Abb. (1)7a und (2)b. Wundheilung (774) [Abb.]: Abb. 8. Gruppenbestrahlung (775) Die Röntgentechnik im Kriege. ([777]) I. Physikalische Grundlagen. ([777]) II. Erzeugung der Röntgenstrahlen. (780) [Abb.]: Fig. 1. Röntgenröhre (780) [Abb.]: Fig. 2. Glühkathoden-Röntgenröhre (782) III. Die Erzeugung der hohen Spannung. (782) IV. Die Erkennung von Krankheiten mit Röntgenstrahlen. (783) [2 Abb.]: (1)Fig. 3 (2)Fig. 4 (784) [Abb.]: Fig. 5 (785) V. Kriegs-Röntgenapparate. (786) [Abb.]: Fig. 6. Feldröntgenauto, gebaut von den Veifawerken in Frankfurt a. M. (787) [2 Abb.]: (1)Fig. 7 (2)Fig. 8 (788) [2 Abb.]: (1)Fig. 9 (2)Fig. 10 (789) VI. Röntgenbilder aus dem Kriege mit Erklärungen. (791) Aus der überaus großen Zahl von Anwendungen, die das Röntgenverfahren im Kriege gefunden hat, können wir nur einige Beispiele in den nachfolgenden Tafeln bringen: (791) [3 Abb.]: (1)Fig. 11 (2)Fig. 12 (3)Fig. 13. Großer Präzisionsapparat für Fremdkörper-Lagebestimmung (792) [2 Abb.]: (1)Fig. 14. Röntgenkinematograph. Aufnahme eines Geschosses im Herzen. (2)Fig. 15. Ausmessungsaufnahme eines Geschosses im Herzen mittels des Präzisionsmeßapparates und des Telekardiographen nach Huismanns in einem Reservelazarett (793) [Abb.]: Tafel I ([795]) [Abb.]: Tafel II ([796]) [Abb.]: Tafel III ([797]) [Abb.]: Tafel IV ([798]) [Abb.]: Tafel V ([799]) Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten. ([801]) Die Einwirkung des Krieges auf das Nervensystem geschieht in vielerlei Arten. (802) I. Die mechanischen Schädigungen des Nervensystems. (802) 1. Peripherische Nerven. (802) 2. Rückenmark. (808) 3. Gehirn. (809) II. Infektions- und Intoxikationskrankheiten. (810) III. Erschöpfende Einflüsse. (813) IV. Psychische Einwirkungen. (815) Die Augenheilkunde. ([821]) [Abb.]: Abb. 1. Veränderungen des Augenhintergrundes nach einem Schuß, welcher die umgebenden Knochen des Auges getroffen hat (822) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 2a a) Nach Verbrennung ist eine Verwachsung der Haut des oberen Lides mit der Hornhaut und der Bindehaut des Augapfels entstanden. (2)Abb. 2b b) Das Auge nach Abtragung der Hautbrücke. Das Hautläppchen a) ist zur Herstellung des unteren Bindehautsackes verwandt, außerdem ist noch Lippenschleimhaut eingesetzt. Ein Teil der oberen Hautbrücke wurde zur Bildung des oberen Bindehautsackes verwandt (823) [Abb.]: Abb. 3. Wagrechter Schnitt durch Augen und Gehirn. Beide Augen fixieren Punkt F. Sein Bild fällt auf den gelben Fleck. (M und M`). cM und g`M` werden von der linken Gehirnseite mit Nerven versorgt, Mg und M`c`von der rechten. M und M`gelber Fleck. aFb Gesichtsfeld des linken Auges. a`F``des rechten Auges. Aus Dr. Klingelhöffer, Das Auge und seine Erkrankungen. Thomas`Volksbücher 113 und 114 (826) [Abb.]: Abb. 4. Blick in gerader und schräger Richtung durch ein doppelgehöhltes und ein Meniskenglas (829) Die Zahnheilkunde. ([833]) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 1. Bügel und sog. "Band". Dieses wird an den Zahn angeschraubt. In der seitlich angelöteten Röhre kann der Bügel mit Hilfe der beiden Muttern befestigt werden (2)Abb. 2. Der Bügel ist so eingestellt, daß er freigelassen, wie dies die gestrichelte Linie andeutet, nach außen federn würde. Er wird durch die Röhrchen festgehalten und nimmt, seiner Ruhelage zustrebend, die ihn festhaltenden Zähne allmählich nach außen mit. Der Erfolg ist eine "Kieferdehnung" (834) [3 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 3. Der Bügel dient hier als einfache Kieferschiene. Die Zähne und mit ihnen die Bruchstücke des Knochens werden an dem Bügel durch Draht festgebunden und bis zur Heilung fixiert. (2)Abb. 4. Der Bügel überbrückt den Defekt und hält die beiden Bruchstücke in ihrer gegenseitigen Lage fest (3)Abb. 5, oben. Definitives Ersatzstück bei Fehlen des Mittelteiles des Unterkiefers. Es findet an den durch Kronen miteinander befestigten Backenzähnen beider Stümpfe seinen Halt durch Klammern (835) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 6. Fehlen des Mittelteiles des Unterkiefers. Da nicht geschient wurde, näherten sich beide Stümpfe, um in dieser ungünstigen Stellung miteinander zu verwachsen (2)Abb. 7. Die links am Bügel angebrachte "schiefe Ebene" zwingt bei jedem Kieferschluß die Fragmente in die richtige Stellung (836) [3 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 8. Schwere Zerreißung der Wangenweichteile durch die Splitterwirkung des zertrümmerten Unterkiefers (2)Abb. 9. Abschuß des ganzen Mittelteiles des Unterkiefers. Untelippenweichteile teilweise noch erhalten (3)Abb. 10. Großer Wangendefekt bei Schußbruch des Oberkiefers (837) [2 Abb.]: Abb. 11 Abb. 12 Ober- und Unterkieferdefekt nach Heilung der Wunden. - Der verlorene Knochen wird durch "Kautschukschilder" ersetzt, die an den Kieferresten ihren Halt finden und die Unterlage für die Deckung des Defektes mit Weichteillappen bilden (838) [Abb.]: Abb. 13. Der gleiche Patient nach Deckung des Defektes. Die Kautschukschilder werden später gegen zahntragende Kautschukgebisse ausgetauscht. Gegebenenfalls wird vorher noch der Unterkieferknochen durch Knochenverpflanzung ersetzt (839) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 14. Narbe nach der Heilung der Weichteilwunde der Abb. 8 (2)Abb. 15. Zustand nach Ausschneidung der Narbe und exakter Wundnaht (840) [Abb.]: Abb. 16. Durch einen "Nagel" wird das linke Unterkieferfragment mit Hilfe einer Kopfkappe in richtiger Lage gehalten. Das rechte Fragment ist auf die gleiche Weise geschient. (841) [3 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 17. Die beiden Kiefermodelle sind in einen anatomischen Artikulator eingegipst, der die genaue Wiederholung der sehr komplizierten Kieferbewegungen erlaubt. Die Gleitschiene wird hier erst in die richtige Lage gebracht und mit dem Bügel verlötet (2), Abb. 18a (3)Abb. 18b Freilegung und Anbohrung der beiden Knochenstümpfe, oben das dem Schienbein entnommene entsprechend vorbereitete Knochenstück. - Das "Transplantat" ist in die Kieferstümpfe eingefügt. Es folgt Weichteil- und Hautnaht (842) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 19. Großer Unterkieferdefekt mit großen Weichteilwunden (2)Abb. 20. Der gleiche Patient, mit verheilten Wunden. Unterkiefermittelteil nebst Kinn und Lippe fehlt (843) [2 Abb.]: (1)Abb. 21. Am Oberkiefer wird ein Kautschukkiefer befestigt, als Unterlage für den plastischen Ersatz der Kinnweichteile (2)Abb. 22. Der Weichteildefekt ist gedeckt. Der Narbenschrumpfung wird durch Kopfkappenzugverband vorgebeugt ([844]) [Abb.]: Abb. 23. Der gleiche Patient siehe Abb. 19, nach Weichteil- und Knochenplastik (845) [2 Abb.]: Abb. 24 Abb. 25 Sattelnase wird durch Pelotten- und Gummizug gehoben, die an einer Kopfkape ihren Halt finden. - Apparat zur Formung neugebildeter oder deformierter Nasen. Die Pelotten sind in jeder Lage feststellbar. Halt an Kopfkappe (846) Die Tiermedizin. ([849]) [Abb.]: Fig. 1. Positives Ergebnis der Mallein-Augenprobe bei einem rotzkranken Pferde. - Die Einträufelung einiger Tropfen Mallein- (Rotzbazillenextrakt-) Lösung in den Lidbindehautsack erzeugt bei rotzkranken Pferden nach 4-6 Stunden einen mehrere Stunden anhaltenden Ausfluß eiterflockenhaltigen Sekretes. (852) [Abb.]: Fig. 2. Ein von der Räudekrankheit befallenes und dadurch an zahlreichen Körperteilen, besonders an der Schulter, der Flanke und am Gesäß, des Haarkleides beraubten Pferd. (854) Die Landwirtschaft und der Krieg. ([873]) [Abb.]: Bild 1. Unser täglich Brot. Herr v. Lochow-Petkus bei seinen Elitepflanzen des Petkuser Roggens (879) [2 Tabellen]: (1)Dagegen mehrte sich die Zahl der Menschen, die nebenberuflich in der Landwirtschaft tätig sind, und es bleibt auch wohl zu beachten, daß es viele kleine Leute gibt, die "gewerblich" und "landwirtschaftlich" arbeiten, sich aber bei der Berufszählung nicht als Bauern bekennen. (2)Ernteerträge im ganzen in 1000 Tonnen pro Hektar in Doppelzentnern: (882) [Abb.]: Bild 2. Getreideselektionsraum. Aus der Saaatzucht von Fr. Strube in Schlanstedt (883) [Abb.]: Bild 3. Hohenheim bei Stuttgart, die älteste landwirtschaftliche Hochschule die 1918 ihr hundertjähriges Jubiläum feierte (885) [Abb.]: Bild 4. Tiere des Rassenstalls der landwirtschaftlichen Hochschule Hohenheim (890) [2 Tabellen]: (1)Von den Jahren 1882 auf 1895 auf 1907 war die Zahl der Betriebe: (2)Bei den Zwergbetrieben, die in Friedenszeiten weniger Bedeutung für die Landwirtschaft besitzen, ist allerdings ein Verlust von 129000 Landwirten zu buchen, die durch andere Leute ersetzt worden sind. (891) [Tabelle]: Verteilung der Tierbestände auf die einzelnen Betriebsgrößen im Deutschen Reich nach der Zählung vom 2. Dezember 1907: (892) [2 Tabellen.]: (1)Anbauflächen (2)Gesamterträge: (894) [Abb.]: Bild 5. Weinlese auf einer hessischen Domäne (895) [Tabelle]: Von den Hauptzuckerländern waren die Zahlen 1912/13 für den Zuckerrübenbau: (895) [Abb.]: Bild 6. Vollblut-Shorthorns auf Sürwürden, Oldenburg. Aus Dade, "Die deutsche Landwirtschaft unter Kaiser Wilhelm II." (898) [Tabelle]: Danach verlief die Zunahme folgendermaßen: (898) [Tabelle]: Fügen wir Pferde und Ziegen hinzu und betrachten wir die Zahl seit 1873 noch etwas genauer, so erkennen wir den weiteren Aufstieg und zugleich die Schwankungen, denen naturgemäß die Viehbestände ausgesetzt sind (Futterernten und dergleichen). (899) [Abb.]: Bild 7. Württemberger Bastardschafe auf der Domäne Ochsenhausen bei Biberbach, Oberschwaben (900) [Abb.]: Bild 8. Aus "Kriegsbilder", Nr. 15, 13. April 1918, Illustrierte Wochenbeilage der Deutschen Tageszeitung (901) [3 Tabellen]: (1)Es betrug das durchschnittliche Schlachtgewicht in Kilogramm: (2)Die Zunahme des Schlachtgewichts betrug in Prozenten: (3)Im selben Sinne sprechen die Erhebungen durch das Großherzogliche Statistische Landesamt in Baden (1913), wonach die Lebendgewichte der Rinder, Schweine und Schafe und deren Verkaufswert fortgesetzt stiegen. (902) [Abb.]: Bild 9. Herde auf Friedrichswerth bei Gotha von Domänenrat Meyer (903) [Tabelle]: Es kamen auf 100 Einwohner: (903) [Abb.]: Bild 10. Aus der Forellenzucht von Wüsten-Jerichow, Bezirk Magdeburg (904) [Tabelle]: Die Zahl der landwirtschaftlichen Betriebe, die überhaupt Maschinen benutzten hat sich erheblich vermehrt. (906) [Abb.]: Bild 11. Landbaumotor Lanz mit angehängten Mähmaschinen (907) Die Forstwirtschaft im Kriege. ([913]) I. Die technischen Hilfsstoffe des Waldes. (916) [Tabelle.]: Vielmehr stellt sich der Besitzstand in den Forsten des Deutschen Reiches wie folgt: (917) II. Die Nährstoffe des Waldes. (930) Der naturwissenschaftliche Unterricht und der Krieg. ([945]) Die Schulmathematik und der Krieg. ([961]) Krieg und Wirtschaftsleben. ([975]) Werbung ( - ) Einband ( - ) Einband ( - )
DER VÖLKERKRIEG BAND 5 Der Völkerkrieg (-) Der Völkerkrieg Band 5 (5 / 1916) ( - ) Einband ( - ) [Abb.]: Erzherzog Leopold Salvator ( - ) Titelseite ( - ) Impressum ( - ) Der Völkerkrieg. Die Ereignisse an der Westfront von Mai bis August 1915 / Belgien während des zweiten Kriegshalbjahres von Mitte Januar bis Anfang August 1915 / Frankreich während des zweiten Kriegshalbjahres / Die Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft während des ersten Kriegsjahres ( - ) Die Ereignisse an der Westfront von Mai bis August 1915 ( - ) [Abb.]: Erzherzog Joseph Ferdinand Kommandant der 4. Armee ( - ) Die Kämpfe zwischen Maas und Mosel (193) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den deutschen Generalstabsmeldungen (193) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Soldaten beim Baden vor dem Unterstand in einem Walde zwischen Maas und Mosel (2)Deutsche Truppen in den Wäldern zwischen Maas und Mosel in Ruhestellung ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Soldaten in Ruhestellung bei Saint-Mihiel (2)Pferdeställe deutscher Kavallerie bei Saint-Mihiel ( - ) Die Kämpfe bei Les Eparges vom 20. Juni bis 6. Juli 1915. Zusammenfassende Berichte aus dem deutschen Großen Hauptquartier (202) Der Bericht vom 1. Juli 1915: (202) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über das Kampfgebiet zwischen Les Eparges und Combres. (Vgl. die Karte Bd. V S. 79.) (203) [2 Abb.]: (1)Französische Unterstände in den Wäldern zwischen Maas und Mosel (2)Deutsche Feldartillerie in Feuerstellung bei Saint-Mihiel ( - ) [2 Abb.]: Feldlager deutscher Truppen in der Gegend von Verdun (2)Deutsche Kavallerie führt ihre Pferde in die Meurthe bei Baccarac in die Schwemme ( - ) Der Bericht vom 21. Juli 1915: (205) Von den Kämpfen um Saint-Mihiel (208) Der deutsche Gewinn im Priesterwalde am 4. und 5. Juli 1915 (210) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Wirkung einer deutschen Granate auf einen französischen Pferdeschuppen im Kampfgebiet zwischen Maas und Mosel (2)Deutsche Soldaten im Quartier in einem französischen Bauernhause ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Französische Gefangene nach dem Verhör durch deutsche Offiziere (2)Gottesdienst in der zu einem deutschen Lazarett umgewandelten französischen Kirche eines Dorfes zwischen Maas und Mosel ( - ) Episoden. In einem Beobachtungsstand (213) Die Kämpfe in Lothringen, in den Vogesen und im Sundgau. (215) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den deutschen Generalstabsmeldungen. Alle wichtigeren französischen Meldungen sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. (215) [2 Abb.]: (1)Französische Alpenjäger in einem Schützengraben in den Vogesen 2000 m über dem Meeresspiegel (2)Französische Alpenjäger in den Vogesen an einem Maschinengewehr zur Abwehr von Flugzeug-Angriffen ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Schufterei im deutschen Lager bei den "Drei Ähren" in den Vogesen (2)Aus einem deutschen Schützengraben an einem Berghang in den Vogesen. Im Hintergrund ein Gewehrständer ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Truppen auf dem Marsch ins Gefecht in den Vogesen (2)Ein deutsches Schanzwerk in den Vogesen, links auf dem Bilde durch vorgestellte Tannenbäumchen markiert ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein deutscher Waldfriedhof am Hexenweiher in den Vogesen (2)Ein deutscher Verbandplatz in den Vogesen. Verwundete wurden hinter die Front gebracht ( - ) Die Zerstörung des Viadukts von Dammerkirch am 30. Mai 1915 (226) Die Kämpfe um die Höhe von Ban-de-Sapt vom 22. Juni bis Ende Juli 1915 (227) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über die Gegend von Ban-de-Sapt und Saint-Dié (vgl. die Karte Bd. I, S. 241.) (229) Von den Kämpfen um das Lingemassiv und Münster vom 20. Juli bis 22. August 1915 (231) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Gepäckkolonne auf dem Marsch in den Vogesen (2)Ein deutscher Offiziers-Unterstand in den Vogesen ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein Sonntagmorgen vor einem deutschen Mannschafts-Unterstand in den Vogesen (2)Morgenstunde in einem deutschen Mannschafts-Unterstand in den Vogesen ( - ) Am Hartmannsweilerkopf (235) Episoden (238) Ein Kampf in den Lüften. Aus einem Feldpostbrief der "Frankfurter Zeitung" (238) Verwundete Armierungssoldaten (239) Die Lastkraftwagen in den Vogesen (240) Vom Luftkampf an der Westfront (243) Deutsche Fliegerangriffe auf Paris (243) Fliegerangriffe auf deutsche Städte und die deutschen Vergeltungsmaßnahmen (243) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein von den Deutschen an der Westfront herabgeschossenes französisches Flugzeug (2)Die Großherzogin-Mutter Luise von Baden und ihre Tochter die Königin Viktoria von Schweden besuchen in Karlsruhe die Hinterbliebenen der beim französichen Fliegerangriff Getöteten ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Kronprinz Rupprecht von Bayern beim Vorbeimarsch deutscher Truppen (2)König Friedrich August von Sachsen beim Besuch der Westfront mit Generaloberst v. Heeringen ( - ) Von den deutschen Fürsten und Heerführern (251) Personalien (251) Besuche an der Front und Kundgebungen (251) Von den feindlichen Staatsoberhäuptern und Heerführern (253) Personalien (253) Besuche an der Front und Kundgebungen (253) Aus den besetzten Gebieten Frankreichs (255) [2 Abb.]: (1)Kaiser Wilhelm und Prinz Heinrich beim Tee im Quartier des Generalobersten von Heeringen (2)Kaiser Wilhelm und Prinz Heinrich während eines Gefechtes an der Westfront ( - ) [3 Abb.]: (1)Der französische General Sarrail (2)Der französische General Dubail. Der Kommandant der französischen Truppen in den Vogesen (3)Der französische General Humbert. Der Nachfolger General Sarrails im Kommando der III. Armee ( - ) Belgien während des zweiten Kriegshalbjahres. Von Mitte Januar bis Anfang August 1915. Fortsetzung von Band III, Seiten 225 bis 240. ([257]) Von König Albert und der belgischen Regierung. ([257]) Personalien ([257]) Maßnahmen und Kundgebungen ([257]) Militärische Maßnahmen (258) Von der deutschen Verwaltung in Belgien (259) Frankreich während des zweiten Kriegshalbjahres. Von Mitte Januar bis Anfang August 1915. Fortsetzung von Band III, S. 241 bis 276. ([263]) Enttäuschungen und Stimmungen ([263]) [2 Abb.]: (1)Französische Familien, die ihre von der französichen Artillerie bedrohten Ortschaften räumen müssen, begeben sich in Begleitung deutscher Soldaten zum nächsten Bahnhof (2)Tägliches Konzert der Kapelle eines Garderegiments auf dem Marktplatz zu Vouziers ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Wachtparade deutscher landsturmtruppen auf der Grand' Place zu Lille (2)Junge militärpflichtige Franzosen einer von deutschen Truppen besetzten Ortschaft, die unter Bewachung gehalten werden, um ihr Entweichen zu verhindern. ( - ) Maßnahmen der französichen Regierung (267) Personalien (267) Militärische Maßnahmen (268) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der deutsche Generalgouverneur von Belgien Freiherr von Bissing verläßt das Museum der schönen Künste zu Brüssel nach seiner Wiedereröffnung (2)Der deutsche Generalkommissar für die Banken in Belgien Dr. Carl von Lumm (in der Mitte) mit seinen Mitarbeitern (von links nach rechts) Direktor Dr. Schacht von der Dresdner Bank, Dr. Gutleben von der Darmstädter Bank, Dr. Somari und Prinz Georg von Sachsen-Meiningen ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Generalgouverneur von Belgien Freiherr von Bissing besichtigt die elektrischen Drahtversperrungen an der Grenze zu Limburg (2)Mittagskonzert einer deutschen Militärkapelle auf dem Marktplatz in Brügge ( - ) Die Kundgebung am 14. Juli 1915 (270) Proteste (271) Von den Beziehungen zu den verbündeten und neutralen Staaten (271) Aus den französischen Kolonien (273) Die Kriegstagung der französischen Kammern. Die ordentliche Session des Jahres 1915. II. Die wirtschaftlichen Maßnahmen sind auf den S 281 bis 286 zusammengefaßt. (274) Die äußere Politik (274) Die innere Politik der Tagung von Mitte Januar bis Anfang April 1915 (Fortsetzung von Band III, S. 253 bis 255) (275) Die innere Politik der Tagung vom 29. April bis Anfang August 1915 (276) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Generalissimus Joffre besichtigt französische Soldaten, die mit dem neuen Stahlhelm ausgerüstet sind (2)Die Sanitätskommission der französischen Kammer unter Führung des Unterstaatssekretärs Justin Godart (rechts auf dem Bilde) bei der Inspektion eines französischen Schützengrabens ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Unterstaatssekretär für Artillerie und Munition Albert Thomas (in der Mitte des Bildes) in den französischen Schützengräben in der Champagne; der Minister und seine Begleiter tragen den neuen Stahlhelm (2)Französische Munitionsarbeiterinnen in den Munitionswerken von Saint-Chamond, damit beschäftigt, Schrapnellhülsen mit Kugeln zu füllen. ( - ) Das französische Wirtschaftsleben im zweiten Kriegshalbjahr (281) Am Ende des ersten Kriegsjahres (286) [2 Abb.]: (1)Bundesrat Dr. Arthur Hoffmann. Präsident der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft im Jahre 1914 (2)Schweizerische Infanterie ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein schweizerischer Beobachtungsposten auf dem Pizzo Gallina an der Schweizerischen Grenze zwischen Wallis und dem Val Formazza (2)Schweizerische Truppen in Ruhestellung auf dem Splügenpaß ( - ) Die Schweizer. Eidgenossenschaft während des ersten Kriegsjahres. Vom August 1914 bis August 1915. Zusammenfassender Bericht von Werner Guggenheim, St. Gallen. Geschrieben im Dezember 1915 ([289]) [Gedicht]: Das Friedensland ([289]) Die Neutralität der Schweiz ([289]) Vom schweizerischen Volk (292) Innere Strömungen (292) Deutsche und welsche Schweiz (294) [2 Abb.]: (1)Bundesrat Giuseppe Motta. Präsident der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft im Jahre 1915 (2)Schweizerisches Wachtkommando an der Grenze im Hochgebirge ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein schweizerischer Militär-Transport im Hochgebirge (2)Ein schweizerischer Scheinwerfer-Posten an der französischen Grenze ( - ) Von der Regierung der Eidgenossenschaft. Die wirtschaftlichen und finanzpolitischen Maßnahmen der Regierung der Eidgenossenschaft sind im Kapitel "Der Einfluß des Kriegs auf die Wirtschaft der Schweiz" S. 303 f. zusammengefaßt. (298) Die Landesverteidigung (299) Von der schweizerischen Armee (299) Vom Grenzschutz (301) Falsche Gerüchte (302) Der Einfluß des Krieges auf die Wirtschaft der Schweiz (303) Die Panik (303) Die wirtschaftliche Rüstung beim Kriegsausbruch (304) Maßnahmen des Bundesrates (304) Die Staatsrechnung (306) Beschaffung von Geldmitteln (306) Der schweizerische Geldmarkt (308) Die Schwierigkeiten der Rohstoffzufuhr (308) Handel und Gewerbe (309) Die Liebestätigkeit in der Schweiz (312) Kleinere Hilfswerke (312) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ulrich Wille. General der Schweizerischen Armee (2)Ein Drahthindernis der schweizerischen Grenzbefestigung mit Wachtkommando ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Theophil Sprecher v. Bernegg. Oberstkorpskommandant und Generalstabschef der Schweizerischen Armee (2)Schweizerische Truppen an der Grenze beim Straßenbau ( - ) Die Agentur für Kriegsgefangene (313) Die Kriegsgefangenenpost (314) Die Internierten und Evakuierten (315) Die Schwerverwundetenzüge (316) Die Aufgabe der Schweiz (319) Das neutrale Fürstentum Liechtenstein. Ein staatsrechtliches Kuriosum ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein schweizerischer Beobachtungsposten an einem Waldrande der Westgrenze (2)Ein schweizerischer dreistöckiger Beobachtungsposten an einem Waldrande der Westgrenze ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Schweizerische Flieger und ein Flugapparat, wie sie zum Grenzschutz Verwendung finden (2)Der schweizerische General U. Wille mit seinem Stabe bei einer Inspizierung des Grenzschutzes ( - ) Der Völkerkrieg. Der italienische Krieg bis zur dritten Isonzoschlacht / Italien und der Vatikan während der ersten Kriegsmonate / Der türkische Krieg von Ende Februar bis August 1915 / Die Türkei während des zweiten Kriegshalbjahres ( - ) Der italienische Krieg bis zur dritten Isonzoschlacht. Vom 23. Mai 1915 bis Anfang August 1915. ([1]) Italien, Tirol und Triest ([1]) Während des Aufmarschs in Oesterreich-Ungarn (3) Kundgebungen und Maßnahmen (3) Personalien (5) Kundgebungen der Völker der Monarchie (5) Während des Aufmarsches in Italien (7) Kundgebungen und Maßnahmen (7) Personalien (8) [3 Abb.]: (1)General Luigi Cadorna. Der Chef des italienischen Generalstabs (2)General Graf Carlo Porro. Unterchef des italienischen Generalstabs (3)Prinz Luigi v. Savoyen, Herzog d. Abruzzen. Oberbefehlshaber der italienischen Flotte ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Prinz Thomas von Savoyen, Herzog von Genua. Während der Abwesenheit des Königs an der Front Reichsverweser von Italien (2)Der Armeebischof Mons. Bartolomasi segnet die Fahnen zweier neuer italienischer Regimenter vor dem Ausmarsch an die Front ( - ) Das italienische Heer (10) Die Befestigungen an der italienischen Grenze Oesterreich-Ungarns (12) [Abb.]: Blick auf den österreichischen Teil des Gardasees. Links am Seeufer die Ponale-Straße, die von Riva ins Ledrotal führt; im Hintergrund links die Adamellogruppe, rechts die Brentagruppe ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Franzenshöhe am Stilfserjoch am Fuße der Ortlergruppe (2)Blick auf Trient, die Hauptstadt des Trentino ( - ) Zusammenfassende Darstellung der Kämpfe auf den italienischen Kriegsschauplätzen. Vom 23. Mai 1915 bis Anfang August 1915 (14) Vom italienischen Angriffsplan, der Kräfteverteilung und den Geländeverhältnissen der Kriegsschauplätze (14) Die italienischen Angriffe auf Tirol (16) [2 Abb.]: (1)K.u.K. General der Kavallerie Victor von Dankl. Der Oberkommandant an der Tiroler Front (1)Das Plateau von Folgaria - Lavarone (Vielgereuth - Lafraun) mit der Ortschaft Folgaria ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Das Plateau von Plätzwiesen in den Dolomiten (2)Blick auf das Dorf Serten in den Dolomiten ( - ) Die Kämpfe an der kärtnerischen Grenze (24) [2 Abb.]: (1)K.u.K. General der Kavallerie Franz v. Rohr. Der Oberkommandant an der kärnterischen Front (2)Ansicht von Malborgeth an der Eisenbahnlinie Pontebba - Tarvis ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)K.u.K. General d. Inf. Svetozar v. Boroevic. Der Oberkommandant aus der Isonzofront (2)Blick auf die Pögarbrücke und den Isonzo. ( - ) Die Schlachten am Isonzo (25) Bei den Tiroler Standschützen (29) [Karte]: Übersichtskarte über die italienischen Kriegsschauplätze ( - ) Die italienischen Angriffe auf Tirol (33) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabsmeldungen. Alle wichtigeren italienischen Generalstabsmeldungen sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. (33) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine Maschinengewehrabteilung der Tiroler Landesschützen im Kampf (2)Sonntagsandacht der Tiroler Standschützen an der Front ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein österreichisch-ungarisches Gebirgsgeschütz in Deckung an der Tiroler Grenze (2)Eine österreichisch-ungarische Gebirgsbatterie wird an der Tiroler Grenze in Stellung gebracht ( - ) Auf der Wacht am Stilfserjoch (42) Um den Tonale-Paß (45) Der Ueberfall am Lago di Campo im Val Daone vom 1. bis 6. Juni 1915 (47) [Abb.]: Erzherzog Eugen von Oesterreich ( - ) Die Einnahme von Ala am 27. Mai 1915 (50) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über das Kampfgebiet an den Grenzen Südtirols. ([51]) Der Kampf um den Monte Coston (52) Die Tiroler Schützen bei Belfiore am 14. Juni 1915 (52) Die Kämpfe im Gebiet der Marmolata am 18. Juni 1915 (53) Der Kampf im Ampezzotal am 9. Juni 1915 (56) [2 Abb.]: (1)Italienische Artillerie 2700 m hoch in den Dolomiten (2)Italienischer Schützengraben an der Tiroler Grenze ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Kriegsgefangene Italiener (2)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Feldbatterie an der Tiroler Grenze 2100 m hoch ( - ) Die Kämpfe um den Monte Piano (58) Die Ereignisse um Serten seit Kriegsbeginn bis Anfang August 1915 (60) Episoden (63) Wie Sepp Innerkofler fiel (63) Ein Kriegsbilderfabrikant (63) Wackere Tiroler Schützen. Von den Standschützen. (64) [2 Abb.]: (1)Italienische vorgeschobene Posten in den Tiroler Alpen 3000 m hoch (2)Eine österreichisch-ungarische Patrouille im Gefecht an der Tiroler Grenze ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein Zeltlager österreichisch-ungarischer Truppen im Etschtal (2)Oesterreichisch-ungarischer Beobachtungsposten auf dem Dache eines Hauses bei Riva ( - ) Die Kämpfe an der kärntnerischen Grenze (65) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabsmeldungen. Alle wichtigeren italienischen Generalstabsmeldungen sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. (65) [2 Abb.]: (1)Aus einem österreichisch-ungarischen Schützengraben an der Kärntnerischen Grenze (2)In einem italienischen Gebirgsschützengraben in Erwartung des Angriffs ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein österreichisch-ungarisches Maschinengewehr in Feuerstellung (2)Italienische Gebirgsartillerie im Feuer ( - ) Die Eroberung des Monte Paralba und des Monte Ciadini (73) Die Kämpfe am Plökenpaß (74) Von der Beschießung des Forts Hensel (75) Hinter der Front (76) Episoden (78) Auf einer kärnterischen Sperre. Die Russen. (78) Die Schlachten am Isonzo (79) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabsmeldungen. Alle wichtigeren italienischen Generalstabsmeldungen sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. (79) [2 Abb.]: (1)Gegen Fliegerangriffe geschütztes österreichisch-ungarisches Lager am oberen Isonzo (2)Die von den Italienern bei einem erfolglosen Angriff zurückgelassene Munition wird von österreichisch-ungarischen Truppen gesammelt ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Gebirgsbatterie am Isonzo (2)Ein österreichisch-ungarischer Offizier, der blutüberstömt von einem Patrouillenritt zurückkehrt; sein Pferd ist schwerverwundet niedergebrochen ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarischer Beobachtungsposten in den Tiroler Bergen (2)Oesterreichisch-ungarischer Beobachter im Gipfel eines Baumes an der Tiroler Grenze ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Pioniere beim Verbessern der Wege und Herstellen neuer Verbindungsstraßen im Tiroler Kampfgebiet (2)Munition und Lebensmittel werden auf Packpferden an die österreichisch-ungarische Front in den Tiroler Bergen gebracht ( - ) Die erste Isonzoschlacht vom 6. bis 20. Juli 1915 (97) Von den Kämpfen um die Isonzoübergänge und den Görzer Brückenkopf (97) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über das Kampfgebiet an der küstenländischen Front von Flitsch bis Monfalcone. (99) Der Kampf um den Plava-Uebergang (101) Das Ringen im Krngebiet (Monte Nero). (103) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Gebirgstruppen mit Rennwölfen und Steigeisen ausgerüstet, besteigen einen Berggipfel (2)Das Abseilen eines Verwundeten von einem Berggipfel durch österreichisch-ungarische Gebirgstruppen ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Italienische Gebirgstruppen erweisen einem gefallenen österreichisch-ungarischen Offizier die letzte Ehre (2)Ein italienisches schweres Geschütz in Stellung ( - ) Die zweite Isonzoschlacht am 30. Juni bis 6. Juli 1915 (105) Die dritte Isonzoschlacht vom 18. bis 27. Juli 1915 (107) Zusammenfassende Darstellung (107) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Stadt Cormons bei Görz (2)Ein österreichisch-ungarisches schweres Geschütz an der Isonzofront ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Verwundete österreichisch-ungarische Soldaten warten vor einem Etappen-Lazarett am Isonzo auf die ärztliche Behandlung (2)Ein österreichisch-ungarischer Artillerie-Beobachtungsposten am Telephon an der Isonzofront ( - ) Der 20. Juli 1915 am Monte San Michele (111) In Stadt und Festung Görz (113) Episoden (114) Zwischen den Stürmen (114) Italienische Erzählungen aus den Kämpfen um Podgora (115) Von den Taten österreichisch-ungarischer Panzerzüge (116) Ein Bajonettangriff (116) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ansicht der italienischen Stadt Ancona am adriatischen Meer (2)Blick auf Venedig von einem französischen Flugzeug aus 900 m Höhe photographiert ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ansicht des Hafens von Triest (2)Österreichisch-ungarischer Wachtposten an der Adria ( - ) Die Italiener und ihre "unerlösten Landsleute" (117) Die See- und Luftkämpfe (119) Die italienische Kriegs- und Luftflotte (119) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisches Lager im karstartigen Gebiet auf dem Doberdo-Plateau (2)Das Ausladen österreichisch-ungarischer Verwundeten vor einem Spital ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ansicht von Monfalcone im Isonzogebiet (2)Eine Partie aus Salcano am Isonzo-Ufer ( - ) Der Angriff der österreichisch-ungarischen See- und Luftflotte gegen die italienische Ostküste am 24. Mai 1915. Vergleiche die Uebersichtskarte S. 131. (121) Amtliche Meldungen (121) Aus den Einzelberichten (124) Die Flottenkämpfe in der Adria bis Mitte August 1915. Nach Meldungen des K.u.K. Flottenkommandos, des italienischen Admiralstabs und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (126) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarisches Lager auf dem Doberdo-Plateau (2)Auf dem Doberdo-Plateau. - Oesterreichisch-ungarische Soldaten füllen die Kochkisten, die dann in die Schwarmlinien gebracht werden. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Österreichisch-ungarisches Geschütz in Stellung an der Isonzofront (2)Österreichisch-ungarische Proviantkolonne durchzieht einen Wald am Ufer des Isonzo ( - ) Die Flottenkämpfe in der Adria von Anfang Juli bis Mitte August 1915. Nach den Meldungen des K.u.K. Flottenkommandos, des italienischen Admiralstabs und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (129) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über das Adriatische Meer. (131) Die Luftkämpfe von Ende Mai bis Mitte August 1915. Nach den Meldungen des K.u.K. Flottenkommandos, des italienischen Admiralstabs und ergänzenden Mitteilungen (135) [Abb.]: Admiral Haus der Kommandant der österreichisch-ungarischen Flotte ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Österreichisch-ungarischer Artillerie-Beobachter an der Küste des adriatischen Meeres (2)Österreichisch-ungarisches Flieger-Abwehrgeschütz an der Küste des adriatischen Meeres ( - ) Die italienische Kriegsberichterstattung (142) Die italienischen Verluste (144) Von den österreichisch-ungarischen Fürsten und Heerführern (144) Kundgebungen und Auszeichnungen. (144) Der Besuch des Erzherzog-Thronfolgers an der Südwestfront (145) Von den italienischen Fürsten und Heerführern (146) Personalien und Auszeichnungen (146) Das Haus Savoyen im Felde (147) Von der italienischen Verwaltung der besetzten österreichischen Gebiete (149) Italien und der Vatikan während der ersten Kriegsmonate. Von Ende Mai bis Anfang August 1915. Fortsetzung von Band VI, S. 249 bis 318 ([150]) Die Stimmung des italienischen Volks ([150]) [2 Abb.]: (1)General Antonio Santore, der in der Isonzoschlacht vom 18. bis 27. Juli 1915 fiel (2)Der König von Italien und (von links nach rechts) General Porro, der Herzog Aosta, sowie General Zupelli verfolgen den Verlauf eines italienischen Angriffs am Isonzo ( - ) [3 Abb.]: (1)Salvatore Barzilai. Italienischer Minister ohne Portefeuille (2)General Alfredo Dallolio. Italienischer Unterstaatssekretär für Waffen und Munition (3)Der italienische Ministerpräsident Salandra beim Besuch an der Front ( - ) Von der italienischen Regierung (153) Die Besuche Salandras im Hauptquartier und die Reise des Grafen Porro nach Paris (153) Personalien (153) Militärische Maßnahmen (155) Maßnahmen gegen die Angehörigen feindlicher Staaten (156) Verwaltungsmaßnahmen (156) Das italienische Wirtschaftsleben während der ersten Kriegsmonate (157) [2 Abb.]: (1)Österreichisch-ungarische Truppen in einem Schützengraben am Isonzo (2)Österreichisch-ungarisches Lager mit Fliegerdeckung am Isonzo ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Österreichisch-ungarische Truppen beim Reinigen der Gewehre am Isonzo (2)Österreichisch-ungarischer Vorposten in Deckung in einem Maisfeld am Isonzo ( - ) Von den nordafrikanischen Kolonien Italiens von Anfang Mai bis Anfang August 1915. Fortsetzung von Band VI, Seiten 262 bis 265. (161) Italien, die Türkei und der Balkan (163) Kundgebungen (163) Die Rede Salandras auf dem Kapitol am 3. Juni 1915 (163) Die Volkskundgebung am 6. Juni 1915 (168) [2 Abb.]: (1)Linienschiffsleutnant Egon Lerch. Kommandant des Unterseeboots "U 12", das am 12. August 1915 von einem italienischen Unterseeboot torpediert und versenkt wurde (2)Der italienische Panzerkreuzer "Amalfi", der am 7. Juli 1915 von einem österreichisch-ungarischen Unterseeboot in der Nordadria torpediert und versenkt wurde. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der italienische Kreuzer "Giuseppe Garibaldi", der am 18. Juli 1915 von einem österreichisch-ungarischen Unterseeboot bei Ragusa versenkt wurde (2)Das italienische Luftschiff "Citta di Jesi", das von den österreichisch-ungarischen Truppen in der Nacht vom 5. auf den 6. August 1915 heruntergeschossen wurde, wird geborgen ( - ) Die Reden Giolittis und Barzilais. Die Entgegnung auf das österreichisch-ungarische Rotbuch. (169) Der Vatikan während der ersten Kriegsmonate. Fortsetzung von Band VI, S. 309 bis 318 (170) Vom Sitz und der Verwaltung des Heiligen Stuhls (170) Die Kriegsfürsorge des heiligen Stuhls (170) Die angebliche Papst-Unterredung der "Liberté" und ihre Richtigstellung (171) [Abb.]: Marschall Liman v. Sanders Pascha ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Türkische Artillerie auf dem Marsch zur Front (2)Türkische Kavallerie in den Straßen von Konstantinopel ( - ) Der Friedensaufruf des Papstes zum Jahrestage des Kriegsausbruchs (173) Der türkische Krieg. Von Ende Februar bis Anfang August 1915. Fortsetzung von Band IV, S. 169 bis 240 ([175]) "Heda, Türke, wach auf!" Der Weintraubenverkäufer ([175]) Die politische Bedeutung, die Lage und die Verteidigung der Dardanellen (178) [3 Abb.]: (1)General Sir Jan Hamilton. Der Oberbefehlshaber des Dardanellenkorps der Alliierten (2)Der französische General Gouraud (3)Der französische General D' Amade ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eines der alten Forts am Eingang der Dardanellen (2)Die französischen Generale Gouraud und Bailloud (sitzend) in einem Fort bei Sedd-ül-Bahr ( - ) [Karte]: Kartenskizze der Dardanellen (Vgl. die Karte S 191.) (181) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Erzherzog Thronfolger Karl Franz Josef und General der Kavallerie Franz v. Rohr bei einer Truppenbesichtigung an der Kärntnerischen Front (2)Der Erzherzog Thronfolger Karl Franz Josef dekoriert Soldaten auf dem südöstlichen Kriegsschauplatz bei St. Lucia ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Generalmajor Paul Nagy im Gespräch mit dem Gruppenführer des Kriegspressequartiers Hauptmann Hugo Weiser (2)Major Prinz Elias von Bourbon-Parma und Feldzeugmeister Wurm auf einer Fahrt zur Besichtigung der Front am Isonzo ( - ) Das Oberkommando und die Bildung des Expeditionskorps der Alliierten (186) Vom Oberkommando des englisch-französischen Expeditionskorps (186) Vom englisch-französischen Expeditionskorps (188) Lemnos, Tenedos und Mytilene als Operationsbasis der Alliierten (189) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über die europäische und kleinasiatische Türkei und die Nordostküste des Aegäischen Meeres (191) [3 Abb.]: (Dschewad Pascha, der Kommandant d. Dardanellen-Verteidigung (2)Admiral v. Usedom Pascha, der Kommandant d. Dardanellen-Verteidigung (3)Der Eingang der Dardanellen ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Türkische Infanterie-Patrouille in den Straßen von Konstantinopel (2)Aus dem türkischen Militärspital zu Gülhane. Bei der Desinfektion der Uniformen verwundeter Dardanellen-Krieger ( - ) Zusammenfassende Darstellung der Kämpfe um die Dardanellen von Ende Februar bis Anfang August 1915 (193) Die Versuche zur Forcierung der Dardanellen durch die Flotte der Alliierten. Von Ende Februar bis Ende März 1915 (193) Die Landung der Alliierten an den Dardanellen und die Vorbereitungen dazu. Von Ende März bis Anfang Mai 1915 (196) Der Stellungskrieg an den Dardanellen. Von Anfang Mai bis Anfang August 1915 (200) [2 Abb.]: (1)Türkische Infanterie rastet während eines Marsches an den Dardanellen (2)Türkische Batterie in Feuerstellung auf der Halbinsel Gallipoli ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Begräbnis türkischer Soldaten in Defterdar am Goldenen Horn (2)Ein Krankensaal im türkischen Lazarett zu Gülhane mit Verwundeten aus den Dardanellen- und Kaukasus-Kämpfen ( - ) Die Versuche zur Forcierung der Dardanellen durch die Flotte der Alliierten. Von Ende Februar bis Ende März 1915 (202) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des türkischen Hauptquartiers. Alle wichtigeren englischen und französischen Meldungen sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben (202) [Karte]: Die Dardanellenschlacht am 18. März 1915. (207) Die Landungsversuche der Alliierten am 4. März 1915. Die angebliche Fahrt des "Amethyst" bis Nagara (209) Das Gefecht in der Nacht vom 10. auf den 11. März 1915 (209) Die Todesfahrt der englisch-französischen Flotte am 18. März 1915 (211) Episoden (216) Die Parade des Expeditionskorps in Alexandrien (216) [2 Abb.]: (1)Das englische Linienschiff "Triumph", das an der Schlacht vom 18. März 1915 teilnahm und am 25. Mai 1915 im Golf von Saros torpediert wurde (2)Die Rettung der Mannschaft des französischen Kreuzers "Gaulois", der in der Schlacht vom 18. März 1915 durch Geschützfeuer beschädigt wurde und später sank ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Von der Landung der Expeditionsarmee auf der Südspitze der Halbinsel Gallipoli (2)Britische Landungstruppen werden in Booten auf der Halbinsel Gallipoli gelandet ( - ) Talaat-Bey (217) Die Landung der Alliierten an den Dardanellen und die Vorbereitungen dazu. Von Ende März bis 4. Mai 1915 (217) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des türkischen Hauptquartiers. Alle wichtigeren englischen Meldungen sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. (217) Aus dem amtlichen Bericht Sir Jan Hamiltons über die Kämpfe vom 25. April bis 4. Mai 1915. (223) [2 Abb.]: (1)Englischer Vizeadmiral John Michael de Robeck (2)Vizeadmiral Sackville Hamilton Carden mit seinem Adjutanten Lionel S. Ormsby-Johnson vor dem Gebäude der britischen Admiralität in Malta ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Von den Truppentransporten der Alliierten. Ein britisches Transportschiff fährt an einem vor Anker liegenden französischen Schlachtschiff vorüber (2)Am Hafen von Mudros auf der Insel Lemnos ( - ) Einzelheiten der englisch-französischen Landungskatastrophe (226) Der Untergang von "E 15" am 17. April 1915 (232) [2 Abb.]: (1)An einer Pferdetränke auf Gallipoli (2)Türkische und deutsche Offiziere bei der Einweihung einer türkischen Munitionsfabrik an den Dardanellen ( - ) [2 Abb.]: Türkische Truppen auf dem Marsch auf der Halbinsel Gallipoli (2)Türkischer Schützengraben auf der Halbinsel Gallipoli ( - ) Episoden (233) Der Schützengraben der Toten (233) Von den Gefangenen und der Beute (234) Der Stellungskrieg an den Dardanellen. Vom 5. Mai bis Anfang August 1915 (235) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des türkischen Hauptquartiers. Die wichtigeren englischen, in den folgenden Gesamtberichten nicht enthaltenen Meldungen sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. (235) [2 Abb.]: (1)Sir Jan Hamilton und General Gourand in Sedd-ül-Bahr (2)Der Kommandeur der 1. französischen Division besichtigt die vorderen französischen Schützengräben an der Südspitze der Halbinsel Gallipoli ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Fahne eines französischen Kolonial-Regiments mit ihrer Wache auf dem türkischen Friedhof zu Sedd-ül-Bahr (2)Britische Infanterie ruht nach einem Kampfe in den Unterständen ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Trümmer eines von den Türken heruntergeschossenen französischen Flugzeugs (2)Ein türkischer Scharfschütze ("Sniper"), der sich als Busch verkleidet an die englische Linie herangeschlichen hatte und gefangen genommen wurde ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Das britische Geschütz "Annie" im Feuer vor Krithia (2)Englische Militärbasis bei Teke Burun ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Das französische Schlachtschiff "Bouvet", das in der Schlacht vom 18. März 1915 in den Dardanellen unterging (2)Das französische Schlachtschiff "Gaulois", das in der Schlacht am 18. März 1915 beschädigt wurde und später versank ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der russische Kreuzer "Askold", der sich an der Dardanellen-Aktion der Alliierten beteiligte (2)Drei türkische Kanonenboote am "Goldenen Horn" ( - ) Die Kämpfe auf der Gallipoli-Halbinsel vom 4. bis 22. Mai 1915 (254) [2 Abb.]: (1)Englischer Sanitätsunterstand auf der Südspitze der Halbinsel Gallipoli (2)Ein türkischer Schützengraben auf der Südspitze der Halbinsel Gallipoli ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Landung und Transport eines schweren Geschützes auf dem Strande von Kap Helles (2)Landung eines englischen 155 mm Geschützes auf einem Leichter bei Sedd-ül-Bahr ( - ) Von den Kämpfen auf der Gallipoli-Halbinsel vom 4. bis 28. Juni 1915 (257) Aus den amtlichen Berichten des Generals Sir Jan Hamilton über die Kämpfe an den Dardanellen vom 28. Juni bis 4. Juli 1915 (259) Bericht vom 1. Juli 1915 (259) Hamiltons Bericht vom 2. Juli 1915 (260) Hamiltons Bericht vom 6. Juli 1915 (261) Hamiltons Bericht vom 8. Juli 1915. (262) Im Zeltlager der Expeditionsarmee auf der Gallipolihalbinsel (262) [2 Abb.]: (1)Englische Truppen auf der Gallipoli-Halbinsel bei der Herstellung vom Bomben aus gebrauchten Konservenbüchsen (2)Französische Truppen während einer Kampfpause am 21. Juni 1915. Die Offiziere der aus dem Kampf zurückgekehrten und der neu für die Schlacht bereit gestellten Truppen beraten sich ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Von den Türken auf der Gallipoli-Halbinsel gefangen genommene Briten in den Straßen von Pera (2)Türkische Gefangene werden von den Alliierten an der Dardanellenfront zu Arbeitsdiensten gezwungen ( - ) Die Fahrt des englischen Unterseeboots "E II" durch die Dardanellen am 25. Mai 1915 (265) Die Vernichtung der Schiffe "Goliath", "Triumph" und "Majestic" (266) Episoden (270) Aus den Schützengräben an den Dardanellen (270) Vom englischen Lager am "W-Strand" (271) Die Ereignisse im Schwarzen Meer. Von Ende Februar bis Anfang August 1915 (272) Der Bosporus und seine Verteidigung (272) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des türkischen Hauptquartiers (272) Die russische "Aktion" am Bosporus am 28. März 1915 (274) Der Untergang des "Medschidije" und die Rettung seiner Mannschaft (274) Im Mittelländischen und Aegäischen Meer (276) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des türkischen Hauptquartiers und ergänzenden Berichten (276) [2 Abb.]: Türkische Kolonnen auf dem Marsch im Kaukasus (2)Die deutsche Rote Kreuz-Expedition des Grafen Fritz von Hochberg auf der Reise durch das Taurusgebirge ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Von einer Verbandsstelle des "Roten Halbmonds" (2)Türkischer Landsturm, der zum Ausbessern der Straßen aufgeboten wurde ( - ) Die Fahrt der deutschen Unterseeboote von der Nordsee bis Konstantinopel (281) Die Kämpfe im Kaukasus (283) Die Fahrt der deutschen Unterseeboote von der Nordsee bis Konstantinopel (283) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein Freiluft-Gefängnis für gefangene Türken auf dem Deck eines englischen Kriegsschiffs (2)Von den Türken in den Gefechten auf der Halbinsel Gallipoli gefangen genommene Engländer in ihren Zelten ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Türkische Generalstabsoffiziere beobachten die Bewegungen der Alliierten auf der Halbinsel Gallipoli (2)Die Wohnung des Marschalls Liman v. Sanders in Galata mit einer Gruppe türkischer Offiziere ( - ) Zusammenfassende Darstellung (289) Die Kämpfe in Persien (291) Meldungen über die Kämpfe in Aserbeidschan (Vgl. die Karte in Band IV, S. 213.) (291) Zusammenfassende Darstellung (292) Der Aufruhr in Armenien, die Erklärung der Entente und die Antwort der türkischen Regierung (294) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der deutsche Kapitänleutnant Firle (2)Der kleine britische Kreuzer "Amethyst", der bis Nagara in die Dardanellen eingedrungen sein will ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der deutsche Kapitän Ackermann mit den Offizieren des großen Panzerkreuzer "Sultan Javus Selim" (Göben) (2)Blick auf Konstantinopel von der Galata-Brücke aus ( - ) Die Kämpfe am Persischen Golf (297) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den amtlichen türkischen Meldungen. Die wichtigeren Meldungen des indischen Amtes sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. (Vgl. die Karte in Band IV, S. 217.) (297) [2 Abb.]: (1)Kamele des "Roten Halbmonds" mit Tragbahren für Verwundete (2)Türkische Pfleger vom "Roten Halbmond" bei der Abendmahlzeit in ihrem Lager ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein arabischer Landsturmmann in Bir'-es-Seeba (Beerseba) Palästina (2)aus einem Lager türkischer Truppen ( - ) Zusammenfassende Darstellung (302) Die Ereignisse auf den ägyptischen und arabischen Kriegsschauplätzen (304) Türkische Kundgebungen (304) Die Kämpfe an der ägyptischen Grenze (305) Eine Fahrt durch den Suezkanal (306) Die Kämpfe in Arabien (307) Völkerrechtsverletzungen der Alliierten (308) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein englischer Dampfer vor der Einfahrt in den Suezkanal (2)Ein von Australien kommender Dampfer ladet im Westhafen von Alexandria in der Nähe des Arsenals australische Truppen aus ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine Parade englischer Truppen in Khartum im Sudan (2)Der Hafen von Aden. Im Hintergrund die von den Engländern stark befestigten "Roten Felsen" ( - ) Vom Sultan, den Prinzen und den Heerführern der osmanischen Armee (310) Vom Sultan (310) Von den Prinzen. Ernennungen. (311) Auszeichnungen (311) Vom Zaren (312) [2 Abb.]: (1)Kapitänleutnant Otto Hersing, der Kommandant von "U 21" und "U51" (2)Das englische Linienschiff "Majestic" das am 27. Mai 1915 vor Sedd-ül-Bahr von dem deutschen Unterseeboot "U 51" torpediert wurde ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der engl. Kontreadmiral Sir Richard H. Peirse, der Smyrna bombardieren ließ (2)Eine Straße in Aleppo ( - ) Die Türkei während des zweiten Kriegshalbjahres. Von Ende Januar bis Anfang August 1915. Fortsetzung von Band IV, Seiten 234 bis 240 ([313]) Von der ersten Kriegstagung des türkischen Parlaments ([313]) Maßnahmen der türkischen Regierung. Die wirtschaftlichen Maßnahmen sind auf den S. 316 und 317 zusammengefaßt. (314) Militärische Maßnahmen (314) Maßnahmen gegen die Angehörigen fremder Staaten (314) Von den Beziehungen zu den Verbündeten. Von den Beziehungen zum Vatikan. Die Türkei, die Balkanstaaten und Italien (315) Ein englisch-französisches Komplott gegen die Türkei (316) Vom türkischen Wirtschaftsleben (316) Von den innerpolitischen Verhältnissen Aegyptens (318) Kundgebungen des Kalifen und des Khediven (318) Vom englischen Oberkommando (318) Vom "Sultan" von Aegypten (319) Maßnahmen der britisch-ägyptischen Regierung (319) Nachrichten aus dem Sudan (320) Der Völkerkrieg. Die Ereignisse an der Ostfront nach der Wiedereroberung von Przemysl bis zum Fall von Warschau ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Kriegsminister Enver Pascha und Admiral Souchon schreiten die Front einer Abteilung türkischer Marinesoldaten ab (2)Der türkische Thronfolger Jussuf Izzedin † mit seinem Stabe bei einer Besichtigungsreise auf der Gallipoli-Halbinsel ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Herzog v. Mecklenburg wird vom Kommandanten der Dardanellentruppen Liman v. Sanders Pascha empfangen (2)Deutsche und türkische Offiziere in Bir'-es-Seeba (Beerseba) Palästina. Von links nach rechts: Oberleutnant Issuf Isef, Oberst Trommer, Kommandeur der achten Division, Grenzkommandant Oberstleutnant Behdschet-Bey, Generalstabsoffizier Rüschdi ( - ) Saat und Ernte ([1]) Zusammenfassende Darstellung. Von Anfang Juni bis Anfang August 1915 (3) Das Ende des galizischen Feldzugs. Von Anfang Juni bis 22. Juli 1915 (3) Nach der Eroberung Lembergs bis zur großen Offensive der Verbündeten gegen das westrussische Festungssystem. Vom 23. Juni bis Mitte Juli 1915 (8) [2 Abb.]: (1)Verwundete Russen werden von deutschen Soldaten von einem Schlachtfeld Galiziens fortgeschafft (2)Deutsche Soldaten sammeln die Beute in einem erstürmten russischen Schützengraben in Galizien ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Soldaten besuchen die Gräber ihrer gefallenen Kameraden in einem galizischen Dorfe (2)Eine deutsche Sanitätsabteilung der Südarmee bringt schwerverwundete Deutsche und Russen nach dem stabilen Feldhofspital in Tucholka ( - ) Die große Offensive der Verbündeten gegen das westrussische Festungssystem bis zum Fall von Warschau. Von Mitte Juli bis 10. August 1915 (10) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über die Entwicklung der Ostfront von Mitte März bis Anfang August 1915. Ueber die Befehlsverteilung an der Front in Galizien und in der Bukowina vor dem 14. Juli 1915 vgl. die Karten S. 35. ([15]) Südlich der oberen Weichsel bis zur Einnahme von Lemberg (21) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den deutschen und österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabsmeldungen vom 4. bis 23. Juni 1915 (21) [2 Abb.]: (1)Talaat-Bey. Der türkische Minister des Innern (2)Die osmanische Geistlichkeit in einem Festzug anläßlich des Gedenktages der 482. Wiederkehr der Eroberung Konstantinopels ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Frauen von Hebron, die ihre im Kriege gefallenen Männer betrauern (2)Dschemal Pascha, der Oberbefehlshaber der ägyptischen Expeditionsarmee mit seinem Stabe vor seinem Hauptquartier ( - ) Die Kämpfe bei Mosciska vom 4. bis 6. Juni 1915 (33) Die Wiederaufnahme der Offensive gegen Lemberg und der Rückzug der Russen (34) [3 Karten]: Die Entwicklung der Front der Verbündeten in Ostgalizien vom 12. Juni 1915 bis zur Wiederoberung von Lemberg am 22. Juni 1915. (1)Die Front der Verbündeten am 12. Juni 1915 vor dem Durchbruch bei Lubaczow-Jaworow. (2)Die Front der Verbündeten vom 17. bis 20. Juni 1915 beim Kampf um den Grodek - Wereszyka-Abschnitt. (3)Die Front der Verbündeten vom 21./22. Juni 1915 während des Kampfes um Lemberg. (35) Der Kampf um die Grodek - Wereszyca-Stellung. Zusammenfassender Bericht aus dem Deutschen Großen Hauptquartier vom 27. Juni 1915 (vgl. die Karten S. 35). (39) Die Einnahme von Lemberg (40) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein Unterstand österreichisch-ungarischer Infanterie in Südpolen (2)Eine Feldmesse bei einem österreichisch-ungarischen Ulanen-Regiment ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Soldaten bei der Verteilung des Essens (2)Ein österreichisch-ungarisches Landsturmregiment lagert in einem Walde Galiziens ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Proviantkolonnen der Verbündeten zwischen Przemysl und Lemberg (2)Kurze Rast deutscher Truppen in Mosziska auf dem Vormarsch nach Lemberg ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Wirkung eines großkalibrigen Geschosses der Verbündeten vor Lemberg (2)Abtransport russischer Soldaten, die vor Lemberg gefangen genommen wurden ( - ) Im Kampf um den Dnjestr vom 9. bis 22. Juni 1915 (45) Die Kämpfe der Armee Pflanzer-Baltin in Südostgalizien und in der Bukowina. Vom 9. bis 23. Juni 1915 (46) Episoden (48) Eine Husaren-Geschichte (48) Eine Robinsonade im Kriege (48) Jung Heidelberg (49) Ostgalizien und Lemberg unter russischer Herrschaft (50) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Offiziere des Korps Hofmann (2)General Szibulka mit seinem Stabe vor seinem Quartier in Stanislau ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Österreichisch-ungarische Ulanen-Vorhut an einem Waldrand (2)Verbandplatz vor einem österreichisch-ungarischen Feldlazarett ( - ) Südlich der oberen Weichsel von der Wiedereroberung Lembergs bis zur großen Offensive (53) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den deutschen und österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabsmeldungen vom 24. Juni bis 16. Juli 1915 (53) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine deutsche Trainkolonne durchzieht ein Dorf in Südpolen. Im Vordergrund schlafende deutsche Soldaten (2)Deutsche Artillerie während einer Ruhepause ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Badeanstalt deutscher Truppen in einem Dorfe Südpolens (2)Deutsche Soldaten auf der Jagd nach Läusen ( - ) Zwischen Weichsel und Bug vor der großen Offensive der Verbündeten gegen das westrussische Festungssystem. Von Ende Juni bis Mitte Juli 1915 (63) [2 Abb.]: (1)General v. Emmich mit seinem Stabe in Ostgalizien (2)Eine bei den Kämpfen vor Lemberg erbeutete zerschossene russische Kanone ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Starke russische Befestigungen an einer Eisenbahnbrücke über den Stryj an der Strecke Stryj-Lemberg. Hinter den Drahtverhauen brückenkopfartig gebaute Betonbefestigungen mit Schießscharten (2)Das Proviantamt in Jaroslau. - Im Vordergrund russische Gefangene ( - ) Die Deutschen im Verbande der K.u.K. 4. Armee bei Idalin. Am 6. und 7. Juli 1915 (65) Vom Marsch der Heeresgruppe Mackensen zwischen Weichsel und Bug (66) Zamosc (68) Der Uebergang über den Dnjestr und die Kämpfe bis zur Besetzung der Zlota-Lipa-Stellung. Vom 23. Juni bis Mitte Juli 1915 (69) [2 Abb.]: (1)Vom Vormarsch aus Galizien nach Polen. Bagagekolonnen beim Ueberschreiten eines Flusses in Polen (2)Vom Vormarsch aus Galizien nach Polen. Mittagsrast in einem galizischen Dorfe ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Gefangene Russen mit ihren Maschinengewehren auf dem Transport hinter die Front in Galizien (2)Ein österreichisch-ungarischer 30,5 cm-Mörser wird in Ostgalizien östlich von Stryj in Stellung gebracht ( - ) Weiter nach Osten (73) In der Bukowina (74) Episoden (75) Aus den Kämpfen in Ostgalizien (75) An der Zlota-Lipa (76) In Polen von der Wiedereroberung von Przemysl bis zum Beginn der großen Offensive. Chronologische Uebersicht nach den deutschen und österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabsmeldungen vom 18. Juni bis Mitte Juli 1915 (77) Nördlich der unteren Weichsel von der Wiedereroberung von Przemysl bis zum Beginn der großen Offensive. Chronologische Uebersicht nach den deutschen Generalstabsmeldungen vom 18. Juni bis 13. Juli 1915 (79) Von den Fürsten und Heerführern der Verbündeten. Von Anfang Juni bis Mitte Juli 1915 (81) Kundgebungen, Auszeichnungen und Personalien (81) Kaiser Wilhelm in Galizien (83) König Ludwig III. von Bayern, König Wilhelm II. von Württemberg und Prinz Johann Georg von Sachsen an der Ostfront (85) Die große Offensive nördlich der unteren Weichsel bis zum Fall von Warschau (87) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den deutschen Generalstabsmeldungen vom 14. Juli bis 12. August 1915 (87) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Chef des österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabs Freiherr Conrad v. Hötzendorf nach dem Einzug in das wiedereroberte Lemberg im Gespräch mit dem römisch-katholischen Erzbischof Bilczewski und dem armenischen Erzbischof Theodorowicz (2)Blick auf die Stadt Lemberg ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine von den Russen erbaute und vor ihrem Abzug wieder zerstörte Luftschiffhalle in Lemberg (2)Eine von den Russen gesprengte Eisenbahnbrücke bei Lemberg wird von einer deutschen Eisenbahnkompagnie wieder aufgebaut. ( - ) Die deutsche Kultur der baltischen Ostseeprovinzen (97) [Abb.]: Generalfeldmarschall Prinz Leopold von Bayern ( - ) Der Vormarsch auf Mitau (101) Das Kgl. sächsische Karabinerregiment in den Kämpfen bei Alt-Autz und Hofzumberge am 17. und 18. Juli 1915 (104) [2 Abb.]: (1)Von den Russen auf der Flucht aus Ostgalizien verbrannte Eisenbahnwagen (2)Verladen russischer Gefangener auf dem Bahnhof in Stryj ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Öesterreichisch-ungarische Artillerie in Feuerstellung an der Zlota-Lipa (2)Der Kommandant der 36. Infanterie-Truppen-Division Ritter Schreitter von Schwarzenfeld mit seinem Stabe vor der Kampffront in Ostgalizien ( - ) Die Kämpfe vor Szawle am 21. Juli 1915 (108) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine von den Russen kampflos geräumte Infanterie-Feldstellung vor der Festung Rozan (2)Von deutschen Truppen im Sturm eroberte russische Feldstellung vor der Festung Rozan ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Aus dem vollständig zusammengeschossenen Rozan (2)Die von deutschen Pionieren bei Rozan erbaute Narew-Brücke, daneben die Reste der von den Russen vor ihrem Abzug zerstörten Brücke ( - ) Ein Gefecht in Kurland Ende Juli 1915 (109) Die Einnahme von Mitau am 1. August 1915 (111) Der Durchbruch bei Prasznysz am 13. bis 15. Juli 1915. Zusammenfassender Bericht aus dem deutschen Großen Hauptquartier vom 31. Juli 1915 (113) Der Angriff gegen die Nordwestfront des westrussischen Festungssystems. Von Mitte Juli bis 10. August 1915 (116) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine deutsche Munitionskolonne überschreitet auf einer Notbrücke den Narew-Fluß (2)General v. Scholz mit seinem Stabe in Kolno ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Blick auf das gut erhaltene Lomza vom Narew aus (2)Ein Teil der Stadt Kolno (Gouvernement Lomza), der von den Russen angezündet, niederbrannte ( - ) Die Württemberger vor Rozan und die Erstürmung der Bahnlinie Warschau - Ostrolenka. Vom 20. Juli bis 3. August 1915 (118) Wie Lomza fiel. Vom 7. bis 10. August 1915 (120) [2 Abb.]: (1)General von Gerok (2)General der Kavallerie v. Böhm-Ermolli mit seinem Armee-Generalstabschef Generalmajor Dr. Bardolff ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Oberbefehlshaber der Südarmee General der Infanterie v. Linsingen und Prinz Georg von Bayern (links vom Gneral v. Linsingen) an der ostgalizischen Front (2)König Ludwig III. von Bayern bei seinem Besuch in Lemberg im Gespräch mit General der Kavallerie v. Böhm-Ermolli ( - ) Episoden (121) Ritt in Kurland (121) Vor Rozan. Das große Reinemachen (122) Die große Offensive südöstlich der oberen Weichsel bis zum Fall von Warschau. Chronologische Uebersicht nach den deutschen und österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabsmeldungen vom 16. Juli bis 10. August 1915. Einzelne Meldungen des russischen Generalstabs sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. (123) [Karte]: Übersichtskarte der Kämpfe in Kurland. Vergleiche die südlich anschließenden Übersichtskarten von Ostpreußen Band II vor S 33, von Polen Band IV vor S. 33 und von Galizien Band II vor S 1. ( - ) Einband ( - ) Einband ( - )
