N o.
4 8
t3 |$ S E Y
C IT Y , N .3 .K
S A T U R D A Y ,$\u041e \u0443\u0442 *\u0429
^ 1 8 ,
\u00a3& & ,
\u0433\u0442 \u0423 \u0442 \u0457\u0433\u0429
\u0456
\u2022 \u0413 \u0407\u0422 \u0438 ?\u0413 '\u0456
E E L ld lQ U S
S IT U A T IO N
IN ^
W ESTERN
U K R A IN E
A n .
a n a ly s is
o f
.th e
re lig io u s
situ a tio n
i n
S o v ie t R u s s ia 's
"n ew "
te rrito rie s,
e s p e c ia lly . in
W estern
U krain e,
b y
D o n a ld
A ttw a te r,
a n
a u th o rity
o n
E astern
C h ristia n ity ,
is co n tain ed in th e cu rren t, N o vem \u00ad
ber 17, issue
o f
T h e^
C o m m o n w eal
w e e k ly ,
e n title d
"B o lshevist
P e r\u00ad
s e c u tio n
M arches W est."
I n
G alicia, [part of W estern U k\u00ad
rain e] , M r. A ttw ater w rites, "th e re .
. a r e o v e r t h r e e a n d o n e -h a lf m illio n
U k ra in ia n
C a th o lic s o f th e B y z a n \u00ad
tin e
rite, m o stly
p e a s a n ts :;p e o p le
o f .o u ts ta n d in g in te llig e n c e , c u ltu ra l
a c tiv ity .. a n d
fa rm in g
a b ility , ...w h o
as a
body have
rem ain ed
fa ith fu l
t o
R o m e
sin ce
th e ir
re u n io n ; S00
y e a r s
ago ,
o fte n
i n
m o st
try in g
circum stan ces.
T h e re is a n u m b e r
o f
L a tin
C atho lics, w ho
are Poles
o r p o lo n iz e d
U k rain ian s; an d
c e r\u00ad
ta in
sm all
m in o ritie s.
I n
'W h ite
. Russia' there
s e e m
t o
b e
abo ut
a
'"\u2022m illio n
Polish Latin
C a th o lic s , b u t
the m ajority, of the people, .m ainly
W h ite
R u ssian s
an d
U krain ian s,
'
are dissident Orthodox: estiniates
o f
th e ir n u m b e r v a r y
fro m
th re e ;;
to five m illio n s. S in c e19 2 4
they have
fo rm ed
a
self-g o v ern in g
O rth o d o x
church, separate fro m
the Russian-
c h u rc h ,
w ith
a
m e tro p o lita n
an d
fo u r b id h o p s. M o st o f th e s e O rth o - '
do x
a re
descendants' of the Cath\u00ad
o lics o f the Slav-B yaan tin e rite w ho
w ere
fo rced
in to
the state Church
o f
R u ssia
in
th e
n in e te e n th
cen \u00ad
tury .., an d there w as consequent*
l y
a
c e rta in
d isp o sitio n ' to w a rd
'r C a th o lic
re u n io n
-am o n g -so m e
o f
* them ."
"A ll
C a th o lic s , s a id
th e
P o lis h
a u th o ritie s ,"
M r.
A ttw a te r
o o n ti-
n ues,
"o ught
t o
b e
o f
th e
L a tin
'
rite\u2014 which was just what the im \u00ad
perial R ussian
governm ent used to
-
say, fro m
a n o p p o s ite p o in t o f v ie w .
M o reo ver,
th e
B yzan tin e
r i t e
i s
\u2022 that of the C atholic U krain ian s in
G a lic ia , a n d
s o
was associated
i n
th e
m in d s
o f P o le s w ith 'th e
U k\u00ad
ra in ia n
s e p a r a tis t
m o vem en t
an d
U k ra in ia n
d is c o n te n t g e n e ra lly .
I f
, th e
.P o lish
re lig io u s
reco rd
i n
-*W fflfe'3K usala'
:
if i\u0456
b a d ,'m
G alicia it
i s
w o rse,
fro m
th e
c iv il
w ar
o f
1018 down
t o
Pilsudski's 'pacifica\u00ad
tio n ', o f
1930, an d -onw ards
(w ell
d o c u m e n te d
b y
R evyuk,
'P o lis h
A tro c itie s in
th e
U kraine,' Jersey
\u2022 C ity \u201e a 9 3 1 )."
