NAZI ATROCITIES

New Zealand Herald, Volume 80, Issue 24541, 25 March 1943, Page 4

NAZI ATROCITIES

OPPRESSED PEOPLES HOUSE OF LORDS MOTION By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON, March 23 The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Temple, in the House of Lords, moved: "That, in view of the massacres and starvation of Jews and others in enemy occupied countries, the House desires to assure the Government of its fullest support for immediate measures, on the largest and most generous scale compatible with the requirements of military operations and security, for providing help and temporary asylum for persons in danger of massacre who are able to leave enemy occupied countries." Archbishop Temple added: "We are confronted with an evil the magnitude of the horror of which ib is impossible to describe in words." He proceeded to give information of recent atrocities against the Jews, saying, for instance, that Hitler had ordered that all Jews must be cleared out of Bohemia and Moravia. After further examples the Primate added: "I believe that part of the difficulty of rousing ourselves and our fellow-countrymen to the degree of indignation that these events merit is the fact that imagination recoils before it." Viscount Cranborne, replying for the Government, said the question raised by the Primate was one of the very first importance, but he thought it would be a mistake to throw undue emphasis on the Jewish side of the question. It was a most horrible feature, but it was only one feature of a much bigger problem which must be faced as a whole. Lord Cranborne continued: "It is up to us to do all we can consistent with the miltary situation and the safety of our own people." The question of the plight of the oppressed and persecuted people of Europe had been taken up by Mr. Cordell Hull and Mr. Anthony Eden as a matter of great urgency. In conclusion, Lord Cranliorne said: "We can and must keep pegging away in the hope of doing something to alleviate the plight of these unhappy people. That will continue to be the British Government's policy. I am glad to accept the Primate's motion as a symbol of essentia] unity which inspires the country on this terrible problem." WESTMINSTER SERVICE LATE CARDINAL HINSLEY LONDON, March 23 A congregation of 6000 people crowded Westminster Cathedral, and many others who were unable to get in listened outside to the Requiem Mass for the late Cardinal Hinslev, Archbishop of Westminster. Queues formed at 7.30 a.m. to attend the Mass, which was due to begin at 11 a.m. Five hundred clergy, carrying unlighted candles, participated in the procession down the nave to places on each side of the catafalque. The coffin, with its black velvet and gold pall, was surrounded by massed white candles. Religious orders wore in the sanctuary as the cathedra] choir sang the Mass. The congregation included members of the Diplomatic Corps representing Allied nations and other countries, members of Parliament and representatives of national and international religious bodies. The New Zealand High Commissioner, Mr. W. J. Jordan, was represented by his private secretary, Mr. C. Knowles. The Archbishop of Liverpool, Archbishop Downey, preached a panegyric sermon. He said the loss of Cardinal Hinsley was a loss to the universal Church, to the nation and to humanity. He read a telegram from the Pope, in which Pope Pius XII. expressed profound grief at the death of Cardinal Hinsley, recalled his untiring conscientious labours and expressed confidence that his memory would serve as a lasting inspiration to the hierarchy, the clergy and the faithful. In the congregation was Archbishop Spellman, of New York, who arrived in London on Saturday from North Africa on his way back to the United States after visiting Europe. The cotlin will rest in the Chapel of Holy Souls in the south aisle of the cathedral until the interment in St. Joseph's Chapel, where the vault is being prepared. The interment, which will probably be carried out on Friday, will be private, and will be attended only by relatives, also by the late Cardinal's court and the Metropolitan Cathedral Chapter. VICAR CAPITULAR (Kecd. 0.50 p.m.) LONDON. March 24 The Chapter of the Westminster Archdiocese has elected the Right Rev. Edward Myers, Titular Bishop of Lamus and Bishop Auxiliary of Westminster, as Vicar Capitular. He will administer the Archdiocese until the Pope appoints a new Archbishop. THE POPE'S ILLNESS LONDON, March 2H The Rome radio has announced that the Pope, who has had a slight attack of influenza since Sunday, has cancelled all private and public engagements