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DER VÖLKERKRIEG BAND 7 Der Völkerkrieg (-) Der Völkerkrieg Band 7 (7 / 1917) ( - ) Einband ( - ) [Abb.]: Erzherzog Joseph. ( - ) Titelseite ( - ) Impressum ( - ) Der Völkerkrieg. Der italienische Krieg während des dritten Kriegshalbjahres. Italien und der Vatikan während des dritten Kriegshalbjahres. Der türkische Krieg während des dritten Kriegshalbjahres. Die Türkei während des dritten Kriegshalbjahres. Aus Persien und Afghanistan. Von Februar 1915 bis Februar 1916. Die Ereignisse in Marokko. Von September 1914 bis Februar 1916. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Monte Santo nördlich von Görz am mittleren Isonzo. (2)Bersaglieri auf einem vorgeschobenen Posten am Isonzo. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein österreichisch-ungarischer Beobachtungsposten in Tirol. (2)Blick von Tarvis gegen Süden. ( - ) Der italienische Krieg während des dritten Kriegshalbjahres. Von Anfang August 1915 bis Mitte Februar 1916. Fortsetzung von Band VIII, Seiten 1 bis 149. ([1]) Das Rätsel der Isonzo-Front. ([1]) Zusammenfassende Darstellung der Kämpfe auf den italienischen Kriegsschauplätzen. Vom 10. August 1915 bis 15. Februar 1916. (3) Zwischen den Isonzo-Schlachten. Vom 10. August bis 11. Oktober 1915. (3) Der italienische Generalangriff vom Chiese zum Isonzo. Von Mitte Oktober bis Mitte November 1915. (5) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein italienisches Maschinengewehr wird im Hochgebirge auf eine Höhenstellung gebracht. (2)Teile italienischer Geschütze werden auf Maultieren in die Bergstellungen gebracht. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein italienisches Panzerautomobil vor der Abfahrt zur Front. (2)Eine österreichisch-ungarische Elektro-Benzin-Feldbahn im Karstgebiet. ( - ) Die Parlamentsschlacht und die Winterkämpfe. Vom 9. November 1915 bis 15. Februar 1916. (10) Zwischen den Isonzoschlachten. (15) Die Kämpfe an der Isonzofront. Vom 10. August bis 11. Oktober 1915. (15) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabsmeldungen. Alle wichtigeren italienischen Generalstabsmeldungen sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. Vgl. die Karte Band VIII, S. 99. (15) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein österreichisch-ungarischer Mörser in Deckung. (2)Ein italienisches schweres Geschütz in Stellung. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Drahthindernisse an der österreichisch-ungarischen Isonzofront. (2)Eine Wegsperre an der österreichisch-ungarischen Isonzofront. ( - ) Die Kämpfe um den Tolmeiner Brückenkopf. Vom 13. bis 23. August 1915. (26) Die Schlacht bei Tolmein und Flitsch. Vom 10. bis 20. September 1915. (31) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein Lager österreichisch-ungarischer Truppen im Krn-Gebiet (Monte Nero). (2)Blick auf den oberen Isonzo. - Eine italienische Granate explodiert im Fluß. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine österreichisch-ungarische Talsperre im Krn-Gebiet (Monte Nero). (2)Aufstieg von Tragtieren im Krn-Gebiet (Monte Nero). ( - ) Die Kämpfe im Tiroler und Kärntner Grenzgebiet I. Vom 11. August bis 11. Oktober 1915. (33) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabsmeldungen. Alle wichtigeren italienischen Generalstabsmeldungen sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. Vgl. die Karten in Band VIII, zwischen Seiten 16 und 17 sowie S. 51 und 99. (33) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine österreichisch-ungarische Gebirgskanone in Tirol in Feuerstellung. (2)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Vorposten im Gefecht in den Tiroler Bergen. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Innsbrucker Standschützen vor ihrem Abmarsch zur Front. (2)Ein gegen Feindessicht geschützter Fußweg an der österreichisch-ungarischen Tiroler Front. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein katholischer Geistlicher im Gespräch mit österreichisch-ungarischen Soldaten. (2)Unterstand österreichich-ungarischer Offiziere oberhalb des Forts Hensel im Saifnitztal. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein maskierter österreichisch-ungarischer Schützengraben in einem Tiroler Hochtal. (2)Der österreichisch-ungarische Armeekommandant dekoriert die Helden von Fort Hensel. ( - ) Die Kämpfe am Monte Piano. Vom 11. bis 15. August 1915. (44) Das Gefecht am Fedaja-Paß. Am 14./15. August 1915. (46) Die Kämpfe um den Tonalepaß. Vom 15. bis 25. August 1915. (47) Die italienische Niederlage bei Lafraun. Vom 15. bis 25. August 1915. (48) Die italienische Schlappe im Sextener Abschnitt. Vom 1. bis 6. September 1915. (50) Der Angriff auf den Paradiespaß südlich der Tonalestraße. Am 14. September 1915. (51) Das Gefecht um die Sedeh-Hütte. Vom 17. bis 25. September 1915. (52) Die Bestürmung und Eroberung des Monte Coston am 22. September 1915. (54) An der kärnterischen Grenze. (55) Episoden. (56) Die Proklamation d'Annunzios an die Bürgerschaft von Trient. (56) [2 Abb.]: (1)Straßenbild aus Vielgereuth (Folgaria). (2)Ein Artillerielaufgraben an der österreichisch-ungarischen Front in Tirol. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Generalmajor Goiginger mit seinem engeren Stab an der Tiroler Front. (2)An der Tiroler Front gefangene Italiener in Erwartung ihres Mittagessens. ( - ) Eine italienische Heldentat. (57) Ein Fliegerangriff auf Brescia. (57) Der italienische Generalangriff vom Chiesefluß bis zum Isonzo. (58) Die vierte Isonzoschlacht. Vom 12. Oktober bis zum 8. November 1915. (58) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabsmeldungen. (58) [2 Abb.]: (1)Tiroler Standschützen auf einem Felsgrat. (2)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Truppen bei einem Aufstieg durch Moränen. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine Maschinengewehrabteilung der Tiroler Landesschützen. (2)Von den österreichisch-ungarischen Truppen gebaute Drahtseilbahn zur Beförderung von Munition und Proviant im Kampfgebiet an der Tiroler Front. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein österreichisch-ungarischer 30,5 cm Mörser im Feuer an der Isonzofront. (2)Sandkörbe werden zum Ausbau der österreichisch-ungarischen Stellungen am Isonzo an die Front gebracht. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Truppen in einem Dorfe an der Isonzofront. (2)Ein österreichisch-ungarischer Scheinwerferzug auf dem Marsche zur Isonzofront. ( - ) Der Verlauf der vierten Isonzoschlacht. Vom 17. Oktober bis 3. November 1915. (67) [2 Abb.]: (1)Um Monte San Michele gefangen genommene Italiener beim Abtransport. (2)In italienische Gefangenschaft geratene österreichisch-ungarische Soldaten hinter der Kampffront. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Brotbäckerei in Erdbacköfen hinter der österreichisch-ungarischen Isonzofront. (2)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Truppen ruhen hinter der Isonzofront in einem Zeltlager, das durch Zweige gegen Fliegersicht geschützt ist. ( - ) Am Monte San Michele. Aus den Kämpfen der ersten Novembertage 1915. Bericht aus dem K.u.K. Kriegspressequartier vom 12. November 1915. (73) Episoden aus der vierten (dritten) Isonzo-Schlacht. Bericht aus dem K.u.K. Kriegspressequartier vom 29. November 1915. (76) Die Kämpfe im Tiroler und Kärntner Grenzgebiet II. Vom 12. Oktober bis 12. November 1915. (79) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabsmeldungen. Alle wichtigeren italienischen Generalstabsmeldungen sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. (79) Die österreichisch-ungarischen Sperrforts im Tiroler und Kärntner Grenzgebiet unter italienischem Feuer. (85) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein österreichisch-ungarischer Beobachtungsposten in den völlig zusammengeschossenen Klostergebäulichkeiten des Monte Santo bei Görz. (2)Ein Unterstand österreichisch-ungarischer Truppen auf der Podgorahöhe nördlich von Görz. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Offiziersmesse im Krngebiet. Der Regimentskommandeur sitzt in der Mitte. (2)Oesterreichisch-ungarisches Lager an der Isonzofront. ( - ) Episoden. (90) Ein Nachfolger Sepp Innerkoflers. (90) Der Ziegenhirt. (90) Von den Verteidigern der Naglerspitze. (91) Die Winterkämpfe. Die Parlamentsschlacht und die Winterkämpfe am Isonzo. Vom 9. November 1915 bis 15. Februar 1916. (92) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabsmeldungen. (92) [2 Abb.]: (1)Das Kampfgebiet des Col die Lana. (2)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Truppen beim Bau eines Unterstandes in den Dolomiten. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Cadini, Marmarolles und der Monte Cristallo von der Plätzwiese aus. (2)Gesamtansicht von Riva am Gardasee. ( - ) [Abb.]: Blick in das Isonzotal. - Im Hintergrund Artillerie in Tätigkeit. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Truppen kehren nach der Ablösung aus der Schwarmlinie vom Doberdo-Plateau in ihre Standquartiere zurück. (2)Aus einem Schützengraben der österreichisch-ungarischen Isonzofront. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine Straße in der Stadt Görz nach einer Beschießung. (2)Die Reste der Klosterkirche auf dem Monte Santo bei Görz. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ungarische Husaren als Vorposten in der Isonzofront. (2)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Truppen beim Bau von Schützengräben an der Isonzofront. ( - ) Die Parlamentsschlacht. (Die fünfte Isonzoschlacht). Vom 9. November bis Anfang Dezember 1915. (109) Ratternder Tod. (112) Die Wiedereroberung des Kirchenrückens von Oslavija. Am 14. und 24. Januar 1916. (113) In den österreichisch-ungarischen Schützengräben und hinter der Front auf der Doberdo-Hochfläche. (114) Im Winter auf den Höhen des Krn. (118) Im Kampf um den Rombon. (119) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine österreichisch-ungarische Patrouille erklimmt eine Felsenwand an der Tiroler Grenze. (2)Ein italienisches Geschütz wird im Tiroler Kampfgebiet in eine Bergstellung gebracht. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Transport italienischer Gefangener in Tirol. (2)Ein russisches Maschinengewehr in Stellung gegen die Italiener an der kärntnerischen Front. ( - ) Die Beschießung von Görz. Vom 18. Oktober 1915 bis Mitte Februar 1916. (121) [2 Abb.]: (1)Transport österreichisch-ungarischer Verwundeten von einer Bergstellung in den Dolomiten nach den Verbandplatz. (2)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Soldaten bei einem Handgranatenangriff aus einem Schützengraben in den Dolomiten. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine österreichisch-ungarische Patrouille unter Führung des Tiroler Dichters Hauptmann Arthur von Wallpach im Hochgebirge an der Tiroler Grenze. (2)Ein Alpini-Vorposten an der Tiroler Grenze. ( - ) Episoden. (126) Die Zerstörung des Schlosses Duino durch die Italiener und der österreichisch-ungarische Denkmälerschutz in der Kriegszone. (126) Eine Nachtkanonade am Isonzo. (127) Ein Patrouillenkampf. (127) [2 Abb.]: (1)Befestigungen vor den österreichisch-ungarischen Stellungen der Tiroler Front. (2)Ein italienischer Schützengraben am Großen Pal an der Kärntner Front. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Heldengräber in den Dolomiten. (2)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Truppen vor ihren verschneiten Unterständen in den Dolomiten. ( - ) Die Kämpfe in den Tiroler und Kärntner Grenzgebieten III. Vom 13. November 1915 bis 15. Februar 1916. (129) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabsmeldungen. Alle wichtigeren italienischen Generalstabsmeldungen sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. (129) Im Winter in den Hochgebirgsstellungen der Tiroler und Kärntner Front. (136) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein Kampfflugzeug der österreichisch-ungarischen Armee. (2)Landung eines österreichisch-ungarischen Kampfflugzeuges nach dem erfolgreichen Bombardement einer oberitalienischen Festung. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarisches Wasserflugzeug über der Adria. (2)Start eines Wasserflugzeugs der österreichisch-ungarischen Marine. ( - ) Die Luftangriffe auf Verona, Mailand, Schio und Brescia am 14. November 1915 sowie am 14. und 15. Februar 1916. (138) Die Luft- und Seekämpfe in der Adria. (141) Die Luftkämpfe. Von Mitte August 1915 bis Mitte Februar 1916. (141) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des K.u.K. Flottenkommandos und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (141) Der Luftangriff auf Venedig. Am 5. September 1915. (144) Die Luftangriffe auf Triest und Venedig. Am 24. und 25. Oktober 1915. (145) Von den Flottenkämpfen in der Adria. Von Mitte August 1915 bis Mitte Februar 1916. (147) Chronologische Ueberischt nach den Meldungen des K.u.K. Flottenkommandos und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (147) Der Untergang des "U 3". Am 12. August 1915. (149) Die italienische amtliche Kriegsberichterstattung. (150) Der Gewinn und die Verluste Italiener. (151) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte der besetzten Landesteile an der Südwestfront Ende 1915. (151) Von den österreichisch-ungarischen Heerführern. (152) Nach den amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. Kundgebungen und Auszeichnungen. (152) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Kommandeur der Südwestfront Generalmajor Herzog Eugen (links) und Erzherzog Josef bei einer Besichtigung der Isonzofront. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Major Prinz Elias von Bourbon Parma und Feldzeugmeister Wurm bei der Beobachtung eines Artilleriegefechtes an der Isonzofront. (2)General d. Kav. Erzherzog Josef dekoriert Mannschaften seines Korps für ihr tapferes Verhalten vor dem Feinde an der Isonzofront. ( - ) Die Feier des Geburtstags des Kaisers Franz Josef. Der Gedenktag des hundertjährigen Bestandes der vier Tiroler Kaiserjäger-Regimenter. (153) Besuche des Erzherzog-Thronfolgers und des Armeekommandanten Erzherzogs Friedrich an der Südwestfront. (154) Von den italienischen Heerführern. (155) Nach den amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. Kundgebungen. (155) Personalien und Auszeichnungen. (156) Die Besuche des Generals Joffre und des Feldmarschalls Kitchener und des Ministerpräsidenten Briand an der italienischen Front. (156) Der König von Italien an der Front. (158) Luigi Cadorna. (158) [2 Abb.]: (1)König Victor Emanuel von Italien mit dem Grafen von Turin auf einer Inspektionsreise an der Front. (2)General Joffre und König Victor Emanuel von Italien beim Frühstück während eines Besuches an der italienischen Front. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der französische Generalissimus Joffre besichtigt bei seinem Besuch der italienischen Front ein schweres italienisches Geschütz. (2)Feldmarschall Lord Kitchener bei seinem Besuch im italienischen Hauptquartier (Von links nach rechts: Oberst Pennella, General Diaz, Lord Kitchener, General Cadorna). ( - ) Vom italienischen Heer. (161) [4 Abb.]: (1)Vize-Admiral Camillo Corsi. Der italienische Marineminister. (2)Vittorio Emanuele Orlando. Der italienische Justizminister. (3)Luigi Luzzatti. Der frühere italienische Ministerpräsident und Finanzminister. (4)Marchese Camillo Garoni. Der italienische Gesandte in Konstantinopel. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Loggetta vor dem Markusturm in Venedig gegen Fliegerangriffe mit Sandsäcken geschützt. (2)Der Saal zur Herstellung von Geschossen in einer italienischen Munitionsfabrik. ( - ) Die Italiener in den besetzten Gebieten. (166) Italien und der Vatikan während des dritten Kriegshalbjahres . Von Anfang August 1915 bis Mitte Februar 1916. Fortsetzung von Band VIII, Seiten 150 bis 174. ([167]) Der Umschwung in der italienischen Stimmung. ([167]) Maßnahmen der italienischen Regierung. Nach den amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (171) Personalien. (171) Die italienische Kriegserklärung an die Türkei und ihre Gründe. (172) Der Bruch zwischen Italien und Bulgarien. (174) Der Beitritt Italiens zum Londoner Vertrag. (174) Italiens Teilnahme an den Balkankämpfen. (175) Militärische Maßnahmen. (176) Maßnahmen gegen die Angehörigen feindlicher Staaten. (177) Von den nordafrikanischen Kolonien Italiens. Nach den amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (178) Die erste Kriegstagung des Parlaments. (179) Vor der Eröffnung. (179) Die Mitteilungen der Regierung an das Parlament. (180) Das Vertrauensvotum für die Regierung. (184) Die Genehmigung des provisorischen Haushaltsplanes und die Vertagung. (188) [2 Abb.]: (1)Gabriele d'Annunzio hält in Aquileja eine Ansprahe am Gedenktage für die an der Front Gefallenen. (2)Der französische Ministerpräsident Briand verläßt bei seiner Ankunft in Rom mit dem italienischen Ministerpräsidenten Salandra das Bahnhofgebäude. ( - ) [3 Abb.]: (1)Kardinal Serafino Bannutelli † 18. August 1915. (2)Kardinal Rafaele Scapinelli. Apostolischer Nuntius in Oesterreich-Ungarn. (3)Kardinal Andreas Frühwirth. Apostolischer Nuntius in Deutschland. ( - ) Die Verhandlungen des Senats. (190) [3 Abb.]: (1)General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro. Der Oberbefehlshaber des Dardanellenkorps der Alliierten. (2)Generalmajor W.R. Birdwood. Kommandeur der Australier und Neu-Seeländer. (3)Ein englisches Truppentransportschiff für die Dardanellen bestimmt vor dem Auslaufen in Spithead. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Das britische Schlachtschiff "Henry IV." vor den Dardanellen. (2)Aus einem Lager türkischer Truppen. ( - ) Die finanziellen und wirtschaftlichen Verhältnisse Italiens im dritten Kriegshalbjahr. (193) Kundgebungen der Regierung. (198) Die Rede des Ministers Barzilai in Neapel am 26. September 1915. (198) Die Rede des Justizministers Orlando in Palermo. Am 20. November 1915. (200) [Abb.]: Konstantinopel. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein Truppenausschiffungsplatz in der Nähe von Gallipoli. (2)Konstantinopel. Mündung der "Süßen Wasser" von Europa in das "Goldene Horn". ( - ) Die Reden des Ministers Barzilai in Bologna, Padua und Mailand. Am 15., 17. und 25. Januar 1916. (202) Die Reise Salandras nach Turin, Mailand und Genua. Am 20. Januar und 1. bis 3. Februar 1916. (203) Vom König. Die amtlichen Meldungen. (204) Die Beziehungen zu den verbündeten Staaten. Nach amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (205) Der militärische und wirtschaftliche Zusammenschluß der Entente. (205) Die Vorbereitungen für den zukünftigen Wirtschaftskrieg. (208) Der Vatikan. Nach amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (208) Personalien. (208) Kundgebungen. (208) Die Kriegsfürsorge des Heiligen Stuhles. (212) Die römische Frage. (212) Der Besuch des Kardinals Mercier im Vatikan. Vom 14. Januar bis 25. Februar 1916. (213) Der türkische Krieg während des dritten Kriegshalbjahres. Von Anfang August 1915 bis Anfang Februar 1916. Fortsetzung von Band VIII, Seiten 175 bis 312. ([216]) Die Politik der Flankenbedrohung. ([216]) [2 Abb.]: (1)Kontre-Admiral Le Bon verteilt das französische Kriegskreuz an Mannschaften des Kreuzers "Dupleix" im Hafen von Mudros. (2)Generalmajor W. R. Birdwood, der Kommandeur der Australier und Neuseeländer, auf der Gallipoli-Halbinsel. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Das türkische Linienschiff "Barbaroß Hairedin" (früher Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm), das am 8. August 1815 in den Dardanellen versenkt wurde. (2)Das britische Unterseeboot "E. 7", das am 4. September 1915 in den Dardanellen zum Sinken gebracht wurde. ( - ) Der Kampf um die Dardanellen und die Räumung der Gallipoli-Halbinsel. Vom 6. August 1915 bis 2. Februar 1916. (218) Vom Oberkommando des englisch-französischen Expeditionskorps. (218) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des türkischen Hauptquartiers. Die wichtigeren englischen und französischen Meldungen sind beigegeben. (218) [2 Abb.]: (1)Unterstände der "Anzac"-Truppen an der Suvla-Bucht. (2)Türkische Gefangene werden von britischen Truppen hinter die Front gebracht. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Französisches Geschütz in Feuerstellung bei Sedd-ül-Bahr. (2)Blick über das Gelände gegen die Suvla-Bucht, in dem die "Anzac"-Truppen vorzudringen versuchten. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Von der Räumung der Stellungen an der Suvla-Bucht. - Ein britisches Geschütz mit seiner Bedienungsmannschaft wird am hellen Tage auf einem Floß zu einem Transportdampfer gezogen. (2)Am Tage der Räumung der Südspitze der Halbinsel Gallipoli. - Eine türkische Granate schlägt nahe dem Landungssteg des Lancashire-Abschnittes ins Meer. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Das englische Linienschiff "Cornwallis" im Feuer gegen die türkischen Stellungen in den Bergen zur Deckung der Räumung der englischen Dardanellen-Stellungen, die im Hintergrunde brennen. (2)Verwundete britische Soldaten werden im Hafen von Malta aus Barken in ein Hospitalschiff gebracht. ( - ) Zusammenfassende Darstellung. (250) Die Landung in der Suvla-Buch. Nach türkischen und deutschen Berichten und Meldungen. (253) Der Bericht des Generals Sir Jan Hamilton. (254) Nach englischen Berichten. (256) Die Schlachten bei Anafarta am 21., 28. und 29. August 1915. (260) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über die Umgebung der Suvla-Bucht. (261) Die Kämpfe im September und Oktober 1915. (262) Die Erbeutung des U-Bootes "Turquoise" am 30. Oktober 1915. (263) Der Entschluß zum Rückzug und die Räumung von Gallipoli. (264) [2 Abb.]: (1)Kampfflieger Hauptmann Buddecke. (2)Eine Fliegeraufnahme eines Teiles der Dardanellen. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Das ehemalige französische Unterseeboot "Turquoise" verläßt nach der Taufe als "Müstedjib Onbaschi" die Landungstelle. (2)Der Turm des britischen Unterseebootes "E.15", der von einer Granate getroffen wurde (vgl. VIII, S. 218 und 232). ( - ) Die K. u. K. Mörser auf Gallipoli. (268) Aus den verlassenen Lagern der Entente auf der Gallipolihalbinsel. (270) Episoden. (272) Die englische Sorge für die türkische Marine. (272) "Goeben"- und "Breslau"-Leute im Kampfe um Gallipoli. (273) Das englisch-französische Dardanellenheer und seine Verluste. (274) Freude und Anerkennung über die Vertreibung der Entente von Gallipoli. Nach amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (278) Die Ereignisse im Schwarzen Meer. Von Anfang August 1915 bis Anfang Februar 1916. (279) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des türkischen Hauptquartiers. Einige Meldungen des russischen Großen Generalstabs sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. (279) Personalien. (280) Deutsche Unterseeboote im Schwarzen Meere. (280) [2 Abb.]: (1)Großfürst Nikolai Nikolajewitsch als Oberkommandierender an der Kaukasusfront. (2)Der russische General Judenitsch beim Studium des russischen Vormarsches auf Erzerum. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Türkische Kolonne bei einem Einkehrhaus im Taurusgebirge. (2)Türkische Kolonne auf dem Marsch durch das Taurusgebirge. ( - ) Die Ereignisse im östlichen Mittelländischen und im Aegäischen Meer. Von Anfang August 1915 bis Mitte Februar 1916. Nach den amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (281) Blockade-Maßnahmen. (281) Chronologische Uebersicht. Die zahlreichen Meldungen über die Versenkung von Handelsschiffen sind hier nicht berücksichtigt. (282) Die Kämpfe im Kaukasus und in Persien. Von Anfang August 1915 bis Anfang Februar 1916. (286) Der Wechsel im Oberbefehl der russischen Kaukasusarmee. (286) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des türkischen Hauptquartiers. Einzelne amtliche russische Meldungen sind beigegeben. (287) Zusammenfassende Darstellung. (297) Die deutsche Rote Kreuz-Expedition in Erzindien. (299) Die Kämpfe am Persischen Golf. Von Anfang August 1915 bis Anfang Februar 1916. (301) Die Verkündigung des Heiligen Kriegs für die Schiiten. (301) Vom Oberkommando der türkischen und britischen Irakarmeen. (301) Die Uebertragung des Oberbefehls der türkischen Bagdad-Armee an Feldmarschall von der Goltz. (301) Der Wechsel im Kommando der britischen Irak-Armee. (302) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des Türkischen Hauptquartiers. Einzelne amtliche britische Meldungen und Mitteilungen sind beigegeben. (302) Zusammenfassende Darstellung. (311) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der russische Oberkommandierende in Persien General Baratow nimmt am russischen Weihnachtstag am 8. Januar 1916 in Teheran die Parade einer Kosaken Brigade ab. (2)Kosaken im Kaukasus auf einem Erkundigungsritt. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine britisch-indische Maschinengewehr-Abteilung in Mesopotamien. (2)Fliegeraufnahme einer britischen Schiffbrücke über den Tigris mit einem Kanonenboot zur Bewachung. ( - ) Vom britischen Expeditionskorps in Mesopotamien. (315) Die Ereignisse in Syrien und Aegypten. Von Anfang August 1915 bis Anfang Februar 1916. (317) Personalien. (317) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des türkischen Hauptquartiers und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (317) Aus Syrien. (317) An der Ostgrenze Aegyptens. (318) An der Westgrenze Aegyptens. (318) Syrien, die empfindlichere Stelle der Türkei. (319) [3 Abb.]: (1)General Sir John Nixon. Der britische Kommandeur in Mesopotamien. (2)Generalleutnant Sir Percy Lake. Der neue britische Kommandeur in Mesopotamien. (3)Blick auf die Stadt Bagdad. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)General Sir John Nixon mit den Offizieren seines Stabes in seinem Hauptquartier. (2)Der britische General Townshend auf dem Vormarsch nach Bagdad in seinem Hauptquartier. ( - ) Von der Verteidigung Aegyptens. (321) Die Kämpfe in Südwest-Arabien. (321) Die Araber des Hedschas für den "Heiligen Krieg". (321) Chronologische Uebersicht. Nach den amtlichen türkischen und britischen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (321) Die englische Darstellung. (324) Vom Sultan und den osmanischen Heerführern. Nach den amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (326) Vom Sultan. (326) Ernennungen und Auszeichnungen. (326) Völkerrechtsverletzungen der Alliierten. (327) Die Türkei während des dritten Kriegshalbjahres. Von Anfang August 1915 bis Februar 1916. Fortsetzung von Band VIII, Seiten 313 bis 320. ([328]) Von der türkischen Regierung. Nach amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. ([328]) Personalien. Die Erklärung des "Heiligen Kriegs" gegen Italien. Militärische und Verwaltungs-Maßnahmen. ([328]) Maßnahmen gegen die Angehörigen feindlicher Staaten. ([328]) [Abb.]: Generalfeldmarschall von der Goltz Pascha mit seinen Stabsoffizieren. Von links nach rechts: Adjut. Hauptmann Adil; Major Medschib; Oberst Schükri-Bey; von der Goltz Pascha; Oberleutnant Wilhelmi-Bey; Adjut. Hauptmann Riza-Bey. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein britischer Pferdetransport auf dem Tigris beim Vormarsch auf Bagdad. (2)Fliegeraufnahme von Schützengräben (rechts) zum Schutze eines britischen Lagers zwischen einem Palmenhain und einem Sumpf am Ufer des infolge der Regenzeit stark gestiegenen Tigris. ( - ) Die Türkei, die Verbündeten und Neutralen. (329) Der Wechsel in der deutschen Botschaft. (329) Die Beziehungen zu den Verbündeten. (329) Von den Beziehungen zu Griechenland und zum Vatikan. (330) Vom türkischen Parlament. (331) Der Schluß der ersten Kriegstagung. Vom 28. September bis 13. November 1915. (331) Von der zweiten Kriegstagung. Vom 14. November 1915 bis Februar 1916. (334) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die türkische Wüstenarmee versorgt sich in einer Oase mit Wasser. (2)Blick auf ein türkisches Zeltlager in der ägyptischen Wüste. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Sanitätsoffiziere mit einem türkischen Hodscha vor einem türkischen Lazarett. (2)Aus dem Garnisonslazarett in Jerusalem. ( - ) Finanzielle und wirtschaftliche Maßnahmen. (337) Nachrichten aus Aegypten. Nach amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (339) Aus Persien und Afghanistan. Von Februar 1915 bis Februar 1916. Fortsetzung von Band IV, Seiten 186 und 240. ([341]) Nachrichten aus Persien. ([341]) Nachrichten aus Afghanistan. (342) Die Ereignisse in Marokko. Von September 1914 bis Februar 1916. Fortsetzung von Band I, Seiten 155 und 156. ([343]) Amtliche Meldungen. ([343]) Die kriegerischen Ereignisse. ([343]) [2 Abb.]: (1)Halil-Bey. Der türkische Minister des Aeußeren. (2)Vom Begräbnis des Freiherrn v. Wangenheim, des verstorbenen deutschen Botschafters in Konstantinopel. - In erster Reihe die türkischen Minister. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Schah von Persien (von links gesehen der zweite auf dem Bilde) besichtigt in Teheran ein russisches Flugzeug. (2)Persisches Militär in einer Straße von Teheran. ( - ) Der Völkerkrieg. Das deutsche Reich während des dritten Kriegshalbjahres. Die Ereignisse an der Ostfront im dritten Kriegshalbjahr. Von August 1915 bis Februar 1916. ( - ) Das deutsche Reich während des dritten Kriegshalbjahres. Von August 1915 bis Februar 1916. Fortsetzung von Band VII, Seiten 1 bis 73. ([1]) Die Deutschen auf dem Wege zur einigen und freien Nation. ([1]) Von der Reichsregierung. Nach amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (4) Personalien. (4) Kundgebungen und Proteste. (4) Ueber die Kriegsziele und Friedensabsichten. (4) [3 Abb.]: (1)Dr. Karl Johannes Kaempf. Stadtältester von Berlin. Präsident des deutschen Reichstags. (2)Philipp Scheidemann. Redakteur; Erster Vizepräsident des deutschen Reichstags. (3)Heinrich Dove. Geh. Justizrat; Zweiter Vizepräsident des deutschen Reichstags. ( - ) [3 Abb.]: Karl Friedrich Oskar Freiherr v. Gamp-Massaunen. Wirkl. Geh. Ober-Regierungsrat und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. (2)Friedrich Viktor Kuno Graf v. Westarp. Oberverwaltungsgerichtsrat und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags.(3)Dr. Ernst v. Heydebrand und der Lasa. Landrat a.D. und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. ( - ) Proteste. (6) Militärische Maßnahmen. (7) Maßnahmen gegen die Angehörigen feindlicher Staaten. Verwaltungsmaßnahmen. (8) Die fünfte Kriegstagung des deutschen Reichstags. Vom 19. bis 27. August 1915. (8) Die Rede des Reichskanzlers am 19. August 1915. (8) [3 Abb.]: (1)Dr. Peter Spahn. Oberverwaltungsgerichtspräsident und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. (2)Adolf Gröber. Landgerichtsrat und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. (3)Matthias Erzberger. Schriftsteller und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. ( - ) [3 Abb.]: (1)Eugen Schiffer. Oberverwaltungsgerichtsrat und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. (2)Ernst Bassermann. Rechtsanwalt und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. (3)Dr. Gustav Stresemann. Syndikus des Verbands sächsischer Industrieller und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. ( - ) Die Rede des Schatzsekretärs und die Bewilligung des neues Kriegskredits von 10 Milliarden Mark am 20. August 1915. (18) [3 Abb.]: (1)Dr. Friedrich Naumann. Pfarrer a.D. und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. (2)Friedrich v. Payer. Geh. Rat, Rechtsanwalt und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. (3)Dr. Konrad Haußmann. Rechtsanwalt und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. ( - ) [3 Abb.]: (1)Dr. Georg Gradnauer. Redakteur und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. (2)Eduard Bernstein. Schriftsteller und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. (3)Dr. Eduard David. Redakteur und Mitglied des deutschen Reichstags. ( - ) [Abb.]: Die deutsche Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria und die deutsche Kronprinzessin Cäcilie mit ihren Söhnen den Prinzen Wilhelm, Louis Ferdinand, Hubertus und Friedrich. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Feldmarschall Graf Haeseler an der Front. (2)Die Ansprache des Reichskanzlers von Bethmann Hollweg bei der Enthüllung des "Eisernen Hindenburg" auf dem Königsplatz zu Berlin. Auf der Estrade Prinzessin August Wilhelm in der Mitte, links Frau v. Hindenburg, rechts Frau Ludendorff. ( - ) Die Sitzungen des Reichstags bis zum Schluß der fünften Kriegstagung. Vom 21. bis 27. August 1915. (29) Die sechste Kriegstagung des deutschen Reichstags. (32) Der erste Teil der Tagung. Vom 30. November bis 21. Dezember 1915. (32) Die Sitzung vom 30. November 1915. (32) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine russische Schleichpatrouille. (2)Ein russisches Kampfflugzeug. Einer der Fliegeroffiziere befestigt eine Bombe am Apparat. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Russische schwere Artillerie in Feuerstellung. (2)Ein bombensicherer russischer Unterstand an der Ostfront. ( - ) Die sozialdemokratische Friedensinterpellation und die Ansprachen des Reichskanzlers am 9. Dezember 1915. (33) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine erbeutete russische Bomben-Schleudermaschine. (2)Erbeutete russische Leuchtraketen. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein an der Ostfront erbeutetes japanisches Schiffsgeschütz. (2)Bei den Kämpfen an der Ostfront eroberte russiche Maschinengewehre. ( - ) Die Genehmigung eines neues Kriegskredits und anderer Vorlagen. Vom 14. bis 21. Dezember 1915. (44) Der zweite Teil der Tagung. Vom 11. bis 18. Januar 1916. (49) Aenderungen in den Reichstagsfraktionen. (53) Deutschlands wirtschaftliche und soziale Organisation während des dritten Kriegshalbjahres. (54) Die staatswirtschaftliche Organisation. (54) [2 Abb.]: (1)Gefangene Russsen werden von deutschen und österreichisch-ungarischen Offizieren verhört. (2)Der Beobachtungsposten einer deutschen Batterie. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein deutscher Verwundetentransport aus der Feuerlinie der Ostfront nach einem Etappenort. (2)Eine deutsche Feldbäckerei hinter der Ostfront. ( - ) Der Kampf gegen den Kriegswucher. (59) Der Nahrungsmittelaufwand. (62) [Tabelle]: Die Konsumgenossenschaft Berlin und Umgegend, denen etwa 125 Großberliner Verkaufsstellen angeschlossen sind, haben nach den Preiszusammenstellungen des statistischen Amtes der Stadt Berlin folgende Normalpreise (für ein Pfund, bei Zitronen für ein Stück) genommen. (63) [3 Tabellen]: (64) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Arbeitssoldaten an der Ostfront beim Mittagessen. (2)Oesterreichisch-ungarisches Feldgeschütz in gedeckter Stellung an der Ostfront. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Vernähen eines schwer verletzten Pferdes durch österreichisch-ungarische Veterinäre. (2)Vom Stiftungszug des Grafen Anton Karolyi. - Ein verwundeter österreichisch-ungarischer Soldat wird einwaggoniert. ( - ) Das Börsen- und Bankwesen. (65) [Tabelle]: (65) [2 Tabellen]: (1)Zweite Kriegsanleihe. Zeichnungsergebnis im Vergleich mit den früheren, wie folgt: (2)Die Gliederung der Zeichnungen zigt das nachstehende Bild: (67) [Tabelle]: Erfolge der dritten Kriegsanleihe: (68) [3 Tabellen]: (1)"Die wirtschaftlichen Kräfte Deutschlands im Kriege": (2)Deckung der Reichsbanknoten. (3)Goldbestand und Goldzuwachs. (69) Industrie, Handel und Handwerk. (71) [Tabelle]: Nach den Mitte Oktober 1915 vorliegenden Geschäftsabschlüssen gaben Dividenden: (72) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine russische Artilleriestellung mit Fliegerdeckung. (2)Ein österreichisch-ungarischer 30,5 cm Mörser im Feuer. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Erbeutete fahrbare russische Schützendeckung mit Schießscharten. (2)Eine erbeutete Maschine, die von den Russen bei ihrem Rückzug zum Aufreißen und Zerstören der Landstraßen benutzt wurde. ( - ) Der Arbeitsmarkt. (78) [2 Tabellen]: (1)Uebersicht über die Arbeitsmarktverhältnisse während des dritten Kriegshalbjahres: (2)Es kamen dabei Arbeitssuchende auf je 100 Stellen: (79) Die Kriegswohlfahrt. (81) Von den Beziehungen zu den verbündeten Staaten. Nach amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (83) Kundgebungen, Auszeichnungen und Personalien. Nach amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (84) Vom Kaiser. Personalien. (84) Des Kaisers Geburtstag. (85) Kundgebungen. (86) Auszeichnungen. (88) [2 Abb.]: (1)Russische Gefangene werden von deutschen Ulanen hinter die Front gebracht. (2)Eine österreichisch-ungarische Ulanen-Patrouille erhält Erfrischungen in einem russischen Dorfe. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein österreichisch-ungarischer 30,5 cm Mörser auf dem Transport in die Stellung. (2)Eroberte russische Befestigungen und Unterstände am Ufer eines Flusses. ( - ) Von der deutschen Kaiserin und der Kronprinzessin. (89) Von den deutschen Bundesfürsten und freien Hansestädten. (89) Ernennungen. (89) Kundgebungen. (89) Ordensstiftungen. (90) Vom Reichskanzler. (91) Personalien. (93) Von Ostpreußens Kriegsnot. Von Anfang des Krieges bis Februar 1916. (93) Kundgebungen und Maßnahmen. (93) Von der Zerstörung Ostpreußens. (94) [2 Abb.]: (1)Von einem Kampffeld vor Riga unmittelbar nach der Beendigung des Kampfes. (2)Aus einem von den Russen fluchtartig verlassenen festungsartig ausgebauten Schützengraben. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Das Quartier eines deutschen Bataillonsstabs vor Dünaburg. (2)Deutsche Soldaten vor einem Küchenunterstande im Walde vor Dünaburg. ( - ) Vom Wiederaufbau Ostpreußens. (97) Besuche und Auszeichnungen. Nach amtlichen Berichten und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (98) Kriegsmaßnahmen in Elsaß-Lothringen. Von Beginn des Krieges bis Februar 1916. (99) Maßnahmen und Kundgebungen. Nach amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (99) Die Kriegsschäden. (100) Maßnahmen zur Linderung der Kriegsschäden. (101) Die Ereignisse an der Ostfront im dritten Kriegshalbjahr. Von Anfang August 1915 bis Februar 1916. Fortsetzung von Band IX, Seiten 1 bis 192. ([103]) Der gemeine Soldat. Der Grundstein der deutschen Erfolge. ([103]) Zusammenfassende Darstellung. Von Anfang August 1915 bis Anfang Februar 1916. (104) Die völlige Zertrümmerung des westrussischen Festungssystems. Vom 11. August bis 4. September 1915. (104) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ansicht der Stadt Kowno mit der von deutschen Pionieren erbauten Pontonbrücke. (2)Blick auf die Festung Kowno am Zusammenfluß von Njemen und Wilia aus einem deutschen Flugzeug. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Doppelte Eisengitter vor der Festung Kowno, im Hintergrund Drahtverhaue. (2)Deutsche Offiziere besichtigen die Wirkung deutscher schwerer Granaten in Fort I von Kowno. ( - ) Der Wechsel im Oberbefehl der russischen Armeen, ihre Neugruppierung, ihre Offensive im Süden und ihre Defensive im Norden. Von Anfang September bis 6. Oktober 1915. (110) Oberbefehl, Neugruppierung und Operationsplan der Russen. (110) Der Fortgang der Offensive der Verbündeten in Wolhynien und Galizien und die russische Gegenoffensive. (111) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über die Entwicklung der Ostfront von Mitte März bis Ende Oktober 1915. ([115]) Die Defensivschlacht zwischen Riga und Pinsk. (116) Der Stellungskampf und die russischen Vorstöße an der Düna, gegen Baranowitschi, gegen Styr- und Strypafront und gegen Czernowitz. Vom 6. Oktober 1915 bis 1. Februar 1916. (120) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine von den Russen zerstörte Brauerei in der Festung Kowno. (2)Trichter eines 42 cm-Geschosses im Betonmauerwerk eines Forts der Festung Kowno. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine "Grabenstreiche" in der Kehle des Forts VII der Festung Kowno. (2)Eine betonierte Grabenstreiche in der Kehle des Forts VIII der Festung Kowno. ( - ) Die Offensive der Heeresgruppe des Generalfeldmarschalls v. Hindenburg. Vom 12. August bis 14. September 1915. (123) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen d. deutschen Obersten Heeresleitung. Einzelne Meldungen des russischen Großen Generalstabs sind zur Ergänzung beigegeben. (123) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die von den Russen gesprengten Festungswerke von Ossowiec. (2)Die Kehlkaserne im Zentralwerk des Forts I der Festung Ossowiec, mit bombensicheren Fensterläden. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die von den Russen vor ihrem Abzug gesprengten Kasematten der Festung Ossowiec. (2)Die von den Russen vor ihrem Abzug niedergebrannten Vorrätshäuser der Festung Ossowiec; im Hintergrund der Lagerplatz einer deutschen Proviantkolonne. ( - ) Der Vormarsch zwischen Dubissa und Düna. (131) Die Räumung von Riga, Dünaburg, Wilna und Minsk. (132) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Pioniere bauen eine Notbrücke über den Njemen in der Festung Grodno. (2)Gefangene Russen auf dem Abtransport bei Grodno. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Aus dem erst kurz vor der Eroberung feriggestellten Forts der Höhe 202 der Festung Grodno. (2)Die von den Russen vor ihrem Abzug gesprengte Brücke über den Njemen in der Festung Grodno. ( - ) Die Erstürmung des Brückenkorps von Friedrichstadt. Am 3. September 1915. (133) Die Eroberung von Kowno. Vom 6. bis 17. August 1915. (134) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über das Kampfgelände um die Festung Kowno. (135) [2 Abb.]: (1)In einem Außenfort der Festung Grodno erobertes russisches Festungsgeschütz. (2)Das deutsche Artilleriedepot der Festung Grodno läßt unter der Leitung eines seiner Schittmeister durch hessischen Landsturm eine in der äußersten Fortslinie vergrabene 28 cm-Haubitzbatterie japanischer Herkunft bergen. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Inhalt erbeuteter russischer Munitionswagen wird auf seine Brauchbarkeit hin untersucht. (2)Von der zerstörten Eisenbahnbrücke über den Njemen in der Festung Grodno. ( - ) Die Besetzung von Ossowiec. Am 23. August 1915. (141) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über das Gelände um die Festung Ossowiec. (143) Der Vormarsch nach der Eroberung von Kowno und die Räumung von Olita. Vom 19. bis 26. August 1915. (143) Die Einnahme von Grodno. Vom 1. bis 4. September 1915. (144) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über das Kampfgelände um die Festung Grodno. (145) Die Eroberung von Nowo-Georgiewsk (Modlin) vom 6. bis 20. August 1915. (147) Der Angriff und die Eroberung. (147) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über das Kampfgelände um Nowo-Georgiewsk. (Vgl. die Uebersichtskarte in Band IV vor S. 33). (149) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Pontonbrücke zur Zitadelle der Festung Nowo-Georgiewsk. (2)Die von den Russen gesprengte Eisenbahnbrücke über den Narew in der Festung Nowo-Georgiewsk. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein erbeutetes russisches 28 cm-Geschütz in der Festung Nowo-Georgiewsk. (2)Eine Beutesammelstelle in der Festung Nowo-Georgiewsk. ( - ) Die Beute. (154) Die Zustände in Nowo-Georgiewsk vor dem Fall. (154) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Wirkung eines der schweren Mörser in den Festungswerken von Nowo-Georgiewsk. (2)Von den Kasematten des Forts II der Festung Nowo-Georgiewsk. Davor zerstörte Hindernisse. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Feldpost beim Sortieren der Postsäcke im Hofe eines von den russischen Bewohnern verlassenen Hauses hinter der Front. (2)Russische Gefangene werden in einem Dorfe hinter der Front zum Abtransport gesammelt. ( - ) Die Offensive der Heeresgruppen Prinz Leopold von Bayern und v. Mackensen. Vom 11. August bis 4. September 1915. (158) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen der deutschen Obersten Heeresleitung und des österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabs. (158) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Truppen lagern vor einem von den Russen vor ihrem Abmarsch in Brand gesteckten Dorfe. (2)Aus einem von den Russen bei ihrem Rückzug in Brand gesteckten russischen Dorfe. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein russisches Dorf, das von den Russen vor ihrer Flucht in Brand gesteckt wurde. (2)Von den Russen auf ihrem Rückzug zur Auswanderung gezwungene polnische Juden rasten auf der Flucht. ( - ) Die Einschließung, Zerstörung und Einnahme von Brest-Litowsk. Vom 16. bis 26. August 1915. (165) Die Einschließung. (165) [Karte]: Uebersichtskarte über das Kampfgelände um Brest-Litowsk. (167) Die Eroberung und Zerstörung. (168) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die russische Kirche eines Dorfes im Bialowieska-Forst mit einer deutschen Reiterpatrouille. (2)Deutsche Soldaten im Quartier in einer russischen Kirche Russisch-Polens. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Kavallerie überschreitet den Bug bei Ogrodniki auf einer Pontonbrücke. (2)Die Maschinengewehre einer deutschen Abteilung werden auf Pferden an die Front gebracht. ( - ) Im Bialowieska-Forst. Vom 25. August bis 1. September 1915. (173) Auf den Spuren der Bug-Armee I. Polnische Eindrücke aus dem Sommer 1915. - Berichte aus dem deutschen Großen Hauptquartier vom 12. und 13. November 1915. (174) Die Offensive auf dem südöstlichen Kriegsschauplatz. Vom 11. August bis 1. September 1915. (184) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabs und der deutschen Obersten Heeresleitung. (184) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Soldaten bei den Aufräumungsarbeiten der von den Russen zerstörten Lesna-Brücke bei Wistycze nördlich von Brest-Litowsk. (2)Deutsche Soldaten bei den Bergungsarbeiten vor der von den Russen in Brand gesteckten Zitadelle in Brest-Litowsk. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Ein von den Russen völlig niedergebrannter Stadtteil von Brest-Litowsk. - Es stehen nur noch die Oefen und vereinzelte Brandmauern. (2)Deutsche Soldaten beim Löschen eines brennenden Häuserblocks in dem von den Russen vor ihrem Abzug in Brand gesteckten Brest-Litowsk. ( - ) Der Durchbruch bei Gologory und Brzezany an der Zlota-Lipa. Am 27. August 1915. (188) Die Eroberung von Luck. Am 31. August 1915. (190) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die von den Russen gesprengte Bug-Brücke bei Brest-Litowsk. (2)Aus dem durch die Beschießung völlig zerstörten Fort Dubinniki bei Brest-Litowsk. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Generalleutnant Hofmann. (2)General d. Inf. Freiherr v. Plettenberg, Kommandeur des Gardekorps , links von ihm Major von Kummer, rechts Prinz Eitel Friedrich und Hauptmann von Fritsch. ( - ) Die Einnahme von Brody. Am 1. September 1915. (193) Der Wechsel im russischen Oberkommando. Nach den amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (193) Der Fortgang der Offensive südlich der Sumpfzone und die russische Gegenoffensive. Vom 2. September bis 4. Oktober 1915. (195) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabs und der deutschen Obersten Heeresleitung. (195) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Soldaten und gefangene Russen vor einer Kirche in Ostgalizien. (2)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Soldaten an einem Dorfbrunnen in Ostgalizien. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Arbeitskolonnen der deutschen Südarmee auf der Rast. (2)Vor der deutschen Feldpost in Kolomea. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Ulanen durchqueren einen Fluß in Ostgalizien. (2)Aus einem russischen Zeltlager am Dnjestr. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Aus einem vordersten österreichisch-ungarischen Schützengraben in Wolhynien. (2)Ein österreichisch-ungarisches Bataillonskommando vor seinen Unterständen in Wolhynien. ( - ) Der Vormarsch auf Dubno und seine Besetzung. Vom 2. bis 8. September 1915. (206) Die Panik in Wolhynien. (208) Von den Kämpfen zwischen Strypa uns Sereth. Vom 4. bis 18. September 1915. (209) Episoden. (211) Im Dorf. (211) Das Lösegeld. Die Heimkehr. (212) Die Defensiv-Schlacht zwischen Riga und Pinsk. Vom 5. September bis 4. Oktober 1915. (212) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen der deutschen Obersten Heeresleitung und des österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabs. (212) [2 Abb.]: (1)Offiziere eines vorgeschobenen deutschen Kommandos am Styr studieren die Karte. (2)Die Wirkung einer österreichisch-ungarischen Granate. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Von österreichisch-ungarischen Truppen in Ostgalizien gefangen genommene Russen werden abtransportiert. (2)Ein von den Russen bei ihrem Rückzug völlig zerstörtes Dorf in Ostgalizien. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Gefallene Russen werden unter Aufsicht deutscher Feldgendarmen von Ortsbewohnern in Ostgalizien beerdigt. (2)Eine österreichisch-ungarische Proviantkolonne beim Überschreiten eines Flusses in Ostgalizien. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Oesterreichisch-ungarische Sanitätssoldaten beim Filtrieren von Trinkwasser. (2)Von einem österreichisch-ungarischen Verbandplatz hinter der Front. ( - ) Zwischen Jakobstadt und Friedrichstadt. (222) Die Kämpfe an der Dünafront im Monat September 1915. (223) [2 Abb.]: (1)Mit Roggen-Mieten verkleidete russische Drahtverhaue. (2)Maschinengewehr in einem deutschen Schützengraben. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Infanterie im Vorgehen. (2)Deutsche Kolonnen durchziehen eine Straßenenge vor Wilna. ( - ) Die deutsche Heereskavallerie östlich Wilna. Im September 1915. (225) Die Einnahme von Smorgon. Am 18. September 1915. (230) In Wilna nach dem Einzug der Deutschen. Am 18. September 1915. (232) [2 Abb.]: (1)Gefangene Russen auf dem Marsch hinter die Front. (2)Eine von den Deutschen gestürmte russische Feldstellung vor Wilna, unmittelbar nach dem Sturm. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Stab der 1. Kavalleriedivision, die erfolgreich östlich Wilna operierte. Von links nach rechts: Vorne sitzend: Leutnant v. der Ley, Leutnant Fuchs, Leutnant Freiherr v. Lyncker, Oberleutnant Arndts. In der Mitte stehend: Katholischer Divisions-Pfarrer Wilke, Rittmeister von Falkenhayn, Rittmeister vonHauenschild, Hauptmann Freiherr von Gienanth, Generalleutnant Brecht, Major v. Diebitsch, Intendantur-Assessor Möller, Rittmeister Winter, Rittmeister Kloß, Oberleutnant Thies. Im Hintergrund stehend: Leutnant Ollmann, Oberleutnant Rexin, Oberstabsarzt Dr. Guß. (2)Die Stadt Wilna aus der Vogelschau. ( - ) Auf den Spuren der Bugarmee. II. Die Landzunge von Pinsk. - Bericht aus dem deutschen Großen Hauptquartier vom 20. November 1915 (vgl. S. 174 f.) (233) Episoden. Ein Besuch in der "Sanierungsanstalt". (236) Russische Geschichten. (237) Ein Reiterstück. Aus einem Feldpostbrief der "Kölnischen Volkszeitung". (238) Aus dem russischen Wilna. (238) Der Stellungskampf nördlich der Sumpfzone. Vom 5. Oktober 1915 bis 2. Februar 1916. (239) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen der deutschen Obersten Heeresleitung und des österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabs. (239) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte I. - Vom Rigaischen Busen bis zur Bahnlinie Tuckum - Riga. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarte S. 243. (241) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte II. - Um den Tirul-Sumpf; von der Aa bis zur Misse. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 241 und 247. (243) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte III, - Um Riga; von der Misse bis zur Düna. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 243 und 249. (247) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die von den Russen vor ihrem Rückzug zerstörte Holzbrücke über den Szczara-Fluß bei dem Dorfe Szczara, das im Hintergrund brennt. Neben der zerstörten Brücke ein Notsteg. (2)Ein Kampffeld an der Szczara mit dem Gefechtsstand eines deutschen Kommandeurs. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Bei den deutschen Truppen im Gebiet der Nebenflüsse des oberen Njemen im "schwarzen Rußland". "Hurra! Die Etappe hat frische Wäsche gebracht!" (2)Eine deutsche rückwärtige Stellung im "schwarzen Rußland", die zum Teil in Anlehnung an vorhandene Häuser von Armierungsarbeiten unter Leitung von Pionieren ausgebaut wurde. ( - ) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte IV. - Der Düna entlang bis Friedrichstadt. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 247 und 251. ([249]) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte V. - Der Düna entlang bis Jakobstadt. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 249 und 255. ([251]) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte VI. - Der Düna entlang zwischen Jakobstadt und Illuxt. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 251 und 259. (255) [2 Abb.]: (1)Beschwerliche Fahrt einer k.u.k. Goulaschkanone im Sumpfgebiet der Poljesje. (2)Blick auf ein hügeliges Schlachtfeld bei Pinsk nach der Vertreibung der Russen durch die Verbündeten. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Deutsche Soldaten mit ihren Maschinengewehren quartieren sich für die Nacht in einem verlassenen Hause ein. (2)Rast deutscher Truppen auf der Verfolgung der Russen durch das Sumpfgebiet der Poljesje. ( - ) Vor Riga. Mitte Oktober und Anfang November 1915. (257) Vor Dünaburg. (258) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte VII. - Vor Dünaburg; von Illuxt bis über die Bahnlinie Wilna - Dünaburg. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 255 und S. 261. (259) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte VIII. - Der Widsy; vom Dryswjaty-See bis über die Disna.- Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 259 und S. 263. (261) Russische Stimmen über die deutschen Wintervorbereitungen. (262) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte IX. - Ueber die Bahnlinie Swenzjany - Glubokoje bis zum Narocz-See. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 261 und S. 265. (263) Im Poljesjegebiet. (264) [2 Abb.]: (1)Von der deutschen Küstenverteidigung Kurlands an der Ostsee. (2)Von den Russen auf ihrem eiligen Rückzug in einem Walde Kurlands zurückgelassene Wagen und Pferde. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Partie aus dem Sumpfgebiet der Poljesje in Wolhynien. (2)Drahthindernisse vor einer Stellung der Verbündeten im Sumpfgebiet der Poljesje in Wolhynien. ( - ) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte X. - Vom Narocz-See bis zur Wilia. - Vgl. S. 263 und S. 267. (265) Episoden. (266) Der Bergarbeiter aus Oberschlesien. (266) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XI. - Von der Wilia um Smorgon bis zur Berezyna. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 265 und S. 269. (267) Nachts im Unterstand. (268) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XII. - Von Wischnew der Olschanka und Beresina entlang. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 267 und S. 271. (269) Der Stellungskampf südlich der Sumpfzone und die russischen Offensiven. Vom 5. Oktober 1915 bis 1. Februar 1916. (270) Chronologische Uebersicht nach den Meldungen des österreichisch-ungarischen Generalstabs und der deutschen Obersten Heeresleitung. (270) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XIII. - Von der Beresina bis zum Serwetsch. - Vgl. S. 269 und S. 273. (271) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XIV. - Vor Baranowitschi; der Schtschara entlang. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 271 und S. 275. (273) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XV. - Der Schtschara entlang. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 273 und S. 277. (275) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XVI. - Von der Schtschara am Oginski-Kanal entlang. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 275 und S. 279. (277) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XVII. - Vor Pinsk; vom Oginski-Kanal bis zum Strumen. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 277 und S. 281. (279) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine österreichisch-ungarische Telegraphen-Fernsignal-Station an der Nordostfront. (2)Russische Stellungen am Steilufer des Pruth nach ihrer Erstürmung. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Eine österreichisch-ungarische Kavallerie-Patrouille zieht in ein Dorf Ostgaliziens ein. (2)Ein österreichisch-ungarisches 30,5 cm-Geschütz wird geladen. ( - ) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XVIII. - Südlich Pinsk. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 279 und S. 283. ([281]) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XIX. - Von der Wiesielucha zum Styr. (283) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XX. - Am Styr und am Kormin. (285) [2 Karten]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Maßstab und Legende vgl. S. 285. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 285 und S. 291. (1)Uebersichtskarte XXI. - Vom Kormin bis zur Putilowka. (2)Uebersichtskarte XXII. - Von der Putilowka bis zur Ikwa. ([287]) [2 Abb.]: (1)Kaiser Wilhelm verabschiedet sich nach dem Besuch einer ungarischen Honved-Division an der Strypa von General Emanuel Werz. (2)Kaiser Wilhelm schreitet beim Besuch der Truppen der Verbündeten an der Strypa mit General Graf v. Bothmer die Front österreichisch-ungarischer Truppen ab. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Großherzog Friedrich II. von Baden beim Besuch der Festung Grodno. Rechts neben ihm General v. Scholz, der Führer der VIII. Armee, links General v. Held, der deutsche Gouverneur von Grodno. (2)Erzherzog Thronfolger Karl Franz Josef bei einem Besuch der besetzten Teile Polens in Lublin. ( - ) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XXIII. - Von Dubno bis Krzemieniec. - Maßstab vgl. S. 287 u. 295. (291) Die Schlacht bei Szartorysk. Vom 16. Oktober bis 14. November 1915. (294) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XXIV. - Von der Ikwa bis zum Sereth. - Vgl. S. 291 und 297. (295) [2 Abb.]: (1)General d. Inf. v. Bothmer mit seinem zweiten Generalstabschef Oberstleutnant Hemmer. (2)General d. Inf. v. Beseler, der Eroberer von Nowo-Georgiewsk, mit seinen Offizieren. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der Armeekommandant Feldzeugmeister Paul Puhallo v. Brlog mit seinem Stabe. (2)Der Armeekommandant Freiherr v. Pflanzer-Baltin nimmt die Meldung eines von einem Aufklärungsfluge zurückgekehrten Fliegeroffiziers entgegen. ( - ) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XXV. - Vom Sereth der Strypa entlang. - Vgl. S. 295 u. 299. (297) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XXVI. - Vor Buczacz der Strypa entlang. - Vgl. S. 297 u. 301. (299) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XXVII. - Dem Dnjestr entlang, von der Strypa-Mündung bis zur Sereth-Mündung. Maßstab und Legende vgl. S. 299. - Vgl. die Anschlußkarten S. 299 und 305. ([301]) Die Kämpfe um Siemikowce. Vom 31. Oktober bis 5. November 1915. (302) Die Durchbruchsschlacht an der bessarabischen Grenze. Vom 24. Dezember 1915 bis 20. Januar 1916. (303) Die Absichten und Vorbereitungen der russischen Offensive. (303) Die "Weihnachtsschlacht". (304) [Karte]: Der ungefähre Verlauf der Front der Verbündeten im Osten um die Jahreswende 1915/1916. Uebersichtskarte XXVIII. - Vom Dnjestr bis zur rumänischen Grenze. - Vgl. S. 301. ([305]) Die "Neujahrsschlacht". (306) Die "Wasserweiheschlacht". (307) Auf den übrigen Teilen der Front südlich der Sumpfzone. (309) General Iwanows neue Angriffstaktik. (310) In Czernowitz während des russischen Durchbruchsversuchs. (311) Episoden. (311) Ein Kampf der Seelenkraft. (311) Aus der Durchbruchsschlacht an der bessarabischen Grenze. (312) Von den russischen Verlusten. (313) Vergeltung russischer Völkerrechtsverletzungen. (313) Von den Fürsten und Heerführern der Verbündeten. Nach amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (314) Kundgebungen und Auszeichnungen. (314) Besuche an der Front, in den eroberten Festungen und in den besetzten Gebieten. (316) [2 Abb.]: (1)Der russische Generalissimus Großfürst Nikolai Nikolajewitsch mit seinem Stabe und den englischen, französischen und japanischen Militärattachés vor dem Hauptquartier in Baranowitschi Anfang September 1915. (2)Zar Nikolaus schreitet mit dem Thronfolger Großfürst Alexei Nikolajewitsch die Front eines Kosaken-Regiments ab. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Generalfeldmarschall Prinz Leopold von Bayern mit dem Stabe der Division v. Menges. (2)General d. Inf. Fabeck (†) mit seinem Stabe. ( - ) Die Feier des 86. Geburtstages des Kaisers Wilhelm. Die Feier des 58. Geburtstages des Kaisers Wilhelm. (318) Vom Zaren und den russischen Heerführern. Nach amtlichen Meldungen und ergänzenden Mitteilungen. (318) Vom Zaren. Besuche an der Ostfront. (318) Auszeichnungen. Von den russischen Heerführern. (320) Aus den besetzten Gebieten. (321) Von der deutschen Verwaltung in Kurland. Von der deutschen Verwaltung in Litauen und Suwalki. (321) Von der Verwaltung der Verbündeten in Polen. Von Juni 1915 bis Februar 1916 (Fortsetzung von Bd. VI, S. 244 bis 248). (322) Die Abgrenzung der Verwaltungsbezirke und allgemeine Notstandsmaßnahmen. (322) Von der deutschen Verwaltung. (322) Von der österreichisch-ungarischen Verwaltung. (324) Vom Wiederaufbau Galiziens. (324) [2 Abb.]: (1)Generalmajor Erich Freiherr v. Diller, österreichisch-ungarischer Generalgouverneur in Russisch-Polen. (2)Der Armeekommandant Feldmarschall Erzherzog Friedrich und Freiherr Konrad v. Hötzendorf bei der Feier des Geburtstages des Kaisers Franz Josef am 18. August 1915 im Standort des Hauptquartiers. ( - ) [2 Abb.]: (1)Die Generalität und Geistlichkeit Warschaus erwartet den Generalgouverneur v. Beseler zur Eröffnungsfeier der Universität Warschau. (2)Die Verteilung von Lebensmitteln an die Zivilbevölkerung auf dem Marktplatz von Lodz durch die deutsche Verwaltung. ( - ) Einband ( - ) Einband ( - )
Article by Morris Arnold on the Arkansas Legal System during the Colonial Period. ; THE ARKANSAS COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM, 1686-1766 Morris S. Arnold* Except for the silence of its final letter, there is nowadays nothing very French about Arkansas. Yet before the American takeover in 1804 the great majority of the European inhabitants of the area presently occupied by the state were of French origin. There is s9me visible proof of this in the names, many now mangled beyond e:asy recognition, which eighteenth-century voyageurs and coureurs de bois gave to a good many Arkansas places and streams; 1 and there are, as well, a number of Arkansas townships which bear the names of their early French habitants .2 While these faint traces of a remote European past survive, absolutely nothing remains of the laws and customs which the ancient residents of Arkansas observed. This is no accident. It was a favorite object of Jefferson to introduce the common law of England into the vast Louisiana Territory as quickly as he could. In the lower territory he waited too late. New Orleans had had a large French population and a somewhat professionalized legal system for some time, and the civilian opposition, given time to congeal, proved to * Ben J. Altheimer Distinguished Professor of Law, University of Arkansas at Little Rock. B.S.E.E. 1965, LL.B. 1968, University of Arkansas; LL.M. 1969, S.J.D. 1971, Harvard Law School. This article is the first chapter of Professor Arnold's book, UNEQUAL LAWS UNTO A SAVAGE RACE: EUROPEAN LEGAL TRADITIONS IN ARKANSAS, 1686-1836, which will be published later this year. l. See generally Branner, Some Old French Place Names in the State of Arkansas, 19 ARK. HIST. Q. 191 (1960). The etymology of some of these names is difficult and interesting. Who would guess very quickly, for instance, that Smackover in Union County is Chemin Couvert (covered road) in disguise? Id. at 206. Tchemanihaut Creek (pronounced 'Shamanahaw") in Ashley County is a good deal easier: Chemin a haut (high road) must have been its original name. Its initial letter, one local historian has plausibly suggested, is probably attributable to "a misguided attempt to derive the name from the Indian language." Y. ETHERIDGE, HISTORY OF ASHLEY COUNTY, ARKANSAS 17, 18 (1959). Other names should on sight be instantly intelligible to a modern Parisian, though their current pronunciation might cause him consternation: Examples are the Terre Rouge (red earth) and Terre Noire (black earth) Creeks in Clark County, the L 'Angui!le (eel) River in northeast Arkansas, and La Grue (crane) township in Arkansas county. 2. Vaugine and Bogy Townships in Jefferson County, Darysaw (Desruisseaux) Township in Grant County, and Fourche La Fave (Lefevre) Township in Perry County are good examples. 391 392 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 have sufficient muscle to win a partial victory.3 As a result, as to substantive civil matters the state of Louisiana is today a thoroughly civilian jurisdiction. In the upper territory, however, by a piecemeal process beginning in 1804, the English common law was insinuated into the legal system, until, in 1816, it was at last adopted virtually wholesale by the General Assembly of the Missouri Territory.4 The purpose of this article is to explain why civilian legal institutions proved so weak in Upper Louisiana and especially in Arkansas. It turns out that the smallness and character of the European population in Arkansas was the main cause for the vulnerability of European legal norms there. The reception of the common law in Arkansas was simply one element in a more general exchange of cultures which occurred following the Louisiana Purchase. I At ten o'clock on the morning of March 12, 1682, Robert Cavalier, sieur de la Salle, having been commissioned four years earlier by Louis XIV of France to explore and take possession of the Mississippi and its tributaries, drew near the Quapaw Village of Kappa. The village was located on the right bank of the Mississippi River about twenty miles north of the mouth of the Arkansas. From the war chants emanating from the Indian town, La Salle judged that he was in for a hostile reception; so he hastily constructed a "fort" on an island opposite the village and awaited developments. Soon, however, the Quapaw chief sent the calumet of peace, and La Salle and his men went to Kappa where they were received with every possible demonstration of affection both public and private. Asked by the Quapaws for help against their enemies, La Salle promised that they could thenceforth look for protection to the greatest prince of the world, in whose behalf he had come to them and to all the other nations who lived along and around the river. In return, La Salle said, the Quapaws had to consent expressly to the erection in their village of a column on which His Majesty's arms were to be painted, symbolizing their recognition that he was the master of their lands. The Indians agreed and Henry de Tonti, La Salle's lieutenant 3. See generally G. DARGO, JEFFERSON'S LOUISIANA: POLITICS AND THE CLASH OF LEGAL TRADITIONS (1975). 4. 1 LAWS OF A PUBLIC AND GENERAL NATURE, OF THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA, OF THE TERRITORY OF LOUISIANA, OF THE TERRITORY OF MISSOURI, AND OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, UP TO THE YEAR 1824, ch. 154 (1842). 1983) COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM 393 and commandant of one of the two brigades in the company, immediately caused the column to be fashioned. On it was painted a cross and the arms of France, and it bore these words: Louis the Great, King of France and of Navarre, rules. 13th of March, 1682. Tonti then conducted the column with all the French men-at-arms to the plaza of the village, and, La Salle taking up a position at the head of his brigade and Tonti at the head of his, the Reverend Father Zeno be Membre sang the hymn 0 crux, ave, spes unica. The company then went three times around the plaza, each time singing the psalm Exaudiat te Dominus and shouting vive le roy to the discharge of their muskets. They then planted the column while repeating the cries of vive le roy, and La Salle, standing near the column and holding the king's commission in his hand, spoke in a loud voice the following words in French: On behalf of the very high, very invincible, and victorious prince Louis the Great, by the grace of God, King of France and of Navarre, the fourteenth of this name, today, the 13th of March, 1682, with the consent of the nation of the Arkansas assembled at the village of Kappa and present at this place, in the name of the king and his allies, I, by virtue of the commission of His Majesty of which I am bearer and which I hold presently in my hand . , have taken possession in the name of His ffi.ajesty, his heirs, and the successors to his crown, of the country of Louisiana and of all the nations, mines, minerals, ports, harbors, seas, straits, and roadsteads, and of everything contained within the same . . . . After more musket-firing and the giving of presents the Indians celebrated their new alliance throughout the night, pressing their hands to the column and then rubbing their bodies in testimony to the joy which they felt in having made so advantageous a connection. Thus did France gain sovereignty over and ownership of Arkansas. The reason that we know all these details and more about La Salle's activities in Arkansas is that he had requested, and received, from Jacques de la Metairie, the notary who was in his company, a lengthy proces-verbal describing the events at Kappa and officially attesting their occurrence.5 This was Arkansas's first exposure to civilian legal processes. It would be almost 150 years before the influence of the civil law ceased to make itself felt there. 5. 2 P. MARGRY, DECOUVERTES ET ETABLISSEMENT DES FRAN<;:AIS DANS L'0UEST ET DANS LE SUD DE L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE, 1614-1754 (1881). 394 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 II Arkansas Post was the first European establishment in the lower Mississippi valley. It was first located about twenty-seven miles by river from the mouth of the Arkansas on the edge of Little Prairie at what is now called the Menard Site. (See Figure 2). Settled in 1686 by six tenants of Henry de Tonti to whom La Salle in 1682 had granted the lower Arkansas as a seignory, 6 it was to serve as an Indian trading post and as an intermediate station between the Illinois country and the Gulf of Mexico.7 Tonti's plans for the place had been large indeed. In 1689 he promised the Jesuits to build a house and chapel at the Arkansas and to grant a resident priest a sizeable amount of land; while there, Tonti confidently asserted, the priest could "come and say mass in the French quarter near our fort."8 No priest in fact established himself during Tonti's ownership of the Arkansas and his French quarter and fort never materialized. When in an undated grant of land to Jacques Cardinal, one of his men at the Post, Tonti styled himself seigneur de ville de Tonti (lord of the town of Tonti),9 he was in the grips of an excessive enthusiasm. There is no evidence that the European population of the place ever exceeded six. In fact, when Joutel arrived there in 1687 there were only two Frenchmen remaining in residence; 10 and the single log house he descpbed is apparently the only structure ever erected at Tonti's Post. Joutel remarked of Tonti's two traders that "if I was joyous to find them, they participated in the joy since we left them the wherewithal to maintain themselves for some time." Indeed, he said, "they were almost as much in need of our help as we of theirs." He ridiculed the whole idea of a post at that location. "The said house," Joutel noted sarcastically, "was to serve as an 6. See Faye, The Arkansas Post ef Louisiana: French Domination, ;26 LA. HIST. Q. 633, 635-36 ( 1943). 7. Such was the view of Father Douay, a Jesuit who described Tonti's post in 1687. See M. THOMAS, THE ARKANSAS POST OF LOUISIANA, 1682-1783 (M.A. Thesis, University of California, 1948). 8. Tonti's grant to the Jesuits is quoted in 1 M. GIRAUD, A HISTORY OF FRENCH LOUISIANA 8 (J. Lambert trans., 1974). 9. The grant is translated in THE FRENCH FOUNDATIONS 396 (T. Pease & R. Werner eds., 1934). 10. Faye, supra note 6, at 735. 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM Henry de Tonti, lieutenant of La Salle. He founded Arkansas Post in 1686 and in the late seventeenth century styled himself seigneur de ville de Tonti. He was the first European to possess judicial authority in Arkansas. (Courtesy of the Museum of the History of Mobile). 395 396 UALR LAW JOURNAL · [Vol. 6:391 entrepot [way-station] for the French who travelled in these parts, but we were the only ones whom it so served." 11 Short of supplies and virtually inaccessible, the tiny outpost never prospered. The war with the Iroquois closed the route to Canada and made trade to and from Arkansas impossible much of the time until 1693.12 By 1696, Jean Couture, Tonti's lieutenant and commandant at the Post, had deserted to the English, 13 and in 1699 Jesuit missionaries to the Quapaws found no trace of a French settlement. 14 By then the French had evidently abandoned the Arkansas, though there may have remained behind a "few white savages thereabouts as wild as red savages." 15 However grandiose and ambitious had been the schemes of Tonti, they would soon come to seem tame. In 1717 the Mercure de France, a Paris newspaper, began advertising the riches of Louisiana to its readers: Gold and silver could be mined there "with almost no labor." The mountains situated on the Arkansas River would be explored, and there, one correspondent exuded, "we shall gather, believe me, specimens from silver mines, since others already have gathered such there without trouble." When Cadillac sensibly protested that "the mines of the Arkansas were a dream" he was promptly committed to the Bastille "on suspicion of having spoken with scant propriety against the Government of France."16 The man behind the propaganda campaign was John Law, a Scot, who owned a bank in Paris and who had in 1717 succeeded in securing for his Compagnie d'Occident a monopoly on Louisiana trade. Law's company recruited thousands of colonists to settle in Louisiana and the king granted it authority to grant land from the 11. Joutel Remarques sur /'Ouvrage de Tonti Re/at(( a la Louisiane ( 1703), Archives Service Hydrographique (Paris), vol. 115-9, no. 12 (Typescript in Little Rock Public Library). The translation in the text is mine. 12. Faye, supra note 6, at 638. 13. IBERVILLE'S GULF JouRNALS 144 at n.98 (R. McWilliams ed. 1950). 14. 18 COLLECTIONS OF THE WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY 427, at n.37 (1908). 15. Faye, supra note 6, at 646. See also I M. GIRAUD, supra note 8, at 8: "When d'Iberville reached the Mississippi [i.e., in 1699] the post had been abandoned." Some writers are reluctant to say that the Arkansas was completely devoid of Europeans at this time. See, e.g., P. HOLDER, ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD RESEARCH ON THE PROBLEM OF THE LOCATIONS OF ARKANSAS POST ARKANSAS 4 (1957): "The French occupation of the general area along the lower courses of the Arkansas and White Rivers was virtually continuous from the 1680's onward." The truth is that the sources simply fail to mention any Europeans in Arkansas, except Jesuit missionaries, between 1699 and 1721. It is, however, hard to resist believing that a few hunters and trappers ventured from time to time into the area and established temporary camps there. Almost certainly no real settlement existed however. 16. Faye, supra note 6, at 653. 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM 397 Royal domain. Proprietors of the company's land grants (concessionaires) were given considerable latitude in choosing the spots for their settlements, since the interior of Louisiana was not well known; and they therefore exercised much discretion in locating their colonists on arrival. 17 However, the company early on had recognized the Arkansas River as an important spot, since it was thought that it might well be the best route to the Spanish mines of Mexico. Thus the company specifically directed where the Arkansas concession should be located and ordered that it be the first occupied. 18 It granted this concession to Law himself. In August of 1721, a group of Law's French engages (perhaps as many as eighty) took possession of land on Little Prairie at or near the site of Tonti's abandoned trading post. 19 (See Figure 2). Although Law was by then bankrupt and had fled France, the news did not reach Louisiana until after Jacques Levens, Law's director in Louisiana, had caused the Arkansas colony to be established under the command of some of his subordinates.20 By December of that year Bertrand Dufresne, sieur du Demaine, replaced Levens as director for Arkansas, and in March of 1722 he took possession of the concession and began an inventory of its effects and papers.21 On his arrival he found only twenty cabins and three arpents (about 2.5 acres) of cleared ground. He reported a total of about fifty men and women resident,22 tristes debris, Father Charlevoix called them,23 of Mr. Law's concession. They had produced only an insignificant harvest. Lieutenant la Boulaye was nearby with a military detachment of seventeen men.24 (See Figure 1). Despite the existence of a company store at the Arkansas concession, both the colony and the military establishment were in considerable difficulty.25 Dufresne therefore immediately released twenty of the engages from service and gave them lots to cultivate in the hopes that a better harvest of corn and wheat would be realized in 1722. In February of the following year there were only forty-one colonists remaining, divided now into two small farming communi- 17. 4 M. GIRAUD, H!STOJRE DE LA LOUISIANE FRANc_;;AISE 198 (1974). 18. Id. 19. Id. 20. Id. at 199. 21. Id. at 271. 22. Id. at 272. 23. 6 P. CHARLEVOIX, JOURNAL D'UN VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DU Roi DANS L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONNALE 164 (1744). 24. 4 M. GIRAUD, supra note 17, at 273. 25. The following paragraph is based on Id. at 273-74. 398 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 ties: Fourteen men and one woman at Law's concession under Dufresne, and sixteen men, some with families, two leagues down the river with the troops. Among this latter group there lived six black slaves. 26 Benard la Harpe, while exploring the river in 1721, had predicted, or at least hoped for, a turn in the fortunes of the struggling colony, but that hope proved false and in 1727 Father Paul du Poisson, the Jesuit missionary to the Arkansas, reported that only about thirty Frenchmen remained behind.27 The military post had been abandoned two years previous. 