Today the USSR has at its m er\u00ad
cy in its n ew ly-acquired territo ries,
th e
w rite r
p o in ts . p u t . o v e r - 3 ^
m illio n
B yzan tin e
C atho lics,
an d.
. than a m illio n L atin
C a th o lic s , a n d
3
t o
\u0431 .m illio n
O rth o d o x ,' " w i t h
a
; h ig h ly
d e v e lo p e d re lig io u s life
an d
ecclesiastical o rg an izatio n ?' A m o n g
.the in stitutio n s of the E astern
r i t e
alo n e,
h e
en um erates
" th e
g r e a t
th e o lo g ic a l a c a d e m y
at Lwow
an d
tw o -
o th e r
sem in aries
i n
G a lic ia ;
over a
score of m onasteries hotter.
in g
fiv e
hun dred
B asU ian
m o n ks
an d co n ven ts fo r a tho usan d n u n s;
a n d th e s m a ll b u t q u ic k ly g ro w in g
c o n g re g a tio n
o f
S tu d ite
re lig io u s
w ho
since the last w ar have done
so m uch to revive traditio n al m o n -
asticism an d scholarship am o n g the
U k rain ian s."
C o n c e rn in g M e tro p o lita n S h e p titr
sk y ,
t h e " re lig io u s a n d c iv il le a d e r
of the U krain ian s in G alicia.. .one
o f
the greatest churchm en
o f
o ur
L a g e ," M r. A ttw a te r w rites th at- if
it is true that he w as slain
b y
th e
R eds, "then indeed the end crow ns
th e w o rk ; n o th in g w o u ld\u2022 g iv e
tin s
~great shepherd
g r e a te r
happin ess
fo r him self than to be callecLon to
s h a r e
th e
m a rty rd o m
o f L e o n ld a s
Feo do ro v,
M o n sig n o r
B u d k e v ic h ;
A le x is Z e rc h a n in o v , P o ta p y E m e li-
an o v,
Jo h n
D eubn er,
A lexan der.
A le x e ie v ,
an d
a ll' t h e , o th e r
v h F
tim e
o f
th e
R ussian
persecutio n .
W h e th e r C a th o lic o r O rth o d o x ."
Y O U T H ,B E H A V IO R
A n
e x c e lle n t
{ th o u g h
ta rd ily
begun )
.p ro g ra m
,.c o m \u00ad
m e m o ra tin g
th e . h is to ric . N o v e m b e r'1 ,
l& 1 8 --th e
o p e n in g
date of W estern Ukraine's short-lived
i n d e p e n d e n c e , w ftj[c h
w e a tte n d e d la s t S u n d a y , s e n t o u r th o u g h ts a lo n g a lin e o f
reflectio n , upo n , n o w
b e n e fic ia l
fo r-a ll
i t
w o u ld
b e -if
o ur
,people o bservedfew er but better-arran ged n atio n al ho lidays.
U n der th e.p resen t system( in . m o st J^ rain ian -A m erican
c o m m u n itie s , a p p ro x im a te ly fiv e s u c h n a tio n a l h o lid a y s , a r e
observed^, w ith ,thel.result, that their
program s are usually
hastily an d carelessly, prepared, a .gradually
d w i^ d ^ in g jn u m \u00ad
b e r
o f
p e o p le a tte n d
th e m ,
an d
th o se
w h o d o ja re .
o ffcen
,bo red an d irrespo n sive to the true spirit of the o ccasio n .
& , h,qw ever^ \u201eo n ly.tw o .
such holidaysJygre/O bs^ryed ea,ch
y e a r, fo r ^ x a m p le -r-N .o y e m b e r .-F irst H o lid a y a n d th e a n n u a l
an n jlversary
o'f Taras \u2022Shevchenjio's tiiith
an cV j^ ath^ .'such
^observances,would..prlofeably be more carefully..prepaced.and
e x e c u te d , b e tte r a tte n d e d , a n d m o re m e a n in g fu l' a n d in s p ir\u00ad
in g fo r. all co n cern ed.
\u0428
\u0428
..\u0414 \u041e \u043e \u0433 \u0435 \u043e \u0443 \u0435 \u0433 ,, th e p re s e n t a ttitu d e
o f so m e o f. o u r
yo un g
p e o p le to w a rd s
such o bservan ts
w o u ld
perhaps improve.