28 Village des Arcan~as ---N Poste francais commande par le S. la Boulaie 0 - - - -, ·: ·Concession de M. Law I I L. --- ' MISSISSIPPI Figure 1 Sketch of the location of Law's colony by Dumont de Montigny,Archives Nationales, Paris, 6 JJ-75, Piece 254. All this seemed worth recounting in some detail because for generations historians of Arkansas have believed that a colony of Germans once occupied their river. Law did recruit many Germans for settlement in Louisiana, and they were destined for the Arkansas, but as soon as the news of Law's bankruptcy reached the colony 26. Recensement General des Habitans Estab!ys,,.SoteJouy Arkansas et d~s Ouvrier~ ~e la Concession cy devant Apartenant a M. Law, 18 February, 1723. (Transcnpt at Lomsiana History Center, Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans). 27. Du Poisson to Father___, translated in Falconer, Arkansas and the Jesuits in 1727-A Translation, 4 PUBLICATIONS OF THE ARKANSAS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION 352, at 375 (1917). 28. Faye, supra note 6, at 670. 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM 399 in June of 1721, the Compagnie des Indies took over the direction of his concession;29 and when the time arrived to transport the German immigrants to Arkansas, the company, in an economy move, decided instead to send them to Delaire's grant in Lower Louisiana.30 In short, none of Law's Germans ever reached Arkansas. This is a pity, as the prospect of discussing, or at least imagining, a group of German immigrants living under French law on the Arkansas River was an intriguing one--one of which the facts have now unfortu-nately deprived us. · III Before 1712, the colony of Louisiana, with a population of only a few hundred, had been entirely under military rule and regular civil regulation was altogether lacking. On September 19, 1712, the Crown granted a trade monopoly to Antoine Crozat but he was given no governmental authority: As Henry Dart noted, the charter was "only an operating contract with the duties of government retained in the Crown."31 However, the charter did adopt as law for the colony "nos Edits, Ordonnances Et Coutumes Et !es usages de la Prevoste Et Vitf/omte de Paris--our edicts, ordinances, and customs, and the usages of the Provostry and Viscounty of Paris."32 The Coutume, despite its name, was actually a small code of some 362 titles first reduced to writing in 1510,33 and treating both substantive and adjective law. It was itself terse, indeed epigrammatic; but the commentary on it by the time of its adoption in Louisiana was voluminous. 34 Annotated versions of the Coutume were therefore very popular in France and in time they found their way to Louisiana.35 Also in 1712, by a separate instrument, a new and important institution was created for the colony, the Superior Council of Louisiana. 36 Modelled on the governmental arrangements already in 29. 4 M. GIRAUD, supra note 17, at 216. 30. Id. at 248. 31. Dart, The Legal Institutions of Louisiana, 3 SOUTHERN LAW Q. 247 (1918). This article also appears in 2 LA. HIST. Q. 72 (1919). 32. The charter is printed in 4 PUBLICATIONS LA. HIST. Soc. 13, at 17 (1909). 33. For a precis of its provisions, title by title, see Schmidt, History ef the Jurisprudence of Louisiana, l LA. L. J., no. l, l (1841). 34. The most useful eighteenth-century commentary is C. FERRIERE, CoMMENTAIRE SUR LA CouTUME DE LA PREVOTE ET VICOMTE DE p ARIS. It is available in several editions. 35. Dart, The Law Library ef a Louisiana Lawyer in the 18th Century, 25 REPORTS OF THE LOUISIANA BAR ASSOCIATION 12, at 22 et seq. (1924). 36. See Dart, supra note 31, at 249 et seq. See also, for some discussion of the work of this body, Hardy, The Superior Council in Colonial Louisiana, in FRENCHMEN AND FRENCH 400 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 place in other French colonies, the Council had original and exclusive jurisdiction to decide disputes arising anywhere in Louisiana. It consisted of the Lieutenant General of New France; the Intendant of the same; the Governor of Louisiana; a first councilor of the king; two other councilors; the attorney general; and a clerk. Judgments in civil cases required the concurrence of at least three members and in criminal cases at least five. The Council was originally created to exist for three years, but on September 7, 1716, it became by virtue of a Royal Edict a permanent institution.37 In 1717 a fundamental change occurred in the government of Louisiana. In that year Crozat, having lost an enormous sum under his operating charter, surrendered it, and John Law's Compagnie d'Occident was given a monopoly over trade in the colony. In addition, unlike Crozat's company, the Compagnie d'Occident was granted extensive governmental authority: It had the power to appoint the Superior Council, to name governors and military commandants, and to appoint and remove all judges. The charter also provided that "Seront tous !es juges Etbalis en tous !es d. Lieux tenus de juger suivant !es Loix Et ordonnances du Royaume Et se Con-former a la Coutume de la prevoste Et Vicomte de Paris. . . ."; that is, that "all the judges established in all the said places shall be bound to judge according to the laws and ordinances of the realm, and [shall also be bound] to conform to the customs of the Prevostry and Viscounty of Paris."38 This portion of the charter obviously provided for the reception of general French legislation and the Custom of Paris. In addition, it has been shown that subsequent French legislation, as soon as it was registered in the colony, and the legislation of the Superior Council itself, formed part of the body of colonial Louisiana law.39 The subsequent French legislation was of three distinct sorts: (a) general legislation; (b) special colonial legislation; ( c) colonial legislation passed specifically for Louisiana. 40 Two years later we hear for the first time about inferior courts for outlying portions of the colony. On September 12, 1719, the king noted the need to appoint persons to act as judges "to facilitate w A YS IN THE MISSISSIPPI v ALLEY 87 (J. McDemott ed., 1969); Micelle, From Law Court to Local Government: Metamorphosis of the Superior Council of French Louisiana, 9 LA. HIST. 85 (1968). 37. The edict is printed in 4 PUBLICATIONS LA. HIST. Soc. 21-23 (19CS). 38. Id. at 48. 39. Baade, Marriage Contracts in French and Spanish Louisiana: A Study in "Notarial" Jurisprudence, 53 TUL. L. REV. 3, 9 (1978). 40. Id. 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM 401 the administration of justice in places distant from the place where the Superior Council holds it sessions."41 The "heads or directors" of concessions along with "other of our subjects, capable and of probity" were to "exercise both civil and criminal justice." The edict went on to provide that, even in these inferior courts, "three judges shall sit in civil matters and in criminal matters five judges . " The plan, evidently, was to have a kind of provincial council at each settlement. The king further provided that an appeal from these local tribunals would lie in all cases to the Superior Council.42 All this was being done, of course, to make ready the way for Law's colonizing schemes. In 1720 or 1721 Louisiana was for the first time divided into districts (or counties). Arkansas was one of the nine districts originally created, and a local commandant and a judge was assigned to each "to put justice with greater ease in reach of the colonists."43 Presumably, and understandably, the plan to establish local councils outside New Orleans was abandoned at this time. The sources simply fail us on the question of whether more than one person was expected to sit on local courts, but it could not have proved workable in remote places like Arkansas to assemble a multi-member judicial body. In May of 1722 the Regent issued an order creating a provincial council for Illinois, the jurisdiction of which supposedly extended from "all places on and above and Arkansas River . . . to the boundaries of the Wabash River." The commandant of the Illinois, Lieutenant de Boisbriant, was to serve as "chief and judge" of this so-called council, which in fact had only one other member.44 It thus seems to have been the plan to abolish the Arkansas district and annex its territory to its nearest northern neighbor; and the Illinois provincial council was directed "to hold its sessions at the places where the principal factories of the company shall be estab- 41. The edict is printed in 4 PUBLICATIONS LA. HIST. Soc. 63 (1908). 42. The translation in the text is mine. The entire edict is translated and discussed in Dart, supra note 31, at 261 et seq. Further discussion of this edict can be found in Dart, The Colonial Legal Systems of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas, 27 REPORTS OF THE LOUISIANA BAR ASSOCIATION 43 at 52 (1926). 43. Id. at 267. The other districts were New Orleans, Biloxi, Mobile, Alibamous, Natchez, Yazoo, N atchitotches, and the Illinois. 44. Translated extracts from this order appear in 2 J. WHITE, A NEW COLLECTION OF LAWS, CHARTERS, AND LOCAL ORDINANCES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND SPAIN, RELATING TO THE CONCESSION OF LAND IN THEIR RESPECTIVE COLONIES . 439-40 (1837). 402 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 lished."45 This language could have been construed to require the Illinois council to sit at the Arkansas. It is, however, very much to be doubted that such a session was ever held, and certainly it is not believeable that anyone would repair from Arkansas to Illinois to settle a grievance in 1722. It seems probable, then, that whatever judicial functions were exercised at the Arkansas were entrusted to its resident directors even after the supposed creation of the council of the Illinois. The only resident director that the Arkansas ever had was, as we saw, Bertrand Dufresne, sieur du Demaine, who arrived at the Post March 22, 1722, and he was evidently the judge from that point on. Prior to that, Jacques Levens had been director, but as he never took up residence in Arkansas we have to presume that if judicial functions were undertaken by anyone, it was by one or more of the three subordinates to whom Levens had entrusted the management of the struggling colony: Jean-Baptiste, Menard, Martin Merrick, and Labro.46 When Dufresne left the Arkansas around 1726 we can hardly guess the means resorted to for the settlement of disputes. Probably Father Paul du Poisson, the Jesuit missionary resident from 1727 to 1729, used his good offices to maintain order among the approximately thirty Frenchmen who had remained behind.47 It seems probable, therefore, that Arkansas's first sustained exposure to European legal proceedings and principles occurred in the period during which Law's Company held sway in Louisiana. Tonti's seventeenth-century feudal seignory no doubt carried with it the right to render justice. Though his charter from La Salle has not as yet come to light,48 other conveyances of La Salle's are extant; and in them he gave his grantees judicial power over small cases ("low justice" this is called) while specifically reserving important cases ("high justice") to himself. (Cases of the latter type he directed to be heard by the judge "who shall be established at Fort St. 45. Id. at 440. 46. 4 M. GIRAUD, supra note 17, at 272. Menard left the Arkansas in 1722 (jd., 275) and was in New Orleans in 1720. Index to the Records efthe Superior Council of Louisiana, 4 LA. HIST. Q. 349 (1921). 47. Dufresne appears in the Arkansas census of January !, 1726; but on October 21, 1726, he is described as a "settler in Arkansas, but now domiciled with Mr. Traguidy [in New Orleans]." Index to the Records of Superior Council of New Orleans, 3 LA. HIST. Q. 420 (1920). In 1727 there was no director at the Arkansas, as Father Du Poisson tells us that he took up evidence in "the India Company's house, which is also that of the commandants when there are any here . " See Falconer, supra note 27, at 371. 48. For a charter from Tonti to Jacques Cardinal, one of his men at the Arkansas, see THE FRENCH FOUNDATIONS, supra note 9, at 396. 'Fhla is tlae Olll)' grant gf Tgati's eKtastF 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM 403 Louis.")49 We do not know whether Tonti's charter contained identical provisions but it certainly would have contained similar ones. But during the fifteen years or so that Tonti held the right to dispose of certain cases arising in his seignory, it hardly seems credible that he or his deputies ever held anything resembling a court, or even executed many instruments or documents.50 IV In 1731 the Compagnie d'Occident surrendered its charter to Louis XV, and for the rest of the period of French dominion Louisiana was a Crown Colony. Late that same year a military garrison was re-established in Arkansas; it consisted of twelve men commanded by First Ensign de Coulange and was located again on the edge of Little Prairie. 51 (See Figure 2). It was apparently during the reorganization of the colony in 1731 that civil and military authority at the outposts of Louisiana were combined in the commandant of the garrison-an arrangement that would survive into the Spanish period and even for a short time during the American regime. Part of a post commandant's civil authority was to act as notary and judge. The exact scope of his judicial jurisdiction during the French period is obscure, there being no document of which I am aware which describes it specifically. Parkman, writing of conditions in the Illinois in 1764, says that the "military commandant whose station was at Fort Chartres on the Mississippi, ruled the Colony with a sway as absolute as that of the Pasha of Egypt, and judged civil and criminal cases without right of appeal."52 Captain Phillip Pittman, an English engineer and Mississippi explorer who was writing at almost exactly the same time, gives a slightly different version. According to him, the Illinois commandant "was absolute 49. Concession in fee by La Salle to Pierre Prudhomme, in id. at 32. 50. When Tonti petitioned for confirmation of his charter, he was evidently refused. The petition is printed in E. MURPHEY, HENRY DE TONTI, FUR TRADER OF THE MISSISSIPPI 119 (1941). It is possible that La Salle did not have the power to make permanent grants and that may be the reason that Tonti needed confirmation. The Letters Patent of May 12, 1678, giving La Salle the right to explore "the western part of New France" in the king's behalf, gave him the power to build forts wherever he deemed them necessary; and he was "to hold them on the same tern1s and conditions as Fort Frontenac." See T. FALCONER, ON THE DISCOVERY OF THE MISSISSIPPI 19 (1844). La Salle said expressly in 1683 that this allowed him to "divide with the French and the Indians both the lands and the commerce of said country until it may please his majesty to command otherwise . " See THE FRENCH FoUNDATio~;upra note 9, at 43. The language is ambiguous, but on one permissible reading it indicates a specifically reserved power in the king to revoke grants made by La Salle. 51. Faye, supra note 6, at 673. 52. Quoted in Dart, supra note 31, at 249. 404 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 in authority, except in matters of life and death; capital offences were tried by the council at New Orleans."53 Of course, the Arkansas commandant's judicial jurisdiction was not necessarily as extensive as that possessed by the commandant of the Illinois. He may very well have been subordinate to the Illinois commandant during most of the French period. Some fitful light is thrown on the judicial authority of the Arkansas commandant by an interesting proceeding which took place at the Post in 1743.54 In October of that year, Anne Catherine Chenalenne, the widow of Jean Francois Lepine, petitioned Lieutenant Jean-Francois Tisserant de Montcharvaux, whom she styled "Commandant for the King at the Fort of Arkansas," asking him to cause an inventory and appraisal to be made of the community property in her possession. The object in view was to make a distribution to the petitioner's son-in-law and daughter who had the previous May lost all their goods when attacked by Chickasaws on the Mississippi not far below the mouth of the Arkansas. They had narrowly escaped with their lives.55 Widow Lepine had decided to make a distribution to "her poor children, at least to those who have run so much risk among the savages." She was preparing to marry Charles Lincto, a well-to-do resident of the Post, and she wished to dissolve the old community which by custom had continued after her husband's death in her and their children. The commandant informed Madame Lepine that on 26 October, 1743, he would inventory the "real and personal property derived from the marital community" and would bring with him two persons to look after the widow's interest and two to represent the children. The idea was that each party in interest should have independent appraisers present to insure the impartiality of the inventory and evaluation. De Montcharvaux in the presence of these and other witnesses caused the inventory to be made on the appointed day. The estate was fairly sizeable, being valued at 14,530 /ivres and 10 sols. It contained a great deal of personalty, including four slaves, a number of animals, 1600 pounds of tobacco, and notes and accounts receivable; the realty noted was "an old house" with three small outbuildings. Interestingly, no land was mentioned. There are two possible explanations for the absence of land in S3. P. PITTMAN, THE PRESENT STATE OF THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT ON THE M1ss1sSIPPI S3 (1770) (Reprinted with intro. by R. Rea 1973). S4. The relevant documents are translated in Core, Arkansas through the Looking Glass ef 1743 Documents, 22 GRAND PRAIRIE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 16 (1979). SS. This incident is reported and discussed in Faye, supra note 6, at 677-78. 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM 405 the inventory. One is that land may not have been actually granted to Arkansas settlers but only given over temporarily to their use. The other possibility is that the land on which the house was built had belonged to Lepine before the marriage and had remained his separate property under his marriage contract or under the general provisions of the Coutume de Paris. The Coutume, which, as we have seen, was in force in French Louisiana, provided that all movables (personalty), belonging to a husband or wife, whenever acquired, became part of the community; but only certain immovables (realty) acquired after the marriage were so treated.56 This rule could be altered by contract, but in Louisiana, as in France, the Coutume was often specifically incorporated into marriage contracts by future spouses in defining the regime that would rule their property; 57 and if there was no contract provision creating a property regime, the Coutume of course automatically applied. The inventory is said to have been made "Pardevant nous Jean Francois Tisserant Ecuyer Sieur Demoncharvaus Commandant pour le Roy au Fort des Arkansas." The formulapardevant nous ("before us") is Parisian notarial boiler-plate and indicates that the commandant was acting in his surrogate notarial capacity. To an American common lawyer, the notary is not a member of the legal profession, not even a paralegal. But in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France he enjoyed a much more elevated status, as indeed he still does in that country. Originally an official of the medieval European ecclesiastical courts, the notary developed into a noncontentious secular legal professional in France. In England, partly because the canon and secular laws were not on speaking terms, "the notarial system never took deep root."58 For one thing, an important aspect of the notary's duties, his authority to "authenticate" documents, was of little use to the English. The whole notion of a state-sanctioned authenticator of private acts was entirely foreign to the common law: Whereas in France we see notaries "making" and "passing" contracts, the common law left that to the parties. The state was very much in the background in England, and was called upon only to enforce obligations that arose by force of nature. The other aspect of the French notary's duties, the drafting of instruments, conveyancing, and the giving of legal advice, was per- 56. See Baade, supra note 39, at 7, 8. 57. Id. at 25. 58. l F. POLLOCK & F. MAITLAND, A HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAW 218 (2d ed., reissued with intro. by S. Milsom 1968). 406 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 formed by the regular legal profession in England. It is true that there was a scriveners' company organized in London in the sixteenth century which was granted a charter in the reign of James l.59 Members were empowered to draft legal documents, especially obligations (or bonds), and they gave a certain amount of low-level legal advice particularly in commercial and banking matters. 60 The few secular notaries who practiced in London at that time concerned themselves mainly with drafting documents relevant to international trade, and they were members of this company.61 But in the eighteenth century the company lost its effort to keep commonlaw attorneys from competing, and in 1804 parliament made conveyancing the monopoly of the regular legal profession.62 In contrast, the French notary's duties by the eighteenth century had come to include not only the familiar ones of administering oaths, taking acknowledgements, and giving "authenticity" to "acts" of private persons by attesting them officially, but they also ran generally to the drafting of documents, conveyancing, and the giving of practical legal advice.63 It is not surprising, therefore, that notaries would 59. See 12 w. HOLDSWORTH, A HISTORY OF ENGLISH LAW 70 (1938). See generally on the notary in England, Gutteridge, The Origin and Development ef the Profession of Notaries Public in England, in CAMBRIDGE LEGAL ESSAYS 12 (1926). 60. 12 w. HOLDSWORTH, supra note 59, at id. 61. 5 w. HOLDSWORTH, supra note 59, at 115 (3d ed. 1945). 62. 12 w. HOLDSWORTH, supra note 59, at 71-72; T. PLUCKNETT, A CONCISE HISTORY OF THE COMMON LAW 227-28 (5th ed. 1956). 63. As draftman of wills, marriage contracts, and conveyances, Mons. le Notaire has survived in France as a much respected person, especially in the country villages. He is a general non-forensic legal practitioner, his part in the legal scheme "being confined to voluntary as distinct from contentious jurisdiction." Brown, The office of Notary in France, 2 INT'L & COMP. L. Q. 60, at 64 (1953). Indeed, the French notary is close to the equivalent of the English solicitor, except for the latter's participation in litigation. Thus one modern-day commentator opined that "a solicitor would feel much at home in the etude of the French notary, though he would be surprised, and perhaps disappointed, by the cordiality of the morning post." Id. at 71. Today in Louisiana as well the notary enjoys considerable powers. See Burke & Fox, The Notaire in North America: A Short Study of the Adaptation of a Civil Law Institution, 50 TUL. L. REV. 318, at 328-32 (1975); Brosman, Louisiana-An Accidental Experiment in Fusrim, 24 TUL. L. REV. 95, 98-99 (1949). The Louisiana notary has the power "to make inventories, appraisements, and petitions; to receive wills, make protests, matrimonial contracts, conveyances, and generally, all contracts and instruments of writing; to hold family meetings and meetings of creditors; . to affix the seals upon the effects of deceased persons and to raise the same." LA. STAT. ANN.§ 35:2 (1964). When the Louisiana legislature defined the practice of law, and prohibited all but licensed attorneys from engaging in it, it therefore remembered to except acts performed by the notary which were "necessary or incidental to the exercise of the powers and functions of (his] office." LA. STAT. ANN. § 37:212(B) (1974). A walk through modern-day New Orleans will reveal a number of signs proclaiming the existence of "Law and Notarial Offices", a combination having an odd ring in the ears of an American common lawyer. The Louisiana notary is simply "a different and 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM 407 make an appearance in eighteenth-century Louisiana. In New Orleans, of course, there was much work for them, but there were also provincial notaries operating in Biloxi, Mobile, Natchitoches, Pointe Coupee, and Kaskaskia.64 Since De Montcharvaux acted as notary for the Lepine inventory, it is reasonably clear that there was no provincial notary resident at the Arkansas at that time. This comes as no surprise since in 1746 there were at the Post only twelve habitant families, ten slaves, and twenty men in the garrison, 65 hardly a sufficient European population to require or attract a law-trained scrivener. When it was time to have their marriage contract made, the widow Chenalenne and her future spouse executed it in New Orleans. No doubt there was available there legal advice on which they might more comfortably rely.66 Besides, there was at that time no resident priest at the Post to perform the marriage. v On May 10, 1749, an event occurred that considerably reduced the European population of Arkansas and also made it difficult to attract settlers there for some time. On that day, the Post was attacked by a group of about 150 Chicaksaw and Abeka warriors. Their coming was undetected67 and thus they caught the small habitant population altogether unaware. They burned the settlement, killed six male settlers, and took eight women and children as slaves.68 The census taken later that year shows, not surprisingly, that the population had decreased since the previous census. Seven more important official person than is the notary public in other jurisdictions of the United States." Brosman, supra at 98. 64. See Baade, supra note 39, at 12. 65. Memoire sur /'Eta! de la Colonie de la Louisiane en 1746. Archives des Colonies, Archives Nationales, Paris [hereinafter cited as ANC], Cl3A, 30:242-281, at 249, (Typescript of original document available at Little Rock Public Library). As the average family size in Arkansas in the middle of the eighteenth century was about four, this would put the number of habitant whites at the Post at about forty-eight. 66. For an abstract of this marriage contract, see Records o.f the Superior Council o.f Louisiana, 13 LA. HlsT. Q. 129 (1944). 67. However, the habitants may have had a warning that something was afoot, for on May l, Francois Sarrazin had written from Arkansas that "two savages have killed a man and a woman and burnt a man in the frame." Records efthe Superior Court o.f Louisiana, 20 LA. HlsT. Q. 505 (1937). This incident may have been connected with the attack nine days later. 68. Vaudreuil to Rouille, September 22, 1749, calendared in THE VAUDREUIL PAPERS 59-60 (B. Barron ed., 1975). See also Faye, supra note 6, at 684 et seq. W. BAIRD, THE QUAPAW INDIANS: A HISTORY OF THE DOWNSTREAM PEOPLE 34 (1980), gives the number taken as slaves as thirteen. 408 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 men, eight women, eight boys, and eight girls remained, a total of only thirty-one white habitants at the Poste des Akansa .69 Nor did all this mark an end to serious trouble. When in June of 1751 First Ensign Louis-Xavier-Martin de Lino de Chalmette, the commandant of the Post, went uninvited to New Orleans to consult with the governor, his entire garrison of six men took the opportunity to desert. 70 Things were obviously at a critical juncture. When later in 17 51 Lieutenant Paul Augustin le Pelletier de la Houssaye took command at Arkansas he found there a post recently rebuilt by its habitants and _voyagij,tfrs and probably already relocated to a spot ten or twelve miles upriver at the edge of the Grand Prairie. (See Figure 2). It is clear that Governor Vaudreuil had determined to hold the Arkansas even if the cost proved high, for he assigned to De La Houssaye a large company of forty-five men.71 The lieutenant was also authorized to build a new fort; government funds being lacking, he undertook the construction at his own expense in return for a five-year Indian trade monopoly.72 This new beginning could, in the nature of things, have given only a slight lift to the prospects for sustained settlement in the Arkansas country. Late in 1752 Governor Vaudreuil was informed that the Osages had attempted an attack on Arkansas Post but had failed. 73 While this indicates a stability of sorts for the l?ost, thanks no doubt to the size of the new garrison, still the perceived danger must have been so high as to discourage all but the most intrepid from taking up residence at the Arkansas. Mentions of Arkansas in the legal records tend to emphasize the dangerousness of the place. For instance, a couple from Pointe Coupee, on the verge of leaving for a hunting trip to the White River country, thought it best to deed their property to a relative, with the stipulation that the deed was to be void if they returned.74 It is not surprising, therefore, that even as late as 1766, the last year of French dominion, only eight habitant families, consisting in all of forty white persons, were resident at Arkansas Post.75 69. Arkansas Post Census, 1749, Loudon Papers 200, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. There were also fourteen slaves resident at the post and sixteen voyageurs who had returned after their winter's work. There were five hunters on the White River and four on the St. Francis. Thirty-five hunters had failed to return from the Arkansas River. 70. Faye, supra note 6, at 708. 71. Id. at 211. 72. Id. 73. THE VAUDREUIL PAPERS, supra note 68, at 136. 74. Index to the Records of the Superior Council of Louisiana, 24 LA. HlsT. Q. 75 (1941). 75. See Din, Arkansas Post in the American Revolution, 40 ARK. HIST. Q. 3, at 4 (1981). 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM 409 All of these difficulties, and others, made for a place in which it might be regarded as too polite to expect the presence of much which corresponds to a legal system. In addition, political exigencies sometimes interfered to such an extent that the application of even-handed legal principle became inexpedient and thus entirely impracticable. For instance, the continued existence of the Arkansas settlement depended heavily on the loyalty of the Quapaws and their wishes were therefore relevant to any important decision made there. Their influence could extend even to the operation of the legal system as the following incident demonstrates. On 12 September, 1756, a meeting was held in the Government House in New Orleans to hear an extraordinary request from Guedetonguay, the Medal Chief of the Quapaws.76 His tribe had captured four deserters from the Arkansas garrison and had returned them; but the chief had come on behalf of his nation to ask Governor Kerlerac to pardon the soldiers. One of those captured, Jean Baptiste Bernard, in addition to having deserted, had killed his corporal Jean Nicolet within the precincts of the fort. The chief, obviously a great orator, said that he had come a long distance to plead for the soldiers' lives despite the heat and the demands of the harvest; and in his peroration he said that his head hung low, hi~ eyes were fixed to the ground, and his heart wept for these men. He knew, he explained, that if he had not come they would have been executed, and this was intolerable to him because he regarded them as his own children. He recited many friendly acts of the Qua paws to prove the fidelity of his people to the French. Among them was the release of six slaves (perhaps Chicaksaws captured by the Quapaws) "who would have been burned" otherwise, and the recent capture of five Choctaws and two trespassing Englishmen. He himself, he noted, had recently lost one son and had had another wounded in the war against the Chickasaws; and he . counted this "a mark of affection for the French." In recompense he asked for the pardon of the soldiers. The chief added that this was the only such pardon his nation had thus far requested, and he promised never to ask again. He did not doubt that Kerlerac, "the great chief of the French father of the red men," charged to govern them on behalf of "the great chief of all the French who lived in the 76. What follows is based on a memorandum entitled "Harangues faites dans /'assemb/ee tenue a /'hotel du gouvernment cejourdhui, 20 Juin 1756," found in ANC, Cl3A, 39:177-180 (Transcript at Little Rock Public Library). The translations are mine. 410 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 great town on the other side of the great lake," would listen and do the just thing. Guedetonguay left his best argument for last. He maintained vigorously that, under his law, any criminal who managed to reach the refuge of the Cabanne de Valeur where the Quapaws practiced their religious rites was regarded as having been absolved of his crime. It was their custom everywhere that the chief of the Cabanne de Valeur "would sooner lose his life than suffer the refugee to undergo punishment for his crime." Evidently the soldiers were claiming this right; and Ouyayonsas, the chief of the Cabanne de Valeur, was there to back them up. This last argument was an excellent one because it called upon the French to recognize an established Indian usage not dissimilar from the European custom of sanctuary. And the argument carried with it a threat of violent reaction if the custom were not allowed. Kerlerac answered the chief that he was not unmindful of the past services of the Quapaws, nor was he ungrateful for them. "But," he said, "I cannot change the words declared by the great chief of all the French against such crimes, and . . . it would be a great abuse for the future" to pardon the soldiers. So, he continued, "despite all the friendship that the French have for you and your nation, these men deserve death." The great chief stood for a long time with his head down and finally answered ominously that he could not be responsible for the revolutions which the chief of the privileged house might stir up-revolutions which he said ''would not fail to occur." The argument continued and the governor offered to grant the chief "anything else except these four pardons." But Guedetonguay stubbornly maintained that "the sole purpose of his journey was to obtain the pardon of the four men." In the end the Governor extracted from the Quapaw chiefs "publicly and formally their word . . . that they would in the future deliver up all deserting soldiers as malefactors or other guilty persons without any restriction or condition whatsoever, and that . pardons would be accorded at the sole discretion of the French." No immediate decision was reached by the Governor, but later that day some of his advisors, having reflected on what they had heard, reckoned "that a refusal of the obstinate demands of these chiefs . . . the faithful allies of the French would only involve the colony in troublesome upheavals on the part of the said nations who have otherwise up to the present served very faithfully." They con- 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM 411 eluded that "saving a better idea by Monsieur le Gouverneur it would be dangerous, under all the present circumstances, not to satisfy the Indians with the pardons which they demanded." The governor took the advice but evidently did not write to Berryet, the French Minister of the Marine, for some time to tell him about it. From the comfort of Versailles it was easy for Berryet to pick at Kerlerac's decision.77 In responding to Kerlerac, Berryet first made the point that Bernard's case was different from that of the other captured soldiers since he was accused of homicide in addition to desertion. Then, too, the minister had a lot of questions. Could not the difference in Bernard's case have been urged on the Arkansas chiefs to get them to relent in his case? Where was the record of the legal proceedings which should have been conducted relative to the killing? If this was a wilfull murder the pardon had been conceded too easily. "It would be dangerous," the minister warned, ''to leave such a subject in the colony, not only because he would be an example of impunity but also because of new crimes that he might commit." (The arguments of general and specific deterrence are not very recent inventions.) Finally, the governor was sternly admonished "not to surrender easily to demands of this sort on the part of the savages . If on the one hand it is necessary, considering all the present circumstances, to humor the savages, it is also necessary to be careful of letting them set a tone that accords neither with the king's authority nor the good of the colony." Nevertheless, the minister talked to the king and he ratified the governor's decision. Writs of pardon were therefore issued under the king's name for each of the Arkansas soldiers. Because the homicide committed by Bernard was not a military crime and was cognizable therefore by the Superior Council of Louisiana, his pardon was directed to the Council. Interestingly, though Berryet admitted knowing nothing of the circumstances surrounding the killing, the pardon recited that a quarrel had arisen between Bernard and Nicolet, that they had beaten each other, that Bernard : "had had the misfortune to kill the said Nicolet," and that the death "had occurred without premeditated murder."78 Thus Louis XV pardoned Jean Baptiste Bernard for killing by mischance when there was no evidence adduced as to the facts resulting in Nicolet's 77. What follows is based in Berryet's letter to Kerlerac and Bobe Descloseaux dated July 14, 1769. ANC, B, 109:487-88 (Transcript at Little Rock Public Library). The translation is mine. 78. The pardon (brevet de grtJce) was enclosed in the letter and is ANC, B, 109:489 (Transcript at Little Rock Public Library). The translation is mine. 412 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 death. The decision was generated simply by a desire to accommodate an important ally. Faithful adherence to legal principle sometimes had to take a back seat to the more compelling demands of politics. VI Father Louis Carette, the Jesuit missionary who came to the Post of Arkansas in 1750, nevertheless attempted to bring some order to the legal affairs of the place. As he noted in a procuration (power of attorney) dated at Arkansas in 1753, he was "authorized by the king to make in every post where there is not a Notary Royal all contracts and acts . "79 There is no evidence that he had any formal legal training, but he was a Jesuit, and thus a learned man, one of a handful of such who would make their residence in eighteenth- century Arkansas. The 1753 procuration is itself of some interest, as it sheds light on how litigants whose cases were technically beyond the jurisdiction exercised by the Arkansas commandant (whatever that was) might have had their cases heard if they wanted to resort to regular methods of dispute settlement. As incredible as it seems, it is probable that the only court of general jurisdiction in the entire colony was the Superior Council of Louisiana. Now, in 1763 La Harpe said that it was a two-week boat trip from the Arkansas to New Orleans, and six to eight weeks back.80 Obviously, the procuration was an important device for people in remote posts like Arkansas, for it enabled them through their attorneys, in the language of the document under discussion, "to act . . . as though they were personally present."81 Convoys or individual vessels travelled down the Mississippi frequently enough to make this means of tending to legal affairs more tolerable than it might otherwise have been. In this case, the attorney chosen was Commandant de la Houssaye, and he was deputed to act in a probate matter at Pointe Coupee for Etienne de Vaugine de Nuysement and his wife Antoinette Pelagie Petit de Divilliers. An interesting feature of procurations which increased their utility and flexibility was that they were assignable. This feature came in handy in this instance since De La Houssaye, having 79. Index to the Records of the Superior Council of Louisiana, 22 LA. H!sT. Q. 255 (1939). 80. La Harpe to Chosseul, August 8, 1763, ANC, Ci3B, 1 (Typescript in Little Rock Public Library). 81. Records, supra note 79, at id. 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM 413 been detained at the Arkansas due to illness, simply transferred the power of attorney to a member of the Superior Council "to act in my place as myself."82 Perhaps one of the reasons that Carette had acted as notary in this instance was that the only other person in the little community authorized so to act, the commandant, was a party to the instrument. But in the French period priests were given general notarial powers and could act even in the absence of circumstances disabling the commandant. For instance, Carette acted as notary, and thus probably draftsman, for a marriage contract in which the commandant was not interested. This was the marriage contract of Francois Sarrazin and Francoise Lepine, executed at Arkansas Post on January 6, 1752. Marriage contracts have no exact parallel in common-law practice, and it thus seems worthwhile, before discussing the particulars of the Sarrazin-Lepine contract, to devote some time to their explanation and description. In a recent seminal study, Professor Hans Baade has outlined the provisions which one typically finds in marriage contracts executed in accordance with eighteenth-century Parisian notarial practice.83 The first and invariable undertaking by the future spouses was a promise to celebrate their marriage in facie ecc! esiae. The parties would then choose the regime which would govern their property during the marriage. Next would come a declaration that the ante-nuptial debts of the parties were to remain their separate obligations; this was followed by a disclosure of the parties' assets, a requirement for the validity of the previous provision. The dowry brought to the marriage by the wife was next recited; and delineating preciput, the right of the spouse to specific property in the event of dissolution of the community, frequently followed. Finally came the donation clause, usually a reciprocal grant of all or part of the predeceasing spouse's estate. In Louisiana, this donation, in order to be valid, had to be registered with the Superior Council in New Orleans. An inspection of the Sarrazin-Lepine marriage contract reveals that it very clearly drew on these French notarial precedents, and it reflects, moreover, an awareness of the practical requirements of the Louisiana registration provisions. It contained a promise to celebrate the marriage in regular fashion, the creation of a community property regime, a clause stating the amount of the wife's dowry, a 82. Id. 83. What follows is taken from Baade, supra note 39, at 15-18. 414 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 mutual donation to the survivor of all property owned at death, and an undertaking to have the contract registered in New Orleans.84 While there was no clause dealing with ante-nuptial debts and no mention of preciput, it is quite obvious that the good Jesuit knew more than a little about French notarial practice, and may well have had at his disposal a form book on which he could draw. He was, for all practical purposes, for a time the "lawyer" of the post as well as its cure. Before we leave this interesting document there is an aspect of it which bears detailed attention. The property regime chosen by the parties included in the community "all property, movable and immovable"85-as common lawyers would say, all property, both personal and real. In this respect the contract departs from the Custom of Paris which included in the community all movables but only certain immovables (conquets) acquired after marriage. 86 Parties were allowed in Louisiana to contract almost any property arrangement they wanted, 87 and Sarrazin and Lepine had elected a somewhat unusual variety of community. Curiously, however, the contract reckoned that this regime was "in accordance with the custom received in the colony of Louisiana." A few months after the execution of this contract Commandant de la Houssaye wrote to the governor to say that Monsieur Etienne V augine, a French officer, was of a mind to marry Madame de Gouyon, the commandant's sister-in-law, and he sent along "the proposed conditions for the contract of marriage."88 This was a draft of the contract, as De La Houssaye asked the governor to pass "/'exemplair du contra!" along to the New Orleans notary Chantaloux if the governor decided to give his permission for the marriage. Chantaloux was "to make it as it should be."89 Three weeks later the governor wrote to say that the contract would be sent back soon and that Chantaloux had left it intact except for one reasonably minor alteration.90 In 1758 Father Carette, dismayed by the irreligious inclination of his flock, left the Arkansas and no replacement was sent. In 17 64, 84. Records of the Superior Council of Louisiana, 25 LA. HlsT. Q. 856-57 (1942). 85. Id. at 856. 86. Baade, supra note 39, at 15. 87. Id. 88. La Houssaye to Vaudreuil, Dec. l, 1752, LO 410, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. 89. Id. 90. THE v AUDREUIL PAPERS, supra note 68, at 152. 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM 415 Captain Pierre Marie Cabaret Detrepi, commandant at the Arkansas, after Madame Sarrazin had found herself widowed, passed a second marriage contract for her which was extremely unsophisticated and rudimentary.91 It contained only a promise to marry regularly and a mutual donation. Perhaps the good widow had by this time tired of long-winded formalities. Just as likely, the Post was feeling the absence of Carette's drafting skills. VII As tiny, remote, and inconsequential as the Arkansas settlement was, then, it is nevertheless clear that at least some of its people were part of the time adherents to French legal culture. Of course almost everyone who lived at the Post during the period of French domination was either a native of France or French Canadian; and by the end of the French period a substantial number of native Louisianans were there. It is most interesting to find the survival of civilian legal form in so remote an outpost of empire. Obviously, not all of Arkansas's residents lapsed into a kind of legal barbarism. There were, however, circumstances at work which would make it impossible for some time to establish a community which could be expected to value the observance of legal niceties very highly. As we have already seen, the Post could not have been very attractive to the more civilized settler owing to its dangerous location. Arkansas Post, moreover, over the years experienced an extreme physical instability since it was necessary to relocate it several times due partly to flooding. (See Figure 2). The Arkansas River was in the eighteenth century "a turbulent, silt-laden stream, subject to frequent floods which were disastrous along its lower course."92 This proved to be a considerable disincentive to settlement. Add to that the enormous expanse occupied by the alluvial plain of the Mississippi and the difficulty becomes plain enough. Almost any site within thirty miles of the mouth of the Arkansas carried with it a considerable risk of floods. Law's colony, on the Arkansas twenty-seven miles or so from its mouth, was said in 1721 to be "in a fertile sector but subject to floods."93 The success of the attack by the Chickasaws in 1749, when the Post was at the same 91. Records of the Superior Council of Louisiana, Feb. 11, 1764, Louisiana History Center, Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans. 92. P. HOI.DER, supra note 15, at 152. 93. 4 M. GIRAUD, supra note 17, at 273 (1974). 416 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 location, was made possible by the absence from the neighborhood of the Quapaws: Because of recent floods they had abandoned their old fields for a more promising place upstream.94 This place, called Ecores Rouges (Red Bluffs) by the French, was about thirty-six miles from the mouth of the Arkansas and was at the present location of the Arkansas Post Memorial.95 After the attack, the Post was moved to join the Indians at Ecores Rouges so as to provide for mutual protection.96 The new spot was free from floods but proved unsatisfactory from a strategic standpoint because of its distance from the Mississippi. The location delayed convoys and Governor Vaudreuil expressed the view that "a post on the Mississippi would be more practical."97 Therefore in 1756 the Post was moved back downriver to about ten miles above the mouth. But the inevitable soon occurred. In 1758 heavy flooding, graphically described in a letter of Etienne Maurafet Layssard the garde magasin (storekeeper) of the Post, caused heavy damage, almost undoing the work of builders and architects who had been at work for the better part of a year. The houses were saved by virtue of being raised on stakes against such a day as this; but the habitants' fields, everything but Layssard's garden for which he had providently provided a levee, were entirely inundated.98 It was in fact a small enough loss. From the beginning, and understandably, the attempt to make a stable agricultural community of the Arkansas had failed miserably. There is no doubt that the European population of Arkansas during the French period consisted almost entirely of hunters and Indian traders. In 1726 the reporter of the Louisiana census remarked of the Arkansas that "all the habitants were poor and lived only from the hunting of the Indians." 99 A 1746 report said of the twelve Arkansas habitant families 94. Faye, supra note 6, at 717-19. 95. See figure 2. 96. For details, see Appendix II to my forthcoming book, UNEQUAL LAWS UNTO A SAVAGE RACE; EUROPEAN LEGAL TRADlTIONS IN ARKANSAS, 1686-1836. 97. THE VAUDREUIL PAPERS, supra note 68, at 118. 98. Faye, supra note 6, at 718-19. A detailed description of the repairs made in the summer of 1758, evidently necessitated by these floods, is in ANC, CBA, 40:349-50 (Typescript in Little Rock Public Library). In addition to making repairs, the builders constructed a house 26 feet long and 19 wide just outside the fort for the Indians who came there on business. It was of poteaux en terre construction, was covered with shingles, and was enclosed with stakes. The report describing the renovation and construction work of 1758 is signed by Denis Nicol~s Foucault, chief engineer of the Province of Louisiana. 99. ANC, GI, 464 (Transcript at Little Rock Public Library). 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM • DeWitt ARKANSAS COUNTY • Dumas I I I 0 1. 1686-1699; 1721-1749 N 1 DESHA COUNTY T I I 4 I 8 mi Figure 2 Locations of Arkansas Post, 1686-1983 2. 1749-1756; 1779-1983 3. 1756-1779 JB Based on a map drawn by John Baldwin which appeared in Arnold, The Relocation of Arkansas Post to Ecores Rouges in 1779, 42 ARK. HIST. Q. 317 (1983). Used with permission of the Arkansas Historical Association. 417 418 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 that "their principal occupation is hunting, curing meat, and commerce in tallow and bear oil." As for cultivating the soil, the same source reported that the habitants grew "some tobacco for their own use and for that of the savages and voyageurs." 100 In 1765 Captain Phillip Pittman, an Englishman, said that there were eight families living outside the fort who had cleared the land about nine hundred yards in depth. But, according to him "on account of the sandiness of the soil, and the lowness of the situation, which makes it subject to be overflowed," their harvest was not enough even to supply them with their necessary provisions. Pittman noted that "when the Mississippi is at its utmost height the Lands are overflow' d upwards of five feet; for this reason all the buildings are rais'd six feet from the ground." Thus the residents of the Arkansas, he said, subsisted mainly by hunting and every season sent to New Orleans "great quantities of bear's oil, tallow, salted buffalo meat, and a few skins." 101 Both Layssard102 and Father Watrin103 hint that the discouragement produced by the frequent flooding contributed to Father Carette's decision to leave. However that may be, it must be clear that during the period of French dominion the Post did not provide fertile soil for either crops or religion. Would regular bourgeois legal procedures have generally been afforded a more cordial acceptance? Even absent direct evidence, this would in the abstract seem most unlikely. Unsafe, unstable, and uncomfortable, the Arkansas Post of Louisiana during the period of French dominion must surely also have been largely unmindful of bourgeois legal values. It is true, as we have seen, that some of the Post's residents tried to maintain a connection between their remote outpost and European legal culture. But the few legal records that chance has allowed to come down to us from the French period are remarkable not only for their small number but also for the social and economic characteristics they reveal of the people who figured in them. They were an elite, related by marriage and blood, struggling under the difficult circumstances of their situation to participate in regular le- 100. Memoire, supra note 65 (Transcript at Little Rock Public Library). 101. P. PITTMAN, supra note 53, at xliv, 40-41. 10+. See ANC, Cl3A, 40:357 (Transcript in Little Rock Public Library). Layssard there remarks that the inhabitants at Arkansas were too poor to build a levee, and that "the Father would rather leave than go to such an expense. He is very poor." 103. See J. DELANGLEZ, THE FRENCH JESUITS IN LOWER LOUISIANA 444, where Watrin is quoted as saying that, despite there being little hope for conversion of the Quapaws, Father Carette "nevertheless followed both the French and the savages in their various changes of place, occasioned by the overflowing of the Mississippi near which the post is situated." 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM 419 gal processes. The probate proceeding of 1743 was instituted by one of the most well-to-do residents of Arkansas in the person of Anne Catherine Chenalenne, widow of Jean Francois Lepine. The community property inventoried included four slaves. 104 Her future husband Charles Lincto became the most substantial civilian resident of the Post. The 17 49 census, if one excludes from it for the moment the commandant and his household, reveals that Lincto's household accounted for eight of the twenty-nine white habitants and seven of the eleven slaves at the Arkansas. 105 Etienne de Vaugine de Nuysement who executed the procuration of 1753 was a member of one of the most distinguished French families of Louisiana; 106 and he granted the power to Commandant de la Houssaye who would soon become a Major of New Orleans and a Knight of the Royal and Military Order of St. Louis. 107 Vaugine and De la Houssaye married sisters. The marriage contract executed at the Arkansas in 1752 was entered into by the Post's garde magasin and Francoise Lepine, a daughter of Anne Catherine Chenalenne the petitioner in the probate proceeding of 1743; and the bride's dowry had resulted from the dissolution of the community which had been the aim of that proceeding. Finally, Francoise Lepine's second marriage contract, passed by Detrepi in 1764, was prelude to her marriage to Jean Baptiste Tisserant de Montcharvaux, officer and interpreter at the Post and son of the commandant who executed the 1743 inventory. We are dealing with a propertied and interconnected gentry here, a tiny portion of what was anyway a very small population. How the other, the major part of the Arkansas populace regulated their lives during the French period will, in the nature of things, be difficult to document. But there is some evidence on this point and it indicates that there was a good deal of lawlessness on the Arkansas. According to Athanase de Mezieres, the Lieutenant Governor at Natchitoches, the Arkansas River above the Post was inhabited largely by outlaws. "Most of those who live there," he claimed, "have either deserted from the troops and ships of the most Christian King and have committed robberies, rape, or homicide, 104. For a translation of this inventory, see Core, supra note 54, at 22. 105. Resancement General des Habitants, Voyageurs, Femmes. En.fans, Esclaves, Clzevaus, Beufs, Vaclzes, Coclzons du Foste des Akansas, 1749. Lo. 200, Huntington Library, San Marino, CA. 106. On the Arkansas Vaugines, see Core, T!ze Vaugine Arkansas Connection, 20 GRAND PRAIRIE HISTORICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 6 (1978). 107. Faye, supra note 6, at 709. 420 UALR LAW JOURNAL [Vol. 6:391 that river being the asylum of the most wicked persons, without doubt, in all the Indies." 108 On another occasion, De Mezieres singled out as a particularly heinous offender an Arkansas denizen nicknamed Brindamur, a man "of gigantic frame and extraordinary strength." Brindamur, De Mezieres complained, "has made himself a petty king over those brigands and highwaymen, who, with contempt for law and subordination with equal insult to Christians, and the shame of the very heathen, up to now have maintained themselves on that river." 109 He had been resident on the Arkansas for a long time, as his name appears in the census of 1749. Interestingly, it is placed at the very head of a considerable list of "the voyageurs who have remained up the rivers despite the orders given them." 110 All persons hunting on the rivers were supposed to return every year as passports were not issued for longer periods. But there were large numbers of hunters who lived for twenty years or more in their camps without ever reporting to the Post. They constituted a large proportion, indeed sometimes a majority, of the European population in Arkansas during the French period. The 17 49 census, for instance, lists a habitant population of only thirty-one, including the commandant and his wife. But there were forty hunters on the Arkansas River whose passports had expired, and nine on the White and St. Francis Rivers. Sixteen hunters were said to be at the Post being outfitted to return to the hunt. Brindamur, the bandit King, was murdered by one of his men after the end of the French period, "though tardily" De Mezieres reckoned, and "by divine justice."111 In the Spanish period an effort was made to rid the river of these malefactors. VII Since no records of litigation initiated at the Arkansas during the French period have survived, if indeed any were ever kept, very little can be said directly on how lawsuits were conducted there. However, in 1747 Francois Jahan initiated a suit in the Superior Council in New Orleans against one Clermont, a resident of Arkansas Post, claiming damages for the conversion of a cask of rum at Arkansas. 112 The Superior Council, as we have shown, had jurisdic- 108. 1 ATHANASE DE MEZIERES AND THE LOUISIANA-TEXAS FRONTIER, 1768-1780 166 (H. Bolton ed., 1914). 109. Id. at 168-69. 110. Resancement, supra note 105. 111. t\. BOLTON, supra note 108, at 167. 112. Index lo the Records of the Superior Court of Louisiana, 17 LA. HIST. Q. 569 (1934). 1983] COLONIAL LEGAL SYSTEM 421 tion throughout Louisiana, and this case reveals how it was exercised against a defendant in the hinterlands. The summons was served on the Attorney General of Louisiana; thus, as Henry Dart pointed out, "it would seem . . . that a resident of the Post of Arkansas could be sued in New Orleans by serving the citation on the Procureur [Attorney] General."113 How the case would have, in the ordinary instance, proceeded from there is difficult to say. Probably the Arkansas commandant would have been asked to act as a master to gather facts and to report to the Superior Council. But it seems that the commandant had already ruled independently on the matter. Commandant de Monbharvaux's statement on this case, which is entered in the record a'few days after the suit was initiated, indicates that he had held a hearing on the matter at the Arkansas, had taken testimony as to the rum, and had "sentenced Clermont to pay for it."114 Apparently he had kept no record of the proceeding, as none was offered: The good lieutenant bore his own record. It is interesting to note, however, that this case was evidently not brought to enforce the commandant's judgment but was an independent action. How did the justice provided by the Post commandant during the French period measure up? In the absence of litigation records, this is the hardest kind of question to answer. We know, however, that whatever jurisdiction was exerciseable by the commandant, he acted alone, without official advisors and without, of course, a jury. To say that rule is autocratic is not to say
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Louis, Missouri REVIEW FOR RELIGIOUS is indexed in the CATHOLIC PERIODICAL INDEX Retreats in Retrospect Thomas Dubay, S.M. IN SIX RECENT issues of this REVIEW~ seven hundred sisters told with considerable detail what they think about the prob-lem of more fruitful retreats for religious. This temperately told tale was no trite tally, for the sisters expounded their posi-tions with logic and insight. Yet all the same, we still lack an adequate analysis and evaluation of their views, without which, of course, the study remains truncated. But even more im-portant, we also lack solutions to many ot~ the problems they raised. This present article aims at contributing a mite toward the filling of both needs.2 I shall not, however, attempt to discuss every problem unearthed by the study, but those only whose solution is most signific~tnt and pressing. These latter we will review in the order in which they occurred in the original articles. Source of Retreat Masters Where ought religious communites to get their retreat mas-ters? From religious communities, manifestly. But which? Ought retreats to be given by priests from the same order each year or by priests from different orders? Most of the sisters queried favored the latter choice. As I went through the sisters' stated preferences regarding the sources of retreat masters, the overall impression I received was one of dissatisfaction with a current tendency to rigid uniformity. This dissatisfaction, while not universal, was especially noticeable in those congregations which are not attached to any order of men but nonetheless re-ceive retreat masters t?rom one order alone. Only 11.3% of the sisters belonging to these communities positively liked their custom, 73% positively disliked it, and 15.7% were indifferent. 1R£VIEW gOR RELIGIOI./$~ January through November, 1956. 2The reader will note that much of our discussion is pertinent to the retreats of all religious, men and women alike. THOMAS DUBAY Review for Religious Even among sisters attached to a religious order of men, 18.75% desired retreat masters from other orders at least occasionally, while another 18.75% were indifferent to the source of priests. The remainder preferred all priests to come from their own order. We may conclude that among religious women unat-tached to any order of men the vast majority prefer their retreat masters to come from different congregations each year. Among sisters affiliated with an order of men a notable minority like an "outsider" at least occasionally. With these opinions I must register a hearty agreement. But before delving into the realm of reasons I would like to clarify the position .here taken. I do not hold that a change of ordereach year is necessarily desira.ble, even for religious attached to no order of men. So frequent a change may be helpful, or it may not be. If one order consistently furnishes more skilled or more holy priests, there is no reason in the wide world why that order should no~ be tapped more often than others. Secondly, for sisters attached to a religious order of men I think that the usual retreat master should be a priest from their own order: a Dominican for Dominicans, a Trinitarian for Trinitarians, and so on. A majorityof sisters in these groups desire this arrangement, and their desire should be respected insofar as it is compatible with the preferences, of the minority. The formers' reasoning is i, alid: they feel that their, own priests bettei understand their spirit and way of life and hence can direct them more effectively. Since this is ordinarily true, the usual retreat for such. religious ought to be given by a priest belonging to their own order. However, since a sizeable number of these same religious women desire atlease an occasional change, I think that an outside priest should be invited every few years. Reason-able wishes e~cen of minorities should be respected, and this wish is reasonable. Now why is it desireable for retreat masters to be chosen from a number of different orders of men? First of all, the 4 January, 1958 I~ETREATS IN RETROSPECT supply of really top-flight retreat masters in any religious con-gregation is limited. This observation bespeaks defect in no order, since it simply reflects the fact that human abilities are distributed according to a normal curve. TO my knowledge no order is bursting at the seams with men highly gifted with the specialized talents needed for successful retreat work. If a community chooses its. retreat masters exclusively from one order of men, and especially from one province of that order, it may in time exhaust the supply of the best. A partial solution to this difficulty is the return of the good retreat master. When such can be arranged, and when the priest' has another set of meditations and conferences available, there seems to be no rea-son why he should not be invited for a second or third retreat. After all, a priest of proven ability is a far more secure risk than an unknown quantity. A second reason beckoning variety--and to my mind, a much more potent one than the first--is the danger of insularity. If we religious, men and women alike, are perfectly frank with ourselves, we will have to admit that we too often tend to horizon our outlook to our house, our province, our congregation. We may not intend it, but we do incline that way. We tend to insularity in our works, our "devotions," our interests, our spirit. In something of this context Thomas Merton refers to "the tyranny of restricted human systems and 'schools of spirituality' that might tend to narrow us down to a particular esoteric out-look and leave us something less than Catholic.''3 No one order .of men or women has a monopoly on helpful approaches to the love of God. We have a special love for our own society. Fine, we should. But we should also be interested in the works, the interests, the devotions, and the spirits of o~her orders and be more than ready to grant that in all likelihood they are just as worthy "as our own. The Catholic Church is catholic, and we aBread in the Wilderness (New York: New Direction, "1953), p. 41. THOMAS DUBAY Review for Religious religious are first Catholic and then religious. Would it not, therefore, be healthy for all of us to listen to a retreat master t~rom another order once in a while? Would we not stand to profit from another viewpoint? Not another truth, mind you, but another viewpoint on the same truth. Could not an "out-sider's" look at our own spiri( perhaps cast valuable light on our own appreciation of it? I, for one, think so. So also does a sister who observed to me that "we had one Dominican retreat master who was as Franciscan as any Franciscan we've had." Said another: "Personally, I am not a Franciscan, but St. Fran-cis's detachment, joy, and poverty have helped me tremendously, which led me to do much reading in Franciscan spirituality." Our final reason supporting a variety of retreat masters is the danger of monotony stemming from a sameness of approach. This objection is real for it was mentioned over and o~,er again in the sisters' comments. Some orders of men have a set retreat methodology, and ~sually it is an effective one. And yet i~or all that, a year-in, year-out repetition, of the same routine of subject and technique can be tiresome. We must agree that it is neither pleasant nor overly profitable to hear the same medita-tion subjects discussed year after year, and all the more so when they are treated in much the same manner and according to a prefashioned approach. On this score we might remember that God Himself in writing His Book chose to use a large number of different men with widely diverse backgrounds, techniques, and literary styles. He knows that men need variety . . . and He gave it to them. Among religio.us some like a sameness of approach~ but most do not. Those who do not seem entitled to an occasional change: But we must not be too rabid in our desire for variety. There are difficulties attached to it. Obtaining capable priests year after year from different r~ligious communities is without doubt a somewhat uncertain and perhaps unpleasant preoccupa-tion for the higher superior. It is much easier to have a stand-ing agreement with some one order of men for the simple reason Januavy, 1958 RETREATS IN RETROSPECT that uncertainty and negotiation are done away with. Then, too, it seems safe to suppose that most sister superiors have relatively few contacts with the higher superiors of orders of men. They may not, as a consequence, know exactly where to turn for com-petent retreat masters. What can be done? Two possible solutions occur at the moment, and there are doubtlessly others. The first bespeaks a widespread effort. Some national organization of religious women (or men, as the case may.be) could act through a spe-cially appointed committee as ~a~coordinating agency for the ex-change of retreat information. Superiors could forward to the committee the names of priests whom they have found through dxperience especially competent in retreat work. They could receive in return names of others whom they (the superiors) could contact for future engagements. The second possibility envisions the same type of coopera-tion on a limited, inter- or intra-community basis. Several com-munities could appoint individual religibus to exchange and relay pertinent information among themselves. Or within one com-munity (and especially one of the larger variety) sisters could be asked to forward to the provincia!, superior names of priests whom they "have found skilled in the giving of conferences or retreats to religious. Both of these suggested solutions would really be talent hunts. Their success would depend largely on the willingness of the superiors of religious men to appoint retreat" masters accord-ing to the expressed desire of other communities and also on the willingness of certain priests to be "worked over and over" in a rather taxing occupation. Experience seems to indicate that in many if not in most cases these religious men show that willing-ness and would be happy to cooperate insofar as possible in some such plan. If a program of this kind could be worked out, the bother and uncertainty so 'often bound up with obtaining priests from different orders would quite probably be lessened if 7 THOMAS DUBAY Review ]or Religious not entirely eliminated. There can be no doubt whatsoever that we in the United States possess within our land hundreds of earnest and skilled retreat masters, actual and potential It is up to us to exercise ingenuity and initiative in finding and using ¯them. Familiarity with Constitutions Unmistakable is the word to describe the preponderant number o~ sisters that desire their retreat masters to be well ac-quainted with the constitutions under which they live. Of 701 religious, 616 (89%) expressed- themselves positively, on this question, while only five (.7%) registered a negative opinion. The others were °indifferent. The majority view is to my mind soundly based, and that fo~ the ~.oIlowing reasons. i. From a negative point of view an acquaintance with a community's constitutions forestalls blundering statements in con-ferences and meditations. Such are, for example, advising the sisters how to spend time "in their, rooms" when they have no rooms; or speaking of vacations home when they have no vaca-tions, home; or, finally, making suggestions on how to say the Office when they do not say it. 2. Even more troublesome is advi~e that contradicts or seems to contradict provisions contained in the constitutions. Young religious may beupset or confused, while the older are probably annoyed. Neither reaction contributes to a suc-cessful retreat. 3. On th~ positive side we can find pertinent to our prob-lem the venerable scholastic adage that "whatever is received is received according to the condition of the receiver." What-ever the retreat master has to say to his "receivers" will surely be modified and conditioned by the mental set of those receivers. Part of that set is formed bytheir rule of life; and so, if he wants to know how they are going to understand his observations on the religious life, he should try to acquire some of their condition-ing by a reading of their rule. 8 ¯ January, 1958 RETREATS IN RETROSPECT 4. A priest will be much more practical (and interesting) in his meditation expos~ and conferences if he can occasionally choose for the illustration of his principles items selected from a community's own blueprint for life. As I pound the typewriter before me, the thought passes through my mind of the times my own-ignorance of a congregation's constitutions has wasted valuable conference time and rendered application less effectual. More than once has ~he awkward, expression passed my lips: "I do"not know whether you . . . , but if you do, you may find it helpful to . " Hardly a smooth attempt to be practical. 5. .Reading the constitutions enables the retreat master to grasp this congregation's spirit--not that of his order, nor that of a third or a fourth. 6. The work of the confessional can be done more effec-tively, more surely. Questions are understood and more cor-rectly answered. A sister is scarcely helped in her query about a possible infraction of poverty if her confessor knows nothing about her congregation's interpretation and practice of that vow. 7. An easy familiarity with a community's own ,way of life as expressed in its constitution~ is .bound to generate a receptive notein the retreatants. Their confidence in the master.i~ height-ened-- understandably. Sister~ typically love t~eir rule of life and are appreciative of the priest who will trouble himself, to read it for his own benefit. So much for reasons. A. few cautions seem in order. .The retreat master must exercise a bit of circumspection in his use of another community's constitutions. His references m~ist.be r~spectfui. Obviously out of place is any criticisfi~ of rule or custom, whether that ciiticism is patent or merely implied. This has been done and it isheartily re~ented. And.rightly. Con- ¯ stitutions have .been ' approved by ecclesiastical authority far greater .than any an individual priest can rustle .up. His criti-cism~ therefore, carries little weight.It further lal~ors under theburden of bad "taste. 9 THOMAS DUBAY Review for Religious The retreat master, secondly, should be reasonably sure of the interpretation he attaches to a principle or regulation. To obtain this reasonable degree of certitude one aid is the applica-tion. of the ordinary norms of hermeneutics. Such would be the consideration of the entire context: paragraph, chapter, whole work; the explanation of the obscure by the clear; the directive help of custom. Perhaps the safest guarantee of correct inter-pretation, however, is the help of a superior of the retreatants. She might favor the priest, with some hints on points she thinks need stressing. She might also offer interpretations that alter the prima facie meaning of regulations contained in the constitu-tions. Since custom is the best interpreter of the law and the retreat master may not know of modifying customs, both he and the sisters will be decidedly aided by observations of this type. Our third caution is a mere reminder that constitutions ought not to be worked td death by overdoing references to them. No Usable directive covering all cases can be given. Good taste and common sense must be the guiding norms. The protocol of getting a copy of the constitutions into the hands of a retreat master ought not to be difficult. It would seem best for the provincial superior of the retreatants to offer a copy to the priest about six months in advance. I stress the word, offer, for the reason that a priest does not especially care to ask for a copy of the constitutions. He fears that the superior might be unwilling or that she may think him curious (I doubt that he is). In any event her taking the ~initiative makes the whole matter more simple. Conference and Meditation Approaches What kind of approach do sisters like best? Intellectual? Emotional? Mixed? Difficult questions, these . . . questions that admit of no facile answer. And further, do the likes of the sisters necessarily coincide with .what is objectively best? It is possible that a religious keenly enjoy an emoti0nally toned meditation expos~ and actually derive little lasting benefit from 10 January, 1958 RETREATS IN RETR~ it. But as far as preferences go, we may recall that among the surveyed sisters-- 1. Almost none (.6%) want emphasis placed on the emotions alone. 2. Slightly more than half (50.5%) desire some stress on the use of emotions by the retreat master. 3. Slightly.less than half (49.5%) want no stress on the emotional approach. 4. A vast majority (93.1%) seek emphasis placed on solid intellectual content, whatever other techniques be mixed in.4 5. A lesser majority (78.4%) want Sacred Scripture to have a prominent place, o '6. In order of preference the intellectual approach out-distances the others; the frequent use of Sacred Scripture ranks second, and a stress on the emotions third. The retreat master is evidently ir~ the position of a cook seasoning soup destined for a hundred palates. But the cook enjoys an advantage in that he can season moderately and depend on the saltcellars to supplement his efforts. The retreat master, however, can lean on no stylecellar to alter the fare he presents. And yet spiritual palates vary .as widely as do material. The situation, nonetheless, is not hopeless. I am strongly inclined to think that while the sisters' differences in preference are real, they are not as deep as they first appear. For one thing, you will note that the whole problem is one of emphasis . . and emphasis is a relative thing, a thing that has many meanings and many degrees. Then, too, desire for stress on one approach does not thereby exclude other approaches. It indicates merely a wish that this one be given a prominent place. Emphases are not mutually exclusive. All things c.onsidered, I submit that the interests of most retreatants will best be served 4 In our original article we erred slightly (by 1.8%) on this point. This error was due to faulty grouping. For the present conclusion we should have com-bined groups 2, 4, 6, and 7 of the questionnaire items instead of 2, 4, 5, and 7. See REWEW FOR RELIGIOUS, March, 1956, p. 91. 11 V Review for Religious rences of the majority propet~ly honored by~ari ~ ¯ 'ing the. following characterigtics, negative and ~ ~[0~ry language, sentimental and.exaggerated orator2 ical devices (e.g.,. whispering, unusual exclamations--alas! oh!) are anathema. Earlier.ages may have felt differentlyi but realis-tic, twentieth-century American religious give evidence ot: little patience with the stage-pulpit mixture. We. typically resent any obvious, artificial attempt of a retreat mfister to play upon our emotions. Quite another matter, of course, is the sincerely felt but restrained emotion of a priest'who is deeply penetrated with his message. I do not think that the sisters who exi0ressed them-selves so emphatically against en~otionalism wish a re.treat master ¯ to be stoical. They, after all, are human and so is he. Rather I think they merely wished to exclude an emphasis on the emo-tional approach and any semblance of artificiality. The priest who knows himself to be inclined to manifest his feelings too freely--even s!ncerely experienced t~eelings--will do well to exer-cise a moderat.ing restraint over them.' . 2. While most ~eligious harbor a strong dislike for flowery language, the)) do seem to appreciate a .well-#pok~n sentence, English that is clear, correct, and intelligent. We do not need to labor the point that there is a vast difference between over-done verbiage and a first-class command of language. 3. Absolutely es~entihl in the minds of a vast majority of sisters is a sound intellectual current runiling through medi-tation exposes and conferences. With thi~ pFeference I am in complete agreement. I do not mean to imply, howev.er,' that. meditations and conferences are to be periods .of intense intel-lectual gymnastics. But they should serve as channels for the. conveyance of solid doctrine.on anintellectual level transcending the catechism. In a meditation on the Blessed Trinity, for ex-ample, I can see no reason for refusing to touch upon the intel-le'ctuai generation of the Word and the spiration of the Holy Spirit. These trutl~s, if we work overthem, can be put simply 12 / January, 1958 RETREATS IN RETROSPECT and explained clearly. Coordinated with the divine indwelling they can be°ihvaluable spurs toward sanctity. So, too, can abbre-viated theological analyses 0f the beatific vision, de~otion to. the Sacred Heart, and the mediation of Mary. Repet!tion is .the soul of monotony . . . and s~ is triteness. If a retreat master seldom offers new insights, rarely teaches what has not been heard ten. or twenty times already, ~carcely ever delves more deep!y into God's reve!ation, he is likely to leave little mark on his hearers. ¯ Sisters are people--they like to listen when they learn. 4. The retreat master must at all times keep .his presenta-tion gimple. While he does well to develop some of the finer. points of theology, he must keep his vocabulary lind phraseology tuned to a non-theologi~ally prepared audience. .Profundity of thought and simplicity of presentation can go nicely together. Most sisters are.intellectually capabl'e of understanding theologi- .cal concepts, but nonetheless many of them lack the technical ¯ training needed to grasp these concepts i'f they are ~ffe~ed in fancy terminology. In his outlook on conference-giving to religious; the priest must be careful not to confuse a lack of knowledge with a lack of intelligence. Some sisters may not hav.e too much of the former in matters theol6gical, but most are well equipped with the latter. 5. Attractive~ apt analogies and illustrations are indis: pensable helps, because ~hey suktain interest and pave the way to clear explanation. One i~eed only study the master teacher, Christ, to see how effective a concrete, well-illustrated approach can be. Instead of discoursing abstractedly about a psychology of pride, Jesus hammered home His teaching by talking about places at a banquet table, a boasting Pharisee, and ~a small child. Instead of extolling in the abstract the good-example angle of the religious life, a retreat master can nail down his point by doncretizlng it: "Every time you leave the door of this convent you give. the world a. wordless sermon, a sermon it needs badly, a sermon on the beauty of voluntary .poverty, chastity, and obedience." Or rather than a mere theoretical disquisition on 13 THOMAS DUBAY Review for Religious generosity, why not follow up the theory with a few concrete ideas about being available for extra jobs around the convent: substitution for a sick sister, extra duty in the hospital or class-room, acting as a companion (a happy one). Theory is fine, but apt illustration is even better. 6. It seems to me that an abundant--but not overdone --use of Sacred Scripture sh0ul'd usually find its way into the retreat meditation and confei:ence, The word of God Himself has an efficacy with souls Ufishared 'by the most clever words we humans can concoct. One sister remarked in this connection that "it is only too late that one finds the beauty and worthwhile passages in Holy Scripture. Personally, I have found myself living in close union with God by just one passage studied in the New Testament at meditation or spiritual reading." The retreat master, therefore, in gathering together material for his conferences ought to search the sacred pages (with the help. of a concordance) for apt scriptural support, Well-chosen texts will enlighten the minds and move the wills of his listeners far more effectively than his own words ever will. Theology in Retreats If ever a universal statement is dangerous, it is when discuss-ing the problem of theology in retreats fc~r religious. So varied are the talents, tastes, and training of typical groups of retreatants, that a priest's efforts to trim his treatment of theology to suit the preferences of all are almost predoomed to failure. And yet, while we may not be able to meet the needs of each and" every religious, I think we can tailor our approach to care for the great majority. First of all, I think it is safe to say that very few sisters and brothers have more~than a handshaking acquaintance with theology . . . real theology. I know full well that many have taken ~he mushrooming colleges courses in "theology," whether in their own juniorates or in regularly constituted colleges; but for the most part these are merely college religion courses 14 Janua~'y, 1958 RETREATS IN RETROSPECT labeled theology. In any event, we can agree that few brothers or sisters have taken the theology that priests have taken. The retreat master may not forget, therefore, that in his planning he ought not to assume technical knowledge or training in the .sacred science. Positively,. he sh(~uld assume that there are many theological concepts with which the retreatants are not acquainted ai~d about which they will be delighted to hear. These two facts suggest a pair of norms which may guide masters in their ap-proach to theology. First~ any theological concept that is introduced into con-ference or meditation must be presented simply if it is to reach the majority. This caution can hardly be overemphasized. A technical, highly abstract, sparsely illustrated presentation is so much wasted time . . . and sometimes patience. A' priest who uses unexplained theological or philosophical terms (e.g., hypo-static union, satisfactory value, timorous conscience, formal object, eschatological emphasis) may impress his hearers with the pro-fundity of theology, but he is hardly going to lead them to a greater love of God. Yet (and this is our second norm) this does not mean that retreat masters should not present profound truths. They cer-tainly should. God gave us the whole of His revelation for a purpose: the sanctification of souls. If a priest neglects to teach those truths when they can in some way be grasped, he is neglect-ing a powerful, God-given means diGrm[y aimed at the sanctifi-cation of souls. There is a tremendous difference between presenting the-ology in retreats and presenting theology technically. One sis, ter brought this point out beautifully. She observed that a retreat master: should give sisters exactly the same substantial content as he would give to other priests. He need have no fear that they will not be able to understand and live what he himself understands and lives. He should deliver his message, however, without scholarly verbiage, Latinisms, and all the other trappings which serve to im-press rather than to clarify. Through no fault of their own, sisters 15 Review for Religious do not have the.information to cope with this. It is a great mistake, however--and sad to say. a common one--to confound a sister's lack of technical theological learning with a lack of intelligence. It is the priest's task to make the technical comprehensible to the non-theologian. This of course demands inuch more understanding than does a presentation in the language" of the manuals. Most retreat' masters present a very thin gruel by comparison with what the}, could give if tl~ey had greater respect for the potentialities of the sisters. :&nd there are further reasons for introducing simplified theological concepts into. retreats. To my mind triteness of sub-ject matter (and triteness of expression, ~;oo) is candidate number one fo~ the title of b~te noire among the defects of contemporary preaching. We tend to' repeat meditation subjects and medita-tion ideas so unendingly that often little of enduring value is ldft with the retreatant.'If, on the contrary, we delve into the riches of divine revelation and teach the retreatants some of the many things they do we can hardly fail to Sot~nd theolegy not know about God and His.loveliness, leave a beneficial and lasting mark. retreat offers the further benefit of furnishing solid bases for a fervent spiritual life. It is perfectly true that learning is not .an essential ingredient in the make-up of saintliness; but, all else being equal, it is undeniably a power-ful aid. The reasori for this is nothing more. nor less than the age old scholastic axiom: nothing is willed unless it is first known. If we want our religious to live sensible, solid, and saintly lives, we must do our part by furnishing them with lucid explanations of pertinent sections from "moral, .dogmatic, scriptural, ascetichl, .and mystical theology. To offer less is to shortchange." Fine. I suppose we are agreed that simplified but new theological concepts .have a place in retreats for religious. But how is the .individual retreat master going to know (1) what will be "new" concepts for a particular group of religious and (2) whether his treatment of those concepts can be honored by the adjective simplified? A partial answer to the first problem can be worked out by a close cooperation between the retreat master and the provincial 16 January, 1958 RETREATS IN RETROSPECT superior of the retreatants. The latter could volunteer informa-tion on the background of the sisters with particular emphasis on their previous education and present work. If she can indicate with some precision to what extent the sisters have been in-structed in sacred doctrine, all the better. The retreat master needs help in answering the second question also, but this time it must issue from the retreatants themselves. A teacher can hardly know of himself whether or not his classroom presentation is clear and simple. He must hear from his pupils in some way or other, whether by examina-tion or oral comment. A retreat master hears nothing from the former and little from the latter. If he is brave enough, he might invite written comment. Toward the close of the exercises he could pass out a one-page opinionnaire asking for a frank evaluation of his exposition. If he does this, he should make it perfectly clear that he is not looking for an oblique pat on the back but for a statement of unadorned fact. Private Interview with the Retreat Master We approach now a question on which there is sharp dis-agreement between two large groups of American sisters. That question is whether or not sisters making a retreat should be allowed to approach the retreat master for a discussion of spiritual problems outside of the confessional. You will note that the question is not whether all sisters should see the priest in this capacity, but whether they may see him if they wish. Our survey indicated that a majority of religious women favor the availability of a priva.te confer.ence, although a strong minority look askance at it. The study suggested also that religious communities themselves vary in their official views. Some allow the private interview; others do not. To my mind the opinion favoring the availability of the private conference is the better. But before I set down reasons, a word of caution. No religious should be in any way forced or persuaded to seek a conference. Some sisters find the help 17 THOMAS DUBAY Review for Religious available in the confessional adequate for their needs. Others would be embarrassed and at a loss to explain their problems in. a private interview. We must remember that most sisters, unlike both religious and diocesan seminarians, are not accustomed to speak of their spiritual life with a priest sitting face-to-face be-fore them. Perfect and complete freedom, therefore, should surround this whole matter. Some religious, however, not only desire a private interview, but clearly need one. Any experienced spiritual director knows well enough that there are problems involved in the fervent living of the religious life far too complicated to be solved in the time ordinarily available in the confessional. As one sister put it, "there are some matters one simply can't get straight in the confessional." General conferences do not help here pre-cisely because they are general. We are not trying to form "religious in general" but particular religious, and for that individualized attention is indispensable. Said one sister: "Some-times the conferences would never have cleared up my diffi-culties, but a private conference where I can ask questions did." Aside even from strictly spiritual problems of an ascetical nature, a religious may want to discuss a moral or vocational difficulty. Again, as any director knows, these problems are often such that they cannot be solved by a few paternal (and some-times trite) words in the confessional. They need a full hear-ing followed by mature thought and discussion. Then, too, few sisters during the course of the year enjoy the opportunity of receiving an adequate hearing on their spiritual needs and aspira-tions. Why not give that opportunity to them at retreat time? A denial-of it could have unfortunate consequences. One superior has observed that "if a religious doesn't feel she has that freedom [of a private conference at retreat time], she Will look for other means to solve her problems, or just drop them and give up . " Failures in the religious life are not always due wholly to the unfortunate religious. 18 January, 1958 RETREATS IN RETROSPECT The fact that many sisters do so well in their spiritual" lives without systematic and thorough spiritual direction is hardly an argument against its value. In all likelihood they would advance in God's love even more rapidly if they were given regular direction as the major seminarian, for example, is given it. The objections brought against the private interview do not seem entirely valid. They are, for to the danger of abuse. And among likely (judging from the sisters' opinic community and self-seekir~g on the part on the latter I think we should reser~ religious could be sure that such an at for me to see. Nor is. disloyalty so. Most priests, after all, are sensible en( case of criticism, even bitter criticism, th side of the story. They are not going mentally with the other side unheard. sister's criticism is valid, it is clear that sl Her needs should be cared for. Possible abuse is no argument ag~ Church herself allows (and prescribes great abuse is possible. The same obi are possible also in the confessional, b~ dreamed of discontinuing the sacramen them. She merely surrounds that sacr~ guards as are reasonable and then lear of God. Which may remind us that which abuse may be .present. will. .the most part, reducible ~ossible abuses the most is) are disloyalty to the of the sister. Judgment to God. How fellow ase is present is difficult ormidable an objection. agh to realize that in a .'y are receiving only ond condemn a community But whether or not the may really need advice. .nst a good thing. The many things in which ~ctions mentioned above .t the Church has never of penance because of ment with as many safe- ~s the rest in the hands 3od also allows much in Consider the prosaic fact of free The practical problem of little time anda large number of retreatants is genuine: "I can't see how a retreat master in one private conference could possibly help one--especially when two or three hundred people are making the retreat that usually 19 THOMAS DUBAY Review for Religious lasts five or eight days." Real though the difficulty is, its solution is not impossible. First of all, we must remember that most religious will probably not seek a private interview, at least not in every retreat. Secondly, superiors should exhaust their in-genuity in seeking ways and means of multiplying retreats and consequently reducing the number of participants in each one. Finally, retreat masters should imitate St. Paul in spending them-selves without stint for the benefit of the sisters. They should give generously of their time and l~e as available as possible. On their part local superiors "(in congregations that allow the private conference) should make it as easy as possible for the sisters to obtain direction. While religious discipline may not suffer, red tape ought to be reduced to the barest minimum. And we might observe in conclusion that the religious themselves ought carefully to abstain from making comments of any kind about those who choose to avail themselves of the opportunity to. obtain spiritual direction. Understanding of Retreatants' Needs We have already observed in our survey series that a some-what disturbing number of sisters feel that at times their retreat masters do not understand well enough the spiritual problems of religious women. If we may judge the views of these sisters on the basis of the typical comments they made, we must return the verdict that usually those views are objectively based. Perhaps an instance of what I mean will help. If a priest counsels a community to do something prohibited by its constitutions, the sisters' judgment that their spirit is not understood is objectively founded. It is not a mere subjective persuasion. When a priest does not understand the needs of a particular group of religious, that lack of understanding will usually occur in one or other of the following categories. 1. Failure to grasp the diverse needs of the different re-ligious communities. This particular type of misunderstanding comes in a number of varieties. One sister observes that the 20 January, 1958 RETREATS IN RETROSPECT retreat master does not seem to appreciate the needs of the teach-ing religious. Another remarks that the problems of the nursing sister are for the most part missed. A third objects that the priest does not understand the spirit of her order or that he confuses it with the spirit of some other congregation. This type of misunderstanding is itself readily understand-able. Many retreat masters are not teachers; none are nurses; and none belong to the identical community as that of the re-treatants. It isi therefore, encouraging that the sisters themselves show a sympathetic appreciation of the di~culties lying before the retreat master. Yet for all that, the obstacles can be at least partially removed. If a priest habitually gives retreats to teaching or nursing religious, it seems imperative that he keep abreast of current problems facing the sisters by reading publications in which those problems are discussed. Such would be, for example, the Catholic Educational Review, the Catholid School Journal, Hospital Progress, Review for Religious, Sponsa Regis, and Sister Formation Bulletin. A first-class biology teacher keeps himself au courant on the newest developments in his field. So does the first-class retieat master. An invaluable means of learning about the problems peculiar to sisters in diverse works (and we are thinking also of contem-plation, social service, missi(~ns, and others) is to give the sisters a chance to say something during retreat time. A daily discussion period wi~h the master serves a number of excellent purposes and . this is one of them. A discussion period can easily replace or be integrated with the daily conference (as distinguished" from the meditations). 'Misunderstandings bearing on the community's works and spirit can be eliminated to a large extent by a careful reading of sisters' constitutions together with exchanges with their su-periors. We have discussed both of these matters in the early part of this present article. 2. Lack of understanding of the psychology of women and of the religious life as lived by women. On this point I would 21 THOMAS DUBAY Review for Religfous almost prefer to say nothing at all, for there is little that I can offer with certainty. Of this, however, we can be sure: we do have a prob.lem here that is worth noticing. In our survey the sisters mentioned it more than once and that in diverse con-nections. Now, of course, men and women are not so psychologically different that the one group can never hope to know very much about the other. Yet there does seem to be a chasm in mutual understanding wide enough to create difficulty in obtaining optimum retreat results. This difficulty is sharp-ened when we reflect on the patent fact that retreats for religious women given by religious men are here for keeps. We want, therefore, to make them as successful as possible. What can be done to further a more complege understanding? Experience, obviously, will help any priest. And so will his study of feminine psychology (if he can find something reliable on the subject). But I think that the real solution, if there is one, lies with the sisters themselves. To a consid-erable extent the heart of a nun is unknown terrain. Her confessor surely has some access to it, but a decidedly incom-plete access. The depths of her heart, its love, its aspirations and yearnings, its happiness and its pain are for the most part a closed book. How precisely she views the trials and joys of her-consecrated life are her secret hardly to be shared fully by another. Her entire reactions to her friends and i~amily and sister religious and superiors are unknown quantities. In all this, of course, she is no different from the rest of us. The difference lies in the fact that a priest can more easily understand all these things as they occur in laymen and in priests because he has been both. And many priests engaged in seminary work have spent long hours in the spiritual direc-tion of seminarians. They know the masculine mind in its religious implications because they have experienced it both in themselves and in others. 22 January, 1958 RETREAT~ IN RETROSPEC~ ' Now if there is such a thing as a psychology of religious women--and many sisters insist there is--it is the religious women themselves who must give an account of it. Perhaps our sisters have been too reluctant to explore this particular aspect of their vocation or too taciturn about making known what they have found. In any event the initiative must stem from them. 3. Lack of understanding of the real problems in the religious, life of sisters. This problem, where it actually does occur, is probably connected with the preceding. In our opinionnaire an item on community ~ problems was included and to it many interesting answers were given. I have not as yet written up this particular question, but hope to do so in the reasonably near future. It may cast some light on this third source of misunderstanding. 4. Failure to realize th~it most sisters are not interested in mere mediocre holiness. While this particular type of mis-understanding is by no means universal, mention of it did occur frequently enough to warrant more than a passing notice. Since, however, it shall come up for consideration in our next section, we will pass it by for'the present. 5. Lack of patience with sisters' poblems. To run out of patience is like running out of gas. Neither necessarily sug-gests a lack of understanding of people or of gas tanks. Either may bespeak nothing more striking than some deficiency or other in human nature. But on the other hand, misunder-standing may be the culprit. And this takes us back to our psycholog)~ of the sexes. It is easy to visualize a priest brush-ing off a sister's problems as petty and of no consequence. He may be right (and he may not), but in either case charity indicates that he give her a kind hearing and a patient-answer. Attitudes Toward Sanctity In proposing to analyze so intricate and delicate a question as the present one, we are perhaps treading where angels fear; 23 THOMAS DUBAY Review fo~" Religious but the very moment of the matter beckons at least a try. If it is true, as the Salmanticences say it is, that to raise a good person to saintliness is a greater work than to convert a sinner to grace, the efforts of retreat masters to lead religious to the heights of holiness loom up as of no little account. There are two elements involved in the retreat master's approach to sanctity for his auditors. On the one hand there is the question as to whether he urges them sufficiently to the heights, and on the other whether he explains adequately just how those heights are to be scaled. The survey indicated that a majority of sisters (63.1%) felt that retreat masters usually do urge them sufficiently to supreme sanctity, while a notable minority (36.9%) were of a negative opinion. Regarding the second element the breakdown was closer: 53:8% thought that retreat masters usually explain adequately how complete holiness is to be achieved and "46.2% embraced an opposite view. These contradictory opinions on both questions are easily understood. They are probably due to three factors: (a) the sisters polled have differing standards as to what the heights of holiness really are; (b) they also differ in their judg-ments as to what a retreat master ought to say about complete sanctity in a heterogeneous group of religious; and (c) they are speaking of different retreat masters. Understandable though these differences of opinion are, they are nonetheless represented by percentages large enough to indicate that a considerable number of retreat masters are not satisfying a considerable number of religious in their ap-proach to the question of sanctity. If this conclusion be correct, we might dwell with profit on possible means of improving inadequacies where they do occur. 1. The confessional is a situation tailor-made for the pru-dent direction of a soul to holiness. A confessor can often spot the fully generous so.ul, the soul that is ripe for a greater love of God. The penitent's confession itself both in its content 24 Janua~'y, 1958 RETREATS IN RETROSPECT and in its mode will often suggest the, practical means to be used at each pa_rticular stage in the spiritual life. 2. In his conferences and meditations the master should present saintliness itself as the goal of the religious life. He ought not to suggest by word or attitude that some sort of mediocre goodness is sufficient, but rather that the very end of the state of perfection is perfection, a thorough doing. The word itself, perfection, indicates a completeness, an entireness that can be predicated of nothing less than the sanctity of the saints. And yet while he presents holiness in all its totality, the retreat master will be careful not to discourage the weak. Some religious do not feel that they are ready to scale the heights and that they must first get themselves established at the moun-tain's base. The priest will, therefore, counsel patience and p~udence in adapting means to an individual spiritual condition and state in life. While pointing out the sublime goal, he makes it clear that we do not reach it in a month or a year, but that with the cooperation of our unstinting generosity God brings us to it in His own good time. .Presented in this way the doctrine of saintliness for the religious fits the needs of all and hurts none. 3. The retreat master should next show that the heights of holiness are possible of achievement. One sister'ha~ ob-served that the manner of reaching sanctity "is often presented as being very difficult rather than as something to be. faced with joy and confidence." Working for real holiness is difficult-- there can be no doubt about that. But it is not a sombre and forbidding difficulty and certainly not an insuperable one. Christ could not have commanded the impossible, and yet He made it crystal clear on at least two occasions that all men are to strive for perfect sanctity. "You therefore are to be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect" (Matt. 5:48). "Thou shall love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy Whole mind" (Matt. 22:37). The 25 THOMAS DUBAY Review ]or Religious comment of Pius XI on the first of these texts was emphatic: "Let no one think that these words apply only to a very few select souls and that all the others are permitted to remain in some inferior degree of virtue. It is evident that absolutely everybody without exception is bound by this law" (third cen-tenary of St. Francis de Sales). If saintliness is possible for all men, it is doubly possible for the religious who has chosen the most effective means to attain it, the state of perfection. 4. A step further. Saintliness for religious should b~ presented as eminently desirable, a thing at once splendid, satisfying, and sublime. There is nothing in the world so utterly charming as a saintly soul--and also nothing so pleasing to God. The beauty of a consecrated life lived to the hilt should be like a golden thread that the priest weaves through-out the retreat by his attitudes, words, and actions. 5. A practical explanation of the means to achieve sanctity is indispensable. We have already noted that a con-siderably greater number of the sisters participating in our study found fault with retreat masters on this score than on the score of theory. Such is not surprising for we humans naturally tend in our teaching to stress the general and avoid the specific. And in our spiritual conferences we tend to generalize all the more because we are subconsciously afraid that we will step on somebody's toes if we get too specific about what we mean. Yet if a retreat master is going to be clear he has got to be specific. Else he is likely doing' nothing but preaching pious platitudes: I suppose I might right now practice what I am' preaching and be specific. Instead of resting content with a glowing but merely general eulogy of detachment from created things, the retreat master ought to get down to brass tacks and spell out what this thing is really all about. He might tell his audience clearly what an attachment is: the clinging of the will to a created thing for its own sake; the loving of a creature for its own sake and not for the sake of God. Then January, 1958 RETREATS IN RETROSPECT he could specify as does St: John of the Cross what some of these creatures might be: a book, a piece of clothing, news and rumors, a love of ta/king. (See Ascent of Mount Carmel, Book I, Chapter 11.) He might be even more specific and explain the psychology of attachment and then use some of these examples to illustrate his point. When a speaker has spent twenty or thirty minutes in this fashion, he has said something . something that ~vi[l move to action because it is clear, practical, down to earth. 6. In our efforts to move souls to seek saintliness itself as their goal we might well draw more freely from the lives of the saints as a source t:or apt illustrations. If in a lecture on biology you want to explain the nature of plants, you draw your illustrations from plants. Why not the same in explain-ing saintliness? The unqualified idea that saints are to be admired but not imitated is, of course, the merest nonsense. Any good theology manual p.oints out that an essential reason for the pope's infallibility in a decree of canonization is pre-cisely that he is presenting to the faithful an example to be imitated and that, consequently, he cannot lead them astray. The retreat master, to be sure, ought not to dwell on the unusual doings of the saints for the twofold reason that these unusual activities are both comparatively rare and also not the chief basis for the saints' canonization. If the Church intends us to present the saints to the simple faithful as concretizations of perfect sanctity, all the more ought they to be presented to priests, brothers, and sisters both in retreat and out of it. 7. In order to further the work of all-outness in matters spiritual, the master could suggest to the retreatant community choice books eminently suited to the purpose. Our contem-porary spiritual reading market is not totally void of second-rate works, wo~'ks that sometimes clip the corners off perfection as it has been explained by the saints. If you wonder, perhaps, at exactly what I mean, I would suggest that you read side by side 27 THOMAS DUBA¥ Review ]or Religious St. Frzn¢is de Sales, St. John of the Cross, and St. Teresa of Avila on the one hand and some of our less noteworthy moderns on the other. 8. Our final suggestion: a self-analysis on the part of each retreat master. Some priests are undoubtedly doing a superb job in this whole matter; others seemingly are not. A self-examination may help to indicate who is where. I think that some such examination would be based on three funda-mental questions: (a) do I really~know the doctrine of the saints; (b) am I prudent in applying it; (c) am I practical in explaining it? Other questions would be mere derivatives of these three. Characteristics of the Retreat Master We will preface our comments on the traits of retreat mas-ters by refreshing our collective mind on the preferences and dislikes of the ret~eatants. It is the mark made on them, after all, that determines the success or failure of the retreat. As regards positive qualities our survey indicated that sis-ters, at least, overwhelmingly nominate genuine sanctity as thi~ trait most desirable in a retreat master. Practicality, a distant second-placer, was followed by experience, theological learning, kindness, and a sense of humor in that order. On the negative side the number of different defects noted by the sisters was decidedly large. Among the most frequently mentioned wero reading of meditations, lack of interest, conceit, verbosity, sar-casm, joking manner, impracticality, severity, harshness and speed in the confessional, bad delivery, superficiality, dramatic manner, lack of preparation, excessive intellectuality, critical spirit (and especially toward sisters), worldliness, condescension toward sisters, negative approach, scandalous stories, crude lan-guage, idiosyncrasies, and insincerity.~ For a complete treatment of these and other qualities and defects, see REY'IEW RELIGIOUS, September, 1956, pp. 253-62. 28 Janua~'y, 1958 RETREATS IN RETROSPECT Perhaps the brightest and most encouraging element in this whole matter is that every quality above mentioned, with the possible exception of a sense of humor (which came last in importance), can be acquired by a serious priest, while almost every defect can with due attention be eradicated. Any priest can, if he really wants to, set out after genuine sanctity; he can acquire practicality, experience, a competent knowledge of theology; and he can be kind merely by making up his mind to it. On the other hand he can tone down a clamorous delivery or clarify a muttering one; he can eradicate harshness, conceit, verbosity, and sarcasm; he can prepare his retreat well and refrain from reading conferences and meditations; it is within his power to avoid disinterestedness, criticism, condescension, and worldliness. Most priests (who, after all, have had enough talent to receive ordination) can with hard work develop them-selves into acceptable retreat masters. But--and this is a worthwhile but--we do not always know our defects and, for that- matter, sometimes our strong points. I would not be entirely unwilling to support the thesis that most of the failings we have noted are unrealized by the retreat masters possessing them . unrealized at least as defects. A man can easily be unaware that his manner is conceited, his delivery raucous, and his matter superficial. He may sincerely think that his emotionalism is desirable, his severity needed, or his critical spirit justified. He may not know that his read meditations grate on the nerves of many or that his manner in the confessional is at all hasty or severe. All of which suggests the need for a large package of charity in the mental and verbalized judgments of retreatants, but it also suggests that perhaps the priests among us ought not to take too much for granted. We may not be so free of deficiencies as we might imagine. How to find out? One way is honest self-examination. Some defects so stand out that they can be seen with half an eye. Sarcasm, 29 THOMAS DUBAY Review /or Religious insincerity, criticism of sisters, and lack of interest seem to fall into this class of obvious deficiencies, obvious at least on a mo-ment's reflection. I think that sisters' retreats would in many instances be greatly improved if each retreat-giving priest would examine himself periodically on the list of qualities and defects the sisters furnished us in the above referred.to study. Knowing a deficiency is half the battle; the other half is won by good will and God's grace. But there are other defects that even a serious examination will not reveal. To know these we must be told by another. Is it beyond the realm of feasibility to suggest that the retreat master distribute once or twice in his career a simple question-naire to the retreatants in order to obtain a frank expression of opinion? There is the danger, of course, that he may appear to be seeking a naive pat on the back; but that danger can be annihilated by a few sincere, well-chosen words. Most retreat-ants would be frank, and their comments couid prove invaluable for the future improvement of that priest's retreat work. Despite his best and most sincere efforts, however, it may happen, that a priest is just not fitted by nature to do retreat work. Well and good. He may be a fine man and capable of doing outstandingly well in some other field. And it would seem wise for his superiors to assign him to another field. But at minimum we submit as imperative that superiors send into retreat work only those priests who are interested in it and generously willing to do it. The sisters' complaints dealing with lack of interest on the part of retreat masters are, as we ha.ve noted, heavy. And in all probability it is often the root cause of other defects. Experience in the classroom indicates clearly that the best teacher is the enthusiastic, interested teacher. The very same may be said of retreat master~ for they too are teachers. It would be generally agreed, I believe, that the work of giving retreats to religious is highly specialized and quite unlike 30 Janua~'y, 1958 RETREATS IN RETROSFECT the Usual activities of most priests. Neither the ordinary course of seminary theology nor the typical Sunday sermon approach is equal to the sublime task of forming consecrated souls to a configuration with Christ. Ideally, therefore, men who do re-treat work should have specialized preparation for it. We prepare men and women for other les~ important specialized jobs. Why not for that of retreat master? .We need not necessarily think here of formal and especially tailored courses; they may be feasible--I do not know. But as a minimumwe must think of a private, orderly study on the part of priests who give retreats, a study bearing on ascetical and mystical theology, the New Testament, and the lives of the saints. The nature of the work demands, of course, that th~ retreat master be competent in dogmatic and moral theology--else his ascetical and mystical theology may be in a tottering condition. Real competence and facility in these fields take time. Years. A man cannot have a real grasp on ascetical and mystical theology by reading two or three books, no matter how good they be. Nor can he know the mind of the saints by reading two or three lives, even the best of them. An ideal retreat master can be that man only who is wholeheartedly interested in the glorious work of raising chosen souls to a lofty degree of holiness and who is willing to submit to the rigors involved in acquiring and maintaining a fitness for it. A final note for the retreatants themselves . . . and that note is one Word: forebearance. Despite the very best and sincerest efforts of all concerned with retreats, masters are not going to be perfect. Our first and last perfect retrea~ will be conducted in heaven. In the meantime we must be patient and do the best we can with what we have. Meditation Subjects I do not think there is need here to 'ana1~ze the question of subject matter for retreat meditations, since the major impli-cations of our retreat study on this point have already been 31 THOMAS DUBAY Review fo~" Religious discussed.° One observation only seems worthy of mention, and that is the avoidance of triteness. It is neither psycho-logically nor pedagogically wise to insist on the same set of meditation subjects year after yea~. Topic repetition is psy-chologically unwise because attention is blunted by sameness and impressions fade: assueta vi/e~cunt. Subject reiteration is pedagogically unwise for the obvious reason that you. are not teaching very much, if anything at all. By hitting the same truths in the same way, few new insights are given and, conse-quently, few new motives for action. If, on the contrary, the same subjects are tackled from .new points of view and if they furnish new insights, all our objections fall to the ground. In a true sense, you really have new subject~. You are no longer trite. Rest Before Retreat A noteworthynumber of sisters mentioned in our opinion-naire that plain weariness hindered them from getting full spiritual benefits from their retreats. And one need not tax his imagination to believe them. Ushered by ol~edience directly from the hospital floor or the classroom into conference hall and chapel, these religious simply do not have the energy to give themselves completely to the searching work of a vigorous self-renewal. But we must remember at the same time that scarcity of personnel may prevent a provincial superior from doing a whole lot about the situation. Yet when it is possible, a full day's rest would seem in order for all sisters about to go on retreat. Even bettek would be a week or two of vacation, a vacation during which only spiritual exercises and trifling daily duties are mandatory. Religious (as we well know but some-times tend to forget) do not acquire nerves of copper merely by donning a habit. Daily Retreat Schedule Closely linked to the immediately preceding problem is the tightly packed retreat horarium. A daily schedule that is closely °See gEvIsw FOg gELm~OUS, November, 1956, pp. 301-5. 32 January, 1958 RETREATS IN RETROSPECT crowded with a multitude of spiritual exercises is psychologically and spiritually unsound. It does not take cognizance of the fact that God works best in peace and quiet, that the sisters need serenity of mind and heart if they are going to love Him tremendously. It would seem wise, therefore, to reduce the number of exercises in a squeezed-together horarium, to sched-ule vocal prayers in moderation, and to allow an adequate amount of free time. Most sisters are in dead earnest about the business of sanctity; and it should be assumed, until the contrary is proved, that they will use free time to their greatest advantage. Physical Accommodations During the Retreat One of the sisters good-naturedly referred to the problem of spacial overcrowding during retreat time as "one of those August mob scenes." We may easily sympathize with her viewpoint and yet at the same time grant that the problems of the assigning superior are knotty. Especially in large communi-ties this latter has often to provide the benefits of an annual retreat to hundreds of religious and that within the narrow confines of a few weeks and drastically limited facilities. For some communities, perhaps, the "mob scenes" cannot be avoided, at least in the near future. For others, however, careful plan-ning and personnel adjustment together with fresh thinking could conceivably issue in an amelioration of the situation. The solution in most cases would probably be a greater number of distinct retreats, however they can be provided. Possibly the week after Christmas would for some communities lend itself to an additional retreat time; for others the Easter vacation might be used for the same purpose. In still other cases the solution might lie in a greater dispersion of retreat locations. Rather than have all retreats in a motherhouse or community college, smaller houses might with some adjustment be adaptgd to serve as supplementary retreat centers. Aside from the greater ad-vantage of more physical space, such dispers)on would enable the sisters to seek and receive more individualized attention from 33 ¯ FOR YOUR INFORMATION Review for Religioz~s the master whether in the confessional or in the private conference. Conclusion Before capping this disquisition with its amen, I would like to reject in anticipation a possible illusion, for if. it came to be, it would probably be my fault. That illusion is that this study contains the answers to almost all retreat prol~lems. The truth is, of course, that it may contain some answers to some problems. The truth is also that we need a lot more thinking, fresh think-ing, about these questions. Investigation, too. It seems to me that we ought to learn from our secular friends how to use the tools of research to further love for God. We ought to study ourselves and our doings more objectively--scientifically, if you want to call it that. In all likelihood both we and our doings would be much more effective. For Your Informal:ion In Future Numbers NOT INFREQUENTLY we receive articles that have to be returned because the subjects are treated in articles that we have already accepted, but not yet published. It has occurred to us that this problem might be avoided if we publish a list of articles that will appear in subsequent numbers of the REVIEW, with a brief indication of the content of each article. Besides being helpful to prospective contributors, this list should be of interest to all readers. We give here a list only of articles that have been accepted at the time we are preparing this material for the printer. That means, roughly speaking, articles accepted before November 1, 1957. 34 January, 1958 FOR YOUR INFORMATION "The Holy See and Teaching Brothers." Under date of March 31, 1954, Pope Pius XII addressed-to Cardinal Valeri a letter on the special vocation and apostolate of religious institutes of teaching brothers. ,Several magazines have published English translations of this letter. The Commentarium pro religiosis published not o~nly the original Latin text of the Pope's letter, but also some background material and a commentary on the papal letter by Father A. Guti~rrez, C.M.F. We intend to pub-lish an English version of the papal letter, together with the background material and some o~ the more important observa-tions made by Father Guti~rrez. -"The Gifts of the Holy Spirit." This article gives a clear, simple, and attractive explanation of the more common theolo-gical teaching on the gifts and on their function in the ascetical life. "Religious and Psychotherapy." What are psychiatric treat-ments? What is their purpose? Should religious who suffer from a mental illness go to a pxsychiatrist and cooperate in psy-chotherapy? The article answers questions such as these. "A Sense of Balance." This is a study in contrasts: opti-mism and pessimism; with insistence that the true Christian view of life is an optimistic view that sees God as love, man as re-deemed, other creatures as means of sanctification, and the com-mandments as laws of love and life. "Saint Th~rhse of the H61y Face." The Little Flower's full name in religion is Sister Th~r~se of the Child Jesus and of the Holy Face. This article brings out, by means of numerous quo-tations, how profound was her devotion to the Holy Face. "To extend the Reign of Jesus Christ." This is an account of the founding of the first non-cloistered institute of teaching sisters. "Unceasing Prayer." We all wonder at times how we can fulfill the words of St. Paul, "Pray without ceasing." One ex-planation, called virtual prayer, has been recommended by cer- 35 FOR YOUR INFORMATION tain prominent French Jesuit writers. Their explanation is presented briefly in this article. "Proficients Who Do Not Progress.'? One division of the stages of spiritual progress is: beginner, proficient, and perfect. This article pays particular attention to the difficulties of the second stage and to the ways of surmounting these difficulties. "Preliminary to Adaptation." The theme of the article is that, in order properly to carry out the recommendations of the Church concerning adaptation and renovation, there must be a careful study of the spirit of the institute. "Countering Serious Sin." Religious are not immune from the possibility of committing mortal sin, and they need to take precautions. Such precautions are outlined in this article, which, in the author's words, is "a blueprint . . . for constructing (or re-constructing) an interior citadel against the lethal foe, serious sin." "Keeping the Rules." In religious institutes there are two kinds of rules: disciplinary regulations that mainly concern exter-nal observance and community order, and spiritual directives that pertain to the interior spirit and the apostolate. The article shows that fidelity to the rules means one thing as regards the first kind of rules, and another as regards the second kind. "The Neurotic Religious." This is a sequel to the article on religious and psychotherapy. Most religious who might need and profit by psychotherapy suffer from an emotional illness known as neurosis. This article is an attempt to paint a verbal picture of the neurotic religious and his problems. Non-Jesuit Contributors We are often asked (apparently by those who have not been regular readers of the RE'Ci, EW) whether we accept articles by non-Jesuits. One answer to this question might be a simple reference to the articles published during the last three years, (continued on page 41) 36 Spiri!:ual Cancer I:r~ncis J. M~cEnt:ee, S.J. wE ARE HEARING a great deal these days about cancer. Millions of dollars are set aside every year to study it, to learn everj~thing possible about this mysterious killer. People are made constantly conscious of it because they see and hear about it on all sideg: campaigns for research funds and hospitalization; drives against this and that as possible causes; salves and various ray-treatments as possible cures. The obituary page in every newspaper is also a persistent reminder of its omni-presence. Yet, even though cancer is prominent in the public eye, the very mention of it still strikes terror into those confronted with it. Any unexpected need for hospital care or sudden surgery generally wrings the same agonized question from the anguished patient: "It. isn't cancer, is it, doctor?" as if anything else would be almost welcome as an alternative. There is good reason for this terror, because the most terrifying thing about cancer is its insidiousness. Cancer is really an abuse. It might even be called too much of a good thing. Many people have a vague notion that.cancer is something like leprosy in that it is a disease that eats away until the poor victim just distintegrates. Actually it is just the opposite. Cancer is a lively exuberant~ growth of body cells, which in itself is a good thing because it is the normal function of body cells to increase and grow. Only in this case the growth gets out of hand and keeps right on growing long after it should have stopped. The cells continue to divide madly without any apparent cause or method of being stopped. That is why cancer is an abuse; why it is too much of a good thing; why it is insidious, for it starts with something that is normal and natural and perverts it. Finally, since these wildly pro-lifer~ ting cells are living things, they must be nourished; con-sequently, they spread out like the crab from which the disease takes its name and pirate their nourishment from the surrounding 37 FP~-NCIS J. MAcENTEE Review for Religious healthy tissue which in time, as is quite obvious, will be starved dead by the greedy voracious intruders. I am sure the .medical profession would find much to criticize in this over-simplification of one of the most serious and complicated diseases of our time, but my purpose is a medical one only to the limited extent of setting up a parallel with what might be called spiritual cancer. Our growth in the spiritual life is measured by our close union with Christ, an ever-deepening awareness of His presence and a constant striving to have an unalloyed intention in all our endeavors in His service. One good sign of a sound spiritual growth is the balance and harmony with which it proceeds. Our performance of the many activities which make up our dedicated lives mirrors, to some degree, the progress of our spiritual growth. We of course realize that all our duties and obligations, even those which may seem to be of lesser moment, or even (to our practical minds) somewhat impractical, are nonetheless very important from God's viewpoint. Therefore we must be on the alert that we don't allow our more favored activities, like those that bring more immediate and concrete results, to divert the activity that should be going into all our activities. For any such activity in our lives which starts to grow out of all due proportion, siphoning off time and energy from some other duty, is an abuse; it is too much of a good thing; it is a spiritual cancer. We must bd constantly on our guard against the manifesta-tions of this disease because, like its physical counterpart, it will have begun long before we become aware of it. The insidious-ness here lies in the fact that we have within ourselves the germs of the disease because, for most of us, activity of some sort is our way of life, our prime means of doing .God's will. And it is so easy for one phase or other of this activity to get out of hand, to start growing out of all due proportion, thriving perhaps, but only to the detriment of our whole spiritual or- 38 Janua~'y, 1958 SPIRITUAL CAN(~ER ganism. Since activity, then, is the way by which we serve God, it is so easy ~or us to play the doctor in our own case and give a false diagnosis to our symptoms, admitting perhaps the begin-nings of an excited growth but misinterpreting the symptoms as a case of increased fervor in doing God's work. If God is pleased with this much activity, we say, then He will be twice as pleased with twice as much. Like the man who reads the prescription on the medicine bottle then doubles it, convinced that he will get well twice as fast. Such a dangerous spiritual bedside manner in dealing with our own ailments can lead to only one conclusion: an ever-spreading cancer which will soon sap our entire spiritual nourishment leaving us spiritually ema-ciated and all under the guise of giving God a service which He most assuredly does not want. The activities in our dedicated lives by which we serve God are numberless. As long as their growth is normal and in har-mony with the growth of our whole spiritual structure, our spiritual li~e will be sound and healthy. But let's look at a ~ew pertinent instances of activities that could, if we are not watchful, begin to grow malignantly. For those o~ us who teach school on any level whatsoever, there is little question of what to do with our superfluous time since that precious commodity is practically non-existent in-this glorious activity. But because there is no proportion at all be-tween the time spent in preparation for and actually spent in the classroom and the time formally spent in meditation, examen, and spiritual reading, we might come to the sad conclusion that the one which takes the more time is the more important. If that becomes the case, then it won't be long before there is a big-business merger and even the little time which was once spent in spiritual duties will be absorbed by the larger enterprise. Prognosis? Incipient malignant cancer. However, we might justify this course oi: action by saying that we have thereby be-come a better teacher. After all, we argue, if it's God's will that I teach others that I may bring more and more souls to 39 FRANCIS J. MACENTEE Review for Religious love Him an°d to save their souls, then anything I can do to make myself a better instrument will be furthering God's glory. The fallacy there is that we are judging only by externals. We forget that God can raise up. better instruments from the stones in the street. What if the time plundered from spiritual activi-ties did give us the appearance of a better teacher, how would we then differ from the good lay teacher on our faculty? Another phase of teaching that might blight this great activity with an unhealthy growth is the element of competition involved. We want our classes to do well, for their own sakes, of course, but also to some extent for our sakes too. For if they don't do as well as other similar classes, the reflection will be on us; and we will be in a bad light not only in the eyes of our fellow teachers but perhaps also in the eyes of superiors. Therefore, we start giving undue time to class preparation and class work in general in order to fill up what we label a defilzit; but in the process we lay the groundwork for a deficiency of a much higher magnitude. We are deluded into thinking that success depends entirely on ourselves so that, if we're not an apparent success, there is a fault involved and the fault c.'-n be only our own. We ignore the palpable fact that God can make greater use of the not-so-successful teacher who depends totally on Him than on the obviously successful one who is just as obviously self-pleased with the whole thing. When we begin to realize that God doesn't look solely at results (which unfortun-ately are almost our sole criterion of judgment), that He looks first at the motive and effort involved, then we will see that our opinion about any teacher or anything else, for that matter, might be quite different from God's. The same thing would apply to the student. When the nourishment for our spiritual life begins to feed the abnormal appetite which studying can easily become, then it is high time for a spiritual check-up to see that the instrument which is being honed for Christ's service does not slice us too thin. Studying 4O Janua~'y, 1958 SPIRITUAL CANCER is just another activity which we undertake for Christ's greater glory. Success is welcome, but it is certainly not the be-all and end-all of the undertaking. God demands first our pure inten-tion, great effort, and continual complete dedication. From there on in, it's His affair. If He wants others to reap the academic fruits, what is that to us? Again, the fallacy of judging success only by the results produced. Despite all "the changes in our way of life, despite loud mass production and speedy efficiency, growth in the spiritual~ life is a delicate thing that needs a sustained climate of quiet, inward ¯ peace, and recollection. Nervous effusions to exterior things and a one-sided dedication to activity which results in making ar~ end. out of what should be only a means are so many strangling weeds that make spiritual growth impossible. The only growth they foster is an abnormal one, a growth that drains off spiritual vitality, a growth that is cancerous. For Your In[ormal~ion (continued from page 36) 1955-1957. During these years we published 67 articles. This does not include translations of papal addresses, compilations of papal statements, and the surveys of Roman documents made by Father Smith. Of these 67 articles, 35 were by Jesuits, 32 by non-Jesuits. We might add that anyone who contributes an article should confer our "Notes for Contributors," which were published in the REVIEW, March, 1955, pp. 104-112, and July, 1955, pp. 194-196. 