M o st o f o u r y o u n g fo lk s a re a tte n tiv e , a j
s^ h jA ff^ frsJ^ u t
tho se w hom w e have in m ind seem to thin k that .thepro gram
w as designed
solely w ith\u201ethe aim
o f .g iv in g th e n i a o h a n c e
' t p p u b l i c l y s h o w O ff t h e i r f a s h i o n a b l e c l o t h e s , d v e h jK w jfe ^ M n g
p e rso n a litie s,r lg o o dlo o k s, .o r,
still m ore annoying,,their iery
b rig h t c h a tte r.
D uring..the m usical num bers they
m an age
to p a y
so m e a tte n tio n
t o
what's going on, wbi'ch is'to
b e
expected, for m usic, as pome sage once renmrjke<i,.has charm
t o
soothe the savage breast, to
so ften
ro o k s/,an d;ben d, the
k n o tte d-o ak.
\u0406^ \u0428
*
T he
tro u b le u s u a lly
b e g in s w h e n
so m eo n e, b e g in s ^ to
deliver an A ddress abo ut the significance.of
th a t p a rtic u la r
n a tio n a l h o lid a y . Im m e d ia te ly s u c h y o u n g .p e o p le re c a ll th e ir
re a l p u rp o se in
a tte n d in g
the affair, ^and proceed to
e ffe c t
that purpose to the vast annpyanoe of tho se
persone w ho
s tra n g e ly
en o ugh
fin d
th e
epgech. m ore
in te jre ^ tjin g ..tb a n
their, chatter. ..in ail fairn ess, it m ust be po in ted
put that
so m e su o h
young people are a bit m ore
"co n sideraW
& *
as soon as\u0456'the,speaker,a p p e a rs ; they rise an d stalk put in to
th e co rrid o rs an d th e re en jo y
th e m s fe lv e s u \u00a3 d iB ^
I t I s n o t o u r in te n tio n to h o ld a b rie f fo r th e s p e a k e rs .
W e recogifiie'that m any of them
a r e a g r e a t t r i a l t o o n e '- s
com m on sensei not"to'm ention
t o o n e 's s e n s e o f h e a r i n g , o r
to o n e 's a p p re c ia tio n
of spoken English,orJJkrainian4
j j t i l l
.there are som e.speakers, both .U k rain ian\u043c &
E n glish^ \u00abwho
are'really good, w ho have'a so un d know ledge of w hat, they j
spe^ak, an d
w ho
d e liv e r
their, speeches in
a n
in te re stin g
w ayv
Y et even they,are ignored by tho se yo un g people w ho
a p p a re n tly h a v e n o ira m n e rsr b r w h o ,\u2122 n k th e y k n o w it a ll,
a n d lo o k u p o n w h a t'a b e in g s a i g a s j u s t j& e " b u n k ."
|g ||
Of the tw o species, the second is the<.m ore pbnoxious.
..yC heir in te lle c tu a l d e v e lo p m e n t h a s a p p a r e n tly
re a c h e d
th e
Stage W here there is very K ttle that they can learn by givin g
heed to
someone else, consequently,they ignore therspeaker
w ith lo fty
d is d a in .
Truly, such persons
\u0430 \u0433 \u043e
t o
b e e n y ie d ,
for it m ust be wonderful to have attained such m antel( b lis s .
T h e m o st in excusable o ffen ders
in .this category, how\u00ad
ever,are m any of those young people w ho-take paft in
th e
p ro g ra m
i t s e l f , as in the cho ral an d m struffiental ^un^bers.
V fchen
th e y
a re
o n
the stage, they
expecBS&f co urse .that
everyo n e
w ill
l i s t e n
c a r^ f u llp rto
th e m .
Y e t. w h e n
o th e rs
a re
p e rfo rm in g * th e y a p p a re n tly fo rg e t th a t a t le a s t
\u2022i^m m on courtesy dem ands the sam e conductrOf them . They
o ith e r
c h a tte r lik e
m agpies-\u2014 and
\u0428
\u0435
in c lu d e s t h e
m a le s
as w ell\u2014 o r go o ut in to the co rrido rs to have-their fun there.
T h e rep e r h a p s " w o u ld b e so m e -excuse fo r th e m
if they were
p ro fessio n al p erfo rm ers.