41 Survey oJ: Roman Document:s R. F. Smil:h, S.J. IN THE PRESENT survey there will be given a summary, of the documents which appeared in Acta Apostolicae Sedis (AAS) from August 24, 1957, to September 25, 1957, in-clusive. Page references throughout the article will be to the 1957 AAS (v. 49). Our Lady On July 2, 1957 (AAS, pp. 605-19), the Holy Father published a new encyclical, Le P~lerinage de Lourdes (The Pilgrima~/e o/ Lourdes). The document was directly ad-dressed to the Church in France on the occasion of the coming centenary of our Lady's appearances at Lourdes, but granted the international extent of devotion to our Lady of Lourdes the encyclical is of great interest to the entire Church. The en-cyclical is divided into two parts, the first of which begins by sketching what may be termed the Marian history of France. So notable has been France's devotion to our Lady, remarks. the Pontiff, that today the entire country lies under the protec-tive shadows of Marian sanctuaries--humble chapels or splendid basilicas as the case may be. There is good reason to say that this Marian history of France culminated in the nineteenth cen-tury. It was then, for instance, that our Lady gave the miracu-lous medal to a humble daughter of St. Vincent de Paul; and a few years later in 1858 she appeared to St. Bernadette at Lourdes which from then on became a pilgrimage center for the sick, the afflicted, and the truth-seekers of the entire world. The Pope then notes that the hundred years that have passed since Our Lady's appearances at Lourdes have seen an ever stronger relationship between the See of Peter and the grotto of the appearances. Indeed, the relationship was present 42 ROMAN DOCUMENTS from the beginning, for it would seem that what the Holy Father had infallibly defined a few years previously the Blessed Virgin wished to confirm by her own words, since she appeared to Bernadette with the message: "I am the Immaculate Conception." Since then each of the Romari Pontiffs has eagerly shown his favor toward the sanctuary of Lourdes. Pius IX showered bene-fits on the shrine erected there and ordered the coronation of its statue of our Lady; Leo XIII granted a proper office and Mass for the feast 6f the Appearance of Our Lady Immaculate. St. Plus X introduced the cause of Bernadette; and above all the sainted Pontiff emphasized the remarkable manner in which Marian piety at Lourdes led to an equally remarkable worship of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament. Benedict XV permitted the bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes to wear the pallium at the place of the appearances, while Pius XI beatified Bernadette and chose to close the jubilee year of the Redemption at the shrine of Lourdes. Plus XII then concludes this first part of the encyclical by recalling his own endeavor to continue the relationship between the Roman See and Lourdes, an endeavor which was manifested most recently by the closing at Lourdes of the centenary year of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. The second part of the encyclical is devoted to a considera-tion of the spiritual lessons of Lourdes; these lessons, notes the Vicar o~Christ, are but echoes of the gospel message, for, like John theB, aptist and like Christ .Himself at the beginning of His public life, our Lady called at Lourdes for l~enance and con-version. At the same time she brought a message of pardon and hope for those who do repent; indeed just as the miraculous cures of Christ were but signs of the power and readiness of Christ to forgive sins, so also the physical cures at Lourdes are invitations to hope for pardon. The centenary jubilee at Lourdes, continues the Holy Father, will possess grandeur only in so far as men respond to these messages of our Lady. Each pilgrim to Lourdes and each Catholic throughout the world who is united in spirit to the 43 Review for Religious centenary celebrations at the shrine should realize in himself a true spiritual conversion. The conversion of the individual, however, is not enough; rather the faithful must be aroused to a collective effort directed towards the Christian re;aewal of society. This will be shown by a reaction to that materialism which manifests itself not only in the philosophy that presides over the political and economic affairs of a large segment of humanity but also externalizes itself in a greed for money, a cult of the body, a flight from all austerity, and an unrestrained pursuit of pleasure. The Holy Father then urges priests to preach to their people the narrow path that leads to life, reminding them that they, like Mary, must live only to give Christ to the world. So too religious must seek the same end by their weapons of prayer, penance, and charity. Families, too, should do their part by considering the irreplaceable mission they have in society; they should consecrate themselves to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, asking her to remove from their lives all false judgments and egoistic actions. In a moving conclusion to the encyclical the Holy Father addresses the poor and those in bodily or spiritual afflic.tion, urging them to journey to Lourdes where they.will be received with special predilection by our Lady who knows the value of their sufferings when these are united with those of Christ. There can be no doubt, declares the Pope, that the prayers and sufferings of such will play a great part in the Christian renewal of the human race. As his final message the Holy Father makes his own the words of St. Bernard: "In.dangers, in diffichlties, in doubts, think of Mary, call on Mary." Social Matters On June 7, 1957 (AAS, pp. 621-29), the Holy Father addressed a group of Italian workers on the problems attendant on automation. While, as the Pontiff points out, the existence of automation should arouse in the Christian a grateful admira- 44 Janua~'y, 1958 ROMAN DOCUMENTS tion for the Creator and His works, still one should not think that automation of and by itself can radically change the life of man and society--such an admission belongs to Marxism with its false emphasis on the technical side of human life. For social reality and its stable ordering cannot be based only on statistics and mathematics; social life demands besides and prin-cipally other knowledges: theology, philosophy, and the sciences of the spiritual life of man and of his history. Moreover, the Vicar of Christ continues, it should be re-membered that automation, even when considered merely as a new method of production, will give rise to delicate problems. The first is that technical productivity may be confused with economic productivity. Automation offers a continuous, unin-terrupted process of production and hence a fantastic increase of productive capacity. But this does not necessarily constitute a true increase in the productivity of the national economy. This is why even the European countries who possess the best eco-nomic qualifications for automation approach automation with caution and content themselves with only a partial form of it. In any case a country that is not rich and is faced with urgent problems of communication systems, of land reforms, and of adequate housing must not live above its conditions--as it would if it were dominated solely by the fascination of technical progress. Moreover, adds the Pope, the introduction of automation may cause serious unemployment. Even if this problem can eventually be o,~ercome, it still must be remembered that even a temporary increase of unemployment can be a serious matter for certain countries. Added to this is the consideration that under automation the entire question of salaries wiil have to be com-pletely reconsidered. Prior to automation human labor is part of the very process of production and the value of labor can be determined by what it contributes to the production; under automation, however, the worker will be above and outside the 45 Review for Religious actual process of production; hence there will be need for new criteria of estimating the value of labor. So great and so many are the problems connected with a~tomation, the Holy Father warns, that some think that these problems cannot be resolved except by some form of socialism, involving a greater or lesser abolition of private property. It is true, he says, that in an era of automation a greater degree of planning will be needed, but this should not lead to a more or less absolute control, for the independence of the family and the liberty of the citizen are naturally bound up with the sane existence of private property as a social institution. Automation will also give rise to problems connected with the training of the worker; under automation technical training of the highest type will be required; moreover, the worker will not be able to be highly .specialized but "will require a training sufficiently versatile to embrace the functioning and coordinating of greatly differing machines. Such training, however, cannot be given rapidly, but will necessarily entail a long apprenticeship both in the place of production as well as in specialized schools. Moreover, the education given to the worker must also provide for his general culture; only in this way will the worker be able to solve the problem of leisure time which automation will bring to him. In this connection, the Holy Father adds, it must be noted that automation can easily produce a grave danger to personal morality and hence to the sane structure of production and consumption in the national economy. It is for this reason that under automation professional formation must include the general education of the worker. On July .23, 1957 (AAS, pp. 730-37), the Holy Father addressed a group of bishops and priests from all the dioceses of Italy who constituted the first meeting of the Italian Catholic Congress for Emigration. The Pontiff urged his audience to apply to themselves and their work the parable of the Good Shepherd and told them that the basis of their work for emi- 46 Janua~'y, 1958 ROMAN DOCUMENTS grants must'be a supernatural charity that is at once intensive, universal, and disinterested. It is this and not a mere humani-tarian sympathy that will make of them good shepherds of the people they work with. This charity, he continues, must be reduced to effective action by which they become all things to all men. Hence the Vicar of Christ urges them to devote themselves to the careful preparation of the emigrants for the new country to which they are going. They should give the emigrants instructions in the language and customs of the country to which they are going and above all impress on the emigrants by their zealot's work a remembrance of the maternal solicitude of the Church. Finally, the Holy Father takes up the case of the priest who himself emigrates with a group to another country. Such a priest will have special need .of a right intention which wi!l remove from him the danger of a merely nationalistic motive and which will prevent his group from seeing in him, not a missionary, but a mercenary. As a pastor of the group of emi-grants the priest must be alert to the needs of his flock, take care that they gradually adapt themselves to their new country, and at all times treat them with the highest degree of patience. On June 13, 1957 ('AAS, pp. 629-32), the Pontiff addressed the Congress of Europe, a group dedicated to the unification of Europe. The Holy Father recalled his own interest in the idea of European unity, noted the progress made towards this goal since the conclusion of World War II, and encouraged his listeners to ~ontinue their efforts for a political unification of the countries of Europe. He also urged them to advocate a large and comprehensive aid on the part of Europe to Africa, so that it can be clearly seen that the desire for a European community is not merely a selfish reflex of defense against a common encroaching enemy but proceeds rather from constructive and disinterested motives. Finally, the Pope recalled to them the nature of Christianity which offers 47 R. F. SMITH Review for Religious to all men an unshakable assurance of a fatherland which is not of this world and where alone perfect union will be known, because it proceeds from the power and light of God Himself. On June 27, 1957 (AAS, pp. 632-33), Pius XII addressed the third convention of the Atlantic Treaty Association, encour-aging them in their work to enlist the cooperation of schools in the task of spreading knowledge of the union that exists between all men. Miscellaneous Matters By a declaration of August 20, 1957 (AAS, p. 762), the Sacred Congregation of Rites took up the question of the use of vestments made according to .their ancient form. The use of such vestments is now left to the discretion of the local ordinary. The Sacred Congregation of the Council issued a decree dated July 25, 1957 (AAS, p. 638), transferring the obligation of fast and abstinence from the vigil of the feast of the Assumption to the vigil of the feast of the Immaculate Conception. Two documents published during August-September, 1957, deal with causes of beatification and canonization. In the first, which is. dated March 3, 1957 (AAS, pp. 756-59), the Sacred Congregation of Rites approved the introduction of the cause of the young layman, Zephyrinus Numuncur~ (1886-1905). In the second, dated April 9, 1957 (AAS, pp. 759-62), the same congregation approved the introduction of the cause of the Servant of God Frances de Sales Aviat (1844-1914), found-ress of the Congregation of the Oblate Sisters of St. Francis de Sales. Four documents of the same period pertain to priests and religious. On July 16, 1957 (AAS, p. 637), the Sacred Congre-gation of the Council forbade priests, whether secular or religi-ous, to engage actively in Hungarian politics. They are forbidden to seek or accept any position in the Hungarian Parliament; and if they presently hold such a position, they must resign it within a 48 Janua~'y, 1958 ROMAN .DOCUMENTS month; they are moreover forbidden to attend s~ssions of the parliament and to give help to any activities connected With the position they have resigned. A priest disobeying an); of the above prescription~ incurs by that very fact an excommunication specially served to the Holy See. ¯ " On July 12, 1957 (AAS, p. 640), the Sacred Congrega-tion of Seminaries and Universities issued a decree bidding bishops not to admit to their seminaries students who have left any diocesan seminary or who have been dismissed from any such .seminary. If in a given case such a person should be thought worthy of admission, th'e bishop, besides fulfilling the requirements of Canon 13.63, §3, should' apply to the Sacred. Congregation of Seminaries and Universities for further direc-tions. On July 1, 1957 (AAS, p. 751)., the Sacred Congrega-tion of Religious inaugurated the Pontifical Institute "Iesus Magis~er" " ("Jesus the Teacher"). The new institute is in-tended f0~ members of n0n-clerical congregations of religious men and other similar groups; the institute will provide training to einable ~uch religious to be. better fitted to promote the sanc-tification of themselve~ and of others and to imbue their students with Christian truth and virtue. The same congregation in a decree of March 15, i957o (AAS, pp. 749-50), promulgated, the canonical erdctionof a school to be called "Mater Divinae Gr.atiae" ("Mother of Divine Grace") des~tlned foi the training of mistresses of postulants, of novices, and Of younger religious women. The school offers a three-year course which¯ is open to members of a.ny state of per-fection for women. The school is tinder the jurisdiction of the Sacred Congregation of Religious and has its own statutes ap-proved by th~ same qongregation. Under date of July 1, 19.57(AAS, pp. 737-39), the 'Holy Father sent a written message tothe Catholic BoyScouts attending the .international jamboree, held in England on the 49 R. F. SMITH occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the. founding of the movement. The Pope expressed his satisfaction at the vitality and expansion of the scout movement among Catholic youth and urged them to prepare themselves for their future place in the world by developiag the compreher~sive friendship that translates itself into, the disinterested service characteristic of the scout movement. He also encouraged them to be proud of their purity, their courage, and their nobility; he concluded by suggesting to them that. at Mass they raise their ideal of Catholic scouthood to the heights of the divine Master who came among us to serve and to give Himself. Two documents of the Sacred Congregation of Sem-inaries and Universities deal with general educational matters. In the first of these, dated April 25, 1957 (AAS, pp. 638-40), the congregation canonically established the Catholic Uni-versity of Leopoldville in the Belgian Congo. The new uni-. versity will include a faculty of sacred theology. In the second document, dated May 4, 1957 (AAS, pp. 753:55), the Catholic University of St. Thomas of Villanova in Havana was officially established. Finally/ it should be noted that AAS on pp. 663-89 lists the 261 matrimonial cases which were decided by the Rota during the year 1956. OUR CONTRIBUTORS THOMAS DUBAY teaches philosophy and ascetical theology at Notre Dame Seminary, 2901 S. Carrollton Avenue, New Orleans 18, Louisiana. R. F. SMITH is a member of .the faculty of St. Mary's College, St. Marys, K~nsas. FRANCIS J. MacENTEE is studying for his doctorate in bacteriology at Catholic Uaiversity, Carroll House, 1225 Otis Street .Northeast, Washington 17, D. C. 50 Book Reviews [Material for this department should be sent to Book Review' Editor, REVIEW FOR.RELIGIOUS, West Baden College, West Baden Springs, Indiana.] SON OF THE CHURCH. By Louis Lochet. Translated from the French by Albert J. LaMothe, Jr. Pp. 255. Fides Pub-lishers Association, Chicago 19. 1956. $4.50. Son of the Church is a penetrating analysis of ~he spirituality of the. apostolate, 'written as a series of personal insights and not as a formal treatise. Its purpose is to give the reader the benefit of years of reflection on the character of apostolic action by a former professor of theology who is now parish priest in the diocese of Reims. His thesis is that work in the apostolate, for cleric, religious, and layman, must be done with and through the Church in order to be truly effective. "Lacking that, it founders in absurdity and despair." In tracing this theme, the author shows a solid grasp of human psychology which he integrates with the basic principles of ecclesi-ology, especially of the Mystical Body. Among the temptations that face the apostle, the greatest is "the latent rationalization of all our difficulties [which sees] only what we are doing and not what God is doing. What we do hides from us what God does. It is a short and narrow view of our activity and that of the Church, on the level of what we know of it through history and experience alone." True to the mission of her Founder, the Church is described as a manifestation of divine love, and not only of love but of mercy. Accordingly, the apostle is not to be surprised at running into obstacles of sin, as Christ did. "The love he bears the world is a redeeming love. This is what he has to understand if he does not wish to be disconcerted by the difficulty of the mission. It is not by some strange accident that he meets with coldness, disdain or hatred. It is as the law of his development." Perhaps the outstanding chapter in the book deals with the proper dispositions of anyone engaged in the apostolic life. First must be the conviction that the heart of the apostolate consists in subordinating oneself to the hierarchical authority of the Church. Correlative to this dependence is the realization that the principal object of apostolic labor is to bring the world into the Church's sacramental order--b~ receiving the sacraments in greater numbers, with greater frequency, 51 BOOK REVIEWS Review for Religious increased fervor, find consequently greater efficacy. As an expression of this zeal, the. apostle desires to bring all men into the Mystical Body of Christ, at least to the extent that the Church is every.where implanted with her life-giving channels of grace. However the per-spective must be. kept very clear. A person "who would want to reduce his activity to promoting a better social orgariization or to spreading a temporal beneficence without referring it all to the restoration of the Church by faith in Christ and the sacramental life would no'longer be doing apostolic work." Since the task of bringing souls to God is supernatural, it does not finally rest on the resources of human power~ to succeed--not even those of the apostle. If he .employs all his native ingenuity, "it is not so much in the mahner of a wealth which God needs as of a poverty which God is willing to use for a tran-scendent goal." Corollary to this reliance on grace is the value to be set on self-renunciation. "One will not avoid the mystery of the Cross . Far from fleeing it, we will welcome it as the means par .excellence of realizing the greatest ambitions." In many ways, LocKet has written an excellent book. If on occasion the diction is a bit verbose, this is more than compensated for by the wealth of ideas covering the whole range of apostolic asceticism. It differs considerably from P~i:e Chautard'.s classic on tl~e same subject. Lochet is more cor~cerned with theological integra-tion than with direct motivation. There is also less coherent logic hmong the various parts; something in the style of the Imitation of Christ. For that reason almost any page can be quoted out of con-text withodt losing its inherent meaning. Son of the Church is highly recommended to priests and religious as a doctrinal synthesis of Catholic evangelism.--JoHN A. HARDO,XT, THE CROSS OF JESUS. Voi. I. By Louis Chardon, O.P. Trans-lated from the French by Richard T. Murphy, O.P~ Pp. 304. B. Herder Book ComPany, St. Louis 2. 1957. $4.25. The Dominican Father~ have presented us with another spiritual masterpiece in the "Cross and Crown Series of Spirituality." Written by Father Louis Chardon, O.P., Tl~e Cross of Jesus was published in France in 1647. Thanks to the fine work of the translator, the first volume is now available in English. The Cross of Jesus is not the type of book one rushes through. if given the attention any good spiritual I~ook requires, it will cer-tainly prove profitable. The content is solid; the theme.is simple: 52 January, 1958 BOOK REVIEWS Growth in holiness is achieved through the cross. Although the ideals are lofty ones, they are not set forth merely for mystics. Heeding Jesus' command to take up the cross daily, all holy souls will find guidance and consolation in this book. Father Charddn makes no compromises. He leaves nb doubt as to the necessity of p~arification through the.cross before a s0ul can be united with Jesus. This austere message, however, seems less sdvere when we read the chapters on thesuffe.rings of Jesus and His Mother. It strikes us as quite logical after we read of our place in the Mystical Body of Christ. Most important of all, we are assured that purification is effected by our cooperating with grace and the indwelling Trinity--a doctrine that is beautifully treated by the authoL In all, there are forty-eight chapters. The.relative brevity of most of them seems to be a marked advantage. In each chapter a distinct message is conveyed and understood withbut the necessity of reading dozens of pages. ¯ This book could also be used for meditation material. As indi-cated above, a number of doctrines of the. spiritual life are discussed --/~11 with reference to the cross.' Father Chardon cites Scripture for added effectiveness. Moreover, his exclamations ~nd invocations give The Cross of Jesus a warmth and unction that is often either lacking or overdone in spiritual, writings.' Finally, this re~ciewer wants to congratulate Father. Ri~:hard T. Murphy, O.P., for his very readable translation. Seventeenth-century French does present difficulties which often show up in. English' trans-lations. This cannot be said of the English edition of The Cross of Jesus.--DoNALD O. NASTOLD~ .S.J. CHINA AND THE CROSS; A SURVEY OF MISSIONARY HIS-TORY. By Dom Columba Cary-Elwes, O.S.B. Pp. 323. P.J. Kenedy and Sons, New York 8. 1957. $3.95. Shakespearean Sonnet 116 con~(eys, poetically the spirit of Dom Cary-Elwes's latest work. With an insight which is the fruit of twenty-five years of resea.rch, this artist dep~ct.s vividly the scenes of Cath-olic victories as Christ's mind marries China's amid "tempests, and is never shaken." This is the first Catholic work of this type since Abbe Huc's Christianityin China, Tartary, and Thibet in 1858. As thd author asserts, the eastward expansibr~ iof the Ch~arch is an inspira-tional story, not something freakish and unique. His labor, which is based on the latest evidence, proves his statement. 53 BOOK REVIEWS Review for Religious The book is divided into five chapters: "The Legend of St. Thomas the Apostle," "The Nestorians," "The Franciscans in Cathay," "The Jesuit Age," and "Modern Times." Some summary of the contents of these chaptegs will amply support this reviewer's opinion that Dom Cary-Elwes has penned an exposition which covers the essential points of the history of Chinese Christianity and which contains facts and colorful incidents which appeal to the scholarly, as well as the casual, reader. Latest evidence indicates that St. Thomas the Apostle never set foot on China. Earliest Christians were the Nestorians who landed at Cathay in the seventh century. Tamberlaine was the death-knell of the Nestorian Church. New hope for conversion comes with the Franciscans. Friar John o~ Pian di Carpina, intrepid explorer, arrives at the command of Innocent IV. William of Rubruck, "John of Montecorvino, and others follow with tenacity of purpose. Clement V at Avignon orders that seven Franciscans be raised to the episcopate, and they in turn would consecrate Friar John archbishop ~nd patriarch oi: the whole East. When the Ming dynasty won its way: to the imperial throne, the immense labors of the Franciscans terminated in the wake of violent persecution. Then came the Jesuits. Saint Francis Xavier, "for whom nothing was impossible with God," died off the coast of China in 1552, In that very year was born his greatest successor, Father Matteo Ricci, S.J., whose discreet guidance of missionary activity in China wins the highest praise from the author. F~llowing the Pauline "Go in their door . . ," Ricci builds a r~/¢rocl~elnent between himself and the tradition of China. The Jesuit showed the similarity between the moral teaching of Confucius and that of Christianity. In general, Dom Cary-Elwes judges that the Jesuits met with success as long as they followed the Riccian teaching of not exciting the Chinese by imprudent acts of proselytism. The author's explanation of the famous Rites Controversy is clear, accurate, and prudent. The possibility .that the Jesuits are condoning certain pagan rituals in observance of the memory of Confucius prompts the Holy See to pronounce in 1704 against the Jesuit position. The fact that this decision was reversed in 1939 leads the writer to state: "It is not for us to sit 'in judgment on that decision [1704]. There were cogent reasons in favor of that judgment then. Today those reasons no longer hold, and the Holy See has thought fit to 54 January, 1958 BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS reverse that decision in the year 1939" (p. 160). The Jesuits fade from the picture with Clement XIV's Dominus et Redemptor. They will return, Dom Cary-Elwes predicts, "if love is stronger than death." The remainder of the book cites modern conditions: the rapid rise of Communist control, uncanny persecution of the faithful, the work of the Maryknolls, the .Catholic school system in China, the elevation of Cardinal Tien, and the fundamental reason why merely philanthropic Christians become Communists. For the informed reader of Chinese history, Dom Cary-Elwes synthesizes centuries of Christian activity in a scholarly, carefully annotated volume. For the uninformed, he presents a colorful and factual account of the history of the Church in China. For both, he instills with his information the desire to see one yet unwritten chapter: "The Conversion of China to Catholicism." --JAMES J. CREIGHTON, S.J. SARDAR PANNIKAR AND CHRISTIAN MISSIONS. By Jerome D'Souza, S.J. pp. 146. St. Joseph's Industrial School Press, Trichinopoly, India. 1957. One rupee. A grand old pagan of the Roman Empire confronts his Augustine in this book--with differences. St. Augustine heard the accusation that Christianity was destroying Roman civilization, and he wrote the great De Civitate Dei. The Catholic Church, which has been growing up in India gince the days of St. Thomas the Apostle, hears the accusation that Christianity is destroying the civilizations of India and Asia. Here is an answer worthy of a smaller brother of the great Augustine himself. The.author, a member of the India dele-gation to the General Assembly of the United Nations, finds the latest and greatest exponent of this accusation, the former India am-bassador to Red China, "biassed" in his approach to the missions and possessed of "insufficient" knowledge and of "harsh" judgment. Any-one interested in the missions and missio[ogy wil| profit by this frank and friendly and fearless volume.--PauL DE,X,T, S.J. BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS THE BRUCE PUBLISHING COMPANY, .400 N. Broadway, Mil-waukee 1, Wisconsin. Common Sense. By Joseph McSorley, C.S.P. We read essays on spiritual or religious topics to acquire new knowledge or new or 55 BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS Review for Religious renewed motivation. We do not expect to find, and all too often do not find, gems of the essayist's craft. In .Common Sense each of the thirty-one essays might well be .taken ~s a model of what essays on the spiritual life can and should be. Reading the book is almost as inspiring and refreshing as a personal visit with. the author would be. Pp. 136. $2.75. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS, 620 Michigan Avenue, N.E., Washington, D. C. The Supreme Moderator of. Clerical Exempt Religious Institutes. A Historical Conspectus and Canonical Commentary. By Maurice J'. Grajew~ki, O.F.M. This is a dissertation submitted to the faculty of the Catholic University ofAmerica in partial fulfillment of the requirement~ for the degree of Doctor of. Canon Law. Pp. 180. Paper $2.00. FIDES PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION, .744 E. 79th Street,Chi-cago 19, Illinois. Marriage Is Holy~ Edited by H. Caffarel. Translatdd by Ber-nard G. Murchli~nd, C.S.C. A group 0f Christian families meeting with their chaplains to discuss their common problems are responsible for .the various essays whicl~ are the chapters of this book. .There is a tKirty-six page appe~di~ which contains synopses and discussion questions. It is one of the volumes of the "Fidds Family Readers." Pp. 219. $3.75. GRAIL PUBLICATIONS; St. Meinrad, Indiana. .Queen of the Universe. An Anthology on the Assumption and Queenship of Ma~y. Edited by Brother Stanley G. Mathews, S.M. This i~ thd secohd volume of the "Marian .Library Series of An-thologies." The first was The Promised Woman (Grail, 1954). In the present volume .you will find all the. most recent pronouncements'of the Holy See as well as the most recent theological researcl~ .on two ~rerogativ.es of our Lady, her Assumpti6n and her Queenship. Here .is a volume well c~lculated to increase our love for her who is both" the Mother of God and our Mother." Pp. 258. $4.00. P. J. KENEDY & SONSI .12 Barclay Street, New York 8, New The Hermit of Cat Island. The Life of Fra Jerom~ Hawes. By Peter F. Anson. Monsignor ~'ohr~ C. Hawks, the future hermit.of Cat. Island, led a ver~ full and c6lorful lifd. He was born ~n September 7, 1876, of Anglican parents, became an architect who sp~cial!zi:d in 56 J~nua~'y, 1958 ~BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS ecclesiastical 'architecture, then became an Anglican Clergyman and went as a missionary to the Bahamas in 1908. He designed and built Anglican churches while acting as pastor on Long Island. He became a Catholic in 1911, was ordainedin Rome in 1915, and then took up missionary life, until 1939, in Australia where he designed and built many churches, monasteries, and convents. He was made a domestic prelate in 1937. He led the life of a hermit for seventeen yearg on Cat Island, one ofthe Bahamas. He died on June 26, 1956, and is buried near his hermitage as he requested. The author has given us an interesting and profitable, book. Pp. 286. $4.75. THE NEWMAN PRESS, Westminster, Maryland. Communal Life. Edited by Albert PIE, O.P. Translated by a Religious of the Sacred Heart. This is Volume VIII in the justly '. popular "Religious Life Series." It deals with that essential element of the religious life, common life, from many points of view, historic-ally, canonically, ascetically; it does not neglect the contributions of modern psychology; and it points out adaptations that must be made in view of the background that modern youth bring to religious life. Pp. 320. $4.50. The Insight of the Cur~ D'Ars. Selected Stories by Msgr. Francis Trochu. Translated by V. F. Martel. The fifty stories of this volume, all illustrative of the mystical insight of the Cur~ D'Ars into the secrets of souls, make very interesting reading and furnish "much material for reflection. Pp. 103. $1.75. THE PRIORY PRESS, Asbury Road, Dubuque, Iowa. Toward Marriage in Christ. By Thomas C. Donlon, Francis L. B~ Cunningham, and Augustine Rock, all of the Order of St. Dominic. The book is the first of a new series entitled "College Texts in The-ology." Unlike most books on marriage, this one was written to be ¯ used as a textbook; hence with the requirements of college students and college class procedures in mind. It contains a nine-page bib-liography. Pp. 199. Paper $1.50. SHEED & WARD, 840 Broadway, New York 3, New York. Theology for "Beginners. By F. J. Sheed. Perhaps the greatest single need of the average Catholic layman today is a better knowledge of the faith that is the norm he lives by; a knowledge that will enable him to give a satisfactory answer to the non-Catholic who may agk him the reasons for his faith and conduct; a knowledge too that will BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS Review for Religious lead him to a more intelligent practice of hig faith. An excellent introduction to that knowledge is Theology for Beginners, writte~ by a layman who has received the degree of Doctor of Sacred Theology l~onoris causa. The book could also serve as an excellent text for study clubs. Pp. 241. $3.00. M~re Marie of the Ursulines. By Agnes Repplier. This gripping biography of M~re Marie who founded the first convent school in North America in 1639 was first published in 1931. If you have not al-ready read the book, now is the time to read it. Pp. 314. $3.15. The Beginning of the English Reformation. By Hugh Ross Wil-liamson. The author, a former Anglican clergyman and a recent convert (1955) to Catholicism, gives us an excellent analysis of the complexities of the English Reformation, a period of English history widely misunderstood even today. The book is very well written as. one would expect from the author of eleven plays and a former editor of The Bookman and The Strand. Pp. 113. $2.50. In We Sing While There's Voice Left by Dom Hubert van Zeller, O.S.B., we have another interesting book on the spiritual life for the layman. It measures up fully to the high level of excellence which the author has established in his other books. Like them it is matter-of-fact, down-to-earth, and faces reality squarely. Pp. 198. $2.50. The Restless Christian. By Kilian McDonnell, O.S.B. The number of spiritual books written explicitly for the layman is gratifying. It testifies to the growing realization that the lay Catholic is called to holiness, and it supplies the necessary information and inspiration. You may recommend The Restless Christian to lay Catholics with the certain knowledge that you are giving them an effective means of progress. You may also, though you are a religious, read the book yourself with profit for your own soul. An unusual feature of the book is an eight-page list of suggested readings on the spiritual life. Pp. 183. $3.00. SISTERS OF MERCY, 8200 West Outer Drive,' Detroit 19, Michigan. Into Thy Hands. By Sister Mary E. O'Connor, R.S.M. This book of reflections intended for refectory reading for the Sundays of Recollection first appeared in mimeographed form. So many requests for copies were received that it is now available in printed form. Pp. 105. Cloth $1.75. 58 January, 1958 BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS SYRIAN CARMELITE CONGREGATION, Monastery Road, Erna-kulam 1, South India. Souvenir of the First All-Kerala Religious Week, Dec. 27-30, 1955. The closing days of 1955 witnessed what was probably a unique and certainly a most profitable centenary celebration at Sacred Heart College, Thevara, in the state of Kerala in Southwest India, to mark the completion of the first century of activity of the Syrian Car-melite Congregation since its canonical erection in 1855. All the numerous orders and congregations of Kerala were invited to send delegates to a convention, not to recall the history of the congregation or to extend their felicitations, but to discuss their common religious problems and those of the South of India. Souvenir prints in full the addresses made before the convention together with a resum~ of the discussions that followed. We congratulate the Syrian Carmelite Congregation not only on the occasion of their centenary but also on the wise and profitable way that it was commemorated. It was a good preparation for the persecution the large and ancient and fervent Kerala Catholic community suffers in its schools from the Communists recently elected in the predominantly non-Christian state of Kerala. SOME BOOKS RECEIVED [Only books sent directly to the Book Review Editor, West Baden College, Wes~ Baden Springs, Indiana, are included in our Reviews and Announcements. The following books were sent to St. Mass.] Love and Marriage. By James Kelly. Clonmore and Reynolds Limited, 29 Kildare Street, Dublin. 3/-(paper cover). God's Infinite Love and Ours. By Robert Mageen, C.SS.R. Clonmore and Reynolds Limited, 29 Kildare Street, Dublin. 12,/6. Come, O Holy Ghost! By Adrian Lyons, O.F.M. Clonmore and Reynolds Limited, 29 Kildare Street, Dublin. 12/6. A Dangerous Little Friar. The Life of Father Titus Brandsma, O.Carm. By Josse Alzin. Clonmore and Reynolds Limited, 29 Kildare Street, Dublin. 9/6. 59 ( ues ons and Answers ['The following answers are given by Father Joseph F. Gallen, S.J., professor of canon law at Woodstock College, Woodstock, Maryland.] DuringLent should a priest celebrate the Mass of the ferial day or of an occurring feast? On a dm. or d. feast that falls between Ash Wednesday and the Saturday before Palm Sunday, an ember day except tl~ose of Pente-cost, Rogation Monday (Monday before Ascension), or a common vigil, the Mass may be either of the feast in the festal, not votive, manner or of the ferial day or vigil. However, since liturgically the Temporale is preferred to the Sanctorale and the full celebration of a vigil is desirable, the preferred Mass liturgically is that of the ferial day or vigil. If the feast, is ~ d. 1 or 2 cl., it must be celebrated. If the feast is only of s. rite or a mere commemoration, the Mass of the ferial day or .vigil must be said. On din. and d. feasts during the same period of Lent and Passion-tide only, the private recitation oi: the office may be of the feast or of the ferial day. Cf. J. O'Connell, Tl~e Celebration o[ Mass, 54; Mueller- Ellis, l-Iandbook of Ceremonies, 42; Wuest-Mullaney-Barry, )l~fatters Liturgical, n. 280. Our constitutions permit a renewal of temporary vows to be an-ticipated by a month. When does such an anticipated renewal or new profession begin to run? Your constitutions are. merely stating the law of the code. The following three important ~oints are to be kept in mind in an antici-pated renewal. (a) .Length of anticipation. Canon 577, § 2, permits an anticipated renewal of tempo.rary vows but not by more than a month. Therefore, if the profession is to expire on August 15, 1957, the anticipated renewal may not be made before July 15, 1957. Berutti, De Religiosis, 2i0; Jone, Commentarium in Codicem luris Canonici, I, 506; Cervia, De Pro/essione Religiosa, 114. 60 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS (b) Competent superior. In the law of the code, the anticipation as such may be permitted by any superior, whether higher or minor local (c. 577, § 2). However, the right here is only to permit an anticipation. Since the renewal is a juridical profession, all the requisites of suoh a profession must be observed; and therefore ~he admission to this anticipated profession must be made by the competent higher superior with the vote of the council or chapter according to the constitutions (cc. 543; "575, § 2). In constitutions an anticipa-tion is usually reserved to higher superiors or to a partictilar higher superior. (c) .When does the anticipated renewal begin to run? In the example given above of a profession that expires on August 15, 1957, and is anticipated on July 15, 1957, does the new l~rofession begin to run from August 15 or July 15? This depends on the intention of the one making the profession, which is presumed to be according to the way the matter is understood in the particular institute. Ordi-narily the understanding is that the anticipated renewal begins to run from the time when the former profession is completed, i. e., August 15. If such an understanding does not exist in the institute, the presumption is that the intention was for the new profession to begin to run from July 15. Explicit instruction should be given to the ren-ovants on this matter, since it is possible that the subject would be without vows for a month of the triennium; and consequently the perpetual profession would be invalid. The better method is to intend that the new profession begin to run from August 15. Cf. Goyeneche, Quaestiones C.anonicae, I, 442143; De Carlo, Jus Religiosorum, n. 300; Creusen, Revue des Cotnntunautes Religieuse's, 18-1946-184-85; Choupin, Nature et Obligations de l'Etat Religieux; 301-2; Jombart, Trait[ de Droit Canonique, I, 626. m3-- My family~ or close relatives give me five or ten dollars or more because I am their relative. The money therefore constitutes, a personal gift. When the money is turned in, is it contrary to poverty to ask to use it for a definite purpose? The norm for asking and giving permission in the matter of poverty is the need of the religious according to the limit in quantity and quality of material things prescribed by the law or legitimate traditions of the particular institute (c. 594, § 3). Therefore, the fa~t that yoia received a gift 'is completely indifferent in relation to 61 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Review for Religious this norm. If you had not received a gift, you would have the same right of asking for your necessities. The fact that you did receive a gift is no motive for asking and no motive for the superior to give the permission. Religious profess poverty according to their constitutions, i. e., according to the norm described above; they do not profess poverty according to their income: The gift is in some sense a positive-reason for not giving the permission, simply because it leads to the practice of poverty according to one's income. This practice eventually causes a distinction of classes in the institute, the well to do and the poor, and is contrary to canon 594, § I, which t prescribes a moral un
Issue 8.2 of the Review for Religious, 1949. ; A,M, D.G;. ~ Review for Religious MAR~H 15, 1949 Beginning Men÷al Prayer . Franc;s P. LeBuffe Nearness of God . : Pafr~ck F. Murray Confidence in God . Edward J. Carney Penitential Insfrumen÷s . Winfrld Herbsf The Hundredfold . Edward Sfanfon Prudence . Albed" Munfsch Adapfafion " J. Cre~sen Book Reviews Communications Questions Answered VOLUME VIII NUMBER 2 .,~ RI::VIi::W FOR RI::LI IOUS VOLUME VIII MARCH, 1949 NUMBER CONTENTS BEGINNING BEGINNERS IN MENTAL PRAYER-- Francis P. LeBuffe, S.J . 57 COMMUNICATIONS . 61 FOR YOUR INFORMATION . 62 THE NEARNESS OF GOD--Patrick F. Murray, S.J . 63 CONFIDENCE IN GOD--Edward d. Carney., O.S.F.S . 70 OUR CONTRIBUTORS . 72 RE: PENITENTIAL INSTRUMENTS --- Winfrid Herbst, S.D.S. 73 CANONICAL LEGISLATION CONCERNING RELIGIOUS . 79 ~FHE HUNDREDFOLD---Edward Stanton, S.J . 80 PRUDENCE--A NECESSARY VIRTUE--Albert Muntsch, S.J. 82 ADAPTATION~J.Creusen, S.J . 86 BOOK REVIEWS-- The Lord's Sermon on the Mount;' You Can Change the World . . 96 BOOK NOTICES . 99 BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS . 101 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS-- 8. Shortening Canonical Year of Novitiate . 105 9. Postulant Cannot Take Vows on Deathbed . 106 10. Novice under Tw.enty-one Makes Will . , . 107 11. Supplyirig Absence from Meditation . 107 12. Typewritten Annals . 108 13. Use of Cuttings from Altar Breads . 108 14. Published Lists of Apostolic Indulgences . 108 15. Indulgences: for Rosary before Blessed Sacrament; for Renewal of Vows after Holy Communion . 108 16". Negro Candidates for Sisterhoods . 109 17. Trappistine Convent in the United States . 110 REPRINT SERIES . 112 REVIEW FOR RELIGIOUS, March, 1949. Vol. VIII, No. 2. Published bi-, monthly: January, March, May, July, September and November at the College Press, 606 Harrison Street, Topeka, Kansas, by St. Mary's Co!lege, St. Mary's, Kansas, with ecclesiastical approbation. Entered as second class matter January 15, 1942, at the Post Of~ce, Topeka, Kansas, under the act of March 3, 1879. Editorial Board: Adam C. Ellis,'S.J., G. Augustine Ellard, S.J., Gerald Kelly, S.J. Editorial Secretary: Alfred F. Schneider, S.J. Copyright, 1949, by Adam C. Ellis.Permission is hereby granted for quotations of reasonable length, provided due credit be gi~;en this review and the author. Subscription price: 2 dollars a year. Printed in U. S. A. Before writln~j to us. please consult notice on inside" back cover. Beginning Beginners in/V en!:al Prayer Francis P. LeBuffe, S.J. MANY of our Sisters, Brothers, and priests know little about" mental prayer, and the majority of them find it difficult. These are facts, and we would do well to face them. It has long been a settled conviction with me that the major cause of thi~ situation is that they have been started off wrongly. This conviction is based on personal observation and on the experience of others, and not on armchair thinking, though I think we might arrive at the same conclusion by that method also. During my thirty-three years of priesthood I have had more or less continual opportunities to know the Sisters and their ways of spiritual living, and have enjoyed the confidencesof many in low and high positions. Moreover for sixteen years it has been my privilege to give a six-hour course .of lectures on mental prayer in the Summer School of Catholic Action. This is a completely elementary course, presup-posing no knowledge of mental prayer and outlining only the bare essentials. Yet time and again trained religious and deeplyspiritually-minded priests have commented on the help they. have gained from it. I always remember the remark of a solidly trained religious, a mem-ber of one of our finest Sisterhoods: "Father, this is the first time I ever knew what it was all about." What a tragedy back of that remark ! I think the major mistakes are that we begin beginners with too long a period of mental prayer, and, secondly, we do not give them adequate or proper instruction about mental prayer before they begin. Let me first discuss the" amount of mental prayer expected of beginners in the postulancy, novitiate, or seminary. Frequently they are asked to begin with a half-hour or even a full hour. It would seem that either is far too long. Why? Because they know little about the principles of religious or seminary life, and not much more than generalities about the life of Our Lord. Being thus ignorant, how can they develop these thoughts and make reasonable application to themselves? Even on the "affective" side, their emo-tions and acts of the will have not solid enough ground on which to be based. i am always reminded of a certain Brother-postulant who had 57 FRANCIsP. LEBUFFE Reoieta for Religious been one of the last pony-express riders of the Rockies. "Points" on th~ Hidden Life had been given the night before by a priest, and the next morning Brother John put in his full hour of meditation. Later on in the day, however, he buttonholed a Brother novice: "Say, let me ask you a question. Father told us last night to ask ourselves three questions in meditation. I remembered the questions and so I asked myself. 'Who done it?' I knew the answer: 'The Lord.' 'What did He do?' I knew that answer too: 'He did carpenter, work.' 'How did He do it?' Well, anybody would know that being the Lord He done it superfine. That took me two minutes. Say what did you guys do with the other 58 minutes?" In mental prayer, we "chew the cud"--I am talking now of dis-cursive prayer, where most beginners begin--and the "cud" to be chewed is our knowledge of things spiritual. Let's face facts and realize that beginners have little or no "cud" to chew--and it is pre-cisely for that reason they are beginners. They are quite in the same position for spiritual meditation as most of us are for a meditation on atom fission. Like Brother John if I w~re to meditate on the atomic bomb, I'd ask myself "What does it mean?" Answer: "Splitting the atom." Period. Because of this, it would seem wise to start" beginners off with the easiest form of mental prayer: meditative reading. Father Lind-worsky, S.J., in his Ps~jcbolog~ of Asceticism, characterizes it as a much-neglected way of .meditating. The advantage of beginning with this simplest form is that it provides the beginner with continuous food for thought; or, to change the metaphor, it provides a continuing anchor for his thinking. From meditative reading the beginner could pass on to that age-. old form of meditation wherein we take each word or phrase of a prayer and try to dig out and spread out the thought that lies hidden therein. Thus we can take the Our Father, meditating on the word "father" and all that it implies, and then checking our findings with all these qualities we find in God. Next, the word "our" with' all "its implications of universal brotherhood. All the while, of course, we warm our hearts and intersperse our thinking with the affective prayer of will and emotions. Of course it is highly advisable to have beginners meditate as soon as possible on the life of Our Lord, for that is truly "the customary food of a devout soul." But here again we must fit the meditation to the one meditating. Most Catholics who have had a Catholic 58 March, 1949 BEGINNING IN MENTAL PRAYER education, can meditate profitably for at least a few minutes on Bethlehem, the Shepherds, the Magi, the Agony in the Garden, the Crucifixion, and so forth. But once they get away from the big, well-known my'steries, their minds are either a completely blank page ¯ or they indulge in specfilations which may be entirely awry or at variance with the true doctrine enshrouded in the mystery. We don't ask high school students to write college essays, and we don't ask college students to write doctorate dissertations. Why then ask of beginners in the spiritual life what can reasonably be expected only of maturer religious? We are not, of course, discounting the workings of grace whereby God can and does freely grant a real gift of prayer to one yet unschooledin asceticism. Nor are we demanding a deal of learned knowledge for meditatiton. Our contention is simply this, that barring an unusual grace from God it is bard to amplify a thought if one hasn't got a thought. The lack of proper instruction preparatory to all attempt at meditation is, as I see it, the second'cause of the deplorable mental-prayer condition among religious and priests. If we begin with the simpler forms of mental prayer, no lengthy instruction is needed. The best way to instruct is to make the medi- ¯ ration out loud with the beginners. Many rules are quite unneces-sary. The instructor meditates aloud with them, always using the personal pronoun "I" and meditating as though he were a postulant, novice, or seminarian himself. This gives "audience identifica-tion" and soon his voice becomes their own audible thinking. ~/Thus Ican beginwithten minutes meditativereading. I read sentence, think it over aloud. Read another sentence and think it over aloud, frequently chatting it out with Our Lord in my own simple way and telling Him exactly how I feel about it. Utter simplicity should be stressed. Time and again I have bad students in the mental prayer classes tell of their suprise and comfortwhen they realized for the first time that they could talk with God exactly as they felt, no matter what their mood, and exactly as they would with mother, father, or any human friend. It makes one wonder whether we have not overformalized our praying and constructed too compli-cated. a machinery for our approach to God. Prayer is truly "rever-ent intimacy with God." I am afraid we have been stressing the "reverent" rather than the "intimacy." That may have been well enough in Old Testament times amid the thunders and lightnings of 59 FRANCIS P. LEBUFFE Revieu., for Rel[qious Sinai, but it does not quite fit in with the called-for approach to the Babe of Bethlehem or the Man of Sorrows. Again, as to the amount of time, it would seem to be wiser to begin with not more than ten minutes a day for at least the first two weeks or longer. Thereafter increase to fifteen minutes a day for another two weeks (or longer). Remember mental prayer is like olives: one must develop a taste and relish for it. In the courses on mental prayer I have always restricted the time of each little medita-tion to three or four minutes. Thus young people are not bored and they find out practically that something worth while can be done in even a few minutes. Only recently I talked on mental prayer to the sodalists of the School of Business Administration of Fordham Uni-versity. I bad time to make only three three-minute meditations with them. The sodallsts were motionless: one could have heard a pin drop. At the end the prefect, a young man, in closing the meeting said: "I never knew prayer could be so warm and natural." Years ago in Chicago at.a S.S,C.A. a U.S. sailor said to me: "Father, this mental prayer is wonderful. It is as refreshing as a glass of cold water from a spring!" The sad result of a bad start in meditat, ing either from an over-dose or lack of proper preliminary instruction is a complete floun-dering in a vacuum of thoughtlessness. And the sadder result is that having made a bad start afloundering, the religious or priest con-tinues for a long time to flounder in a vacuity. It might be well to add two further remarks. The way, of course,, to remedy the beginner's lack of spiritual knowledge is to give him heavy doses of spiritual reading, using only time-tested masters in the spiritual life and lives of Christ which are thoroughly authentic, such as for example, Maas, Fouard, Mescbler,-Le Camus. Fluffy-ruffle spiritual books should find no room on the library shelves of novitiates and seminaries. Spiritually well-read and hence well-fed religious and seminarians will soon have an ample "cud" whereon to chew. Another thing is.to remember that we Americans find thinking difficult. Give us something to do and we are happy. Ask us to remain qui~t and think--well, we soon get restless or go to sleep. (That native trait may be a far deeper cause of our poverty in mental prayer, than the more evident ones I have mentioned.) When thinking of some of our meditations and meditators, I am reminded of the story told by Father William Stanton, S.J. While giving a 6O March, 1949 COMMUNICATIONS mission in a village, he went down to the country store and started chatting with the "regulars" sitting akound the store stove. "What do you men do all day? . Well, Parson, sometimes we sets and thinks, and sometimes we only sets." Wouldn't that label truly many of our meditations? Can't we remedy it? Communica!:ions Reverend Fathers : It occurred to me as I read in REVIEW FOR RELIGIOUS the discus-sions about worldliness in religious communities that a convent is the best place on earth in which to make a study of unworldliness. From the moment the rising bell rings at the unworldly hour of five in all kinds of weather until taps at ten at night the Sisters have been "on. call." Look at the day's agenda: morning meditation, Holy Mass, breakfast in silence, teaching or nursing duties until lunch time and again until afternoon prayer and spiritual reading, supper in silence, a short recreation period in a common room, study, night prayer-- everything on schedule for nine months of the year. Into the summer vacation are crowded an eight-day retreat, six weeks of summer school either as teachers or students, or teaching a vacation school in a rural district preparing children for first Com-munion and confirmation. This is the routine followed by Sisters who live in colleges, academies, hospitals, parochial school residences, orphan homes. Wherever the Sister's assignment is, her day is a long one and entirely out of harmony with the 44-hour week of women in the world. Sisters haven't time to be worldly. They surely are not worldly in their attire. Their uniforms were not designed for either b~auty or comfort. They are not usually known by their worldly names. The names they are known by are often not their choice, and many times they are not euphonious. They do riot attend worldly amusements. They probably see during the course of the year five or six carefully selected movies in their college or academy hall. Their convent parties are strictly exclusive and unworldly. Now all this does not go to prove that Sisters are ready-made saints. They are human; and it is amazing how, living the common life, each one retains her own individuality through all the years allotted to her. It is my firm conviction that the number of worldly Sisters in any community is a small minority. The rank and file of all Sisters are carrying the sweet yoke of Christ bravely and sweetly.~A SISTER (Golden Jubilarian) 61 Your lnr orrnaUon Reprint Series The last page (112) of the present number carries a definite an-nouncement of the reprint series that was suggested tentatively in No-vember, 1948. We delayed in making this announcement ii~ the hope. that we might find a distributor for the booklets, as we are not equipped for that kind of work. Up to this time, however, we have been unsuccessful in our quest for a satisfactory distributing plan; hence we will do the best we can. Because of our lack of facilities, xve must insist that those who order booklets carefully observe the direc-tions outlined on page 11 Please note the differences between the reprints now available and those listed as tentative in November. Number 2 on that list was made up of articles on the novitiate. Requests for those articles were not sufficient to warrant our reprinting them; in their place we are reprinting the articles on Gifts to Religious by Father Ellis. Number 3 on the tentative llst was to consist of four articles by Father Kelly (two on emotional maturity, and two on the particular friendship). As two of these articles are comparatively short, we have decided to add a fifth article (on Vocational Counseling). This first edition of the reprints is merely an experiment. We are printing only a limited number; and we do not intend to print more unless it becomes quite evident that the project is really worth while. If you wish copies, it would be well to send your order immediately. Summer Sessions . The Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi will conduct a six weeks' sum-mer session, under the auspices of the Cardinal Stritch College, Mil-waukee, for Sisters who are interested in. the care and education of mentally handicapped children. Enrollment limited. Apply to: The Psychological Instiiute, St. Coletta School for Exceptional Chil-dren, Jefferson, Wisconsin. Immaculate Heart College, Los Angeles, California, offers the following special summer features: Reading Clinic for Elementary Teachers; Workshop in High School Administration; Series of Courses on St. Thomas Aquinas; Audio Visual Education; Cerema-ics; The Great Books Program; All-day Conference for Teachers of [Continued on 13. II1] 62 The Nearness of God Patrick F. Murray, S.3. iN OUR DAILY religious life, with its care and duties as well as its monotony, it is so easy to lose sight of the grand purpose of our consecrated lives. We know that deep down within our souls there is a quiet and profound love for Our Lord that has ever been, and still is, the motivating power that keeps us going from day to day. "I live, now not I, but Christ liveth in me," as St Paul has expressed it; or again, "The charity of Christ drives us on." But amid the din and confusion a'nd cares that every day brings with it, it is quite easy to become entangled with so many visible duties that they gradually tend to obscure the silent flame of love within our hearts. They would extinguish it altogether if we did .not keep it alive with unrelenting effort in prayer. Constant prayer is the only fuel that can make it burn brightly so that it in turn will continue to motivate our actions in God's service. Great Appeal of Sensible Things The great appeal of things visible is something that everyone who would lead a spiritual life must struggle against constantly. We know that we love Our I, ord. We are eager to work to prove our love, because love proves itself in deeds, But we are so very much creatures of sense. It is so easily possible tolose our clear vision and to become so interested in the work we are doing to prove our love, that soon we come to find ourselves working because we have come to love the task given us rather than because we love our Divine Master. Before we know it, we are seeking praise and honor for our work instead of seeking tl~e praise and the honor of His Divine Majesty, as we started out to do. Our motivation has changed and our super-natural vision has dimmed by constant contact with the visible things around us. With God's gtrace and with constant effort we have to recall painfully that we are not working for a corruptible crown nor for a visible reward; but we are striving for an incorruptible crown from the loving hands of a still invisible Master. Highlg Recommended Practice lOne of the most highly recommended ways of keeping ourselves 63 PATRICK F. MURRAY Re~;iew for Religious on the path of perfection and of keeping our intention pure in God's service is to cultivate the habit of consciously living and working in His divine presence. He is present anyway, whether we think of Him or not; but it will help so very much if we can come to realize His nearness, for "in Him we live, and move, and have our being" (Acts 17:28). There is no point of our spiritual life more important; there is no easier means of personal sanctification : no means that can be more efficacious; no supernatural truth more fruitful in its results than an abiding and vitalizing sense of His divine nearness. Reward of Angels and Practice of Saints The angels in heaven are very fortunate. They stood up under .trial when the rebel angels fell. Now, while Lucifer and his followers burn for all eternity, the faithful angels possess what we are trying attain--the happiness of being with God forever. The saints are there too; and because they stood up under this trial which we call life, they share the bliss of the angels. The happiness of both the angels and saints in heaven consists in actuallyseeing and enjoying the infinite beauty of God in all the splendor of His divine majesty. Our Lord speaking of the angels said, "Their angels see the face of my Father in heaven" (Matt. 18:10). Among the saints of the Old Testament, a common manner of speaking was ever: "A~ the Lord liveth, in whose presence I stand" (III Kings 17:1). This practice was habitual with them as well as with the saints of the New Law. As David put it: "I kept the Lord ever before my eyes, because He is ever at my right hand, that I may not slip" (Ps. 15:8). Our Reward Also God created us so that someday we might come to stand eternally before Him in heaven and enjoy the sight of Him for all eternity. In this life He would have us attain to some kind of resemblance of that eternal happiness. This we can do by consciously walking in His presence, even though as in the twilight rather than in the full bright-ness of the eternal day. "Now I see as in a glass, in a dark manner; then we shall see Him face to face" (I Cot. 13:12). The. clear vision is the reward, the glory, the happiness that we hope for now. Walking in a spirit of faith in His presence, even though as "in a glass in a dark manner," is one of our best guarantees that we shall eventually come to see Him "face to face." Where Is God? The first wrong idea that we must rid ourselves of is that God is 64 March, 19 4 9 THE NEARNESS OF GOD somewhere away up in the heavens beyond the farthest star; or tha~ He is in some unattainable place that we cannot begin to approach in this life; that He is inaccessible. Of all the beings in existence, God is the easiest to contact. He is right here where you are this very moment, and at the same time He is in every conceivable place in the whole vast range of creation. He fills the whole world. "Do I not fill heaven and earth" (Jer. 23:24) ? He is whole in the world, and whole in every part of the world, no matter how large or how small. He is outside us, within us, all about us. We are living in God; not as part of Him (that would beto fall into the error of pantheism), .but as St. Paul tells us: "He is not far from each of us, since in Him we live, and move, and have our being" (Acts 17:27-28). The classic expression of this magnificent truth is David's: "Whither shall I go from Thy spirit; or whithe? shall I flee from Thy face? If I ascend into heaven Thou art there; if I descend into hell Thou art present. If I take wings early in the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, Even there shall thy hand guide me, and thy right hand sustain me. Perhaps darkness shall cover me . But darkness shall not be dark to Thee, and night shall be as light as day." (Ps. 138:7-12.) God is more intimately present to us than we are to ourselves. He is the source of all life; the basic strength of all power; the source of all being and all existence. If it were not" for His omnipotence sus-taining us and every other creature, we would all fall back into the nothingness from which we were made. We are sustained by God, surrounded by God, encompassed by God. Some Comparisons The whole world is full of His presence. St. Augustine tries to give us some idea of what'this means by the illustration of a sponge in the midst of the ocean. It is surrounded by water; soaked with ¯ water, inside and out. But this comparison falls short of the manner in which God is present to us, because the sponge may sink to the bot-tom or be washed ashore; but we can never, in any way, get out of the presence of God. He is immense and infinite as well as omni-present. He is a pure spirit and penetrates us through and through-- something like light filling every particle of a crystal ball; or like an iron bar that has been thrust into the fire and heated to such a degree that it is almost impossible to differentiate the fire from the heated bar. It is white hot and looks more like a bar of fire than a bar of 65 PATRICK F. MURRAY Review [or Religious iron. But God is still more present within us, and to every one of His creatures. Sucb comparisons merely serve to give us some faint idea of the rehlity. God Is Present to Our Eoer~l Thought It is very difficult for the limited human mind to grasp such a concept. We cannot even begin to imagine the nature of such a Being who can be present at all times to every one of His creatures no matter how far apart they may be. Cardinal Wiseman brings this truth out very strikingly in his book Fabiola. In a beautiful passage Syra, the Christian slave, tries to explain the presence of God to bet young mis-tress, Fabiola. "Simple as light is His nature," she says, "one and the same everywhere, indivisible, ubiquitous, unlimited. He existed long before there was any beginning. He wil, l, exist after all ending has ceased. Power, wisdom, goodness, 16ve,--justice, too, and unerring judgment,--belong to His nature and are as unlimited and unrestrained as it. He alone can create; he alone preserve; He alone destroy." But then Syra goes on to the point that is more intimately con-cerned with our consideral~ion. She tells bet young mistress that to watch and note the l~hougbts and actions of every one of His creatures requires no effort or causes no trouble for this Infinite, Being, far less than the trouble it takes for the sun to light up with its ranis whatever it shines on. God is more intimately present to every one of His crea-tures and to the entire universe than light is to the rays of the sun. After pondering these thoughts, no wonder that Fabiola cries out: "What an awful thought t, hat one has never been, alone, has never had a wish to oneself, has never had a single thought in secret, has never hidden the most foolish fancy of a proud and childish brain from the observation of One who knows no imperfection. Terrible thought,.,that one is living ever under the steady gaze of an all-seeing Eye, of~hich the sun is but a shadow, for the sun never enters the soul!" (Ch. 16.) Source of Strength God, therefore, is everywhere; and yet He is so near. No matter what we think, He knows it. No matter what we say, He hears it. No matter what we do, He sees it. This is a thought that can be as consoling for those who sincerely try to serve Him as it can be terrible forthe most secret sinner. A deep realization of God's presence is a source of strength for souls who are naturally timid. Encircled by 66 March, 1949 THE NEARNESS OF GOD His loving presence they are able to present to the world that won-derful combination of timidity and moral courage which can belong to the Christian heart alone. Frequently, such is the explanation of unexpected strength of character in men and women who are not by nature strong and independent; yet when the occasion arises they are able to stand up under very difficult circumstances. They are quietly strong and self-possessed in their deep realization that of themselves they are nothing, 'but God is their'strength and their power. Special Graces of Saints Some of the great saints received special graces which enabled them to imagine Our Lord ever at their side under one form or another, such as Jesus Crucified, or in the power and glory of His resurrection. It requires special graces to carry on with such efforts of the imagination. But for ordinary souls, such efforts of the imagina-tion are not at all necessary. Spirit of Faith Is Necessary All that is really necessary is to accept in a spirit of simple faith that God is present and interested in absolutely everything we do, for such is the truth. Christ Our Lord, as Man, is present in heaven and in the Blessed Sacrament. But as Man, He is not present everywhere. ¯ As Man, He has a definite form and body, and we can imagine how He must have looked when He was on earth. He is also God as well as Man. But God, as God, cannot be imagined. He is a pure Spirit. "No one has ever seen God at any time. The only-begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has revealed Him." (John 1:18.) "The spirit of the Lord has filled the round of the earth" (Wis. 1:7). There is no need to imagine what is not. All that is necessary is simply to believe what is. Simple faith in God's presence is all that is needed ! How in Actual Practice But how is this to work out in actual practice? In his Epistle to the Hebrews, St. Paul says of Moses: "God being invisible, he con-sidered Him as present as if he saw Him" (Heb. 11:27). It is some-thing like being in a very dark room with another person present. We cannot see him, but we know that he is there. He makes his presence known by his actionsfrom time to time. We can know God by faith and by His works. "We see now in a dark manner"; so we may con-sider in a spirit of simple faith that God is present. It is enough to 67 PATRICK F:. MURRAY know that He is here as our most loving Father and Friend, to rejoice in His presence no matter where we may be, no matter what we may be doing at the moment. We cannot see how He is present because we are still in the darkness of this life. We must live with faith in His presence and with hope that on the morrow of eternity He will discover Himself to us in all the magnificence of His divine majesty; and we shall see Him as He is. "When He shall appear, then we shall be like to Him: because we shall see Him as He is" (I John 3:2). Acts of Desire and Looe Most Necessary It is not enough to know that God is ever present to us. We must let such knowledge flow over into acts of the will, into personal acts of desire and love for Him. When we adore Our Lord present in the Blessed Sacrament we do not spend a lot of time trying to figure out how He is present. It is the same with this exercise of taking advan-tage of God's nearness to us. We take it on faith that He is present and walk lovingly in His company. So we "go about our daily duties with a greater zest and cheerfulness, knowing that we are performing every action of the day in His divine presence; knowing, too, that He realizes we are doing our every act, no matter how big or how little, out of love for Him alone. Our reflection from time to time on His presence is a greater incentive to do all things as perfectly as pos-sible with the help of His grace. "Whether you eat or drink, or what-ever else you do, do it all for the glory of God" (I Cot. 10:31). Pray Atu)a~ls Once Our Lord said: "We must always pray, and never give up" (Luke 18: I). There would seem to be no better manner of carrying out this wish of Our Lord than ever walking in His presence, doing all things out of love for Him alone. As St. Paul expresses it: "You are no longer strangers and for-eigners, but fellow citizens of the saints, and domestics of the house of God" (Eph. 2: 19). By living in such a spirit all our dealings and conversation can become a thing not of this earth but of heaven. And we carry out St. Paul's ~urther advice: "Fixing our gaze not on the things that are seen, but on the things that are not seen; for the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are unseen are eternal" (II Cor. 4:18). Strength in Temptation Further, we must remember that when we act. in this way, we must not consider God Our Father at some great distance from us, 68 March, 1949 THE NEARNESS OF GOD watching us. He is actually present and interested in everything we do. This makes the practice easy and sweet, and helps us to be on the alert to find new ways to please Him. It is also a great h~lp in temp-tation to realize that He sees us and knows our inmost thoughts and the depths of our souls, reading there the amount of true sincerity we have in trying to overcome the temptations that bother us. He knows our strength and our weakness, and is ever present to help us. It is always a good thing to recall that every temptation takes place in the very presence of God : that every sin takes place right in' His very pres-ence. And when we overcome a temptation and prove our love, we do that, too, right in His very presence; and we are sure of a reward for every battle fought and won for His love. In temptation, call to mind such texts as: "Come to my help, O God; O Lord, make haste to defend me" (Ps. 69:2). Or again, such aspirations as: "O God, my Strength, strengthen me! . Never per-mit me, dear God, to offend Thee." "0 God, may I die rather than offend Thee !" Kinds of Pra~jers to God Present The best and most effectual aspirations, whether in time of temp-tion or in time of loving conversation with God, are those which our own hearts conceive, moved by His grace. In our ordinary prayers or conversations with God so near to us, we should speak about even the most trivial things and the most intimate things as'though with a friend. It is not at all necessary to have a great number of prayers; nor is strain of any kind necessary. One short prayer, provided it expresses the thoughts of our souls, can be r~peated over and over again, and is sufficient. Or again, a Gospel text from the morning meditation repeated over and over again is very pleasing to God, because He knows that you mean it as words of simple and sincere love as you move about on the rounds of your daily life and work in His loving presence. "For what have I in heaven? And besides Thee, what do I desire on earth? For Thee my flesh and my heart have fainted away. Thou art the God of my heart, the God who is my portion forever." (Ps. 72:25-26.) 69 Confidence in God Edward J. Carney, O.S.F.S. WHENEVER his security is threatened, man experiences fear, and he attempts to escape, if possible, the impending evil. Properly controlled this emotion plays an important and use-ful part in developing the 'human personality. For example, one who did not fear the rapidly moving vehicles at a busy traffic intersection would regret his rashness. It is natural, then, for a man to experience fear under certain circumstances. Even Our Lord feared the death decreed for him: "And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee; and he began to be distressed and discouraged. Theri he said to them, 'My soul is sorrowful unto death.' " (Matt. 26:37- 38.) Fear, however, very frequently exceeds its proper limits. An excellent example of this is the worry and anxiety that trouble many" areligious. In a life dedicated to God through renunciation of the world there must be difficulties. Sometimes these are of great con-sequence; more often than not they are the minor crosses ot~ daily life experienced even by lay people. An improper viewpoint in meeting them, consisting in too little confidence in God, destroys the religious' perspective. Hi~ fear becomes pronounced, manifests itself in worry and anxiety, and makes him doubtful of success in his chosen w'ay of life. Some examples from Holy Scripture will help illustrate these points. Lack of faith in God begets fear. When the storm at sea threat-ened to overwhelm their boat, the disciples awakened Jesus, saying: " 'Lord, save us! we are perishing!' And he saith to them, 'Why are ye afraid, O ye of little faith?' " (Matt. 8:i5-26.) This fear coming from mistrust of God's providence makes a man doubtful of his ability to face a situation. "And Peter answered and said to him, 'Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee upon the waters.' And he said, 'Come.' And Peter went down from the boat and walked upon the waters and came unto Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was struck with fear; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, 'Lord, save me.' And straightway Jesus stretched forth his hand and took hold of him, and he saith to him, 'O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?'" (Matt. 14:28-31.) 70 CONFIDENCE IN GOD An analysis of excessive fears and anxieties will undoubtedly dis-close that insufficient trust in God is a partial cause. The religious fears the demar~ds of obedience, a new charge, a new assignment. "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" Beset by temptations against the vow of chastity the religious questions his strength. "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" The mental serenity of the religious is disturbed by daily problems. "Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?" If mistrust of God's providence produces fear and worry, trust in God is accompanied by courage and peace. When the apostles cried out in fear as they saw Christ walking on the sea, 3esus immediately spoke to them, saying: "Be of good heart; it is I, fear not" (Matt. 14:27), After the Resurrection the apostles were gathered together in the upper room. Suddenly 3esus stood among them and said: "Peace be to you! It is I. Be not afraid." (Luke 24:36.) The quality of this faith or trust inGod is also indicated by Christ: "And 3esus answering saith to them, 'Have faith in God. Amen I say to you, whoever saith to this mountain, "Be thou lifted up and cast into the sea," and doubteth not in his heart, but believeth that what he saith is to come to pass, it shall be done for him. Wherefore I say to you, whatsoever things ye ask for in prayer, believe that ye have received them, and they shall come unto .you.' " (Mark 11:22-24.) A religious who allows fear and doubt to color his life may unconsciously make the mistake of believing his problems either too great or too small for God's consideration. If he believes they are too great, he approaches God halfheartedly. Reflection on some passages from the New Testament will convince such a person that the miracles of Christ were performed for those who believed in him. Hence even the greatest difficulties are not insurmountable when a person turns to God in loving faith and confidence. Faith in Christ obtained the cure of the paralytic: "And 3esus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, 'Be of good heart, my child; thy sins are forgiven' " (Matt. 9:2). It was a means of res'toring sight to the blind: "And 3esus saith to them, 'Believe ye that I can do this?' They say to him, 'Yea, Lord.' Then he touched their eyes, saying, 'Be it done to you according to your faith.' " (Matt. 9:28-29.) It was required of a father before his child was brought back to life: "But ~lesus, overhearing what was said, saith to the president, 'Fear not, only believe!' . . . And taking the child by the hand he saith to her. 'Maiden, I say to thee, arise!' And straightway the maiden rose and walked." (Mark 5:36-42.) It 71 EDWARDJ. CARNEY won divine pardon for a hardened sinner: "And he said, 'Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom.' And he said to him, 'Amen I si~y to thee, this day thou shalt be with me in para-dise.' " (Luke 23:42-43.) Not only .the great events of life but even the smallest detail falls under God's providence. "Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them falleth to the ground without your Father. But as for you, the very hairs of your hexd are all numbered. Wherefore fear ye not; ye are of greater worth than many sparrows." (Matt. 10:29-31.) "And he said unto his disciples, 'Therefore I say to you, be not anxious about your life, what ye are to eat; nor for your body, how ye are to be clothed. For the life is more than the food, and the body more than the clothing. Consider the ravens, how th~y sow not nor reap, neither have they store-room or barn, and God feedeth them. Of how much greater worth are ye than the birds~ If then the grass in the field, which today liveth and tomorrow is to be cast into the oven; God doth so array, how much more you, of little faith! Seek ye not therefore what you are to eat and what you are to drink . . . your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.'" (Luke 12:22-31.) This trust in God presupposes resignation to God's will. It ever bears in mind that God is far more effective in directing human events than man, that what seems an evil on the natural plane may really be a means of advancing in God's grace if accepted with the proper spir-itual dispositions. Thus in turning away from unnecessary fears and worries it does not fall into the fault of presumption. Rather it con-ditions the religious to view all things in their proper perspective and to avoid unnecessary fear by turning to God in confidence and resig-nation. It eliminates doubt, anxiety, and worry, and allows the reli-gious to face life at peace with himself and with God. OUR CONTRIBUTORS EDWARD J. CARNEY is superior of the House of Studies of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales, Washington, D.C. J. CREUSEN. well-known authority on canon law, is a professor at the Gregorian University, Rome. WINFRID HERBST, writer, retreat master, is on the faculty of the Salvatorian 'Seminary, St. Nazianz, Wisconsin. FRANCIS P. LEBUFFE, for many years on the staff of America, is at present engaged in Sodality work in the East. ALBERT MUNTSCH is a professor of sociology a-nd philosophy at St. Louis University. PATRICK F. MURRAY is a mem-ber of the Jesuit Mission Band of the Maryland Province. EDWARD STANTON is completing his theological studies at Weston College, Weston, Massachusetts. 72 Re: Penitential Instruments Winfrid Herbst, S.D.S. IN A DRAWER in my desk I have a large candy box containing an assortment of penitential instruments, to wit: one large hair shirt made of sterilized horsehair and one hair waistband of the same material; one large and 6ne small discipline made of Spanish hemp as well as one plain and one studded discipline made Of small but e~- cient steel chains; one waist chain and one arm chain made of stainless steel wire, the points of which will bear a bit of filing flat lest they pierce the skin. The set is purely for purposes of study and demon-stration-- visual instruction of a rare kind. Many religious (dare I say "most"?) have never seen the like. I confess that the very feel of some of them makes me shudder; and a young novice who saw them for the first time turned pale, grew weak at the sight, and, knowing that discretion is the better part of valor, sat down on a convenient chair. Among the instruments in this formidable collection (and I sup-pose there are other styles and varieties) I look upon the steel chains and the steel disciplines, especially the studded discipline, as the most dangerous, as apt to cause wounds that in our day of germs could easily lead to infection and medical care. The chains should never be so sharp-pointed as to pierce the skin and should be worn only for brief periods of an hour or so at a time and when one is at ease, as during meditation; and should invariably be removed when one is going to be in any way actively engaged. And the steel-pointed dis-cipline, to my mind, should be used only for display purposes, to show that modern man is not as thick-skinned as his ancestors were. The large hair shirt and the hair band cause me less perturbation. Both can be worn for brief periods, not to exceed an hour, let us say, unless one finds that it is injurious, causing subsequent rash, itch, and so forth. The waistband may be worn over the skin but the large hair shirt is better worn over the underwear or even over the shirt. The one in my collection is a wicked thing and reminds you quite insistently that you are a poor sinner even when worn in this com-promise manner. The hempen disciplines are the simplest and safest instruments in ¯ my interesting collection, provided one reasonably limits the strokes, 73 WINFRID HERBST Ret~iew for Religious both as regards number and force, and lets them fall discreetly on that portion of the body which can best take punishment without real injury, where the proverbial dad (now outdated too) applied the ; strap out in. the woodshed. Those are just my ideas, of course; others may think otherwise but not necessarily so wisely. And I know of religious who have used even the chains (points filed fia!!) regularly several times a week for years and never a bit of harm did it do them, though it was real penance, especially the putting on of the clammy thing on a cold win-ter morning ! Before I go any further, I wish it to be distinctly understood, as shall be several times repeated, that none of the above penitential instruments or others like them may be used without special permis-sion from one's confessor or spiritual director--permission as regard:~ manner of use and length of time--permission that is given only after due discussion of all the factors involved. It is, of course, quite evi-dent that this permission is not necessary in those institutes which prescribe such penances by rule or by legitimate custom, unless it is ,expressly mentioned in the constitutions that one must, even in the case of custom, have the confessor's permission. Nor does this per-mission seem to be necessary for a very moderate occasional use (by way of experiment, for instance), unless.it is evident from the pre-vailing practice of the institute that nothing at all of this nature "may be done without spiritual direction. The question now arises: Is the use of these penitential instru-ments to be recommended at all? That depends. If you are an utterly unmortified religious, an unobservant religious, one who is not even making an attempt to keep the ordinary constitutions-- the answer is, no! You have many more important mortifications to practice before you even attempt these supererogatory practices. You should remember that no source of mortification is more efficacious, universal, and secure than the perfect observance of the holy rule, that its observance is surer and more meritorious than any self-chosen penance. If, however, you are a truly observant religious and are doing all your state of life demands as perfectly as possible--the answer is, yes, with due discretion and the permission of your con-fessor or spiritual director, remembering that these practices are not of obligation. The rules of most religious orderk or congregations do not offi-cially impose any corporal mortification but only suggest ~he idea. 74 March, 19 4 9 RE: PENITENTIAL INSTRUMENTS Thus in various constitutions we read passages like the following: "The chastisement of the body must not be immoderate or indis-creet, in watcl~ing, abstinence, and other external penances and labors, which are wont to do hurt and hinder greater good. Wherefore it is expedient that everyone should lay open to his confessor what he does in this respect." "Since corporal penances contribute much to spiritual advance-ment, their practice must not be neglected by the members." "In the private practice of ordinary mortifications and corporal penances which are not injurious to health the members are guided by the judgment of the confessor alone: for external and public penances, however, they also need the permission of the local Superior." ""With still greater reason each one shall renounce the flesh and its concupiscences, pride and its suggestions, ambition and its intrigues, causing, according to the words of the apostle, 'his members to die,' even though it required fasting, the discipline, and the hair shirt. No austerity, however, is' to be practiced by a religious without the per-mission of his confessor or Director." This last passage, from Directions for Novitiates of the Congre-gation of the Hohj Cross1 by the Very Rev. Gilbert Francais, C.S.C., is commented on at length in that excellent classic. From those pages of comment (40-44) I make the following extracts: "Corporal mortification is more than a humiliation; it is both a humiliation and a physical pain that we very willingly impose on ourselves, either for the purpose of keeping ourselves from sin, or in order to punish ourselves for having sinned, or for the still higher motive of suffering with Christ Who suffered for us. This simple definition places corporal mortification beyond the reach of the silly and unjust ridicule to which the spirit of the world would subject it. The world very readily admits that we may inflict sufferings, may accept sufferings,' or may impose sufferings on ourselves, for the fur-therance of great human interests. It admits, it demands, it requires, that to save the country we shall fast, shall go through painful exer-cises by which the body is worn down and broken; shall accustom ourselves to carry heavy burdens, to make long marches, to put up with hunger, thirst, cold and heat; to sleep on straw or the bare ground, occasionally to pass whole Mgbts without sleep; in a word, to break and discipline ourselves in every way. This is the fate in 1Published by the Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Indiana. Quotations with special permission of the editor, Father P. d. Carroll. C.S.C., who writes: "The book, how-ever, is out of print and I do not know where you could obtain copies of it." 75 WINFRID HERBST Revieu~ ior Religious store for all soldiers, and the most beautiful names are given to this spirit of sacrifice and mortification in favor of a noble object. "The world even goes so far as to allow its votaries to suffer, to expose themselves to a thousand sacrifices, to a thousand sufferings, for the object of a sinful passion. Not only does it not laugh at these mortifications, but it reads the history of them in novels with intense interest, and in the theatre it looks upon the representation of them with eager avidity. Those mortifications which the world admits and admires when there is question of defending our country, or even of concentrating on a guilty passion--by a strange perversity it ceases to tolerate them and it mocks them when it is a question of defending one's soul against the powers of darkness, of .saving it for eternity, and of following in the footsteps of Christ . There is a serious lesson for us in this, and we are almost guilty when, at the instigation of this thoroughly wicked spirit, condemned irremediably by Our Lord, we blush at Christian mortifications, and when, on this point, we are tempted to return a smile for its laugh--a laugh both stupid~ and shameless. "Corporal mortification is, therefore, most truly noble. This is not all. There may be circumstances, and especially for the Religious who is called to such delicate perfection even in l~is secret tl~oughts, in which it becomes a moral necessity . "Corporal mortification is useful not merely to triumph over exceptional dangers; it serves to avert them, to remove them further and further from" us, and, in a manner, to render them infrequent. It is an act of manly e, nergy and of higher authority towards a body which should be kept in its place as a slave and made to obey. It is an act of justice by which we ourselves, with our own hands, punish ourselves for having sinned; and not only does God approve of this expiation and recognize its value, but He is pleased with us because of our own accord we execute what His justice would require Him to inflict on us in the flames of Purgatory . " 'No austerity, however is to be practiced without the permis-sion of one's confessor or Director.' This condition is wise and necessary, in order to check indiscreet zeal towards one's self, to be sure of doing" the holy will of God, and to add to the intrinsic, merit of the act by which we mortify ourselves the great merit of obedi-ence." I know there are many kinds of mortification: interior, of imagination, mind, will, heart, the passions; exterior, sight, hearing, 76 March, 1949 RE : PENITENTIAL INSTRUMENTS taste, touch, smell, tongue. I know that the mortification of the senses, as St. Francis de Sales says, is more profitable than the wearing of hair shirts or steel chains or using the discipline. "I know that in addition to taking what God sends in the line of sickness and so forth, in addition to doingone's duty,and in addition to the Church's fast and abstinence, the faithful observance of the prescriptions of modesty and good deportment offer an extensive (and, alas! often uncultivated) field for mortification. But in this article I am lim-iting myself to corporal mortifications of the kind suggested by my collection of penitential instruments. In The Spiritual Life by Tanquerey we read (No. 774) : "There are other positive means of mortification which penitent souls inspired by generosity deIigbt to employ in 'order to subdue their bodies, to temper the importunities of the flesh and give vent to their holy desires. The more customary ones are small iron bracelets clasped to the arms, chains worn about the loins, hairshirts, or a few strokes of the discipline when this last can be done without attracting any notice. As to all such practices one must faithfully follow the advice of one's spiritual director, shun whatever tends to evince any singularity or to flatter vanity, not to speak of whatever would be against the rules of hygiene and personal cleanliness. The spiritual director should not give his sanction to any of these extraordinary .practices except with the greatest discretion, only for a time, and on trial. Should it come to his notice that any inconveniences arise therefrom, he must bring them to a halt." As a footnote to this he says: "To resume the practices of corporal mortification is one of the most effective means of regaining lost joy of spirit and fervor of soul: 'Let us go back to our bodily mortifications. Let us bruise our flesh and draw a littl~ of our blood, and we shall be as happy as the day is long. If the Saints are such gay spirits, and monks and nuns such unaccountably cheerful creatures, it is simply because their bodies, like St. Paul's, are chastised and kept under with an unflinching sharpness and a vigorous discretion.' (Faber, The Blessed Sacra-ment, Book II, Section VII.)" It is perhaps this expression of Father Faber's, "draw a little of our blood," which prompted a religious to say to me, when I cau-tioned that one must never cause a real wound in the flesh when using penitential instruments: "But we were told that corporal penance doesn't really amount to much unless we draw a little blood." I vigorously protest. I do not agree. It does amount to much. 77 WINFRID HERBST Rep~eto for Religiotts And it is against the present-day rules of hygiene thus to d~aw even a little blood. Why, even my favorite author Cappello, Italian and ascetic as he is, gives the following rules to be observed as regards corporal morti- £cations.--Such corporal mortifications (macerations) as are too injurious to health are never permitted. The following are among macerations of this kind: (a) flagellations in which the discipline is applied to the more tender parts of the body or upon wounds not yet healed or by using a discipline studded with sharp points that pierce the flesh; (b) hair shirts made of steel thread so thin that the sharp points penetrate the flesh; or hair shirts that are too tight; or hair shirts that are.constantly worn ; (~). th~ privation of sleep, so that the penitent habitually has less than ~'~vdn hours rest. (Please note, you who burn the midnight oil!) A~ regards corpora/mortifications in genera/, we must distinguish between the case in which the penitent asks permission to employ them and the case in which there is no request for such permission. In case there is no request, the confessor may indeed advise some fasting or some other slight¯penances, but not the hair shirt or the discipline. In case the penitent does ask, the confessor usually puts him off with a view to seeing whether or not he will ask again. If he asks again and very ea'rnestly, the confessor may find it well to grant permission, provided that the penitent is very well grounded in humility and genuine wrtue, in which'case he will at first grant permission to prac-tice such and such a corporal mortification for such and such a length of time on certain days. These are the rules ordir~arily followed by a spiritual director. In case of great necessity and of a penitent disposed to do hard things, he may more easily permit macerations or advise them, but always with due prudence and discretion. (Cf. Cappello, De Sacramentis, vol. 2, No. 573, edition of 1943.) And now, in conclusion, I imagine how some of my readers have been following my ramblings with an amused smile. Perhaps they. are saying within themselves: "Evidently the good man doesn't know that we have to lay it on good and heavy, according to the rule. He seems to think that what he calls macerations are out of date." But I do know. And I do not think so. I bow myself out with the following excerpt from The Catholic Encyclopedia, arti41e "Asceticism," in volume one: "In some of the 78 March, 19 4 9 RE: PENITENTIAL INSTRUMENTS orders the rules make no mention of corporal penance at all, leaving that to individual devotion; in others great austerity is prescribed, but excess is provided against'both by the fact that the rules have been subjected to pontifical approval and because superiors can grant exceptions. That such penitential practices produce morbid and gloomy characters is absurd to those who know the light-beartedness that prevails in strict religious communities; that they are injurious to health and even abbreviate life cannot be seriously maintained in view of the remarkable longevity noted among the members of very austere orders. It is true that in the lives of the saints we meet with some very extraordinary and apparently extravagant mortifications; but in the first place, what is extraordinary, and extravagant, and severe in one generation may not be so in another which is ruder and more inured to hardship. Again, they are not proposed for imitation, nor is it always necessary to admit their wisdom, nor that the biog-rapher was not exaggerating, or describing as continual what was only occasional; and on the other band it is not forbidden to suppose that some of tl~ese penitents may have been prompted by the Spirit of God to make themselves atoning victims for the sins of others. Besides, it must not be forgotten that these practices went hand in hand with the cultivation of the sublimest virtues, that they were for the most part performed in secret, and in no case for ostentation and display. But e;cen if there was abuse, the Church is not responsible for the aberrations of individuals,, nor does her teaching become wrong if misunderstood or misapplied .The virtue of prudence is a part of asceticism." CANONICAL LEGISLATION CONCERNING RELIGIOUS The authorized English translation of that part of the Code of Canon Law which governs religious is now available in the United States under the title Canonical Legislation Concerning Religious. The booklet is published and dis-tributed by the Newman Press, Westminster, Maryland. (Pp. 74. Price: 75 cents [paper] .) 79 The I-lundredt:old Edward Stanton, S.J. 44~ND everyone who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting" (Mr. 19:29). If this expression, "the hundred-fold," is read out of context, it can easily be misunderstood. Actually, in the earlier verses of this same chapter in Saint Matthew's Gospel we read that our Lord had offered "treasure in heaven" to the rich young man on condition that he would accept the invitation to "go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor . and come follow me": there also we read His comparison between a camel struggling through the eye of a needle a'nd a rich man squeezing through the gates of heaven. In the light of these two observations which Christ made on the hazards of wealth, it would seem quite inconsistent to have Him, in verse twenty-nine, speaking primarily of a return in kind of the very things He invited religious to renounce in order to imitate more closely His example of detachment, poverty, submission, and obedience. It may be helpful, then, to consider briefly what various Fathers of the Church and some modern exegetes have had to say about Christ's promise of the hundredfold as it applies to those who have answered His call to the cloister. Saint Jerome, whose opinion in interpreting the hundredfold Venerable Bede followed three centuries later, stresses spiritual goods almost to the exclusion of material pos-sessions. He speaks of peace of heart, joy, divine consolations, and other gifts and graces with which God comforts His servants and which He lavishes upon them. These gifts are the rich rewards of a life of consecration to God's service, "for they surpass all earthly goods and joys far more than a hundred exceeds unity." In much the same way, Saint Ambrose (In Ps. cxix) understands by the hun-dredfold God HimselL and consequently the whole world which is God's possession. To such as leave all things for God's sake God is father, mother, wife, brother, sister, and all things--"because," remarks the saint, "he who has left all things begins to possess God, and He is, as it were, the perfect reward of virtues, which isreckoned not by the enumeration of a hundredfold, but by the estimation of 80 THE HUNDREDFOI.D perfect virtue." He cites the example of the tribe of Levi which by God's command was deprived of its portion of the Holy Land. How-ever, the Lord Himself promised that He would be its portion and inheritance. And from this he concludes: "He who has God for his portion is the possessor of all nature. Instead of lands he is sufficient ¯ to himself, having good fruit, which cannot perish. Instead of hquses it is enough for him that there is the habitation of God, and the temple of God, than which nothing can be more precious. For what is more precious than God? That is the portion which no earthly inheritance can equal. What is more magnificent than the celestial host? What more blessed than divine possession?" Saint Augustine (Epist. 89, quaest. 4) declares: "The whole world is the riches of the faithful." And Saint Gregory (Horn. 18 in Ezecb.) writes in the same vein: "He shall receive a hundredfold becauke God shall take care that such a one shall rejoice far more in his poverty, or his renunciation of his goods for the love of Christ, than rich men rejoice in all their riches and advantages." Father Cornelius a Lapide, referring to a parallel passage in Saint Luke's Gospel, explains the hundredfold as "many times more." More recent commentators, such as Fathers C. L. Fillion. F.C. Ceulemans, J. M. Lagrange, and J. A. Petit, in their com-mentaries on these words of Christ, lay special emphasis on the spir-itual rewards of peace, joy, and consolation even in the midst of sufferings and persecutions. The words of Father Alfred Durand in the Verbum Salutis series are worth quoting: "The hundredfold will not be given without persecutions (Mk. 10:30) ; this is a new proof that in this present life it should be bestowed for a religious purpose and not for a purely earthly advantage. This is what Saint Paul (2 Cor. 6:10) has summed up in a wo~d, speaking of himseIf and of the other Apostles: 'as having nothing, yet possessing all things.' "It goes without saying that the promise of the hundredfold thus understood, comprises . a tacit condition: unless it pleases God to dispose otherwise and that in our personal interest. Is there any need to add that a means given by God for the temporal support of the "ministers of His word' should not be considered as an end in itself? That would no longer mean renouncement but a miserable calcula-tion. Moreover, the hundredfold does not mean wealth." The request the mother of the sons of Zebedee made of Christ: "Command that these my two sons may sit, one at thy right hand, and one at thy left hand, in thy kingdom"; the question the dis- .8l PRUDENCE--,/si NECESSARY VIRTUE ciples put to Christ after His resurrection: "Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?"--and many similar statements in the New Testament appear to us today, to have sprung from a background of ignorance. We conclude immediately that the ones who made these requests had forgotten Christ's words: "The king-dom of God is within you," and again: "My kingdom is not of this world." Yet, are there not some religious who at some time .or other have sighed the lament o-f the disciples on the way to Emmaus: sperabarnus, "we were hoping"? Could it be that we were disap-pointedin our hopes because they were founded on our own fanciful dreams, rather than on the words of Christ? Of this we may be sure, that God, our "reward exceeding great," will infallibly make good His word that those who, in their zeal "for the better gifts," have left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's" sake, shall receive a hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting." Prudence--A Necessary Virtue Albert Muntscb, S.d. DO NOT the very nature of the religious calling and the many safeguards it offers its followers protect the latter from impru-dent ways and methods? Unfortunately, no. In religious life much is left to the good judgment of the individual, and he may easily adopt manners and fall into habits which do not harmonize with the high ideals of his profession. In other words, lack of pru-dence may vitiate well-formed plans and purposes, at least in their execution. Today, especially, when there are many occasions which bring religious persons into freer association with worldlings and worldly practices than was formerly the case, the virtue of prudence should accompany them like a guardian spirit. It is all well to say that new duties demand new methods of approach; but they do not call for laying aside the splendid poise and bearing, the recollection and exterior reserve that should always characterize the soul which has exchanged the trappings of the world for the livery of Christ. Those .who think they have larger privileges to imitate worldly 82 March, 19 4 9 PRUDENCE--A NECESSARY VIRTUE ways and to follow worldly patterns are precisely the ones who need most the protecting strength of Christian prudende. The world bestows an approving smile upon all who fall into its ways and fol-low its changing patterns; but in secret, it ridicules and condemns. Would that this were n~)t so. But the wise and thoughtfM, who hold fast to the way of the rule and regulations sanctiofied by higher wis-dom, need not be convinced by a telltale list of "the preceding proved by example." Prudence is an indispensable part of the armor of every religious. It is required in the classroom. The illustraiions and examples, the applications and iomparisons used to explain texts and principles need not be such as to suggest familiarity with the follies of the idle rich nor the pastimes of the degraded proletariate. No doubt, more than one Christian teacher has been savagely criticized in the home circle precisely for such lack of prudence in the classroom. Prudence is required in caring for the patient in the hospital. The inhibitory powers of tl~e sick and convalescent are often lowered, and they may unwisely and unfairly expect a degree of attention-- perhaps of affectionate care--which is not within the right of any religious to bestow. In such cases guidance by the spirit of the rule, if not by the letter, may be the best preservation from ugly conces-sions. The prudent religious will look at the crucifix in the sick room and will hear the voice of the Master counseIing conduct based on the fear of the Lord. "Blessed is he who offendeth not in speech." Prudence in con-versation with those not of the community, and especially with those not of the household of the faith, is a gift to be prized. Let Christ be our model both in what is to be said and, more especially, in what is to remain unsaid. In the recorded conversations of Christ you find no insinuation of base motives. Only a brave, fearless, outspoken denunciation of hypocrisy, sin, deceit, and hardheartedness; and then only when it was necessary and would prove beneficial to the offender or the bystander. And there is the important matter of friendship--both in and outside of the community. What is of God? What springs from the cravings of lower nature? Is the friendship founded on the real supernatural motive of charity? Would it be approved by Christ if He were present in person and you could lay the case before Him? Weighty questions these, whose answers entail a goodly amount of prudence, prudence based on Christian faith and charity. 83 ALBERT MUNTSCH Review for Religious There remains the vast field of personal attitudes, likes, dislikes, preferences. Is it wise to manifest them to one and all at the slightest provocation? Are others really interested to know of them or do they care to hear of them? Prudence cautions wise restraint. Some religious tell their hearers loudly: "I just hate such a thing and abominate such and such conduct!" Is this confession not apt to act as a boomerang which will bring sharp criticism for the uncalled for manifestation of your attitudes? St. Paul, in his ep!stle to the Ephesians, (chapter 6), describes what has come to be known as "The Christian Armor." This Chris-tian panoply includes the breastplate of justice', the shield of faith, and the helmet of salvation. But can we not say that the virtue of prudence is to guide every Christian in the use of these powerful spir-itual weapons? Prudence is one of the four cardinal virtues, which are defined as, "the four principal virtues upon which the rest of the moral virtues turn." A careful reading of the lives of the saints, as well as recollections of Catholic missionary activity in foreign lands, show how all-important is the virtue of prudence. It was at times the only guide to' success in the Christian warfare, andprepared the way for the entrance of the Gospel of Peace in foreign lands. Take the case of the famous Jesuit missionary Robert de Nobili (1577-1656). He labored in Madura, Mysore, and the Karnatic. In his day the system of caste was perhaps more rigorous than in our time. In order to gain over the Brahmins, he decided to follow some of their ~igorous modes of life. The cry arose that the missionary was adopting pagan customs, and that his example was apt to lead the native Christians astray. In the controversy which followed, one virtue was above all necessary. This was prudence. Should the mis-sionary discontinue his practice and so lose the golden opportunity to convert the higher caste Brahmins? Or should he consult the well'ire of the weaker brethren who would not be able to understand the meaning and motives of his procedure? Prudence justified him in continuing to adopt these foreign customs. He was later officially directed to cease these practices; but in the decision finally given, De Nobili was justified insofar as the customs which he upheld were distinctly cultural and had no necessary connection with worship of the Supreme Being. As stated in a preceding paragraph, the virtue of prudence is per-haps more necessary today when religious have so many opportunities 84 March, 1949 PRUDENCE--A NECESSARY VIRZFUE of coming in contact with people in the world. @he writer recalls a meeting of a scientific society several years ago when a member of a religious community arose several times to present some opinions on the questions under discussion. On one occasion especially this reli-gious embarrassed the audience by presenting views which apparently no one could follow and which seemed to be utterly wide of the mark. Finally, at the suggestion of one of the delegates, the religious ceased from further speaking. We leave it to the judgment of the reader to decide whether or not the virtue of prudence would have prevented this embarrassing incident. Is it not.significant in this connection to recall that one of the great saints of the New Testament--St. Joseph, the Head of the Holy Family--is referred to in liturgical hymns, as "'uir prudens et fidelis." Prudence guided him in his,first associations with the Mother.of God; and the Holy Scripture refers to his embarrassment so delicately, in a delicate situation. It was his prudence that directed him in such a way that won for him the approval of the evangelist. The three great model saints of Catholic youtb--Aloysius, Stanislaus, and John Berchmans--were each one distinguished in his own way for the prac-tice of Christian virtue. Yet each one of these distinguished members in Christ's army wa.s guided by that necessary virtue, prudence. If this virtue bad not been present, they might easily have become offensive to their fellow religious and might have failed to become models for youth in aftertimes, t3ut prudence kept them on a path which exemplified the highest type of spirituality and the greatest love of God, and yet made them dear to and worthy of imitation by those who saw their bright example. These are only a few simple thoughts on a virtue which is apt to be pushed aside like Cinderella in order to give scope to the practice of "heroic virtue." Heroic virtue--that is what we all need and desire-- is to be found in the daily practice of little duties in the spirit of faith, with eyes fixed on God, but above all in the spirit of sweet charity towards all of God's children. Let us then realize that this cardinal virtue is a most potent weapon for shielding us from many pitfalls and for aiding us to a higher degree of perfection in the life of religion. 85 Adapt:at:ion J. Creusen, S.J. Translated from the French by Cla.rence McAuliffe, S.J. [This article first appeared in Reuue des Communaut& Religieuses, XVIlI, 97. It is translated and printed here with the author's permission. The author, though a recognized expert on the religious life, would not want his suggestions to be taken as the last word on the subject of adaptation. Discussion of many of the points in the article, especially as they might apply to the United Sates, is desirable: and we shall welcome communications of this nature.--ED.] ADAPTisAa proTblemIOthatNbesets every age, but- it be- ~omes particularly pressing at times of rapid and,far-reaching social changes. That ours is such a time is beyond all question. When the religious life comes under scrutiny, the probl~m may be posed somewhat as follows: Is it expedient that religious life be adapted to the new circumstances of our times, or must novices and young religious adjust themselves to those demands that are looked upon as essential to genuine religious, life? In this article we intend to try to give the broad outlines of an answer to this extensive question. To adapt oneself means to conform one's life and conduct to a new set of circumstances. If a person travels from one climate to an entirely different one, he must adapt himself to the latter in matters of food, clothing, and work. He must in other words adjust his habits in such things to the requirements of heat and cold. A person must know how to adapt his ways of speaking, of teaching, of nursing the sick, and so forth to the diverse circumstances in which he is placed. Adaptation, therefore, involves change; but not from a mere desire for change in itself, or from fickleness, but from a desire to be able'to live or to act more profitably. Since surrounding circumstances do nor remain fixed, every living thing is compelled to make some adaptations. Just as winter imposes its own special demands, so also does summer. Once a being becomes incapable of adaptation, it is doomed to destruction. Acts that are devoid of adaptation are ineffectual and, as a consequence, usele.ss. Religious life, too, since it is a form of living and acting, cannot be an exception to this law. Apart from the basic applications of sovereign moral and ascetical principles, religious life imposes obliga-tions and norms of conduct that owe their rise to the exigencies or 86 ADAPTATION conditions of special circumstances or of a particular epoch. We need not dwell on this truth which is irrefutable and called into question by scarcely anybody. II The Church, while always remaining faithful to principle, pro-vides us with .striking examples of adaptation. She does not alter by one jot the dogmatic truths which Christ has entrusted to her. Truth does not change with the passage of time. It remains immutable, though the formulas expressing it may vary because of the evolution of human language. For this reason the Church does not alter her moral principles. She condemns contradictory heresies, not only those which unduly exalt human freedom or the worth of creatures, but those also which profess io deny the goodness of the divine work even in material creation. While proclaiming the superiority of per-fect chastit~ over conjugal chastity, she rejects the error of those who condemn marriage. While reminding us of the heroic mortifications practised by the saints, she does not prohibit or dissuade anyone from drinking wine temperately. Did not Christ choose wine as the mat-ter/ from which His greatest Sacrament would spring? ~ta The Church aiso keeps intact, insofar as possible, the fundamen-ls of her liturgy and even of her discipline. To maintain sacerdotal celibacy in the Latin Church, she has had to bear the brunt of recurring attacks. Even within recent memory Pope Benedict XV took occasion to declare that the Holy See would not relax her dis-cipline in this matter even though her failure to do so might prompt some priests to schism. Yet, only an'ecclesistical law is at stake, and its abrogation would imply no loss of essential doctrine. However, bowing to demands arising from circumstances of time and place, the Church does modify, either temporarily or perman-ently, certain disciplinary decrees even though they may date back to the very beginning of her history. Her legislation regarding fast and abstinence both during Lent and on Ember days, and particularly on vigils; has undergone remarkable relaxations. It should be noted, too, that some of these modifications even preceded the war of 1914-1918. Moreover, from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century the secluded or segregated aspect of religious life passed through a total transfor-mation. This was, so to speak, thrust upon the Holy See because many religious congregations had already contributed to it by the adaptations which they themselves had espoused. Again, within 87 J. CREUSEN Relaiew for Religious recent years we have witnessed a considerable extension of the liberty accorded to religious in the choice, at least periodically, of their con-fessors. The Holy See has regarded this as an inevitable consequence rio.wing from the abandonment of rigid seclusion, from a more pro-nounced awareness of freedom of conscience, and from'the new legis-lation about frequent Communion. The first decrees of Plus Xupon this last subject were greeted with vigorous opposition. But even though the highest superiors of some of the most distinguished orders remonstrated, they could not shake his resolve to grant this adapta-tion. Does not the Holy See guide us along the same road when it approves the most diversified forms of religious life? An enormous distance has been traveled from the day when Plus V wanted to oblige all religious to papal enclosure and solemn vows to the present time when approval is extended to religious societies whose members do not even live in community. On the other hand, the Church is prudent in her approach to such adaptations. She undertakes them gradually; she looks about for guarantees of their worth; she often delays until isolated experiments have demonstrated the harmlessness, the usefulness, and the need of the proposed change. Notice, too, how certain devotions, such as the devotion to the Sacred Heart, have passed through progressive stages of approbation. Again, are we not eyewitnesses of the transformation in some liturgi-cal practices? However, in matters liturgical, regardles~ of who may assert the contrary, the Holy See by no means allows priests, bereft as they are of all authority, to introduce changes as they please. Liturgi-cal practices emanate from the authority of the Holy See, which has reserved to itself exclusively the right to pass judgment on their pro-priety. Hence, without special authorization a priest may not cele-brate Mass while facing the congregation. It is no excuse to plead that such an adaptation is required by liturgical progress. III Objects of Adaptation 1. It is perfectly clear that no change can be made in the basic principles of the spiritual life which our Savior taught in His gospel. No matter what development of ideas or of customs may take place, self-abnegation and the way of the Cross will always remain the indispensable means of acquiring and fostering that perfect charity which unites us to God. To prove this we have at hand the explicit 88 March, 1949 ADAPTATION and unequivocal teaching of the gospels, the sum-total of tradition, the testimony and practice of all the saints. Against this solid truth, only specious arguments could be advanced. For instance, someone might contend that a person must necessarily revel in creatures in order to raise himself to God by their instrumentality. The genuine mystics, however, keep telling us that long and rigorous privation and self-denial are the gateway to contemplation and the fruition of God through the enjoyment of creatures. The religious spirit, diametrically opposed as it is to the spirit of the world, must be preserved. The new generation no less than the old must renounce the world--its ease, its dissipation, its spirit of independence and of criticism. The characteristic spirit of each insti-tute is also a treasure that should be jealously guarded. Is not this spirit the handiwork of divine grace operating in the souls of founders and foundresses? Moreover, the primary applications of general prin-ciples of Christian asceticism will remain unchanged or but slightly modified. For instance, certain safeguards of chastity, since they are required by the ingrained weakness of human nature, are always valid and are not out of step with variations in custom. Thus the practice of consulting a retreat director only in the confessional, or possibly in the parlor but not in his private room, will be maintained. Parlors where priests converse with religious women, whether young or old. should have doors panelled with glass. No need or legitimate reason exists for altering this usage. 2. Some adaptations are absolutel~t necessar~t. A. By reason of changes in ecclesiastical legislation. We have already mentioned the comparatively recent laws dealing with confessions of religious men and women. At first some supe-riors objected to these laws because they believed that this new lib-erty, unknown as it was to the earlier history of their institute, engendered a real danger. Today we can hope that such a state of mind has disappeared. The custom of exposing the Blessed Sacrament during Masses of some slightly greater solemnity than usual had ~o cease when the decree was issued allowing exposition only during Masses within the octave of the Feast of Corpus Christi and during the Forty Hours. Again, the Congregation of the Sacraments has very clearly expressed its desire that freedom to abstain from Holy Communion should be facilitated by every means in those communi-ties or social groups that receive Communion at a specified time. The habit of approaching the Holy Table in order of seniority, whether 89 J. CREUSEN Review for Religious of profession or of age, is certainly an obstacle to such freedom. Moreover, this ancient practice has been eliminated in some of the most famous orders. Communion is received without any regard for the position one occupies in the chapel or in the community. We have nothing but praise for this adaptation. It might even be con- , sidered as obligatory insofar as it can be done, because of the directives of the Sacred Congregation. B. By reason of the growth of the institute. When an institute spreads beyond the borders of its native coun-try and branches out into many foreign lands, the time has come when religious of other nationalities should be granted their rightful place in the government of the institute. This is particularly true when the foreigners outnumber members belonging to the native land of the founder or foundress. The foreigners, therefore, should be represented at general congregations or chapters. Just as the Holy Father chooses cardinals from all countries and from all nationalities, so should a general congregation be truly representative of the entire institute. This procedure, moreover, is necessary in order to forestall the temptation to separation from the institute. When religious bodies of men, and especially of women, find themselves systematically excluded from the government of their institute, they fall an easy prey to this temptation. Unfortunately, too, this temptation is often induced and kept alive by some of the local clergy who are anxious to exert a more direct and more extensive jurisdiction over the religious in their own country. The day may well come when thought must be give'n to forming a new province from a group of houses which have grown in number and importance. Similarly, the wisdom of suppressing a province must also be weighed when it has a dearth of members and cannot anticipate a fresh increase of novices for a long l~ime. If such a prov-ince is not suppressed, a general chapter will not have a jr/st propor-tion of representatives from various sections of the institute. As a result, certain groups get.the definite impression that they are gov-erned by superiors and chapters that ignore or neglect their own special interests. A more delicate question comes up, but we cannot waive it. Some institutes keep their communities stamped with a truly international character. In such cases it should not be surprising to find that the superiors of these communities are not citizens of the country where the house is established. O~her institutes, on the contrary, by reason 90 March, 19 4 9 ADAPTATION of the very necessities of their apostolate, must choose local superiors from persons who are either natives of the country or at least speak its language. It is easy enough to understand why authority should be exercised for a long time by superiors (we speak here particularly of communities of women) who are natives of the country in which the institute had its origin; but this state of affairs should not be pro-longed indefinitely. The time comes when it is fitting to appoint English or Irish superiors in England, American superiors in the United States, Belgians in Belgium, and so on. Omit this adaptation and the institute presents a foreign appearance in the country. This is damaging both to the recruiting of novices and to union of spirit. In addition, it furnishes the clergy of the land with a pretext or reason for inducing the native members to withdraw from their religious family and to found another of exactly the same kind, but one that is independent and better suited to the requirements of local conditions. On the other hand, the hearts of all become attached to the institute when confidence is reposed in those who are foreign to the country of its origin: C. By reason of the swift euolution of ideas and custbms. It is evident that the first condition for the proper direction of novices and young religious is to understand them. This supposes personal contact with, as well as experimental knowledge of, the external conditions in which they have been reared and educated. Sometimes masters and mistresses of novices, though quite elderly, understand modern youth perfectly because they have been in constant touch with it for many years. A true youthfulness of spirit results from this uninterrupted contact. However, when a successor has to be appointed to this office, it is important to select someone who is young enough to have retained memories dating from recent times and also youth's natural gift of facile adaptability. These qualities make it possible to understand the ideas, impressions, reactions, and mistakes of the young souls who are to be guided; and such understanding is a requisite condition for exercising 'influence and inspiring confidence. The same qualities should be found in prefects or directors of studies, and also in the superiors of certain houses. The physical condition of modern youth should enter into our consideration no less than its psychological dispositions. The war has radically affected the nervous systems of most young men and women who knock at the doors of our novitiates. This fact must be taken into account- seriously when matters concerning diet, length of 91 J. CREUSEN Review for Religious sleep, and the amount and kind of recreation are determined. When the garden is not sufficiently extensive, physical exercises can be very much in place.1 They afford relaxation from the overconstraint brought on by the religious habit, the practice of modesty, and a life that is too sedentary. In some countries it is perfectly circumspect for religious to enjoy the refreshment of a bath in a,swimming pool or in a pond located on the conveht grounds. In other countries, however, public opinion will hardly allow religious or clerics to swim even in a pool of their own. It is clear that public opinion must be reckoned with in this matter. D. B~] reason of special local circumstances. Most institutes having houses in hot climates have gradually adapted their religious garb to the climate so as not to wear out their subjects prematurely. Again, doctors scarcely allow religious nurses to enter the operating room unless their clothing is adapted to the functions to be performed there. Some cornets or headdresses have to be ruled out because they hinder freedom of bodily action too much. A white dress or apron will also have to be slipped over the religious habit. We need not insist on this because it causes no difficulty, and all institutes willingly consent to it. 3. Some adaptations though not necessary can be very suitable. Hence they are more or less important or urgent. The rational grounds underlying them resemble those we have mentioned above. A. The Liturgical Movement, for instance, will prompt the taking of a more intimate and active part while assisting at the Holy Sacrifice. All members of the community will be provided with a missal so that they can follow the prayers of the priest. On certain days, perhaps, the dialog Mass will be held. Some of the set prayers recited in common might be profitably replaced by others borrowed from the liturgy. One community, for example, has introduced the custom of reciting Compline as its evening prayer. B. Today quite a few candidates for religious life bring along a personal formation which their elders did not always have. This is explained by the modern abundance of spiritual literature, by more frequent confessions, and by more carefully organized closed retreats. Such candidates, of course, have new needs with regard to partictilar modes of the spiritual life. Would this not be a reason for doing lln the text Father Creusen seems to recommend calisthenics provided religious have not the facilities for other forms of exercises. His recommendation is hardly a sug-gestion to establish a regular regime of calisthenics, obligatory on alI.--ED. 92 March, 1949 ADAPTATION away with the custom, still widely in vogue, of reading the points of meditation every evening for the entire community? Would it not lead at least to the elimination of their rereading in the morning? Complaints about this matter are voiced quite often and they seem to be well-founded. After some time a suitably formed religious soul should be able to prepare for itself the matter of its prayer. It will feel drawn toward~ such or such a subject. Why compel such a one to listen in the morning to an entirely different kind of subject mat: ter? Sometimes even the manner of presentation does not correspond to the state of such a person's soul, to say nothing of its failure tO correspond to the mentality of the majority in the community. It is one thing to supply subject matter for morning prayer to novices for a time, or to provide the same help to the lay Sisters. It is quite a different thing to foist such subject matter' on persons who are already fuIIy formed both intellectually and spiritually. It would be absolutely intolerable, of course, for religious to lose their appreciation for the Rosary or for the beautiful invocations o~ litanies which are approved by the Holy See. But no need exists to' inspire a kind of distaste for these devotions by their overmultiplica-tion. It is hardly necessary to add that superiors should see with jealous care that fidelity is always maintained to the mental prayer prescribed by the constitutions. Sometimes, the length or number of vocal prayers recited in common infringes noticeably on the morning or evening meditation. C. Demands made b~t teachir~g. How many young religious men and women today must prepare for two, three, or four years to take examinations that require a considerableamount of knowledge as well as extensive laboratory exercises. The daily order should be adapted to this kind of work. To repeat certain courses intelligently or to put certain compositions in final form calls for. undisturbed and protor~ged study. Such students, therefore, should have at their disposal quite lengthy periods of study and should not be obliged to interrupt their study to attend to exercises of piety or manual labor. Some daily orders were formulated at a period when the preliminaries before class took practically no time or effort, especially after several years of prac-tical preparation. They are not at all suitable to present-day require-ments in the matter of study. The same holds true of preparation for examinations. Not forgetting, therefore, that some more elderly members may also be included in the dispensation, these young reli-gious will be dispensed from certain observances. Other members of 93 J. CREUSEN Reoieto for Religious the community who have more time either by reason of age or work, can continue to keep them. The Holy See sets the example here, for in the great monastic orders it allows exemption from choir to stu-dents of philosophy and theology. D. Technical progress. In a house of some size a house telephone system saves a considerable 'amount of time and eliminates many fatiguing trips and distractions. Telephones are p'erfectly in order in the rooms of the superior, the assistant, the treasurer, the prefects of study and of discipline, as well as in the kitchen, the infirmary, the tailor shop, and so on. How many runnings to and fro would be avoided, how many conversations shortened, what an asset for con-tinued and peaceful labor! An outside telephone evidently brings up different problems. Its use should not be permitted to the free choice of the members of the community. Simple prudence and sometimes the observance of poverty demand some limitations. Here again a wise adaptation is very much in place. The same should be said of the use of automobiles. A visitor was told in a kind of boasting way that in a house of studies there were at least fifteen typewriters. "How does it happen," he said, "that there are only fifteen? Each professor and most of the students should have their own typewriters." We submit this answer to the reflection of superiors. It is certain at any rate that a typewriter is no longer an object of luxury and can be strictly necessary for a teacher or a writer. Even the organization of work in some religious houses would profit much if it were inspired by the modern methods pursued in enterprises of considerable scope. An industrialist who had become a religious told us one time: "What an extravagance of personnel, what losses of time, what a lessening of the effectiveness of our work because we are not rationally organized." We might mention by way of example lack of adequate space, manual tasks imposed on eminent religious because they do not have secretaries to help them in their work, the lack of suitable instruments for work (furniture, index files, and so forth). E. The growth of the Institute brings up another very delic~ite question: Is it proper and, if so, when is it proper to transfer the gen-eral headquarters of the institute to Rome? To begin with, let us say that, although the Holy 'See wants to see a house of every institute at Rome, the Sacred Congregation does not urge all institutes to transfer the mother house there. When a mother house has been a cradle of 94 March, 19 4 9 ADAPTATION the institute; when it has been sanctified and made famous by the vir-tues and sometimes even the miracles of the founder or foundres~;' when most cherished memories are connected with it; we can readily understand that truly valid reasons are wanting for its removal. This is true even though one of the suggested reasons for removal is the advan'tage of baying the mother house in the center of Christianity. Proximity to the Vatican is not an indispensable condition for fos-teringdeep attachment to the Sovereign Pontiff and for acquiring a truly Catholic spirit. However, it can happen that the mother house by reason of the spread of the institute can lose its prestige in the minds of very many members; whereas the actual presence of the superior general's house in Rome certainIy lends to a congregation a mark of universalism and a feeling of union with the Holy See, both of which promote devotion in all members of the institute to those who govern it. Consequently 'it might be well to ask if such a project should not be submitted to the deliberations of a general chapter. IV How should the adaptation be carried out? 1. With prudence. To adapt means to change; and we know that changes do not always take place without shock. Sometimes they cause surprise. Oftentimes ~they inspire spirits of lesser con-stancy and prudence with a desire to introduce other changes which no good reason counsels or commands. Once a change is made it is often difficult, even impossible, to retrace one's steps. Hence a choice should be made in. the alterations to be introduced. Sometimes the unfavorable aspects of a change are perceived only after it has been made. This is an additional reason for seriously considering all possible consequences beforehand. A religious once suggested to his superior that a door be installed at a certain spot in the coiridor. The superior answered: "My dear father, in such and such a year a door was put there; some time later, another superior had it taken out. Later on it was replaced, and then it vanished again. Don't you think it is better to leave things as they are?" Hence counsel should be sought, but not solely from those who are so set in their ways that they cannot imagine or accept any change. It will be helpful to get information .from religious men or women of other institutes. What works well in one institute of the same kind may prove advantageous and beneficial in similar circum- 95 BOOK REVIEWS Review For Religious stances. When feasible, an experiment should be made without offering the change as permanent. 