B u t th e y
a ren o t\u00a3 ~ 3 3 ie y
a re
p a r\ue000
tic ip a n ts in
a
n a tio n a l h o lid a y
program , .which tie a
com \ue000
m u n ity
affair, of equal significance toe lL -\u0429
\u0428
\u0456 :\u0429
\u0448
'. "*-? :\u0428
such young peo ple are n o t certain
ho w
t o
behave at
s u c h a f f a i r s , th e y ,_ s ljL P U ld o b s e r v e t h e i r B a r e n t s . T h o u g h t h e
U tttei? a r e m o s tly o f p e a s a n t s to c k a n d la c k ; i h e " re fin in g , in \u00ad
flu e n c e s -' o f h ig h e r e d u c a tio n , y e t 3 j\u00a3 3 e ajtie e a X t p
s e e
h e w
a tte n tiv e a n d c o n s id e ra te o f o th e r p e o ^ e 'a 'fe e lin ^ e
and of
their ow n -self-respect they
aro at public getH eririgs.
T h e ir,
c h ild re n w o u ld flb w e ll t o
"at le fte t'h iu ^ te ^ ^ e m .
\u00ab P P
OQW M AKDER
A T T A C K S
' "
\u0448^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ \u0448
. ,
fe ^ ^ n \u0456
\u042f ^^^
\u0442 < 1 \u0406
!^ \u0429
^ \u0419 ^ '\u0426 \u0443 \u0417 \u0435 \u0433
6 \u00a3, 'Soviet troops
o c c u p y in g ,J y * \u00ae
3
^ "
\u0435 \u0433 \u0456\u0445 \u0413 \u0438 \u042c \u0433 \u0430 \u0456\u043f \u0435 , Issued a.proclam ation
'
t o
th e [..p e o p le
b f;
th a t
re g io n 1 ,'a t^
\u0414 \u0434 \u0434 \u0406 ^ \u043c \u041a \u0422 ^ ^ \u0442 \u0456\u044f \u043f 'tJa^ A jjnJ i i r t f l ^ re \u00ad
po rts the .'?R ro ietarskaiPravda" of '
K ie v .In it h e c a lls .th e m " b a n d its " -
'and 'pogrom ^akers,*'\u0430\u0439 \u0432 aeclares :
t h a t ' '" th e y . e v e n a tte m p /b s ft\u0449
c r e a te
a r m e d o p p o s itio n tfl t h e R e d A r m y . "
H e further stressesthat \u0448
\u043b
W estern
" \u2022 ;
\u2022 U lo ra in e , "H o stile eVem ents^m txrth
'c itie s a n d
v illa g e s
a r e '
:
c o n d u c tin g; ,
\u2022 subversive
a c tiv itie s i n
\u043e \u0439 \u0435 \u0456;~t p
:
c a u s e h a r m 'to . t h e R je d A r m y
an d
the Soviet \u0438 \u0433 \u0456\u0419 \u0439 \u0429
\u0440 \u0428
\u0428
\u0440
R E C O N ^ T m JT E D JP O L A N D
,
X p c E S W b 'O B B
W E & m R Ii
^ \u0428
\u0421 \u041a \u0415 \u041b /\u0428
\u0415
\u0406 1 ||\u0440 |
D u rin g th e ir i n f e r e n c e s in L o n ~
. tio n , r e p o r t s . t h e
H av as' .agen cy,
.^ ren ersl .W law law .'Sikbrslti,^ Po lish V
"P rem ier a n d
\u0428 \u0432
fo reign . -M inister,\u2022
^ g u s t
Zale^K i, are un dersto o d to
1
l
,iita v e a s s u r e d
\u043c \u0456\u0435 . B ritish" ^ Fo reign
\u0428
\u0433\u0443 , | V isco un t H alifax^ ' th a tj .
> p ld n o t i n s i s t t h a tW .e a te m fe i
ra n fl W h ite -R u ssia,' fo rm er-1
jrJ | M
JT ile , h e
in c lu d e d ;
i n
th e
reco n stituted' P o lan d
th e y :
ho pe
t o
s e e , , > if
s u c h
in sisten ce:-
threaten ed w ar betw een E n glan da t- ..
rh e r
a llie s
an d th e
S o v ie t
U m o n .;
|
T h e P ^ lis b iio ffic ia ls m a d e c l e a r t h e i r
th e ir .e x p e c ta tio n , h o w e v e r, t h a t in
.e v e n t. o f \u0430 \u0446
A llie d v ic to ry .-P o la n d ; -
would be com pensated for the; lose-\u0429
o f,
W esteru .^ U krain e
an d, -W hite'.'^
.R ussia,w ith territiries now jgarrt
o f^ "~
.a S J M B M g ^ 3 ^ j\u00a3 ]B r1 ^ h
to '
h a v e a ^ e e f t to *i th is .p rb p b e iS .