2. With decision. Prudence does not require an indefinite delay before introducing beneficial or necessary changes. Such delay easily engenders restlessness and regrettable criticism. Once the utility or the need of a change has been recognized, it should be introduced with-out complaints, without laments over the evils of the time, without harking back continually to the advantages of the former system. Such a policy might disco.urage souls of good will, or embitter those less favorably disposed. Above all the principle, "That was never done before and things went along all right" should be avoided. Such reasoning simply and categorically closes the door to all progress. Dis-tinction must be made between healthy tradition, custom, and row. line. The first is, generally spea.king, to be kept; the second can and sometimes should be changed: the third should be unequivocally condemned. ook Reviews THE LORD'S SERMON ON THE MOUNT. By St. Augustine. Translafed from the Latin by John J. Jepspn, S.S. Pp. v~ -f- 227. The Newman Press, Wes÷mlns÷er, Maryland, 1948. $2.75. The editors of "The Ancient Christian Writers" seri?s, Dr. Jo-hannes Quasten and Dr. Joseph Plumpe of Catholic University, have again succeeded magnificently in presenting to the English-speaking world an excellent translation of an important work of. Augustine. The entire work is a pithy, thorough analysis of the most challenging of all messages, the Sermon on the Mount, the party platform of Christianity. The work is divided into two books. Book One delves into the meaning of the sermon. Book Two establishes the truth that it is humanly possible to put the Sermon on the Mount into practice, that this sermon is not a moral code for a select few but a perfect pat-tern of Christian living, that it does not contain only counsels for a better class of Christians but rather also for every follower of Christ. The intimate relation between ethics and religion as it appears in this sermon intrigued the great mind of Augustine, and he set himself 96 March, 1949 BOOK REVIEWS to explore this relationship. As a result, in this volume we meet Augustine the moral theologian rather than Augustine the- dogmatic theologian, the ethics master rather than the metaphysician. As a result too, the book is easier to understand, more pleasant, even more devotional at times, as compared with his heavier dogmatic works. The cases handled and the learned discussions concerning them prove Augustine to be the greatest exponent of moral theology in Christian antiquity. In this work he 'made an impoftant contribution both to the science of ethics in general and to that of moral theology in particular. Several of Augustine's comparisons make for instructive and pro-vocative reading. He compares the Beatitudes with the Gifts of the Holy Ghost; and be concludes his book by comparing them to the seven petitions of the Our Father, saying that the first seven Beati-tudes are stages of grace that correspond to the seven petitions of the Our Father as they ask for the coming of the Kingdom of God. The treatment of the Our Father has excellent material for prayerful reflec-tion. One final asset of the book is the copious notes that clarify difficult passages and correct dubious solutions.--V. P. MICELI, S.J. YOU CAN CHANGE THE WORLD! The Chris÷opher Approach. By James Keller, M.M. Pp. xlx q- 387. Longmans Green and Co., Inc., New York, 1948. $3.00. The opening message of this book is that "the United States is being effectively undermined by less than one percent of the people of our country," who are fired by "a militant hatred for the basic truths upon which this nation is founded," and. who, in order to poison the minds of many, "make it their business to get into one of the four in-fluential spheres of activity which touch and sway the majority of the people." The challenge that immediately follows this message is that an equal number of people, fired by a love of Christian principles, desirous of enlightening the minds of the many, can enter the same influential spheres and save the country. And, since this parallel can be extended from country to country, the Christ-bearers (Christo-phers) can save the world. This, however, is only a part of the chal-lenge, for the emphasis of this whole Christopher movement is on the you (singular) ; and it says to every Christ-bearer, "'You can save the world." I will not attempt to give a complete outline or criticism of Father Keller's book. As a matter of fact, it is not a book in the ordinary 97 ]~OOK REVIEWS Reoiew for Religious sense; and anyone who wishes to read it as a book will very probably punish his-head mercilessly. It is a manual, a detailed plan of action covering the four major spheres of influence--education, government, labor-management, and writing--in which every individual who at least believes in God and in the fundamental moral truths can help to counteract the anti-God campaign that is now wrecking the country and the world. It does not stop, however, at these major spheres. It goes into the library, into business, onto the campus, and into the heart to convince every individual of good will that be can do some-thing and to point the way to do it. Because of this extensive scope and the multiple suggestions contained under each head, You Can Change the World is intended more for piecemeal pondering accbrding to one's own circumstances than for reading straight through. A large percentage of our readers can use Father Keller's book very effectively. It could make a fine basis for a discussion of various apostolic works; also for a consideration of various avocations (~nd sometimes of vocations). _And I might add that one can hardly read the opening chapters without being urged to pray for the world, and particularly for the Communists. One reader of the book said that he had not finished five pages before it suddenly came home to him that it would be better to pray for the Communists than against them. If Father Keller accomplished nothing more than to throw emphasis on conversion rather than destruction, on love rather than hate, his book and the whole Christopher movement would be more than justified. In one respect this book treads on what I might term "theological thin ice." Father Keller's message is addressed to all men who hold to the moral fundamentals, irrespective of their religious affiliations, and he encourages all to communicate what truth they have to others. This is a dangerous message and it must be phrased skillfully. The appeal to all men independently of religious attachments can readily connote-religious indifferentism; and the charge to spread what truth they have can lead to communicating the errors woven into the parr tial truths. On the first stretch of thin ice (the appeal to all men of good will) Father Keller is in the very safe company of Plus XII. The second stretch is more dangerous; yet it seems better to risk a plunge into the cold waters of misinterpretation by a positive and encouraging approach to those outside the Faith than to remain (freezing, more or less) in the so-called safety zone of negativism. As a matter of fact, my general impression is that Father Keller crosses 98 March, 1949 BOOK NOTICES even this very perilous patch with remarkable skill and courage. He makes it perfectly clear that his book and the Christopher movement are under Catholic auspices: he does not water down the fact that only Catholics possess the fullness of God's truth; and, in drawing up a minimum plan for the spiritual life of a Christopher, he wisely lim-its his suggestions to Catbolics.---G. KELLY, S.J. BOOK NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL WEDLOCK, A LENTEN COURSE OF SEVEN SERMONS, by the Reverend Clement H. Crock, includes the best ideas from many sermons on marriage prepared by the author over a long period of years. Compiled in response to requests of bishops and priests for a series of concise, up-to-date Lenten sermons on matrimony, couched in simple, straightforward language, and pleasantly sprinkled with an abundance of apt illustrative examples, these seven sermons drive home .the fundamental doctrine which should be known by those already married and those preparing for marriage. They are easily adaptable for long or short sermons, and should prove very useful for all preachers. (New York City: Joseph F. Wagner, Inc., I948. Pp. 64.) THE JOY OF SERVING GOD by Dom Basil Hemphill, O.S.B.,con-talus twenty chapters, eacl4 of which deals with some important vir-tue or practice of the religious or priestly life. As usually happens, these time-honored subjects, such as humility, charity, spiritual reading, suffering, obedience, silence, detachment, derive new fresh-ness from their treatment by another personality. The book, there-fore, is worth adding to the community library. It is hard to see. why the author omits chapters on the vows of poverty and chastity since they are basic elements of the religious life. A few inaccuracies mar the book. For instance, very few theologians would want to defend this sentence: "All the venial sins of our past life for which we are sorry are forgiven by every absolution, whether they have been mentioned or not" (p. 162). Neither is it correct to say that one of the constitutive elements of the sacrament of penance is the "performing our penance" (p. 157). The meaning of the "imprimatur" on a book is not expressed clearly enough (p. 170). It is also surprising to find silence described as the "twin" of obedience 99 BOOK NOTICES Reoiew for Religious (p. 15). It is rather an atmosphere in which all virtues flourish. But despite these flaws, which after all take up but a few lines of the vol-ume, the book by its simplicity of style and general soundness will provide enlightenment and inspiration for many. (St. Louis, Mis-souri: B. Herder Book Company, 1948. Pp. x + 194. $2.50.) As its title indicates, OUR LADY'S DIGEST contains Marian articles chosen from Catholic magazines and books. It follows the familiar pattern of the Catholic Digest and other similar magazines, differing from them only in subject matter. The articles are frequently very good; but the stories, which are few in number, are with some excep-tions below average in literary quality as are also the poems. The various issues to date (the magazine has been in publication for almost three years) are uneven in quality, but in general are im-proving. With good editing the publication should develop into a very valuable and interesting magazine. (Olivet, Illinois. 11 issues per year. $2.00.) OUR LADY'S HOURS, by Mary Ryan, discusses the meaning and the beauty of the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin. This discussion is preceded by two chapters on "Liturgical Prayer" and "The Divine Office." The book should be of great value to Sisters and others who say the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin. (Westminster, Maryland: The Newman Book shop, 1948. Pp. xv + 195. $2.50.) THE IMITATION OF MARY contains brief chapters with Marian thoughts selected from the writings of Thomas ~ Kempis and edited by Dr. Albin de Cigala. Each "thought" is followed by applications made by the compiler. The book does not approach the appeal of The Imitation of Christ, but it contains a fair number of interesting thoughts. The attempt to arrange the material to fit the fifteen mys-teries of the Rosary is not successful. The work was translated from the original French by a Dominican Sister. (Westminster, Maryland: The Newman Press, 1948. Pp. 114. $1.00 [paper] : $2.25 [cloth].) RELIGIOUS TEACHING OF YOUNG CHILDREN, by S.N.D., has four parts. The first is historical and highlights the chief events in Our Lord's life. The second is doctrinal, corresponding roughly to the Creed. The third and fourth parts deal with the child's first steps to God: prayer, confession, and Communion. The narratives and instructions are simple and adapted to the tiny capacity of the very young. Religion is presented, not so much as a stern Creed, Code, 100 March, 1949 BOOK NOTICES and Cult but as an attractive and lovable person whom the child is drawn to follow. The copious suggestions and devices after each les-son are practical aids to help the child live, love, and serve Christ, his best Friend, twenty-four hours every day--on Monday as well as on Sunday. Parents and teachers will discover in this charming book the secret of that most difficult of arts--introducing a child to the Lover of little children. (Westminster, Maryland: The Newman Bookshop, 1947. Pp. 173. $2.25.) BOOK ANNOUNCEMENTS. [We have been receiving more books than we can possibly review. Because of this we must make a decided change in our policy. In future we shall list each book received and shall in most cases include a brief descriptive notice of the contents, in so far as this can be estimated from a glance at tbe book, the jacket, and the pub-lisher's announcement. This is the most that we can guarantee for any book. Some books, of course, will be reviewed later or will be given a more complete and critical notice. We can make no guarantee at all for booklets and pamphlets. The list of books announced here supplements the list included in our January number, p. 56. This list, together with the reviews and notices published in this issue, is a complete acknowledgement of all books received up to February 10, 1949, and not previously reviewed.] BENZIGER BROTHERS, INC., 26 Park Place, New York 7, N. Y. Our Lady of Fatima, Queen of Peace. By Joseph Delabays; translated by John H. Askin. Pp. xv + 197. $2.75, A fairly full history of the Fatima story, fol-lowed by nearly fifty pages of prayers to Mary, Five illustrations. BRUCE PUBLISHING COMPANY, 540 N. Milwaukee St., Milwaukee I, Wis. Vade Mecum for Teachers of Religion. By Sister M. Catherine Frederic, O.S.F. Edited by the Rt. Roy. William F. Lawlor. Pp. xvi -'k 344. $4.00. A grade school teacher's reference book containing material on the liturgy, the Mass, a glos-sary of ecclesiastical terms and abbreviations, and brief lives of class patron saints recommended for study. The Watch. By the Most Rev. Alfred A. Sinnott, D,D., Archbishop of Winni-peg. Pp. vii -5 155. 1947. $2.50. Contains fourteen Holy Hours for use each month of the year, for Holy Thursday, and for Forty Hours. CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA PRESS, Washington,-D.C. The Provincial Religious Superior. By Rom~eus W. O'Brien, O.Carm. Pp. x q- 294. Adissertation on the rights and duties of provincials in religious orders of men. EVANS-WINTER-HEBB, INC., Detroit, Mich. No Greater Service. By Sister M. Rosalita, I.H.M. Pp. xx q- 863. The history of the Congregation of the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Mon-roe, Michigan, (1845- 1945), with a foreword by His Eminence, Edward Cardinal Mooney. Achievement of a Century. By the same author. Pp. xiii -Jr 299. An account of the mother house and missions of the congregation. Both volumes pro-fusely illustrated. $15.00 for both volumes. Order From: Publications Office, Saint Mary's, Monroe, Michigan. FATHERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS, 4930 South Dakota Ave., N.E., Washington 17, D.C. 101 BOOK NOTICES Review For Religious Father Damien: Apostle of the Lepers. By the Most Reverend Amleto Giovanni Cicognani. Pp. 47. $.50 (paper). THE GRAIL, St. Meinrad, Indiana. As Others See Us. By Henry Brenner, O.S.B. Pp. 117. $1.25. Presents the Sacred Humanity of Christ as the mirror in which we may see ourselves. The Mass Year. By Placidus Kempf, O.S.B. Pp. 124. $.30. A daily Mass guide for 1949 with liturgical reflections on some of the SeCrets. The Virgin's Land. By the Young .Monks of St. Meinrad's Abbey. Pp. 97. $.50 (paper). B. HERDER BOOK COMPANY, 17 South Broadway, St. Louis 2, Mo. Where We Got the Bible. By th," Rt. Rev. Henry G. Graham. Pp. xii q- 166. Paper. $1.00. Tells how the Catholic Church preserved the Bible. A reprint of a work that has not been available for several years. Meditations For Evergman. By Joseph McSorley, C.S.P. Volume II. Contains. meditations for each day of the liturgical year from Pentecost to Advent; also a handy index of the Scripture texts on which the meditations are based. Pp. vi 211. $2.75. Dante Theologian, A translation of and commentary on The Divine Comedy, by the Rev. Patrick Cummins, O.S.B. Contains an English version of the encyclical on Dante, the text of The Divine Comedy, commentaries, and a dictionary of proper names. Pp. 604. $6.00. The Three Ages of the Interior Life. Volume II. By the Rev. R. Garrigou- Lagrange, O.P. Translated by Sister M. Timothea Doyle, O.P. Pp. xiv -[- 668. $7.50. The present volume discusses the illuminative and the unitive ways and extraordinary graces. Second Latin. By Cora Carroll Scanlon and Charles L. Scanlon. Pp. vi -1- 270. ' $3.50. Intended for students who can devote only two years to the study of Latin and who must be prepared to read Latin textbooks of philosophy, theology, and canon law. The Well of Living Waters. By. Pascal P. Parente. Pp. viii -t- 335. $3.50. Excerpts on spiritual topics from the Bible, the Fathers, and the masters of the spiritual life. P. J. KENEDY ~ SONS, 12 Barclay Street, New York 8, N. Y. Another Tu2o Hundred Sermon Notes. By the Rev. F. H. Drinkwater. Pp. ~ii -t- 210. $4,25. Provides from two to five outlines for each Sunday of the year, as well as a choice of themeS, for a large number of feasts and occasions when a pul-pit talk is in order. L'IMMACULI~E-CONCEPTION, 1844 est, rue Rachel, Montreal (34), Canada. Lumiire et Sagesse. By Lucien Roy, S.J. Pp. 301. 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Topeka, Kansas. b~' St. Mary's College, St. Marys, Kansas, with ecclesiastical approbation. Entered as second class matter 2anuary 15, 1942, at the Post Ot~ce, Topeka, Kansas, under the act of March 3. 1879. E ttonal Board: Adam C. Ellis, S.2., G. Augustine E11ard, S.J., Gerald Kelly', 8.2. Copyright. 1944. by Adam C. Ellis. Permission is hereby, granted forquotations of reasonable length, provided due credit be given this review and the author. Subscription price: 2 dolla, rs a y.ear. Printed in U, S. A. Before writing to us. p!ease consult ~notlce on Inside back cover. / Review t:or Religious ~ ~olume III January--December, 1944 Published at THE COLLEGE PRESS Topeka, Kansas Edited by THE JESUIT FATHERS SAINT MAR~'S COLLEGE St. Marys, Kansas "1t: Is No Longer I . . " G. Augustine Ellard, S.,J. ONE of the most magnificent and highly inspiring sentences in the writings of.St. Paul is the following" "With Christ I am n~ailed to the cross" it is no'longer I that live, but Christ that liveth in me. So far as I live now ¯ in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and delivered, himself for me (Galatians 2:20),I Among the ancient Galatians in Asia Minor to whom these words were first addressed, there must have been some who wondered what in the world St. Paul meant by them. It was evident that he had not been crucified with Jesus and ' the two thieves, and that he was still among the living and very"active in fact, anything but dead. Nor was it clear how it could be Said that Christ was livi.ng in him. There are--perhaps there are many--good Christians today who could repeat this proud boast of St. Paul with respect to themselves if only they understood it. But it seems so far from the truth to them that they feel that, whatever it means, it cannot be more tlsan some farfetched , oriental~igure of speech. Not understanding it, they can-not use it or draw inspiration from it. Perhaps.a brief consideration of the text will contribute to a wider under-standing of it, and open out .some of the immense inspira-tional possibilities that it contains. Baptism involves a certain mystical death, as well as the beginning of a new life. "Know ye not', that as many of us as were baptized unto Christ Jesus, we were baptized unto his death? We were buried therefore with him through this baptism unto death, that as Christ was raised ~New Testament texts in this article are from the Westminster Version. G. AUGUSTINE ELLARD Review' [or Religious from the dead thro.ugh the glory of the Father, so we also should walk in newness of life . For this we know, that our old man hath been crucified with him, in order that our sinful body may be brought to naught, and our-selves no longer.be slaves to sin . Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we.shall also live with him. Even thus do ye reckon yourselves to be dead to sin, but living to God in Christ Jesus,' (Romans 6:3-11). Suppose that one of those old Galal~ians, after being a sinner "from among the Gentiles;"' was converted midw~ay through life, and that previously his moral character had :been that of a typical.pagan of those times. Then from birth he had been infected with the taint of origina.1 sin, and presumably, as the years progressed~ he added to that many p~rsonal sins of his own. Such was his old life, at. best alienated from God, and merely natural or human; and at the worst, quite sinful and corrupt. When he ~was converted and baptized, that kind of life came to anend. It gave way to a new form of life, that char]acteristic of the regenerated, engrafted, upon the true vine and vivified by it, incorporated into the Mystical Body of Christ and vitalized by it, a'nd sharing in that participation of the divinit~y which leadsto life and bliss eternal in heaven, lD~uring his later years our ancient Galatian could say that his old moral and spiritual self had been replaced by a new one, given to him by Christ and regulated by Christ. In this minimum sense every Christian in the state of grace can say that he no longer lives his o~vn life, that is, a merely, natural and sinful one, the only life that is all his own, and that now Christ infuses into him somethi.ng of His supernatural and divine life. At least in the essentials of his moral and spiritual life,-hi~ judgments and attitudes of will agree with those of Christ. Of the circulation, so to speak, of the divine life-giving sap from the vine into 4 ~anuar~, I "'IT IS NoLoNGER I . . ." ¯ the branch, he cannot be conscious; of his deliberate assimi-lation of Christ's ways of thinking and willing he will of course be quite aware. In a much richer and more m~aningful sense the perfect Christian has ceased to live his own°old life, .and lets Christ live in him, determining, like a new vital principle, the .course of his activities. For with him "to live is Christ and to die is gain" (Philippians 1 : 21 ). In the first place, the perfect Christian lets Christ guide his thoughts and judgments as completely as possible. "As a-man thinks in his heart, so is he." .He makes Christ's out-look upon all things his own. He has "the mind of Christ" (I Corifithians 2: 16). He appropriates the sentiments of Christ Jesus: "Let that mind be in you, ,which was also in Christ Jesus" (Philippians 2:5). His ideas and views are. not those of the worldling, nor those of the mediocre Chris-tian who shows more or less of the secular mentality about him. His constantendeavor is that there be total harmony between his mind and that of Christ. His faith he makes as, full and vivid and realistic as possible, sharing thus i~ some sense in the vision, of Christ: "So far as I live now in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and delivered himself for me" (Galatians 2:20). He cultivates the intellectual virtues of Christ. In his wisdom heviews all things, persons, and extents in relation to God, and he tries to see them as God sees them. His prudence enables him promptly, and accurately to discern the divine plan and to decide practically what he should do in accordance with God's Wishes. In a word, he makes his own, as far as pos-sible, the mentality and ideology of Christ. Mindful of that supremely important practical prin-ciple of Christ, "Where thy treasure is, there shall thy heart be also" (Matthew 6:21), the perfect Christian will be careful above all about his value-judgments. He knows it G. AUGUSTINE ELLARD Review [or Religfous is these that the will tends to folloW. He will earnestly strive realistically to appreciate what Christ .values, and to regard all else as worthless or worse. Christ's hierarchy of values will become his. Like St. Paul, he w, ill be able to ¯ say: "But such things as were to my gain, these for Christ I have come to count as loss. Nay, more, I count all things loss by. reason of the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them but refuse, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in l'Jim . that so I may know him,. what the power of his resurrection, what fellowship in his sufferings, and become one with him in his death, in the hope that I may attain to the resurrection.from the dead" (Philippians 3:7-11). In accordance with the mind of Christ and in opposition to the thoUght-fashions of the world, he will rate poverty as having a certain higher value .than wealth, humiliations as being better than honors, mor-tification as superior to gratification; and suffering as pref-erable to pleasure. Where Christ.finds truth, goodness, beauty, peace, beatitude, and glory for the infinite goodness of the Blessed Trinity, there also he will find his supreme values and aims. Judging and evaluating things according tothe stand- - ards of Christ will help the pe~fgct Christian to imitate Him also in His emotional or affective life: Feetin~l like Christ is a great and, tosome extent, a necessary, aid toward willing like Christ. He will strive to reproduce in himself as far as he can that happy emotional balance, harmony, and stability which characterized the interior of Christ. "Peace I leave to you, my peace I give to you: not as the worldgiveth, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be dismayed" (Johni27). His likes and dislikes, his fears and hopes, his joys and sorrows ' Will follow the model set by the Heart of Christ. danuar~t. 1944 "'IT IS NO LONGER I'.'" It is most of all in the attitudes and activities of his ~¢ill that the Christian in whom Christ lives fully will manifest, as fa.r as is humanly possible, assimilation to Christ, union with Him, transformation into Him, and 'mystical identification with Him. Above all, he will let Christ determine his free actions. The norm according to which Christ Himself inflexibly chose or rejected was the will and plan of the Eternal Father: "I am come down from heaven, not tb do mine own will, but the will of him who sent me" (John 6:38) ; "My food is to do the will of him that sent me, and to accomplish his work". (Ibid. 4:34) : "My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass away from me: yet not as I will, but as thou wilt" (Matthew 26:39) : "The things that please him, I do.always" (John 8:29). The same norm will be the rule for one in whom Christ lives and whose moral and spiritual life He moderates. He lets Christ decide what he will decide: Christ's decisions he makes his own. The dominant influence in the will-life of Christ was a supreme and invincible love and charity for the Infinite Goodness. The same affection will completely absorb and control the will of one pe~:fectly identified with Christ. Christ's love extended from God to God's crea-tures, though tl~ey were little worthy of it; so will the love of one united with Christ. Charity to the Father led Christ to the most heroic obedience, "he humbled himself by obedience unto death, yea, hnto death upon .a cross" (philippians. 2:8). Complying with God's wishes, one whose life Christ informs and. guides will endeavor like-wise to show the utmost obedience. With all his interior acts thus dominated by Christ and made to resemble His, it is only natural that the exterior activity and work of the perfect Christian should also be like Christ's. "Ever we bear about in our body the dying of Jesus, so that the life, too, of Jesus may b~ made mani- ~7 G. AUGUSTINE ELLARD fest in our bodies. For we who live are ever belong- deliv-ered up to deatti for Jesus'. sake, so that the life, too,. of Jesus may be made manifest in our mortal flesh" ('II Corin-thians 4:10-11). In general, Christ's work was to glorify the Father and to save men by fulfilling the task which was assigned to Him. "I have glorified.thee upon earth, having accomplished the work which' thou hast given me to do" (John 17:4) ; "I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly" (Ibid. 10:10). Christ went about teaching, helping others, and giving the noblest, example; He founded the Church; and finally He redeemed men to their super-natural destiny by.His sacrificial death on the Cross. His good disciple, whether priest or religious or layman, par-takes in that work and extends it. He carries on the teaching office of Christ, at least privately 'and by example. He eagerly seizes opportunties to give aid to hi~ neighbor. He helps with the work of the Church, perhaps nowadays in some form of Catholic action~ Daily, oil possible," he sl'iares in offering again.to God in the Mass the sacrifice by~ which all men were redeemed; through the Mass als~ he contributes toward actually applying to individual souls ¯ the merits of the sacrifice of Calvary. In a word, he co~operates wholeheartedly with Christ in all the grand purposes and achievements of the Incarnation. Thus, the good Christian who dies to sin and lives as a vital branch of the true vine, as a vigorous m~mber of the ~Mystical Body of Christ, and as a participant in the nature of God, and who lets Christ determine all his thoughts, appraisals, affections, volitions, and external activities, will be "another Christ," and will be prepared to share eter-nally with Christ in the beatific intuition and-love of the most blessed Trinity. The Church's Prayer t:or Trave-lers James A. Kleist, S.J. THE Church's prayer, or collection of prayers, for tray- " elers, known as ~he Itinerarium, was originally intended for tbe reverend clergy. This seems evic]~nt from the use of the Versicle Dorainus vobiscum and the Response .Et curn spiritu tuo. The rest, however, is so broad and elastic in its wording that any person may derive i3rofit and consolation from its recital. It may not be. amiss, therefore, if I propose, for the benefit of religious not acquainted with the Latin tongue, to present an.English rendering and follow it up with a few words of comment. " ~Text ot: The ltinerarium Antiphon: Into the way of peace. .~ The Canticle of Zacharg: St. Luke 1 : 68-79. 68 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, o for He has kindly visited us." His People, and brought about Our redemption: 69 a Tower of Salvation He has raised up for us in the House of His servant David. 70 He bad promised as much through the mouth of His holy Pr.ophets of old, 71 and has sent us a Savior to deliver us from our foes and from the, hands of all that hate us. 72 He has dealt in mercy with our fathers, ¯ " mindful of .His holy covenant 73 and of the oath He had made to our father Abraham; for He bad sworn to enable us 74 --rescued from the clutches of our foes-- to worship ~im without fear, JAMES A. KLEIST /. in holiness and observance of the Law, in His presence, all our days. . 76 And for your part, my little one, you will be hailed "Prophet of'the Most High"; for you are to run before the face of the Lord to 'make ready His roads, 77 to impart to His People knowledge of salvation through forgiveness of their sins: 78 thanks to our God's sweet mercy in which He so graciously visited us, descending from Heaven-- a rising Light 79 to shine upon those settled in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide our steps into the path of petice.1 An.tipbon: May the omnipotent and Merciful Lord direct our st~ps into the way of 'peace and prosperity, and maythe Angel Ra-phael be our escort on the way, so that in peace, in safety, and in joy, we may return to our homes. Lord, have mercy on us. Christ, have rrfercy on us. Lord, have mercy on us. Our Father . And lead us not into temptation. ]1 But de-- liver us from evil. Versicles and Responses: Save Thy servants I that trust in Thee, my God. I I Send us help from Thy Sanctuary. O Lord. I and from Sion guardus. I! .Oh, be to us, 0 Lord, a Tower of Strength I impregnable to all our fdes. I1 Let not the enemy gain the best of us, [ nor wicked men succeed in harming us. II Blessed is the Lord from day to day. I May God, our Savior, make our journey prosperous. 11 0 Lord, show us Thy ways: I reveal to us Thy paths. I[ Oh, may our steps be directed I toward the keeping of Thy Commandments. II What is crooked-ihall be straight I and the rough roads ~mooth. I[ On His Angels God has laid a charge in thy regard: I they are to keep thee in all thy ways. }1 0 Lord, do grant my prayer, I and let my cry come up to Thee. The Lord is with thee, I and with thy spirit. 1This is Father Kldst's own translation of the Benedictus.--ED. 10 d'anuary, 1944 PRAYER FOR TRAVELERS Let us prag 0 God, who didst enable the children of Is'rael to pass, dry-shod. through the depths of the .Sea, and by a beckoning Star show the Three Magi the way to Thee: grant us, we beg, a tranquil time an.:l a prosperous.journey. With Thy holy Angel for companion, may we be able 'happily to arrive at our destinatibn, and, in the end, at the Haven of Eternal Salvation. O God, who hast led Thy servant Abraham out of Ur in Chaldea and preserved him unharmed through all his travellings in a foreign land: we beg Thee graciously to preserve us, Thy servants. Be to us, O Lord, a Support ever-ready in need, a Solace by the way, a Shade in heat, a Cover in rain and cold, a Vehicle in weariness, a Shield in adversity, a Staff on slippery ground, a Haven in shipwreck. With Thee for a Guide, may. we successfully arrive at our destination, and; in the end, return safe and sound to our' homes. A ready ear, 0 Lord, lend to our humble iprayers. Direct and speed Thy servants' course that they may reach the blessings Thou hast in'store: so that amid all the vicissitudes of this life's pilgrimage they may ever be protected by Thy help. Grant, we beg, 0 Lord, that the family of Thy Children may walk in the way of Salvation, and, by closely following the exhor-tations of Blessed John, the Precursor, securely come to Him whom he foretold, our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who lives and reigns with Thee, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ages and ages to come. Amen. Let us proceed in peace, [ in the name of the Lord. Amen. II Commentary . The Antiphon, as Usual, sounds the key note of all that follows: "into the way of peace." When we go some-where, we are, in the Church's language, in via, "on the way." It matters not whether our "way", takesbut a few hours, or requires whole months to accomplist'i. Nor does it matter by What conveyance we travel, whether by bus or auto or street-caror train or ship orairplane. It may be a short trip for business, an excursion to. some point of 11 JAMES A. KLEIST ~ interest, a journey to a distant place for any purpose what-ever, a voyage across the Atlantic, a cruise in the Mediter-r~ inean, a march along Burma Road, a military expedition to North Africa, a transcontinental flight, a pilgrimage to Lourdes. We are simply "on the way," and our object in reciting the Itinerariam is to obtain the blessing of God so that our "way" may turn out "a way of peace --a phrase, by the way, in which the word pax is as elastic as t~ia. It means, of course, freedom from any kind of disturbance, physical, mental, emotional, spiritual. We want to enjoy ~all the happiness (for that is what pax means) which our friends wish us when they bid us "A happy journey!" A happy ~journey is one that is crowned with "success." That is what the Latin word prosperitas means; only, since "suc-cess" is capable Of a certain worldly connotation, I choose to render it "prosperity." The idea is developed both negatively and positively in the Canticle of Zachary;. for instance, we beg for "salvation from oui: enemies"; we want to travel ."without that sense of fear" which kills all joy. Above all, we wish to travel "in holiness and justice (that is, the observance, of the Commandments) oall our days." We can see, then, what wonders the Antiphon and the Canticle are doing for us at the very outset, even before we cross the threshold. As if by magic, we are charmed away into the region of the supernatural. The liturgy would not be true to itself if it did not lift us Off our feet, so to say, above mere worldly considerations, above those thousand and one petty purposes which so engross the minds of worldly people. The liturgy is at its best in.imparting to our humdrum life this supernatural trend. Nothing is so wholesome for us poor mortals as the Sursum corda which - comes to us from the Altar. How life could be beautified if this exhortation were always heeded! As a matter of fact, 12 Ja.rluary, 1944 PRAYEI~ ~:OR TRAVELERS ' all our life is v~orthless unless all life's doings, all-life's "ways," big or little, issue into that great superhighv,;ay that makes oflife a progressive pilgrimage to Heaven, our Holy Land. Only so considered will our "way" b~ a "way of peace and pr6sperity," a "way of salvatlon." " It is clear, then, why th~ Canticle of Zachary Was iiacor-porated in the Itinerarium. Its great centre piece is Zach-ary's words addressed to his little John, who was destined to be "great'" in the eyes of the Lord. He was to be the Precursor of Christ, to direct the steps of his contempo-raries "into the way of peace," to "prepare the way of the Lord." And we know how bluntly he spoke to the 3ews: "You vipers' brood! You need a complete change of heart and mind if you would enter into the Kingdom of God." We, too, shall take his exhortation to heart and hold our-selves convinced that the one absolutely needful prepara-tion for a "way of peace" is the state of grace. With this, we can reckon on God's help.Death and danger, it is true, lurk everywhere; and the enemy of human nature goes about roaring like a lion; but, somehow, he may be more " active When we are away from home. The Canticle is followed by the complete Antiphon, which reminds us, to our comfort, that God is Omnipo-. tent and Merciful. His Omnipotence and Mercy are our safest guides, our best travelling companions. In His Mercy He assigns to us one of the blessed Spirits, the Archangel Raphael, who proved so pleasant and helpful an escort to young Tobias. It is a delightful story, which we migh~ read from time to time in its entirety. It will beget in us-a vivid sense of God's Presence and ever-watchful P/ovi-dence-- a devotion, by the way, which is one of the Sweetest and most heartening to cultivate in this vale of tears. Since the days of Tobias, St. Raphael is the patron saint of travelers. Iia Christian devotion, he _shares this 13 JAMES A. KLEIST Re~ieto~ trot Religious honor, of course, with the holy Guardian Angels. In this. respect, the life of Blessed Peter Faber, 9f the .Society of 3esus, is particularly instructive. He felt Constantly sur-rounded by, and actually lived, in their sweet presence. They were his comfort on his numerous trips through Spain, France, Germany, and Italy. Before he entered a town or district, he would greet, the Guardian An'gels of. that locality, and put into their hands the business he had come to transact. And when the time for leaving came. he would say Good-bye to them in the most affectionate man-ner and thank them for their help. Incidentally, this .same manof God had a quite special devotion to ,John the Bap-tist, as is clear from one of the entries in his Memoriate: "On the day of 3ohn the Baptist I had and felt in my soul .a notable sense of the greatness of Saint ,John, and experi-enced profound grief because of the fact that, in this Ger-many, he was .not made so much of as in other countries." The Vei:sicles a~d Responses which follow are good illustrations of ejaculatory prayer. They are lively cries. for help, intensified by a deep trust in God. The first Collect takes us back to the story of the Chil-dren of Israel whom ~he Lord led, dry-shod, through the Red Sea, and to that of the Three Magi, whose trip across the desert to Bethlehem reads like a romance. These examples from sacred history animate our faith and trust in God. If need be, God will even work miracles to save us. The second Collect shows God's Mercy in leading, Abraham out of his heathen native land. It is rather cir-cumstantial in. its details, contrary to the usual style of the Collects; but it makes us realize that no detail on our trip escapes God's wat~hf.ul eye. The third Collect, the classic Church's Prayer for Travelers, is terse and straightfor-ward in tone. God directs and arranges our course, and is ever at hand to help. The last Collect again confronts us 14 January, 1944 PRAYER FOR TRAVELERS. with the heroic figure of John the Baptist. The Itiner-arium begins and ends with a reference to him.2 The Itinerarium closes, with this pregnant ejaculation: "Let us proceed in peace, in the Name of the Lord." Since this is a prayer, its sense can only be: "Since we are under-taking this journey in the Name of theLord, may We, assisted by the grace of God, firmly and confidently pro- - ceed so as to accomplish our purpose." Both the Latin word procedere and its English equivalent proceed con-note, a certain firmness of step.a This firmness rests upon the grace of God.Wbuld that we could, in performing. any and all our tasks, firmly "proceed in the Name of the Lord." It is obvious, also, that this Versicle and its Response will do very well as a renewal of our "good intention." If we accustom ourselves to its use in everyday life, it will naturally spring to our lips when w'e prepare for our last journey, the journey in, to Eternity: "Let us proceed in peace, in the Name of'the Lord." It is worthv o of note that, as the Itinerarium opens with "into the way of peace," so it closes with "Let us proceed in peace." -Peace, the possession of happiness, is the great goal of life's pilgrimage. To the old Hebrews "peace" meant the ful-ness of the blessings which they expected from the Messias: on the lips of our Lord (as in the words "Peace I leave you") it means the sum total of true happiness both in this life and in bliss everlasting. The opening "into the way of peace" foreshadows the gist .of the Itinerarium; the closing "Let us proceed in peace" sums it all up in retro- ¯ spect. -°I may mentio.n, in.passing, that the Missal has a special Mass for travelers (Pro peregrinantibus" et iter agentibus) and three Collect~ for Those at Sea (Pro naai- 9antibus). ~Note the vigorous sense attaching to the word in the Vulgate rendering of Psalm 44:5, Intende, i~rosloere procede, et regna: "Bend Thy bow, ride on victoriously. and conquer." 15 JAMES A. KLEIST Review for Religious" May I close,these reflections with a suggest.ion? All the prayers in the Itiner~rium are couched in the plural number. This is significant, though not at all surprising to one who knows the liturgy. We are never alone. We maynot have a travelling companion on. any particular trip; still, even. then millions of persons are, like us, "on the way" somewhere in the world. And even when we stay at home, others are journeying along the highways and byways of this" great world. The suggestion I would make, therefore, is that we accustom ourselves to say the Itinerarium as a regular part of our. daily devotions. We are all united by the strong tie of the Mystical Body. The value of such an exercise comes home to one at this time particularly when our men in the service need the special protection of God on tt2eir numerous and dangerous "ways." How .delighted they would be to know that there is some one at home .who remembers them by this special appeal to God's Providence. By a fervent recitation of the Itinerarium we.have an efficacious means of, as it were, making ourselves their travelling companions, of following them whithersoever their military commanders order them to go, of bringing down on them the very bles-sing of God which theymay stand in need of at an.y par~ ticular moment. There is another reason for adopting this salutary prac.- tice of the daily recitation of the Itinerarium. We may not be leaving home; and yet, we are "on the way" all the time. Between our private room ~nd the.chapel and the refectory and the classroom and the attic and the cellar and the gar-den and the rest 0f the premises, we are "on our feet," upstairs, downstairs, all day long, are we not.?- Eveh in the quietest community there are endless goings and comings. We are in constant" need of God's protection. Psalm 120 reads almost likd a commentary on the Itiner- 16 PRAYER FOR TRAVELERS arium: "I lift mine eyes toward the hills. ~ Whence shall help come to me? My help is from the Lord~the Maker of ¯ Heaven and earth. He'tvill not suffer m~ f~t to stumble: thy guardian will not slumber. Behold,':~He:~whb guards Israel slumbers not nor sleeps. The Lord is thy Guardian; the Lord is thy Shelter on thy right hand. The sun-shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall protect thee from all evil. The Lord shall protect thg going and coming henceforth and for ever." The Itinerarium, deeply Understood in its significance for our spiritual life and daily uttered as a hearty cry for help, will save us many an unpleasant experience to Which we might otherwise be exposed, and will enable us tO travel through life's desert "in holiness and justice all our days." BOOKLET NOTICES Almightg Magic, by R. E. Southard, S.J. An account of some of the marvels of nature. Of interest to all; of special utility to writers, teachers, lecturers, -preachers, and retreat masters. 63 pages. 25 cents a copy. Published by: The . 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AMONG the major devotions of the Church one of the most recent is the devotion to the Holy Family. ~er- ¯ haps the most striking feature of its history is the fact that its growth paralleled the growth of the veneration of St. 3oseph. This phenomenon is easily understandable, for ,Jesus, Mary, and ,Joseph could not be honored together until each of them received due honor separately. We can. not here present the detailed reasons why ,Joseph's glorifica-. tion on earth was postponed; suffice it to say that after the Church firmly established in the world's consciousness the basic facts of our Lord's divinity and Our Lady's virginal motherhood, St. Joseph emerged from centuries of obscu-rity to take his place of honor as the recognized vicar of the Eternal Father on earth, the chaste husband of Mary, and the head of the Holy Family. The devotiofi to the Holy Family, as we now know it, explicitly came to the fore in the mid-seventeenth century, but its fundamentals ~had always been implicitly recognized in the Church. From the very beginning the accounts of St. Matthew and St. Luke testified that the divine Redeemer of mankind spent the greater part of His earthly life in the midst of a true family circle. The recurrence of such phrases as "the Child," "Mary His mother," "Joseph her husband," "His parents," and '.'He was subject to them," could leaqe no doubt of that. However, in the interpretation of these Gospel passages ecclesiastical writers chiefly_dwelt on the marvel of Christ's obedience rather than the parental virtues of Mary and Joseph which wel- 18 THE DEVOTION TO THE HOLY FAMILY corned the Child Jesus in the holiest atmosphere this world could provide. Thus, St. Ambrose stated, "Jesus' subjection is a lesson in human virtue, not a diminution of divine power.- Will those Who dezlare that the Son is less than the Father and unequal to Him because He is subject to Him as God, declare also that He is less than His mother because He was subject to His mother? For we read of Joseph and Mary, 'and He was subject to them.' The truth is that such obedience to parents brings no loss to any one of us but rather gain. Through it the Lord Jesus has poured faith and grace ir~to us all, that He may make us also subject to God the Father in the spirit of faith.''1 In demonstrating that the virginal union of Joseph and Mary was a true marriage St. Augustine more cl0selv approached our concept of the Holy Family, but even here .he failed to touch on that oneness of the trinity of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph which we venerate. "Every good of. marriage," he wrote, "was fulfilled in the parents of Christ --offspring, loyalty, and the sacrament. We see the off-spring in our Lord Jesus Christ Himself; the loyalty, in that no adultery occurred; and the sacrament, because no dissolution of the marriage followed.''2 ~ The first writer to join the three, holy names, appears to have been the ninth-century abbot, Walafried Strabo, who commented, "The shepherds found Mary, Joseph and the Child; t/~rougfi tl~ese tfiree the world was healed.''~ IAater, St. Bernard added more to the recognition of the dignity ot~ Mary.and Joseph as the divinely chosen intimates of Jesus on earth. "Who was s.ubject? And to whom? God to man; God, I repeat, to whom the angels are subject, whom 1Ambrose. Enarr. in Ps. 6l; 2Augustine. De Nup. et Concttp., 1, 13--ML 44, 415. 8Walafried Strabo, In Luc. Z, 16--ML 114, 896. 19 FRANCIS L. FILA$ Reoieto /:or-Re!igious principalities and powers 0.~bey, was subject to Mary, and not only to Mary, but t0~ose~h also because of Mary. Marvel, therefore, both at God and man, and choose that which gives greater wonder--whether it be the loving con-descension of the Son dr the exceedingly great dignity of His parents. Both amaze us, both are. marvellous. That God should obey man is lowliness without parallel, but that man should rule over God is elevation beyond com-parison.- 4 The first public commemoration of the Holy Family-- .far too incidental to be called "a devotion"--occurred at Nazareth in the fourth century. Here churches were built on the traditional sites of the house of St. Joseph and the house where the Angel Gabriel appeared to Our Lady. The Hidden Life was indeed honored, but never under that explicit title whereby " just as Abraham saw three persons~ and adored one, so holy mother Church ~ees three persons and honors one fact.''5 " Perhaps more noteworthy because more explicit is the .veneration which sprang up along the route of the flight .into Egypt. At Faramah on the boundary of Egypt facing Palestine a chapel was built (about 800 or earlier) in honor of the Holy Family, who supposedly entered Egypt at the spot. Traditions of a half-dozen other localities claimed that the three pilgrims tarried in each plate. Some of these traditions still live it; Coptic calendars of the eighth and ninth centurie~ which list a feast called "The Flight of the Holy Family" for November 6, and another feast that also commemorates the entire Holy Family on the 24th of the month P~isons (May 31), "The Entrance of 3esus into Egypt.''° 4Bernard, Homilia I in. Missus Est. .SMariani, De Cultu Sancti dosephi Arnplit~cando, 44. 6Nilles, Kalendariura manuale utriusque ecclesiae orientalis et occidentalis, Oeniponte, 1896, II, 693, 702, 719. " 20 ,Ianuar~, 1944 THE DEVOTION TO THE HOLY I::AMILY The great awakening otcurred in Europe .during the twelfth century and thereafter. A wave of special lov.e of 'jesus and Mary swept ovxr the faithful who sought to follow the course of these two lives down-, to the last d~tail, including, of course, their dependence on St. 'joseph. Since the canonical Gospels deliberately screened the period of the Hidden Life, the common folk fell back on the apocryphal legends to fill-the gap. The acceptance of the.se ,spurious (though well-intentioned and charming) legends was most uncritical, but it was done in a spirit of deep piety. Thus, in. the popular rhyming legends, in the por- .traits by the masters, and in the many.widespread Miracle Plays, the Gospel story of ,Jesus, MarY, and Joseph was Set forth with imaginative coloring that made the Holy Fam!ly a vivid reality for the medievals. If is from this period that we must date the tender contemplation of life at Nazareth, as instanced in the writings of St. Bernard, St. Bernardine of. Siena, and the Meditations on the Life of Jesus Christ of Pseud.o-Bonaventure. During the middle of the seventeenth century the devo-tion ~o the Holy Family appeared as we now know it. Through the~efforts of Francis de Montmorency-Laval,. first Bishop of Quebec, it was propagated in Canada after its diffusion throughout Italy, France, and Belgium. At the samb period Mine. de Miramion, a friend of St. Vincent de Paial, established (1661) a religious community, the Daughters of the Holy Family, to do charitable work in France. This was the first of the religious congregations ,to be placed under-the special patronage of the Holy Family. In 1844 a Belgian officer, Henri Belletable, founded the "]krchconfraternity of the Holy Family" in order to organ-ize working-men against socialism. At Lyons .in 1861 Father Phillip Francoz, S.J., established another group .21 FRANCIS L. FILAS Reoieu~ ~or Religious somewhat different in scope from BelletabIe's archconfra-ternity~ This was the "Association of the Holy Family," whose members were families rather than individuals. They were dedicated to the ideals of the Holy. Family. and recited special family prayers in common in their homes. It was in connection with Leo XIII's approval (i892) of this association that the .Pope issued the letters which present the nature and purpose of the devotionto the Holy Family so excellently that excerpts from these documents have been selected, by the Church as Lessons for the Second Nocturn of the pre.sent feast of the Holy Family. In 1893 Leo permitted the feast to be celebrated on the third Sunday after Epiphany and himself composed the hymns for its new office. However, owing to conflicting rubrics the Con-gr. e~ation of Sacred Rites in 1914 changed the date of the feast to January 19. Seven years later, ~Benedict XV extended the feast tothe universal Church, ordering that it be observdd on the Sunday ~ithin the Octave of the Epiphany. 7 In what does the devotion to the Holy Family con-sist? It is more than a mere combination or accumulation of the honors paid separately t6 Jesus, Mary, and Joseph; rather, in the words of Leo XIII, "in the vdneration ofthe Holy Family the faithful rightly understand that they are reverencing the mystery of the hidden life which Christ led, together with His Virgin. Mother and St. Joseph." The purpose of this joint veneration is that Catholics might be drawn "to increase the fervor of their faith, and to imitate the virtues which shone forth in the divine Master, in the Mother of God, and in her most holy spouse.''s There is no doubt, Leo affirmed, that God in His providence estab- 7Pauwels. Periodica de Re Morali et Canonica, 10, 373; decree dated October 26, 1921, AAS, 13, 543. gAuthent. Collect. Decret. S.R.C., n. 3740. 22 Januar~t, 1944 THE DEVOTION TO THE HOLY FAMILY lished the Holy Family in orderthat Christians of all walks o~f life might be' provided with attractive exemplars of absolute perfection. "In 3oseph heads of the household have an outstanding model of fatherly watchfulness and-care. In the holy Virgin Mother of God mothers possess an extraordinary example of love, modesty, submission, and perfect faith. In Jesus, who 'was subject to them.' children have the divine picture of obedience to admire, reverence, and imitate.''~ Benedict XV called attention to the striking unity of the devotion to the Holy Family. when he wrote: "With the increase of devotion to St. Joseph among th~ faithful there will necessarily result an increase in their devotion toward the Holy Family oi~ Nazareth, of which he was the august head, for these devotions spring spontaneously one from .the other. By St. Joseph we are led directly to Mary, and by Mary, to the "fountain of all. holiness, Jesus Christ, who sanctified the domestic virtues by his obedience toward St. Joseph and Ma~y. Religious communities have always been foremost .in imitating the charity, obedience, and spirit of work and of prayer that pervaded the Holy.House of Nazareth. How-ever, in addition to this method of practicing genuine devo-tion to the Holy Family, there is a most urgent need to utilize.the devotion in another respect. .The Holy Family is the exemplar and patron of the family, which is the cor-nerstone Of society, and which is today being attacked by a most destructive campaign. For the go.od of the Church and for the good of our nation, the apostolate to save the family calls for prayer and action. Probably in most cases. thi~ requirements of the state of life of religious prevent aibid., n. 3777. ldBe~ediet XV, Motu Proprio, "St. Joseph and Labor," July 25, 1920, AA$ ~2, 313. 23 FRANCIS L. FILAS direct external labors in this regard; but each and every religious can offer a life of generous prayer and fidelity to rule in order that the intercession of St. 'joseph and Our Lady will," through the merits of ,Jesus of Nazareth, bring down God's special graces to protect our families from the baneful principles of modern paganism. May they be led to imitate lovingly the family life of,Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. THE FAMILY ROSARY Father Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., who has been working zealously ~for two years to reestablish the salutary devotion of" the Family Rosary, some time ago sent usa lengthy report of the success of this work. We are giving here a brief summary of the facts in the report that seem to be especially pertinent to our readers. A nation-wide campaign to restore the Family Rosary was begun in 3anuary, 1942, to provide families with an easy but effective means of coml~atting the evils that beset the American home and. to provide the. young people of those homes with a weapon'of self-defense against the temptations with which they are faced. Ecclesi-astical authorities and lay leaders have joined enthusiastically and effectively in the campaign. Bishops, in particular, have preached on the Family Rosary: have writ-ten pastorals and editorials about it; have suggested radio programs that would make it easy for families to get,down on their knees and unite with the broadcasts: have inaugurated definite campaigns to promote the devotion in their dioceses; and have asked for and promised prayers for the success of the campaign. Two especially efficacious ways of getting the Family Rosary started in a home are: (1) to urge members of the armed forces to write home and ask that the Rosary be said for them; and (2) to get children to make the suggestion to their parents. Chaplains have the most favorable opportu.nity of ut(lizing the first method, though ~.~ey can b~ greatly aided by all who correspond with members of the armed forces: religious, no "doubt, have the best opportunity of in'spiring the children. At the time the report was issued, religious had already begun to join wholeheartedly in the campaign. A. Superior General of a congregation of men had promised to address a circular letter to his congregation on the Family Rosary. The Mother General of a congregation of women had been giving tfilks on the Family Rosary in the schools iri which her Sisters were re.aching. ~he reported that in every classroom she entered she found some children whose families had already been won over to the commbn recitation of the Rosary. The foregoing are but a few of the facts in the report. Perhaps we can publish more later. --Father Peyton's. address is: The Reverend Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., 923 Madison Avenue, Albany, New York. 24 Religious and :he I:::ncyclical on. :he h ysfical Body Patrick M. Regan, S.J. IN RECENT years Catholics have often been accused, and h~ive often accused themselves, of neglecting the papal encyclicals. Frequently. they excused themselv.es on the pretext that "the encyclicals were concerned with world problems or with ecohomic matters and like subjects which held no particular interest for ordinary individuals. Many of the faithful felt these subjects were'far beyond the grasp of their intellects and so held themselves excused. Be that as it may, in recent months a new encyclical has come from our Holy Father on the Mystical Bodyof Christ, which is the personal concern of every single member of the household ~of the faith. No examination of c~nscience can ever return the verdict: this en~ycli~cal is not for me. Its subject matter touches our whole Catholic life in practice from cradle to grave. Moreover the tenor of the papal document and, in fact, explicit statements in every para-graph of certain portions of it, almost command us: take and read, study deeply and assiduously. The Pope seems to have anticipated our usual indifferent attitude toward his pronouncements and to .have "forestalled every lame excuse. Of Such universal concern is the teaching of this encyc-lical that Plus even declares: "Moreover, we trust that the following exposition of the doctrine of the Mystical Body of Christ-will be acceptable and useful to those als0 who are without the fold of-the Church." He then a~signs as the reasons for this acceptability "not only the fact tha~ 25 PATRICK M. REGAN Review ~or Religious their gobd will toward the Church seems to grow from day - to day, but also that, while before their eyes today nation rises up against nation, .kingdom against kingdom, and discord i~'sown everywhere with the seeds of envy and hatred, if they turn their gaze to the Church,-if they con-template,. her divinely given unity--by which all men of every race are united, to Christ. in the,bond of brotherhood -:-they Will be forced to admire their fellowship in charity, and, with the guidance and assista.nce of divine grace, . will long to share in the '~same union and charity " If the encyclical concerns even tho~e outside the fold, still more .does it concern every member of the .Church1 itself. Since this is so, what shall, we say of the interest of religious in this doctrine? Surely it is not too mu~h to assert that each one should feel .personally obligated to make himself master" of the doctrine according to the tal-ents and pos!tion God has assigned him. The very opening. ~ar~graph 0f the letter seems to insinuate this: "Illus-trating, as it does, the grfind and inestimable privilege of our intimate union with a Head so exalted, this doctrine is certainly calculated by its sublime dignity to draw a.11 sPiritual-minded men to deep and serious study, andto give them, in the truths which it unfolds to the mind, a strong incentive to such Virtuous conduct as is conformable to its lessons." Religious have given up all things to follow chiist. Who, then, should have a deeper interest in what concerns intima.te union with Christ? Who more sincerely appreciates strong incentives to Virtuous conduct? Reli-gious too enjoy many more opportunities than people of the world to be spiritual-minded; in fact they should be that by the very nature of their vocation. They above all. then, should be attracted by the sublime dignity df the doctrine, and s16ould exhaust to the full the special advan-tages they enjoy for serious study of it. 26 danuarg, 1944 ENCYCLICAL ON THE MYSTICAL BODY For tbeSpiritudl-Minded A few paragraphs further on the Pontiff explains the appeal of the doctrine to the spiritual-minded.~ Remarking that in the present world crisis the faithful are of necessity drawn more to spiritual things and are ~hus in a position to draw more profit from the lessons, he voices the hope "that the~e our instructions and exhortations will be the more helpful to t~he faithful . . . For we know that, if all painful calamities of this turbulent period that cruelly tor- .ture almost countless men are accepted as from God's bands with calm and submissive spirit, they naturally lift souls above the passing things of earth to those of heaven that abide .forever and stimulate a certain thirst and keen desire forspiritu, al things." If these remarks aretru~ of the faithful in general, how much more true are they" of religious, who imitate Christ in seeking the kingdom of God~ not only in adversity, but always and everywhere, as their only call in life? Still more pertinent are the following sentencesin ¯ which the Pope notes the conditions specially favorable to the study of the do~trine: ~because of the present-day calamities "men are moved and, one might say, compelled to be more thoughtful in seeking the Kingdom of God. The m6re men are withdrawn from the vanities of this world and from the inordinate love of temporal things, certainly tl~e more likely it is that they will perceive the light of heavenly mysteries." Religious did not have to wait for World War II to see the vanity and emptiness of worldly riches. "When kingdoms and states are crumbling, when huge piles of goods and all'kinds of wealth are sunk in the measureless depths of the sea, and cities, towns, and fertile fields are strewn with massive ruins and defiled with the blood of brothers," then men will see that all is vanity; th~n they will be prepared to study the mysteries that per- 27 PATRICK M. REGAN ~ Review for ~Religious tain to life everlasting. Surely religio, us, whose one prin-ciple of life is that nothing matters but God's service, will find that the study-of God's mysteries fits into their main interest in life. Reasons/:or the Encyclical All the reasons assigned by the Sovereign Pontiff for addressing the world on the subje~t of the Mystical Body affect religious, but some of these reasons are especially perti;aent. For example, it is particularly true of religious "that many today are turning with greater, zest to a study that delights and nourishes .Christian piety. This, it would seem, is chiefly because a revived interest in the sacred .lit-urgy, the more widely spread custom of rece.iving Holy Communion, and the more fervent devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus practiced to.day have brought m.any souls to a deeperconsideration of the unsearchable riches of Christ that are preserved in the Church." ~ With this vision before him of the multitude zealou~ for a study that nc~urishes Christian piety, our.Holy Father himself assumes the task of teaching this difficult, yes, mys, terious doctrine. At the last moment, however, just before he begins his explanation of the doctrine he calls to our attention other weighty reasons. There are many errors prevalent concerning this doctrine, not only outside the Church but among the faithful also. And it might be added that many religious, too, have been affected by these errors. These are the words of the Pope: ".Nevertheless, while we can derive legitimate joy from all this, we must confess that grave errors in regard to this doctrine are being spread among those outside the true Church, and that~ among the faithful, too, inaccurate or thoroughly false ideas are entering that turn minds aside from the straight path of truth." 28 danuarg, 1944 ENCYCLICAL ON THE MYSTICAL B~)DY Setting aside the errors outside the Church as less per-tinent to our present subjecti we cannot fail to recognize in .the fol!owing the description of. some religious: "As a result of these conflicting and mutually antagonistic schools of thought, Some, through empty fear, look upon so pro-found a doctrine as something dangerous and. so they fight shy of it as of the beautiful but forbidden fruit of Para-dise." We must rather flee the danger Of the "false mgsti-cism creeping in; which, in its attempt to eliminate ~the immovable frontier that .separates creatures from their Cre-ator,, garbles the Sacred Scriptures." This false mysticism, together .with the false rationalism and popular naturalism rampant outside the Church, is the really dangerous for-bidden fruit. Pius reassures us with regard to the true d0c- .l~rine: "Mysteries revealed by God cannot be harmful to men ;. nor should they remain as treasures hidden in a field-- useless, They have been given from on high precisely to help the spiritual:progress of those who study them in' the spirit of piety." Deep and Serious Studg The Holy Father not only assigns the reasons for writing on the doctrine of the Mystical Body; he also, a's a-skilled teacher, sounds the keynote for his class. -This is not a "fresh air" course he offers, not a course to be merely audited, not a course that can be mastered with no further effort than paying strict attention in class. From the out-set. we are implicitly warned against thinking that the course might¯ be entitled: "Doctrine ot~ the Mystical Body Made Easy"; for the very second sentence of the Encyc- ¯ lical states that "this doctrine [of our intimate union with the Head] is certainly calculated by its o sublime dignity to draw all spiritual-minded men to deep and serious study. '.' 29 PATRICK M. REGAN Reoietv for Religious That the Holy Father envisions the reception of his teaching in an atmosphere of deep thought is brought out also in the outline of his plan immediately preceding the first or'explanatory part of the Encylical. Speaking of the lessons he will draw from the doctrine, he explains that these lessons "will make a deeper study of the mystery bear yet richer fruits of perfection and holiness." He seems" to ieassure us that, though we may never fully plumb the "depths of the mystery, yet the deeper our understanding, the richer will be the fruits of holiness. Surely, that is a ~trong incentive forthe religious to study the mystery. . Since deep study involves.reflectio, h, it is quite to expected that the explanation of the doctrine should begin with the words: "When one reflects on this doctrine . " Thus the Pontiff continues his lecture, punctuating it throughout with, similar observations. For example, he concludes the section on Christ, the Founder of the Body, With! ."One who reverently considers this venerable teaching will easily discover the reasons on which it is based." Perhaps the religious will take the cue and repair to the chapel to make some. reverent considerations of the Encyclical there in the presence of the Founder of the Body. Meditation Yes, the doctrine is an appropriate subject of medita-tion. Of this we are assured in the Encyclical: "Deep mys-" tery this, subject o'f inexhaustible meditation: That the salvation of many depends on the piayers and voluntary penanc.es which the members of the Mystical Body of Jesus ~Christ offer for this intention and on the assistance of pas-. tors of souls and of the faithful, especially of fathers and ¯ mothers of families, which they must offer to our Divine Savior as if they were His associates." Plus returns to this idea later when treating the topic, ' 30 January, 1944 "ENCYCLICAL ON THE MYSTICAL BODY "Christ, the Savior of the Body." Adverting to the fact that "we have already treated this subject clearly enough, when treating of the Church's birth on the cross, of Christ as the source of light and principle .of sanctity, and of Christ as support of His Mystical Body," he goes on to sfiyl "there is no reason why we should explain it further.'.' However he adds as a sort of afterthought: "but rather let us all, giving perpetual thanks to God, meditate on it with a h"umble and. attentive mind." No matter how clearly the subject has been treated, and despite the fact that there is no reason for further explanation, much still remains to be learned concerning this doctrine. But for this further mas; tery, Pius "turns us over to Christ, the Great .Teacher,. exhorting us at the sa~me time to listen to Him with humil,. ity and attention. Study o[ Mysteries Naturally many religious will be taken aback at the thought of studying quite formally a deep mystery of our faith. That is the work of skilled theologians, we reason: while our part isto share in the fruits of their labors by reading their books, or listening to their sermons or lec-tures. But no, the Holy Father would have us take up the direct study of the mystery of the Mystical Body fgr our-selves. In fact, over and over he insists on this idea of study. On the other hand he anticipates our reluctance to undertake Such a task; or, it may be, even our consterna-tion at thevery thought of facing a mystery in the hope of penetrating it. Hence he cites a declaration of the Vatican Council, which will not only allay all fears but even indi-cate a method of studying the present Mystery: "Reason illumined by faith, if it seeks earnestly, piously, and wisely, does attain, under God, to a certain knowledge and a most helpful knowledge of mysteries by considering their anal- 31 PATRICK M. REGAN Review [or Religious ogy with what it knows naturally and their mutual rela-tions and their common relation with man's last end." What an insPiring thought it is, that the very least among us may go directly to tl~e official enunciation of this doetrineby the Supreme Pontiff himself. What an encour-aging thought that we can be certain, on no less an authority than the Vatican Council itself, of attaining with God'sgrace ~o a sure and helpful knowledge,of the mys-terious doctrine of the Mystical Body. Many of us per-haps must accuse oursel~ces of being content to know only the a-b-c's of our holy Faith. One would almost suspect that.Plus had such in mind as he seems to strive to arouse us from our lethargy and get .us to study the Church, the hope of salvation. What an intellectual.and.spiritual°ban, quet a~aits the religious who approaches the study of this doctrine with eager and humble spirit! We leave the reader tO ~enjoy that banquet for him-self. Meanwhile we would exhort him to keep in mihd, as he studies, thaf foryears he himself has bedn a living mem-ber of this mystery, the Church; that all i~s mysteries, its doctrines, sacraments, hnd graces have touched his. life at every point along the way. In other words he has lived this life of mystery for many a year: surely it is high time to meditate it long and well. Exhortations Although we leave most of the work of teaching to the Encyclic.al itself, still we feel obliged to call attention to certain exhortations particularly appropriate to. religious. Outstanding among these, one that the very name ."Mysti-cal .Body" will bring to mind is this: "When, therefore, we call the body of Jesus Christ 'mystical,' we hear a solemn warning in .the very significance of the word. It is a warning. that echoes these words of St. Leo: 'Recognize, O Christian, 32 danuarv, 1944 ENCYCLICAL ON THE MYSTICAL BODY your dignity, and, being made a sharer of the divine nature, go not back to your former worthlessness along the way of unse.emly conduct. Keep. in mind of what head and of .what body you are a member.' " Again there is the paragraph exalting charity for our imitation: "Charity, then, more than any other virtue, binds us closely to Christ. On fire with this flame from .heaven, how many children of the Church have rejoiced to s~ffer insults foi Him and to face and overcome the hardest trials, though it cost their lives and the shedding of their blood. For this reason our Divine Savior earnestly exhorts us in these words: 'Remain in my love.' And as .charity, if it find no outward expression and effectiveness in ,good work, is something jejune and altogether empty, He added at once: 'If you keep .my commandments, you will remain in my love; as I also have kept my Father's com-mandments and remain in His love.' " The exhortation that follows on love of neighbor may be summed up in the. pointed question of the Holy Father: "How can we claim to love the Divine Redeemer if we hate those whom He has redeemed with His precious blood so ¯ that He might make them members of His Mystical Body?" Rejecting the "opinions of those.who assert that little importance should be given, to the frequent con~ession of venial sins," the Pope implies a special exhortaion to reli-gious in these words: "to. hasten daily progress along the path of virtue, we wish the pious practice of frequent Con- , fession to be earnestly advocated. By i.t, genuine self-knowledge is increased; Christian humility grows; bad habits are corrected; spiritual neglect and tepidity are con-quered; the conscience is purified; the will strengthened; a salutary self-control is attained; and grace is increased in virtue of the sacrament itself." Again, the following words, nothing more than a mere PATRICK M. REGAN statement of fact, are nonetheless a powerful exhortation for any religious: "Moreover, the common practice of the saints as well as ecclesiastical documents demonstrate hov~ highly everyone should esteem mental prayer." Puzzled perhaps by the teaching¯ of those who "would spread abroad the idea that prayers offered to God in private should not be considered worth very much," the religious might have wavered in his loyalty to his mental prayer: .What more encouraging ¯than to hear the foregoing words from the Holy Father himself on this subject, so dear to the heart of everyone dedicated to God. in the service of ~e.ligion! ,Fin'all,y, this whole doctrine of the Mystical Body teaches one lesson above all--love, of the Church. Nat-urally then we expect, to hear: "The vastness of Christ's love for the Church is equalled by its constant activity. With the same charity let us show our devoted active love .for Christ's Mystical Body.;' May we as'r~ligious measure ,up to the high standard of dedication attributed to us in .th~se words: "And so we desire that all who claim, the Church as their mother should seriously consider that not ¯ only the sacred' ministers and those who have consecrated themselves to God in religious life, but .the other members as well of the Mystical Body of ~lesus Christ have the obli-gation of working hard and constantly for .the upbuilding ~and increase of this Body." May our deep study and fer-vent meditation of the Encyclical help us to a deeper real-ization of our obligations as religious to the Mystical Body of, ~lesus Christ) 1For the study of the encyclical, we recommend the edition published by the Ameri-ca Press, which contains an Introductory Analysis, Study Outline. Review Questions. and a Selected Bibliography prepared by Father ylo, seph Bluett, 34 L'Allegro Francis 3. McGarrigle, S.3. AMAN'S duty of joy and cheerfulness is the state of mind, emotion, and will, that should result from his awareness of the great purpose and worth of his. existence. Man can and should be constantly cheerful only if he is convinced that "life. is worth living. '° His cheerful-ness must be essentially the "joy of living." 'joy .grows and flourishes only in the cheerful garden of belief in God's infinitely wise and good purpose for man. Consequently, sadness has its habitat in the dark and dank swamp of atheism andvice. It is ~/mephitic weed that will effectually choke out all fragrant plants of happiness and virtue, if it is allowed to grow in the soul. The best way to extirpate it is to get at its roots. ,Joy and suffering are not by any means incompatible. The one who loves is joyful to suffer f6r the beloved. The laborer who suffers in his labor has joy in the thought of a high wage. A~ surely as man has instincts that are opposite to one another, so surely his life must contain suffering: some form of frustration. For the satisfaction of any one of man's tendencies usually involves the frustration of another .tendency; and thus pleasure always casts the shadow of suffering. For instance, the fatiaer of a family may satisfy his parental instin& by bard labor in caring for his family: butby that very fact he frustrates his tendency to ease and amusement. The soul would have no rainbow Had the eyes no tears. --3. V. Cheney, "Tears." 35 FRANCIS J. MCGARRIGLE Reoie~o [or Religious Nor is cheerfulness the aloof, self-centered, touch-me-not withdrawal from sorrow-laden surroundings and' per-sons, in order to indulge in a sort of Nirvana of emotiom ¯ with studied indifference to the woesof others. Cheerful-ness is bes( fostered in sympathy and interest in others' mis.- fortunes. "Blessed are the comforters; for they shall be comforted"; and the comforters' blessedness or joy is not merely eschatological; it is this-worldly joy as well as other-worldly joy. The cheerfulness of the poor who are not envious of their more fortunate neighbor, while., sympa-thetic with their less fortunate one, isa matter of inspiring experience. Frequently both the smile and the sympathy lessen on the face of man and woman as the money increases in their swel.ling purse. ¯ The reality of life is shocking and crudeonly for those who do not know the wondrous meaning of life. The pes- .simists of humanity are not the oneswho have most to suf-fer; they are often persons in relative ease, but mentally :children who do not see the worth of the schooling of life; Especially literary and socialite professionalsufferers believe that self-knowledge and worldly wisdom consist in abnormal talent for discovering reasons for boredom, unhappiness, and criticism. -Tolstoi, a disillusioned man, quarrels bitterly with the whole scheme of the universe, and finds nothing of joy in life.but to dig the ground for" the sake of digging the ground. The reason is that he does no.t know what life is about. Two other Slavs, Poushkin and Lermontoff, sadly~labored over the reason for human, existence and in their poems and other writings found only" pessimistic replies. Poushkin, father of Russian lyric poetry, addresses life thus dolefully: Useless gift, gift of chance. What unfriendly power Has drawn me from the darkness? . . . There is no goal for me . . . ~6 Saturnine Byron, in "Euthanasia," sums hp.in two lines his lugubrious views of tlde worth Of living: 'And know! whatever thou hast been; 'Tis something better not to be. Pessimism, chronic discontent and sadness, is essentially the convicti6n that life is not worth living. Many amongst the best known German philosophers are pessimists fol-lowing the conviction of Sophocles, the Greek tragedian: "Not.to have been is past all prizing best'" (OedilOUS" Co-lonnus) . Schopenhauer calls life a sh~m, an annoying and point-less interruption of the steady calm of eternal nothingness: "The knowledge that it. is better not to be, is not only the most important of truths£ but also the oldest of wisdom,.'.~o. (Werke, ed. Deussen, III, .693). For Schilling, life is a farce, an absurd romance; for Feuerbach it is a madhouse and a jail. Eduard von Hart-rn'ann tells us that the genius sees through the" illusion of life. and finds it unendtirable, Whilst the.generality of mankind labor on in wretched contentment, slaves of the error, and delusion that they can be happy. After perceiving the ill,u.- ¯ sions of life, man sees the conclusion to be drawn: Nirvana, painless nothingness (Ausgetoal~tte Werhe, dd. Copeland, !II, 76). Most European pessimism likewise borrows its Views from the Buddhism of India, and like it, more or less logically and veiledly draws the conclusion of the blessed-ness of self-annihilation,, suicide. There have been weird societies for the promotion of suicide, on,e in Paris at the beginning of the nineteenth cen-tury. The members placed their names in an urn; and as their nameswere periodically drawn, they killed them-selves in the presence of the other members as the tetric expression of the worthlessness of living. In Italy, with other so-called thinkers, Leopardi. FRANCIS "J. McGARRIGLE laments that¯ no one can be intelligently happy. Life according tothis moping poet, by its very nature is infe-llcita, unhappiness: "I cannot imagine a use for life; nor any fruit of it" (Canto Nottttrno). In his self-pity he speaks to his heart: Be quiet forever; you ha.ve beaten enough; the earth is not ¯ worthy of your sighs. Life is nothing ~but bitterness and :. ycearzness; there is nothing else in it. The world is nothing ¯ but mire. Be quiet;.be in despair forever. Destiny holds ngthing to us but death. Despise henceforth yourself and nature, and the shan~eful hidden power which decrees the ruin of all and the infinite variety of all. (Poesies et oeuvres morales. French Transl. 1880, p. 49.) D'Alembert, amongst French pessimists, aligns himself With such "strong" men as Leopardi thinks himself to be: "Be great," he says, "and you will be unhappy." ' Disbelief" in the immortality, of man can see only dis-heartening frustration and deadening sorrow as funda-menial and final, involved in the very nature of man and his environment. Life for such disbelievers is inherently and utterly "a business that does not pay expenses," a thing far better if it were not. When the godless or materialis,tic philosopher does pro-pose optimism as a principle of life, hi does so on patently insufficient reason, in mere bravado, whistling in the dark. 'Some others are cynical, such as Oscar Wilde ("The Pic, ~ture.of Dorian Gray") saying that the basis of optimism is Sheet terror in facing life. Wrong in their valuation of living, materialists are n~c.e~sarily wrong as to the basis of optimism and joy, as is Herbert Spencer (The Data oF Etbics III) : There is on~ postulate on which pessimists and optimists agree. Both their arguments ~issume it to be self-evident '~ . that ,life is good or bad, according as it does or does not !. brinl~ a surplus of agreeable feeling. : 38 danuarg, 1944 L'ALLEGRO Optimism that ,is sound and ~pessimism that can give some. account of its source, are founded, not on feeling, but on the primary conviction that life. is, Or is not, worth living that the purpose of life is, or is not, worth the suf-fering it entails. -~. -- Quite a number df self-estemed intelligentsia: and worldly-wise hold that there is so little joy possible .in life that we must prove our right to it at all. "What fright have we to,napplness. , .(Ibsen, Ghosts I.) 3oy, they ~thinki is only for simpletons; Great and experienced minds~ among, whom they class themselves, must appear, bored, cynical, and disgruntled with life and with. everything in it. Sophocles~ however,~ says .of them in his Ant(qone: "The man for whom the joy of lif~ is gone, lives no~more~; he should be counted among the dead.~' ._" Many modern novelists, and~ssayists hav~ frankly abandone~ the possibility of happiness as a goa:l. The be~t they can offer as an ambition is. the empty shadow of piness without its soul-filling substance, the panting.quest for happiness without the possibility oL its acquisition, t.he ¢arrot dangled before the eyes of the silly donkey whom.s.ly -nature thus dupes into dragging with much labor the back~ breaking load of living. _ The deluded donkey, they tell :us, will never reach the luscious-looking carrot; and t,~here .is no welcoming manger awaiting.him at his weary journey's end. At last he will buckle under, ~ollapse and fall, the carrot still unattained. Anyway; they add.as a footnote, the carrot, agreeable as it looks; would prove disagreeable: if reached at last. Together with this defeatist attitude toward lif.e, strangely enough, there is~joined a. feverish longing forjo'~ and an amazingly mad chase after it; and all the while the~e same disillusionists assume a contemptuous superciliousne~} towards cheerfulness. They think itbefitting their elevated ':FRANCIS J. MCGARRIGLE :mentality to pQrtray on their grim countenances the cosmic boredom of living. .~ ~ It can be, too, that there are some lopsidedly pious Souls who.scent an insidious enemy of piety in every ~joy. Gaiety is to them always something .ribald. As Macaulay writes in his History of England (vol. III, c. II): "The ¯ Puritan hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but.because it gave pleasu[e tO the spectators." On . the other hand, there are still simpler sduls to whom all religion and piety are repulsive because they scent in it the sworn enemy of every joy. However, one would gather from the writings of G. K. Chesterton that it was largely his sense of humor anal joy that established his belief in God and in the Church. The truth is that joy is an essential nutrition of human life, a greater necessi~ty than bread, a power of life, and an immense worth of life. The troUble with the pessimikts, philosophical or social, is that they are the simpletons, who look for hap-~ piness and joy outside their own minds, in riches, pleasure-hunting, social or political notoriety--all and any of which, by themselves, wipe off the human faceits smile of joy. Condition, circumstance, is not the thing; Bliss is the same in.subject or in king. --Pope, Essay on Man. They have not realized that to increase one's toys is not to increase one's joys. They seek joy from all sources but the true one: and finally, with Francis Thompson (in The Hound o[ Heaven), they say by the constant tedium of -their faces and the constant bitterness of their tongues: And now m'y heart is as a broken font, Wherein tear-drippings stagnate, spilt down ever From the dank thoughts that shiver Upon the sightful branches of my mind. ¯40 danuar~l, 1944 L'ALLEGRO All the bright~ lights of care-society, all the tom-tomming of jazz, all the social fir.ew0rks, all the scurrying of business, all the flitting from one place to another, .are mainly din and distraction for the stunning of joyless minds. So-called-modern art and so-called modern music-are the most joyless ever. excogitated,, because they 'iecede farthest from thought of God and His providence .for mani. More atheist than the Roman and Greek paganism, they see man and his life only with the unsmiling eyes of the animal and interpret him only in the fate and destiny of an animal. Modern art and music, are the saddest ot~ all art and music ,because they are the "most inhuman of all. They cannot smile; and the definition of man-is anirna( risible: '."the' animal that smiles." To study an exp0si; tion of modern art or tO listen tO moderri mi~sic is to dreriCh one's spirit with cold watermmuch ot~ it- dirty. ' -The joy of the theist is the only possible joy, for he alone knows wl-iere human lithe is going and has the assur~ ance that, it~ he So will it, nothing can hinder him.fr0ni reachinghis exCeedingly desirable destination. A ChriS-tian optimist sees an opportunity in every calmity; a pagan pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity:. Successl is getting what you.want; happiness is wanting wl'iat you get. The reason is that happinessdepends on one's own outlook and dispositions. No one can make us happy or' unhappy;we do it ourselves, and we alone can do As Publius Syrus tells us in his Sententiae, "No man is happy Unless he believes he is." Enviroriment gives us the opportunity for happiness or unhappiness; but our own attitude of mind to our environ; merit constitutes our happiness or unhappiness. Humor and cheerfulness anddeep joy are by no means correlatives of comfort, riches, ease, learning or notoriety. FRANCIS J. MCGARRIGLE " Review for Religious ¯ Because nobility is not idependent on exterior things, bkcause it is an attitude of mind and will, nobility nor-mally has joy and cheerfulness as its distinguishing trait. Small souls are sad souls;.great souls are glad souls. There is no question but that one must be noble in character to be cheerful constantly; for only "out of the strong shall come the sweet." Nobility causes cheerfulness; but there is also the mutual causality of constant cheerfulness in generating and increasing real nobility, with its necessary discipline of mind. Great minds alone have lea~rned, great heart.s alone have lived, the truth that duty is the only joy and joy is a fundamental duty. Joy and cheerfulness promote social intercourse and lubricate all contacts of" family, business, and general society. Alone one can sorrow; but none can be joyful alone. The cheerful man is sought as the best promoter, seller, and leader of men. All naturally admire the man who does not show the weakness and self-centeredness of sadness. In fact, no one is interested in sad accounts of our misfortunes, but all are attracted by our joy of living, as insects are attracted by light. Hence the jingle runs: Be always as merry as ever you can, For no one delights in a sorrowful man. The cheerful gospel of joy is brought to us by Christ, .who presents Himself as the Divine Model of correct human pS~rchology. To perfect human nature He teaches that man, His brother and sister, children of God the Father, should be joyous in living. "These things I have spoken tO you that my joy may be in ~ou, and that your joy may be fu.lfilled" (John 15:11 ) "and your joy no one shall take from you" (John 16:22).1 Christianity is essentially the religion of cheerfulness. 1The New Testament texts used in this article are taken from the Westminster Version.--ED. danuar~lo 1944 L'ALLEGRO Christ's messianic coming is foretold, as the coming of joy to the human race. "Many shall rejoice in his coming" (Luke 1 : 14). He is announced on the winter hills of Beth-lehem as the arrival of joy: "Behold, I bring you glad tidings of a great joy that shall l~e to all the people" (Luke 2: 10). In His divine masterpiece of psychology, the Ser~ mon on the Mount, He explains the reasons for the peace~ ful joy of living: "Rejoice and exult, for your reward is great in .the heavens" (Matthew 5" 12). Naturally Paul of Tarsus .emphasizes 'this dominant note of joy sounded by His.Master, "joy of faith" (Philippians 1:15). Hi~ greeting and wish for his Christian flock is "pdace and joy in the Holy Spirit" (Romans 14:17); may "the God of h.ope fill you with all joy" (Roman.s 15: 13) ; even though they have much to suffer: "rejoicing in hope, bearing tribu.- lation in patience." His ~o-apostle and Primate, St. Peter, teaches the same: "Inasmuch .as ye hax~e fellowships ih the sufferings of Christ, rejoice" (I Peter 4: 13). "~ The Church of Christ inculcates through its liturgy th~ joy of living. Its "Alleluia," the exclamation of joy, rings throughout its worship of the Mass and Office. Even in the season of sorrow, the exhortation .to r~joice, "Lae-tare!," begins the Massof the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Its official prayers are those of cheerfulness: the BenediCtus) Magniiicat, and Te Deum; and prayers of rejoic!ng are heard even in its funerals. The Church celebrates the death of her most notable children as their joyful birthday. "Merry Christmas" is essentially a Christian greeting; and Christmas, or any other day, can be merry, only when it is what it says "Christ's Mass," rejoicing over the life of Christ begun in Bethlehem, continued in the Bethfehem of every heart, and to be consummated in Christ's eternal happiness. The "Prince of Peace" means the "Prince of cheerfulness." 43 FRANCIS J. MCGARKIGLE The conflict of selfishness is practically all that is wrong with the world and human life, whether socially, politi-cally, commercially, nationally, or religiously; and selfish-ness is manifested invariably by lack of joy and cheerful-ness. . . Characteristic, tber, efore,.of.those who are most Chris-tian, the saints, is constant cheerfulness; so much s-o that xhe French express it thus: "Un saint triste est .un triste . saint" (a sad saint is a sad [specimen of] saint.) The real ",Christian lives up fully t_o the tranquilizing "principle: '~God is, and all is well" .(Whittier, "My Birthday"). Father Faber observes that "Perhaps nature does not contribute a gr.eatei, help to grace than. gaiety~' In this he but paraphrases the early Christian document, "Pastor,", written before the death of St. John the Apostle, namely, thai sadness leads to sin and joy to good. The most joyful of persons are, on an average, the me.mbers of religious orders; and they have the youngest of hearts, ahhougb they have renounced .the pursuit of revel, wilfulness, honor, and possessions, in which the imbecile world thinks to find joy.~ They honor God, theoGod of their hearts, in a very special way by the alacrity and cheer- .fulness of their service. Hence, too, their magnetic power , in drawing others to the service of God, whose burden of ~"~"~"l[fe they prove by their cheerfulness to be' sweet and light. Their joy is one explanation of their perseverance; for What we do with joy, we do to the end. ¯ Wise St. Teresa of Avila instructs her Sisters: Try, my Sisters, to be affable wherever you can with-out giving displeasure to God. Behave so that all with whom you converse will be pleased with your manner and company, and may never be rendered afraidof virtue. The more holy a r~ligious is, the more simple and gracious she should be in conversation. Never must you separate.your-self from your Sisters, however much difficulty you may L'ALLEGRO~ feel with them, and however little their ¢on~rersat~o~_ may please you. We must make every, effort to be affable and ¯ to please those with whom we deal, and especially our Sisters. : The joyous mood of St. Francis of Assisi, so popularL with Catholic and non-Catholic alike., arose from his intense spirituality; and this reassuring ~haract~ri.stic" undoubtedly was most potent in the engaging attraction., which he exercised over others in leading them to enthusi~. astic Christian life. Thomas of Celano tells us of St, Fran~: cis: "The saint Constantly, endeavored to persevere; in gladness of heart . With utmost, solicitude he avoided, the great evil of ill-humor." . . Ready and steady the Christian gazes into. the hollo~. eyes of Death. Despite his instinctive revulsion fiom thi~: death of the body, the Christian's joy is strengthend by: th_.e. thought of death, not the end for him, but the beginning of life; and with thisknowledge, his joy arises from,the correct evaluation of the things of time. He does not. live. in tile uneasy dismay of. wa!kirig over life's treacherous glacier, in the dark, without a guide, at the risk of being. engulfed at every sFep. He does not undergo the bitter dis~. appointment of placi.ng all his expectan.cy of happiness-in,. creature goods, which.were not made. to last or to sail.sly; for that which makes these spectral goods is, as in the case of bubbles, that which explodes them. The Christian has shorn grisled death of its fearful,¯ hess; and eq.ually sufferjng's barb has been cleansed of its venomous poison of hopelessness, the sensethat suffering.i.s of no avail, dead loss, The Christian grasps the nettle of suffering and ddath with firm hope and its sting is gone, Chamisso writes of a peasant woman, singing:at the door of her whitewashed cottage, while .with her own hands she stitched her shroud, so that when she should die, it would be ready: 45 I~RANCIS J. MCGARRIGLE " I wouldI were as wise as she Life's cup to. empty never sighing " .And still with joy like hers to see The shroud made ready for my dying. :. ~,Joy is.indispensable to physical as well as to spiritual i~fticiency. Sadness deadens; joy quickens. "Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a Steady and. perpetual serenity" (Addison, The Spectator, May 17, 1712). What sunlight is tO the metabolism, of ~the. plants, joy is tO spiritual metabolism . and general health. It has a most profound effect on the ease of recov- :ery from illness and.even on the amount of inconvenience and suffering felt in sickness. Physicians know this fact weii: and an important factor of the "bedside manner" is _ the development.of a cheerful outlook in the patient. Nerve spedalis.ts make gr~at account of it in their treatments. Ancient Ecclesiasticus also knew it several millenia ago: "The joyfulness of the heart is the life of man., and the joy of a man is length of life" (30:23). It is a commonplace amongst doctors that the joyful patient, other things being equal, is the one who has the most favorable prognosis, especially in somediseases, such as tuberculosis. An English physician in his book on "The Prolongation of Life," observes that joy and hope, ¯ "-by quickening respiration, increase the flow of blood to the .brain and the supply of nourishment to the nerve cells. Psychic depression retards respiration and heart action, he says, and lessens the blood-flow to the brain, causing first ¯ .functional and then organic derangement. 3by is a sort of gymnastics of the soul whose health is always shared with the body. "The fear of the Lord shall delight the heart and shall give joy and gladness and length of days" !(Ecclesiasticus 1 : 12). The great philosopher, St. Thomas Aquinas, tells us January, 1944 L'ALLEGRO in this regard: Sadness does more harm to the bddy than the other passions ~ of the soul, because it interferes with'the.vital action of the heart. Sadness at times causes even the loss of reason, as may he seen in cases where it-has led-tO deep . o melancbqly and madness. (Summa Theolo~ica, 2a, 2ae, 28, '.'On.Joy.") And inspired writers express the same concretely and pungently: . ~ Sorrowful heart drieth up the" bones" (Proverbs 17, 21). "For sadness hath killed many and there.is no profit in it . Of sadness cometh death; and it overwhelmeth" " the strength; and sadness' of the'heart boweth do~rn the neck" (Ecclesiasticus 30; 25; 38; 19). The observance of the laws of Christianity is i.n gen~ eral the m~st conducive factor to healthy living. Especially is it t1~e best preventive and curative treatment for mental health. Chief amongst the laws of Christ in this, and'in every regard, are acquiescence to God's Will and interest in the happiness and welfare of others. An old English proverb runs: "A man Of gladness cometh not tomadness,'.' OUR. CONTRIBUTORS G. AUGUSTINE ELLARD is a member of our editorial board and Professor of Ascetical and Mystical Theology at St. Mary's College, St. Marys, Kansas. ,IAMEg A. KLEIST is the editor of The Classical Btdletin and Professor of Classical Lan, guages at St. Louis University. FRANCIS L. FILAS is a student of Theology ~t West Baden College, West Baden Springs, Indiana, and. has written a book on tile history of the-devotion to SL ,Joseph. PATRICK M. REGAN is Professor of Apolo2 getics at St. Mary's College; St. Marys, Kansas. FRANCIS 2. MCGARRIGLE i's Graduate Dean at Seattle College, Seattle, Washington. R.OBERT B. EITEN. le.ctu~e.s in,Mathematics at the University of Detroit, and has given much special study to questions of Ascetical and Mystical Theology. 47 Genuine h yst:icism What Should We Think Robert B. Eiten, S.J. SO MUCH is written, t.oday on mysticism that it is scarcely possible for anyone interested in the spiritual life to avoid taking a stand on the subject. The stand whicb"all should begin.with ought tO be based on the common teaching df mystical theologians. Of ~ourse in mystical theology as in nearly all other sciences, we may reasonably expect to find some problems which have .not been settled to the satisfaction of all authorities. There are differences of opinion on some questions. Nevertheless there is agreement on nearly, all fundamental questions, at least in so far as they would concern either our spiritual life or spiritual direction. Let us now consider what the proper attitude, of a reli- ¯ -gious.should be toward mysticism. This proper and safe attitude, as .we said before, can be derived from mystical theologians in those points where there is agreement among them. What, then; is the common teaching of mystical " theologians in g~neral? First of all, we surely would like to know the connec= tion between mystical graces and high sanctity.' Although mystical theologians admit that mystical graces are a great aid to sanctity, still they hold that these graces do not con-stitute sanctity, be it heroic or ordinary. Sanctity is meas- 'ured by the amount of sanctifyinggrace onehas. Its further 9rowtl~ too is determined by.the perfection of the life that one leads. Ultimately,then~ mystical graces help our sanc-tity in so far as they help these bther elements. For a high degree of sanctity and perfection, mysticM 48 GI~NUINE MYSTICISM theologians agree that special graces are not only helpful but necessary. These graces must be more abundant and more stimulating than those which are required to lead an ordinary life of sanctity. Likewise they would require a greater cooperation and docility on the part of the soul receiving them. These graces thus can dominate completely the actions of the soul. This constant fidelity to grace or this proficient life of grace, mystical theologians would admit, will bring an ever greater union of mind and Will with God. Finally, over, a period of time such constant fidelity to grace will bring about a habitual union with God. ~rith a habitual union "present, supernatural truths and, in general, the mysteries-of faith, are clearly perce.ived. .- But what is this habitual union with God if not an intense prayer-life or life of r~collection? Thus all'along r~orr~ally there has been.progress ir~ prayer. Most likely in the beginning the soul passed from meditation [o affective prayer where affections are usually many and varied, and reflections few and short. After using this latter type of prayer for a while the soul gradually passed into simpff[ied affectit2e prayer or the prayerof simplicity. In this prayer the soul immediately and, as it were, intuitively grasping a supernatural truth or mystery, experienced a repose and relish in resting therein without much change or variety of. affections over some considerable period of time. Within," thislatter degree of prayer there was much opportunity for -the soul to make progress up to the very borderline of infus-ed contemplation. And if some mystical theologians place the prayer of simplicity beyond ordinary prayer and within the realm of infused prayer, at least they will agree that there has l~een a progressive prayer-life in such a soul. Mysti~a~i'' theologians do not conceive of the passing from acquired prayer into infused or mystical prayer as a necessarily sud-. 49 ROBERT B. EITEN Reoiew ~,or Religious den and great hiatus.or jump; .rather they admit some con- . tinuity between these states of prayer. " The importance, then, of a progressive prayer-life-- a life of intimacy with God--should be at once rather evi-dent. Any carelessness here normally precludes one frorn the hope of enjoying mystical graces. We said before that special graces are needed to reach high sanctity. We have also pointed out the importance .of ¯ a recollected life. Now, infused contemplation happens to fi~ in very well in this list of special graces. It is one of the most select graces. And it is certainly a big factor in leading a deeply recollected life. It is not st,range, therefore, that mys-tical theologians would further admit that mystical grace~ or infused contemplation are in themselves most desirable be, cause they can be a great .factor in tea, ching high sanctity. True, there may be-some difference of opinion among mys-tical theologians on the opportuneness of exciting such a desire in allsouls on account of certain disadvantages it ~ay ¯ bring about in some souls or in unusual circumstances. The desire can be abused. But, just as with any other means of sanctification, mystical graces can be desired and prayed for under certain conditions.1 How strange and unfortunate. then, it is to find that there are still those who on princ.iple not only fear mystical prayer, but discourage it! Perhaps . they do not realize that they are trying tO make void a great grace and an important factor in the matter of spiritual progress. Perhaps they act this way because they think of mystical contemplation only in terms of visions, revela-tions, internal locutions, ecstasies, levitations, stigmatiza, tion, and so forth. But no mystical-theologian holds lThe eminent and prudent author, Tanquerey, has the following excellent remarks on the desire for mystical prayer: "It is permissible to desire infused contemplation. since it is an excellent means of perfection, but it must be done httmblyoand condi-tionally with a hol~ abandonment to the will of .God." (The Spiritual Life. p. 665.) 50 ~lanuary, 1944 GENUINE MYSTICISM "today that these pertain to the essence of mystical,praye~. They .are merely the accidental phenomena sometimes con-nected with mystical prayeL Mystical prayer can. exist apart from them. Even those who truly desire the grace of infused prayer should not ask for, but should ratherlshuni these extraordinary external experiences. All or nearly all authorities admit that God grants the gift of infused prayer when and in the way He pleases, and even to beginners, though this latter is rare. Usually. infhsed contemplative prayer is granted primarily for. one's increase in personal holiness, after years.of earnest .striving for sanctity,-and secondarily that others may be prevailed upon to lov~ God more intensely. Authorities further agree that temperament, proper direction, envirqn-ment, vocation, and so forth, are noteworthy factors in disposing oneself to receive this gift. Although infused contemplation¯ is a precious gift,yet one w.hb desires it for its.sweets is apt to be disappointed; for usually there is much suffering connected with .it and the suffering may even outweigh the sweets. It is generally admitted that there is no high sanctity withouk a rigorou~s purification of the soul. In this regard God ordinarily intervenes personally by means of interior and exterior trials, since personal efforts, even the most generous, are hardly enough. These divine purifications are similar to the nights described by St. John of the Cross. Mystical writers also agree 6n the great means.leading to the gift of mystical graces. They are usually classed as follows: (1) an intense prayer-life, or recollection; (2) uncompromising self-abnegation, or self-renuncia-tion; (3) continual mortification of self, or the apostolate of the cr6ss.2 Other means, such as the practice of charity, '2These means seem rather obvious. Contemplation is one of the higher types of psychological union with God. But all progressive union with God consists in ROBERT B. EITEN deta~hment, and so forth, are sometimes listed, but these can readily be reduced oto-the former.° Since, then,there is in general .an agreement among mystical theologians on wl~atare the best means to be used to dispose ourselves for infused contemplation, there oug.bt not be on our part too much - concern whether there is a general or only a restricted call tb infused contemplation-- a matter on which mysticaltheologians do not. agree. Let . :us-live our lives in accordance with. these means and leave it to God to grant us this gift if He so chooses. Mystical prayer, indeed, is. a great gift, a great means of ¯ sanctification, and one worth asking for and working for by our lives of personal holiness. It is a gift that makes us in some way consdous of the divine and brings us into contact with the divine. It is in some way; at least in its ¯ higher stages, a prelude to heaven. It is, therefore, most desirable in itself, and we act wisely in dlsposing oursel.ves .and others for it by ,lives of recollection, self-effacement, and suffering. Today, the feast of the great mystic doctor, St. John of the, Cross, as I write ihese lines, I am reminded, of an inci-dent in the life of this great saint. Once when asked by Christ what reward he would seek for his many labors, St. John replied: "Lord, to suffer and be despised for you." ~"~This is. the disposition to be cultivated by those desiri'ng infused contemplation. Above all else it should be our aim to live holy, Self-effaciiag lives, realizing that if we do this ¯ God. will. take care Sf all the rest with His sweet Providence --and this includes the bestowal or refusal of infused con-templation. (1) becoming detached from all,creatures, and (2) becoming as attached as pos-sible to God. Self-abnegation and continual mortification accomplish the first ele: merit, detachment from creatures; while a life of fervent recollection takes care of the'. second element, attachment to God. 52 ommunica ions Reverend Fathers:. I am followin~ the vocation discussion with interest. Here is a suggestion based on experience. Do religious who are unfaithful in seemingly small points of rule realize how often they are to blame for the failure of girls to follow a .vocation? This is particularly true in boarding schools aad acade-~ mies. Postulants disclose how they were shocked when, as students, they were asked to mail letters, etc., for religious who.wished to avoi'd censorship by the superiol. Others tell how the worldliness of some religious, their want of reserve, and the ease with which they excuse themselves from assisting at Mass on week days during summer vaca-tion have done much to shatter their ideals and made them Wonder if ~ ¯ they should rehily embrace the religious'life. The lack of vocations . c~iTf~ten' b~ ~raced to religious themselves. Mistress of Postulants Reverend Fathers: My interest in the matter of vocations lies in the problem of per-sever~ ince rather than in the initial fostering of vbcatlons; and my suggestions are, I suppose, more applicable to religlous.men than to. religious women. I would ~uggest a better psychological handling .of young reli-gious iri regard to these two problems: restlessness and chastity/ Restlessness, ~lways largeamong the problems of active young ¯ . Americans, is a double-barrelled source of trouble during the time of war. The young religious see their brothers and sisters winning medals, piloting bombers, visiting distant places, while ~hey are told to thank God that they can continue their training-in quiet. It's not that easy. I would suggest: (a) a sane article on this matter, explaining in what this restlessness is common to all young people and .not someth_ing peculiar to the religious state; and (b) some practical work, requiring physical energy if possible, to aid in the war effort-- for example, volunteer farm labor. Secondly, there is the matter of chastity. Here, as in the foster- 53 COMMLrNICATION~ ing of vocations, the true dignity of the ~arried state should be incul-cated. Some novitiate superiors create the impression that the religious.life is the only life for a true friend of Christ; with the result that the reaction is sometimes overwhelming in young religious when, later on, they acquire a more balanced Unpsychological passages on this matter should be omitted from old-time spiritual writers in required reading for religious. Prac-~ tical spiritual reading on the subject, attuned to the findings of mod-ern .psychology should be made available for religious of various ages. A Priest Reverend Fathers: Perhaps you and the readers of REVIEW FOR RELIGIOUS recall the controversy that waged some time ago in the "Communications" of America, concerning the influence of the Sisters' habit on vocations. One letter asserted rather strongly that the habit is a deterrent to many American girls who might otherwise embrace the religious life. The reply was equally emphatic that if girls would be deterred by such a trifle, then it was good riddance to them. I suppose most people took this controversy as a good joke; but I was seriously interested in it, and I know a number of other priest's who were also-interested~ True, we did not favor discussing the sub-ject in a magazine for. the general public, but we did wish to know the honest opinions of Sisters and of modern girls. There may be no truth in the assertion that likely candidates are deterred by the bulki-ness of the habit. ¯ If it is not true, then it is well for us to know that. But if it should, prove to be true then we are confronted with a fur-ther problem. Can we solve the problem by simply shrugging our shoulders and saying: ."Good riddance to such candidates"; or should we conclude that there may be need today of some modifications in traditional habits or of new institutes with more simplified habits. Is it not true that many of the traditional habits are merely modifica-tions of a style of dress worn by women at the time of the found-resses? Certainly they differ radically from the clothing worn by the modern American girl. A P~iest 54 Teresa Avila' G. Augustine Ellard, S.J~ ~N ALL the long and varied history of the Church there do~s not seem to be a feminine leader who can ' outshine Teresa of Avila. Nor in the whole galaxy of Catholic saints does there appear to be one, whether man or woman, in whom the divine and human were united in a more lovely and attractive fashion. Some of those saints had a more eventful external life, and perhaps some of them had a nobler interior life and were holier inGod's sight, but there are few among them whose life, taken in both its interior and.exterior phases, was, as far as we know, conspicupusly, and demonstrably, so rich and intense. As a little child Teresa ran away from home inorder to become a martyr among the Moors. A second time she ran away from home to enter the convent. Soon her health was wrecked and she had to leave for.a time, during which she converted an unworthy priest. She became worse, seemed for a while to have died, survived a funeral service, and narrowly escaped being buried alive:, as if that was not enough, while she-was waiting to be buried, a candle set her bed afire. It pertains to her active life that during the first twenty years or so in the convent she excelled rather at entertaining in the parlor .than at conversing ~rith Almighty God. During her later years she Was busy in the extreme and was constantly battling wi~h difficulties and obstacles of every sort. She led in the reform of her order--a task far more arduous than that of founding a new order. In fifteen yea/s she established seventeen convents and several monasteries. A foun-dation usually cost her so much trouble, opposition from various sources, high and low, and 'bitter suffering, that once when she was asked how one could become a saint, she replied, "We are about to make another foundation: just watch and see!" Shd stiffered from the terrible Spanish Inquisition, and was persecuted by a visitor of her own order. She was revered as a saint, but also referred to by a Car-melite provincial as "an excommunicated apostate." She was quite. expert in dealing with men of every rank, f/om the aristocratic zSaint Teresa of Avila, a Biography. By William Thomas Walsh. Pp. xiv q- 592. Bruce Publishing Company, Milwaukee. $5.00. -5-5 G. AUGUSTINE EI~LARD .Philip II down to foul-mouthed muleteers. She could accor~modate herself in the palaces of princesses and duchesses, and also in cheap inns with coarse men.whom she called "infernal people." It is not surprizing thatl she knew well how to manage women. Physical vio-. lence was almost needed to install her as prioress at the Incarnation in, Avila--city .officers were .present, fearing a riot but before long .she. bad that. house of 130 nuns reformed, liking the reform, and .loving .the reformer. Teresa was also an authoress, and.one of remarkable m~rit: her .works in the critical Spanish edition fill nine large volumes; and two of her mystical treatises stand foremost among the. greatest mystical classics., . In general, few women of any walk in life have left a better record for efficiency. The interior life of St. Teresa was still more intense and exciting. She knew the misery of having fallen from a higher to a lowei con-dition of soul, In a celebrated vision she descended to the depths of hell, and during the last ten years of her life she lived amidst the sub-limities and grandeurs of the highest pinnacles of mysticism. She felt the indescribable joys and pains of a heart literally laid open' by a ~raph's dart. She was familiar with ecstasies in which "one learned mysteries." In one momentary flash she understood, as she said, "more truths about the highest things of God than jf great theo-~ ;lc~gian.s had taught her for. a thousrind years." It was no strange experience for her to enjoy a certain vision of the Blessed T~inity. HerIove of th~ Cross was so great that she could take the attitude, "the more we suffer, the bett~r it will be." For many years she Observed the seraphic vow, that is,-always to do the more perfect ~"thin~. Her love and longing for the Divine Spouse was so great tlsat it broke out into expression in a famous poem "I die because I do not die." Her prayer-life too was fertile and efficient: "this is the end of prayer: to give birth to works, always works!" A major problem of the twentieth-century religious is how to effect the right combination between the contemplative and the active elements in his life. Walsh's new and outstanding biography of the great "'Doctora'" of Avila is recommended as an aid toward solving it. 56 eviews PlUS XII ON WORLD PROBLEMS. By James W. Naughton, S.J. Pp. xxlv -I- 199. The America Press, New York, 1943~ ~ $2.00. World problems today intimately touch the life of every.indi: vidual. Hence the eager welcome to a volume that gives us the. jhdg-ment of our Holy Father on these problems, along with hi~ solu-tions. Encyclicals, radio broadcasts, addresses, Christma~ and Easter messages, sermons, peace plans, .letters to public men, totaling twenty-six in all, carried the words of Pius to the world. For most of.us this formidable array of documents is an insuperable obstacle to acquiring .knowledge of the papal teachings. .However, Father Naugh~on has made them conveniently available to all within the narrow ~ompass of this one volume. Through exhaustive study and.careful selection. he has given a compilation that contains all the .pronouncements substantially. The resul~ is a reference book that is.a real treasq~e. A glance at the table of contents .at the beginfiing .shows 'the. wide variety of.general topics treated. Another glance at the seventeen pages of index at the end makes one realize that here is a ready refer-ence to every subject treated in papal pronouncements, no matter how cursorily. ¯ ': Religious in particular, as leaders of thought, will find the book most useful. With its help they will be enabled to direct others in the modern.crucial probl~ems, whether in sermon or lecture, whether in class or study club, whether in informal talk or in. private conversa-tion. They will also be equipped to maintain their position as Cath-olics who are better informed on the struggle of Christ's Kingdom in the world today. But this is not only a reference.book. Indeed if one expects a dry-as-dust collection of ponderous papal pronouncements .0n.:ipter-national problems the ordinary mind cannot grasp, he is'doomed to a pleasant disappointment. It is not merely a compilation,.it is a work of planned order, that rivals many.in its absorbing interest. The passages directly quoted from the Holy Father 'are joined by para-phrases of his words in these same or related contexts. These para-phrases not only make for Unity and readability, but also throw ifu.r-ther light on the Pope's mind. Best of all they save tiresome repe- 57 BOOK REVIEWS .Review for Religious tition of the same idea which has been expressed several times in vari-ous utterances. The author exercised especially good taste in furnishing us many gems of thought in the exact words of the Pontiff. In these, religious will find an abundance of inspiring matter for meditation. Thus the section, "Trust in G6d" (p. 26 ft.), offers material for sublime mental prayer that may well occupy the soul for weeks, even months. From this moving passage on Trust, we select just one sentence as a sample: "However cruel may seem the hand of.the Divine Surgeon when He cuts with the lancet, into the live flesh, it is always active 'love that guides and drives it in, and only the good of men and Peoples makes Him interfere to cause such sorrow." The following section, "Meaning of Suffering," will also spontaneously lift heart and n~ind to God, saving us the customary agony of trying to stir our own train of thought in the early morning. The solemn conse-cration of the whole world to Mary Immaculate (p. 33) is another example, to which may be added: "A Prayer for Consolation" (p. 35), "Readiness for Suffering" (p. 140), "Eucharistic Union with Christ" (p. 141). These are but a few choice selections taken at random; there are many others .throughout the book, which the reader will appreciate the more for having discovered them for him-self. Finally; the religious who uses this book for meditation or 'mas-ters it for ready reference will realize in his life the following from the "encyclical Supreme Pontificate: "The Christian, if he does honor to the name he bears, is always an. apostle; it is not. permitted, to the soldier of Christ that he quit the battlefield, because only death puts an ,end to his military service."--P. REGAIq, S.J. A BOOK OF UNLIKELY SAINTS. By Margaret T. Monro. Pp. 220. Longmans, Green and Company, New York, 1943. $2.50. "No saints are really likely. But some are unlikelier than others." With these words, Margaret Monro shows us her vivid sketches of five saints. These Unlikely Saints are pictured in their relation to their fellow men. It is the author's idea that "a great public wrong lies in the background of several Unlikely Saints; their function is to restore the lost moral equilibrium for the sake of the whole commun-ity. When sin has abounded, it is only fitting that grace should more abound." St. Aloysias becomes "Machiavelli's Prince gone good." St. Rose 58. ~anuary, 1944 BOOK REVIEWS of Lima, "granddaughter of Conquistadores," washes away in her penance the cruel stains of injustice committed against (he native Indians. St. Benedict Joseph Labre, "the great unwashed," revolts "against the cult of Hygeia--'.'not, of course, that there is anything holy about the louse. But there can be something very unholy about men's attitude to the lou~y." St: Gemma Galgani, "a sign' to be spoken agaifist," is pictured as a victim offered in reparation for the comfortable mediocrity of her surroundings. It is difficult to hang the portrait of St. Th~r~se of Lisieux in the artist's G~llery of Unlikely Saints. Even .the author felt that Thir~se is there "really as a sort of appendix, not as part of the book." There is danger, in writing this sort of "life," of over-painting the background and distracting the reader's eye from the central figure of the Saint. That is es.pecially true where one is not dealing with full-length biography: The-second sketch, for instance, leaves one with the rather unsatisfactory, notion of having read a treatise on expiation illustrated by incidents taken from the life of St. Rose of Lima. The Note on Sources, in which the author ventures ~nto the field of hagiology, will seem unnecessary to the plain reader, and to the critical one unsatisfactory to a degree. The book will have a special appeal for religious women. Already ¯ in the p.reface the author copes with the problem of frustration-- a.social ill intensified by the unnatural conditions of war. Itis this feminine interest, too, th;~t makes her discover the "minx-like" quality of St. Rose of Lima's sanctity: that makes her speak under-standingly of Donna Marta, St. Aloysius' mother. Nor will the feminine interest annoy the male reader. Hewill perhaps see, in Margaret Monro's choice of two Unlike!y men Saints to three Unlikely women Saints, a sort of hint at the proportiohate unlikelihood of sanctity among men as compared with that .among women[--C. T. HUNTER, S.J. AN AMERICAN TERESA. By Margaret M. Conklln. Pp. ix + /;7. The Eastern Observer, MunhaJl, Pennsylvania, 1942. $.25 (paper). Her name, her hidden life of love and zeal, her early death are among the many similarities to the Little Flower that have caused Teresa Demjanovich (1901-1927) to be called "An American Teresa." Baptized and confirmed in the Ruthenian Greek Catholic Rite, 59 BOOK REVIEWS Review for Religious .-she rdceived from her parents an excellent religious education. At school in Bayonne, N. 3., she wrote prize winning .poems and essays. She was remarkable for.her attend~nce~at Mass; her exact obedience and hidden s~crifices. Teresa matriculated at the College of St. Elizabeth. Although she mixed in the full student life, her deepening spirituality cofild not escape notice. It was during her sophomore year, as we read, that she was fhvored with a vision of our Blessed Mother. Soon after graduating with highest honors, Teresa joined the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth, at Convent Station, N.J. Her favorite brother was already a priest. From the very start of her novitiate she was noted for fidelity to [u!e and. charity to others. But before the full two years were com-pleted, her pure soul Went home to Christ. Because of her spiritual acumen and literary ability the spir-itual, director had commanded the young novice to write a series of conferences, which he then gave week by week to the community. Published post~umuously under the title Greater Perfection, this work was selected by the Catholic.Press Association as the best.spir-itt~ al book of the year 1928. Widely acclaimed from the start, the book has since been translated into Dutch,. French, German, and. 'Arabic. Through Greater Perfection Sister Miriam Teresa's prayer is :being fulfilled: "Oh, if I could only shake some life into souls! "If I could be heard all o,ber the earth . my whole soul would spend i~self in giving testimony to ~he Word that dwells within it." Written by an intimate friend and college classmate, An Arneri- .~can Teresa will serve to make more widely known an inspiring model for religious and laity. One would wish to find in it more quotations from Teresa herself, more about her transfer to the Roman Rite, more of the "secrets" revealed in personal letters. --J, V. SOMhERS, S.J. THE BEST WINE. By the Reverend Paul'Bussard. Pp. 64. Catechetical Guild, St. Paul, 1943. $.50; six copies, $2.40. In the words of Father Bussard, "The reason why a thing is done is as complicated as an ~atom and as far reaching as a family tree." This holds for every human choice; but to the highest degree is it true of choosing a religious vocation. Hence, this personal, inspirational, 60 Januarg, 1944 ' BOOK REVIEWS aid poetic presentaton of the motives involved in religious vocation is a very valuable aid in.drawing more laborers into the vineyard of Christ. , In faet,'the little "book's actual appeal and effectiveness in inspiring vocations to the various sisterhoods has been proved since its first publicaton in 1936 under the title, The Living Source. Thdse who knew it under that title and appreciated it will be glad to.find it still ready for the lips that thirst for The Best Wine. Others will surely find it suited to their taste.--R. E. SOUTHARD, S.J. ' MEN OF MARYKNOLL. By the Reverend ~James Keller and Meyer Berger. Pp. 191. Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York, 194:~. $2.00. MARYKNOLL MISSION LETTERS: Volume I, 1943. Pp. viii -1- 55. Field Afar Press, New York, 1943. $.50. ~ A Ma~yknoll priest and and a feature ~vriter of the Neto.'York Times have collaborated in writing a most engaging narrative of the experiences of Maryl(noll missionaries in th~ Orient and in. South America. The small volume contains more of interest than many books three times its size. Herein are recounted the heroic deeds of young American priests who left home arid country to bring, the goo, d news of Jesus Christ. to unmindful millions. Young men from Manhattan, young men from the farms of the Midwest, . young men from our country's western shores, all fired with a common zeal, tramp across the Chinese terrain carrying the life-giving Body of Christ to starving .souls. Men oF Mar~jknotlshould hold high interest for those who peruse today's war accounts. These soldiers of 'Christ felt the tight-ening bonds of Japanese captivity. Father J6e Sweeney, a Connecti-- cut Yankee, ran a Japanese blockade to get provi.sions to his lepers. Father William Cummings, after valiant service on Bataan, is now a prisoner of the Japanese. There need be no hesitation in placing. these Men of Maryknoll alongside the military men of note when "citations for heroism are pre~ented. The new volume of Mission Letters covers, in time, slightly more than the first half of 1943. The period was one of transition; many of the letters picture, the missions in the Orient struggling for survival in the midst of war; others raise the curtain on Maryknoll activity in South America. Friends of the mission will appreciate these.!etters, and will welcome further news of never-ending spir-itual drama.---3. B. GUERIN, S.J. 61 BOOK REVIEWS ACTION THIS DAY. By Archbishop Francis J. Spellman. Pp. 255. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 194:L $2.75. During the d.ays wl~en Rommel was being cornered in Tunisia, Archbishop Spellman, Military Vicar of the U. S. armed forces. traveled 46,000 air miles through countries of Europe,. Asia, Africa, and South America to visit his chaplains on the fighting fronts. The many interesting experiences of the journey are told in this book of letters written by His Excellency to his father from various ports of call. The author tells bf the many hours he spent with Pope Plus XII, of the gracious welcome given him by Winston Churchill, of his visits with Generals Eisenhower and Clarl~, King Farouk of Egypt,. President Inonu of Turkey, General Smuts of South Africa, antl scores of others. In the course of his.trip he could say: "Wherever I roam, I see America and Americans, striving, struggling, suffering and dying, d, estroying lives to save lives, all wth the intent ahd hope of serving our country and saving our civilization." The Archbishop lived for weeks with our chaplains and soldiers at the front, going from bed to bed in military hospitals to talk with the wounded, kneeling in prayer at the graves of our valiant dead, visiting American missionaries who were blazing the trails of peace long before the advent of our armed forces. And he was convinced that "our soldiers are doing more for us than defending our land, offr lives, and our ideals. They are, inspiring us to a renewal of faith in our country." They inspired him to write an American creed that expresses the very soul of America. ¯ This important book sboulld be read by every American because iUis a specialist's diagnosis of our war-stricken world. The Arch-bishop found himself journeying through a civilization starving because it has lost its Christian heritage of faith in God. The crisis of our "one world" is summed up in these words: "Either God will be in the victory and in the minds of the peacemakers, or the peace will be a mockery; the home a shell; and all human beings, material-istic automatons, pawns and targets.'.' Yet optimism prevails in the Archbishop's Catholic patriotism and devotion to victory: "In this America, I believe; for this America, I live; for this America, I and millions of others stand ready to die:" ---G. VAN ACKEREN, S.,J. danuar~, 1944 BOOK REVIEWS LIFE WITH THE HOLY GHOST. By the Reverend Hugh Francis Blunt, LL.D. Pp. xiil -I- 130. The Bruce Publishing Company,~Mil-waukee, 1943. $1.75. This book, in general a very excellent work, treats of the Gifts 0f the Holy Ghost and the part they should have in the sanctification of every Christian. The non-technical, vocabulary, conversational style, and wealth of homely, concrete examples and comparis6ns should make it acceptable to many who would shrink from a more scholarly work, especially to teachers in search of new ways of pre-senting old truths. The very quality which is this book's greatest asset is also its greatest weakness. Departures from the technical language of the-ology and attempts to clothe dogma in the language of every-day life always involve the risk of loose and inaccurate expression and lop-sided presentation. The author does not entirely escape these pit-falls. At times, too, his efforts to be informal lead to awkward sen-tences and obscurity of thought. An example of confused thought and inexact expression is the following: "Thus the Sacred Humanity of Jesus ~ . . was filled with the Divine Life which subsists in God, that Life communicated from all eternity to the Son by the Father, and in time communicated by the Son to the humanity which He united to Himself" (pp. 14-t5). Accepted at their face value, these words seem to ignore the impas-sable gulf between creature and Creator and to attribute the uncre-ated perfection of God to the created humanity of Christ. Equally confused is the following: "And since His humanity is the humanity of God's own Son, God gives it what it has a right to, being God, every possible Divine Perfection .' . . " (p. 15). Jesus Christ, the God-Man, i~ correctly said to have all the divine perfections in as much as He is the Incarnate Word, the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, and therefore God. But not everything which may be predi-cated of the Incarnate Word may likewise be predicated of Christ's human nature. His humanity is not God bu~ a creature and, in itself, has the essential limitations of creaturehood. A creature .of abso-lutely infinite perfection is a contradiction. A theologian might objdct to calling Adam a "son of God by nature" (p. 8), a term generally restricted to the Second Person of the Holy Trinity. One wonders what the author means by calling the Holy Ghost the "ultimate Cause" of things (p. 16), or, again, 63 BOOK REVIEWS Review [or Religious by speaking of the "legal way" in which we are made the sons of God (pp. 17, 37). The reviewer finds himself in the embarrassing necessity o,f having to point out incidental defects of a book that is otherwise most excel-lent, of. calling attention to shortcomings which the superficial reader might skim over without advertence and which, often enough, have little to do with the general trend of the thought. Yet it is just such blemishes which keep this book from being an entirely satisfactory cgntribution to the popular literature on the Holy Ghost and force one to withhold one's unqualified recommendation. --A. H. BACHHUBER, S.J. SMALL TALKS FOR SMALL PEOPLE. By the Reverend Thomas J. Hosfy, M~A., S.T.B. Pp. 136. The Bruce Publishing Company, Mil-waukee, 1943. $1.7S. This book has already been reviewed by children of twelve nationalities, who live in the stockyard district of Chicago. The forty "small-but-not-little" sermons in this book are made up of material that. Father Hosty found "will work" with his best "pub-lic"~--" small people." " "The story behind this book," writes Father H'osty in his Fore-v~ ord, dates back to a "pet peeve" he had as a youngster at hearing "adult sermons at the children's Mass." He offers this book not-as "the last word in preaching to children," but as a stimulus to fellow priests to write "asermon book for children." The author is a member'of the Chicago Archdiocesan mission band and has had eight years exp.er!ence in giving retreats, days of .~rfic~llection, novenas, and sermons. During this time, not the least among his accomplishments has been to learn the language of chil-dren- while shooting marbles or playing second base. This is the language of Small Talks for Small .People. There is no attempt at literary style. "The language," admits the author, "is a far cry from the style of Lacordaire or Fulton Sheen, and at times verges on downright slang." But it is the lively, catchy, humoroias. familiar, concrete language of children, replete with their ideas and their connotations. Questions to be actually answeredmare introduced as a new. feature in preaching tO children, owing to the author's "conviction that there is no better way of getting and keeping the children's 64 danuary: 1944 BOOK REVIEWS attention during a sermon.;' This is sound child psychology and a real merit of the book. Much of Father Hosty's cbarm'is probably lost because of the inadequacy of the written word to convey the spontaneity of the spoken. " Perhaps the "moral" of the stories or illustrations is not.~always pointed enough. Priests will find these 5-m~nute ~mall Talks very handy, and an incentive as well as a challenge to expand this neglected field . --A. LEVET, S.~I. GOD'S GUESTS OF TOMORROW. 8y