> -U K R A IN IA N S
\u0422 \u0432
S E R V E\u0429
\u0428
\\u00b1 s
\u0442 $\u043a$\u0444 \u0449 \\u0410 \u0412\u041c \u0413\u0415&\u0413
; | j |
....T h ro u g h
th e
e n jo rts
o f
th e 'U k -;
ra in ia n . .N a tio n a l'.
A sso ciatio n ' m .
\u0415 \u0438 \u0448 \u0441 \u0435 ,.,U k ra in ia n s
there-\u0434 \u044e \u0456\u0456\u0456' be
.a llo w e d
t o
serve .in
F re n c h ^ \u0430 \u0433 \u0456\u043f \u0456\u0435 \u0432 .
\u2022
\u2022an d p e rh a p s in
th e ir
aw n .tie ta o ltf^ S
m en ts,
ra th e r
th a n
.in ' t h e
-
P o lis h ,-
'
arm y n o w .bein g -recruited th ere byj
.
th e P o lish ^ G o v e rn m e n t,ine x ile ,' ac-T
c o rd in g to o u r P a ris o o rresp o n d en t.'
,. D e s p i t e
th is
p erm issio n
g a in e d
fro m
t h e F r e n c hM in istry; o f. W a r,-
" e ffo rts o f "\u0426 \u0456\u043f \u0456\u0433 \u0456\u043f \u0456\u0430 \u0442 \u0433 \u0430 t o jo in T r e n c h :
arm ies
a re
b e in g
a c tiv e ly '.^ c o m -
b a tte d 'b y
P o h sh co fficislte
in 'P a ris.
T he.latter claim ,
tiia ^ 'W e s te ^ v U lc ^ ^
rain e'is still
p a r t
o f P o la n d
1
.
4
an d
rth e re fo re,U
k r\u0430 \u0456\u043f \u0414
a n
e m ig ra n ts
>f r o m i t i n U r a h o e m u s t \u0417 \u0428
\u0456\u0433 \u0457\u0430 \u0435 P o r
.Ush forces rather,than
th e T re n c h .
'p o lish ' re c ^ t^ g ...b n lc e rs
a t tim es ,
a t^ m p t^ b ^ o rc iW y im p re s s th e U k - '
* * * $ \u00a3\u0423
^\u0413 ^\u0423 \u0446 \u042c \u0423
P o lish A rm y , a n d
fig h tin gen sues. A s a r e s u lt o f s u c h '
P o lis h
1
o p p o sitio n , a ll
e ffo rts
th u s
far of, the Ukrainian
N atio n al A s\u00ad
so ciatio n in Fran ce to creatB.aJD Tc\u00abr
r
v
ram ian le g io n
in the^*\u0404 \u041f \u0421 \u0406\u0438\u041c \u0442\u043f\u0443
have been paralyzed.
'\u0429
\u00a7 \u0428
... F r a n c e
c o n ta in s . a b o u t
3 0 ,0 6 0
U krain ian s.
\u0448
\u0430 \u0457\u0448
\u0449
'\u0424 \u0441 \u0430 \u0430 \u0434 .b jrW a ld lm ir S e m e n y n a
W ith ! a b io g r a p h ic a l \u00ab r t C h
\u0445 \u041b
b y
S te p h e n
8\u043f \u0442 \u0448 \u043c \u041b |\u0432 \u0456\u0406|^
t Price 50 cents
\u0436 \u0449 \u0406
\u2022 \u0448
\u0448
\u0448
" \u2022'
\u0424 \u0443
S te p h e n
S lra m e y h o \u0404
" P r ic e2 b ,
cen ts . - \u2022Jjaj
\u0428
\u0406\u041d \u0415 \u0428
\u0428
\u0410 \u0415 \u041c 8\u0428
\u0421 \u0407
\u0429
B e lA ik e M y ^ h iiia
Price 15 Cents
\u00bb # # # < # \u00bb \u00bb < \u00bb # if< i\u00bb \u00bb \u00bb # \u00bb y \u00ab i4 lj(\u00bb ^ i\u00ab i|> # fjK
Leave a Comment